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Statements of account of Henry Witham with his creditors and schedule of simple contract debts paid off by Thomas Wheldon, 1816 - 1827

Statements of account of Henry Witham with bond and mortgage creditors, bankers, annuitants and dependants, 1823 - 1826

Statements of account of Henry Witham with various of his creditors and dependants, 1827 - 1833

Statements of account of Henry Witham with his creditors, 1827-1840; general statement of account, receipts on account of rent, payments for repairs and to tradesmen, receipts on account of lunatic's allowance etc., 1823 - 1827

Account book for the bond and other debts of Henry Witham, 1832 - 1854

Account of Henry Witham with Wright and Company, 2 November 1835 - 23 June 1840

Notes of Mowbray, Hollingsworth, Wetherell, Stoker and Company, bankers, payable to Henry Witham, 19 - 27 June 1815; endorsed memoranda of exhibition before the Commission of Bankrupt against Colpitts Harrison, 30 September 1815

Bill from Kendal and Cotherell, tallow chandlers, Kensington to Henry Witham, 17 January 1816 -19 March 1817; writ for payment, 12 February 1819; correspondence relating to bill and action, 4 March - 4 May 1819

Promissory notes etc. of Henry Witham, 28 July 1817 -23 October 1829

Certification by William Lawson of Brough Hall that he has in his possession a promissory note for £400 from Henry Witham to Mary Allanson dated 6 January 1834, 19 August 1845

Rough statements of account and related papers concerning interest due to John Robinson, 1841 -1843

15 May 1812 (1) Henry Witham of Durham, Esquire; Catherine Silvertop Maire of Lartington, Yorkshire, widow and William Ullithorne of Lartington, gentleman (2) John Wiseman of Startforth, Yorkshire, gentleman Bond of (1) to (2) in £600 to secure the payment of £300 and interest

6 April 1815 (1) Henry Witham of Durham, Esquire and William Ullithorne of Lartington, gentleman (2) John Cornforth of Bedale, Yorkshire, gentleman Bond of (1) to (2) in £1,400 to secure £700 and interest

12 February 1835 (1) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire (2) Mary Rolling Copy bond of (1) to (2) in £800 to secure £400 and interest

Bill of costs of Wharton and Ford, Temple with covering letter from them to Henry Witham, 26 August 1817

Bill of costs for Henry Witham, 1818

Draft bill of costs from Thomas Wheldon to Henry Witham, December 1822

Bill of costs from W. Trotter to Henry Witham, May 1825

Bills of costs from Richard Bowser to Henry Witham and Captain [George] Witham, 1826 - 1835

Draft bill of costs of Thomas Wheldon to Henry Witham (for £914 4s.3d.) for miscellaneous matters, June 1833 - 1 January 1843

Rough draft of miscellaneous bill of costs [from Thomas Wheldon to Witham], 18 January 1843 -13 August 1844

Bill of costs from Thomas Wheldon to the representative of Capt. George Witham and the Reverend Thomas Witham, 6 December 1844 - 31 August 1847

Bills of costs (Nos.1 - 3) from Thomas Wheldon to the personal representatives of the late Henry Witham, 4 January 1843 - October 1848

Account current of Thomas Wheldon with Henry Witham, 1831 - 1833

Account current of Thomas Hepworth with Henry Witham, 27 July 1837 - 13 January 1838

Account of Thomas Wheldon with Henry Witham as to the disposal of Timothy Hutchinson's £2,000, May - July 1841

Cash account of Thomas Wheldon with Thomas Witham, 1 January 1843 - 31 December 1848

Account rendered by W. Sanderson to Henry Witham for disbursements on his account, May 1814 -September 1815

Cash account no.1 of Henry Witham with William Sanderson, 24 June - 27 August 1816

Cash account no.2 of Henry Witham with William Sanderson, 27 August - 4 November 1816

Account rendered by W. Sanderson to Henry Witham, August 1817 - February 1818

Bill of costs of Mr. Sanderson to Henry Witham in connexion with drawing up mortgages, November 1816

Correspondence received by Henry Witham of Lartington, Thomas Wheldon and others from William Sanderson, Stockton on Tees and others concerning money to be advanced on mortgage and otherwise to Witham, statements of account, interest payments, Meynell's opinion, 20 March 1816 -10 February 1822

Copy of Mr. Wheldon's correspondence with Mr. Sanderson concerning the calling in by Sanderson of his advance to Mr. Witham, and related matters, 8 February - 23 December 1820

Copy of case, with the opinion of George Meynell of York thereupon concerning Story's mortgage, 8 August 1820

3 January 1820 (1) Henry Witham (2) William Sanderson Bond of (1) to (2) in £500 to abide by arbitration

3 January 1820 (1) William Sanderson of Stockton, gentleman (2) Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire Bond of (1) to (2) in £500 to abide by arbitration

The account of Henry Witham, Esquire containing the receipts and payments relative to the will of the late William Hardy, 24 January 1821 - 28 December 1825

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Gabriel Fielding, Northallerton, regarding Witham' s settlements, wills, trusts, Hutton Henry and Netherwitton settlements, financial difficulties and related matters, 15 December 1822 - 22 June 1824

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Sir Henry Lawson, Brough Hall concerning exchanges of land with Col. [Sheldon] Cradock, sale of land in Barnard Castle, Hardwick rent day, Witham affairs, 20 November 1820 - 27 March 1823

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from George Silvertop, London and Minster Acres concerning the financial problems of Silvertop's brother Henry Witham, estate matters, advice on making the Withams see sense, sell an estate and avoid ruin, 28 January - 18 December 1823

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Henry T.M. Witham, Lartington, Edinburgh and elsewhere concerning the latters deteriorating financial position, seeking to borrow money, making arrangements for paying interest, dealings with Wrights (his bankers) etc., estate matters, 28 March 1819 - 18 January 1823

Letter from Henry Witham to Thomas Wheldon concerning the intended marriage of his daughter Catherine to Mr. Englefield, arrangements for settlement etc., 13 April 1824

Letters received by Henry Witham of Lartington from his creditors forwarding their accounts, demanding (and occasionally acknowledging) payment of them etc., similar correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon, January 1819 - September 1824

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon concerning Witham estate and financial matters, 24 November 1819 -1 November 1820

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon concerning the possible sale of Hutton Henry, estate business, rents, wayleaves etc., 30 November 1819 - 9 April 1823

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon concerning Witham agricultural and financial matters, 19 April 1822 - 12 October 1823

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from George Silvertop concerning financial and general business matters, 17 July 1829 - 13 February 1830

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Henry Witham, Edinburgh, Minsteracres etc. (including letters forwarded by Henry Witham) concerning financial and estate affairs, 22 February 1829 -13 February 1830

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from Henry Witham junior, George Witham, Thomas Witham and Mrs. Eliza Witham concerning private matters and money matters, 15 September 1828 -20 December 1830

Letters from W.S. Witham, London to Thomas Wheldon concerning financial matters, 20 - 25 November 1829

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon concerning Witham and Silvertop financial affairs, 24 January 1829 - 6 October 1831

Number not allocated

Copy of letter to [Henry] Witham advising against a quick sale of Hutton Henry in view of mineral and railway developments, n.d. [1820s]

Letter from Henry Witham the elder, Edinburgh to his son Henry Witham regarding the burdens on his estate and making provision for good and faithful servants, 29 September 1823

Letter from William Middleton, Hurworth Burn to Henry Witham, Edinburgh with covering letter from the latter to Thomas Wheldon concerning distress warrant against Middleton and related matters, 19 - 23 February 1825

Letter from Thomas Todd, Kyo to Henry Witham concerning Netherwitton estate matters, 8 May 1826

Letter from Gabriel Fielding, Northallerton to Thomas Wheldon apologising for lateness in sending drafts due to drunkenness of clerk, 4 May 1803 [recte 1831]

Copy letter from [Henry Witham] to incumbent of Romaldkirk concerning the family vault there, May 1832

Letter from George Silvertop, London to Thomas Wheldon concerning Witham affairs, possible purchase of a freehold in the Southern Division of Durham, 6 June 1834

Copy letter from Thomas Wheldon to Thomas Hepworth explaining Sir Henry Lawson's wi1l with extract from that of Edward Ellerker of Hart for whom George Silvertop and others are trustees, 20 July 1836

Correspondence received from Gabriel Fielding, Richmond concerning Maire and Lawson Trust etc., 9 November - 25 January 1838

Letter from Gabriel Fielding, Northallerton to Thomas Wheldon, concerning Lartington mortgages and title, 8 November 1838

Correspondence of Mrs. Mitchell, Edinburgh with Thomas Wheldon and Henry Witham concerning annuity of £30 paid to her by Witham, September - 22 October 1840

Letter from George Silvertop, Minster Acres to Thomas Wheldon concerning family settlements of Lartington, Netherwitton and Minster Acres, 29 November 1841

Letter from Henry Witham, Lartington to Thomas Wheldon apologising for the ingratitude of son-in-law, 12 May 1842

Letter from George Silvertop, Minsteracres to Thomas Wheldon concerning settlements, last wish of his brother [Henry Witham] that Lartington and Minster Acres be held separately, 27 September 1843

Letters from Gabriel Fielding, Northallerton to Thomas Wheldon and to George Silvertop concerning Mr. Maire's personal estate and the appropriation of it, 8 - 15 January 1845

Letter from George Silvertop, Minsteracres to Thomas Wheldon concerning Wheldon's restoration to health and the disordered affairs of the late Henry Witham, 23 November 1846

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from the assignee of Thomas Buckle, a bankrupt, concerning the account due to Buckle from Mrs. Witham since 1841 (copy attached), 7 and 31 July 1847

Letter from John Bowes, 28 Charles Street [London] to Henry Witham concerning election accounts, death of Mr. Salvin and prospects of Gerard Salvin, 13 June 1842

Letter from William and Thomas Buckmaster, London to Henry Witham concerning unpaid account of son George, 21 October 1832

Letter from Swann, Clough and Company, York to Thomas Wheldon concerning Capt. Witham's dishonoured bill, 12 May 1836

Bills of exchange, receipts and correspondence concerning money, Captain George Witham, 17 March 1842 - 19 December 1844

Letter from George Witham to Thomas Wheldon arranging for £50 before Witham sets off for York, 19 August 1843

Letter from George Witham, Lartington, to Thomas Wheldon reducing pensions and being tetchy, 15 December 1844

Letter from Jane Hodgson, Staindrop to Capt. [George] Witham concerning overdue interest on bond, 7 January 1845

Letter from J. Snowball, Newcastle to George Witham forwarding tithe rents from Chester le Street and Tanfield, 9 May 1845

Letter from Anna Maria Witham, Linton Spring to George [Silvertop] concerning non-payment of jointure and other financial matters, 1 September 1845

Letter from Cuthbert Watson, Burton Constable, Yorkshire to George Witham suggesting sale of land of Sir Clifford Constable on Barnard Castle Moor to Witham, with choleric forwarding letter from Witham to Thomas Wheldon, 22 April 1847

Letter from George Silvertop, 19 Grosvenor Street, London to Thomas Wheldon on learning [on his return from parish] of the death of his dear nephew George, 15 September 1847

Letter from R. Vivian, Newbridge to [Thomas Wheldon] concerning death of Capt. Witham and wish to purchase a chestnut horse, 13 September 1847

Receipts, letters acknowledging receipts etc. for payments made by Captain George Witham, Thomas Witham and Thomas Wheldon on behalf of the Withams, 21 January 1847 - 17 January 1849 (61 papers)

Papal letters appointing Thomas Witham a prelate of the Pont fical Household, 20 June 1884

Incomplete translation of D/HH 7/2/626, n.d.

Plan and elevation of priest's house, Lartington, by W.H. Scarre, 21 July 1868 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Cost of building a new presbytery at Lartington, by W.H. Scarre, 13 August 1869

Correspondence received by W.H. Scarre, estimates of prices etc. for work on the preist's house in Lartington village, August 1868 - 21 July 1869 (20 papers)

Extract from the Teesdale Mercury concerning the consecration of Lartington Cemetery, 29 August 1877

Letter from the Reverend Thomas Witham, Lartington to Mr. Palmer concerning [church site?] at Staithes, 22 August 1883

Letter from the Bishop of Middlesbrough to Monsignor Witham concerning the chapel at Staithes, Guisborough 'a god forsaken spot' and other reglious matters, 17 May 1890

Letter from Burns and Oates Ltd., London, publishers to Canon Franklin, Newcastle concerning publication of Monsignor Witham's sermons, 15 September 1893

Letter from Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop's House, Westminster to Monsignor Witham seeking donation towards the cost of constructing Westminster Cathedral, 13 June 1894

Letter frqm W.A. Johnson, Archbishop's House, Westminster acknowledging subscription to Westminster Cathedral, 9 November 1897

Monsignor Witham' s instructions for his funeral, 21 April 1891; notes of wishes in respect of jewelry, 22 June 1894

Notices of the funeral of the late Monsignor Witham, 6 December 1897

Letter from unidentified Roman Catholic priest, St. Joseph's, Hartlepool to J.H. Holmes, with his costs in connexion with Monsignor Witham's funeral, 5 March 1898

Petition against the division of the Diocese of Beverley and formation of the Diocese of Middlesbrough [Sir John Lawson, Bart. is one of the twelve petitioners], 1879

List of subscribers for the new church at Ushaw, n.d. [1880s]

Prospectus of the (Roman Catholic) Middle Class School, Ugthorpe, Wetherby, Yorkshire, n.d. [19th century]

Copy of the rules of Cotherstone Reading Room, list of subscribers and covering letter to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 24 October 1897

Lartington Chapel account book, 1897 - 1899 [see also D/HH 10/11/ below]

25 April 1849 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington, Clerk (2) Cicely Robinson of Newsham Grange, Yorkshire, spinster Bond of (1) to (2) in £2,000 to secure the payment of £1,000 and interest

1 June 1867 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham (2) William Horner Scarre of Lartington, land agent Bond of (1) to (2) in £2,000 to secure the payment of £1,000 and interest

Copy agreement between Frances Caselaw and James Smith, administrator of John Caselaw, as to collection and payment of John Caselaw's debts, 31 January 1853

Copy of case, with the opinion thereon of Martin Dunn of Newcastle, regarding Witham's guarantee the debts of John Caselaw of Stella deceased, 29 November 1853

Case, with the opinion of F. Mascall, Lincoln's Inn, thereupon, concerning Caselaw's debts and Witham's guarantee, 12 December 1853

17 September 1872 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall (2) William Skinner of Coatham near the Sea, Yorkshire and Ferdinand Raine of Little Hutton, Yorkshire (assignees of the late Reverend William Luke Prattman) Copy agreement to indemnify (2) over the dividend of £46 7s.6d. received on a bill for £53 given by W.L. Prattman in 1841

Letter from Messrs Watson, Barnard Castle, solicit6rs, to the Reverend Thomas Witham with notice of intended dividend of 18s. in the pound from the estate of Reverend W.L. Prattman, with details of claim, 6 July 1872

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1849

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1850

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1851 - 1852

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1852

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1852

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1853

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1854

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1856

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1857

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1857 - 1858

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1859 - 1861

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1862

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1863

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1863 - 1864

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1865

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1866 - 1867

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1868

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1869

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1870

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, (as to sale of £10,663 East India Stock etc.), 1870

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1871

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1872

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1873

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1873 - 1874

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, (as to sale of Clover Lodge Farm), 1874

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, (Stella Grand Lease), 1874 - 1875

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, (repayment of mortgages), 1874 -1875

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, (house in Thornton Street, Newcastle upon Tyne), 1875

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1875 - 1876

Bill of costs from J.D. Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1876 - 1877

Bill of costs from the executors of the late Richard Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1879 - 1881

Bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1882

Bill of cbsts from J. Hanby Holmes to the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham, 1885 - 1886

Bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham, 1888 - 1889

Bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to the Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham, 1890 - 1891

Draft bill book for Monsignor Witham, 1888 - 1897 (Reuses of account book of 1814

Bill of costs from Powell, Broderip and Wilde to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1852

Cash account of the Reverend Thomas Witham and Powell, Broderip and Co., 5 April 1852 - 31 August 1854

Bill of costs from Markby, Wilde and Barre, 9 Lincoln's Inn to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1873 - 1875

Bill of costs from Markby, Wilde and Barre, 9 Lincoln's Inn to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1875 - 1876

Bill of costs from Markby, Wilde and Barre, 9 Lincoln's Inn to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1877

Bill of costs from Markby, Wilde and Barre, 9 Lincoln's Inn to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1877 - 1878

Bill of costs from R. Home to J.D. Holmes concerning Witham to Elliott mortgage, 15 August - 15 November 1864

Bill of costs from George Webster(in Rolling deceased and Witham), 29 March - 19 September 1 67

The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Plaintiff Sir Henry Morgan Vane (since deceased), Edward Young Western and the Hon. Claude George Bowes Lyon (Lord Glamis), Defendants In the matter of the estate of John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, deceased Orders and summonses as to claims of George Brownless and others,and of the Rt.Reverend Monsignor Witham etc. Chancery Division, 3 December 1890 -6 July 1894

Letters from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand to J. Hanby Holmes concerning the claim of Brownless, 26 - 28 November 1890

Copy correspondence between J. Hanby Holmes and Western and Sons regarding Strathmore v Vane etc., 22 June - 21 November 1892

23 March 1888 (1) The Rt. Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Tarlington (sic) Hall, Yorkshire (2) The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Assignment by (1) to (2) of a legacy of £3,000 bequeathed to (1) by the will of John Bowes Consideration: £850, plus £250 conditional upon the full payment of the legacy to (2)

Draft bill of costs of Monsignor Witham, 1892 -1893

Letter from Reverend Samuel Hopper Powell, Sharrow Lodge to J.D. Holmes concerning non-payment of Witham's bond, 14 May 1848 - 1849

Letters from Thomas Wheldon and J.D. Holmes, Barnard Castle to the Reverend Thomas Witham regarding family papers, accounts, deed boxes etc., 2 - 4 July 1849

Correspondence with Messrs Ingledew and Waggett, Newcastle, solicitors and others regarding Mackay and others v Witham, 29 December 1852 - 20 June 1854

Correspondence received from Mr. Broderip, Lincoln's Inn and Revd. Thomas Witham regarding the sale of Netherwitton and related matters, 14 - 26 December 1860

Letter from Thos. Sutton, Alwent, Darlington to Revd. T. Witham (with latter's covering letter to J.D. Holmes) explaining his financial difficulties, depression in trade etc., 27 - 28 January 1868

Notes on Witham and Sutton, n.d. [c.1868]

Copy letter from Thomas Witham to Alfred Markby concerning Stella Grand Lease, purchases of land at Lartington, income from estate etc., 17 October 1874

Letter from Alfred Markby, 9 New Square,. Lincoln's Inn, London to J.D. Holmes regarding minerals under copyhold lands, 3 July 1879

Number not allocated

Cutting from [The Northern Echo] describing Monsignor Witham's golden jubilee, September 1897

Gainford wine account, 1859 - 1860; Lartington cellar book, 1860 - 1861

A copy of three documents in the possession of Sir Henry Lawson: licence to Thomas Maire, a recusant to journey to Oxfordshire, 8 April 1696; licence to Thomas Maire and his wife and servants to travel from Oxfordshire to Durham, 11 June 1696; licence to Thomas Maire to keep his horses, 31 May 1705

Copy faculty to Catherine Silvertop Maire of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, widow for the use of the family vault in the north transept of Romaldkirk Church (Plan attached), 22 July 1830

31 August 1839 Probate of the will of Charles Silvertop, formerly a Captain in H.M. 14th Light Dragoons, now a Brigadier in the service of H.C.M. of Spain (dated 25 November 1835). Bequeaths £1,000 due on note from his brother Henry Witham to his brother George Silvertop, together with £500 due from Silvertop

Memorandum concerning money to be advanced by Mr. Silvertop to Captain George Witham, n.d. [1830s / 1840s]

Correspondence and copy correspondence between George Brown, Barnard Castle, Messrs. John and Benjamin Green and Thomas Wheldon regarding erecting a memorial to the late Henry Witham, 11 - 16 August 1845

George Witham's claim to be inserted in the list of voters for the North Riding, 16 July 1846

A tribute to the memory of George Silvertop, Esquire, consisting of a sermon preached on the eve of his funeral by the Revd. J.S Rogerson, 25 February 1849; a memoir of George Silvertop, Esquire from the Gateshead Observer, 24 February 1849

Copies of the burial certificates of the Silvertops (1793 - 1832), taken from the Ryton registers by the Reverend R.G.L. Blenkinsopp, 8 October 1834

Copy marriage certificate of Henry Silvertop at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Stonor, 24 August 1852

Copy burial certificates of members of the Witham family at Romaldkirk (1835 - 1847), with covering letter, 16 June 1858

Burial certificates for Henry Witham and his sons (1835 - 1847), 20 June 1872

Copy birth certificate of Henry Thomas Silvertop (b. 17 October 1853), 10 November 1874

Rough catalogue of family pictures at Minster Acres, n.d. [later 19th century]

Pedigree of the descendants of George Witham (d.1648), [c.1802]; endorsed notes, c.1808

Notes on the descent of the Lartington estate, the Maires, the Lawsons, the Wrights etc., n.d. [c. 1870s]

Account of Lieut. Henry Witham with Wright and Company, bankers, 1 July 1831 - 31 January 1833

Newspaper cutting with announcement of the death of Charles Joseph Silvertop at Villa Villetri, Jersey, 27 April 1956

Letter from George Silvertop, Swinburne, Barrasford, Northumberland to J.H. Holmes concerning the re-sale of Lartington, lease of Minster Acres, 28 September 1915

Correspondence with Johnson, Raymond-Barker and Co., 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, 15 February - 12 March 1923

Copy letter from E.R. Hanby Holmes to Messrs Raymond- Barker and Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn offering to purchase the Manor of Lartington, 29 March 1957

Correspondence between Raymond-Barker, Nix and Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, E.R. Hanby Holmes, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts etc. regarding the F.S.J. Silvertop Will Trust and the ownership of the Manor of Bulbeck, 5 December 1958 - 6 August 1959

Correspondence received from Raymond-Barker, Nix and Compnay, Lincoln's Inn regarding the Lartington Estate, Norman Field deceased, the Silvertop will trust and manorial titles, 15 December 1960 -6 March 1961

Letter from Jasper Gibson to Henry Witham concerning advance of money on mortgage, 28 June 1817

Letter from Edward Griffin, the Sun Fire Office, Cornhill to William Sanderson, Stockton concerning the late William Witham's mortgage, 5 September 1817

Receipted invoice for valuation of Cliffe and Hardwicke estates for Henry Witham, 20 February - 24 November 1818

Letter from Sir Henry Lawson, Brough Hall, Catterick to Mr. Roddam, Cooper House, Barnard Castle paying debt to Roddam, 13 February 1820

Bill of costs from J. Hanby Holmes to the Reverend Thomas Witham, 1884

Correspondence received by Monsignor Thomas Witham from Edward Young Western, 35 Essex Street, Strand, London, concerning the executorship of John Bowes, endowments and finances of the Bowes Museum, attacks by R.J. Dent upon Western's handling of the affairs, 21 November 1885 - 25 November 1895

Correspondence received by Monsignor Thomas Witham from R.J. Dent, The Cedars, Harrogate etc. concerning Bowes affairs, debts of Sir Charles Mark Palmer, criticism of Western etc., 25 May 1891 - 27 October 1897

Copy letter (dated 2 December 1893) from Edward Young Western, 35 Essex Street, Strand, to J. Hanby Holmes, solicitor to the Bowes Museum Trustees concerning the involved state of the finances of the museum, n.d. [1890s]

Letter from (Sir) Joseph W. Pease, 44 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW to Monsignor Thomas Witham concerning borrowing money to finance the operations of the museum, 13 May 1897