Catalogue

11 June 1825 (1) John Steele of Darlington, tanner and Ann his wife (2) Thomas Lowis of Darlington, tanner (3) Robert Walton of Staindrop, gent and George Crishop of Darlington, gent (4) George Dent of Killerby, yeoman (5) Thomas Terry of Darlington, gent Attested copy of the settlement on the marriage of (1), dated 2 July 1777, whereby J.S. assignes to (3) a house on the north side of Gainford and closes called Newgate, Middle Field, Hundee Hill, Mill Holme, Isle Tarn, a cottage and 4 closes containing 20 acres called Fidler's Closes and a close called The Isle Thorns, all in Gainford, in trust, to use of (1) and (3) as specified. Assignment of (4) to (5) of the remainder of a term of 500 years in the above property in trust to perform the uses Recites deeds, 4 April 1743 - 15 October 1776, and will of Robert Dent, 21 September 1773 Consideration: £2000 from (2) to John Steel as marriage portion

13 July 1825 (1) Richard Steele and Anthony Steele of Barnard Castle, curriers (2) Young Dobson of Stockburn, Brancepeth, miller, James Rablah, grocer, Isaac Cape Cust, plumber and Margaret Steele, spinster, all of Barnard Castle (3) Richard Steele of Barnard Castle, grocer Attested copy of a release (part of a lease and release) by (1) and (2) to (3), dated 30 March 1821, of a messuage with a garth behind and a garden in front on the north side of Gainford, and a close called Barnfield containing 6a.2r.27p. Recites deeds, 1 July 1777 to March 1825 Consideration: £1023

n.d. [19th Century] (1) Richard Steele the elder, gent, Anthony Steele, currier,and James Rablah, tanner, all of Barnard Castle (2) Richard Steele the younger of Barnard Castle, grocer (3) William Bowman of Gainford, clerk (4) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gent Attested copy of a release (part of a lease and release), dated 2 October 1823, by (1) and (2) of a messuage and garden behind it on the north side of Gainford bounded by the road from Barnard Castle to Darlington on the north and the town street on the south, and also a piece of ground in front of the messuage, to the use of (3) as specified Recites deeds, 19/20 October 1821 Consideration: £220 to (1) and 10s. to (2).

22/23 June 1759 (1) Robert Brown of West Layton, Yorks., carpenter (2) Rev. William Jackson of Barton, Yorks., clerk Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage in the High or North Row, Gainford, with the orchard, garth, garden and yard behind, bounded by the Town street on the south and the road to Darlington on the north Consideration: £50

5/6 May 1760 (1) William Jackson of Barton, Yorks., clerk (2) Robert Brown of Ravensworth, Yorks., carpenter and Ann his wife (3) John Burdon of Killarby Garths, Gainford, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) Consideration: £50 to (1) to discharge mortgage owed by (2), and £32 to (2)

18/19 November 1763 (1) John Burdon of Killerby Garth, Gainford, yeoman and Elizabeth his wife (2) William Wallis of Whitworth, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage in the High or North Row, Gainford with the garden at the front and the orchard, garth and yard at the back and the new-erected messuage adjoining it, bounded by the town street on the south, and the road to Darlington on the north Consideration: £102 18s.

20 March 1764 (1) William Wallis, yeoman (2) John Burdon, yeoman and Elizabeth, his wife Two parts of a final concord whereby (2) acknowledge 2 messuages, 2 orchards, 2 gardens and 1 acre of land in Gainford, to be the right of (1) Consideration: 100 marks

21/22 November 1768 (1) William Wallis of Whitworth, gent. (2) George Brown of Gainford, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) Consideration: £110

28 May 1805 (1) George Brown of Gainford, yeoman (2) Richard Byron of Gainford, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy Lease for a year (part of a lease and release) by (1) to (2) of a house in High Row, Gainford, with the garden at the front and the orchard and yard at the back, bounded by the Town Street on the south and the Stockton to Barnard Castle road on the north Consideration: nominal

18/19 December 1820 (1) Richard Byron of Leatherhead, Surrey, Companion of the Bath and Captain in the Royal Navy and Sarah his wife (2) Matthew Culley of Akeld, Northumb, esq. (3) Rev. Thomas Peacock of Denton, clerk Lease and release by (1) to (2) to be held by (2) and (3) in trust as (2) appoints and in default of any appointment, to the use of (3) for the life of (2) in trust for (2), then to the use of the heirs of (2), (1) agree to levy a fine Consideration: £210

4 May 1923 (1) John Henry Culley of Putney, London, esq. (2) Eleanor Jane Culley of Maiden Newton, Dorset, widow (3) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of No.5 High Row, Gainford Recites will of Matthew Tewart Culley of Coupland Castle, esq., dated 28 June 1888 Consideration: £295 10s.

Schedule of deeds and documents relating to No.5 High Row, Gainford, reciting deeds, 6 December 1757 to 4 May 1923

Letter of Sheldon Craddock at York to [Mr. Louis Walton] concerning the drafting of D/Ed 10/1/17, 16 March 1803

Letter of Edward Foxton at Marske, N. Yorks., to Mr. Wm. Hodshon at Gainford concerning selling his Middingstead to Mr. Walton, 1 July 1803

Abstract of the title of Sheldon Craddock, Esq. to his estate at Gainford, 1803 Recites deeds, 20 July 1742 - 23 July 1795

Certificate of registering of land at Land Tax Register Office at Lincoln's Inn Fields, of land held by Louis Walton at Gainford, 8 October 1803

1 November 1803 (1) Sheldon Craddock of Hartforthe, Yorks., Esq. (2) Louis Walton of Gainford, gent (3) John Hunter of the Hermitage, Northumberland, Esq., trustee of the will of Leonard Hartley (4) John Trotter of Haughton-le-Skerne, Esq. Feoffment from (1) to (2) and the remainder of term of 500 years conveyed by (3) to (4) in trust for (2) of a messuage with garth and garden lying behind, and close called catchpenny of about 1 acre and a small piece of ground lying west, east and north of Catchpenny close at Gainford, with schedule of deeds at the end, 20 July 1742 - 23 February 1775 Recites previous deeds of 20 July 1742, 23 February 1775, and will 23 July 1795 Consideration: £400 from (2) to (1), 10s. from (4) to (3)

22 August 1842 (1) John Fogg Elliot of Durham, Esq. and Charles Trotter of Stockton, surgeon, Trustees under the Will of Louis Walton of Gainford (2) John Trotter of Staindrop, Esq. (3) Robert Frank and Mathew Frank, both of Gainford, horsebreakers (4) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage with a yard, stable and outbuildings, bounded on the west by the village green and on the north by the town street, in trust to (3) as specified Recites D/Ed 10/1/17, and will of Louis Walton Consideration: £200

Probate of the will of Matthew Franks of Gainford, horsebreaker, (dated 1 May 1860), 21 September 1860

27 September 1864 (1) Jane Franks, widow of Gainford (2) James Railton, saddler of Staindrop (3) James Collinson, joiner and cabinet maker of Romaldkirk and William Collinson, plate layer of Lartington Settlement on the marriage of (1) and (2) whereby (1) grants to (3) dwellinghouse, stables and outbuildings on the south side of Gainford, in trust for (1) until she marries (2); in trust to pay the income from the property to (1) for life then to such uses as (1) appoints by her will and in default of appointment in trust for (2)

Abstract of D/Ed 10/1/20, n.d. [1864]

19 May 1871 (1) Edward Foster of Howden, Yorks., gent. (2) James Railton of Staindrop, saddler and Jane his wife (3) George Rennison of Bellasize, Yorks., farmer and Margaret Ann, his wife (4) Edward Hutchinson of Darlington, gent. Deed of partition whereby (1), (2) and 3 convey to (4): A messuage and stables, yard and ashpit in Gainford lying east of the village green (A), and a messuage, yard, outbuildings and road at Gainford, lying south of End Street and east of the village green (B) (A) to such uses as Jane R. appoints; (B) to such uses as M.A.R. appoints Includes agreements concerning the road from End Street to (A), the party wall and the yard wall Recites D/Ed/10/1/18, and wills of R.F. and M.F., dated 17 July 1848 and 1 May 1860 and subsequent deaths and marriages, 23 May 1850 - 8 August 1869 Consideration: £43 18s. from (2) to (3)

10 July 1871 (1) Jane Railton of Staindrop (2) James Collinson of Darlington, joiner (3) Arthur Lucas of Darlington, gent Assignment of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) with the consent of (2) of a messuage with stables, yard, ashpit and buildings lying east of the village green at Gainford Consideration: £65 Endorsed with a redemption of the mortgage by (1), dated 29 September 1871

Abstract of title of Mrs. Margaret Ann Rennison to a freehold messuage at Gainford to be sold to James Railton, 1871 Recites deeds, 22 August 1842 - 19 May 1871

30 September 1871 (1) Margaret Ann Rennison of Bellasize, Yorkshire, wife of (2) (2) George Rennison of Bellasize, Yorkshire, farmer (3) James Railton, saddler of St aindrop Appointment by (1) to (3) of a messuage with yard, outbuildings, road and premises adjoining lying south of End Street and east of the village green Recites D/Ed 10/1/22 Consideration: £130 from (3) to (2) at the request and direction of (1)

3 October 1871 (1) James Railton of Staindrop, saddler (2) Jane Railton, wife of (1) (3) William Brown, yeoman, Joseph Lax, schoolmaster, John Clark, painter and Francis Walker, blacksmith, all of Staindrop Mortgage by (1) to (3) of a messuage, with a yard, outbuildings and road, bounded by End Street on the north and the village green on the west, and mortgage by (2) to (3) of a messuage with the stables, yard, ashpit and buildings adjoining, bounded on the west by the village green, all in Gainford Attached: schedule reciting deeds, 19 May to 30 September 1871, and memorandum of the registration of the deed at the Legacy and Succession Duty Office, dated 28 June 1895 Consideration: £200

Schedule of deeds relating to property at Gainford belonging to Mrs. Jane Railton and Mr. James Collinson, reciting deeds from 1 November 1803 to 3 October 1871

11 September 1923 (1) George Elder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, solicitor (2) James Hunton Collinson of Scarborough, Yorks. Counterpart of a conveyance by (1) as surviving Trustee of the will of James Collinson of Darlington, to (2) as residuary legatee, of a messuage and shop with a stable, at Gainford Recites will of J.C., dated 13 September 1887, and appointment of (1) as Trustee on 14 March 1922 No consideration

Enclosing Forms of Account of Estate Duty and Succession Duty chargeable on property as inherited by James Collins on of Darlington on the death of Jane Railton, 20 July and 26 August 1895

Correspondence of W.J. and H.C. Watson at Barnard Castle to Alice Edleston re the purchase of Clement's property, 26 November 1923 - 26 March 1924

File containing a letter from H.E. Richardson and Elder at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to W.J. and H.C. Watson at Barnard Castle, re the sale of property from Collinson to Edleston, and an abstract of the title of J.H. Collins on to property on the south side of Gainford, reciting deeds (27 September 1864 - 11 September 1923), 30 November 1923

11/12 May 1791 (1) Thomas Handsom of Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, yeoman (2) George Soulby of Snow Hall, gent. (3) John Hall of Langton in the parish of Gainford, gent Lease and release by (1) with consent of (2) to (3) of messuage with stable adjoining to the south and yard behind, except Hugh Hodgson's oven projecting from the north of the dwellinghouse into the stable and his right of access to it at Gainford Recites previous deeds, 16 June 1786 -17 September 1786 Consideration: lease 5s. from (3) to (1) and (2); release £68 4s. from (3) to (2) to discharge mortgage principal owed to him by (1), £22 16s. from (3) to (1)

Probate of the will of John Hall of Hulam in the parish of Gainford, farmer, (dated 29 October 1826), 31 March 1827

23 August 1828 (1) John Hall of Hulam, Staindrop, farmer (2) Thomas Overend of Staindrop, slater Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage with stable adjoining to the south and yard and garden behind lying east of the Town street at the south side of Gainford, in form of a lease for 10,000 years Consideration: £50

11 July 1829 (1) John Hall of Hulam, farmer (2) Thomas Overend the Elder of Staindrop, slater Further charge on a mortgage by demise by (1) to (2) Recites D/Ed 10/1/33 Consideration: £50

3 October 1829 (1) John Hall of Hulam, Staindrop, farmer (2) Thomas Overend of Staindrop, slater Further charge on the property by (1) to (2) Recites previous deeds, 23 August - 11 July 1829 Consideration: £50

Abstract of the title to a freehold house at Gainford, sold by the assignees of Mr. John Hall to Mr. James Hardy, and now belonging to Mr. Appleby Recites deeds, 13/14 May 1782 - 31 January/1 February 1834

23/24 March 1835 (1) Thomas Hutchinson, Innkeeper and William Raine the younger, farmer, both of Gainford (2) Thomas Overend the elder of Staindrop, slater (3) Thomas Overend the younger of Staindrop, gent (4) Thomas Appleby the elder of Low Coniscliffe, gardener (5) Thomas Appleby the younger of Low Coniscliffe, gardener Lease and release by (1) to (4) of the property and release by (2) to (5) of the remainder of a term of 10,000 years in trust Recites previous deeds, 23 August 1828 - 31 January/1 February 1834 Consideration: £164 10s. from (4) to (2) to discharge mortgage and £25 10s. to (1)

n.d. [1937] (1) William Bainbridge of Yarm, Yorks., paper manufacturer (2) James Wakley of Newcastle-uponTyne, official assignee of the estate and effects of William Oliver (3) William Oliver of Darlington, printer, bookseller and stationer, a bankrupt (4) Anthony Dagg of Heighington, farmer and Elizabeth his wife (5) Robert Addison of Ulnaby, gent and John Shields Peacock of Darlington, gent (6) Thomas Nicholson of Gainford, blacksmith (7) Michael Middleton of Darlington, tanner Copy of a conveyance dated 15 March 1845 by (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to (6) of a messuage on the south side of Gainford, with a stable or blacksmith's shop adjoining on the south, and a yard and garden behind, in trust to (6) as specified Recites mortgage, dated 24 August 1840 and bankruptcy of (3) Consideration: £100 16s.9d. to (4) to discharge mortgage and £64 3s.3d. to (2) as official assignee

Schedule of the deeds and documents of title relating to part of a blacksmith's shop and part of a garden with a building on the east side of Gainford village green, the property of Alice Edleston, reciting deeds, 8 June 1837, n.d. [post 1937]

n.d. [20 March 1876] (1) Charles Watson of Leeds, Yorks., currier and leather cutter (2) James Pomfret, currier, James Dove, tanner, Robert Middleton, currier of Gainford and others Copy of a release, dated 26 December 1834, part of a lease and release by (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and the chapel erected upon it, in Church Row, Gainford bounded on the east by the town green, in trust to keep the premises in good repair, and to allow Methodist worship there, etc. Consideration: £50

Copy of the parcels in a deed, dated 26 December 1834, between (1) Charles Watson, (2) John Pomfret and 21 others, n.d. [20th Century]

Agreement between Robert Hood, Ralph Eales and Margaret Robinson to divide property, 22 April 1776

25 November 1778 (1) George Hood of Gilling, Yorkshire (2) Ralph Eales, yeoman and Mary his wife of Gainford Agreement by (2) to sell to (1) one messuage house known by name of Germany on the north now of the east end of the town of Gainford Annotated with undated receipt for £3 10s. and receipt dated 23 March 1779 for £6 10s. Consideration: £10

Receipt of Mr. Robert Hood to James and Mary Eyles for £1 1s., being balance and full consideration money for a cottage and ground known as Germany in Gainford, 9 May 1797

9 May 1797 (1) William Jacques and Margaret his wife of Gainford (2) William Richardson of Gainford Agreement to sell by (1) to (2) Covenant that (1) having received rafters, doors, windows and tiles from (2) will build a cottage for themselves and quit the premises sold to (2) within six weeks Consideration: £18

Letter of Mr. R. Hood at Wolsingham to Mr. F. Walker at Darlington re information regarding property which Mr. Hood is to sell to Mr. Richardson at Gainford, 29 May 1797

26/27 June 1797 (1) Robert Hood of Wolsingham, labourer (2) William Jacques of Gainford, basket maker and Margaret his wife (3) William Blakey of Bishop Auckland, breeches maker and glover, and Mary his wife (4) Roger Cook of Seymoor, Yorkshire, husbandman and Elizabeth his wife (5) William Richardson of Gainford Lease and release by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of 2 cottages and frontstead measuring 48 feet with orchard behind situated south of turnpike road from Darlington to Barnard Castle and north of the town street of Gainford, at Gainford Recites previous deeds and wills, 22 March 1776 - 25 November 1778 Consideration: lease 5s. apiece from (5) to (1), (2), (3) and (4); release £40 from (5) to (1), 5s. apiece from (5) to (3) and (4), £18 from (5) to (2)

Letter of Francis Walker at Ripon, Yorks., to Christopher Richardson at Gainford concerning his late brother's omitting to pay fines due re conveyances of property at Gainford and advising that these be paid, 28 May 1800

1/2 March 1804 (1) William Richardson of Mile End, Middlesex, Esq. (2) Louis Walton of Gainford, gent and Charlotte Walton his wife (3) Christopher Richardson of Sinchouse, Middlesex, timber merchant Lease and release by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of 1 messuage with garden nearly opposite and adjoining messuage lying south of Gainford back lane and north of Gainford Town street Recites marriage settlement of (2), dated 8 November 1800, and will of William Richardson deceased, 22 October 1798, whereby property was devised to (2) Consideration: lease 5s. from (3) to (1); release 10s. from (3) to (1)

19/20 November 1840 (1) Christopher Richardson of New Charlton, London, timber merchant (2) John Leycester Adolphus of London, Esq, Frederick George Richardson, of Sinchouse, Middlesex, timber merchant, Trustees of Charlotte Walton (3) Louis Walton of Gainford, Esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) pursuant to a marriage settlement, dated 8 November 1800 Recites previous deeds, 8 November 1800 to 20 May 1840 Consideration: nominal

Abstract of title to freehold premises at Gainford belonging to Captain Appleby now contracted to be sold to George Hodgson, 1874 Recites deeds, 7/8 November 1800 to 30 November 1841

4/5 December 1795 (1) Thomas Pattison of Gainford, yeoman deceased, and Ann his wife (2) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, Esq., Mary Airey of Gainford, widow, trustees of Rev. Philip Airey of Gainford, clerk, deceased (3) John Glover of Staindrop, gent (4) Christopher Walton of Durham, gent Lease and release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4); (1), (2) and (3) agree to levy a fine Recites previous deeds, 14 December 1752 - 14 February 1767 Consideration: £40 from (4) to (1), £20 and interest from (4) to (3) to discharge mortgage Endorsed with a memorandum of the death of (4) on 29 November 1804 and his heir, Louis Walton, taking the property

7 December 1795 (1) Christopher Walton (2) Thomas Pattison and Anne his wife Two parts of a final concord whereby (2) acknowledged 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 stables, 2 garths, one acre of land and common pasture at Gainford to be the right of (1)

Abstract of the title of Louis Walton, Esq. to a house at Gainford, sold to Mr. John Atkinson, n.d. [1804] Recites deeds, 16 May 1608 - 28 March 1799

24 February [1764] (1) John Walton Elliot (2) Francis Hart and Hannah his wife Final concord whereby (2) acknowledge a messuage, barn, stable and garden, 2 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 2 acres of pasture in Gainford to be the right of (1) Consideration: 100 marks

5 April 1827 (1) Anthony Hood of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent (2) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, Esq. Attested copy of a lease and release, dated 6/7 May 1783, by (1) to (2) of a messuage, garth, orchard and garden, and 5 adjoining closes called Garrends close otherwise the Little Close, East and West Bean Roods and East and West Stoney Flatt, all in Gainford Recites deeds of 2 May 1717 Consideration: £1400

12/13 February 1784 (1) Francis Hart of Barforth, Yorks., yeoman and Hannah, his wife (2) William Pickering of Thorp Grainge, Yorks., yeoman and Margaret, his wife (3) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, Esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and adjoining garden measuring 103.5 yds. by 24.5 yds., in Gainford fronting on the village green and bounded on the north by the highway Consideration: £150 to (1) and 10s. each to (2)

11/12 May 1827 (1) John Walton Elliot of Gainford, Esq. (2) John Hobson of Brough, Westmorland, gent, Trustee of the will of William Hobson, deceased (3) Frances and Joanna Scruton of Durham, spinsters Lease and release by (3) to (1) of a messuage with the adjoining garth, orchard and garden in Gainford, 2 pews in the parish church and another messuage in Gainford with a garden, measuring 103.5 yds. by 24.5 yds., and a release of the remainder of a term of 999 years Includes marginal plan and schedule of deeds 2 May 1717 - 6/7 May 1783 Recites previous deeds, 6/7 May 1783 to 12 September 1814 Consideration: £2000 from (3) to (1), 10s. from (3) to (2)

April 1858 (1) Charles Scruton of London, Esq. (2) James Young Jamieson of Belmont Hall, Esq. (3) Thomas Young of Newcastle-uponTyne, draper Conveyance from (1) to (2) to such uses as he shall appoint, in default of appointment to use of (2) for life, then to use of (3) for life of (2) in trust for him and then to the use of the heirs of (2) Includes marginal plan Recites previous wills, 14 December 1838 - 8 March 1853 Consideration: £1300

Abstract of the title to a freehold mansion house and other hereditaments at Gainford, 1858 Recites deeds, 6/7 May 1783 to 1 April 1853

Copy of particulars of Gainford House, Gainford, to be sold by auction on 5 September 1922

Enclosing letter of W. Parlour, Auctioneer, at Croft, Darlington to Miss A. Edleston at Gainford stating the price which Mrs. Taylor Smith will take for above property, 15 September 1922

Requisitions on title and replies in the matter of the conveyance by Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor-Smith to T.H. Seed of "Gainford House" and other property at Gainford, 8 September 1923

Additional abstract of title relating to freehold property at Gainford, 1923 Recites a deed, dated 29 September 1923

Schedule of deeds relating to property at Gainford formerly belonging to T.H. Seed reciting deeds 6/7 May 1783 to 26 September 1930 Annotated with notes by Alice Edleston, n.d. [1930's]

17/18 May 1816 (1) Richard Hodgshon of Darlington, surgeon, William Winston of Piercebridge, farmer, trustees of Lacklam Sinclair of Gainford, deceased (2) Johnathan Backhouse of Blackwell, banker (3) George Wade of Headlam, gent (4) John Wade of Headlam, gent Lease and release from (1) to (3) and remainder of a term of 500 years conveyed by (2) to (4) in trust for (3) of messuage with yard and garden behind, part of premises formerly called Watson's Cottage lying south of turnpike road from Darlington to Barnard Castle and north of the Town street at Gainford Recites previous deeds, 10/11 August 1804 - 21/22 June 1805, and will of L. Sinclair, dated 1 March 1813 Consideration: lease 5s. from (3) to (1); release £255 from (3) to (1), 10s. from (4) to (2)

18 December 1876 (1) George Pearson of Winston, shoemaker (2) Judith Simpson of Gainford, widow Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage with the stable yard and garden behind situated on the north side of Gainford bounded by the Town street on the south and the lane leading from the town street to the back lane on the west Recites previous deed, dated 13 May 1859 Consideration: £388

15 March 1878 (1) Jane Isabella Wetherell of Whitley, Northumberland, spinster (2) Alfred Lord of Tynemouth, Northumberland, County Commercial Agent (3) John Thurlow Potts of Whitley, gent and William Watson the younger of Startforth Hall, Yorks., gent. Attested copy of a settlement on the marriage of (1) and (2), dated 27 March 1877; (1) assigns to (3) two mortgage securities totalling £970, in trust for (1) for life, then in trust for any person appointed by (1) or in default of appointment, for the person or persons who would have been entitled to the estate if (1) died intestate and a spinster Schedule of the mortgage securities is attached

List of deeds contained in the bundle sent by Huntriss and Swinnerton, endorsed upon a letter from H. and S. at Halifax to Alice Edleston at Gainford, dated 30 October 1922, sending the deeds relating to the propoerty purchased from Mr. C. Tennick, n.d. [1922]

6 May 1825 (1) Rev. William Bowman of Gainford, clerk (2) George Piggot of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, land surveyor Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of the Bay Horse Inn with the brew-house, coalhouse and yard behind, and a pump and garth, measuring 136 ft. x 29.5 ft. at Gainford

Plan, showing roads, field names, land owners, of Stobb Hill and Stoney Flatts, lying east of North Lane and north of Gainford village, ground sold by Wetherell and Blyborough to Bowman and Tennick, and from Bowman to Storrow, 24 - 25 February 1848

n.d. [1848] (1) George Piggot of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs., land agent (2) William Bowman the younger, schoolmaster and Joseph Tennick, carpenter, both of Gainford Copy of an agreement, dated 21 September 1848, whereby (1) agrees to sell and W.B. to buy the Bay Horse Inn at Gainford, with a right of way from the town street to the back lane, and (1) agrees to sell and J.T. to buy a piece of ground adjoining the Bay Horse on the east, used as a road from the town street to the back lane, 7' 6" wide for the most part Consideration: £415 from W.B. and £70 from J.T.

21 October 1848 (1) George Piggot of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs., land agent (2) William Bowman the younger of Gainford, schoolmaster (3) William Watson of Barnard Castle, gent Deed of appointment and conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Bay Horse inn at Gainford to the use of (2) as specified Recites previous deed, dated 17/18 June 1825 Consideration: £415

Schedule of Deeds relating to the Bay Horse inn at Gainford, belongifrg to William Bowman Junior and mortgaged to Hannah Lawson, with an undertaking by H.L. to return the deeds on repayment of the mortgage, 20 January 1855

6 June 1873 (1) Hannah Lawson of Cotherstone, Yorks., spinster (2) Rev. William Bowman of Gainford, congregational minister Reconveyance by (1) to (2) on repayment of a mortgage, of a messuage formerly used as an inn called the Bay Horse but now a private house, with the coal house, outbuildings and garden behind, on the north side of Gainford Recites mortgage, dated 20 January 1855

9 June 1873 (1) William Bowman of Gainford, congregational minister (2) Trustees of the Onward Benefit Building Society Mortgage by (1) to (2) Consideration: £800

Abstract of Title of property at Gainford belonging to the Onward Building Society, and contracted to be sold to William Tennick, 1903 Recites deeds, 21 October 1848 - 12 April 1890

Further abstract of the title to property situate at Gainford belonging to the Onward Building Society, 1903 Recites a deed, dated 9 June 1873

21 October 1848 (1) George Piggot of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs., land agent (2) William Bowman the younger of Gainford, schoolmaster (3) Joseph Tennick of Gainford, carpenter Appointment and release by (1) to (3) under powers granted by a lease and release, dated 17/18 June 1825, of a piece of ground to the south of Gainford extending from the Town Street in the north to the road from Barnard Castle to Darlington in the south, forming a passage, 7' 6" wide for the most part, subject to a right of way for (2) Includes a covenant for (2)'s retaining custody of the deeds Consideration: £70 Endorsed: 1 September 1924 (a) Mary Calvert, wife of George Calvert of Gainford, Railway Clerk, Florence Mary Cooke, wife of Francis Henry Cooke of Stockton-on- Tees, engineer, Kate Elizabeth Scott, wife of George Henry Scott of West Hartlepool, cashier, Ethel Holmes Tennick of Redcar, Yorks., spinster and Joseph Ernest Tennick of Yarm-on-Tees, Yorks., master plumber (b) George Calvert of Gainford, Railway Clerk, Francis Henry Cooke of Stockton-on-Tees, engineer and George Henry Scott of West Hartlepool, cashier (c) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Conveyance by (a) and (b) to (c) of the same property Recites will of (2) appointing (b) trustees of the property for (a) as tenants-in-common Consideration: £50

Letter of W.J. and H.C. Watson at Barnard Castle, to Alice Edleston at Gainford about the likelihood of being able to re-establish the private right of way along the passage way on the east side of her property, 4 August 1923

n.d. [1897] (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster (2) Barnard Castle Rural District Council Copy of a lease dated 25 August 1897, by (1) to (2) of a portion of 2 fields numbered 382 and 386 on the Ordnance Survey Map, containing 2a.1r.37p, at Gainford and a right of access to it in order to maintain sewage pipes, and the right to build a sewage plant there, and a right of way to the property from the main road, for a term of 25 years at an annual rent of £22 Scale plan attached

n.d. [1897] (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster (2) The Right Rev. Thomas William Wilkinson, Lord Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, the Very Rev. James Rooney of Darlington, Vicar General of the diocese, the Very Rev. Henry Wrennall of Stella, the Very Rev. John Anderton Cooke of Hexham, Northumberland, the Rev. Thomas Ord of Thropton, Northumberland and the Rev. George Edward Howe of Tynemouth, Northumberland Copy of a lease, dated 20 December 1897, by (1) to (2) of 2 closes and parts of 2 other closes numbered 383, 384, 382 and 386 on the Ordnance Survey map, containing 10a.3r.28p.89 yards, at Gainford, subject to the rights granted to the Barnard Castle Rural District Council under a lease dated 25 August 1897, for 999 years Consideration: annual rent of £23

n.d. [1897] (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster (2) The Right Rev. Thomas William Wilkinson, Lord Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, the Very Rev. James Rooney of Darlington, Vicar General of the diocese, the Very Rev. Henry Wrennall of Stella, the Very Rev. John Anderton Cooke of Hexham, Northumberland, the Rev. Thomas Ord of Thropton, Northumberland, and the Rev. George Edward Howe of Tynemouth, Northumberland Copy of a grant, dated 20 December 1897, by (1) to (2) of parts of 2 fields numbered 382 and 386 on the O.S. map containing 2a.1r.37p. at Gainford, and a right of access to it across land belonging to (1) Consideration: annual rent charge of £22 to (1) for life, or if the grant is rescinded before then, £10 for the remainder of her life, then after the death of (1) the annuity is to be paid to the priest of St. Osmund's Church, Gainford

17 June 1766 (1) Jonathan Rakestraw of Barnard Castle, shoemaker (2) Thomas White of Gainford, yeoman Bargain and sale for a year, part of a lease and release by (1) to (2) of 2 messuages with the garden and garth behind, lying between Gainford Town Street and the River Tees in Gainford Consideration: 5s.

Plan showing piece of property lying between the Gainford to Darlington road and the River Tees, part of which marked Forcett Railway Company, showing waterways, roads, field boundaries, and acreages, 18 July 1876

Of Alice Pearson at Gainford asking him to hasten the transaction, 31 May 1870

Of Y.T. Steavenson, at Darlington about the completion of the conveyance, 4 - 8 June 1870

Of A. Atkinson informing him of the current state of Pearson's cottage, 10 October 1870

Of E. Young at Gainford claiming that the cottage rent is too high, 15 October 1870

Invoices for repairs to various cottages, December 1870 - July 1871

Extracts from the title deeds in the possession of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty relating to properties acquired through the Governors ie. Hart Meadows and Moorfields in Gainford, a messuage, 40a.3r.16p. of land and 1/2 cattle gate, and the site for a parsonage, all in Whorlton, 1912 Reciting deeds 13 June 1770 - 10 March 1880 Includes 2 scale plans

Abstract of the title of Rev. E.C. Gleaves, as incumbent of the benefice of Whorlton, to Hart Meadow in Gainford, 1918 Recites a deed, dated 13 June 1770

Copy of the Particulars and Conditions of Sale of freehold land at Gainford, called Hart Meadow, and Moorfield, n.d. [1918]

Requisitions on title, 1918

n.d. [1918] (1) Edward Evans Gleaves, vicar of Whorlton (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (3) The Bishop of Durham (4) Rev. Henry Watson, of Gainford, patron of the living of Whorlton (5) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esq. Rough draft of a conveyance by (1) with the consent of (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of an unspecified property (Hart Meadow?) Consideration: £360

Correspondence of the Solicitor for Queen Anne's Bounty at London, 7 August - 12 November 1918

Correspondence of George and William Webb, at London, 5 and 8 July 1918

Description of the boundaries of the property, n.d. [1918]

Particulars for completion with a page of rough calculations attached, n.d. [1918]

Copy of section 15 of 2 and 3 Victoria cap. 49, the Church Building Act 1839, n.d. [1918]

Copy of the Sale Particulars of 2 meadow fields situated at the bottom of Grand Bank, Gainford, n.d. [June 1919]

Copy of the Requisitions on Title, July 1919

n.d. [1919] (1) Emily Mary Helmer, wife of Thomas Helmer of Romaldkirk, Yorks., farmer (2) E.M. Helmer and Neil Marlay of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, doctor of medicine and Alfred Appleby of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, solicitor (3) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Draft of a conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of Batts close in the parish of Winston, near Grants Bridge, containing 5 acres Recites will of William Hodgson Brockett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dated 20 March 1911 Consideration: £505

Correspondence of Appleby and Lisle at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 30 June 1919 - 21 February 1920

Of G.R. Gent at Gainford, 2 July 1919

Sale particulars and correspondence of E.R. Hanby Holmes to R.H. Edleston re the purchase of Hollin Hall East from Mrs. Allison, 1931 - 1944

27 March 1648 (1) Thomas Appelbye of Littell Smeton (Little Smeaton), Yorks., yeoman (2) Robert Stodderd of Gaynford (Gainford), carpenter Lease by (1) to (2) of Stodderd Farm at Gainford containing closes called Aletron Field, Spurbridge, the Langecrose Lands, the Eeast Moore, the Aletron closes, and the Moore closes, for 8 years Recites lease, dated 9 May [1642] Nominal rent Consideration: £145

21 August 1798 (1) William Bell of Gainford, gent and Mary his wife (2) Jane Sewell of Gainford, widow (3) William Richardson of Gainford, Esq. Grant by William Bell to (3) of his life estate in one moiety of a messuage and garden in Gainford, and appointment by Mary Bell of her reversion in the same, and appointment by (2) to (3) of the other moiety of the above, together with another messuage and garden in Gainford Recites deed of 3/4 February 1790 Consideration: £125 to (2) and £35 to (1)

14 May 1810 (1) John Wood of Huckerby, Yorks., gent. (2) Lachlan Sinclair of Gainford, gent Covenant by (2) to produce the deeds relating to a piece of ground called Foeffment, with the Lord Nelson public house and brewery, in Gainford, which were purchased by (1) from (2) Schedule of deeds included

Of A. Gates at Gainford, asking permission to pasture his cow in the field adjoining the cottage recently purchased by J. Edleston, 13 September 1864

About his search for a house suitable for Dr. Edleston's friend, 7 March 1868

Concerns some property which J. Edleston was interested in purchasing, but which was sold for a high price, 3 - 12 November 1868

About the sale of the "Lord Nelson" public house, 25 June and 1 July 1870

About his non-payment of an annual subscription, 14 April 1871

About his possible purchase of property from James Horrisby, 12 October 1871 - 13 January 1873

Recommending the purchase of Mrs. Storey's house, and offering to act as his agent Endorsed by J. Edleston with a draft reply, dated 25 June, authorising Francis H. Homfray to make the purchase, 20 June 1873

Letter of J. Raine at Morton Tinmouth about a missing deed, 26 and 29 May 1868

Describing 6 houses which they own, 27 March 1871

About valuation of grass and tillage land of which they are tenants and the tithes which they pay, 17 April and 12 May 1885

Letter of James Hornsby at Gainford offering to sell his house and shop, 12 - 13 September 1871

Letter of (N.) Wade at Headlam House asking if they might stay in the house a few days more, 5 August 1873

Letter of G. Calvert at Gainford about the blacksmith's shop which he has heard Joseph intends purchasing, 25 May 1891

Letter of Thomas Nicholson at Gainford, declining an offer of a house, n.d. [19th Century]

Letter of J. Richardson at Barnard Castle with draft reply about the valuation of a field at Gainford, 19 - 20 March 1880

Correspondence of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle to Alice Edleston at Gainford, concerning her purchase from T.H. Seed of a small piece of land near the station at Gainford, 10 July 1930 and 17 October 1931 Including D/Ed 10/1/171 enclosing a statement of account, D/Ed 10/1//172 enclosing a letter from H.L. Fife complaining about the condition of her property in his yard

Note from Mr. Davison stating the measurements of Mrs. Wilkinson's property, 20 February 1871

Plan of Mrs. Taylor's floor with note of cost of repairing floor and laying new floor by R. and S. Adamson, 6 March 1897

Note about rent of an inn and 3 cottages (written by J. Edleston) endorsed upon part of a letter to Dr. Homfrey, n.d. [19th Century]

Notes re G. Stobbart's fee farm rent (1897), 3 February 1897 and 2 February 1899

Receipts for fee farm rents due from C.N. Wares representatives, October 1897 - October 1903

Receipts of Income Tax duty paid for houses and land to which the Edlestons are landlords at Gainford, 1892 - 1914

Forms for the payment of second and subsequent instalments of succession duty on real property by Mary Eliza Bowman of Gainford, spinster upon the death of Mary Ann McKechnie, 30 June 1906 - 3 July 1908

List of Further Requisitions on Title, concerning land at Gainford to be purchased by R.H. Edleston from Raine, 7 April 1913

Receipts of tithe rent charges and fee farm rents in Gainford, 1914 - 1915

Notes on tenancies of S. Thurlbeck and Mrs. Hervey, n.d. [1940's]

Notes about Rickinson's property with sketches, n.d. [20th Century]

Copy of the description of the parcels taken from a deed, dated 28 November 1853, concerning 1/4 acre of ground on the north side of the road from Barnard Castle to Darlington, and a right of way to the Town street from the highway, at Gainford, n.d. [20th Century]

17 March 1874 (1) Rev. James John Cumming, Rector of East Carlton, Norfolk (2) Rev. Joseph Edleston, Vicar of Gainford Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a term of 40 years of no.57 Rhadegund Buildings, Cambridge Recites lease of the above property, dated 1 November 1862, by Jesus College to Sarah Cumming, and will of Sarah Cumming, dated 12 December 1868, whereby the property was bequeathed to (1) Consideration: £600

Letter of Clement Francis at Cambridge, to Rev. J. Edleston about the completion of D/Ed/10/2/1(I), 31 March 1874 Enclosure in (I)

Letter of G.E. Corne at Cambridge to Rev. J. Edleston at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., about Professor Cumming's lease of Rhadegund Buildings, 24 December 1875 Enclosure in (I)

Draft letter from Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford to (Mr. Thompson) about making a bid for 4 houses in Cambridge, 12 December 1877

Correspondence and other papers of Favell, Ellis and Sons, C.B. Drake and M. Waters all of Cambridge to Rev. J. and Harriet Edleston at Cambridge concerning the redecoration of 57 Rhadegund Buildings, 18 March 1881 - 11 March 1882

Correspondence of Francis and Francis at Cambridge to Rev. J. Edleston concerning lease from Jesus College of No.57 Rhadegund Buildings, 16 April - 30 May 1890

Correspondence of Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks. about the rent of 57 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 20 November 1930 - 5 June 1939

Correspondence and other papers including some [18th Century] documents chiefly between R.H. Edleston, Maule, Sons and Winter at Huntingdon, Marshall, Huntriss and Coat, Halifax, Yorks., E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle, E.N. Gent at Gainford concerning the general administration of the Manor of Alconbury Weston, Hunts., mainly the extinguishment of manorial incidents, 6 March 1924 - September 1940

Correspondence and other papers chiefly between William Bennell, steward and R.H. Edleston and various correspondents concerning the administration of the Manor of North Runcton, Norfolk, 25 June 1855 - 9 October 1933

Note of costs re the admission of Miss Read to land in the manor of North Runcton, Hardwick and Setchley, 13 November 1844

15 April 1921 (1) Benjamin Arthur Wightman of George Street, Sheffield (2) Frederick William Porritt of New Broad Street, London in trust for English Oilfields Limited Stewards copy of an admission of (2) by virtue of a surrender to (1), dated 4 March 1921, of half an acre of pasture lying in West Winch, Norfolk Consideration: £300

Copy of court roll of the Manor of North Runcton, Hardwick and Setchley, Norfolk recording surrender of all the property of Henry and Susanna Glen held in the manor to the uses declared in Susanna Glen's will, 18 July 1749

Letters between E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle and R.H. Edleston at Gainford re the extinguishment of Manorial incidents, 1 February 1927 - 13 May 1929

Copy of a letter, dated 25 January 1951, of F.O. Walter at Ellington, Hunts., to an unspecified person in connection with the problem of finding a builder to do some work at Chesterton, Cambs.

Rough copy of an indenture concerning the Manor of Chesterton, in the County of Cambridge, dated 13 November, 19 Elizabeth I, n.d. [20th Century]

Correspondence to R.H. Edleston of Ginn and Company at Cambridge and E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle re the purchase of the Manor of Burgh Hall (Cambs.?), 15 October - 1 December 1927

Correspondence to R.H. Edleston of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle and Marshall, Huntriss and Coinpany at Halifax, Yorks., concerning the extinguishment of manorial incidents in the Manor of Glatton with Holme, Hunts., 7 January 1930 - 16 March 1938

Correspondence and other papers chiefly between E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle, Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks., E.N. Gent at Gainford and R.H. Edleston at Gainford, concerning the Manor of Eynesbury, Norfolk especially re manorial extinguishments, 21 January 1932 - 28 October 1940

Rent account of S. Acland, tenant of Wiggenhall Old Vicarage, Norfolk for the year ended 25 December 1945, n.d. [1947]

Rent statement of the tenant of Wiggenhall Old Vicarage, Norfolk, (from 25 December 1945 to 25 December 1946), 11 April 1947

Newspaper cutting of the "To Let" column, including the Old Vicarage, Wiggenhall St. Peter (Norfolk?), n.d. [1940's]

Notes concerning the Manor of Pertenhall, Berks., n.d. [20th Century]

Of Ord and Maddison Limited, quarry owners at Darlington enclosing a cheque for their share of repairs to Bolam Cottages, 10 October 1921

Of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at London outlining the procedure for calling a manor court, 25 March 1922

Copy of a notice of a Court Baron and customary court, n.d. [1922] Enclosure in (I)

Of Monica Carter, at Huntingdon, stating that the Duke of Manchester does not wish to sell manorial rights, 2 August 1922

Of H.C. Watson at Barnard Castle, requesting the return of papers of the Manor Court of Barnard Castle, 3 November 1925

Letter of "J.E.R.D." at Barnard Castle to E.R. Hanby Holmes about "T.U.T.'s" liquidator, and other current office business, 1 November 1928

Letter of Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks., to Alice Edleston about the extinguishment of manorial incidents in the Manor of Wakefield, 27 June 1938

Notes on manors, including Middleton, taken from the Domesday survey, n.d. [1924]

Notes made during the preparations for holding manor courts at Sisland, Devon, and Mundford, Norfolk, n.d. [1927]

Part of a transcript of a document describing the (Customs of the Manor of Sulbury and Great and Little Hollendon, c.16th Century), n.d. [c.1927]

Copy of the sale particulars of the Gosgrove Advowson, Stony Stratford, Northants., n.d. [1920's]

Copy of the sale particulars of Goadby Marwood Advowson, Leics., n.d. [1920's]

Rough notes about the descent of the manors of Methwold and Feltwell, Norfolk, n.d. [1920's]

Declaration by R.H. Edleston that he is the owner of an unspecified rent charge in Ovington Tithe District, Yorks., 29 October 1936 Recites conveyance of the rent charge to R.H. Edleston, dated 16 September 1936

Copy of a sale notice of the Manor of Seech, from the Cambridge Chronicle of 20 June 1775, n.d. [1943]

Invoice from H.O. Witton at Heacham, Norfolk, to Miss (E.K.) Acland, at Heacham, December 1951

n.d.[1951] (1) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esq. (2) T. Dobinson of Bank Side Caldwell, Yorks., joiner Draft agreement whereby (1) agrees to let and (2) to take the Caldwell village Pound, to hold at the will of (1)

Copy of the sale particulars of Kingston Wood Manor House and farm, Cambs., n.d. [20th Century]

List of (Private Acts of Parliament?) passed during 1745 and 1746, n.d. [20th Century]

Miscellaneous rough notes concerning manors, n.d. [20th Century]

Notices of the Court Leet and Court Baron of the Manor, incorporating an income and expenditure account, 15 October 1923 - 16 February 1952

Agendas of Court Leets and Court Baron, 1925 - 1939

Circulars announcing meetings of the Lords in Trust of the manor, 1948 - 1952

Schedules of owners with details of the profits paid to the Edlestons, 1931 - 1955

Jury summonses addressed to R.H. Edleston from the Steward of the manor, 24 October 1923 - 28 September 1943

Notices of Special Courts Leet and Baron, 16 November 1931 and 2 May 1936

Correspondence between E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle and R.H. Edleston, 25 March 1931 - 3 September 1952

Of J.M. Walton at Langton Rectory, Northallerton, Yorks., 23 November 1931

Of H.C. Watson at Barnard Castle, 30 November 1931

Newspaper cuttings reporting the proceedings at the Bowes manor court, 20 November 1923 - 7 October 1942

Notes on the proceedings at a meeting of Bowes manor court, n.d [1920's - 1950]

Notes on the copyhold land under the jurisdiction of the Manor Court, n.d. [20th Century]

Leaflet about Cotherstone regulated pasture, outlining the bye-laws and regulations relating to it, the duties of the field reeves and the scale of stinting adopted there, n.d. [c.1910]

Circular from E.R. Hanby Holmes to the owners of stints on Bowes Moor about the widening of the Roman road, 1 October 1949

Papers concerning the election of new Lords in Trust, 1936

Correspondence and other papers of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle and of F. Summersgill at Bowes Vicarage to R.H. Edleston at Gainford concerning the Church and Vicarage at Bowes especially the sale of part of the Vicarage garden, 30 April 1924 - 18 February 1941

Correspondence to R.H. Edleston concerning the augmentation of the living of Bowes and presentations to the living, 12 March 1924 - 12 August 1949

List of occupiers of property belonging to (R.H. Edleston) at High Street and Silver Street, Buckden, n.d. [20th Century]

Copy of the court roll recording the admittance of Thomas Burder and his wife Catherine to a cottage in Buckden, Hunts., to hold it from the death of Elizabeth Burder, widow, 8 April 1749

Copy of the court roll recording the admittance of Catherine Burder, and widow, to a cottage in Buckden, November 1 Hunts., 10 October 1749

22 February 1750 (1) Catherine Burder, widow (2) Samuel Archdeacon, gent. Copy of the court roll recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of a cottage and a tenement belonging to it in (Buckden) Consideration: £20

22 February 1750 (1) Catherine Burder of Buckden, Hunts., widow (2) Samuel Archdeacon of St. Neots, Hunts., gent. Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £40 Condition: repayment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of £20

18 December 1765 (1) Robert Green of Godmanchester, Hunts., gardener and Catherine his wife (2) Hugh Ferrar of Godmanchester, gent. Copy of the court roll of the Manor of Buckden recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £25

8 October 1768 (1) Robert Green of Godmanchester, Hunts., gardener and Catherine his wife (2) Sir Robert Bernard, baronet Copy of the court roll recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £25

8 October 1768 (1) Robert Green of Godmanchester, Hunts., gardener (2) Sir Robert Bernard, baronet Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £50 Condition: repayment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of £25 of even date

6 October 1777 (1) Robert Green of Godmanchester, Hunts., gardener (2) Stephen Priestley of Buckden, Hunts., gent Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a copyhold messuage in Buckden Consideration: £140, and agreement by (1) to surrender the property to (2) at the next Manor court

7 October 1777 (1) Robert Green and Catherine his wife (2) Stephen Priestly of Buckden, Hunts., Innholder Copy of court roll recording the surrender by (1) and the admittance of (2) to 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £25 paid to Sir Robert Bernard, baronet to discharge a mortgage

19 December 1778 (1) Stephen Priestley of Buckden, Hunts., gent. (2) William Perrin of Buckden, wheeler Copy of the court roll of the Manor of Buckden recording the surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden

19 December 1778 (1) Stephen Priestley of Buckden, Hunts., gent. (2) William Perrin of Buckden, wheelwright Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £300 Condition: that (1) guarantees the title of (2)

19 October 1779 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheeler (2) Mary Millington of Buckden, widow Copy of court roll of the Manor of Buck den recording the mortgage by Surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £100

Fire insurance policy taken out by William Perrin on a house, barn, shop and offices, 19 February 1780

6 January 1797 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) Thomas Kefford of Doddington, Hunts., farmer Copy of the court roll recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £100

6 January 1797 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) Thomas Kefford of Doddington, Hunts., farmer Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £200 Condition: repayment by (1) to (2) of a loan of £100

Fire insurance policy taken out by William Perren of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright, on a house, shop and offices in (Buckden), 28 May 1803

Abstract of the title of William Perrin to 2 copyhold tenements in Buckden, Hunts., reciting deeds (from 19 October 1711 to 19 October 1779), 9 September 1807

12 September 1807 (1) John Durst of South Wield, Hunts., and William Bowyer of Diddington, Hunts., executors of the Will of Thomas Kefford (2) William Perrin of Buckden, wheelwright Acknowledgement by (1) that (2) has repaid a mortgage of £100 owed to Thomas Kefford

12 September 1807 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) Henry Bull of Huntingdon, Hunts., yeoman Copy of a mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £100 Endorsed with a declaration by (2) that the above mortgage is to be a security for a loan of £100 from George Maule, dated 25 May 1810

12 September 1807 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) Henry Bull of Huntingdon, yeoman Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £200 Condition: (1) repays mortgage of even date

9 September 1811 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) George Maule of Huntingdon, gent. Copy of the court roll of the Manor of Buckden recording a mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £100

1812 (1) William Perrin of Buckden, October 31 Hunts., wheelwright (2) Thomas Goode of St. Neots, Hunts., yeoman Copy of the court roll recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in Buckden Consideration: £100

Promissory note for the payment of £100 by William Perrin to Thomas Goode on (30 April 1813), 31 October 1812

Fire insurance policy taken out by William Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright and Thomas Goode of St. Neots, Hunts., yeoman, on a house and outbuildings in Buckden, 28 July 1813

8 January 1827 (1) George Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) George Usher of Buckden, shoemaker Copy of the court roll recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of a newly erected messuage with wheelwright's shop and outbuildings and 3 adjoining messuages all in Buckden lying west of the North Road Recites admittance, dated 9 September 1827, of (1) to the above property on the death of William Perrin Consideration: £350

9 January 1827 (1) George Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) George Usher of Buckden, shoemaker Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £700 Condition: repayment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of £350

6 November 1846 (1) George Perrin of Buckden, Hunts., wheelwright (2) Margaret Mary Maltby wife of the Bishop of Durham Copy of the court roll of the manor of Buckden recording the mortgage by conditional surrender by (1) to (2) of 2 cottages in High Street, Buckden Consideration: £200 Endorsed with an acknowledgement by (1) of the receipt of a further £100 from (2), dated 28 July 1847

25 June 1796 (1) Sarah Osborn of Buckden, spinster, and Thomas Osborn of Buckden, baker (2) Charles Norman of Buckden, butcher Copy of the court roll recording the surrender by (1) to (2) of a piece of land containing 1r.15p. lying west of Silver Street Recites admittance of (1) on 8 October 1784

16 January 1806 (1) John Hipwell the younger (2) Charles Norman of Buckden, Hunts., butcher Copy of the court roll recording the surrender by (1) to (2) of an orchard in Silver Street, Buckden Recites admittance ,dated 1802, of (1); receipt attached Consideration: £120

9 January 1827 (1) Peter Kenney of Diddington, Hunts., yeoman (2) Charles Norman the elder and Charles Norman the younger both of Buckden, Hunts., butchers Copy of the court roll recording the surrender by (1) to (2) of a messuage divided into 2 tenements in Silver Street, with the piece of ground, yard, garden and barn belonging to it in Buckden Recites admittance of (1) Consideration: £85

31 May 1830 (1) Charles Norman the elder, and Charles Norman the younger both of Buckden, Hunts., butchers (2) Thomas Cope and Henry Cope of Buckden, farmers Copy of the court roll of the manor of Buckden recording a surrender by (1) to (2) of a messuage divided into 2 tenements in Silver Street, with the adjoining piece of land and outbuildings and a piece of ground and part of a close called Birchwell close, adjoining it, all in Buckden Consideration: £313

10 October 1868 (1) Mary Warsop of Buckden, Hunts., widow (2) Charles Frederick Mann of Upper Holloway, Middlesex, Esq. (3) Martin Hunnybun of Huntingdon, gent Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a freehold house with a yard and outbuildings in Silver Street, Buckden to the use of (2) as specified and also a copyhold messuage called Beech Lawn in the parish of Buckden, with the outbuildings and paddock containing 3a.2r., and 2 adjoining cottages (1) covenants to surrender to (2) the copyhold property Consideration: £1200 Recites previous deeds, 5 April 1862 to 4 August 1862

Abstract of the title of Mr. E. Henry Cragg to a freehold cottage at Silver Street, Buckden, Hunts., 1898 Recites deeds from 10 October 1868 to 6 March 1895

Correspondence and other papers concerning the administration of the Buckden Estate including the restoration of Buckden Palace, chiefly between C.H. Franklin, Hardwick and Burrows, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, Mr. S.G. Humphrey, A.H. Lofts, bailiff, all at Buckden, A.A. Frank land at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks., Maule, Sons and Winter and S. Inskipp Ladds at Huntingdon and R.H. Edleston, 13 November 1919 - 1954

Visitors Book and lists of visitors to Buckden Palace, including Buckden Liberal Summer School newspaper cuttings enclosed, 1925 - 1935

Speeches of welcome by R.H. Edleston to the Liberal Summer School, n.d. [20th Century]

Rough plan of the outside walls of Buckden Towers with Gate House, n.d. [20th Century]

Detailed plans of part of a window (for Buckden Palace), n.d. [20th Century]

Plan and elevation of the "Moat Bridge Buckden Old Palace, Hunts", n.d. [20th Century]

Sketch of ground plan of (Buckden Palace and grounds), n.d. [20th Century]

Rough note of the measurements of a wall, endorsed on the last leaf of a letter from "Nellie" to (R.H. Edleston), n.d. [20th Century]

Rough plan showing boundaries of Buckden Palace with names written around the boundaries, n.d. [20th Century]

Tracing of a map of Buckden Village, Hunts., showing The Palace, vicarage and Park farm and adjoining roads, n.d. [20th Century]

List of the quit and free rents of the Manor of Buckden Brittens, Hunts., as at Michaelmas 1885, giving tenants and the rent due, 29 September 1885

Notices of the Manor Court of Buckden Brittens, 14 June and 17 November 1923

Drafts of presentments at the Court of the Manor of Buckden Brittens, 1927

Copy of the oaths to be taken by the jurymen and their foreman of a (Manor Court), n.d. [20th Century]

Of F.N. Butler at St. Neots, Hunts., declining to attend the Manor Court, 28 November 1922

Of John Beagarie at Hitchin Herts., re some papers relating to Hail Weston, 5 and 11 May 1926

Unused summons to the Court Leet and Court Baron of the Manor of Hail Weston, n.d. [c.early 20th Century]

Notes in preparation for the admittance of Elizabeth Howlett Nichols to a messuage in Hail Weston, n.d. [1925]

Draft appointment of a deputy steward for the Manor of Hail Weston, Hunts., 5 October 1926

Rough draft of the (court roll) of the Manor Court of Hail Weston, Hunts., for 14 December 1928 and 3 December 1929

Rough notes and transcripts by R.H. Edleston re the history of Buckden and its related families and Bishops, n.d. [20th Century]

Buckden Palace The Episcopal residence of The Bishops of Lincoln, by B. Rudge, 1839

Article on Buckden Palace from Country Life, 31 July 1909

Sale particulars of Buckden Towers near Huntingdon with memorandum of deposit paid by J. Maule, agent for the vendor (R.H. Edleston), 22 August 1919

The Blessing of the Foundation Stone of a Church or Chapel, service used for the chapel of Buckden Palace, 16 August 1921

List of maps, brasses and Bishops connected with Buckden, n.d. [1926]

Bishops at Buckden, a rhyming chronicle by R.H. Edleston, and part of a rough draft, 1927

Letter of J.R. Langley at Buckden to R.H. Edleston enclosing notes about "The George" at Buckden and its former landlords Scarborough and Cartwright, (1725 - 1865), 19 March 1928

Form of consent to the placing of a telephone in Buckden Palace, Hunts., 30 March 1928

List of furniture from Buckden Palace, n.d. [1920's]

Prospectus of Buckden Towers College, n.d. [1920's]

List of documents re Buckden,by R.H. Edleston, n.d. [1931]

Poster of a Pageant at Buckden Palace, 26 July - 1 August 1933

Notes on rentals for various parts of the Modern House at Buckden, Hunts., n.d. [1930's]

Sale particulars of "Fair View" Cottage, Buckden, Hunts., 1940

Insurance renewal receipt for R.H. Edleston from Maule, Sons and Winter, 25 March 1946

Leaflet advertising the Lion Hotel, Buckden, Hunts., n.d. [20th Century]

Note about a view of Buckden Palace from the west and describing grounds and chapel, n.d. [20th Century]

"The Lion" at Buckden, No.7 of The Tales of Old Inns Series, n.d. [20th Century]

Sketch and print of badge of Buckden Towers College, n.d. [20th Century]

Copy of a notice of the sale of the old building materials from Buckden Palace, which appeared in the Cambridge Chronicle on 23 February 1839, n.d. [20th Century]

Sketches of Buckden Palace, n.d. [20th Century]

Of Buckden Palace and grounds, 1920's - 1930's D/Ed 10/4/810 is print of glass negative, see D/Ed 18/9/1385, and for glass negative of Buckden see D/Ed 18/9/1386

Of inscription about the inscription about the restoration of the chapel at Buckden Palace by R.H. Edleston, originally built by Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, n.d. [20th Century]

Of a memorial stone in Buckden Chapel of John Hodgson, secretary to Bishops of Lincoln, died 1822, n.d. [c.1930's]

Of (staff/tenants) of Buckden Palace, n.d. [1920's - 1930's]

Of the laying of the foundation stone of the chapel restoration, 1920's

Of visitors to Buckden Palace, including Cambridge Summer School members, 1920's - 1930's

Of R.H. Edleston and others with an Aragonese banner at Buckden Palace, n.d. [1920's]

Of the Pageant of the Centuries at Buckden, n.d. [1920's]

Of the final meeting of the Copyhold Court of the Manor of Buckden, n.d.

Of members of Archdeaconry Visitation Court held at Buckden Palace, n.d. [c.1930's]

Newspaper cuttings about the Palace, about its visitors and of general news about events at Buckden, [1920's - 1940's]

30 November 1677 (1) Henry Young and Baxter Young of Witton-upon-Weare (Witton-le- Wear), gents. (2) Thomas Taylor of Durham, butcher Lease by (1) and (2) of a manor house and closes and pieces of pasture and meadow called West Feild, Well Feild, the Pryefeild, Pearsons Close, the Dodsleases, the Broome, Mires Close, Ducketts Close and Vaseyes Close also known as the Townehead Close, all in Witton-upon-the Wear, and a messuage called the Loaneing House with closes and parcells of ground called the Three Daiesworke Close, the Three Dayes Worke Feild, the Kilne Feild, the Storke Close, Crakell Banke with 2 batts upon the River Wear, a farm called Ralph Hodshons Farme, a messuage called Dents House and closes called the Wheatfeild, the Prye Close and the Woodyfeild all in the Chapelry of Hamsterlye, for 1000 years at a nominal rent; (1) indemnify (2) against the dower of their wives Consideration: £640 Endorsed with a memorandum, dated 26 September 1695, that the deed was produced as evidence in the case of John Reffee v John Hodshon

Schedule of title deed and papers of Robert Shafto Esq. for property in Witton-le-Wear, in parish of St. Andrew Auckland, in the custody of Misses Catherine and Isabel Seton upon a mortgage in fee for securing £1500 and interest, 1764 Recites deeds, [April] 1762 - March 1764

5 September 1768 (1) Henrietta Douglas of Witton-le-Wear, widow (2) Edward Caneless of Northallerton, Yorks., gent. (1) bound to (2) in sum of £280 on condition for (1) to pay £140 with interest to (2) by 5 March 1769 for messuages and closes as specified situated in Witton-le-Wear and of all tythes due Recites deeds 4 - 5 July 1766

Copy of the admittance of Susan Faddock of Moundford, Norfolk, at the Manor Court of Easthall, as widow of George Faddock, to the customary messuage with a hempland and orchard in Moundford, and a customary close containing 1.5 acres, adjoining Cockerills mese on the west, 19 January 1758

26 April 1776 (1) Martha and Mary Faddock of Cambridge, Cambs., spinsters (2) Charles Henry Cerole, Esq., Earl of Monteith, Ireland Bond by (1) to (2) in the sum of £580 Condition: (1) firmly assures the title of (2) to copyhold property in the Manor of East Hall in Moundford, Norfolk, which was conveyed by (1) to (2) by a deed of even date

6 May 1765 (1) John, Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquis of Tavistock, etc. (2) Joseph Dixon of the parish of St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, stone mason Lease by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the west side of the Market Square in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, lying north of Hyde Street for 62 years from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist [24 June] 1764 Consideration: peppercorn rent for the first 2 years and thereafter £10 per annum Plan of the property in the margin

2 November 1771 (1) Joseph Dixon of St. James Westminster, Middlesex, stone mason (2) James Robson of St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, bookseller (3) Lachlan Sinclair of St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, gent. Assignment of lease for remainder of term of 62 years from (1) to (2) of property as in D/Ed 10/5/6 Recites previous deeds, 6 May 1765 -24 June 1765 Consideration: £325 Endorsed with an assignment of the remainder of the term by (2) to (3), dated 15 November 1771 Recites previous deeds and insurance policy of the property Consideration: £650

6 November 1789 (1) Lachlan Sinclair of Gainford, gent. (2) James Norris and Thomas Parkinson of Market Square, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Brandy merchants Counterpart of a lease by (1) to (2) of property as in D/Ed 10/5/6 once called the Yorkshire Stingo or Bunch of Grapes, for 21 years Consideration: £50 per annum and the surrender of a former lease, dated 27 September 1779

28 October 1800 (1) Lachlan Sinclair of Haughton, gent. (2) James Norris of Market Square in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Brandy merchant Lease by (1) to (2) of property as in D/Ed 10/5/6 for 26 years at an annual rent of £50

Abstract of title to the Yorkshire Stingo in Bloomsbury Market, n.d. [early 19th Century] Recites deeds from 6 May 1765 - 25 February 1773

Note of the parties involved in the above transactions and their (reference numbers?), n.d. [early 19th Century] Attached to (I)

28 August 1590 (1) Christopher Tailier of Durham, corderer (2) Robert Tailer of Durham, brother of (1) Grant by (1) to (2) of a garden in Walkergate, Durham, bounded by Kilhowse and Gilgarthe on the south, the Gildhall on the north, the mere on the west and the street on the east

26 December 1660 (1) William James of Washington, Esq. and Dorothy James his wife (2) Daniel Dorney, steward of Harraton Colliery in the parish of Chester in the Street (Chester-le-Street) on behalf of the owners Lease by (1) to (2) of all water rights on the common or fellground belonging to (1) and to Jonne of Washington, except the spring running to Washington Mill Consideration: £3 6s.8d.

24 June 1875 (1) Thomas Westland Rowland of Normanton-upon-Soar, Notts., gent., Sarah Buckley of Loughborough, Leics., widow, and Rev. Michael Lewis of Swinford, Leics., clerk, executors of the will of John Nicholas Buckley (2) The steward of the Manor of Glatton with Holme, Cambs. Authority by (1) to (2) to vacate a conditional surrender by Joseph Peake of Holme to (1) of property in the manor, dated 11 August 1862

17 January 1929 (1) Alfred Walker Davies of Rugby, Warwicks. (2) The Rugby Benefit Building Society Copy of a mortgage,dated, 1 November 1928, by (1) to (2) of a messuage and shop with the barn and stables, cottage and washhouse, garden and orchard at Hail Weston, Hunts. Consideration: £270 Endorsed with a declaration by the deputy steward of the Manor of Hail Weston, that the deed was produced to him

Letters to R.H. Edleston of G.R. Gent at Gainford re the management of his property affairs, 9 November 1900 - 4 December 1920

Property account of Mr. Gent for 1896 and 1914

Receipt of G. Dickinson and Son at Darlington to G.R. Gent for Miss Edleston, 16 May 1911

Letters of Miss E.N. Gent at Gainford to R.H. and Alice Edleston concerning her dealings with the purchase, tenancies and upkeep of their property in County Durham and Hunts., 20 April 1922 - 1 May 1953

Letters to E.N. Gent at Gainford concerning the Edleston's property, 27 July 1927 - 28 August 1948

Draft letters from R.H. Edleston at Cambridge to E.N. Gent at Gainford about matters she is dealing with for him, 16 June 1947 - 19 July 1949

Card from R.H. and Alice Edleston at Gainford about the resignation of Miss E.N. Gent of their small land agency and of the appointment of Arthur V. Tennick of Gainford from 1 December 1951

Letters of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle to R.H. Edleston at Gainford re R.H. Edleston's purchase of the Durham fee farm rents, endorsed with draft replies by R.H. Edleston, 16 January - 15 April 1929

Family trees of the Sawyers and Duncombes (baron Faversham), (from 1757 to 1871), n.d. [1928]

Copy of a schedule of deeds, 21 July 1757 to 30 July 1919, relating to the Durham Fee Farm rents, n.d. [1927]

Correspondence between E.R. Hanby Holmes, steward, at Barnard Castle to R.H. and Alice Edleston at Gainford, Cambridge and Buckden concerning matters relating to the Edleston's properties and about negotiations for the purchase of manors and manorial rights and various other investments, 7 January 1918 - 31 December 1952

Letters of Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop, at Barnard Castle, to Alice Edleston at Gainford re the disposal of his shares and re his property, 7 January 1953 - 29 October 1955

Note of amounts received for way-leaves, September 1953

Copy of directions for the attestation and execution of a will or Codicil, n.d. [1953]

Deeds of transfer for shares in Lloyds Bank Limited by S.A.C. Edleston, n.d. [1953]

Receipt for a payment of rent by the executors of R.H. Edleston, to Jesus College, Cambridge, 25 March 1954

Miscellaneous receipts and accounts for work done etc. to various properties, 1864 - 1955