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22 November 1800 (1) Margaret Threkeld of Brancepeth, spinster (2) John Richardson of Durham, cabinetmaker Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of the leases of (a) a burgage in South Street, Durham, previously in the occupation of James Lambton Barber, abutting east on a burgage of Mark Bilby and west on a burgage of Thomas Dixon, and 1a.8p. of land on Crossgate Moor allotted on the enclosure of the moor; and (b) a burgage in South Street, Durham, previously in the occupation of James Lambton Barber, and 1a.8p. of land on Crossgate Moor allotted on the enclosure of the moor Consideration: £190 from (2) to (1) Recites: Lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham to (1) of (a) for 40 years from 26 March 1800, at an annual rent of 4s.6d., 27 September 1800 Lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham to (1) of (b) for 40 years from 20 July 1800, at an annual rent of 4s., 27 September 1800

28 September 1804 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) John Richardson of Durham, cabinetmaker Lease of (a) in D/X 1397/1 for 40 years from 26 September 1804 Annual rent: 3s.6d

28 September 1804 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) John Richardson of Durham, cabinetmaker Lease of (b) in D/X 1397/1 for 40 years from 20 July 1804 Annual rent: 4s.

Note of the calculations for the redemption of land tax on properties (a) and (b) in D/X 1397/1, and receipts for the sums paid, 29 April 1805

13 September 1805 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Commissioners for the Redemption of Land Tax (3) John Richardson of Durham, cabinetmaker Sale by (1) to (3) of the freehold of (a) and (b) in D/X 1397/1 Consideration: £50 18s.9d.

Copy of the will of John Richardson of South Street, Durham, cabinetmaker, devising, inter alia , his freehold property to William Rippon of Durham, flaxdresser, as trustee, dated 24 April 1800; probate granted 14 November 1817; watermark 1819

Abstract of title, from 2 November 1800 to 24 October 1813, to (a) and (b) in D/X 1397/1, 30 July 1825

22 and 23 November 1825 (1) William Rippon of Durham, brandy merchant, trustee under the will of John Richardson of South Street, Durham, cabinetmaker, deceased (2) John Charlton of Durham, schoolmaster (3) John Dunn of Old Elvet, gentleman Sale by lease and release from (1) to (2), of (a) and (b) in D/X 1397/1, in the occupation of Miss Blow, William Baxter and [ blank] Simpson; and pew 50 in the church of St. Margaret, Durham Consideration: £335 from (2) to (1) Recites death of Jane Richardson, widow of John Richardson, on 14 February 1825, and the auction of the properties on 28 July 1825 at which (2) was the highest bidder

Solicitor's bill to John Charlton for the purchase of the properties in D/X 1397/8-9, November 1825

Notes by Brian Cheeseman on D/X 1397/1-10, April 2003

Letter from Peter [O'Connor], Southport, Merseyside, to Brian [Cheeseman], Durham, concerning D/X 1397/1-10 and giving biographical details of Gwen [Wilkinson], resident of 40 South Street, 8 April 2003

Receipt for fines and fees payable by John Richardson to the Dean and Chapter of Durham for three properties in South Street, Durham, 1 October 1804

Contract for the redemption of land tax charged on two properties in South Street, Durham, occupied by John Richardson, 14 January 1805

Certificate that D/X 1397/14 has been registered at the Land Tax Register Office, 13 February 1805

Notice of an auction to be held at the Three Tuns , New Elvet, Durham, on 28 July 1825, of a house in Framwelgate occupied by John Mayo and others (lot 1), a house in South Street occupied by Elizabeth Douglass and others (lot 2), a house in South Street occupied by Miss Blow and William Baxter and the house behind occupied by [ blank ] Simpson (lot 3), and a piece of ground, 2a.16p., on Crossgate Moor (lot 4), n.d. Endorsed: note that John Charlton of Durham, schoolmaster, was the successful bidder for lot 3, 28 July 1825

Letter from Lewis R. Hole, 6th Regiment, Commanding Detachment, Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland, to Dr. Owen, North Shields, Northumberland, appointing him surgeon to the Infantry Detachment at Tynemouth, 6 September 1853

Letter from Andrew Smith, Director General, Army and Ordnance Medical Department, to J.R. Owen, Acting Ordnance Surgeon, Tynemouth, Northumberland, concerning his half-yearly claim, 13 January 1854

Obituary of John Robinson Owen, aged 37, of Northumberland Square, North Shields, Northumberland, Surgeon to the Garrison at Tynemouth, Northumberland, and Medical Officer to Tynemouth Union, 3 February 1855

Memorial card for Ann Charlton of Gosforth, Northumberland, aged 70, died 5 April 1861

Notes concerning Miss Anne Charlton of Gosforth, Northumberland, whose sister Isabella married Dr. Owen, n.d.

A sermon preached in Gosforth, St. Nicholas' Church by Rev. H.J. Richmond, Vicar of Sherburn, after the death of Rev. J. Allen Charlton, rector, 21 July 1881

Family tree of Thomas Purvis of Bedlington, Northumberland, c. 1780-1880s Gwen Wilkinson received a small income from the Purvis Trust, through her mother, a descendant

Letter from the University of Durham School of Oriental Studies, to Miss G.S. Wilkinson, Grafton House, South Street, Durham, thanking her for her gift of an Egyptian amulet to the Oriental Museum, 26 October 1972

Letter from J.B. Waring, Chief Commissioner for the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds in 1868, London, [to Rev. J. Allen Charlton, Gosforth, Northumberland], concerning works of art belonging to the latter which were to be displayed in the exhibition in Leeds, Yorkshire, n.d., [November 1867]

List of paintings belonging to Rev. J. Allen Charlton to be displayed in the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds [Yorkshire] in 1868, 27 November 1867

Letter from William Beckett Denison, Chairman of the Committee for the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds in 1868, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Rev. J. A[llen] Charlton [Gosforth, Northumberland], thanking the latter for permitting his paintings to be displayed in the exhibition, 26 October 1868