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Memorandum by the subscribing freeholders of Newlandside that Thomas Westgarth of Unthank, yeoman shall take a fine of the lord of 1 acre of ground, 6 January 1672/3

18 April 1747 Grant de novo incremento to John Westgarth of Unthank, gentleman, of 4a. of land in Boylhope in the parish of Stanhope formerly waste of the lord Rent: 1s.4d. p.a.

Receipt of Charles Johnson for payment of fees by Westgarth, 16 July 1747

4 February 1765 (1) John Westgarth of Unthank in the parish of Stanhope, Esquire (2) Jane Westgarth, Phillis Westgarth and Mary Westgarth, spinsters, daughters of (1) (3) William Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) to (3) of farmholds called Billing Shield,Pryfield, Nether House, Ludwell and the Paddock and Whetstone Hope Close and cattlegates in Billing Pasture and Whetstone Hope Fell in the parish of Stanhope in trust for (1) for life thence upon the trusts of (1)'s will

9 December 1775 (1) John Westgarth of Unthank, Esquire (2) Jane wife of Francis Tweddell, Esquire, phillis Ann Westgarth and Mary Westgarth (daughters of John Westgarth) (3) Anthony Todd, Secretary to the General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, Esquire Customary conveyance by (1) to (3) of lands specified in D/CG 13/4 upon the trusts therein specified

Copy of the will of John Westgarth of Unthank, yeoman, reciting a settlement of one third of his real estate in favour of the younger children of Francis Tweddel and Jane his wife and devising the other two thirds to trusteesfor his other daughters, 10 February 1778 Codicil, 17 February 1781

7 December 1807 Admittances out of court of the Rt. Hon. Eleanor, Countess of Lauderdale as only child and heir of Anthony Todd late of the General Post Office to: a close called Bussey Flatt, a close called Twine Moor 10a. and a close called Middlefield

16 December 1807 (1) Mary Westgarth of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster and the Rt Hon James, Earl of Lauderdale and Eleanor his wife (2) William Ingham of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of: a third part of 5a. of land near Craggs Poole and Swyne Roods and 1a. near Laxam Green; a third part of a parcel of waste land 40 yds x 30 yds on the north bank of the Wear; a third partof aclose called Bussey Flatt on the south bank of the Wear; a third part of a close called Turne Moor 10a. and Middle field Acre; a third part of the Forth and White's close. In trust for (1) and the uses of her will

21 July 1809 (1) Francis Tweddell of London, Esquire, and the Rev. Robert Tweddell of Manchester, Lancashire, clerk (children of Francis Tweddell late of Threepwood, Northumberland, deceased, by Jane his late wife n6e Westgarth) and William Tweddell of Unthank, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Anthony Heaviside of Stokes1ey, Yorkshire, gentleman, and Robert Hildyard of Lawrence Pountenay Lane, London, gentleman File of surrenders by (1) to (2) of 1 two twelfth parts of lands as specified in D/CG 13/6 upon trust for Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley and the trusts of his will Consideration: £200

21 July 1809 (1) Phillis Ann Tweddell of Edmonton, Middlesex, spinster (a daughter of Francis Tweddle by Jane his wife nee Westgarth) and William Tweddell of Unthank, Northumberland, Esquire (2) James Losh of Jesmond, Northumberland, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, and William Legrew of Edmonton, Middlesex, Esquire File of surrenders by (1) to (2) out of court of one twelfth part of the premises specified in D/CG 13/8 upon trust for Phillis Ann Tweddell and the trusts of her will

21 July 1809 (1) William Legrew of Edmonton, Middlesex, Esquire and Jane his wife (formerly Jane Tweddell, daughter of Francis Tweddell by Jane his wife, nee Westgarth) and William Tweddell of Unthank, Northumberland, Esquire (2) James Losh of Jesmond, Northumberland, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, and the Rev. James Legrew of Caterham, Surrey, clerk File of surrenders by (1) to (2) of one twelfth part of the premises specified in D/CG 13/8 upon trust for W. Legrew and wife and upon such trusts as they shall appoint

13 August 1813 (1) Mary Westgarth of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster (one of the daughters and coheiresses of John Westgarth) and William Ingham of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) James Favell of Faceby, Yorkshire, Esquire and Anthony Heaviside of Stokesley, Yorkshire, merchant File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of one third part of the premises specified in D/CG 13/8 upon trust for the Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk and upon the trusts of his will

4 September 1819 (1) Jane Legrew, late of Edmonton, now of the City of Worcester, widow, William Henry Tugwood of Stanbrook Villa, Powick, Worcestershire, Esquire and phillis Ann Tugwood his wife (nee Tweddell) (2) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, Esquire, and Anthony Haviside of Stokesley, Yorkshire, merchant File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of two twelfth parts of the premises specified in D/CG 13/8 upon trust for the Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk and upon the trusts of his will

26 July 1822 (1) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, clerk, Robert Hildyard, late of Pountenay Lane, now of Kirby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, gentleman, (eldest son and heir of Phillis Ann Hildyard nee Westgarth and Henry Hildyard), Rt. Hon. James, Earl of Lauderdale, and Eleanor his wife, James Favell of Faceby, Yorkshire, Esquire, Anthony Haviside late of Stokesley, now of Bucklersbury in the City of London, merchant, and Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, Esquire (2) George Thomas Hutchinson of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gentleman, and John Barr of Stokesley, draper File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of the premises specified in D/CG 13/8 upon trust for Henry Hildyard and upon the trusts of his will

Abstract of title to copyholds in the parish of Stanhope, 1736 - 1809

9 - 10 August 1771 (1) Thomas Wharton of Old Park, Esquire, (son and heir of Robert Wharton of Durham, Alderman, deceased and cousin and heir at law of Francis Myddleton) (2) Sir Thomas Heron Myddleton of Mainsforth, Baronet, and Mary Lambton of South Biddick, spinster (cousins and heirs of Francis Myddleton) (3) Thomas Dunn of New Elvett, Durham, Alderman (4) George Thompson of Peasemire in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman (5) Benezer Powell of Shield-Ash, gentleman (6) John Smith of Rookehope, blacksmith (7) George Simpson of Stanhope Hall, gentleman (8) Thomas Barnfather of Stanhope, yeoman (9) Stephen Barber of Bishop Auckland, gentleman (10) George Raine of Eastgate, yeoman, and George Graham of Crawley Side, yeoman (11) Robert Colling of Hurworth, gentleman Revocation by (1) of the trusts, provisions etc. contained in indentures of 3 - 4 April 1747 within recited; Lease and release by (1) to (4) of part of the mansion house at Eastgate late in the occupation of (10), three byars and several closes of land 61a.0r.25 as specified, a water corn mill and 5a. of land adjoining it occupied by Jane Dixon as specified; a little farm at East Gate in the possession of Thomas Watson with a smithy and two dwellinghouses and other parcels of land and messuages in the possession of Elizabeth Lawson and (8) specified in the parish of Stanhope, reserving a moiety of all mineral rights As to the property occupied by George Raine, the water corn mill and lands occupied by Jane Dixon to the use of (3) for the term of 1000 years (being a mortgage by demise to secure £1300) and upon repayment to the use of (4) absolutely As to property occupied by Thomas Watson to the use of (6) reserving to (1) the right to water his cattle on the east side of Rookhope Burn As to the dwelling house and close in the occupation of Elizabeth Lawson to the use of (7) As to property in the occupation of (8) to the use of (8) As to 1/2a. of land in High Pasture to the use of (10) Covenant by (1) with (10) and (11) to surrender copyholds called Skeers House or Broadbush Farm 40a. to the use of (11) with defeazance to secure the payment of £500 by (10) to (11); schedule of deeds to be produced. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1300 by (3), £1020 by (4), £185 by (6), £90 by (7), £69 by (8), £15 by (9), £20 by (10), and £500 by (11) all to (2)

10 August 1771 (1) Thomas Dunn of New Elvet, Durham, Alderman (2) George Thompson of Pease-Mires, yeoman Declaration of trusts concerning lands conveyed in D/CG 13/16 to (1) charged with the payment of £1300 in favour of (2)

10 August 1771 (1) George Thompson of Pease Mires in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman (2) Thomas Dunn of New Elvet, Durham, Alderman Bond (1) to (2) in £2600 to secure the payment of £1300 and interest

10 August 1785 (1) Richard Shuttleworth of New Elvet, Durham, Esquire; Christopher Wardell of Durham, Esquire; Thomas Dunn of Old Elvet, Durham, Esquire, Mayor of Durham; Thomas Hutchinson of Sockburn, gentleman (trustees of Thomas Dunn of New Elvet, deceased) (2) George Thompson of Pease Mires, yeoman (3) Benjamin Dunn of Durham, merchant (youngest son and residiary legatee of Thomas Dunn, deceased) Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of a mortgage by demise of 1000 years created in 1771 with further borrowing on the same security of premises in the parish of Stanhope as specified in D/CG 13/16. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 (3) to (2)

Copy of the will of George Thompson of East Gate in the parish of Stanhope bequeathing inter alia £60 to son in law George Westgarth and devising his real estate in Weardale to his eldest son George Thompson, 4 May 1793

10 August 1799 (1) George Thompson of East Gate, yeoman (son and heir of George Thompson of Peasemires, deceased) (2) Benjamin Dunn of Rainton Hall, Esquire Deed of further charge of £300 upon premises specified in D/CG 13/16 and mortgaged by (1) to (2) to secure £1700. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £300

24 - 25 March 1806 (1) George Thompson of East Gate, yeoman (2) John Chapman of Headlam, gentleman Mortgage (Lease and release) by (1) to (2) of the messuage, lands, mill etc. at Eastgate as specified in D/CG 13/16 subject to the three prior mortgages of £1300, £100 and £300. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £500

2 February 1813 (1) George Thompson of Eastgate, yeoman (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, banker; Martin Dunn of Durham, merchant; John Dunn of Durham, gentleman (administrators of Benjamin Dunn of Rainton Hall deceased) (3) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Clerk Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of a mortgage by demise of 1000 years created in 1771, with further borrowing on the same security, of premises specified as in D/CG 13/16 at Eastgate in the parish of Stanhope. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1700 (3) to (1) £1800 (3) to (2)

2 February 1813 (1) George Thompson of Eastgate, yeoman (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Clerk Bond of (1) to (2) in £7000 to secure the payment of £3500 and interest

6 - 7 April 1813 (1) John Chapman of Headlam, gentleman (2) George Thompson of East Gate, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of property specified in D/CG 13/16 being a reconveyance on repayment of the sum due on mortgage. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £500

Abstract of title of George Thompson to property at Eastgate, 1771 - 1813

6 June 1814 (1) George Thompson of Eastgate, yeoman (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Clerk Deed of further charge of £500 upon premises specified in D/CG 13/16 at Eastgate etc. and mortgaged by (1) to (2) to secure £3500. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £500

12 - 13 May 1817 (1) George Thompson of Eastgate, yeoman, and Elizabeth Thompson his wife (2) Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, clerk Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the equity of redemption of and in property at Eastgate as speciled in D/CG 13/16; covenant to levy a fine. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £4280 owed by (1) to (2) and £9 paid by (2) to (1)

A bill for enclosing wastes and stinted moors in the parish of Stanhope, 1799

An Act for repairing the Lobley Hill to Burtryford turnpike, 1814

1 June 1631 (1) Peter Wright of Billingsheale, yeoman (2) John Wright of Ravensworthe, yeoman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Wester Meadow close, the Great and Little Calfe closes etc with 11 neat gates, 40 sheep gates, 14 beastgates and 2 horsegates in Billing Pasture to take effect from the death of (1) and Ann his wife

29 January 1718/9 (1) Alice Unthank of Newcastle upon Tyne (widow and relict of John Unthank, ship wright, son of Isabell Unthank who was the daughter of John Wright late of Ravensworth) (2) William Unthank of Newcastle upon Tyne, house carpenter, eldest son of (1) Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of property as specified in D/CG 13/31 at Billing Sheale and Whesnohope, subject to the life interest of (1)

26 - 27 February 1728/9 (1) Alice Unthanke of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow, and William Unthanke of the same place, house carpenter (her son and heir) and Margaret his wife (2) Susanna Hymes of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster Lease and release by (1) to (2) of property at Billing Sheale etc. as specified in D/CG 13/31 Consideration: £260

Notice from Alice and William Unthank to their tenant Thomas Barn father requiring him to pay future rents etc. to Susanna Hymes, 26 February 1728/9

4 - 5 July 1751 (1) John Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman, and Susanna his wife, formerly Susanna Hymers (2) William Peareth of Newcastle upon Tyne, Alderman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the messuage and lands at Billing Sheale as specified in D/CG 13/31 Consideration: £280

9 - 10 April 1761 (1) William Peareth of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) Susanna Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the messuage and lands specified in D/CG 13/31 at Billing Sheale. Recites that the name of (1) was used in D/CG 13/35 as a trustee for (2)

Copy of the will of Susannah Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow, devising her property at Billing Sheal to her Stephenson nephews and nieces specified as tenants in common, 30 July 1785

27 - 28 December 1790 (1) John Stephenson of Barrasford in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, yeoman, (uncle and heir at law of William Stephenson who was nephew and heir at law of Susannah Smith) and Margaret his wife (2) Richard Scruton of the Bailey, Durham, gentleman (3) Thomas Horn of Sunderland near the Sea, coal fitter Lease and release by (1) to (3) of the messuage and lands of Billing Sheal as specified in D/CG 13/31 upon trust for (2); covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £410

7 January 1791 (1) Thomas Horn, Plaintiff (2) John Stephenson and Margaret his wife Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 2 messuages, 40 acres of land, 50 cattle gates etc. in Billingsheal in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: 100 marks of silver

Extract from the inrolled copy of the Weardale Inclosure Award, n.d. [c.1800]

7 - 8 May 1821 (1) Richard Scruton of the Bailey, Durham, Esquire (2) Thomas Horn of Bishop Wearmouth, coalfitter (3) Thomas Dean of Hexham, Northumberland, widow and Cicely Kerr of Hexham, spinster Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) by way of mortgage (upon trust to raise and retain £2000)of a messuage and lands at Billingsheal as specified including allotments under the Inclosure Act of 21a.2r.19p., 48a.0r.22p., 11a.1r.0p. and 5a.0r.2p., an allotment of Westernhope Moor of 385a.1r.0p., and 3 allotments of Swinhope Moor of 115a.2r.12p, 209a.3r.2p. and 39a.0r.32p. and 2 allotments in Easter Lee Pasture of 1a.3r.22p. and 66a.2r.15p. Consideration: £2000

Copy of the will of Thomas Dean of Hexham, Northumberland, widow, bequeathing personal estate upon trust for daughter Elizabeth wife of Joseph Fairless and her issue as specified, 30 May 1821

Copy of the will of Richard Saruton of Durham, Esquire, devising his real estate to his son and three daughters, 1 February 1821. Proved 15 June 1825

1 - 2 September 1826 (1) Walter Scruton of Durham, Esquire; William Shotton, late of Durham, now of the island of Bombay in Hindooston in Asia, Esquire, and Mary his wife, formerly Mary Scruton; Frances Scruton and Joanna Scruton of Durham, spinsters, (devisees of Richard Scruton) (2) Henry Donkin of Durham, gentleman, and William Charles Chaytor of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the messuage and lands speciiied at Whesnope Burn, Brotherlee, Billingsheal as in D/CG 13/41; covenant to levy a fine by (1) to the use of (2) upon trust to convey the respective hereditaments contracted to be sold to Henry Hildyard and John Gregson to them and the purchase monies of £6850, less £2000 due on mortgage to Dean and Kerr, to be divided equally between the 4 parties in (1). Recites previous deeds Consideration: 10s.

Extract from fine between Donkin and Chaytor, Plaintiffs and Walter Scruton and others, Deforceants concerning lands, tithes etc. at Horden, Easington, Thorpe, Stanhope, Evenwood, North Bailey, Sunderland near the Sea and Frosterley, 22 September 1826

23 - 24 May 1827 (1) Henry Donkin and William Charles Chaytor of Durham, gentlemen (2) Walter Scruton of Durham, Esquire, Frances Scruton and Joanna Scruton of Durham, spinsters (3) Cicely Kerr of Hexham, Northumberland, spinster (who has survived Thomas Dean) and George Kerr Nicholson of Berwick upon Tweed, gentleman, executor of Thomas Dean (4) Rev Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Clerk Lease and release by (1) to (4) of messuages and lands as specified at Whesnope Burn, Brotherlee and Billingsheal. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2000 to (3), £3375 to (2) and £1125 to (1)

Abstracts of title to High Billingsheal in the park and forest of Weardale, 1631 - 1821

Supplemental a stract of title, 1826 - 27, with William Williams' opinion thereon, 23 May 1827

10 June 1700 (1) George Barwicke of Brodlaw in Weardale, yeoman and Elizabeth Barwicke of the same, widow (2) William Barwicke of Throstlenest in Weardale, yeoman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage, a meadow called Easter Spartelee and various beastgates in Billing and Whesonhope in the park of Weardale, subject to an annual customary rent of 11s. to the Bishop of Durham Consideration: £150

12 January 1700/1 (1) William Barwicke of Throstlenest in Weardale, yeoman (2) Thomas Dixson of Ludwell and George Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, both in Weardale, yeomen Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of his messuage called Wester Spartilee,aclose called Easter Spartilee and beastgates as specified to the use of (1) for life thence to the use of Elizabeth Dixson his daughter and William her son as specified

29 April 1710 (1) William Dixon the younger of Hawthorne, yeoman (2) John Wilson of Durham, butcher Mortgage by demise of 999 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage called Westerspertlee and a close called Easterspartlee and various beastgates as specified Consideration: £70

26 - 27 April 1714 (1) William Dixon the younger of Hawthorne, yeoman and Mary his wife; John Dixon of Sunderland near the Sea, ships carpenter (brother of William); William Barwicke of Ludwell in Weardale, mariner (2) John Barwicke of Newcastle upon Tyne, butcher Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the property at Wester Spartilee and Easter Spartiley as specified in D/CG 13/52 Consideration: £120 to W.D., 10s.6d. each to J.D. and W.B.

7 December 1724 Probate of the will of John Berwick of Newcastle upon Tyne, butcher, dated 7 October 1724, devising Snowhope Close and Sparkley in the parish of Stanhope and a messuage in Gateshead to his wife Phillis

Copy of the will of Phillis Barwick of Newcastle, widow devising lands at Sparkalee in trust for John Barwick (son) for life charged with £4 p.a. to discharge his debts and thence to his issue as specified; other real estate in trust for grandson John Berwick as specified; miscellaneous bequests, 26 February 1730/1 Memorandum of probate, 30 April 1731

25 October 1748 (1) John Berwick of Newcastle upon Tyne, butcher (2) Ann Pratt of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster Release by (1) of (2) from all his claims against her under the within recited will of Phillis Berwick

Attornment of John Morgan of Aller Gill and John Richardson of Sparty Lee, tenants, to Mrs. Ann Dawson, wife of Obadiah Dawson of Leeds, gentleman respecting Sparty Lee farm, 3 September 1796

Pedigree of Mrs. Dawson with an extract from the articles of enquiry concerning the bishops manors taken in 37 and 38 Elizabeth [1595 - 1596] regarding customary tenures in Weardale, n.d. [c.1800]

Abstract of title (1714 - 1730) to the estate at Spartalee, with the opinion of R. Hopper Williamson of Newcastle upon Tyne thereupon, 24 December 1805

Letter from Robert Hudson of Newcastle upon Tyne to Mrs. Dawson at Leeds regarding Weardale Inclosure rate assessment and other estate matters, 20 April 1804

Letter from Mary Dawson at Leeds, Yorkshire to Capt. Smith at Yaxley Berwicke, Stilton, Huntingdonshire, discussing queries regarding the title to the Spartalee Estate due to differing interpretations of the custom of Weardale, 4 May 1806

Extract from the Weardale Inclosure Award relating to Spartalee, 10 May 1816

17 - 18 October 1811 (1) Alice Dawson, and Mary Dawson of Leeds, Yorkshire, spinsters (only children and coheiresses of Ann Dawson, deceased) (2) William Smith of Leeds, Esquire, Major in the First West York Regiment of Militia Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the property at Spartelee as specified Consideration: an annuity of £15 each to (1) for their joint lives and of £30 to the survivor for life

Copy of the will of William Smith, Esquire, a Lieutenant Colonel in the First West York Militia, devising his real and personal estate to trustees to pay the income in moieties to Thomas Smith (brother) and Jane, wife of Greenwell Clayton (sister), 27 September 1815 Note of probate 14 January 1830

20 January 1830 (1) John Marshall, late of New Grange in the parish of Leeds, now of Headingley in the county of York, Esquire (2) Thomas Smith of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, Doctor of Medicine Attested copy of a deed of disclaimer by (1) of the trusts under the will of the late William Smith recited herein

18 - 19 June 1830 (1) Thomas Smith of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, Doctor of Medicine (brother, heir and acting trustee and executor of William Smith, deceased) (2) Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Clerk Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the customary messuage called Wester Spartalee with a close of meadow called East Spartalee, an allotment of 21a.1r.4p of Billing Pasture and an allotment of 27a. of Whesonhope Fell Consideration: £580

Pedigree of Mary Dawson, n.d. [c.1812]

Abstract of title (1714 - 1830) to the Spartalee estate, 1830

Opinion of Henry Stapylton of Durham regarding Dr. Smith's title to Spartalee, 7 April 1830

Correspondence between Walter Scruton at Durham, Rev. Henry Hildyard at Stokesley, Yorkshire, John and Thomas Griffiths at Durham, J. Roddam at Parson Byers regarding the sale of Spartalee, arrangements of conveyance, discusssions re title, 2 March 1829 - 26 June 1830

25 November 1738 (1) William Emerson of Low Horseley in the parish of Stanhope, gentleman (2) Richard Summers of Durham, shoemaker Marriage settlement of Francis Haswell the younger of Ryton, gentleman and Elianore Emerson, daughter of (1) Demise by (1) to (2) for a term of 500 years of 2 customary messuages and farmholds at Low Horseley upon the trusts of the within recited indenture of 28 November 1738

28 November 1738 (1) William Emerson of Low Horseley, gentleman, and Ann his wife and Elianore Emerson, spinster, his daughter (2) Francis Haswell the younger of Ryton, gentleman . (3) Henry Walton of Sherburn, gentleman and William Emerson of Winlaton, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) to (3) of 2 tenements or farmholds at Low Horseley to the use of W. Emerson for life charged with an annuity of £30 to (2) thence to the use of (2) and E. Emerson for life and to their issue as specified

5 January 1771 Probate of the will of Francis Haswell of Low Horsley, gentleman, dated 3 August 1764, bequeathing his wife an annuity of £20 for life with legacies to his daughters all charged upon his real estate at Low Horsley and Medomsley which he devises to Francis Haswell his eldest son

3 January 1778 (1) Francis Haswell of Low Horsley, gentleman (2) Joseph Hopper of Blackhedley in the parish of Shotley, Northumberland, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3 messuages and lands at Low Horsley with 48 beastgates (5 sheep each) in Billing pasture and 450 sheepgates in Whessenhope Fell, all in the parish of Stanhope to such uses as (1) shall declare in his will

Copy of the will of Francis Haswell of Low Horsley, gentleman, bequeathing £200 to his sister Eleanor, an annuity of £15 to his mother Eleanor and devising his real estate to his sisters Ann Holden, widow, and Eleanor Haswell as tenants in common, 8 April 1778

1 May 1787 (1) Henry Henderson of Bishop Auckland, surgeon and Ann his wife (2) Joseph Hopper of Blackhedley in the parish of Shotley, Northumberland, gentleman Deed to lead the uses of a fine of a moiety of 3 messuages, lands and beastgates as specified being to such uses as (1) shall appoint otherwise in trust for H. Henderson for life and subject thereto in trust for Ann Henderson her heirs and assigns

10 May 1787 (1) Joseph Hopper, Plaintiff (2) Henry Henderson and Ann his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of a moiety of 3 messuages, 100 acres of land etc in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: 100 marks of silver

Extract from and information concerning a fine, Hopper to Henderson, 1787

13 May 1803 Administration with will, dated 28 August 1747, annexed of Richard Summers of Silver Street, Durham, cordwainer devising property in Silver Street in trust for sale dividing proceeds amongst children Letters of administration granted to Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman regarding a term of 500 years created by D/CG 13/83 and vested in the deceased

12 - 13 May 1803 (1) Henry Henderson of Bishop Auckland, surgeon and Ann his wife, John Greenwell of Willington, Esquire and Eleanor his wife (which ladies are the sisters and coheirs of Francis Haswell) (2) Nicholas Hopper of Blackhedley, in the parish of Shotley, Northumberland, Esquire (eldest son of Joseph Hedley) (3) Hugh Watson of Unthank in the parish of Stanhope, gentleman (4) Joseph Walton of Stanhope, gentleman (5) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman (administrator of Richard Summers) (6) Thomas Hopper of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4) of 3 customary messuages and other premises as specified at Low Horsley; covenant of (5) with (4) to levy a fine in trust for (3); assignment by (5) to (6) of the residue of a term of 500 years created in 1738 in trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1477 10s. to Henderson and wife, £1477 10s. to Greenwell and wife

Extract from and notes concerning a fine of June 1803

30 - 31 May 1803 (1) Hugh Watson of Unthank, gentleman (2) Joseph Walton of Stanhope, gentleman (3) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Newbottle, clerk Lease and release by way of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of the property as specified at Low Horsley Consideration: £2000 to (1)

31 May 1804 (1) Hugh Watson of Unthank, gentleman (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard, late of Newbottle, now of Benton House, Northumberland, clerk Deed of further charge of £400 upon the property at Low Horsley Consideration: £400

1 May 1812 (1) Hugh Watson of Unthank, gentleman (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard late of Denton House, now of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk Deed of further charge of £1000 upon the property at Low Horsley as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1000

1 May 1815 (1) Hugh Watson of Unthank, gentleman (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk Deed of further charge of £1000 upon premises at Low Horsley as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1000

17 - 18 February 1818 (1) Hugh Watson of Wallwick near Chollerford, Northumberland, gentleman, and Rebecca his wife (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk (3) Nathaniel Gould of Salford, Lancashire, Esquire (4) Oswald Milne of Manchester, Lancashire, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) to (3) of property at Low Horsley as specified including allotments of 44a.0r.12p and 130a.0r.22p in Billing Pasture in place of beast gates. Covenant to levy a fine. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £4833 (3) to (2), £2187 (3) to (1)

18 February 1818 (1) Thomas Hopper of Durham, Esquire (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk (3) Hugh Watson of Wallwick near Chollerford, Northumberland, gentleman (4) Nathaniel Gould of Salford, Lancashire, Esquire (5) William Sergeant of Manchester, Lancashire, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (5) with the consent of (2) (3) and (4) of the residue of a term of 500 years created in 1738 in trust to attend the freehold

27 February 1818 (1) Nathaniel Gould, Plaintiff (2) Hugh Watson and Rebecca his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 3 messuages, 6 barns, 1100 acres of land etc. in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: 100 marks of silver

Copy of the will of Nathaniel Gould of the Crescent, Salford, Lancashire, Esquire, making various bequests including £3000 to his brother George Gould of Retford and £1000 to sister Lydia Lucas of Bolsover; charitable bequests to local hospitals and schools and to the S.P.C.K.; £30,000 to trustees to be invested and the income applied for the benefit of Lydia Gould (daughter) and thence to her issue in such manner as she shall direct; devises all real estate in Manchester, Salford, Yorkshire and Durham with residue of personal estate to daughter Lydia, n.d. Codicil cancels £5000 bequest towards limiting child employment in factories etc. Testator died 20 March 1820

26 July 1822 (1) Rev. Joseph Gould of Newton Blossomville, Buckinghamshire, clerk and Lydia his wife (only child and heiress at law of Nathaniel Gould) (2) Richard Gould of Manchester, merchant Deed to lead the uses of a fine to be levied of property at Low Horsley as specified to the use of Joseph Gould as specified. Recites previous deeds

3 August 1822 (1) Richard Gould, Plaintiff (2) Joseph Gould, clerk, and Lydia his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 3 messuages, 6 barns, 1100 acres of land etc. in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: 100 marks of silver

27 - 28 August 1834 (1) Rev. Joseph Gould of Burwash Rectory, Sussex, clerk (2) Richard Gould of Manchester, Lancashire, merchant (3) Thomas Greenwell of the South Bailey, Durham, Esquire (4) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Esquire Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of property at Low Horsley in the parish of Stanhope as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £5800

28 August 1834 (1) William Sergeant of Manchester, Lancashire, gentleman (2) Rev. Joseph Gould of Burwash Rectory, Sussex, clerk (3) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire (4) Bernard Hale of Lincolns Inn New Square, Middlesex, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (4) of the residue of a term of 500 years in trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds

Abstracts of title (1738 - 1822) to the Rev. Joseph Gould's estate in the parish of Stanhope, 1834

Schedule of Low Horsley title deeds 1738 - 1834

Correspondence between Brookfield and Gould at Sheffield, R. and W. Bainbridge at Alston, Cumberland, Robert Hildyard at Stokesley, Yorkshire, Joseph Gould at Burwash, Sussex regarding sale, valuation, rental and title of property at Low Horsley otherwise Little Horseley, 3 July 1833 - 1 October 1834

Weardale Inclosure Act., n.d.

Certified copy of an extract from the Weardale Inclosure Award of 20 September 1815 relating to Low Horsley, 16 August 1817

Certificate of Messrs. Crawhall, agents to Thomas Richard Beaumont, that there is no lead ore under the Horsley estate, 24 December 1817

Plan of Low Horsley with field names and table of acreages, n.d. [early 19th century] No scale

Entries in the Stanhope and Brancepeth parish registers relating to the Haswell family, 1767 - 1803

10 June 1762 (1) William Emerson of Hurworth, gentleman (2) John Muschamp of Brotherlee, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of a capital messuage and farm called Gate Castle and his share in Whestenhope Close in the parish of Stanhope to the use of (1) for life thence to the use of Elizabeth his wife for life in place of dower thence, charged with various portions to the daughters of Alexander Emerson (uncle) as specified, to the use of William Emerson of Wappin,London (cousin) with remainder to the heirs of Alexander Emerson as specified

7 June 1771 (1) William Emerson of Hurworth, gentleman (2) John Muschamp of Brotherlee, gentleman Revocation of the deed of settlement D/CG 13/143 by (1) and quit claim by (2) to (1) of the estate

Office copy of the will of William Emerson of Hurworth devising real estate at Hurworth, Gatecastle and Neesham to William Tinckler of Newbiggin subject to his wife's life interest; miscellaneous bequests, 22 May 1780 Note of probate, 31 May 1782

Office Copy of the will of William Tinkler of Hurworth devising his real estate in Weardale to his son William for life thence to his grandson William Henry Tinkler, devising all real estate at Croft to his son James for life then to latter's son William Emmerson Tinkler; both estates are charged with various legacies and annuities, 15 August 1805 Note of probate, 20 September, 1805

Plan of the Gatecastle estate (311a.1r.25p), surveyed by J. Roddam, April 1836 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

30 - 31 March 1837 (1) William Henry Tinkler of Wallingford, Berkshire, gentleman (2) Charles Hedges of the same place, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) , being a disentailing deed of the capital messuage and farm called Gate Castle 120a.3r.36p, a parcel of Whesternhope Close 3a.2r.37p and an allotment of 186a.2r.28p on Whesternhope Moor subject to an annual customary payment of 35s. to the Bishop of Durham Endorsed with note of enrolment in Chancery, 26 April 1837

Abstract of title (1762 - 1837) to the Gate-Castle, estate in the parish of Stanhope, 1837

Correspondence of Messrs. Ward and Story at Durham and Col. Hildyard at Stokesley regarding sale of Gate Castle to Hildyard and progress with conveyances, 22 December 1837 - 9 June 1838

Letter from Thomas Bowes junior at Darlington to Ward and Story at Durham regarding arrears of annuity charged on Gate Castle, 27 April 1838

Undertaking of Hedges and Son to deliver up deed granting annuity, n.d. [c.1838]

Declaration by Elizabeth Tinkler of Wallingford, Berkshire, spinster regarding the Tinkler family, 6 April 1838

17 - 18 May 1838 (1) William Henry Tinkler of Wallingford, Berkshire, gentleman (2) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire Lease and release and appointment by (1) to (2) of the estate at Gate Castle specified in D/CG 13/148 Consideration: £1450

21 April 1722 (1) Ann Wall of West Gate in Weardale, widow and Elizabeth Wall of West Gate her eldest daughter and heiress apparent (2) John Morgan of Newpark in Weardale, gentleman, and Francis Brumwell of Warden Hill in Weardale ,yeoman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of the messuage and farmhold called Hag-gate to the use of (1) for life thence to the use of Frances her daughter for life thence to the use of Jane her daughter and her heirs

8 October 1774 (1) George Wallis of Westgate in Weardale, gentleman (2) John Emerson of Earnwell in Weardale, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of: his messuage at Westgate, subject to an annual rent of 2d to the Bishop of Durham; three houses and lands called High Crook Well and Low Crook Well with 40 beastgates on Middlehope Fell, subject to annual rent of 13s.; a farmhold called Scutter Hill with beastgates in Westgate Heath Pasture and Middlehope Fell, subject to an annual rent of 3/7d; the farmhold called Sidehead with 2 dwellinghouses, 4 beastgates in Carn Brow Pasture and 6 on Bleak Laws Fell, subject to an annual rent of 3s 4d, to the use of (1) for life thence to the use of John Wallis his eldest son, and the latters heirs charged with annuities to Jane Wallis (wife of (1))and Ralph Wallis of London (son of (1))

Copy of the will of George Wallis of Westgate devising his freehold estate at Westgate called the Parricks to son John Wallis, 8 October 17 Note of probate, 23 August 1783

Office copy of the will of John Wallis of Westgate, gentleman making minute preparations for his funeral; appoints guardians for his son who is to be guided into a legal career and to take the name of George Thomas John Forster Wallis when of age; devises the residue of his estate to Thomas Forster Wallis (son) for life and thence to latters children in equal shares. Attempts to oblige his son to marry as soon as is reasonable someone with at least £2000, not to pay the debts of testators wife and attempts to deny his descendents power to sell any of the property for 200 years, 12 May 1801 Note of probate, 2 December 1805

16 April 1811 (1) Thomas Forster Wallis of Westgate, gentleman (2) George Dixon of Wolsingham, gentleman Copy of a deed to lead the uses of a fine by (1) to (2) of messuages, lands and beastgates as specified at Sidehead, Carr Brow alias Blakelaws Fell, Middlehope Fell, High Crooked Well, Low Crooked Well, Scutter Hill alias Side Lane, Westgate High Pasture, High Mill Piece and Low Mill Piece, the Malting at West-gate, Hagg Gate, Billing, all in the parish of Stanhope

20 May 1820 (1) Thomas Forster Wallis of Westgate, gentleman (2) John Furnace of Bridge End in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman, and Joseph Walton of Dalehead in the said parish, gentleman Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of lands as specified in the parish of Stanhope (D/CG 13/163) to the use of (1) for life thence upon trust to sell and to apply the proceeds for the upbringing of Thomas Walton, Emerson Walton and Ann Walton natural children of the testator

Abstracts of title (1774 - 1821) of Furnace and Walton to the Hag-gate estate at Eastgate in the parish of Stanhope, n.d. [c.1824]

12 - 13 October 1824 (1) John Furnace of Bridge End, yeoman, and Joseph Walton of Dalehead, gentleman (2) John Angus of Hagg Gate, mason Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the farmhold call Hagg Gate near Eastgate being a dwellinghouse and 3a. of land an allotment of 4a.2r. of Billing Pasture, and an allotment of 26a.2r.6p. of Whestenhope Moor, subject to an annual payment of 3s.4d to the Bishop of Durham; covenant to produce deeds. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £340

18 - 19 September 1838 (1) John Angus of Hagg Gate, mason (2) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2) of property at Hagg Gate as specified in D/CG 13/168 Consideration: £700

20 September 1838 (1) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) John Angus of Hagg Gate, mason and Phoebe his wife Copy of a lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of the cottage at Hagg Gate determinable on the death of the survivor of (2) Rent: 1s. p.a.

15 March 1759 (1) Thomas Robinson the elder of Whestenhope Burn, yeoman (2) Thomas Robinson the younger of Whestenhope, yeoman (son and heir of (1)) Customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of his messuage called Whestenhopehurn and three meadows, 14 cattlegates in the Easter Lee and 20 cattlegates on Swinhope Fell subject to a mortgage of £60 and a customary rent of 13s.4d p.a. to the Bishop of Durham Consideration: an annuity of £10 to (1) and Mary his wife for life, £30 on the death of (1) to be paid to John Robinson (brother of (2)), John Robinson's receipt for £30 endorsed

3 May 1764 (1) Thomas Robinson the younger of Westenhopeburn, yeoman (2) William Lonsdall of Ireshopeburn, yeoman Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the property at Westenhopeburn as specified in D/CG 13/171 Consideration: £60

8 May 1779 (1) William Lonsdall of Windy Side in the parish of Stanhope (son and heir of Richard Lonsdall late of Field Stile, deceased) (2) Thomas Robinson of Westernhopeburn (son and heir of Thomas Robinson, deceased) (3) Thomas Maughan of Newhouse in the parish of Stanhope Assignment of a mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) with further borrowing on the same security of property specified in D/CG 13/171. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £60 to (1), £40 to (2)

15 February 1783 (1) Thomas Robinson of Westernhopeburn, (2) Frances Maughan of Westgate in the parish of Stanhope, widow, John Maughan of Ireshope in the said parish, miner, and William Maughan of Burtreeford in the said parish, carpenter Further mortgage by (1) to John Maughan of the property specified in D/CG 13/171. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 owed on previous mortgage and £30 borrowed since

1 October 1787 (1) Thomas Robinson of Whesternhope Burn, miner and William Robinson of the same place, miner, his son (2) John Maughan of Irsehopeburn, gentleman (3) Reed Surtees of Stranton, Esquire Assignment of a mortgage with further borrowing on the same security by (1) and (2) to (3) of premises specified in D/CG 13/171 Consideration: £130 (3) to (2), £140 (3) to (1) Endorsed: 23 May 1791 Further charge of £130

1 October 1787 (1) Thomas Robinson of Whestron Burn, miner (2) Reed Surtees of Stranton, Esquire Bond of (1) to (2) in £540 to secure the payment of £270 plus interest

23 May 1791 (1) William Robinson of Wheston Burn, miner and Isabella Robinson of the same place, widow (2) Elizabeth Surtees of Stranton, widow Bond of (1) to (2) in £260 to secure the payment of £130 plus interest

5 October 1796 (1) William Robinson of Brotherlee in the parish of Stanhope, miner (eldest son and heir of Thomas Robinson, deceased) (2) Isabell Robinson of Brotherlee, widow (administratrix of Thomas Robinson) (3) Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, Esquire and George Surtees of Bishop Middleham, Esquire (nephews of Reed Surtees, deceased (4) Aubone Surtees of Newcastle upon Tyne, banker (second cousin and heir at law of Reed Surtees, deceased) (5) Jane Wheldon of Medomsley, widow Assignment of a mortgage with further borrowing on the same security by (1) (2) (3) and (4) to (5) of the property specified in 13/171upon trust to levy £440 on the premises and subject thereto in trust for (2) for life, thence for (1) Consideration: £400 (5) to (3), £40 (5) to (1) and (2)

5 October 1796 (1) William Robinson of Brotherlee, miner and Isabell Robinson of Brotherlee, widow (2) Jane Wheldon of Medomsley, widow Bond of (1) to (2) in £880 to secure the payment of £440 plus interest

29 December 1796 (1) Jane Wheldon of Meadomsley, widow (2) Thomas Wheldon of East Rainton, gentleman Assignment of a mortgage for £440 of premises specified in D/CG 13/171 upon the trusts specified in D/CG 13/179

15 May 1805 (1) William Robinson of Westenhope Burn, miner (eldest son and heir at law of Thomas Robinson, deceased (2) Isabell Robinson of Westenhope Burn, widow (administratrix of Thomas Robinson deceased) (3) Thomas Wheldon of East Rainton, gentleman (4) John Johnson of Horseleybourn in the parish of Stanhope, gentleman Assignment of a mortgage by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) with further borrowing on the same security of property at Westhenhopeburn now comprising 2 dwellinghouses, 3 meadows, 14 cattlegates on Swinhope Fell and allotments made under the Stanhope Inclosure Award upon trust to raise and retain £540. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 to (1) and (2) £440 to (3)

12 May 1809 (1) William Robinson of Westenhope Burn, miner (2) John Johnson of Stanhope, gentleman Deed of further charge of £80 upon premises at Westenhope Burn. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £80

12 - 13 May 1813 (1) William Robinson late of Brotherlee, and now of Whestenhope Burn, miner (eldest son and heir of Thomas Robinson deceased) (2) John Johnson late of Horsley Burn, now of Stanhope, gentleman (3) Ingleby Thomas Miller of Shincliffe, Esquire Assignment of a mortgage by Lease and release with further borrowing on the same security by (1) and (2) to (3) of property specified in D/CG 13/181 upon trust to raise and retain £900. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £620 (3) to (2), £280 (3) to (1)

Letter from G. Langhorn at Stanhope to John Dunn at Durham regarding the Robinson family, baptisms and burials etc., 6 December 1819

Abstract of title (1796 - 1809) to property at Whestenhope Burn, 1819

Abstract of Miller's mortgage of 1813, 1819

17 December 1819 (1) Thomas Robinson of Westenhope Burn, miner (eldest son and heir of William Robinson) (2) Ingleby Thomas Miller of Shincliffe, Esquire (3) Alice Meadley of Bishop Wearmouth, spinster (4) Bernard Ogden of Sunderland near the Sea, chemist and druggist, and Thomas Brunton of Southwick, lime burner Assignment of a mortgage with further borrowing on the same security by (1) and (2) to (4) of Westenhopeburn comprising 2 dwellinghouses etc., 3 meadows, and allotments of 38a.2r.5p and 15a.3r.17p in place of beast gates, upon trust to raise £1200 to be paid over to (3). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £900 to (2), £300 to (1)

17 December 1819 (1) Thomas Robinson of Westenhope Burn, miner (2) Alice Meadley of Bishop Wearmouth, spinster (3) John Turner of Durham, land surveyor Appointment by (1) of (3) as receiver of the rents of his property at Westenhope Burn

Schedule of deeds (1787 - 1819) relating to property mortgaged to Alice Meadley, n.d. [c.1820]

3 December 1830 (1) Alice Meadley of Bishop Wearmouth, spinster (2) Bernard Ogden of Sunderland near the Sea, chemist and druggist and Thomas Brunton of Southwick, lime burner (3) John Dunn of Durham, gentleman Assignment of a mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of property in the parish of Stanhope subject to the equity of redemption of Thomas Robinson. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £900

18 February 1832 (1) Thomas Robinson, late of Westenhope Burn, now of Steps End Toll Bar, Yorkshire (2) John Dunn of Durham, gentleman Release by (1) to (2) of his equity of redemption in the premises conveyed to (2) by D/CG 13/190

Correspondence received by John Dunn at Durham from R. Coulthard at Dalton Hall near Greta Bridge and George Brown at Barnard Castle regading the whereabouts of Thomas Robinson and the conveyance of his equity of redemption, 19 October 1831 - 26 March 1832

Correspondence between Ward and Storey and John Dunn, both at Durham, and Col. Hildyard at Horsley near Stanhope regarding the sale of property by Dunn to Hildyard, 17 February - 13 June 1838

18 - 19 June 1838 (1) John Dunn of Durham gentleman (2) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley Manor, Yorkshire, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2) of lands etc. as specified at Westenhope Burn Consideration: £1100

Extract from the Weardale Forest Inclosure Award, 29 September 1815

16 June 1598 (1) Edwarde Dalivell of Seaton Dalyvell, Northumberland, gentleman (2) Arthur Emerson of Brotherlee, yeoman Grant by (1) to (2) of a moiety of a messuage Whestenopburne in Stanhope Parke subject to various customary annual payments to the Bishop of Durham

24 December 1714 (1) Anne Emerson, widow (administratrix of Nicholas Emerson her late son) (2) Henry Watson of Kilmore, Ireland; William Pick of St. Andrews, Holborn, and Grace his wife; Abel Parrott of London, coachman, and Anne his wife; Esther Watson, spinster (3) John Emerson of Westenaburn, yeoman Quit Claim by (1) and (2) to (3) of all benefits under the within recited deed of 9 May 1690 securing 40s. p.a. for.5 years to each of the parties of the second part above. Consideration: £10 to each of (2)

16 March 1725/6 (1) John Emerson, late of Whesnap Burn, and now of East Burdon, gentleman (2) John Grey of Durham, Alderman and William Taylor of the parish of Stanhope, gentleman (3) George Hornsby, Katherine Hornsby and Elizabeth Hornsby, grandchildren of (1) Grant by (1) to (2) of his messuage and lands at Whesnopburn in the parish of Stanhope upon trust for (1) for life,upon trust for such persons as (1) shall appoint, otherwise to levy £200 on the premises for K.H. and E.H. upon marriage or majority and subject thereto in trust for G.H. as specified

16 March 1725/6 (1) John Emerson, late of Whesnop Burne and now of East Burdon, gentleman (2) Thomas Huntley of East Burdon, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife (only daughter and heir of (1)) (3) John Grey of Durham, alderman and William Taylor of the parish of Stanhope, gentleman Settlement by (1) to (3) of his messuage and lands at Brotherlee with 18 pasture gates at Easterlee and 38 pasture gates on Swinhope Fell according to the custom of the manor of Weardale, upon trust for (2) for life and thence in trust for their issue as specified; release by (2) to (3) of Thirstley House, East Burdon and 33a. of land there upon trust for (2) for life and their issue

18 May 1741 (1) John Gray of Durham, Alderman (who survived William Taylor) (2) Catherine Hornsby of Durham, spinster (3) Thomas Huntley of East Burdon, gentleman, and Mary Huntley and Isable Huntley, spinsters, his daughters (4) Richard Loansdale of Fieldstile in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman Mortgage (Grant) by (1) and (2) to (4) of the messuage and lands at Whesnopburn as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £300 to (2)

Copy of the will of Richard Lonsdale alias Ruecastle making various bequests and appointing Goreg Loansdall (his brother) executor and residuary legatee, 12 June 1743

Copy of the will of George Lonsdale of Fieldstile in the parish of Stanhope, bachelor making divers bequests to nephews and other kin; residuary legatee William Lonsdale of Ireshopeburn, 23 February 1756

6 October 1759 (1) The Rt. Rev. Richard, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) William Lonsdale of Ireshope Burn, yeoman (executor of George Lonsdale late of Fieldstile, yeoman, deceased, who was executor of Richard Lonsdale late of Field Stile, deceased) Release of an escheat by (1) to (2) of the property specified at Whesnop-burn reciting the illegitimacy of Ridhard Lonsdale and the escheat of the property at his decease Consideration: 10s. (parchment, 1 membrane, pendent seal of (1))

6 October 1759 (1) William Lonsdale of Ireshopeburne, yeoman (2) John Gregson of East Burdon,gentleman and Thomas Huntley of East Burdon, gentleman (3) John Byerley of St. Oswalds, Durham, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a mortgage for £300 upon the property as specified at Whesnopburn in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: £300 (3) to (1)

Copy administration with will annexed of John Byerley of Gilligate, Durham, gentleman, dated 25 June 1760) devising real estate to his brothers on trust, charging his estates in accord with his marriage settlement with £500 for his daughter Elizabeth and appointing them guardians during her minority; otherwise the estates pass to his son John for life with remainder to Nicholas Byerley, Thomas Byerley, Christopher Byerley and Ann Dobson (brothers and sisters) as tenants in common. Administration granted to Elizabeth Byerley following the death of Thomas Byerley, 3 June 1762 Note of production in John Byerley and Thomas Byerley, an infant v Elizabeth Byerley, in Chancery, 6 October 1762

11 July 1763 (1) John Byerley of Gillygate, Durham, gentleman (only son and heir of John Byerley late of St. Oswald's) (2) Elizabeth Byerley of St. Oswald's, Durham, spinster (devisee and administratrix of John Byerley) Assignment of a mortgage by (1) to (2), under an order of the Court of Chancery at Durham as recited herein, of the messuage and lands at Whesnopburn in the parish of Stanhope as specified

27 July 1769 (1) Thomas Huntley of East Burdon, gentleman (2) Isabella Huntley of East Burdon, spinster (daughter and coheir of (1)) (3) Richard Mascall of Dalton le Dale, gentleman (4) Christopher Johnson of Queen Street, Durham, gentleman Copy deed to lead the uses of a common recovery being a grant by (1) and (2) to (4) of lands at Whesnope-Burn and Brotherlee, Stanhope, as specified according to the custom of the park and forest of 'Wardell' and declaration of the uses of the common recovery allowing (1) an annuity of £25 from the premises and subject thereto to the use of (2) and her heirs for ever Copy dated 20 March 1793

12 September 1769 (1) John Dennison of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, and Elizabeth his wife (2) Thomas Gregson of Sunderland near the sea, mercer (eldest son and heir of Mary Gregson deceased, daughter and coheir of Elizabeth Huntley, daughter and coheir of John Emmerson) and Isabella Huntley of East Burdon, spinster (daughter and coheir of Elizabeth Huntley) (3) William Watson of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant Assignment by (1) with the consent of (2) to (3) of a mortgage for £300 of premises as specified at Brotherlee, Whesnopburn etc. in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: £300 (3) to (1)

24 October 1769 (1) Richard Mascall, gentleman, Demandant (2) Christopher Johnson, gentleman, Tenant (3) Isabella Huntley, spinster, Vouchee Exemplification of a common recovery, dated 2 October 1769, of 5 messuages, 300 acres of land, 100 cattlegates at Burdon, Brotherlee and Whesnop Burn and in the parishes of Bishop Wearmouth and Stanhope

Notes on the progress of the common recovery, 1769

Thomas Huntley, Complainant John Gregson, Defendant Bill of complaint concerning the management of Huntley's estate by his son-in-law Gregson, 20 November 1769

Huntley v Gregson, ex parte Isabella Huntley and Thomas Gregson Copies of order for conveyance of estate vested in trust in Elizabeth Grey a minor, 10 May 1774

2 - 3 June 1774 (1) Elizabeth Grey an infant(great grand daughter and heir-at law of John Grey of Durham deceased, a trustee named in D/CG 13/208) (2) William Watson of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant (3) Isabella Huntley of East Burdon, spinster (4) Thomas Gregson of Sunderland near the Sea, coalfiiter (5) George Bates of West Matfen, Northumberland, gentleman (6) Smith Burke of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) (2) (3) and (4) to (S) of their respective estates in the property specified at Whesnopburn and Brother lee in the parish of Stanhope being an assignment of a mortgage with further borrowing on the same security; covenant by (3) and (4) with (5) to suffer a common recovery of the premises Consideration: £300 (5) to (2), £1125 (5) to (3), £175 (5) to (4)

9 July 1774 (1) Thomas Gregson of Sunderland near the Sea, coalfitter (2) George Bates of West Matfen, Northumberland, gentleman Deed of further charge of £200 on the premises mortgaged by (1) to (2) by the within recited indenture D/CG 13/223

22 December 1774 (1) Smith Burke, gentleman, Demandant (2) George Bates, gentleman, Tenant to the praecipe (3) Isabella Huntley, spinster, Thomas Gregson, gentleman and Jane his wife, Vouchees Exemplification of a common recovery dated 8 November 1774 of 5 messuages, 300 acres of land, 100 pasture gates etc. at Wesnopburn and Brother lee in the parish of Stanhope

Notes on progress of the common recovery, 18 October - 6 December 1774

3 - 4 June 1776 (1) George Bates of West Matfen, Northumberland, gentleman (2) Thomas Gregson of Sunderland near the Sea, coalfitter (3) Richard White of Ford, Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the property as specified in Whesnopburn and Brother lee being an assignment of a mortgage to secure £1800 and interest Consideration: £1800

4 June 1776 (1) Thomas Gregson of Sunderland near the Sea, coal fitter (2) Richard White of Ford, Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman (3) Benezer Powell of Shield-Ash in the parish of Stanhope, gentleman Power of Attorney from (1) to (3) appointing him receiver of the rents of the customary property at Whesnopburn and Brother lee mortgaged by (1) to (2) by the within recited deed DjCG 13/227

21 - 22 November 1783 (1) Thomas Gregson of Bishop Wearmouth, coalfitter and Jane his wife (2) George Gregson of Hetton le Hole, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of his equity of redemption in properties at Whestnopburn and Brotherlee as specified subject to an existing mortgage for £1800; covenant to levy a fine. Recites previous deeds Consideration £500

3 - 4 June 1784 (1) George Gregson of Hetton le Hole, gentleman (2) Richard White of Ford, Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of premises specified at Whestnopburn and Brother Lee being an ditional mortgage to secure £1800 on the premises lately conveyed to (1)

18 - 19 August 1788 (1) George Gregson of Hetton le Hole, common brewer (2) William Wilkinson and Thomas Chapman, both of the Coal Exchange, London, brokers Lease and release by way of mortgage by (1) to (2) of property specified at Brother Lee and Westnop Burn to secure £500 and interest; covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £100 and £400 already owed by (1)

12 January 1789 (1) George Gregson of Hetton le Hole, gentleman (2) John Taylor of Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman; Farrow Chilton of Sunderland, gentleman; Robert Blakiston of Sunderland, gentleman; George Dove of Monk Wearmouth, surgeon and apothecary (3) Subscribing creditors Articles of agreement for the assignment by (1) to (2) for the benefit of his creditors of properties specified Schedule of estates at Hetton le Hole, Brother Lee, Westernhope Burn and Bishop Wearmouth; inventory of goods; schedule of debts Endorsed: note of production in White v Gregson and others in Chancery

Richard White, gentleman, Complainant George Gregson, lately deceased, and others, Defendants Copy of decree settling dispute over mortgages and money due on lands at Whesnopburn and Brotherlee, in Chancery at Durham, 9 April 1792

14 - 15 November 1792 (1) Richard White of Ford, Bishopwearmouth, gentleman (2) William Wilkinson and Thomas Chapman of the Coal Exchange, London, coalfactors (3) John Taylor, late of Bishopwearmouth, now of Monkwearmouth, coalfitter; Farrow Chilton of Sunderland near the sea, gentleman; and Robert Blakiston of Sunderland, gentleman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the property specified at Whesnopburn and Brother lee in the parish of Stanhope. Recites previous deeds and decrees of the Durham Court of Chancery Consideration: £92 12s. already paid to (2), £1930 7s.1d by (3) to (1)

16 - 17 November 1792 (1) John Taylor, late of Bishop Wearmouth,now of Monkwearmouth, coalfitter; Farrow Chilton of Sunderland near the sea, gentleman; Robert Blakiston of Sunderland aforesaid, gentleman (2) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the property specified at Whesnope-burn and Brotherlee Rent: £3 15s. p.a. to the Bishop of Durham Consideration: £1800

Abstract of title (1598 - 1821) to customary freehold estate at Whestenhope Burn and Brotherlee in the parish of Stanhope, n.d.

20 October 1807 (1) John Walton of Brotherlee, gentleman (2) Joseph Walton of Stanhope, gentleman (3) Thomas Walton of Westfield, yeoman (4) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman Customary conveyance by (1) and (2) to (4) of the messuage at Brotherlee and various lands as specified 40a.1r.31p upon trust to raise two sums of £500 on different parts of the premises and pay the same to Henry Doubleday (mortgagee)as specified in one of the deeds therein recited and subject thereto in trust for (1) subject to an annual rent of 8s.4d to the Bishop of Durham; covenant to produce title deeds specified in annexed schedule. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £640 of which £500 is retained by (3)

11 - 12 May 1838 (1) Joseph Walton of Jacks Close in the parish of Stanhope, farmer (2) Thomas Walton of St. John's Chapel, auctioneer (3) Ann Miller of Shincliffe, spinster (mortgagee) (4) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley Manor, Esquire Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of High Jacks Close and Low Jacks Close and an allotment of 19a.2r.6p of Easterlee Pasture all in the parish of Stanhope and subject to an annual rent of 8s.11d to the Bishop of Durham Consideration: £200 to (3), £600 to (1)

12 May 1838 (1) Joseph Walton of Jacks Close, farmer (2) Thomas Walton of St. John's Chapel, auctioneer (3) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire Deed of covenant to produce title deeds (1719 - 1831) specified in subjoined schedule

31 July - 1 August 1840 (1) Walter Scruton of Durham, gentleman (2) Emerson Muschamp of Sunderland near the sea, iron manufacturer (3) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (3) of the legal estate in all lands specified in D/CG 13/238 vested in (1) as heir at law of Richard Scruton. Recites previous deeds; covenant to produce title deeds specified in subjoined schedule. Consideration:

Abstracts of title (1719 - 1831) of Messrs. Walton to customary freehold lands in the parish of Stanhope, n.d. [1838]

Letters from Ward and Storey at Durham to Col. Hildyard at Stokesley regarding purchase of Jack's Close, title deeds retained, entry fines etc. 23 February - 14 April 1838

Letter from Ward and Storey at Durham to Col. Hildyard at Stokesley forwarding deeds re Jack's Close, 7 August 1840

3 - 4 April 1792 (1) Thomas Wharton of Old Park, Doctor in physic (eldest son and heir of Robert Wharton of Durham, deceased, and cousin and heir of Francis Myddleton, late of Willington) (2) Sir Thomas Heron Myddleton of Grinkle Park, Yorkshire, Baronet, and Mary Lambton of Biddick, spinster (cousins and heirs of Francis Myddleton) (3) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman (4) John Stapylton Raisbeck of Stockton, gentleman Revocation of previous trusts and limitations by (1) Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a farm at Eastgate [White House Farm] 128a.3r.20p as specified, in trust for (3); covenant to produce title deeds. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1500 to (2) Also an attested copy of the release

Abstract of title (1604 - 1792) to lands at Eastgate purchased by Mr. Scruton of Dr. Wharton, [1809?]

Abstract of title (1604 - 1792) to lands at Eastgate purchased by Mr. Scruton of Dr. Wharton lying on the south side of the River Wear, [1809?]

27 - 28 April 1809 (1) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman (2) Leonard Raisbeck of Stockton, gentleman (eldest son of John Stapylton Raisbeck) (3) Robert Potts of East Gate, Esquire; Joseph Potts, late of St. Giles, Durham, now of East Gate, gentleman; and Jonathan Short of St. Nicholas, Durham, gentleman (4) Robert Burrell of Durham, Proctor Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4) of the farm at Eastgate specified in D/CG 13/249 to the use of (1) with regard to Bleakers Bank and Crutch Bank (14a.14 34p) and such part of a close of 27a.3r.15p as lies south of the River Wear; otherwise to the use of (3). Recites previous deeds. Schedule of deeds to be produced Consideration: £3200 D/CG 13/254 an attested copy of the release

7 - 8 August 1831 (1) Robert Potts of Stanhope, Esquire, and Ann his wife (2) Margaret Blegborough of Richmond, Yorkshire, spinster Mortgage (lease and release) by (1) to (2) of the property at Eastgate as specified in D/CG 13/249 Memorandum of acknowledgement of the deed by (2) Consideration: £1000

14 May 1838 (1) Robert Potts of Eastgate, Esquire, and Ann his wife (2) Margaret Blegborough of Richmond, Yorkshire, spinster (3) Rev. Nathaniel John Hollingsworth, Rector of Boldon Release by (1) to (3) of lands as specified at Eastgate charged with £1000 payable to (2) by the mortgage deed D/CG 13/255 and with the payments of a further £500; acknowledgement of the deed by Ann wife of Robert Potts under an Act of 3 and 4 William IV, 28 May 1838 Consideration: £500 by (2) to (1), £1450 by (3) to (1)

7 and 9 September 1839 (1) Margaret Blegborough of Richmond, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Rev. Nathaniel John Hollingsworth, Rector of Boldon Lease and release by (1) to (2) of 2a. of land part of Reah Head at East Gate on the south of the Stanhope Turnpike (as shown on plan on the face of the release) discharged from the mortgage D/CG 13/256 Consideration: 5s.

8 - 9 May 1840 (1) John Akenhead of Newcastle upon Tyne, stationer (2) Armorer Donkin of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (3) Margaret Blegborough of Richmond, Yorkshire, spinster (4) Lucy Mary Eliza Hollingsworth of Suttle House, near Carlisle, Cumberland, spinster and Calverley Bewicke of Suttle House aforesaid, Esquire, and Mary Amelia his wife (Lucy and Mary being the only daughters and devisees of Rev. Nathaniel John Hollingsworth late of Sedgefield) (5) Robert Hildyard of the Manor House, Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire (6) Abraham Story of Durham, gentleman Lease and release by (1) (3) and (4) to (5) of Howle John Farm in the parish of Stanhope and White House Farm at East Gate in the same parish; declaration barring dower; assignment by (2) to (6) of the residue of two terms of 400 years and 3000 years in trust for (5) to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £5500 to (1), £1500 to (3) and £2800 to (4)

Letter from Robert Potts to Adamson and Walton, solicitors, at Newcastle upon Tyne acknowledging £500 paid by Miss Blegborough's attorneys, 9 June 1838

17 October 1772 (1) Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman and Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (2) Rt. Rev. Robert, Lord Bishop of Oxford (3) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman and Waidson Ward of the same place, gentleman (his eldest son and heir) (4) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (5) Rev. Richard Muckle, clerk, Curate of the Curacy of Horton, Northumberland Covenant by (1) and (2) with (5) to surrender copyhold lands as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £600 (4) to (1) Endorsed: note of inrolment in Chancery, 7 January 1773

7 November 1772 (1) Rt. Rev. Robert, Lord Bishop of Oxford, Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman, and Benezar Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (2) Rev. Richard Muckle, clerk Surrenders by (1) to (2) out of court of: West Field of 5a.3r.15p (formerly part of Snape Close); a tenement called Snape Close alias Snowhope Close comprising a messuage etc. and 4 closes of land 31a.1r.14p for (2) and his successors in the curacy

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman (2) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (3) George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (4) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (5) Rev. Richard Witton, clerk, Curate of the Curacy of Rennington, Northumberland Deed of covenant by (1) (2) and (3) with (5) to surrender copyholds as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £95 to (2) Endorsed: note of inrolment in Chancery, 3 December 1774

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman, Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman and George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (2) Rev. Richard Witton, clerk Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of the middle division of Middle Field 3a.0r.36p, the middle division of the Curtain 1a.0r.6p at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope, for (2) and his successors in the curacy of Rennington

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman (2) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (3) George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (4) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (5) Rev. Richard Witton, clerk, Curate of the Curacy of Rock, Northumberland Deed of covenant by (1) (2) and (3) with (5) to surrender copyholds as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £95 (4) to (2) Endorsed: note of inrolment in Chancery, 3 December 1774

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman, Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman and George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (2) Rev. Richard Witton, clerk Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of the east division of Middle Field 3a.0r.34p and of the Curtain 1r lp at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope, for (2) and his successors in the curacy of Rock

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman (2) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (3) George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (4) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (5) Rev. Henry Johnson, clerk, Curate of the Curacy of Widrington, Northumberland Deed of covenant by (1) (2) and (3) with (5) to surrender copyholds as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £800 Endorsed: note of inrolment in Chancery, 3 December 1774

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman, Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman and George Clermont of Chester-le-Street, tanner (2) Rev. Henry Johnson, clerk Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of a parcel of Middle Field 2a.2r.30p and of the Curtain 3r.8p with a barn and stable thereupon, a parcel of Middle Faw and Woody Band 1a.2r.20p, the west part of West Pasture 14a.3r.24p, part of the West Pasture and four Darg 13a.2r.lp, Westfield 12a.1r.35p. Westfaw and Woody Bank 8a.0r.33p at Snape Guest and Newlandside for (2) and his successors in the curacy of Widrington

30 September 1774 (1) Cutherbet Ward of Newlandside Hall, gentleman (2) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (3) George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (4) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (5) Rev. John Orton, clerk, Curate of the Curacy of St. Mary Bingfield, Northumberland Deed of covenant by (1) (2) and (3) with (5) to surrender copyholds as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £400 (4) to (2) Endorsed: note of inrolment in Chancery, 3 December 1774

30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall,gentleman, Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman and George Clement of Chester-le-Street, tanner (2) Rev. John Orton, clerk Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of part of East Pasture 5a.1r.4p, the south-western division of Housefield 8a.2r.23p, the middle division of Middle Faw and Woody Bank 3a.1r at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope for (2) and his successors in the curacy of Bingfield

13 May 1864 (1) Rev. Simpson Brown Maugham, clerk, Incumbent of the Perpetual Curacy of Widdrington (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of copyhold lands delineated on the attached plan 60a.0r.36p for £1458

13 May 1864 (1) Rev. William Lake Johnson Cooley, clerk, Incumbent of the Perpetual Curacies of Rock and Rennington (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Stanhope, Esquire Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of 6a.3r.31p of copyhold lands delineated on the attached plan for £375

Abstract of title (1774 - 1840) of the Perpetual Curacies of Rock, Rennington and Widdrington to lands in the parish of Stanhope, 1864

19 July 1864 (1) Rev. Simpson Brown Maugham, Curate of Widdrington (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court 60a.0r.36p of land called Middle Field, the Curtain, Middle Faw and Woody Bank, High Pasture, West Pasture and Four Dar, West Faw and Woody Bank at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope Consent of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne ...., the Rt. Hon. George John, Baron Vernon (patron) and the Rt. Rev. Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham (ordinary) Consideration: £1458

19 July 1864 (1) Rev. William Lake Johnson Cooley, Curate of Rock (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of lands part of the Middle Field 3a.0r.34p and part of the Curtain 1r.1p at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope Consent of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne ...., the Rev. George Rooke, vicar of Northumberland (patron) and the Rt. Rev. Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham (ordinary)

19 July 1864 (1) Rev. William Lake Johnson Cooley, Curate of Rennington (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of part of Middle Field 3a.0r.36p and of the Curtain 1a.0r.6p at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope Consent of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne ...., the Rev. George Rooke, Vicar of Embleton, Northumberland (patron) and the Rt. Rev. Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham

Abstract of title (1772 - 1840) of the Perpetual Curacy of Horton to lands in the parish of Stanhope, 1865

9 January 1866 (1) Rev. William Greenwell, Curate of Horton (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of West Field 5a.3r 15p and a tenement called Snape Close alias Snawhope Close at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope as specified Consent of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne ...., the Rev. Edward Nangrave Maugin, Vicar of Woodhorn, Northumberland (patron) and the Rt. Rev. Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham

Abstract of title (1774 - 1840) of the Perpetual Curacy of Bingfield St. Mary to lands in the parish of Stanhope, 1866

11 June 1866 (1) Rev. William Postlethwaite Rigge, Curate of St. Mary Bingfield (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Horsley, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of part of the East Pasture 5a.1r.4p, part of the Housefield 8a.2r.23p and Middlefarm and Woody Bank 3a.1r.0p as specified at Snape Guest and Newlandside in the parish of Stanhope Consent of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne ...., Wentworth Blackett, Beaumont, Esquire (patron) and the Rt. Rev. Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham

Correspondence between A. Proctor at Morpeth, J.J. Roddam at Stanhope, Rev. W.L.J. Cooley at Rennington Parsonage near Alnwick, Northumberland, J.R.W. Hildyard and John Thomas Dixon at Bellingham, Northumberland regarding the sale of miscellaneous glebe lands at Stanhope, 16 December 1862 - 13 May 1863

Plan of lands at Snowhope owned by various members of the Bainbridge family and clergymen, acreages given, n.d. [c.1860s?] No scale

19 September 1877 (1) Archibald Campbell Swinton of Edinburgh, advocate (trustee for (2)) (2) James Hunter of Antonshill, Berwickshire, Esquire (3) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville, Yorkshire, Esquire Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and lands called Shield Ash otherwise Shield Field as specified in the parish of Stanhope c.154a. Covenant to surrender copyholds. Plan attached Consideration: £7000

19 September 1877 (1) James Hunter of Antonshill, Berwickshire, Esquire (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Northallerton, Yorkshire, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of Cutts Close 6a. and a messuage and parcel of land adjoining Shield Ash alias Shield Field 8a. in the parish of Stanhope Consideration: £650

19 September 1877 (1) Archibald Campbell Swinton of Edinburgh, Advocate (2) James Hunter of Antonshill, Berwickshire, Esquire (elder brother and heir of Martin Hunter, sons of Matthew Dysart Hunter) Surrender out of court by (1) to (2) of Cutts Close 6a. and a messuage and parcel of land adjoining Shield Ash alias Shield Field 8a. in the parish of Stanhope Memorandum that the premises are discharged from all trusts under the will of Gen. Sir Martin Hunter deceased

11 November 1720 (1) George Bainbridge and Nicholas Parton, gentlemen (2) Carleton Carr, gentleman, Lancelot Carr, clerk and James Carr, gentlemen Surrenders (mortgage) out of court by (1) to (2) of two moieties of Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias Ester Snowhope Close and of 1 acre of land late the waste of the lord to secure £230 Covenant for surrender by (2) to (1)

29 October 1771 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, Esquire and Wardson Ward of the same place, gentleman, his son and heir (2) Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman and Benezar Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of: a tenement called Snape Close with appurtenances but excluding Westfield; 1a. of moor late waste; a moiety of Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias Easter Snowhope Close and of 1a. of land late the waste of the lord; the other moiety of the property last above mentioned

22 April 1773 (1) The Rt. Rev. Robert, Lord Bishop of Oxford, Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman, and Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (2) George Bainbridge the younger of Paddock Nook in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of: 1a. of moor late the waste of the lord; a moiety of Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias Easter Snowhope Close and of 1a. of land late the waste of the lord; the other moiety of the last above mentioned properties

29 August 1796 (1) George Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, yeoman, alias George Bainbridge the younger of Paddock Nook (2) John Gibson of Hiltop, joiner File of surrenders out of court by (1) to (2) of both moieties of Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias Easter Snowhope Close and of 1a. of land late the waste of the lord upon the trusts of the will of (1)

11 September 1815 Admittance out of court of Joseph Gibson of St. Johns Chapel, yeoman, eldest son and heir of John Gibson of Hill Top, deceased to Snape Close and 1a. of land late the waste of the lord

5 October 1815 (1) George Stephenson of Billingshield in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman, and Ann his wife (daughter and devisee of George Bainbridge of Snowhope Close), William Bainbridge of Aldston, Cumberland, gentlemen (son and devisee of G.B.), Hannah Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, spinster (daughter and devisee of G.B.), and Joseph Gibson of St. John's Chapel, yeoman (son and heir of John Gibson of Hill Top, deceased) (2) Maddison Bainbridge of New Candside in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of three undivided ninth parts of Snape Close and 1 acre of land late the waste of the lord upon such trusts as Thomas Bainbridge of Snowhope, gentleman shall direct (he having purchased the same for £222 from (1))

23 October 1819 (1) Robert Baindbridge of Aldstone, Cumberland, gentleman, John Bainbridge of Buckingham, gentleman, and Jane Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, spinster (2) Maddison Bainbridge of Newlands, yeoman Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of five undivided ninth parts of property as in D/CG 13/295 upon such trusts as Thomas Bainbridge of Snowhope, gentleman shall direct (he having purchased the property for £370)

16 November 1819 (1) Joseph Gibson of St. John's Chapel, yeoman, Maddison Bainbridge of Newlandside, yeoman, and Thomas Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, gentleman (2) William Bainbridge of Aldstone, Cumberland, gentleman Surrender (mortgage) by (1) to (2) out of court of Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias Easter Snowhope Close and 1a. of land (except a close in High Easter Pasture sold by Thomas Bainbridge by surrender of 15 November) upon trust to raise and retain £900 and subject thereto upon trust for T.B.

21 January 1828 (1) Thomas Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, gentleman and William Bainbridge of Alstone, Cumberland, gentleman (2) George Stephenson of Billingshield, yeoman Copies of a surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of lands specified in D/CG 13/297 upon such trusts as William Bainbridge shall direct Consideration: £1800

21 January 1828 (1) Thomas Bainbridge of Snowhope Close, gentleman (2) George Sowerby of Stanhope Park, gentleman (3) William Bainbridge of Alston, Cumberland, gentleman Assignment by (2) to (3) of a lease of an allotment on Billing Pasture of 87a.0r.36p for the residue of a term of 21 years from 12 October 1825 subject to an annual rent to the Bishop of Durham. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £700 to (2)

Copy of the will of George Stephenson of Billingshield yeoman bequeathing all property to sons John, Henry and William Stephenson as specified, 20 May 1840 Note of probate, 20 July 1843

24 May 1864 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) William Bainbridge of Newcastle upon Tyne, Barrister at Law Conveyance by (1) to (2) of their reversionary interest in lands at Stanhope, formerly part of Billing Pasture and Stanhope Park 87a.0r.36p, leased by the Bishop of Durham to (2)'s trustees for 21 years in 1853. Reserves minerals. Plan endorsed on second membrane Consideration: £751 (parchment, 3 membranes, pendent seal of (1))

13 October 1870 Copy of the will of John Stephenson of Billing Shield, yeoman, devising all real estate to brother Henry Note of probate, 16 December 1871

Copy of an Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales for an improvement loan charge of £420 on the Snow Hope Close estate of Mary Bainbridge of Cliff House, Cullercoats, Northumberland, 16 October 1874

Copy of an Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales for an improvement loan charge of £131 on the Snow Hope Close estate of Mary Bainbridge, 30 June 1875

23 June 1880 Admittance of Henry Stephenson of Billingshield, as devisee in trust of John Stephenson of Billingshield, deceased, to Snape Close and 1a. of land late the waste of the lord adjoining it

24 June 1880 (1) Henry Stephenson of Billingshield, in the parish of Stanhope (2) Mary Bainbridge of Cullercoats, Northumberland, widow Surrender by (1) to (2) out of court of Snape Close and 1 acre of land. Recites previous surrenders, wills and admittances

24 June 1880 (1) Mary Bainbridge of Cullercoats, Northumberland, widow (2) John Annandale of St. Cuthberts, Shotley Bridge, paper manufacturer, and Thomas Annandale of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, surgeon Mortgage by (1) to (2) of lands formerly part of Billing Pasture containing 88.729a. (formerly described as containina 87a.0r.36p) Covenant by (1) with (2) to surr nder a copyhold farm of 57.940a. (Snape Close and 1a. of former waste etc) Schedule of fields and acreages as to lands conveyed Plan of property drawn on third membrane Consideration: £2000 Endorsed: 20 August 1881 (1) John and Thomas Annandale above mentioned (2) Mary Bainbridge Reconveyance of property by (1) to (2) on repayment of mortgage

21 July 1881 (1) Mary Bainbridge of Cullercoats, widow (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, esquire Articles of Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of property described in D/CG 13/307 for £3775 charged with repayments to the Land Improvement Company (see D/CG 13/303 - 4)

11 November 1881 (1) Mary Bainbridge of Cullercoats, widow (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, Esquire Conveyance by (1) to (2) of property specified in D/CG 13/307 and covenant to surrender copyhold premises specified there. All property delineated on attached plan Consideration: £3775

11 November 1881 (1) Mary Bainbridge of Cullercoats, Northumberland, widow (2) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, Esquire Surrender out of court by (1) to (2) of Snape Close and 1 acre of land, in all 57.940a., as specified Notional consideration: £2700

Draft abstract of title 1796 - 1819 with statement and instruction for surrender, 1819

Abstract of title (1828 - 1880) to property in the parish of Stanhope, 1880

Additional abstract of title, 1881

Purchaser's observations and requisitions on title, 8 August 1881

Purchaser's further observations and requisitions on title, 11 August 1881

Letter from the Legacy and Succession Duty Department, London, to Clayton and Gibson regarding annuities under William Bainbridge's will, 1 September 1881

Letter from Mary Bainbridge at Newcastle upon Tyne to J.A. Philipson, solicitor [at Stanhope] authorising him to receive purchase money, 5 November 1881

Receipt for £377 10s. deposit on the purchase of Snowhope Close etc., 26 July 1881

Copy of burial entry for Elizabeth Bainbridge at Alston in 1877, 16 June 1880

Copy burial certificate for John Bainbridge of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, died 1855, 18 June 1880

Extract from the Weardale Inclosure Act relative to Billing Pasture Lime Stone Quarry, n.d. [c.1880]

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference for the parish of Stanhope and Wolsingham Park Moor, 1864

3 August 1630 (1) William Emerson of Gaitcastle, yeoman (2) Christopher Harryson the elder of Eastyate, yeoman Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of his customary messuage called Whesenhopeburne in the parish of Stanhope with all lands relating thereto subject to a customary rental to the Bishop of Durham of 35s.

3 August 1630 (1) William Emerson of Gaitcstle, yeoman (2) Christopher Harryson the elder of Eastyate, yeoman Bond of (1) to (2) in £200 to perform covenants in indenture of even date

8 January 1635/6 (1) William Emerson of Gatecastle, yeoman, and Isabell Emerson, widow, late wife of William Emerson of Gatecastle, yeoman, deceased (2) Christopher Harrison the elder of Swinhoppburne, yeoman Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a customary messuage called Whesenhopeburne with all lands, common rights etc. belonging thereto Consideration: £280

8 January 1635/6 (1) William Emerson of Gatecastle, yeoman, and Isabell Emerson of Gatecastle, widow (2) Christopher Harrison the elder of Swinhopeburne, yeoman Bond of (1) to (2) in £500 to perform covenants contained in indenture of even date

7 June 1640 (1) Christopher Harrison the elder of Swinhopeburne, yeoman (2) Rowland Harrison, one of the sons of (1) Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) by way of mortgage of the property specified at Whesenhopburne charged with the payment of £100 to John Harrison, another son of (1), within one year of the death of the survivor Christopher Harrison or his wife

7 December 1646 (1) Rowland Harrison of Northumberland, yeoman (2) Rowland Harrison of Holerawe in the parish of Muggleswick, yeoman and Nicholas Byerley of Whitehall in the parish of Lanchester, yeoman Conveyance by (1) to (2) of his messuage and lands called Whesenhopeburne to the use of (1) and the heirs of his body with remainder to John Harrison his natural brother, his heirs and assigns

20 November 1669 (1) John Harrison of Fieldhead in Weardale, yeoman (2) John Stobs of Springhouse and George Robinson of Brotherlee, yeoman Conveyance by (1) to (2) of his customary messuages and lands at Whesnhopburn to the use of (1) and his wife for life and thence to the use of George Harrison, son of (1)

6 - 7 May 1697 (1) John Harrison of Durham, yeoman (2) William Bainbridge and Ralph Bainbridge of Snipe Close, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of his messuage and lands as specified at Whesenhope Burn Consideration: £455

7 May 1697 (1) John Harrison of Durham yeoman (2) William Bainbridge and Ralph Bainbridge of Snipe Close, yoeman Bond of (1) to (2) in £900 to perform covenants in indenture of even date

15 - 16 February 1793 (1) Jane Bainbridge of Whestenhope-Burn, widow (relict of William Bainbridge of WhestenhopeBurn deceased) (2) William Bainbridge of Field House, Westauckland, yeoman (son and heir of W.B. deceased) Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the messuage of and lands at Whestenhope-Burn as specified subject to an annual customary rent of 35s. to the Bishop of Durham Consideration: an annuity of £15 to be paid by (2) to (1) for life

21 - 22 June 1793 (1) William Bainbridge of Fieldhouse, West-auckland, yeoman (son and heir of William Bainbridge late of Whestenhope Burn deceased who was the only son and heir of William Bainbridge formerly of Snipe Close, deceased) (2) Ingleby Miller of Shincliffe, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) by way of mortgage of his messuage called Whestenhope Burn with lands there as specified, 17.25 cattlegates in Billing Pasture and 200 sheepgates upon Whestenhope Fell, subject to an annuity of £15 and a customary annual rental of 35s. as specified Consideration: £500

12 - 13 May 1801 (1) William Bainbridge,late of Field House, now of Evenwood, yeoman (2) Ingleby Miller of Shincliffe, gentleman (3) Ambrose Miller of Shincliffe, gentleman (4) Francis Smales of Durham, gentleman and William Cooke of Ferryhill, yeoman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4), being an assignment of a mortgage with further borrowing on the same security, of the messuage, lands beastgates and allotments under the Stanhope Inclosure at Whestenhope Burn specified in 13/333 upon trust to levy £1200 by 23 November and subject thereto in trust for (1) charged with the beforementioned annuity and annual customary rent Consideration: £600 (3) to (2), £600 (3) to (1)

4 - 5 June 1805 (1) William Bainbridge late of Fieldhouse, West Auckland, now of Evenwood, yeoman (2) Francis Smales of Durham, gentleman and William Cooke of Ferryhill, yeoman (3) Ambrose Miller of Shincliffe, gentleman (4) Christopher Emerson of Wolsingham, gentleman (5) John Rutherford of Horseley-burn in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman Lease and release (withcounterpart) by (1) and (2) to (4)and (5) as tenants in common, being an assignment of a mortgage for £1200 and release of the equity of redemption of (1) in the messuage, lands and beastgates and allotments at Whestenhopeburn as specified, subject to an annuity and annual customary rent. Recites previous deeds; covenant to produce title deeds specified on attached schedule Consideration: £1200 by (4) and (5) to (3)

5 June 1805 (1) William Bainbridge of Evenwood, yeoman (2) Christopher Emerson of Wolsingham, gentleman and John Rutherford of Horsley-burn in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman Bond of (1) to (2) in £200 of indemnity against the annuity of £15 charged on premises conveyed by (1) to (2) and paid to Jane Bainbridge for life

12 - 13 July 1808 (1) Christopher Emerson of Wolsingham, gentleman (2) John Rutherford, late of Horselyburn, now of Whestenhopeburn in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman (3) Elizabeth Burrell of Hallgarth Street, Durham, widow, Featonby Burrell of Billingham, gentleman and George Burrell of Hallgarth Street, gentleman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) by way of mortgage of the messuage, lands and beastgates specified at Whestenhope Burn, upon trust to raise £1500 on the premises and subject thereto in trust for (2) Consideration: £1260 to (1), £240 to (2)

12 - 13 May 1818 (1) Feaconby Burrell of Billingham, gentleman and George Burrell of Hallgarth Street, Durham, gentleman (2) John Rutherford of Whestenhope Burn, yeoman (3) Ann Emerson of Newbiggin in the parish of Middleton, spinster (niece and heir at law of Christopher Emerson, deceased) (4) Thomas Stephenson of Billingshield, yeoman Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of the messuage and lands at Whestenhope Burn as specified, an allotment of 69a.3r.32p in Billing Pasture in place of 17.25 cattlegates and allotments of 137a.1r.28p on Whestenhope Moor and 23a.1r.7p in Billing pasture in place of 200 sheepgates, subject to an annual customary rent of 35s.. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1500 (4) to (1), £890 (4) to (2)

14 - 15 May 1818 (1) Thomas Stephenson of Billingshield, yeoman (2) The Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley, clerk Lease and release by way of mortgage by (1) to (2) of property specified in D/CG 13/339 as additional security for the money secured to (2) by a bond of even date Consideration: £1000

15 May 1818 (1) Thomas Stephenson of Billingshield, yeoman (2) The Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokeley, Yorkshire, clerk Bond of (1) to (2) in £2000 to secure the payment of £1000 on 16 November 1818 thereby discharging the condition detailed in D/CG 13/340

14 - 15 May 1839 (1) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire (son and heir of Rev. Henry Hildyard) (2) Thomas Stephenson, late of Billingshield, now of Whestanhope Burn, yeoman (3) George Stephenson of Billingshield, yeoman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) being an assignment of a mortgage of properties specified in D/CG 13/339 Consideration: £1000

6 January 1864 (1) William Hardman of Westenhope Burn, farmer (2) Anthony Crawhill of Stanhope, bootmaker Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the premises described in D/CG 13/339. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100

4 May 1869 (1) Thomas Herdman of Whestenhope Burn, farmer (2) Anthony Crawhall of Stanhope, bootmaker Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the property specified in D/CG 13/339. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £200 Endorsed: 18 January 1885 (1) Elizabeth Herdman of Westernhope Burn, widow (2) John Herdman and Henry Herdman, both of the same place farmers (3) John Crawhall of Stanhope, gentleman Further charge upon premises specified in D/CG 13/339 and mortgaged to (3) for securing £250. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 to (1) and (2) and £150 already owing

30 October 1891 (1) Elizabeth Herdman of Kitty Cragg near Westgate, widow (tenant for life of a moiety of the premises) (2) George Herdman of Kitty Cragg, miner (tenant in fee in remainder of the same moiety) (3) John Herdman of Spell Close Farm, Yarm, Yorkshire, farmer (owner of a quarter share of the property) (4) Henry Herdman of Westernhope Burn, in the parish of Stanhope, farmer (owner of the remaining quarter share) (5) The Hon. John Charles Dundas of Thornbrough House, Leyburn, Yorkshire and George Charles Hale of Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire, Esquire Memorandum of agreement for the sale by (1) (2) (3) and (4) to (5) of Westernhope Burn farm (25a.0r.27p) and allotments on Billing Pasture and Westernhope Moor (271a.1r.4p) for £5000. Plan attached

Abstract of title (1839 - 90) of Messrs. Herdman to a customary estate at Westernhope Burn, 1891

Purchasers' observations and requisitions upon title with vendors' replies, with plans and correspondence attached, 1891

Observations on vendors' replies to requisitions on title, with vendors' further replies, 1891

Certificate of search at the Office of Land Registry relating to the Herdman sale, 25 November 1891

Certificate of search in the Registry of Judgments relating to the purchase by Dundas and Hale, 26 November 1891

Copy of correspondence received by Clayton and Gibson regarding annual charitable payment of £1 charged upon Westernhope Burn Farm, 16 - 26 December 1891

Letter from the Legacy and Succession Duty Office, London to John Thompson regarding Mary Herdman and Margery Potts deceased, 13 January 1892

Certified Copy of the Death Certificate of Elizabeth Herdman who died 9 July 1890, 14 January 1892

Agreement of John Herdman charging his property at Westernhope Burn with £125 in favour of J.R. Taylor of Middlesbrough, 14 January 1892

Statutory Declaration of William Stephenson of Stepends in the parish of Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, yeoman and Henry Stephenson of Billingshield near Stanhope, yeoman regarding Westerhope Burn Farm, 20 - 21 January 1892

21 January 1872 (1) Henry Stephenson of Billing Shield, farmer (2) Elizabeth Herdman of Kitty Crag near Westgate, widow and George Herdman of the same place, miner (3) John Crawhall of Stanhope, gentleman (4) Elizabeth Herdman of Kitty Crag aforesaid, spinster; William Herdman of Oak Street, Poppleton Road, York; Henry Herdman of Waterside near Westgate (5) John Herdman of Spell Close Farm near Yarm, Yorkshire, farmer and Henry Herdman of Westernhope Burn, farmer (6) John Crawhall above mentioned (7) The Hon. John Charles Dundas of Thornborough House, Leyburn, Yorkshire and George Charles Hale of Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire, Esquire Conveyance regarding then respective estates by (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6) to (7) of lands specified at Westernhope Burn specified in D/CG 13/339 and also an allotment of 14a.2r 10p on Westernhope Fell. Recites previous deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £1000 to (1), £550 to (3), £1925 to (2), £1575 to (5)

Extract from Inclosure Award respecting Whestenhope Moor, n.d. [1815]

Extract from Inclosure Award relating to Billing Pasture, n.d. [c.1815]

1916 (1) John Arundel Hildyard, Esquire (2) John Crawhall of Stanhope Draft agreement to allow (2) to prospect for ganister for 6 months from 1 September 1916 specifying terms of a lease to be granted if (2) request it

28 December 1917 (1) Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden, Esquire and Windham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, land agent (2) John Arundel Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (3) John Crawhall of Stanhope, quarry owner Copy Lease (1) and (2) to (3) of ganister, limestone and whinstone quarries at Billingshield for 15 years from 1 March 1917 allowing lessee to build siding to the N.E. Railway through adjoining land etc. Rental: £40 p.a. plus tonnage rates as specified and £1 per acre for adjoining lands taken

29 June 1921 (1) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Hall, Eastgate, Esquire (2) William Sydney Walton of Harrow, Middlesex, journalist and Harold Copeland of Custom House Chambers ,Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant Copy licence from (1) to (2) to assign lease of Billingshield to The Billing Ganister and Minerals Co. Ltd.

1924 (1) The Billing Ganister adMinerals Co. Ltd. (2) Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden, Esquire and Wyndham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, land agent (3) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Hall, Eastgate, Esquire Draft surrender of the lease of Billing Shield (1) to (3) prior to the granting of a new lease

1924 (1) Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden, Esquire, and Windham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, land agent (2) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Hall, Eastgate, Esquire (3) The Billing Ganister and Minerals Company Ltd Draft Lease (1) and (2) to (3) of fluor spar, ganister, limestone and whinstone at Billingshield, for 35 years from 1 March 1924 with power to construct a railway etc. as specified in previous lease Rental: £100 p.a. plus additional tonnage rentals and £1 and £2 per acre for surface rent of lands used

Correspondence between J.F. Baker Baker at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, G.B. & T.E. Forsterat Newcastle upon Tyne, John Crawhall at Stanhope and Clayton and Gibson discussing lease of Billingshields quarries, terms of agreements and lease etc., 16 November 1916 - 16 March 1918

Copy Correspondence between Sir Arthur Wood at The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, Frank Baker Baker at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire and John A. Hildyard concerning latter's Billing estate, interest of the Weardale Lead Co. therein, rights of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to lead ore etc., 15 March - 14 July 1924, with map attached

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson, J.F. Baker Baker at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, Sir Arthur Wood at The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, G.B. and T.E. Forster at Newcastle upon Tyne, F. Scarth Beadon at the Estates Office, Staindrop,Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek at Darlington regarding the ownership of lead under the Billing estate by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, lease of it to the Weardale Lead Co. Ltd., disputes regarding fluor spar ownership etc., 31 January 1924 - 5 June 1928

Map of Billing Hills Royalty sent by Sir Arthur F. Pease, 31 January 1924 Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan showing the site of washing and storing plant for fluorspar and ganister mines, Billing Shield, n.d. [c.1920s] Scale: 40 ft to 1 in (1:480)

Plan of land for surface tramway, Billing Shield, 14 May 1925 Scale: 50 ft to 1 in (1:600)

Map of the Billing Ganister and Mineral Company's Royalty at Eastgate, January 1925 Scale: 6 in to 1 mile (1:10560)

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to Capt. F. Scarth Beadon at Staindrop as to whether ganister is a mineral for purposes of mineral rights duty, 13 October 1938

10 October 1902 Admittance of John Arundell Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire and Horsley Hall, Esquire to 17 properties in Weardale: Burnt Walls farm near Rookhope 56a.2r.11p; Ambling Gate Farm near Rookhope 84a.0r 10p; Ashley Bank farm near Rookhope 29a.1r.36p; the copyho1d portion of Newlandside Farm near Stanhope 46a.1r.18p; Skeers House or Broad Bush Farm 20a.1r.7p; Holme House and lands 17a.1r.36p and The Intack near Broadbush 3a.0r.32p; Clayhole Farm 15a.0r.24p; Hoole House and lands 26a.1r.21p; West Bawdley 32a.0r.14p; Spainsfield alias Spencefield 36a.3r.32p; Snape Close alias Snowhope Close alias East Snowhope Close 59a.0r.38p; Snape Gate Farm (western portion) 65a.1r.30p; Snape Gate Farm (eastern portion) 17a.3r.21p; West Snowhope Close Farm 35a.2r.15p; East Bewdley Farm 54a.2r.36p; the copyhold portion of Ridding House Farm 71a.0r.26p; a parcel of land at High Farm 2a; upon the trusts of the will of Richard Westgarth Hildyard

15 October 1897 (1) John Arundell Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) George Charles Hale of Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire, Esquire, Rowland Burdon of Parklands, Castle Eden, Esquire, and Giles William Lloyd of Knowsley aforesaid, Esquire (3) Mary Blanche Hildyard of Hutton Bonville, widow (4) The North Eastern Railway Company Duplicate conveyance by (1) to (4) of 15a.2r. 1/2p and 16p of land in the parish of Stanhope delineated on the attached plan under the Wear Valley Extension Railway Act 1892; release by (3) to (4) of her yearly rent charge of £1000 with regard to the said lands. Recites previous deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £927 to (2) (1 booklet, parchment, printed, applied seal of (4))

24 November 1922 (1) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Hall, Stanhope, Esquire (2) Rowland Burdon of the Castle, Castle Eden, Esquire and Windham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, Esquire (trustees) (3) The Durham County Water Board Duplicate grant by (1) to (3) of an easement to lay down water pipes at Eastgate Farm, as delineated on the attached plan. Covenant by (3) to supply water free to the said farm Consideration: £300 to (2)

27 June 1938 (1) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Hall, Eastgate, gentleman (2) Windham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, land agent; Sir William Francis Marwood, K .C.B. of Bushby Hall, Stokesley, Yorkshire and Ralph Davies Cooke of Skellon Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire (trustees) (3) The Sunderland and South Shields Water Co. Duplicate grant by (1) to (3) of an easement to construct water pipes as delineated on the attached plan under lands at Eastgate. Reserves minerals. Plan attached Consideration: £200 to (2)

11 June 1656 (1) Thomas Claxton of London, citizen and clockmaker (2) Richard Lilburne of Thickley, Esquire Quit claim by (1) to (2) of the Manor or Lordship of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley and Shildon. Endorsed: note of enrolment in Chancery, 25 June 1656

Affidavit of Thomas Claxton as to the title and deeds of the Manor of Thickley conveyed to Lilburne, 24 June 1656

1 August 1660 (1) Richard Lilburne the elder of Thickley Puncherden alias East Thickley, Esquire (2) Richard Beke of Westminster, Middlesex, Esquire; John Jopling of Durham, gentleman; Thomas Gower of Cleaden, gentleman; Ralph Bainbrigg the younger of West Thickley, yeoman Deed (and counterpart of deed) to lead the uses of a fine of the Manor of Thickley to the use of (1) for life thence to Robert Lilburne the younger and his heirs charged with annuities of £60 to Margaret Lilburne, wife of (1), for life and of £40 to Richard Lilburne the younger

12 August 1660 (1) Richard Beke, Esquire; John Jopling, gentleman; Thomas Gower, gentleman and Ralph Bainbrigg, Plaintiffs (2) Richard Lilburne, Esquire, Deforceant Final concord of the manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley, 4 messuages, 60a. of land 240a. of pasture etc. Consideration: £540

17 June 1663 (1) Richard Liburne of Thickley Puncherdon, Esquire (2) Richard Beke, Esquire; Thomas Gower, gentleman; John Jopling, gentleman; Ralph Bainbridge Quit claim by (1) to (2) for all writs suits and judgments levied and prosecuted by (2) against (1)

13 September 1684 (1) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, gentleman (2) Anthony Salvin of Sunderland near the Bridge, gentleman Mortgage by demise of 99 years by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. to secure £350 and interest Consideration: £350

13 September 1684 (1) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, gentleman (2) Anthony Salvin of Sunderland juxta pontem [near the bridge], gentleman Bond of (1) to (2) in £700 to perform covenants in the mortgage deed of even date

Receipt of Robert Lilburne for £350 from Anthony Salvin, 13 September 1684

30 December 1691 (1) Anthony Salvin of Elvett, Durham, gentleman (2) Robert Cassopp of Sunderland nigh the sea, master and mariner Assignment of a mortgage by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley for the remainder of a term of 99 years created in 1684 as recited Consideration: £350

Anthony Salvin's receipt for £350 from Robert Cassopp, 30 December 1691

30 March 1709 (1) Hannah Cassopp of Sunderland near the Sea, administratrix of Robert Cassopp her late husband (2) Robert Gower of London, apothecary Assignment of a mortgage by (1) to (2) for the remainder of the term of 99 years of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon otherwise East Thickley to secure £300 and interest. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £355 5s. Endorsed: Deed of further charge of £50 on the premises, 20 December 1709

6 - 7 February 1709/10 (1) Robert Lilburne of Thickley, Esquire (2) William Roper of Durham, grocer (3) Timothy Goodwin, citizen and stationer of London and Richard Nicholls, citizen and goldsmith of London Lease and release by (1) to (2) being a deed to lead the uses of a common recovery of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley

6 April 1710 (1) Timothy Goodwin and Richard Nicholls, Demand ant (2) William Roper, Tenant to the praecipe (3) Robert Lilburne, Vouchee Exemplification of a common recovery of 4 March 1710 of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley, 4 messuages, 60a. of land 240a. of pasture etc. in Thickley

3 June 1717 (1) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary (2) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, Esquire (3) Richard Nicholls of London, citizen and goldsmith Assignment by (1) to (3) for the remainder of the above term of 99 years of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley upon trust to attend the freehold and to secure the payment of an annuity of £40 to Eliza Mayne. Recites previous deeds

Counterpart of D/CG 13/459

4 - 5 June 1717 (1) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, Esquire and Marsy his wife (2) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon alias East Thickley with all lands and appurtenances charged with an annuity of £40 to Elizabeth Mayne; covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £475 8s. plus £430 already advanced Attached to the release: 14 June 1717 (1) Robert Gower, Plaintiff (2) Robert Lilburne and Marsy his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. Consideration: 160 silver marks

5 June 1717 (1) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, Esquire and Mary his wife (2) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. Indorsed with inrolment in Chancery, 7 June 1717 Consideration: £475 8s.

6 June 1717 (1) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary (2) Robert Lilburne of East Thickley, Esquire and Marsy his wife Demise (and counterpart demise) by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. for 99 years to stand as security for an annuity of £50 to Marsy Lilburne if she survive her husband but subject to a rent of £50 p.a. paid to (1) by R. Lilburne if he survive his wife

7 June 1717 (1) Robert Lilburne of East Thickly, Esquire (2) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary Covenant (and counterpart) that (2) may receive the dividends on £200 United East India Company stock subject to continuing payment of the annuity of £40 to Elizabeth Mayne relict of Richard Lilburne the younger ( a brother of (1)) charged on the Manor of Thickley, and that (1) will assign the stock to (2) after the death of Mayne

13 January 1724/5 (1) Ann Byerly, Elizabeth Byerly and Mary Byerly of Golsbrough, Yorkshire, spinsters, daughters of Robert Byerly, Esquire, deceased (2) Robert Gower of London, citizen and apothecary Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a modus or composition of £6 p.a. in lieu of tithes Consideration: £150

8 January 1733/4 (1) Elizabeth Gower of London, widow (relict of Robert Gower deceased) (2) Lydia Gower, daughter and executrix of Robert Gower Quit claim by (1) to (2) of all legacies due to her under her late husband's will, as recited, upon the advance of a sum of money by (2) equal to the legacies Consideration: £200

5 April 1735 (1) Lydia Gower of Kensington, Middlesex, spinster (2) Mary Taylor of St. Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, spinster Mortgage by demise of 500 years of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon by (1) to (2) to secure £1500 and interest Consideration: £1500

Counterpart of D/CG 13/469

19 April 1735 (1) John Scarlett of London, gentleman and Elizabeth his wife (one of the daughters of Robert Gower) (2) Anthony Scarlet of London, gentleman Assignment of the rents and profits arising from lands at Lawshall, Suffolk to (2) by way of mortgage to secure £200 advanced by him to cover the expenses of (1)'s voyage to Bombay to take up employment under the H.E.I.C. (Honourable East India Company). Assignment of Elizabeth's legacy of £800 due under her father's will as additional security. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £200

17 February 1736/7 (1) Mary Taylor of St. Martins, Middlesex, spinster (2) Lydia Gower of Kensington, Middlesex, spinster (3) Sarah Lutwyche of Chelsea, Middlesex, spinster Assignment (and counterpart assignment) of a mortgage by demise of 500 years by (1) to (3) with further borrowing on the same security by (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc Consideration: £1500 (3) to (1) and £500 (3) to (2)

14 - 15 November 1738 (1) Lydia Gower of Kensington, Middlesex, spinster (2) Robert Willis of St. Andrew, Holborne, Middlesex, apothecary Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. subject to an outstanding mortgage for £2000 Consideration: £1360

17 May 1739 (1) Sarah Lutwyche of Chelsea, Middlesex, spinster (2) Robert Willis of St. Andrew Holborn, Middlesex, apothecary (3) Timothy Buck of Chancery Lane, gentleman Assignment of a mortgage by demise of 500 years by (1) to (3) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2000 (3) to (1)

19 May 1747 (1) Timothy Buck of Chancery Lane, St. Andrew, Holborn , Middlesex, gentleman (2) Robert Willis of Brooke Street, Holborn, Middlesex, apotheracy (3) Rev. Henry Thorpe, Rector of Haughton Assignment and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the legacy of £800 bequeathed to Elizabeth Scarlett and charged upon the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £800 (3) to (1)

31 July - 1 August 1747 (1) Robert Willis of Brooke Street, St. Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex, apothecary (2) Rev. Henry Thorpe, Rector of Houghton Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon with all payments in lieu of titles subject to outstanding mortgages Consideration: £5000

1 August 1747 (1) George Nicholls of Stubbings, Berkshire, Esquire (2) Rev. Henry Thorpe, Rector of Haughton (3) John Tarrant of Downton, Wiltshire, gentleman and Robert Tarrant of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (3) of the remainder of a term of 99 years in the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc. in trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds

Lydia Gower and Elizabeth Gower, Complainants John Gower, Defendant Drafts of bill of complaint, answer of John Gower, depositions of witnesses and order for subpoena to rejoin, 1733

Abstract of title (11 June 1656 - 17 May 1739) to the Manor of Thickley, the property of Mrs. Lydia Gower, 20 March 1746

Abstract of title (11 June 1656 - 14 January 1724/5) to the Manor of Thickley, 5 February 1736/7

Further abstract of title (4 April 1735 - 1 August 1747) of Mr. Willis to the Manor of Thickley Puncherdon etc, 1747

Certificate of the contract for the redemption of £10 3s.2d Land Tax of Rev. Henry Hildyard on his East Thickley Estate for £372 9s.5d 3% Bank Annuities, 22 November 1798

13 September 1833 (1) Robert Ilildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Christopher Tennant, late of Stockton, now of Hartlepool, Esquire Lease by (1) to (2) of coal and coal mines at Thickley for 19 years from 6 April 1828 determinable every three years Rent: £100 p.a. fixed rent plus 15s. per ten p.a. for coal raised exceeding 133.33 tons

2 March 1835 (1) Christopher Tennant of Hartlepool, Esquire (2) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, Esquire Surrender by (1) to (2) of a lease of limestone and quarries at East Farm, East Thickley for 21 years from 14 July 1822 and of a lease of coal at Thickley for 19 years (see 13/484)

15 June 1841 Declaration by Robert Hildyard of merger of the tithes of East Thickley. Endorsed approval of the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, 19 June 1841

22 July 1872 (1) John Richard Westgarth Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire; George Pyman of West Hartlepool, merchant; Joseph Walton of Frosterley, gentleman; John Pears Walton of Greenends near Alston, Cumberland, gentleman; George Pears of Witton-leWear, coal owner; William Lishman of Etherley, mining engineer; Joshua Stagg Byers of Stockton on Tees, merchant; John Proud of Bishop Auckland, gentleman Lease by (1) to (2) of East and West Thickley Farms 392a., reserving timber, for 22 years from 13 May 1872 Rent: £650 p.a.

28 December 1907 (1) John Arundell Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Rowland Burdon of the Castle, Castle Eden, Durham, Esquire and Giles William Lloyd of Grove House, West Derby, Liverpool, Esquire (3) Thomas George Henderson of New Shildon, builder and contractor Deed of exchange of two parcels of land on the south east of Sprout Lane, New Shildon between (1) and (3). Plan of the lands endorsed

Abstract of title to freehold land at New Shildon belonging to T.G. Henderson with plan attached, 1908

6 September 1910 (1) John Arundel Hildyard of Hutton Bonville Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of 1a.2r.23p of land delineated on the attached plan at Hutton Bonville in the parish of Lazenby, Yorkshire. Reserves minerals Consideration: £300

Memorial of a conveyance from J.A. Hildyard and his trustees to The North Eastern Railway Company, North Riding Registry of Deeds, n.d. [1910]

Copy of the Inclosure Act for the Forest of Weardale, 1799

Bill of costs and receipt of Christopher Rymer for work done for the Rev. Henry Hildyard, May - July 1817

Notice to J.A. Hildyard from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England re enfranchisement under the Copyhold Act, 1874

Instructions to counsel to advise on title of Edward J.W. Hildyard's Unthank Settled Estates, n.d. [c.1947]