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16 November 1675 (1) Phillip Brunskill of Bowes, gent (2) Robert Johnson of Barnard Castle, gent Photocopy of bargain and sale with feoffment of a messuage and garth in Thorngate, Barnard Castle, currently in the tenure of Margery Allanson, widow, from (1) to (2) to the use of (1) and Mary, his wife, during their lives and thereafter to the use of Thomas Brunskill, their grandson; boundaries as stated

27 January 1802 (1) George Comins of Brackenbury Leases, farmer (2) Rev. Thomas Peacock of Thornton Hall, clerk (3) William Comins of Low Walworth, farmer (4) Christopher Middleton of Summer House, in the parish of Gainford, farmer (5) Richard William Johnston of Darlington, gent Bargain and sale with feoffment from (1) and (2) to (4) with one moiety to the use of (4) and the moiety to the use of (2) of dwelling house and appurtenances in Barnard Castle, now in occupation of William Moor; boundaries as stated; livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £34

2 September 1805 (1) Cornelius Harrison of Stubhouse, husband of Ann Brunskill, heir of Phillip Brunskill (2) Charles Raine of Barnard Castle, baker Bargain and sale with feoffment of dwellinghouse and garden in Thorngate, Barnard Castle, as in D/X 1085/1, currently in the possession of (2); boundaries as stated; livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £147

23 April 1881 (1) Robert Barker of Barnard Castle, miller, executor of the will of Isabella Raine, dec'd. (2) Charles Cathrick of Moor Cottage, near Bingley, Yorks, draper, heir of Emma Raine, dec'd. (3) Samuel Barker of Barnard Castle, grocer (4) Charles Bass Watson of Barnard Castle, gent, and Frances Johnson of Barnard Castle, widow Conveyance and mortgage of property as described in D/X 1085/3 from (1) and (2) to (3) with mortgage between (3) and (4) to raise the additional finance required for purchase Consideration: £305

1 November 1895 (1) Charles Harvey Watson of Barnard Castle, fruiterer, executor of the will of Frances Johnson (2) Charles Harvey Watson of Barnard Castle, fruiterer, and George Barker of Barnard Castle, solicitor's clerk, trustees of the will of Rachel Baker (3) Robert Thomas Baker of Barnard Castle, grocer Conveyance from (2) to (3) of a dwelling house now used as a shop in Thorngate, Barnard Castle (as in D/X 1085/3) with (1) agreeing to reconvey the property prior to the present conveyance as this had been omitted to be done following the discharge of the mortgage in D/X 1085/4 Consideration: £500

2 November 1895 (1) Robert Thomas Baker of Barnard Castle, grocer (2) William James Watson and Harry Crawford Watson, both of Barnard Castle, gents Mortgage between (1) and (2) of property as in D/X 1085/4 with, on dorse, reconveyance of 8 October 1897 Consideration: £300 (1 membrane, parchment) /7 27 March 1907 (1) George Woodliffe Morton of Barnard Castle, refreshment house keeper, and George Barker of Barnard Castle, workhouse master, executors of Robert Thomas Baker, dec'd. (2) William James Watson and Harry Crawford Watson, both of Barnard Castle, gents (3) Margaret Louisa Watson of Barnard Castle Mortgage between (1) and (2) and (1) and (3) of property as in D/X 1085/4 Total consideration: £300 On dorse: 26 January 1921 (1) Harry Crawford Watson [of Barnard Castle] (2) Harry Crawford Watson and Rev. Alfred Henry Ford of Kenley Common, Surrey, clerk in holy orders, executors and trustees of Margaret Louisa Watson (3) Harry Crawford Watson [of Barnard Castle] Transfer of mortgage from (2) to (3) of property as above Consideration: £100

9 April 1907 (1) George Woodliffe Morton of Barnard Castle, refreshment house keeper and George Barker of Barnard Castle, workhouse master (2) William Cameron of Westpark, Lunedale, North Riding of Yorks, farmer Mortgage from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 1085/4 together with an adjacent property consisting of the front dwelling house with stable, coach houses and other buildings adjoining Consideration: £200 Also letters giving notice of the above mortgage to the trustees of Jane Wilkinson and also to Messrs. W.J. and H.C. Watson, to which the above properties are also mortgaged, 15 April 1907; also receipt for the portion of the mortgage principal sum paid to C.F. Cameron by G.W. Cameron in respect of the trustees of R.T. Baker, dec'd., n.d. [1922]

29 December 1934 (1) Eliza Watson of Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle, widow, and Arthur Helstrip Nicholson of Barnard Castle, cashier, personal representatives of Harry Crawford Watson, dec'd. (2) Urcilla Stephenson of 35 Bede Road, Barnard Castle, widow Transfer of mortgage from (1) to (2) of property as described in D/X 1085/4 Consideration: £300 On dorse: acknowledgement by (2) of the discharge of the above mortgage debt, 15 April 1937

16 April 1937 (1) George Woodliffe Morton, 12 Vane Road, Barnard Castle, gent (2) John William Nelson of Startforth, Yorks, plumber Conveyance from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 1085/4, with plan appended Consideration: £300

17 April 1937 (1) John William Nelson of Startforth, Yorks, plumber (2) Urcilla Stephenson, 35 Bede Road, Barnard Castle, widow Charge by way of legal mortgage from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 1085/5 Consideration: £270 Also appended: transfer of mortgage from way of assent to John Keston Alcock, Dial House, Winston following the death of (2), 24 January 1949 On dorse: statutory receipt for discharge of above mortgage, 4 January 1967

11 February 1958 (1) John William Nelson of 13 Thorngate, Barnard Castle, plumber (2) William Innes Watson of Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle, solicitor, and Sam Barnard Goldberg of 35 Montalbo Road, Barnard Castle, law clerk, executors of John Keston Alcock, dec'd. (3) The Northern Eastern Housing Association, no. 5 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne Photocopy of draft conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of a piece of land at the rear of 13 Thorngate, Barnard Castle; (with attached plan)

31 March 1987 (1) Melvie Spencer, 18 Low Startforth, Barnard Castle and John Nelson of 13 Thorngate, Barnard Castle, executors of Joseph William Nelson, dec'd. (2) Trustees of Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust Conveyance from (1) to (2) of dwelling house and cottage with appurtenances, known as 13 and 13a Thorngate, Barnard Castle (formerly a dwelling house and shop known as 13 Thorngate, with attached plan) Consideration: £24,000 Also: copy letters of administration of the estate of Joseph William Nelson, July 1986

4 January 1990 (1) North Housing Association, Ltd., Ridley House, Regent Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) Trustees of Teesdale Buildings Preservation trust Photocopy of conveyance from (1) to (2) of land as in D/X 1085/12, with attached plans Consideration: £1 Also: letter from The Housing Corporation, London, to North Housing Association giving general consent for the sale of the above property, 15 August 1989

Colin and Anne Bell, A Brief History of Harperley Estate and its Inhabitants, c.2005