• Reference
    X108/5
  • Title
    Appointment of new trustees (Lease and Release, see also X108/4):
  • Date free text
    19, 20 Dec 1710
  • Production date
    From: 1710 To: 1710
  • Scope and Content
    i) William Philipps of Radwell, Hertfordshire, yeoman; William Burton of Newnham, Hertfordshire, blacksmith, son and heir of William Burton late of Stotfold, deceased. ii) Michael Phillipps of Roystone, Hertfordshire, maltster; John Phillipps of Radwell, Hertfordshire, yeoman; John Freeman; Edward Freeman; Mathew Bennett; Edward Dunage, son of Mathew Dunage; Thomas Squire, son of Henry Squire; all of Stotfold. William Burton, son of William Burton party hereto; John and Robert Izard, sons of John Izard of Baldock, draper. … A cottage in Stotfold now used for a Quaker meeting house, and a piece of ground called the meetinghouse-yard, to the intent that the cottage shall for ever hereafter continue a public meetinghouse for the religious worship of the dissenting Protestants called Quakers residing in or near Stotfold, and that the yard shall be a place of burial for them. When the number of trustees is reduced to three, others shall be appointed. Witnesses: Edward Burton, William Reynolds, Edward Sparhawke.
  • Level of description
    item