Catalogue

29 December 1637 (1) Thomas Twentieman of Castlegate in Carlisle, Cumberland, and John Clementson of Newbye, Cumberland, yeo. (2) Marie Slee of Fishergate in Carlisle, Cumberland, widow Bond for the performance of covenants in a conveyance of even date from Thomas Twentieman and Agnes, his wife, to (2) of 1/2 acre of arable land at the head of Marieholme near Carlisle Consideration: £22

12 May 1772 (1) Robert Raine of Mickleton, Yorkshire, weaver (2) James Tinkler of Holwick Head, Yorkshire, yeo. (3) Robert Elliot of Mickleton, Yorkshire, butcher and glazier, and Margaret, his wife Conveyance by assignment from (1) and (2) to (3), of a cottage with a little garth or yard adjoining, on the north row of Mickleton, abutting on the east on land of the earl of Strathmore, on the west on land of Robert Johnson, on the north on a lane leading from Mickleton town street to the mill and Lowfield, and on the south on the town street; a frontstead abutting on land of the earl of Strathmore on the east and north, and on the town street on the west, north and south; and another frontstead abutting on land of the earl of Strathmore on the east and north, and on the town street on the west and south; reciting: assignment of a lease, 9 December 1769, whereby (1) became entitled to the property for the residue of a term of 1000 years granted by Talbot Bowes and others to Christopher Bailes and others; mortgage, 11 December 1769, by (1) to (2) for £40; that, to pay off the mortgage, (1) wished to sell the property to (3) Consideration: £50 from (3) to (1) and (2)

26 September 1822 Admission of John Kipling, son of Charles Kipling, dec'd., to the property of Charles Kipling in the manor of Hunderthwaite Consideration: fine of £10 1s.8d.; annual rent 10s.1d.

Copy of the will of John Bustin of Mickleton in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, yeoman, devising: to his son, John Bustin, five leasehold closes called Ashes in Mickleton Low Fields, and the west freehold garth and the ruined messuage adjoining his house, charged with an annuity of £3 p.a. to his housekeeper, Jane Kellet, as long as she remained unmarried; to his son, William Bustin, his house and 16 acres of land in Greenridge in Mickleton, charged with payments of £100 to John Raine, £70 to Thomas Dent, £80 to William Bustin, and an annuity of £2 p.a. to his housekeeper, Jane Kellet, as long as she remained unmarried; to Jane Kellet the chamber above the parlour of his house and the room above the milkhouse to live in for life, as long as she remained unmarried; to his daughter, Hannah, wife of John Walton, two leasehold closes called High Croft and Croft End and a close called Green Allotment, charged with an annuity of £3 p.a. to his housekeeper, Jane Kellet, as long as she remained unmarried; to his daughter, Mary, wife of George Dent, £10; the residue of his estate to his sons, William and John, equally, 21 January 1831; proved at Richmond, 2 May 1831

10 June 1847 (1) William Bustin of Mickleton, Yorkshire, farmer (2) Mary Blenkinsop of Barnard Castle, spinster Mortgage by assignment from (1) to (2) of a house on the north side of Mickleton, Yorkshire, and a croft of 1 acre adjoining, abutting on the east on premises of William Dent, on the west on premises of John Bustin, on the north on land of John Hodgson, and on the south on Mickleton town street; reciting: that (1) was entitled to the property for the residue of a term of 1000 years granted by Talbot Bowes and others to William Dent and others on 4 November 1607; that (1) wished to borrow £70 from (2) Consideration: £70 from (2) to (1)

25 September 1850 (1) Mary Blenkinsop of Barnard Castle, spinster (2) William Bustin of Mickleton, Yorkshire, farmer (3) William Collinson of Wemmergill in Lunedale, Yorkshire, innkeeper Assignment of mortgage from (1) to (3) of the property as in D/X 1382/5; reciting: D/X 1382/5; that the principal in D/X 1382/5 is still outstanding; that (1) wishes the repayment of the principal; that (3) has agreed to lend £80 to (2) to repay the mortgage and 'to answer his other occasions' Consideration: £70 from (3) to (1) at the request of (2); £10 from (3) to (2)

25 September 1850 (1) William Bustin of Mickleton, Yorkshire, farmer (2) Thomas Allison of Mickleton, Yorkshire, sawyer Conveyance from (1) to (2) of the equity of redemption in the property as in D/X 1382/6, charged with the repayment of £80 owing to William Collinson of Wemmergill, Yorkshire; reciting: D/X 1382/6 Consideration: £18 10s. from (2) to (1)

Probate copy of the will of Thomas Allinson of Mickleton, Yorkshire, devising: to Elizabeth Jackson, wife of Joseph Jackson, a feather bed, pair of sheets, armchair and six silver teaspoons; to his brother, William Allinson of Mickleton, during his [WA's] lifetime, his house with adjoining field in the centre of Mickleton, and the residue of his household effects, to pass to his grand-daughter, Mary Anne Gash, on WA's death, 5 August 1885; probate certificate, 30 January 1886

30 January 1931 (1) Mary Anne Raine and Robert Raine of Mickleton, Yorkshire, farmers (2) John Ingram of Barnard Castle, solicitor Agreement to deposit documents relating to houses and an adjoining field in Mickleton, Yorkshire, as security for an advance from (2) to (1); scheduling: D/X 1382/5-8 Consideration: £40 from (2) to (1)

Photograph of Houghall manor house, Durham, 1963