Catalogue

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) Suthern Smailes of Tantobie, blacksmith (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment by (1) to (2) of 5a.1r.24p of land at Tantobie to the north of the Tanfield road. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £180

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) Joseph Porter of Bounder House, corver (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment by (1) to (2) of 3a.0r.21p of land near Ewehurst Head to the west of the Lobley Hill turnpike. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £87 10s.

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) John Southren, William Southren and Thomas Southren all of Ewehurst Head, labourers (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment by (1) to (2) of 4a.1r.20p of ground at Ewehurst Head to the use of (2) as to one undivided third part of the property a piece Consideration: £90

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) John Southren of Ewehurst Head, labourer (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment of 3a.0r.10p of land at Ewehurst Head. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £70

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) John Gardner of Blackhill, Tanfield, pitman (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment by (1) to (2) of 1r.34p of land at Bryansleap with a cottage thereon. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £40

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) George Gladders of Whitley Head, corver (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment by (1) to (2) of 2 closes of land, a cottage and garden at Whiteley Head (4a.2r.30p) Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £195

1 May 1834 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) Thomas Brown and Ralph Brown, both of Ewehurst Head, stone masons (3) John Clayton and Matthew Clayton Copy feoffment of a parcel of ground at Ewehurst Head (2a.1r.30p). Reserves minerals. Appointment of (3) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin Consideration: £70

1835 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) William Lawson of Ewehurst Head, pitman (3) Matthew Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (4) Joseph Gray of Garesfield, gentleman Draft feoffment by (1) to (2) of a cottage and 3 gardens and a parcel of ground at Ewehurst Head (2r.12p) to the use of (2) as specified. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (4) by (1) as his attorney to deliver seisin with memorandum of livery of seisin Consideration: £40

19 May 1841 (1) The Marquess of Bute (2) George Smiles of Whiteley Head, Tanfield (3) Joseph Grey of Garesfield, colliery agent (4) Joseph Grey aforesaid and Matthew Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Draft feoffment by (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground at Whiteley Head (1a.1r.0p) on the north of the Dipton to Tantobie road to the use of (2) as specified. Reserves minerals. Appointment of (4) by (1) as his attorneys to deliver seisin. Note of livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £50 12s 6d

16 April 1852 (1) The Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart), Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire, and James Munro Macnabb of St. Johns Lodge, near Wandsworth, Surrey, Esquire (Bute Trustees) (2) Thomas Smith of Burnopfield (3) John Clayton Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a garden at Busty Bank in the parish of Tanfield. Reserves minerals Consideration: £50

31 December 1864 (1) Charles Stuart of Hubborne Lodge, Hampshire, Esquire, a Major General in H.M.'s Army; John Boyle of Chancery Lane, London, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law; William Stuart the younger of Kempston, Bedfordshire, Esquire (Bute Trustees) (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Copy draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3a.2r.9p of land in the township of Winlaton as the site for part of the Consett branch railway. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £400

31 December 1868 (1) The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn and Sir William Hutt of Gibside, K.C.B., M.P. (as to ten twelfth parts); Charles Stuart, John Boyle and William Stuart (as to one twelfth part); Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall, Esquire, M.P. (as to one twelfth part) (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 5a.0r.18p of land in the township of Winlaton to be used for the authorised Conside Branch Railway Consideration: £465

27 March 1874 (1) Charles Stuart, John Boyle and William Stuart (Bute Trustees) (2) Henry William Watson of Burnopfield, Esquire Draft grant of a fee farm rent of 13/4d p.a. out of the lands of (2) at Colt Park or Cronnewell in the township of Medomsley Consideration: £20

31 December 1874 (1) Charles Stuart, John Boyle and William Stuart the younger (Bute Trustees) (2) The Rt. Revd James Chadwick, D.D., Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and others Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2r. of land at Barcus Close, formerly part of Tanfield Moor, upon trust for use as a Roman Catholic cemetery. Covenant to produce title deeds specified in the annexed schedule. Plan of property delineated on 2nd membrane. Note of inrolment in Chancery, 18 June 1875 Consideration: £50

30 December 1876 (1) The Rt. Revd James Chadwick, D.D., Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and others (2) Charles Stuart Conveyance by (1) to (2) of lands specified in D/CG6/601 Consideration: £50

1876 (1) The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn and the Rt. Hon. Sir William Hutt of Appley Towers, Isle of Wight; K.C.B. (in respect of ten twelfths); Charles Stuart of Hubborn Lodge, Hampshire, Esquire,a Major General in H.M.'s Army, John Boyle of Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law and William Stuart the younger of Kempston, Bedfordshire, Esquire, (in respect of one twelfth); and Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall, Esquire, M.P. (in respect of one twelfth) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (3) John P. Mulcaster of Benwell Park, Northumberland, Esquire, Barrister- at-Law Copy of draft release by (1) to (3) of part of Winlaton Farm discharged from the annual rent charge of £1 15s. Consideration: £87 10s.

30 July 1895 (1) The Marquess of Bute, K.T. (2) Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall, Blaydon, Esquire Draft conveyance of 0.077a. of land, part of Garesfield Farm, in the township of Winlaton. Plan attached Consideration: £25

4 July 1900 (1) Tanfield U.D.C. (2) The Marquess of Bute, K. T. (3) Arthur Toward Watson of Burnopfield House, Burnopfield, Esquire Agreement for making new highways pursuant to section 146 of the Public Health Act, 1875 as delineated on the pla endorsed hereon

18 January 1907 (1) The Hon. Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart (Lord Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart) (2) The Rt. Revd William Wilkinson, D.D., Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and others Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of 2a. of land near Dipton for a consideration of £100. Plan attached

23 July 1908 (1) Lord Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart (2) The Hon. Edmund Bernard Talbot (Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot) and the Most Noble Henry Fitzalan, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England (Bute Trustees) (3) The North Eastern Railway Company Duplicate release by (1) of (3) from all liability to maintain the bridge under their Consett Branch Railway at Lilley Drift near Rowlands Gill. Plan attached Consideration: £50 to (2)

10 August 1923 (1) The Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, the Hon. Colum Edmund Crichton Stuart (Lord Colum Crichton Stuart) and Archibald Robert Crauford Pitman, Writer to the Signet (Bute trustees) (2) James Edward Davis Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land in Black Bull Lane, Dipton, as delineated on the attached plan

19 November 1923 (1) The Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, the Hon. Colum Edmund Crichton Stuart (Lord Colum Crichton Stuart) and Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman,Writer to the Signet (Bute Trustees) (2) James Edward Davis of Deneholme, Dipton, colliery manager Unexecuted conveyance by (1) to (2) of 0.58a. of land at Dipton as specified. Covenant to produce title deeds Consideration: £280 14s 4d

Correspondence received by Clayton and Gibson from J. & F. Anderson, W.S., Edinburgh; W. Ralston, Barnard Castle and J.E. Davis, Dipton regarding latter's purchase of land, 16 June - 26 November 1923

25 February 1929 (1) The Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, the Hon. Colum Edmund Crichton Stuart (Lord Colum Crichton Stuart) and Robert Octavius Pitman of 48 Castle Street, Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet (Bute Trustees) (2) The Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham Joint Hospital Committee Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 9a 2r.39p of land in Ryton with the hospital erected thereon. Covenant to produce title deeds specified on annexed schedule. Restrictive covenants preventing sale of alcohol on the premises. Plan endorsed Consideration: £716 14s.

31 December 1935 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Lanchester (2) The Rt. Hon. Edmund Bernard, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent and others Compensation agreement for the extinguishment of manorial incidents on lands near Stuartfield Lodge, near West Butsfield, near Wheatley's House, Dipton and various partions of the former Lanchester Common in the township of Collierley Consideration: £232 8s. (1 booklet, embossed seal of (1))

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson, Major E.H. Kirkup of the Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham County Council regarding sale of site for a Roman Catholic School at Burnopfield by Mr. M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, 7 - 10 January 1939

31 October 1941 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Home of Falkland, Falkland, Fife, a Captain in H.M.'s Army (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of lands at Dipton (4a) delineated on the attached plan Consideration: £250

Plan of land at Dipton Colliery, 5 September 1940 Scale: 1/2500

Correspondence between John Bowes and Partners Ltd; J. & F. Anderson, W.S., Edinburgh; Clayton and Gibson; J. & G.H. Geddes, Mining Engineers, Edinburgh; Roney and Company, New Broad Street, London; and others concerning the Pontop and Jarrow Railway wayleaves, conveyance of land at Dipton in connection therewith etc, 3 November 1939 - 4 November 1941 (see also D/CG6/1647 et seq.] (277 papers, 20 files, typescript)

22 March 1946 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Home of Falkland, Fife, Esquire (2) Stewart Whitfield of Ingleboro, Smailes Lane, Rowlands Gill, builder Draft conveyance of part of Low Thornelly Farm in the parish of Ryton (513 sq yds) with the two semi-detached dwellinghouses being erected thereon by (2) Consideration: £66

2 November 1946 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) Stewart Whitfield Smailes Draft conveyance of 1450 sq yds of Low Thornelly Farm. Schedule of deeds to be produced Consideration: £163 2s 6d

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; J. and F. Anderson W.S.,Castle Street, Edinburgh; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne; Keenlyside and Forster, solicitors, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the sale of land at Low Thornelly to Whitfield, 28 June - 7 November 1946

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Keenlyside and Forster, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne with plan and proposed conditions of sale concerning the sale of a building site at Low Thornley, December 1945 - 5 April 1946 (1 file, typescript)

16 February 1949 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife, a Major (retired) in H.M.'s Army (2) George Scott of 10 Front Street, Burnopfield, butcher Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 711 sq yds adjoining Sandypath Lane, Burnopfield. Covenant to produce title deeds Consideration: £50

Plan of land at Burnopfield, 24 August 1948 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; G. Scott, Front Street, Burnopfield; J.J. Shipston, Stanley U.D.C.; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, St Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne; J. & F. Anderson, W.S., 48 Castle Street, Edinburgh concerning the sale of land at Burnopfield to Scott, 26 July 1948 - 6 February 1950

Claim form concerning 711 sq yds of land at Burnopfield for depreciation in value under the Town and Country Planning Act, 23 February 1949

Copy of notice from M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, Falkland Palace, Fife to the Central Land Board, Newcastle upon Tyne of the conveyance of the right to receive compensation for.711 sq yds of land at Burnopfield to George Scott of Front Street, Burnopfield, butcher, 1949 (1 paper, typescript)

25 January 1949 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Houseof-Falkland, Fife, Esquire (2) Stanley U.D.C. Draft dedication of land to be used as public footpath at Hobson following upon the stopping up of other footpaths at Hobson. Plan attached Consideration: £1

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson; Nicholson, Martin and Smith, solicitors, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; J. & F. Anderson, W.S., Castle Street, Edinburgh; the Ministry of Transport and others regarding to footpaths at Hobson, including a copy of The Stopping of Highways (Durham) Order, 1947, 2 May 1947 - 27 January 1949 (3 files, typescript)

11 April 1950 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Home of Falkland, Fife, a Major in H.M.'s Army (2) Durham County Council Draft lease of 0.584a. of land in Burnopfield next to the school for a term of 15 years Rent: £2 p.a.

Correspondence between Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham County Council and Clayton and Gibson concerning the lease of land adjoining Burnopfield County School, 26 October 1949 - 31 March 1952 (1 file, typescript)

23 January 1953 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife, a Major (retired) in H.M.'s Army (2) Stuart Scott of Stuartfield Lodge, Satley, farmer Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of Stuartfield Lodge and estate of 545a. of land in the parishes of Lanchester and Ebchester (plan attached) for £3000

29 May 1953 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) Stuart Scott Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Stuartfield Lodge Estate (545a) in the parishes of Lanchester and Ebchester Consideration: £3000

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding the Stuartfield Lodge Estate, 18 May 1953

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Mr. S. Scott, Stuartfield Lodge, Satley; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, St Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne; The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd, London; and others concerning the conveyance of the Stuartfield Lodge Estate from Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to Scott and arrangement of mortgage to The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, 6 October 1952 - 16 May 1957

Clayton and Gibson in account with Stuart Scott for the purchase of Stuartfield Lodge, 24 January - May 1953

Draft statutory declaration of John Scott of Woodburn, Satley, farmer as to Weatherley Hill forming part of' the Stuartfield Lodge estate, 1953

Requisitions on title to Stuartfield Lodge and replies thereto, S. Scott to The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd, 16 February 1953

Completion statement for the Stuartfield Lodge Estate, Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd, 11 May 1953

29 May 1953 (1) Stuart Scott of Stuartfield Lodge, near Satley, farmer (2) The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited Draft charge by way of a legal mortgage of Stuartfield Lodge for £2000 repayable over.20 years (1 paper, printed form)

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson, Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, John E. McPherson and Sons Ltd and the National Coal Board regarding subsidence damages to the Bute Arms at Dipton, 10 April - 14 June 1951

8 September 1953 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife (2) William McEwan and Company Limited Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of the Bute Arms and adjoining lands. Plan attached

18 November 1953 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) William McEwan and Co. Ltd. Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Bute Arms and 8.06a. of land adjoining it at Dipton,with all rights of support and rights to receive compensation for damages from the National Coal Board Consideraton: £2500

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; William McEwan and Company Limited, Edinburgh; John E. McPherson and Sons Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding the sale to McEwans of the Bute Arms and adjoining land at Dipton, 19 May - 25 November 1953

Purchaser's requisitions on title with replies thereto, 11 - 15 September 1953

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor concerning title to land at Dipton to be conveyed to William McEwan and Company Ltd, 19 November 1953 (1 file)

12 June 1953 (1) M.D D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) John William Bolam and George Bolam both of Stobhouse Farm, farmers Agreement for the sale of Stobhouse Farm to (2) for £1500. Plan attached

1954 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) J.W. and G. Bolam Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 82a. of land in the parishes of Lanchester and Ebchester (Stobhouse Farm, Dipton). Superseded Consideration: £1500

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; J.W. and G. Bolam, Stobb House Farm; and others regarding the conveyance of Stobhouse Farm, Dipton to the Bolams, 18 November 1952 - 15 June 1960

Plan of Stobb House Farm shewing adopted roads and public rights of ways (taken from Ordnance Survey Plan Sheet XI 8 of 1939), c.1953 Scale: 1 to 2500

Purchasers' requisitions on title with replies thereto for Stobhouse Farm, 6 May 1954

Schedule of deeds and documents, 1951 - 1954, relating to Stobhouse Farm, 6 September 1954

Memorandum of the successful claim of Mrs. L. Lee of Tanfield to a plot of land at Harelaw admitted by Bolam, Mrs. Humble and Major Crichton Stuart's land agent, 1960 (1 paper, typescript)

Plan of building plots at Thornley Lane shewing proposed liability for fences, 5 November 1952 Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]

7 February 1954 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of House of Falkland, Falkland, Fife, (2) Beatrice Alice Burnett of 29 East Street, High Spen, dental receptionist Draft conveyance of a plot of building land in Thornley Lane near Rowland's Gill (138 ft. x 66 ft.). Plan attached Consideration: £115 8s 6d

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solciitor regarding title to the land in Thornley Lane, 11 February 1955

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Hadaway and Hadaway, solicitors, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Victoria Buildings, Gateshead and others concerning conveyance to Miss Burnett of the land in Thornley Lane, 13 August 1952 - 22 April 1955 (1 file, typescript)

1954 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) William Smith of 13 West Road, Tantobie Draft conveyance of 1260 sq yds of land at Clough Dean, Tantobie. Plan attached Consideration: £100

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and Messrs. Nicholson, Martin and Wilkinson, solicitors, High Street, Stanley concerning the sale of land at Clough Dene to Smith, 28 October 1953 - 10 March 1954

25 February 1953 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Alfred Voyzey of 2 Clough Dene, Tantobie, farmer Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of property at Clough Dene

30 April 1954 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Alfred Voyzey of 2 Clough Dene, Tantobie, farmer Copy conveyance of 2830 sq yds of land at Clough Dene in the Chapelry of Tanfield with all buildings erected thereupon. Plan attached Consideration: £195

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and F.A. Waller and Company, solicitors, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding the conveyance of land at Clough Dene to A. Voysey, 14 November 1952 - 4 May 1954

Purchaser's requisitions on title to land at Clough Dene, 11 March 1953

Notice of change of ownership of land in respect of which a Title Redemption Annuity is charged (land at Clough Dene conveyed to Voyzey), 3 May 1954 (1 paper, printed form)

25 October 1954 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Margaret Scott of Beech House, Burnopfield, widow; John Francis Thompson of Lyndhurst 0Avenue, Chester-le-Street, bank cashier and Mary his wife Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1830 sq yds of land with all buildings thereupon-Beech House, Burnopfield. Plan attached Consideration: £250

Notice of change of ownership of land in respect of which a redemption annuity is charged (under the Tithe Act, 1951) for Beech House, Burnopfield, 25 October 1954

Correspondence between: Swinburne and Jackson, solicitors, Front Street, Chester-le-Street; Col. E. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; the Tithe Redemption Commission; and Clayton and Gibson concerning the conveyance of lands at Burnopfield from Crichton Stuart to Scott and others, 7 August - 3 November 1954

Correspondence between Sidney, Son and Alderson, solicitors, Stanley Street, Blyth; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; Nicholson, Martin and Wilkinson, solicitors, High Street, Stanley; and Clayton and Gibson regarding land at Burnopfield conveyed to Scott, absence of a statutory declaration, ownership of hedges and ditches, 6 October 1965 - 9 March 1966

Additional abstract of title (4 - 17 April 1960) to Beech House, Burnopfield, 1965

Draft statutory declaration by Sir William Weymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding Beech House, Burnopfield, 19 October 1965 (1 file, typescript)

9 May 1955 (1) M.D.D. Crichton-Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Charles Norman Grundy of 24 Tyne Road, Stanley, radio and electrical dealer Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land at The Fold, Burnopfield with buildings erected thereon with a right of way as shewn on the attached plan Consideration: £80

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and Nicholson, Martin and Wilkinson, solicitors, High Street, Stanley relating to the conveyance of land at the Fold, Burnopfield from Crichton Stuart to Grundy, 18 October 1954 - 12 May 1955 (1 file, typescript)

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; the National Coal Board; Richmonds, solicitors, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; and others concerning settlement for permanent damage by underground workings to Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart farm at Hollin Hill and conveyance of the said farm, 25 April 1955 - 5 June 1956

Particulars of Hollin Hill Farm with general conditions of sale and plan, 13 May 1955

Plan of Hollin Hill Farm based on the Ordnance Survey 1939 edition, 15 July 1955 Scale: 1:2500

4 August 1955 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falklands Palace (2) Robert Edward Wigham of Low Barcus Close Farm, Burnopfield, farmer Draft conveyance of Hollin Hill Farm (110.531a.). Schedule of fields, acreages and cropping, plan of the farm and lbrms relating to Tithe Redemption annexed Consideration: £6000

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor, regarding title to Hollin Hill Farm (Plan attached), 4 August 1955

24 May 1956 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) The National Coal Board Draft agreement in respect of damage caused by mining operations to Hollin Hill Farm. Plan attached Consideration: £625 (1 file, typescript)

4 December 1956 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) The National Coal Board Agreement for the sale of 66a. of land at Collierley for £2600. Plan attached

Correspondence between: Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; the National Coal Board; Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, Falkland Palace, Fife; and Clayton and Gibson as to the sale of land at Collierley to the National Coal Board, 23 August 1956 - 31 January 1957

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding the title to land at Collierley, 11 January 1957

11 January 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) The National Coal Board Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 66a. land at Collierley near Dipton as shewn on the attached plan Consideration: £2600

Enquiries before contract and purchaser's requisitions on title with replies thereto, 25 September - 12 December 1956 (2 papers)

1956 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife (2) Thomas Norman Hall of Derwent Cottage, Burnopfield, haulage contractor Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1630 sq yds of land on the north side of the main road in Burnopfield known as The Leazes. Plan attached Consideration: £350

Requisitions on title to land at Burnopfield, 5 May 1956

Correspondence between: Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; Lambert and Lambert, solicitors, Gateshead; and Clayton and Gibson regarding the conveyance to Hall of land in Burnopfield, 30 November 1955 - 10 September 1956 (1 file, typescript)

29 May 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of House of Falkland, (2) The National Coal Board Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2.456a. of land at Barcus Close, Stanley as delineated on the attached plan Consideration: £200

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and the National Coal Board regarding the conveyance of land at Barcus Close to the N.C.B., 12 February - 30 May 1957 (l file, typescript)

27 September 1945 (1) Barcus Close Coal Company ltd (2) Thomas Hurst of Dunstan Square, Craster, Northumberland, farmer Draft agreement to let Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farms 163.532a. to (2) on a yearly tenancy. Schedule of fields and cultivation Rent: £200 p.a.

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson, the Barcus Close Coal Company Ltd and others regarding farm tenancy agreements for Bryan's Leap, Busty Bank and Leap Mill Farms, 9 March - 19 September 1945

May 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) The National Coal Board (tenant) (3) Thomas Hurst of Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farm in the township of Tanfield (sub-tenant) Draft agreement for the surrender by (3) to (2) of his subtenancy of the farm on 12 May 1957. (2) will give vacant possession to (1)

3 May 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) John and Eliza Lawson Form of agreement for the sale of Bryan's Leap and Busty Bank Farms, (163a.)

3 June 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) John Lawson of Courance Mansion House, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire and Eliza his wife and Henry Harper of Goschen Street, Blyth, Northumberland, grocer Draft agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farm in the Chapelry of Tanfield (156a.)

22 July 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife (2) John Lawson and Eliza his wife Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farm (156.060a.) excepting minerals. Schedules of fields, acreages and cultivation and of title deeds to be produced. Plan attached Consideration: £4500

8 April 1959 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) The National Coal Board Draft agreement for the settlement of claims for permanent damage to Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farms, Burnopfield, as specified Consideration: £965

25 April 1961 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) John Lawson and Eliza his wife Draft further assurance as to l.002a. of land in the chapelry of Tanfield(part of the property which should have been conveyed by D/CG6/965)

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Sidney, Son and Alderson, solicitors, Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead and others concerning Bryans Leap and Busty Bank farm, tithes, title,damages to and conveyance of, 22 March 1956 - 25 April 1961

Details of conditions for the sale of Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Farm, [1957

Abstract of title (19 June 1926 - 17 March 1936) of M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to land at Burnopfield, 1957

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson regarding Crichton Stuart's sale to Lawson, 22 July 1957 (1 file, typescript)

23 August 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of House of Falkland (2) Stanley U.D.C. Copy draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1040 sq yds of land at Pickering Nook for the purpose of road widening, subject to an annual payment of 7d (part of an annuity of £21 4s 3d charged upon the vendor's lands at Pickering Nook.) Plan attached

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson; Nicholson, Martin and Wilkinson, solicitors, High Street, Stanley; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and others concerning the conveyance from Major Crichton Stuart to Stanley U.D.C. of land at Pickering Nook Cross, 18 October 1956 - 19 May 1958 (1 file, typescript)

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; James Turnbull and Son, Land Agents and Valuers, Chester-le-Street; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Srathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and the Rt. Hon. Viscount Gort, Hamsterley Hall relating to the sale of Collierley Woods by Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to Lord Gort, 13 March -20 June 1957

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding the title to woodlands at Medomsley, 18 June 1957

18 June 1957 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) The Gort Estates Company Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 103.897a. of woodland near Collierley in the township of Medomsley with various rights of way thereunto related. Plan and schedule of acreages annexed Consideration: £710

17 June 1959 (1) The National Coal Board (2) The Rt. Hon. Standish Robert Gage Prendergast, Viscount Gort Draft deed of exchange of woodlands (38.61a.) in the township of Medomsley for lands in the parish of Ryton (92.028a.) specified on the annexed schedules and as shewn on the attached maps. Covenant to produce title deeds (1 file, typescript)

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Nicholson, Martin and Wilkinson, solicitors, High Street, Stanley; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, West Street, Gateshead regarding the conveyance of land at Dipton to H. Mosey, 20 February 1957 - 14 July 1961

29 April 1958 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Henry Mosey of 49 Annfield Street, Dipton, miner Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3.129a. of land at Dipton behind Front Street. Plan attached. Consideration: £150

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding title to land at Dipton, 29 April 1958 (1 file, typescript)

5 August 1958 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Ronald James Emerson Barrass of Woodhouse Farm, Bagnalls, Whickham and Mary his wife Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of Leap Mill Farm (14.210a.) at Collierley in the township of Tanfield. Plan attached Consideration: £1200

Purchaser's requisitions on title with replies thereto for Leap Mill Farm, 16 - 27 May 1958

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding the title to Leap Mill Farm, 11 June 1958

Correspondence between: Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; Clayton and Gibson; and the National Coal Board regarding the settlement for the permanent damage to Leap Mill Farm, Burnopfield and the conveyance of the farm to R.J. Barrass, 15 April 1958 - 20 April 1959

8 April 1959 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) The National Coal Board Copy of draft agreement for the settlement of (1)'s claim against (2) for permanent damage to Leap Mill Farm for £352 (1 file, typescript)

13 October 1959 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, (2) Durham County Council Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of O.13a. of land for garden purposes in connection with Collierley County School as delineated on the attached plan

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Durham County Council; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead concerning additional land for Collierley County Primary School, 30 June 1958 - 9 November 1959 (1 file, typescript)

23 March 1960 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) John George Horace Harbinson of 2 Wesley Terrace, Dipton, medical practitioner Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 650 sq yds of land at Dipton as delineated on the attached plan Consideration: £50

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; Messrs. Pawson and Murray, 5 Royal Road, Stanley, solicitors concerning the sale of land at Dipton to Dr. Harbinson, 31 December 1959 - 24 March 1960

16 August 1961 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Geoffrey Birch of Deneholme, Dipton, medical practitioner Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of property in Dipton for £275. Plan attached

5 October 1961 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart (2) Geoffrey Birch Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1.5a of land adjoining Deneholme, Dipton Consideration: £275

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; & Richmond, Thorp and Huntingdon, 14 East Parade, Consett, solicitors concerning the sale of land to Dr. G. Birch, 3 July - 17 November 1961

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding the title to land at Deneholme, Dipton, 5 October 1961

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Messrs. Richmonds, 14 East Parade, Consett; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead concerning land at Dipton purchased by Dr. Geoffrey Birch and rights of way relating to it, 24 November. 1960 - 15 March 1961 (1 file, typescript)

Terms and conditions of sale of land, cottage and site of demolished property at Burnopfield to L. E. Price, plan attached, 6 July 1961

21 August 1961 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Leslie Eugene Price of Gibson Street, Consett, builder Draft agreement for sale of 2000 sq yds of land at Burnopfield for £650. Plan attached

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; and Lazenby, Snowball and Blackett, solicitors, Aynsley Terrace, Consett regarding conveyance of land at Burnopfield to L.E. Price (builders), 10 July - 28 November 1961

Draft statutory declaration of Sir William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor regarding sale of land at Burnopfield to Price, 23 November 1961 (1 file, typescript)

1968 (1) M.D.D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) Stanley U.D.C. Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 11.63a. of land near Leap Mill and Busty Bank at Burnopfield as shewn on the attached plan

Letter from E.H. Kirkup, Leazes Hall, Burnopfield to Sir William Waymouth Gibson regarding the conveyance to Stanley U.D.C. and other Crichton Stuart documents, 23 October 1968 (1 paper)

Case, with the opinion of J. Charlesworth, 57, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne thereupon, concerning the Collierley Royalty demised to the South Medomsley Colliery Company Limited, 14 April 1948

Case, with a copy of the opinion of J. Charlesworth thereupon, as to the liabilities of the South Medomsley Colliery Company Ltd and the National Coal Board for damage to the surface through their mining activities, 23 June 1949

Notes on leases (with plans attached) as to Major M.D.D.Crichton Stuart's claim against the N.C.B. for permanent damage in the Collierley Royalty, n.d. [1954]

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne; and the Ministry of Works concerning the opencast coal production on the Wildcat site, 25 July 1945 - 3 February 1947

Correspondence between John E. McPherson and Sons Ltd, spirit merchants, Clayton and Gibson and the National Coal Board concerning crop damage to Bute Farm,Dipton through mining activities, 31 December 1948 - 26 January 1949

Correspondence between Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, Clayton and Gibson and W. Welsh of the National Coal Board (Durham Area) at Shotley Bridge regarding subsidence damage to Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart's Garesfield Farm at Rowlands Gill, 26 February 1951 - 25 January 1952

Correspondence between: Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead; Lindsay, Jamieson and Haldane, C.A., St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh; the Northumberland and Tyneside River Board; J. and F. Anderson, W.S., Castle Street, Edinburgh; and Clayton and Gibson relating to valuation and sale of part of the Crichton Stuart Durham estates, opposition of the National Coal Board to planning permission at Burnopfield and problems of surface damage, 10 April 1952 - 14 March 1963

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Newcastle upon Tyne concerning N.C.B.'s lease of farms from Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, 24 - 25 February 1953

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; the National Coal Board; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead regarding claims for compensation for permanent damage to Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart's Farm at Collierley, 13 July 1953 - 17 April 1958

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estate Office, Gateshead concerning expiry of the lease from the Earl of Strathmore to the National Coal Board of Hedley Hill and Hedley West Farms, 15 December 1954

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead concerning leases from Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to the National Coal Board of Townhead, Barcus Close, Bryans Leap and Busty Bank farms, 10 December 1954 - 24 July 1954

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson; T.D. Marshall, Hall and Levy, solicitors, Saville Street, South Shields; Molineux, McKeag and Cooper, solicitors, Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead regarding opencast coal production on the Crookfield site, 2 December 1959 - 28 April 1960

Correspondence between Clayton and Gibson and Col. E.H. Kirkup, Strathmore Estates Office, Gateshead concerning claims for damage to Townhead and Barcus Close Farms from the National Coal Board, 31 January - 5 February 1962

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to George W. Hodgson and Angus, solicitors, Stanhope concerning the coal under the Townhead Farm, Burnopfield, 2 January 1964 (1 file, typescript)

Abstract of title (1 February 1887 - 17 March 1936) of M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to estates in Durham, 1946

Abstract of title (19 June 1926 - 1953) of M. Crichton Stuart to land at Burnopfield, 1953

Abstract of title (31 December 1869 - 23 July 1887) of Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to Weatherley Hill Allotment, Satley, 1953

List of properties included in a mortgage dated 13 January 1872 by Charles Stuart and others to John Clayton and others with notes about the same, n.d. [c.1950s]

Plan of building lots near Thornley Lane, n.d. [1940s] Scale: 1 to 500

Plan of Low Thornley and Garesfield Farms (taken from Ordnance Survey Plans V N.E. and VI N.W.) 7 January 1953 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey plan sheet XI N.E. 3rd edition with boundaries of the Collierley Estate 1923 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan shewing the north-west boundary of Lanchester Common at Front Street, Dipton, 15 June 1951 Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan of allotments and plots of land at Weatherley Hill, 10 April 1953 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Memorandum as to proposed sale of land at Thornly to the Co-op, 19 September 1949 (1 file, typescript)

Petition of John Simpson labourer at Walbottle Colliery, Newburn, Northumberland to the Marquess of Bute concerning his eviction from a cottage at Tanfield, wrongful imprisonment etc, n.d. [1830]

Letter from Revd Joseph Thompson, Curate of Lanchester concerning John Simpson, 14 December 1833

Correspondence of Revd Joseph Thompson, Satley Parsonage and Charles Armstrong. Axwell Park as to financial assistance for the widow Galley whose late husband was a servant of the Marquess of Bute, 30 January and 5 July 1854 (2 papers)

Schedule of freehold, copyhold and leasehold estates and collieries in the County of Durham and in the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne belonging to Viscountess Windsor at the time of her death, 24 November 1776

Rent roll and accounts of the Durham estate of Lords Mountstuart and Beauchamp (subsequently the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford)and the Earl of Windsor, 1791 - 1803

Durham estates account book of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford with their agent Robert Clayton, 1816 - 1832

Rental for the Marquess of Bute's County Durham estates, 1824 - 1832

Affidavit of William Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne, agent to the Marquess of Bute,as to rental of the Marquess of Bute's estates with schedules and tabulations, 29 May 1830

Copy of certificate of William Armstrong of the value of the lands and woods in Durham belonging to the Marquess of Bute not included in the mortgage to Mr. Clayton, n.d. [early 19th century]

Statement of payments and receipts for [the Marquess of Bute's] Durham Estate, 1836 (1 paper)

Schedules of deeds (1671 - 1784) relating to Bryans Leap and Colliery, n.d. [early 19th century]

Schedule of deeds (1598 - 1784) relating to the property of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford and the trustees of the late Lady Windsor in Durham, 1797

Schedule of deeds (1718 - 1797) relating to Newcastle etc in iron chest n.d. [c.1800]

Schedule of deeds (1711 - 1804) relating to Bryan's Leap [Bute Durham Estates] and Collierly, n.d. [early 19th century]

Schedule of deeds (1737 - 1767) relating to The Marquess of Bute and taken from Portland Street by Messrs. Farrer, 7 January 1815

Schedule of deeds (1777 - 1785) relating to the Marquess of Bute taken from Portland Street by Messrs. Farrer, 7 January 1815

Schedule of deeds (1562 - 1815) relating to the Marquess of Bute's Durham Estates in the custody of Messrs. Farrer and Company, Solicitors, 1818

Schedule of deeds (1562 - 1815) relating to the Marquess of Bute's Durham Estates in the hands of Messrs. Farrer and Company, January 1818

Schedule of deeds (1562 - 1793) relating to the Marquess of Bute's Durham Estates and in the hands of Messrs. Farrer and Company, January 1818

Abstract of title (25 February 1632/3 - 26 March 1723) of the Marquess of Bute to a freehold estate called Thorneley in the Manor of Winlaton, 1827

Abstract of eleven surrenders of 13 October 1767 from the Earl of Kerry to John Simpson upon such trusts as the earl directs, n.d. [1832]

Schedule of deeds (1711 - 93) relating to estates in County Durham, Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne which are kept by the Marquess of Bute in London, n.d. [early 19th century]

Schedule of deeds (1766 - 1826) relating to the Marquess of Bute's Durham Estates not amongst those sent by Farrer, n.d. [c.1830s]

Schedule of deeds (1598 - 1827) relating to the estates of the Marquess of Bute in the County of Durham, n.d. [c.1830]

Schedule of title deeds (1827 - 1833) relating to sums (£11500 in total) vested in Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce in trust for the Marquess of Bute, n.d.

Abstract of title (22 November - 7 December 1839) to freehold and copyhold property purchased of the Marquess of Bute, n.d. [c.1850]

Schedule of deeds (1851 - 60) relating to the appointment of new trustees under the will of the late Marquess of Bute held on behalf of John Clayton, 30 January 1868

Draft statement of title (1767 - 1845) of the trustees of the will of John Crichton Stuart, late Marquess of Bute, 1869

Schedule of deeds (1830 - 64) relating to the Manor of Whickham, 1869

Abstract of title (11 December 1827 - 17 November 1869) of the trustees of the will of the late Marquess of Bute to freehold and copyhold hereditaments in the parish of Whickham, 1870

Draft additional abstract of title (16 - 17 November 1869) of the trustees of the late Marquess of Bute to copyhold hereditaments in Whickham, 1870

Abstract of title (22 July 1847 - 8 March 1860) of the trustees of the will of the late Marquess of Bute to estates in Durham, 1874

Schedule of deeds (1762 - 1868) handed to Messrs. T. and R. Armstrong, 4 November 1874

Additional abstract of title (11 May - 13 May 1872) to mines and quarries in the townships of Collierley and Pontop, 1875

Additional abstract of title (21 November 1871) to Greenhead Farm in the parish of Winlaton and a fee farm rent issuing out of lands in that parish, 1875

Schedule of deeds (1676 - 1784) relating to estates at Whickham, n.d. [c.1877]

Schedule of deeds (1680 - 1876) relating to the Marquess of Bute's estate at Bryan's Leap and Busty Bank, the Manor of Chopwell, n.d. 1877

Draft schedule of deeds (1631 - 1878) relating to Lord Butes' estates in Durham, 1878

Draft abstract of title (11 December 1734 - 15 May 1775) to [lands at Collierley ?] with pedigree shewing the descent of the Marquess of Bute from Jane Clavering, 1878

Number not used

Abstract of title (28 October 1613 - 22 June 1727) to six twenty-fourth shares of coalmines at Collierley, 1878

Draft additional abstract of title (30 June - 11 December 1779) to eight twenty-fourth shares of coalmines at Collierley, 1878

Additional draft abstract of title (12 May 1860) to ground and hereditaments at Co11ier belonging to the Marquess of Bute, 1878

Schedule of deeds (1613 - 1878) relating to the Marquess of Butes' estates in Durham, 1878

Schedule of deeds (1655 - 1876) relating to the Durham estates of the Marquess of Bute, n.d. [c.1877 - 1878]

Schedule of abstracts of title of the Marquess of Bute to divers lands in Durham, 1881

Abstract of title (16 May 1838 - 8 January 1887) of the Marquess of Bute to copyhold estates in the Manor of Lanchester, 1887

Abstract of title (31 December 1869) to freehold farms, mines etc in the parish of Lanchester, 1875

Schedule of conveyances of land in County Durham to the Bute trustees with purchase prices, 31 December 1869 - 9 March 1875

Incomplete abstract of title (before 26 May 1761 - 30 June 1802) relating to the Marquesses of Bute, n.d.

Observations on the Marquess of Hertford's title to a share of collieries in Durham, n.d. [late 18th Century]

Statement of title to the leaseholds in Durham and the colliery stock, n.d. [early 19th Century]

Abstract of title (1789 - 1832) of the Rt. Hon. James Archibald Stuart, Lord Wharncliffe, and his mortgagees, to land near Gateshead, 1839 (1 file)

Valuation of Lord Bute's lands in the parish of Whickham and chapelry of Tanfield proposed to be sold by auction, 1833

List of biddings for land at Whickham and Tanfield, 31 January 1834

Particulars and conditions of sale of 181a.1r.18p of lands in Whickham, Tantobie, Whiteley Head, Burnopfield and Collierly Dikes, to be auctioned, 31 January 1834

Copy letter from Joseph Gray, Garesfield to the Marquess of Bute concerning the Whickham Estate, Thomas Bell's valuation, land required by the railway, 30 July 1835

Particulars of the Whickham estate by Joseph Gray, August 1835

Particulars and plan of the Whickham Estate (79a.3r.9p) of the Marquess of Bute to be sold by auction, 17 September 1835

Memorandum with Joseph Gray for the sale of Whickham Dales by Lord Bute to Sir Thomas Clavering, 15 July 1837 (1 paper)

18 April 1676 (1) The Rt. Hon. Thomas, Lord Windsor and the Lady Ursula his wife, a daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Widdrington; John Rushworth of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esquire; Nicholas Widdrington of Chesborne Grange, Northumberland, gentleman (2) Sir Robert Markham of Sedgbrooke, Lincolnshire, Baronet Release by (1) to (2) of all their quarter share of the tithes of the parish of Chester-le-Street Consideration: £218 2s.

7 December 1818 (1) The Trustees of the turnpike road from Lobley Hill to Burtryford (2) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) to secure £200 and 5% interest on (2)'s subscription to the road

Copy of the will of Francis Ingram Seymour Conway, Marquess of Hertford (28 January 1820) devising his recently purchased estates in Yorkshire upon trust for his wife for life, thence upon trust to sell with first option to purchase given to the owner of the Temple Newsam estate, Yorkshire; devises all other real estate upon trust for Francis Earl of Yarmouth (his eldest son)for life,with the remainder to the latter's son Viscount Beauchamp with remainders as specified. Miscellaneous legacies and bequests

2 July 1825 Probate of the will of the Rt. Hon. Elizabeth, Dowager Countess Grey (21 April 1821) bequeathing her leasehold house in Hertford Street, Mayfair with fixtures to her son Lt. Gen. the Hon. Henry George Grey, £5000 to Earl Grey upon trust for Maria widow of Col. the Hon. William Grey, £2000 to the Hon. Sir George Grey,Bart, Commissioner of H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth. Miscellaneous bequests

22 July 1825 Letters of Administration (de bon. non ) granted to Charles, Earl Grey of the goods of George Grey of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, deceased left unadministered at the death of Elizabeth, Dowager Countess Grey

Pedigree of Councillor George Grey and related correspondence received by Nathaniel Clayton, 1 - 2 January 1818

Copies of entries (1770 - 1796) in the Ryton baptism and burial registers for members of the Simpson family of Bradley, 26 June 1830

Copy of the entry in Houghton le Spring registers for the marriage 12 July 1768 of John Simpson junior and the Hon. Lady Ann Lyon, 29 June 1830 (1 paper)

Inclosure plan of Beda Hills, Burn Banks and adjoining parts of the wastes of the Manor of Winlaton by Thomas Bell, 29 June 1820. Owners and acreages of fields listed; note of inrolment in the Common Pleas Scales: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584] 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Map shewing the Bryan's Leap, Busty Bank and other estates in the vicinity of Burnopfield, n.d. [c.1870s] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan of the Bryans Leap and Busty Bank Estates, Burnopfield,copied from a plan of Thomas Bell made in 1825 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Plans of the five-quarter, three quarter, stone-coal and Brockwell seams at Hopper's Farm, with covering letter from William Green, 28 November 1873

Plan of the Low Spen and Partnership Estates in the parish of Ryton, n.d. [late 19th Century] Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan of the Thornelly, Hollin Hill and Partnership Estates by Alfred S. Dinning surveyor, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [late 19th Century] Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan of building sites at Dipton,for Lord Ninian Stuart, February 1905 Scale: 40ft per 1 inch [1:480] (59cm x 91cm, waxed linen, ink and water colour)

Correspondence between Nathaniel Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne,the Marquess of Bute, London and Luton Park, Bedfordshire, Sir William Jackson Homan, London and Dublin and others concerning general business and law matters, letting Landsale Colliery, visit by Bute to the north, family settlements, 30 September 1794 - 28 February 1806 [see D/CG6/10-16]

Notes by Mr. Pitman concerning the Marquess of Bute's Durham Estates, November 1876

Letter from Farrer and Company, Lincoln's Inn Field to Nathaniel Clayton concerning death of Lord Bute, Lord Bute's affairs and deeds, 1 December 1814 - 3 February 1818

Correspondence from Jones, Bateman and Bennett, Lincoln's Inn, London to Messrs. Fenwick, Newcastle upon Tyne and to Donkin and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the Brandling Railway and the Stuart de Rothesay annuity, 19 January 1841 - 21 November 1842 [see D/CG6/92-123]

Correspondence received by the Marquess of Bute from Sir John Dean Paul, Bart seeking his support; John Middleton, Richmond Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne concerning their fund raising bazaar; Revd W. Simpson, Tanfield regarding the building of a National School there and John Shafto Wilthen, Swalwell seeking subscription towards a school there, 8 March - 11 December 1842

Letters from Revd W. Farrar, Shotley Bridge, to Charles Armstrong, Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne seeking donation from The Marquess of Bute towards the building of a (new) church at Castleside, 9 and 11 January 1865

Correspondence received by Messrs. J. and N.G. Clayton from Cookson, Wainwright and Company, Lincolrfs Inn, Dawes and Company, Angel Court Throgmorton Street, London and others, concerning the Whickham Estate, the mortgage to the Pelican Life Insurance Co. and conveyance to Sir W.A. Clavering, 24 May 1869 - 12 May 1870

Miscellaneous correspondence as to Dipton Schools and the site for Collierley School, list of members of the management committee and trustees, 1873

Letter from John Clayton, Chesters, Northumberland to Gibson [of Clayton and Gibson] concerning visit by Mr. Boyle and Bute's Lanchester Copyholds, 26 October 1876

Copy letter from Thomas J. Armstrong, Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne to Frederick Pitman, W.S., Edinburgh with the terms of the lease of Collierley Royalty to Mr. R. Dickenson, 27 April 1881

Copy letters from Clayton and Gibson to A.R.C. pitman of Messrs. J. and F. Anderson and to Messrs. J. and G.H. Geddes, both of Edinburgh as to the effect of the Settled Land Acts on the Collierley estate rentals during Lord Ninian' s minority and details of the deed, 6 December 1902 and 25 August 1903 (1 file)

Miscellaneous notes on the Brian's Leap or Brains Lope Estate taken from old cash and letter books 1752 - 1771

A schedule of estates in County Durham passing under Lady Windsor's will, n.d. [late 18th Century post 1762]

Receipts of Lord Ravensworth, Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte and Sir H. Mackworth for payments by Lady Cardiff, 16 May 1777

Minute for inquiry about the Marquess of Bute's Collierly estate, n.d. [after 1783]

Rough notes on Bute deeds, 31 May 1779 - 12 May 1787

An Act for Dividing, Allotting, and Inclosing a Common, called Tanfield Moor, in the Parish of Chester-le-Street, 1800

Tabulation of rentals, acreages etc of the Durham estates of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford, n.d. [early 19th Century]

Observations relative to the landed estates of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford in the County of Durham by D. Stewart, November 1815

Report of Joseph Gray to P.T. Walker, Great Portland Street, London on the plantations belonging to the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford in Durham, 3 May 1819

Extract from Tanfield Moor Inclosure Award as to allotments made to the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford, n.d. [c.1827]

Extract from the Tan field Moor Inclosure Award relating to the property of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford, 11 August 1827

Estimate for proposed planting at Stuartfield Lodge by John Galley, 17 June 1833

Accounts of N.J. and M. Clayton for preparing conveyances from the Marquess of Bute, 1827 - 1831

Remarks on Durham estate affairs and future intentions regarding it, 15 January 1833

List shewing amounts paid for parts of the Marquess of Bute's Durham estates lately sold, 1834

Memorandum concerning proposal to exchange of lands in the Lordship of Winlaton with those on the Marquess of Bute's estate, 22 July 1836

Memorandum of Edward Gray as to repairs, rents and policy decisions by the Marquess of Bute as to his Durham estates, 8 July 1844

Valuation of part of the Busty Bank Estate to the east of Burnopfield Lane intended to be offered for sale to John Bowes, June 1855

Memorandum as to proposed sale to John Bowes of part of the Busty Bank Estate, n.d. [c.1855]

Tabulation of fields and acreages of the Thornelly estate comprising, Low Thornelly, Hollin Hill Farm, Garesfield Colliery and Woodlands, December 1886

Statement of purchase money for the Durham Estates as distributed in contracts, 1881

Copies of certificates of the contract for the redemption of land tax of portions of the Collierley Estate subsequently purchased by Lord Bute (1798 - 1814) with covering letter from T. and R. Armstrong, Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne to Clayton and Gibson, 29 May - 2 June 1905

Receipt of the executors of Edward William Wynne Pendarves of Pendarves, Cornwall, deceased for £80 16s 8d, the purchase money of the Collierley fee farm rent from the trustees of the late Marquess of Bute, 12 April 1907

List of purchasers and purchase money, n.d. [early 19th Century]

List of purchasers and purchase money, n.d. [early 19th Century]

List of purchase monies to be received, n.d. [early 19th Century]

Lists of subscribers, rules and regulations etc of the Burnopfield Literary and Mechanical Institution, 1837

Circular listing subscribers to the Newcastle Assembly Rooms, estimated cost of alterations and inviting further subscriptions, February 1872

Numbers not used

24 March 1784 (1) Robert Rayne of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman; George Baker of Elemore, Esquire; Ralph Carr of Dunston Bank, Esquire; Alexander Adams of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. John, Lord Cardiff and Rt. Hon. Francis Seymour Conway (Lord Viscount Beauchamp) Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £2000 for the satisfactory performance by Rayne of his work as chief colliery manager of (2)

22 April 1797 (1) Robert Clayton, Aubone Surtees, Robert Walters and Nathaniel Clayton, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquires (2) The Most Hon. John, Marquess of Bute and Francis Seymour, Marquess of Hertford Draft bond of (1) to (2) in £2000 for the satisfactory performance by R. Clayton of his work as chief colliery manager of (2)

15 October 1822 (1) William Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman and John Armstrong of Bankhouse, Northumberland, gentleman; and William Armstrong of Oakwood, Northumberland, gentleman (2) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries; the Most Hon. Francis Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, Ann Simpson of Bradley Hall, spinster Bond of (1) to (2) in £4000 for the due performance by William Armstrong of Newcastle of the duties of agent and fitter of the pontop Pike and Garesfield Collieries

A memorial by A.H. Matthewson, staithman at Dunston, of the services rendered to his employers 1819 - 1833 and seeking some compensation after his dismissal, 1833

Case, with the opinion of Mr. Solicitor General Campbell thereon, of the obligations of the sureties of the colliery viewer to make good the frauds committed by one of his agents, 16 April 1833

May 1833 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (on behalf of the Garesfield and Tanfield Lea colliery proprietors) (2) George Samuel Coxwell of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Draft acticles of agreement for the employment of (2) as fitter and accountant of the aforementioned collieries at £100 p.a. plus expenses and commission

31 May 1833 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (for himself and the other owners of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries (2) George Samuel Coxwell of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Articles of agreement for the employment of (2) as fitter and accountant of the said collieries from 1 July on a yearly basis, employing under him Thomas Nicolls at £150 p.a. and Matthew Thompson at £60 p.a. (2) is to be paid £100 p.a. as accountant with £60 for colliery office expenses l/3d per Newcastle Chaldron for coal sold from the collieries and 2s. per Imperial Chaldron for coke. Determinable on six month's notice

6 June 1833 (1) Thomas Matthewson of Newcastle upon Tyne, agent (2) Peter Taylor Walker of Middlesex Place, Middlesex, Esquire Copy assignment by (1) to (2) of a life assurance policy for £1000 of the North British Insurance Company as security for the debts of (1) to Ann Simpson of Bradley Hall and the Marquess of Bute

1833 (1) George Samuel Coxwell of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stewart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Baronet Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of all the interest of (1) in a trust fund of £2000 (under an agreement of 10 August 1804, the marriage settlement of (1) 's parents) as security for the due performance by (1) of his duties as accountant of the Garsfield and Tanfield collieries and otherwise in trust for (1)

1833 (1) George Coxwell of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman, Edward Coxwell and William Coxwell of Southampton, gentlemen (2) John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries and Sir John Dean Paul, Baronet Draft bond of (1) to (2) in £1000 for the performance by George Coxwell of his duties as manager of the Garesfield and Tanfield Lea collieries

18 - 19 November 1835 (1) Joseph Gray of Garesfield, gentleman (2) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, and Ann Simpson of Bradley Hall, spinster Lease and Release and appointment by (1) to (2) of a moiety of a messuage in Pontop used as a public house, also a moiety of the Rose and Crown public house with a stable and parcel of ground in Dipton and a moiety of the Burnopfield Brewery and brewery stock as security for the due performance by (1) of the office of agent and manager of Garesfield and Pontop Collieries

6 December 1838 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (for himself and other owners of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries) (2) Matthew Thompson of Newcastle upon Tyne, coal fitter Articles of agreement for the employment of (2) as fitter of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries from 1 January 1839 on a yearly contract. (2) is to receive l/2d per Newcastle Chaldron on coals sold from the collieries and 1/5d per Imperial Chaldron for coke

6 December 1838 (1) Matthew Thompson of Newcastle upon Tyne, coal fitter; Thomas Thompson the elder of Byker Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman; Thomas Thompson the younger of the Manors, Newcastle upon Tyne, common brewer (2) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries Bond of (1) to (2) in £3000 as security for the due performance of the duties of coal fitter (as specified in D/CG6/1256)

Notes for agreement appointing Mr. Matthew Thompson to be fitter, 6 September 1838

6 January 1852 (1) Thomas Ellison Hawks of Winlaton (2) John Gray of Garesfield, Winlaton (on behalf of the owners of Garesfield Colliery) Memorandum of agreement for the shipment of coals from Derwenthaugh to the ships on the River Tyne for 1 year from 1 January 1852. (1) to find £400 security fro the performance of this agreement. Schedule of charges given

Petition to the Marquess of Bute by the keelmen employed by him for a revision of their terms of employment, n.d. [1830s]

Correspondence and related papers between: the Marquess of Bute, Hill Street, London, etc; Nathaniel Clayton; Robert Clayton; Henry Hollier, Cardiff; Thomas Coutts and Company, London, seeking an agent for Lord Bute's collieries to succeed 'pop Rayne', appointment of Robert Clayton, arranging sureties, management of the estate, Lanchester Common division, money due to Lady Maria Pinfold under Lady Windsor's will etc, 17 December 1796 - 8 February 1805

Copy of correspondence between Mr. Coxwell, Mr. Roy, Mr. Walker William Armstrong, London, Lord Bute and Clayton concerning the imprudent investments and financial embarrassments of Armstrong, Lord Bute's principal agent in County Durham, 23 November - 3 December 1832

Copy of letter from Richard Roy, Liverpool Street, to Joseph Gray concerning scheme of management for Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 23 May 1833

Mr. Gray's memorandum of the duties of a fitter, 31 March 1834

Report on the Pontop, Garesfield and Tanfield Lea colliery accounts, defalcations and problems with Matthewson the retiring manager, n.d. [c.1830s]

Memorandum of a meeting of the owners of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries as to instructions to Joseph Gray, 21 July 1836

Comparison of the offers of Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Thompson regarding Tanfield Lea and Cares field collieries, 18 July 1838

Valuation of stock and materials at Burnopfield Brewery, 31 December 1852

Copy of the letter from John Boyle, Newcastle upon Tyne to the Hon. Thomas Liddell as to latter's desire to be relieved of his interest in Garesfield Colliery, 14 April 1858

Number not allocated

Copy of correspondence between P.T. Walker at Newcastle upon Tyne and Messrs. Fenwick and Gray arranging for them to report on the ButeHertford collieries, 6 - 8 April 1819

Report of T. Fenwick and J. Gray on the state of the Garesfield and Pontop Pike collieries of the Marquesses of Hertford and Bute, 17 May 1819

Report of George Hill and George Stephenson on the state of the pontop and Garesfield collieries and the Garesfield waggonway, 17 May 1819

Report by the auditor of receipt and expenditure of Pontop, Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries on the necessity and advantages of a complete winning of Tanfield Lea Colliery, 31 October 1829

Thomas Fenwick's observations on the resuming of working Pontop Colliery compared with that of commencing working Tanfield Lea Colliery and valuation of the latter, 22 December 1829

Tanfield Lea Colliery, a list of colliery, way-leave and other rents by Joseph Gray, 25 March 1833

Expenses of fitting etc a chaldron of coal at Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 1833

Account of the expense of laying a chaldron of coals upon Dunston Staith from Tanfield Lea Colliery, 1833

Account by Joseph Gray of the expense of laying a chaldron of coals upon Derwenthaugh Staith from Garesfield Colliery, 1833

Report to the Marquess of Bute on accounts of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield by James Leith, Queen Street Place, London, 24 - 28 August 1833

Instructions to Joseph Gray concerning notice to quit Bushblades colliery, 6 September 1833

Memorandum for Joseph Gray concerning Garesfield coke ovens, 9 October 1833

List of rents due by the owners of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, with abatements expected to be allowed them, 1833

Tradesmen's prices for sundry materials used at Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries 1832 - 1834, by Joseph Gray, 1834

Estimate by Joseph Gray of expense of conveying coals from Tanfield Lea by the Blaydon and Hebburn Railway, 3 May 1834

Estimate by Joseph Gray of the expense of conveying coals on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway 3 May 1834

Observations on the respective merits of the Stanhope and Shields and B1aydon and Hebburn Railways, 6 May 1834

Profit yielded to Tanfield Lea Colliery from pontop coals sold in the London market, 12 May 1834

Report on the proposals for a toll of 6d per ton for coal conveyed 300 yds from the Garesfield Colliery waggonway to the River Derwent, 6 May 1835

Memorandum and estimate for building 15 additional cinder ovens at Garesfield Colliery, by Joseph Gray, 16 September 1835

Memorandum by the Tanfield Lea proprietors to Mr. Grey for giving Mr. Silvertop notice of their giving up a wayleave, 19 September 1835

Expenses of Tanfield Lea coals up to shipment, by Joseph Gray, 24 October 1835

Observations and estimate of the expense of winning Chopwell Colliery, by Joseph Gray, 27 June 1836

Note by Joseph Gray concerning Tanfield coals transported to Hebburn & Jarrow by the Blaydon and Hebburn Railway etc, 20 July 1836

Schedule of outstroke and wayleave rents of Chopwell Colliery for Lord Bute, 1837

Report upon the quantity of workable coals in Winlaton Royalty by Nicholas Wood, Killingworth to the owners of Garesfield Colliery, 21 February 1837

Estimate of expense of avoiding Sir T.J. Clavering's grounds in the construction of the railway from Chopwell Colliery, 10 July 1837

Estimate of the probable profits of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries for 1837, 13 July 1837

Memorandum of Messrs. Gray and Coxwell concerning the Durham Collieries, 15 July 1837

Memorandumofa meeting of the owners of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 15 July 1837

Comparative view of the expense for fitting of the coals and cinders of Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collienesby T. Collingson, 1838

Valuation of the lessees' Interest in Garesfie1d Colliery, 19 November 1849

Report of Matthew Liddell to John Clayton upon the state of Garesfield Colliery, with illustrations and plan attached, 2 May 1851

Valuations of the stock and material resting at Garesfield Colliery on 31 December 1853, with covering explanatory letter from John Gray, Garesfield, 8 April 1854

Valuation of fixed and moveab1e stock at Garesfield Colliery on 31 December 1853, by William Anderson, South Shields, 21 January 1854

Letter from John Gray, Garesfield to John Clayton giving the various shares in the Collierley Royalty, 4 July 1854

Copy of the valuation of stock at Garesfield Colliery, 10 September 1866

Copy of John Taylor's report on the present condition of Garesfield Colliery and its future prospects, to W.T. Carlisle, 3 November 1866 (paper, 1 file)

John Taylor's report and valuation for John Clayton regarding Lord Bute's interest in the Crawcrook Royalty, 6 February 1877

Valuation of plant etc at Garesfield Colliery by G.H. Geddes, Edinburgh, 25 June 1881

Estimate of the expense for fitting Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Coals for 1 year, n.d. [1830s]

Calculations concerning the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries-vend, fitting expenses and profits, n.d. [1830s]

Estimated annual value of premises at Derwent Mouth to be leased to the owners of Garesfield Colliery for.21 years, n.d. [19th Century]

Miscellaneous memoranda [Joseph Gray/Garesfield Colliery] , n.d. [1830s]

Garesfield Colliery - list of colliery, wayleave and other rents, n.d. [1830s] (1 paper)

Account book of the Marquesses of Bute and Hertford and Lord James Stuart with Robert Clayton, agent of the Pontop and Garesfield Collieries, 1816 - 1822

Account book of Miss Simpson and Partners with Peter Taylor Walker, the auditor of the Pontop, Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, with auditor's abstract of agent's colliery accounts current, 1820 - 1829

Account book of the Marquess of Bute with Peter Taylor Walker, auditor of the Pontop and Garesfield Collieries, with auditor's abstract of agent's colliery accounts current, 1820 - 1830

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Pass book of the Marquess of Bute and other owners of Pontop Colliery with Sir M.W. Ridley, Bart, Bigge, Gibson and Company, 1 January 1824 - 30 January 1826

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1 January 1826 - 8 January 1827

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1 January 1827 - 18 August 1828

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1 January 1831 - 1 January 1832

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1 January - 29 September 1832

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1-31 October 1832

Pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 29 November 1832 - 1 January 1834

pass book of the Marquess of Bute with Ridley's Bank, 1 January - 15 September 1834

Sundry items of expenditure which have not been included in the relevant current accounts and bad debts included in the account of extraordinary expenditure, Durham collieries, 1823 - 1832

Balance sheet of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 31 December 1832

Total vend from Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries naming place of destination, 1833 - 1835

Vend account of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, October 1834

Total vend of the Tanfield Lea and Garesfield coals and cinders, 1835-37

Statement of the quantity of coals and cinders vended from Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 1836 and 1837

Statement of coals and cinders vended from Tanfield Lea and Garesfield Collieries, 1836 and 1837

Statement for the Hon. T. Liddell of the vend and of the profit and loss of Garesfield Colliery, 1845 - 50

Garesfield Colliery accounts for 1849

Garesfield Colliery accounts and copies of ca6h book and bill book, January and February 1850

Account for the Hon. T. Liddell of the means and liabilities of the owners of Garesfield Colliery, 31 December 1850

Garesfield colliery accounts for 1850 for the Hon. T. Liddell, 1851

Account of money due from the owners of Garesfield Colliery to Sir W.A. Clavering, Bart., for the year ending 31 December 1866

Accounts and receipts for rents due from the Garesfield Colliery proprietors to the various proprietors of Winlaton Lordship etc for 1866, 28 November 1866 - 18 May 1867

Miscellaneous receipts relating to the Garesfield Colliery for payment of rents for surface damage, with related correspondence, 11 November 1871 -18 November 1872

List of rents paid at Garesfield Colliery for damaged grounds, 1873

Profit and loss account of Garesfield Colliery for the year to 31 July 1881

Account from David Diddup of Leith to the owners of Garesfield Colliery, 8 January 1831 - 22 April 1834

Specimen of invoice from the owners of Pontop Colliery to Messrs. Bigge and the owners of 'Revolution', 29 August 1833 (1 paper, printed form)

Letter book of Lady Windsor to her agents at Newcastle upon Tyne ohn Baker and John Simpson) concerning colliery affairs and related interests, June 1754 - 16 May 1776

Letter book of Lady Windsor to agents at Newcastle upon Tyne(William Gill, Mr. Newton and others)concerning colliery affairs and related interests, October 1758 - 10 February 1773

Letter book of Lord Mountstuart, the Earl (later Marquess) of Bute and others to agents at Newcastle upon Tyne, John Baker, Robert Rayne and Robert Clayton, concerning colliery affairs, 25 November 1776 - 16 April 1817

Letter book of Matthew Thompson, Pontop Office, Newcastle upon Tyne for letters to the Marquess of Bute and others regarding the Pontop, Tanfield Lea, Garesfield and related collieries, 2 July 1838 - 26 December 1844

Letter book of Joseph Gray, Newcastle upon Tyne for letters to the Marquess of Bute and others regarding the Pontop, Tanfield Lea, Garesfield and related collieries, 6 January' 1838 - 30 December 1840 (1 volume, vellum bound)

Letter from the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company to Lord James Stewart care of John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne as to Garesfield Colliery tendering for the supply of coke, 19 November 1851

Copy of letter from William Green to Cuthbert Berkley seeking various information and accounts of the Townhead and Barcus Close Royalties, 27 May 1873

Letter from Cuthbert Berkley Marley Hill, Gateshead to William Green, Garesfield Colliery, Blaydon concerning the Town Head and Barcus Close royalties, 27 June 1873

Letter from William Green, Garesfield Colliery to John Clayton concerning the Busty Bank and Brians Leap Royalties, 31 August 1874

Copy of correspondence of John Taylor of Earsdon, Newcastle upon Tyne and Messrs. J. and N.G. Clayton as to the valuation of Garesfield Colliery and coal royalties at Winlaton, Chopwell, Ravenside, Busty Bank, Bryans Leap etc, Collierly and Hagg, and quarries and wayleaves for the late Marquess of Bute's trustees, 26 January - 20 April 1876 (1 file)

John Bowes and Partners in account with the trustees of the Marquess of Bute, 1 July 1854 -5 October 1860

John Bowes and Partners in account with the Marquess of Bute's trustees, 1 July 1854 -1 January 1861

Account of rents paid to the trustees of the Marquess of Bute for coal wrought out of Barcus Close and Town Head Royalties, May 1854 - May 1872

Account due from John Bowes and Partners to the Bute trustees for working Townhead Coals, May 1872 and May 1873

Account of John Bowes, Esquire and Partners with the trustees of the Marquess of Bute in respect of Barcus Close, Busty Bank, Bryans Leap and Townhead Royalties, 13 May 1872 -23 November 1876

Statement of accounts due to the Bute Trustees from John Bowes and Partners, 22 November 1875

Valuations of Bryans Leap and Busty Bank royalties, 30 June 1872

Receipts of the trustees of the late Marquess of Bute for money received from the Most Hon. John Patrick Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries for the purchase of coals, fireclay etc from Garesfield Colliery and Derwenthaugh Staithes, 10 April 1878

Schedule of royalty payments to be made for the Weed Park and Collierly Estate, n.d. [mid 19th Century] (1 paper)

Notice from Matthew Ridley and the Administrators of the Rt. Hon. James Petty (Lord Viscount Dunkerron) requesting payment of £770 expended in sinking Bushblades Colliery, 6 March 1756

Memoranda as to the ownership of minerals in the Manor of Winlaton and in Whickham, 1814 and n.d.

An account of coals wrought out of Bushblades Royalty for the use of William Morton Pitt, Esquire, with invoice, 27 November 1832 - 26 November 1833

Resolutions at a general meeting of Coal Owners at Newcastle upon Tyne, 13 July 1833

Schedule of River Tyne collieries and prices, 19 October 1833

Resolutions at a meeting of the Hetton Coal Company concerning Charles Tennyson's letter, 12 August and 3 October 1833

Map shewing the several lines of railway to places of shipment for Tanfield Lea and Garesfield coals, 26 December 1833 Scale: 1 mile to 1 inch [1: 63360] (1 plan, 50cm x 37cm, ink and partial colour]

Case, with the opinion of J.L. Knight of Lincoln's Inn thereupon, as to brand names of coals used by the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Company, 18 November 1834

Case for the opinion of counsel as to the possibility of preventing the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Company from marketing coals under certain brand names, with covering letter, 17 December 1836

Articles of agreement between owners of collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham establishing a price fixing and selling agency, 15 February 1834

Schedule of collieries commenced and now working since the regulation of the coal trade in 1834, October 1835

Notes on Durham collieries, 16 July 1838

Reply of the coal owners to the complaints of the pitmen of the Tyne and Wear, n.d. [1830s]

Extract from a conveyance of 22-23 March 1838 of coalmines within Blackburn Fell from Sir Robert J. Eden, Bart to M.J. Davison, 1870

Valuation of the three twenty-fourth parts of Collierley coalmines belonging to Mr. Bowlby, by John Lishman, Durham, 2 November 1874

The Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930, incorporating amendments, 1937

Durham Coal Owners Association. Results of accountants ascertainments for wage purposes, November 1937

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14 May 1744 (1) The Rt. Hon. Charles, Lord Cadogan (2) The Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire, (Lord Viscount Dunkerron) only son and heir of the Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Shelburn and Arabella his wife Counterpart assignment by (1) to (2) of a moiety of: seven eighths of Collierleycolliery, of Ewhursthead colliery, Lintz colliery and coals under various lands at Lintz Hall, Upper Lintz, Bucksnook, High Crockfield, Barkas Close; three quarter of staiths at Derwenthaugh; and various waggonways through Ewhurst, Lintz, Pickering's Nook, Whitefield, the Lordship of Winlaton etc held in connection with the collieries for the various terms of 18, 31, 30 and 21 years as specified. Recites previous deeds

26 May 1752 (1) Henry Witham of Cliff, Yorkshire, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy Lease by (1) to (2) for.21 years from Midsummer of his one sixth share of coals under the township of Collierley Rent: £115 p.a. plus one sixth of tentale rents of 22/6d and 12/d for coals from various seams in excess of specified quantity

26 May 1752 (1) Thomas Swinburne of Tanfield, Esquire and Mary his wife (2) Viscount Windsor Lease of another sixth of coals under Collierley on the same terms as D/CG6/1450

26 May 1752 (1) Robert Bonner of Callerton, Northumberland, Esquire (2) Viscount Windsor Lease of another sixth of coals under Collierley on same terms as D/CG6/1450

21 July 1752 (1) John Airey of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire and Richard Stawpert of Lintz Green, yeoman (trustees of Francis Nicholls, deceased) (2) Viscount Windsor Lease of one eighth of coals under Collierley for 21 years from midsummer 1752 Rent: £86 5s. p.a. plus tentale rents pro rata to those specified in D/CG6/1450

1 September 1752 (1) John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town (2) Viscount Windsor Lease and another eighth of coals under Collierley for 21 years from Midsummer 1752 Rent: £63 15s. p.a. plus tentale rents of 17/6d and 7/6d for one eighth of coals wrought from various seams in excess of the specified quantity

1 June 1754 (1) Bryan Harrison the elder of Barmpton, gentleman (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne1 Esquire, an Alderman of the said town Sub-lease by (1) to (2) of coals to the north of a line drawn from the South East corner of Harperley Copyhold Ground to the meeting of Kyo Burn and Laings Well by Harelaw Ground Hedge thence to Meaburn's Folly, Gore Cock House thence continuing in a straight line through the wastes of Lanchester (part of the grounds leased to (1) by the Bishop of Durham), for.21 years from 23 January 1754 Rent: £900 p.a. plus 15s. per ten of coals wrought out of the Hutton Seam in excess of 1200 pa. and 7/6 per ten for the first 13 years and 10s. per ten for the balance of the term for all coal wrought from other seams

21 August 1754 (1) William Lake of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman, (the receiver appointed by the Court of Chancery for the estates of the Rt. Hon. Francis Thomas, Earl of Kerry) (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy Lease by (1) to (2) of an eighth part of coals at Collierleyfor.7 years from 25 March 1754 Rent: £86 5s. p.a. plus tentale rents of 22/6d and 12/6d for one eighth of coals wrought from various seems in excess of the specified quantities

22 May 1755 (1) Richard Hodshon of Lintz, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town Lease by (1) to (2) of coals at Lintz Hall, Upper Lintz otherwise Over Lintz, Pickering's Nook and the Whitefield, all in the chapelry of Tanfield, for.21 years from 1 January 1755 Rent: £100 p.a. plus 20s. per ten of merchantable coals from the Hutton Seam, 10s. per ten for other coals wrought in excess of £100 worth

4 December 1761 (1) Richard Hodshon of Lintz, Esquire and Ralph Hodshon of Durham, Esquire(his Son) (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor, widow and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire and Alderman Agreement for the renewal of a lease of 1755 of Lintz Colliery at a fixed rent of £100 p.a. with tentale payments specified

29 January 1767 (1) Richard Hodshon and Ralph Hodshon his son, both of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquires (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire and Alderman Lease by (1) to (2) of Toft Gate Farm part of the Lintzhall Estate as specified, for.7 years from 12 May 1767. Husbandry covenants Rent: £200 p.a.

15 March 1773 (1) William Fenwick of Bywell, Northumberland, Esquire, Walter Lutwyche of Lutwyche, Salop, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor and Baroness Mountjoy and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman Copy lease by (1) to (2) of coals under Lanchester Fell bounded as followings - from the S.E. corner of Harperley Copyhold Grounds west to Kyo Burn, Meaburn's folly, Gorecock House, Hurbuck Wash Poole up Smallop Burn to Knitsley Mill, thence to Brigghill, Backstone Burn to the River Derwent down the same to Shotley Bridge thence to Ebchester Mill, Medomsley Church, down Pout Burn, along Billingside and Pontop, Collierly and Ewhurst Head hedges to Tanfield Moor boundary, Busblades Harelaw to Harperley Copyhold-for a term of 20 yrs 11 months Rent: £900 p.a. plus 15s. per ten of coal in excess of 1200 p.a. during the first 2 years from the Hutton Seam, 10s. per ten for other coals, thence 16s. per ten for the remainder of the term over 1125 tens

A further copy of D/CG6/1460

22 July 1852 (1) The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty (2) The Rt. Hon. Thomas Francis Kennedy, a Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues (3) The Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart), Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and John Boyle of Chancery Lane, Middlesex, Esquire Copy lease by (2) to (3) for.21 years from 1 May 1847 of all coals under the crown lands called Chopwell Woods, to be worked by outstroke Memorandum of inrolment, 27 July 1852 Rent: £50 p.a. plus a tentale rent of 16s. per ten as specified

Draft of D/CG6/1462, 22 July 1857

Abstract of title (31 December 1868) to leasehold coal, ironstone and fireclay in the township of Chopwell, 1881

23 January 1872 (1) Elizabeth Jane Thorp of Alnwick, Northumberland, widow and William Dickson of Alnwick, Esquire (2) Charles Stuart of Hubborne, Hampshire, Esquire; John Boyle of Barnards Inn, Holborn, London, Esquire; and William Stuart of Kimpston, Bedfordshire, Esquire (trustees of the will of the late Marquess of Bute) Lease by (1) to (2) of fireclay under Horsegate Farm (173a.0r.34p), Broomfield and Mason's House (190a.3r.37p) and on the woods and wastes of the said farms (52a.3r.14p) all at Chopwell, for 12 years from 1 January 1872 Rent: £50 p.a. for 2666 tens plus 4 d per ten in excess of this

23 November 1876 (1) Charles Stuart, John Boyle and William Stuart (2) The Most Hon. John Patrick Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries Assignment by (1) to (2) of fireclay demised by D/CG6/1465 within recited

2 February 1878 (1) Elizabeth Jane Thorp of Alnwick, Northumberland, widow (2) The Marquess of Bute Lease of fireclay as specified in D/CG6/1465 on the same terms, for 12 years from 1 January 1878

Draft of D/CG6/1467, 2 February 1878

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6 November 1847 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart Marquess of Bute(for self and Hon. Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle) (2) James Joicey of Newcastle upon Tyne, coal owner Draft memorandum of agreement for (2) to purchase for £2000 the lease of (1) of Tanfield Leigh and Wester Leigh collieries under.400a. of land of Hon. Henry Thomas Liddellin the township of Tanfield. Agreement for the purchase of colliery machinery at price to be settled

Copy correspondence between Joicey and Company and W. Green junior and others arranging terms of agreement for working the Shield Row Seam from Tanfield Lea Royalty to Tanfield Moor Colliery, 21 May - 19 August 1878

31 December 1878 (1) The Most Hon. John Patrick Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (2) John Joicey of Newton Hall, Northumberland; Edward Joicey of Whinney House, Gateshead; William James Joicey of Tanfield Lea; and James Joicey of Walker Terrace, Gateshead (copartners in James Joicey and Company) Draft lease by (1) to (2) for.32 years of the Willy Pit-to be used for bringing out the produce of the Shield Row Seam and to make outstrokes between the Tanfield Moor and Tanfield Lea Royalties. Plan attached Rent: £50 p.a. plus 1d. per ten of Shield Row coal produced

Instructions to counsel to settle lease of power to work by outstroke from Tanfield Moor Royalty, from Bute to Joicey and Company, 1878

Notes from Messrs. Armstrong to Clayton and Gibson detailing changes required in outstroke draft agreement, 4 October 1878

8 March 1902 (1) The Rt. Hon. Edmund Bernard Talbot (Lord Edmund Talbot) and the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, K.G., acting for the Rt. Hon. Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart (Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart) a minor (2) Lord Edmund Talbot, the Rt. Hon. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, Baron Herries of Terregles and Archibald Robert Crawford Pitman of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet (3) William Milburn of Fenham Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, coal owner Counterpart lease by (1) to (3) of coals and fireclay under lands in the township of Collierley shewn on the attached plan, for a term of 31 years from 1 November 1901 Rent: £1000 p.a. plus 10% of the average selling price of coals with a minimum of 6d. per ton, and 4d. per ton for fireclay in excess of the specified quantities. Other royalty payments as specified

Memorandum that William Milburn will buy all the machinery and plant of the Bute Trustees specified at Collierley Colliery, 8 March 1902

8 March 1902 (1) Archibald Robert Craufurd Pitman of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet (2) William Milburn of Fenham Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, coal owner Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of fireclay under lands marked on the attached plan at Dipton in the township of Collierley, for a term of 31 years from 1 November 1901 Rent: £5 p.a. plus 4d. per ton in excess of the specified quantity a other royalty payments as specified

Plan of two plots of land near Delight Pit [Dipton?], n.d. [c.1905] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile

12 July 1905 (1) The Hon. Ninian Crichton Stuart (Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart) by Charles David Geddes of Young Street, Edinburgh, mining engineer (2) Sir Lindsay Wood of the Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, Baronet; Catherine St. Leger, wife of Hugh St. Leger of Clarence Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey, journalist; Elizabeth Ellen Mary Thompson of Brighton, Sussex, widow; Isabella Christina Hepple of Bournemouth, Hampshire, spinster; Alicia Strother Hepple of Ripon, Yorkshire, widow; Thomas Maddison of Durham, solicitor (The Tanfield Moor Coalowners) (3) John Bowes and Partners Limited Agreement that (3) shall account for one half to (1) and one half to (2) for coal raised in the disputed areas under Tanfield Moor near the ancient freeholds of Barcus Close, Town Head, Bryans Leap and Busty Bank. Plan attached

Abstract of indenture of 6 September 1883 (a revision of royalties payable under a lease from the Marquess of Bute to Robert Dickinson of coals at Collierley in 1876) for the purpose of adjudicating Stamp Duty, 1883 (1 file)

29 July 1909 (1) James Joicey and Company Limited (2) James Joicey of Poulton Priory, Gloucestershire, Esquire (3) The South Derwent Coal Company Limited (4) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Draft agreement to leave a barrier of 55 yds of unwrought coal in the Hutton Seam. Covenant by (1) to assign to (3) all unworked coal, ironstone and fireclay in the Hutton Seam in the Bushblades, South Tanfield and Harperley Royalties as specified for which (3) will pay (1) 3d. per ton. Covenant by (3) to assign coal, ironstone and fireclay in the CarmiresRoyalty, Hutton Seam to (1). (4) will grant (1) instroke powers and (1) pay 3d or.6d per ton as specified to (4)

29 July 1909 (1) James Joicey and Company Limited (2) JamesJoicey of Poulton Priory, Gloucestershire, Esquire (3) The South Derwent Coal Company Limited (4) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Draft agreement for leaving a barrier.55 yds wide of unwrought coal in the Hutton Seam and for the exchange between (1) and (3) of coal there leased from (4). Plans attached

29 July 1909 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited (3) The Consett Iron Company Limited (4) The South Derwent Coal Company Limited Draft agreement for the sub-letting of part of the main coal seam (shewn on the attached plan) by (2) to (4) until 1 October 1926 and construction and maintenance of a new water level in mines near Pontop by (4) (in the bottom Hutton Seam). Recites previous deeds. Plan attached

29 July 1909 (1) John Bowes and Partners Limited (2) James Joicey and Company Limited (3) James Joicey of Poulton Priory, Fairford, Gloucestershire, Esquire (4) The South DerwentCoal Company Limited (5) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Draft agreement for leaving a new barrier.55 yds wide in the main coal seam and lower seams of the Pontop, Carmires, South Tanfield and Bushblades royalties and subletting of areas of coal in consequence.

Copy draft memorandum re Carmires Barrier whereby the yearly tenancy of John Bowes and Partners of the Pont Water Level in the Collierley Estate is to be converted into a.60 year lease; the water level within Carmires and Cresswell to be maintained by the South Derwent Company and otherwise by James Joicey and Company if South Derwent Company give up the South Derwent Colliery; South Derwent to pay £5000 to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as compensation for working into the barrier left by agreement of 29 July 1909, 1913

[1910s] (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) James Joicey and Company Ltd (3) John Bowes and Partners Ltd Draft supplementary deed that (3) shall hold the Collierley Easement Lease as trustees for parties interested in the maintenance of the Pontop Water Level as will (3) if the lease be assigned to them. Arrangements for payment to (2) and (3) (out of £5000 paid by the South Derwent Coal Co Ltd to (1) as compensation for trespasses) of sums paid by them for rent, and expenses incurred in complying with covenants of lease

21 April 1915 (1) The Hon. Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart (Lord Ninian Stuart) (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited Draft lease by (1) to (2) for.60 years from 11 November 1914 of the right to use the Collierley Watercourse otherwise the Pont Level Rent: £300 p.a.

Draft memorandum as D/CG6/1490, 22 April 1915

Copy memorandum that John Bowes and Partners will maintain the Pont Water Level in Dipton Royalty and Collierley Estate as long as they hold the said royalty with provision for assignment to Joicey and Company; similar memorandum of the South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd. for maintaining the Pont Water Level in the Carmires Royalty as long as they hold the Cresswell Royalty of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 22 April 1915

Supplemental memorandum to D/CG6/1490 as to the portion of the Pont Water Level in the Collierley Estate demised by Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart, 22 April 1915

[1910 - 1919] (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) James Joicey and Company Limited (3) John Bowes and Partners Limited (4) The South Derwent Coal Company Limited Draft agreement whereby (3) will maintain the Pontop water level in the Dipton and Collierley Royalties as long as they hold the Dipton Royalty and easements under the Collierley Easement Lease and will not part with the easement lease whilst holding Dipton Royalty. (3) to give (2) notice on giving up the Dipton Royalty; (2) to benefit from Collierley Easement Lease if they desire to keep the water level open and shall maintain the water level in the Dipton and Collierley Royalties. (4) to maintain the water level in Carmires Royalty and Cresswell to the satisfaction of (1) (2) and (3) so long as (4) holds mines there. (4) to give notice to (2) of giving up South Derwent Colliery when (2) may assume maintenance of water level in default of which (3) may do so etc. Maintenance covenants. Recites previous deeds. Plan attached

Miscellaneous correspondence between: W. Rutherford, the Harperley Office, Tantobie; Cooper and Goodger, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Clayton and Gibson; The South Derwent Coal Company Ltd, West Stanley Colliery; C.D. Geddes, Young Street, Edinburgh; and minutes of meetings between them as to the South Derwent Company, Joicey and Companys and John Bowes and Partners and the Carmires barrier coals, 25 May 1900 - 15 December 1932

Correspondence between: Sydney E.D. Wilson of the South Derwent Coal Company Ltd, Stanley; Cooper and Jackson, Solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne; Clayton and Gibson and others concerning the Pont Water Level and related agreements between the South Derwent Coal Company Ltd and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, 6 April - 25 August 1933

Case for the opinion of counsel regarding the South Derwent Coal Company Limited and the Pont Water Level, 1933

Memorandum regarding the South Derwent Company and filling in the firack Pit, 26 January 1937

Map of the Greencroft, Tantobie and Pontop area shewing the course of the Pontop Water Level and the barriers of various coal royalties, n.d. [early 20th Century] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Calculations of coal reserves in parts of the Main and Hutton Seams, South Derwent Colliery, 5 May 1914 (1 paper, typescript)

29 February 1924 (1) The Rt. Hon. Edmund Bernard, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent and others (Bute trustees) (2) The Owners of South Medomsley Colliery Limited Draft agreement substituting a fixed tonnage rent on coal of 6d. for the varying tonnage rents reserved by the lease of 18 June 1912 (missing)

Correspondence between: J. and F. Anderson, W.S., Castle Street, Edinburgh; Farrer and Company, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; Newby Robson and Cadle, solicitors, Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees; the South Medomsley Colliery Company Ltd, Finkle Chambers, Stockton on Tees; and Clayton and Gibson as to capitalisation of reserves by the colliery company and M.D.D. Crichton Stuart's attitude as holder of a debenture for £7000, 23 March 1938 - 14 March 1939

Correspondence between: Clayton and Gibson; Duff and Geddes, engineers, Young Street, Edinburgh; J. and F. Anderson, W. S., Castle Street, Edinburgh; the Ministry of Fuel and Power, London; the Northern Regional Valuation Board, Newcastle upon Tyne; and others concerning the appeal of Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart regarding the value of the Collierley Royalt , with various notices, 4 November 1943 - 29 December 1944

Papers relating to the Collierley Royalty valuation appeal including: brief for the claimant Crichton Stuart with notes, calculations and proof of evidence of William Smith Drysdale, (a member of Duff and Geddes, Chartered, Civil and Structural and Mining Engineers, Edinburgh); proof of evidence of Mbert Septimus Davison, manager of the South Medomsley Colliery Co. Ltd, lessees of the Collierley Royalty; instructions to counsel to advise on evidence, 1944

J. Charlesworth's advice on evidence relating to compensation under the Coal Act, 1938, 11 October 1944

Schedule of proposed future output by the South Medomsley Colliery Company Ltd, Colliery Royalty (1 January 1939 - 1 July 1972), 1942

Schedule of proposed future outputs of the South Medomsley Colliery Company Limited, Collierley Royalty (1 January 1939 - 1 July 1972) 25 September 1944

Valuation forms for Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart's Collierley Royalty with estimate of resources on 1 January 1939, 28 September 1943 (1 file, printed form)

3 January 1735/6 (1) Richard Hodshon of Lintz, gentleman (2) Alice Clavering and Elizabeth Clavering of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinsters Lease by (1) to (2) from 1 May 1736 of a wayleave/ waggonway for coals through Overlintz alias Upper Lintz, Pickering's Nook, the White Field and Ox Close from Collierley Colliery for as long as (2) shall be tenants of that colliery Rent: £70 p.a.

23 April 1736 (1) John Emerson of London, gentleman (2) Alice Clavering and Elizabeth Clavering of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinsters Lease by (1) to (2) for.21 years of a waggonway through (l)'s lands at Ewhurst otherwise Lintz for coals wrought at Collierley and to be used in connection with wayleaves demised on 17 June 1725 Rent: £105 p.a. including £50 p.a. under the 1725 lease (missing)

28 October 1738 (1) Margaret Leybourne of Medomsley, widow and James Leybourn her son (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy; the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Lord Viscount Dunkerron); and John and Francis Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, hoastmen Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave through lands in the township of Collierley in connection with Pontop Colliery, for.21 years from Christmas 1738 Rent: £40 p.a.

27 November 1738 (1) Richard Hodshon of Lintz, gentleman (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert Lord Windsor and Baron Mountjoy, the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Viscount Dunkerron) John Simpson and Francis Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, hoastman Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave along a waggonway over (1)'s lands at Lintz alias Upper Lintz, Pickerings Nook, the White Fell the Cow Close and Ox Close for as long as (2) shall be tenants of Pontop Colliery for coals wrought there Consideration: £40 Rent: £70 p.a.

18 January 1739/40 (1) The Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Carlisle (2) Henry Widdrington, eldest son and heir of Jane, Lady Widdrington daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Tempest, Baronet (3) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy and the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Viscount Dunkerron) (4) Matthew Ridley, Esquire, one of the Aldermen of Newcastle upon Tyne, and John Simpson and Francis Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, hoastmen Articles of agreement for a lease by (1) and (2) to (3) and (4) of the wayleave over a waggonway through Smeets Farm in the Lordship of Winlaton and Lock Haugh Farm, Thornly Farm and over other grounds of Lady Widdrington as specified for leading coals to the Rivers Tyne and Derwent, for a term of 31 years from 24 June 175R. Power to (3) and (4) to grant a wayleave to Sir James Clavering of Greencroft as specified Rent: £150 p.a. by (3) to (1) during the lifetime of William Widdrington father of (2), paying the same to (2) after the death of William Widdrington; £50 p.a. by (4) to (1) and later to (2) on the same terms for leading 2000 tens of coal

26 July 1743 (1) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy and Alice his wife; the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Lord Viscount Dunkerron) (2) Matthew Ridley of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave over a waggonway through the lands of (1) in the territories of Thorneley for.31 years from 1 May 1743 Rent: £15 p.a.,plus 50s. p.a. for damage

Notice from Matthew Ridley to Viscount Windsor and others surrendering the lease(D/CG6/1652)of the wayleave following his cessation of mining activities at Thorneley, 1 May 1748

23 January 1743/4 (1) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy nd Alice his wife; the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Lord Viscount Dunkerron) and Elizabeth his wife (2) Matthew Ridley of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town (3) Jane Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow; John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire an Alderman of the said town and Francis Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, hoastman (sons and executors of John Simpson deceased) Lease by (1) to (2) and (3) of a wayleave over a waggonway through the lands of (1) called Tanfield Moor, Brainslope and Thorneley from their collieries (except (2)1s colliery at Thorneley) to staiths at Darwenthaugh, for.31 years from 24 June 1758 Rent: 2/3d per ten from (2) and l/9d per ten from (3) to each of Windsor and Dunkerron Lease by (1) and (3) to (2) of their respective one twelfth and quarter shares in staiths at Darwenthaugh containing 10 keelrooms, for the term of 31 years aforesaid Rent: 25s. p.a.to each of Windsor and Dunkerron and £7 p.a. to (3) Lease by (1) and (2) to (3) of the respective twelfth part and moiety of them in staiths at Darwenthaugh for the above mentioned term of 31 years Rent: 15s. p.a. to each of Dunkerron and Windsor and £9 p.a. to (2)

16 March 1748/9 (1) The Rt. Revd Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy; the Rt. Hon. James Petty, Esquire (Lord Viscount Dunkerron); John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire; and Francis Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, hostman Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave for coals wrought at Pontop and Collierly Collieries through Lanchester Fell towards the Rivers Tyne and Derwent, for a term of 21 years Ratification by the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral, 11 April 1749 Rent: £5 p.a.

16 March 1754 (1) Sarah Emmerson and Jane Emmerson of Bedford Row, Middlesex, spinsters (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town Lease by (1) to (2) of a waggonway through lands at Ewhurst otherwise Lintz from Martinmas 1754 for 11 years Rent: £60 p.a.

2 May 1754 (1) Richard Hodshon of Lintz, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy, and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire and Alderman Lease by (1) to (2) for 19 years of a wayleave over the waggonway to Lintz Hall Over Lintz otherwise Pickering's Nook, the Whitefield, the Cow Close and Ox Close with branches across other lands specified in the township of Collierley Rent: £60 p.a.

30 December 1754 (1) John Lowthian of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman and Thomas Smart of Whickham, joiner (2) The Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy; Slingsby flethell, Esquire, an Alderman of the City of London and William Monck of Middle Temple, London, Esquire (administrators of Viscount Dunkerron and executors of the Earl of Shelburne); Matthew Ridley of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town; John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, another Alderman of the said town Articles of agreement whereby (1) will keep in good repair for a term of 9 years the waggonway of (2) used for leading coals from Collierley, Pontop Pike, firyans Leap, Pontop, flusblades, Tanfield Moor Edge and flurnopfield Collieries to their respective staiths at Darwenthaugh, subject to the payment by (2) individually or jointly of the various sums of 9/9d, 6s., 8s. and 11/6d per ten of coals conveyed from the various collieries as specified

1 December 1758 (1) John Scafe of Bryansleap, gentleman (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave over a waggonway through the lands of (1) at High-Fryer-Side otherwise Bucks Moor in the chapelry of Tanfield for coals wrought as D/CG6/1660, for a term of 28 years from 24 June 1758 Rent: £12 12s. p.a.

1 December 1758 (1) Jacob Greive of Durham, gentleman (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave over a waggonway through (1)'s lands at Highfryerside otherwise Bucks Moor in Tanfield for leading coals from Collierley,Lints Hall, Over Lints otherwise Upper Lints, Pickering Nooke, the Whitefield, the Cow Close the Oxclose, Brownhill and Bogglehole, for a term of 28 years from 24 June 1758 Rent: £15 15s. p.a.

24 November 1766 (1) The Rt. Revd Richard, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Windsor and John Simpson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire Lease by (1) to (2) for.21 years of a wayleave for coals wrought at Collierley Colliery through the fells, moors and commons of (1) called Lanchester Fell towards the Rivers Tyne and Derwent Rent: £10 p.a.

Copy of D/CG6/1661, 24 November 1766

25 September 1777 Licence to demise a wayleave in the Manor of Whickham

30 April 1778 (1) Thomas Shafto of Dunston, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Bute, K.G. Lease by (1) to (2) for 50 years of a messuage at Catchuphill, Whickham with a waggonway through lands called Coalwayhaugh and Catchuphill as specified, in the parish of Whickham Rent: £105 p.a.

1839 (1) Sir Thomas John Clavering of Axwell Park and Greencroft, Baronet (2) The Most Hon. John Crickton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 31 years from 1 May 1837 of the wayleave for a waggonway to Derwent Haugh through lands at Spen Banks Rent: £200 p.a. plus 2/6d per ten of coal in excess of 20,000 chaldrons

1841 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute (2) The Brandling Junction Railway Company Draft agreement to submit to the arbitration of Thomas Forster of Haswell, colliery viewer, and Thomas Storey of St. Helen's Auckland, civil engineer the disputes between them concerning tolls for leading coals to S. Shields and refusal to lead Tanfield Lea coals

1855 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart); Charles Stuart of a Colonel in H.M.'s Army; John Boyle of Somers Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, Esquire (Bute trustees) Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 42 years of ten undivided twelfth parts in a staithe, messuage, 9 cottages and various coke ovens at Derwent Haugh, Winlaton, occupied by the owners of Garesfield Colliery, and of a wayleave for a railway to the above properties through lands in the township of Winlaton Rent: £108 6s 8d p.a. (ten twelfths of £130 p.a.) for the property and £125 (ten twelfths of £150 p.a.) for the wayleave

11 April 1868 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire and Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall, Esquire, M.P. (2) John Boyle of flarnards Inn, London, Esquire; Charles Stuart of Hubborne Lodge, Hampshire, Esquire, a Major General in H.M.'s Army; William Stuart the younger of Kempston, Bedfordshire, Esquire Draft lease by (1) to (2) of eleven twelfth parts in staithes on the River Tyne at Derwenthaugh and the dwellinghouses and lands held therewith, for.21 years from 12 May 1867 Rent: £91 13s. p.a.

Abstracts of D/CG6/1668, 1881 (2 files)

1875 (1) Charles Stuart of Hubborne, Christchurch, Hampshire, Esquire, a Major General in H.M.'s Army; John Boyle of Barnards Inn, London, Esquire; William Stuart of Tempsford Hall, Huntingdonshire, Esquire (2) Robert Dickinson of Shotley Bridge, coal owner Draft lease by (1) to (2) for.42 years of a wayleave over parts of Stobb House Farm in the parish of Lanchester for leading coals from the Dipton and Ewehurst mines Rent: £200 p.a. plus ld per ton for quantities in excess of 80000 t. p.a., with other rentals specified

Instructions for the preparations of the lease D/CG6/1671 from the Bute Trustees to Dickinson, 1875

Instructions to counsel to settle draft lease from the Bute Trustees to Dickinson, 1875

Proposed terms for a wayleave over Bute's land near Dipton, 1874 (1 paper)

1 - 2 July 1719 (1) William Davison of Beamish, Esquire (2) Dame Jane Clavering of Whitehouse, widow Copy lease and release by (1) to (2) of Tanfield Moor (boundaries specified), reserving all coals and wayleaves for leading coal which are the inheritance of George Pitt, and reserving various common rights to (1) [Copy 1940s] Consideration: £4000

2 July 1719 (1) Dame Jane Clavering (2) William Davison Copy agreement by (1) that the existence of a lease from (2) to her late husband of a wayleave over part of the common at Tanfield shall not be regarded as breaching the covenants D/CG6/1675 [Copy 1940s]

Copies of case, with the opinions of William Peere Williams and J. Cowper,about the waggonway over Tanfield Moor, 23 June - 11 July 1720

Memorandum relating to the wayleave over Tanfield Moor, 1 August 1855

Terms under which the Bute trustees will grant a wayleave over Tanfield Moor to John Bowes and Partners, with covering letter from William Greene, Garesfield Colliery, Blaydon to Clayton and Gibson and letter to Greene approving of the terms on C.M. Palmer's authority, 12 - 14 October 1871

Report of Thomas Armstronq, land agent, Newcastle upon Tyne to Messrs. Clayton and Gibson as to the Tanfield Moor wayleaves in dispute between the Marquess of Bute, the Earl of Ravensworth and Messrs. Joicey, 15 December 1875

1903 (1) The Rt. Hon. Edmund Bernard Talbot (Lord Edmund Talbot) and the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, K.G. (acting for the Rt. Hon. Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart, an infant) (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited Copy lease by (1) to (2) for 42 years from 23 November 1901 of a wayleave for the railway across Tanfield Moor with limited power to make deviations Rent: £50 p.a. plus 5/6d per ton of coke and 1/2d per ton of coals led over the railway in excess of specified quantities

Extracts from the owners of Tanfield Moor Coal to John Bowes and Partners of 4 October 1913, n.d. [1940s] (1 file, typescript)

Account of money due from John Bowes to the Marquess of Bute's trustees for the Tanfield Moor wayleave, 1 June 1869

Account of John Bowes and Partners with the Marquess of Bute, 13 May 1872 - 23 December 1876

Accounts of wayleave payments by John Bowes and Partners for the Tanfield Moor royalty for the years 1900 - 1933

Copy extracts from the Durham Estates mineral ledger as to rental payment for the Tanfield Moor waggonway for the years 1934 - 45

Extracts from Durham Estates Royalty Book, No. 2 for Tanfield Moor wayleave payments, 23 November 1935 - 31 December 1942 (1 file, typescript)

Copy notice of termination of lease of wayleave over Tanfield Moor and Lanchester Common given by John Bowes and Partners Ltd to M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, 3 November 1939

Copy letter from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd to John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Milburn House, Newcastle upon Tyne refusing to accept notice to determine Tanfield Moor wayleave payments, 5 February 1940

Opinion of Valentine Holmes on the Pontop and Jarrow wayleave, 20 July 1940

Copy of case with the opinion of counsel (Valentine Holmes, of Goldsmith Buildings, Temple, London) thereupon regarding John Bowes and Partners Limited and the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, 9 October 1940

Copy of case with the opinion of counsel,J. Charlesworth, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, thereon relating to Tanfield Moor Wayleave and copies of instructions to counsel, J.M. flaily's opinion, lease of wayleave from Dame Jane Clavering to George Pitt (1731) and other papers, 18 - 22 November 1941

Case with the opinion of counsel, J.M. Baily, Newcastle upon Tyne, thereon concerning the Pontop and Jarrow Railway wayleave re John Bowes and Partners, with a list of documents and plans left with Baily and questions to be put to him in consultation, 23 July - 2 August 1941

Copy of case with the opinion of counsel, J. Charlesworth, thereon concerning Tanfield Moor Wayleave, November 1941

J. Bowes and Partners Limited, Applicants (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart (2) Sir William Waymouth Gibson and others (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) Oliver Hughes-Onslow (5) The Rt. Hon. Walter Ernest Christopher Baron Northbourne, Respondents Application for right of surface wayleaves under the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Acts, 1923 and 1925, in the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission, 29 April 1941

J. Bowes and Partners Ltd, Applicants (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart (2) Sir William Waymouth Gibson, Alexander John Gray and Charles McGitie (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) Oliver Hughes-Onslow (5) The Rt. Hon. Walter Ernest Christopher, Baron Northbourne, Respondents Application for right of surface wayleaves in respect of The Bowes Railway re the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Acts, 1923 and 1925, in the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission, 29 April 1941

Drafts of observations by Clayton and Gibson on the proposed application to the Railway and Canal Commission of John Bowes and Partners Ltd, June 1941

Crichton Stuart v Bowes and Partners. Instructions to counsel, J. Charlesworth, as to foreign coal led over the Tanfield Moor Wayleave by John Bowes and Partners Ltd, 7 February - 6 December 1945

Instructions to counsel on behalf of the defendant in Crichton Stuart v Bowes and Partners, Chancery Division, n.d. [1947]

Michael David Duncan Crichton Stuart, Plaintiff John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Defendants Drafts of instructions to counsel as to the defence and to advise on evidence, the defence, writs, statements, of claim, opinion of counsel, request for further and better particulars, particulars of defence, summons for directions, orders, affidavit as to documents, particulars of claim, order staying proceedings etc, Chancery Division, 22 February 1945 - 2 November 1948

Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart, Plaintiff John Bowes and Partners, Defendants Copies of affidavits as to documents filed on behalf of plaintiff and defendant with lists of documents filed, 28 October - 25 November 1947

Draft proof of Col. Ernest H. Kirkup in Crichton Stuart v Bowes and Partners, Ltd, 28 October 1947

Copy of items mentioned in Defendants' affidavit as to documents in Crichton Stuart v John Bowes and Partners Ltd, 12 February 1948

14 January 1949 (1) Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace, Fife (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd Deed of compromise and admission (supplemental to an order of 2 November 1943) whereby (1) admits he has no interest in the railways excepting the wayleave right reserved to his predecessors by the Tanfield Moor Inclosure Act, the plaintiff having received £1250 under the said order

Heads of agreement for a new wayleave lease of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway from M.D.D. Crichton Stuart to John Bowes and Partners Ltd, n.d. [1940 - 1941] (1 file, typescript)

Correspondence between Messrs. J. and F. Anderson, W.S., Edinburgh and Clayton and Gibson concerning Mr. M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, the Pontop and Jarrow Railway and the wayleave over Tanfield Moor, John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries and related matters, 14 November 1939 - 1929 October 1947

Correspondence between C.D. Geddes, Young Street, Edinburgh, mining engineer; the Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd; John Bowes and Partners Ltd; Clayton and Gibson and others concerning Capt. M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, John Bowes and Partners Ltd and the Tanfield Moor Royalty lease of 1731, 16 November 1939 - 23 January 1948

Correspondence between Messrs. Cooper and Jackson, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne and Clayton and Gibson concerning Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart and John Bowes and Partners Ltd, the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and the Tanfield Moor Royalty and wayleave, 23 February 1940 - 29 January 1945

Correspondence of John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne with: J. and G.H. Geddes, Edinburgh; Clayton and Gibson; J. and F. Anderson, W.S., Edinburgh; and the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne as to the Pontop and Jarrow Railway wayleave over Tanfield Moor, notice of termination and resulting discussions and citing the decision regarding the Consett Iron Co., 3 November 1939 - 26 March 1941

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to Cooper and Jackson, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding the claims of Bowes and Partners against having to make wayleave payments to travel over their own lands, 18 July 1940

Correspondence between John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Milburn House, Newcastle upon Tyne and Clayton and Gibson regarding M.D.D. Crichton Stuart and the Tanfield Moor wayleaves, 17 September 1940 - 28 December 1940

Correspondence between Messrs. Roney and Company, Orient House, New Broad Street, London and Clayton and Gibson regarding M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, John Bowes and Partners Ltd and the Tanfield Moor wayleave dispute, 1 May 1941 - 29 July 1948

Copy letter from John and G.H. Geddes, Young Street, Edinburgh to Clayton and Gibson concerning the Tanfield Moor wayleave rents and payments by Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, 23 November 1943

Correspondence between the Coal Commission, Hobart House, London and Clayton and Gibson concerning Tanfield Moor wayleave, 18 January - 10 February 1947

Miscellaneous correspondence between:Clayton and Gibson; Liddell and Stafford, the Ravensworth Estates Office, Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hetherington and Wilson, architects and surveyors, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne and others relating to old mining plans in Crichton Stuart v Bowes and Partners, 19 March 1945 - 4 June 1946

Correspondence between Messrs. Wilkinson and Marshall, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitors and Clayton and Gibson relating to M.D.D. Crichton Stuart v John Bowes and Partners Ltd, 15 November 1945 - 18 February 1948

Correspondence between Roney and Company, Orient House, New Broad Street, London; J. and F. Anderson, W.S., Castle Street, Edinburgh; Major M.D.D. Crichton Stuart, Falkland Palace; and Clayton and Gibson arranging a settlement of the action in Crichton Stuart v John Bowes and Partners Ltd, 8 July 1948 - 4 March 1949 (1 file, typescript)

Plan of the waggonway from Delight to beyond Burnopfield across Lanchester Common and Tanfield Moor,with annotations, n.d. [c.1940] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan of the waggonway from Delight to near the Hobson Hotel across Lanchester Common and Tanfield Moor, with annotations, n.d. [post 1940] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan shewing land purchased from the Bute trustees by John Bowes and Partners Ltd, n.d. [1940s] Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan shewing the course of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway from Marley Hill through the Blackburn Fell, Kibblesworth and Eighton Royalties, n.d. [c.1940] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan shewing the course of the waggonway through the Tanfield Moor Estate from Hill Top to Crook Gate, n.d. [c.1940] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan of the mineral railway of John Bowes and Partners Ltd from Pontop to Jarrow, produced in the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission in John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Applicants v Michael Duncan David Crichton Stuart and others, Respondents, June 1941 Tabulation of mileage, wayleave payments, wayleaves applied for and respondents as to particular sections of the railway Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plans of the mineral railway of John Bowes and Partners, June 1941 Scale: 1 to 2500

Plan along the mineral railway of John Bowes and Partners Limited from Marley Hill to Jarrow shewing land bought from Lord Ravensworth, June 1941 Scale: 1 to 2500

Key plan for the mineral railway of John Bowes and Partners Limited, taken from the Ordnance Survey plan covering the Pontop to Jarrow area, June 1941 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63360] (1 plan, 51cm x 30cm, printed with emendations)

30 November 1939 (1) Richard Foster of 12 Laverick Terrace, Annfield Plain, retired coal miner (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of a plot of lop. of land at Ewehurst Head. Covenant to produce specified title deeds. Plan attached. Consideration: £1 17s 2d

14 June 1940 (1) The Gateshead Institute Permanent Building Society (mortgagees) (2) Robert Southren of Dipton, contractor (3) John Bowes and Partners Limited Copy of a conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 21p. of land at Dipton. Covenant to produce title deeds specified on the annexed schedule. Plan attached. Consideration: £6 10s.

The Rt. Hon. Robert Arthur, Baron Ravensworth and John Bowes and Partners Ltd, Instructions to Counsel to advise concerning the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, 13 July 1940

Memorandum of interview between Sir William Gibson and C.D. Geddes (on behalf of the Bute trustees) and Arthur Scott (on behalf of John Bowes and Partners Limited), 25 July 1940

Summary of the dispute between M.D.D. Crichton Stuart and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and John Bowes and Partners Ltd regarding the Tanfield Moor wayleaves of the Pontop and Jarrow Tailway, n.d. [c.1940]

Notes as to the state of the affairs regarding the Pontop and Jarrow Railway wayleave dispute, n.d. [1941]

History of the waggonway which forms the subject of Dame Jane Clavering's lease to George Pitt in 1731, in Crichton Stuart v John Bowes and Partners Ltd, 19 April 1946

Stuart v Bowes Notes on the devolution of the title to Tanfield Moor from Dame Jane Clavering to the Plaintiff, 20-22 April 1946

Points at issue between Crichton Stuart and John Bowes and Partners, n.d. [1940s]

Notes as to searches made to identify the wayleave line across Tanfield Moor (the subject of a lease of 26 April 1731 by Dame Jane Clavering to George Pitt), n.d. [c.1940s]

Notes from the proof of the late Mr. William Gibson prepared for the petition against the NER Bill 1905 in the House of Lords, n.d. [1940's] (1 file, typescript)

Memorandum of Mr. Simpson's purchase of wayleave payments from Lady Windsor etc, n.d. [post 1796]

Account of sums to be paid to and paid by John Simpson for wayleaves etc, n.d. [late 18th Century]

Lengths of wayleaves from Tan field Lea Colliery to Dunston, 1832

Copies of papers at Trench Hall relating to Lord Bute's title to Tanfield Moor wayleaves, 3 July 1874

Heads of agreement for the renewal of the Delight wayleave agreement, 24 April 1902

Number not used

4 April 1765 (1) Sir Robert Bewick of Close House, Northumberland, Knight, and George Crastor of Crastor, Northumberland, Esquire, Edward Collingwood of Chirton, Northumberland, Esquire and Edward Collingwood junior, his son and Catherine Crastor widow and executrix of John Crastor deceased (2) The Rt. Hon. Alice, Lady Viscountess Dowager Windsor and Baroness Mountjoy (as widow and executrix of Herbert, late Lord Viscount Windsor) Extract from a deed of covenant to produce the deeds specified in the annexed schedules relating to mines at Jesmond

13 September 1877 (1) John Boyle; William Stuart and Charles Stuart (2) Alexander Thompson of Kirknewton, Northumberland, Esquire Copy of draft conveyance of the advowson of Kirknewton, Northumberland. Declaration barring dower. Covenant to produce title deeds specified on annexed schedule. Consideration: £2500

Particulars of sale of the perpetual advowson of the Vicarage of Kirk Newton, Northumberland, 1876-7

Conditions of sale of Kirk Newton advowson with contract for sale, 13 September 1877

Instructions to counsel to prepare draft conditions of sale of Kirk Newton advowson, 1877

Abstract of a deed of 28 October 1847 forming an additional abstract of title to Kirk Newton advowson, 1877

Case, with the opinions of William Hayes and C.P. Ilbert both of Lincoln's Inn thereon, concerning the advowson of Kirknewton, Northumberland, 22 March 1855 - 21 August 1877

Purchaser's observations and requisitions on title as to Kirknewton advowson, 26 September 1877

Particulars of the advowson of Kirk Newton, n.d. [1877]

Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson to Messrs. Dees and Thompson containing an undertaking to produce documents relating to Kirknewton advowson, 9 November 1877 (1 paper)

11 May 1755 (1) Edward Vaughan of Landough [Llandaff], Glamorgan, gentleman and Katherin his wife and Jenett Vaughan of Landough, widow (2) Howell Gibbon of Lanwonnoe, Glamorgan, yeoman Lease by (1) to (2) for.80 years of the Brode Furlonges (20a.), part of Kidvin Farm in the parish of Landough Rent: 4/3d p.a. plus 6d heriot on the death of (2)

8 January 1793 (1) Calvert Richard Jones of Swansea, Glamorgan, Esquire and William Hibbs Bevan of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (2) Henry Lee of Dover Place, Surrey, Esquire and John Richards of the Corner House, Cardiff, Esquire Copy lease by (1) to (2) for 1 year of a moiety of the Gabalva estate in the parishes of Llandaff and Whitchurch, Glamorgan (89a.2r.24p) as specified

Rental of the Cathays Estate, 1824

Rental of the Cathays Estate, 11 August 1847

Rental of the Cathays Estate, 1855

1877 (1) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) Charles Stuart of Hubborne Lodge, Christchurch, Hampshire, Esquire, a Lieutenant General in H.M.'s Army and the Rt. Hon. James Stuart Wortley of St. James Place, Westminster, P.C. (3) The Most Hon. John Patrick Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute (4) Revd David Howell, Vicar of Wrexham; John Cory of Cardiff, Glamorgan, merchant; John Batty Shand of Cardiff, Secretary to the Rhymney Railway Company Draft revocation by (2) of trusts contained in the will of John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute concerning two parcels of land in Cardiff 104ft x 60ft and 46ft x 60ft. Appointment and assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) (for the remainder of a term of 1000 years created by the within recited indenture of June 1863) of the premises firstly described, and appointment and conveyance by (1) and (2) to (4) of the rest. Recites previous deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £328 (4) to (2) (1 file)

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of this present Majesty King William the Fourth, inti% ed An Act for empowering the Marquess of Bute to make and maintain a Ship Canal commencing near the Mouth of the River Taft in the County of Glamorgan, and terminating near the Town of Cardiff, with other works to communicate therewith, 4 William IV cap XIX, 22 May 1834

Copy of the petition 6f the trustees of the will of the late Marquess of Bute against the Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Act, 1856, in the House of Lords, 1856

An Act for conferring on the Trustees and others claiming under the Will of the late Marquess of Bute powers with respect to the reclaiming of Mud Land and the making and maintaining of a Dock or Basin and a Pier and Railway and other Works at Cardiff and for other purposes (The Bute Docks Act) 1866

Plan of the port of Cardiff, with table of references, 1849 Scale: 1 inch to 1 furlong [1:7920]

1851 (1) The South Wales Railway Company (2) Lord J. Stuart, Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce and James Munro McNabb Draft memorandum of agreement that (2) will expend up to £150,000 upon a new dock at Cardiff in return for the abandonment of various branch railways by (1) and the construction of others in connection with the docks

Estimate of a proposed new dock to the east of the present docks at Cardiff, 30 June 1851

Opinion of J. Stuart Wortley and Henry W. Cole on the proposed alterations and extensions to Cardiff Docks, 24 July 1851

1 May 1852 (1) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and John Boyle of 60 Chancery Lane, London, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law (2) John Hemingway, James Hemingway, Joseph Benjamin Hemingway and Charles Pearson, all of Cardiff, Glamorgan, contractors Draft contract for the construction of: a sea or outer lock (with wing walls and breakwater in frent), an out r basin, an inner lock, a dock, a communication canal, an alteration or deepening of the reservoir etc for the Marquess of Bute's trusteesatCardiff. Specification, costings, summary of estimate for works (£154535 12s.3d) and schedule of prices for various classes of work

Plan of the Bute Docks, Cardiff, by John Plews, Civil Engineer, August 1852 Scale: 3 chains to 1 inch [1:2376]

Report of John Rennie and John Plews, Civil Engineers, to the Bute trustees regarding Cardiff Docks with related correspondence between John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne, James Walker, Great George Street, Westminster and John Plews, Grosvenor Place, Kennington concerning the improvements to the docks, comparison of tides with those measured at Newport, 11 July 1851 - 9 May 1853

Rental of the wharves and buildings at the Bute Docks, Cardiff for the year ending Michaelmas 1855, 12 April 1856

Letter from E.P. Richards, Cardiff, to John Boyle regarding the trustees' intentions of applying to Parliament regarding the dock project, 5 November 1857 (1 paper)

10 March 1748 (1) The Rt. Hon. Herbert, Lord Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy, Lord of the Manor of Senghenith Supra and Subtus, Glamorgan (2) The Hon. Thomas Morgan of Ruperra, Glamorgan, Esquire Copy of counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of a market house (Marchnady Wayne)and 20a. of land (Welsh measure) in the parish of Merthir Tidvil with all fairs and markets, pickage stallage, shops, profits of standings tolls etc. with all minerals under the common of Blaen Rumney in the parishes of Merthir Tidvil and Kellygare (excepting minerals inTilla Dowlasand Tory Van specified and claimed by Robert Morrice) for a term of 99 years Rent: £320 p.a. plus £3 p.a. for the property claimed by Robert Morrice should this fall in

29 August 1765 (1) The Rt. Hon. William, Earl Talbot and Baron of Hensol, Lord Steward of H.M.'s Household and Michael Richards of Cardiff, Glamorgan, Esquire (2) Anthony Bacon of Throgmorton Street, London, Esquire and William Brownrigg of Whitehaven, Cumberland, Esquire Copy of counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of coal and ironstone under all the lands of (1) in the parish of Merthir Tydvil for a term of 99 years Rent: £100 p.a.

4 July 1837 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (2) Thomas Seaton Forman of Robert Street, Adelphi, Middlesex, Esquire (3) Henry Rowles of Stratton Street, Middlesex, Esquire, Alderman William Thompson of London, Alderman John Pirie of London, (Rumney Iron Company) Copy lease by (1) to (3) of lands and messuages as specified in the parish of Gellygare, Glamorgan (829a.3r.8p) A also Rhmnie alias Rumnie Farm, Tir Evan William Farm (252a.1r.12p) now known as Pont Lottin Farms also in the parish of Gellygare, with all coal and iron ore for the remainder of a term of 92 years from 2 February 1824 Rent: £2000 p.a. for the minerals, £140 p.a. for the surface and royalty payments as specified

30 December 1848 (1) The Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart), Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and James Munro McNabb of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, Esquire (trustees of the late Marquess of Bute) (2) William Thompson of London, Esquire and Alderman and Sir John Pirie of London, Baronet and Alderman Draft lease by (1) to (2) of coals, iron stone etc. under. 398a.2r.34p of Senghenith Common, Glamorgan as specified for a term of 67 years 9 months from 2 May 1848 (to coincide with the expiry of the within recited lease of 2 February 1824 for.92 years)

1849 (1) Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart, Edward Hutchinson, Esquire and others,the lessees of The Marquess of Bute known as the Dowlais Company (2) The lessees of The Marquess of Bute known as the Pennydarren Company (3) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and James Munro McNabb of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, Esquire (trustees of the late Marquess of Bute) Draft agreement that (2) shall have full power to carry away coals in the Upper Fore Foot, Big Coal and Rasslas seams and all ironstone specified for the first 3 years and that (1) shall have similar powers for working coals under other specified lands. Regulation of access to a stone quarry and for maintenance of the Black Ball Level and Water Level through the Dowlais Fault etc.

1850 (1) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and James Munro Macnabb of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, Esquire (2) William Thompson and Thomas Seaton Forman, both of London, Esquires Draft lease by (1) to (2) of coals, ironstone, fireclay etc. under the Pennydarran District of Senghenith Common in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan (1072a Or.20p) and that part of Bargoed Pond situated in the Dowlais District, for a term of 60 years from 1 June 1848. Rent: £3000 p.a. plus tonnage payments

2 August 1850 (1) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and James Munro Macnabb of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, Esquire (2) William Thompson of London, Esquire Draft lease by (1) to (2) of limestone quarries in the parish of Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan, with wayleave for a railway to give access thereto, for a term of 60 years Rent: 2d per ton for stones used in the lessees works at Pennydarran and 3d per ton otherwise

1852 (1) The Hon. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest of Dowlais House, Glamorgan and Canford Manor, Dorset, widow (2) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire and John Boyle of Chancery Lane, Middlesex, Esquire Draft quit claim by (1) to (2) of all actions as to surface rights to lands in Gilligaer and Merthyr Tydfil the minerals whereunder (2) have granted to (1) by indenture of even date

Notes regarding Dowlais and Penydarran Iron Companies, 18 May 1852

27 July 1863 (1) Charles Stuart and John Boyle (2) George Thomas Clark and Henry Austin Bruce Draft lease by (1) to (2) of coals, ironstone, iron ore, limestone, clay, fireclay etc under Senghenith Common in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil (1072a.0r.26p) (the Pennydarran District) with the use of a railway through the same, reserving the Barnwain Pits to the tenants of the Dowlais District, for a term of 60 years from 2 June 1859 Rent: £2500 p.a. plus tonnage payments as specified and free delivery of 2 tons of coals every month to the mining agent

28 July 1863 (1) Charles Stuart and John Boyle (2) George Thomas Clark of Dowlais House, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan, Esquire and Henry Austin Bruce of Daffryn, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Esquire Draft lease by (1) to (2) of coals, ironstone, iron ore, limestone, clay, fireclay etc. under Isha Wain, Gwain Waters, Troy y Wain and Blain Morlais in the parishes of Gelligaer and Merthyr Tydfil (3187a.3r.2p) all part of Senghenydd Common; 25p of land called Pont y wain included in the lease D/CG6/1859; and 185a.2r.24p of land in the parish of Gelligaer also part of Senghenydd Common (All the above excepting Cae Glass, Little Nant y Gloss and Pant y wain being known as the Dowlais District). The Bainwain Pits in the Penydarran District, part of Senghenydd Common to the west of Dowlais with all drifts and adits forming a connection with the Dowlais District, 24a of land in Merthyr Tydfil with 8 blast furnaces and other works there bounded by the Dowlais Iron Works and Senghenydd Common; and lands called Isha Wain, Gwain Waters, Pant y wain and Twyn y Wain with the several cottages erected there; Blaen Morlais Farm in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil (44a.0r.33p), reserving various surface rights as specified; for a term of 60 years from 2 June 1859. Definition of a ton as 21 cwt Rent: £6200 p.a. plus various tonnage rates, outstroke rents of ld per ton plus free delivery of 2 tons of coals every month to the mining agent

Plan of Senghenydd Common, Glamorgan, n.d. [19th century] Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1:9404] (1 plan, 71cm x 87cm, oiled linen, ink and partial colou

Plan of part of Sengheneth Common bordering the River Taff, n.d. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Plan shewing the additional part of Senghenydd Common proposed to be leased to the Dowlais Iron Company, 28 January 1862 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Schedule of the Cyfarthfa and Ynysfach Iron Works with the buildings, pits, levels, engine houses, dwelling houses and farms (the property of Lord Dynevor and Miss Richards on the west of the River Taff in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil) occupied by William Crawshay, Esquire, n.d. [early 19th century]

Details of expenses for repairing Black Ball and Penyrheole water levels for the Penydarran Iron Company, 3 June 1848 - 24 September 1853

Case, with the opinion of J. Tomlinson of the Temple thereon, concerning remedies for the encroachments on Dowlais Mountain, part of the Manor of Senghenydd, 2 December 1856 (1 file)

Miscellaneous papers, drafts of agreements and correspondence between W.S. Clark, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan and John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne concerning the leasing of minerals under Serqhenydd Common to the Dowlais Company and Penydarren Company, dealings with Crawshays, discussion of iron prices, 30 October 1844 - 29 July 1850

Miscellaneous correspondence received by John Clayton from: W.S. Clark, Merthyr Tydfil; Holme, Loftus and Young, New Inn; John Bowes in Paris; John Nixon, Cardiff and others concerning Lady Stuart's rent charge, possible purchase by Bowes of part of the Bute estate in Durham, course of railway near Dowlais, construction of Cardiff Docks, including conversation with Brunel, 18 January - 20 September 1851

Letters from W.S. Clark, Merthyr Tydfil to John Clayton concerning the depressed state of the iron industry in South Wales, the selling price of iron etc, 30 March - 28 June 1852

Copy of letter from W.S. Clark, Aberdare, Glamorgan to John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne concerning Dowlais and Cyfarthfa coal, their qualities and the attitude of Mr Crawshay, 16 November 1858

Letter from W.S. Clark, Aberdare, Glamorgan to John Clayton concerning rumoured closure of the Cyfarthfa Iron Works and depression in the Welsh iron trade, 5 April 1860

Letter from J.S. Clark, Aberdare, Glamorgan to John Clayton concerning former's engagement as check viewer to Lord Dynevor and Miss Richards and re affairs at Cyfarthfa, 7 October 1861 (1 file)

11 June 1828 (1) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (2) Robert Campbell Scarlett of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire; Peter Campbell Scarlett of New Street, Spring Gardens, Middlesex, Esquire; James Parke of the Inner Temple, Esquire; George Campbell of Eden Word, Fife, N.B., Esquire Covenant to produce title deeds specified in the annexed schedule to lands in Glamorgan

9 May 1836 (1) The Rt. Hon. Robert Campbell, Lord Abinger; the Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett; the Rt. Hon. James Parke, Lord Wensleydale (2) John Boyle of Somers Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, Esquire Draft reconveyance by (1) to (2) of the Bute estates in Glamorgan upon the repayment of £20000 due on mortgage as specified Consideration: £20000

Schedule of occupiers and rentals for Lord Bute's estates in Glamorgan as mortgaged to the Equitable Assurance Company in 1817

Particulars of the Lanishen Estate in the parishes of Lanishen and Lisvane, and the Aberdare Estate, all in Glamorganshire referred to in the mortgage to the Equitable Office in 1831,n.d. [c.1856]

Rental of the estates in Glamorgan authorized to be vested in the late Marquess of Bute by an Act of 1 Victoria and comprised in the mortgage to the Equitable office in 1838, n.d. [1856]

Copy of the rental of one of the Bute Glamorgan estates, n.d. [c.1840s]

Rental of the property in Glamorgan comprised in the schedule to the mortgage to the Equitable Assurance Company, 1856

Schedule of occupiers and rentals for Lord Bute's estates in Glamorgan, 12 April 1856

Corrected rental of the Lanishan estate, Glamorgan, 12 April 1856

Particulars of property in Glamorgan proposed to be included in the new security from the Marquess of Bute to the Equitable Insurance Office, August 1869

Particulars of properties in the county of Glamorgan included in the securities from the Marquess of Bute to the Equitable Assurance Society on which John Clayton has a second mortgage shewing the income therefrom for the years 1868 and 1874, April 1875

Rental of the Glamorgan properties of the Marquess of Bute in mortgage to John Clayton but not included in the securities to the Equitable Assurance Society, April 1875

Letter from Luard and Company, Cardiff to John Clayton concerning the mortgage of Marquess of Bute's estates to the Equitable Assurance Society, 23 April 1875

Draft additional abstract of title (14 August 1799 - 29 November 1817) to Bute estates in Glamorgan, n.d.

Schedule of deeds (1830 - 1864) received by Messrs. J and N.G. Clayton relating to property in Glamorgan formerly in mortgage to the Pelican Insurance Company, 11 May 1869

Draft schedule of title deeds (1719 - 1851) relating to the estates of the Marquess of Bute in Glamorgan and in the hands of Mr. Clayton, 1873

Schedule of deeds (1675 - 1872) to estates in Glamorgan belonging to the trustees of the will of the late Marquess of Bute, 8 November 1881 (1 file)

18 January 1793 (1) Herbert Hurst of Gabalva, Llandaff, Glamorgan, Esquire; Henry Lee of Dover Place, Surrey, Esquire; and John Richards of Corner House, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Esquire (2) Calvert Richard Jones of Swansea, Glamorgan, Esquire Copy lease by (1) to (2) for 1 year of a moiety of the redory of Oystermouth, Glamorgan with the tithes thereunto appertaining

Abstract of fines and recoveries (21 April 1707 - August 1793 ) of the Manor of Place Purton otherwise Glass Pole and Peterstone and lands there in the county of Glamorgan, n.d.

Ordnance Survey plan of parts of Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire with projected railways added, 1 January 1833 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63360]

Memorandum as to the Llay Colliery Co. Ltd's application before the Railway and Canal Commission for powers to take water from the River Alyn and to discharge water therein, July 1926 (1 file)

An Act for vesting in Fee-simple in John Crichton Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries and his heirs and Assigns, certain parts of the entailed Estate of the late William Earl of Dumfries and Stair, situated in the County of Wigton, 7 and 8 George IV Cap 25, 14 June 1827

Abstract of title (14 December 1765 - 1827) of the Marquess of Bute to the Baronies and lands of Mochrum, Stewdonnan and Lochronald, Wigtonshire, N.B. with schedules and valuations of land, n.d. [early 19th century]

Memorial of the title to various lands in Wigtonshire etc. belonging to the Marquess of Bute and proposed as security for a loan by the Pelican Assurance Company with the opinion of Thomas W. Baird thereon, 12 July 1830

Opinions and additional opinions, queries and answers for the Marquess of Bute and the Pelican Assurance Company regarding lands at Mochrum, Ochiltree etc. by Thomas W. Baird and Thomas Thomson, 13 July - 13 August 1830

Letter from Dawes and Chatfield, Angel Court to Thomas Parke, Esquire forwarding to the Pelican Insurance Company the Bond and Disposition in Security by the Marquess of Bute in favour of Samler and Coope, trustees for the company, 26 November 1830

Copy of correspondence from Messrs. Dawes and Chatfield to Messrs. Walker, Richardson and Melville concerning Lord Butes' lands at Ochiltree etc. and the various opinions on his title to them, 5 - 6 August

1833 (1) Charles Deare of Harcourt Buildings, Inner Temple, London, Esquire (executor of Lord Herbert Windsor Stuart) (2) The Rt. Hon. Evelyn James Stuart (Lord Evelyn James Stuart); the Rt. Hon. George Stuart (Lord George Stuart); the daughter of the late Lord William Stuart; Charles Pinfold, Esquire and Lady Maria Alicia Charlotte Pinfold his wife; Sir William Jackson Homan, Bart and Lady Charlotte Homan, his wife; the Rt. Hon. Dudley Coutts Stuart (Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart); the Rt. Hon. Dudley Ryder (Viscount Sandon) and the Rt. Hon. Frances Ryder (Lady Frances Sandon) his wife; the Rt. Ron. James Stuart (Lord James Stuart); the children of the Rt. Hon. Henry Stuart (Lord Henry Stuart) (the next of kin of Lord Herbert Windsor Stuart) (3) The Most Hon. John Crichton Stuart, Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries (4) Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce, formerly Onesiphorus Tyndall, of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esquire (trustee br (3)) Draft assignment by (1) to (4) of the sum of £3500 (part of £15000)in trust for (3),charged upon lands on the islands of Bute and Inchmarnock. Recites previous deeds, wills and settlements of the Bute family Consideration: £880 by (3) to (1) at the request of (2) and £1500 awing to (4)

n.d. [1830s-40s] (1) The Rt. Hon. John, Earl Somers; William Stuart of Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, Esquire; and Samuel Anderson of New Broad Street, London, Esquire (2) The Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart); Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire; and James Munro Macnabb of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, Esquire Draft assignation by (1) to (2) of £5 land of old extent at Inchma nock with the Schlate Craig in the Isle of Inchmarnock and shire of Bute, 3 merk land of old extent of Airdscalpoie, the £4 land of Quien and Scalpsie and Mi1n and Scalpsie Mi1n Butt, Mill Lands etc, the 40s. land of Ambusniore, the 3 merk land of Ardnalroc, the 50s. land of Birgidale, Crief, the 20s. land of Birgidale Knock, the 6/8d land of Barnald, the 3 merk lands of Kemcrusock all in the isles of Bute and Inchmarnock as specified in a bond and disposition in security of 27 September 1837 Consideration: £15000

1853 (1) The Hon. Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart (Lord James Stuart); Onesiphorus Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, Fife, Esquire; and John Boyle of Chancery Lane, London, Esquire (trustees of the late Marquess of Bute) (2) Lord James Stuart and the Rt. Hon. Henry Villiers Stuart, Baron Stuart de Decies (trustees of Capt. John Townshead's marriage settlement) (3) Emily Frances Abbott, late of Paris, now of. New Street, Spring Gardens, Middlesex, widow (4) William Stuart of Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, Esquire, Samuel Anderson of New Broad Street, London, Esquire and the Rt. Hon. James Stuart Wortley of Carlton House Gardens, Middlesex, Q.C., Recorder of the City of London Draft authority by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) to complete a deed of assignment as recited. Draft covenant by (4) to stand possessed of £15000 secured on lands in the islands of Bute and Inchmarnock as recited, in trust for (1) as specified

Vidimus of the income of the estates of the Marquess of Bute in Scotland, 6 December 1848

Letter from Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane, 24 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh to John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne regarding Lord Bute' s Dumfries and Wigton estate accounts and related business, 31 July 1860

Memorandum and extract from counsel (J. Cameron's) opinion concerning the Lothian Coal Company Limited, 21 November 1946 - March 1947 (2 files, typescript)

Case, with the opinion of N. Fazakerley thereon, concerning Lord Shelburn's rights to wayleaves, keelrooms and staithes in Derwent Haugh on Lord Dunkerron' s death, 17 November 1750

Case, with the opinion of G. Grey thereon, as to the upper seam in Bushblades and Pontop collieries, for the Earl of Shelburne, 26 October 1756

Case, with the opinion of John Stanhope thereon, concerning the Earl of Kerry's right of using waggonways etc, 3 October 1761

Case, with the joint opinion of Messrs. Mansfield, Grant and Stanley thereon, regarding the necessity of the Earl and Countess of Bute executing a settlement, n.d. [late 18th Century]

Draft case as to Lords Bute and Hertford diverting a stream of water at Bryans Leap with the opinion of R. Hopper Williamson, Newcastle upon Tyne, 22 February 1798

Instructions to counsel to prepare documents necessary to bar the entail of Bute copyhold lands in the Manor of Whickham, n.d. [early 19th Century]

Instructions for deed to convey Lord Bute's newly purchased estate in County Durham to trustees, n.d. [early 19th Century]

Instructions for a surrender from the Marquess of Bute to William Woods, Esquire, n.d. [1830s]

Copy of case, with the opinion of R. Hopper Williamson of Newcastle upon Tyne thereon, concerning Mr. Carr' s title to land purchased of Bute, 5 May 1830

Case, with the opinion of William Hayes of the Temple thereon, regarding the power of the Bishop of Durham to grant wayleaves through Lanchester Common, 22 January 1836

Copy of case, with the opinion of S. Lovat of Lincoln1s Inn thereupon, concerning power to construct a waggonway across Blackburn Fell under the Lamesley and Tanfield Inclosure Act, 23 February 1844

Copy of statement, with the opinion of J.H. Christie of Lincoln's Inn thereon concerning the late Marquess of Bute's trustee and Sir Charles M.R. Morgan, Bart and others, 1 April 1856

Instructions to counsel to advise on the title to three twenty-fourths of the Collierley mines to be purchased by the Marquess of Bute,with opinion of Thomas Ridley, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 November 1879

Draft for the enlargement of a long leasehold in the Barcus Close Estate into a freehold,with opinion of Mr. Ridley thereupon, 13 April 1887

Statement on the title of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Blackburn Fell (Beamish East Moor) and coals, n.d. [mid 19th Century] (1 paper)

Prospectus of the Gateshead and Blaydon Railway with covering letter from John Dobson, Solicitor at Gateshead to the Marquess of Bute, 20 September 1831

Valuation of that part of the Whickham estate required by the Blaydon and Hebburn Railway, 30 July 1835

Resolutions at a meeting concerning the Brandling Junction Railway, 7 September 1835

Letter from James Ord, Langton Hall, Market Harborough, Leicestershire to John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne concerning the fate of interest payment, 16 August 1836

Negatives of photocopy of the conveyance of Tanfield Moor from Crichton Stuart to Bowes and Partners in February 1887, 15 January 1948