Catalogue

n.d. [12th c.] (1) S. Count of Britanny (2) Torfin, sheriff, and his son Torfin Feoffment of a fee and land which belonged to Hermer, sheriff, for which Alcuin is not to answer to (1) Witness: Geoffrey, his son; Alan, his brother; H., Countess; Conan, chaplain; Sutward, sheriff; Hugo, son of Eudon

n.d. [c.1240] (1) Robert son of Martin de Lelleford and Sybilia, his wife (2) Richard, his son Grant of 1 messuage adjacent to the house of Laurence Belig on the east, which Alan Todde held before (1) and 1r. in the croft of the same messuage and 1 butt against the acre of Hugh Pritic and 1 butt in the east of Swyndellawe, next to the land, formerly of William de Morel on the east and 1a. under Langeleybank Witnesses: Thomas de Catteden; William de Hyl; Robert Godine; Alan, son of Robert; Symon, son of [Agum]; Adam Wilde; Roger Marescallo; Adam de Paris; William, son of Matilde; Eustace, clerk

20 May 1263 (1) Gilbert Belur de Kokessowe (2) Gilbert, provost of Durham Recognizance in 40s. to keep the peace with penalty of 100s. Witnesses: Thomas Lew[s]yn; Robert [cot] de Coken; Peter de Bonce; Robert, clerk; and John de Fery, clerk

18 September 1333 (1) Peter del Hay de Spaldyngton (2) Robert, son of Thomas Trayner Gift of a messuage and 8 bovates of land in the township of Hagthorn Rent: £4 p.a.

n.d. [early 14th c.] (1) Margery, formerly wife of Elisey Rudde de [Ornesby] (2) Robert, son of Barthomey de Haydur Quit claim of 1/3 of a bovate of land in the fields of Haydur which Elisens sold to Master Roger de Haydur; (2) paying to (1) 2s.6d. p.a. for life Witnesses: John de [Ornesby] Williamson of H[ ] of the same; Roger Dendeam of the same; Thomas Lambert of the same; Alexander Faward of the same

n.d. [14th c.] (1) John, son of William de [B]erningham (2) Lord Edward Charles, knight, and lady Alice, his wife, daughter of Robert de Scales Lease for life of one part of a capital messuage adjoining (1)'s house, and a croft of Richard Parcour, son of Stephen de [B]erningham, and 1a. of land in the township of [B]erningham

26 June 1394 (1) Thomas Chaunceler, de [Houk] (2) Margaret, wife of (1); Katherine, daughter of (1); John Spark de [Houk] Gift of livestock and goods

10 December [1446] (1) Jonet of Fethrestanhaugh (2) John of Dacre Acknowledgement of debt of £40 owed to (2) by Alexander Fethrestranhagh, son of (1) and on failure to pay agreement to pay 20s. p.a. for her life and 40s. arrears owed to (1) by Alexander Fethrestranhagh

25 June 1468 (1) William Smerethwait (2) Richard Colman of Durham, glover Articles of apprenticeship for 4 years Witnesses: Robert Smerethwait; William Ronsby; William Durham

Receipt of William Buttre, receiver of Robert Moulton, Lord of Mount of St. John and Chipburn in England, for 66s.8d. from Thomas Ricroft of Durham, renter of all land and tenements within bishopric of Durham belonging to said lord, 4 June 1478

20 April 1496 (1) Thomas Stevynson of Durham, 'fleshewer'; Thomas Hall of Wolsyngham, clerk; Hugh Whitfeld of Muggleswyk, yeoman (2) Ralph Boythe, clerk, master of hospital of Kerpyere Bond in £6 6s.8d.

17 August 1528 (1) William Herone de Forde, Northumberland (2) William Toode of Aplinden, yeoman Bond in 5 marks securing 4 marks

29 September 1529 (1) Christopher Huddeswell, lately of Richmond, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Roland Place of Hawnaby, Yorkshire, esq.; Henry Gogayne of Richmond, merchant Bond in £100 for performance of covenants contained in indenture of 27 September 1529

10 September 1568 (1) George Stockdall of Gristwate, Yorkshire, gent.; Richard Stockdall of Gristwate, Yorkshire, gent. (2) William Storey of Darlynton Bond in £20 for payment of £10 in the parish church of Northallerton on the feast of St. John the Baptist

1573 (1) John Wharton of Ivelet; Ralph Simpson of Turnerloge; Ralph Sympson of Wintringarthes; Richard Futhergill of Kearton; James Hutchinson of Reyth; Christopher Wilson of Ellartoe; Christopher Curle of Storton; Geoffrey Rudde of Burghe under Staynemor; Francis Whittle of Stainsdell; John Anderson de Keld in Swandell; Symon Anderson of [Rodem]; Isabell Cysson alias Sympson of Wedderbye (2) George Charder of [Reyth]; Richard Wenslaye of Brokeybank; John Jorden of Crosethwayt Bond in £400 for performance of covenants

5 March 1573/74 (1) Sir George Bowes of the Isle, knight; Thomas Boynton of Barmeston, Yorkshire; Robert Bowes of Aske, Yorkshire; John Saire of Warsall, Yorkshire, Francis Wicklif of Coxhowe; Anthony Preston of East Murton, esq.; William Elmedon of Wilton, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Richard Robinsone of Cowton Grange, Yorkshire, yeoman (3) Henry Bullmer of Tirsdale, esq. Lease for 6 years (and counterpart) of the manor, town and graundge of Elmeden Rent: £100 p.a.

11 August 1576 (1) Richard Belasis (2) Henry Anderson, gent. (3) Master Caverley, lawyer; Master Brathway, lawyer; Master Warnsbley, lawyer; Master Pales, lawyer; John Hesh; Robert Bowes; arbitrators Memordandum of arbitration by (3) of dispute between (2) and (l) made at Newcastle on above date, by which (2) is to pay (1) £26 13s.4d. and (2) is to give (1) a gelding of the value of £18 6s.8d. on the making of a release and ordering that the way in controversy shall be set out by John Hesh and Robert Bowes and that (2) must make proper dykes around all the new enclosed grounds as well as (1) Endorsement: William Henderson of Byrktown over the hill, servant with Hobsoster of Stone garthsyde upon the borders bought the stock of Symond Lynton of Shalbye, yeoman

20 May 1578 (1) Robert Coward of Gaynfurthe (2) George Herbert, servant to Robert of Aske, Yorkshire Bargain and sale of interest in a tenement in Gaynfurth Consideration: £6

4 May 1606 (1) Roger Lumley of Axsheells alias Axwell houses, gent. (2) John Lumley, gent., brother of (1) Bond in £100 for performance of covenants in deed poll of equal date relating to bargain and sale of Great Spittle Close

13 September 1611 (1) Roger Lumley de Axwell houses, gent. (2) John Lumley of City of London, esq.; Thomas Linnaston of London, gent. Bond in £224 for performance of covenants contained in indentures of equal date

22 December 1632 (1) Ann Comyn, widow of Mark Comyn of Helmdon, yeoman (2) Humphrey Wharton of Gillinwood, Yorkshire; Thomas Wharton, son and heir of Humphrey Bargain and sale of 1a., part of a close called Mark Comyns Ridinge in Helmedon already occupied by (2) and on which a new furnace and water course have been constructed Consideration: £24

7 April 1642 (1) John Fetherstonhalgh of Stanhophall, esq. (2) William Dixon of Biggins, yeoman Bond in £200 for performance of covenants contained in lease of equal date

1 May 1647 (1) Humphrey Wharton of Ghillingwood, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Thomas Bowes of Streetlam Castle; Charles Vane of Rabye Castle, esq. Bargain and sale with enfeoffment of Mark Commyns Rydings in Holmeden Consideration: £130

2 March 1685/86 (1) John Hutchinson of Framwelgate, gent. (2) William Bowes of Streatlam Castle Bond in £660 for performance of covenants contained in release of equal date

21 March 1731/32 (1) John Hunter of [Fav]erdalehouse, near Cockerton (2) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. Bond in £180 for performance of covenants of indenture of equal date

17 August 1843 (1) Rowland Errington of Sandoe, Northumberland, esq.; Sir William Massey Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire, bart. (2) Elizabeth Lee of Beverley, East Yorkshire, spinster Bond in £2000 for the repayment of a loan of £1000

14 March 1804 (1) Matthias Kerrison of Bungay, Suffolk (2) John Morris late of Charlotte St, now of Southwark, Surrey, esq. (3) Rowland Stephenson; Edward David Batson; Edward Stephenson; John Stephenson; William Remington; John Smith; all of Lombard St., London, bankers, co-partners Deed of covenant (and counterpart) to produce deeds concerning messuages and lands at Spexhall, Wissett and Halesworth, Suffolk

23 January 1805 (1) John Button, late of Grays Thurrock, now of Stifford, Essex (2) John Ord of Lincolns Inn fields, Middlesex, esq.; Joseph Planta of British Museum Bloomsbury, Middlesex, esq. (3) Ralph Johnson Wall of Bread Street Hill, London, gent. Appointment of (3) as receiver of rents and profits of an estate at West Thurrock, Essex

23 and 24 April 1805 (1) Henrietta Steorgin of Henly, Suffolk, widow (2) Simon Lee of Lyme, Dorset (3) Thomas Clarke Trotman of Island of Barbados, West Indies, esq. Lease and release of plantation called Bulkeley's, Barbados, for use of (1) for term of 2000 years then to the use of (3) for ever Consideration: Further instalment of £20000 purchase money plus interest as per articles of agreement

4 June 1805 (1) William Batley of Blackheath, Kent, merchant (2) Edward Halfhide of Tooting, Surrey, mealman Lease of part of a mill at South End, Lewisham, Kent for term of 21 years Rent: £215 p.a.

29 and 30 April 1811 (1) Philip Button of West Thurrock, Essex, esq., tenant in tail (2) Ralph Longstaff of St. Helen's Place, London, gent. (3) James Millword of St. Helen's Place, gent. Lease and release for making tenant to praecipe for suffering a common recovery of farm at Higham, Kent, etc.

26 August 1803 (1) John Norton at Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, mathematical instrument maker (2) William Henry Potter of Pemberton Row, London, flute maker Assignment of a moiety of a patent for an improvement in the construction of a water mill for remainder of a term of 14 years Consideration: 10s. and £100 to enable them to procure letters patent

8 May 1805 (1) Martha Small late of Horsingham, Wiltshire, now of Clifton, Gloucestershire, spinster (2) Jacob Hale of Clifton, Gloucestershire, cordwainer (3) Ambrose Cox of Staley St., St. Giles, Middlesex, victualler; Lambert Small of Sheepshead, Leicestershire, gardener Settlement previous to the marriage of (1) and (2) that will transfer to (3) £200 5% bank navy annuities belonging (1) in trust for (1) then to the benefit of any children or at the direction of (1)

11 December 1805 (1) John, Earl Mexborough in Ireland; Elizabeth, countess, (formerly Stephenson) (2) Rowland Stephenson; Wanley Sawbridge; John Stephenson; trustees and executors of the will of Sir William Stephenson Discharge from carrying out the directions of the will of Sir William Stephenson

19 December 1805 (1) John Nyren of Bromley, Middlesex, muslin bleacher and tambour worker (2) William Hayne of Milk St., London, merchant Deed of covenant that (1) will not make or sell any articles under the letters patent for the mode of printing of fancy patterns on cotton lace net instead of tambouring or working them in colours except for (2)

8 January 1806 (1) John Morris, late of Charlotte St., now a prisoner in the Kings Bench prison, gent. (2) David Roderick of Watford, Hertford, clerk; William Walter Vane of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, esq. (3) Stephenson's, Batson and Co., London, bankers Deed of indemnity by (1) and (2) to (3) against all claims by any creditors of (1) regarding the sale of estates in Essex and Suffolk

1 August 1808 (1) Matthew Howard of Cateaton St., London, esq. (2) Henry Downer and John Sanders of Fleet Street, London, ironmongers Lease of 153, known by the name and sign of the Anchor, Fleetstreet, for 7 years Rent: £130 p.a.

2 January 1809 (1) Peter Henry Roach of Rainham, Essex, clerk (2) Frances Sarah Button of Ford Place, Stifford, Essex, spinster (3) Zachariah Button of Ford Place, esq.; Henry Downer of Fleet St., London, esq. Settlement previous to the marriage of (1) and (2) assigning life assurance policy of £2000 of (1) and £2500 of (2) to (3) in trust for (1) and (2) for their use

30 May 1809 (1) Oliver Toulmin of Duke St., Adelphi, Middlesex, navy agent (2) Walter Urquhart of Great Baddow, Essex, esq.; John Soakes of Mitcham, Surrey, esq. (1) and (2) assignees of estate and effects of Oliver Beckett, late of Winchester, wine merchant, bankrupt, deceased (3) James Burrough, Thomas Evance and Charles Cotton, esq., commissioners of a bankrupt, Oliver Beckett (4) John Kingston of Broad St., London, merchant; William Bowman of Lombard St., London, banker Assignment by (1) and (2) at request and direction of (3) to (4) of the estate and effects of Oliver Beckett, deceased, in trust for the use and benefit of his creditors

21 June 1810 (1) James Creighton of Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, Middlesex, bookseller (2) Anthony King Newman of Leadenhall St., London, bookseller and Thomas Spalding of Drury Lane, Middlesex, stationer, creditors of (1) (3) Other creditors of (1) Letter of licence for 9 months with power for inspectors to superintend affairs