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Durham St. Mary the Less Parish

Reference: EP/Du.ML Catalogue Title: Durham St. Mary the Less Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1560-2020

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Catalogue Description

See also D/X 2272

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/Du.ML Section 1)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 01)

1


Register of baptisms, 1560 - 1644 and 1656 - 1807 (includes admission into church of Elizabeth Rods, aged 6, 29 July 1810); register of marriages, 1558 - February 1754; register of burials, 1559 - 1812 With list of rectors', clerks' and sextons' fees
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 02)

2-3, 17, 32/1-2


Register of banns, September 1755 - 1823; register of marriages, September 1755 - November 1812
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, May 1813 - August 1842
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 18 November 1837 - 27 June 1964
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of marriages, 21 December 1968 - 14 December 2002
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 23 August 2003 - 12 September 2020
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 03)

5


Register of banns of marriage, 1824 - 1915
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 04)

4


Register of burials, June 1813 - December 1914
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Du.ML Section 2)Benefice (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 01)

25


Papers re the union of the parish of St. Mary the Less and St. Mary le Bow, 19 June 1912 - July 1929
(6 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 02)

12-16, 24


Correspondence, etc. of Rev. J. Raine, 1828 - 1859
(1 volume)


List of Rectors (1241-1696) and copies of charters and agreements etc. re St. Mary the Less, 18th cent.
(4 papers)


List of rectors of St. Mary's church, South Bailey, 1241 - 1859; and copies of agreements, awards and inquiries concerning the above parish, 1337 - 1434 [copy made c.1859]
(paper, 1 file, Latin)

Archdeacons' visitations (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 03)

31


Copy of articles of enquiry and responses by the churchwardens at the ordinary visitation of the Archdeacon of Durham, 1897
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Du.ML Section 3)Church property (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 01)

11, 19-23


Leases of church properties by churchwardens, 1836 - 1844
(1 volume)


5 May 1723 (1) William Pye of Durham, gent, Lady Elizabeth Bowes of Durham, widow, Churchwardens of Little Saint Mary, South Bailey (2) Henry Pratt of South Bailey, yeoman and Rosamund his wife Lease by (1) to (2) of a cottage and garden situate in South Bailey, Durham
(parchment, 1 membrane)


20 April 1745 (1) Ralph Trotter, gent and Joseph Forster, gent, Churchwardens of the parish of Little Saint Mary, South Bailey, Durham (2) Henry Pratt of South Bailey, yeoman (3) Rosamund Pratt, daughter of (1) Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) and (3) of a cottage and garden situate in South Bailey, Durham
(1 paper)


6 May 1741 (1) Sir Robert Eden, baronet and John Pye, gent, Churchwardens of the parish of Little Saint Mary, South Bailey (2) Edward Shipperdson of Pittington Hall Garth, esq. Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of one tenement called the Guildhall in South Bailey, Durham
(parchment, 1 membrane)


4 May 1801 (1) Timothy Hutchinson of South Bailey, esq. and George Hanby of South Bailey, plumber, Churchwardens of the parish of Little Saint Mary (2) Christopher Hopper of Durham, alderman Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of a tenement called the Guildhall in South Bailey, Durham
(1 paper)


4 May 1822 (1) Thomas Greenwell and George Hanby, Churchwardens of parish of Little Saint Mary, Durham (2) Dorothea Methold of South Bailey, Durham, widow Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of a tenement in South Bailey, Durham Consideration: £2 15s.6d. and 8s. p.a.
(1 paper)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 02)

29


Terrier of church property, n.d. [1908j
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 03)

6-10, 26


Churchwardens' accounts (including Overseers' accounts, 1828-37; copy of clauses of will of Henry Wilson, 1640; copy of articles of agreement between Churchwardens and William Key; inventory of church property, 1680), 1662 - 1917
(3 volumes)


Receipts; churchwardens' accounts; legal settlements; plans of church; articles of visitation, Chief Constable's instructions; schedules for collecting sesses; general correspondence etc. 1709 - 1850
(2 volumes)


Accounts of churchwardens, 18 May 1894 -16 March 1904
(9 papers)

Offertory book (Ref: EP/Du.ML section 04)

18


Offertory book, 24 June 1876 - 12 July 1877 Includes: Lists of sick
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Du.ML Section 7)

27-28, 30


Draft notice of meeting of rate payers of the parish, 10 April 1895
(1 paper)


Notice of annual meeting of rated inhabitants, 18 April 1903
(1 paper)


Receipts and demand notes for poor rate sent by the Overseers of the Poor, 9 August 1900 - 31 March 1925 (5 papers)