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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 456 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Hill family papers, including Blackwell manor, Darlington

Covering Dates: 1633-1855

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Miscellaneous documents

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HILL FAMILY PAPERS

Catalogue Contents

Hill family papers (Ref: D/X 456)Blackwell Manor deeds (Ref: D/X 456/1-29)

Blackwell Manor was acquired by Thomas Hill of Manfield, cc. York (d. 1773) through his marriage to Elizabeth, sister of Christopher Denton of Grays' Inn. The property was sold to the Allan family in 1803 (see Longstaffe's "History of Darlington")

Lands in Blackwell were originally held of the Bishop of Durham as part of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington within Darlington Division- the surrenders themselves seem to suggest that the lands in Blackwell township were part of Bondgate in Darlington Manor and the notes in the margin indicate the township where the plots are situated, rather than the name of the manor (see the wording in the heading of the document D/X 456/8 - not included in the catalogue description below). All surrenders are out of the Halmote court held mainly at Darlington. The Bishop was the lord of the manor and all owners of the land were mesne lords.

Ref: D/X 456/1-7

Leases of tithe hay from land in Blackwell, from Robert Ward of Dinsdale, 1663, 1672

(7 papers)

Ref: D/X 456/8-12

Surrenders of a cottage and garden acquired by Thomas Hill in 1760 -1720-1760

(5 parchments)

Ref: D/X 456/13-14

Deeds of a cottage and garden adjoining property D/X 456/8-12, 1779

(2 parchments)

Ref: D/X 456/15-19

Admittances and surrenders of two pieces of land and a house, 1777-1778, with covenant to ensure the title of Christopher Hill, 1781

(3 parchments, 1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/20-23

Surrenders of 94 acres - including Blackwell Holme, Castle Hill, Stressan Closes and Garth Ends, 1725-1774

(4 parchments)

Ref: D/X 456/24-28

Surrenders of property including Walk Mill Nook, 1633-1774

(11 parchments)

Ref: D/X 456/29

Lease for 21 years to Thomas Hill of Denton's house and land including Middle Holme, The Banks and the Long Draughts, 1762

(1 parchment)

Yorkshire property (Ref: D/X 456/30-38)Ref: D/X 456/30-37

Deeds of land in Moscroft, co. York, the property of the Denton family, with will, 1759, of Christopher Denton, 1681-1769

(9 parchments)

Ref: D/X 456/38

Mortgage of a house and garden in Eastgate Street, Beverley, co. York, 1737

(1 parchment)

Business papers (Ref: D/X 456/39-40)Ref: D/X 456/39

Deed of copartnership of Robert Hill (d. 1786) and Timothy Parker of Sunderland in a firm of coalfitters, 1768

(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 456/40

Conveyance of Robert Hill's share in a ship and its cargo (property of Hill and Parker) to Christopher Hill of Blackwell, 1783

(1 parchment)

Miscellaneous family papers (Ref: D/X 456/41-55)Ref: D/X 456/41

Bargain and sale of two pews in St. Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, from William Moore of Surrey to Ralph Stobbs of Darlington, 1742

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/42

Episcopal grant of a pew in Sunderland parish church to Robert Inman, 1769

(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 456/43

Order for repayment to Charles Fox of money loaned to the Crown under the 1690 East India Goods Act, 1692

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 456/44

"Newcastle Advertiser" account of the nomination speeches for the County election, 1790

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/45

"Billesdon Coplow", a poem about hunting, 1800

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 456/46

French passport granted to Dr. Thomas Masterman Winterbottom for a European tour, c. 1822

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/47

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden - Agreements for employment of the orchestra and chorus, 1822-1828; receipts for salaries, 1812-1831; bill for the use of police at the theatre, 1831

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/X 456/48

Black List - of peers who voted against the Reform Bill, with their annual incomes, 1831

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/49

Satiric election poster for Darlington borough election, 1832

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/50

"Wakefield Journal's" account of the borough election, 1832

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/51

Famous 19th century signatures, including William Pitt, Gladstone, Melbourne, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Eldon, with a letter from Hugh O'Brien to Dr. Robert G. Hill (1811-1878) re the formation of an Army medical corps, 1855

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/X 456/52

Poem re Pain's "Rights of Man", n.d.

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/53

Seals with mythological figures, n.d.

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 456/54

Etchings by William Makepeace Thackeray, while at Cambridge, illustrative of University life, n.d.

(1 volume)

Ref: D/X 456/55

Book written in Chinese, n.d.

(1 booklet)