Catalogue

20 June 1715 (1) Elizabeth Snaith, late of Barnard Castle but now of Lartington, Yorkshire, widow; Thomas Snaith, late of Barnard Castle but now of Staindrop, gent.; and Joseph Snaith of Barnard Castle, gent. (2) Freville Lambton the younger of Biddick, gent. (3) Thomas Perkin of Barnard Castle, grocer Assignment of lease of burgage in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £54 10s.

24 and 25 July 1719 (1) Thomas Snaith, late of Barnard Castle but now of Staindrop, gent., and Draper [sic] his wife (2) Robert Davis, the younger, of Barnard Castle, weaver Lease and release of messuage, with the dyehouse, garth and garden on the backside thereof, in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: 5s. and £50

1 September 1719 (1) Robert Davis the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver (2) Thomas Snaith, late of Barnard Castle, now of Staindrop, gent. Discharge of mortgage on a messuage, with the dyehouse, garth and garden on the backside thereof in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £40

1 November 1723 (1) Robert Davis the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver (2) Mary Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, spinster Mortgage of a messuage with a dyehouse converted into a dwelling house and garth on the south row of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £20

7 November 1727 (1) Robert Davis the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver and Mary, his wife (2) George Slockburn of Cleatham, yeo. Release (lease missing) of a messuage which was lately a dyehouse converted into a dwellinghouse with a stable on the south row of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £36

8 November 1727 (1) Robert Davis the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver and Mary, his wife (2) William Chapman of Barnard Castle, weaver and Anne, his wife Lease (release missing) of a messuage and garth in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: 5s.

10 November 1727 (1) Mary Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, spinster (2) Robert Davis the younger of Barnard Castle, weaver, George Slockburne of Cleatham, yeo. (3) William Chapman of Barnard Castle, weaver and Anne, his wife (4) Miles Bowsfield and Christopher Harker, both of Barnard Castle, millers Conveyance of messuage with dyehouse converted into a dwellinghouse and garth on the south row of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle, with the reversion thereof. Consideration: £30

18 and 19 November 1728 (1) George Slockburne of Wardhouse, Cleatham, yeo. (2) Joseph Raw of Barnard Castle, dyer and Elianor Hullock of Barnard Castle, spinster Lease and release of a messuage on the south side of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle, which was lately a dyehouse converted into a dwellinghouse with a stable or little house adjoining Consideration: 5s. and £45

1 and 2 May 1732 (1) William Chapman of Barnard Castle, weaver and Ann, his wife (2) Joseph Snaith of Barnard Castle, glover Lease and release of a messuage and garth in Bridgegate Barnard Castle Consideration: 5s. and 5s.

1 and 2 August 1733 (1) Joseph Snaith of Barnard Castle, glover and Margaret, his wife, William Chapman of Barnard Castle, weaver and Ann, his wife (2) John Wrongham of Staindrop, yeo. Lease and release of a messuage with a garth in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: 5s. and £4

30 August 1733 (1) Stephen Burletson and John Wrangham, Plaintiffs (2) Jeremiah Cheesbrough and Anne, his wife, William Chapman and Anne, his wife, Joseph Snaith and Margaret, his wife, deforciants Final concord of 4 messuages, 1 stable, 1 barn, 1 garden, 10 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture and commons at Walkerfield, Barnard Castle, Staindrop and Gainford Consideration: 100 marks

10 and 11 February 1735-1736 (1) Joseph Snaith of Barnard Castle, glover and John Wrangham of Staindrop, yeo. (2) William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, Esq. Lease and release of a messuage with a garth in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: 5s. and £11 5s.

10 and 11 November 1779 (1) Joseph Raw, late of Barnard Castle, now of Holborn, London, weaver and Mary, his wife (2) John Snaith of Barnard Castle, schoolmaster Lease and release of a messuage in Bridgegate Street, Barnard Castle, formerly a dyehouse converted into a dwellinghouse with a stable or little house adjoining Consideration: 5s. and £50

2 February 1833 (1) Rev. John Banks, Bishop of St. David and the Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) William Charles Chaytor of the City of Durham, Esq., and John Leybourne of the College, Durham, Esq. Lease of house on Heworth Common for 21 years Rent: 3s. p.a.

15 and 16 September 1828 (1) William Snaith of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper (2) William Buxton of Bishop Auckland, watchmaker (3) John Fordy of Gateshead Fell, porter, trustee Lease and release of a parcel of ground at Sheriff Hill Consideration: 5s. and £15

2 May 1798 Probate copy of the will of Francis Patterson of Whickham, shoemaker, will made 14 April 1798

15 October 1735 Probate copy of the will of 28 July 1835 of William Snaith of Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Esq. Devises a freehold dwellinghouse in Briggate, Barnard Castle and a freehold dwellinghouse and shop built by himself at Sheriff Hill to his brother Joseph Snaith, and two freehold dwellinghouses at Sheriff Hill purchased from William Buxton to his brother John Morresby Snaith

23 February 1866 Probate copy of the will of Jonathan Melvin Pattison of Norwood, Whickham, farmer. Will made 22 February 1865

Orders and regulations giving directions for the removal of the inhabitants and stock of Newcastle upon Tyne in the case of invasion, 15 March 1804

'Plan of an estate in the townships of Monkseaton and Whitley in the parish of Tynemouth, belonging to the trustees of the late Hannah Ellison. John Bourne, surveyor', May 1839. Gives field names and boundaries Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]