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27 July 1774 Probate of the will (dated 28 October 1758) of Nicholas Hooper of Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, mariner

Letter from Miss Elizabeth Small, 18 High Street, Ramsgate, Kent to John Hooper, Duke Street, St. James', Piccadilly, London with copy of the will of Jane Underdown of Ramsgate, widow (dated 22 February 1841) of which Miss Small is executrix, 13 June 1842

11-12 May 1790 (1) Ralph Carr of Dunston Hill, Esquire (mortgagee) (2) John Tweddell of Unthank Hall, Northumberland, Esquire and Isabella, his wife (3) Robert Wade of Fatfield, gentleman (4) William Hoar of Durham, Esquire and Charles Wren of Newcastle, Esquire (trustees to uses) Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of North Farm in the parishes of Jarrow and Bolden (166a.0r.21p., fields specified, in the former parish and 135a. 0r. 3p., fields specified, in the latter), to the use of (3) as specified. Covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £4,700 by (3) to (1) and £1,300 by (3) to (2)

27 May 1790 (1) Robert Wade, gentleman, Plaintiff (2) John Tweddell, Esquire and Isabel his wife, Deforceants Two parts of a Final Concord of a messuage. 2 cottages, 2 shops, 200 a. of land, 200 a. of meadow, 200 a. of pasture and common of pasture at Folingsby in the parishes of Jarrow and Bolden Consideration: £220

11-12 August 1790 (1) Robert Wade (2) William Russell of Newbottle, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2), by way of mortgage, of the North Farm in the parishes of Jarrow and Bolden as D/CG 37/1, to secure £4000 and interest. Declaration by (1) that William Hoar and Charles Wren shall stand seised in trust for (2) until the mortgage shall have been redeemed.

28-29 July 1791 (1) William Russell (2) Robert Wade Lease and release by (1) to (2) of premises as D/CG 37/1 upon the redemption of the mortgage D/CG 37/3. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £4083 7s 8d

12-15 August 1791 (1) Robert Wade (2) John Burdon of Hardwicke, Sedgefield, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2), by way of mortgage, of the North Farm in the parishes of Jarrow and Bolden as D/CG 37/1, to secure £4000 and interest. Declaration by (1) that William Hoar and Charles Wren shall stand seised in trust for (2) until the mortgage shall have been redeemed. Consideration: £4000

13 August 1791 (1) Robert Wade (2) John Burdon Bond of (1) to (2) in £8000 as collateral security for the payment of £4000

26-27 December 1817 (1) William Hale of Acomb York, Esquire, late Lieutenant Colonel of the North York Regiment of Militia (2) Henry Hale of the Plantation, Guisbrough, Yorks, Esquire (3) William Williams of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of an estate at Follingsby (North Farm as specified in D/CG 37/1) and assignment of the sum of £1000 secured thereupon. Recites previous deeds describing descent from John Burdon

27 December 1817 (1) Thomas Wade of Hylton Castle, Esquire (2) Wiliam Williams Bond of (1) to (2) in £2000 as collateral security for the payment of £1000

14 February 1818 (1) Thomas Wade, eldest son and heir, devisee for life, executor and residuary legatee of Robert Wade (2) John Gregson of Durham, gentleman Deed charging premises as D/CG 37/1 with £2000 and interest in favour of (2) Recites previous deeds whereby the £4000 mortgage had been reduced to £3000 Consideration: £2000 paid by (2) to John Russell Rowntree as an executor of John Burdon

14 February 1818 (1) Thomas Wade (2) John Gregson Bond of (1) to (2) in £4000 as collateral security for the payment of £2000

13 May 1818 (1) John Gregson (2) Deborah Dodshon of Coundon, widow; Mary Studholme of Bishop Auckland, widow; Sarah Braithwaite of Lancaster, widow Assignment by (1) to (2) of his interest under D/CG 37/9. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2000

14 December 1830 (1) John Watson, gentleman, Demandant (2) John Gregson, gentleman, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Thomas Wade the younger, Esquire, Vouchee toWarranty Exemplification of a common recovery (dated 6 November 1830) of 4 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 shops, 200a. of land, 200a. of meadow, 200a. of pasture and common of pasture, at Follingsby

13-14 January 1831 (1) Thomas Wade the elder of Hylton Castle, Esquire (2) Thomas Wade the younger of Hylton Castle, Esquire (3) William Williams of Durham, gentleman (4) James Crosfield of Lancaster, sugar refiner and Robert Spence of North Shields,Northumberland, banker (executors of Sarah Braithwaite who survived her aunts Deborah Dodshon and Mary Studholme) (5) William Harland (formerly William Hoar) of Durham, Esquire (who has survived Charles Wren) (6) Walter Scruton of Durham, gentleman (heir of the surviving devisee in trust of Robert Wade) (7) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, Esquire and William Trotter of Bishop Auckland, gentleman Lease and release, according to their respective interests, by (3), (4), (5) and (6) to (7), at the request of (1) and (2) of North Farm as D/CG 37/l, being and assignment of mortgages to secure £3,000 from (1) and (2) to (7) upon the premises. Recites previous deeds. Covenant by (1) and (2) to procure the assignment of a term of 999 years subsisting in part of the premises Consideration: £1,000 by (7) to (3) and £2,000 by (7) to (4)

15 March 1831 (1) Thomas Wade the elder (2) Thomas Wade the younger (3) John Fawcett and William Trotter (4) John Tiplady of Durham, gentleman (5) William Emerson Wooler of Durham, gentleman Assignment by (4) to (5), at the request of (1), (2) and (3), of a term of 999 years in the premises created by the within recited deed of 30 April 1706 in trust for (3) until the redemption of D/CG 37/13 and, subject thereto, in trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds

27 December 1851 (1) John Fawcett now of the Bailey, Durham, Auckland, Esquire (2) Reverend Albany Wade of Elton, Clerk (3) Mary Skipsey of Scarborough, Yorks., widow (4) Jane Margaret Wade of Scarborough, spinster (5) Edward Wade of Felling, Esquire Assignment by (1) to (5) in trust for (3) and (4) of premises as D/CG 37/1 and the mortgages created by D/CG 37/13 thereupon. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £3,000 by (3) and (4), in moieties, to (1)

27 December 1851 (1) William Emmerson Wooler (2) John Fawcett and William Trotter (3) Reverend Albany Wade (4) Mary Skipsey (5) Jane Margaret Wade (6) Edward Wade (7) Abraham Story the younger of Durham, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (7) of the term of 999 years in the Follingsby premises, created in 1706, in trust for (4) and (5) and, subject thereto, in trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds

Schedule of deeds (1790-1870) relating to Follingsby (bought by David Burn), 26 April 1870

15-16 May 1827 (1) Thomas Wake late of Hill House, Monk Wearmouth, now of Yarm, Yorks., gentleman (surviving trustee and executor of Marmaduke Featherstonhaugh of the Hermitage, Chester-le-Street) (2) William Hill of Bishop Wearmouth, Esquire (3) Thomas William Hill of Startforth, Yorks., Esquire Memorandum of the surrenders of copyholds of the Manor of Chester (D/CG 38/2-3). Lease and release by (1) to (2) of two allotments of Chester West Moor, now part of Chester Grange Farm (16a.3r.36p.) for the remainder of a term of three lives, to (3) in trust for (2) as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1,030 6s.2d. previously paid by (2) to Featherstonhaugh's executors and £319 13s.10d. by (2) to (1), and all payments made on an annuity to Hannah Featherstonhaugh, deceased, co-trustee, with (1), of Marmaduke Featherstonhaugh

16 May 1827 Admittance of: Thomas William Hill of Startforth, Yorks., Esquire Upon the surrender of: Thomas Wake of Yarm, Yorks., gentleman, (who has survived Hannah Featherstonhaugh, late of Bishop Wearmouth, widow, deceased), William Matthews of Chester-le-Street, gentleman (who has survived Thomas Croudace the elder and Thomas Croudace the younger, trustees with him for Marmaduke Featherstonhaugh), John Croudace of Bishop Wearmouth, surgeon, eldest son and heir of Thomas Croudace the elder, and William Featherstonhaugh of Witton Gilbert, gentleman (eldest son and heir, devisee and executor of Marmaduke Featherstonhaugh) To: copyholds of the manor of Chester totalling 77a.3r.19p., being allotments made upon the division of Pelton Common (one allotment of 21a.3r.32p.) and Chester West Moor (the remainder in 22 allotments). In trust for: William Hill of Bishopwearmouth, Esquire, the purchaser for £3,150 of these and other lands, the purchase price apportioned as to £3,070 for the purchase of the leasehold premises, £40 for the above copyholds and £40 for the premises specified in D/CG 38/3

16 May 1827 Admittance of: Thomas William Hill of Startforth, Yorks., Esquire Upon the surrender of: Thomas Wake and others (as D/CG 38/2) To: four copyhold closes in the Manor of Chester Deanery allotted from Chester West Moor (5a.2r.18p.) In trust for: William Hill of Bishop Wearmouth, Esquire

29 March 1834 Admittance of: Robert John Hill of 23 Craven Street, Westminster, Esquire As: nephew and heir at law of Thomas William Hill of Startforth, deceased To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester as D/CG 38/2

30 March 1834 Admittance of: William Beckwith of Trimdon House, Sedgefield, Esquire, a Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, and David Nesham of Portrack, Stockton upon Tees, Esquire Upon the surrender of: Robert John Hill of 23 Craven Street, Westminster, Esquire To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester as D/CG 38/2 Upon the trusts of a deed of 1 November 1828, the marriage settlement of William Hill of Bishopwearmouth and Hannah Anne his wife (nee Featherstonhaugh)

30 March 1834 Copy admittance of: William Beckwith and David Nesham Upon the surrender of: Robert John Hill To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery as D/CG 38/3 Upon the trusts of a deed of 1 November 1828 as D/CG 38/5

25 January 1859 (1) William Hill of Ryhope, Esquire (2) William Beckwith of Silksworth Hall, Esquire, a Major General in the British Army and David Nesham of Haughton le Skerne, Esquire (mortgagees in trust of the copyhold and leasehold lands) (3) Henry Fenwick of South Hill, Esquire, and Thomas Murray of Chester-le-Street, Esquire (on behalf of themselves and the other co-partners in the Chester-le-Street Water Company) Agreement allowing (3) to lay water pipes and ancillary apperatus under and upon the Chester Grange estate of (1)

22 April 1861 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Rt. Hon. George Frederick D'Arcy, Earl of Durham (3) Richard Albany Nelson of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, Esquire (4) William Hill of Bishopwearmouth, Esquire (5) William Beckwith and David Nesham Conveyance by (1), and by (2) and (3) in respect of certain interests in portions of the property, to (5) of three allotments of Chester West Moor (16a.3r.18p.), subject to the rights of redemption of (4) upon payment of £5,500 and interest to (5). Minerals reserved to (1) together with powers for working same and provisions for compensation to be paid to (5). Recites previous deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £102 by (4) to (1)

27 August 1861 (1) William Beckwith and David Nesham (mortgagees) (2) William Hill (3) Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany of Dunsany Castle, Ireland; Thomas Blake of Doctors Commons, London, Doctor of Laws; William Calverley Curteis of Doctors Commons, Doctor of Laws; James Edward Coleman of London, accountant; William John Hutchinson of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant and coal fitter; William Newton of St. Paul's Church Yard, London, banker [The partners in a company trading as "The owners of Pelton Colliery"] Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3), discharged from the mortgage held by (1) of freehold allotments of Chester West Moor (16a.3r.18p.) to be held as to eleven thirtieths by Dunsany, four thirtieths by Blake, six thirtieths by Curteis, three thirtieths by Coleman, two thirtieths by Hutchinson and four thirtieths by Newton. Covenant by (1) and (2) to surrender to (3), to be held in similar proportions, 77a.3r.19p. of copyholds held of the Manor of Chester, and 5a.2r.18p. of copyholds held of the Manor of Chester Deanery, all called Chester Grange and being in the township of Chester-le-Street (see D/CG 38/2-3). Recites previous deeds. Plan endorsed on second membrane Consideration: £4,200 by (3) to (1) (£3,250 for the copyholds of the Manor of Chester, £300 for those of Chester Deanery, £650 for the freeholds)

27 August 1861 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany and others as D/CG 38/9 Upon the surrender of: William Beckwith and David Nesham To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester as D/CG 38/2

27 August 1861 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany and others as D/CG 38/9 Upon the surrender of: William Beckwith and David Nesham To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery as D/CG 38/3 [In error stated to contain 12a.2r.36p. and in fact containing 5a.2r.18p.]

Abstract of title (13 August 1836 - 30 April 1858) of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to the reversion expectant in 3 allotments at Chester-le-Street upon the determination of a lease for lives, 1860

Additional abstract of title (1861) to freehold allotments at Chester Grange, n.d.

19 April 1871 Admittance of: John Coleman of Stoke Park, Bucks., gentleman and John Weise of 103 Saint George's Road, Pimlico, Middlesex, accountant As: devisees in trust of James Edward Coleman late of Tokenhouse Yard, London, accountant, deceased To: six thirtieth portions of copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery as D/CG 38/3

19 April 1871 Admittance of: Francis John Blake of King Street, Norwich, solicitor and Robert Blake Humfrey As: devisee in trust, and eldest brother and customary heir, respectively, of Thomas Blake late of Doctors Commons, London, Doctor of Law, deceased To: two thirtieth portions of copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery as D/CG 38/3

20 April 1871 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany Upon the surrender of: Edward, Lord Dunsany, William John Hutchinson, William Newton, Edward John Coleman, John Weise, Francis John Blake, Robert Blake Humfrey and John Hugh Bainbridge of Frankfield, Co. Cork, Esquire To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery, as D/CG 38/3 In trust for: Lord Dunsany (as to eleven twenty-eighths), Edward John Coleman (as to six twenty-eights), William John Hutchinson (as to seven twenty-eights) and John Hugh Bainbridge, (as to four twenty-eights) the sole partners in "The Owners of Pelton Colliery" Recites: the various re-organisations in the partnership: "The Owners of Pelton Colliery" during the past decade

20 April 1871 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany Upon the surrender of: Edward, Lord Dunsany, William John Hutchinson, William Newton, Edward John Coleman, John Weise, Francis John Blake, Robert Blake Humfrey and John Hugh Bainbridge of Frankfield, Co. Cork, Esquire To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester, as D/CG 38/2 In trust for: Lord Dunsany (as to eleven twenty-eighths), Edward John Coleman (as to six twenty-eights), William John Hutchinson (as to seven twenty-eights) and John Hugh Bainbridge, (as to four twenty-eights) the sole partners in "The Owners of Pelton Colliery" Recites: the various re-organisations in the partnership: "The Owners of Pelton Colliery" during the past decade

20 April 1871 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Dunsany Upon the surrender of: William Calverley Curteis of Norfolk, Doctor of Laws To: one house, now in three cottages on a plot of land 7 yds. x 4.5 yds. at Stanley Burn in the Manor of Chester In trust for: Lord Dunsany (as to eleven twenty-eighths), Edward John Coleman (as to six twenty-eights), William John Hutchinson (as to seven twenty-eights) and John Hugh Bainbridge, (as to four twenty-eights) the sole partners in "The Owners of Pelton Colliery"

23 September 1890 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. John William, Baron Dunsany of Dunsany Castle, Co. Meath As: customary heir of Edward, Lord Dunsany, deceased To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery as D/CG 38/3 Upon the trusts of: D/CG 38/16

23 September 1890 Admittance of: Rt. Hon. John William, Baron Dunsany of Dunsany Castle, Co. Meath As: customary heir of Edward, Lord Dunsany, deceased To: copyholds of the Manor of Chester as D/CG 38/2 Upon: the trusts of D/CG 38/17

23 September 1890 Admittance of: Horace Curzon Plunkett of Crawley Down Park, Sussex, Esquire (Hon. Horace Curzon Plunkett) and John Hugh Bainbridge of Frankfield, Co. Cork, Captain R.N. Upon the surrender of: John William, Lord Dunsany To: copholds of the Manor of Chester Deanery, as D/CG 38/3 In trust for: H.C. Plunkett (as to seven fifteenth shares), J.H. Bainbridge (as to three fifteenth shares) and Gertrude Lawrence Knight Coleman, widow (as to five fifteenth shares). Recites the re-arrangements of the Pelton Colliery Company partnership since 1871