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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 6 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Swaledale Manors: Law suits

Covering Dates: 1760-1816; 1909-1914

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    • Law Suits (Ref: D/HH 6/6/1-70)

Catalogue Contents

Law Suits (Ref: D/HH 6/6/1-70)Ref: D/HH 6/6/1

Revd. T. Smith v C. Cures, in Chancery Bill of costs of S. Keene, 1816
(2 papers)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/2-39

Francis Horner Lyell, Plaintiff Rt. Hon. Henry James, Baron Hothfield and William Longrigg, Defendants Papers concerning this case and the Winton and Kaber Commons regulation preceding the case, being a dispute concerning Lord Hothfield's Westmorland manors and Capt. Lyell's claims to common rights within them, comprising forms and notices of claim, award (with plans), briefs for counsel, affidavits, summaries of evidence and notes upon them etc., 1911 - 1914
(27 files, 11 papers)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/40-49

Copies of documents [used in evidence in Lyell v Hothfield] including copy correspondence of 1890s of Winton boundary award (1843) and feigned issue in Cleasby v Gibson (1882), 1912 - 1914
(2 papers, 8 files)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/50-54

Bills of costs for Lyell v Lord Hothfield, 1909 - 1914
(3 files, 2 papers)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/55-65

Newspapers and cuttings from newspapers concerning the Westmorland boundary, Lyell v Hothfield and related matters, 19 September 1896 - 27 June 1914
(11 papers)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/66

Yorks. [N.R.] Sheet XXII:SW (1895) with annotations concerning the Lyell v Hothfield boundary dispute, 1912 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 102cm x 30cm, printed, partially coloured)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/67

Plan of the boundaries of the township of Winton, Westmorland, 31 May 1912 No scale
(1 plan, 50cm x 37cm, waxed linen, ink, partially coloured)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/68

Plan of the boundaries of Winton, 6 June 1912 Scale: 5 inches to 1 mile
(1 plan, 80cm x 45cm, waxed linen, ink, partially coloured)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/69

Copy letter received from J. Ingram Dawson, Barnard Castle, solicitor re Lyell v Hothfield concerning boundaries, 17 June 1914
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 6/6/70

Answer of Thomas Smith, gentleman, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of John Nicholson and Robert Quarme, Esquires. In Chancery, 5 June 1760
(1 file)



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