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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 733 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Chester-le-Street, 22/26 Front Street, deeds

Covering Dates: 1851-1914

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    • Deeds of 22/26 Front Street, Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/X 733/1-14)

Catalogue Description

Deeds of 22/26 Front Street, Chester - le - Street, deposited on long term loan, March 1984

(Acc: 1509(D))

Catalogue Contents

Deeds of 22/26 Front Street, Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/X 733/1-14)Ref: D/X 733/1

6 October 1851 (1) Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham (2) Hannah Emmerson of Leeds, widow and Samuel Hewitt of Chester-le- Street, joiner Grant de novo as an escheat of a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Cliester-le-Street, former1y held by Robert 1nman (parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/2

20 October 1851 (1) Hannah Emmerson of Leeds, widow (2) Isabella Alicia Greenwell of Durham, widow Surrender and defeazance of a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £420
(parchment, I membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/3

3 October 1857 Admittance of Henry Greenwell of Durham, solicitor, eldest son and heir of Isabella Alicia Greenwell of Durham, widow, who died intestate, to the messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/4

Abstract of title, 6 October 1851 - 3 October 1857, to property at Chester-le-Street belonging to Samuel Hewitt and contracted to be sold to William Wilson, 1858
(4 papers)

Ref: D/X 733/5

28 August 1858 (1) Henry Greenwell of Durham, solicitor and William Greenwell of Gravesend, Kent, gentleman, executors of Isabella Alicia Greenwell of Durham, widow and Samuel Hewitt of Chester-le-Street, joiner (2) Robert French Gibson of Chester-le-Street, spirit merchant and Robert Dalkin of Chester-le-Street, tailor, trustees of the Chester-le-Street Benefit Building Society (3) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, shoemaker Surrender and defeazance by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuages Consideration: £600
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/6

28 August 1858 (1) Henry Greenwell of Durham, gent.; William Greenwell of Gravesend, Kent, gent., and Samuel Hewitt of Chester-le-Street, joiner (2) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (3) Robert French Gibson of Chester-le-Street, spirit merchant, and Robert Dalkin of Chester-le-Street, tailor, trustees of the Chester-le-Street Benefit Building Society Covenants as to copyhold of a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage, conveyed by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) Consideration: £500
(parchment, 3 membranes)

Ref: D/X 733/7

5 June 1860 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoenaker (2) Thomas Wilson, hardwareman, Edward Spoor, builder, and Jacob Hunter, flour dealer, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, trustees of the Crown Permanent Building Society Mortgage of a messuage on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage Consideration: £500
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 733/8

8 June 1860 (1) Robert French Gibson of Chester-le-Street, spirit merchant, and Robert Dalkin of Chester-le-Street, tailor, trustees of Chester-le-Street Benefit Building Society (2) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (3) Thomas Wilson, hardwareman, Edward Spoor, builder, and Jacob Hunter, flour dealer, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, trustees of the Crown Permanent Building Society Surrender and defeazance by (1) to (3) to the use of (2) of a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the Town Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage Consideration: £500
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/9

26 June 1863 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Thomas Wilson, hardwareman, Edward Spoor, builder, and Jacob Hunter, publican, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, trustees of the Crown Permanent Building Society Further charge of £75 on a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/10

29 September 1870 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Thomas Wilson, hardwareman, Edward Spoor, builder, and Jacob Hunter, commercial traveller, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, trustees of the Crown Permanent Building Society Further charge of £550 on a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/11

3 May 1871 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Thomas Wi1son, hardwareman, Robert Rofs, ironmonger, and John Harrop Finlay, tobacconist, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, trustees of the Crown Permanent Building Society Further charge of £200 on a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/12

9 February 1876 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Crown Permanent Benefit Building Society Further charge of £300 on a messuage now used as two shops on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a messuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/13

14 December 1877 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, carrier (2) The Crown Permanent Building Society Further charge of £300 on a messuage, part of which was formerly used as two shops, on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street, and a half part of a me ssuage formerly used as a shop and forge opposite the first messuage
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/14

27 October 1879 (1) William Wilson of Stanley Street, Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Charles John Cruddas of Newcastle upon Tyne Mortgage of the two messuages, formerly described as one dwellinghouse with the two shops underneath on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £800
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 733/15

(1) William Wilson of- Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker (2) Charles John Cruddas of- Newcastle upon Tyne Surrender and defeazance of- two messuages, formerly described as one dwellinghouse, with the two shops underneath on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £800
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/16

5 May 1880 (1) William Wilson of Chester-le-Street, leather merchant (2) Bainbridge and Company of Newcastle upon Tyne, drapers Charge of messuages in Front Street, Chester-le-Street, for the payment of £684 11s.2d. owed by (1) to (2). Endorsed: debt discharged by trustees under the will of the late William Wilson, 6 February 1902
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 733/17

Abstract of title, 27 November 1879 - 7 June 1901, to property at Chester-le-Street belonging to the late William Wilson, 1901
(4 papers)

Ref: D/X 733/18

5 February 1902 (1) Charles John Cruddas of Stoke Bishop near Bristol, mortgagee (2) John Alsop Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoe maker and Joseph Robinson of Stanley, chemist, vendors (3) Joseph Butt of Chester-le-Street, china merchant, purchaser Covenant to surrender two messuages, formerly described as one dwellinghouse, with the two shops underneath, on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £1,200 for the vendors, of which £800 is to go to the mortgagee
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/19

5 February 1902 (1) Joseph Butt of Chester-le-Street, china merchant, mortgagor (2) Matilda Wilson of Newbottle, widow and Samuel Wilson of Sunderland, timber merchant, mortgagees Covenant to surrender two messuages, formerly described as one dwellinghouse and the two shops underneath on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £1,400
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/20

6 February 1902 (1) Charles John Cruddas of Stoke Bishop near Bristol, John Alsop Wilson of Chester-le-Street, boot and shoemaker, Joseph Robinson of Stanley, chemist (2) Joseph Butt of Chester-le-Street, china merchant (3) Matilda Wilson of Newbottle, widow, and Samuel Wilson of Sunderland, timber merchant Surrender and defeazance by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of two messuages, formerly described as one dwcl1inghouse, with the two shops underneath on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £1,400
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/21

21 September 1903 (1) Joseph Butt of Chester-le-Street, china merchant (2) Matilda Wilson of Newbottle, widow and Samuel Wilson of Sunderland, timber merchant Further charge of £200 on two messuages, formerly described as one dwelling, with the two shops underneath on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 733/22

Abstract of title, 27 November 1879 - 30 November 1912, to property in Front Street, Chester-le-Street, 1913
(8 papers)

Ref: D/X 733/23

(1) Samuel Wilson of Sunderland, timber merchant, vendor (2) Christopher Alderson Crave of Wesley Terrace, Chester- le-Street, confectioner, purchaser Covenant for the surrender of two messuages, formerly described as one dwellinghouse with the two shops underneath, on the east side of the street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £1 ,300
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 733/24

16 April 1914 (1) Pearson Hall of Chester-le-Street, ironfounder (2) Christopher Alderson Craves of Chester-le-Street, baker and confectioner Grant of right of way over property on the east side of Front Street, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £100
(1 paper)



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