Catalogue

29 May 1758 Probate copy of will dated 10 August 1741, of Michael Farrell, rector of Grayingham in Lincolnshire. Devises the two undivided moieties of his leasehold houses and estate in the City of Durham to his brother-in-law, John Robson; Rev. Robert Davison of Durham; Ralph Gel son of Lincoln College, Oxford in trust for his sisters, Jane Robson and Elizabeth Finch (parchment, 3 membranes)

Copy of order by the Court of Chancery at Durham for the sale of a house and shop in Fleshergate, Durham, formerly the leasehold estate of the late Rev. Michael Farrell, 31 May 1758

1 August 1758 1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Robert Davison of Durham, clerk (3) Thomas Dunn of Durham, alderman Licence of alienation from (2) to (3) for disposal of a burgage in Fleshergate, Durham

25 August 1758 (1) Rev. Robert Davison of Durham, clerk (2) Ralph Brockett of Durham, surgeon (3) Thomas Dunn of Durham, alderman Assignment of the lease of a house and shop in Fleshergate, Durham, formerly the leasehold property of the late Rev. Michael Farrell Consideration: £200

29 and 30 December 1875 (1) Benjamin Dunn of Fishburn, gent. (2) John Tallintire of Church Street, Durham, shop-keeper Lease and release of a burgage in Fleshergate, Durham Consideration: £525

20-21 January 1837 (1) George Robson of Durham, butcher, and Elizabeth Robson, nee Tallentire, his wife (2) George Darnell Wooler of Fawnlees House, gent., and John Farrow of Middleston, gent. Lease and release of a burgage in Fleshergate, Durham Consideration: £600

5 December 1860 (1) William Emerson Wooler of the City of Durham, gent. (2) John Smith of Billingham, railway porter and his wife, Ann; Thomas Brunner of Nelson, New Zealand, surveyor and his wife Jane (3) Robert Brown Dixon of Durham, butcher and George Dixon of Durham, butcher Conveyance of a burgage on the east side of Fleshergate, otherwise Sadler Street, Durham. Consideration: £600 to (1) and £600 to (2)

23 May 1871 (1) Robert Brown Dixon of Durham, butcher (2) George Dixon of Durham, butcher Dissolution of partnership and agreement that (2) shall convey his interest in the partnership to (1)

23 May 1871 (1) Robert Brown Dixon of Durham, butcher (2) George Dixon of Durham, butcher Mortgage of a burgage in Fleshergate, otherwise Sadler Street, Durham Consideration: £800

17 October 1899 Probate copy of will dated 15 February 1892 of George Dixon of New Elvet, Durham, butcher. Devises his messuage at 48 New Elvet to his great-nephew George Dixon and releases Robert Brown Dixon of Durham, butcher, from all claims in respect of mortgage on the property in Sadler Street, Durham