Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)
Reference: Du 7 Catalogue Title: Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: St. Nicholas Lectureship
Covering Dates: 1731-1838
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St. Nicholas Lectureship (Ref: Du 7)Election of a lecturer (Ref: Du 7/1/1)Ref: Du 7/1/1
Poll for election of a lecturer for St. Nicholas, 18 August 1783
(1 paper)
Lectureship lands (Ref: Du 7/1/2-54)Ref: Du 7/1/2-31796
(1) Sir Henry Vane Tempest
(2) Mayor, recorder and aldermen of Durham
Draft and extract of lease of ground in Pellow Leazes, Broad Close and Bakehouse Leazes, St Giles, Durham
Consideration: £3 6s.8d.
(1 paper, 1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/4Plan of Bridge Lands in St. Giles, including a note of granting a new lease by Sir Henry Tempest, 1799
No scale
(1 plan, 38cm x 23cm, ink, partly coloured)
Ref: Du 7/1/523 October 1731
(1) Robert Smith; Giles Rain; Henry Forster and Robert Wharton, aldermen of Durham
(2) Robert Ayre of Easington, mariner and shipwright
(3) Walter Bell of Easington, yeoman
Assignment of lease of messuage with garden and of 5a. of pasture called the maynes, part of a main and a half of lands at Easington
Rent: 9s. p.a.
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/6Memorandum re lease granted by Bishop of Durham to Corporation of Durham for the lecturer of St. Nicholas of a tenement and 13.5 acres of land in Easington, 11 October 1756
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/71 May 1782
(1) Bishop of Durham
(2) Mayor and aldermen of City of Durham
Lease by (1) to (2) of tenement and main and a half of land, 13.5a.
Rent: for tenement 30s.3d. and for main and a half 15s. p.a.
(2 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/8Power of Attorney to take livery of seisin of Du 7/1/7, 27 September 1782
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/91783
(1) Ralph Bowser, William Kirton, John Starforth and Christopher Hopper, aldermen of Durham
(2) John Watson of Wolveston, yeoman
Lease of messuage or tenement by (1) to (2)
Rent: nominal
(3 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/10-11Drafts of declaration of trust concerning lease Du 7/1/9, 26 September 1783
(1 paper, 1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/12-13Letter of attorney (and draft) from mayor and aldermen to Mr. Martin Wilkinson to take livery of seisin of lands at Easington in trust for the lecturer of St. Nicholas, 23 September 1789
(4 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/1418 October 1814
(1) Bishop of Durham
(2) Thomas Wilkinson, Thomas Dunn, Thomas Chipchase, Thomas Austin and John Wilkinson, aldermen of the City of Durham
Lease by (1) to (2) of tenement in Easington and 13.5a. of land
Rent: 30s. for the tenement and 15s. for the land p.a.
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/15Statement re land tax paid for lecturer's land, n.d. [1800s]
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/16-17Notices concerning distraint on lecturer's lands in St. Giles, October 1802
(2 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/18-19Notices to pay rent on lecturer's lands, Easington, 6 April 1826
(2 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/20-23Notices to quit, 7 June 1813 - 13 October 1826
(4 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/24-27Notices concerning distraint on lecturer's lands in Easington, December 1826 - 14 May 1827
(4 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/28-50Correspondence re lecturer's lands - non-payment of rents, renewal of leases etc., 3 March 1826 - 17 November 1832
(21 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/51Notice of auction of farming stock and household furniture, 14 May 1827
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/52Petition of John Silverseeds in the court for relief of insolvent debtors, 27 August 1827
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/53Consent to waive objections to notice of distress on crop of corn for rent, 28 August 1827
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 7/1/54Plan and valuation of two fields in Gilligate which the mayor and corporation held in trust for the lecturer of St. Nicholas, 15 July 1819
(1 paper)
Lectureship receipts (Ref: Du 7/1/55-109)Ref: Du 7/1/55-61Receipts, 1825 - 23 December 1827
(1 file, 6 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/62-71Receipts, 31 March 1829 - 14 November 1829
(10 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/72-74Receipts, 1829 - 19 March 1831
(1 file, 2 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/75Receipts, 1831 - 16 June 1832
(1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/76-78Receipts, 18 October 1832 - 31 November 1833
(1 paper, 2 files)
Ref: Du 7/1/79-85Receipts, 23 October 1833 - 5 July 1834
(7 papers)
Ref: Du 7/1/86-91Receipts, 11 November 1834 - October 1835
(5 papers, 1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/92-96Receipts, 24 October 1835 - 19 August 1836
(4 papers, 1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/97-99Receipts, 11 November 1836 - 14 June 1837
(2 papers, 1 file)
Ref: Du 7/1/100-109Receipts, 11 November 1837 - 1 November 1838
(10 papers)
