Deed for the land on which the meeting house stands
THIS INDENTURE made the 15th da of December in the fourth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace of God King and Queene of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith.
Anno Domine 1692 BETWEEN Samuell Browne of Harefield in the County of Middlesex Brewer and Hannah his Wife, Joseph Hale of Staines in the said County of Middlesex Distiller and Debora his wife Abraham Browne of Ovington in the County of Southton Yeoman and Joanna his wife William Browne of Alton in the said County of Southton Maulster and Elizabeth his wife of the first part John Crosier the younger of Ickenham in the said County of Middlesex Gent of the second part John Turner of Denham in the County of Bucks Yeoman and Richard Turner of Fulmer in the said County of Bucks Yeoman of the third part Nathaniell Browne of St Saviours Southwark in the Coutry of Surrey #Brewer of the fourth part Richard Richardson of Uxbridge in the said County of Middlesex Yeoman Jonathan Cock of Ruislip in the said County of Middlesex Chapman Thomas Dell of Uxbridge aforesaid in the said County of Middlesex Maulster John #Hudson of Ruislip aforesaid in the said County of Middlesex Bricklayer Michael Beedle of Ive in the County of Bucks Yeoman Matthew Martin of Iver aforesaid in the said County of Bucks Yeoman and Edward Swift of Uxbridge aforesaid in the said County of Middlesex Cooper of the fifth part
WITNESSETH that it is covenanted concluded and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents and the said Samuell Browne Joseph Hale Abraham Browne and William Browne for their heirs executors administrators and assigns do covenant promise and grant to and with the said John Crosier and Nathaniel Browne their Heirs and Assigns by these presents that they the said Samuell Browne and Hannah his wife Joseph Hale and Debora his wife Abraham Browne and Joan his wife William Browne and Elizabeth his wife shall and will before the end of Hillary Term next ensuing the date of these presents acknowledge and levy before the Justices of the Common Pleas at Westminster to the said John Crosier Nathaniel Brown and the heirs of the said John Crosier one or more fyne or fynes cognizance de driot in due for of law by such certain name or names contents number of Messuages Cottages or Houses as shall be thought fit all those three Cottages of Tenements standing together in Uxbridge in the said County of Middlesex over against a Messuage or Inne called or known by the name of the Catherine Wheel now in the several tenures or occupations of Thomas Gladman William Goldar and Elizabeth Perk their assignee or assignees and of all the Messuage or House lately erected or built at the uper end of a Close called George Close belonging to the George Inne in Uxbridge aforesaid And All that little plot of ground paled inn and adjoyninge to the said new built house which House and Plott of ground is commonly called the Quakers Meeting HOuse and burying place. And of all those two Messuages or Cottages with the Appurtenances situate and being in or near a place called the linch in Uxbridge aforesaid in the said County of Middlesex one of them in the tenure or occupation of the said County of Middlesex one o them in the tenure or occupation of Ralph Nicolas and the other in the occupation of John Tyler And of all those three other Messuages of Cottages adjoyninge together in Uxbridge aforesaid formerly in the tenure or occupation of Robert Farming now in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Davison Richard Grace and James Hutchins And also all gardens orchyards besides commons and appurtenances thereto belonging upon which fyne for to be acknowledged and levied proclamation shall ad may be had according to the form of statute in that case made and provided which said fyne and the execution thereof shall bee and endure and the said #John Crosier and Nathaniell Browne commpeer in the said fyne shall or ever after and and be seized of the said premises in the said fyne to bee comprised to and for the uses intents and purposes in these presents hereafter mentioned and declared and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever that is to say a for and concerning one of the aforesaid three Cottages or Tenements adjoining together lyinge over and against the said signe of the Catherin Wheele with a hay barn and garden plott thereto belonging and Appurtenances now in the tenure or occupation of the said Elizabeth Perk and parte of the Tenement in the said Fyne to be comprises to the use and behoofe of the said John Turner and Richard Turner their heirs and assigns in trust for such uses in another deed made thereafter the said John Turner and Richard Turhner by the said Samuell Browne and John Crosier is expressed and declared AND as for and concerninge the other to of the aforesaid three Cottages or Tenements now in the said tenure or occupation of the said Thomas Gladman and William Goldar with the Barnes Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging And a little piece of Garden Plott fenced about at the last end of the other cottage or tenement in he occupation of the said Elizabeth Perk and heretofore belonging thereto and parte of the tenement in the said fyne to be comprised to the use and behoofe of the said John Crosier to his Heirs and Assigns forever AND as for and concerning all that Messuage or House lately erected and built at the upper end of the said close called the George Close in Uxbridge aforesaid and plott of ground paled in and adjoyninge the said new built house commonly called the Quakers meeting house and burying place TO the use and behoof of the said Richard Richardson Jonathan Cock Thomas Dell John Hudson Michael Beedle Matthew Martin and Edward Swift their heirs and assigns in trust to them to be always hereafter used and continued a Meeting House and buryoing place as heretofore and now the same is used held and enjoyed and as for an concerninge all the residue of the Messuages Cottage Gardens with their appurtenances in the said fyne to be comprised and not hereinbefore to any use directed or declared to and for theonly use and behoofe of the said Nathaniell Browne his heirs and assigns forever
IN WITNESS whereof the parties first above named to theses indentures of five parts interchangeably have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written
Sealed and Delivered by
Samuell Browne Hanna his wife
John Turner
Richard Turner
and Nathaniell Browne in the presence of
Samuell Browne JUN, William Goldar and Jabez Goldar
Sealed and Delivered by John Crosier, Joseph Hale and Debora his wife in the presence of
William Goldar and Jabez Goldar