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Copy of the will of George Brown of Gilligate, Durham City, cheesemonger, 9 April 1743 [original]

Probate copy of the will of William Atkinson of Sherburne Lane, we[a]ver, (dated 6 August 1755), 29 August 1762

Will of Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer, 13 December 1783

Probate copy of the will of William Marsingale of Tann Hill nr. Plawsworth, tanner (dated 1 March 1790), 22 May 1790

Will of Thomas Bent of Newcastle upon Tine [sic ], chapman, 6 May 1791

30 August 1813 (1) Richard Summers, shoemaker, and Cuthbert Stawford, yeoman, both of Durham City (2) James Summers (son of Richard Summers) and Thomas Caldeleugh of Durham City, currier Apprenticeship indenture binding (2) to (1) in £10 for a term of 7 years to learn the trade of a shoemaker, usual conditions

19 and 20 March 1771 (1) John Wardell of Crosgate, Chapelry of St. Margaret near Durham City, peruke maker (2) Thomas Hugall of St. Mary le Bow, Durham City, gent. Lease and release of an allotment (1a.) on the south side of the Newcastle Road at Neville's Cross, Crossgate Moor subject to an annual rental of 6d. to the Dean and Chapter of Durham Consideration: £35

20 March 1771 (1) John Wardell of Crosgate, St. Margaret, Durham City, peruke maker (2) Thomas Hugall of St. Mary le Bow, Durham City, gent. Assignment of 2 allotments (2a.) on the east side of the Newcastle Road at Neville's Cross, Crosgate Moor, held under lease for 2 terms of 40 years from 20 July 1765 from the Dean and Chapter of Durham Consideration: £50 Schedule of deeds 24 April 1714 - 3 July 1762

1 March 1771 (1) Thomas Dampier D.D., Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) John Wardell of Millburngate, Durham City, barber (3) Thomas Hugall of Durham City, gent. Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) an allotment on Crosgate Moor; reciting lease by Dean and Chapter to (2) of a burgage in Millburngate

1 April 1771 (1) John, Bishop of Peterborough, Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) Sarah White of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow (3) Thomas Hugall of Durham City, gent. Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) an allotment in Crosgate Moor; reciting lease by Dean and Chapter to (2) of a burgage in South Street, Durham City

12 May 1774 (1) Anthony Saint of South Street, Durham City, yeoman (nephew and devisee of William Horsley late of South Street, yeoman, deceased) (2) John Grey of Durham City, ropemaker, and Margaret, his wife Release of an allotment lately set out to William Horsley, deceased on the division of Crosgate Moor, parish of St. Oswald, in respect of a burgage in South Street to use of (2) as specified Consideration: £50 Endorsed: memoranda re will of John Grey, dated 21 July 1801, and will of Margaret Grey, dated 25 June 1804, who devised a burgage and allotment to her nephew William Bennett of Oxford Street, London, tin plate worker

5 May 1786 (1) William Digby D.L., Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) William Hugall of Durham City, gent. (3) Thomas Chipchase and William Shields, both of Durham City, aldermen Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) the allotment specified in D/WM 10 [containing 1a.] Recites previous deeds

Licence, all details as D/WM 13

5 May 1786 (1) John, Bishop of Peterborough, Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) William Hugall of Durham City, Esq. (3) Thomas Chipchase and William Shields, both of Durham City, aldermen Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) the allotment specified in D/WM 11 [containing 1.5a.] Recites previous deeds

1 February 1788 (1) William Digby D.L., Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Chipchase and William Shields, aldermen, and John Wardell, gent., all of Durham City (3) Francis Mewburn of Durham City, surgeon 3 licences by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) [3] allotments [total 3.5a.] in Crossgate Moor Recites previous deeds

Licence, all details as in D/WM 16

Licence, all details as in D/WM 16

8 and 9 February 1788 (1) Thomas Chipchase and William Shields, both of Durham City, merchants (assignees of William Hugall, late of Durham City, now of Scarborough, Yorkshire, gent., eldest brother, heir and executor of Thomas Hugall, late of same city, gent., deceased) (2) John Wardell of Crosgate, Chapelry of St. Margaret, gent. (3) Francis Mewburn of said City, surgeon Lease and relaease by (1) and (2) to (3) of 2 allotments (1a each) on the east side of the Darlington road, and assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of 2 leasehold allotments (1a. each) residue of several terms of 40 years held from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, all premises part of late Crossgate Moor Consideration: £194 by (3) to (1) Recites previous deeds

1 May 1789 (1) John, Bishop of Peterborough, Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) Francies Mewburn, late of Durham, now of Bishop Middleham, surgeon (3) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate, Durham City, blacksmith Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) the allotment specified in D/WM 15 Recites previous deeds

8 and 9 May 1789 (1) Francis Mewburn, late of Durham City, now of Bishop Middleham, surgeon (2) Thomas Miller of New Elvet, Durham City, yeoman (3) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate, Durham City, blacksmith Lease and release by (1) to (3) of freehold allotments and assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of leasehold allotments all as specified in D/WM 20 (except also includes an allotment of 1.5a. near Neville's Cross which with the other allotments, now lie together and are divided into two fields) Consideration: £215 by (3) to (1) Recites previous deeds

13 June 1807 (1) Matthew Young of South Street, Durham City, mason (2) William Bennett of Oxford Street, London, tin plate worker Covenant to produce title deeds to premises specified in D/WM 12 Schedule of deeds 11 November 1720 - 24 March 1753

13 and 14 February 1815 (1) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate, Durham City, gent. (2) Samuel Calbreath of Gilligate, Durham City, yeoman (3) Thomas Wharton of Framwellgate, gent. (4) Richard Simpson of Farewell Hall Bar, yeoman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) and to (4) in trust for (3) of freehold allotments and assignment by (1) to (3) of leasehold allotments as specified in D/WM 26 (except an additional leasehold allotment of la. on the east side of Darlington Lane, Crosgate Moor for the residue of a term of 800 years) Consideration: £555 by (3) to (1) Recites previous deeds

14 February 1815 (1) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate, Durham City, gent., and William Stoker of Durham City, surgeon (2) Thomas Wharton of Framwellgate, Durham City, gent. Bond in £200 to indemnify (2) against dower of Elizabeth Stoker, wife of Henry Stoker

8 June 1815 (1) William Bennett [of Oxford Street], Middlesex, tin plate worker (2) George Burnett of Crosgate, Durham City, mason Agreement for sale of an allotment (1a.) on Crosgate Moor, Chapelry of St. Margaret adjoining the lane from Farewell Hall to Neville's Cross for a consideration of £100

16 and 17 January 1818 (1) William Bennett of Oxford Street, Middlesex, tin plate worker (2) John Wiburn of Sadler Street, Durham City, ironmonger, and Thomas Eggleston of Durham City, gent. (3) George Burnett of Crossgate, Durham City, mason Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of allotment specified in D/WM 28 Consideration £100 by (3) to (1)

Conditions of sale of allotment specified in D/WM 28 with agreement for sale by George Burnet to George Robson, 28 February 1826

15 July 1826 (1) George Burnett, late of Crosgate, now of Old Elvet, Durham City, mason (2) Thomas Eggleston of Crosgate, gent. (who has survived John Wilburn, late of Sadler Street, Durham City, ironmonger, deceased) (3) George Robson of Allergate [Durham City], plasterer (4) Thomas Jackson of Gilligate, Durham City, mason Release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of allotment specified in D/WM 28 to hold in trust for the use of (3) Consideration: £118 by (3) to (1)

16 and 17 February 1829 (1) Thomas Wharton, late of Framwellgate, Durham City, now of Stonebridge Turnpike Gate, yeoman (2) Richard Simpson, late of Farewell Hall Bar, now of Gilligate, Durham City, yeoman (trustee for (1)) (3) George Robson of Allergate, Durham City, plasterer (4) Thomas Jackson of Claypath, Durham City, mason and builder Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) and to (4) in trust for (3) of freehold allotments as specified in D/WM 23 (except now with house and stable lately erected thereon), and assignment by (1) to (3) of leasehold allotments as specified in D/WM 26 Consideration: £587 10s. by (3) to (1)

17 February 1829 (1) Thomas Wharton, late of Framwellgate, Durham City, now of Stonebridge Turnpike Gate (2) George Robson of Allergate, Durham City, plasterer Assignment of bond of indemnity (D/WM 27) Recites previous deeds

20 July 1829 (1) John Banks, Bishop of St. Davids, Dean, and the Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Wharton of Shincliff Gate, weaver (3) George Robson of Allergate, plasterer Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) 2 allotments on Crossgate Moor

Abstract of title reciting deeds, 8 May 1789 - 20 July 1822, to freehold and leasehold fields on Crosgate Moor belonging to Thomas Wharton, 1829

[Fragment of] abstract of deeds and writings, 11 November 1799, re Thomas Wharton's freehold and leasehold fields on Crosgate Moor, n.d. [1829]

6 November 1845 (1) Robert Robson of Newcastle upon Tyne, plasterer, and George Robson of Durham City, chemist and druggist (trustees of the will of George Robson late of Durham City, plasterer, deceased) (2) Joseph Paul Jackson, late of Durham City, now of Oyster Shell Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, (2nd son and heir of Thomas Jackson, late of Durham City, mason, deceased) (3) Jane Robson and Mary Robson, both of Durham City, spinsters (4) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner Release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of 2 closes of land (3-21a.), excepting the 5 cottages thereon, and 1 allotment (1a.), both on Crossgate Moor, parish of St. Oswald, on the east side of the road from Neville's Cross to Farewell Hall, to use of (3) and to use of (4) in trust for (3); assignment by (1) to (3) of a leasehold close (4a.) on east side of same road for a term of 21 years subject to rents to Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral Consideration: £648 by (3) to (1) Recites previous deeds

18 April 1864 (1) Rev. George Waddington D.D., Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner Lease of a parcel of land (4a.) on the south side of Neville's Cross for a term of 21 years at an annual rental of 1s.; plan endorsed

11 October 1866 (1) Very Rev. George Waddington D.D., Dean, and Chapter of Durham (2) Rt. Hon. Henry Thomas, Earl of Chichester and Edward Howes, esq., M.P., two of the Church Estate Commissioners (3) Thomas Summers of the Market Place, Durham City, tanner Grant by (1) and (2) to (3) of the reversion of a piece of land (3a.) at Crossgate on the south side of Neville's Cross, mineral rights excepted Consideration: £155 10s. by (3) paid to Church Estate Commissioners' Bank of England account Recites lease by (1) to (3) and Jane his wife, dated 20 July 1864 Plan endorsed

30 July 1915 (1) Mary Summers of Byland Lodge, Durham City, spinster (2) The County Council of the Administrative County of Durham Duplicate agreement for sale of 81 sq. yds. of land at Neville's Cross at the junction of roads from Farewell Hill, Brandon and Durham for road widening, mineral rights excepted; plan attached

Durham County Council plan of proposed improvement at Neville's Cross on the Durham-Stanhope main road Scale: 1:500 Attached: copy receipt of Mary Summers for £115 purchase money from Durham County Council, 7 June 1924.

1809 (1) Tobias Child (2) John Hall of Framwellgate in the suburbs of Durham City, yeoman (3) William Evance of Framwellgate, gent. (4) Richard Summers [Fragment] of draft release by (1) to (2) of 12 freehold allotments (total 19a.) on Brasside Moor on the north side of the Brasside Road and 2 allotments (total 6.5a.) on the north side of them Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of an allotment (1a.) in the Intack, Framwellgate on the west side of Sandygate Road held under lease for 21 years from (2), dated 4 April 1806 Covenant to levy a fine

Abstract of memoranda, 6 February - 20 December 1802, re allotments purchased by Thomas Child on the division of Framwellgate Commons, n.d. [c.1810]

16 April 1811 (1) Miles Swinburn of Finchale Abbey, yeoman (2) Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer Agreement for sale of 5 parcels of land alloted to (1) on the division of Framwellgate Moor for a consideration of £390

2 and 3 August 1811 (1) Miles Swinburn of Finchale Abbey, yeoman (2) Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer Lease and release of 3 allotments (total 8.5a. on High Brasside Moor on the west side of Finchale Abbey Public Bridle Road Consideration: £390

Declarations of William Ainsley of Crook Hall Mill, miller, and of John Ward of Durham City, gent., to the Inclosure Commissioners of Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert re their sale of allotments to Miles Swinburn of Finchale Abbey, yeoman; receipts of William Ainsley and John Ward for puchase money attached, 19 - 21 March 1803

Extract from the general award made on the division of Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert Commons dated 12 May 1809 re allotments of Richard Summers, n.d. [c.1810]

As D/WM 50 re allotments of Miles Swinburn, n.d. [c.1810]

27 March 1817 (1) Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer (2) Mathew Woodifield of the College in Durham City, gent. Covenant to levy a fine on a newly erected messuage and 47a. of land called Little Newton on the late moor called High Brasside in Framwellgate Attached: receipt of Tobias Child for £400, final payment of £2,000 purchase money from Richard Summers for 19.5 allotments lately part of Framwellgate Moors, 16 August 1809

28 March 1817 (1) Mathew Woodfield, gent., plaintiff (2) Richard Summers, deforceant 2 parts of a final concord as to premises at Framwellgate Chapelry of St. Margaret

17 December 1824 (1) Rev. James Britton, D.D., Vicar of Bossall, Yorkshire (2) Francis Wharton of South Bailey, Durham City, gent. Attested copy of deed to lead to the uses of a fine being a feoffment of a newly erected messuage called High Brasside Farm, lately part of High Brasside Moor and Framwellgate Moor, with 7 closes of land (35a.), and a field (4a.) near the end of South Street, Crossgate, formerly partly held on lease from Dean and Chapter of Durham, formerly parcel of Crossgate Moor; covenant to levy a fine Recites: Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert Inclosure Act 1802. Recites: purchase of the premises by (1) from George Airey of Newcastle (nephew and heir of Jonathan Airey, deceased)

12 May 1809 [original] Extract from the General Award under Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert Division re allotments of Rev. James Britton, (35a.)

24 December 1824 [original] (1) Francis Wharton, plaintiff (2) Rev. James Britton, D.D., deforceant Copy of final concord whereby (2) acknowledges right of (1) to premises at Framwellgate and Crossgate, Chapelry of St. Margaret, parish of St. Oswald

Abstract of title of Rev. James Britton, D.D., to an estate at High Brasside, Framwellgate, Durham. Recites deeds and enclosure act, 2 April 1801 - 24 December 1824

14 and 15 February 1828 (1) Rev. James Britton D.D., Vicar of Bosall, Yorkshire (2) Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer Lease and release of premises as specified in D/WM 55 Consideration: £1,700 Recites previous deeds

Probate copy of the will, dated 12 March 1828, of Richard Summers of Durham City, cordwainer, 13 May 1829

23 November 1830 (1) James Bent Summers of Durham City, agent (2) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner Deed of co-partnership to carry on business as tanners for a term of 14 years under the name of Thomas Summers carried on in the messuage and tannery in Gilesgate, Durham City; usual conditions, agreement that the tannery and the corn crop, stock etc. at Newton Grange Farm shall be the joint property of (1) and (2)

Conditions of sale of 4 fields (28a.) adjoining the Borough House to Low Bras side Road on Framwellgate Moor, with agreement for sale by Thomas Hopper to James Bent Summers and Thomas Summers for a consideration of £800, 30 January 1836

4 May 1836 (1) Rev. Luke Ripley, clerk, and William Charles Chayter, esq., Churchwarden of the parish of Little St. Mary, South Bailey, Durham City (2) John Fawcett of South Bailey, esq. Draft lease of a tenement in the South Bailey, late occupied by Dame Mary Eden and Sir John Eden, Bart., and an allotment (3a.) in Framwellgate Moor, for a term of 21 years at an annual rental of 8s. Consideration: £8

12 May 1836 (1) Thomas Hopper of Sharrow Lodge, Yorkshire, esq. (2) James Bent Summers and Thomas Summers, both of Durham City, gents. Lease for a year [being part of a lease and release] of 4 allotments (total 16a.) adjoining the Hagg House road and Brasside road on Framwellgate Moor, which were allotted to Sir John Eden, Bart., under an inclosure act of 41 George III

13 May 1836 (1) Thomas Hopper, late of Durham City, now of Sharrow Lodge, Yorkshire, esq., and Walter Charles Hopper, late of Belmont, now residing at Jermyn Street, Westminster, esq., who have survived Robert Surtees, late of Mainsforth, esq., deceased (2) John Burrell of Durham City, gent., and Robert Burrell, late of Durham City, now of Atherton Park, esq., steward Copy surrender and defeazance of an allotment (7a.) on the south side of the Hagghouse Road, Framwellgate Moor to hold in trust for James Bent Summers and Thomas Summers, both of Durham City, gents., who have paid (1) a consideration of £800 for these and premises specified in D/WM 65 in the Manor Court of Chester

Copy lease, all details as in D/WM 64 (except Thomas Davidson, esq., replaces Rev. Luke Ripley and receipt for fines is attached), 30 December 1837

18 April 1846 (1) James Bent Summers of Low Newton, gent., a bachelor (2) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner, a bachelor (3) Robert Ingram Shafto of Durham City, gent. Deed of dissolution of partnership being a release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage, formerly 2 dwellinghouses, used as a tannery in Gilligate, Durham City, with piece of ground adjoining to hold in trust for (2) Consideration: £1,350 by (2) to (1) Recites: will of Richard Summers late of Durham City, gent., deceased, dated 12 March 1828 Recites: release, covenant to surrender and assignment between Thomas Hopper, esq., John Fawcett, esq., (1), (2) and Robert and James Burrell, both of Durham City, esq., re lands in Framwellgate Moor, dated 13 May 1836 Recites: release and covenant to surrender between Peter Richardson, gent., Mark Child, glue manufacturer, John Walton, gent., Tobias Child, skinner, Thomas Greenwell, miller, John Hines, gent., (1), (2) and John Hutchinson re tannery specified as above, dated 13 May 1823

18 April 1846 (1) James Bent Summers of Low Newton, tanner (2) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner Assignment by (1) to (2) of his moiety of the stock in trade of their tannery partnership

18 April 1846 (1) James Bent Summers of Low Newton, gent., a bachelor (2) Thomas Summers of Durham City, tanner, a bachelor (3) John Burrell and Robert Burrell, both of Durham City, gents. (4) Robert Ingram Shafto of same place, gent. Deed of dissolution of partnership being a release by (1) and (2) to (4) of a newly erected messuage called Little Newton and a farm (47a.) and a newly erected messuage called High Brasside and a farm (35a.), both in Framwellgate, and covenant of the parties to surrender customary premises in the Manor of Chester to hold in trust to the use of (1) Consideration: £900 by (1) to (2) Recites previous deeds

18 April 1846 (1) Thomas Summers of Durham City, farmer (2) James Bent Summers of Low Newton, farmer Assignment by (1) to (2) of his moiety of crops, stock etc., of their farming partnership

18 May 1860 (1) Edwin Tyler of Old Elvet, surgeon, and John Weeldon Barnes of Market Place, bank agent, both of Durham City (2) Frances Summers of Gilesgate, Durham City, spinster (tenant for life of the premises specified below) (3) Thomas Summers of Market Place, Durham City, tanner Counterpart lease by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and 110 acres of land called Newton Grange Farm and a close of land (3a.) at Whitesmocks, both in Framwellgate for a term of 35 years at an annual rental of £80 payable to (2)

Plan of Newton Grange Estate belonging to James and Thomas Summers, 1838; containing 8a.0r.13p. No scale

Probate copy of the will, dated 29 July 1850, of James Bent Summers of Newton Grange, St. Margaret, gent.,19 October 1850

Probate copy of the will of Thomas Summers of Market Place, Durham City, gent., (dated 5 January 1894), 4 March 1898

Probate copy of the will of Fanny Summers of 20 Market Place, Durham City, spinster, (dated 29 March 1899), 31 October 1902

Estate duty, succession duty and residuary account forms completed on behalf of Fanny Summers, deceased, and the succession of Mary Summers to Fanny Summers' property, 22 November 1902 - 20 January 1903

Probate copy of the will of Mary Summers of Byland Lodge, Durham City, spinster, (dated 17 February 1915), 6 August 1924

Estate duty and succession duty forms, residuary account and legacy receipts re Mary Summers, deceased, 17 December 1924 - 1 December 1927

Notice from G.M. Read, G.N. Read and G.E. Read to trustees of the will of Mary Summers, deceased, authorising them to pay legacy duty on their shares of the residuary estate, August 1925

9 October 1929 (1) John Thomas Boyd of Byland Lodge, Durham, gent. (2) John Boyd of Hill House, Hetton-le-Hole, mining engineer and Henry Guy Boyd of 4 Dorset Mount, Harehill, Leeds, Yorkshire, bank clerk Appointment of (2) by (1) as new trustees under the recited will of Mary Summers, deceased

25 March 1941 (1) John Boyd of The Poplars, Linden Gardens, Harton, South Shields, gent. (2) Grace Evelyn Read of 5 Royal York Villas, Clifton, Bristol, spinster Appointment of (2) by (1) as new trustee under the will of Mary Summers, deceased

Death certificates of Henry Guy Boyd, John Thomas Boyd and Grace Morell Freear Read, 18 February 1941 - 8 February 1943

Estate duty account form completed on behalf of Grace Morell Read, deceased, 1943

Capital account, income account, Miss G.E. Read's account and Major G.N. Read's income account re Miss M. Summers, deceased, 9 May 1942 - 17 December 1943

28 May 1799 (1) John Ward of Edmondbyers, yeoman (who survived Robert Ward, late of same place, yeoman, deceased) (2) Joseph Jopling of Brandon Walls, yeoman (3) Miles Robinson of Cooperhaugh, yeoman Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of a newly erected messuage, stable and barn and 8 closes of land adjoining each other lately divided by hedges (50a.) at Muggleswick for the residue of a term of 21 years, paying an annual rental of 5s.6d. to the Dean and Chapter of Durham (part of a rental of 8s.8d. due under recited lease of 20 July 1798) Consideration: £320

1 June 1812 (1) Elizabeth Robinson of Deanhouse, Muggleswick, widow (and administratrix of Miles Robinson, late of same place, yeoman, deceased) (2) John Ward of Edmondbyers, yeoman (3) Ann Borrow, late of Steeley, now of Cornsay, widow, and John Borrow of Hole Hill near Satley, yeoman (4) David Gardner jnr. of Durham City, yeoman (5) John Hopper of Palace Green, Durham City, schoolmaster Assignment by (1), (2) and (3) to (5) of premises as specified in D/WM 95 [called Deanhouse] for the residue of a term of 21 years from 15 February 1812, and assignment by (1), (3) and (4) to (5) of a close of land on the south side of Bowdenhope Burn (which divides it from the above premises) for the residue of a term of 21 years from 20 July 1811, all to the use of (5) in trust for (4) to secure £200 advanced by mortgage Consideration: £200 by (5) to (1); £470 by (4) to (1); £30 by Miles Robinson to (3) during his lifetime Recites previous deeds

24 February 1845 (1) Johnson Worthy of Hartlepool, builder (2) Stephen York of Gilling, Yorkshire, esq. Mortgage being an assignment of a messuage in Long Close, Hartlepool for the residue of a term of 684 years to secure £800 with interest Recites previous deeds

24 November 1845 (1) Richard Wilson of Hartlepool, gent. (2) Johnson Worthy of Hartlepool, builder (3) Stephen York of Gilling, Yorkshire, esq. Assignment and mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of 3 messuages in Victoria Street, 4 messuages on the north side of William Street, 2 messuages on the south side of Southgate Street, messuages and shops on Massam Green, 6 messuages called Marine Terrace, and a burgage called Proctor's Chamber and a garden on the east side thereof in Southgate Street, all in Hartlepool, for the residue of terms of 684 years, 60 years, 60 years, 684 years, and 40 years, to secure £900 with interest by (3) to (1) and sums of £900, £400 and £800 with interest already owed Recites previous deeds including agreement for sale of premises by (2) to (1)

6 January 1849 (1) Stephen York of Gilling, Yorkshire, esq. (2) John Richardson of Hartlepool, builder Assignment of premises as specified in D/WM 98 held under terms as specified therein Consideration: £3,600

22 May 1851 (1) John Richardson of Hartlepool, builder (2) Elizabeth Wallis of York, spinster Mortgage being an assignment of 3 messuages in Victoria Street, a messuage in William Street, 2 messuages on the south side of Southgate Street, messuages and shops in Massam Green and 2 messuages on the south side of Princes Street, all in Hartlepool for the residue of terms of 684 years, 60 years and 60 years to secure £400 with interest

10 December 1868 (1) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, miller (2) George Pyman of West Hartlepool, shipowner Mortgage being a conveyance of a parcel of ground (2,850 sq. yds.) at West Hartlepool to secure an annual payment of £53 12s.6d. for a term of 5 years

1 June 1870 (1) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, miller (2) John Jobson, surgeon; William John Cummins, stationer; and Valentine Hutchinson M.D., all of Bishop Auckland (trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society) Further charge subsequent to recited mortgage, dated 6 May 1868, of closes of land called East Long Hills (4¹/3a.), the Meadow Field (4a.), the Cornfield (8a.), the Low South Field (1a.), all at Stranton, excepting plots of land, sold as specified, and subsequent to mortgage of land specified in D/WM 101 Consideration: £400

24 June 1870 (1) Thomas Walker of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, esq. (2) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, miller (3) Trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Assignment of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3), premises as specified in D/WM 100 subject to the redemption of (2) Consideration: £1,600 by (3) to (1) Recites previous deeds Attatched: letter of Edward Turnbull at West Hartlepool to W. Dale Trotter at Bishop Auckland re Richardson to Wallis mortgage [see D/WM 104], 30 June [18]70

27 June 1870 (1) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, esq. (2) Sophia Clarinda Wallis of Blandford Square, Middlesex, spinster Mortgage being an assignment of premises as specified in D/WM 100 to secure £400 with interest

11 August 1870 (1) Henry Morgan Vane of No.8, York Street, St. James's Square, Westminister, esq. (the Official Trustee for Charity Lands) (2) Paul Maude Edger, surgeon; John Grey, gent; Rev. Edwin Shaw, incumbent of the District Church of Holy Trinity, Hartlepool; Richard Copeland Denton, shipbuilder, all of Hartlepool, and Christopher Procter of Thornley, agent (Trustees for Ann Crookes's Charity, parish of Stranton) (3) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, miller Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a close of land (2a.), No.240 on the O.S. plan of the parish of Stranton Consideration: £700 by (3) to (2) Schedule of deeds 21 November 1755 - 21 June 1870 Endorsed: memorandum of conveyance dated 3 March 1883 by William Watson and (3) to John Booth of West Hartlepool, grocer of a ¹/3 part of a parcel of ground (213 sq. yds.) on the east side of Bramby Street [Stranton]

18 November 1871 (1) Edward Turnbull of West Hartlepool, gent. (2) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, miller (3) Ralph Hutchinson Young of West Hartlepool, gent. Deed of partition being a conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of unsold plots of building land in intended streets called Sarah Street and Alice Street at East Stranton to hold in trust to the use of (1) and (2) as specified; plan endorsed

28 November 1871 (1) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, gent. (2) Edward Leadbitter of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent. Mortgage being a conveyance of 9 pieces of ground in Alice Street and Sarah Street, West Hartlepool to secure £5,000 with interest Endorsed: 27 February 1877 (1) Edward Leadbitter of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent. (2) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, gent. (3) John William Watson of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent. Transfer of mortgage specified above by (1) and (2) to (3) Consideration: £4,000 by (3) to (1)

28 November 1871 (1) The Trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society (2) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, gent. (3) Edward Leadbitter of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent. Transfer of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) secured on 2 parcels of ground (2,740 sq. yds.) on the south side of Musgrave Street and west side of Lynn Street at West Hartlepool and a close of land as specified in D/WM 105 Consideration: £2,419 10s. by (3) to (1); £2,580 10s. by (3) to (2) Plan endorsed 27 February 1877 (1) Edward Leadbitter of Newcastle upon Tyne (2) John Richardson of West Hartlepool, gent. (3) John William Watson of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent. Transfer of mortgage specified above by (1) and (2) to (3) Consideration: £4,000 by (3) to (1) Attatched: receipts for Consolidated £3 per Cent; annuities purchased by (3) and (1), and letter of Edward Turnbull at West Hartlepool to (1) in Newcastle re (2)'s mortgage, 20 November 1871 - 21 November 1877

14 February 1930 (1) Michael Moore Hobson of Harperley Mill, Tantobie, miller (2) Rt. Rev. Thomas Dunn, Bishop of Nottingham, and Elizabeth Eyston of Hendred House, Wantage, Berkshire, widow Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of Whessoe Farm (191a.) in Haughton-le-Skerne to secure £3,500 with interest

1 September 1932 (1) Elizabeth Eyston now of New House, Kingston Bagpuze, Abingdon, Berkshire (2) Elizabeth Eyston and Thomas More Eyston of Hendred House, Wantage, Berkshire, esq. Transfer of mortgage specified in D/WM 109

5 March 1942 (1) Elizabeth Eyston (2) Elizabeth Eyston and Charles Richard Neville Bishop of Shipton Hall, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, Captain in H.M. Army Transfer of mortgage specified in D/WM 109

Letters from Messrs. Aitchison and Bell, 46 Grainger Street, Newcastle to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, Eldon Square, both solicitors at Newcastle re proposed mortgage of Whessoe Grange Farm, 4 March - 24 September 1929

Letter from Robert Donkin, auctioneer and valuer, Rothbury, nr. Morpeth, Northumberland, to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, solicitors, 15 Eldon Square, Newcastle, requesting to be excused valuing a farm near Consett for mortgage, 15 May 1929

Letters from Messrs. Nicholson and Martin, Milburn House, to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, Eldon Square, both solicitors at Newcastle upon Tyne, re M.M. Hobson's proposed mortgage of Whessoe Farm, 16 October 1929 - 6 July 1931

Letters from Charles McGhie, 38 and 79 Collingwood Buildings, agent for Carr-Ellison Estates, to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, Eldon Square, both solicitors at Newcastle upon Tyne re proposed mortgage of Whessoe Grange Farm, 17 September 1929 -14 October 1930

Receipt of C. Thompson, registrar, for fees from Leadbitter and Harvey for Official Search, no.442, 12 February 1930

Letters of G.M. Sladden, Registrar, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 50 North Bailey, Durham, to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, re Whessoe No.1, with receipts for fees, 27 February - 4 March 1930

Letter of Michael M. Hobson, miller, Harperley, and Cachgate Steam and Water Corn Mills to Messrs. Leadbitter and Harvey, Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, forwarding interest for Whessoe Farm, 13 August 1930

Account of annual rents for Kyo and Stanley properties sent to Michael M. Hobson, Annfield Plain

Plan of Whessoe Farm, n.d., [c.1930] No scale

Administration of the goods of Joseph Chipchase of Claypath, Durham City, butcher, deceased, granted by James Baker, clerk, M.A., (for the Bishop of Durham), to John Hines of New Elvet, Durham City, gent., 22 March 1823 Recites: marriage settlement of Anthony Dobson jnr., of Gilligate, Durham City, skinner and Jane Kelso, daughter of Robert Kelso of Birkley, Yorkshire, yeoman, whereby a messuage divided into 2 houses on the south side of Gilligate were assigned to Joseph Chipchase, deceased, upon trusts

Probate copy of the will of Mary Reavely of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster, (dated 13 May 1859), 5 January 1860

Calculations of legacy duties under John Truman's will, n.d. [c.1860?]

Abstract of title deeds 10 June 1862 - 3 June 1868 to a dwellinghouse and premises at Jarrow belonging to the representatives of Robert Farrer Thompson in mortgage to Jane Jefferson, 1874

Copy of the will, dated 2 March 1854, of John Brown of Wickham, gent., n.d. [c.1870]

Schedule of deeds, 6 September - 27 October 1924 re 1-5 Cottage Row, Durham, received by W.A.H. Shepherd, 11 November 1924