Catalogue

29 August 1693 (1) Sir Ralph Cole of Brancepeth Castle, bart. (2) William Fenwicke of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, Esq.; and Thomas Swynborne of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, Esq. Bargain and sale enrolled of the advowson of the parish church of Brancepeth Consideration: £860

20 February 1700/1701 (1) William Fenwick of Betchworth Castle, Surrey; and Thomas Swynborne of Gray's inne, Middlesex, Esqs. (2) Robert Fairbeard of Gray's Inne, Esq. (3) John Tonge, rector of Brancepeth Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) with consent of (3) of the advowson of the rectory of Brancepeth Consideration: £860

Reasons why tythes of Corn and Hay on the allotment upon Isley Common in respect of Mr. Belasyse's estates called Isley and Hazlet House are due to the rector of the Parish of Brancepeth, and not to Sir Edward Smith, owner of the great Tythes within the parish of Lanchester, n.d. [c.1700]

5 April 1718 (1) Robert Richardson of Grey's Inn, Middlesex, gent. (2) Ann Swynborne of St. Andrew's, Holborne, Middlesex, widow (3) John Tonge, rector of Brancepeth (4) Ann Wekett of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, widow Conveyance from (1) to (4) with the consent of (2) and in trust for (3) of the advowson of the rectory of Brancepeth

Copy decree concerning the Brancepeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, folio 89, on 6 November 1730, dated 10 January 1832

Objections to the draft of conveyance of Brancepeth advowson, with opinion of Rath Pigot, in the case Robinron et al v Tonge et al, 26 February 1732

Report of Mr. Spicer one of the Masters of the Court, having approved the draft of the conveyance of Branspeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 7 March 1732

Report of Master W. Spicer on delivering the deeds etc., relating to Branspeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 20 March 1732

Certificate of inrollment of decree being lodged in the Chapel of the Rolls, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 24 March 1732

Report of W. Spicer, Master, concerning the purchase of Branspeth advowson by Christopher Denton, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 12 June 1732

Order for confirming the master's report of 12 June instant, for the sale of Branspeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 13 June 1732

Order absolute for confirming the master's report for the purchase of Branspeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 26 June 1732

Copy order to pay £1600 for the purchase of Brancepeth advowson, into the Bank, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 20 October 1732

4 November 1732 (1) Robert Richardson, gent. (2) Edward Tonge, clerk (3) William Wekett of Brancepeth, clerk Conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of the advowson of the rectory of Brancepeth

Order to Edward Robinson to produce deeds on payment of his costs out of the purchase money, in the case Edward Robinson, Esq. et al, creditors of the late John Tong, clerk, plaintiff v Edward Tong and William Wekett, clerks et al, defendants concerning the advowson of Brancepeth church, 11 November 1732

Abstract of the title, 16 August 1677 - 4 November 1732 to Brancepeth advowson, in the case Robinson v Tonge, with opinion of Rath Pigott, 13 November 1732

Solicitor's bill of costs incurred by Rev. Walter Goodfellow in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, Trinity term - Hilary term 1732

Copy order to pay £88 17s.9d. to Edward Robinson out of the £1600 purchase money for Brancepeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 29 January 1732/1733

Copy certificates of the Accountant General and Joseph Collier, cashier for payment of £1511 2s.3d. paid into the Bank in part purchase for Brancepeth advowson, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 6 March 1732/1733

7 March 1732/1733 (1) Rev. William Wekett of Branspeth, clerk, and Rev. Edward Tonge of Wetherell, Cumberland, clerk, brother and heir of late Rev. John Tonge, rector of Branspeth (2) Christopher Denton of Grey's Inn, Middlesex, gent. (3) Rev. Walter Goodfellow of Ladbrooke, Warwickshire, clerk Bargain and sale of the advowson of the rectory of Branspeth from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) Consideration: £88 17s.9d. to John Robinson and £1511 2s.3d. paid in to the Bank of England

Copy Order for Master Spicer to deliver deeds etc. relating to Brancepeth advowson, to Walter Goodfellow, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, 17 March 1732/1733

Bill and receipt of Christopher Denton for the purchase of Brancepeth advowson from Rev. Goodfellow, 6 March - 23 November 1733

Copy charge of customs and dutys of the tenants belonging to the rector of Brancepeth, witnessed by Edward Tong, 14 November 1735

A rental of the advowson of Brancepeth, in the case Robinson et al v Tonge et al, n.d. [c.1730s]

An account of the personal and real estate of the late Rev. Dr. Goodfellow, 3 August 1742 - 10 July 1744

28 May 1745 Office Copy of the will, dated 12 February 1744, of Walter Goodfellow, rector of Ladbrooke, Warwick-shire, as follows: To Dorothy Shafto, his niece, all real estate, tithes etc. in London and Hertfordshire, with remainder as specified; to Robert Shafto, his nephew, all lands etc. in County Durham; to Elizabeth Palmer, his sister-in-law, a messuage in Southam, Warwickshire, with remainders as specified; minor bequests of personal estate to family, poor etc. Dorothy Shafto is sole executrix

Copy will of Walter Goodfellow, 12 February 1744, as at D/Br/L 26 above

Copy ordination of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, B.A., of University College, Oxford, as a deacon of the Church of England, 7 September 1760

Ordination of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, B.A., of University College, Oxford, into the priesthood of the Church of England, 21 September 1760

17 October 1760 (1) Robert Shafto of Whitworth, Esq. (2) Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, Clerk, B.A. Draft presentation to the rectory of Brancepeth

Institution of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, Clerk, B.A. to the rector of the parish church of Brancepeth, 18 October 1760

Certificate of subscription to the Thirty Nine Articles of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, Clerk, B.A., 18 October 1760

Licence to be a public preacher in the diocese of Durham granted to Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, Clerk, B.A. 18 October 1760

Induction of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, Clerk, B.A. into the rectory of Brancepeth, by the archdeacon of Durham, 20 October 1760

Copy presentation of Thomas Goodfellow Shaf to, Clerk, B.A., to the rectory of Brancepeth, by Robert Shaf to of Whitworth, Esq., patron, October 1760

Certificate of subscribing the Declaration in the Act of Uniformity of Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, B.A., rector of Brancepeth, 9 November 1760

Copy award in the dispute between William Belasyse, Esq., and Rev. Mr. Shafto concerning tithes of allotments on Brancepeth and Stockley Common, and determination of sum to be paid for tithes of Mustard Rape, 18 August and 6 September 1762

7 October 1762 (1) William Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, Esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, rector of Brancepeth Ratification and consent of the awards concerning the tithes of the allotments of Brancepeth and Stockley commons, as specified

An account of prescript rents due unto Rev. Thomas Goodfellow Shafto, rector of Brancepeth for the year ending 10 October 1762

Draft of the clauses relating to the Rector of Brancepeth's tithes upon Billy Row Common, with opinion of William A. Darwin of Gray's Inn, 17 January 1764

Draft of the clauses relating to the rector of Brancepeth's tithes upon Billy Row Common, n.d. [1764

Draft of the clauses relating to the rector of Brancepeth's tithes upon Billy Row Common, n.d. [c.1764]

Receipt of Wm. Alvey Darwin for £8 2s.0d. from Rev. Mr. Shafto due on bond as specified, 19 November 1771

Statement of the case and opinion of J. Lowes, concerning a dispute between the rector of Brancepeth and his tenant as to tithes on Billy Row Common, 10 March 1772

Receipts of Wm. Alvey Darwin for £9 and £7 5s.10d. from Rev. Mr. Shafto due upon bonds as specified, 10 June 1772

Bill and receipt of Thomas Buck for paving and repairs carried out for [Mr.] Shaftoe, Esq., 21 November 1776

Notes concerning the descent of the manor [of Brancepeth] from 1617 - 1633 and 1799, n.d. [c.1799]

Requisitions concerning the title to the advowson of Brancepeth, by Thomas Greenwell, 2 May 1860

26 May 1860 (1) John Eden of Beamish, Esq. and Rev. John Duncombe Shafto of Buckworth, Huntingdonshire, clerk (2) Robert Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park, Esq., M.P. (3) Rt. Hon. Gustavus Frederick Viscount Boyne, of Brancepeth Castle and Emma Maria, his wife (4) Hon. Gustavus Russell Hamilton Russell, son of (3) Conveyance of the advowson of Brancepeth from (1) to (3) and (4) to the uses as specified Consideration: £6,000 from (3) and (4) to (1)

Copy presentation of John Duncombe Shafto, clerk, to the rectory of Brancepeth, by Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park, Esq., patron, on 9 January 1840, dated 5 June 1860

Copy presentation of Arthur Duncombe Shafto, clerk, to the rectory of Brancepeth by Robert Duncombe Shaf to of Hampworth Lodge, Downton, Wiltshire, Esq., M.P., patron, on 12 May 1854, instituted 22 May 1854, dated 5 June 1860

Certified copies of the baptisms of John, son of Robert Shafto of Whitworth, Esq., born on 4 and baptised on 5 February 1775; and Robert Eden, son of Robert Shafto, born 23 March, baptised 22 April 1776, both at Whitworth, dated 13 June 1860

Additional abstract of title, 20 February 1700 - 5 April 1718, to the advowson of Brancepeth, 1860

Abstract of the title 7 March 1732 - 19 January 1848 of Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., to the advowson of Brancepeth, with pedigree, 1860

Valuation of advowson of Brancepeth rectory, 1860

Copy bill of complaint in the case Tonge v Cole, 23 January 1696/1697

Deposition of Charles Pickering, farmer, of part of West Park, and one of the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, 4 June 1700

Warrant and notice for the examination of witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff in the case Tonge v Cole, 30 September 1700

Bill of charges of Sir Henry Belasyse incurred in the case Tonge v Cole, 20 October 1700

Copy interrogatories to be administered to and depositions sworn by, the witnesses for the plaintiff in the case John Tong, clerk, rector of Brancepeth, plaintiff v Sir Ralph Cole, bart., Nicholas Cole, Esq., George Marshall, Ralph Fawdon, Jane Freind, Charles Pickering, Cuthbert Wilkinson, Ralph, Cuthbert and Richard Johnson, defendants, concerning tithes of the East and West Parks, Brancepeth, Michaelmas 1700

Memorandum concerning the examination of witnesses for the defendants, and way in which they should proceed to answer Mr. Tonge, n.d. [c.1700]

List of witnesses for the plaintiff and defendants, in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Statement of the case for the plaintiff, with opinion of Dr. Lawes concerning the question of simony in the case Tonge v Cole, 17 January 1701

Deposition of Charles Pickering defendant, in the case Tonge v Cole, 8 May 1703

Letter from H. Belasyse at London to Ralph Gowland at Durham, attorney at law concerning a proposed meeting when he will bring all the depositions [in the case Tonge v Cole], 10 July 1703

Copy statement of the case [for the defendants] in the case Tonge v Cole, 13 July 1703

Statement of proceedings thus far [on behalf of the defendants] in the case Tonge v Cole, up to 16 November 1703

Statement of the case so far, on behalf of the defendants, in the case Tonge v Cole, to be heard upon the equity reserved on 18 November 1703

Receipts for tithes paid by the inhabitants of Stockley to the rector of Brancepeth for town lands called White Rente, 29 September 1686 - 29 September 1694 Exhibited in the case Tonge v Cole, 1703

Statement of proceedings thus far, on behalf of the defendants, in the case Tonge v Cole, to 24 January 1704

25 November 1726 (1) Rev. John Tonge, clerk, rector of Brancepeth (2) Robert Spearman of Durham City, gent. Assignment of several prescript rents, yearly payments and arrears due from the East and West Parks of Brancepeth, Stockley Garths, several garths in Brancepeth, Tudhoe township, Brandon Hall, Brandon township, Jane Blackett's and Thomas Wilkinson's premises and William Belasys' farm in Brancepeth, as specified in the schedule; (2) is constituted as lawful attorney Consideration: £300

Note of amounts owed and paid to [Robert] Spearman for prescript rents from Messrs. Belasys and Liddell, n.d. [1726]

Receipt of Robert Spearman for £214 10s. from William Bellasys and £97 10s. from George Liddell for part of the arrears of prescript rents for East and West Parks, Brancepeth, 15 September 1727

Receipt of William Dunn, executor of John Tong, for £78 received from William Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, Esq., and George Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, Esq., for balance of 30 years prescript rents for East and West Parks, Brancepeth, 13 December 1728

Statement of the case between Daniel Brevint, rector of Brancepeth and Robert Hutchinson of Brancepeth, yeo., concerning lands in Brancepeth, 26 June 1677, produced on behalf of the defendants, 7 September 1697

Copy statement of account of the rents of the prior and monastery of Nesham for lands in Nesham, Hurworth, Lityl Burdon, Shildon, Washington, Hotton, Bushop Awkland, Bushopton, Langnewton, Consclyff, Derlyngton, Hyndale, Wyndelston, Sadberge and Gatished in the Diocese of Durham; and Yarome, Skelton and Ellyngstryng in the County of York, n.d.. [c.1530s, copy made c. late 17th - early 18th century]

Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses produced on behalf of the plaintiff and depositions sworn by them, Michaelmas Term 1700

Copy of D/Br/L 77 above, Michelmas Term 1700

Copy motion that defendants may use depositions taken in a former cause, 26 January 1702/03

Copy order for both sides to use depositions in the cause and to prove exhibits viva voce at the hearing, 26 January 1703

Copy order for the suppression of depositions of Godfrey Didsbury and William Freeman for the plaintiff, that the cause be put off until the setting down of causes, and defendants are at liberty to except against above depositions, 1 June 1703

Copy order that the case Tonge v Cole be referred to a trial at law at the next assizes, 29 June 1703, dated 14 July 1703

Draft order as at D/Br/L 82 above, 29 June 1703

Declaration and plea on behalf of the defendants as ordered "on heareing", 29 June 1703

Statement of the case of John Tonge upon simony with opinion of Sir B. Shaver, n.d. [c.1703]

The joint and several answers of Sir Ralph Cole, bart., Nicholas Cole, Esq., George Marshall, Ralph Fawdon, Jane Freind, Charles Pickering, Cuthbert Wilkinson and Ralph, Cuthbert and Richard Johnson, defendants to the bill of complaint of John Tonge, clerk, n.d. [c.1703]

Draft deposition of Charles Pickering concerning the plaintiffs practice, n.d. [c.1703]

Copy deposition of Thomas Trollopp of South Street, Durham City, gent., concerning receipt and payment of several sums of money for the defendants in the case, as specified, 8 April 1704

Copy order for the plaintiff to show cause why the Deputy Remambrancer should not review the plaintiffs' Bill of Costs, 18 November 1704

Order that the time be enlarged for the plaintiff to show cause why it should not be referred back to the Deputy, 24 January 1704/05

Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses to be produced for the defence, n.d. [1700]

Mr. Brown's breife for the defdndants, to be heard on Tuesday, 22 June 1703

Copy breife for the defendants to be heard on Tuesday, 22 June 1703

Mr. Chesshyre's copy breife for the defendants to be heard on Tuesday, 22 June 1703

Mr. Phipps' copy breife for the defendants to be heard on Tuesday, 22 June 1703

Breife for the defendants to be heard, Tuesday 22 June [1703]

The joint and several answers of the defendants to the bill of complaint, n.d. [1703]

Prescript in lieu of tithes due to the rector of Brancepeth, 10 October 1759

Letter from John Caley at Gray's Inn to Mr. Wilson, attorney at law, at Fenchurch Street concerning "searches about Brancepeth", 29 October 1799

Bill of costs for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, February 1696 - 27 May 1700

Copy bill of complaint in the case Tonge v Cole, Hilary Term 1696

Charge of the plaintiff against the defendants, for tithes besides what is due for East and West Parks for 1695 and 1696, n.d. [1696]

Order on the hearing and receipt for money reported due, and costs, in the case Tonge v Cole, 1 February 1699/1700

Brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, to be heard 1 February 1699/1700

Minutes concerning the decree in the case Tonge V Cole, 1 and 8 February 1699/1700

Minutes concerning the decree as at D/Br/L 105 above, 1 and 8 February 1699/1700

Decree drawn and delivered by the plaintiff's clerk, in the case Tonge v Cole, 8 February 1699/1700

Plaintiff 's reply to the c?efendanb's answer in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1690s]

Brief for the defendants in the case Tong v Cole, post 5 February 1700

Brief for the defendants in the case Tong v Cole, post 5 February 1700

Letter from Simon Morise at the Exchequer Office to Mr. Lee concerning counsel's examination of the last bill in the case Tonge v Cole, 4 July 1700

Letter from Simon Morise at the Exchequer Office to Mr. Lee concerning counsel's examination of the last bill in the case Tonge v Cole, 4 July 1700

Letter from Simon Morise at the Exchequer Office to Mr. Lee concerning the answers of Sir Ralph Cole et al v Tonge, 24 October 1700

Letter from Simon Morise at the Exchequer Office to Mr. Lee concerning the answers of Sir Ralph Cole et al v Tonge, 24 October 1700

Defendants' answers to the bill of complaint in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d.[c.1700]

Defendants' answers to the bill of complaint in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d.[c.1700]

Extract from the order for the plaintiff to give his answers on 8 February and for the defendants to pay him £13 p.a., without prejudice to his cause in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Extract from the order for the plaintiff to give his answers on 8 February and for the defendants to pay him £13 p.a., without prejudice to his cause in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Copy as at D/Br/L 113 above, n.d. [c.1700]

Copy as at D/Br/L 113 above, n.d. [c.1700]

Copy as at D/Br/L 113 above, n.d. [c.1700]

Copy as at D/Br/L 113 above, n.d. [c.1700]

Brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Brief [for the defendants] in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Brief [for the defendants] in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Extract from the brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Extract from the brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Defendants' answers to the bill of complaint, in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Defendants' answers to the bill of complaint, in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1700]

Copy report of R. Barker, Deputy Remambrancer, in the case Tonge v Cole, 5 lebruary 1700/01

Copy report of R. Barker, Deputy Remambrancer, in the case Tonge v Cole, 5 lebruary 1700/01

Copy brief for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, post 5 February 1700/01

Letter from Simon Morise to Mr. Bellasyse acquainting him of the date of the hearing in the case Tonge v Cole, 8 February 1700/01

Deposition of Beadnell Ward of Durham City, gent., in the case Henry Bellasyse, Esq. v John Tonge, clerk, 11 July 1701

Note concerning the defendants' intention to move the court, in the case Tonge v Cole, 31 May 1703

Brief [for the defendants] in the case Tonge v Cole, to be heard 18 November 1703

Copy decree for the defendants to account with the plaintiff for all tithes due etc., and opinion of William Lee, sent to Joseph Hall, attorney at law in Durham, n.d. [c.1703]

Interrogatories to be exhibited to witnesses produced on behalf of Sir Ralph Cole et al for the further hearing of the cause, n.d. [c.1703] (1 paper) 128 Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses produced for the defendants in the case Tonge v Cole, n.d. [c.1703]

Bill of charges of George Buckley due from Sir Henry Belasyse, in the suit Belasyse v Hatfield, Michelmas Term 1714 - 14 January 1715/16

Memoranda of tendering of prescriptsin lieu of tithes for East and West Parks, refused by Rev. John Tonge, 29 September 1701 - 29 September 1726

Receipts of Rev. William Wekett, rector of Brancepeth and Braems Wheler, for prescripts in lieu of tithes, for East and West Parks and also for lands in Stockley and Brancepeth, 29 September 1727 - 30 September 1745

Memoranda of acceptance by Rev. Dr. Eden, rector of Brancepeth, of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 29 September 1746 - 10 October 1753

Memoranda of acceptance by William Foster, rector of Brancepeth, of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 10 October 1754

Memoranda of acceptance by William Forster, rector of Brancepeth, of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 11 October 1756

Memoranda of acceptance of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 10 October 1757

Memoranda of acceptance of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 10 October 1758

Memoranda of acceptance of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 10 October 1759

Memoranda of acceptance by William Forster, rector of Brancepeth, of prescripts in lieu of tithes, 10 October 1760

Receipted charges due to Hendry Hopper from William Belasyse, in suits Belasyse v Bowes etc. as at D/Br/L 140 below, Easter Term 1738 - 29 May 1741

Bill and receipt of Hendry Hopper, solicitor, for charges on behalf of Wm. Belasyse in the suits Ferry v Wekett; Dunn v Bowes and Cummin, Dunn v Doe; Belasyse v Wekett; and Belasyse v Bowes, Easter 1741 - 8 July 1742

Letter from Hendry flopper at Durham to William Belasyse at London giving an account of the trial of "Weketts cause against Ferry" concerning the polluting of the beck running through the former's glebe, by the latter's collieries, 3 August 1740

Letter from Thomas Rudd at Durham to William Belasyse at London, concerning a dispute [with the Bishop of Durham] concerning Birtley Colliery, 3 January 1741

Defendants' answers to the bill of complaint in the case William Wekett, clerk, rector of Brancepeth v William Belasyse of Brancepeth, Esq., concerning an action for libel over Brancepeth tithes, and opinion of William Strahan, 9 July 1742

Bill and receipt of Hendry Hopper, of charges due from William Belasyse in the suit Wekett v Ferry, 6 November 1742 - 15 March 1743

Letter from W. Belasyse at Brancepeth Castle to Mr. Shaw at York, in which he answers questions concerning his residence at Brancepeth, 1728 - 1737, sale of livestock and fruit and vegetables etc., in connection with the case Wekett v Belasyse 10 August 1744

Bill and receipt of Sandford and Neville for charges due from William Belasyse, in the suit Weket v Belasyse , November 1744

Letter from William Belasyse at Cavendish Square to Sandford Neville, Esq., proctor at the commons, enclosing D/Br/L 148 below, and arranging a meeting, 25 October 1744

Suggestion for pleadings on the part of William Belasyse, in the case Belasyse v Wekett, n.d. [c.1740s]

Copy of William Wekett, defendant's answer to the allegation made by William Belasyse concerning libel, 12 October 1745

Mr. Rudd's opinion concerning tithe of potatoes, and of turnips when pulled, 21 July 1757

Exemplification of a Chancery Decree dated 27 February 1755 concerning the will of the late Carleton Carr dated 10 July 1744, and other papers as specified relating to lands at Haughton, Darlington, Bowdon and Sleetburn, refers also to a previous decree dated Hilary Term 1750, and reports of Mr. Halford, Master in Chancery, dated 16 December 1754 including schedules of receipts and payments; and 26 February 1755, which ratifies the aforesaid reports, 12 July 1755

20 October 1875 (1) Augustus Henry Hunt of Birtley House, Esq. (2) John Todd, Thomas Birleson, Robert Coates, Thomas White and Robert Wilson, all of Birtley under the style of "Todd, Birleson and Co." Lease for a term of 21 years of a seam or bed of clay under a close adjoining Rowletch Lane on the west side of the line of the North Eastern Railway Co., at the station at Birtley, as specified on the enclosed sketch plan Consideration: £50 p.a.

23 May 1906 (1) George Hedley Todd of Egton Terrace, Birtley, foreman pattern maker; Sarah Jane Bray of Queen Anne's Terrace, Gateshead, spinster; Clara Barkes Coates of Field House, Birtley, widow; Thomas Coates of Field House, Birtley, brickmakers manager; and Robert Wilson of Harrogate, Yorkshire, brick manufacturer (2) William Allison of Ivy House, Birtley, brick manufacturer; Joseph English of Tyneholme, Birtley, brick manufacturer; Joseph Humble Hobson of Jones Street, Birtley, engineer; Thomas Hall of Station Road, Birtley, farmer; and Mary Jane Stokoe, wife of Thomas Stokoe of Hawthorn Terrace, New Washington, engine fitter (3) Allison English and Company (Limited), of Birtley Conveyance from (1) to (3) of freehold premises of c. 9a.30p. together with the Union Brickworks and all title on flirtley Fell; and a leasehold piece of land of 7a.3r.20p., all of which are in flirtley and shown on the enclosed sketch plan Consideration: £4,000

Sections through drying sheds showing brick pillars for Messrs. Allison and English, Birtley, by Mr. Cochrane, as inspected by Messrs. F. Bowman and J. Burnett, 26 March 1917 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Further particulars delivered by the plaintiffs in the case Allison English and Co. Ltd., v Birtley Iron Company concerning the sinking of lands [in Birtley], 7 November 1919

Schedule of Quantities in reconstructing and repairing damage to buildings for Messrs. Allison, English and Co. Ltd., Union Brickworks, Birtley, November 1920

Schedule of Quantities as at D/Br/L 156 above - additional comments by Mr. Burnett, n.d. [c.1920]

Further Schedule of Quantities as at D/Br/L 156 above, November 1920

Copy of the plaintiffs' diaries for 1 January - 27 December 1913, in the case Allison, English and Co. Ltd. v Birtley Iron Company, 11 December 1920

Copy of the plaintiffs' diaries for 10 January 1914 - 23 December 1918 in the case Allison, English and Co. Ltd. v Birtley Iron Company, n.d. [c.1920]

Letter from Griffith and Co. at Newcastle to Pelaw Main Collieries Co. concerning Mr. Gemmell's proof of evidence, 1 December 1920

Index to photographs of Blythe's, Cochrane's and Swinburne's Yards, and the plaintiffs' buildings, 13 May 1919 - 10 May 1920

Copy of the evidence of Joseph Rayne, general labourer concerning the water pumps used by the plaintiffs whilst digging out the clay, n.d. [c.1920]

Copy of the evidence of John George Gradon, builder and contractor of Durham City, concerning repair work carried out for the plaintiffs at the brickworks, n.d. [c.1920]

[Counsel's] opinion concerning the damage to the brickwork buildings due to the "hazardous" nature of the site, n.d. [c.1920]

Extracts from the joint appendix in the case North British Railway Co. v Turners Ltd., as it has bearing on Allison, English and Co. Ltd. v Birtley Co., n.d. [c.1920]

Sections of no.4 Brick Kiln, Messrs. T. Blythe and Sons, Brickworks, Birtley, showing distortions by Mr. Burnett, 5 January 1921 Scale: 3/8" to 1 foot [approx. 1:24]

Sections and elevations of pillars for centre bay of south drying shed for J.F. Swinburne and Sons, Brick and Tile Works, Birtley, by Mr. Burnett, 5 January 1921 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [approx. 1:48]

Full size sections shewing arches built of common and shaped bricks by Mr. Cochrane, n.d,. [c.1921] No scale

Sections across the dryinj shed for Ravensworth Brick and Tile Company by Mr. Cochrane, n.d. [c.1921] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Section through the works and clay pit of the Union Brickworks Birtley Co., Durham, annotated by Mr. Cochrane, n.d. [c.1921] Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]