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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1667 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Quaker records: 7. Mounsey Family

Covering Dates: 1802-1953

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Catalogue Description

These archives were offered at auction by Tennants of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, in the autumn of 2008. The collection had been split up by the auctioneers into lots and, as a consequence, Durham County Record Office was not able to secure the complete collection of papers offered for sale at that time. The collection was purchased in 5 lots on 29 September 2008 and in 3 lots on 10 December 2008, with the assistance of grant aid from the Friends of Durham County Record Office.

A further 30 lots were sold to other bidders on 29 September 2008, the most significant of which was described as railway ephemera, but which also contained correspondence. Most of the other lots included scrapbooks, photographs and histories of the families which constituted the Quaker network in the North of England. These items may have made it easier to establish the interconnection of the individuals represented in these papers.

By cataloguing the items in detail, knowledge of the inter-marriages of the Quaker families of the North of England was established, to explain the presence of this particular set of papers which had belonged to the Backhouse, Coates, Fell, Fox, Fryer, Hodgkin, Lloyd, Mounsey and Pease families.

The most significant papers are those belonging to Henry Pease (1807-1881), son of Edward Pease (1767-1858), as these include an album of letters received by Henry Pease from the eminent men of the 19th century [Ref: D/X 1667/8/129], 12 letters from John Bright (1811-1889) [ref: D/X 1667/8/134-145] and 47 letters from his father, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/182-229].

The latter letters include discussions of railway and wool business, a description of the death of Edward's wife Rachel nee Whitwell [ref: D/X 1667/8/189], the decline in health and death of his elder son, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/214-219] and the decline in health and death of Anna Fell Pease [ref: D/X 1667/8/208-822]. Henry Pease's papers also include 17 letters from his brother, Joseph (1799-1872) including discussions of railway business, the death of his brother, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/243] and a description of scenes in London on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Victoria [ref: D/X 1667/8/242].

The papers described in this catalogue represent varying numbers of the papers of:
* Henry Pease's second son, Edward Lloyd Pease (1861-1934);
* Edward Lloyd Pease's wife, Helen Blanche Pease (1865-1951);
* Helen Blanche Pease's father, Joseph Whitwell Pease (1828-1903)

Edward and Blanche's daughter, Mary Cecilia Pease married Reginald J. Mounsey in 1921 and a few records of them and their children are in the papers under consideration. Because of the marriage of Mary Ceclia and Reginald, the collection includes papers of the Backhouse, Mounsey and Coates families. Reginald was the son of Edward Backhouse Mounsey and Rachel Anne Fryer.

The Backhouse papers include records of the ownership of Belmont Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/26 - 1/35]; Fatfield Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/36 - 1/38]; Shincliffe Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/39].

The Mounsey papers include records of North Bitchburn Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/7/138 - 143] and of Hetton Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/7/144 - 162], among the papers of John Mounsey, father of Edward Backhouse Mounsey.

The Mounsey papers also include photographs of places in the North East of England, Ireland and Scotland, taken by Edward Backhouse Mounsey in the 1860s to 1880s [ref: D/X 1667/7/15 - 7/64]. The Wallis Collection, also held in the Durham County Record Office, contains photographs taken by Edward Backhouse Mounsey [ref: D/Wa 3/6/1 - 59].

Edward Backhouse Mounsey married Rachel Anne Fryer of Smelt House, the daughter of Joseph Jowitt Fryer and Rachel, nee Coates. The Coates and Fryer records in the collection consist almost completely of early ambrotype portraits of members of those families taken in the 1850s and 1860s at Smelt House, Howden le Wear, the ancestral home of the Coates family and at Toothill Grove, Rastrick, near Brighouse, Leeds, Yorkshire, the ancestral home of the Fryer family.

Two short diaries kept by children in the early years of the nineteenth century are of interest. Thomas James Backhouse (1807-1857) kept, or, rather, had kept on his behalf, 'A Journal' of a 'Tour from Sunniside to Burrows by North Shields etc' on two days, 11 and 12 July 1817 [ref: D/X 1667/1/56]. Mary Pease, nee Lloyd (1826-1909), the second wife of Henry Pease (1807-1881) kept a journal between 1 January and 19 July 1840, when she was aged 14, describing life at Wood Green, Wednesby, Staffordshire with her 9 siblings, mother and father, Samuel and Sarah Lloyd, grandparents Samuel and Rachel Lloyd, at The farm; and various cousins and uncles [ref: D/X 1667/8/349]. The daily round of a Quaker household is described, as is a summer holiday in Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales. The diary is dated by the ½ day holiday the winter enjoyed on the occasion of the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert on 10 February 1840.

Although it is possible to determine the family connections which explain the presence of the documents in the collection, their original archival arrangement had been disturbed by their being divided into lots, reflecting only the need to make each lot attractive to a potential buyer, and it was impossible to return the documents to that original arrangement. It was therefore decided to list the documents according to the individual who possessed them. As an example, letters written by Edward Pease are listed as the papers of their recipients, Henry Pease, not those of their originator, Edward Pease.

The individuals are then listed alphabetically by family and then alphabetically within each family group.

Items which cannot be attributed with any confidence to an individual have been listed at the end of the catalogue. Two letters have been listed as Miscellaneous family items [ref: D/X 1667/10/1- 2].

All the other items which cannot be attributed with confidence to individuals in the 10 family groups identified in the catalogue, have been divided topographically into records relating to Darlington [ref: D/X 1667/11/1-50]; records relating to places in County Durham [ref: D/X 1667/12/1-19]; records relating to places out of county [ref: D/X 1667/13/1-51]. Finally unidentified photographs have been put in the final Miscellaneous section [ref: D/X 1667/14/1-15].

The section containing papers relating to Darlington includes a plan of Rev. Mr. Sisson's estate in Darlington, 1776 [ref: D/X 1667/14/1] and a series of plans of property in Darlington belonging to members of the Society of Friends in 1848 [ref: D/X 1667/11/4-22]. The plans are numbered and it is evident that nos. 4-6, 16-18, are missing.

Also included in this section are the records of the Darlington Society of Friends' Book Society, 1851-1905 [ref: D/X 1667/11/26-28].

The papers relating to places out-county include polemics concerning the beliefs of Quakers [ref: D/X 1667/13/1 and 13/8]. Also of interest is a description of Richard Trevethick driving a steam carriage along roads in Cornwall and Devon in 1802 [ref: D/X 1667/13/3] and a broadside recounting the activities of Mary, wife of Henry Gurney, of Norfolk, who eloped with her footman [ref: D/X 1667/13/20]. Agitation against the slave trade is reflected in an envelope depicting the mistreatment of slaves [ref: D/X 1667/13/26] and a cutting from a newspaper published in Washington D.C., U.S.A., advertising 'negroes' for sale [ref: D/X 1667/13/51].

Catalogue Contents

Mounsey family (Ref: D/X 1667/7/1-205)Anna Priscilla Mounsey (1847 -1889) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/1-2)

daughter of John Mounsey of Hendon Hill (1807 - 1879) and Lucy (nee Backhouse)


Volume, 1889 containing the following: copy will, dated 22 November 1879; proved 31 May 1889; of Anna Priscilla Mounsey of Hendon Hill, in the borough of Sunderland, spinster, bequeathing her real and personal estate to her brothers Edward Backhouse Mounsey and John Wilfred Mounsey, in trust to pay £6000 to each of her sisters, Lucy Elizabeth Mounsey and Mary Emma Mounsey; the residue of her estate to be divided between her brothers and sisters, Edward Backhouse Mounsey, John Wilfred Mounsey, Lucy Elizabeth Mounsey and Mary Emma Mounsey; share of any person deceased during the testator's lifetime shall go to his or her children affirmation concerning the value of A.P. Mounsey's estate, 24 May 1889 schedule of A.P. Mounsey's debts, 1889 valuation of A.P. Mounsey's shares in collieries, railway stock, ships, household furniture, 1889 corrective affidavit revaluing the estate from £57,993 9s. 4d. to £58, 235 7s. 10d., 1889 accounts of the dispersal of the estate, May 1889
(1 volume, card bound)


Draft account of the division of A.P. Mounsey's estate, October 1889 Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/7/1
(2 papers)

Ethel Mary Mounsey (1869 - 1925) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/3)

daughter of John Wilfred and Mary Charlotte (nee Green)


Newspaper cutting describing the will of Ethel Mary Mounsey of The Limes, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, n.d. [c.1925]
(1 paper, printed)

Edward Backhouse Mounsey (1840 - 1911) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/4-117)

son of John Mounsey and Lucy (nee Backhouse)
married Rachel Ann Fryer

Biography (Ref: D/X 1667/7/4)

Account of the life of Edward Backhouse Mounsey (d. 1 January 1911) reprinted from The Friend, 3 February 1911
(1 paper, 22.5 cm. x 41 cm., printed, laminated)

Photographs of E.B. Mounsey (Ref: D/X 1667/7/5-6)

Photograph of the head and shoulders of a bearded man with a pince-nez, identified on its reverse as E.B. Mounsey, (1840 - 1911), taken by A.H. Harrow, Priestgate House, Darlington, n.d. [c.1880]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 16.4 cm., sepia)


Photograph of the head and shoulders in profile of an elderly man, balding, with a beard, wearing pince-nez and a frock coat, identified as Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 photograph, 22.5 cm. x 28.5 cm., sepia, mounted on card)

Financial and Business records (Ref: D/X 1667/7/7-14)

Statement, issued by Nicholson Lucas, detailing the amount of the residuary estate left by Edward Backhouse, dec'd., [d. 22 May 1879] to individual legatees, and the amount of duty payable by the legatees, who are the children of Mrs. Lucy Backhouse Mounsey [sister of Edward Backhouse], stating that the arrangement will obtain if they accept an offer by the Inland Revenue to compound for the duty, instead of waiting for the death of Katherine Backhouse, widow of Edward Backhouse, December 1888 Attached: receipt for legacy duty paid by E.B. Mounsey on a legacy from Edward Backhouse, signed by James E. Backhouse, 19 December 1888; receipt for legacy duty paid by E.B. Mounsey on a legacy from Alfred Backhouse, 24 December 1888; receipt for legacy duty paid by E.B. Mounsey on the colliery property left by Alfred Backhouse, signed by J. Backhouse, 27 December 1888
(4 papers)


Letter from Fryer and Eade, Feethams, Darlington, to E.B. Mounsey, Backhouse & Co., Bankers, Darlington, informing the latter that Mrs. Fry would like to rent land adjoining the Cleasby Estate [Yorkshire], opposite Blackwell, 29 March 1888
(1 paper)


Correspondence between J.B. Watkins, Land Mortgage Company, 14 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, and Dallas, Texas, United States of America; E.B. Mounsey, Blackwell, Darlington, and Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool; The English Creditors' Committee of the J.B. Watkins Land Mortgage Company, 14 Bishopsgate Street Without, London; concerning E.B. Mounsey's investment in the Company, its liquidation, and the repayment of his investment, 1 November 1889 - 14 April 1904
(37 papers)


Correspondence between the Office of the Receivers, Jarvis - Conklin Mortgage Trust Co., 95 Gresham Street, London; T. James Thompson, iron merchant and commission agent, Bank Chambers, Zetland Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; E.B. Mounsey, Bank, Darlington; North America Trust Company, 95 Gresham Street, London; North America Trust Company, 135 Broadway, New York, U.S.A.; concerning E.B. Mounsey's shares in the Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust Co., the failure of that company and its acquisition by the North American Trust Company, later the Trust Company of America, and E.B. Mounsey's disposal of shares in the companies, 11 January 1894 - 17 August 1909
(34 papers)


Letter from Edward Backhouse, Lucas Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington, to E.B. Mounsey, concerning the agreement by E.B. Mounsey to lend to Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, and others, £1000; and assuring E. B.Mounsey that the agreement will not come into force until £110,000, in total, has been raised, 15 November 1902
(1 paper, typescript)


1902 (1) Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington, banker (2) William Barclay Peat of 3 Lothbury in the City of London and the Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Draft agreement whereby (1) agrees to pay £1000 to (2) to assist Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Guisborough, Yorkshire, bart.; Alfred Edward Pease of Pinchinthorpe, near Guisborough, esq.; Joseph Albert Pease of Nunthorpe, near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, esq.; in the payment of their debts and to maintain their reputation as bankers; (2) undertakes that any sum loaned by (1) will not be available to the Trustee in Bankruptcy should Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, and others, be declared bankrupt Consideration: £1000, £500 of which is payable immediately and £500 as a promissory note payable in 12 months
(1 paper, printed)


Correspondence between W.B. Peat & Co., 3 Lothbury, London, and E.B. Mounsey, esq., Bank, Darlington, thanking the latter for the payment of £500, and enclosing a receipt for, and the cancelled promissory note for, the sum, 19 - 21 November 1903
(4 papers)


Letter from James Broadhead, 15 Langholm Crescent, Darlington, to E.B. Mounsey, Bank, enclosing an example of Joseph Pease's bookplate, 30 October 1901 Attached: envelope addressed to E.B. Mounsey
(1 paper and 1 envelope)

Photographs of Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/7/15)

Photograph of a large brick house, endorsed in a later hand, 'Southend' residence of Joseph Pease, n.d. [1860s] Shows a house of 3 storeys with 6 sash windows on the front of the 1st and 2nd storeys and 3 on the sides; a large bay can be seen on the ground floor at the front and an extensive conservatory on the side; to the front and side of the house are a shallow slope with bushes, a stone summer house with a woman and a boy at its entrance; 2 women and 2 children are sitting on a seat below the shallow slope in front of a fence dividing the garden from the meadow
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 18 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Photograph of Monk Hesledon (Ref: D/X 1667/7/16)

Photograph of an arch of magnesian limestone, with a young man sitting on a shelf of the rock, with, also, cliffs seen through the arch, with the caption: 'EBM Elephant Rock Hartlepool' [Blackhall Rocks Monkhesleden], 1868
(1 photograph, 19cm. x 14cm., sepia, mounted on card)

Photographs of Hartlepool (Ref: D/X 1667/7/17-24)

Photograph of the east end of the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, taken from the graveyard with, in the foreground, the gravestone of William Purvis, who died on 16 December 1853, aged 70, and who was better known as 'Billy Purvis Clown and Jester of the North', and whose gravestone was erected 'by John & George Sanger Circus Proprietors May 1860 to mark the last resting place of him who was always a Friend to the Fatherless, the Widow or the Distressed'; captioned 'Hartlepool Church - 1868'
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph showing rowing boats in the sea near the Fish Sands, Town Wall, Hartlepool, with buildings behind the sands, including the Freemason's Arms and the Alma Hotel; people and horses can be seen on the sands and in the shallows of the sea; in the centre of the picture is the Kestrel, with a man, possibly E.B. Mounsey, and a companion in frockcoat and top hat, standing beside it, 1880s
(1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 15.2 cm., sepia)


Photograph, looking north, showing the Town Wall at Hartlepool with the façade of the Alma Hotel and other public houses behind the wall; and the heads of people looking over the wall at the crowd standing on the sands below, with small, possibly fishing, boats and horses and carts, n.d. [1880s] The view is to the west of that in D/X 1667/7/18
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 9.5 cm., sepia)


Photograph, looking north, to the east of D/X 1667/7/18, of part of the Town Wall at Hartlepool, showing a low building with a sign reading: 'Refreshments', and a house and streets behind; in front of the low building is a beach with the head of a horse at the left, the figure of a man and of three children at the front of the picture and two other children and a woman behind them, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 14.5 cm., sepia)


Photograph of Hartlepool looking north-east across water, showing, in the foreground, the sails of a boat, the Town Wall, showing the same area as D/X 1667/7/18 and 19; with the spire of a church, possibly the Roman Catholic Church, the tower of the church of St. Hilda, and the United Methodist Church, in the foreground; small boats can be seen between the camera and the sands in front of the Town Wall, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Hartlepool showing the same view as D/X 1667/7/21, but taken slightly to the east of that photograph, with the boat with the sail, possibly a herring boat, which appears to be carrying cargo, close to the open sea, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Hartlepool, further east of the area in D/X 1667/7/22, taken across water at the end of the Old Pier bearing a warning light; in the distance houses and a skeletal structure can be seen; in front of the pier are six boats bearing the Hartlepool registration, 'HL', and 2 sailing boats just off the end of the pier, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 9.5 cm., sepia)


Photograph showing twenty men, wearing suits, hats and sashes, holding the shafts of a cart and holding ropes attached to the cart on which there are ladders and other equipment; they are probably members of a fire brigade; behind them are houses and the tower of the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, n.d. [1880]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)

Photographs of Seaton Carew (Ref: D/X 1667/7/25-35)

Photograph of a group of two men, four women, a girl, a boy, and a baby, sitting at the edge of a beach, with an area of grass behind them and, beyond that, a row of houses; the man at the front of the group is Edward Backhouse Mounsey and the woman holding the baby, John E. Mounsey, is Rachel Ann Mounsey; the group is at Seaton Carew, n.d. [1879]
(1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a boat, bearing the numbers Tees 19 and 18H, on a beach at the edge of the sea, with three boats behind it and a boat in the sea; in the distance a bathing machine can be seen in the sea; houses and a lighthouse can be seen in the distance, possibly at Seaton Carew, n.d. [c.1879] For a duplicate: see D/X 173/3(99)
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing a man with a beard, wearing a peaked cap, a striped shirt and a waistcoat leaning against a cannon, accompanied by an elderly man sitting near the camera and wearing a high felt hat, a waistcoat and watch chain; behind them a woman is pushing a child in a pushchair, accompanied by 2 small children; a small girl is standing to the left of the cannon and a man to the right on the expanse of grass on which the cannon is standing; to the left of the grass, the back of a brick house with a lifebelt on its garden wall may be seen; behind the grass a street of houses with bay windows and a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel may be seen; the photograph has been identified as depicting Seaton Carew, n.d. [c.1879]
(1 photograph, 18.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a street of houses, on the left of the photograph, running away from the camera, with the road and opposite pavement on the right of the picture, and with the beach and the sea beyond it, probably at Seaton Carew; a man working with bricks can be seen near the railings of the first house and 2 men and a child are standing on the pavement and in the road; a man, carrying a camera, and a woman, carrying a camp stool, who may possibly be identified as E.B. and R.A. Mounsey, are also in the road, n.d. [c.1879]
(1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 15.5 cm., sepia)


Photograph of the same street as in D/X 1667/7/29, probably in Seaton Carew, showing the facades of three houses, the middle one of which is an inn; in the road is a band of boys, possibly members of the Boys' Brigade, standing playing outside the middle house, and being watched by a group of women and children on the left, and by a man wearing a suit and hat and carrying a stick, possibly Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1879] At the left and top of the photograph another photograph of building works has been superimposed
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing 2 women, one of whom may be Rachel Ann Mounsey, standing at the water's edge looking out to sea, accompanied by 2 small children, and with a toy two-masted sailing boat in the shallows; 2 boys are sitting on a line of rock running into the sea; 3 young girls are standing in the water and a group of 8 people and 2 children are standing at the water's edge at the left of the picture; possibly taken at Seaton Carew, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of people standing on the sand and in the shallows of the sea with rocks at the left of the picture, at an unidentified seaside place, possibly Seaton Carew, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 9.5 cm., sepia)


Photograph showing 13 women and girls and 6 children standing on a beach, with their backs to the camera, watching a boat, possibly a lifeboat, being launched, with 2 men holding ropes attached to it and three men holding wheels at its stern; 11 men can be seen in the boat and another man is riding a horse at the prow of the boat; a boat with a sail can be seen in the distance out to sea; possibly taken at Seaton Carew, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing a middle-aged man, wearing a suit and hat and carrying a stick, standing with a young girl, aged approximately 14 years, at the head of a donkey on which 2 small boys, aged approximately 2 and 3 years, are sitting; standing behind them is a woman in a long skirt and wearing a hat; behind the rear of the donkey is a woman in a long skirt, jacket and hat, carrying a baby; behind the group are houses, a beach and the sea, most probably Seaton Carew; the man is Edward Backhouse Mounsey; the woman behind the donkey is Rachel Ann Mounsey; the two small boys are John E. and George F. Mounsey; the baby is Lucy B. Mounsey; the young girl and the woman carrying the baby are unidentified, n.d. [c.1882]
(1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 15.2 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing a man with a beard, wearing a coat and hat with a waterproof, and a woman wearing a dark coat and carrying a basket and an umbrella, both sitting beside a rowing boat, probably The Kestrel; a man, with a beard, wearing a mackintosh and a hat with his back to the camera is standing beside the boat; behind the boat is an expanse of sand with houses beyond that, possibly at Seaton Carew; the woman is Rachel Ann Mounsey and one of the men is most likely Edward Backhouse Mounsey, her husband, n.d. [1880]
(1 photograph, 20.3 cm. x 15.3 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing a woman with a child in the distance, standing in the shallows of the sea, with another small child; and a man standing on the sand looking towards the sea; 2 other women are standing on a sandcastle with two small girls standing in front of them; an expanse of sand with buildings is in the distance, possibly at Seaton Carew, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Photograph of Shotley Bridge (Ref: D/X 1667/7/36)

Photograph of the façade of a house, with bay windows either side of a pillared porch, covered in ivy, and with trees behind and beside it, and lawns and a drive in front, captioned: 'Woodlands - Shotley Bridge', n.d. [1860]
(1 photograph, 20.3 cm. x 15.2 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Photographs of Sunderland (Ref: D/X 1667/7/37-41)

Photograph showing 2 young women in light-coloured dresses, an older woman in a dark dress and white cap, and a young man in a light-coloured suit, standing on a lawn surrounded by trees and bushes, playing croquet; behind the trees the roof and chimneys of a house may be seen; endorsed in a later hand: 'Lawn at Ashburne [Sunderland], n.d. [1860s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 12.7 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of a large house, in the middle distance, with a large circular bay window at the end nearest the camera and a square bay window at the side overlooking a garden wall; there are grassed slopes, a fence half way down the slope, and in the trees, in the far distance, the roof and chimneys of a similar house; the photograph is captioned: 'EBM' and endorsed, in a later hand, 'Hendon Hill Sunderland Ashburn in Distance', n.d. [1860s]
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 11.5 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of the exterior of a brick house of 2 storeys, with a porch and large bay window, and with piles of bricks, sand, barrels and workmen standing near the house; endorsed, in a more recent hand, 'Hendon Hill Sunderland Home of Backhouse and Mounsey'; captioned: 'EBM', 'Commencing Operations 1868', 1868
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph showing a group of thirty five girls, aged between approximately 10 years and sixteen years, wearing a uniform of gingham dresses and cotton jackets, sitting on grass, with a fence, trees and the corner of a house behind them; they are accompanied by 4 women standing behind them; the photograph is captioned 'EBM' 'Reformatory [possibly the Sunderland Reformatory for Girls Tatham Street, Sunderland], 1868'
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph captioned 'EBM', Near Ryhope 1868', showing the side of a cliff, ending on the sand of a beach in a promontory with a hole through its bottom, 1868
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Photographs of Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear (Ref: D/X 1667/7/42)

Photograph of a woman, wearing a smart dress with puffed sleeves and 5 flounces on the skirt, holding a small child in her arms, standing beside another woman, wearing a dark dress and a light hat, who is bending over a small child squatting beside a pond with reeds and lily pads in it; behind the pond are a lawn, bushes and trees, above which the roof of a house can be seen; the pond is in the grounds of Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear [cf photograph of the pond in D/Wa 6/2]; the woman standing is, possibly, Ada Mounsey, and the woman bending, Rachel Ann Mounsey; the children are possibly John Edward and George Fryer Mounsey, the elder sons of Rachel Ann and Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1883] For a photograph of the pond at Smelt House, see D/Wa
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)

Photographs of Tees Grange, Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/7/43-53)

Photograph showing Rachel Ann Mounsey sitting at a table, with her back to a fireplace in a room in Tees Grange, as in D/X 1667/7/44; the front of the sofa in D/X 1667/7/44 can be seen, as can a bay window; the table bears piles of books and newspapers, a potted plant and a tray with a coffee pot and coffee cups, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a woman, wearing a dark dress and a white cap, sitting in front of a fireplace, with a sideboard behind her, a small table and the back of a sofa at her side, n.d. [c.1880] The woman has been identified as Rachel Ann Mounsey at Tees Grange
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 12.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a woman in a dark dress holding a baby on her lap, with an elaborate cradle and a wash-stand behind her, identified as Lucy Elizabeth Mounsey, holding John Edward Mounsey, one of the children of Rachel and Edward Backhouse Mounsey, born at Tees Grange on 6 December 1879, 1879 - 1880
(1 photograph)


Photograph of the exterior of an extensive building of brick, with a covered glass veranda or hot house along the façade facing the camera, and an Italianate tower in the middle of the building, partly obscured by a tree; taken from across grass covered in snow; 2 small figures can be seen standing on the grass in front of the house, which is Tees Grange, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, 1880s
(1 photograph, black and white)


Photograph showing Rachel Ann Mounsey sitting wearing a coat trimmed with fur, and holding a fur muff, with, behind her, the façade of Tees Grange, as in D/X 1667/7/46, but looking towards the wing on the left of the central tower block in the distance, 1880s
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of Tees Grange, showing the same façade as that in D/X 1667/7/46, but from a point closer to the building, 1880s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of Tees Grange showing the same façade as that in D/X 1667/7/46, taken from the right, across a field and a road, 1880s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of Tees Grange, showing the same façade as in D/X 1667/7/49, taken from a point further away from the house, in a field adjoining that in D/X 1667/7/49, 1880s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of Tees Grange taken from the same direction as in D/X 1667/7/49, from a point closer to the house in the middle of the nearest field, 1880s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the roofline and exterior of the first floor and part of the ground floor of Tees Grange, as in D/X 1667/7/49, taken from two fields away, with a horse and cart in the field nearer the camera, 1880s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of trees covered in frost and snow, with snow-covered fields glimpsed between them, possibly taken near Tees Grange [see D/Wa 6/45(2)], 1880s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Photographs of Unidentified Locations (Ref: D/X 1667/7/54-56)

Photograph of a rustic small summerhouse, with thatch on the roof and open woodwork on the walls; a man and a boy can be seen sitting in the summer house; 2 boys are standing and a man is squatting with 2 boys in front of him; behind the house is a wood of leafless trees; the location of the summer house has not been identified; 1890s - 1900s
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a field containing 2 cows and approximately 7 trees, with a low hillside behind them, taken in an unidentified place, possibly near Tees Grange, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph, looking towards the sea, showing, in the distance, a bathing machine, the heads of two swimmers and the funnel of a ship on the horizon; in the foreground a man is standing in the shallows carrying a woman on his shoulder; in the middle distance is a sailing boat with a man standing in it, a man standing at one end of the boat in the sea, and a woman standing in the sea with her head and shoulders showing above the edge of the boat, possibly at Redcar, Yorkshire, [see D/Wa 6/3], n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., sepia)

Photographs of Northumberland (Ref: D/X 1667/7/57-58)

Photograph showing the side of a small brick building, possibly a mill, with water flowing behind and beside it, with woodland beside and behind it, captioned: 'Nr. Hexham', Northumberland, n.d. [1860s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 14.2 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of a single-span stone bridge over a river, with slopes behind, hay ricks on the horizon, and a slope in the foreground, leading to the river, captioned: 'Hexham [Northumberland] - Linnet's Bridge', n.d. [1860s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 14.8 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Photographs of Scotland (Ref: D/X 1667/7/59-60)

Photograph showing the ruins of a castle, among trees, on the shores of a loch, captioned: 'no. 9, Invergarry Castle, Loch Oich, Invernessshire, Scotland, 1870'
(1 photograph, 19.7 cm. x 13.6 cm., sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph of a monument, with an inscription, surmounted by an obelisk, surrounded by railings standing above a rough stone wall, in which an arched opening can be seen, and against which a man can be seen sitting leaning, captioned: 'no. 11 Well of the Head Loch Oich, Invernessshire, Scotland, 1870' The Well of the Heads is on the west shore of Loch Oich. It was erected by Colonel MacDonnell of Glengarry, in 1812, to commemorate a gruesome event in 1663. Two sons of the Chief of MacDonnell were murdered in a quarrel with an uncle and his six sons. The murderers were, in their turn, killed by 60 men. Their heads were removed from their bodies and washed in this spring before being taken to the Chief in Invergarry. The inscription tells the story, and, at the top of the obelisk, are models of the severed heads
(1 photograph, 15.2 cm. x 20 cm., sepia, mounted on card)

Photographs of Ireland (Ref: D/X 1667/7/61-64)

Photograph showing a round tower, with three windows, conical roof, and creeper at its bottom; a five-bay country house can be seen in the distance, surrounded by woodland; captioned: 'no. 33 Round Tower, Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland, 1870
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph showing the shoreline of Kingstown, with ships in its harbour, and, in particular, two yachts under sail in the foreground, captioned: 'no. 34, Yachts. Kingstown Harbour, [Dunloughaire, County Tipperary, Ireland], 1870'
(1 photograph, 17.3 cm. x 10 cm., sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph showing four women, dressed in high-necked, long-sleeved dresses and hats, sitting with one man, wearing light trousers, a dark jacket and waistcoat, a light hat and a beard, on the deck of the yacht, Nereid, captioned: 'no.36 In Kingstown Harbour', [ Dunloughaire, County Tipperary, Ireland], 1870' see D/Wa 1/6/17
(1 photograph, 19.7 cm. x 16.2 cm., sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph showing, in the foreground, the ruins of a small stone building with, behind it, rocks on the shore of a waterway, with rocks and substantial houses on the far shore, captioned: 'no. 38, Ruins of Church, Dalkey Island nr. Kingstown, [Dun Laoghaire, County Tipperary, Ireland], 1870'
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 13.3 cm., sepia, mounted on card)

Etchings (Ref: D/X 1667/7/65-73)

Etching of the exterior of a lighthouse, with an indistinct figure looking out to sea from the perimeter wall of its grounds, signed E.B.M., 1854
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 25.5 cm.)


Etching of a two-masted sailing ship, with either side of a harbour in the distance, signed E.B.M. [Edward Backhouse Mounsey], 1854
(1 paper, 9.5 cm. x 5.8 cm.)


Etching, entitled 'Jericho', Palestine, showing rocks in the foreground and in the distance, and a square ruined house in the centre of the picture, signed E.B. Mounsey, Sunderland, 1855
(1 paper, 17 cm. x 13.7 cm.)


Etching, entitled 'Cod Fishing', showing a single-masted sailing boat in a rough sea, with three figures in a rowing boat in front of it, captioned 'etched by E.B. Mounsey', Sunderland, 1855
(1 paper, 25.5 cm. x 17 cm.)


Etching of a boat sailing towards the viewer in a rough sea, signed by E.B. Mounsey, 1855
(1 paper, 25.5 cm. x 17 cm.)


Etching, showing a fortified building on a high bluff, on the left of the picture, overlooking a river, with a bridge across to the other side, where a town can be seen above the rocky sides of the river gorge, signed by E.B. Mounsey, n.d. [c.1855]
(1 paper, 25 cm. x 17 cm.)


Etching of a canoe, in the foreground, and a river, rocks and 2 indistinct figures in the background, signed by E.B. Mounsey, n.d. [c.1855]
(1 paper, 17 cm. x 14.5 cm.)


Drawing of a flat sea, with a 3-masted sailing boat at the left, and with a water spout in the centre, n.d. [c.1855] On reverse: drawing of the same scene, bearing the words 'Not this'
(1 paper, 16 cm. x 10 cm.)


Drawing, possibly by E.B. Mounsey, of an unmetalled road, running away from the observer past the end of a house on the left, the façade of a cottage in the middle of the picture, and the end and rear of a more substantial house with an outhouse, on the right, captioned 'Blackwell', n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, 10.5 cm. x 6 cm., printed)

Verse (Ref: D/X 1667/7/74)

Verse, entitled 'The First Swear Word', a humorous verse concerning the origin of swearing in prehistoric times, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)

Lecture Notes and Other Writings (Ref: D/X 1667/7/75-117)

'Cruising in the Fjords. Read at Darlington Philosophical Meeting at Tees Grange, D/X 1667/5/D/X 1667/2/80', text of a talk, illustrated by Lime Light Photographs', by Edward Backhouse Mounsey describing a voyage to Norway on board the schooner yacht Nereid, 1880
(1 file)


Description of a journey to Dover, Kent; Calais, France; Paris, France; Aix-les-Bains, France; Annecy, France; by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, 30 May 1892 - 26 June 1892 (6 papers)


'Relics in Notre-Dame', Paris, France, describing, inter alia, the bloody robe worn by the Archbishop of Paris in 1848, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)


Description of places in France and Switzerland, described, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, for a lecture, 1892 as follows: 1. 'Sallenches' [Sallanches, France], referring to E.B.M. [Edward Backhouse Mounsey] 2. 'Glacier des Boissons' [Switzerland] 3. 'To Murren [Switzerland], by Broomstick Train', describing the funicular to Murren, and quoting verse by Oliver Wendell Holmes describing the funicular 4. 'Chamonix [France]: 'Col des Montels' and 'Red Lichen', referring to 'R's mistaking red paint on a stone for red lichen' 5. 'Grindelwald' [Switzerland]: describing the scene in a hotel when the weather is bad, as described by the Daily News in August 1892 6. 'Interlaken' [Switzerland]: describing an account, given to the writer by an American girl met there, of her contracting influenza in New York, U.S.A. 7. 'Treit, [Switzerland]: describing stopping for lunch in Treit; and Forclaz, describing how the writer's party startled a pig, which ran away from a group of people
(7 papers)


'Grand Mulets': description of how these rocks are sometimes mistakenly assumed by those below to be climbers on the slopes of Mont Blanc, France, quoted from Mountaineering, 1892, Badminton Library, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Albert Smith - Mt. Blanc', description of a note written in the visitors' book at Chamonix, France, by Albert Smith, and of a comment on the grammar of Albert Smith's note by William Makepeace Thackeray, written possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(2 papers)


'T. Moore's View of Mont Blanc' [France], verse by Thomas Moore, transcribed possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'A Long Frost (Glacier des Bois)' from No[rth] Brit[ish] Advertiser, describing the glacier which extends from Mont Blanc, France, to the valley of Chamonix and the river Arve, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)


'Convent of St. Bernard, [Switzerland]', describing the career of a dog belonging to the convent, which had rescued many travellers over the pass of St. Bernard, n.d. [1892]
(1 paper)


'Falls of Terni' [Italy], Canto 4:69, from Childe Harold by Lord Byron, transcribed, possibly by Edward Backhouse, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [1892]
(1 paper)


'Accident on the Matterhorn', description of an accident in which 2 mountaineers, accompanying Sir Francis Douglas and Mr. Whymper, were killed in a descent from the summit in 1865, possibly written for a lecture, by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


Description, possibly designed to accompany a lantern slide,; incorporating a verse describing a climb to see the setting sun, which took so long that the rising rather than the setting sun was seen, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Eddystone Lighthouse', Plymouth, Devon, a description of the four different lighthouses on the site, possibly written for a talk by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [post 1882]
(1 paper)


'Strasburg Clock': a description of an elaborate clock in Strasburg, France, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)


'Bret Harte's Idea of the Legends of the Rhine', verse describing the dramatic scenery which fosters the legends of the Rhine [Germany], possibly written by Edward Backhouse, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Gundvanges' [Norway]: description of the grandeur of the scenery at Naeroy Fjord, a branch of Sogne Fjord, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Bear Adventure near Stavanger', Norway: a description of an incident in which a girl was knocked down by a bear, feigned death while the bear was digging a hole in which to keep her body for future consumption, slipped out of her dress which she left lying on the ground, and so fooled the bear and escaped, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [ c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Norwegian Hospitality': a description of the hospitality of the Norwegians, and a description of an incident in which Isaac Sharp felt constrained to pour away a cup of coffee through a hole in the floor of his room, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Skjolden' Norway: a note describing how much interest and excitement was generated in Norway by the silver spoons on the yacht [possibly the Nereid] and describing the questions put by a landlord at Rudesheim, Germany, concerning Mr. B's [Backhouse] income, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


Brown and the Bear: comic verse concerning the adventures of a man determined to catch a bear, written possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


One stanza of a verse, entitled 'Fall of Foyes', Scotland, by Robert Burns, possibly transcribed by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


The Fisherman's Widow: verse, composed by Sarah Dondney, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Dying Gladiator' 'Byron wrote of this': verse describing a dying gladiator, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'The Soldier's Dream', verse by Campbell, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(2 papers)


'Man the Lifeboat', and 'The Ship on Fire', verses from songs by H. Russell, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'The Magic Mirror; or Surrey & The Fair Geraldine, from Lay of Last Minstrel, Canto 6', by Walter Scott: a description of the background to the verse and the verse describing Surrey's vision of Geraldine, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [1892]
(3 papers)


'Magician's Cave', verse from Macbeth describing the witches dancing round the cauldron casting in the constituents of their brew, part of which is written out, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [1892]
(2 papers)


'On Migration', short article copied from the Friends' Examiner, January 1889
(1 paper)


'Newcastle Apothecary', by Colman, describing in verse how an apothecary of Newcastle liked to write his prescriptions in verse, a practice which led to the death of one of his patients, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [1892]
(1 paper)


'Landseer', anecdote concerning a faux pas committed by the King of Portugal on being introduced to Landseer; 'Cavalier's Pets', concerning the circumstances in which Landseer painted the eponymous picture, quoted from Frith's Life, possibly transcribed by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'The Kodak', 'Corney Grain speaking of the Modern Craze for photography sings of the 'Kodak', verse, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, 1892
(1 paper)


'Top Hats': a disquisition on the Top Hat, describing the 'recent' derogatory reference to it by Sir Herbert Maxwell, in Blackwood, 1892, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, to accompany a lecture, n.d. [1892]
(1 paper)


'Hagar & Ishmael in the Wilderness, just before, as Keble says...': verse describing the death of Hagar, possibly written out by Edward Backhouse Mounsey to accompany a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Bethlehem - Shepherds', description of the shepherds of the Holy Land, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey for a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Church of the Holy Sepulchre Exterior' 'From Murray's Guide'; 'The Chapel of St. Helena (Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre)'; 'The Golden Gate - Jerusalem', description of the Holy Sepulchre, the site of St. Helena's discovery of the relics of The True Cross and the gate in the Eastern Wall of Jerusalem, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, and rough notes of these descriptions, n.d. [c.1892]
(2 papers)


'Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem': description of a mosque believed to be erected on the site of Solomon's Temple, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey for a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Massacre of Glencoe', description of the massacre of Glencoe, Argyllshire, Scotland, and shortened version of the description, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Cave of Egg Island', Small Isles, Invernessshire, describing the massacre of the Macdonalds of Eigg Island by the McLeods, and a shortened version of the description, both possibly by Edward Backhouse, n.d. [c.1892]
(2 papers)


'Well of the Heads - Inscription', Glengarry, Invernessshire, Scotland, describing the legend of the Well of the Heads, and an abbreviated version, possibly by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1892]
(2 papers)


'Abou Simbel. Nubia. Miss Edwards 1888', description of the monuments at Abou Simbel [Egypt], possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Crocodiles in the Nile', 'Miss Edwards 1888', description of the behaviour of crocodiles in the Nile, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey, for a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'Sphinx and Pyramids': description of the sphinx and pyramids, Egypt, written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey for a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)


'The Colossi of Thebes', Egypt: description of the Colossi of Thebes, possibly written by Edward Backhouse Mounsey for a lecture, n.d. [c.1892]
(1 paper)

John Mounsey (1801 - 1879) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/118-180)

son of John Mounsey and Ann (nee Robson)
married Lucy Backhouse in 1839

Deeds and Business Papers (Ref: D/X 1667/7/118-132)

3 June 1839 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier (2) Edward Backhouse, the younger, and Thomas James Backhouse, both of Ashburne, in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, gents., Thomas Mounsey of Hendon Hill in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, furrier Lease and release from (1) to (2) of freehold premises in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, and covenant to surrender three moieties of copyhold land in Bishopwearmouth from (1) to (2)
(parchment, 5 membranes)


3 June 1839 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier (2) Lucy Backhouse Backhouse of Ashburne, in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, spinster (3) Edward Backhouse of Ashburne, banker, father of (2) (4) Edward Backhouse, the younger, and Thomas James Backhouse of Ashburne, gents., and Thomas Mounsey of Hendon Hill, in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, furrier Settlement on the marriage of (1) and (2); (1) to convey his freehold house and land on the east of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth; his interest in a moiety of land, tenements, warehouses, in Cumberland Street and Queen Street, Bishopwearmouth, in the occupation of Thomas and John Mounse; and in a moiety of tenements in the west side of the north end of Queen Street, Bishopwearmouth in the occupation of Stafford and Foster, to (4) to secure £10,000 to be held in trust for (2); (4) to invest £10,000 in government bonds or mortgages and pay the interest to (2)
(1 file)


Copy of D/X 1667/7/119


3 June 1839 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier (2) Edward Backhouse, the younger, and Thomas James Backhouse, both of Ashburne, Bishopwearmouth, gents.; Thomas Mounsey of Hendon Hill, Bishopwearmouth, furrier Bond, in £20,000, that (1) shall pay to (2) £10,000 by 3 December 1839, on the marriage of (1) to Lucy Backhouse Backhouse, daughter of Edward Backhouse, the younger
(1 paper)


Schedule of deeds concerning the settlement made on the marriage of John Mounsey, 1 June 1839 - 30 June 1849, c.1850
(1 paper)


Note by John Mounsey, agreeing to secure, on his household goods, the sum of £800, lent to him by Edward Backhouse, junior, Thomas James Backhouse, and Thomas Mounsey, trustees of his marriage settlement, 30 June 1849
(1 paper)


14 January 1858 (1) Edward Backhouse, the younger, of Hendon Hill, Bishopwearmouth, banker (2) Alfred Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, banker's clerk (3) John Kidson of Sunderland, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (2) of the property mortgaged in D/X 1667/7/119; and conveyance from (1) to (3) of the mortgage sum of £10,000
(parchment, 1 membrane)


14 January 1858 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, coal owner, and Lucy Backhouse, his wife (2) Edward Backhouse, the younger, of Hendon Hill, Bishopwearmouth, banker (3) Alfred Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, banker's clerk Appointment of (3), by (1) as trustees under the marriage settlement of (1)
(parchment, 1 membrane)


Plan of the Lands and Premises Situate in the Parish of Bishop Wearmouth and Borough of Sunderland in the County of Durham Belonging to the Trustees of Bishop Wearmouth Hospital, drawn by Thomas Bell & Sons, Surveyors, December 1860 The plan shows lots 2 to 5 for sale, abutting the villa residences and pleasure grounds belonging to Edward Backhouse, Esqre;.' and lot 1 on Chester Road, abutting Bishop Wearmouth Infirmary Endorsed: 'JM's [J. Mounsey] Portion of the Hospital land measures 2a. 0. 33. Annual value £11 5s. 0. entered to the Poor 10. 6.2'
(1 plan, 38.5 cm. x 26.5 cm., printed, colour-wash)


25 October 1861 (1) John Mounsey of Hendon Hill (2) Henry Bowman, an M.D., Monkwearmouth Agreement whereby (2) will rent, for 5 years, from (1), a house in Fawcett Street, Sunderland Rent: £71 p.a.
(1 paper)


Income and expenditure account for the ship, S.S. Elemore, Robert Weatherley, Master, in which John Mounsey, among others, owned a share, 16 September 1870 - 27 March 1871 Endorsed: list of owners of shares, including 8 sixty-fourths owned by John Mounsey, 1871
(1 paper)


6 March 1872 (1) Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, Shoreham, Sussex, shipowner (2) John Mounsey of Sunderland, coal owner Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of 8 sixty-fourth shares in the ship, Leverington Consideration: £2000 Endorsed: 'J. Mounsey's share in Leverington'
(1 paper)


13 August 1872 (1) Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, Shoreham, Sussex, shipowner (2) John Mounsey of Sunderland, coal owner Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of 8 sixty-fourth shares in the ship Vesta Consideration: £2000 Endorsed: 'J. Mounsey's share in Vesta'
(1 paper)


Letter from Robert Sharp, Hetton Fitting Offices, Sunderland, to John Mounsey, Hendon Hill, Sunderland, acknowledging receipt of £330 8s. 2d., for boiler repairs at Elemore, 18 September 1878
(1 paper)


Receipts issued by Robert Horne Penney, Southwick, Shoreham, Sussex, acknowledging payment by John Mounsey, Sunderland, of sum due for repairs to the ship Leverington, 3 March - 24 May 1879
(4 papers)

Records concerning Service on the Grand Jury (Ref: D/X 1667/7/133-137)

Receipt issued by Sheriff's Officer, Sunderland, to John Mounsey for the sum of £3 6s. 0d., a fine for his refusal to serve as a juror, 30 March 1853
(1 paper)


Letter from John Tiplady, Durham, to John Kidson, solicitor, Sunderland, informing the latter that John Mounsey's fine for non-performance of jury duty will be remitted, as John Mounsey is exempted from jury duty, 28 April 1853
(1 paper)


Letter from J. Mounsey, addressed to J. Kidson, asking the latter whether the writer is obliged to inform any person that he is exempt from jury duty because of his status as registrar of marriages of the Society of Friends, n.d. [c.1854]
(1 paper)


Memorandum, addressed to David Browell in the name of John Mounsey, informing the former that John Mounsey is exempt from serving on the Grand Jury at the Quarter Sessions, because he is the Registering Officer for Marriages in the Society of Friends, 24 March 1854
(1 paper)


Summons, issued by David Browell, Sheriff's Officer, 7 Villiers Street, Sunderland, to John Mounsey, gentleman, to serve as a member of the Grand Jury at the Quarter Sessions, 20 March 1856
(1 paper)

North Bitchburn Coal Company (Ref: D/X 1667/7/138-143)

Memorandum, written by Edward Backhouse, Ashburne, Bishopwearmouth, stating that he has given to his son-in-law, John Mounsey, Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, his one-32nd share in the North Bitchburn Royalty, 16 December 1844
(1 paper)


16 January 1858 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, ship owner (2) Mary Mounsey of Sunderland near the Sea, spinster Mortgage from (1) to (2) of two 32nd shares in the North Bitchburn Mine in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland Consideration: £3,720
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


16 January 1858 (1) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, formerly furrier, now coal owner (2) Edward Backhouse, the younger, of Bishopwearmouth, banker; Alfred Backhouse of Darlington, banker; John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, banker's clerk Unexecuted mortgage from (1) to (2) of a half part of one 22nd share in the Hetton Coal Company and of one 32nd share in the North Bitchburn Coal Company Consideration: £10,000 Signed by John Mounsey only
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Notice, issued by John Kidson, attorney, to Mary Mounsey, informing the North Bitchburn Coal Company of the mortgage from John Mounsey to Mary Mounsey of two 32nd shares in the North Bitchburn Coal Company, 26 January 1858
(1 paper)


Notice, issued by John Kidson, addressed to the Partners of and in the North Bitchburn Coal Company, informing the latter that John Mounsey has mortgaged his one thirty second share in the company, 5 February 1858
(1 paper)


1 May 1880 (1) Rev. George Hanbury Fielding of 17 Hereford Square, South Kensington, Middlesex, Clerk in Holy Orders (2) Mary Rebecca Fielding of 17 Hereford Square, widow, and Henry Johnes Fielding of the same place, esq. (3) William Randolph Innes Hopkins of Grey Towers in Cleveland, North Riding of Yorkshire, coal owner; Henry Smith Hobart of Wilton Tower, coal owner; John Shields of Western Lodge, City of Durham, coal owner Lease, for 21 years, from (1) and (2) to (3) of coal, ironstone and fire clay under lands (83a. 2r. 29p.) at Cringle Dykes in the Township of Hunwick and Helmington; with the right to use existing, and make further, pits and mines; coalmines may be worked by outstroke and instroke; brickmaking may be undertaken for use on the demised lands; heap room; coke ovens, are also conveyed; excepting lead, copper and copper ore, tin and tin ore, firestone, limestone; with power for (1) and (2) to work these minerals and wayleaves to convey them from the premises, with compensation from (1) and (2) to (3) Rent: £150 p.a.; (3) may mine the equivalent number of tons of coal reckoned at 3d. per ton, when coke is sold at 10s. per ton, or less; 4d. per ton when coke is 10s. to 12s. per ton; 5d. per ton when coke is 12s. to 13s. per ton; 6d. per ton when coke is 13s. to 14s. per ton; and so on; if (1) and (2) mine an amount of coal which exceeds the equivalent of the annual certain rent, then they shall pay to (3) a tonnage ranging from 3d. to 1s. 10d. per ton; 6d. per ton for ironstone and fireclay; one halfpenny for coals won from other mines, but led away by means of (1) and (2)'s mines Recites: terms of will of George Fielding dated 1 July 1852; death of George Fielding, 25 May 1869; probate of will, 27 July 1869 Plan of lands demised has been cut from the document Endorsed: 17 May 1899 (1) Henry Johnes Fielding of Hereford Square, London, esq. (2) Minna Emilie Elizabeth Fielding of Penmorlan Colwyn, Denbighshire, Wales, widow of George Hanbury Fielding, dec'd; the said Henry Johnes Fielding (3) The said Minna Emilie Elizabeth Fielding (4) The North Bitchburn Coal Company, Darlington Lease, for 21 years, from 1 July 1898, from (1) to (3) to (4) of seams of coal, ironstone and fireclay under lands (83a. 2r. 29p.) at Cringle Dykes Rent: £150 p.a.; 3d. per ton for coal, fireclay and ironstone got from the mines demised ; halfpenny per ton for materials brought to bank via the demised mines Recites: terms of the will of George Hanby Fielding, dated 3 December 1891, and death of George Hanby Fielding, 10 October 1899 See: D/NBCC 3/17
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Hetton Colliery (Ref: D/X 1667/7/144-162)

7 August 1821 (1) Solomon Chapman of Bishopwearmouth, esq. (2) The Hon. Archibald Cochrane of Little Eppleton, a captain in His Majesty's Navy; Richard Scruton of the City of Durham, esq.; Alexander Whalley Light of the City of Durham, a colonel in the army; William Hayton of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; William Horn of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; Nathan Horn of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; Robert Horn of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; John Wood of the Mount in the parish of Gateshead, colliery viewer; Robert Watson Darnell of Monkwearmouth, wine merchant; William Stobart, the younger, of Picktree (in the parish of Chester-le-Street), colliery viewer; John Dunn of the City of Durham, esq. Lease, from (1) to (2), for 42 years from 11 November 1820, of a wayleave over closes, called the North Field and the Mill Field (14a.) in Bishopwearmouth; of the right to construct one main waggonway and one byeway, and sideways, from the collieries of (2) to the staithes of (2) on the River Wear or on the German Ocean, to convey coal, cinders and limestone dug from (2)'s collieries and quarries in Houghton-le-Spring and Pittington Hallgarth; all works not to exceed 2 acres; if necessary 1 further acre parallel to the existing ways may be used Rent: £200 p.a.
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Correspondence between Edward Backhouse, Sunnyside, and Thomas Richardson, concerning the withdrawal by Edward Backhouse of a half and of a one eighth share in the late Mr. Stobart's collieries, 31 December 1830 - 15 January 1831
(4 papers)


1 September 1831 (1) William Vizard of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq.; Henry Robert Ferguson, a lieutenant colonel in His Majesty's Army, Bryanston Street, Middlesex (2) William Redhead of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. Agreement for the sale from (1) to (2) of one thirtieth share in the Hetton Coal Company (formed by a deed of co-partnership, 1 August 1827) Consideration: £18,000 - £22,500 is to be paid in cash immediately and the residue in 5 instalments between 1 March 1832 and 1 June 1835; interest of 4 percent on unpaid moneys; facility for early repayment
(1 file)


29 March 1833 (1) William Redhead of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. (2) Jonathan Backhouse, William Backhouse, Edward Backhouse, James Backhouse, John Backhouse, and Jonathan Backhouse, bankers and co-partners, carrying on business in Newcastle and other places Mortgage from (1) to (2) of one thirtieth share in the Hetton Coal Company Consideration: £7348 18s. 10d. from (1) to (2); (1) still owes £9000 of the purchase price of one thirtieth share as in D/X 1667/7/146
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Notice, issued by Donkin & Stable, solicitors to Messrs. Backhouse & Co., to William Vizard, esq., and Lieutenant Colonel Ferguson, infoming the latter of the transfer of the interest of William Redhead in a one thirtieth share in the Hetton Coal Company, from William Redhead to Jonathan Backhouse, William Backhouse, Edward Backhouse, James Backhouse, John Backhouse, and Jonathan Backhouse, 27 April 1833
(1 paper)


1 June 1834 (1) William Vizard of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq.; Henry Robert Ferguson, a lieutenant colonel in His Majesty's Army, late of Bryanstone Street, now of Wilton Crescent, Middlesex (2) Jonathan Backhouse, William Backhouse, Edward Backhouse, James Backhouse, John Backhouse, Jonathan Richardson, bankers, Newcastle upon Tyne (3) Benjamin Sorsbie of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. (4) William Redhead of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant (5) Edward Richardson of West Hendon, ship owner and coal fitter Assignment, and counterpart, from (1) and (2), with the consent of (3) and (4) of a one-thirtieth share in Hetton Colliery Consideration: £3000 from (5) to (1), and £6000, and 5% interest, to be paid between 1 December 1834 and 1 June 1837; £3000 from (5) to (2)
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Bond, in £2000, by which Edward Richardson of West Hendon, ship owner and coal fitter, undertakes to pay William Vizard of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq.; and Henry Robert Ferguson, a Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's Army, late of Bryanstone Street, now of Wilton Crescent, Middlesex, £6000, and interest of 5 percent, 1 June 1834
(1 paper)


Letter from Nath. Wood, Hetton Colliery, to John Kidson, acknowledging that he has received notice of John Mounsey's mortgage of half of one share in the Hetton Coal Company, 17 February 1838
(1 paper)


15 October 1838 (1) William Vizard of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq.; Henry Robert Ferguson, a Lieutenant Colonel in Her Majesty's Army, of Wilton Crescent, Middlesex (2) Edward Richardson of West Hendon, ship owner and coal factor Release from (1) to (2) of a mortgage of £6000 of a one-thirtieth share in Hetton Colliery
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Account, addressed to Edward Richardson, esq., enumerating a bill of costs sent to Mr. Ogden; as follows: a principal sum of £4500; half a year's interest, to 1 June 1838; and 136 days' interest, to 15 December 1838, signed by Vizard Leman, n.d. [c.1838]
(1 paper)


Letter from Edward Richardson, West Hendon, to John Mounsey, acknowledging that a share in Hetton Colliery has been purchased on the latter's behalf from Mr. Vizard, 18 September 1840 Endorsed: note by John Mounsey that half the share belongs to his brother, Thomas Mounsey, 29 December 1847
(1 paper)


Letter, and duplicate, from John Mounsey, to Edward Backhouse, junior, and Thomas Backhouse, Trustees of John Mounsey's marriage settlement, accompanying the handing over, as collateral for £10,000, part of his marriage settlement, of the deeds to a share in Hetton Collieries, 11 December 1840 At end: acknowledgement of the receipt of the deeds by Thomas Mounsey
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Mounsey, Hendon Hill, to Thomas James Backhouse, requesting the latter to hold the deeds to a share in the Hetton Collieries, as security for the sum of £7,650 which the writer owes to his sister, Mary Mounsey, 29 December 1847
(1 paper)


1 March 1851 (1) Edward Richardson of Priestfield, Staffordshire, esq. (2) John Mounsey of Sunderland near the Sea, esq. Assignment from (1) to (2) of one twenty-second share, formerly a thirtieth share in the Hetton Colliery
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Copy resolution admitting John Mounsey as a partner in the Hetton Coal Company, 13 March 1851
(1 paper)


25 September 1857 (1) Mary (Thomas) Mounsey of the Esplanade, Bishopwearmouth (2) Mary Mounsey of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) agrees to sell to (2) all the half of a twenty-second share in the Hetton Collieries, now standing in the name of John Mounsey Consideration: £6,500
(1 paper)


Declaration, by John Mounsey, that he holds a half of a 22nd share in the Hetton Coal Company on behalf of his sister, Mary Mounsey, 22 February 1858 Attached: notice, issued by Mary Mounsey to the Hetton Coal Company, and Nicholas Wood, esq., Hetton Manager and Principal Agent, informing the company of the declaration of a trust on half a 22nd share, 22 February 1858 Attached: copy letter from John Kidson, Sunderland, to Nicholas Wood, esq., Hetton le Hole, enclosing a copy of the mortgage from John Mounsey to Edward Backhouse of a half a 22nd share in the Hetton Coal Company, 3 February 1858 Copy letter from Nicholas Wood, Hetton Colliery, to John Kidson, acknowledging the receipt of the notice of the mortgage, 17 February 1858
(3 papers)


Notice, issued by John Kidson, attorney to the mortgagees, Edward Backhouse, Alfred Backhouse and John Backhouse, banker's clerk, and addressed to the Hetton Coal Company, informing the latter of the mortgage of £10,000 taken out by John Mounsey, coal owner, on his half of a 22nd share in the Hetton Coal Company, 26 January 1858 Attached: note from John Kidson to E. Backhouse, junior, esq., enclosing the notice, 2 March 1858
(2 papers)


Schedule of deeds, dating from 1 September 1831 to 16 January 1858, relating to a 22nd share in Hetton Colliery, c.1858
(1 paper)

Brusselton Royalty (Ref: D/X 1667/7/163)

Letter from W. Lishman, colliery viewer, Colliery Office, Etherley, Darlington, to John Mounsey, Hendon Hill, Sunderland, enclosing valuation of a one-tenth share in Brusselton Royalty, 24 February 1872 Enclosed: valuation by W. Lishman, of a one-tenth share in Brusselton Royalty held on a 42 year lease from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, from 1 January 1861, and sub-let to Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., 16 and 24 February 1872
(1 file; 2 papers)

Records concerning the Death and Estate of John Mounsey (Ref: D/X 1667/7/164-180)

Account book of purchases of groceries from William E. Cowan, made by Miss Mounsey, Hendon Hill, 13 January 1875 - 8 July 1879 Originally enclosed with D/X 1667/7/167
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Note, written by John Mounsey, addressed to his children, giving detailed instructions concerning the disposal of his house at Hendon Hill [Bishopwearmouth]: his elder son, Edward Backhouse Mounsey, is to be offered it; if he declines, his daughters, if unmarried, should be offered it as a residence, paying a fair rent for it; if they decline, it should be offered to John Wilfred Mounsey; if he declines, it should be sold and the proceeds added to the Residuary Fund; instructionsconcerning the furnishings of the house are also given: his daughters should have them if residing in the house; if Edward Backhouse Mounsey were to live there and re-furnish it, the daughters should have some of the furnishings for their new residence; John Wilfred Mounsey, having had his house furnished for him, has little claim to a share of the furnishings; the plate and the books should be divided equally; his daughters should be offered a house and carriage, n.d. [1875-1878]
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Memorandum, by John Mounsey, altering the division of his household goods to exclude Edward Backhouse Mounsey, and expressing his desire that his household goods should be divided between his daughters, Lucy, Anne Priscilla and Mary Emma, and that his books be divided amicably between his 5 children, 15 January 1879
(1 paper)


Bills submitted to the executors of the late John Mounsey, as follows: Bill for chickens, vegetables and fruit supplied by Thomas Gibson & Co., 6 June - 10 July 1879; for carpet laying and repair, furniture repair, paper hanging, by Hobkirk, Smith and Whitecross, cabinet makers, upholsterers and paper hangers, 62 Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 6 May - 1 July;1879; for fabric and haberdashery by Alexr. Corder, linen draper, silk mercer, etc., Hutchinson's Buildings, High Street, Sunderland, 6 June - 9 July 1879
(3 papers)


Rough note of the number and value of John Mounsey's shares in the North Eastern Railway, the Scinde Punjab Railway [India], the Midland Railway, and the Great Western Railway; certified by W. Harding, 15 July 1879
(1 paper)


Copy 'Schedule and Valuation of Furniture and Effects of the late John Mounsey, Hendon Hill, Sunderland', by Geo. Bulman, Licensed Appraiser, Hall of Commerce, Sunderland, 17 July 1879
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Letters from Linsay Wood, Southill near Chester-le-Street, and Hetton Colliery Office, Near Fence Houses, to J.W. Mounsey, giving a valuation of John Mounsey's share in the Hetton Collieries, 15 and 21 July 1879
(2 papers)


'Mem. of Valuations in J. Mounsey's Estate, July 1879' Lists the categories of John Mounsey's property and their worth
(1 paper)


Copy will, dated 4 December 1875, proved 6 August 1879, of John Mounsey of Hendon Hill in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, coal owner, bequeathing his personal goods and chattels to his son Edward Backhouse Mounsey and his daughters Lucy Elizabeth Mounsey, Anna Priscilla Mounsey, and Mary Emma Mounsey in equal shares; house and estate at Hendon Hill to Edward Backhouse Mounsey; £3,500 to his daughter Lucy Elizabeth Mounsey; £1,500 to his son, John Wilfred Mounsey; £3,500 to his daughter Anna Priscilla Mounsey; £3,500 to his daughter, Mary Emma Mounsey; rest of all real and personal estate to sons Edward Backhouse Mounsey and John Wilfred Mounsey to dispose of it and divide the proceeds equally among children, living at his death, as tenants in common; the surviving children of any of his children, who have pre-deceased him, to inherit their parents' share; shares bequeathed to female children to be at their absolute discretion and not subject to marital control
(1 file)


Letter from William C. Stobart, Spellow Hill, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, to E.B. Mounsey, The Bank, Darlington, giving a valuation of an eighth share in Newton Cap Colliery and a tenth share in Brusselton Colliery, 17 October 1879
(1 paper)


Valuation, by Geo. Barnes, Licensed Appraiser, Sunderland, of three copyhold messuages, nos. 22, 23 and 24 Queen Street, Bishopwearmouth, part of the estate of John Mounsey, 14 November 1879
(2 paper)


Residuary Account - Inland Revenue Form, detailing the residual property left by John Mounsey to be held in trust for his children, completed by Messrs. Kidson Son and McKenzie, Sunderland, and signed by the executors of the estate, E.B. Mounsey and J.W. Mounsey, 15 November 1879 Attached: Schedule B, giving details of shares in railways; Schedule C, giving details of shares in collieries; Schedule D, giving details of debts owed by the deceased at death; Schedule E, giving details of the income on shares
(5 papers)


Letter from Kidson, Son & McKenzie, Sunderland, to E.B. Mounsey, The Bank, Darlington, giving an assessment of duty due on John Mounsey's estate, 2 December 1879
(1 paper)


Receipts, issued by the Inland Revenue, for the payment of duty on legacies, left by John Mounsey, to Mary Emma, Anna Priscilla, Lucy Elizabeth, John Wilfred and Edward Backhouse, Mounsey, 5 December 1879
(5 papers, printed)


Summary calculations of the extent of John Mounsey's estate, one of which is signed 'JWM', 1879
(2 papers)


Letter from Linsey Wood, Hetton Fitting Office, Sunderland, to E.B. Mounsey, esq., returning the probate copy of the late John Mounsey's will and assuring the addressee that he will 'ensure the proper resolution is past [sic] at the ensuing general meeting to admit you as a partner', [in Hetton Colliery], 28 January 1880
(1 paper)


'List of securities in this Parcel', giving details of shares held by J. Mounsey, 'these to be held by Mary Emma Mounsey, Lucy E. Mounsey, Anna Priscilla Mounsey, signed by E.B. Mounsey', n.d. [1880]
(1 paper)

Mary Cecilia Mounsey (nee Pease) (1892 - 1967) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/181-194)

daughter of Edward Lloyd Pease and Helen Blanche Pease
These letters are most likely addressed to Mary Cecilia Mounsey, nee Pease, wife of Reginald Joseph Mounsey (1884 - 1962), son of Edward Backhouse and Rachel Ann Mounsey. Mary Cecilia Pease and Reginald Joseph Mounsey were married on 14 September 1921 and had 5 children, including: Dorothy (b. 1922), Priscilla (b. 1923) Anthony (b. 1924), David (b. 1925) and Margaret (b.1928). See pedigree of Edward Backhouse of Ashburne

Letters from Nanny (Ref: D/X 1667/7/181-184)

Letter from Nanny, Holins Grove, Sandsend, Whitby, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Mounsey, describing the good health of the children, their large appetite, their pleasure in the sea and the countryside, the baby's fickle appetite possibly caused by teething, an expedition by the children to Whitby to spend threepence each in Woolworths, 15 April 1930
(4 papers)


Letter from Nanny, Holins Grove, Sandsend, Whitby, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Mounsey, describing the picking of primroses and their being sent to Miss King, Doris Swainston, Nanny Lockey, Cousin Rachel and Flora; and the distress of Anthony after Mrs. Mounsey had left with Dorothy, 25 April 1930
(1 paper)


Letter from Nanny, Holins Grove, Sandsend, Whitby, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Mounsey, describing the picking of primroses at Raithwaite, the sending of a box of primroses to Miss I'anson, the ill-health of the baby, and the good health of the other children, 'Thurs', n.d. [1930]
(2 papers)


Letter from Nanny, Holins Grove, Sandsend, Whitby, Yorkshire, to Mrs. Mounsey, describing the delight of the children in the beach and the woods and discussing the sparsity of trains, and their arrangements for returning home, 15 April 1932
(1 paper)

Circulars and Printed Instructions issued during the Second World War (Ref: D/X 1667/7/185-194)

Government Evacuation Scheme: Suggestions for Authorized Visitors, Memo. Ev2, issued by the Ministry of Health, Whitehall, London, January 1939
(1 paper, printed)


Blank Visitors' Record Form, Ev.2, designed to record accommodation available for refugees, issued by the Ministry of Health, 1939
(1 paper, printed)


General Information on Evacuation for Reception Areas, issued by Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence, 41 Tothill Street, London, c.1939
(1 paper, printed)


Information on Evacuation For Householders taking Unaccompanied Children, including the rules for the care of children, advice on food storage and menus for a school-age child, issued by The Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence, n.d. [c.1939]
(1 paper, printed)


Public Information Leaflet No. 1: Some Things You Should Know If War Should Come, issued from the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939
(1 paper, printed)


Public Information Leaflet no. 4: Your Food in War-Time, issued from the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939
(1 paper, printed)


If the Invader Comes: What To Do - And How To Do It, poster issued by the Ministry of Information in cooperation with the War Office and the Ministry of Home Security, n.d. [1940]
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 27.5 cm., printed)


Air Raid Precautions: General Hints, Instructions, and Particulars of Articles For Your Refuge Room, issued by Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., n.d. [c.1939]
(1 booklet)


Letter from The Red Cross Agriculture Fund, Rural Pennines Section, 29 Belgrave Square, London, to Mrs. Taylor, Village Organiser, thanking the latter for organising house-to-house collections for the Duke of Gloucester's Fund, July 1945
(1 paper)


Certificate, issued in the name of Elizabeth II, thanking the recipient, Mrs. Mary Mounsey, High Linhams, Blackwell, Darlington, for taking in refugees in 1939, n.d. [c.1953]
(1 card, 17 cm. x 27 cm., coloured; 1 envelope)

Mary J. Mounsey (c.1796 - 1875) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/195)

Mary J. Mounsey was the sister of John Mounsey of Hendon Hill, Sunderland, the daughter of John Mounsey and Ann (nee Robson)


Receipt, signed by J. Mounsey, on behalf of the executors of Mary J. Mounsey, acknowledging the receipt of £327 4s. 6d., the half share due to the executors for rents derived from, and capital from the sale of, the 'Queen St. Property', 8 January 1883
(1 paper)

Thomas Mounsey (Ref: D/X 1667/7/196)

Possibly Thomas Mounsey (1793 - 1850), father of Katharine Mounsey (wife of Edward Backhouse of Ashburne)


Probate copy of the will of Mary Jackson of Bishopwearmouth, widow, dated 9 September 1833, proved, 2 April 1838, bequeathing a freehold messuage in High Street, Bishopwearmouth; a freehold messuage at the top of Pewterer's Lane, otherwise Lombard Street, Sunderland near the Sea; a copyhold messuage in Northumberland Street, Bishopwearmouth; to Thomas Mounsey, in trust to sell the real estate and personal estate and divide the proceeds between the testator's sisters, Margaret Hulse, Alice Burroughs, Ellen Turnbull, Jane Blyth, and Elizabeth Cooper; and niece, Mary Ann Ward
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Mary Mounsey (nee Capper) (1795 - 1870) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/197-203)

Mary, married (1817) Thomas Mounsey (1793 - 1850)


Paper outline of the profile of the head of 'M.T.M.' aged about 9', n.d. [1802]
(1 paper, 7.8 cm. x 4 cm.)


Silhouette of the profile of the head and shoulders of 'Mary Capper, married Thos. Mounsey', n.d. [c.1815] Endorsed: M.C.
(1 paper, 7.7 cm. x 12 cm.)


Silhouette of the profile of the head and torso of 'Mary Thos. Mounsey', 1846 Endorsed: 'duplicate'
(1 card, 9 cm. x 12.5 cm.)


Silhouette of the profile of the head and torso of an unidentified woman', n.d. [17 July 1846] Endorsed: 'M.M. 17/7 1846'
(1 card, 9 cm. x 12 cm.)


Paper marked 'Surplus or Not Used Black Portraits', from Ashburn, 1906' [Sunderland], n.d. [early 19th century]
(1 paper, 23 cm. x 18.5 cm.)


Silhouette of the profile of the head and shoulders of an unidentified man, n.d. [early 19th century]
(1 paper, 7.5 cm. x 11.5 cm.)


Silhouette of the profile of the head and shoulders of 'Sarah Capper married Anthony Morris', n.d. [early 19th century] Endorsed: 'S.C. Horn at the Torehead'
(1 paper, 7.7 cm. x 12 cm.)

Reginald Joseph Mounsey (1884 - 1962) (Ref: D/X 1667/7/204-205)

son of Edward Backhouse Mounsey and Rachel Ann (nee Fryer)
married Mary Cecilia Pease


Card containing images of a Cambridge boat crew, n.d. [1900-1910] As follows: Photograph of eleven young men standing and sitting in a group, with a wooden staircase leading up behind them, on the outside of a boathouse, and with the open door of the boathouse also behind them; ten of the young men are wearing light-coloured blazers, shorts and striped socks; two of the young men have the coat of arms of King's College, Cambridge on the breast pocket of their blazers; one young man, sitting in the middle of the group, is wearing a dark suit with a shirt with a stiff collar, n.d. [1900 - 1910]; Photograph of a rowing skiff on the river Cam, with eight oarsmen and a cox; behind them four men wearing caps and blazers and two men wearing dark suits are standing on the towpath near a tree; behind them, in turn, are lawns and the façade of the boathouse; taken by Stearn & Sons, Cambridge, n.d. [1900 - 1910]; The card bears the coat of arms of King's College, Cambridge, with the words King's Kent Boat above it; between the photographs are the words 'Bumped Sidney Caius'; below the photograph are the names of the oarsmen of the King's boat: Capt.: T.W. Wilson; Coach: J.S. Collins; Bow: H.W. Winterbotham, 10.1; 2: G.H. Goodall, 10.13; 3: H.G. Marshall, 10.6; 4: G.H. Cooke,: 12.3; 5: R.J. Mounsey, 12.13; 6: W. Hope Jones, 12.2; 7: J. Hibbert, 11.2; Str.: H.W.G. Newton, 11.8; Cox: R.F. Bailey, 8.11
(1 card, 73 cm. x 41.5 cm.; 2 photographs, 26.5 cm. x 21.5 cm., sepia)


Card bearing the printed words: 'With the Greetings of Mr. and Mrs. J.I. Lechie' and with the name Mr. R.J. Mounsey in manuscript, 13 September 1952
(1 card, 9 cm. x 3.5 cm., printed)