Catalogue

Facsimiles of the charter of Hugh Pudsey [de Puiset] Bishop of Durham to the Burgesses of the City of Durham with the confirmation of it by Pope Alexander III, 1179 - 1180, by Christopher Fawcett, Esquire, 1774

Terms of sale, details of offers made and agreement of Ralph Brockett to purchase, a burgage and shop in Fleshergate, Durham, held under lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 8 August 1758

1 July 1825 (1) The Hon. and Rt. Revd Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon and Revd George, Viscount Barrington Lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of lands, messuages and quarries at Eighton Banks alias Eighton Moor in the chapelry of Lamesley 95a.2r.35p (boundaries specified) reserving minerals Ratification by the Dean and Chapter, 28 September 1825 Rent: £20 p.a.

21 - 22 August 1829 (1) Sir James Scarlett, Knight, Attorney-General to the Rt. Revd William, Lord Bishop of Durham; John Cross one of H.M.'s Serjeants-at-Law, Solicitor-General to the Bishop; Thomas Henry Faber, Esquire, Auditor to the said Bishop, (trustees for sale under an Act of Parliament of 7 and 8 George IV) (2) The Rt. Revd William, Lord Bishop of Durham (3) The Rt. Hon. Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Barrington, widow of George late Viscount Barrington Lease and release by (1) to (3) of the property at Eighton Banks leased by the late Viscount Barrington, reserving minerals and way leaves to (2) and all surface buildings leased to the proprietors of Ouston Colliery, recites D/CG 33/3 and other deeds Consideration: £2083 2s.6d paid by George, Viscount Barrington to the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery

3 July 1830 (1) Rt. Hon. Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Barrington (2) Thomas Davison of Sedgefield, gentleman (3) Thomas Griffith of Durham, gentleman Bargain and sale by (1) to (3) of the property at Eighton Banks as specified subject as to the quarries and certain cottages to existing leases as specified Memoranda of examination of (3) by commissioners and of inrolment of this deed in the close rolls of the Chancery at Durham, 22 July 1830 Consideration: £6500 (2) to (1)

24 December 1913 (1) John Booth Lazenby of Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor (lessor) (2) Mary Ann Moore of Hole House, Allansford, near Blackhill (mortgagor) (3) The Consett Iron Company Ltd. Copy lease by (1) to (3) of a water pipe line under lands at Iveston for 42 years from 12 November 1912 Rent: £1 10s.

31 December 1859 (1) Thomas Fleming, miner, and others of Leadgate and Berry Edge (2) John Turner and William Richardson, both of Leadgate, miners Declaration of trust by (1) for the settlement of a chapel for the Primitive Methodist Connexion at Leadgate in the manor of Iveston. Endorsed with note of inrolment in Chancery, 29 May 1860

23 June 1860 (1) The Verable Charles Thorp, D.D., Archdeacon and Canon of Durham and Rector of Ryton (2) Sir William George Armstrong of Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Knight; Thomas Sopwith of Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, Middlesex, mining engineer; Addison Potter of Chirton, Northumberland, fire brick maker; Thomas Young Hall of Newcastle upon Tyne, mining engineer; Joseph Chatto Lamb of Ryton, Esquire; Robert Simpson and John Bell Simpson of Moor House, Ryton, colliery viewers Copy lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave for a waggonway to Towneley Colliery across two closes of land at Ryton for 30 years from 13 June 1858 Plan attached Rent: £35 p.a. (with a further £10 p.a. when (1) ceases to be rector) and 60 fothers of coal p.a.; 1s. per ten for coals in excess of 1090 tens p.a.

23 November 1641 (1) Nicholas Blaxton of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) Raphe Fewler of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant Mortgage by demise of 99 years by (1) to (2) to secure £100 and interest of the lands of (1) in the parish of Tanfeild

15 July 1811 (1) William Beckwith of Harrington, Esquire (patron of the perpetual curacy of Trimdon) (2) Revd Edward Davison, Clerk, Curate of Trimdon (3) The Hon. and Rt. Revd Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham, Ordinary of the Diocese of Durham (4) Anthony Darling of Trimdon Grange, gentleman, Bryan Garthwaite and Robert Liddell of Trimdon, gentlemen Draft conveyance by (1) with the consent of (2) and (3) to (4) of 1r.31p of land adjoining the chapel at Trimdon, reserving timber, for use as a church yard

24 July 1660 (1) George Dearham of London, Esquire (2) John Lunne of Evesham, Worcestershire, gentleman Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of the banks and navigation of the River Avon from the River Seaverne in Gloucestershire to Evesham for a term of 7 years, for the better repair of the same Rent: one sixth of the profits of the navigation

Copies of deeds belonging to the estates of Rogerley and Frosterley formerly belonging to John Swinburne of Newcastle upon Tyne jure uxoris (a coheir of John Stephenson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire), 16 June 1552 - 7 May 1711

Schedule and copies of deeds and writings relating to the Hunwick Estate belonging to the coheirs of the late John Stephenson, 30 March 1489 - 1 November 1735; upside down at back of volume: bill of complaint of Jonathan Wharton of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gentleman in the Exchequer (Equity side) concerning tithes at Hunwick etc. formerly part of the dissolved collegiate church of Auckland with a copy of the statutes of the same, 1768

Abstract of title (10 February 1840 - 12 February 1872) to premises at Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1872

Schedule of deeds (1801 - 1876) relating to freehold and copyhold premises in the township of Bishop Middleham belonging to Robert Pearson and received by Clayton and Gibson on behalf of the mortgagee Revd William Taylor Smith, 1887

26 March 1741 (1) John Dalston son of William Dalston of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, gentleman (2) Robert Ellison of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant adventurer Apprenticeship indenture of (1) to (2) for 10 years as a merchant adventurer Consideration: £100 to (2)

24 January 1801 (1) The Newcastle upon Tyne Fire Office and Office for Annuities on Lives (2) Lionel Hopper of Whickham, gentleman Grant of an annuity of £21 by (1) to (2) for life Endorsed with note of inrolment in Chancery, 27 January 1801 Consideration: £200

29 September 1806 (1) Jane Wilkinson of Hollingside Hall, Lanchester, spinster (only surviving child of Thomas Wilkinson deceased) (2) Mary Wilkinson of Hollingside Hall, widow and relict of Thomas Wilkinson (3) Robert Hadley of Newcastle upon Tyne, woollen draper (4) William Reed the elder of Lanchester, gentleman and Thomas Carr of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Copy marriage settlement of (1) and (3). Covenant by (1) (2) and (3) to surrender to the use of (4) the copyhold lands and messuages called Hollingside with allotments of Lanchester commons awarded in respect thereof as specified, upon trust to pay an annuity of £20 to (2) and otherwise upon trust for (2) and (3) and their children, with powers of appointment as specified

May 1833 (1) Henry Blain of Lime Street, London, merchant and John McGowan of Great Windmill Street, Middlesex, printer (assignees of Alexander MacKenzie late of Billiter Square, London a bankrupt) (2) Henry Davidson of Lime Street Square, London Draft assignment by (1) to (2) of an insurance policy Consideration: £360 proved against the estate of MacKenzie

21 July 1845 (1) John Cay of Edinburgh, Esquire; Albert Cay of Edinburgh, wine merchant; Jane Cay of Edinburgh, spinster; Robert Cay, late of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet, now of Hong Kong. in the Empire of China, Registrar of H.M's Supreme Court; John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie, residing at Nether Corsock, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Esquire; Jane Robinson, Isabella Robinson, Margaret Robinson and Emma Robinson, all of Old Elvet, Durham, spinsters; and John Liddell Robinson of Cleatlam, surgeon (2) Ralph Robinson of Prospect Hill, Tynemouth, Northumberland, gentleman Copy of memorandum of agreement appointing (2) receiver of wayleave rents from Prospect Hill Farm at a commission of £3%. Penalty of £100 for non-performance Endorsed note of production in re Robinson's Will Trust, Page v Page, Chancery Division, 24 October 1916

9 April 1888 (1) The Rt. Hon. Claude Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Baron Bowes of Streatlam Castle (2) The Hon. Claude George Bowes Lyon (Lord Glamis) of St. Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire (3) The Hon. Herbert Bowes Lyon and the Hon. Patrick Bowes Lyon of 41 Queen's Gate Gardens, South Kensington, Middlesex; George Auldjo Jamieson of 24 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, accountant; George Adolphus Western of 35 Essex Street, Strand, Middlesex, solicitor Appointment by (1) and (2) to (3) of the Bowes Settled Estates described in the attached schedules for a term of 100 years to the use of (1) for life with remainder to (2) in tail male and other remainders over Powers to jointure and raise portions; conveyance by (1), as sole surviving trustee of The Bowes Estate Act, 1850, to (3) of all estates vested in him to be held upon the trusts hereof; covenant to surrender copyholds on similar trusts; appointment of 54 Conduit Street, St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex by (1) to (3) upon trust to sell; appointment and assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of all other leasehold Schedules giving the occupiers, acreages and rents for lands on the Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside, Westwick, Mickleton and Winlaton estates, for copyholds of the manor of Evenwood, 54 Conduit Street,Middlesex, a moiety of lands in Great Usworth; schedule of previous deeds and outstanding mortgages. Recites previous deeds, the Bowes Estate Acts, the dissolution of Lord Ravensworth and Partners, incumbrances on the Glamis estate etc.

13 June 1890 (1) Francis Carr Marshall of Newcastle upon Tyne, Manufacturing Engineer (mortgagor) (2) Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne, John Hilton Ridley and Charles Edmund Straker, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, Manufacturing Engineers (sureties) Agreement and power of attorney as regards 420 shares in R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Ltd. mortgaged to Herbert Straker whereby the dividends are to be made over to H.S. as interest (and for reducing the principal) on £1400 owed. (2) given power of sale

Text of a special resolution passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Ltd., 12 October 1898

Copy of the will of Sir Thomas Widdrington of Cheeseburne Grange, Northumberland (dated 1 September 1663) confirming various settlements of his property within recited upon his daughters and heirs at law and his brother Sir Henry Widdrington; appoints various tutors for his daughters Frances, Ursula, Mary; bequests to the poor of York, Berwick on Tweed, Stamfordham and Heddon upon the wall;. legacies and bequests to brothers and brothers in law, n.d. [early 19th century]

Copy of the will of Thomas Brignell of Gelsfeild, gentleman (dated 10 October 1685) devising all his lands and messuages to Florence his wife for life, thence to his daughter Elleanor for life and to the heirs of her body as specified with remainders over Codicil, 22 October 1685

Copy of the will of Isabell Wetherby of Crawcrooke, widow devising and bequeathing her property to John Wetherby her son, 27 January 1726/7

Office copy of the will of William, Duke of Powis; various legacies and bequests; annuity of £200 to Lady Mary Herbert, the testator's daughter, 'my intention being to support and keep her from wanting necessaries and not to make provision ... for payment of [the] debts which she has unhappily contracted ...', 6 April 1742 Codicils, 24 April 1742, 16 August 1745 and 24 August 1745 Administration, 13 May 1749

Office copy of the will of George Edward Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis devising: all his real estate in Ireland and the manors or Lordships of Oswestry Duparts and Trayon, the Rectory of Oswestry, the advowson of the vicarage there, the manor etc. of Llanwdden otherwise St. John of Jerusalem with the rectory and tithes there; the park and demesnes of Llysson and all lands and tenements in the parishes of Llangadfon, Llamerfull, Carthbibio, Mallwyd, Llanfair, Llang ..., Myvod, Llanfyllin, Llanfilhangel, Llanfeehan, Llan Hirnant, Llanrhayadr, Pennant to trustees for sale, the surplus to be invested in lands in Montgomeryshire as near as possible to Powis Castle; devises the Barony of Powis and all other estates upon trust for Lady Clive his sister to receive annuities charged thereupon and otherwise upon trust to settle estates on his nephew the Hon. Robert Clive in tail male with remainders specified; provision that if the Hon. Edward Clive his eldest nephew convey Oakley Park estate, Shropshire upon reaching his majority to the said Robert Clive then he shall succeed to Powis Castle etc. in tail male, 28 June 1799 Codicil, 29th June 1799 Probate, 19 March 1801 and 11 March 1819

20 January 1753 Letters of administration of the goods of John Bowes late of Claypath, Durham granted to John Grey of Norton, gentleman

Copy of the will of William Dixon of Aydon [Eighton] Banks, gentleman devising his messuage in Saville Row or Saville Court, Newcastle upon Tyne in trust for sale; the income from the sale proceeds to be applied to the payment of a teacher who shall be a member of the established church for teaching 12 children belonging to and living within the parish of Alwinton and chapelry of Holystone as specified, 16 August 1806 Codicil, 5 December 1809

Abstract of the will of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. regarding the devise of his mortgage and trust estates, 23 August 1824 - 3 February 1826

7 March 1846 Copy of the will of John Hezekiah Essex of Berners Street, Oxford Street, Middlesex, Esquire. Miscellaneous legacies including £100 to his cousin James Essex of Northampton; devises Oldfield House and all other real estate in Acton and Hammersmith and at Whitstable, Kent to his wife for life then to his sister Mary Ann Evans for life thence to his brother in law James Swainson Cooper of Sunside, Ulverstone, Lancashire and his issue as specified; devises lands at Sunbury, Sudbury, Kingsbury, Hendon and Little Stanmore, Middlesex to wife and her heirs for ever Codicil of 23 June 1847 Memorandum of probate in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 5 March 1848

Copy of the will of Isabella Harrison of Leazes in the parish of Saint Andrews, Newcastle upon Tyne making various bequests of clothing, n.d. [late 18 Century?]

Residuary account of the personal estate of Thomas Benson late of Chapel Passage, Old Elvet, Durham, groom, 4 November 1890

Legacy duty receipt for the personal estate of John Stevenson late of Ryton, 15 June 1872

28 May 1838 Certificate of acknowledgment of a deed by a married woman (Ann wife of Robert Potts)

Copy of the will of Revd John Barnet of Durham devising and bequeathing all his property to his cousin John Barnett of H.M. Customs, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 August 1826