Catalogue

9 November 1696 (1) Henry Walker of Cotherstone, yeoman (2) Anne Gibbon and Catherine Gibbon, both of Hedge Knowle, spinsters Conveyance by (1) to (2) with the consent of the Lord of the manor of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite of closes called Stoney Raines (12a), the Broates (12a), the Little Close (1a) and the Croft (2a) all in Cotherstone Consideration: £210 and rent of 11s p.a.

24 February 1698/99 (1) Henry Walker of Cotherstone, yeoman (2) Ann Gibbon and Catherine Gibbon, both late of Edgeknowle and now of Low-wham, spinsters Release by (1) to (2) of premises in D/X 938/1 [Endorsed with memorandum that the close called Stoney Raines was conveyed to John Bourne the elder of Walker Hall, gent., on 19 August 1846]

25 March 1719 (1) Anne Gibbon of West Auckland, spinster (2) George Hodshon of Marwood Park, yeoman, and wife Katharine (formerly Gibbon) (3) John Walker of Newsham Field House, yeoman Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of copyhold estate in D/X 938/1 to secure annuities of £11 and £10 respectively [Endorsed as D/X 938/2]

17 July 1719 Admittance of John Walker of Newsham Field House, yeoman, to a copyhold messuage in Cotherstone Consideration: £15 and rent of 15s. p.a.

30 September 1735 (1) William Hudleston of Millom Castle (co. Cumberland), esq. (2) Henry Bourn of Cotherstone, gent; George Jackson and John Nicholson of the same, gents; Thomas Alderson and Michael Lind, both of Baldersdale (co. York), gents; Christopher Wilkinson of Thorp Hall (co. York), gent; Thomas Emerson of Barnard Castle, gent; and Peter Heslop of Lartington, gent. Agreement by (1) to convey to (2) the manors of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite; a water corn mill in Baldersdale called Henry Mill with house and closes called Thorngate Hill Consideration: £2,350

Transcript of D/X 938/5, n.d. [paper watermarked 1903]

Bounder of manors of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite taken separately and together at perambulations of 3 and 29 July 1720; and of Mickleton at a perambulation of 1741, n.d.

25 April 1771 Admittance of Mary Bourn, daughter and heir of John Walker, deceased, to copyhold lands in Cotherstone Consideration: £14 10s and rent of 14s 6d p.a.

6 May 1773 Admittance of John Bourn, eldest son and heir of Mary Bourn, deceased, to copyhold lands in Cotherstone Consideration: £14 10s and rent of 14s 6d

7 May 1773 (1) John Bourn of Walker Hall, Winston, gent. (2) John Bourn the elder, of Cotherstone (co. York), gent. (3) Henry Bourn, of Cotherstone, gent., younger son of (2) Conveyance by (1) to (3) of copyhold lands in Cotherstone Consideration: £600 and rent of 14s 6d p.a. to the lord of the manor and 4s p.a. for tithes to the Rector of Romaldkirk

28 April 1774 Admittance of Henry Bourn, brother of John Bourn, to copyhold lands in Cotherstone Consideration £14 10s and rent of 14s 6d p.a.

6 June 1816 Admittance of Mary Hodgson to land called Yoaking, formerly Redhill, in the manor of Ermathwaite Consideration: £1 18s, 1 load of coals and rent of 6d p.a.

27 November 1817 (1) Ann Adamthwaite of Bowes, widow (2) John Smith of Bowes, gent. (3) Charles Copeland of Staindrop, spirit merchant Copy of marriage settlement of (1) and (2) releasing to (3) in trust a house formerly known as Hodgson's House in Cotherstone; and a moiety of a house at Huntshieldford in Stanhope

26 September 1822 Admittance of John Bourn, son of Henry Bourn, deceased, to copyhold lands in the manor of Cotherstone Consideration: £20 15s and rent £1 0s 9d p.a.

29 October 1832 Admittance of Henry Bourne, son of John Bourne, deceased, to copyhold land in the manor of Cotherstone Consideration: £21 6s 8d and rent of £1 1s 4d p.a.

5 November 1833 (1) Mary Bourn of Bowes, widow (2) Rev. George Bowness of Rokeby; John Bourne the younger of Walker Hall, esq; and William Temple Bourne of Walker Hall, esq. Bond of indemnity in the sum of £300

11 December 1833 (1) Mary Bourne of Bowes, widow (2) John Bourne, the younger, of Walker Hall, esq., and John Smith of Cotherstone, schoolmaster Declaration of trusts by (2) for Eliza Ann Smith, a minor, in respect of a settlement of £200 paid by (1) to (2)

10 and 11 July 1838 (1) Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent. (2) Jane Hodgson of Thornby (co. Cumberland), spinster (3) Joseph Hodgson of Biggins Hall (co. Westmorland), gent, and John Bourne, the younger, of Walker Hall, gent. Marriage settlement of (1) and (2) with the conveyance to (3) in trust of a farm and lands called Cornpark in parish of Romaldkirk with other messuages and lands in Cotherstone; and 1/3 part of a farm called Town Gate in Ainstable (co. Cumberland)

1841 (1) John Hodgson of Aikton (co. Cumberland) and his wife Mary (2) Thomas Ismay of Thursby (co. Cumberland), gent. Draft release by (1) to (2) of lands and tenements in Ainstable (co. Cumberland)

8 August 1868 (1) Rev. William Darwent of Barnard Castle, congregational minister; William Hodgson of Cotherstone, farmer; William Dent of Barnard Castle, bank agent; George Walton of Cotherstone, relieving officer; and John Bourne of Clifton (co. Gloucester), gent. (2) Primrose Kennedy Lamb of Cotherstone, gent; Mary Jane Bourne, Henrietta Bourne, Eliza Bourne, Sarah Josephine Bourne, all of Cotherstone, spinsters; and John Henry Bourne of the Post Office Savings Bank, London, accountant Agreement by (1) to sell to (2) the old congregational chapel and site of a former dwelling house at Cotherstone Consideration: £50

24 August 1882 Admittance of John Bourne of Walker Hall, gent., and Joseph Hodgson of Biggins Hall (co. Westmorland), gent., to a copyhold farm called Corn Park and other lands in the manor of Cotherstone Consideration: £37 16s 8d and rent of £1 17s 10d p.a.

24 August 1882 Admittance of Mary Jane Barnes of Skirlaugh vicarage (co. York); Henrietta Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster; Eliza (formerly Eliza Bourne) [sic]; Sarah Josephine Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster; and John Henry Bourne of Kingston on Thames (co. Surrey), to a copyhold farm called Corn Park and other lands in the manor of Cotherstone Consideration: £37 16s 8d and rent of £1 17s 10d p.a.

1 November 1888 Admittance of John Henry Bourne of East Molesey (co. Surrey), government clerk, and John Todd of London, mercantile clerk, to one-fifth part of Corn Park farm and other copyhold lands in the manor of Cotherstone

1 July 1902 (1) John Henry Bourne of East Molesey (co. Surrey), government clerk (2) Henrietta Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster (3) Sarah Josephine Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster (4) Charles William Goodson of Auckland (N.Z.), merchant (5) John Henry Bourne and John Todd of Tunbridge Wells (co. Kent), retired merchants clerk (6) Mary Jane Baines of Cotherstone (7) Henry Nicholas Grenside of Westminster, gent. Family settlement concerning property in Romaldkirk

27 January 1947 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) John Dunbar MacDowall Bourne of Berkhampstead (co. Hertford), retired Colonial civil servant, and others Agreement for the extinguishment of manorial incidents in the manor of Cotherstone

Commission of John Bourn as a lieutenant in the Teesdale Volunteer Infantry, 15 August 1803

Admittance of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland) as an attorney of the Court of Queen's Bench, 23 November 1840

Appointment of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent., as a Commissioner for Oaths in the Court of Queen's Bench, 24 November 1840

Appointment of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent., as a Commissioner for Oaths in the Court of Common Pleas, 25 November 1840

Appointment of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent., as a Commissioner for Oaths in the Court of Exchequer, 25 November 1840

Petition and certificate of admission of Henry Bourne as attorney of the temporal courts of the County Palatine of Durham, 28 November 1840

Appointment of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent., as Commissioner for Oaths in the Durham Court of Chancery, 10 December 1840

Appointment of Henry Bourne of Wigton (co. Cumberland), gent., as Commissioner for Oaths in the Durham Court of Pleas, 18 December 1840

Licence granted to Henry Bourne by the Office for Stamps and Taxes to vend and deal in stamps at Wolsingham, 21 November 1843

University of Durham examination certificate awarded to John Henry Bourne, October 1861

10 March 1821 Probate copy of will, 16 April 1819, of Henry Bourne of Cotherstone

Transcript of D/X 938/37, n.d. [watermark 1903]

Copy of will of Elizabeth Bourn of Cotherstone, 8 July 1829

29 December 1832 Probate copy of will, 30 November 1829, of John Bourn of Bowes

Transcript of D/X 938/40, n.d. [watermark 1903]

Copy of will, with codicils, of Mary Bourne of Bowes, widow, 2 November 1832 - 29 June 1838, n.d. [watermark 1903]

Journal of a voyage to Genoa and the Ionian islands by Henry Bourne, 14 June 1833 - 28 January 1834

Rental of property [of Henry Bourne] at Cotherstone on coming of age, August 1834

Statement and valuation of property on coming of age [of Henry Bourne] and property at Wigton acquired under his mother's will, 1834-39, n.d. [watermark 1842]

Certified copy of the will, 13 February 1834 of Joseph Hodgson of Thornby in the parish of Aikton (co. Cumberland), probate 12 January 1835

Certificate of William Clayton Walters of Newcastle, barrister, confirming that Henry Bourne attended his chambers as a pupil (8 February - 10 August 1837), 25 September 1837

Statement of debts and assets [of Henry Bourne] at the time of his marriage, 12 July 1838 [watermark 1839]

Letter from John Bourne of Walker Hall to his cousin, Henry Bourne, concerning business and family matters, 30 June 1840

Certificate for the payment of stamp duty by Henry Bourne, 24 November 1840

Estimate by Anthony Buston for building a house at Cornpark, n.d. [watermark 1842]

Record of Henry Bourne's liabilities of £2,370, 12 February 1835 - 11 May 1842, n.d.

Statement of liabilities and assets of Henry Bourne, February 1842, n.d.

Account of money borrowed [by Henry Bourne], 10 February 1842 - 23 August 1842, n.d.

Case and opinion of William Clayton Walters of Newcastle concerning Henry Bourne's marriage settlement (12 July 1838), 12 August 1843

Copy of the opinion of William Clayton Walters in D/X 938/55, 12 August 1843

"Particulars and dates of events" relating to Henry Bourne, bankrupt, 25 September 1832 - 19 December 1843

Rough copy of letter from Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, to J.L. Helmer, solicitor, of Romaldkirk, concerning a house and premises at Cotherstone, 7 October 1844

Petition to the Court of Review in Bankruptcy of John Bourne, the younger, George Bowness and William Tinkler concerning dispute over lands at Cotherstone and Barnard Castle, 8 February 1845

Draft authorisation of Joseph Hodgson of Kirby Lonsdale (co. Westmorland), farmer, trustee of the marriage settlement of Henry Bourne of Wolsingham, gent., to John Sherlock Helmer of Romaldkirk, solicitor, to collect rents at Cotherstone, May 1845

Letter from John Helmer of Romaldkirk to Henry Bourne of Wolsingham, solicitor, concerning a dispute with the Quakers about rights of way at Cotherstone, 4 July 1845

Letter from John Bourne, the younger, of Walker Hall, to Henry Bourne of Wolsingham concerning the provision of information requested, 18 September 1845

Notice by Joseph Hodgson to William Alderson to surrender premises and lands at Cornpark in Romaldkirk (co. York), 1 November 1845

Copy of letter from John Bourne, the younger, Walker Hall, to "Mr. Baker" concerning a remittance due from the sale of property at Wigton under the will of Elizabeth Bourne, deceased, 1 June 1846

Letter from George Moor [?], Durham, to Henry Bourne, solicitor, Wolsingham, concerning the title deeds for Stoney Reins, 9 October 1846

Abstract of John Hodgson's will with particulars of property sold by the executors, n.d. [post 1846]

Letter from J.S. Helmer to Henry Bourne of Wolsingham, solicitor, about storm damage to property, 8 April 1848

Subpoena for the appearance of Henry Bourne before the Commissioner appointed by the Court of Chancery in the case of William Wales v. John Bourne, the younger, 10 June 1848

Letter from John Helmer, Cotherstone, to Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, concerning storm damage to roof slates on "the whole of the premises" at Cotherstone and pew rights at Romaldkirk Church, 23 November 1848

Letter from John Helmer, Cotherstone, to Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, concerning tenancy of the ground "whereon the Thrashing Machine is erected ...", 14 November 1849

Letter from John Helmer, Cotherstone to Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, concerning the sale of woodland at Cotherstone, 21 April 1854

Letter from John Helmer, Cotherstone, to Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, concerning a dispute with Mr. Dent over the sale of woodland at Cotherstone, 13 May 1854

Letter from J. Helmer, Cotherstone, to [Henry Bourne], remitting rents and reporting a robbery by highwaymen on the road from Barnard Castle to Cotherstone, 8 June 1854

30 April 1855 (1) Henry Bourne of Wolsingham, gent. (2) William Hutchinson of Stanhope, gent. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of solicitor's practice at Wolsingham Consideration: £150 [Endorsed with details of the law library included in the transaction]

12 December 1857 Probate copy of will, 2 March 1854, of Henry Bourne of Wolsingham

Trust disposition and settlement of Primrose Kennedy Lamb, 10 December 1857, with codicil, 10 April 1862

1 February 1872 Probate copy of will, 22 March 1865, of Primrose Kennedy Lamb

2 June 1883 Appointment by Mary Jane Barnes of Skirlaugh Vicarage (co. York) for the trustees of her marriage settlement to stand possessed of £130 in shares of the Post Office Clerks' New Permanent Building Society

Letter from William Watson, Barnard Castle, to J.H. Bourne, London, forwarding a policy for deposit with the recipient's sister's marriage settlement, 19 March 1886

Notice from J. Hanby Holmes, steward of the manor of Cotherstone, to John Henry Bourne and John Todd concerning the right to enfranchise copyhold land, 31 January 1889

Report of the Management Committee of the Civil Service Supply Association, Ltd., concerning the holding and transmission of shares, August 1896

27 January 1903 Appointment by Mary Jane Barnes of Skirlaugh Vicarage (co. York) for the trustees of her marriage settlement to stand possessed of the sums of £143 16s 9d in the Post Office Permanent Building Society and £98 9s 5d in the Fourth Post Office Mutual Building Society

7 November 1906 Probate copy of will, 13 April 1904, of Mary Jane Barnes of Cotherstone, widow

Bill from Messrs. Watson, Watson & Wells, of Barnard Castle, solicitors, to J. H. Bourne of Cotherstone, esq., for conveyance of Meeting House Croft, Cotherstone, and stints on Cotherstone Moor, 22 May 1912

Copy of scheme under the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-94, for John Bourne's Educational Foundation at Cotherstone, 23 February 1915

Transcript of deed of 9 November 1853 establishing John Bourne's Educational Foundation at Cotherstone, n.d.

20 March 1919 Probate copy of will, 26 November 1908, of Sarah Josephine Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster

30 April 1926 Probate copy of will, 6 October 1881, of John Henry Bourne of Cotherstone, clerk in the Savings Bank Department of the G.P.O.

19 August 1940 Probate copy of will, 26 June 1926, of Henrietta Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster

Inland Revenue estate duty account and corrective account for Henrietta Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster, 29 November 1940 and 29 August 1946

3 February 1941 Probate copy of will, 28 June 1926, of Margaret Georgina Bourne of Cotherstone, widow, with correspondence concerning estate duty etc., 19 May 1941 - 8 November 1946

7 June 1950 Copy of will of Charlotte Loveday Macdowall of Hove (co. Sussex), spinster, with executors' account, 6 April - 1 October 1956

31 March 1955 Deed of appointment of John Dunbar MacDowall Bourne of Cotherstone, gent., Hilda Margaret Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster, and Harold Edward Bourne of Richmond (co. Surrey), as trustees of the Bourne family settlement of 1 July 1902

Copy of will, 10 January 1941 of Hilda Margaret Bourne of Cotherstone, spinster, with executors' accounts, 9 July 1957 - 5 April 1958

12 May 1771 (1) Earl and Countess of Strathmore (2) Governor & Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Copy of draft lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of veins of lead in the lordships of Lunedale, Lonton, Crosthwaite and Holwick (co. York) Consideration: various specified proportions of lead mined

18 July - 8 August 1777 (1) Andrew Robinson Bowes of Gibside, esq. (2) Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore (3) William Semple of Westminster, esq; Edward Barwell of Westminster, esq; Robert Dormer of Westminster, esq; Daniel Richards of London, esq; Isaac Ardesoif of Hampstead (co. Middlesex), esq; Laurence Gilson of Westminster, esq; William Brightwell Sumner of Westminster, esq; James Lawrell of St. Marylebone (co. Middlesex), esq; Stephen Lushington of London, esq., and Jacob Kirkman of Westminster, harpsichord maker (4) Thomas Goostrey of Westminster, esq, and William Birch of St. Clement Dane's (co. Middlesex) (5) Henry Bourn of Romaldkirk, gent. Attested copy of appointment by (1) and (2) of (5) as receiver of rents for certain lordships and estates in the counties of Durham and Yorkshire for securing annuities

18 July 1777 Duplicate of D/X 938/103

Copy of answer of Andrew Robinson Bowes to a bill of complaint in Chancery filed by Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, 1785

The Trial at Large of Andrew Robinson Bowes esq. taken in shorthand by J. Johnson of the Temple, 30 May 1787

Copy of petition of Henry Bourn against Chancery decree (of 19 June 1788), 12 November 1788

Discharge of Henry Bourn by the Countess of Strathmore in compliance with a Chancery Court decree of 19 June 1788 ordering payment of £1,639 8s 3 3/4d, 13 April 1792

Papers concerning the debts owing to Henry Bourn of Cotherstone by Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes, 23 - 24 August 1798

Copy of bounder of the manor of Bowes, n.d. [early 19 century]

Copy of resolutions of a meeting of the freeholders of Bowes, 8 August 1808

Fee farm rental for Bowes, 1814

Copy of letter from John Bourne, Bowes, to J.B.S. Morritt M.P., London, concerning the appointment of trustees for the manor of Bowes, 22 February 1818

Letter from J.B.S. Morritt M.P., 24 Portland Place, London, to John Bourn, Bowes, concerning nomination as trustee for the freeholders of Bowes, 24 February 1818

Resolutions of a general meeting of freeholders of the manor of Bowes, 6 March 1818

Proposed alterations to the resolutions of the general meeting of freeholders of the manor of Bowes on 6 March 1818, n.d.

Letter from George Bowness, Rokeby, to John Bourne, Bowes, forwarding a copy of a letter from Mr. Morritt to Mr. Wheldon, 11 March 1818, concerning the Bowes freeholders, together with a copy of John Bourne's acknoledgement to George Bowness, 27 March 1818

20 January 1819 (1) Morris, Lord Rokeby, and Matthew Montague of Denton Castle (co. Northumberland), esq. (2) John Bailey of Chillingham (co. Northumberland), esq. (3) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esq. (4) Sir Henry Lawson of Brough Hall (co. York), bart; J.B.S. Morritt of Rokeby Park, esq; Sheldon Cradock of Hartforth (co. York), esq; Thomas Harrison of Stubb House (co. York), esq; and Rev. John Headlam of Wycliffe (co. York) Copy of deed by (1) to vest the manor of Bowes in trustees named in (4)

Copy of Chancery order for the execution of a deed of 20 January 1819 conveying the manor of Bowes to named trustees, 8 August 1826

Notice by the trustees of the manor of Bowes concerning sporting rights, 10 August 1826

Notice of Courts Leet and Baron of the manor of Bowes, 7 September 1826

Notice of perambulation of the boundaries of the manor of Bowes, 11 September 1826

Resolutions of a meeting of the freeholders of the manor of Bowes concerning the keeping of the manorial records in the Town chest, 19 September 1826

Memorandum of protests by John Bourn against the holding of a Court Leet and Court Baron and the perambulation of the boundaries of the manor of Bowes, 23 - 28 September 1826

Resolutions of a meeting of freeholders of the parish of Bowes, with copy of a forwarding note, 26 -27 October 1826

Notice from the lords of the manor in trust to the freeholders of Bowes concerning the preservation of game, 30 July 1828

Letter from Lord Rokeby, Thoralby, nr. Bedale (co. York) to John Dent, Boldron, nr. Bowes, concerning shooting rights, 31 July 1828

Copy of agreement by the freeholders of the manor of Bowes to resist jointly actions against "our right of sporting or other manorial rights ...", 9 August 1828

Resolutions of a general meeting of the freeholders of the manor of Bowes, 11 August 1828

Printed resolution of a meeting of the freeholders of Bowes supporting the proceedings of the lords of the manor in trust, 11 August 1828

Notice of special rate assessment on the freeholders of the townships of Bowes and Boldron for defraying the cost of the Chancery suit for recovering the manor of Bowes, 27 November 1828

Letter from William Watson, Gray's Inn Gate, London to John Bourn, Bowes, concerning the rights and proceedings of the freeholders in the manor of Bowes, 2 May 1829

Letter from William Watson, Barnard Castle, to John Bourn, Bowes, concerning the dispute of the freeholders with the lords of the manor of Bowes, n.d.

Letter from Robert Rayne, Barford, to Mr. Shawe, Bowes, concerning a meeting with Lord Rokeby, 25 June 1829

Letter from J.B.S. Morritt, Rokeby, to [John] Bourn, Bowes, concerning proceedings of the trustees of the lordship of the manor of Bowes, 29 August [1829]

Assessment for defraying the costs of Mr. Watson's Bill concerning the manor of Bowes, 29 December 1831

Bounder of Cotherstone, n.d.

Copy of the custom of the manor of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite, n.d. [watermark 1834]

"Names of Person, entitled to a share in the By law at Cotherstone taken from the Township Book ..." with minutes of general meetings of members of the By law, 1833 - 7 April 1837

Record of orders and instructions confirmed at a meeting of the owners of stints on Cotherstone Moor, 9 July 1867

Letters and a receipt from Sydney Harrison, curator of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, to Harold Bourne, Cotherstone, concerning the deposit of a box of records relating to the manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite, 24 January - 2 February 1935

"Notes taken from Mr. Lively's & Mr. Fotherby's Books of Tythes of Gainsford Vicarage" for 1628 - 43, n.d. [c.1800]

Charge of Mr. Justice Coleridge to the special jury in Tatham v. Wright at Lancaster Assizes, 9 September 1836