Catalogue

2 March 1831 (1) Thomas Emerson of Frosterley in the parish of Stanhope, gent., (trustee, executor, devisee and legatee under the will of Ann Ornsby, late of Lanchester, spinster and legatee, devisee and executor of the will of George Raw of Wharnley Bourn, farmer, who was the other trustee of the will of Ann Ornsby) and wife, Hannah (2) William Emerson of Woodcroft in the parish of Stanhope, farmer; George Thirlwell of Kenton in the parish of Gosforth, Northumberland, farmer and wife, Barbara, née Emerson; Mary Emerson of St. Anthons in the parish of All Saints, Northumberland, spinster; John Thirlwell of St. Anthons aforesaid, farmer, and wife, Frances, née Emerson; all devisees under the will of Ann Ornsby (3) Eleanor Turnbull of Bournfoot, co. Roxburgh, N. Britain, widow, devisee of Ann Ornsby and of Mary Todd and devisee and legatee of Peter Stephenson, late of Hexham, Northumberland, surgeon, dec'd (4) Thomas Turnbull of East Middle in the county of Roxburgh, farmer; Michael Turnbull of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, wine merchant; John Turnbull of Bournfoot, aforesaid, farmer; John Renwick of Jedburgh, co. Roxburgh, nursery and seedsman and wife, Elizabeth, née Emerson; Eleanor Turnbull of Bournfoot, aforesaid, spinster; Agnes Turnbull of Bournfoot, aforesaid, spinster; Jane turnbull of Bournfoot aforesaid, spinster; William Turnbull of Huddersfield, co. York, doctor of physic; (all children of Eleanor Turnbull and devisees of the will of Peter Stephenson) (5) George Ornsby of the City of Durham, gent., eldest son and heir-at-law of George Ornsby late of Lanchester Lodge in the parish of Lanchester, esq., deceased, who was heir-at-law of Ann Ornsby (6) William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, esq., trustee in copyhold lands and hereditaments later described (7) William Iley of Lanchester, cartwright and wife, Mary, an annuitant named in a codicil to the will of Ann Ornsby (8) Eleanor Wilkinson of Wharnley Burn, spinster, an annuitant named in the will of George Raw (9) Michael Soulsby of Wolsingham, butcher, and wife, Anne, legatee under the will of George Raw; Robert Soulsby, son of Michael and Anne, legatee in remainder expectant under the same will and a minor (10) William Sisson of Lanchester, butcher (11) John Hutchinson, the elder, of the City of Durham, wine merchant Bargain and sale from (1) to (10), with the consent of (2) to (9), of copyhold land: one cottage and small garden, one cowhouse and barn formerly in the possession of Lancelot Brown, one copyhold close called Hall Garth and one orchard adjoining (3r. 7p.) in Lanchester Bargain and sale from (1) - (5) to (10) of hay tithes in Kitchwell Field [Parties (1) to (9) have interest in the premises conveyed through the will of Ann Ornsby, proved 7 May 1822; the will of George Raw, proved 30 November 1827 and the will of Peter Stephenson, proved 22 January 1829. These interests are defined in detail] Consideration: £375

Letter from the Charity Commission to Rev. G. Jepson, Lanchester Vicarage, informing the latter that the arrangements for distributing the income of the Charity of Cuthbert Atkinson are irregular and should be discontinued, 28 June 1901

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, London, and Rev. R.R. Fenning, The Vicarage, Lanchester, concerning the necessity of vesting the yearly rent charge of £3 belonging to the Charity of Cuthbert Atkinson in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 8 October - 10 December 1909

Order and notice issued by the Charity Commission, Whitehall, that £100 of £2 15s. Per Cent Consolidated Stock has been purchased for the Charity of Sir Thomas John Clavering, 2 November 1889

Notes concerning the income and expenditure of the Charity of Sir Thomas John Clavering, 1964-1975

Letter from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, to the churchwardens, Lanchester, concerning the investment of the legacy of £500 to the parish by the will of John Cumming, proved 21 March 1895, 28 June 1895

Correspondence between Robert L. Armstrong, 21 Leazes Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [trustee of the will of William Hedley]; William Logan, Langley Park, Durham; Charity Commission, Whitehall; Rev. F.W. Glyn, Lanchester Vicarage; concerning the investment of the legacy of £500 left to the vicar and churchwardens of the parish of Lanchester by the will of George Hedley, proved 27 August 1886, 24 November 1886 - 29 January 1887

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Whitehall, and Rev. F.W. Glyn, Lanchester Vicarage, concerning the investment of the legacy of £500 left to the vicar and churchwardens of Lanchester by the will of William Hedley, proved 13 March 1889, 5 July - 31 December 1889

Notice issued by the Charity Commission that stock has been purchased on behalf of John Smirke's Charity, 20 July 1875

Notice issued by the Charity Commission that stock has been purchased on behalf of the trustees of Lanchester Endowed School, 1 February 1876

Letter from the Charity Commission to Rev. G. Jepson, The Vicarage, Lanchester, informing him that the Charity of George Clavering was founded to pay the schoolmaster at Lanchester £10 for instructing 4 boys, but could be varied to provide an exhibition at a place of technical or higher instruction, 28 June 1901

Statement of income of the Clavering and Smirke Charity between 1947 and 1949, 4 September 1950

Statement of the terms of the Lanchester (Sunday School) Trust, 24 September 1951

Memorandum from the Charity Commission, 14 Ryder Street, London, to Rev. E. Knowles, The Vicarage, Lanchester, agreeing that the dividends from the George Clavering and John Smirke Charities may be paid into the 'Vicar of Lanchester's Sunday School Account', 5 February 1953

Draft schemes for Church of England Schools, including the Educational Foundation of William Russell, Lanchester, c.1957