Catalogue

20 September 1696 1) The Honourable Christopher Vane of Raby Castle, esquire 2) Edward Simpson of Marwood, Barnard Castle Lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of all that messuage and tenements called Pallas Stone House, together with named pastures totaling 135 acres, by estimation, late in the possession of Anthony Edward and others, together with tithes for the same Consideration: £32 p.a. [bottom portion of deed illegible]

Probate copy of last will and testament of Edward Simpson of Langleydale in the township of Staindrop, Yeoman, original dated 5 February 1862 Bequeaths all his money, personal estate and effects (including a bond of £700 now vested in a bond of his son in law, John Walton of Mickleton, Yorkshire and John's father, John Walton Senior, of the same place), in trust to his eldest son, William Simpson of Pennington, Durham, farmer and his friend Thomas Yarn of Hayberries in the parish of Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, this money to be invested and interest paid to his wife, Sarah Simpson Upon her death to be split into four equal parts and divided between his son Edward Simpson the younger (to receive two fourth parts), his son William Simpson and his daughter Elizabeth Walton, wife of the aforesaid John Walton, executors to be William Simpson and Thomas Yarn Probate grant attached

Letters of administration of the personal estate of William Simpson, late of Pennington Park Farm in the township of South Bedburn, farmer, who died intestate, granted to Anne Simpson, his lawful widow, 20 December 1876

Probate copy, original dated 1 February 1882, of the last will and testament of Annie Simpson of Pennington in the township of South Bedburn in the chapelry of Hamsterley, widow Bequeaths all her possessions and money to be divided between her sons John Simpson and William Simpson, after the following gifts have been made: £50 and a list of specified furniture to her granddaughter Sarah Simpson, daughter of her daughter Eliza Stephenson, separate from the control, debts and encumbrances of her husband £20 to her grandson George William Simpson, son of her son Edward Simpson £5 to her granddaughter Emma Swinbanks, daughter of her daughter Elizabeth Swinbanks Executors:John Simpson and William Simpson aforesaid. Probate grant attached

'Memorandum of the Family of Simpson', containing details of the family's births, marriages and deaths from the reign of King James II [1685-1688] to 1885, including where lands were inherited or gained by marriage, n.d. [c. 1814]

Transcript of a 'Memorandum of the Family of Simpson', containing details of the family's births, marriages and deaths from the reign of King James II [1685-1688] to 1885, including where lands were inherited or gained by marriage, n.d. [2000s]

Envelope addressed to Mr J. E. Simpson, Black Hill Farm, Hartforth, Richmond, Yorks, 11 November 1935

Envelope addressed to Barbara Simpson, Dorset House, 9 High Street, Gilling West, North Yorkshire, DL10 5JB, 21 June 1990