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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 1

Release of Freehold Ground — For the Purposes of a Methodist Chapel, with a Declaration of Trusts, &c

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Release of Freehold Ground

For the Purposes of a Methodist Chapel, with a Declaration of Trusts, &c.

Commencement.

This Indenture, made the day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, between [the Vendor]

Parties.

of the first part, [the Trustees] of the second part, and A. B. (the Superin tendant Preacher for the time being of the Circuit in the Methodist Connexion, in which the piece of ground and hereditaments, hereinafter described, are situate,) of the third part:

Recital of Contract.

Whereas, the said parties to these presents, of the second part, being possessed of certain sums of money, intended to be laid out in the purchase of a piece of ground and hereditaments, and in erecting and building thereon, a chapel, or place of religious worship, with such appurtenances as may be thought convenient, for the use of the people called Methodists, to be settled to the use, upon the trusts, and in manner hereinafter declared and contained, or referred to, have, in pursuance of the said intention, contracted and agreed with the said [Vendor,] for the absolute purchase of the piece of ground and hereditaments hereinafter described and released at or for the price or sum of pounds.

Testatum.

Now this Indenture Witnesseth, that in pursuance of the said agreement, and in consideration of the said sum of pounds of lawful English money, by the said persons, parties hereto of the second page 49 part, to the said [Vendor,] in hand, paid out of the monies in their hands, as aforesaid, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof he the said [Vendor,] doth hereby acknowledge, and doth hereby admit the same sum to be, the full and bona fide value of, and in full for the purchase of, the ground and hereditaments hereinafter particularly described; and from the same sum, and every part thereof, doth hereby acquit, release, and discharge the said parties to these presents of the second part, and every of them, their, and every of their heirs, executors, and administrators, for ever; He, the said [Vendor,] with the approbation of the said A. B. Superintendant for the time being, as aforesaid, testified by his being a party to and executing these presents, Hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, and confirmed; and by these presents Doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, and confirm, unto the said parties hereto of the second part, (in their actual possession now being, by virtue of a bargain and sale to them thereof made, by the said [Vendor,] in consideration of five shillings by indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these presents, for the term of one whole year, commencing from the day next before the day of the date of the same Indenture of bargain and sale, and by force of the statute made for transferring uses into possession,) and their heirs, and assigns, All,

Parcels.

&c., [describe accurately the property to be conveyed,] together with all and singular houses, out-houses,

General Words.

edifices, buildings, barns, yards, gardens, trees, woods, underwoods, mounds, mines, delfs, quarries, fences, hedges, ditches, sewers, drains, paths, passages, ways, waters, watercourses, lights, liberties, privileges, easements, profits, commodities, emoluments, and appurtenances whatsoever, to the said piece or parcel of ground, messuage, or tenement, and hereditaments hereby granted and released, or intended so to be, belonging, or in anywise appertaining, or with the same or any part thereof respectively, now, or at any time heretofore, held, used, occupied, or enjoyed, or intended so to be, or accepted, reputed, deemed, taken, or known, as part, parcel, or member, thereof, or of any part thereof, with their, and every of their appurtenances, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues, and profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title, interest, inheritance, use, trust, property, profits, possession, claim, and demand whatsoever, both at law, and in equity, of him the said [Vendor,] in, to, out of, and upon, the same premises, and in, to, and out of, every part and parcel thereof, with their, and every of their appurtenances: To Have and to Hold the said

Habendum.

piece or parcel of ground, messuage, or tenement, page 50 hereditaments, and all and singular other, the premises by these presents granted and released, or otherwise assured, or intended so to be, with their, and every of their appurtenances, in possession, immediately from the making hereof, and without any power of revocation, reservation, trust, condition, limitation, clause, or agreement whatsoever, for the benefit of the said [Vendor,] or of any person or persons claiming under him, Unto, and to the Use of, the said parties hereto of the second part, their heirs and assigns for

Declaration of Trusts, &c., by reference.

ever; But nevertheless upon such and the same trusts, and to and for such and the same ends, intents, and purposes, and with, under, and subject to such and the same powers, provisoes, declarations, and agreements as are expressed, contained, and declared, or

Words of Reference.

referred to, in, and by a certain Indenture of Release bearing date on or about the third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and made, or expressed to be made, between John Sutcliffe, Benjamin Garside, Francis Farnell, John Swallow, Thomas Firth, Robert Wilson, Samuel Naylor, John Fearby Sutcliffe, Thomas Fox Sutcliffe, Charles Swallow, John Swallow the younger, Samuel Morley, Joseph Garside, accountant, William Farnell, and Joseph Garside, wood-turner, therein respectively described, of the first part, the Rev. George Marsden therein described of the second part, and James Brown therein also described, of the third part, and enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; being a Deed made for the Settlement of a piece or parcel of Ground and Chapel, or place of religious worship, with the appurtenances, situate at Skircoat, in the parish of Halifax and county of York, for the use of the People called Methodists, in the Connexion established by the late Rev. John Wesley: And to, for, or upon no other use, trust, intent, or purpose whatsoever; In witness whereof, the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.