Catalogue

16 November 1621 (1) Christopher Swinburne of Elvett, draper tailor and Isbell, his wife (2) Robert Gent of Over Throston, weaver Bargain and Sale from (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth in Old Elvet situated between a garth or waste late belonging to Robert Row, surgeon and now to John Hedworth, esq., on the west; a tenement belonging to Christopher Liddell and in the tenure of Thomas Neesam on the east; the King's high street on the south; Smeedyhaugh on the north. Included are all the 'halling clothes, with all the glasse and Trelles windowes lockes and keyes of the dores' in the messuage Consideration: £16

12 March 1657/8 (1) Robert Gent of Old Elvett, weaver and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Cuthbert Clarke of Felling, weaver and Mary, his wife Feoffment from (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth in Old Elvet adjoining Smediehaugh in the occupation of (1), Margaret Bland and Margaret Renoldson widows

12 March 1657/8 (1) Robert Gent of Old Elvet, weaver and his wife, Elizabeth (2) Cuthbert Clarke of Felling, weaver Bond from (1) to (2) for the fulfilment of the terms of a bargain and sale of even date

12 May 1662 (1) William Walton of Rattonrow in the parish of Houghton, Fuller, Ralph Bell of Durham City, cutler (2) Ralph Nicholson of Durham City, cutler Quit claim from (1) to (2) of all proceedings against him

Quaker certificate of marriage at Gateside between Thomas Hopper of Durham City, yeoman, son of Richard Hopper, yeoman and Elizabeth Doubleday, daughter of Robert Doubleday of Jarrow, yeoman, 18 June 1683

25 February 1690/91 (1) Cuthbert Clarke of Old Elvet, weaver (2) Nicholas Paxton of the City of Durham, mercer Agreement whereby (1) allows (2) to stop up the lights of a messuage belonging to (1) and (2) to remove obstructions if (1) requests

16 February 1710/11 (1) Nicholas Paxton of Durham City, postmaster (2) Martin Nicholson of Durham City, grocer Memorandum of agreement that (1) shall convey to (2) a messuage, formerly a barn but now two dwellinghouses, and an orchard in Old Elvet Consideration: £150

1 May 1711 (1) Nicholas Paxton of Durham City, postmaster (2) Martyn Nicholson of Durham City, grocer Bargain and Sale from (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth in Old Elvet [As in D/X 686/1 and 2] Consideration: £150

30 January 1719/20 (1) Thomas Thompson of Old Elvet, yeoman and Henry Reah of New Elvet, jeweller (2) Martin Nicholson of Elvet, gentleman Bond for the performance of feoffment of even date

23 and 24 November 1719 (1) Matthew Robson of Shereburne House, tailor James Whitehead of Whitley, Northumberland, yeoman William Wrightson of Stella pethhead, yeoman and Jane his wife daughter of Edward Whitehead of Whickham, yeoman, deceased, Dorothy Whitehead of Newcastle, spinster (2) Martin Nicholson of Old Elvet, merchant Lease and release of a tenement and garth in Old Elvet [As in D/X 686/1,2, and 8] Consideration: £16

12 July 1720 (1) Martin Nicholson of Old Elvet, gentleman (2) Thomas Philipson of Shincliffe, gentleman Agreement for the division of a messuage and garth in Old Elvet purchased in common of Cuthbert Clarke. [ As in D/X 686/1,2,8,10 ] Parchment, 1 membrane)

Abstract of title to a messuage in Old Elvet, 1719-20. [ As in D/X 86/1,2,8,10,11 ] 1 paper)

Receipt from John Wilkinson for 10 shillings bequeathed to him by his uncle, Cuthbert Clarke and to be paid out of a house in Old Elvet, 18 October 1720. [ D/X686/1,2,8,10,11 ]

Quaker certificate of marriage in Shotton and Norton Meeting between Robert Foster, son of Thomas and Sarah Foster of Hawthorn and Elizabeth Dodshon, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Dodshon of Shotton, 10 November 1726

9 January 1742/3 Will of Sarah Doubleday, late of Butterby, now of Durham, spinster bequeathing small sums

20 October 1743 (1) William Dodshon of Durham City, mercer, grocer, haberdasher, ironmonger and salter, Nicholas Dodshon of Shincliffe, gentleman (2) Robert Forster of Hawthorn, gentleman, Thomas Forster, his son, Warren Mand of Sunderland, gentleman, Nicholas Dodshon of Hawthorn, gentleman Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Forster to William Dodshon

8 September 1747 (1) Joseph Yates of Cloak Lane, Woolstapler (2) Ralph Doubleday of Bishopgate Street, London, indicomaker, George Appleby of Lombard Street, London,banker Bond whereby (1) agrees that his intended wife Margaret Westgarth or any children of the marriage shall receive £500

8 September 1747 (1) Joseph [Yates] (2) Margaret Westgarth of Durham City, spinster (3) Ralph Doubleday of Bishopgate and [George Appleby] Settlement on the marriage of (1) and (2) [Part of document removed]

3 September 1751 (1) Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby, widow (2) Martin Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Robert Foster of London, merchant Lease for one year from (1) to (2) of 2 messuages, formely a barn, and an orchard in Old Elvet, all formerly in the possession of Cuthbert Clarke [D/X 686/7 ] and one messuage with a garth formerly in the occupation of Joseph Porter in Old Elvet [D/X 686/1,2,8,10, 11,13]

4 September 1751 (1) Frances Doubleday of Butterby, spinster, daughter of Humphrey Doubleday of Butterby, deceased, gentleman (2) Thomas Foster of Durham City, merchant (3) Martin Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Robert Foster of London, merchant Settlement upon the marriage of (1) and (2) whereby (1) assigns in trust to (2) £100 chargeable on the estate of Humphrey Doubleday at Broomhill and £90 devised to (1) by Sarah Doubleday

Quaker marriage certificate between Thomas Foster of Durham City, merchant and Frances Doubleday of Butterby, spinster at Bishop Auckland meeting, 17 September 1751

13 December 1751 (1) Thomas Foster of Durham City, mercer, grocer, haberdasher, ironmonger and salter (2) William Hutchinson of North Bailey, gentleman and Thomas Hutchinson, his son Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Hutchinson to (1)

1756 [day and month not specified] (1) Dodshon Foster of Lancaster, merchant, one of the younger sons of Robert Foster of Hawthorn, deceased (2) Thomas Foster of Claypath, merchant, eldest son of Robert Foster Agreement that (1) should accept £500 as his share in the estate of his father

Certificate of discharge from his debts of Thomas Foster of St. Nicholas, Durham, a bankrupt, 18 June 1767 (Parchment, 1 membrane)

2 September 1771 (1) Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgess of the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed (2) Ralph Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Bargain and Sale from (1) to (2) of Far Cow Close, (150 acres) Consideration: £500

3 September 1771 (1) Ralph Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman (2) Mayor, Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed Counterpart lease for 99 years from (1) to (2) of far Cow Close (150a.) in Berwick-upon-Tweed Rent: Annuity of £76

3 September 1771 (1) Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed (2) Ralph Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Bond from (1) to (2) for the payment to (2) of an annuity of £76

3 June 1773 (1) Ralph Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman (2) Mayor, Bailiff and Burgesses of the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed Lease for 99 years from (1) to (2) of First Horse Close (43a.) Rent: £44 p.a.

3 June 1773 (1) Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed (2) Ralph Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Bond from (1) to (2) for the payment of an annuity of £44 in payment for the demise from (2) to (1) of a close in Berwick

Extracts from Elvet Moor Enclosure Award concerning awards to Thomas Philipson and Frances Forster, 17 May 1773

Note requesting that the award made to Frances Foster, wife of Thomas Foster, of Durham City, merchant, under the enclosure of Elvet Moor be conveyed to Martin Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman and Robert Foster of Worcester, merchant, both trustees under the marriage settlement of Frances, nee Doubleday and Thomas Foster of 4 September 1751, c.1775 (1 paper)

24 May 1773 (1) Thomas Philipson of New Elvet, gentleman (2) Martin Doubleday of Butterby, gentleman Lease (Release missing) for one year of a parcel of land in Bracket Hill on Elvet Moor [Boundaries specified]

n.d. (1) Ralph Doubleday (2) Stephen Gilly Lease [document torn away] At end: Schedule of household fixtures which may be removed at the end of the lease Rent: £36 p.a.

1 November 1773 (1) Thomas Foster of Durham City, merchant (2) John Hays of Durham City, gentleman Lease for 6 years from (1) to (2) of an allotment on Elvet Moor assigned to Frances Foster, wife of (1). Detailed clauses specifying tillage and use of land Rent:£7 p.a.

10 June 1776 Will of Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby, widow bequeathing all land in Butterby to Ralph Hopper and Joshua Hopper in trust to realise all her assets and divide them into 8 parts. One eighth part to go each to sons Humphrey, Thomas, Ralph, Nicholas, Henry and one eighth each to daughter Hannah, wife of William Hutchinson of Durham City; to daughter Francis, wife of Thomas Forster of Durham City, merchant and to daughter Elizabeth, wife of Robert Walker of Sunderland near the Sea, coalfitter

Codicil to will of Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby, widow leaving one eighth share of estate intended for son, Thomas, now deceased to be shared between his children. A similar arrangement is to apply to other legatees, 26 August 1776

Codicil to will of Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby, widow, ordering payment of £310 in trust for daughter Frances, wife of Thomas Forster, in addition to one eighth of testator' s estate due to Frances, 10 March 1777

Legal opinion on the will of Mrs. Doubleday, c. 1778

Case by Christopher Fawcett concerning Mrs. Doubleday's will, 25 March 1781

7 February 1788 (1) Bowes Grey of Old Elvet, gentleman (2) Frances Foster of Old Elvet, widow Robert Foster of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, Sarah Foster of Old Elvet, spinster Bond from (1) to (2) that (2) has the right to repurchase Griffin's Waste in Old Elvet after the death of (1) and of his wife, Joyce

Writ of summons issued by Court of Chancery addressed to Frances, Sarah and Robert Foster, 2 March 1790

Letter from R. Doubleday, Newcastle to his aunt, Frances Foster, Old Elvet, Durham concerning a Chancery subpoena due to be served on the latter, 24 March 1790

Bill of costs incurred by J. Ward in the conveyance of an allotment from Mrs. Forster, Elvet to Mr. Wilkinson, May 1809

Genealogy of Humphrey and Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby, 1704-1813