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Abstract of title, reciting deeds from 4 April 1718, to two copyhold closes called Burrage or Burrages (8a.) in Blackwell Lane in the manor of Bondgate, Darlington (abutting on two closes on North Blackwell Lane in the possession of Thomas Lowis), late belonging to Robert Bowes of Thornton, esq., deceased, and purchased by James Backhouse of Darlington, banker, 8 September 1784

11 October 1784 (1) Margaret Wanley Bowes of Carleton Hall, County of York, spinster; Thomas Thoroton, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, esq., and Ann his wife; Rev. Robert Croft of the City of York, clerk, and Elizabeth his wife (Margaret Wanley Bowes, Anne Thoroton and Elizabeth Croft being the three daughters of George Wanley Bowes of Thornton, esq., deceased, who was the only brother of Robert Bowes of Thornton, deceased) (2) James Backhouse of Darlington, banker (3) Joseph Pease of Darlington, woolcomber, and Thomas Robson of the same place, linen weaver Deed of covenants on the surrender to (3) of two closes in Blackwell Lane, Darlington, in trust for (2), the purchaser Consideration: £608 Annexed: admissions of Robert Bowes, 29 August 1735; Margaret Wanley Bowes, 27 September 1784; and Joseph Pease, 11 October 1784

29 May 1798 Copy surrender and defeasance by James Backhouse of Darlington, banker (second son of James Backhouse, dec'd), Joseph Pease of the same place, woolcomber and Thomas Robson of the same place, linen weaver, to Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and Edward Robson of the same place, woollen draper, in trust for James Backhouse, of three closes, formerly two closes, called Burrage or Burrages (8a.), as in D/X 1589/2

8 May 1809 (1) George Ornsby of Darlington, gent., as bailiff of the Borough of Darlington (2) Edward Backhouse of Darlington, banker Deed of covenants for an exchange from (1) to (2) of Court Close, Darlington (1a. 3r.), bounding on the turnpike road from Darlington to Croft Bridge on the east; on lands of (2) on the north and west; and lands of Mary Backhouse on the south; and from (2) to (1) Edward Backhouse's freehold close at Dodmires on the Bank Top, Darlington (3a. 1r. 16p.), bounding on the road from Darlington to Yarm on the north; on lands of (2) on the east; on lands of George Lewis Hollingsworth on the south, and lands of Thomas Robson the younger and Adam Yarker on the west

25 January 1743 Surrender by Robert Bainbridge, gent., and Mary Wharton, spinster, and admission of William Bennet, in trust for Lancelot Lowiss of Darlington, of and to two closes of meadow called Burrage or Burrages, and Shoulder of Mutton Close (11a.), late in the occupation of William Pemberton and Thomas Johnson, and now in the occupation of Thomas Aire and George Cook, bounded on the north by Coniscliffe Lane, a pasture close late in the possession of Benjamin Clinch, and a garden late in the possession of Benjamin and John Clinch; on the west and south by a meadow close late in the possession of William Wilson; also on the south by one other meadow close late in the possession of John Nesham; and on the east by part of Blackwell Lane and one other meadow close late in the possession of Henry Shaw, Samuel Walton, Robert Brownless and Christopher Todd

24 December 1757 Surrender by Lancelot Lowis the elder and admission of James Allan, gent., in trust for Lancelot Lowis the elder for life, and then for Lancelot Lowis the younger, to the premises in D/X 1589/5

10 November 1758 Surrender, by way of mortgage for £100 and interest, by Lancelot Lowis the younger to James Allan, gent., of the premises in D/X 1589/5

13 August 1759 Surrender, by way of mortgage for £200 and interest, by Lancelot Lowis to William Carter of the premises in D/X 1589/5

14 May 1760 Probate and copy will, dated 14 March 1759, of Lancelot Lowiss of Darlington, tanner, devising two closes in the manor of Bondgate, Darlington, to his wife Elizabeth, and then to his two nieces, Mary Lowiss and Anne Lowiss, the daughters of his brother Thomas Lowiss, subject to mortgage and the payment of £50 to his sister Mary Watson

24 February 1766 Copy surrender and defeasance by William Carter to Thomas Lowis of Darlington, tanner, of the premises in D/X 1589/5, upon condition to resurrender the same to Mary Lowis and Anne Lowis, nieces and devisees of the late Lancelot Lowis, expectant on the death of Elizabeth Mempress, wife of George Mempress of Darlington, carrier, and late widow of Lancelot Lowis, on payment of £200 and interest to Thomas Lowis

Attested copies of the settlement made previous to the marriage of John Dale of Staindrop, esq., with Miss Mary Lowis, dated 16 December 1769, and the will of the late Thomas Lowis of Darlington, tanner, dated 15 May 1789 and proved 22 November 1796; copies made 8 October 1808

29 July 1808 (1) Mary Walton of Staindrop, widow (2) John Trotter of Haughton esq. and Margaret his wife (née Dale) (3) John Steele of Barnard Castle, gent., and Ann his wife (4) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, esq. (5) John Wilson of Darlington, tanner, and Eleanor his wife (6) Edward Backhouse of Darlington, banker (7) James Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and Jonathan Backhouse of the same place, banker Deed of covenant on the surrender to (7), in trust for (6), of three parcels of meadow (6a. 0r. 20 3/4p.), part of the copyhold premises in D/X 1589/5 Consideration: £1,382 from (6) to (1), (2) and (3)

29 July 1809 Copy of surrender and defeasance from Mary Walton; John Trotter; John Steele; John Walton Elliot; and John Wilson, and Eleanor his wife, to James Backhouse and John Backhouse, of three pieces of meadow (6a. 0r. 20 3/4p.) as in D/X 1589/12

14 May 1808 Copy of admittance of Mary Walton and Ann Steel, daughters and co-heirs of Thomas Lowis, deceased, to the premises in D/X 1589/5

25 May 1808 (1) Mary Walton of Staindrop, widow and John Steele of Barnard Castle, gent. and Ann his wife (2) John Trotter of Haughton, esq. and Margaret his wife (née Dale) (3) John Wilson of Darlington, tanner and Eleanor his wife (4) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, esq. (5) William Stamper of Darlington, wine merchant (6) Mark Bowman of the city of Durham, druggist, and Edward Robson of Darlington, mercer Deed of covenants on the surrender to (6), in trust for (5), of the copyhold premises in D/X 1589/16 Consideration: £200 from (5) in payment of the mortgage debt to (4), and £495 from (5) to (1), (2) and (3)

25 May 1808 Copy surrender and defeasance by Mary Walton of Staindrop, widow; John Trotter of Haughton, esq., and Margaret Trotter his wife; John Steel of Barnard Castle, gent., and Ann his wife; John Wilson of Darlington, tanner, and Eleanor his wife; and John Walton Elliot of Gainford, esq. to Mark Bowman of the city of Durham, druggist, and Edward Robson of Darlington, mercer, in trust for William Stamper of Darlington, wine merchant, of 3a. 3r. 22p. of land, bounded by the road from Darlington to Coniscliffe on the north and west, by lands in the occupation of Anthony Dunn and [ ] Backhouse on the south, and by land and premises belonging to Edward Backhouse on the east; part of the premises comprised in a surrender dated 24 December 1757 from Lancelot Lowis the elder to James Allan

17 April 1815 (1) William Stamper of Darlington, gent. (2) Mark Bowman late of the city of Durham, now of Bishop Auckland, druggist, and Edward Robson of Darlington, mercer (3) Edward Backhouse of Darlington, banker (4) Jonathan Backhouse the younger, of Blackwell, banker, and James Backhouse of Darlington, banker Deed of covenants on the surrender to (4) of 3a. 3r. 23p. with messuage built thereon by (1), in trust for (3), the purchaser Consideration: £2,200

17 April 1815 Copies of two surrenders and defeasances from William Stamper and others to Jonathan Backhouse and others in trust for Edward Backhouse of Darlington, banker, of 29p. of land, as in D/X 1589/19, and 3a. 3r. 22p. of land, as in D/X 1589/16

12 March 1810 Copy grant to William Stamper of Darlington, spirit merchant, by special mandate of the Bishop of Durham, Lord of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington, of a piece of ground at the west of Darlington, part of the Lord's Waste, opposite lands belonging to William Stamper and adjoining the high road from Darlington to Barnard Castle, measuring, from east to west, 95 yards 2 feet, and from north to south between 33 feet and 41 feet 6 inches (29p.), bounded by lands belonging to the Earl of Darlington and Edward Backhouse on the north and east, and by the high road on the south, and running to a point on the west, as a new improvement

14 March 1826 Copies of three surrenders and defeasances from Edward Backhouse and others to Robert Barclay and others, in trust, a moiety for Joseph Gurney of the city of Norwich, banker, and the other moiety for Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant, of first three pieces of meadow (6a. 0r. 20 3/4p.) as in D/X 1589/12 second 29p. of land, as in D/X 1589/19, and third 3a. 3r. 22p. of land, as in D/X 1589/17 Recites the purchase from Edward Backhouse of copyhold and freehold lands in the borough of Darlington for £6,000, including the three pieces of copyhold land above for £3,000, £900 and £1,900 respectively (Parchment, 1 membrane) A freehold and copyhold estate in Darlington, comprised in the marriage settlement of Joseph Pease, junior, and Miss Emma Gurney in 1826

13 and 14 March 1826 (1) Edward Backhouse, late of Darlington, now of Sunderland, banker (2) James Backhouse of Darlington and John Backhouse of the same place, bankers (3) Jonathan Backhouse, the younger, late of Blackwell, now of Darlington, banker, and the said James Backhouse (4) Joseph Gurney of the city of Norwich, banker (5) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant (6) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent. (7) Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker; Henry Birkbeck of Lynn, County of Norfolk, banker, the said Jonathan Backhouse, the younger, and John Pease of Darlington, merchant Conveyance in fee (by lease and release) and covenant to surrender a freehold and copyhold estate at Darlington, to (4) and (5) in trust, a moiety for (4) and the other moiety for (5) Consideration: £6,000

28 and 29 March 1826 (1) Joseph Gurney of the city of Norwich, banker (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant (3) Joseph Pease, the younger, of Darlington, one of the sons of (2) (4) Emma Gurney of the city of Norwich, spinster, one of the daughters of (1) (5) Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker; Henry Birkbeck of Lynn, County Norfolk, banker; Jonathan Backhouse, the younger, of Darlington, banker; and John Pease of the same place, merchant Settlement on the marriage of Joseph Pease, junior, with Miss Emma Gurney Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (5) of Court Close (1a. 3r.) and appointment of (5) to stand seised of the copyhold premises comprised in three surrenders dated 14 March 1826, upon trust for sale, and then in trust for (3) and (4) and their heirs

Abstract of title of Mrs. and Mr. Collyer to copyhold lands at Darlington, reciting deeds from 28 January 1762 to 1 July 1811, n.d. [1826]

8 May 1826 (1) Dorothy Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, widow, formerly Dorothy Nicholson, the god-daughter of Dorothy Nicholson, late of Hurworth, widow, dec'd (2) James Nicholson Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, esq., the eldest son of (1) (3) Richard Richardson of Philpot Lane, city of London, shipbroker, grandson of Richard Richardson, late of Darlington, land surveyor, dec'd (4) Henry Chaytor of St. Mary's Hall, city of Oxford, esq., the eldest son of Henry Chaytor of Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, esq., dec'd, who was the nephew of William Chaytor late of Spennithorne, Yorkshire, esq., dec'd (5) Joseph Pease the younger of Blackwell, merchant (6) Joseph Pease the elder of Darlington, merchant, and George Coates of Norton, miller Deed of covenant by (1) and (2) to surrender to (6) in trust for (5), one close of meadow called Harewoods North Winter Close (3a. 2r. 25p.) in the manor of Bondgate, bounding on Coniscliffe Lane on the north, on lands called Burrages on the east, on Harewood Pastures on the south and on lands belonging to John Wright on the west Recites surrender dated 28 January 1762 Consideration: £1,100

8 May 1826 Copy surrender and defeasance from Dorothy Collyer and others to Joseph Pease the elder and another, in trust for Joseph Pease the younger, of Harwoods North Winter Close (3a. 2r. 25p.)

1 July 1829 (1) Dorothy Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, widow (2) James Nicholson Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, esq. (3) Robert Helme the younger of Walthamstow, Essex, esq., and Joseph Collyer of Queen's Square, esq. (4) Joseph Pease the younger of Darlington, merchant (5) Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker; Henry Birkbeck of the city of Norwich, banker; Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and John Pease of the same place, merchant Covenant to surrender to (5) in trust for (4) the premises in D/X 1589/29 Consideration: £860 Includes: plan of property in margin

1 July 1829 Copy of surrender and defeasance from Dorothy Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, widow, and others, to Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker, and others, in trust for Joseph Pease the younger, of Darlington, merchant, of 3a. 18p. of copyhold land, part of the closes called Harwoods North Winter Close, Harwoods Pasture and South Winter Close comprised in a surrender dated 4 March 1828 [boundaries specified]

3 February 1835 (1) William Thompson of Darlington, linen manufacturer (2) Joseph Pease the younger of Darlington, esq. (3) John Pease of Darlington, merchant Appointment from (1) to (2) of 2418 sq. yds. of land near South End, Darlington, adjoining the turnpike road from Darlington to Barnard Castle (being part of East or Near Field containing 3a. 20p.), bounded on the north by the said turnpike road, on the south and east by lands belonging to (2) and on the west by the remaining part of East or Near Field Consideration: £261 19s. Includes: plan of property and schedule of deeds from 4 December 1754

3 February 1841 (1) William Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Lewisham, Colonel of the Staffordshire Militia; Henry Pelham, Earl of Lincoln, and William Pitt Amherst, commonly called Viscount Holmesdale (2) Algernon Lord Prudhoe, Baron Prudhoe of Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland (3) Joseph Pease the younger of Darlington, merchant (4) Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, City of London, banker; Henry Birkbeck, late of Lynn, Co. Norfolk, now of the city of Norwich, banker; Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker; and John Pease of the same place, merchant Appointment, release and conveyance by (1), by direction of (2), to (4) in trust for (3) of 541 sq. yds. of land in Darlington (part of the closes comprised in a lease and release dated 18 and 19 April 1817), bounded on the north by hereditaments belonging to Mrs. Botcherby, on the south and west by hereditaments belonging to (3), and on the east by ground intended to be used as West Street Consideration: £216 8s. Includes: plan of property in margin, and schedule of deeds from 22 May 1787

3 June 1848 (1) Joseph Pease of Southend near Darlington, merchant (2) George Coates of Norton, miller (3) Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker; Henry Birkbeck formerly of Lynn, Co. Norfolk, now of the city of Norwich, banker; and John Pease of Darlington, merchant, trustees of the marriage settlement of Joseph and Emma Pease Appointment from (1) to (3) of the freehold premises in D/X 1589/30 and covenant to surrender to (3) the copyhold premises in D/X 1589/26

4 June 1848 Copy of surrender and defeasance from Joseph Pease of Darlington, merchant (formerly of Blackwell and then described as Joseph Pease the younger) and George Coates of Norton, miller, to Robert Barclay of Lombard Street, city of London, banker, and others, upon the trusts of the marriage settlement of (2) and Emma Gurney, of the premises in D/X 1589/27

4 February 1829 (1) Thomas Backhouse of the city of York, nursery and seedsman (2) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker (3) James Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and John Backhouse of the same place, banker Deed of covenant to surrender to (3) in trust for (2) two closes (4a.) near Darlington, part of three copyhold closes called Burrage or Burrages, and part of the premises comprised in D/X 1589/3 [boundaries specified] Consideration: £800 Endorsed: plan of property

6 February 1829 Copy of surrender and defeasance from Thomas Backhouse and another to James Backhouse and another, in trust for Jonathan Backhouse, of the premises in D/X 1589/34

1 November 1853 (1) John Church Backhouse of Blackwell, banker, only son of John Backhouse late of Darlington, banker, dec'd (2) William Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and the said John Church Backhouse, survivors of the devisees in trust of the will of Jonathan Backhouse, late of Polam Hill, banker, dec'd (3) James Backhouse of the city of York, nurseryman, Joseph Backhouse of 30 Thornhill Square, Middlesex, esq.; Elizabeth Backhouse of Micklegate, city of York, spinster, and Sarah Backhouse of Holgate, city of York, spinster (4) The said James Backhouse (administrator of the estate of Nathan Backhouse, late of Darlington, dec'd), Alfred Ianson of Walthamstow, Essex, gent., and Joseph Talwin Foster formerly of Clapton, now of Stamford Hill, both in Middlesex, merchant, (surviving executors of the will of Richard Ianson, late of Tottenham, Middlesex, dec'd, and also administrators of Ianson's late wife, Mary), the said James Backhouse (administrator of the estate of Jane Backhouse, late of the city of York, dec'd) and the said James Backhouse and John Church Backhouse (executors of Thomas Backhouse, late of the city of York, nurseryman, dec'd) (5) Joseph Pease of Southend, Darlington, esq. Covenant to surrender to (5) three closes, formerly two closes, called Burrage or Burrages, as in D/X 1589/3 Consideration: £2,350 from (5) to (2)

31 October 1853 Copy admittance of William Backhouse and John Church Backhouse, the devisees of trust estates of Jonathan Backhouse dec'd, to a close [North Close] (3a.) part of the three closes called Burrage or Burrages, as in D/X 1589/3

31 October 1853 Copy admittance of John Church Backhouse, only son and heir of John Backhouse, dec'd, to two closes (4a.), part of the southernmost of three closes called Burrage or Burrages, as in D/X 1589/3

1 November 1853 Copies of two surrenders with a defeasance from John Church Backhouse and William Backhouse to Joseph Pease of two closes (4a.) and one close (3a.), both parts of the Burrage or Burrages, as in D/X 1589/3

15 May 1862 (1) John Pease of Darlington, esq. (surviving trustee of the settlement made on the marriage of Joseph Pease with Miss Emma Gurney) (2) Joseph Pease of Darlington, esq. Conveyance to (2) of freehold hereditaments and covenant to surrender copyhold hereditaments, forming part of the Southend estate, Darlington, comprising freehold premises: firstly Court Close, Darlington (1a. 3r.) part of the premises coloured red on the plan; secondly 2418 sq. yds. land, formerly part of East or Nearfield Close (3a. 20p.) and coloured green on the plan; thirdly 541 sq. yds. land, coloured blue on the plan, and fourthly 334 sq. yds. land in Northumberland Place, Darlington, coloured yellow on the plan; and copyhold premises: firstly several pieces of ground, formerly in three plots of meadow (6a. 0r. 23 3/4p.), part of the premises in D/X 1589/10; also 29p. of ground to the west of Darlington, part of the Lord's Waste; and also several pieces of ground (3a. 3r. 22p.) and a mansion house called Southend, built on the pieces of copyhold land firstly described, which, together with the freehold hereditaments firstly described, are coloured red on the plan; secondly Harewoods North Winter Close (3a. 2r. 25p.) coloured purple on the plan; and thirdly 3a. 18p. of land, part of the closes formerly called Harewoods North Winter Close, Harewoods Pasture and South Winter Close, coloured brown on the plan; boundaries as specified Consideration: £16,410 Endorsed: plan of property, on fourth membrane

16 May 1862 (1) Joseph Pease of Darlington, esq. (2) John Pease of Darlington, esq. Mortgage to (2) for £16,410 and interest, of a freehold and copyhold estate called Southend, Darlington, comprising the premises in D/X 1589/40, and additional copyhold lands: fourthly two closes (4a.) part of the southernmost of three closes called Burrage or Burrages, as in D/X 1589/3, and fifthly 3a. of ground, also part of the premises in D/X 1589/3 and described in the will of James Backhouse as North Close, now used as a garden

17 July 1862 Copy of a surrender and defeasance from Joseph Pease of South End, Darlington, to John Pease of Darlington, subject to a mortgage dated 16 May 1862, of 4a. and 3a. of land, both part of the premises in D/X 1589/3

25 July 1867 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington (2) Joseph Pease of Darlington, esq. (3) John Pease of Darlington, esq. Enfranchisement from (1) to (3) of the copyhold part of the Southend estate, Darlington, subject to the mortgage D/X 1589/41 Consideration: £200 Endorsed: plan of property

18 November 1869 (1) Philip Henry, Earl Stanhope, and Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverston, esq. (2) Henry George Powlett, Duke of Cleveland (3) Joseph Pease of Southend, Darlington, esq. Conveyance to (3) of 166 sq. yds. of ground near Coniscliffe Lane, Darlington, being Lot no. 273a on the sale plan of the Duke of Cleveland's Darlington estate, coloured pink on the plan Consideration: £88 Endorsed: plan of property

Copies of the appointment of valuers and the valuation of the estate of Joseph Pease, late of Southend, Darlington, merchant, dec'd, 29 June and 31 July 1872

Abstract of title of the trustees of the will of Charles Pease esq., dec'd, to the South End Estate, Darlington, reciting deeds from 1853, 1896

15 May 1896 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, M.P.; Arthur Pease of Darlington, esq., M.P.; and Alfred Edward Pease of Pinchinthorpe, Yorkshire, North Riding, esq. (trustees of the will of Charles Pease, esq., dec'd) (2) Thomas Clarkson of West Hartlepool, chemist; Joseph Paul Clarkson of Darlington, provision merchant, and Richard Charles Pearce of Darlington, auctioneer Agreement for the sale and purchase of the Southend Estate, Darlington, for £15,000

Memorandum and articles of association of The Darlington Southend Estate Company Limited, established for the purchase and development of the Southend Estate, and incorporated on 3 June 1897

30 June 1897 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, M.P.; Arthur Pease of Darlington, esq., M.P.; and Alfred Edward Pease of Pinchinthorpe, Yorkshire, North Riding, esq., M.P. (vendors) (2) Thomas Clarkson of West Hartlepool, chemist; Joseph Paul Clarkson of Darlington, provision merchant, and Richard Charles Pearce of Darlington, auctioneer (purchasers) (3) The Darlington Southend Estate Company Limited Conveyance to (3) of the freehold Southend Estate (27a.), Darlington, subject to the tenancy of William Randolph Innes Hopkins of the mansion and gardens; covenant by (3) not to undertake building work before 13 May 1898; rights of way as specified Consideration: £30,000 Includes: plan of property Endorsed: memorandum of conveyance of Southend mansion and gardens to Eugenie de Marcellus, 18 May 1905, and memorandum of conveyance of 13,806 sq. yds. of land to Canon James Rooney, 2 September 1908

1 July 1897 (1) The Darlington South End Estate Company Limited (2) William Cresswell Gray of West Hartlepool, ship builder, and Tobias Harry Tilly of the same place, solicitor (trustees) Trust deed for securing £15,000 first mortgage debentures on the South End Estate, Darlington

11 May 1907 (1) William Cresswell Gray and Tobias Harry Tilly (2) The Darlington Southend Estate Company Limited Reconveyance to (2) of the pieces of freehold land on the Darlington Southend Estate coloured red on the plan annexed

22 March 1845 (1) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gent. (2) John Castell Hopkins of Woodside, Darlington, esq. Agreement for the sale to (2) for £600 of a freehold close (3a. 27p.) on the west side of Harewood Hill near Darlington, which Robert Mowbray Darnell purchased from Robert Henry Allan, esq. (and which is the northern half of Prescott's Close)