Catalogue

George Edwards and others (tenants of the Manor of Bowes), Plaintiffs Morris, Lord Rokeby and Matthew Montague, Defendants Copies of orders of the Master of the Rolls, reports on the case [seeking the removal of the defendants as Lords in Trust] etc. In Chancery, 24 February 1817 - 7 August 1828

Copy of original and supplemental bills of complaint, 1817

20 January 1819 (1) Rt. Hon. Morris, Lord Rokeby and Matthew Montague of Denton Castle, Northumberland, Esquire [brother of Lord Rokeby] (2) John Bailey of Chillingham, Northumberland, Esquire (3) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, Esquire (4) Sir Henry Lawson of Brough Hall, Bart.; John Bacon Saurey Morritt of Rokeby Park, Esquire; Sheldon Craddock of Hartforth, Yorks., Esquire; Thomas Harrison of Stubb House, Esquire; Revd. John Headlam of Wycliffe, Yorks. Copy of the bargain and sale by (1) to (4) of the Manor of Bowes upon the trusts of the trust deed of 29 November 1682. Recites previous deeds

List of subscribers to the costs of the plaintiffs in Edwards v Lord Rokeby, 1828

Sir Henry Lawson, Bart. and others (The Lords in Trust), Plaintiffs Joseph Hodgson, Defendant Aldcroft Walker, Defendant John King, Defendant Briefs for the plaintiff, writs and warrants in the various causes. York Assizes, February - March 1829

Bills of costs for Lawson and others v Waller, in the King's Bench,with bill and receipt for expenses incurred by Wheldon and Swarbreck, 1828 - 1829

Copies of cases, with the opinions of Mr. Wrightman and John Fonblanque thereupon, as to the rights of the freeholders and Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes, with especial reference to sporting, 5 May 1829 - 2 December 1834

Letter of J.H. Dixon, New Boswell Court, London, to Thomas Wheldon concerning Lawson v Outram, 4 May 1829

Letter from Messrs. Coupland and Shaw, Leeds to Wheldon and Swarbreck forwarding £13 5s.9d. damages and costs for Motley v Lawson, Bart. and others, 6 March 1830

Miscellaneous rought notes and calculations relating to the Lords in Trust v various individuals for game offences, [1829 - 1830]

Abstract of the Bowes Manor trust deed of 29 NOvember 1682, n.d. [c.1840]

Thomas Walton, the elder, Thomas Walton, the younger and Thomas Newton Dote, on behalf of themselves and all other tenants of the Manor of Bowes, Plaintiffs John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, Sheldon Cradock, Thomas Harrison and John Headlam (Lords in Trust) and Sarah Bailey, an infant, Defendants Brief for plaintiffs, bill of complaint and notes. In Chancery, n.d. [c.1836]

Morritt v Walton, in the King's Bench Morritt v Walton, in Chancery Papers in the matter of Morritt v Walton: cases and opinions, statements of claim, bill of complaint, answers, affidavits, court orders, notices, claims to benefit from the trusts regarding the Manor of Bowes declared in a deed of 1682, charges and correspondence, 1833 - 1854

A schedule of freeholders present at the Manor Court, 25 October 1853

Schedule of owners of ancient lands and tenements situated within the Manor of Bowes and Bowes Moor, 1848

[early 19th century] (1) Francis Moss, John Stone, Nathaniel Manton, Methuselah Turner and Thomas Benson [Citizens of the City of London] (2) Christopher Hamby of West Yates, Yorks., gentleman; Leonard Laydman of Bowes, Yorks., yeoman; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood, Yorks., yeoman; and Lionel Mitchell of Boldron, Yorks., yeoman Copy of feoffment (dated 4 December 1656) by (1) to (2) of the messuages, lands and cottages as specified at Bowes, Stonykeld, Sleightholme, Spittle and Boldron, in the parishes of Bowes and Stratford [Startforth] parts of the manors of Middleham and Richmond Consideration: £3 to (1); £2,400 to Thomas Player, Esquire, Chamberlain of the City of London

John Bacon Sawrey Morritt and others (the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes), P1aintiffs William Johnson Hutchinson and others, Defendants For trespass in pursuit of game. In the Queens Bench William Johnson Hutchinson, for himself and all other tenants of the Manor of Bowes entitled to benefit from the trusts declared in a deed of 29 November 1682, Plaintiff J.B.S. Morritt and others (the Lords in Trust) and Sarah Bailey, Defendants In the Exchequer (equity side) Injunctions, briefs, bills of complaint, answers, interrogatories, depositions, summonses, lists of witnesse and proofs, costs and related correspondence, 1836 - 1844

York Herald and General Advertiser containing reports of Hutchinson v Morritt etc., 1 October 1836 - 13 July 1839

Number not allocated Dent v Boulton

Papers concerning G.G. Boulton's right to quarry stone in the Manor of Bowes and Dent and in Bowes Manor trustees v Julia Boulton (G.G. Boulton's executrix) in the Queens Bench, including copies of opinions of Lucas Kelly at Inner Temple, summons, proceedings, draft memorandum of agreement to end proceedings, note of stone used for bridges over the River Greta, copy grant of probate of G.G. Boulton's will, with related correspondence, 25 October 1860 - 21 December 1867

Cradock v Highmore Papers relating to the appointment of new Lords in Trust for the Manor of Bowes including affidavit of J.D. Holmes, judgement, orders and appointment of new trustees. Chancery Division, 1879 - 1893

Christopher Cradock v Thomas Witham Papers relating to the appointment of new Lords in Trust, including copy of minutes of a special court of the Manor of Bowes for the election of Lords in Trust, various briefs, affidavits, acceptance of trusteeship and costs. Chancery Division, 1893 - 1894

Letter from Emmet and Knight, Bloomsbury Square to Barnard and Kirby, Barnard Castle, concerning the progress of Morritt v Walton, 15 November 1847

Letter from T.H. Dixon, New Boswell Court, to Thomas Wheldon "it is a matter of the most perfect indifference to me what takes place between B. & K. and their agents ... but when that stupid blundering fellow misrepresents to you in this way what I said to him ...", 26 November 1847

Miscellaneous legal bills for Hutchinson, and Morritt v Hutchinson, 31 January - 7 November 1829, and n. d. [19th c.] Originally enclosed in D/HH 1/5/218