Catalogue

1 May 1688 (1) Sir John Duck of Durham, Baronet (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave of Keepyer, Knight and Baronet; William Ramsey of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman; and Wheatley Dobson of Durham, alderman Agreement by (1) to convey to (2) the Manor and estate of Lartington and the advowson of Romaldkirk, messuages and lands at Croft, Yorkshire, Stranton, Hurworth upon the Moor upon trust to provide for (l)'s wife

1 - 2 August 1688 (1) Sir John Duck of Durham, Baronet and Dame Ann, his wife (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave, William Ramsey and Wheatley Dobson Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the Manor of Lartington, the advowson of Romaldkirk and the Lartington estate, Fatt Hill Farm and Vince Farm near Croft, Yorkshire and all other lands in Lartington, Romaldkirke, Naby, Cotherston, Norgill, Cragg, Deepdale, Ragill, Osmonflatt and Croft, all Yorkshire and Fieldhouses alias Dodsworth, Field-houses in Stranton and three messuages in Hurworth, alias Black Hurworth alias Hurworth upon the Moor, and various parcels of land there as specified, upon trust to pay the rents to Dame Ann for life and thereafter to such uses as she shall appoint in her will etc.

2 February 1688/89 (1) Sir John Duck of Durham, Baronet and Dame Anne, his wife (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave, William Ramsey and Wheatley Dobson Appointment by Dame Anne Duck to take effect upon her death of the premises conveyed to (2) - namely to the use of Nicholas Salvin of Durham, gentleman for life, thence (as to the Durham estates charged with £80 p.a. to Jarrard Salvin of Owton, Esquire and Thomas Maire of Hardwicke, gentleman and their heirs for such charitable purposes as they shall direct), to the use of Thomas Maire for life, thence to his eldest son in tail male, with remainder to the younger sons of Thomas Maire successively, thence to Ambrose Apleby, second son of Thomas Apleby of Linton, Yorkshire for life, thence to Ambrose's eldest son in tail male, thence to his younger sons in tail male, thence to Hugh Apleby eldest son of Thomas for life and to his sons successively in tail male, with ultimate remainder to the right heirs of Francis Apleby late of Lartington. The property at Croft is settled upon Ambrose Apleby for life, and his sons successively in tail male with remainder to Thomas Maire for life and the latter's sons successively in tail male, thence to Hugh Apleby for life and to his sons successively in tail male,with the same ultimate remainder as above

1 - 2 May 1696 (1) Thomas Maire of Durham, Esquire (nephew and heir of Francis Apelby late of Lartington) (2) Mary Fermor, daughter of Richard Fermor late of Tusmore, Oxon, Esquire (3) Sir William Goreing of Burton, Sussex, Baronet; Henry Fermor of Tusmore, Esquire (son and heir of Richard Fermor);and William Plowden of Plowden, Shropshire, Esquire Pre-nuptial settlement of Thomas Maire and Mary Ferm0r. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of all premises conveyed and settled by D/HH 7/1/3 above, to the use of Nicholas Salvin for life thence upon the trusts of D/HH 7/1/3 except that the remainder in fee to the right heirs of Frances Apelby is settled to deny to the trustees the power to destroy the contingent remainders etc. to the sons of Thomas Maire and Hugh Apelby in the settlement D/HH 7/1/3 above. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £3,000 by Henry Fermor to (1)

2 April 1726 (1) Thomas Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Francis Maire, gentleman (his eldest son) (2) Ralph Clavering of Calaley alias Calverley, Northumberland, Esquire and Anne, his sister (3) Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton, Northumberland, Baronet; Bryan Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire; Cuthbert Swinburne of Long Witton, Northumberland, Esquire; Nicholas Fenwick of Lemington, Northumberland, Esquire (4) John Rudd of Durham, Esquire and John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman (5) Richard Townley of Townley, Lancashire, Esquire; Stephen Tempest the younger of Broughton, Yorkshire, Esquire; William Foulis of Ingleby Manor, Yorkshire, Esquire; Thomas Brunskill of Bowes, Yorkshire, Esquire (6) George Sherwood of New Inne, Middlesex, gentleman Pre-nuptial settlement of Francis Maire and Anne Clavering. Covenant of (1) for levying fines to (6) and suffering recoveries of the Manor of Lartington, the advowson of Rombaldkirk and all their lands and messuages in Rombaldkirk, Lartington, Naby, Cotherston, Norgill, Crag, Deepdale, Ragill, Pecknell and Osmondflatt, all Yorkshire, and in the parish of Croft, Yorkshire; covenant of (1) for levying fines to (4), and suffering recoveries of the Manor of Hutton Henry and lands and messuages in Hutton Henry, Hardwick by the Sea, Stranton, Hurworth and East Morton. The property at Croft, Stranton and Hurworth to the use of Thomas Maire his heirs and assigns for ever; all property in Lartington, Naby, Rombaldkirk (tenants and rents specified) to the use of Francis Maire for life, thence to secure the payment of £250 p.a. to Anne Clavering if she survive Francis Maire, with a further £50 p.a. if Francis shall have survived his father; as to all other the premises specified in the various fines and recoveries-to the use of Francis Maire for life, thence to his sons successively in tail male, with remainder to the younger sons of Thomas Maire successively and to their issue successively in tail male, thence (as to Hutton Henry etc.) to the use of John Maire the younger, son of Christopher Maire, late of Hartbushes, gentleman with further remainders over, and in all cases ultimate remainder to Thomas Maire the elder. Powers for raising portions for daughters and younger sons. Further provisions concerning portions of those daughters entering religious orders. Note of inrollment in Chancery, 19 July 1726 Consideration: £2,200 as the marriage portion of Anne Clavering under the will of John Clavering and £300 provided as a gift by Ralph Clavering to his sister and secured by bond

29 June 1726 (1) Nicholas Fenwick, Esquire, and Thomas Brunskill, Esquire, Demandants (2) George Sherwood, gentleman, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Thomas Maire, Esquire and Francis Maire, gentleman, Vouchees to Warranty Exemplification of a Common Recovery of the Manor of Lartington, 48 messuages, 5 tofts, 1 water mill, 64 gardens, 700 acres of land, 755 acres of meadow, 975 acres of pasture etc. at Lartington and elsewhere in the parish of Romaldkirk

24 June 1736 (1) Francis Maire of Hardwick by the Sea, Esquire (2) Samuel Mabbat the elder of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, stationer Mortgage,by demise of 200 years from the death of (1), of all the estates at Lartington, Hutton Henry etc. under powers contained in D/HH 7/1/5 above to secure £1,000 and interest Consideration: £1,000

30 April 1744 (1) Samuel Mabbat the elder of St. Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, gentleman (late of Grays Inn) (2) Francis Maire of Hardwick by the Sea (3) William Watson of Strantonfieldhouse, gentleman Assignment of a mortgage by demise (D/HH 7/1/7 above) Consideration: £1,000 by (3) to (1)

30 April 1744 Declaration of trust by William Watson of Stranton Field House, gentleman as to £1,000 advanced in his name under a mortgage deed of even date: £500 (the property of Francis Maire) in trust for Francis Maire and £500 (the property of Thomas Maire) in trust for Thomas Maire

29 July 1747 Probate of the will of Francis Maire of Hardwick by the Sea, Esquire (dated 1 December 1744). Appointment (under powers granted by his marriage settlement as recited) of £500 to his wife and £500 to trustees to increase the personal estate available for the payment of debts, £300 to wife, £50 each to brothers Thomas and John Maire, £40 to brother William Maire, £20 to each sister Anastasia Lawson, Mary Maire and Henrietta Maire. Furnishings etc. split between Thomas Maire (brother) and wife, who is residuary legatee and sole executrix. Codicil making bequests from library, 26 February 1744/45

17 January 1753 Probate of the will of Thomas Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire (dated 5 May 1739): arrangements for burial in the north porch of Romaldkirk Church, monument there, distribution of alms to the poor in Romaldkirk and Hesleton Hall; £20 to each of his children for mourning; all furniture of Lartington Hall to his eldest son Francis Maire (excepting particular items specified) with carriages,stock etc.; annuity of £40 to son William, annuity of £10 to daughter Mary with confirmation of earlier annuity of £30; £1,000 to daughter Frances Henrietta Maire, and an annuity of £10, with a further £2,000 on marriage, (with an annuity of £40 meanwhile, becoming void if she enters a religious community); residue of personal estate to sons Francis, Thomas and John Codicil, 7 December 1740 Codicil modifying arrangements following the death of Francis Maire (son), 13 August 1746

20 February 1738/39 (1) John Maire of Grays Inn, Middlesex, Esquire (2) Margaret Low of St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, spinster (3) John Ayre of Bury's Hall, Norfolk, Esquire and George Darell of Scotney, Kent, Esquire Copy of pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (2). Assignment by (1) to (3) of £3,000 secured by mortgage and assignment by (2) to (3) of £1,500, £300 and £200 secured as recited, upon trust to pay the income from these sums to John Maire for life, thence to pay the same to (2) for life, thence to pay the capital sum to the issue of (1) and (2) in the proportions specified, with further provisions relating to any issue entering religious orders etc. Recites previous deeds

31 August 1763 (1) John Maire of Lartington, Esquire (2) Thomas Rudd of Durham, Esquire (3) Richard Wetherell of Durham, gentleman Bargain and sale by (1) to (3) of the Manor of Hutton Henry, the capital messuage of Hardwick near the Sea and lands and farms there for levying a fine and suffering a recovery of the premises to the use of John Maire, his heirs and assigns, and for levying a fine of the Manor and estate of Lartington

29 November 1763 (1) John Maire (2) Mary, wife of John Maire Copy appointment by (1) to (2) of real estate in the parish of Monk Hesledon of the rental value of £288 15s. for her jointure (under the provisions of a settlement of 2 April 1726)

7 May 1764 (1) Thomas Rudd, Esquire, Plaintiff (2) John Maire, Esquire, Deforceant 2 parts of a final concord of the Manor of Lartington etc. and 40 messuages, 700 acres of land etc. in Lartington, Northgill, Pecknall, Naby, Cotherston, Romaldkirk, Bowes, Startforth and Bolron, with the advowson of Romaldkirk

Copy of the will of John Maire of Lartington (dated 11 August 1765). Jointure of £300 p.a. to his wife Mary charged on the Stranton and Hurworth estates, and subject thereto, all real estate to be settled on testators' brother William for life, with remainder to nephew Henry Lawson for life, thence to the sons of Henry Lawson by seniority in tail male, thence to John Lawson (brother of Henry) for a term of 61 years determinable on his death, with remainder to John Lawson's second and younger sons, with remainder to Catherine Lawson (testator's niece) for life and to such of her sons as she shall appoint, and otherwise to her sons successively by seniority. The tenant for life or in tail to take the name and arms of Maire.Springing remainder activated by the tenant for life in tail inheriting the Lawson estates Codicil, 25 September 1771

Copy of the will of Mary Maire, widow of John Maire of Lartington. Legacies of £1,000 to Mrs. Harriot Maire, to John Lawson of Brough Hall and to Catherine Lawson his sister, £8,000 to Henry Maire (late Henry Lawson), £1,000 to Thomas Havers (cousin), £1,000 to Henrietta Havers (cousin), £300 to John Darell of Scotney, Kent, Esquire, brother in law. Numerous minor legacies and bequests to servants. Executors (Sir Henry Lawson, Bart. and Michael Blount of Maple Durham, Esquire) to purchase real estate with any surplus and such estate to be settled as directed in her late husband's will. Devises tithes at Barrimore and Gatterick, Northumberland, charged with various annuities, to Henry Maire, 7 June 1774 Codicil: legacy of £1,000 to John Maire, Holborn, chemist on the condition that he does not seek to disturb the ownership of Hardwick, legacy of £3,000 to Anastasia and Elizabeth Lawson subject to Henry Maire and John Lawson both dying without surviving male issue, 20 June 1778 Codicil, 23 December 1779 Codicil, 22 October 1781

Copy of the will of Mary Maire, widow of John Maire, Esquire, made under a power contained in the will of her late husband. Legacies of £100[0] to Mrs. Henrietta Maire, sister of John Maire, £1,000 to Sir John Lawson, £1,000 to Catherine Silvertop (sister of Lawson, niece of John Maire and wife of John Silvertop), £8,000 to Henry Maire (late Henry Lawson), £2,000 each to the two daughters of Sir John Lawson should their father and uncle (Henry Maire) both die without surviving male issue, £1,000 to John Maire provided that he causes no trouble about the Hardwick estate, £2,000 to Thomas Havers senior, £2,000 to Henrietta Havers, his sister, £1,000 to Mary Havers, widow of William Havers, £1,000 to Edward Bedingfield of York, £1,000 to Thomas Kiernan of Grays Inn (late clerk to her husband John Maire), further minor legacies and annuities. Devises tithes of Bolsden, Barmoor, Gatterick and Crook House, Northumberland to Henry Maire, 1783 Copy letter from M. Maire, Headlam to Mr. Joseph Gibson, Hexham, forwarding the draft will with comments, 13 October 1783 Copy affidavit of Jasper Gibson of Hexham, gentleman, 27 April 1784

Report of Michael Bray and Thomas Kiernan upon the disposal of personal property under the wills of John and Mary Maire, with statements of account etc. and the acceptance of the report by John Silvertop, John Lawson and Henry Maire as the persons interested in the estate, November 1784

Statement of sums received and paid; details of debts and legacies paid off under Mrs. Maire 's will, unpaid legacies and debts, details of principal sums paid in and remaining on various securities since 1784, by Henry Maire, 10 June 1792

Case relative to the execution of a power under the will of John Maire, with the opinion of Michael Bray of Lincoln's Inn thereupon, January 1790

12 September 1785 (1) John Maire of Holborn, St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, chemist (2) Anthony Wright, Francis Wright and Thomas Wright all of Henrietta Street, St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, bankers Copy quit claim of all interest in the Hardwick estate. Assignment by (1) to (2) of the legacy of £1,000 due to (1) under the will of Mary Maire (recited) upon trust to secure the repayment to (2) of £500 and interest and to pay the balance to (1) Consideration: £500

12 May 1801 (1) Henry Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire [Sir Henry Lawson] (2) Catharine Fermor of Worcester, spinster (3) Thomas Hornyold of Blackmore Park, Worcester, Esquire and William Sheldon of Grays Inn, Middlesex, Esquire Copy pre-nuptual settlement of (1) and (2). Appointment by (1) to (3) of a jointure of £400 p.a. to be paid to (2) during her widowhood and charged upon the Lartington estate. Covenant of (1) with (3) to invest £15,000 in the names of (3) upon trust to pay £400 p.a. to (2) to increase her jointure, and all capital and income (subject thereto) upon trust for the daughters and younger sons of (1) and (2) as specified. The Witham Estates (Cliffe, Manfield, Sledwich etc.)

26 May 1658 (1) George Wytham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Robert Abdy of Albyns, Essex, Esquire Mortgage, by demise of 500 years, by (1) to (2) of the Manor or lordship of Cliffe and messuages and lands there and at Manfeild as specified and the capital messuage of Sledwich and lands there Cancel led Consideration: £4 ,000

1 November 1700 (1) John Witham of Sledgwitch, Esquire (2) Edward Riddell of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2) of Hallywell and New Nafferton in the parish of Brancepeth. Recites the will of Matthew Swinburne whereby the premises were devised to (1) for 99 years

27 September 1706 (1) Sir William Swinburne of Capheaton, Baronet; Edward Riddell of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland, Esquire;and John Wytham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) John Hebdon of Newcastle upon Tine, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2), as additional security for the payment of £200 and interest secured by bond, of Halliwell and New Nafferton in the parish of Brancepeth (devised by Matthew Swinburne) for the remainder of a term of 98 years 6 months as specified

20 September 1707 (1) John Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire and William Witham of Sledwish, gentleman (son and heir apparent of John Withain) (2) Henry Lawson of Brough in the parish of Catterike, Yorkshire, Baronet and Anne, his eldest daughter (3) Sir Marmaduke Wyvell of Burton, Yorkshire, Knight; James Darby of Sedbury, Yorkshire, Esquire; and Edward Trotter of Gisbrough, Yorkshire, Esquire (4) The Rt. Hon. Charles Howard, Earl of Carlisle; the Rt. Hon. Walter, Lord Aston; the Hon. Walter Aston, Esquire; John Lawson of Brough, Esquire; and Henry Darcy of Coeburne, Yorkshire, Esquire Pre-nuptual settlement of William Witham and Anne Lawson. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of the Manor of Cliffe and messuages and lands there, three tenements in Manfield (Headlam's Farm, Hall's Farm and Carter's Farm) and lands and messuages in Carleton and Aldbrough, Yorkshire and the Manor etc. of Sledwish, Co. Durham, reserving a life interest for John Witham on the Cliffe estate and part of the property at Manfield as specified, and otherwise and subject thereto, upon trust for William Witham for life, thence to his male issue successively in tail male. Jointure of £300 p.a. to Anne Lawson. Powers for raising portions etc. Consideration: £2,000 (the marriage portion of Anne Lawson) to (1)

2 October 1707 (1) John Witham and William Witham (2) James Close of Furnivalls Inn, London, gentleman; Henry Morris of the same, gentleman; Peter Burrell of Durham, gentleman; and Robert Hilton of Bishopp Auckland, gentleman (3) Sir Henry Lawson of Brough, Catterick, Yorkshire, Baronet Release by (1) to (2) of the Manor or Lordship of Cliffe, three farmholds in Manfield called Headlam's Farm, Hall's Farm and Earl's Farm, a farm there called Long Leazes and allother their lands and messuages in Manfield and Carleton, Yorkshire and at Sledwish, Co. Durham, being a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of the same [under the marriage settlement of William Witham and Ann Lawson] Consideration: £2,000 as the marriage portion of (3)'s daughter

4 April 1716 (1) William Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Christopher Wilkinson of Thorpe, Yorkshire, gentleman; John Raine of Snow Hall, gentleman; Christopher Mitchell of Bowes, Yorkshire, gentleman; and John Burrill of Fieldhouse, gentleman Demise by (1) to (2) for 99 years (determining on the death of (1)) of the Manor of Cliffe, four farms as specified in Manfield etc. and tithes and lands in Carleton and Aldbrough, all Yorkshire, upon trust for the payment of the debts of (1) specified in the annexed schedule

27 October 1721 (1) William Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Sir Hugh Smithson of Stanwicke, Yorkshire, Baronet Attested copy of a mortgage, by demise of 1000 years, by (1) to (2) of several farms in the township of Manfield as specified, to secure £2,500 and interest Consideration: £2,500

8 April 1734 (1) Henry Witham of Cliffe, Esquire (2) Thomas Duncomb of Duncomb Park, Yorkshire, Esquire Attested copy of the mortgage, by demise of 1000 years, by (1) to (2) of the Manor or Lordship of Cliffe with farms and messuages at Manfield, Carlton and Aldbrough, Yorkshire, under powers given to (1) by the within recited settlement Consideration: £1,000

8 July 1736 (1) Henry Witham (2) Thomas Duncomb Attested copy of a further mortgage for £500 upon the same security

19 May 1769 (1) Henry Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire and William Witham (his eldest son and heir by Catharine nee Meaborn) (2) Rogers Jortin of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (3) Benjamin Parnell of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman Attested copy of a bargain and sale by (1) to (3) of the Manor of Cliffe, farms etc. as specified in Manfield, Carl ton and Aldbrough with the tithes at Carlton, Yorkshire, being a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of the same to the use of such persons as (1) shall jointly appoint, otherwise to the use of H. Witham for life, thence to the use of such person as William Witham alone shall appoint (if he survive his father) and otherwise to the use of William Witham and the heirs male of his body, with remainders over as specified. Note of inrolment, 2 June 1769 Attested, 3 February 1783

15 May 1776 (1) William Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Miles Stapleton of Clints, Yorkshire, Esquire (3) Thomas Watts of the Sun Fire Office, London, Esquire and William Hamilton of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, Esquire Attested copy of a mortgage by demise of 1000 years by (1) and (2) to (3)of a farm in Aldborough and 8 farms in Manfield (of the yearly value of £683) to secure £3,000 and interest. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £3,000 by (3) to (2)

18 May 1776 (1) Isaac Bargrave of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gentleman (2) Ralph Drake Brockman of Beechborough, Newington, Kent, M.A. (3) William Witham of Cliffe, Esquire (4) Thomas Watts and William Hamilton Assignment by (1) to (4) of a mortgage, by demise of 1000-years, (D/HH 7/1/30) of the Manor of Cliffe etc, with further borrowing secured by the assignment of a term of 2000 years. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2,500 by (4) to (2), £500 by (4) to (3)

29 May 1776 (1) Thomas Horner of Ripon, Yorkshire, coachmaker (2) Peter Horner of Ripon, gentleman (3) William Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (4) Thomas Stapleton of Carlton, Yorkshire, Esquire (administrator of his late wife Catharine daughter of Henry Witham) (5) Mary Witham, Winifred Witham and Frances Witham of Cliffe, spinsters (daughters of Henry Witham) (6) Charles Brown of Kiddington, Oxford, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (daughter of Henry Witham) (7) Staphen Walter Tempest of Broughton, Yorkshire, Esquire (8) Thomas Watts and William Hamilton (9) Charles Pole of Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex, Esquire Attested copy assignment by (1) to (8) of the one sixth part of property at Manfield, Cliffe etc. settled under the within recited marriage settlement of Henry Witham to secure £1,000 and interest, for the remainder of a term of 200 years. Assignment by (2) to (9), at the request of (1), (3) and (8), of all the lands and messuage comprised in settlements of 19 May 1769 and 2 February 1770. Assignment by (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) to (8) of five-sixths of the premises settled in 1733. Appointment by (3) to (9) in trust for (8) of the premises under powers contained in the various settlements to secure a total of £6,000 and interest by way of mortgage. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1,000 by (8) to (1), £1,000 by (8) to (4), £3,000 to (5) and £1,000 to (6)

29 May 1776 (1) Sir Saville Slingsby of Scriven, Yorkshire, Baronet (executor of Thomas Duncombe) (2) Casandra Willoughby of Nottingham, spinster (3) William Witham (4) Thomas Watts and William Hamilton Attested copy of an assignment by (1) to (4) of a mortgage by demise of 1000 years (see D/HH 7/1/31-32 above). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1,500 by (4) to (2)

25 August 1783 (1) William Witham of Cliffe, Esquire and Winifred his wife (late Winifred Stapleton) (2) Miles Stapleton of Clints, Yorkshire, Esquire and Thomas Stapleton of Carlton, Snaith, Yorkshire, Esquire; and Philip Howard of Corby Castle, Cumberland, Esquire (3) Calverley Bewicke of London, Esquire (4) Thomas Watts and William Hamilton (5) John Harrison of Charterhouse Square, Middlesex, Esquire and James Haughton Langston of Bedford Square, Middlesex, Esquire Revocation by William Witham of previous appointment of property subject to a mortgage by demise of 1500 years and new appointment in favour of (5) for a term of 2000 years as further security for the sum of £16,000. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £3,000 by (4) to (1)

31 May 1800 (1) Eliza Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Henry Silvertop of Minsteracres, Esquire (3) Henry Maire of Lartington, Esquire and Henry Howard of Corby Castle, Cumberland Copy assignment by (1) to (3) of her portion (£3,000) upon trust to pay the income to (2) for life, thence to (1) for life, thence to pay the capital to the issue of (1) and (2) in the manner specified. Covenant by (2) with (3) that should he become seized of real estate of £300 p.a. he shall charge the same with a jointure of £300 p.a. for (1). Covenant of (1) and (2) with (3) for the settlement of the Cliffe estate to which (1) is entitled as tenant in tail in remainder immediately expectant on the death of her [lunatic] brother, to the use of (2) for life, thence to their issue as specified

21 October 1802 Copy of the probate of the will of William Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire, Esquire (dated 24 April 1802). Recites settlement of June 1787 of the Cliffe estate. Devises all his real estate in Yorkshire to William Sheldon and Henry Maire of Lartington upon trust for sale to discharge testators debts and the debts of Henry Witham, the testator's father and apply the residue to the purchase of real estate upon trust to pay £100 p.a. to testator's sister Winifred for life, £40 p.a. to Percival Elliot (servant) for life, and thereafter to pay income to such uses as Elizabeth Silvertop (niece) shall appoint and from her decease to the use of her sons successively on tail male, with remainder to her daughters as tenants in common, with further remainder to Philip Petre (godson) for life and his issue, with further remainder to the brothers of Philip Petre as specified and their issue in tail male, thence to the sisters of Philip Petre and their issue in tail male, thence in tail general. Any male tenant for life or tenant in tail in possession to take the name and arms of Witham. Powers for raising portions and jointures

Copy appointment by Elizabeth Silvertop to her husband Henry Silvertop of a moiety of estates devised by the will of William Witham under the powers granted in the said will, 2 November 1802

30 July 1811 (1) The Hon. and Reverend James Athol Cochrane, Clerk, Vicar of Manfield, Yorkshire (2) Henry Witham of Cliff, Manfield, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife Lease by (1) to (2) for a term of 99 years, of all the tithes (excepting of corn and grain, Easter dues, Mortuaries and an annual rent of 12s.8d.) of Cliff Rent: £35 p.a.

1822 (1) Catharine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, widow and Henry Witham of Lartington, her second son (2) Charles Silvertop, Esquire, youngest son of Catharine (3) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire and Edward Charlton of Reedsmouth, North-umberland, Esquire (4) A.B. Draft quit claim by (1) to (2) of the yearly sum of £200 to be raised for him under the provisions of an indenture of 18 June 1812. Assignment by (1) to (4) for a term of 200 years of the Hardwick Hall Estate upon trust Consideration: An annuity of £200 to (2) for life

19 - 20 January 1823 (1) Catharine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) George Silvertop Attested copy of a lease and release and appointment by (1) and (2) to (3) of the Manor of Hutton Henry and lands (2950a.) and messuages as specified in the townships of Hardwicke by the Sea, Monk Hasleton, Church Kelloe and Stanton, and two messuages in Russell Street, Covent Garden to the use of (3) upon trust for sale, to apply the proceeds in discharge of the principal monies owing by (1) and (2) upon mortgage of the same. Recites previous deeds including the will of Sir John Lawson. Attested, 2 October 1824

[20 January] 1823 (1) Elizabeth Witham, wife of Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) William Sheldon and Sir Henry Lawson, Bart. (3) George Silvertop Draft appointment by (1) that (2) (trustees) shall pay to (3) the rents and profits of the unsold portions of the Cliffe estate, subject to the payment of the annuities of £100 to Winefred Witham and £40 to Percival Elliot granted by the late William Witham in his will, upon trust to discharge the principal monies due on mortgage of the said premises and discharge of the bond and simple contract debts of Henry Witham (at the discretion of (3)) (under powers granted under the will of William Witham of Cliffe). Recites previous deeds

20 January.1823 (1) Henry Witham and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Catharine Silvertop Maire (3) George Silvertop Draft assignment by (1) to (3) of the yearly sum of £1,500 allowed to (1) to maintain William Witham, a lunatic, upon trust to pay for the maintenance and support of the lunatic,thenceto pay £200 p.a. to (2) and pay the residue to Henry Witham. Covenants by (1) to execute further assurances. Recites previous deeds for raising money and discharging the debts of Henry Witham

20 January 1823 (1) Henry Witham (2) George Silvertop Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of all interest due on a sum of £3,000 secured to be paid to Sir Henry Lawson and Henry Howard during the life of Henry Witham, upon trust to use the interest to discharge the bond and simple contract debts of Henry Witham. Recites indentures of lease and release of 3 - 4 January 1822

20 January 1823 (1) Henry Witham (2) George Silvertop Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the rents and profits of the estates devised by the within recited will of William Witham, for a term of 99 years determining on the death of (1), upon trust

20 January 1823 (1) Henry Witham (2) Catharine Silvertop Maire Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of the yearly rent-charge of £400 charged upon the Minster Acres estate (granted to Henry Witham by the settlement, within recited, of 31 May 1800 made on the occasion of his marriage to Eliza Witham). Recites previous deeds and the Silvertop Estate Act, the likelihood that the proceeds from the sales of estates would be insufficient to discharge the debts of (1) and the impending removal of (1) from Lartington

20 January 1823 (1) Catharine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham (2) George Silvertop Copy declaration of trusts and money to arise from the sale of the Hutton Henry estates conveyed by (1) to (2) upon trust for sale by indenture of even date: (2), after discharging all mortgage and reimbursing himself for expenses, is to repay such debts of Henry Witham for which Catharine Silvertop Maire is surety as (2) thinks fit, discharge all interest owing, then discharge such bond and contract debts of Henry Witham as (2) thinks proper and pay any surplus to Henry Witham

20 January 1824 (1) Tinmouth Dixon, Plaintiff (2) Henry Witham the elder and Elizabeth his wife, and Henry Witham the younger, Deforceants Copy final concord of the Manor of Cliffe, 700 acres of land etc. in Cliffe, Manfield, Carlton, Aldborough, Yorkshire and the tithes of corn and grain in Manfield and Carlton Consideration: £1,200

29 January 1824 Copy revocation by Elizabeth Witham, wife of Henry Witham, of the portions granted to younger children charged on the estates of William Witham deceased under a power contained in his will

30 January 1824 Copy revocation by Elizabeth Witham, wife of Henry Witham of Lartington, of an appointment of 20 January 1823 of the rents of the estates of William Witham, in favour of William Sheldon and Sir Henry Lawson. Recites previous deeds

31 January 1824 (1) George Silvertop (2) Henry Witham Copy assignment by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the rents of estates at Cliffe, Carlton and Aldborough, Yorkshire which remain unsold and which rents were granted to (1) by Elizabeth Witham by a deed of 20 January 1823 above upon trusts since revoked

2 February 1824 (1) Henry Witham the elder of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Henry Witham the younger, Esquire (eldest son of (1)) (3) Tinmouth Dixon of New Boswell Court, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (4) Simon Thomas Scroope of Danby upon Yore, Yorkshire, Esquire Draft bargain and sale by (1) and (2), as regards their respective rights, to (3) of: Cliffe Hall, outbuildings; the Manor or Lordship of Cliffe; 6 acres of ground; Cliffe Hall Farm (380a.); High Wood House and Low Wood House Farms (320a.); Street House Farm (330a.); an inn and 55 acres of land; a messuage and 7 acres of land, 2 acres of land, 2 acres of land and 4 acres of land and several messuages as specified all in Cliffe, Manfield, Carlton, Aldbrough St. John and Gilling, with tithes at Manfield and Carlton, being a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of the same, to the use of such persons as (1) and (2) may jointly appoint and otherwise. Recites previous deeds, the will of William Witham of Cliffe (1802) and the provisions for paying the debts of his late father Henry

Affidavits of John Lawson, with related writs concerning the Recovery of the Manor of Cliffe etc., 2 - 4 February 1824

12 February 1824 (1) Simon Thoinas Scroope, Demandant (2) Tinmouth Dixon, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Henry Witham, the younger, Vouchee to Warranty Copy of the exemplification of a Common Recovery of the Manor of Cliffe etc.

10 November 1818 (1) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Catherine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, widow of John Silvertop late of Minster Acres (3) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire, a younger son of (2) (4) Richard Bowser of Bishop Auckland, gentleman and Richard Crozier Sherwood of Bolton Street, Picadilly, Middlesex, Esquire Draft deed of covenant of (1) with (4) for the production of title deeds specified. Recites mortgage by (2) to (4)

1819 (1) Thomas Wheldon (2) Catherine Silvertop Maire (3) Henry Witham (4) William Cockerill of Bishop Wearmouth, ropemaker and John White of East Cowton, farmer (executors of Richard White) Draft deed of covenant of (1) with (4) to produce title deeds specified. Recites mortgage deed

1819 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) Richard Bowser and Richard Crozier Sherwood (4) Thomas Sherwood of Snow Hall, Gainford, Doctor of Physic (5) Thomas Stapleton of Richmond, Yorkshire, Esquire (administrator of Nicholas Fenwick) (6) A.B. Draft assignment by (5) to (6) of messuages and lands at Hardwick as specified for the remainder of the two several terms of 500 years and 200 years in trust for (3), as further security for the sum of £2000 due to them, thence in trust for (4) as security for £4,000 owing to him, and otherwise upon trust to attend the freehold

1819 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) John White of East Cowton, Yorkshire, farmer and William Cockerill of Bishop Wearmouth, rope maker (executors of Richard White) (4) Thomas Stapleton (5) A.B. Draft assignment by (4) to (5) of 765a. of land at Hutton Henry for the remainder of two terms of 500 years and 200 years, in trust for (3) as further security for the sum of £4,000 due to them, and subject thereto upon trust to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds

1819 (1) Catharine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (formerly Henry Silvertop) of Lartington, Esquire, a younger son of (1) (3) Francis Dickonson of Doughty Street Foundling Hospital, spinster Draft appointment and demise, for a term of 1000 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of Dyke House and HowleBeckfarms (400a.) and lands at East Murton in the parish of Sedgefield (383a.), to secure £7,000 and interest by way of mortgage. Recites the will of John Maire (1765) and subsequent deeds. Consideration: £7,000

1819 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) Frances Dickonson (4) Thomas Stapleton of Richmond, Yorkshire, Esquire (administrator of Nicholas Fenwick) (5) Timothy Richard Holmes of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Esquire Draft assignment by (4) to (5) of two terms of 200 and 500 years in Dyke House and Howle Beck farms and 383 acres of land at East Murton in the parish of Sedgefield, upon trust for (3) as further security for the payment of £7,000, and subject thereto upon the trusts and limitations of an indenture of bargain and sale (recited) of 22 November 1811

1819 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham (2) Frances Dickonson (3) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Draft of the appointment of (3) to receive the rents of the mortgaged property

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Henry Witham, William Sanderson, Stockton and Timothy Holmes, Bury St. Edmunds regarding Witham's mortgage, 27 December 1818 - 5 February 1819

Receipt for deeds relating to Witham to Dickonson mortgage, 25 March 1822

1 May 1820 (1) Edward Charlton of Sandhoe, Northumberland, Esquire; Ralph Riddell of Cheesburn Grange, Northumberland, Esquire; James Kirsopp of Spittal, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Catherine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, widow and Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (3) William Williams of Durham, Esquire Draft assignment by (1) to (3) of the mansion house at Hardwick and 275 acres of land there etc. for the remainder of a term of 1,400 years in trust for (2) with power of appointment. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2,000

12 October 1820 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) William Cockerill and John White (4) Thomas Stapleton Draft delcaration of trust in favour of (3) as to two terms of 500 and 200 years in property specified in Hardwick. Recites previous deeds

1820 (1) Catherine Silvertop Maire (2) Henry Witham (3) Pichard Bowser and Richard Crozier Sherwood (4) Thomas Sherwood (5) Thomas Stapleton (6) William Williams of Durham, Esquire (7) James Ferguson of Catterick, Yorkshire, gentleman Draft delcaration of trust by (1) and (2) to (5) in favour of (3) of two terms of 200 years and 500 years as security for sums due on mortgage. Assignment by (6) to (7) of the remainder of a term of 1400 - years in trust for (3) as security for £2,000 due on mortgage, thence in trust for (4) as security for £4,000 due on mortgage and subject thereto, upon trust to attend the freehold

24 June 1823 (1) George Silvertop (2) The Rt. Hon. William Harry, Earl of Darlington Copy of articles of agreement for the purchase by (2) of the Manor and estate of Hutton Henry

21 January 1824 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Henry Witham the younger of Lartington, his eldest son (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire Copy bond of indemnity of (1) to (2) in £84,000 for the conveyance of the legal estate in the Manor and lands at Hutton Henry and Hardwick to the Earl of Darlington (purchaser) within twelve months of the death of Sir Henry Lawson (formerly Henry Maire) and with regard to the several terms of 200, 500, 200, 200 and 99 years subsisting in the properties

21 January 1824 (1) George Silvertop and Henry Witham (2) The Earl of Darlington Copy bond of indemnity of (1) to (2) in £84,000 for the conveyance of the legal estate in the Manor and lands at Hutton Henry to (2) within 12 months of the death of Sir Henry Lawson and in regard to terms of 200, 500, 200 and 99 years subsisting in the property. Recites previous deeds and the sale to (2) of 3,200 acres of land etc. for £42,000

21 January 1824 (1) Henry Witham (2) The Earl of Darlington Copy of deed of covenant for the production by (1) of title deeds to the Hutton Henry and Hardwick estates

22 January 1824 (1) Thomas Stapleton of Richmond, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) Timothy Richard Holmes of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Esquire (3) Catherine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, widow and Henry Witham of Durham, Esquire (4) The Rt. Hon. William Harry, Earl of Darlington (5) Thomas Scarth of Staindrop, Esquire Copy assignment by (1) and (2) to (5) in trust for (4) of their various interests in the several terms of 500 and 200 years subsisting in the Hutton Henry and Hardwicke estates. Recites previous deeds establishing terms of years extant etc., assignment of various mortgages to Thomas Wheldon

2 November 1825 (1) George Silvertop (2) The Earl of Darlington (3) Thomas Slater of Hardwick, Clerk (4) Robert Appleby of Roseville, Wolviston, Esquire (5) John Gregson of Durham, gentleman (6) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Copy draft release by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) being a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of the Manor of Hutton Henry and farms as specified at Hutton Henry, Monk Hesledon, Black Hurworth, Red Hurworth, Dyke House and Hawl Beck in the parish of Stranton and East Murton in the parish of Sedgefield (3020a.)

Case, with the opinion thereupon of Charles Butler, Lincoln's Inn, concerning title to Maire settled estates, 6 November 1823

Abstract of title (10 February 1695 - 25 October 1799) to lands etc. belonging to Mrs. Catherine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham at Hutton Henry etc., n.d. [c. 1820]

Abstract of title (10 February 1695 - 24 May 1823) to a freehold manor and lands belonging to Mrs. Catharine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham, [c.1823-1824]

Abstract of title (10 February 1695 - 11 October 1811) to estates at Hardwicke belonging to Catherine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham, n.d.

Abstract of title (1 July 1816) to premises at East Morton and Red Hurworth, [1820s]

Mr. Park's queries on abstract of title, with answers thereto, Witham to Darlington, n.d. [1823-1824]

Copy opinion of William Hanbury Jones, Lincolns Inn, on Hardwick abstract, 16 May 1825

Copy case, with the opinion of William Morgan, Equitable Assurance Office, thereupon, forwarded to Thomas Wheldon concerning Silvertop to Lord Darlington, 30 October 1826

Draft advertisement for the sale of the Hutton Henry estate (773a.), 16 November 1819

1824 (1) William Hamilton of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, Esquire (2) John Pearse of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, Esquire (3) John Langton of Clements Inn, London, banker (4) Henry Witham (formerly Henry Silvertop) late of Hardwick, now of Lartington, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife and Henry Witham the younger, their eldest son (5) William Sheldon of Grays Inn, Middlesex, Esquire and Charles Butler of Lincolns Inn, Esquire (6) Sir Henry Maire of Lartington, Baronet (7) John Wilson of Seacroft, Whitkirk, Yorkshire, Esquire (8) Jonathan Wilks of Leeds, Yorkshire, Esquire (9) Christopher Paver of Selby, Yorkshire, land surveyor Draft assignment by (1) and (2), at the request of (4), (5) and (6), to (8) of the several terms of 200, 1000, 2000 and 1500 years, and by (3), at the request of (4), (5), (6) and (7), to (9) of a term of 2000 years in all or part of the Cliffe, Manfield and other estates of the Withams in the North Riding, upon trust for (7) and meanwhile upon trust to attend the freehold. Recites Witham settlements and deeds from 1733

6 July 1825 (1) George Cooke of Hampstead, Middlesex, Esquire [in place of William Hamilton of Lincoln's Inn] (2) John Pearse of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, Esquire (3) John Langston of Clements Lane, London, banker (4) Henry Witham (formerly Henry Silvertop) late of Hardwicke, now of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife and Henry Witham the younger, their eldest son (5) William Sheldon of Grays Inn, Middlesex, Esquire and Charles Butler of Lincoln's Inn, Esquire (6) Sir Henry Maire of Lartington, Bart. (7) John Wilson of Seacroft in the parish of Whitkirk, Yorkshire, Esquire (8) Jonathan Wilkes of Leeds, Yorkshire, Esquire (9) Christopher Paver of Selby, Yorkshire, land surveyor Draft assignment by (1) and (2) to (8) of the remainder of the several terms of 200, 1000, 2000 and 1500 years created by the within recited deeds of 6 October 1733, 8 April 1734, 8 June 1769 and 24 August 1776 and assignment by (3) to (9) of the remainder of a term of 2000 years created by a deed of 25 August 1783, all upon trust for (7). Recites previous deeds

12 August 1825 (1) Percival Elliott of Piersbridge, Yorkshire, yeoman (2) William Sheldon and Sir Henry Lawson, Baronet Draft release by (1) to (2) of an annuity of £40 created by the within recited will of William Witham late of Cliffe

1827 (1) John Hutton of Marske, Richmond, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) John Wilson of Seacroft, Yorkshire, Esquire Draft covenant for the production of title deeds to the Cliffe estate of which (1) and (2) are purchasers

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from would-be purchasers regarding the sale of the Cliffe estate (1128a.), seeking particulars etc., 12 April - 23 May 1824

Bills of costs of Atkinson, Bolland and Atkinson concerning the sale of Cliffe etc., December 1824 -December 1826

Notes on [Cliffe] purchase money, 1825 - 1827

Plans of lots 1, 3 and 4 of the Cliffe estate in an around Manfield, n.d. [1820s] No scale

Letter from G[abriel] F[ielding] to [Thomas Wheldon] giving details of Witham deeds perused, 1822 - 1824, n.d.

Letter from T.A. Cochrane, Manfield to Thomas Wheldon regarding lease to Witham of small tithes at Cliff, 8 April 1819

Letter from Mr. Elliot, Piersebridge to Thomas Wheldon concerning purchase of sheep at Cliffe, 9 May 1821

19 July 1836 (1) Randle Wilbraham the younger of Rode Heath near Lawton, Cheshire, Esquire (2) Henry Witham of Lartington Hall, Esquire (3) Thomas Wheldon Copy release by (1) to (3), at the direction of (2), of three messuages in Great Russell Street in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex

18 July 1837 (1) Henry Witham (formerly Silvertop) of Lartington Hall, Yorks., Esquire; George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire; and Charles Silvertop of Grosvenor Street, Middlesex, Esquire (2) Thomas Wheldon Draft disentailing deed (release) by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the south side of Great Russell Street to the use of Henry Witham his heirs and assigns

20 July 1837 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington Hall, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (3) Charles Silvertop of Grosvenor Street, Middlesex, Esquire (4) William Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (5) Charles Ward of Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, Middlesex, tobacconist (6) Andrew Jackson of Queen Street, Cheapside, London, warehouseman Draft release by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) and appointment by (1) to (5), of a messuage (No.2) on the south side of Great Russell Street, to the use of (5), and (6) in trust for (5) Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1,100 (5) to (1)

20 July 1837 (1) Thomas Hepworth of Ely Place, Holborn, Middlesex, gentleman (2) Henry Witham (3) Charles Ward (4) Samuel Brown Jackson of New Inn, Strand, Middlesex, gentleman Draft assignment by (1) to (4) of the remainder of a term of 500 years in 2 Great Russell Street, in trust for (3) to attend the freehold

Copy of Mr. Roger's observations and opinion upon the abstract of title to the house in Great Russell Street, Witham to Ward, 1837

Queries and observations, Witham to Ward, [1836-1837]

1837 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington Hall, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Ephraim Goatly of Old Bond Street, St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex (3) Thomas Hubbard of 11 Kings Bench Walk, Inner Temple, London, gentleman Draft release of 6 Great Russell Street to the use of (2), and (3) in trust for (2) Consideration: £1,700 by (2) to (1)

Copy of Mr. Rudall's opinion on the title to 6 Great Russell Street, 24 September 1834

Memorandum by Thomas Wheldon concerning the title to Great Russell Street, n.d. [c.1834]

Copy of Mr. Rudall's further opinion with covering letter, 18 - 19 November 1834

Mr. Rudall's requisitions to be yet complied with, n.d. [c.1834]

Bill from James Toplis and Son to Dixon and Son for surveying Great Russell Street, 17 February 1834

Details and estimate of repairs needed to house in Great Russell Street, by W. Wade, Pentonville, 26 May 1835

Draft affidavit of Barbara Ullithorne regarding the Witham family, n.d. [1830s]

Draft affidavit of Ann Wilson of Catterick, Yorkshire regarding the Witham family etc., n.d. [1830s]

Correspondence received from Mr. Ward and Mr. Goatly, Great Russell Street, T. Dixon, New Boswell Court, Charles Condell, New Temple Buildings and J.B. Jackson, New Inn, all in London regarding purchase of Great Russell Street property, arrangements of conveyances etc., 17 December 1833 - 10 December 1836

4 June 1827 Draft deed poll release of George Silvertop by Henry Witham on performance of trust for sale

30 June 1827 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Catharine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, widow (niece of John Maire of Lartington) (3) Henry Witham the elder of Lartington, Esquire (a younger son of (2)) and Elizabeth Witham, his wife (4) William Wright of York, Esquire (5) Henry Witham the younger, Esquire (eldest son of (3) (6) Philip Howard the younger of Corby Castle, Cumberland, Esquire and Gerard Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (7) Michael Errington of Clints, Yorkshire, Esquire and Simon Thomas Scroope the younger of Danby upon Yore, Yorkshire, Esquire Draft resettlement. Appointment and release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of the Manor Lartingtonand the estate, messuages and lands specified (subject to mortgage debts of £4,000, £19,000 and £7,030 11s.and to an annuity of £200) to the use of Henry Witham for life, thence (charged with a jointure of £400 p.a. to Elizabeth Witham for life) to the use of (5) for life, thence to the male issue of (5) successively in tail male, with remainder to the younger sons of (3) and their male issue successively, term of 100 years to (6) as trustees to levy £600 p.a. from estate to be paid to C.S. Maire for life; during the joint lives of (3) trustees to levy £200 p.a. for the use of Elizabeth Witham (with power of appointment); during the joint lives of William Witham, brother of Elizabeth, Henry Witham the elder and Henry Witham the younger of yearly sum of £200 to be paid to (5). Term of 2000 years to (7) as trustees to raise £400 p.a. for Elizabeth Witham after the death of her husband (in lieu of £300 p.a. secured on the Silvertop estates under the Silvertop Estates Act of 1801/02). Power to raise portions for younger children of (3) Power for (5), with the consent of his father and (1), or after their deaths to raise up to £6,000. Powers of jointuring and raising portions. Declaration of trusts concerning the rent of 6d. per chaldron reserved from the coals at Hutton Henry and Hurworth on the sale of those estates to the Earl of Darlington. Recites previous settlements of the Maire (Lartington and Hardwick) and Witham (Cliffe) estates,the 1823 arrangements to extinguish the debts of Henry Witham etc. and progress made under these arrangements

Draft of Henry Witham's consent to the sale of Bank Annuities by George Silvertop and William Wright to raise £4,500 to be invested in a mortgage of the estate of Thomas Harrison of Stubb House and Bowes, 1833

January 1834 Draft appointment by Henry Witham the elder of Lartington, Esquire of £14,777 15s.6 1/4d., part of the sum of £40,718 lls.3d. 3% Consols (under powers given by the within recited deed of 1 July 1831): £3,666 13s.4d. in trust for George Witham; £2,444 8s. lO-21d. in trust for Thomas Witham; £2,222 4s.5 1/4d. in trust for Emma Witham and similar sums for Eliza Witham and Winifred Witham

December 1835 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire (formerly Henry Silvertop) (2) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2) of £15,000 (part of the principal sum of £19,000), payable to Sir Henry Lawson as specified and of £500 in the hands of the executor of the said Sir Henry Lawson etc. in trust for (1) free from the entail heretofore subsisting therein. Recites the will of John Maire etc.

1 March 1838 (1) William Witham, Esquire; George Witham, Esquire; and the Revd. Thomas Witham, Clerk; Emma Witham, spinster; Elizabeth Witham, spinster; Gerard Salvin of Mill Crook, Yorkshire, Esquire and Winifred, his wife (children of Henry Witham and Elizabeth, his wife) (2) Henry Witham and Elizabeth, his wife Copy acknowledgement of, and discharge for, the payment of a term of 2000 years created by the within recited settlement of 30 June 1827

7 April 1842 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) Reverend Thomas Witham Appointment by (1) to (2) of a sum of £3,325 18s.6d., part of a sum of £7,213 secured by mortgage as specified, in turn the remaining part unapplied of a sum of £40,718 lls.3d. 3% Consols specified in the within recited settlement of 1 July 1831

21 November 1842 (1) Henry Witham, Esquire (2) George Witham, Esquire, son of (1) Draft appointment by (1) of £500 and £3,887 ls.6d. the residue of two sums of £4,500 and £7,213 as recited to the use of (2)

29 - 30 November 1842 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire and Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet (2) George Witham of Lartington, Esquire Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of the sums of £500 and £3,887 ls.6d. secured by a mortgage upon an undivided ninth part of the site of the Manor of Bowes and thirteen twenty-fourth parts of a messuage and lands at Cotherstone. Recites previous deeds

Analysis of the appointment by Mr. Witham of £40,718 lls.3d. 3% Annuities in favour of his younger children, July 1831 - November 1842

Will of Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire devising all real estate to brother George Silvertop and to Thomas Meynell of Yarm, Esquire upon trust for sale or mortgage, upon trust to pay his wife £400 p.a. during the joint lives of herself and her brother William Witham, upon trust to pay £150 p.a. to testator's sons, William, George and Thomas and £50 to testator's daughters, Catharine, Emma, Eliza and Winifred (all during the aforementioned joint lives), with further provision for younger sons and for daughters, should the Silvertop estates vest in the testator's issue; and subject thereto settling his real estate in trust for his eldest son for life with remainders to other sons, thence to daughters as tenants in common. Powers of jointuring and raising portions, 21 June 1821

Draft will of Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire settling the Lartington estate upon George Witham for life, thence to his issue in tail male, with remainder to Thomas Witham for life, thence to his issue in tail male, with remainder to Charles Henry Englefield (eldest son of testator's daughter Catherine) for life, thence to his issue in tail male, with remainder to the other male issue of Catherine Englefield, thence to the use of the eldest son of testator's daughter Emma, wife of Matthias William Dunn, Esquire, in tail male, thence to the use of Charles Salvin, second son of testator's daughter Winifred (wife of Gerard Salvin)etc. Provision for minorities, sales, purchases, ex hanges, portions, jointures etc., 30 November 1842

1834 (1) Eliza Witham (2) William Lawson of Brough, Esquire and another Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of the sums of £2,000 and £1,000 secured on bonds (recited) upon trust for (1), until she becomes a member of the Society of the Sisters of Charity in Edinburgh, thence in trust for Henry Witham, father of (1)

August 1834 (1) Henry Witham the elder of Lartington (2) Elizabeth Witham, daughter of (1) Draft appointment of £2,000, part of £4,500 secured by mortgage upon premises in Bowes and which £4,500 resulted from the sale of the unappointed share of £40,718 11s.3d. 3% Consols

20 August 1834 (1) Henry Witham the elder of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire; Henry Witham the younger of Lartington, Esquire; William Witham of George Street, Adelph, Middlesex, Esquire; and Thomas Witham of Stella, Clerk (2) Eliza Witham of Lartington, spinster Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £2,000 for securing £1,000 to (2) on the death of her father Henry

Copy of case concerning assignment of bonds in contemplation of Miss Witham entering a religious community, [1834]

19 February 1838 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) William Lawrence Witham of Lartington, Esquire (eldest son of (1)) (3) Anna Maria Salvin of Croxdale, spinster (4) Gerard Salvin of Mill Crooks, Yorkshire, Esquire and Edward Riddell of Cheesburn Grange, Northumberland, Esquire Copy prenuptial settlement of (2) and (3) Appointment by (2) in favour of (3) of a yearly rent charge of £300 charged upon the moiety of messuages and lands as specified in Northumberland and the Rectory of Bywell, St. Andrew and a quarter of the Prebend of Chester (hereby demised to (4) for a term of 4,000 years as security for payment of the same). Covenant to charge estates with £2,000 as portions for younger children (or £3,000 should these be six or more). Covenant of (1) and (2) with (4) for the payment to (3) of an annuity of £100 should she survive (1) and (2) and should Elizabeth (wife of (1)) be still living. Recites previous deeds

19 February 1838 (1) William Thomas Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (2) William Lawrence Witham (3) Anna Maria Salvin (4) Gerard Salvin and Edward Riddell Copy declaration of trusts by (4) of the sum of £2,000 secured by the bond in £4,000 of (1) of even date: upon trust to invest the sum and pay over the income to (2) for life, thence to (3) for life if she survive (2), thence in trust for the children of (2) and (5) in such proportions as (2) and (3) may jointly appoint and that failing, in trust for the issue of (2) and (3) in equal portions, and failing issue in trust for the survivor of (2) and (3). Covenant for the payment by (1) to (3) of such sum as will make up any shortfall in £2,000 in the sum bequeathed to (3) in the will of Bryan John Salvin upon the latter's death upon the same trusts as above

19 February 1838 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) Edward Riddell and Gerard Salvin Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £8,000 to secure the payment to William Lawrence Witham during the joint lives of W.L. Witham and (l) of £60O p.a., and the further payment of £200 p.a. to Anna Maria Salvin during the joint lives of her and (1) should W.L. Witham predecease (1)

19 February 1838 (1) Bryan John Salvin of Burn Hall, Esquire (2) Gerard Salvin and Edward Riddell Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £2,000 to secure an annuity of £100 to Anna Maria Salvin during the joint lives of A.M. Salvin, Henry Witham and (1)

Thomas Wheldon's bill of costs for the Winifred Witham-Gerard Salvin marriage settlement, July 1834

Analysis of settlements made on the marriage of William Lawrence Witham and Miss A.M. Salvin, 1838

16 November 1841 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire and the Reverend Charles Thorp of Ryton, Clerk (2) Mathias William Dunn and Thomas Swinburn Copy disclaimer by (1) to (2) of the estate of Matthias Dunn, deceased

20 November 1841 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) Emma Witham Copy appointment by (1) of a sum of £2,000, part of a sum of £4,500 secured by mortgage as recited, in trust for (2) upon the death of (1). Recites previous deeds

21 November 1841 (1) George Silvertop and Sir William Lawson, Bart (trustees) (2) Henry Witham (3) Emma Witham, spinster Copy assignment by (1) to (2) and (3) of the sum of £2,000, part of the sum of £4,500 secured as specified

22 November 1841 (1) Matthias William Dunn of Hedgefield, Esquire (2) Thomas Swinburne of Gateshead, gentleman (3) Emma Witham of Lartington, spinster (4) Gerard Salvin of Burn Hall, Esquire and James Kirsop of Spital-, Northumberland, Esquire (5) Edward Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, Northumber-land, Esquire and the Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington, Clerk Copy statutory release by (1) and (2) to (4) of Ponteland Town West Farm, Ponteland Mill Farm, 2a.2r.9p. of waste at Ponteland, the capital messuage and lands at Espershields, Bywell St. Peter occupied by John Heppell (819a.), farmholds called Choppington and Bothal Haughs in the Manor of Choppington in Bedlingi£onshire, with all minerals, upon trust to levy £100 p.a. for the separate use of Emma Witham, and subject thereto upon trust for Matthias William Dunn for life, thence to the issue of (1) and (3) (charSed with £600 p.a. to (3) if she survive (1)) in such manner as (1) may appoint and in default of such appointment, to the use of the issue of (1) and (3) equally as tenants in common. Recites previous deeds

22 November 1841 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire and Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet (2) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire and Emma Witham, one of his daughters (3) Matthias William Dunn of Hedgefield, Esquire (4) Gerard Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire and James Kirsop of Spittal, Northumberland, Esquire Copy assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of the sum of £2,000 secured by mortgage upon four undivided ninth parts of the site of the Manor of Bowes

22 November 1841 (1) Matthias William Dunn (2) Emma Witham (3) Gerard Salvin and James Kirsop Copy assignment by (2) to (3) of the sum of £2,000 secured by bond of 16 January 1834 of Henry Witham the elder and his sons to Emma Witham, upon trust

22 November 1841 (1) Henry Witham and Emma Witham (2) Matthias William Dunn (3) Gerard Salvin and James Kirsop Copy declaration of trust by (3) of t o sums of £2,000 (secured on mortgage of four ninths of certain property in the parish of Bowes) assigned to them viz upon trust to permit (2) to receive the income therefrom for life, thence to pay the interest to Emma Witham for life, thence upon trust for the issue of (2) and Emma Witham in such shares as (2) and Emma Witham may jointly appoint, or the survivor of them solely appoint, otherwise upon trust for such issue in equal shares and failing issue upon trust for Emma Witham with power of appointment

Copy of Henry Witham's consent to pay interest on the two sums of £2,000 to be settled on the marriage of his daughter Emma Witham to Matthias William Dunn, 22 November 1841

Abstract of title of Matthias William Dunn to the Ponteland and Espershields estates purchased from the Silvertops (25 April 1803 - 31 August 1830), 1841

Correspondence between Henry Witham, Miss Emma Witham, M.W. Dunn, Hedgefield, Thomas Swinburne, solicitor, Gateshead, Thomas Hepworth, solicitor, Ely Place, London and Thomas Wheldon regarding the drafting of the marriage settlements for Miss Witham and Mr. Dunn, 5 August 1841 - 17 January 1842

Letters from James Kirsopp, The Spital near Hexham to J.D. Holmes concerning Dunn's marriage settlement, 18 November 1848 and 26 March 1849

Receiptsof James Kirsopp for Witham-Dunn settlements sent to him by Thomas Wheldon, 22 November 1848 and 29 March 1849

Pass book of Mrs. Emma Dunn with Lambton and Company, bankers, 4 March 1858 - 13 April 1864

12 May 1800 (1) William Thomas Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (2) John Webbe Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey, Esquire and Anna Maria Weston, spinster, his eldest surviving daughter (3) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet and George Silvertop, Esquire (eldest son and heir apparent of John Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire) (4) Thomas Meynell, Esquire, eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Meynell of Yarm, Yorkshire, Esquire and Ralph Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, Esquire Copy pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and Miss Weston. Release by (1) to (3) of the Manor etc. the mansion house and estate of Croxdale as specified including a water corn mill, paper mill etc., the Manor of Butterwick in the parish of Sedgefield, with lands and messuages there as specified, and in the parish of Elwick upon trust to secure an annual rent charge of £800 to Anna Maria Weston for life and, subject thereto, upon trust for (1) for life with remainder to his sons successively in tail male etc. etc. Consideration: £2,000 by Weston to (1) as the portion of Miss Weston

1 -2 April 1822 (1) William Thomas Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire and Anna Maria his wife (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire (who has survived Sir John Lawson) (3) Thomas Meynell of Yarm, Esquire and Ralph Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, Esquire Copy lease and release by (1) to (2) of the Manor and estate of Croxdale as specified, the Manor of Butterwick and lands and messuages there and in the parish of Elwick, the Manor of Burntoft and the farmhold there in the parish of Elwick and certain lands in the parish of Wolviston (described in error as being in Butterwick in D/HH 7/1/232 above) by way of confirmation of the settlement of 1800

6 August 1823 (1) William Thomas Salvin and Anna Maria his wife (2) George Silvertop (3) Thomas Meynell and Ralph Riddell Copy release by (1) to (2) of: the capital messuage of Butterby Hall and lands and messuages at Low Butterby, 128 acres of land in Croxdale with all the tithes of the aforementioned premises, with a moiety of the salt springs within the same lands (purchased by Salvin from the Wards); High Butterby Farm (118a. la.31p.) and other lands (47a.3r.30p.); a fulling mill now used as a paper mill, with its appurtenances, in the township of Croxdale; premises specified in the township of Croxdale (52a.) held under lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and other lands specified (27a.) formerly the property of John Wood; 34a. at Old Burnhall with all rights and appurtenances (excepting veins of lead under part of the Butterby Hall estate)to be held upon the trusts of the settlement of 12 July 1800. Recites previous deeds and the sale agreed upon to the Marquess of Londonderry of all lands at Burntoft, Elwick Hall and Woolveston and the use of the proceeds (£22,500) to purchase the unsettled lands of (1) in and around the Croxdale estate Consideration: £22 ,500

Abstract of the deeds of settlement made on the marriage of W.T. Salvin and subsequently (11 July 1800 - 6 August 1823)i 1834

Statement regarding the family estates of William Thomas Salvin shewing tenants, rentals etc., summary of terms of existing and proposed settlements, n.d. [c. 1834]

Copy of the will of William Thomas Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (dated 15 May 1840). Recites settlement of 1800 etc. that his son Marmaduke Charles is provided for under the will of Bryan John Salvin, the testator's brother and that Catherine Salvin the eldest daughter has become a nun. Appoints the sum of £6000to be raised under the 1800 settlement to his five younger daughters in equal shares except £1 which is to be shared between Catherine Salvin, Marmaduke Charles Salvin and Francis Henry Salvin. Devises the Old Burn Hall or Low Burn Hall estate to wife Anna Maria Salvin, brother in law Thomas Mornington of Sarnesfield Court, Herefordshire, Esquire and nephew Edward Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange upon trust to raise £6,000 (for the above payments) by mortgage, and subject thereto to Edward Riddell and Thomas Meynell the younger upon the trusts of the settlement of 17 September 1834. Devises Butterby Paper Mill and other leaseholds held under the Dean and Chapter of Durham to Riddell and Meynell upon trust for the tenant for life or tenant in tail in possession. Bequeaths to youngest son Francis Henry all his shares in the Swannington and Leicester Railway, The Clarence Railway, The Hartlepool Dock and Railway, The Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, The London and Birmingham Railway and the Dariington Joint Stock Bank, with remainder to the five younger daughters should F.M. Salvin predecease the testator. Miscellaneous legacies and bequests. Codicil, 26 April 1842

16 - 17 September 1834 (1) William Thomas Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (2) Gerard Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (eldest son of (1)) (3) Winef red Witham of Lartington, spinster (4) Edward Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, Esquire and Thomas Meynell the younger of the Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, Esquire (5) William Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire and William Charlton the younger of Hesleyside, Northumberland, Esquire Copy pre-nuptial settlement of (2) and (3). Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4) of: the Manor of Croxdale, with messuages and lands, a water corn mill and a paper mill in Croxdale and Sunderland Bridge as specified; the Manor of Butterwick and lands and messuages in the township of Butterwick; the Manor of Butterby, Butterby Hall and the several messuages and lands there as specified, with the tithes thereupon and a moiety of salt springs and other lands in Butterby and Croxdale, specified in D/HH 7/1/233 above upon trust, subject to a jointure of £800 p.a. and other trust provisions of the settlement of 1800. Release by (1) to (3) of a farm (106a.) in the township of Fishburn and parish of Sedgefield of which he is seised in fee simple. All upon trust for (1) for life, thence (charged with the payment of £100 p.a. during the joint lives of (2) and (3) for the use of (3), with power of appointment) to the use of (2) for life and thereafter (charged with a jointure of £400 p.a. from the death of (1) and (2), rising to £600 p.a. after the death of Anna Maria Salvin) to the use of the sons of (2) successively in tail male, with remainder to the younger sons of (1) successively for life and to their sons successively in tail male, thence to the daughters of (2) as tenants in common and their issue with remainder to the daughters of the successive sons of (1) as tenants in common etc. Recites the settlement of 1800 etc.

Mr. Griffith's remarks upon the terms of the marriage settlement of Miss Winifred Witham and Mr. Salvin, n.d. [1830s]

Summary of conditions of Mr. Gerard Salvin 's marriage settlement, n.d.

4 February 1829 (1) Gerard Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire (2) William Sedgwick of Hartlepool, surgeon Copy draft grant by (1) to (2) of an annuity of £30 for the lives of the survivor of (1), (2), William T. Salvin, Elizabeth Thirkell, J.R. Wilson and Thomas Randyl. Covenant of (1) to perfect further assurances to (2) as additional security for the payments should (1) survive his father. Declaration of trust by (1) as to the judgement for £1,000 to be confessed by (1) in favour of (2) Consideration: £300

Notice from Gerard Salvin to William Sedgewick of his intention to pay off the annuity, 25 January 1830

27 July 1830 (1) William Sedgwick (2) Gerard Salvin (3) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire Assignment by (1) to (3) of a policy of assurance and the sum of £300 thereby assured to act as security for the bond entered into by (3) with (2). Release by (1) of (2) from covenants entered into for further securing £300. Recites bonds, warrants of attorney to confess judgement etc. Consideration: £350

Bill of costs from Wilson and Faber to Gerard Salvin, Croxdale Hall, 9 December 1828 - 27 February 1829

Bill of costs from Wilson and Faber to Wheldon and Swarbreck concerning Salvin to Sedgewick annuity, 18 January - 18 August 1830

Details of payment by S.D. Swarbreck (on behalf of Gerard Salvin) to Mr. Sedgewick, n.d. [1830]

Correspondence between Gerard Salvin, Wilson and Faber, Stockton on Tees, solicitors, George Silvertop, Minster Acres, Ottiwell Tomlin, solicitor, Richmond and Thomas Wheldon, Barnard Castle regarding financial affairs of Salvin,Salvin to Sedgewick annuity, money borrowed by Silvertop for Salvin etc., 14 January 1829 - 28 December 1830

Promissory note of Gerard Salvin for £380, 4 December 1836

8 December 1836 (1) Gerard Salvin of Mill Crook, Esquire (2) Alice Raine of Gainford, spinster Draft bond of (1) to (2) in £1,400 for the payment of £700 and interest

Life assurance policy of Gerard Salvin in £2,000, should he die in the life time of William Thomas Salvin, 26 August 1837

Schedule of bills owed by Gerard Salvin, n.d. [1830s]

Miscellaneous payments [on behalf of Gerard Salvin], 1830 - 1831

Bill of costs from Wheldon and Swarbreck to Gerard Salvin, December 1829 - 1834

Draft bill of costs from Wheldon and Swarbreck to Gernard Salvin, 1830

Account current between Gerard Salvin and Wheldon and Swarbreck, August 1830 - January 1831

Statement of account of Gerard Salvin with Thomas Wheldon, 1832 - January 1835

Account current of Gerard Salvin with Thomas Wheldon, August 1841 - May 1842

Acknowledgement by Gerard Salvin of debt of £10 to Thomas Wheldon, 1 March 1833

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Gerard Salvin and H.T.M. Witham concerning Salvin's financial difficulties, his promises of economy, fear of arrest etc., 31 May 1835 -27 July 1839

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Gerard Salvin, Mill Crooks, York, Burn Hall etc. regarding writs served upon him, money matters, family matters, 25 July 1837 - 8 September 1841

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Messrs. Burrell and Shafto, Durham, George Silvertop and Sir William Lawson concerning Salvin's debts and affairs, 12 March 1846 - 22 August 1848

Anna Maria Witham, Elizabeth Mary Salvin and Emma Maria Salvin, Plaintiffs Gerard Salvin, Thomas Meynell the elder, Anna Maria Salvin, Edward Riddell, Thomas Monington, Thomas Fowler (now deceased), John Francis Maubert (now deceased), Henry Sykes Thornton, Winifred Salvin, Thornton Henry Salvin and Charles Francis Salvin and Julia Browne, Thomas Meynell the younger, Sir William Lawson, Bart., William Henry Charlton and Agnes Elizabeth Salvin, Defendants Copy orders appointing receiver and on petition of Mrs. Anna Maria Salvin. In Chancery, 3 June -23 December 1852

Account of arrears of interest due to the parties in the suit Withain v Salvin etc., July 1859

Memorandum regarding Gerard Salvin's debts, n.d. [1850s

Account of debts of Gerard Salvin, 1859

Statement of liabilities of Gerard Salvin, n.d. [1850s]

Account of amount of interest due to certain of Salvin's creditors, 1856 and 1859

List of debts [of Gerard Salvin], n.d. [1850s]

Summary of Receiver's second account, 1858

Particulars of agreement with Mr. Cochrane for a lease of Croxdale coals from 1856 for 42 years, n.d. [c.1858]

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Salvin estates, letting Croxdale Hall, letting minerals etc., 26 July - 30 November 1859

Letters received by the Reverend Thomas Witham from Messrs Shum and Crossman, London, concerning Charles F. Salvin's and Witham v Salvin, 2 - 6 September 1864

Letter from C.F. Salvin, St. Cyr, France to [J.D. Holmes] concerning [sale?] of a reversionary interest, 3 December 1864

Letter from Gerard Salvin to Mr. T. Holmes asking him for help in sorting out financial affairs and returning to England free from fear of arrest, bemoans the ways of trustees and the Court of Chancery, n.d. [1860s]

Abstract of a settlement (12 - 13 September 1758) made on the marriage of William Salvin and Miss Catherine Thornton, n.d. [c.1830]

1835 (1) George Swann of York,; Esquire (2) Gerard Salvin of Mill Crooks near the City of York, Esquire Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 6 years of the mansion house of Mill Crooks with 15 acres of land and household furnishings Rent: £140 p.a. plus £60 16s. in the first year for the furniture reducing by equal instalments to £41 16s. in the sixth year

Draft bill of costs from Thomas Wheldon to Thomas Salvin, July - August 1834

Extract from Miss Agnes Elizabeth Salvin's settlement of 3 February 1853

Letters from Charles Blount, Richmond, Yorkshire to the Revd. Thomas Witham concerning Miss Agnes Elizabeth Salvin's trust and related affairs, 27 July 1863 - 22 April 1864

Number not allocated Newcastle Property (Belough)

Copy of the baptism certificate of Henry Bainbridge (3 June 1821), 3 October 1854

Will of Margaret Bainbridge of Thornton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster bequeathing her personal estate to her 'affectionate friend' Henry Witham upon trust for Henry Bainbridge an infant of two months with remainder in default of issue to Henry Bainbridge to the sisters of the testatrix. Devising her real estate to Witham upon trust for Henry Bainbridge with remainder to Witham himself, 9 July 1821

16 - 17 February 1824 (1) Margaret Bainbridge of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster (2) Henry Bainbridge of Newcastle upon Tyne, son of (1) (3) Henry Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (4) Thomas Wheldon and Richard Bowser of Bishop Auckland, gentleman Copy lease and release by (1) to (4) of a messuage in Thornton Street, Newcastle upon trust to pay the rents to (1) for life, thence in trust for (2) and the heirs of his body and subject thereto upon trust for (3). Recites previous deeds

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes and T. Wheldon from Henry Bainbridge Belough, Portsmouth etc., John Ho1y,e Newcastle upon Tyne and others concerning rent to Thornton Street property, family, financial and business affairs, 6 July 1847 - 3 September 1858

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Revd. Thomas Witham, D.E. Stanford, Collingwood Street, Newcastle, solicitor, Lucy Belough, Gilesgate, Durham and Edward Clark, High Swinburne Place, Newcastle etc. and others concerning death of Henry -Belough, sale of the house in Newcastle inherited by Witham etc., 15 March - 1 November 1875

6 November 1875 (1) John Dickonson Holmes (2) Revd. Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, Clerk in Holy Orders (3) John Clark of Newcastle upon Tyne, boot and shoe manufacturer Copy draft conveyance by (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a messuage in Thornton Street formerly the Forth without the walls but within the liberties of Newcastle. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £300 to (2)

Certified copy of death certificate of Henry Bainbridge Belough (d. 10 March 1875), 18 October 1875

Draft declaration of J.D. Holmes concerning deaths of the Withams and of T. Wheldon, November 1875

Copy valuation of house in Thornton Street by Thomas Paley, auctioneer and valuer, Swiss Cottage, North Road, Durham, n.d. [1875]

Notes on Mr. Witham's house in Thornton Street, n.d. [c. 1875]

Succession duty account for Henry Bellough formerly Bainbridge, 31 October 1882

25 March 1846 (1) George Witham of Lartington, Esquire, eldest son of the late Henry Witham (2) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Berwick upon Tweed, Clerk Draft equitable charge by (1) to (2) of premises at Cotherstone (comprised in the within recited mortgage of 7 September 1843) with the payment of £3,325 18s.6d. and covenant for payment by (1) to (2) of interest at 4% upon the said sum . Recites previous deeds

25 March 1846 (1) George Witham and the Reverend Thomas Witham (2) George Silvertop and Sir William Lawson, Bart. Draft deed of indemnity respecting the sum of £40,718 lls.3d. 3% Consols formerly in the hands of (2), as trustees, and since realised

28 March 1846 (1) George Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Berwick upon Tweed, Clerk Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage for £500 (part of a sum of £4,500) and assignment of one ninth part of the site of the Manor of Bowes and lands in the parish of Bowes as specified (the security for the same). Recites previous deeds

Copy of the will of Elizabeth Witham of Lartington, widow (dated 13 November 1847) bequeathing all to her son the Reverend Thomas Witham, n.d. [1847 - 1849]

15 March 1849 (1) Revd. Thomas Witham of Lartington, Yorks., Clerk and Henry Charles Englefield of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Charles Englefield of Lartington, Esquire Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £4,000 to secure £2,000 and interest

1849 (1) Thomas Witham (2) Charles Englefield Copy of an equitable mortgage by deposit of deeds listed on the attached schedule

14 August 1854 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham (2) Marmaduke Charles Salvin of Burn Hall, Esquire (3) Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, Baronet (4) Henry Charles Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (5) Jasper Gibson of Hexham, gentleman (executor of George Silvertop) Copy appointment of (2) as trustee of the Lartington settlement in place of the late George Silvertop

15 August 1854 (1) Henry Charles Silvertop (2) Sir William Lawson, Bart. and Marmaduke Charles Salvin, Esquire Copy conveyance by (1), as provisional trustee, to (2) of the Lartington (trust) estate

6 February 1862 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham (2) William Broderip of Lincoln's Inn, Esquire Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Lartington estate and all lands of (1) in Lartington, Cotherstone, Startforth, Bowes, Romaldkirk and Barnard Castle, devised by the within recited will of Sir Henry Lawson, subject to the uses etc. limited by the said will to Henry Witham the elder and the heirs male of his body, but freed from the estate in tail male of (1)

30 July 1874 (1) Reverend Thomas Witham (2) John Dickonson Holmes of Barnard Castle, gentleman Conveyance by (1) to (2) being a deed to bar the estate in tail male of the Reverend Thomas Witham (under the will of Sir Henry Lawson, Bart.) in customary freehold and copyhold estate in the Manors of Cotherstone and Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite

30 July 1874 (1) Mary Ann Sarah, Lady Marjoribanks of Lady Kirk, Berwickshire, widow; Lewis Joseph Eyre of Bruxelles, Belgium and Margaret Frances, his wife; Emma Haggerston of Princethorpe, Warwick-shire, spinster, Winefred Haggerston of Tournay, Belgium, spinster and Charlotte Haggerston of Princethorpe, spinster [nuns] (2) Reverend Thomas Witham Draft customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of lands called Greyston in the Manor of Hunderthwaite and miscellaneous lands at Lartington in the Manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite. Recites previous deeds

31 May 1876 Admittance of the Reverend Thomas Witham to the Mainse Closes as specified. Manor of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite

22 July 1876 (1) Reverend Thomas Witham (2) Alfred Markby of 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman Draft customary conveyance by (1) to (2) of Hall Willows (5 acres) at Lartington in the Manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite, upon the trusts of the will of Sir Henry Lawson. Recites previous deeds and resultant complications of the descent from the Rudds

Copy of correspondence between Alfred Markby and Reverend Thomas Witham concerning Lartington estates, queries etc., 22 - 23 June 1876

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Alfred Markby, Lincoln's Inn and others concerning the former Rudd copyholds, Lartington settlements and mortgages, preparation for Lartington resettlement of 1876, 15 June 1875 - 17 November 1876

Will of the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, Clerk. Legacy of £100 to the Catholic priest at Lartington and £200 to the Bishop of Middlesbrough (for the chaplain of Staithes Mission) and £2,200 to great-nephew Henry Thomas Silvertop, the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and the priest at Gainford upon trust for St. Osmund's R.C. Chapel at Gainford. Recites settlements of 1876 and the powers thereof directs Marmaduke Charles Salvin and Sir John Lawson to raise money to cover the disbursements of Joseph Hanby Holmes (executor) and pay legacies of £1,000 to nephews Lawrence Englefield and Joseph Englefield, £1,000 to butler, with lesser legacies to lesser servants, £1000 to nephew Thornton Henry Salvin, £100 to land agent William Horner Scarre, £50 to various godchildren, £1,200 to Francis Goundry (formerly his butler), £30 p.a. to Joseph, son of Francis Goundry, until he shall have been sorda ined £200 to J. Hanby Holmes and £3,500 tc Henry Thomas Silvertop. Personal estate to Henry Thomas Silvertop, 12 December 1887. Codicil: legacies to the issue of testator's late nephew Henry Charles Silvertop and further adjustment of other legacies and the means of charging them upon the estate, legacy of £100 to Mrs. Strong, school-mistress at Lartington, 13 April 1892

Will of the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Clerk. Legacies to kinsmen, to servants and for charitable purposes. Bequeaths the furnishings of Lartington Hall to the trustees of the within recited resettlement of the Lartington estate of 1876 to pass with that estate. Devises the residue of his real and personal estate to Frank Silvertop, eldest son of testator's late great-nephew Henry Thomas Silvertop, with remainder to the tenant for life or tenant in tail in possession of the Lartington estate, 5 January 1894. Codicil, 14 September 1894 Codicil, bequeathing £3,000 to his executor J.H. Holmes in trust for the chaplain of Lartington Hall, 13 November 1894 Codicil, 14 June 1895 Codicil, 12 June 1896 Codicil, legacy to butler now £2,000, 13 July 1896 Codicil, revoking second codicil and reducing the figure to £1,000, 30 July 1896 Codicil, 1 April 1897 Codicil, 21 May 1897

Will of the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Clerk. Legacies to kinsmen, to servants and for charitable purposes. Bequeaths the furnishings of Lartington Hall to the trustees of the within recited resettlement of the Lartington estate of 1876 to pass with that estate. Devises the residue of his real and personal estate to Frank Silvertop, eldest son of testator's late great-nephew Henry Thomas Silvertop, with remainder to the tenant for life or tenant in tail in possession of the Lartington estate, 5 January 1894. Codicil, 14 September 1894 Codicil, bequeathing £3,000 to his executor J.H. Holmes in trust for the chaplain of Lartington Hall, 13 November 1894 Codicil, 14 June 1895 Codicil, 12 June 1896 Codicil, legacy to butler now £2,000, 13 July 1896 Codicil, revoking second codicil and reducing the figure to £1,000, 30 July 1896 Codicil, 1 April 1897 Codicil, 21 May 1897

Draft codicil to the will of Monsignor Thomas Witham dated 5 November 1897, [December 1897]

Draft codicil to the will of Monsignor Thomas Witham dated 5 November 1897, [December 1897]

Notes by Monsignor Witham for the drawing up of his will, n.d.

Notes by Monsignor Witham for the drawing up of his will, n.d.

Indemnity given by Rachel Mary Josephine Silvertop (Mrs. Henry Thomas Silvertop) to the executors of Monsignor Witham in connexion with the payment by them of certain claims, 20 December 1899

Indemnity given by Rachel Mary Josephine Silvertop (Mrs. Henry Thomas Silvertop) to the executors of Monsignor Witham in connexion with the payment by them of certain claims, 20 December 1899

Schedule of debts of the late Monsignor Witham's executors and trustees and funeral expenses, [1898]

Schedule of debts of the late Monsignor Witham's executors and trustees and funeral expenses, [1898]

Executor's accounts for the late Monsignor Witham, 12 February 1900 - 15 April 1901

Executor's accounts for the late Monsignor Witham, 12 February 1900 - 15 April 1901

Copy correspondence between J. Hanby Holmes and Johnsons Long and Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn regarding Mgr. Witham deceased, 19 July - 6 August 1901

Copy correspondence between J. Hanby Holmes and Johnsons Long and Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn regarding Mgr. Witham deceased, 19 July -6 August 1901

1826 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire (2) Henry Witham the elder of Lartington, Esquire (3) Henry Witham the younger of Lartington, Esquire (eldest son of (2)) (4) John Gregson of Durham, gentleman (5) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Draft release by (1) to (4) being a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of the farms called Dackingdale (40a.) and Ash Tree (72a.) and several cottages, all in the parish of Ryton

Acknowledgement of Henry Witham, and affidavit of Tinmouth Dixon of such acknowledgement, of a warrant of attorney concerning lands in the Parish of Ryton, 16 - 17 April 1827

2 September 1843 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire and Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) George Witham, Esquire, the eldest surviving son and heir of Henry Witham (3) Jerard Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire and Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall, Bart. (4) Philip Howard of Corby Castle, Cumberland, Esquire and Michael Errington late of Clints, Yorkshire, Esquire Copy appointment by (1) of all freehold lands: as to Fairlemay in the parish of Bywell St. Peter and inclosures containing 63 acres (premises not comprised in the Silvertop Estate Act) to the use of George Silvertop for life, thence to his male issue successively, with remainder to Henry Witham for life, thence to the trustees to preserve the contingent remainders; all other lands to the use of (4) for 100 years from the death of the survivor of (1) and the failure of the male issue of George Silvertop for raising £500 p.a. for Mr. George Witham during the joint lives of himself and his mother, and subject thereto to the use of Thomas Witham for life, thence to his sons successively in tail male, with remainder to George Witham during the joint lives of the said George Witham and Elizabeth, his mother, thence to the first and other daughters of George Silvertop successively in tail male and, in default of such issue, to Henry Charles Englefield, eldest son of Catherine the eldest daughter of Henry Witham for life, thence to his first and other sons successively in tail male, with remainder to the other sons of Catherine Englefield successively and to their sons in tail male (Charles, Aloysius, Joseph and Lawrence). Who-ever becomes entitled to the Minster Acres estate is to reside on the estate for three months in every year on pain of the determination of his estate under the settlement. Name and arms clause (excluding Henry Witham). Springing remainder to prevent the tenant in possession of the Silvertop estates continuing as such should he inherit the Lartington estate. Power to George Silvertop to charge estate with £6,000. Specific confirmation of the power of George Silvertop to raise two sums of £4,000 and one of £5,000 under the Silvertop Estate Act. Power of jointuring by George Silvertop to £500 p.a., with similar powers for Thomas Witham the Englefields etc., but subject to a maximum at any one time of £1,000 p.a. Leasing powers. Powers of sale and exchange. Appointment of leaseholds for lives and leaseholds for years to pass with the freehold estate at Minster Acres. Covenant by (1) to surrender copyholds. Recites previous settlement of 30 June 1827

Copy of the will of George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (dated 4 January 1849): arrangements for burial at Ryton; bequeaths wines, farming stock etc. to great nephew Henry Charles Englefield; bequeaths carriages and pistols to great nephew Charles Englefield; annuity of £30 to butler and £50 to Reverend Charles Coke; £500 for charitable purposes; £500 to the President of Ushaw; legacies to servants and to chaplain (£100); £100 to the poor of Minster Acres and £10 to the poor of Ryton; settles plate, jewels, furniture, books and pictures etc. as heir looms on the tenant in possession of the Minster Acres estate; devises shares in the Stella Grand Lease Colliery to Thomas Witham for life thence to be settled on the owner of Minster Acres; settles a farm at Low Fotherley, Bywell St. Peter with Minster Acres; bequeaths leasehold house, 19 Grosvenor Street, and residue of personal estate upon trust for sale; residue of personal estate after discharge of legacies may be invested in real estate in Northumberland. Codicil declaring trusts of £500 bequeathed for charitable purposes viz for the poor of Ryton of the Roman Catholic faith, 4 January 1849. Codicil, 13 January 1849 Codicil, 5 February 1849

22 January 1812 (1) Carr Ibbetson late of Cocken, now of Hartlepool, Esquire (2) James Fenton late of Park Hill, now of Loversall, Yorks., Esquire and Thomas Calvert late of Durham now of Old Durham, gentleman (trustees) (3) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire Lease by (1) and (2) to (3) of one twenty-fourth part of The Stella Grand Lease Colliery at Ryton and Kyo Field, for a term of 12 years Rent: £30 p.a. for 33 1/3 tens plus 18s.6d. per ten excess

12 January 1830 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumber-land, Esquire (2) Peregrine Edward Towneley of Towneley, Lancashire, Esquire Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 104 of his 312 four hundred and eightieth parts or shares in the Stella Grand Lease Colliery for the remainder of a term of 3 lives, subject to the payment of a proportionate part of the rental of the head lease. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £7,000

1 November 1836 (1) Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry, Lord Ravensworth and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, Baronet (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumber-land, Esquire (3) Peregrine Edward Townley of Townley, Lancashire, Esquire (4) John Buddle of Wallsend, Northumberland, Esquire (5) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (6) Matthias William Dunn of Hedgefield House, Esquire (7) Armorer Dunkin of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (8) Humble Larnb of Ryton, Esquire Copy of declaration of trust as to the ownership of shares in the Stella Grand Lease viz to (1) 40 to (2) 74, to (3) 36, to (4) 121, to (5) 111, to '(6) 60, to (7) 30, to (8) 8 shares

Abstract of title (21 September 1813 - 9 October 1843) to the one hudnred and twenty-one four hundred and eightieth part of the Stella Grand Lease Colliery belonging to Robert Thomas Atkinson, 1844

31 December 1844 (1) Robert Thomas Atkinson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) Armorer Donkin of Jesmond, Northumberland, Esquire; William George Armstrong of Jesmond, Esquire and Robert Thomas Atkinson (3) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire Copy of a Statutory Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of six shares in the Stella Grand Lease Colliery. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £223 3s. by (3) to (1)

Statements of royalty payments and covering letters with details of the annual rentals etc. received by Revd. Thomas Witham from Robert Simpson, The Towneley Fitting Office, 7 Quay Side, Newcastle concerning the Stella Grand Lease Collieries, 1850 - 1874

7 December 1874 (1) Revd. Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, Clerk; Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, Esquire ;and Henry Thomas Silvertop of the same, Esquire (2) Addison Potter of Heaton Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire; Revd. William Maugham of Benwell, Northumberland, Clerk; Joseph Chatto Lamb of Ryton Hall, Esquire; Robert Simpson of Ryton Moor House, mining engineer and John Bell Simpson of Hedgefield House, mining engineer; and Joseph Nanson of Newcastle upon Tyne, coal fitter Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of eighty four hundred and eightieth shares in the Stella Grand Lease Consideration: £6,200

7 December 1874 (1) Addison Potter and others (2) Thomas Witham and others Deed of covenant on the delivery of title deeds

Abstract of settlement of the Minster Acres estate of 2 September 1843, modified to be an abstract of the title of Thomas Witham et al. to shares in the Stella Grand Lease, 1875

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Thomas Witham, Lartington Hall, R.R. Dees, 89 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor and others concerning the sale of the Witham interest in the Stella Grand Lease, 10 September 1874 - 30 March 1875

Details of deeds covenanted to be produced in indenture of 12 January 1830, 1874

Witham and others to Potter and others. Observations and requisitions on title with replies thereto, 12 - 18 November 1874

Draft declaration of the Revd. Thomas Witham, November 1874

Draft declaration of J.D. Holmes, [1874]

Draft letters of J.D. Holmes to R.R. Dees, [c.1874]

29 May 1731 (1) The Rt. Hon. William Herbert, Esquire (Lord Montgomery) (2) Richard Moreton of the Six Clerks Office in Chancery Lane, London, gentleman Copy assignment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of £3,333 6s.8d. secured upon the estates formerly belonging to John Thornton at Netherwitton etc., Northumberland. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1 ,800

7 October 1734 (1) John Thornton of Netherwitton, Northumberland, Esquire; Thomas Thornton of Netherwitton, Esquire (eldest son of John) and Mary, his wife; and Nicholas Thornton of Netherwitton, gentleman (second son of John) (2) Bryan Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire; William Bacon of Newton Cap, Esquire; and Charles Clarke the younger of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (3) Francis Loggin of Middle Temple, London, gentleman and John Forbes of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (4) Richard Shuttleworth of Forsett, Yorkshire, Esquire and John Fenwick of Bywell, Northumberland, Esquire Copy post-nuptial settlement of Thomas and Mary Thornton (formerly Meaburn). Covenant of (1) with (2) to levy a fine of the Manor or Lordship of Netherwitton and lands, woods, messuages etc. at Witton Sheels, Windgates, Healey, Thornton, Brenkhugh, Ganatleigh, Trewhilley, Sheels, Hungry-side Holme, Shelley, Old Parke, Cornhill,Fawley House, Keyburne, New Parke, Hartburne and Horsley with the advowson and tithes of Bywell St. Andrew and Slaley, all Northumberland and a moiety of the prebend, vicarage etc. of Chester in the Street with glebe lands and tithes. Subject to: Rent charge of £60 p.a. to Nicholas Thornton for life, charged upon the premises, in lieu of any provision in his parents' marriage settlement. Rent charge of £200 p.a. to Anne Thornton mother of John. Rent charge of £200 p.a. to Mary Thornton for life The estate passes on the death of Thomas to (2) for a term of 200 years upon trust for the issue male of Thomas and Mary by primogeniture with remainder to the male issue of Thomas by any subsequent marriage, with divers remainders over. Powers to raise money for younger sons and for daughters

7 October 1734 (1) John Thornton of Netherwitton, Northumberland, Esquire; Thomas Thornton of Netherwitton, Esquire (eldest son of John) and Mary, his wife; Nicholas Thornton of Netherwitton, gentleman (second son of John Thornton) (2) Bryan Salvin of Croxdale, Esquire; William Bacon of Newton Cap, Esquire; Charles Clarke the younger of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (3) Francis Loggin of Middle Temple, London, gentleman and John Forbes of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (4) Richard Shuttleworth of Forsett, Yorkshire, Esquire and John Fenwick of Bywell, Northumberland, Esquire Copy of post-nuptial settlement of Thomas and Mary Thornton (nee Meaborn). Covenant of (1) with (2) to levy fines of the Manor and estate of Netherwitton and messuages and lands at Netherwitton, Witton Sheels, Windgates, Healy, Thornton, Brenkhugh, Ganatleigh, Trewhilly Sheels, Hungryside Holme, Shelley, Old Parke, Cornhill, Fawley House, Keyburn, the new Parke, Hartburne and Horseley, all Northumberland and the rectory of Bywell Saint Andrew and the tithes there and at Slaley, Stiford, Broomhaugh, Useley and Roughley, and covenant to levy a fine of a moiety of the Prebend, Rectory or Vicarage of Chester in the Street with its glebe lands and tithes, all to (2). Upon trust to pay an annuity of £60 p.a. to Nicholas Thornton for life, an annuity of £200 p.a. to Anne Thornton, mother of John, and subject thereto to the use of Thomas Thornton for life, thence upon trust to pay a jointure to Mary Thornton during her widowhood, and subject to the various charges upon trust for the issue of Thomas Thornton successively in tail male with further remainders over to the other sons of John Thornton and their issue in tail male. Power to raise portions and jointures. Arrangements in case of daughter(s) joining religious orders. Powers of tenant for life for managing estates, felling woods etc., [early 19th century]

Draft abstract of a settlement of 31 May 1800 made on the marriage of Henry Silvertop and Elizabeth Witham concerning the Netherwitton estates,for securing £3,000 to the trustees under the settlement, n.d. [1820s]

12 November 1801 (1) John Armstrong of Land End, Warden, Northumberland, husbandman (2) Thomas Nixon of Hardriding, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, yeoman (3) Matthew Parkin of Hill House, Hayden, Northumberland yeoman (4) Robert Wilkinson of Errington Hillhead, Saint John Lee, Northumberland, husbandman Copy declaration of trust by (1) that £2,850 secured as recited upon the Netherwitton estate is the property of (2), (3) and (4) in the shares detailed. Recites settlement of a moiety of Netherwitton etc.

13 May 1803 (1) John Armstrong (2) Thomas Nixon (3) Matthew Parker (4) Robert Wilkinson, son and executor of Robert Wilkinson his late father (5) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet (executor of John Silvertop) Copy assignment by (1), at the request of (2), (3) and (4), to (5) of a moiety of the Manor of Netherwitton and the Thornton family estates in Northumberland and Durham for the remainder of two terms of 500 years created (as recited) in 1715 and 1734, and of a term of 600 years created (as recited) in 1743 and 1000 years created (as recited) in 1731. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1,050 to (2), £1,000 to (3) and £800 to (4) 6 June 1805 (1) Sir John Lawson, Bart. (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire (eldest son of John Silvertop, deceased) (3) Henry Witham of Cliffe, Esquire and Eliza, his wife (4) Henry Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Henry Howard of Corby Castle, Cumberland, Esquire Copy assignment by (1) to (4) of various mortgages by demise of a moiety of the Manor of Netherwitton and of the Thornton estates as specified for the remainder of several terms of 500, 600 and 1000 years to secure the payment of a moiety of the sums of £4,500 and £1,200 (which with £1,050 already paid will make up the sum of £3,900) secured by Henry Silvertop (Witham)'s marriage settlement within recited

December 1821 (1) Sir Henry Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, Baronet (former1y Henry Maire) and H. Howard of Corby Castle, Cumberland, Esquire (2) Henry Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire (formerly Henry Silvertop) and Elizabeth, his wife (only daughter of Thomas Witham, by his wife Mary nee Thornton) (3) Samuel Pulleine of Manchester, Lancashire, Esquire Draft assignment by (1) to (3) of a moiety of the Manor of Netherwitton and the advowson, lands and messuages there as specified for the remainder of two terms of 500 years and 600 years created by the within recited deeds of 7 October 1734 and 24 May 1743 and of a moiety of two sums of £3,333 6s.8d. to secure the payment of a moiety of £4,500 and £1,200 and interest. Assignment of further terms of year by (1) and (2) to (3) and of sums secured by (2) to (3) Consideration: £2,850 by (3) to (2)

1822 (1) Henry Witham (2) Samuel Pulleine Draft deed of covenant to produce title deeds to Netherwitton

27 February 1826 (1) Samuel Pullein (2) Henry Witham and Elizabeth, his wife (3) Sir Henry Lawson and Henry Howard Draft assignment by (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of the moiety of premises at Netherwitton upon the trusts of the within recited settlement of 31 May 1800 Consideration: £2,850 paid by Henry Witham to (1) and £150 paid by him to (3)

19 June 1824 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Copy deed of covenant to levy a fine of an undivided fourth part of the Prebend, Rectory or Vicarage of Chester le Street and of the tithes there (under the will of James Thornton, Elizabeth Witham is seized of an estate tail in remainder expectant on the decease and failure of the issue of William Witham her brother) to such uses as Henry and Elizabeth Witham shall appoint during their joint lives, and otherwise to the use of Elizabeth Witham and the heirs of her body

19 June 1824 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Esquire and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Thomas Wheldon Attested copy of a deed to lead the uses of a fine of a moiety of the Manor of Netherwitton, with farms, messuages and woodlands there as specified (9300 acres) at Netherwitton, Witton Shields, Wingates, Healey, Thornton, Westerhaugh, Garret Leigh, Trewhitley Sheels, Hungerside, Holme Shelley, Old Park, Camphill, Fawley House, Reyburne, New Park, Hartburne, Horsley, Slaley and Brinkburn and the advowson of Bywell St Andrew with all tithes, and tithes at Slaley, Slyford, Broomhaugh and Useley Roughley with the vicarage of Slaley, all Northumberland, (to create a base fee determinable on the failure of the issue of Elizabeth), to the use of such persons as (1) may appoint etc. Recites previous deeds

Copy epitome of agreement between the Reverend Thomas Witham and Henry Charles Silvertop for the advance of £34,000 by Silvertop to pay the debts of Henry Witham secured by an annuity of £1,360 on a moiety of the Netherwitton estate during the life of T. Witham, and the reversion of the moiety of the Netherwitton estate on the death of T. Witham, 25 June 1849

21 June 1870 (1) Henry Charles Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington, Yorkshire, Clerk Release by (1) to (2) of all interest in the sum of £13,329 secured by mortgage. Recites details of the sale of the Netherwitton Estate, Northumberland and purchase of India Stock with the proceeds Consideration: £10,663 by (2) to (1)

Copy of correspondence between J.D. Holmes and Messrs Witham and Silvertop regarding the sale of East India stock, May - June 1870

Correspondence relating to the sale of India stock, dividends on it, use of sale proceeds etc., 4 May 1870 - 15 June 1876

Statements of account, notes and calculations regarding the sale proceeds of India stock, 1862 -1872

Copy of the will of Walter Blackett Trevelyan of Netherwitton, Northumberland, Esquire devising his tithes at Chester le Street and his real estate at Netherwitton upon trust for his brother Raleigh Trevelyan of Brick Court, Temple, Esquire for life, thence to the male issue of R. Trevelyan with remainder to first cousin Elizabeth, wife of Henry Witham for life, thence to her male issue successively in tail male with remainder to her daughters as tenants in common and their issue with remainder to John Trevelyan of Wallington for life and his male issue successively in tail male, 1 November 1816 Codicil, 9 November 1816

Conditions of sale of the Hart, Hutton Henry and Hurworth estates, 27 November 1872

Newspaper cutting of the sale of the Hart Estate (3890a.), Hutton Henry Estate (772a.), Hurworth Estate (422a.) and Hardwick Hall coals (770a.), 30 November 1872

Advertisement of sale of the Lordship of Hart etc., 1872

Plan of Hutton Henry and Hurworth estates, 13 January 1874 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Copy of statement as to the reservation in respect of coal under lands (2950a. - 320Oa.) sold by Catherine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham, confusion as to area involved etc., by Alfred Mark by, November 1873

Statement as to the reservation in respect of coal under lands sold by Mrs. Catherine Silvertop Maire and Henry Witham, Esquire in 1823, with observations of Alfred Markby thereupon, November 1873

Particulars of property conveyed to Lord Darlington in January 1824, with notes by Mr. Markby, 27 February 1874

Copy opinion of counsel and of mining engineers relative to Witham's claim, 26 June 1877 - 20 May 1878

Account of coals worked and sold from Hutton Henry Col1iery, with details of the amounts due to Revd. Thomas Witham, 1876 - 1879

An account of coals sold from the Hutton Henry Colliery, 31 December 1877 - 30 June 1878

Copy correspondence received by J.A. Ramsay from E.F. Boyd, Moor House, Leamside with his opinion on the 1824 covenant and the 1872 conditions of sale, March - April 1878

Correspondence received by the Reverend Thomas Witham from Alfred Markby, Lincoln's Inn and others regarding the sinking of collieries at Hutton Henry, investigation of these activities and of Witham's claim, 24 October 1873 - 11 May 1874

Correspondence received by the Reverend Thomas Witham from Alfred Markby, Lincoln's Inn and J.A. Ramsey, Blue House, Washington regarding Hutton Henry coals and action, 8 May 1877 - 18 March 1879

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes concerning the Hutton Henry coals etc., sale of the estates by the Clevelands and Milbank, launching law suit over reserved royalty payments, 25 October 1872 -23 May 1881

The Reverend Thomas Witham, Henry Charles Silvertop, Henry Thomas Silvertop, Richard Gibson and Marmaduke Charles Salvin, Plaintiffs Henry Morgan Vane, George Lewis Parkin, the Rt. Hon. William, Baron Brougham and Vaux, the Most Noble Harry George Powlett, Duke of Cleveland, K.G. and Mark Milbank, Defendants Statement of claims concerning royalty payment of 6d. per chaldron of coal reserved upon the sale of the Hutton Henry and Hurworth estate by the Withams to the Vanes. Chancery Division, Master of the Rolls, 18 March 1879

Witham and others v Vane and others Copy of plaintiff's claim, Chancery Division, 1878

Witham and others v Vane and others Copy of case, with the opinion of counsel thereon, memorandum and appendices as to the reservation of 6d. per chaldron on coal worked under the estates sold by George Silvertop, memorandum [by Messrs Markby, 9 Lincoln's Inn] on the proceedings and on the appeal against the judgement of Mr. Justice Fry in the Chancery Division (1880), 1879 - 1880

Witham and others v Vane and others Copy opinion of Walter B. Trevelyan, 7 King's Bench Walk, Temple, 19 February 1883

Witham and others, Appellants Vane and others, Respondents Copy judgement in favour of the Appellants. In the House of Lords on Appeal from the Court of Appeal, 27 April 1883

Letter from Thomas Wheldon, Barnard Castle to Henry Witham, 14 King Street, Edinburgh concerning terms of sale of Hutton Henry etc. to the Vanes, May 1823

Copy of extract froin the tithe apportionment of Morden (near Sedgefield) dated 6 March 1838, n.d. [c.1873]

Copy of correspondence between W. Bolam, Thomas Wheldon and John Buddle concerning terms of Hutton Henry and Hurworth coal leases, 12 - 26 October 1842

1 March 1843 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) George Witham of Lartington, Esquire and the Reverend Thomas Witham of Durham, Clerk (3) The Rt. Hon. Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Thomas Metcalfe of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman and Gerard Blisson Wharton of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gentleman (trustees of the will of the late Duke of-Cleveland) (4) Frederick Accloi Milbank of Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire, Esquire Draft deed of covenant to accept a reduced royalty on coal to be wrought from the Hutton Henry and Hurworth estates unaer a lease intended to be granted by (3) viz. £375 p.a. and £200 p.a. fixed rents plus 6d. per chaldron for round coal and 3d. per chaldron of small coal above 18,000 chaldrons p.a. and 9,600 chaldrons p.a. Recites previous deeds containing reservations to the Withams of an interest in the minerals under the estates at Hutton Henry etc. which were sold to the Vanes in 1824

Particulars of certain and tentale rents of the Hutton Henry and Black Hurworth collieries and to whom and how payable, 1843

Copy letter from Thomas Wheldon to Mr. Witham regarding Hutton Henry coal rent, 15 September 1845

Draft bill of costs to the lessees of the Hutton Henry and Hurworth Collieries (ex parte George Silvertop and others) concerning the Hardwick and Hart Estate Bill, 1846

The Duke of Cleveland's (Hardwick, Hart etc.) Estate Act, 1846

Copy of terms proposed by Mr. Martyn Seymour, Roded Ridge Moor House for a lease of Hutton Henry and Hurworth Coals dated 24 December 1847, n.d. [1870s]

1848 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire (trustee) (2) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Clerk (tenant for life) (3) The trustees of the will of the late Duke of Cleveland (4) Frederick Acclom Milbank of the Leases near Bedale, Yorkshire, Esquire Draft deed of covenant of (1) and (2) with (3) and (4) to accept a reduced royalty of 4d. per chaldron in place of 6d. per chaldron to secure a lease of the coals at Hutton Henry and Hurworth

Memorandum of agreement of Thomas Wheldon on behalf of the trustees of the late Henry Witham accepting reduced royalty payment of 4d. per chaldron, 22 June 1848

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from William Bolam and others concerning the terms for letting Hutton Henry and Hurworth coals, December 1847 - 14 October 1848

Copy of letter from Wharton and Ford, 8 Lincoln's Inn Fields, solicitors to Francis Broderip and from the latter to Thomas Witham concerning the Witham royalty on Hutton Henry Coals, 11 January and 2 December 1856

4 April 1887 (1) The Rt. Reverend Monsignor Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire (2) The Most Noble Harry George Powlett, Duke of Cleveland, K.G. Copy contract for the sale of perpetual royalty payment of 6d. per chaldron on all coals wrought from lands conveyed by (1)'s predecessors to (2)'s predecessors in 1824

May 1887 (1) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet and the Rt. Hon. Arthur Fitzgerald, Lord Kinnaird (trustees) (2) The Rt. Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall (3) The Most Noble Harry George Powlett, Duke of Cleveland, K.G. (4) The Rt. Hon. Henry Charles, Lord Brougham and John Henry James of Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Middlesex, Esquire Draft conveyance of royalty payment of 6d. per chaldron and release of covenants respecting it contained in release of 21 January 1824 Consideration: £18,000 to (1)

1887 (1) Monsignor Thomas Witham (2) Henry Charles Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (3) Henry Thomas Silvertop, Esquire (4) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Baronet and the Hon. Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird of Pall Mall East, Middlesex Draft appointment by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) being a deed of arrangement in respect of the sum of £18,000 received for the sale of the 6d. royalty on Hutton Henry and Hurworth coals (to clarify the anomalous position of the proceeds from the sale under the provisions of the within recited Witham-Silvertop settlements)

Memorandum as to the title to the purchase money to be paid by the Duke of Cleveland on release from the coal payment, with a covering letter from Alfred Markby to Monsignor Witham explaining the anomalous nature of the purchase money etc., 13 April 1887

Particulars of Lartington Hall and estate 6672a. schedules of acreages, rents, tenants, etc., n.d. [c. 1910

31 May 1911 (1) Francis Somerled Joseph Silvertop (2) David Magnus Spence Contract for sale of the Lartington Estate with schedules of farms, tenants, acreages (6655a.) and rental (£4,048) Plan attached

18 December 1911 (1) Francis Somerled Joseph Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Caroline Filornena Silvertop of 45 Egerton Gardens, London, widow (3) Edward Wolseley of Maryland, Ascot, Berkshire, Esquire and Charles Plumptre Johnson of Park Grange, Sevenoaks, Kent, Esquire (4) Barclay and Company Ltd. (5) Rt. Hon. Emily Annora Charlotte, Countess Beauchamp (6) Rt. Hon. Arthur Fitzgerald, Baron Kinnaird (7) David Magnus Spence of Ashmount, Shotley Bridge, Esquire Draft conveyance, discharged from (2)'s annuity, by (1) , (2) , (3), (4) , (5) and (6) to (7) of Lartington Hall and estate as specified on the annexed schedule (6828a.). Schedules of stints, farms, tenants and title deeds Consideration: £81,400 by (7) of which £13,800 is to (3) to redeem a mortgage, £11,900 to (4) to redeemamortgage,and £1,540 to (5) to redeem a mortgage, and £54,160 to (1)

Draft bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to F.S.J. Silvertop, 2 November 1909 - 2 February 1911

Bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to F.S.J. Silvertop, 16 June 1910 - 7 October 1911

Draft bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to F.S.J. Silvertop, 27 July - 22 December 1911

Draft bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to Messrs W.M. Pybus and Sons, 23 October - 22 December 1911

Sale catalogue of the furnishings of Lartington Hall,with lists of purchasers and prices, 8-9 July 1912

Particulars of the Lartington estate to be sold at auction by the direction of David Magnus Spence, Esquire, with conditions of sale and plan of the property, 12 October 1915

Particulars of sale for Lartington Hall and Park, grouse moors and fishing rights, with plans attached, 11 October 1917

Particulars of sale and plans of nineteen farms of the Lartington estate, 11 October 1917

Particulars of sale and plans of Lartington village, 12 October 1917

Conditions of sale of the Lartington estate, 11 - 12 October 1917

Plan of Lartington Hall and Park, with insets of High Lake and of the estate as a whole, n.d. [1910s] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile; 1 inch to 1 mile (inset)

1830 (1) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (executor of Sir Henry Lawson, Bart.) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire and Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2) of part of the sum of £1900 secured on the Manor of Lartington and of a mortgage by demise of 1000 years of the Manor etc. of Lartington as specified. Recites previous deeds

[1830s] (1) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman and John Hutt of Maddox Street, Hanover Square, Middlesex, Esquire (2) Thomas Stapleton of Richmond, Yorkshire, Esquire (3) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esquire (4) Henry Witham of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, Esquire (5) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire Assignment by (1) to (5) of a mortgage, by demise of 500 years (created under the will of Sir Henry Lawson, Bart.), of lands as specified in the parish of Startforth. Recites the will of Sir Henry Lawson, Bart. and previous deeds

8 February 1839 (1) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman and John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Esquire (executor of Sir Henry Lawson) (3) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire Copy draft release for the sum of £2,400, part of a mortgage debt of £4,400, secured on lands at Startforth Consideration: £2,400 by (2) to (1)

3 July 1858 (1) Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall, Clerk (2) John Smith of Merrington, gentleman Draft deed of covenant to produce title deeds to property mortgaged in 1811 for a term of 1,200 years. Recites previous deeds

Declaration of William Hoggett and others as to the identity of lands, 3 - 5 April 1858

Draft declaration of J.D. Holmes concerning Witham family, 21 June 1858

Draft abstract of title (11 August 1834 - 2 March 1858) as to £4,000 mortgage to Smith of the Lartington estate, n.d.

Abstract of title (1835 - 10 November 1852) as to £19,000 mortgage upon the Lartington estate, n.d.

Notes on mortgages and assignment of mortgage of the Lartington estate (1834 - 1840), n.d.

Memorandum concerning Witham's security for £4,000, n.d. [1850s]

Copy of the will of William Rudd of Durham, Esquire (24 June 1795) with subsequent annotations, n.d. [early 19th century]

Abstract of Sir Henry Lawson's marriage settlement (12 May 1801), n.d.

Copy of the opinions of V[icary] Gibbs, S[samuel] Romilly, R. Preston and Charles Butler concerning the succession of the Wrights to the Brough estate under the will of Sir John Lawson etc., 14 August 1811

Case, with the opinion of Charles Butler, Lincoln's Inn thereupon, concerning the will of John Maire (1765), 4 August 1825

Draft abstract of the will of Sir Henry Lawson (2 June 1828), n.d.

Mr. Wheldon' s memorandum on the proposed settlement of the Witham and Silvertop estates, n.d. [c.1827?]

Memorandum concerning the history of the Maire Trust fund (1806-1839), n.d.

Case, with the opinion of Gabriel Fielding, Northallerton thereupon, concerning the application of the Witham trust fund in favour of the issue of Henry Witham the elder, 14 January 1842

Case, with the opinion of Lewis Duval, Lincoln's Inn thereupon, concerning Witham-Silvertop settlement, 25 March 1843

Case, with the opinion of C. Chapman Barber of Lincoln's Inn thereupon, concerning the possibilities of the Lartington and Minster Acres estates coming into one ownership, 6 December 1850

Copy case, with.the opinion of C. Chapman Barber, Lincoln's Inn thereupon, concerning the succession to Lartington and Minster Acres should Mr. Thomas Witham die without issue, 6 December 1850

Letter from unknown correspondent [Mr. Broderip?], Lincoln's Inn to the Reverend Thomas Witham with the news that the possessor of Minster Acres may succeed to Lartington without the springing remainder coming into effect, 18 December 1850

Epitome of deeds relative to the settlement of the Lartington and Minster Acres estates, n.d. [c. 1850]

Letter from J. Broderip, Lincoln's Inn to J.D. Holmes concerning Lartington settlements, 29 January 1858

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Walters and Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn regarding Maire's trust and Randle Wilbraham's conveyance of the legal estate devised by John Maire, with bill of costs, 1 April - 7 July 1858

Letter from J.D. Holmes, Barnard Castle to W. Clayton Clayton, London regarding title to Witham estates, 15 April 1858

Case, for the opinion of W. Clayton Clayton, 4 New Square, Lincoln's Inn regarding outstanding legal estate, title to Witham's estate and assignment of a mortgage thereupon, 15 April 1858

Copy instructions to H. Egerton, Lincoln's Inn and of his opinion thereupon, concerning the estates devised by the will of John Maire relative to Wi1braham S conveyance of the legal estate, 4 - 7 May 1858

Schedule of mortgages on the Lartington estate from Mr. Witham to Mr. Silvertop and on the estates of the late Mr. Witham, n.d. [c.1860]

Memorandum as to the family estates of Henry Charles Silvertop, the various settlements made of Lartington, Netherwitton and Minster Acres, n.d. [c.1873 - 1874]

Analysis of settlement of the Minster Acres estate, 30 June 1830, [1874]

Certificate for £6,000 India 3 21% Stock in the names of the Reverend Thomas Witham, Henry Charles Silvertop and Mrs. Anna Maria Witham deceased, 13 May 1887

Notice to the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of the mortgage by the personal representatives of the late Henry Charles Silvertop to the Legal and General Life Assurance Society of the £6,000 India 321% Stock, 7 November 1888

Draft bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to the trustees of the Lartington estate, 2 September 1904 - 13 December 1905

Office copy of the will of Edward Ellerker of Hart, Esquire (dated 13 December 1812) devising all his real estate to George Silvertop et al. upon trust for his nephew Joseph Eulogio Cueto formerly of Havannah, Cuba, now residing with the testator or at Ushaw, for life, with remainders to the issue of Cueto, thence to Thomas Smith of Low Haggerston, Ancroft, Northumberland for life etc., £2 000 to be invested for niece Susannah Cueto for life thence to be divided between her daughters. The person inheriting the estates to assume the arms and surname of Ellerker. Proved 1816

Office copy of the probate of the will of Charles Pole of Southgate, Middlesex, Esquire bequeathing £3,500 3% Reduced Bank Annuities and £3,500 Consolidated Bank Annuities each to daughters Elizabeth, Frances and Phillippa. Recites provisions contained in marriage settlement for the benefit of his wife and further settles the income from £2,000 3% Stock, property in Warrington, 72 Sun Fire Officeshares and £1,500 Scots Mines Stock upon her life, charging his Manor of Holcroft, Lancashire with any deficiencies in the payment of £600 p.a. to wife. Devises his house in Bloomsbury Square, for the remainder of a term of 6 years to his wife for the use of herself and unmarried daughters. On the death of wife 32 Sun shares to son Samuel Pole, 10 each to unmarried daughters and to Millicent Van Notten (daughter). Numerous legacies and annuities to servants etc. Residuary legatee, and devisee of the Manor of Holcroft: Samuel Pole, 7 March 1776 Codicil, 13 May 1776 Probate, 12 October 1776 Administration with will annexed, 14 May 1796

7 February 1833 (1) Rt. Hon. Hugh Charles, Lord Clifford, Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (2) Rt. Hon. William Lord Stourton, Baron Stourton of Stourton and the Hon. Charles Stourton, his eldest son and heir Copy declaration of trust by (1) of the sum of £8000 secured by mortgage of 3 - 4 May 1824 upon the Dalton Piercy estate, Yorkshire: £3270 as trustee under Charles Clifford's marriage settlement, £2206 as trustee of Charles Langdale's marriage settlement; £2524 in trust for Messrs. Bland and Middleton, trustees for Mr. Langdale. Recites previous deeds

1836 - 1839 (1) Sir Peter Pole of Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, Bart; John Shawe Manley of Manley Hall, Staffords., Esquire; Philippa Shawe of Hints, Staffordshire, widow (formerly Philippa Pole, spinster) (2) The Most Noble Hugh, Duke of Northumberland (3) Rt. Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth Copy draft release by (1) to (3) of East, Middle and West Swang (36a. 2r. 14p.) at Carlton in the parish of Stanwick, St. John, Yorks., upon the trusts of a settlement of 5 and 6 April 1831. Recites previous deeds