Catalogue

11 May 1708 Will of Isabell Leamon of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow Devises burgage and land in Barnard Castle to her niece Frances Shaw, wife of Ralph Shaw of Newcastle, merchant

30 April - 1 May 1714 (1) Ralph Maddison of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant and Frances his wife; Ralph Shaw the elder of Newcastle, merchant and Frances his wife; Ralph Shaw the younger of Newcastle, bookseller (eldest son and heir of Ralph Shaw the elder); and Mary Shaw, spinster (daughter of Ralph Shaw the elder) (2) Michael Hodgshon of Feildhouse nigh Darlington, gentleman (3) Sir Robert Eden of West Auckland (4) John Rudd of the City of Durham, esquire Lease and release to (4) of a burgage on the north side of Briggate, a burgage in Newgate, 8 cattle gates in Barnard Castle Pasture, Pinfold Close, Harmire Close, land in the Ings, land in the Little Intack, land in the North Field, land in the Crook, land in the Middle Field, land in the East New Field, land in the Low Field, 2 water corn mills and 1 fulling mill in Thornegate with 2 orchards, all in Barnard Castle, to make (4) a tenant to the praecipe and lead the uses of a recovery to mortgage the property to (3) to raise £350

24 May 13 Anne [1714] (1) John Rudd esquire, querent (2) Ralph Mattison and Frances his wife; and Ralph Shaw and Frances his wife, deforciants Final concord of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 mills etc. in the parish of Barnard Castle

18 December 1718 (1) Thomas Heslop of Barnard Castle, mercer; Thomas Richardson of North Field, Startforth, yeoman; Josias, alias Joshua, Peel of Barnard Castle, sadler and bridler (executors of Elianor Richardson of Barnard Castle, widow); Jonathan Richardson of Barnard Castle, gentleman (son of Elianor); Elianor Richardson of Barnard Castle, spinster (daughter of Elianor), and Hannah Wharton of Eggleston Hall, spinster (aunt of Elianor) (2) Martha Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster Lease [and release] of 4 closes on the west side of the lane leading to Harmire, Barnard Castle (Barn Closes), and the pews belonging in Barnard Castle Church

30 April 1719 (1) Ralph Shaw the younger of Newcastle upon Tyne, bookseller (2) Ralph Shaw the elder of Newcastle, merchant and Frances his wife; and Michael Hodshon of Field House, near Darlington, gentleman (3) Sir Robert Eden of West Auckland (4) Thomas Robinson of Newcastle, surgeon; and Mary Shaw of Newcastle, spinster (daughter of (2)) Assignment of mortgage (3) to (4) of Frances Shaw's property in Barnard Castle [see D/HH2/2/233] Consideration: £350 (4) to (3)

11 June 1719 (1) Michael Hodgson of Fieldhouse nigh Darlington, gentleman (2) Sir Robert Eden of West Auckland (3) Frances Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow of Ralph Shaw, merchant; and Mary Shaw, spinster, her daughter Assignment of mortgage (2) to Mary Shaw of property as in D/HH2/2/233, on repayment of £358 15s

30 January 1720/1 Will of Ralph Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, bookseller Devises all his real estate to his wife, Ann

2 August 1720 (1) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, tanner (3) Edward Mallinson of Barnard Castle, tailor Agreement that (1) will pay annual rent of 13s. 4d. due on lands they bought from Jonathan Richardson, grocer, deceased, in Harmire Lane and Newgate, Barnard Castle, on payment by (2) and (3) of £14

8 June 8 George I [1722] (1) Ralph Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, bookseller (2) Robert Rymer of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Mortgage by [lease and] release of property as in D/HH2/2/233

11 June 1722 (1) Mary Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster (2) Ralph Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne, bookseller Quitclaim of any actions by (1) against (2)

22-23 January 1725 (1) Anne Shaw of Newcastle upon Tyne (widow of Ralph Shaw of Newcastle, bookseller) (2) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster, (sister of Ralph Shaw, bookseller) Lease and release of the Pinfold Close, Barnard Castle Consideration: £110

Receipt, Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster, for £50 from her sister, Anne Shaw, widow of Ralph Shaw of Barnard Castle, bookseller, which was to be paid to her on the death of her mother Frances, 25 January 1724/5

3 May 1726 (1) James White of Brough Shane, Antrim, Ireland, gentleman; Timothy White of same, gentleman (devisees of Lydia Bredy of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow, deceased); and Ralph Fetherstonhalgh of Newcastle, gentleman (executor of Lydia Bredy) (2) Ann Shaw of Newcastle, widow (executrix of Ralph Shaw of Newcastle, bookseller, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of Ralph Shaw of Newcastle, merchant and Frances his wife) (3) Isaac Cookson of Newcastle, merchant Assignment of mortgage (1) to (3) of (2)'s property in Barnard Castle [see D/HH2/2/233] Consideration: £300 to James White and £200 to Timothy White

Schedule of deeds, 1588 - 1727, of Ann Shaw's estate in Barnard Castle, c.1727

16 June 1732 (1) Ann Shaw of Bishop Auckland, widow (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Agreement that (1) will convey to (2) her tenement with garth and garden in Newgate, Hardmire Closes, land in the New Field, the Ings, the Low Field, the Middle Field and the North Field, and 8 cattle gates in Barnard Castle Town Pasture, all in Barnard Castle, for a purchase price of £500

9 June 1742 (1) Martha Shaw of the City of Durham, spinster (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Agreement that in exchange for payment of £50, (1) will accept a reduced annuity from (2) of £16 10s., and quitclaim of the £50

2 September 35 Elizabeth I [1593] (1) John Allen of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Richard Lowish and John Lowish of Barnard Castle, husbandmen Assignment of lease for remainder of 21 years of Sympsons Close, Gallowgate, Barnard Castle Rent: 13s. 4d p.a.

2 July 37 Elizabeth I [1595] (1) Richard Lowishe of Barnard Castle, husbandman (2) Reginald Dobson of Barnard Castle, chapman Assignment of lease for remainder of 21 years of a moiety of Sympsons Close, Gallowgate, Barnard Castle, leased from Queen Elizabeth I in 1593

1 October 1599 (1) John Lowishe of Barnard Castle, glover (2) Reginald Dobson of Barnard Castle, chapman Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of his moiety of Sympsons Close, Gallowgate, Barnard Castle, which he holds by lease for 21 years from Queen Elizabeth I

30 July 44 Elizabeth I [1602] (1) William Willson and Robert Taylor of Barnard Castle, chapmen (2) John Headland of London, carpenter Bargain and sale of a barn with a little close adjoining in Galgate, land in the Low Field, land in the Middle Field, land in the North Field, and land in the Crooke, all in Barnard Castle

3 August 44 Elizabeth I [1602] (1) William Wilsone of Barnard Castle, chapman (2) Robert Taylor of Barnard Castle, chapman Feoffment of the remainder of (1)'s share of the land and property in Barnard Castle which were the inheritance of Thomas Wakerfield, deceased, and which were conveyed to (1), (2), Reginald Brunskill of Barnard Castle, yeoman, and Phillip Brunskill by Sir George Bowes (25 September 1578) and John Vale of Wakerfeild, gentleman (1 August 1579)

22 December 1702 (1) Ambrose Pearson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Ralph Bellwood of Barnard Castle, yeoman [Lease and] release of Galgate Garth, Glentons Green Close, land in the New Field, land in the Middle Field, land in the North Field, land in the Intack, and 5.5 cattle gates in the Town Pasture, all in Barnard Castle Consideration: £132

5 May 1763 (1) James Sutton of Barnard Castle, weaver and Margaret his wife (2) Ralph Place of Barnard Castle, shoemaker [Lease and] release of ? share in Wheatriggs, a house in Gallgate, land in the North Field, land in the Middle Field, land in the New Field, and 2 cattle gates in Barnard Castle Town Pasture, all Barnard Castle, which was devised by Jane Blackburn of Barnard Castle, widow (under her will of 3 April 1742) to Hannah Sutton, mother of James (since deceased) Consideration: £6 6s.

Sale particulars: a house and 5a. 1r. 1p. land at Galgate Head with land in the Town Pasture; 8a. 3r. 19p. land in the North Field; a house and 13a. 1r. 2p. near Barnard Castle and land in the North Field; and 8a. land in the North Field, all Barnard Castle, 1 October 1798

March 1796 (1) Arthur Mowbray; Joseph Granger of the Heugh, gentleman; and John Bradford of Hornby (2) George Edwards Feoffment of recently enclosed allotments on Glenton Green, Barnard Castle Consideration: £21 16s.

14 - 15 May 1732 (1) John Langton of Streatlam, yeoman and Lydia his wife (2) Henry Burne of Cotherston, gentleman Mortgage by lease and release of a cottage at Harmire, Barnard Castle and two closes called Harmire Closes Consideration: £40

15 September 1738 (1) John Langton of Hardmire, Barnard Castle (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Agreement that (1) will sell to (2) a field near Hardmire (2.5 acres) for £46

15 December 12 George II [1738] (1) Anthony Rakestrane; John Hullock; and Ambrose Edwards, esquire, plaintiffs (2) James Balvaird and Elianor his wife; and John Langton and Lydia his wife, deforciants Final concord of one messuage, one cottage, one stable, 1 acre of land, 1 acre of meadow and 1 acre of pasture in Barnard Castle

14 - 15 July 1701 (1) William Sanderson of Forcett, gentleman (2) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, tanner Lease and release of Hollyday Closes (7 acres), Barnard Castle Consideration: £130

15 July 1701 (1) William Sanderson of Forcett, gentleman (2) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, tanner Bond in £260 to keep covenants

23 March 1693 (1) Matthew Hutton of Barnard Castle, mercer (2) Cuthbert Hynd of Barnard Castle, yeoman Lease [and release] of land in the Ings, Barnard Castle

30 January 1701 (1) Cuthbert Hynd of Barnard Castle, yeoman (2) Arthur Emerson the younger of Barnard Castle, yeoman Feoffment of land in the Ings, Barnard Castle Consideration: £8 12s. 6d.

31 October 1661 (1) Mathew Stodartt of the Middle Temple, London, gentleman (2) Thomas Maddison of Barnard Castle, yeoman Feoffment of 2 acres of meadow in the Low Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £11 17s. 6d.

31 October 1661 (1) Mathew Stodart of Middle Temple, London, gentleman (2) Thomas Maddison of Barnard Castle, yeoman Bond in £23 to observe covenants

23 May 1691 (1) Christopher Maddison of Barnard Castle, weaver (2) Thomas Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, yeoman; and John Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, weaver Marriage settlement of 2 acres meadow in the Low Field, Barnard Castle, for the marriage of (1) and Anne Hutchinson, daughter of William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, yeoman, deceased

29 June 1695 Probate copy of will, 12 February 1694/5, of Christopher Maddison of Barnard Castle, weaver Devises 4 riggs of meadow in the Low Field, Barnard Castle (2 acres) to his sister, Elizabeth, after his wife's death

22 - 23 May 1727 (1) Edward Rawling of Cockerton, yeoman and Elizabeth his wife; and Thomas Rawling of Cockerton, weaver and Mary his wife (2) Robert Kipling of Barnard Castle, weaver Lease and release of 2 acres of meadow in the Low Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £30 10s.

26 April 1 George II [1728] (1) Ambrose Wycliff; Francis Wycliff, junior; Robert Bailes; and Robert Kipling, querents (2) John Coulson and Ann his wife; Joseph Phlasken and Ann his wife; and Thomas Rawling and Mary his wife, deforciants Final concord of 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 40 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of pasture in Barnard Castle, Whorlton and Hedwish in the parish of Gainford

6 - 7 May 1687 (1) Robert Shaw of Barnard Castle, dyer (2) Marke Addington of Barnard Castle, cordwainer Lease and release of burgage with garth in the Bank Top, Market Place, Barnard Castle Consideration: £60

2 September 1718 (1) Thomas Heslopp of Barnard Castle, mercer; Christopher Wilkinson of Richmond, North Yorkshire, gentleman; Thomas Richardson of Northfield, Startforth, yeoman; Josias, alias Joshua, Peele of Barnard Castle, sadler; Jonathan Richardson of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, gentleman (2) Thomas Wollaston of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, gentleman Lease [and release] of burgage in Market Street, Barnard Castle

25 May 1703 (1) Matthew Hutton of Barnard Castle, merchant (2) John Hanson of Coulby, Appleby, Westmorland, yeoman Feoffment of Hardmire Closes and house (5 acres), Barnard Castle Consideration: £52

2 October 1708 (1) John Hanson of Staneton [Stainton], school master (2) James Scott of Barnard Castle, yeoman Feoffment of house with the Inngs Closes, alias David Wycliff's Closes Consideration: £46

6 - 7 June 1738 (1) Timothy Scott of Low Startforth Bridge End, malster (eldest son and heir of James Scott of Barnard Castle, badger, deceased) and Grace his wife; and Anne Scott of Barnard Castle (widow of James) (2) Jane Wharton of Gillingwood, gentlewoman Mortgage by lease and release of a house with stable and yard in Market Street or Place, a tenement and Harmire Closes, land in the North Field, and land in the New Field, Barnard Castle, to raise £230

21 May 1739 (1) Timothy Scot of Barnard Castle Bridge End, yeoman (2) Jane Wharton of Gillingwood, spinster Further charge of £70 on a house with garth in Market Street, Whitfield Gate Closes with house, 3 acres in the North Field and 5 acres in the New Field, already mortgaged for £230

13 - 14 May 1766 (1) William Lodge of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Robert Thirkell of Streatlam, yeoman and John Thirkell of Streatlam, yeoman Lease and release of a house with garth on the south side of Horse Market or Market Street, Barnard Castle, with a seat in Barnard Castle Chapel; with note indemnifying (2) from costs in respect of Humphrey Hopper's affair Consideration: £115

24 October 1798 (1) Joseph Thirkeld of Hilton, yeoman (brother and devisee of George Thirkeld, late of Hilton, yeoman, deceased) (executor with his brother of the will of his father John Thirkeld of Hilton, yeoman, deceased) (2) George Brownless of Broomby Low, gentleman Feoffment of a moiety of a house with garth on the south side of Horse Market (alias Market Street), Barnard Castle Consideration: £40

14 May 1814 (1) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Articles of agreement whereby (2) allows (1) to use a passageway between their premises in Market Place, Barnard Castle; with memorandum that on 13 January 1819 Cuthbert and Robert Swinburn used the passageway to build a wall for (1)

Letter from Thomas Wheldon, Barnard Castle to George Edwards concerning his intention to close the passage between their premises [see D/HH2/2/278], n.d. [c. 1820]

8 - 9 July 1734 (1) John Wrangham, yeoman; and William Wrangham, yeoman (his eldest son and heir), both of Barnard Castle (2) Hugh Newcomb of Marwood Park, yeoman Lease and release of 1 acre in the Midlefield, Barnard Castle Consideration: £20

1 May 1652 (1) John Liveley of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) John Percivell of Barnard Castle, tanner Deed of exchange of parcels of land in the New Field, Barnard Castle

1 June 1653 (1) John Livelie of Barnard Castle, gentleman (son and heir of William Livelie, deceased and brother and heir of William Livelie, deceased) (2) Mathew Stodartt of Barnard Castle, gentleman Feoffment of land in the New Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £32

16 January 1660/1 (1) Robert Stodartt of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant (2) Mathew Stodart of Barnard Castle, gentleman Feoffment of land in the North Field, and land in the East Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £31

21 April 1682 (1) Joseph Percivall of Exeter, Devon, gentleman (2) Arthur Kipling of Westwick, yeoman Feoffment of land in the North Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £46

22 - 23 July 1684 (1) John Percivall, gentleman, son and heir of John Percivall of Barnard Castle, tanner, deceased (2) Arthur Kipling of Westwick, yeoman Lease and release of land in the North Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £10

4 February 3 James II [1688] (1) John Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Arthur Kipling of Westwicke, yeoman Feoffment of land in the North Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £8 10s.

24 June 1728 (1) William Vint of Barnard Castle, weaver and Frances his wife (daughter and heir of George Blenkinsop of Barnard Castle, yeoman, deceased, and niece and sole heir of Arthur Kipling of Westwick, yeoman, deceased); and William Vint the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver (eldest son and heir of William the elder) (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Lease [and release] of land in the North Field, Barnard Castle

29 - 30 November 1705 (1) William Horne of Kirby Hill, Yorkshire, gentleman; and Jeoffrey Shaw of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) James Scott of Barnard Castle, yeoman Lease and release of 3 acres in the North Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £420

8 October 1720 (1) Thomas Atkinson of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman (son and heir of Tabitha Atkinson of Barnard Castle, widow) (2) William Loadman of Barnard Castle, cutler Confirmation by (1), now he has attained the age of 21, of a conveyance (7 December 1714) by his mother to (2) of land in Barnard Castle: 3 days work of meadow in a field called the Crook; 1/2 acre meadow called the Crook Close; 2 acres called the North Field Close; and 2 days work of meadow in the North Field Consideration: £92

12 February 1731 (1) Arthur Emerson of Barnard Castle, yeoman (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Bond in £28 to indemnify (2) of any claim of (1)'s wife, Mary, in land in the North Field, Barnard Castle, which (2) has purchased from (1)

30 - 31 July 1739 (1) Martha Shaw of the City of Durham, spinster (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Lease and release of a meadow in the Town Fields of Barnard Castle, land in the North Field at a place called the East foldsteads and 2 days work of land in the North Field Consideration: £52

18 December 28 Elizabeth I [1585] (1) John Clopton of Sledwick, esquire (2) Raufe Clarkesone of Barnard Castle, tanner Lease for 16 years of a cottage in Thorngate, Barnard Castle (part of the property leased by Queen Elizabeth to Christopher Rokebye in 1582 for 21 years and transferred to (1), formerly the property of the Chantry of the Twelve Apostles) Rent: 4s. p.a.

20 May 1656 (1) William Wharton of Barnard Castle, mercer (son and heir of Gabriell Wharton, deceased) (2) Thomas Shawe of Barnard Castle, dyer Feoffment of burgage and garth on the west side of Thornegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £50

2 - 3 March 1719 (1) Mark Addington the elder of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Mark Addington the younger of Barnard Castle, cordwainer Lease and release on marriage of (2) to Mary, daughter of Thomas Armstrong of Gateshead, miller, of a burgage with garth and garden in Thorngate, Barnard Castle and land in the Ings, subject to an annuity for (1)

27 - 28 March 1719 (1) Mark Addington the elder of Barnard Castle, cordwainer; and Mark Addington the younger of Barnard Castle (eldest son and heir apparent) (2) Mary Armstrong of Gateshead, spinster (daughter of Thomas Armstrong of Gateshead, miller) (3) William Dent the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver; and Thomas Armstrong Marriage settlement on the marriage of Mark Addington the younger and (2) of a house with garth and garden in Thorngate and land in the Ings, Barnard Castle, a house with garth, orchard and garden, the Croft, the Park Close and Liggart Lee Dale, of a cattle gate in Boldron Inn Moor and of a cattle gate in the Thornbury and land in the Thornbury, Boldron

19 - 20 June 1729 (1) Mark Addington the younger of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Mary his wife (2) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster Mortgage by lease and release of a house in Thorngate and land in the Ings, Barnard Castle, and a moiety of property in Gateshead, to raise £100

10 September 1730 (1) Mark Addington the younger of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster Agreement to convey house with stable, garth and yard in Thorngate, Barnard Castle for a consideration of £180, but (1) to lease back part of the premises

20 - 21 April 1731 (1) Mark Addington of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Mary his wife; and Ruth Addington of Barnard Castle, widow (2) Thomas Cornforth of Barforth Hall, gentleman (3) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster Lease and release (1) to (3) of a house with garth in Thorngate, Barnard Castle (already mortgaged to (2) and (3)) Consideration: £180

21 April 1731 (1) Mark Addington of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Mary his wife (2) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster (3) John Ewbank of Barnard Castle, glazier (4) George Robinson of Barnard Castle, cordwainer Deed to lead the uses of a fine of a burgage with garth in Thorngate and land in the Ings, Barnard Castle

21 April 1731 (1) Mark Addington of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Jane Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, spinster (3) Martha Shaw of Barnard Castle, spinster Assignment by (2) to (3) of judgement against (1) for the recovery of £220 debt, as (3) has purchased from (1) a burgage in Barnard Castle Consideration: £100 (3) to (2)

21 April 1731 (1) John Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Margaret his wife; Mark Addington of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Mary his wife (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (3) Catherine Edwards of Barnard Castle, spinster (4) William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, cordwainer Deed to lead the uses of a fine whereby (1) will levy a fine to (2) of two burgages in Gateshead in trust for (4) (but mortgaged); a burgage in Market Street or Place, Barnard Castle in trust for (2) (but mortgaged); a lodge and land in Galgate or Gallowgate, Barnard Castle, in trust for (3); and land in the Middlefield and Low Field, Barnard Castle, in trust for (4)

25 April 1659 (1) Robert Stodart of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) George Stodart, son and heir of Mathew Stodart of Barnard Castle, gentleman Feoffment of close beside the Baiting Stead and land in the New Field, Barnard Castle Consideration: £37

19 December 1711 (1) Elizabeth Hargrave of Hull, widow (2) George Hodshon of Marwood Park, yeoman Mortgage by lease for 999 years of Baiting Stead Close (2.5 acres) and land in the Middle Field, Barnard Castle, to raise £20

19 December 1711 (1) Elizabeth Hargrave of Hull, widow (2) George Hodshon of Marwood Park, yeoman Bond in £40 to keep covenants

12 March 1714 (1) Elizabeth Hargrave of Hull, widow; and George Hargrave, gentleman, her son (2) Charles Briggs of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Alice his wife Lease and release of the Baiting Stead Close, Barnard Castle, and land in the Middle Field Consideration: £40 10s. 9d.

12 March 1714 (1) Elizabeth Hargrave of Hull, widow; and George Hodshon of Marwood Park, yeoman (2) Charles Briggs of Barnard Castle, cordwainer and Alice his wife (3) James Briggs of Barnard Castle, yeoman Assignment of lease for 999 years (which George Hodshon holds from Elizabeth Hargrave to secure loan of £20) to (3) in trust for (2) of the Baiting Stead Close, Barnard Castle Consideration: £20 17s. 9d., part of the purchase money which (2) has agreed to pay Elizabeth Hargrave and her son George

12 March 1714 (1) Elizabeth Hargrave of Hull, widow; and George Hargrave of Hedon, Yorkshire, gentleman (2) Charles Briggs of Barnard Castle, cordwainer Bond in £80 to keep covenants

19 December 9 George II [1735] (1) Charles Briggs of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Robert Swainston of Barnard Castle, tanner; and Elianor Swainston (his daughter) (3) John Martindale of Eskholme, gentleman; and John Brownless of Barnard Castle, butcher Marriage settlement on the marriage of (1) and Elianor Swainston of a house with stable and garth in Thorngate, land adjoining the Bateing Stead, land in the New Field and land in the Middle Field, Barnard Castle, to (3) in trust Consideration: £60 Robert Swainston to (1)

25 - 26 January 1743 (1) Charles Bridges of Barnard Castle, cordwainer (2) Joseph Sowlby of Whorlton, mason Mortgage by lease and release of a house with garth and garden in Thorngate, Barnard Castle, land in the Newfield and land and barn in the Middle Field, to raise £30

1 March 16 George II [1743] (1) Joseph Sowlby, plaintiff (2) Charles Bridges, deforciant Final concord of one messuage, one garden, 10 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture in Barnard Castle

3 July 1744 (1) Charles Briggs of Barnard Castle, yeoman (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Agreement to convey in trust for (2) Baiting Stead Close and land in the Middle Field, Barnard Castle, for a consideration of £84

8 June 1752 (1) Ambrose Appleby the younger of Barnard Castle, blacksmith (2) John Raine of Barnard Castle, weaver Agreement and quitclaim following arbitration of William Stephenson, gentleman, George Middleton, weaver and William Dent, weaver, all of Barnard Castle, concerning the gable wall of (2)'s house which adjoins (1)'s house in Thorngate, Barnard Castle

1 May 1739 (1) Martha Shaw of the City of Durham, spinster (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Deed to lead the uses of a fine of a close on the north side of West Bateing Stead and land in the Crook, Barnard Castle, and a house and garth in Middleton-in-Teesdale, to the use of (2)

Receipts, John Pearson on behalf of Sir John Lowther and John Lowther to Mathew Stodart for two sums of £225, 25 March 1650 - 24 July 1651

26 December 1694 (1) Peter Garnett of Deptford, pharmacist (2) William Hullock of Barnard Castle, weaver Bond in £120 to keep covenants

16 January 1701 (1) William Hullock of Barnard Castle, yeoman and Mary his wife; Isabell Bousfeild of Barnard Castle, spinster; Agnes Bousfeild of Barnard Castle, spinster; Sarah Bousfeild of Winton, Westminster, spinster; and Margaret Bousfeild of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, spinster (2) Abraham Bousfeild of Newcastle upon Tyne, mariner; and William Bousfeild of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, grocer Quitclaim of money and goods of Henry Bousfeild of Kirkby Stephen, deceased Consideration: £250

Administration of the estate of Henry Busfield, late of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, granted to Timothy Hullock of Barnard Castle, yeoman, 17 February 1731

25 December 1587 (1) Robert Blont of Durham City, sadler (2) Thomas Pearson of Durham City, mercer Feoffment of burgage with garth or orchard in the Market Place, Durham

3 July 1650 (1) Thomas Pierson of Shincliffe, clerk and Mary his wife (2) Isabell Pierson of Shincliffe, spinster (sister of Thomas) Feoffment of a burgage with garth or orchard in the Market Place, Durham, and one other garth on the east of the town wall Consideration: £200

7 November 1657 (1) Henry Rowell of Durham City, mercer (2) Margaret Jefferson of Durham City, widow Feoffment of property as in D/HH2/2/319 Consideration: £270

10 June 20 Charles II [1668] (1) Margaret Jefferson of Durham City, widow (2) George Kirkby the younger of Durham City, gentleman Mortgage of property as in D/HH2/2/319 to secure £80

13 November 1676 (1) Margaret Jefferson of Durham City, widow; John Jefferson of Durham City, esquire; Thomas Jefferson of Milburngate, Durham, grocer; and Anthony Jefferson of Durham City, grocer (2) George Hodshon of Durham City, alderman Bargain and sale of property as in D/HH2/2/319 Consideration: £325

13 November 1676 (1) Margaret Jefferson of Durham City, widow; John Jefferson, esquire; Thomas Jefferson of Milburngate, Durham, grocer; and Anthony Jefferson of Durham City, grocer (2) George Hodgson, alderman Bond in £600 to keep covenants

22 June 23 Charles I [1647] (1) Tobias Hudspeth of Claipworth, Durham City, tailor (2) Margaret Foster of Market Place, Durham City, widow Mortgage of the Chapple Close alias St. Thomas Chapple Close in Durham, St. Nicholas parish to secure £36 10s.

6 February 1651/2 (1) Tobias Hudspeth of Claipworth, Durham City, tailor (2) Margaret Foster of Market Place, Durham, widow Feoffment of property as in D/HH2/2/324 Consideration: £55 13s. 4d.

6 February 1651/2 (1) Tobias Hudspeth of Claypworth, Durham, tailor (2) Margaret Foster of the Market Place, Durham, widow Bond in £112 to enforce D/HH2/2/325

15 January 36 Charles II [1685] (1) Pexall Forster of Durham City, gentleman (2) George Wilkinson of Whitwelhouse, yeoman Mortgage of Chappell Close alias St. Thomas Chappell Close and The Farthings in the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas, to secure a debt of £100

24 September 1690 (1) George Wilkinson of Whitwelhouse, yeoman (2) William Forster of Durham City, gentleman Lease and release of property as in D/HH2/2/327 Consideration: £85

24 September 2 William and Mary [1690] (1) George Wilkinson of Whitworth, yeoman (2) Pexall Forster of Gillegate, clerk Assignment of judgement which (1) had obtained against (2) for £200 in the Courts of Exchequer and Pleas at Westminster

15 August 1694 (1) Pexall Forster of Elvet, City of Durham, gentleman, vicar of Durham, St. Oswald; and William Forster of the City of Durham, gentleman (2) William Hodshon of the City of Durham, alderman Feoffment of property as in D/HH2/2/327 Consideration: £140

15 August 1694 (1) Pexall Forster of Elvet, Durham City, gentleman (2) William Hodshon of Durham City, alderman Bond in £280 to keep covenants

Receipt, Pexall Forster for £140 from William Hodshon, the purchase money for property as in D/HH2/2/327, 15 August 1694

8 March 7 William III [1695] (1) William Hodshon esquire, Mayor of the City of Durham, querent (2) Pexall Forster, clerk and Averil his wife; and William Forster, gentleman and Susan, his wife, deforciants Final concord of one messuage, 2 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 5 acres of pasture etc. in the City of Durham

21 March 1719 (1) Anne Hodgson of Durham City, widow (2) John Hodgson, her eldest son and heir [Lease and] release of burgage and garth or orchard in the Market Place, Durham, and Chappell Close alias St. Thomas Chapel Close in the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas

30 December 1720 (1) John Hodgson of Durham City, mercer (2) Teagan Morgan of Merrington, clerk Mortgage by lease for 999 years of a burgage, shop, garden and stable in Market Place, Durham, and Chappell Close in the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas, to secure £275

18 October 1722 (1) John Hodgshon of Durham City, mercer (2) Matilda Swainson of Stockton upon Tees, widow (sister of (1)); and George Hodgshon of Seaton, gentleman (brother of (1)) (3) John Featherston of Dukes Field, Northumberland, gentleman Quitclaim by (2) at request of (1) to (3) re property as in D/HH2/2/334 which (1) has sold to (3)

13 June 1724 (1) Eleanor Hodgson of Eaglescliffe, spinster (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, gentleman Quitclaim by (1) to (2) re shop and garden in Market Place, Durham, on payment of £190 to which she is entitled under the will, 1 January 1698, of her father William

25 July 5 James I [1607] (1) John Rowthe, clerk, vicar of Startforth (2) John Hawnbye of Bolron Feoffment of pasture rights belonging to half an oxgang of land on Inne Moore and pasture rights belonging to Thorneberrye, Bolron Consideration: £8

25 July 1607 (1) John Rowth, clerk, vicar of Startforth (2) John Hawnbye of Bolron, yeoman Bond in £16 to indemnify (2) from any claims on the land in D/HH2/2/338

5 July 1619 (1) Anthony Halnebye of Bolron, yeoman (2) Jane Halnbye of Bolron Bond in £20 to indemnify (2) from any claims on the land in D/HH2/2/338

27 January 1694 (1) Thomas Richardson of Northfield, Startforth, yeoman (2) Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman Grant of High Croft alias Taylors Croft and the Low Croft, Boldron in exchange for land in the Long Floores and the Little Floor, Boldron

Notice by George Thompson that he will ensure payment to George Edwards of arrears of rent of William Thompson of Roods, near Bowron, n.d. [1821]

27 July 16 James I [1618] (1) Charles Kipling of Bowes, yeoman and Grace his wife (2) Robert Jackson of Longhouse; and Charles Hutchinson of the High Cragg, yeoman Deed to lead the uses of a fine of a messuage and close adjoining, 6 pasture gates in the Cow Close and 1 pasture gate in the Ox Close, Bowes, to the use of (1)

19 January 1621 (1) Mark Laidman of Bowes, yeoman (2) Charles Kipling of Bowes, yeoman Feoffment of a tenement with a close in Bowes

8 September 1657 (1) Christopher Hainby of Westgates, gentleman; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood; and Lyonell Mitchell of Boldron, yeomen (2) Richard Coates of Boldron, yeoman Grant by (1) to (2), under an agreement for joint purchase of their customary property, of property in Bowes of which (2) was customary tenant: a house, the Garth and Croft, Lowfeild Close, land in the High Field, land in the Holding, Holmes Close, the Broates, the North Side, Kilmount, Kilmond Wood, 2 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture, 6 cattle gates in the New Pasture and 6 cattle gates in Cow Close

1685 Probate copy of will, 3 March 1681, and codicil, 7 September 1682, of Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman Devises to his grandson, Richard Coates, his new dwelling house with barn and stable, the Lynegarth and the Croft, a cowhouse with garth at Bowes Townend, the Low Field, land in the High Field, the Brotes, 2 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture, 6 cattle gates in the West Pasture and 6 cattle gates in the Cow Close, all Bowes; and his property in Boldron (to be managed by Richard Wharton of Bowes, clerk and Thomas Laidman of Bowes, yeoman, until Richard attains the age of 21)

6 January 1696 (1) Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman (grandson and heir of Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman, deceased) (2) Richard Barnes, citizen of London, fishmonger Mortgage by lease for 500 years of property as in D/HH2/2/345 and West Croft, Ingwell Garthes, 2 cattle gates in Moor Pasture, 2 cattle gates in Thornbury, a cottage with 2 crofts, 1 cattle gate in Inmore and 1 cattle gate in Thornbury, all in Boldron, to raise £200

25 - 26 March 1703 (1) Richard Coates of London, yeoman (2) John Kipling of St. Ann, Middlesex, gentleman; and Leonard Laidman, citizen of London, barber surgeon Mortgage by lease and release of property as in D/HH2/2/347, to raise £350

26 March 1703 (1) Richard Rawson, citizen of London, ironmonger (2) Richard Coates of London, yeoman (3) Christopher Smelt of St. Mary Woolchurch, London, gentleman (4) John Kypling of St. Anne, Middlesex, gentleman; and Leonard Laidman, citizen of London, barber surgeon Assignment of mortgage by (1) to (3) in trust for (4) for remainder of 500 years of property as in D/HH2/2/347 Consideration: £224 (4) to (1); £126 (4) to (2)

2 April 1707 (1) Christopher Stafford of Bottle, Northumberland, clerk (cousin and heir of Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman, deceased) (2) John Kipling of Saint Anne, Middlesex, gentleman; and Leonard Loadman, citizen of London, barber surgeon Bargain and sale of property in D/HH2/2/347, mortgaged to (2) by Richard Coates, to discharge mortgage

12 - 13 May 1708 (1) Leonard Laidman, citizen of London, barber surgeon (2) John Kipling of St. Anne, Middlesex, gentleman Lease and release of a moiety of property as in D/HH2/2/347 Consideration: £200

2 October 1657 (1) Christopher Hainby of Westgate, gentleman; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood; and Lyonell Mitchell of Boldron, yeomen (2) Charles Kipling of Bowes, yeoman Grant by (1) to (2), under an agreement for joint purchase of their customary property, of property in Bowes of which (2) was customary tenant: a house and land called Mirekelds, a cattle gate in the Ox Pasture and 1.5 cattle gates in the West Pasture

5 July 1658 (1) Charles Kiplinge of Bowes, yeoman (2) Charles Kiplinge (second son of Charles Kiplinge of Newhouses in Baldersdale), bachelor Feoffment of property as in D/HH2/2/352

14 February 1681 (1) Charles Kipling of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, hosyer (2) Robert Stevenson of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, brewer; and Richard Bingley of the same, yeoman Marriage settlement on the marriage of (1) and Elizabeth Stevenson of a house and land, a cattle gate in the Ox Pasture, 6 cattle gates in Cow Close, 4.5 cattle gates in the West Pasture, a house and land called Mirekelds, a cattle gate in the Ox Pasture and 1.5 cattle gates in the West Pasture

8 - 9 July 4 William and Mary [1692] (1) Roger Wrightson of Bowes, yeoman (2) Henry Wenington of Bowes, yeoman Lease and release of 3 closes called the Myre Kelds, with two lodges or barns thereon (15 acres), two cattle gates in the Old Cow Close and 3 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture, all in the manor of Bowes Consideration: £60

9 July 1692 (1) Henry Wenington of Bowes, yeoman (2) Roger Wrightson of Bowes, yeoman Defeazance of D/HH2/2/355

9 July 1692 (1) Roger Wrightson of Bowes, yeoman (2) Henry Wenington of Bowes, yeoman Bond in £120 to keep covenants

28 - 29 May 1711 (1) Edward Dunn of Stepney, Middlesex, dyer and Hannah his wife (daughter of Charles Kipling of Shoreditch, Middlesex, hosier, deceased); and John Kipling (son and heir of Charles Kipling) (2) John Kipling of St. James, Westminster, gentleman Lease and release of property as in D/HH2/2/354, and deed to lead the uses of a fine Consideration: £100 to Edward and Hannah Dunn £50 to John Kipling, son of Charles

3 July 1658 (1) Thomas Laydman of Bowes, yeoman (2) John Wilson of Cotherston, yeoman Bargain and sale of land called Under Kilmond (6 acres) in Bowes Consideration: £80

Inventory of John Copeland of Hunday, deceased, by Michael Hutchinson, Lionell Mitchell, Edward Laidman and John Hainby, 29 December 1668

11 October 1669 Probate copy of the will, 24 November 1668, of John Copeland of Hunday Devises land to his wife, Mary, and his son, Miles

20 May 1673 (1) Miles Copeland of Hunday, Bowes, yeoman and Elizabeth his wife; and Mary Copeland of the same place, widow (2) William Coates of Bowes, yeoman Mortgage of the Kilmond Close (6 acres), the West Close (4 acres), and 2 cattle gates in the West Pasture, Bowes, to raise £70

20 May 1673 (1) Miles Copeland of Hunday, Bowes, yeoman (2) William Coates of Bowes, yeoman Bond in £140 to keep covenants

9 June 25 Charles II [1673] (1) Myles Copeland of Hunda, Bowes, yeoman (2) John Hawnby of Brignell Moreside, yeoman; and William Coates of Bowes, yeoman Mortgage of Burton House and close (4 acres), Peat Potts Close (4 acres), Ackwards Close (4 acres), Gill Ridding Close (2 acres), and 6 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture, all in the parish of Bowes, to secure £70

9 June 1673 (1) Miles Copland of Hunda, Bowes, yeoman (2) John Hawnby of Brignell Moreside, Yorkshire Bond in £140 to keep covenants

17 November 1680 (1) Francis Wetherall of Stone Close, Barningham, yeoman; and Elizabeth Wetherall of the same, spinster (2) Miles Copeland of Hundy Defeazance of lease and release by (2) to (1) of the Holme under the House and Banckes, the Hare Holme, the Smith's Close, the Cow Close, the Blea Myre, the High Pelter and the Ridings, all Hundy, Bowes, on repayment of £200

14 January 1681/2 (1) Miles Copeland of Hunday, gentleman (2) Francis Weatherill of Skargill, Yorkshire, yeoman Lease for 3 years of his capital messuage with garden and orchard, two closes called Kilman Woods, the Riddings (3 acres), the High Pelter and Low Pelter Closes (7 acres), Blay Mire Close (7 acres), Cow Close (10 acres), Peat Moss Close (2 acres), Burton Close (4 acres), Smith Close (3 acres), Haire Holme (1 acre), Acward Close (4 acres), 3 pasture gates in Ox Pasture and 2 in West Pasture, all in the township of Bowes Rent: £28 p.a.

17 May 34 Charles II [1682] (1) Francis Wetherell, yeoman; and Elizabeth Wetherell, spinster, both of Hunday (2) Myles Copeland of Hunday, yeoman Defeazance of lease and release (16 - 17 November 1680) by (2) to (1) of property as in D/HH2/2/366, and lease (13 May 1665) to John Hanby of Low Pelter Close, Eastwood and Littlewood as security for £30, now assigned to (1); and of deed of confirmation (17 May 1682) that the estate is security for an additional £70. All to be void on repayment of £300 plus interest

24 October 1682 Probate copy of will, 10 August 1682, of Mary Copeland of Hunday, Bowes, widow Devises the Ackward Close to her son, Seth Copeland

Receipts for money due from land conveyed by Myles Copeland (their 'brother') and his mother to John Hanby and William Coates in trust for Seth Copeland and his sister, Anne: William Coates and his wife, £5; William Hobson and Mary his wife, £15; Thomas Bainbridge and Anne his wife, £5, 19 June 1689

Letter of attorney, Myles Copeland of Hunday, Bowes, gentleman to Charles Haynes, Seth Sowell, Thomas Callowe, Abraham Hilton, Richard Hilton, John Mowbray and Cuthbert Hall to file bail at the suit of Sir Christopher Musgrave of Ednall, Cumberland, in an action of debt for £700 [as security for a mortgage of Hunday], 25 April 1690

Receipt by Myles Copeland of Hunday, gentleman, for £50 from Sir Christopher Musgrave of Ednall, Cumberland, part of the mortgage money for houses in Hunday, 25 April 1690

11 November 1690 (1) Miles Coopeland of Hunday, gentleman; Thomas Bainebridge of Thackam, yeoman; and John Peake of Barnard Castle, iron manufacturer (2) Mary Awd of Barnard Castle, widow Bond in £20 to pay £10

25 April 1692 (1) Miles Copeland of Hunday, Bowes, gentleman (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave Bond in £400 to pay £206

1 June 1694 (1) Myles Copeland of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave of Eadnell, Cumberland Assignment of counterpart of lease and rent of £46 p.a. that (1) made to John Allinson of Mellwaters, Bowes, yeoman, as further security on a mortgage of £616. The lease was of the farm called Hunday in the lordship of Bowes, including Home Close, Ackware Close, Smith Close, Hare Close, the Holme and the Bankes, Fenteman Chackham Close, the Hill, Bluemyre Close, Peat Moss Close, Burton Close, Low and High Pelter Close, the Riddings, the Bankes at the bottom of Killmond Starr, 5 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture and 1 cattle gate in the Bowes West Pasture

1 June 1694 (1) Miles Copeland of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Sir Christopher Musgrave of Eadnell, Cumberland Bond in £100 to keep covenants

17 August 1694 (1) Sir Christopher Musgrave of Ednall, Cumberland (2) Miles Copeland of Barnard Castle, gentleman (3) John Burrell, son of Cuthbert Burrell of Caldwell, yeoman Assignment of (2)'s mortgage for £616 (1) to (3) for Hunday, Bowes, and its lease (30 January 1691) to John Allinson of Mellwaters, Bowes, yeoman, at an annual rent of £46

Memorandum by Miles Copeland of Barnard Castle, gentleman, of the receipt of £134 from John Burrell, son of Cuthbert Burrell of Caldwell, yeoman, which with £616 paid to Sir Christopher Musgrave of Ednall, Cumberland, forms purchase money for Hunday, Bowes, 17 August 1694

17 August 1694 (1) Richard Coates of Bowes, yeoman, son and heir of William Coates, deceased (2) John Burrell, son of Cuthbert Burrell of Caldwell, yeoman Bond in £140 to keep covenants

17 August 1694 (1) William Coates of Barnard Castle, weaver (2) John Burrell, son of Cuthbert Burrell of Caldwell, yeoman Bond in £140 to keep covenants

27 October 1721 (1) Cuthbert Burrell the elder of Hunday, Bowes, yeoman; John Burrell of Caldwell, yeoman (his son); and Cuthbert Burrell the younger of Hunday, yeoman (his grandson and John's son) (2) Edward Rawsthorne of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman; and John Middleton of Ingleton, gentleman Lease [and release] of the capital messuage Hunday with gardens, orchards etc. and Holme under the House and Banks (7 acres), Hare Holme (3 acres), Smith's Close (3 acres), Cow Close (18 acres), Bleamire (7 acres), High and Low Pelter Closes (10 acres), Kilmondwood and Peat Moss (10 acres), Burton and Ackwards Closes (7 acres), Thackholme and Thackholme Bottom, the Hill and the Holme Close (15 acres), the Riddings (3 acres), Kilmond Close (6 acres), the West Close (4 acres), Dodsworth under Kilmond (13 acres), 7 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture and 13 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture

Memorandum that John Walker late of Kilmond Wood and Jeremiah Newton of Hunday have leased for 9 years all 4 messuages of Hunday: the house and the hill with Orchard Close, Seath Close and Smith Close, the Hare Holme, Buck Bank, Thackhome, Fentman and Hound Hill at an annual rent of £45, Cow Close, Burton, Blemire, High and Low Pelter, Ridings, Dodsforth and Cowpaster Banks and Kilmond, 7 gates on the Ox Pasture and 1 on Boldron Mower, n.d. [c.1730]

29 September 1735 (1) Jeremiah Newton of Hunday, fellmonger; Richard Holmes of Stubhouse, gentleman; and Cuthbert Burrell of Boldron, yeoman (2) Thomas Brunskell of Barnard Castle, esquire Lease [and release] of the capital messuage Hunday, Bowes, with gardens, orchards etc. and Holme under the House and Banks, Hare Holme (10 acres), Hunday Hill (5 acres), Orchard Close (5 acres), Smith's Close (3 acres), Cow Close (18 acres), Bleamire (7 acres), High and Low Pelter Closes (10 acres), Kilmondwood and Peat Moss (10 acres), Burton and Ackwards Closes (7 acres), Thackholme and Thackholme Bottom the Hill and the Holme Close (15 acres), Ridings Close (3 acres), Kilmons Close (6 acres), West Close (4 acres), Dodsworth under Kilmond Close (13 acres), 7 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture and 4 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture

n.d. [c.1740s] (1) Jeremiah Newton of Boldron, fellmonger (2) George Edwards, gentleman Draft articles of agreement (incomplete) re £500 which Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire, was to pay to (1) on the death of Cuthbert Burrell and to have as security against claims from Cuthbert Burrell's heirs, under an agreement of 11 November 1741

Extract from [William Hutchinson's] will with bequest to George Simpson, 'son of my sister Ann Simpson', out of which £10 p.a. must be paid to Ann during her life, and £20 for her burial; if George dies without issue then to his three sisters, as tenants in common; also to 'my niece Mary Cole' and 'my niece Elizabeth Adams' and 'my niece Phillis Smith', n.d. [30 September 1693]

29 January 1700 (1) William Hanbury of the Inner Temple, London, esquire; Michael Wrightson of Clements Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; Robert Harrison of the parish of St. Andrew Holborne, gentleman; William Dixon of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; and Charles Whitell of Gilmanby, gentleman (executors of William Hutchinson of Delroe, Hertfordshire, deceased) (2) Isaac Smith of London, tailor, and Phillis his wife Lease [and release] of Gainsfeild Roode, East Roode, 2 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture, 1 cattle gate in the Inmore, 3 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture and 1 cattle gate in Bowes Cow Close, all in the parish of Bowes

30 January 1700 (1) William Hanbury of the Inner Temple, London, esquire; Michael Wrightson of Clements Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; Robert Harrison of St. Andrews Holborne, gentleman; William Dixon of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; and Charles Whitell of Gilmanby, gentleman (son of Sarah Whitell, sister of William Hutchinson of Delroe, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, esquire, deceased) (executors of the will of William Hutchinson) (2) William Davis and Isabella his wife; John Johnson and Anne his wife (Isabella and Anne being co-heirs of Henry Hutchinson of Appleby, Westmorland, gentleman, eldest brother of William Hutchinson); William Parkin, citizen of London, cordwainer and Lydia his wife; Henry Parkin, citizen of London, cordwainer and Elizabeth his wife; and John Flecknoe of London, currier and Mary his wife (sister of William and Henry Parkin) (William, Henry and Mary being children of Grace Parkin, wife of Robert Parkin of Deepdale Bridge, Lartington, deceased, eldest sister of William Hutchinson); Edward Boswell and Arrabella his wife; Thomas Howard and Elizabeth his wife (Arrabella and Elizabeth being daughters of Alice Holland, daughter of Grace Parkin); Joseph Cole and Mary his wife; Edward Broome and Elizabeth his wife; and Isaac Smith and Phillis his wife (Mary, Elizabeth and Phillis being daughters of Anne Sympson, wife of John Sympson of Bowes, deceased, sister of William Hutchinson); William Garfoot, citizen of London, watchmaker and Martha his wife; Charles Garfoot and Anne his wife; and George Edwards and Mary his wife, both of Barnard Castle, yeomen (William, Charles and Mary being children of Alice Garfoot, wife of William Garfoot of Parkewell, Barnard Castle, gentleman, deceased and sister of William Hutchinson); Thomas Wrightson of Lartington and Mary his wife; John Wharton of Mallerstang, Westmorland and Elizabeth his wife; Samuel Newton, citizen of London, cutler and Sarah his wife; Alice Whitell, spinster; and George Alderson and Jane his wife, both of Dikehead, Bowes (Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Alice and Jane being daughters of Sarah Whitell, sister of William Hutchinson); Sarah Wharton; Mary Wharton; and Hannah Wharton (daughters and co-heirs of Anne Wharton, daughter of Sarah Whitell) (3) George Sympson, citizen of London, cutler (son of Anne Sympson) (4) Lionell Hurlock of London, salesman; and William Gillett of London, cutler [Lease and] release (1) at direction of (2) to (4) in trust for (3) (with remainders to Mary Cole, Elizabeth Broome and Phillis Smith) of a moiety of Hudson Close House and Pasture, land in the Ings, the Parke Riggs, Scane Close, 4 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture, 1 cattle gate in Gilmanby East Pasture and 4 cattle gates in Bowes Cow Close, all William Hutchinson's estate in the manor of Bowes. (3) covenants with (1) to pay the legacies which arise from the property

30 - 31 May 1700 (1) John Johnson of Middleton-in-Teesdale, gentleman and Ann his wife (daughter and co-heir of Henry Hutchinson of Appleby, Westmorland, gentleman, deceased, who was eldest brother of William Hutchinson of Belroe, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, esquire, deceased) (2) Cuthbert Burrell of Caldwell, fellmonger Lease and release of land and pasture gates in the lordship of Bowes (William Hutchinson's estate): Dodsworth under Kilmond; 2 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture; 1 cattle gate in the Inmore; 6 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture; 3 cattle gates in Bowes Cow Close Consideration: £220

8 May 1703 (1) William Hanbury of the Inner Temple, London, esquire; Michael Wrightson of Clements Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; William Dixon of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman; and Charles Whitell of Gilmanby, gentleman (executors of William Hutchinson, esquire) (2) George Sympson, citizen of London, cutler (3) Joseph Cole of London, spectacle maker and Mary his wife; John Adams of London, coachman and Elizabeth his wife; and Isaac Smith of London, tailor and Phillis his wife (Mary, Elizabeth and Phillis are daughters of Anne Sympson, widow, lately deceased sister of William Hutchinson) (4) Lyonell Hurlock of London, salesman, and William Gillett of London, cutler Lease and release by (1) under the trusts of the will of William Hutchinson (30 September 1693) to (4) of a moiety of Hudson Close House and Pasture, land in the Ings, the Parke Riggs, the Senne Close, 4 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture, 1 cattle gate in Gilmanby East Pasture and 4 cattle gates in Bowes Cow Close, in trust for (2), remaindered to Mary Cole, Elizabeth Adams and Phillis Smith

3 February 1711 Copy will of George Simpson of St. Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex, cutler Devises to his wife, Sarah, two tenements in Old Southampton Buildings in St. Andrews, Holborn and land in Bowes given to him by William Hutchinson esquire (remaindered to his sisters Mary Cole, wife of Joseph, Phillis Smith, wife of Isaac, and Elizabeth Adams, wife of John); and the Crowne, Saffron Hill (remaindered to his nephew Henry Ravenhill) Devises to his sisters, Mary Cole and Elizabeth Adams, three messuages in Pye Corner, West Smithfield Devises to his sister, Phillis Smith, two houses in Panatt Alley, East Smithfield Devises to his nephew, Henry Ravenhill, two small brick messuages on Saffron Hill

18 August 1721 Probate copy of will, 28 June 1721, of Phillis Smith of St. Ann's, Westminster Devises land in the parish of Bowes to her sister, Elizabeth Adams (wife of John Adams of St. Bottolph, Aldersgate, coachman) and her niece Sarah Shaw (wife of Edward Shaw of the same parish, gentleman) Remainders specified Devises two leased houses in Westsmithfields to her sister, Elizabeth Adams

22 - 23 March 1725 (1) John Adams of the parish of Saint Bottolphs, Aldersgate, London, coachman and Elizabeth his wife; and Edward Shaw of the same place, gentleman and Sarah his wife (2) Richard Carpenter of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (3) Wandesford Gyll of Furnivalls Inn, London, gentleman Lease and release of property in Bowes: a house, 4 acres of pasture, 5 acres of meadow and a cattle gate on Bowran Moor; and a house, 5 acres of meadow, 3 acres of pasture and 2 cattle gates on Bowes Ox Pasture; to make (3) tenant to the praecipe and lead the uses of a common recovery: (2) will hold the property in trust for Elizabeth Adams and Sarah Shaw

Easter 11 George I [1725] (1) Wandeford Gyll, gentleman, querent (2) John Adams and Elizabeth his wife; and Edward Shaw and Sarah his wife, deforciants Final concord of 2 messuages, 10 acres of meadow, 7 acres of pasture etc. in Bowes

16 March 1726 (1) John Adams of Aldersgate Street, London, coachman (2) Joseph Burton of West Ham, [London], gardener Bond in £200 to pay £105 mortgage

13 - 14 March 1727 (1) John Adams of Aldersgate Street, London, coachman and Elizabeth his wife (niece of William Hutchinson of Chancery Lane, London, gentleman; and sister and heir of Sarah Simpson of Middle Row, Holborn, London, deceased and Phillis Smith of Saint Martin le Grand, London, widow, deceased) (2) Thomas Garfoot of Barnard Castle, gentleman (3) John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman Mortgage by lease and release (1) to (2) in trust for (3) of a moiety of Hudson Close House and Pasture, Schoon Close, Ridges, West Roods, Killmond and East Roods in Bowes, Boldron and Startforth, to raise £120

Easter 13 George I [1727] (1) Thomas Garfoot and Joseph Kipling, querents (2) John Adams and Elizabeth his wife; and William Morgan and Ann his wife, deforciants Final concord of houses and land in Bowes and Startforth

30 July 1728 Probate copy of will, 29 July 1728, of John Adams of Aldersgate Street, London, coachman Devises all estate to his friend Anne Whitsey, widow

13 - 14 February 1729 (1) Edward Shaw of Aldersgate Street, London, gentleman and Sarah his wife (2) Richard Carpenter of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (3) Thomas Johnson, citizen of London, tallow chandler Lease and release (1) to (3) of a tenement, 4 acres of pasture and 5 acres of meadow in Bowes, plus one cattle gate on Bowran Moor; a tenement, 5 acres of meadow and 3 acres of pasture plus two cattle gates in Bowes Ox Pasture; and deed to lead the uses of a fine

Easter 2 George II [1729] (1) Thomas Johnson, querent (2) Edward Shaw and Sarah his wife, deforciants Final concord of houses and land in Bowes

26 March 1729 (1) John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Thomas Johnson of St. Ann's Aldersgate, London, tallow chandler (3) Richard Weston of St. James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, tallow chandler Assignment of mortgage (D/HH 2/2/395) by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) Consideration: £133 Endorsed with memorandum that (3) assigned mortgage back to (1) in trust for Ambrose Edwards who had agreed to purchase the property, 30 October 1734

1 May 1729 (1) Joseph Burton of West Ham, Essex, gardener (2) Thomas Johnson of London, citizen and tallow chandler Assignment of lease for remainder of 500 years of houses and grounds known as Harker Westroods and Bitts Close, lordship of Bowes. Recites agreement, 16 March 1725, that William Dixon of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, and John Adams of Aldersgate Street, London, coachman and Elizabeth his wife (now deceased) would levy a fine to (1) as a lease for 500 years Consideration: £100

19 - 20 May 1729 (1) Anne Whitsey of Aldersgate Street, London, widow (devisee of the will of John Adams, late of Aldersgate Street, coachman) (2) Thomas Johnson of the parish of St. Ann, Aldersgate, London, tallow chandler Lease and release of houses and land in the lordship of Bowes: Harkers West Roodes, the Bitts, Jamson Kilmond; 3 cattle gates in the Ox Pasture, 1 cattle gate in the Inn Moore, 1 cattle gate in Bowes Cow Close, 2 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture and all her other property in Bowes, Boldron and Startforth Consideration: £100 (2) to Joseph Burton and £132 15s. to John Lodge in repayment of mortgages by John Adams

27 January 1731 (1) Hutton Perkins of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (as executor of Henry Parkin of London, cordwainer) (2) Charles Parkin of Oxburgh, Norfolk, clerk Lease [and release] of land in the lordship of Bowes which was one close, now divided into 3, called the Great High Field (formerly in the tenure of John Allinson, now of Thomas Kipling) and 3 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture and 4 cattle gates in Bowes Cow Close

28 March 1732 (1) Charles Parkin of Oxburgh, Norfolk, clerk (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Bond in £540 to keep covenants

2 November 1734 (1) William Johnson of St. Martins le Grand, London, tallow chandler; William Nash of Saint Botolphs without Aldersgate, London, tin plate worker; and Richard Weston of Saint James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, tallow chandler (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire Bond in £1540 to keep covenants

4 - 5 November 1734 (1) Edward Shaw of Aldersgate Street, London, gentleman and Sarah his wife; and Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman (3) Robert Atkinson of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman Lease and release of a tenement, 4 acres of pasture, 5 acres of meadow and 1 cattle gate on Bowran Moor; a tenement, 5 acres of meadow, 3 acres of pasture and 2 cattle gates in Bowes Ox Pasture; 3 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture; 1 cattle gate in Bowes Cow Close (all the estate of Phillis Smith, devised to Sarah Shaw); also a moiety of Hudson Close House and Pasture, land in the Ings, the Park Riggs, Scune Close, 4 cattle gates in Bowes West Pasture, 1 cattle gate in Gilmanby East Pasture, 4 cattle gates in Bowes Cow Close (all the estate of George Simpson); to make (3) tenant to the praecipe and lead the uses of a common recovery: (2) will hold property in trust for Ambrose Edwards [see D/HH2/2/400]

28 November 8 George II [1734] (1) John Lodge, demandant (2) Robert Atkinson, tenant to the praecipe (3) Edward Shaw and Sarah his wife; and Ambrose Edwards, esquire, vouchees Exemplification of a common recovery of property in Bowes, Boldron and Startforth

Michaelmas 12 George II [September 1738] (1) Gregory Elsley, gentleman, querent (2) John Rapier and Hannah his wife, deforciants Final concord of one messuage, 10 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture in Bowes

8 February 1743 (1) John Rapier of Morker, Yorkshire, yeoman (2) Gregory Elsley of Pattrick Brompton, Yorkshire, gentleman Bond in £20 to pay £10

6 March 1781 (1) Cornelius Harrison of Stubhouse, Winston, esquire (2) Reverend Robert Rawling of Lowfield, Forcett (3) John Dinsdale, gentleman and William Seymour, gentleman, both of Newsham, parish of Gainford (4) Doctor George Edwards of Barnard Castle Conveyance by (2) and (3) as trustees for (1), at direction of (1), to (4) of the tithes of the parish of Bowes, including schedule of deeds Consideration: £530

Letter from T[homas] E[merson] Headlam, Gateshead, [shipbuilder] to Dr. George Edwards, Coleman Street, London, with an extract from his mortgage of 6 - 7 April 1785 of a house and land in the parish of Bowes for £450, June 1792

Letter from George Edwards, Barnard Castle, to General Post Office, London, concerning his desire to purchase the land tax due on his estate in the parish of Bowes, 21 April 1800

Letters from Office for Taxes to George Edwards, Barnard Castle and London, concerning redemption of land tax, 22 October 1819 - 9 June 1820

1815 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, doctor of physic (2) John Maberly of Sheily House, Surrey, esquire Draft mortgage of houses and land in the parish of Bowes to secure £3000

Schedule of deeds, 1729 - 1810, of property of George Edwards, esquire, in the parish of Bowes, with note of receipt by Robert Langford as security for £3000 loan by John Maberly to Dr. Edwards, 7 August 1815

Warrant of attorney, George Edwards the younger of Paul's Wharf, London, gentleman, to Tinmouth Dixon and Timothy Holmes, attorneys of the Court of Kings Bench, to appear for him in an action of debt for the sum of £6,000 at the suit of George Edwards the elder of Barnard Castle; with memorandum that the warrant is given to George Edwards the elder as security for the payment of £3,000 plus interest, 7 August 1815

Letter from George Edwards, Paul's Wharf, [London] to Dr. Edwards, Barnard Castle, enclosing John Maberly's receipt for £300 interest and concerning advertisements, 28 August 1818

Receipt, John Maberly to Dr. Edwards for £300, interest on £3,000 loan, 4 November 1820

Memorandum by Mr. Wheldon that he delivered to Mr. Sanderson, a mortgagee, a conveyance from Mr. Hall and others to Dr. Edwards of premises in Bowes, and a mortgage due from Dr. Edwards to Miss Bass, 9 January 1818

Notice of alterations necessary to the resolutions passed at a general meeting (6 March 1818) of the freeholders of the Manor of Bowes, re abuses of power by the trustees of the manor and freedom to shoot game, 1818

5 February 1806 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Jonathan Monkhouse of Great Newsham, yeoman Lease for 9 years of Stone Bridge Farm, Bowes, Dawsons Close, an allotment on Gilmonby Pasture and cattle gates on Gilmonby Moor, with details of improvements and scheme of husbandry Rent: £300 p.a.

5 February 1806 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) John Walton the elder of Dove Hall, Bowes, yeoman Lease for 9 years of Dove Hall Farm and Spital Farm, Bowes, with details of improvements, scheme of husbandry and sketches of drainage Rent: £240 p.a. then £250 p.a.

November 1812 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Thomas Ireland of Stony Kild, farmer; and George Deanham of Northfield, farmer Draft lease for 7 years of Spittal Farm, Bowes (60 acres) Rent: £70 p.a.

Schedule of deeds, 1785 - 1818, of Dove Hall Farm, Bowes, belonging to George Edwards, esquire, in mortgage to William Sanderson to secure £1,000 plus interest, 4 November 1818

Notice by George Edwards to George Denham, to quit a farm in the parish of Bowes, 5 October 1819

Notice by George Edwards to Thomas Ireland, to quit a farm in the parish of Bowes, 5 October 1819

List of conditions for lease of Dove Hall Farm by George Edwards, 1821

30 November 1811 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Jonathan Ewbank of Park House, Westmorland, farmer Lease for 6 years of Mount Pleasant Farm, Bowes (70 acres) Rent: £100 p.a.

November 1813 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) James Ireland, yeoman; and James Dent of Bowes, yeoman Draft lease for 6 years of Mount Pleasant Farm, Bowes Rent: £105

Notice by George Edwards to William Thompson to quit farms in Bowes and Boldron, 5 October 1821

Letter from [George Edwards], 14 Panton Square, London, to 'Nevy' [John Nevinson Heslop] concerning his journey to London and enclosing £5, with instructions for payment of various people in Barnard Castle; also mentions his tenants John Whitfield of the Roods, James Hall of Spittal, Henry Walton of Dove Hall and James Ireland of Mount Pleasant, Bowes, 6 June 1823

20 April 4 James II [1688] (1) George Tocketts of Tocketts, Yorkshire, esquire (2) John Lambe of Durham City, esquire (3) Francis Mascall of Framwellgate, gentleman, and Henry Cuthbert of Elvet, yeoman Assignment of mortgage by lease for 99 years of Old Parke and the Buck Heads or Bowes Closes, part of Evenwood Park, which (1) leases from the Bishop of Durham (19 August 2 James II [1686]) to (2) on his repayment of £536 to Sir Christopher Musgrave of Keeper, Durham (mortgage of 29 September 1686); and further loan of £651

2 October 3 Anne [1704] Admittance of Mary Blakiston (widow of Ralph Blakiston) and William Blakiston (son and heir of Ralph Blakiston) to a moiety each of a cottage with garden

7 August 5 George I [1718] Conditional surrender of a moiety of a cottage with a garden in the occupation of Mary Blakiston, by Anthony Blakiston to William Jackson to secure £100

11 August 10 Anne [1711] Admittance of Ralph Blakiston to a close in the West Field (4a. 2r. 28p.), which Thomas Busby had surrendered

7 August 5 George I [1718] Admittance of William Johnson to a close (4a. 2r. 28p.), which Anthony Blakiston had surrendered

7 April 1 George I [1715] Admittance of Ambrose Edwards, gentleman, to a third part of 10 acres of land at the Ends of the Gardens, and a third part of pasturage for one horse on the Burn Greens, which George Edwards and John Hall had surrendered

2 May 1776 Admittance of Timothy Hutchinson of Eggleston, esquire (nephew and heir of William Hutchinson, gentleman, deceased) to property as in D/HH2/2/437, which William Hutchinson had held from the Lord of the Manor

2 June 1731 (1) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire and Anne his wife; and Gabelis Norton of Sawley, North Yorkshire, esquire (2) Thomas Allan of Allan Flatts, esquire [Lease and] release of one cavill of land in Chester-le-Street, leased from the Bishop of Durham for 3 lives Consideration: £220

2 June 1731 (1) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Thomas Allan of Allan Flats, esquire (1) holds the leasehold of one cavill of land at Chester-le-Street from the Bishop of Durham, which was conveyed in trust to Gabelis Norton, esquire and (2), on Ambrose's marriage to Anne Norton in 1724, as a marriage settlement; since there is no issue from the marriage, (1) and Gabelis Norton have leased and released the land to (2) for £220 [see D/HH2/2/439]; agreement that if there is any issue, then (1) will repay (2) £220 plus costs and (2) will hold the land in trust as per the marriage settlement

1 September 1715 (1) William Duke of Devonshire (2) William Garfoote of Cotherstone, yeoman Lease for 21 years of a house in Cotherstone with 3 garths (2a. 1r.), the Croft Head, Bowran's Close, Slackbury Close, Crooke and Slack Gate, Low West Close, High West Close and West Field land Consideration: fine of £65; rent 18s. p.a.

9 October 1721 (1) William Garfoot of Cotherstone, yeoman (2) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, gentleman Assignment of D/HH2/2/441 for remainder of 21 years to raise £97 8s. to pay the fine on the original lease

2 February 1736 (1) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) Joshua Greene of Stannington Bridge, gentleman Lease for 11 years of a moiety of the rectory of Tynemouth, Northumberland, glebe and tithes (which (1) has leased from Charles Duke of Somerset for 21 years from 1 October 1734) Consideration: £315 and £50 p.a.

18 November 1805 (1) John Bacon Saurey Morritt of Rokeby Park, esquire (2) William Milner of Tudhoe House, Rokeby Tenancy agreement for a year for farm at Tudhoe House (111a. 2r. 25p.) Includes scheme of husbandry Rent: £120 p.a.

27 April 1763 Will of John Thirkell of Staindrop, yeoman

Plan of land adjoining Staindrop Road (14a. 0r. 38p.), divided into 5 fields, n.d. No scale

7 September 1720 (1) Peter Rowntree, chandler; and John Ditchburn, shoemaker, of the City of Durham (2) George Edwards senior of Barnard Castle Bond in £100 to indemnify (2) re the administration of the estate of John Ditchburn the elder of Durham City, deceased

24 July 1762 (1) George Edwards of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Edward Brown of Barnard Castle, joiner Assignment of promissory note for £85 from Gerard Davis of Barnard Castle, tanner to (1) and bonds, as security for loan by (2) to (1) of £50 and to indemnify (2) from the penal sum in the bonds

Administration of the estate of William Cheesbrough, late of Barnard Castle, granted to Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, 10 April 1724

17 August 1727 (1) Ambrose Edwards of Barnard Castle, esquire (2) John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman (3) Joshua Hardisty of Knaresbrough, North Yorkshire, gentleman Articles of partnership re an agreement of 28 March 1727 by (1), (2) and (3) with Cuthbert Constable of Burton Constable, Yorkshire East Riding, esquire, to fell oak and ash trees and lead away the timber at North End and Marten Wood, Burton Park and Yardwood, in the manor of Burton Constable and at South Park and Appleyards, Burstwick, Yorkshire East Riding, for £3,300. The partners agree that each is due 1/3 of the wood; each will pay 1/3 to Cuthbert Constable; and that someone will be appointed to sell the wood, collect the money and share out the profits

Receipt, William Nash and Richard Weston to Ambrose Edwards for £17 10s. interest on £770, the purchase money of an estate sold by them, 18 December 1734

Notice to Ralph Harker, Richard Richards, William Sayer and William Collin for payment of farm rents to Ambrose Edwards, esquire, 18 December 1734

Receipts for rent and board, 1814 - 1822

Bill for banking transactions, John Dickonson, 10 July 1815 - 8 May 1822

Accounts of receipts and payments, John Nevinson Heslop on behalf of George Edwards, 1816 - 1822

Bills for legal work, Thomas Bowes and Thomas Wheldon, November 1817 - January 1819

Bills for leading stones, soil, manure, lime, hay, wood, clay etc., 1818 - 1822

Bills for clothes, shoes, stationery, wines and spirits, 1819 - 1822

Bills, Cuthbert Swinburn, for mason's work and Margaret Braithwaite for building a wall, 31 August 1821 - 1 May 1822

Letters from George Edwards, London and Montrose, to Dr. George Edwards, Barnard Castle and London, concerning loans, a trust and the possibility of changing the trustees, business in Scotland, and his mother's ill health, 25 August 1817 - 24 December 1822

Letters from Thomas Wheldon, Barnard Castle to George Edwards, London, concerning a mortgage, 29 January - 19 February 1818

Letters from John Nevinson Heslop, Barnard Castle to George Edwards, London, concerning payment of bills and rents received, 18 May - 6 June 1822

Account of interest paid by George Edwards to William Sanderson, and letter acknowledging receipt, 2 March 1818 - 22 April 1822

Notes concerning the Vale of Teesdale and a tourist itinerary in the Lake District, n.d. [c.1820]

Notes concerning politics, including the Report of the Select Agricultural Committee 1821 and political ideas, 1821 - 1822

Petition, George Edwards of Barnard Castle to King George IV seeking permission to apply to Parliament for remuneration for being 'the original author of the Income or Property Tax', n.d. [1822]

Letter from George Edwards to the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, concerning his political views and his petition, n.d. [1822]

Correspondence between George Edwards and Robert Peel, Home Secretary (via civil servants) concerning his petition, with notes on his political ideas, 1822

Letter, George Edwards to the Hon. Mr. Powlett, concerning his political views and his petition, n.d. [1822]