Catalogue

29 June 1692 (1) Elizabeth Russell of Neasham Moor House, widow (2) Thomas Masterman of Aislaby, yeoman Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a term of 993 years of a messuage, garden and close containing 1a. in Aislaby Consideration: £6 10s.

26 December 1705 (1) Robert Foster of Stockton, carpenter, and wife, Cicily (2) Thomas Johnson of Aislaby, yeoman Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a lease for 993 years of a messuage, dwellinghouse and garth in Aislaby Consideration: £21 18s.

18 June 1709 (1) Thomas Johnson of Aislaby, yeoman (2) William Ward of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, dyer Assignment by (1) to (2) of remainder of a lease for 993 years of a messuage, dwelling house and garth in Aislaby Consideration: £25

Copy of will of William Ward of Guisborough, Yorkshire, dated 6 March 1718 to 5 August 1718, devising lands at Bishop Auckland and Woodhouses and interest in alum mines and works at Sandsend and Blackhead to son, John; lands at Tate Hall and Wyns Hall and other lands in the manor of Guisborough, to son, Edward; a corn mill at Leaven Bridge and a fulling mill at Comondale to son, Ralph; all interest in the alum works and mines at Bowlby, Skelton and Guisborough, Yorkshire, to sons, Edward and Ralph; lands and tenements at Aislaby and Stoddo to Sir William Foulis, bart. of Engleby Manor, and to sons, Edward and Ralph, in trust; copy made c.1720

Abstracts of title to 2 cottages and premises at Aislaby, 28 October 1846

Abstract of title, from 13 August 1836 to 6 August 1867, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to a mill, dwelling house, garden and land comprising 2a. 1r. 10p. at Aycliffe, n.d. [1867]

Continuation of abstract of title, 26 March 1868, to premises in D/El 4/1, n.d. [1868]

Letter from John Eivers, Darlington, to Joseph Snowball concerning the purchase price and the rental value of Aycliffe Mill, 13 May 1867

Letter from Messrs. White, Borrett, White & Borrett, 6 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, undertaking to forward a draft contract "without delay", 11 June 1867

Letter from Messrs. White, Borrett, White & Borrett, 6 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding a draft contract [for the sale and purchase of Aycliffe Mill], 21 June 1867

Notes of agreement on the purchase price for Aycliffe Mill, and copy of the assessment of the respective contributions to the purchase price by Lord Eldon and the Mordon Carrs Drainage Board, n.d., and 1 August 1867

Letter from Messrs. White Borrett & Co., 6 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, requesting the approval and return of the contract for Lord Eldon's purchase of Aycliffe Mill, 24 September 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a meeting of the Mordon Carrs Drainage Board, and damages due from the Board "... for having destroyed the water power and for damage to the premises [Aycliffe Mill] ...", 9 October 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, returning the draft conveyance for Aycliffe Mill with a tracing from the tithe plan, and querying the procedure for securing the amount due for the Mordon Carrs Drainage Board, 21 October 1867

31 October 1867 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) John, Earl of Eldon Articles of agreement for the purchase by (2) of Aycliffe Mill Includes: tracing of site plan Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1 : 1584] Consideration: £878

Letter from Messrs. White Borrett & Company, 6 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, acknowledging receipt of the draft contract and plan of Aycliffe Mill, and referring to an amendment in the schedule, 9 December 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, acknowledging receipt of the purchase contract for Aycliffe Mill and urging rapid completion, 23 December 1867

Letters from Messrs. White Borrett & Company, 6 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the conveyance to Lord Eldon of Aycliffe Mill, 11 January 1868 - 27 March 1868

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstract of title to premises in D/El 4/1, 31 January 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Alnwick Castle Estate Office, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the Mordon Carrs Drainage Board's share of the purchase money of Aycliffe Mill and the outstanding rent for the property, 6 March 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding a cheque for the Mordon Carrs Drainage Board's share of the purchase price of Aycliffe Mill and a receipt for rent, 18-19 March 1868

Receipt by the Bank of England to Lord Eldon for the payment of £889 2s. 4d. to the account of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 20 March 1868

2 March 1836 (1) Richard Wright of the Sands, esq. (2) John, Earl of Eldon; John Evelyn Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, esq.; Edward Wilkinson of Potterton, Yorkshire, esq.; Barbara Isabella Lawson of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, widow; Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, esq. and John Grey of Stockton, wine merchant; George Frizell of Cold Knuckles, farmer, and Baker Greenwell of Barmpton, farmer; George Cowling of Preston Grange, gent.; William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, esq.; William Hixon of Bradbury, gent.; John William Chaloner of Magdalene College, Cambridge, esq.; James Watson of Great Aycliffe, gent.; and John Addison of Mordon, yeoman; owners of a tract of marsh in the townships of Bradbury, Mordon, Preston-le-Skerne and Woodham Deed of covenant for the production by (1) of documents relating to the drainage of marsh lands in the townships of Bradbury, Morden, Preston-le-Skerne and Woodham

Letter from Messrs. Thorpe & Dawson, Alnwick, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, London, forwarding D/El 5/1, 12 June 1848

1 and 2 March 1679/80 (1) Sir Ralph Cole of Brancepeth Castle, bart. (2) Very Rev. John Sudbury, dean of Durham Conveyance by lease and release, from (1) to (2), of the township of Eldon Consideration: £4,700

8 May 1680 (1) Very Rev. John Sudbury, dean of Durham, plaintiff (2) Sir Ralph Cole, bart., and wife, Catherine, deforceants Final concord of 40 messuages, 1000a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 1000a. of moor, all in Eldon Consideration: £820

19 and 20 February 1691/2 (1) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth, sister and heir of John Sudbury, deceased, the nephew and heir of the late dean of Durham (2) Edward Noell of the Inner Temple, London, esq., and Theophilus Bleckington of London, esq. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of estate in D/El 6/1-6/2 Consideration: £2,982 3s. 5d. and interest

13 January 1692/3 (1) Edward Noell, gent., and Anthony Ettricke, gent., plaintiffs (2) William Tempest, esq., and wife, Elizabeth, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of the manor of Eldon with 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 20 granaries, 20 gardens, 1000a. of land, 800a. of meadow, 1500a. of pasture, 700a. of moor in Eldon Consideration: £120

5 and 6 February 1692/3 (1) Dame Bridgett Sudbury, widow of Sir John Sudbury, bart. (2) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth (3) Edward Noell of the Inner Temple, London, esq., and Theophilus Bletchinson of London, esq. Lease and release to (3) of estate in D/El 6/1 - 6/2

14 and 15 March 1692/3 (1) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth (2) Edward Noell of the Inner Temple, London, esq., and Theophilus Bletchington of London, esq. (3) Anthony Ettericke of New Inne, Middlesex, gent. (4) Joseph Haskin Stiles of London, merchant, and Sir John Eyles of London, kt. Assignment of mortgage of the manor of Eldon, as in D/El 6/5, 6, to (4), in trust Consideration: £3,000 and £150 interest

15 March 1692/3 (1) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq. (2) Joseph Haskin Stiles of London, merchant Bond in £6,000 for the payment £3,000 and £150 interest, as in D/El 6/11, 12

28 and 29 November 1695 (1) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth (2) Joseph Haskin Stiles of London, merchant, and Sir John Eyles of London, kt. (3) Charles Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, esq., and John Wastell of Bolton upon Swale, Yorkshire Assignment of mortgage of the manor of Eldon, as in D/El 6/5, 6, to (3), in trust Consideration: £3,500 and £175 interest

10 December 1697 (1) Charles Turner, esq., and John Wastell, esq., plaintiffs (2) William Tempest, esq., and wife, Elizabeth, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of the manor of Eldon with 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 20 granaries, 30 gardens, 1000a. of land, 800a. of meadow, 1500a. of pasture, 700a. of moor Consideration: £66 13s.4d.

22 and 23 November 1698 (1) William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth (2) Charles Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, esq., and John Wastell of Bolton upon Swale, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. Conveyance by lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3), of the manor of Eldon, with other lands and a cornmill there Consideration: £6,022

Discharge of William Tempest of Old Durham, esq., and wife, Elizabeth, for £1,902, being part of the consideration money in D/El 6/18, 19, 23 November 1698

Discharge of Charles Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, esq., for £4,120 being part of the consideration money in D/El 6/18 - 6/19, 23 November 1698

24 December 1698 (1) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. (2) Sir Charles Ingleby, kt., serjeant-at-law Mortgage, by lease and release [lease missing], by (1) to (2) of several parcels [named and described] in Eldon Consideration: £1,000 and interest

24 December 1698 (1) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. (2) Sir Charles Ingleby, kt., serjeant-at-law Bond in £2,000 for the performance of covenants in indenture of equal date

17 and 18 April 1699 (1) Sir Charles Ingleby, kt., serjeant-at-law (2) Dame Elizabeth Slingsby of St. James-in-the-Fields, Middlesex Assignment by (1) to (2) of mortgage, as in D/El 6/22 Consideration: 5s.

13 and 14 June 1702 (1) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. (2) James Darcy of Sedburn, Yorkshire, esq., and Roger Crofts of East Appleton, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Christopher Metcalfe of Brownlow Street, Middlesex, gent. Assignment of mortgage of the manor of Eldon by (1) to (2) in trust for (3) Consideration: 5s.

18 April 1712 (1) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. (2) Edward Handford of Wollashall, Worcestershire, grandson and heir of the late Dame Elizabeth Slingsby (3) John Aynsley of Hexham, Northumberland, gent. Assignment of mortgage, by lease and release [lease missing], to (3) of estates as in D/El 6/22 Consideration: £1,000 and interest

14 and 15 February 1714/5 (1) Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq., and wife, Mary (2) John Stephenson of Newcastle, merchant Lease and release by (1) to (2) of premises in D/El 6/17 - 6/18 Consideration: £3,000

4 and 5 April 1715 (1) Christopher Metcalf of Brownlow Street, Middlesex, gent., and Nicholas Kennett of Coxhoe, esq. (2) James Darcy of Sedburn, Yorkshire, esq., and Roger Crofts of East Appleton, Yorkshire, esq. (3) John Stephenson of Newcastle, merchant Lease and release, by (2) to (3), of the manor of Eldon, as further security for £3,000 and interest, owing to (3) by Kennett

23 June 1724 (1) John Aynsley of Hexham, Northumberland, gent. (2) William Smith of Billiter Square, London, esq. (3) John Cheek of Doctors Commons, London, gent. Release [lease missing], by (1) to (3) in trust for (2), of tenements, farms and lands at Eldon belonging formerly to Sir Charles Ingleby Consideration: £708 16s. 4½d.

13 and 14 July 1724 (1) John Stephenson of Newcastle, merchant (2) William Smith of Billiter Square, London, esq. (3) John Cheek of Doctors Commons, London, gent. Lease and release, by (1) to (3) in trust for (2), of the estate at Eldon of the late Earl of Seafort Consideration: £1,728 10s. 4d.

11 August 1724 (1) John Stephenson of Newcastle, merchant (2) John Cheek of Doctors Commons, London, gent. (3) William Smith of Billiter Square, London, esq. Assignment, by (1) to (2) in trust for (3), of the lands in Eldon formerly mortgaged to Christopher Metcalf Consideration: £1,728 10s. 4d.

12 and 13 January 1740/1 (1) Kenneth Mackenzie 'commonly called Earl of Seafort' (2) William Smith of London, esq., and wife, Elizabeth (3) William Gill of Honiton, Devon, gent., and wife, Susanna; John Smith of Honiton, Devon, gent., and wife Mary; and William Oke of Whitlands, Devon, gent., and wife, Sarah (4) Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam Assignment by (2) to (4) of mortgaged estates in D/El 6/34, 35, and further charge, with equity of redemption to (1) Consideration: £2,500 and interest

Declaration of trust by Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam, to Mary Talbot, commonly called the Countess of Shrewsbury, in respect of £2,500 secured upon the manor of Eldon, 13 January 1740/1 Endorsed: assignment by Mary Talbot, to Walter, Lord Aston, of £2,646 1s., being the principal and interest referred to above, as part of the pre-nuptial settlement of Hon. James Aston and Lady Barbara Talbot, 29 June 1742

6 and 7 April 1747 (1) Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam (2) Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury; Jonathan Gurnell of London, merchant; and Richard Fitzpatrick of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, executors of the will of the late Viscount Fitzwilliam (3) Walter, Lord Aston, Baron of Forfair (4) Kenneth Mackenzie, commonly called Earl of Seafort (5) Ann Webb of St. Margaret's, Westminster, widow; Thomas Merridith of the Old Artillery Ground, Spittlefields, Middlesex, distiller; and William Reddish of the Strand, Middlesex, distiller Assignment of mortgage, by (1) to (5), of estates as in D/El 6/34, 35, with equity of redemption to (1) Consideration: £2,500 and interest

22 and 23 November 1748 (1) Ann Webb of St. Margaret's, Westminster, widow; Thomas Merridith of Spittlefields, Middlesex, distiller; and William Reddish of Chelsea, Middlesex, gent. (2) Kenneth Mackenzie, esq., commonly called Earl of Seafort Lease and release by (1) to (2) of estates as in D/El 6/34, 35 Consideration: £1,031 9s.10d.

Probate copy of will, from 3 June 1761 to 4 July 1761 of Kenneth Mackenzie of Seaforth (Scotland), esq., commonly called Lord Fortrose, devising estates in County Durham, including the manor and township of Eldon, in trust for son, Kenneth, 27 October 1761 Remainders as specified

29 September 1780 (1) Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth (2) Sir William Chambers of Berners Street, Middlesex, kt. (3) William Ward of Stannington Vale, Northumberland esq., and John Davidson of Newcastle, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of estates in D/El 6/34, 35, to secure judgement and mortgage debts, and the appointment of (3) as receivers of rents and profits of the estates Attached: certified copy of power of attorney dated 20 May 1780, granted by Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth, to Hon. Charles Greville of Portman Square, London, and Charles Crowle of Queen Street, London, esq., for executing the present deed, 8 March 1781

Office copy of will, dated 19 April 1779, of Kenneth, Earl of Seaforth; copy made n.d. [post 4 May 1785]

12 and 13 April 1782 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure, of St. George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex, widow, and devisee in the will of the late Kenneth Mackenzie, commonly called Lord Fortrose (2) Smith Burke of Durham, gent. (3) John Winn Ivison of St. George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex, gent. Lease and release to make (2) a tenant to the precipe of the manor of Eldon, and to lead the uses of a recovery by (3)

13 June 1782 (1) John Winn Ivison, gent., demandant (2) Smith Burke, gent., tenant (3) Hon. Frances Gordon, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure, vouchee Exemplification of a common recovery of the manor of Eldon with 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 20 barns, 20 byres, 2 water cornmills, 30 gardens, 20 orchards, 1,400a. of land, 700a. of moor, 100a. of furze, with mines and quarries

5 April 1784 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) George Crosier Hutchinson of Eldon, yeoman Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and 187a. at Eldon Rent: £80 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

5 April 1784 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) John Armstrong of Hartforth, near Richmond, Yorkshire Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and 194a. at Eldon Rent: £115 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

5 April 1784 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) Stephen Horsley of Eldon, yeoman Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and 163a. at Eldon Rent: £110 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

2 April 1787 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) Mark Maughan of Eldon, yeoman Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and lands at Eldon Rent: £68 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

2 April 1787 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) George Young of Eldon, yeoman Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and lands at Eldon Rent of £132 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

2 April 1787 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmore (2) Thomas Addison of Eldon, yeoman Lease for 9 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and lands at Eldon Rent: £105 p.a. and specified rents for tillage, husbandry, etc.

5 and 6 October 1787 (1) William Haggerson Maxwell Constable of Everingham, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Dagge, now residing in France, esq. (2) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure (3) Thomas Hall of Park Street, Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of the manor of Eldon

4 and 5 January 1788 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Wilsick House, Doncaster, Yorkshire, clerk Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the estates in D/El 6/34, 35 Consideration: £12,000 and interest

5 January 1788 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon of Edinburgh, North Britain, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Wilsick House, Doncaster, clerk Bond in £24,000 for the payment of £12,000 and interest Originally enclosed in D/El 6/58, 59

27 and 28 July 1792 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon of Edinburgh, North Britain, widow, commonly called Viscountess Kenmure (2) Rev. Henry Hildyard of Wilsick House, Doncaster, Yorkshire, clerk (3) Sir John Scott, kt., H.M. Solicitor General (4) Sir William Scott, kt., H.M. Advocate General Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the estates in D/El 6/34, 35 Consideration: £22,000

Letter from Rev. Henry Hildyard, Scarborough, Yorkshire, to Richard Wilson, esq., Butler's Buildings, London, concerning a mistake about the date on which interest payments fall due on the mortgage of the manor of Eldon, 19 August 1792 Originally enclosed in D/El 6/58, 59

19 September 1792 (1) Sir John Scott, H.M. Solicitor General (2) John Davidson of Newcastle, agent and receiver for Hon. Frances Gordon, widow (3) The tenants and owners of lands at Eldon Deed granting power of attorney by (3) to (1) [includes table of rents]

Surrender by Robert Birkley of the lease of his farm at Eldon, 24 September 1792

12 December 1792 (1) Sir William Chambers of Berners Street, Middlesex, kt. (2) Sir John Eden of Windlestone, bart. (3) Hon. Lady Caroline Maria Mackenzie of Paris, sole executrix of the late Earl of Seafort, deceased. (4) Sir John Scott, kt., H.M. Solicitor General Grant and assignment by (1) to (4), at the request of (3), of the tithes of corn and hay in Eldon Township; and 31/64ths of the tithes within the prebend of Coundon for the remainder of a term of 29 years Consideration: £774 19s. 7d.

n.d. [post 1804-11] Copies of Treasury warrant, 16 July 1801, and report of H.M. Surveyor General of Land Revenue, 9 October 1801, concerning the purchase by Sir John Eden of Windlestone, bart., of the prebends of Eldon, Windlestone, Middridge and Coundon Consideration: £7,941 9s. 5d.

6 October 1801 (1) Sir John Eden of Windlestone, bart. (2) John, Lord Eldon Grant by (1) to (2) of the prebend of Eldon Consideration: £2,180 11s. 1d.

12 December 1801 Certificate of contract for the redemption of land tax in the manor of Eldon Consideration: £1,447 14s. 6d.

20 February 1807 (1) Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke of Bonnington, Hertfordshire (2) John, Lord Eldon (3) James Farrer of Lincoln's Fields, Middlesex, esq. Grant by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of a fee farm rent of £42 15s. 9d. issuing out of lands at Eldon Consideration: £890

Duplicate declaration of intent by John, Earl of Eldon, and others, to merge and extinguish the tithes of freehold lands at Eldon, 31 May 1842 Attached: forwarding letter from the Tithe Commission Office, London, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 4 June 1842

Abstract of lease and release, assignment and apportionment, dated 29 and 29 September 1782[?], by Lord Seafort of Guernsey, and others, to Sir William Chambers of Berners Street, Middlesex, of estate and tithes at Eldon for securing various sums with interest, n.d.

Abstract of title, from 1 March 1679 to 6 October 1787, of Lady Kenmore, to the manor of Eldon, with opinions of William Holt and R. Hopper Williamson, 15 May - 27 November 1787

Abstract of title, from 1 March 1679 to 5 January 1788, of Lady Kenmore to the manor of Eldon, with note of approval for the intended purchaser by Charles Butler, Lincoln's Inn, London, 19 May 1792

Analysis of the abstract of title [no. 1], from 1 March 1679/80 to 5 January 1788, of Lady Kenmore to the manor of Eldon, n.d., [post 1818]

Schedule of deeds and papers, 1 March 1679/80 - 12 December 1792, belonging to the Eldon estate, n.d. [post 1828]

Abstract of title, from 15 November 1735 to 14 August 1805, of Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke, surviving devisee in trust under the will of Lord Dover, to fee farm rents in Eldon, n.d. [post 1805]

Valuation of the minerals within Eldon township, by Matthew Liddell of Kenton, prepared before the contract for sale to Lord Eldon, 1 May 1840 Includes: plan, c.1840 Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1 : 9504]

Valuation of the Eldon estate by Thomas Tate of Bilton House, 15 June 1840

1 July 1840 (1) Peter Bellinger Brodie of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, barrister, and Alfred Bell of the same, gent. (2) John, Earl of Eldon Articles of agreement for the sale and purchase of the manor and township of Eldon comprising 1,300a. of land Consideration: £52,000 14s. 2d.

Letter from Thomas Tate, Bilton House, Wetherby, Yorkshire, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding a valuation by James Shotton of the timber on the Eldon estate of the Earl of Eldon, 21 October 1840

Instructions of Messrs. Bell and Steward, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields,London, to Mr. Brodie concerning the sale of the manor of Eldon, its mortgage, and the mortgage of estates at Norden and Whitecliff, Dorset, 1841

Supplemental abstract of title, from 27 July 1792 to 24 July 1834, of the trustees of the Earl of Eldon to the manor, prebend, village, tithes and lands of Eldon, n.d. [post 1840]

Abstract of title, of 24 February 1841, of the Earl of Eldon to the manor, township and tithes of Eldon, n.d. [post 1841] Includes acreages of farms and fields

25 February 1841 (1) Alfred Bell and Samuel Steward, both of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, gents., and John, Earl of Eldon (2) James William Farrer of Berkeley Square, London, master of the Court of Chancery Lease for a year [release missing] by (1) to (2) of the manor of Eldon comprising 1,386a. 1r. 13p., with schedule of farms, field names and quantities Consideration: peppercorn rent

Letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to W.L. Farrer concerning a fee farm rent of the Eldon estate vested in J.W. Farrer, 25 February 1841

Abstracts of title, as in D/El 6/89, 1856 and n.d.

13 October 1457 (1) Sir Ralph Gray (2) Thomas Myddylton Bond in £300, whereby (1) undertakes to give (2) possession of lands in Elstob and Sedgefield, or elsewhere in the County of Durham, to the value of £10 14s. p.a.

4 August 1459 (1) Sir Ralph Gray, kt. (2) Thomas Middleton, esq., son of Thomas Middleton of Chillingham, Northumberland, esq., and wife, Margaret Grant by (1) to (2) of the manor and township of Elstob, a moiety of the manor and township of Conside (excepting the park), and lands in Sedgefield excepting rents of 14s. p.a. from lands called Grayesland appropriated to the chantry of the blessed virgin Katherine in Sedgefield parish church; all granted by (1) to (2) in exchange for the confirmation by (2) to (1) of the reversion to (1) of one-third part of the castle and manor of Chillingham with appurtenances in Chillingham and Trikilton, Northumberland after the death of William Ogle who holds them of (2)

28 January 1589 (1) William Wyllyamson of Elstob, yeoman (2) Rycharde Myddleton of Tunstall, gent. Conveyance by bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of houses, garths and gardens at Elstob, with closes called Wadgates and Westefyeldes

14 August 1591 (1) Richard Middilton of Tunstall, gent. (2) Christofer Wharton of Overton [Offerton], gent. Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a messuage and tenement at Elstob

14 August 1591 (1) Richarde Middilton of Tunstall, gent. (2) Christofer Wharton of Overton [Offerton], gent. Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a messuage and tenement in Elstob, and of an annuity of 14s. p.a. arising from lands at Sedgefield Consideration: £332 Attached: 24 July 1592 (1) Christofer Wharton, gent., plaintiff (2) Richard Midleton, gent. and wife Mary, deforceants Final concord, and duplicates, of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 80a. of land, 40a. of meadow, 60a. of pasture, and 10a. of woods, and 14s. of rents arising from 30a. of land, 30a. of meadow, and 60a. of pasture, in Elstob and Sedgefield Consideration: not stated

13 July 1592 (1) Christofer Wharton of Offerton, gent. (2) William Spenceley of Nunstainton, gent. Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and appurtenances in Elstob and an annual rent of 14s. p.a. from a tenement in Sedgefield Includes: nomination by (1) of Henry Fetherston and Michaele Pemerton for livery of seisin

Probate copy of will, dated 20 February 1626/7, of William Scurfeild of Elstob devising to son, William, lands [and a manor] in Elstob and Woograve [Bishopton]; and to younger son, Matthew, lands in Bradbury; bequest of 20s. to poor householders of Stainton; other bequests as specified, 25 August 1627

12 April 1675 (1) William Scurfield of Elstob, gent., and wife, Elizabeth (2) James Cooke and Edward Cooke, both of Stockton, merchants Agreement to levy a fine of 2 messuages and farms in Elstob with the intent that they shall remain to (1) during his natural life and thereafter to (2) for a term of 99 years [cancelled]

15 May 1675 (1) James Cooke and Edward Cooke, gents., plaintiffs (2) William Scurfield, gent., and wife, Elizabeth, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 50a. of land, 50a. of meadow, and 140a. of pasture in Elstob Consideration: £353 6s. 8d.

Will of Wlliam Scurfeild of Elstob, gent., devising to son, William, lands at Elstob in Great Stainton and Woograve in Bishopton, 18 November 1694

1 April 1697 (1) William Scurfeild of Elstob, gent. (2) Thomas Davison of Norton, clerk; George Naylor of London, gent.; and John Spearman of Durham, gent. (3) Rev. John Morton, prebendary of Durham Cathedral Additional mortgage of £200 on two messuages in Elstob

18 and 19 June 1697 (1) Henry Blackett of Low Bitchburn, gent.; John Ward of Blanchland, Northumberland, gent.; and William Scurfeild of Elstob, gent. (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of several messuages and farms at Elstob Consideration: £500 and interest Attached: receipt by (1) for consideration money, 19 June 1697

7 September 1697 (1) William Scurfeild of Elstob, gent. (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of lands and tenements at Elstob in the parish of Great Stainton and Woograve in the parish of Bishopton

20 March 1706/7 (1) William Scurfield of Elstob, gent. (2) John Morton of Durham, doctor of divinity, and Gilbert Spearman of the same, gent. (3) John Cuthbert of Newcastle, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of the equity of redemption of Elstob North Farm, Elstob South Farm in the parish of Great Stainton and Woograve in the parish of Bishopton Consideration: £1,962 14s. 10d.

27 April 1710 (1) John Morton of Durham, prebendary; Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent.; and Elizabeth Hall of Framwelgate, widow; Thomas Davison of Norton, clerk; and John Cuthbert of Newcastle, esq. (2) Richard Smith of Old Elvet Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of Elstob South Farm in Great Stainton and farm called Woogray or Woograve in Bishopton, with appurtenances Consideration: £1,850

19 May 1710 (1) Richard Smith, plaintiff (2) John Morton, professor of sacred theology; Gilbert Spearman, gent.; Elizabeth Hall, widow; Thomas Davison, clerk; John Cuthbert, esq.; and John Gray, deforceants Final concord of 4 messuages, 150a. of land, 100a. of meadow and 200a. of pasture in the parishes of Stainton, Bishopton and Easington Consideration: £173 6s. 8d.

Probate of will, dated 25 April 1732, of Richard Smith of Old Elvet, devising lands in Old Elvet and in the parishes of Great Stainton and Bishopton to son, Richard Smith, 15 May 1732

Copy of the will of Richard Smith of Old Elvet, gent., devising lands in Old Elvet and in the parishes of Great Stainton, Bishopton and Easington, to wife, Hannah Smith, 1 February 1752/53

Probate of will, dated 15 November 1764, of Hannah Smith of Old Elvet, devising house in Old Elvet to sister, Elizabeth Bowes, widow; and a farm at Hawthorn to nephew, Thomas Pattison, with remainders as specified, 11 December 1764

Receipts for legacies received by beneficiaries under the will of the late Hannah Smith of Old Elvet, 8 May 1765 - 22 August 1789

11 and 12 April 1765 (1) Elizabeth Pattison of Old Elvet, spinster (2) William Todd, gent. (3) William Corner of Grindon, yeoman Marriage settlement of (1) and (2), with conveyance by (1) to (3), in trust, of a messuage and farm called Elstob South Farm in Great Stainton

22 May 1781 (1) William Todd of Elstob, gent. (2) William Gill of Newcastle, gent. Mortgage, by demise for 1,000 years by (1) to (2), of a farm called Elstob South Farm in Great Stainton Consideration: £1,000 and interest

17 and 18 September 1789 (1) William Todd of Elstob, gent. (2) William Gill of Newcastle, gent. (3) James Williamson of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. (4) William Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. (5) George Todd of Newhouse, gent. (6) Henry Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, currier Assignment of mortgage by demise, by (1) and (2) to (3) for the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of Elstob South Farm in the parish of Great Stainton, with release to (4) in trust; covenant for the surrender, by (1) to the use of (4), of: moieties of four garths and two other garths; one fourth part of a tenement of 30a. in the manor of Evenwood; the moiety of West Close (4a.) at Toft Hill; a moiety of the tithes of the township of Evenwood and a moiety of the tithes of that part of the barony of Evenwood south of the river Gaunless Consideration: £2,700

18 September 1789 (1) William Todd, the elder, of Elstob, gent, and William Todd, the younger of Durham, gent. (2) James Williamson of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. Bond in £5,400 for the performance of covenants contained in indentures of equal date

21 and 22 March 1817 (1) William Todd of Elstob, gent. (2) William Prest, the elder, of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. (3) The said William Prest; Edward Prest of York, druggist; and Henry Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. (4) The said Henry Prest and William Prest, the younger, of Leeds, Yorkshire, merchant Lease and release, by (1) and (2) to (4) in trust, of Elstob South Farm with appurtenances, in the parish of Great Stainton

Abstract of title, from 27 April 1710 to 22 March 1817, of William Todd to an estate at Elstob, with the opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 2 December 1823

Correspondence and proofs of title relating to the purchase of an estate at Elstob, 17 November 1823 - 12 January 1824

Letter from Charles Ralph Fryer, Newcastle, to Messrs. Wilson and Holroyd, returning a draft conveyance of the Elstob estate and commenting on proofs of title, 13 December 1823

26 December 1823 (1) Henry Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent., and William Prest of Harthingwell, Yorkshire, esq. (2) William Todd of Evenwood, gent. (3) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for a year, by (1) and (2) to (3), of Elstob South Farm and of a mansion house called the Hall with 228a. of land

2 April 1827 (1) William Dobbin of Elstob, farmer (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of a garth in Great Stainton

Schedule of deeds, 27April 1710 - 27 December 1823, relating to an estate at Elstob belonging to the Earl of Eldon, n.d. [post 1830]

Schedule of deeds, from 4 August 1458 to 21 March 1706, relating to an estate at Elstob, purchased in 1823 by the Earl of Eldon of the late William Todd of Evenwood, esq., with related correspondence, 18-29 September 1837

5 July 1692 (1) William Scurfeild, the elder, of Elstob, gent., and wife, Elizabeth; his son, William Scurfeild, the younger; and James Cooke and Edward Cooke, both of Stockton, merchants (2) Thomas Davison of Norton, clerk; George Naylor of London, gent.; and John Spearman of Durham, gent. (3) Rev. John Morton, prebendary of Durham Cathedral Mortgage by (1) to (2) for (3) of two messuages or farms at Elstob Consideration: £700 and interest

22 July 1695 (1) William Scurfeild of Elstob, gent., son of William Scurfeild, late of Elstob, deceased (2) Thomas Davison of Norton, clerk; George Naylor of London, gent.; and John Spearman of Durham, gent. (3) Rev. John Morton, prebendary of Durham Cathedral Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/1 Consideration: £100 and interest

10 and 11 May 1698 (1) William Johnson of Elstob, gent. (2) Robert Bromley of Nesbett in the parish of Hart, gent. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of two farms at Elstob with various named closes Consideration: £200 and interest

20 and 21 May 1698 (1) William Johnson of Elstob, gent. (2) Henry Rawling of Newcastle, gent. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of two farms at Elstob with various named closes Consideration: £500 and interest

8 and 9 February 1698/9 (1) William Johnson, the elder, of Elstob, yeoman (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of a seat house and two farms at Elstob with various named closes Consideration: £120 and interest

25 February 1698/9 (1) William Johnson, the elder, of Elstob, yeoman (2) Robert Bromley of Nesbett in the parish of Hart, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/3 Consideration: £50 and interest

28 February 1698/9 (1) William Johnson, the elder, of Elstob, gent., and wife, Troatha (2) William Johnson, the younger, of the same, gent., son of (1) Conveyance by lease and release [lease missing] by (1) to (2) of tenements and farms in Elstob with named closes, to uses specified Consideration: £500

17 June 1699 (1) William Johnson, the elder, of Elstob, yeoman, and William Johnson, the younger, of the same, gent. (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/5, 6 Consideration: £117 and interest

26 January 1699/1700 (1) William Johnson, the elder, of Elstob, yeoman, and son, William Johnson, the younger (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/5 - 8/6 Consideration: £63 and interest

24 June 1699 (1) Gilbert Spearman, gent., plaintiff (2) William Johnson and wife, Troatha, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of 3 messuages, 2 granaries, 2 gardens, 1 orchard, 50a. of land, 50a. of meadow, 100a. of pasture in Elstob Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

17 January 1701/2 (1) William Johnson of Elstob, yeoman, and wife, Troatha; Thomas Johnson of Elstob, yeoman; and George Johnson of Elstob, yeoman (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, gent. Deed to covenant to levy a fine on estates as in D/El 8/5, 6

26 and 27 May 1706 (1) Henry Rawling of Newcastle, gent. (2) Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, gent. (3) Robert Bromley of Nesbett in the parish of Hart, gent. Assignment of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of estates as in D/El 8/3 Consideration: £560 and interest

1 and 2 December 1709 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, gent. (2) Rev. John Morton of Durham Assignment of mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage and farm with appurtenances, now or formerly in the possession of Robert Colling in Elstob; a messuage and farm now or formerly in the possession of Robert Smith, also in Elstob; a farm called Woogrey Farm in Bishopton Consideration: £1,277 10s. and interest

Declaration by Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, esq., concerning the further disposal of the mortgaged premises as in D/El 8/15, 8/16, 21 June 1712

31 March and 1 April 1713 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, esq. (2) Rev. John Morton of Durham (3) George Vane of Longnewton, esq., and John Rudd of Durham, esq. Mortgage by lease and release to (3) of a farm at Elstob called North Farm and of other lands of (1) at Elstob Consideration: £814 10s. and interest

30 June and 1 July 1715 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, esq. (2) Rev. John Morton, prebendary of Durham Cathedral (3) George Vane of Longnewton, esq., and John Rudd of Durham, esq. (4) Rev. John Smith, prebendary of Durham Cathedral Mortgage to (4) of a messuage and farm called North Farm at Elstob and of other lands of (1) there Consideration: £1,800 and interest

7 and 8 May 1722 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Durham, esq. (2) William Coulson of Jesmond, Northumberland, gent. (3) William Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, clerk Assignment of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of two messuages and farms in Elstob with various named closes Consideration: £1,500 and interest

10 and 11 January 1723/4 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, esq., and wife, Margaret (2) George Smith of St. Oswald's, Durham, esq. (3) William Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, clerk Conveyance by lease and release to (3) of two messuages and farms in Elstob Consideration: £3,181 10s.

11 January 1723 (1) Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, esq. (2) William Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, clerk Bargain and sale, with feoffment, by (1) to (2) of two farms at Elstob with all other lands of (1) at Elstob Consideration: £3,181 10s.

10 and 11 January 1723/4 (1) William Scurfield of Southwark, Surrey, gent. (2) Gilbert Spearman of Bishop Middleham, esq. (3) William Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, clerk (4) John Hodshon of Bishop Auckland, gent. Lease and release to (3) of a messuage and farm called North Farm in Elstob containing 180a. 1r. 30p.

26 February 1723/4 (1) John Hodshon, gent., plaintiff (2) William Chaloner, clerk Exemplification of a common recovery in the Durham Court of Pleas of a messuage, 100a. of land, 100a. of meadow, 100a. of pasture, in Elstob in the parish of Great Stainton

1 and 2 May 1724 (1) William Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, clerk (2) John Hodshon of Bishop Auckland, gent., and Anne Hodshon of the same, spinster (3) John Rudd of Durham, esq., and John Hodshon of Witton-le-Wear, gent. (4) Edward Chaloner of Guisborough, Yorkshire, esq., and William Bacon of Newton Cap, in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland (5) Katharine Chaloner of York and Thomas Chaloner of Marton, Yorkshire, gent. Marriage settlement (lease and release) of William Chaloner and Ann Hodshon conveying from (1) to (2) two messuages and farms in Elstob with yearly rents of £146 Consideration: £1,000

21 and 22 January 1754 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) William Peverell of Durham, gent. (3) John Hodshon of Bishop Auckland, gent. Conveyance by (1) to (2), to make a tenant to the precipe and to lead the uses of a recovery, of two messuages and farms in Elstob Consideration: 5s.

5 February 1754 (1) John Hodshon, gent., plaintiff (2) William Peverell, gent. Exemplification of a common recovery by (1) in the Durham Court of Pleas of 10 messuages, 10 cottages, 2 dovecotes, 5 gardens, 5 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 200a. of pasture, 50a. of wood, 80a. of furze and heath, 100a. of moor, mines of coal, quarries of stone and common of pasture in Great Stainton

21 June 1754 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) Rev. Richard Dongworth of Durham, clerk Mortgage by demise for 1,000 years by (1) to (2) of two messuages and farms with lands at Elstob Consideration: £600 and interest Endorsed with further charge of £100, 21 June 1755

20 and 21 June 1757 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent., and Charles Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) Rev. Richard Dongworth of Durham, clerk (3) Nathaniel Green of Preston, Northumberland, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/35 Consideration: £1,700 and interest

21 June 1757 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent., and Charles Chaloner, gent. (2) Richard Clayton of Aslington, Lancashire, and the Middle Temple, London, esq. (3) Nathaniel Green of Preston, Northumberland, gent. (4) Edward Collingwood of Chirton, Northumberland, esq. Assignment of the remainder of a term of 500 years to (4), in trust for (3), of estates as in D/El 8/30, 31 Consideration: £1,700 and interest

26 and 27 August 1759 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) Nathaniel Green of Preston, Northumberland, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 8/35 Consideration: £300 and interest

2 and 3 May 1766 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq., and wife, Dorothy (2) Sir John Lister Kaye of Denby Grange, Yorkshire, bart. (3) Rev. Richard Kay of Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, clerk, and Bartholomew Bowser of Bishop Auckland, esq. (4) Sir John Eden of Windlestone, bart., and Charles Chaloner of York, wine merchant Post-nuptial settlement (lease and release) of (1) conveying from (1) to (2) - (4), in trust, various messuages at Bishop Auckland in the market place; in Etherley Lane, Panmire and Church Leazes; at Elstob [Great Stainton]; Old Park [Wolsingham]; Stone House and other messuages at Thornley; and the tithes of St. Helen Auckland and Henknowle Consideration: £2,500

14 March 1771 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq., and wife, Dorothy (2) Sir John Lister Kaye of Denby Grange, Yorkshire, bart. (3) Rev. Richard Kaye of Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, and Bartholomew Bowser of Bishop Auckland, esq. Deed of revocation by (1), with the consent of (2) and (3), of the terms of D/El 8/41, 42, relating to the messuages and farms at Elstob

2 June 1771 (1) Rev. Richard Kaye, LL.D. and Bartholomew Bowser, esq., plaintiffs (2) Robert Chaloner and wife, Dorothy, deforceants Final concords of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 garths, 3 gardens, 400a. of land, 400a. of meadow, 400a. of pasture, in Elstob Consideration: £93 6s. 8d.

26 and 27 September 1771 (1) Nathaniel Green of Preston, Northumberland, gent. (2) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (3) John Tempest of Sherburn, esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of messuages and farms in Elstob Consideration: £4,500

28 September 1771 (1) Nathaniel Green of Preston, Northumberland, gent. (2) Edward Collingwood of Chirton, Northumberland, esq. (3) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (4) John Tempest of Sherburn, esq. (5) John Tempest, the younger, of Wynyard, esq. Assignment by (2) and (3) to (5) in trust for (4) of the remainder of a term of 500 years in two farms at Elstob, as in D/El 8/30, 31 Consideration: 10s.

26 January 1786; copy made post 1821 (1) Diana Chudleigh of Chalmington, Dorset, spinster (2) John Blake of Essex Street, Middlesex, gent. (3) John Tempest of Wynyard, esq. (4) Charles Boldero of Bedford Square, Middlesex, esq., and George Hibbert of New Broad Street (London), esq. Copy of assignment by (1) and (3) to (4) of mortgaged estates, including two farms at Elstob Consideration: £14,000 and interest

31 May 1797; copy made post 1821 (1) Charles Boldero of London, banker, and George Hibbert of London, esq. (2) Anne Tempest of East Barnet, Hertfordshire, widow (3) Gore Townsend of Honington, Warwickshire, esq., and William Mellish of London, esq. (4) Francis Hutton, the elder, and Francis Hutton, the younger, both of St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, esqs. Copy of release of various hereditaments by (1) and (2) to (4) including two farms at Elstob, and discharge of mortgage debts Consideration: £14,000

Copy of will and probate, from 18 October 1771 to 28 February 1795, of John Tempest of Wynyard, esq.; copy made post 1820

Abstract of the marriage settlement of Sir Henry Vane Tempest and Anne, Countess of Antrim, 24 April 1799; abstract made 1821

Office copy of report by James Stephen, Master in Chancery, approving proposals for the marriage settlement of Frances Ann Vane Tempest and Charles William, Baron Stewart, 14 August 1818

Office copy of chancery order confirming the report of Master Stephen on the marriage proposed between Frances Ann Vane Tempest and Charles William, Baron Stewart, 15 August 1818

Office copy of will and probate, from 1 July 1712 to 12 October 1713, of Robert Bromley of Nesbit; copy made post 1823

Office copy of will and probate, from 15 January 1716/17 to 29 February 1719/20, of Isabel Bromley of Nesbit; copy made post 1823

Abstract of title [no. 1], from 28 June 1738 to 19 January 1821, of the Marquess of Londonderry to an estate in Great Stainton, with the opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 13 November 1824

Opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on the abstract of title to an estate in Great Stainton, 13 November 1824

Copy of will and probate, from 25 July 1725 to 31 January 1725/6, of Thomas Ogle of Durham, gent., 1 December 1824

Copy of will and probate, from 28 January 1757 to 19 October 1757, of Sir William Middleton of Belsay Castle, Northumberland, bart., devising lands at various places, including Great Stainton, 1 December 1824

Copy of court order for the surrender of mortgaged premises by Henry Thomas Carr, a lunatic, 16 January 1758; copy made 1 December 1824

Copy of will and letters of administration by court order, 14 December 1743 - 2 November 1792, of William Bacon of Newton Cap, esq.; copy made post 1823

Abstract of title, from 5 July 1692 to 8 June 1822, of the Marquess of Londonderry, to two farms at Elstob, with opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, regarding the production of documents, 25 May 1825

Copy of opinion of P.B. Brodie regarding evidences of title required for the conveyance of two farms at Elstob, 25 May 1825

Letter from John Gregson, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson & Holroyd, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning deeds and other evidences of title to the Elstob and Great Stainton estates, 25 June 1825

26 February 1724/25 (1) William Chaloner, esq., plaintiff (2) Gilbert Spearman, esq., and wife, Margaret, deforceants Office abstract of final concord of 3 messuages, 150a. of land, 100a. of meadow, 200a. of pasture in Elstob Copy certified by William Charles Chaytor, Deputy Prothonotary, 31 June 1825 [sic]

Letter from John Gregson, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson & Holroyd, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the production of copies of reports and orders referred to in Mr. Brodie's opinion, and urging expedition: "... Lord Londonderry is extremely anxious for the termination of this business ...", 9 July 1825

Copy of will and probate, from 18 October 1771 to 3 June 1776, of John Tempest of Sherburn, esq., 17 August 1825

Letter from John Gregson, Durham, to R. Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, returning a draft deed of covenants and commenting on details of a draft conveyance from Lord Londonderry to Lord Eldon, 28 December 1825

Letter from George Patrick, Durham, to R. Wilson, Lincoln's Fields, London, solicitor, concerning a small plan of "... the Elstob and Stainton Farms and the Isle together with an old survey of Elstob ...". 26 October 1825

Draft deed of covenants between Charles, Marquess of Londonderry, and John, Earl of Eldon, for the production of title deeds, 1825

Letter from J.H. Markland, Temple, London, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding a conveyance, 12 January 1826

Letter from John Gregson, Durham, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the production of deeds in the transaction between Lord Londonderry and Lord Eldon, 21 January 1826

Copy of a grant of limited administration by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the see being vacant, to John Gregson of Durham, gent., of the estate of the late Gore Townsend of Honington Hall, Warwickshire, esq., the grant being restricted to the deceased's interest as trustee in the remainder of a term of 5,000 years in diverse manors in the County of Durham [specified in deeds of lease and release, 10 and 11 May 1796], 22 April 1826

Letter from John Gregson, Durham, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning objections to the grant of limited administration [See D/El 8/74], 1 May 1826

14 May 1826 (1) Charles Boldero of Alsop's Buildings, New Road, Middlesex, esq., and Charles, Marquess of Londonderry (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for a year [release missing] by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and lands at Elstob; another messuage and lands at Elstob; and another farm at Great Stainton Includes: schedule of properties with quantities and plan

15 May 1826 (1) Charles, Marquess of Londonderry (2) John, Earl of Eldon Deed of covenant for the production of title deeds, dated from 22 April 1738 to 8 June 1822, for estates as in D/El 8/76

Copy of probate, will and codicils, from 28 April 1825 to 10 October 1825, of Gore Townsend of Honington, Warwickshire, esq., 20 May 1826

Schedule of deeds, 5 July 1692 - 15 May 1826, relating to an estate at Elstob belonging to the Earl of Eldon, [post 1830]