Catalogue

Letter of attorney of Talbot Bowes of Richmond appointing Rowland Sigwicke to recover debts, etc., 30 September 1600

Letters from various people to Ralph Gowland (and replies) concerning legal actions of Lady Elizabeth Bowes, title to 'Robart Sides', Beckley and Andrews House collieries etc., May 1714 - 19 January 1739/40

Letters from various people, including Nathanael Piggot, to John Rudd, and from John Rudd to Nathanael Piggot concerning the purchase of property in Worsall, financial matters, etc., 29 September 1724 - 31 October 1730 and n.d.

Letter from Thomas Rudd, Durham, to Hutton Perkins esq., concerning George Bowes' marriage settlement, 17 May 1743

Letters from various people to John Dixon (and replies) concerning encroachments on Barnard Castle moor, properties inherited by the 9th Earl of Strathmore from the Nicholson family and acquisition of lands at Alwent, 16 December 1752 - 26 December 1758

Letter from Francis Blake, London, to Christopher Johnson concerning arrangements for an unspecified inquest, 19 September 1764

Copy letter from Joseph Peele to Mr. Dodd concerning an unspecified legal case and a petition heard in parliament that day in [Morton Davison v Earl of Bute, Lord Ravensworth, John, 9th Earl of Strathmore, et al.], 19 - 21 January 1774

Letters from John Glover, Staindrop, to Messrs. Harborne and Seton, concerning various tenancy disputes involving Andrew Robinson Bowes, 20 April - 12 December 1785

Letters from Edward Fairless, Auckland, and an unknown person at Ridley Hall to Mr. Griffith concerning the sale of unspecified lands, 12 June - 8 July 1792

Letters from various people to John Trotter, Lincoln's Inn, Mr. Cannon, London, Nicholas Law, and Mr. Harrison, Barnard Castle, and draft letter from unknown person to Mr. Palmer, Gray's Inn, concerning the will of John Johnson, conveyances to Lord Strathmore, etc., 13 May 1800 - 17 February 1818

Letters from various people, including Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, and John, 10th Earl of Strathmore, concerning legal disputes with Andrew Robinson Bowes, and the effect of them on the estates, with related papers, 24 December 1785 - 16 April 1799

Letters from various people concerning losses incurred by Hylton tenants as a result of their support for Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, and their prosecution by William Birch, with related papers, 1786

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the numerous court cases between the Rev. Reginald Bligh, Rector of Romaldkirk, and Romaldkirk tenants over his claims to tithes, 11 March 1793 - 1 February 1803

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the various legal disputes between the 10th Earl of Strathmore and Andrew Robinson Bowes in Chancery, House of Lords, etc., with related papers, 3 May 1800 - 9 September 1809

Letters from various people concerning the mortgage and sale of lands at Marwood, Alwent, Barnard Castle, etc., to William Davis and the repurchase by the Earl of Strathmore, with related court case papers, 1806 - 1811

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning miscellaneous estate matters including Barnard Castle moor inclosure, manor courts, accounts, timber, Gainford tithes and staff, with related memoranda, accounts, etc., 3 March 1780 - 31 December 1799

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the Kirklevington and Worsall estates, including the sale of farms, and accusations of bad management, with related papers, 17 February 1794 - 14 May 1801

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the sale of lands at Willington, Billy Hall, Haswell, etc., to Mr. Greenwell, Mr. Russell and William Humes, with related papers, 14 March 1799 - October 1810

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning miscellaneous estate matters, including tenancies, settlement of bills, Gainford tithes, timber and Wemmergill lead mines, with related papers, 1 January 1800 - 9 October 1803

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning Tanfield moor and Blackburn fell enclosures, 31 March 1800 - 6 September 1802

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the administration and sale of Lord Strathmore's lands at Blakeley Hill, with related papers, [8 July] 1800 - 28 January 1804

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the purchase of Timothy Hutton's estate at Stainton and Broomielaw, with related copy deeds, etc., 28 January 1801 - 31 July 1809

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the Mickleton enclosure Bill and Award, and in particular the claims of the Rev. Reginald Bligh, Rector of Romaldkirk, relating to tithes, 3 March 1801 - 25 August 1809

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning the sale of Haswell estate to Sir George Shee, with related papers (1779 - 1803), 31 January 1804 - 28 February 1810

Letters from various people (and replies) concerning miscellaneous estate matters including land conveyances, annuities, staff, Wemmergill lead mines, and the coal trade, with related papers, 22 March 1804 - 10 August 1829 and n.d.

Letters from various people, including John Hullock and R. Hopper Williamson (and replies) concerning disputes with Lord Thanet over the boundaries of the Wemmergill estate, 15 December 1806 - 4 April 1808

Letter from James Wilson, Darlington, to James Farrer Steadman, with his account of interest due to Lord Strathmore as a creditor of the Stockton and Barnard Castle turnpike trustees, 14 August 1800

Copy will of Ralph Johnson Wall of Princes Street, London, devising property in Whorlton, Princes Street, etc., with executorship account, 1806 - 1814

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning opposition to the passing of an act to enable the Stockton and Darlington Railway Co. to alter and enlarge the railway line, with related papers, 15 January 1821 - 3 July 1830

Letters from various people, including Richard Vanheythuysen, to Thomas Wheldon concerning disputed Gainford tithes, 30 November 1822 - 14 February 1831

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning whether Knightsfield lies in Evenwood or West Auckland, 7 July 1823 - 20 January 1824

Letters from J.D. Paul, London, and John Maughan, Gibside, to Thomas Wheldon concerning proceeds of the stock of the late John Page of Streatlam, with related papers, November 1838 - February 1839

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning an appeal by Hunderthwaite proprietors against the boundary drawn up by the Romaldkirk enclosure commissioner, with related papers, 1811 - 1826

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning Romaldkirk tithe disputes involving the Rev. Reginald Bligh, 17 June 1813 - 14 April 1821

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, including the valuation of wood at Cotherstone, Shipley quarries and Lune tenancies, with related papers, June 1830 - June 1832

Letters from Mr. Watson to Thomas Wheldon, and copy letters of John Bowes to the Rector of Romaldkirk, concerning the lease of glebe lands and farms, 16 September 1836 - 29 April 1837

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the perambulation of the boundaries of Wemmergill estate, 29 May - 30 June 1837

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning lands taken from the Winlaton Partnership estate for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, with valuations and draft conveyance, 21 March 1834 - 11 November 1847

Letters from G.H. Ramsay, Derwenthaugh, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the leasing of land at Derwenthaugh, 1 December 1846 - 29 November 1847

Letters from Mr. Bowlby to Thomas Wheldon, memoranda of terms, list of subscribers and related papers concerning a lease by John Bowes to John F. Harrison to the Stanhope and Tyne Rail Road Co. of a wayleave through Hylton estate, April 1833 - July 1834

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the lease of Nos. 26 and 27 Clements Lane, London, to William Henry Sherwin, 31 July 1847 - 15 January 1848

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the lease of 54 Conduit Street, London, to Francis Graydon Johnston, with related schedule of fixtures, 20 November 1847 - 24 January 1848

Letters from various people, including John Botcherby and Charles Barrett, to Thomas Wheldon (and replies) concerning various Evenwood collieries' court cases, including Healey v Botcherby (see legal disputes), 16 November 1832 - 26 December 1842

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning Mr. Stagg's proposal to leave Evenwood collieries, with statements of facts from Braham v Strathmore and Robinson v Strathmore (see legal disputes) and related papers, January - July 1833

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the size of corves for carrying coal from face to bank [at Norwood colliery], with related papers, 27 March 1833 - 23 August 1837 and n.d.

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the leasing and administration of the Evenwood coal mines, with related papers, 6 October 1833 - 19 September 1841

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon (and replies and correspondence passed on to Wheldon) concerning a dispute over the working of a stone quarry on Mr. Todd's land at Evenwood by the Owners of Thrushwood colliery, with related papers, 7 February 1835 - 26 September 1837

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the deed of settlement for the regulation of the Durham County Coal Co., with related papers, 8 July 1836 - 29 January 1837

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning Charles Barrett v the Stockton and Darlington Railway Co. over cost of transport of coal (see legal disputes), 28 April 1837 - 23 January 1841

'Crag Wood collieries': letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon and J.D. Holmes (and related correspondence passed on to them) concerning the leasing of Gordon, Norwood, Evenwood, Cragwood and Storey Lodge collieries, rents due to John Bowes, damages, etc., with related papers, 20 July 1839 - 17 September 1851

Letters from the Durham County Coal Co. and others to Thomas Wheldon concerning Thrushwood colliery damages, 11 March 1842 - 20 December 1843

'Durham County Coal Co.': letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon (and replies) concerning the leasing and administration of the Evenwood collieries including a dispute over boundaries with the Northern Mining Co., and rents, 22 January 1841 - 25 July 1848

'Gordon Colliery distress papers': letters to Thomas Wheldon concerning the distraint of Cragwood, Gordon and Storey Lodge collieries for the rent arrears of Thomas Cowley and John Hymer, with related papers, 1842 - 1849

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning the lease of Evenwood collieries to the Northern Coal Mining Co., with related memoranda, 18 November 1844 - 26 July 1848

Letters from J. Brunnel, Durham, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the grant of land at Great Usworth by John Bowes and Lord Ravensworth to the Commissioners for building new churches, with draft conveyances, 7 April - 27 December 1834

Letter from P.G. Ellison, Newcastle, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the lease by Sir Thomas Clavering of his coalmines at Byermoor, Crook Bank and Crook Gate to the owners of Axwell Park colliery, 12 February 1842

Letter from George Hunter, Belmont, to Thomas Wheldon concerning Marley Hill tentale accounts, 6 November 1847

Letters from various people including Robert W. Bainbridge, Middleton House, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the leasing and administration of the Wemmergill lead mines, 15 June 1836 - 4 August 1845

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon concerning Burlinson et al. v Strathmore, Coates et al. in Chancery, over non-payment of £400, with accounts, etc. relating to Joseph Coates' tenancy of Broomielaw Farm, Stainton, 1811 - 1828

Letters from William Hutchinson, Eggleston, to Thomas Wheldon concerning Romaldkirk tithes, the audit of Barnard Castle School's accounts, a turnpike meeting etc., 21 January 1815 - 23 December 1817

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon (and replies) concerning miscellaneous matters, including Barnard Castle poor rates, Blackburn Fell enclosure, Holwick land tax and the payment of various bills, 18 April 1819 - 15 September 1845

Letters from Ramshaw and Chambers to Thomas Wheldon asking for payment for their valuations of properties on the Streatlam and Wemmergill estates, with related papers, 1822 - 1831

Letters from various lawyers to Thomas Wheldon (and replies) concerning the examination of defendants, etc. in Bowes v Strathmore, 30 April - 5 June 1828

Letters from various people, including Anna Maria Jessup, Bird Hill, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the redemption of an annuity sold by Anna Maria Jessup to Mr. Bowker, 27 March - 24 August 1830

Letters from R. Ellis, Edinburgh, and John Dunn, Durham, to Thomas Wheldon concerning the mortgage of Durham estates in favour of James Hamilton and John Buchan, with related copy bonds and deeds, 13 April - 7 December 1833

Letters from various people to Thomas Wheldon expressing their assent or dissent to the proposal for the West Durham Railway to pass through their lands, with related papers, 26 December 1836 - 11 February 1837

Appointment of Thomas Wheldon as attorney for John Bowes as regards the Commutation of Tithes Act, 23 October 1837

Prospectus of Durham South-West Junction Railway, solicitor, Thomas Wheldon, n.d. [early 19th c.]

Report and accounts of the Barnard Castle Branch Bible Society, with list of subscriptions, Thomas Wheldon serving on the Committee, 17 March 1813

Bill of Henry Cooke of Richmond Mills to Thomas Wheldon for cartridges, etc., 9 May 1817

Notice to first cousins of Thomas Thompson of Gretabridge, deceased, to forward their pedigree to Thomas Wheldon, solicitor, Barnard Castle, 31 May 1819

Notice of the establishment of the Lartington Association for the prosecution of felons, drawn up by Thomas Wheldon, 'our solicitor', 21 July 1819

Draft notice [by Thomas Wheldon] to the Churchwardens and Overseers of West Auckland that Thomas Humphries will appeal against their rate demand, with subpoena for Thomas Faber to appear before Quarter Sessions to give evidence on same, 2 - 13 October 1823

Thomas Wheldon's copy of a report on the state and condition of the roads and mines on the estates of Greenwich hospital in Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, 1823

Letters to Thomas Wheldon concerning the building of a new road from Alston to Barnard Castle and Abbey Bridge, with minutes of trustees, estimates, etc., 1828 - 1830

List of subscriptions made towards the lighting and heating of Barnard Castle church, including money from Thomas Wheldon, [drawn up by Wheldon], 1841

Sale notice for Eastwood Hall, Greta Bridge, North Bitts Farm, Bowes, and a house in Galgate, Barnard Castle, the property of the late Thomas Wheldon, 9 March 1850

Letters from various people to Messrs. Dixon concerning the tithe dispute between the Rev. Reginald Bligh, Rector of Romaldkirk, and John Benson of Ledger Hall, 21 October 1819 - 4 February [1829]

Letter from Francis Mewburn, Salopian Coffee House, Charing Cross, to Mr. Watson concerning the work of the commissioners and disputes involving the Rev. Reginald Bligh, Rector of Romaldkirk, 15 March 1821

Letters from Matthew Warton, Stepney Causeway, Ratcliff to Richard Vanheythuysen (and reply) concerning a valuation of lands at Poplar intended to be purchased by Collier Dock Co., 2 February - 12 July 1825

Letters from various people to Western and Sons (and replies) concerning the Gainford tithe lease, with related papers, 21 April - 12 May 1841

Report by John R. Liddell, Radcliffe colliery, to Edward Western concerning his examination of Killingworth and Seaton Burn collieries and terms between Lord Ravensworth and Partners and the Marley Hill Co. for a new lease to the latter, 12 March 1852

Copy correspondence between E.G. Western and Mr. Gibbon concerning the disputed title to Evenwood Farm, 22 June - 8 July 1864

Copy letter from George Auldjo Jamieson, Edinburgh, to Messrs. Western and Sons concerning the unsuitability of the Tees Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. as tenants of Evenwood colliery, 4 June 1890

Copy correspondence between Western and Sons and Messrs. Proud, Bankside, Bishop Auckland, concerning conditions of sale of Norwood colliery, 18 - 22 February 1898

Copy correspondence between Western and Sons and various people concerning the ownership of the stone worked at Cragwood colliery, Evenwood, 17 November 1900 - 15 July 1901

Copy letter from Western and Sons to William Ralston concerning the completion of an unspecified sale to Blaydon U.D.C., 18 January 1926

Letter from Henry William Fenwick, Newcastle, to J.D. Holmes concerning conveyances received by him relating to the Grand Allies' Usworth estate, 12 June 1849

Letters from various people to J.D. Holmes (and replies) concerning miscellaneous estate and family matters, including dates of death certificates, sale of property at Whickham, purchase of the Barford estate, and the lease of Lonton quarry, 27 June 1849 - 24 March 1879

Letters from various people to J.D. Holmes (and replies) concerning the Gainford tithe lease, with related papers, 19 December 1851 - 1 November 1852

Letters from various people to J.D. Holmes (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Wemmergill lead mines, 10 March 1854 - 3 September 1855

Letters from various people, including Western and Sons, to J.D. Holmes (and replies) concerning the assignment of leasehold premises at Cleatlam and Mickleton, 6 November 1855 - 6 March 1858

Churchwardens' account for St. Mary's, Barnard Castle, 1871

Letters from John Bowes to J. Hanby Holmes concerning a bond in £6000 to secure £3000 (copy bond attached) and the Bowes Museum, 12 August 1876 - February 1877

Letter from J.F. Buckley, Seaham, to J. Hanby Holmes concerning various leases at Cotherstone, 13 January 1890

Copy correspondence between J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle, and Messrs. W. & W.J. Watson, Barnard Castle, relating to the Mickleton quarries, 6 - 23 April 1897

Copy letter, with plan, from E.C. Surtees at 2 Hall Street, Barnard Castle, to J. Hanby Holmes concerning quarry workings in Deepdale, 5 September 1912

Letter from J. Hanby Holmes to R.J. White concerning money relating to a case of debt, Strathmore v Hodgson, 22 December 1887