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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 481 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Bishop Auckland, Kelloe, Sadberge, Sunderland deeds etc.

Covering Dates: 1701-1909

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Miscellaneous documents (Ref: D/X 481)
    • Bishop Auckland, Sheriff Tower (Ref: D/X 481/1)
    • Kelloe (Ref: D/X 481/2)
    • Sadberge (Ref: D/X 481/3-4)
    • Sunderland, Low Street (Ref: D/X 481/5-9)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 481/10-12)

Catalogue Description

Records deposited anonymously, 1976

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL

Catalogue Contents

Miscellaneous documents (Ref: D/X 481)Bishop Auckland, Sheriff Tower (Ref: D/X 481/1)Ref: D/X 481/1

2 June 1701 (1) Ralph Gilford and William Gilford, both of Leame, Leicestershire, gentlemen (2) Anne Gilford of Leame, Leicestershire, spinster Lease of burgage and tenement of Sheriff Tower, Bishop Auckland (release missing) Consideration: 5s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Kelloe (Ref: D/X 481/2)Ref: D/X 481/2

7 October 1837 (1) James Fawcett of Scaleby Castle, Cumberland, gent. (2) Thomas Walton of Sherburn Hill, Durham, yeo. (3) John Burrell of Durham, gent., trustee (4) John Delaval Shafto of Durham, gent. Appointment of a parcel of ground in Bridge Field, Kelloe and the assignment of the residue of a term of 1000 years to attend the reversion of it. Consideration: £16 3s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Sadberge (Ref: D/X 481/3-4)Ref: D/X 481/3

16 May 1724 (1) Francis Harrison of Great Burdon, gent. (2) William Pemberton of Sadberge, yeo., his wife Mary Pemberton; John Halliman of Sadberge, yeo., and his wife Alice Halliman, coheirs of John Harrison of Sadberge (3) Michael Longridge of Stella, gent.; John Wrightson of Springhouse, Long Newton, yeo.; John Gyll of Newcastle upon Tyne; William Harrison of Rainton, gent.; Bryan Harrison of Rainton, gent. Conveyance of lands and tenements at Sadberge formerly the property of John Harrison. Consideration: £1,060
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 481/4

5 August 1826 Letters of administration to Joseph Radcliffe Wilson for the estate of Fysh De Burgh of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, together with a copy of his will,.5 February 1798 and codicil, 30 April 1799 Limited to the residue of a lease for years of one tenement, one garth, one oxgang of land and one rigg at Sadberg, alias Sadburie on the hill
(parchment, 6 membranes, pendant seal)

Sunderland, Low Street (Ref: D/X 481/5-9)Ref: D/X 481/5

1 June 1714 (1) Thomas Harrison of Sunderland, merchant and his wife, Isabella Harrison (2) Robert Mawdesley of Heskin, Lancashire, Esq.,; William Mawdesley of Heskin, Lancashire, gent.; Robert Lawe of Charnock Richard, Lancashire, gent.; and Lawrence Hallywell of Upholland, Lancashire, gent. Lease (release missing) of one parcel of ground on north side of Sunderland Consideration: 5s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 481/6

12 June 1717 (1) Robert Mawdesley of Heskin, Lancashire, gent.; William Mawdesley of Brazenose College, Oxford, gent.; Robert Lawes of Charnock Richard, Lancashire, gent.; Lawrence Halliwell of Upholland, Lancashire, gent. (2) Thomas Harrison of Sunderland, merchant Release of one parcel of ground on the north side of Sunderland Consideration: £30
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 481/7

19 May 1733 Probate of the will, 10 April 1718, of Thomas Harrison of Sunderland, gent. Devises all his messuages, houses, lands, tenements and hereditaments to his brother, Robert Harrison
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 481/8/1-2

5 November 1736 (1) Robert Harrison and his son Robert Harrison the younger, both of Sunderland, gentlemen (2) William Daunt of Selby, Yorkshire, apothecary (3) Richard Crawshaw of East Huddlesen, Yorkshire, gent. and Thomas Brice of Seaholm, yeo. (4) Elizabeth Hitching of Selby, Yorkshire, spinster Marriage settlement and counterpart charging a parcel of ground in the north side of Sunderland (with an annuity)
(parchment, 2 files)

Ref: D/X 481/9

16 November 1776 Probate of will, 13 February 1773, of Robert Harrison of Sunderland, gent. Devises his messuages, buildings, houses, tenements and hereditaments in Low Street, Sunderland, and in Selby to his sons-in-law, William Russell and Robert Allan
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 481/10-12)Ref: D/X 481/10

4 November 1736 (1) William Daunt, apothecary of Selby, Yorkshire (2) Richard Crawshaw of East Huddleson, Yorkshire, gent., Thomas Brice of Seaholm, yeo. Lease for one year of a messuage at Barlby, Yorkshire (release missing) Consideration: 5s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 481/11

27 September 1777 (1) Elizabeth Harrison of Sunderland, widow, sister and heir of Smithson Hitching of Selby, Yorkshire; William Russell of Sunderland, coalfitter, and his wife Mary Russell; Robert Allan of Sunderland, merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth Allan; John Malling of Sunderland, coal fitter and his wife Ann Malling (2) William Perfect, John Perfect and Thomas Taylor, all of Pontefract, Yorkshire, gentlemen Copy of release in fee of freehold lands at Darrington, Yorkshire and Pontefract, Yorkshire (lease missing) With bond from (1) to (2) of £200 for the keeping of the above release Consideration: £400
(7 papers)

Ref: D/X 481/12

11 October 1909 (1) John Carter of Hurworth-on-Tees, painter; Mary Jane Shaw of Sandal near Wakefield, Yorkshire, married woman; Eliza Holt Smith of Research, Victoria, Australia and others, legatees (2) Thomas Charles Hall Bowser and William Rymer Wooler of Darlington, solicitors, trustees Release by residuary legatees under the will of Caroline Alderson of Hurworth-on-Tees, widow
(parchment, 2 membranes)



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