Catalogue

19 November 1812 (1) George Lindsley of Hett, blacksmith (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, banker Assignment by (1) to (2) of two closes of land at Hett, as specified, for the remainder of a term of 21 years created by the within recited lease of 28 September 1801 Consideration: £47 10/-

28 September 1813 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral (2) Thomas Dunn of North Bailey, Durham, Esquire Lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of 4a. 3r. 4p. of waste land at Hett Rent: 4/- p.a. (parchment, 1 membrane, pendent seal of (1))

Abstracts of Title (1801-1813) of Thomas Dunn to lands at Hett held under the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 1813

22 November 1813 (1) Thomas Dunn of Durham, banker; Martin Dunn of Durham, merchant; John Dunn of Durham, gentleman (administrators of Benjamin Dunn) (2) Robert Burrell of the Palace Green, Durham, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2) of lands at Hett, as specified, for the remainder of a term of 21 years from 20 July 1813 Consideration: £1325

23 November 1813 (1) Robert Burrell of the Palace Green, Durham, gentleman (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, banker Reassignment by (1) to (2) of lands at Hett, with a declaration that (1) was acting for (2) in the assignment D/X 648/5

20 November 1817 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral (2) John Bainbridge of Bread Street, London, merchant (assignee in bankruptcy of Thomas Dunn) (3) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill, gentleman Licence to (2) to alienate to (3) two parcels of land at Hett leased by (1) to Thomas Dunn by an indenture of 28 September 1813 (parchment, 1 membrane, pendent seal of (1))

20 November 1817 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral (2) John Bainbridge of Bread Street, London, merchant (assignee in bankruptcy of Thomas Dunn) (3) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill. gentleman Licence by (2) to alienate to (3) 4a. 3r. 4p. of waste land in Hett leased by (1) to Thomas Dunn by D/X 648/2 (parchment, 1 membrane, pendant seal of (1))

13 December 1817 (1) John Bainbridge of Bread Street, London, merchant (assignee in bankruptcy of Thomas Dunn) (2) Thomas Dunn of Stockton, gentleman (3) Benjamin Dunn of Fishburn, Esquire (grandson and heir of Benjamin Dunn of West Rainton, deceased) (4) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill, gentleman Assignment by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of all lands at Hett demised to (2) by the within recited deeds of 20 July and 28 September 1813 for the remainder of two terms of 21 years. Release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of Slosh Pool House and the west moiety of the Moor 9a. Or. 12p. at Hett. Consideration: £970

26-27 October 1825 (1) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill, gentleman (2) George White of Hastings House, farmer, and William Fawell of Bishop Middleham , gentleman (devisees in trust of Thomas White of Bishop Middleham , deceased) Lease and Release by way of a mortgage by (1) to (2) of Slosh Pool House and 9a. Or. 12p. of land, and a messuage late the property of Benjamin Dunn of West Rainton, all at Hett. Assignment by (1) to (2) of further property at Hett specified in a lease of 20 November 1819 by way of a mortgage. Consideration: £300

8 November 1825 (1) Thomas Smith, late of Hett, now of Ferryhill, gentleman (2) Elizabeth Rain of Ferryhill, spinster (3) John Hines of Durham, gentleman Marriage settlement of (1) and (2): Release by (1) to (3) of Slosh Poo1 House and a moiety of the Moor at Hett, subject to a mortgage of £300. Assignment by (1) to (3) of leaseholds specified in the within recited indenture of 20 November 1819 Upon trust for (1) and (2) as specified

10 February 1827 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral (2) John Hines of Durham, gentleman Licence to alienate property at Hett leased by (1) to Thomas Smith on 20 July 1820

15 March 1830 (1) George White of Hastings House, farmer (2) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill, gentleman (3) John Hines of Durham, gentleman (4) Elizabeth Austin of Durham, widow Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of a mortgage for £120 and the property specified in D/X 648/11 and 12 on which itis secured, 31a. 3r. 7p. at Hett, upon trust to raise and retain £120 and otherwise in trust for (3) as specified Consideration: £18o to (1)

18-19 March 1830 (1) Thomas Smith of Ferryhill, gentleman (2) John Hines of Durham, gentleman (3) Ralph Page of Eldon, Esquire Appointment by (1) of (3) in place of (2) as a trustee of the marriage settlement D/X 648/11 with conveyance of trust property to (3)

26 May 1841 (1) John Burrell of Durham, gentleman (2) Robert Burrell of Durham, gentleman (3) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, gentleman Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of a mortgage for £120 and mortgage premises as specified in D/X 648/13. Recites previous deeds Consideration £120 (3) to (2)

8 June 1857 (1) Elizabeth Smith of Hett, widow (2) Robert Raine Smith of Ferryhill, innkeeper; James Smith of Hett, husbandman; Isaac Thomas Harker of Hett, merchant tailor, and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth Smith (3) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, genlteman Further mortgage of £300 of Slosh Pool House, a moiety of the Moor 9a. Or. 12p. and other lands 9a. 1r, 9p. and property at Hett specified in D/X 648/11 and 13, to secure a total of £420 and interest Consideration: £300

Particulars and conditions of sale of property at Hett, with memorandum of purchase by Peter Richardson, 27 August-8 September 1866

Plan of property at Hett, shewing landowners, acreages etc, n . d. [19th centuryi Scale: 4 chains to 1 mile [1:20]

Petition of John Edwin Marshall of Durham, gentleman, and his admission as an attorney and solicitor of all the temporal courts of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge. Enrolments in the Court of Chancery and the Prothonotary's Office of the Court of Pleas at Durham endorsed, 30 July 1829

Appointments of John Edwin Marshall as Clerk of the County Court of Durham at Durham, Sunderland, Stockton, Darlington, Shotley Bridge, South Shields and Bishop Auckland, 15 March 1847

4 October 1848 (1) George Petty of Stockton upon Tees, gentleman (2) William Garbutt of Yarm, Yorkshire, gentleman, and William Simpson of Nunthorpe Hall, Yorkshire, gentleman (3) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, Clerk of the County Court of Durham Memorandum of Agreement whereby (2) are to act as sureties for (1) upon his appointment as Assistant Clerk of the County Court at Stockton

10 May 1850 (1) Ralph Chambers of Darlington, solicitor's clerk (2) Henry Tennant of Darlington, schoolmaster and John Smith of Darlington, mail contractor (3) John Edwin Marshall, Clerk of the County Court of Durham Memorandum of Agreement whereby (2) are to act as sureties for (1) upon his appointment as Assistant Clerk of the County Court of Darling ton

29 April 1854 (1) Martin Bell of Shotley Bridge, schoolmaster; John Dixon of Broad Oak, Ovingham, Northumberland; and John Bell of Aydon Shields, Hexham, Northumberland, farmer (2) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, Attorney-at-Law Bond (1) to (2) in £200 as surety for the performance by M. Bell of the duties of Assistant Clerk of the County Court at Shotley Bridge

12 October 1854 (1) Mark Child of Hartlepool, Attorney-at-Law; William Child of Gilesgate, Durham, gentleman ; and William Winter of Durham, gentleman (2) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, Attorney-at-Law Bond (1) to (2) in £300 as surety for the performance of the duties of Assistant Clerk of the County Court at Hartlepool by M. Child

2 February 1856 (1) Louis Bell of Bishop Auckland and Henry Bell of Grove House, Gilesgate, Durham, gentlemen (2) John Edwin Marshall of Durham, Attorney-at-Law Bond (1) to (2) in £200 as surety for the performance of the duties of Assistant Clerk of the County Court at Bishop Auckland by L. Bell

Admittance of Timothy Bond, yeoman, to one burgage, shop and garden in Framwellgate, 24 April 1716

1 January 1738/1739 (1) Margery Andrews, Elizabeth Andrews and Katherine Andrews, all of Durham, spinsters, daughters of John Andrews of Framwelgate, deceased (2) Ann Andrews of Durham, widow and administratrix of John Andrews Quit claim by (1) to (2) of all interest in the personal estate of the deceased in return for the conveyance of a burgage in Framwellgateby (2) to (1) by indenture of even date

11 October 1823 (1) Joseph Baines late of Hallgarth Street, Durham, blacksmith, now a prisoner in Durham Gaol for larceny (2) Charles Graham of Framwellgate, mason, and Elizabeth his wife, and John Headlam of Gilligate, labourer, and Ann his wife (Ann and Elizabeth being the only children of (1)) Lease by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the east of Hallgart:h Street, Durham for one year. Release missing

12 November 1825 (1) Charles Graham of Houghton-le-Spring, mason, and Elizabeth his wife (2) John Headlam of Darlington, labourer, and Ann his wife (3) Ann Gent of Hallgarth Street, Durham, spinster (4) George Burrell of Hallgarth Street, gentleman, and Henry Smales of Durham, gentleman Release by (1) and (2) to (4) by way of mortgage of a messuage in Hallgarth Street upon trust to sell, repay £150 to (3), and pay the balance to (1) and (2) in, moieties. Covenant to levy a fine. Consideration: £150

4 September 1854 (1) James Platt of Durham, haberdasher and small ware dealer (2) William Lightfoot of Gilesgate, Durham, joiner Mortgage by (1) to (2) of his stock in trade to secure £86 15s 6d owed to (2) for the purchase of' stock in trade of a haberdashery in Claypath, Durham, from William Jackson

29 July 1686 (1) John Spearman, gentleman, Plaintiff (2) George French, gentleman, and Mary his wife, Deforceants Copy of a fine with proclamations of 6 messuages, 100a, of land, £4 11s 8d rent etc at Hetton le Hole in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring Consideration: 60 marks of silver

1 June 1737 (1) Ralph Carr of Cocken, Esquire (2) John Crow of Stotfold, yeoman Lease by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands on Stotfold Moor for 6 years from customary dates, usual agricultural covenants Rents: £45 p.a.

17 September 1859 (1) George Liddle of Great Chilton, near Ferryhill, farmer (2) William Hunter of Newcastle upon Tyne, colliery viewer Articles of Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of Beech Grove Farm 62a. 2r. 24p. in the parish of Chester le Street for £2700

(1) Charles Millett, gentleman, Demandant (2) John Blake, gentleman, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Jacob, Earl of Radnor and Ann his Wife, Vouchers Writs of dedimus potestatem to receive the attornies of (2) and (3), and related papers, for a common recovery of a moiety of £120 15s 9d fee farm rent on properties at: Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Whitton, Bishop Auckland, West Auckland, Escombe, Dinsdale, Hilton, Darlington, Great Aycliffe, High Conscliffe, Heighington, Haughton, Gainford, Bolam, Piercebridge, Sellaby, Headlam, Coat-ham, Wackerfield, Stockley North, Pittington, Ellemore, Cockside, Seaham, Dalton, E. Herringtson, Mainsforth, E, Burdon, Sunderland, Monkwearmoutsh, Ferryhill, Wheatley Hill, Hawthorne, Cold Hesleton, Little Eden, Sherburn, Coundon, Whitworth, Lanchester, Iveston, Breerton, Plawsworth, Hartlepoole, Sedgefield, Fishburn and Durham, May 1782