Hanby Holmes
Reference: D/HH 5 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Strathmore Estates: Law suits
Covering Dates: c.1800-1911
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- Hanby Holmes
- Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH )
- Strathmore Estates (Ref: D/HH 5)
- Law suits (Ref: D/HH 5/7)
- Gillespie v Barrett and Botcherby (Ref: D/HH 5/7/1-13)
- Bowes v Fleming (Ref: D/HH 5/7/14-43)
- McIntyre v Strathmore (Ref: D/HH 5/7/44-75)
- Gibside Trespass (Strathmore v Weedy) (Ref: D/HH 5/7/76-546)
- Case Papers (Ref: D/HH 5/7/76-143)
- Evidence etc. (Ref: D/HH 5/7/144-173)
- Correspondence (Ref: D/HH 5/7/174-530)
- Costs (Ref: D/HH 5/7/531-541)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 5/7/542-546)
Catalogue Description
Law SuitsCatalogue Contents
Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH )Strathmore Estates (Ref: D/HH 5)Law suits (Ref: D/HH 5/7)Gillespie v Barrett and Botcherby (Ref: D/HH 5/7/1-13)Ref: D/HH 5/7/1
Robert Gillespie v Charles Barrett and John Botcherby
Copy notice and order for arbitration. In the Exchequer, 25 July 1837 21 March 1838
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/2Copy award of Richard Otley of Darlington, gentleman and Robert Rayson of Stockton, gentleman in arbitration of Gillespie v Barrett and Botcherby, 9 May 1838
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/3Bill of costs from Robert Rayson to John Bowes for attendance in Gillespie v Barrett (April July 1838). Receipted, 9 May 1840
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/4-13Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from W. Trotter, Bishop Auckland and Charles Barrett, Darlington concerning progress in Gillespie v Barrett, 7 December 1837 30 August 1838
(10 papers)
Bowes v Fleming (Ref: D/HH 5/7/14-43)Ref: D/HH 5/7/14-17John Bowes, Esquire v Andrew Fleming
Papers relating to claim against Fleming, a former bailiff on the Gibside estate to recover value of oats. In the County Court, Durham, October November 1861
(4 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/18Copy letters from J.D. Holmes to A. Fleming, Tudhoe Moor House and George Smith, Durham, solicitor regarding Bowes v Fleming, (dated 3 September 18 October 1861), n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/19-26Correspondence between Ralph Dent, Streatlam Castle and Andrew Fleming, Tudhoe regarding Bowes v Fleming, 9 May 24 July 1861
(8 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/27-43Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from George Smith, and John Tiplady, Durham, Ralph Dent, Streatlam Castle and others regarding Bowes v Fleming, 4 September 1861 - 14 March 1862
(16 papers, 1 file)
McIntyre v Strathmore (Ref: D/HH 5/7/44-75)Ref: D/HH 5/7/44Copy notice from McIntyre to Lord Strathmore' s agent of intention to remove fixtures at Bird Hall, Hollingside and Hunter' s Hill, dated 26 February 1889
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/45-49Archibald McIntyre v The Earl of Strathmore
Statements of claim and defence, notices to produce and of appointment of referees. Queen's Bench Division, March May 1889
(5 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/50McIntyre v Strathmore
Case for the opinion of counsel, July 1889
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/51McIntyre v Strathmore
Brief on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore, [July] 1889
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/52McIntyre v Strathmore
Evidence to be given by Henry Wallace of Trench Hall, [1889]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/53McIntyre v Strathmore
Copy report of Benjamin Hepworth, Spring Grove, Barnard Castle concerning the dilapidations at Bird Hill House, 21 29 May 1889
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/54McIntyre v Strathmore
Copy award of Henry Wallace of Trench Hall, land agent awarding £ 194 12s. 5d. to the tenant, 26 October 1889
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/55McIntyre v Strathmore
Copy correspondence sent or received by J.D. Holmes and J. Hanby Holmes concerning Clover Hill Farm tenancy etc. (dated 11 December 1852 3 August 1889), [1889]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/56Plan of Hunter' s Hill and Bird Hill, n.d. [later 19th century]
No scale
(1 plan, 26cm x 37cm)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/57-64Correspondence received by Ralph J. Dent from John McIntyre, Bird Hill, Whickham R.S.O., concerning Hollingside farm tenancies etc., 6 October 1886 30 March 1889
(8 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/65-68Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from F. Punchard, Underley Estates Office, Kirkby Lonsdale, concerning McIntyre 's farm tenancies etc., 25 July 7 October 1889
(4 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/69-74Miscellaneous correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes concerning Hollingside farms, 5 June 6 August 1889
(6 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/75Draft tenancy agreement for Hollingside Farms, with attached notes, 1864 1865
(1 file)
Gibside Trespass (Strathmore v Weedy) (Ref: D/HH 5/7/76-546)Case Papers (Ref: D/HH 5/7/76-143)Ref: D/HH 5/7/76-88Cases for the opinion of counsel Mr. Edgar Meynell and others, such opinions, instructions to counsel and brief for the plaintiff, 1907 1910
(9 files, 5 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/89-143Rt. Hon. the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Plaintiff
Henry Weedy, John Matthew Trotter, John Elliot, John Purdy, Thomas Carradice, John Henry Spurr and Henry Currie Wood, Defendants
Statement of claim, notices and summonses, orders, affidavits as to documents interrogatories and judgements. In the Chancery Court of Durham, 2 November 1909 14 May 1910
(46 papers, 9 files)
Evidence etc. (Ref: D/HH 5/7/144-173)Ref: D/HH 5/7/144Schedule of documents sent to Mr. Tindale Atkinson, K.C., n.d. [c.1909]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/145Copy of Whickham Inclosure Award (1664), n.d. [c.1800]
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/146Agreement to purchase wood at Gibside, 15 March 1850
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/147Valuation of wood in the West Wood [Gibside], by John Dent, 7 April 1854
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/148Agreement to purchase wood at Gibside, 19 August 1858
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/149Details of wood sales (3 January 6 April 1859), 19 April 1859
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/150Details of wood sales (26 March 17 June 1858), n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/151Copy receipt of T. and R. Armstrong for rent for road over the Busty Bank estate, dated 23 August 1881, n.d. [c.1909]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/152Extract from the Gibside estate books (18621881), n.d. [c.1909]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/153Statement of wayleave rentals from Gibside to Friarside on the Busty Bank and Bryans Leap estates (1836 1852), taken from Bute Durham estates ledger, 28 April 1910
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/154Epitome of Lord Strathmore's title (1817 1908) to the Gibside estate, 1909
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/155Copy of D/HH 5/7/149, n.d. [1909]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/156Agreement for sale of wood dated 9 June 1858, n.d. [1909]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/157Details of wood sold at Gibside in 1858, n.d. [1909]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/158Extract from the Tanfield Moor Inclosure Award (dated 16 April 1807), n.d. [1909]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/159Addenda to George Bullerwell's proof of evidence, n.d. [1909]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/160Copy of Mr. Weedy' s notes of when he used the road (1907 1909), n.d. [1910]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/161Additional evidence of Mary McIntyre and Henry Maugham, n.d. [1909]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/162Additional evidence of Anthony Hedworth and others, n.d. [1909]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/163-164Notes on witnesses, 1907 and n.d.
(2 files)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/165Notes on witnesses and their evidence, n.d. [c.1909]
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/166-167Newspaper cuttings concerning Gibside right of way, 26 February 1907 21 September 1909
(2 files)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/168Durham: Sheet VI 9, 1896
Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909]
Scale: l to 2500
(1 plan, 95cm x 63cm, printed)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/169Durham: Sheet VI 13, 1896
Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909]
Scale: l to 2500
(1 plan, 95cm x 63cm, printed)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/170-171Durham: Sheet VISW
Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909]
Scale: l to 10560
(2 plans, 45cm x 30cm, printed)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/172Tracing of a plan of Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill and Hedley estates of the Earl of Strathmore, by John Fryer, surveyor, dated 1803, n.d. [c.1909]
No scale
(1 plan, 72cm x 64cm, waxed linen)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/173Tracing of a plan of the Gibside Estate by William H. Scarre, Streatlam Castle, dated 20 July 1903, n.d. [1909]
No scale
(1 plan, 60cm x 53cm, waxed linen)
Correspondence (Ref: D/HH 5/7/174-530)Ref: D/HH 5/7/174Memorandum of correspondence and events (March 1907 March 1910), 1910
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/175'Strathmore v Weedy. Copy Correspondence ' (19 April 1907 9 May 1910), n.d. [1910]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/176Copy correspondence between C. McIntyre, Gibside and W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle (3 April 1907 10 May 1910) concerning Gibside trespass, n.d. [1910]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/177Copy correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Victor Grunhut, Gibside Hall and W.H. Ralston (28 March 1907 19 September 1909) concerning the Gibside trespass feud, "the public seem to regard this place as their own property", n.d. [1910]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/178Copy correspondence between W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle and the Earl of Strathmore, St. Paul 's Welden Bury, Herts. (23 April 1907 25 February 1910) concerning the Gibside trespass: "I am afraid in a populous and not very law abiding district like that in which Gibside is situated ... the extreme section in Burnopfield would regard it [a concession] as a sign of weakness...", n.d. [1910]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/179Epitome of Mr. Grunhut 's letters to J. Hanby Holmes concerning the Gibside trespass, n.d. [1910]
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/180-302Correspondence recei ved by J. Hanby Holmes from Victor Grunhut, Gibside Hall and elsewhere, and from Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock, Law Chambers, South Shields and elsewhere concerning the Gibside trespass and progress of the case, 23 June 1907 27 May 191l
(21 files, 125 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/303-420Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, regarding Gibside trespass, 3 May 1907 23 December 1910
(10 files, 137 papers, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/421-444Correspondence received by J.H. Holmes from W.T. Hooker, 4 Grindon Terrace, Sunderland concerning his charge and documents in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 11 November 1908 12 May 191l
(4 files, 22 papers, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/445-448Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Thomas Lambert, Clerk to Whickham U.D.C., concerning the Gibside footpath, 3 July 1907 23 November 1909
(4 papers, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/449-463Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from S imey and Iliff, 59 John Street, Sunderland, solicitors for Weedy et al., concerning Gibside trespass case, 13 December 1909 16 November 1910
(15 papers, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/464-473Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand concerning Gibside trespass and search for relevant papers, 29 January 9 May 1910
(11 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/474-489Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Alfred Oxnard Smith, Registrar of the Court of Chancery, Durham regarding Gibside trespass case, 16 September 1909 16 March 1911
(16 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/490-495Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from the clerk to E. Tindal Atkinson, K.C., concerning fees for Gibside trespass, 21 March 22 September 1910
(6 papers)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/496Miscellaneous correspondence relating to maps for use in the Gibside trespass case, 8 October 1909 4 May 1910
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/497-522Miscellaneous original and copy correspondence regarding rights of way and trespass at Gibside, 30 May 1907 16 November 1911
(25 papers, 2 files)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/523Letter from [Alderman] H. Wood, Woodlands, Burnopfield to J. Hanby Holmes attempting sarcasm in reply to Holmes ' letter warning Wood of the consequences of his involvement in the Gibside trespass and threatening publication, 21 September 1909
Endorsed note of the use of this letter as evidence at the trial of Strathmore v Weedy, 14 May 1910
(1 paper)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/524Copy correspondence (6 12 November 1909) between W.H. Ralston and R.W. Berkley regarding the drift in Gibside West Wood, n.d. [1910]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/525Copy letter of 13 October 1909 from C. McIntyre, Gibside to J. Hanby Holmes naming trespassers, n.d. [1910]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/526-530Correspondence relating to Gibside trespass received by J. Hanby Holmes, 2 17 April 1903
(6 papers)
Costs (Ref: D/HH 5/7/531-541)Ref: D/HH 5/7/531Strathmore v Weedy
Certificate of taxation of costs of J. Hanby Holmes, 24 November 1910
(1 paper, printed form)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/532Notes for taxation of costs, n.d. [1910]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/533Bill of costs of plaintiff (16 September 1909 18 May 1910) to be taxed, with notes of taxation, 1910
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/534-535Bills of costs of J. Hanby Holmes for the Earl of Strathmore in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 24 April 1907 6 January 191l
(2 files)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/536Bill of costs of Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock to J. Hanby Holmes in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 18 August 1909 27 November 1910
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/537-538Receipts of witnesses for payments of expenses, 7 May 10 October 1910
(1 file, 1 paper, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/539Notes of payments to witnesses, n.d. [1910]
(1 file)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/540Details of the travelling and out of pocket expenses of J. Hanby Holmes, with related acerbic correspondence between Simey and Iliff and Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock, November 1910
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/541Statement of account of J. Hanby Holmes with Grunuut, Gill and Ruddock, 1910
(1 file, typescript)
Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 5/7/542-546)Ref: D/HH 5/7/542-545Extracts from newspapers (North Mail and The Evening Chronicle ) reporting on the Gibside trespass trial, 12 14 May 1910
(4 papers, printed)
Ref: D/HH 5/7/546Consett Chronicle , 3 June 1910
(1 newspaper)