Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 648 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Hett and Durham City deeds, and J.E. Marshall, attorney
Covering Dates: 1686-1866
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F. A. Bellamy collection (Ref: D/X 648)Property at Hett (Ref: D/X 648/1-18)Ref: D/X 648/1
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/-
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 648/228 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))
Ref: D/X 648/3-4Abstracts of Title (1801-1813) of Thomas Dunn to lands at Hett held under the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 1813
(paper, 2 files)
Ref: D/X 648/522 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
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 648/623 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
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 648/720 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))
Ref: D/X 648/820 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))
Ref: D/X 648/913 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
(parchment, 5 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/1026-27 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
(parchment, 4 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/118 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
(parchment, 5 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/1210 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
(parchment, 1 membrane, pendant seal)
Ref: D/X 648/1315 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)
(parchment, 3 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/1418-19 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)
(parchment, 2 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/1526 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)
(parchment, 2 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/168 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
(parchment, 3 membranes, damaged)
Ref: D/X 648/17Particulars and conditions of sale of property at Hett, with memorandum of purchase by Peter Richardson, 27 August-8 September 1866
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: D/X 648/18Plan of property at Hett, shewing landowners, acreages etc, n . d. [19th centuryi
Scale: 4 chains to 1 mile [1:20]
(40 cm x 45 cm, oiled linen, ink)
Career of John Edwin Marshall, Attorney-at-Law (Ref: D/X 648/19-25)Ref: D/X 648/19Petition 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
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 648/20Appointments 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
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: D/X 648/214 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
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/2210 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
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/2329 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
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/2412 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
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/252 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
(1 paper)
Properties in Durham City (Ref: D/X 648/26-30)Ref: D/X 648/26Admittance of Timothy Bond, yeoman, to one burgage, shop and garden in Framwellgate, 24 April 1716
(parchment, 1 membrane, Latin)
Ref: D/X 648/271 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
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/2811 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
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 648/2912 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
(parchment, 3 membranes)
Ref: D/X 648/304 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
(1 paper)
County Durham properties (Ref: D/X 648/31-34)Ref: D/X 648/3129 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 paper, Latin)
Ref: D/X 648/321 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.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/3317 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 paper)
Ref: D/X 648/34(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
(parchment, 4 membranes)