(printed form) number one thousand five hundred and fifty one to one thousand five hundred and fifty four certificate for five books numbered one thousand five hundred and fifty one one thousand five hundred and fifty two one thousand five hundred and fifty three and one thousand five hundred and fifty four respectively certificate or statement to accompany the register books to the commissioners for enquiring into the state custody and authenticity of non parochial registers 1857 the annexed or accompanying books are the original register books of births deaths and marriages which have been kept for the quarterly meeting of the society of friends of Essex the books sent have been from time to time in the custody of the registering officers of the said quarterly meeting for the time being and are sent to the commissioners from the immediate custody of Jas Bowden recording clerk of the society of friends at their central office in London to which office the said registers had been sent by the registering officers of the said meeting signed the 12.2.1857 Jas Bowden recording clerk of the society of friends