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reciting appointment of new trustees
i) Benjamin Prole of Bedford, malster; Joseph Hill of Bedford, clerk in the Savings Bank; John Joyce of Kempston,
grocer; John Brasher of Bedford, confectioner; Thomas Lester of Bedford, lace dealer; William White of Bedford,
tanner; Edward Berrill of Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
ii) James Burr of Bedford, ironmonger; Benjamin Everett of Bedford, accountant; Charles Berrill of Bedford, builder;
James Coombs of Bedford, druggist; William Wells Kilpin of Bedford, ironmonger; Benjamin Prole junior of
Cardington, farmer
trustees of the Meeting House (described as Bunyan Chapel) and other property, including
- a piece of ground in Motherfield, Cardington, part arable and part meadow containing 5 acres 3 roods
8 Jul 1851
reciting endorsed appointment of new trustees
i) William White then Carshalton, Surrey, late Doorkeeper in the House of Commons; Charles Berrill then of Cotton End;
James Coombs of Bedford, Doctor of medicine
ii) John Carrington Conquest of Bedford, solicitor
iii) William White, Charles Berrill, John Coombs; John Lilley Anthony of Bedford, chemist; Thomas Carling of Bedford,
painter; George Carruthers of Bedford, draper; Rowland Hill Coombs of Bedford, surgeon; William Dean of Bedford,
carriage builder; James Thomas Hobson of Bedford, timber merchant; Joseph Joyce of Kempston, farmer; Samuel Leach
Kilpin of Bedford, ironmonger; Charles Fox Lester of Bedford, lace manufacturer; John Paine of Wootton, farmer;
Joseph Lilley Prole of Elstow, farmer; Edward Paine Rose of Bedford, draper; George Starkins of Renhold, farmer
premises as before
21 Oct 1876
reciting appointment of new trustees
i) John Coombs, John Lilley Anthony, George Carruthers, Rowland Hill Coombs,
Joseph Joyce, Joseph Lilley Prole, Edward Paine Rose, George Starkins Wallace
ii) William Dean, Samuel Leach Kilpin
iii) James Atkins, provision merchant; Charles Aveline, gentleman; Alfred George Carruthers, draper;
Thomas George Carruthers, draper; Henry Everett Corbold, schoolmaster; Reverend Samuel McFarlane,
Congregational minister; Isaac Pack, cabinet maker; Thomas Edward Rose, draper; Herbert William Robinson,
bookseller; John Rogers, miller; Thomas Spencer, builder; James Warton, builder;
all of Bedford
as before
26 Oct 1894
reciting deed of release; James Atkins, Samuel McFarlane, John Rogers
released from trust
13 Oct 1897
1901