Catalogue

Auction sale particulars of the estate of Col. Fewster Johnson, deceased 19 September 1807 - held at Three Tuns, New Elvet, Durham; - particulars printed by George Walker of Sadler Street, Durham; - Lot I.1 mansion house at Ebchester Hill in occupation of H. D. Jackson with 53 acres, 1 rood, 35 perches in the following: Wrightson's Cottage and Garth; New Close; Parson's New Close; Bakehouse Garth; Parson's Dean Field; East Middle Field; West Middle Field; Harp Field; Broom Hill; Hither Spring; High Spring; Far Spring; East Middle Spring; Middle Spring; Woody Banks; - Lot I.2 Spring House Farm in occupation of Robert Wheatley with 17 acres, 1 rood, 17 perches in the following: Stoney Acres; Middle Spring; Eight Rigs; Brother Burn Dean; Douglass Close; Spring House and Garth; - Lot I.3 Hill Cottage in occupation of George Mason; - Lot I.4 Nicholson's Garth in occupation of John Surtees; - Lot I.5 The Twenty-rigs Field in occupation of William Ward; - Lot I.6 Low West Field in occupation of William Robson; - Lot 1.7 cottages in Ebchester in occupation of Jemima Bell, George Pattison and Margaret Crooks; - Lot I held by 5 leases for 3 lives from Sherburn Hospital at annual rent of £2.3.8 - Lot II Tithe-Free Farm in occupation of James Bell with 57 acres, 1 rood held by lease for three lives from Sherburn Hospital at annual rent of £1.0.6 and in the following: Little Church Flatt; Great Church Flatt; Long Close; Shaw Bank; West East Head; Middle East Head; East East Head; Barley Bank; Law Close; - Lot III East Law Farm in occupation of Robert Wheatley with 92 acres in the following held by leases from Sherburn Hospital at annual rents totalling £4.15.3: Well Close; Fawcett's West Close; Clover Hill; Fawcett's East Close; The Law; fold and housestead; Calf Garth; Copyhold Field; Middle Spring Field; Spring House Pasture; Low Fine; High Fine; High Law Fine; Low Law Fine; East Hay Cock Lands; Berry Edge also 7 acres, 1 rood, 36 perches in occupation of William Kirsop in Berry Edge Allotment; - Lot IV Sodfine and Pemberton Farms in occupation of John Bell containing 180 acres, 1 rood, 39 perches and paying modus of 9 1/2d in lieu of hay tithe and annual rent of 11s. 5d to the Bishop of Durham: Pasture Hill; Well Field; Stony Hill; Cabin Field; Pea Field; Slidden Banks; Low House Field; Low Banks; Low Pasture; Nameless; High Clowers; High Fine; Low Fine; Shoulder of Mutton; Scribes in Slidden banks; Over the Water; Lane Field; Water side; - Lot V.1 West Conside Farm in occupation of Messrs Swinburn containing 420 acres, 1 rood, 29 perches in the following: Miller's Meadow; The Banks; Hagg Wood; White Field; Well Field; The Bank; High Field; Dam Riggs; Whinny Pasture; The Pits Wood; Little Fields; Bail Hill; Sweet Hill; Town Field; East Law Allotment; Ebchester Hill Allotment; - Lot V.2 Stanniford-dam Farm in occupation of Susan Lawson containing 15 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches in the following: Whinny Pasture; Allotment Field; House Intake; Sparkey Bog; The Wood - Lot V subject to rent of 11s. 2d to Bishop of Durham and £3.13.3 1/4 in respect of allotments; East Law and Ebchester Allotments held by leases for 3 lives from Sherburn Hospital - Lot VI Dean Bank, Medomsley in occupation of H. D. Jackson containing 25 acres

Income Tax Schedule D notice sent to Alfred Painter of Sawmills, Pallion Quay for completion 10 June 1887

Pallion Saw Mills statement of receipts and payments from January 1893 - February 1894

Minutes of trustees meeting 22 July 1894 - regarding a institution of a Dr Cheesman as new trustee

Letter from John Peacock, solicitor, of 1 Zetland Road, Middlesborough (Yorkshire) to R. Seymour of 76 Victoria Road, Middlesborough 5 April 1905 - 'I think the sale had better be on the Wednesday instead of Thursday as the latter is the day before Good Friday. I will draw the Bill accordingly'. 'I have been further considering the matter & I don't like the idea of Mr Windross' bidding at the Sale. He is one of the Vendors & there are great objections to the proposed course. The only way I can see is to fix a reserve & if the bidding reached the amount to let the Property go to a stranger bidding a sufficient a sufficient [sic] amount at the Sale. If the Reserve is not reached it might be arranged afterwards hat Mr Windross became a Purchaser by private Contract but all parties interested would have to join in the Conveyance including Mr Ovington. His sanction is the most important of all. Of course in a Sale to a stranger nobody would have to join in the deed but the Trustees. If Mr Windross became the Purchaser by private Contract he should employ an independent Solicitor. I think you had better see him with this letter & in the meantime I won't proceed any further. I can easily get the advertisement ready in a few hours or the Sale can, if necessary, stand over until after Easter. A Trustee purchasing is under any circumstances so delicate a matter that we cannot be too careful'.

Letter from John Peacock, solicitor of Zetland Road, Middlesborough (Yorkshire) to Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors of Alnwick (Northumberland) 13 May 1905 'R. Seymour deceased' 'This sale is advertised for Tuesday next at 7 pm. I have heard from the Auctioneer as to the Reserve. The Beneficiaries have given me instructions in writing for the Sale but at the same time if the Property is disposed of by Auction to an outsider the Trustees will be the proper people to convey. The Reserve having been fixed, as I understand the matter if this sum is reached at the Sale the Property ought to go otherwise the Sale is not a bona fide one & we should not be keeping faith with the Public'.