Catalogue

14 January 1822 (1) Arthur Aylmer of Walworth Castle, esq.; Thomas Hopper of Hendon, esq.; Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq.; Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq.; justices of the peace for the County of Durham (2) Thomas Chipchase, the younger, of the City of Durham, merchant, the treasurer of the County of Durham (3) Stephen George Kemble of the Grove near the City of Durham, esq. Feoffment by (1) to (3) of the dwelling house, late in the occupation of the Keeper of the House of Correction, being part of the House of Correction on the north side of Elvet Bridge (measuring 46 ft. 4 in. in front towards the street), all the rooms under the house and the part of the House of Correction yard adjoining Consideration: £305 Plan in margin

Copy will, made 14 February 1815, proved 6 August 1822, of Stephen George Kemble of the Grove in the chapelry of St. Margaret, Durham, esq., devising real and personal estate to brother, Charles Kemble, in trust for the testator's wife, Elizabeth, for life and, thereafter, one moiety for his daughter Frances Crawford Arkwright and one moiety divided between Frances Crawford Arkwright and his son Henry Stephen Kemble in proportions to be determined by Elizabeth Kemble, c.1822

11 and 12 May 1827 (1) Henry Stephen Kemble of 46 London Road, in the parish of St. George, Southwark, co. Surrey and wife, Mary (2) Elizabeth Kemble of the Grove, near the City of Durham, widow of Stephen George Kemble (3) Margaret Brown of Elvet Bridge in the City of Durham, spinster (4) Cuthbert Eden of the City of Durham, doctor of physic (5) William Stoker of the North Bailey in the City of Durham, surgeon, and Francis Wharton of the South Bailey in the City of Durham, gent. Lease and release from (1) and (2) to (5) in trust for (3) of premises, as in D/X 409/1; (5) to repay loan, part of purchase money, to (4); (1) and (2) agree to levy fine to extinquish right of dower of (2) and Mary Kemble Consideration: £355

3 July 1827 (1) William Stoker and Francis Wharton, plaintiffs (2) Henry Stephen Kemble and wife, Mary, deforceants Fine, and counterpart, of two messuages, two tenements, two yards, two gardens, and 1 acre of land in the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham Consideration: 100 marks of silver

1 and 2 May 1839 (1) Francis Wharton of the South Bailey in the City of Durham, gent. (2) Matthew Thompson of the City of Durham, upholsterer; George Lownsdell Calbreath of Houghton-le-Spring, gent. (3) Margaret Brown of Elvet Bridge in the City of Durham, spinster Lease and release from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of premises, as in D/X 409/1 Consideration: £200

23 and 24 November 1840 (1) Margaret Brown of Elvet Bridge, chemist and druggist, a spinster (2) John Cruddas of New Elvet, watchmaker (3) John Forster of New Elvet, mason Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a messuage on Elvet Bridge, with yard and offices, being part of certain premises originally used as the House of Correction, another part having been sold to William Bradford Plan endorsed Consideration: £375

1 July 1841 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) John Tudman, the younger, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, commercial traveller Mortgage in £250 by (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 409/6

16 October 1845 (1) Thomas Wilkinson of Old Elvet, esq. (2) John Tudman, the younger, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, commercial traveller (3) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (4) James Telfair of the City of Durham merchant tailor; John Allison of the City of Durham, bank agent; Edward Shafto of the City of Durham, wine merchant; John Boyd of the City of Durham, publican; William Winter of Gilesgate, gent. Mortgage in £487 by (3) to (4) of property as in D/X 409/6 and discharge of the mortgages of (1) and (2)

8 February 1851 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) John Burdon, chemist; William Shadforth, upholsterer; Edward Shafto, spirit merchant, all of the City of Durham, trustees of the Durham Mutual Benefit Building Society Mortgage in £100 from (1) to (2) of twenty shares in the Durham Water Company

12 August 1857 (1) James Telfair of the City of Durham, gent.; Edward Shafto of the same city, wine merchant; John Boyd of the same city; William Winter of the same city, gent. (2) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (3) John Lidster of South Street, Durham, gent. Reconveyance from (1) to (2) of premises as in D/X 409/6

22 August 1857 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) George Hall of Newport, Monmouth, surveyor of taxes, and Thomas Mitchelson Reay of Whitworth colliery, agent Mortgage in £300 by (1) to (2) of premises as in D/X 409/6 Endorsed: reconveyance from (2) to (1), 26 January 1865

17 March 1858 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) John Burdon, chemist; William Shadforth, upholsterer; Edward Shafto, spirit merchant; trustees of the Durham Mutual Benefit Building Society Mortgage in £100 by (1) to (2) of twenty nine shares in the Durham Water Company and of eleven shares in the Hartlepool Gas and Water Company

31 December 1864 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) Thomas Laverick Walkin, of the City of Durham, doctor of medicine; William Marshall, of the same city, gent.; Robert Pattison Clark, of Sunderland, engineer Memorandum that (1) has deposited with (2) his title deeds to property on Elvet Bridge to secure the sum of £100

31 December 1864 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) Trustees of the Durham Third Union Benefit Building Society Memorandum that (1) has deposited with (2) title deeds to property on Elvet Bridge to secure the sum of £200

1 February 1865 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) Thomas Laverick Watkin of Gilesgate, doctor of medicine; William Marshall of Durham, gent.; Robert Pattison Clark of Sunderland, engineer Mortgage in £100 by (1) to (2) of premises on Elvet Bridge Endorsed: further mortgage in £50 by (1) to (2), 15 April 1869, and reconveyance to the trustees of (1), 7 June 1887

2 February 1865 (1) John Cruddas of Elvet Bridge, watchmaker (2) Trustees of the Durham Third Union Benefit Building Society Mortgage in £200 of premises on Elvet Bridge

Summary of the main provisions of the will of John Cruddas, dated 27 January 1870, devising house and shop on Elvet Bridge in trust for grand-daughter, Emma Jane Ellen Cruddas and moiety of house in New Elvet to John Malcolm, c.1878

23 November 1878 (1) Trustees of the will of John Cruddas (2) Robert Maddison of Durham City, grocer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a moiety of 28 New Elvet, from 23 November 1878 for the natural life of Jane Malcolm

9 September 1881 (1) Robert Maddison of 34 Gilesgate, Durham, broker (2) George Greenwell, of Silver Street, Durham, grocer, trustee of the will of John Cruddas, watchmaker Agreement whereby (1) will receive the rents of a moiety of half a shop and house in New Elvet and pay them to (2) minus 5 per cent

Schedule of deeds, from 1809 to 1929, to premises on Elvet Bridge, c.1930

Cash book of the firm of M. Pattison and Company, upholsterers, of 16 Elvet Bridge, Durham city, 5 January 1884 - 31 December 1892