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Richmonds

Reference: D/Ric Catalogue Title: Richmonds Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne

Covering Dates: 1657-1948

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Richmonds

Catalogue Description

Interim list of records of Messrs. Richmonds, solicitors,
deposited on long-term loan,
7 July 1989 and 3 August 1989

(Acc: 1872(D))(Acc: 1877(D))

County Durham client papers of the Richmonds solicitors' practice, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, including records of:
Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd.
North Eastern Breweries Ltd.
Aynsley and Hoyle families, including J. Murray Aynsley, solicitor, Consett
Murray family of Benfieldside and Shotley Bridge

Catalogue Contents

Richmonds, solicitors (Ref: D/Ric)Interim List (Acc: 1872(D)) (Ref: D/Ric Boxes 1-13)Ref: D/Ric Box 1

Cases for the opinion of counsel, 1896 - 1897; vouchers, 1895; papers relating to the conveyance by the liquidator of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. of coal mines in the parish of Easington to The Horden Collieries Ltd., 1897 - 1900; surrenders of leases and agreements for the transfer of various royalties by the liquidators of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington company, 1897 - 1899; case papers and judgement, in the Chancery Division, in The South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. v The Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co., 1897 - 1898

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 2

Liquidation papers of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd: statutory notices, miscellaneous accounts, proxies, lists of shareholders and creditors, 1896 - 1905; papers relating to the reduction of capital of the Company authorised by the Chancery Division of the High Court, 1890

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 3

Plans of property and wayleaves of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., 1870s - 1890s; bills of costs of liquidator and in connexion with liquidation, 1897 - 1905

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 4

Mortgages, bonds, debentures of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., 1865 - 1896

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 5

Deeds, leases of coalmines, abstracts of title and related papers, Shotton, Haswell and environs, 1657 - 1852

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 6

Deeds, leases of coalmines, agreements, abstracts of title, Shotton, Haswell and environs, 1859 - 1900

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 7

Draft conveyances, abstracts of title, sale particulars and correspondence relating to the sale, by the liquidator of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., of house property, building land etc. in Haswell and adjoining areas, 1898 - 1904; papers relating to the Plough Inn, Haswell, 1876 - 1898; papers relating to water supply, 1904; papers relating to sale of Methodist Chapels, 1898 - 1905

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 8

General correspondence relating to the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., 1882 - 1896, 1900 - 1905 (not original bundles); miscellaneous papers relating to the liquidation of the Company, c.1898 - 1900

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 9

General correspondence and notices relating to the liquidation of the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. and the realisation of its assets, January 1897 - December 1899 (not original bundles)

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 10

Copy and draft conveyances of plots of building land at Haswell Moor Farm and at Shotton Colliery, 1870 - 1877; conveyance of lands and leases of mineral rights to the Haswell Coal Company and to the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd.; partnership agreement for the Haswell Coal Company, 1829 - 1843, 1852 - 1868

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 11

Leases by the Haswell, Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. of dwellinghouses at Haswell, 1870 - 1871; register of bonds and mortgages of the Haswell company, 1867 - 1896; out letter books of the Haswell company (in liquidation), 14 January 1897 - 5 August 1905

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 12

Papers relating to the estate of John Joseph Hunter of Whickham Lodge, deceased: will, estate duty papers, dividend warrants, accounts, correspondence (with Admiral Cuthbert Hunter of London) etc. 1890s - 1920s

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 13

Papers relating to the estate of Duncan Macfarlan, deceased (accounts, correspondence etc.) and to the legal and financial affairs of John Charlton, one of his beneficiaries, 1899 - 1917; papers relating to the estates of James Wilson Wood and Alexander Wood, both of Newcastle: estate duty papers, share certificates, insurance policies and correspondence, 1856 - 1918; papers relating to Mrs. Shiell's settlement [of which Alexander Wood is a trustee?], 1880s; miscellaneous papers, n.d. (1 box)

Interim List (Acc: 1877(D)) (Ref: D/Ric Boxes 14-24)Ref: D/Ric Box 14

Wills, estate accounts, bills of costs, correspondence etc. of Theodore Hoyle deceased and of his beneficiaries, and journal of Theodore Hoyle's executors, 1900s - 1930

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 15

Will and settlement of John Theodore Hoyle, 1855 - 1887; appointment of new trustees and papers regarding the Crickett legacy trust, 1910s - 1930s; miscellaneous papers relating to Hoyle's investments, business etc., 1910 - 1930s

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 16

Annual reports and accounts of local companies in which J. Murray Aynsley was interested; private ledger of J.M.A.; bank pass books of Aynsley and wife; papers and accounts relating to Aynsley in practice as a solicitor in Consett, 1910s - 1930s

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 17

Papers relating to J.M. Aynsley, deceased, and to Mrs. M.E. Aynsley (nee Hoyle), his widow, 1900s - 1935

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 18

Papers relating to The North-Eastern Breweries Ltd. and tenancy agreements, deeds and other papers relating to certain of its public house properties, 1896 - 1948

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 19

Deeds and plans relating to property of Richard Murray and J.G. Murray at Benfieldside, Horden and Shildon and papers relating to the Owners of Redheugh Colliery Ltd. (amongst whom the Murrays are numbered), 1801 - 1947

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 20

Jarrow deeds, 1869; miscellaneous deeds, wills and agreements, sale of particulars etc., 1788 - 1931

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 21

Deeds to property in Oak Terrace, Tantobie; estate accounts, correspondence and miscellaneous papers of W.J. Handcock, deceased, 1834 - 1948

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 22

Deeds relating to property in Gateshead, principally that of C.J. Pearson, and in Whickham, c.1790 - 1860

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 23

Bank book, trust accounts, case papers and agreements relating to Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Forster's marriage settlement trust, 1880s - 1910s; annual reports and accounts (incomplete) of the South Hetton Coal Company Ltd., 1891 - 1910

(1 box)

Ref: D/Ric Box 24

Contracts, agreements, plans and miscellaneous papers relating to the High Street building estate, Wallsend, developed by John George Murray of Shotley Bridge, 1900s; lease of premises in Neville Chambers, Newcastle, 1928

(1 box)