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Mortgage by assignment of tolls 28 June 1747 Parties: (1) George Allan and Thomas Perse, esquires, George Neale, James Mewburn, Thomas Robson, William Norton and Francis Lawson, gentleman - trustees, amongst others, put in execution by an Act of Parliament of 1745 to repair the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), through Northallerton (Yorkshire) to Croft Bridge (Yorkshire) thence to Darlington, then to Durham; (2) Robert Killinghall of Yarm (Yorkshire), esquire Reciting: - (2) lent £500 to George Allan, Francis Lowson, William Norton, James Mewburn, George Pinkney, Michael Hodgson and Thomas Richardson, clerk at 5% interest secured by an assignment of 28 June 1746 between (i) George Allan, Francis Lowson, William Norton, James Mewburn, George Pinkney, Michael Hodgson and Thomas Richardson and (ii) Robert Killinghall of all tolls for 21 years subject to eight securities for payment of £2,145 and interest (securing £300 to Dorothy Mewburn of Blackwell, spinster, £500 to George Allan of Blackwell, £100 to Gideon Philips of Darlington, £200 to Sir Robert Eden, baronet, £345 to Joseph Ord of Newcastle upon Tyne, £100 to John Pearson of Staindrop, £300 to John Arderne of Stockport (Cheshire) and £300 to George Pinkney of Blackwell); - (1) agreed to borrow a further £200 from (2) Operative Part - (1) assigned (a) to (2) for £200 further advance Property: (a) tolls arising from the turnpike road Habendum: - to (2) for 21 years subject to existing recited securities and additional securities: £660 to Joseph Ord; £100 to Francis Day of Aisenby (Yorkshire), clerk; £100 to George Robinson of Aisenby; £300 to Benjamin Lumley of Aisenby, £400 to Jane Gascoigne of Durham, widow; £500 to George Allan and £200 to Gideon Philips Proviso for equity of redemption Witnesses: - John Mewburn; - James Allan, clerk to the trustees

Mortgage by assignment of tolls 23 July 1756 Parties: (1) Henry Chaytor, William Chaytor and John Killinghall, esquires, Francis Hohnes, Francis Lowson, Richard Bowes and George Norton, gentlemen (seven of the trustees, amongst others, put in execution two acts of parliament); (2) John Arderne of Cowton Hall (Yorkshire) Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1745 to repair the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), through Northallerton (Yorkshire)to Croft Bridge (Yorkshire) thence to Darlington, then to Durham; - Act of Parliament of 1754 enlarging powers of the 1745 act; - (1) were empowered to raise sums of money on credit of tolls; - (1) agreed to borrow £300 from (2) Operative Part - (1) assigned (a) to (2) for £300 Property: (a) tolls arising from the turnpike road Habendum: - to (2) subject to existing securities for existing mortgages Proviso for equity of redemption Witness - George Allan Memorandum - discharge of the mortgage on 29 April 1843

Consent 5 May 1757 - reciting Act of Parliament of 1745 to repair the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), through Northallerton (Yorkshire)to Croft Bridge (Yorkshire) thence to Darlington, then to Durham; - reciting Act of Parliament of 1754 enlarging powers of the 1745 act; - consent by creditors and mortgagees of the tolls of the turnpike road for turnpike trustees to demise tolls for up to three years on security - signed by the following (with amount of their mortgage): Christopher Harrison (£300); Sarah Pinkney and James Allan (£1,500); C. Affleck (£100); Susanna Singleton (£400); Ann Allan and Dorothy Allan (£1,000); Frederick Lowson for John Lowson (£500); J. Ardern (£1,100); Gideon Phillips (£1,700); Mary Morland (£600); Joseph Ord (£1,000); Francis Pemberton (£400); Thomas Chapman (£300); Benjamin Lundey (£300)

Assignment of tolls 11 April 1760 Parties: (1) Rev Andrew Wood, John Trotter, doctor in physick, Henry Chaytor and John Killinghall, esquires, William Norton, Francis Lowson, Francis Holmes and Ralph Robson, gentlemen (eight turnpike trustees); (2) Robert Noble of Croftbridge, yeoman Reciting: - reciting Act of Parliament of 1745 to repair the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), through Northallerton (Yorkshire) to Croft Bridge (Yorkshire) thence to Darlington, then to Durham and Act of Parliament of 1754 enlarging powers of the 1745 act; - public meeting of turnpike trustees at house of Mrs Elizabeth York in Darlington on 11 April 1760 to let the turnpike tolls to the highest bidder for one year from 1 May 1760; - (2) was best bidder for the turnpike tolls at the gate at Croftbridge for £167 Operative Part - (1) assigned (a) to (2) Property: (a) toll house and toll bar and all tolls collected at Croftbridge Bar in the parish of Hurworth to (2) Habendum: - to (2) for one year from 1 May 1760 at rent of £167 Witnesses: - Ra: Tunstall; - Henry Ornsby

Assignment of tolls 11 April 1760 Parties: (1) Rev Andrew Wood, John Trotter, doctor in physick, Henry Chaytor and John Killinghall, esquires, William Norton, Francis Lowson, Francis Holmes and Ralph Robson, gentlemen (eight turnpike trustees); (2) George Parkinson of Darlington, yeoman Reciting: - reciting Act of Parliament of 1745 to repair the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), through Northallerton (Yorkshire) to Croft Bridge (Yorkshire) thence to Darlington, then to Durham and Act of Parliament of 1754 enlarging powers of the 1745 act; - public meeting of turnpike trustees at house of Mrs Elizabeth York in Darlington on 11 April 1760 to let the turnpike tolls to the highest bidder for one year from 1 May 1760; - (2) was best bidder for the turnpike tolls at the gate at Darlington for £177 Operative Part - (1) assigned (a) to (2) Property: (a) toll house and toll bar and all tolls collected at Darlington Bar to (2) Habendum: - to (2) for one year from 1 May 1760 at rent of £177 Witnesses: - Ra: Tunstall; - Henry Ornsby

Transfer 12 August 1820 Parties: (1) Anthony Colling of Darlington, grocer and William Richmond of Whitehouse, Heighington, farmer; (2) John Colling of Whitehouse (Yorkshire), gentleman and Anthony Colling; (3) William Sedgwick of Hartlepool, surgeon Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1792 altering terms of acts of 1745 and 1749 to repair road from Borough Bridge (Yorkshire) through North Allerton (Yorkshire) to Croft Bridge on River Tees then through Darlington to Durham; - mortgage by assignment of 14 October 1793 between (i) Sir John Eden, baronet, David Fowler Burton, Thomas Bowes, John Wetherell Layzelture Hutchinson, James Allan, John Walton Elliott, Thomas Wilkinson and James Backhouse (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Henry Young, late of Lovesome Hill, Aycliffe, gentleman, deceased on which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £500 and 5% interest, subject to proviso for equity of redemption; - will of Henry Young and will of Anthony Dunn, late of Darlington, gentleman by which Martin Dunn, late of Greathorn, gentleman became entitled in equity to £125, part of the £500; - will of Martin Dunn of 28 January 1818 bequeathing all his money in securities to his nephews - (1) whom he appointed joint executors and they proved it on 9 March 1820 in Prerogative Court of York; - interest in the £500 mortgage was vested in (2), executors of Henry Dunn of Lovesome Hill, gentleman, surviving executor of Henry Young; - Act of Parliament of 1801 in which several mortgages were extended for a further 21 years; - Act of Parliament of 1812 repealing all previous acts relating to the road; - £500 remained outstanding but all interest paid; - (3) had contracted purchase of the £125 and interest for £100 Operative Part - (3) paid £100 to (1); - (3) paid 10 shillings to (2); - (2), by direction of William Richmond, and (1) assigned the principal sum of £125 to (3) Habendum: - to (3) for ever Witnesses: - Francis Mewburn

Mortgage by deed poll 26 April 1833 By virtue of Act of 1823 for repairing the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire) to Durham; - assignment by turnpike trustees to Charles Colling of Monk End (Yorkshire) for £1,000 paid to the trust treasurer of proportion of the tolls from gates in the North Riding of Yorkshire and two thirds of tolls collected at Croft Bridge gate erected in County Durham; - trustees: Samuel Crompton, chairman; George Townsend; John Jefferson; Edward Squire; Robert Hodgson; Henry Hewgill; - witness: Joseph Taylor - memorandum by Mary Colling of Monkend, widow and sole executrix of Charles Colling, acknowledging receipt of £1,000 from Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, treasurer to the trustees on 1 January 1840, witnessed by John Ellerton

Mortgage by deed poll 11 April 1834 By virtue of Act of 1832 for repairing the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire) to Durham; - assignment by turnpike trustees to Richard Bedford of Bedale (Yorkshire), innkeeper for £500 paid to the trust treasurer of proportion of the tolls from gates in the North Riding of Yorkshire and two thirds of tolls collected at Croft Bridge gate erected in County Durham; - trustees: John Hutton; Edward Squire; William Wilbank; Robert Hodgson; - witness: Joseph Taylor

Mortgage by deed poll 22 June 1835 By virtue of Act of 1832 for repairing the road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire) to Durham; - assignment by turnpike trustees to Charles Pott of Bridge Street, Southwark (Surrey), esquire and Benjamin Currey of Palace Yard, Westminster (Middlesex), esquire for £6,000 paid to the trust treasurer the tolls from gates between Darlington and Durham and one third of tolls collected at Croft Bridge; - trustees: John Allan; W. S. Temple; Thomas Surtees Raine; Thomas Charge; Frederic Mundy; Warren Maude; John Nelson; Henry Pease; Thomas Arrowsmith; John Tyson; J. D. Garthwaite; - witnesses: John Ellerton of Darlington; Jervis Robinson of Darlington; - memorandum by Mary Colling of Monkend, widow and sole executrix of Charles Colling, acknowledging receipt of £1,000 from Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, treasurer to the trustees on 1 January 1840, witnessed by John Ellerton - memorandum of 28 April 1852 by Anne Currey, widow and sole executrix of Benjamin Currey (will dated 11 March 1823 and proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 11 May 1848) assigning £1,250 of the mortgage to Charles Pott; witnessed by Frederick Currey of Lincoln's Inn, barrister at law; - memorandum of 16 March 1850 of £110 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by W. Woodgate; - memorandum of 14 March 1851 of £120 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by W. Woodgate; - memorandum of 28 April 1852 of £150 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by W. Woodgate; - memorandum of 12 April 1853 of £140 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by H. Swanson of 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields; - memorandum of 3 April 1854 of £250 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by John Thomas Green; - memorandum of 29 March 1855 of £160 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by M. Fowler of 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields; - memorandum of 3 May 1856 of £255 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by Sidney W. Woodgate; - memorandum of 22 April 1857 of £95 paid to Charles Pott, witnessed by Sidney W. Woodgate of 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields

Assignment of security 12 August 1759 Parties: (1) Thomas Peirse, surviving executor of the will of William Perse of Hutton (Yorkshire); (2) Evereld Hustler of Henrietta Street (Middlesex), spinster; (3) Elizabeth Cowper of Osmotherly (Yorkshire), widow; (4) David Jackson of Railey Fell House of St Helen Auckland; (5) John Watters of Railey Fell, yeoman; (6) William Hodshon of Northallerton (Yorkshire), gentleman Reciting: - indenture of 2 March 1752 between (i) George Allan, John Jemison, Philip Bendlowes, Leonard Hartley, esquires, Matthew Culley, James Allan and William Hodshon, gentlemen (seven trustees under an act of parliament of 1751 for repairing high road from Darlington to West Auckland by erecting toll gates etc) and (ii) William Peirse; reciting power of (i) to raise money by mortgage on credit of tolls; reciting two mortgages by assignment of ¿ July and 15 August 1751 to William Perse to secure two sums of £500 and interest; witnessing a third loan of £500 by (ii) to (i) secured by tolls and subject to the two preceding mortgages; - £200 of the £500 mortgage of 1752 was money of (2), £100 was money of (3), £100 was money of (4) and £100 was money of (5); - deed poll by (6) of 1 April 1752 declaring that his name was used in the mortgage of 1752 as trustee for (2) but the sums belonging to (3)-(5) were not mentioned; - death of William Peirse and his will of 26 June 1746 appointing (1) and his brother Richard Peirse as executors, who proved it, with Richard Peirse subsequently dying; - (2)-(5) had agreed to assign the £500 mortgage to (6) as trustee Operative Part - (1), in consideration of 5 shillings pais by (2) and by direction of (2)-(5) assigned the £500 mortgage of 2 March 1752 to (6) Habendum: - to (6) in trust - £200 in trust for (2), £100 in trust for (3), £100 in trust for (4) and £100 in trust for (5) Witnesses: - Francis Lowson; - James Rutherford Indorsed indenture of 18 June 1789 Parties: (i) Thomas Cust of Great Smeaton (Yorkshire), gentleman; (ii) Sir William Foulis of ¿ Manor (Yorkshire); (iii) William Marwood of Busby (Yorkshire), esquire and William Chaytor of Spennithorne near Bedale (Yorkshire) Reciting: - since the assignment of 12 August 1759 William Hodshon had died having published his will of 8 June 1764 appointing his brother Edmund Hodshon, now dead, and (i) as executors who duly proved it; - will of Evereld Hustler of 12 June 1783 bequeathing her turnpike securities to (ii) and (iii) in trust; - proof of the will and codicil of Evereld Hustler; - decree in Chancery of 19 July 1786 in the cause in which William Marwood was plaintiff and (ii) and others defendants, as (ii) refused to act as trustee, declaring that (ii) should transfer his trusteeship of the will of Evereld Hustler to William Marwood and someone else; - report of 27 February 1788 certifying William Chaytor as new trustee Operative Part - (ii) transferred his trusteeship to (iii) Witnesses: - Marmaduke Prickett junior of Bridlington (Yorkshire); - Bethell Jacksone, clerk to Smith and Cardale of Grays Inn

Mortgage by assignment of tolls 18 August 1760 Parties: (1) John Wardell and William Sleigh, esquires, William Lodge, Francis Lowson, James Allan, William Wastell, Francis Hohnes, William Norton and Leonard Robinson, gentlemen (nine turnpike trustees); (2) Philip Bendlowes of Haughton, esquire Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1747 for repairing the road from Stockton on Tees to Darlington and from thence through Winston to Barnard Castle; - Act of Parliament of 1749 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - Act of Parliament of 1753 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - (1) agreed to borrow £50 from (2) with interest at 5% Operative Part - (1) assigned tolls to (2) for £50 Habendum: - to (2) for 21 years Proviso for equity of redemption subject to mortgages for repayment of £6,565 Witnesses: - Ra: Tunstall; - Richard Bowes

Mortgage by assignment of tolls 18 August 1760 Parties: (1) Philip Bendlowes, John Wardell and William Sleigh, esquires, William Lodge, Francis Lowson, James Allan, Francis Hohnes, William Norton and Leonard Robinson, gentlemen (nine turnpike trustees); (2) Richard Cowdell of Bishop Auckland, gentleman Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1747 for repairing the road from Stockton on Tees to Darlington and from thence through Winston to Barnard Castle; - Act of Parliament of 1749 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - Act of Parliament of 1753 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - (1) agreed to borrow £50 from (2) with interest at 5% Operative Part - (1) assigned tolls to (2) for £20 Habendum: - to (2) for 21 years Proviso for equity of redemption subject to mortgages for repayment of £6,565 Witnesses: - Ra: Tunstall; - Richard Bowes

Mortgage by assignment of tolls 29 March 1791 Parties (1) William Chaytor of Spennithorn (Yorkshire), esquire and Timothy Hutchinson, late of Eggleston, now of Durham, esquire; (2) Jane Trotter of Darlington, widow Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1747 for repairing the road from Stockton on Tees to Darlington and from thence through Winston to Barnard Castle; - Act of Parliament of 1749 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - mortgage by assignment of 2 July 1750 between (i) Henry Chaytor, Leonard Hartley, James Cook, William Stains, Matthew Culley and Michael Hodgson, gentleman and Thomas Richardson, clerk (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Margaret Blanchard of Barnard Castle, spinster in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £100 and interest subject to eighteen previous mortgages - mortgage by assignment of 18 August 1750 between (i) Ralph Whitley, William Sutton, Henry Brown, William Sleigh, John Colling, John Grey, James Cook and Rev William Sisson (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Richard Cowdell of Barnard Castle, gentleman in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £100 and interest subject to previous mortgages amounting to £3,920; - Act of Parliament of 1753 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - mortgage by assignment of 18 August 1760 between (i) Philip Bendlowes, William Chaytor and William Sleigh, esquires, Francis Holmes, gentleman, Rev Tobias Hayrick, Rev Andrew Wood , William Norton, Francis Lowson and James Allan, gentlemen (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Margaret Blanchard in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £20 and interest subject to previous mortgages of £6,565; - D/X 2436/1/3/2; - (1) had become entitled to the four mortgages above Operative Part - (1) assigned the four mortgages totalling £240 to (2) Witnesses: - Barbara Gibson; - Paul Greathead; - W. Hutchinson; - William Emm; - Timothy Hutchinson; - William Chaytor Memorandum of 24 June 1845 of part discharge, paying £100 to Agnes Fenton, witnessed by Isaac Close

Assignment of Mortgages 16 September 1820 Parties: (1) John Trotter of Staindrop, esquire; (2) Matthew Readshaw Morley of Southwark (Surrey), hop merchant Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1747 for repairing the road from Stockton on Tees to Darlington and from thence through Winston to Barnard Castle; - Act of Parliament of 1749 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - mortgage by assignment of 2 July 1750 between (i) Henry Chaytor, Leonard Hartley, James Cook, William Stains, Matthew Culley and Michael Hodgson, gentleman and Thomas Richardson, clerk (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Margaret Blanchard of Barnard Castle, spinster in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £100 and interest subject to eighteen previous mortgages - mortgage by assignment of 18 August 1750 between (i) Ralph Whitley, William Sutton, Henry Brown, William Sleigh, John Colling, John Grey, James Cook and Rev William Sisson (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Richard Cowdell of Barnard Castle, gentleman in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £100 and interest subject to previous mortgages amounting to £3,920; - Act of Parliament of 1753 enlarging the powers of the 1747 act; - mortgage by assignment of 18 August 1760 between (i) Philip Bendlowes, William Chaytor and William Sleigh, esquires, Francis Holmes, gentleman, Rev Tobias Hayrick, Rev Andrew Wood , William Norton, Francis Lowson and James Allan, gentlemen (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Margaret Blanchard in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £20 and interest subject to previous mortgages of £6,565; - D/X 2436/1/3/2; - Jane Trotter, mother of (1), had become entitled to the four mortgages above; - Act of parliament of 1805 relating to the road; - death of Jane Trotter on 10 May 1815; - grant of administration of the estate of Jane Trotter to (1) on 25 August 1815 by Prerogative Court of York; - £240 remained outstanding but all interest paid Operative Part - (1) assigned the four mortgages to (2) for £240 Habendum: - to (2) subject to preceding mortgages of the tolls and equity of redemption Witness: - George Harlyson Memorandum of 24 June 1845 of part discharge, paying £100 to Agnes Fenton, witnessed by Isaac Close

Assignment 24 February 1824 Parties: (1) William Orde of Nunnykirk (Northumberland), esquire; (2) Thomas Sherwood of Snow Hall, doctor of medicine Reciting: - Act of Parliament of 1747 for repairing the road from Stockton on Tees to Darlington and from thence through Winston to Barnard Castle; - mortgage of 18 June 1748 between (i) George Allan, William Sutter, Henry Brown, William Sleigh, Leonard Hartley, Lawrence Brockett and Matthew Culley, esquires (turnpike trustees) and (ii) Joseph Ord of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant in which (i) assigned tolls to (ii) for £200 subject to three mortgages totalling £1,620; - assignment of 4 July 1778 between (i) John Orde of Weetwood (Northumberland), esquire and Margaret, his wife, residuary devisee and sole executrix of John Ord and (ii) Thomas Davidson of Newcastle, esquire; reciting death of Joseph Ord and his will of 5 March 1774 devising and bequeathing his residuary estate to his cousin Margaret Ord; proof of will in ecclesiastical court of Durham; marriage of Margaret Ord with John Orde; in which the £200 mortgage of 1748 was assigned by (i) to (ii) as trustee for (i); - death of John Orde and his will of 3 August 1811 bequeathing his personal estate to his son Leonard Shafto Orde; - death of Leonard Shafto Orde and his will of 15 March 1820 devising his personal estate to (1) and Hon Thomas Orde Powlett [1st Baron Bolton] in trust and appointing them joint trustees and proof of the will in Ecclesiastical Court of Durham on 31 January 1822 by Leonard Shafto Orde, Thomas Orde Powlett having renounced executorship and trusteeship; - William Orde put the £200 secured on tolls up for sale by auction on 8 December 1823 at which (2) was highest bidder Operative Part - (1) assigned the tolls to (2) for £133 Habendum: - to (2) for term of years Witnesses: - William Jeffrey, servant to William Orde Memorandum of 7 June 1847 of payment of £100 in part discharge to Mary Raine, witnessed by John James Robinson of Richmond (Yorkshire)

Assignment 6 January 1629 Parties: (1) Matthew Readshaw Morley of Southwark (Surrey), hop merchant; (2) Agnes Feetum of Richmond (Yorkshire), widow Reciting: - D/X 2436/1/3/5; - (2) had agreed purchase of the £240 secured for £200 Operative Part - (1) assigned the four principal mortgage sums amounting to £240 to (2) for £200 Habendum: - to (2) for ever subject to equity of redemption Witnesses: - Attwell Tomlin; - David Fairbank Memorandum of 24 June 1845 of part redemption of £100 received by Agnes Feetham; witness Isaac Close; Memorandum of 20 June 1848 of redemption monies of £140 paid to Agnes Feetham; witness Isaac Close

Mortgage by assignment of tolls 2 December 1793 Parties: (1) James Allan and William Pemberton, esquires; George Robson, Robert Colling and Thomas Wilkinson, gentlemen, Rev. Thomas Peacock and Rev. Henry Richard (turnpike trustees); (2) John Bailey of Chillingham Castle (Northumberland), gentleman Reciting: - Act of 1793 for repairing the road from Cockerton Bridge near Darlington to Staindrop Operative Part - (1) assigned tolls to (2) for £100 and interest Habendum: - to (2) for term of years Witness: - Thomas Bowes