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Deed of covenant by way of mortgage: 14 January 1852 Parties: (1) William Soulsby of South Hetton, merchant tailor; (2) Robert Thompson of Easington Lane, cabinet maker; (3) Rev. Dickens Hazlewood of Easington, William Robinson of Bishopwearmouth, esquire and William Thompson of Thorp, Easington, yeoman - trustees of Easington Permanent Benefit Building Society Reciting: - indenture of 14 May 1850 between (I) John Porter Dolphin, (II) William Soulsby, (III) Jonathan Longstaff Forster in which (a)-(b) was conveyed to appointment of (II) with limitation to (III) to bar dower; - mortgage of 18 January 1851 in which (I) William Soulsby charged (a)-(b) to (II) Robert Thompson to secure a loan of £100 and interest; - £100 still owing to (2) but all interest paid; - (1) was owner of three shares in Easington Permanent Benefit Building Society for ten years and was entitled to borrow £150 Operative Part: - (3) paid £100 to (2) by direction of (1); - (3) paid £50 to (1); - (2) released and (1) released and confirmed (a)-(b) to (3) Property: (a) ground in Easington containing in front N-S 31 feet 6 inches and E-W 39 feet and containing 136.5 square yards bounded: E by a back Street; W by Clarence Street; N by part of ground now or late of Thomas Rausthorne and S by a back street; (b) messuage or dwellinghouse and shop on (a) in occupation of William Soulsby Habendum: - to (3) to use of (3) for ever in trust to allow possession and receipt of rents and profits by (1) so long as he paid repayments; (3) becoming tenant at a peppercorn rent Witness: - J. S. Robinson of Sunderland, solicitor Endorsed: - receipt for £25 by (1) from (3) 14 January 1852 and receipt for the further £25 on 3 April 1852

Conveyance: 12 July 1860 Parties: (1) Richard Greenwell of Fawcett Street, Sunderland, timber merchant and Robert Pyle of Durham, grocer; (2) George Spurs of West Rainton, overman; (3) Joseph Snaith of Carr Ville, innkeeper Reciting: - conveyance of 27 May 1859 of (a)-(b) from (I) Richard Thompson to (II) Matthew Howey Wells (mistakenly in the deed called Matthew Wells); - Act of 1/2 Victoria amending laws for relief of insolvent debtors and Matthew Howey Wells being in custody for debt - court order of 17 December 1859 vesting the estates of Matthew Howey Wells in Samuel Sturgis as official assignee of the court; - court order of 14 February 1860 appointing (1) as assignees of estate of Matthew Howey Wells; - meeting of creditors of Matthew Howey Wells on 4 April 1860 approving auction sale of the estates of Matthew Howey Wells; - auction sale of 8 May 1860 at The Salutation Inn, Framwellgate Moor, licensee Mr Curry, at which (2) was highest bidder as agent for (3) for £103.6.8 and had paid a deposit of 15.10.0 Operative Part; - (3) paid £15.10.0 and £87.16.8 to (1); - (1), by direction of (2), conveyed (a)-(b) to (3) Property: (a) four cottages, numbered 7, 8, 17 and 18 Framwellgate Moor, Durham; (b) land on N side of (a) measuring 39 feet N-S and of the same breadth as (a) E-W with wall built on S side; - (a)-(b) bounded: W by cottages contracted to be sold to William Green; E by cottages contracted to be sold to John Birtley; N by land of Richard Thompson and intended for a new street; S by land of James Corby in occupation of Thomas Waugh; (a) being lately built by Matthew Howey Wells Habendum: - to (3) for ever Witnesses: - S. H. Robson, clerk to R. Greenwell; - John Edwin Marshall of Durham, solicitor; - William Brown, clerk to Shafto & Greenwell of Durham, solicitors