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of the date hereof. And further it is Covenanted betwixt the said 

 parties, in form and manner following, that is to wit — The said 

 George Ormerod, father, James Haworth, John Ormerod and 

 George Ormerod, the sons, covenanteth, granteth, and agreeth, by 

 these present Indentures, to and with the said Thurstan Birtwistle, 

 Henry Hargreaves, Oliver Holt, and John Birtwisde, that they, the 

 said George Ormerod, the father, and the said Co-fellows, with and 

 towards the help and supportation as they shall happen to get 

 of their neighbours the Inhabitants of Crawshawbooth, Gamble- 

 side, Nutshaw, and Dunnockshaw, and of Wolfenden, Richard 

 Ormerod, of Wolfenden Booth, and Miles Nutton, of Rossendale, 

 shall make, stand to, and bear the Moiety of all manner of costs 

 and charges concerning the foundation and Building of the said 

 Chapel ; and in like manner the said Thurstan Birtwistle, Henry 

 Hargreaves, Oliver Holt, and John Birtwistle covenanteth, granteth, 

 and agreeth by these present Indentures, to and with the said 

 George Ormerod, the father, and his said Co-fellows, that the said 

 Thurstan Birtwistle and his said Co-fellows, with the help and 

 supportation of other their neighbours. Inhabitants of the Goodshaw 

 and Loveclough beforesaid, shall make, stand to, and bear the other 

 Moiety of all manner of costs and charges concerning the founda- 

 tion and Building of the said Chapel. And also it is agreed 

 betwixt the said parties that they shall be indifferently .... with 

 all manner of Gifts and Labours which at any time or times 

 hereafter shall be given or Bequeathed towards the foundation or 

 Building of the said Chapel by any manner of person or persons 

 above named, nor mentioned in this Indenture, if any such be. 

 And further it is covenanted, as well of the part of the said George 

 Ormerod, the father, and his Co-fellows, as of the part of the said 

 Thurstan Birtwisde and his Co-fellows, that if fortune any dissention 

 or variance to be moved Betwixt the said parties at any time or 

 times hereafter for and concerning the foundation or building of the 

 said Chapel, or any manner of costs and labours concerning the 

 same, then the said parties to be reformed, ordered, and redressed 

 by Richd. Townley, of Worsthorne, Esqr., so oft as any such 



