Catalogue

2 November 1689 (1) John Elstob of Foxton, gent. (2) Mary Conyers of South Biddick, spinster Mortgage, by demise for 99 years, by (1) to (2) of a messuage, farm and several closes [names and quantities specified] at Little Stainton Consideration: £350 and interest

26 February 1702/3 (1) John Elstob of Foxton, gent. (2) Humphry March of Durham, gent., and wife, Anne (3) Charles Elstob of Tilloton, Sussex, clerk, and William Elstob of University College, Oxford, clerk Post-nuptial settlement by lease and release of (2), whereby (1) released to (3), in trust, to uses specified, a messuage and farm and one other messuage with their appurtenances at Little Stainton; and (2) conveys to (3), in trust, to uses specified, a farm called Hogshouse Farm at Morden

25 February 1702/3 (Counterpart of D/El 22/2

Office copy of the will, dated 23 August 1711, of Humphrey March of Heighington, gent., devising lands in County Durham and Newcastle in trust to uses specified, n.d. [post 1829]

6 November 1714 (1) Thomas Conyers of Elemore Hall, esq., and Elizabeth Conyers of the same, spinster (2) John Elstob of Foxton, gent. Surrender by (1) to (2) of the mortgage of a messuage and farm, with several named closes, in Little Stainton Consideration: £350

1 and 2 August 1732; copies made 8 April 1797 (1) Ann March of Foxton, widow, and son, John March of Foxton, gent.; and John Rudd of Durham, esq. (2) John Lodge of Barnard Castle, gent. (3) Nicholas Shuttleworth of New Elvet, gent. Attested copies of lease and release, to make (2) a tenant to the precipe and lead the uses of a recovery, of a capital messuage and its appurtenances at Foxton, a farm called Hogshouse Farm at Morden, of messuages at Little Stainton, and of several farms at West Sleekburn, containing together about 700a.

Attested copy of D/El 22/8 with attached copy of a writ of dedimus potestatem, 18 September 1732, 4 April 1797

24 August 1732; copy made n.d. [post 1828] (1) John Lodge, plaintiff (2) Ann March, widow, and John March, gent., deforceants Copy extract of final concord of 15 messuages, 15 cottages, 10 barns, 10 stables, 2 dovecotes, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 800a. of land, 600a. of meadow, 600a. of pasture, 200a. of moor, 200a. of furze in Foxton, Little Stainton, Mordon and West Sleekburn; and all tithes in Little Stainton

6 October 1732; copy made 27 March 1797 (1) Nicholas Shuttleworth, appellant (2) John Lodge, tenant (3) Anne March and son, John, vouchees Attested copy of exemplication of a common recovery of 15 messuages, 15 barns, 15 stables, 2 dovecotes, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 800a. of land, 600a. of meadow, 600a. of pasture, 200a. of moor, 200a. of furze in Foxton, Little Stainton, Morden and West Sleekburn

19 and 20 August 1734 (1) Ann March of Foxton, widow, and son, John March of Foxton, gent. (2) William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq., and John Stevenson of Byarside, esq. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage and farm at Little Stainton, and another messuage there with its appurtenances Consideration: £500 and interest

16 and 17 October 1740 (1) Ann March of Foxton, widow, and son, John March of Foxton, gent. (2) William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq., and John Stevenson of Byarside, esq. (3) Robert Johnson of Ebchester Hill, gent. Assignment to (3) of mortgage and further charge on the estates in D/El 22/12, 13 Consideration: £700 and interest

14 May 1750; copy made 5 February 1831 (1) William Davison of Durham, clerk (2) George Vane of Longnewton, esq., and, daughter, Catherine (3) Cholmley Turner of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, esq. (4) Thomas Davison of Blakiston, esq., brother of (1), and Lionel Vane of Longnewton, esq., brother of Catherine (5) Henry Fletcher of Hutton, Cumberland, esq., and William Turner of Clints, Yorkshire, esq. Attested copy of marriage settlement of (1) and Catherine Vane, whereby (1) conveys to George Vane and (3), in trust, lands at Claxton, and a capital messuage, mansion house, lands and rents at Thorpe Thewles, and covenants to convey a copyhold cottage at Carlton, to uses specified; and assigns to George Vane and (3) the tithes of Thorpe Thewles, Fulthorpe, Little Stainton, and East, West and Middle Newbiggin

16 and 17 August 1750 (1) Robert Johnson of Ebchester Hill, gent., and John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., and wife, Anne (2) Rev. Robert Lascelles of Durham, clerk Lease and release by (1) to (2) of mortgaged estates as in D/El 22/12, 13 Consideration: £805

1 and 2 October 1751 (1) Rev. Robert Lascelles of Durham, clerk (2) William Lodge of Barnard Castle, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of mortgaged estates as in D/El 22/12, 13 Consideration: £812 17s.

30 April and 1 May 1753 (1) John March of Newcastle, esq. (2) William Lodge of Barnard Castle, gent. (3) Rev. William Davison of Stokesley, Yorkshire, M.A. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of estates as in D/El 22/12, 13 Consideration: £1,500

1 May 1753 (1) John March of Newcastle, gent., and wife, Isabel (2) Rev. William Davison of Stokesley, Yorkshire, clerk Deed of covenant to levy a fine for conveying estates as in D/El 22/12, 13

16 May 1753 (1) Rev. William Davison, plaintiff (2) John March, esq., and wife, Isabel, deforceants Final concords of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 100a. of land, 100a. of meadow, 100a. of pasture in Little Stainton Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

Copy of the will, dated from 9 October to 1 December 1759, of Watson Rickarby of Great Stainton, devising messuages and lands at Great Stainton and Little Stainton to sister, Isabell, wife of Anthony Hubbuck of Greatham, gent.; messuages and lands at Eryholme, Yorkshire, to neice, Jane Hubbuck; messuages and lands at Brunton, Brankin Moor and Bishopton to brother-in-law, Anthony Hubbuck; and a house at Bishopton to cousin, Elizabeth Williamson, for life, n.d. [post 1830]

20 June 1776; copy made 21 May 1795 (1) William Davison of Scruton, Yorkshire, clerk, and his son, Thomas Davison (2) George Hartley of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Thomas Lloyd of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, gent. (4) Thomas Burnett of Guiseley, Yorkshire, gent. (5) John Preston of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (6) Edward Butterfield of Hampstead, Middlesex, cook, and wife, Elizabeth (7) William Masterman of Gray's Inn, London, esq. Attested copy of lease and release [lease missing] to make (3) a tenant to the precipe of a messuage farm and lands at Claxton; a messuage, cottages, cornmill and several closes at Thorp Thewles; a capital messuage and mansion house at Thorp Thewles; lands at Taunton in the parish of Stokesley, Yorkshire; and a farm and lands at Little Stainton; and to lead the uses of a recovery by (2) so as to limit the estates of (1) to other uses and to transfer an annuity secured on part of these estates on trusts specified Consideration: £1,000

3 September 1776; copy made 13 July 1795 (1) George Hartley, esq., demandant (2) Thomas Lloyd, gent., tenant (3) Thomas Davison, esq., vouchee Attested copy of exemplification of a common recovery of 6 messuages, 16 cottages, 6 barns, 6 stables, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, one water cornmill, 500a. of land, 200a. of meadow, 300a. of pasture, 20a. of wood, 12d. rent in Claxton, Thorp Thewles, Little Stainton, and in the parishes of Greatham, Grindon and Bishopton

30 May 1781; copy made, 3 February 1831 (1) William Davison of Scruton, Yorkshire, rector (2) Thomas Davison of Crawmersh Gifford, Oxfordshire, rector (3) Leonard Hartley of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, esq., and John Preston of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. Attested copy of lease and release [lease missing] by (1) and (2) to (3), in trust, of estates as in D/El 22/27, subject to £2,000 charged thereon for portions for the daughters and younger sons of (1) to the uses specified, and assignment to (3) of the tithes of Thorpe Thewles, Fulthorpe, Little Stainton, East, West and Middle Newbiggen and Pitfield for the remainder of a term of 21 years, to uses specified

23 February 1785; copy made 3 February 1831 (1) Rev. William Davison of Scruton, Yorkshire, clerk, and wife, Catherine (2) Rev. Thomas Davison of Crawmersh Gifford, Oxfordshire, eldest son of (1) (3) Elizabeth Webster of Stockton, spinster (4) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq.; Thomas Davison of Blakiston, esq.; and Rowland Webster of Stockton, esq., brother of (3) (5) Leonard Hartley of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, esq., and John Preston of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. Copy of pre-nuptial settlement of (2) and (3), providing for the transfer to (2) of a portion of £1,000 and interest charged on the estates of the late father of (3); conveying from (1) and (2) to (4), in trust, various freehold estates at Thorpe Thewles and Little Stainton to uses specified; and assigning from (1) and (2) to (5) leasehold tithes and premises as in D/El 22/29 to uses specified

Copy of the will, dated 30 May 1782, of Isabel Hubbock of Great Stainton, widow of Anthony Hubbock of the same, deceased, devising lands in Little Stainton to cousin, George Ward of Durham, gent., with remainder of real estate to nephew, George Hubbock of Cowpen, gent., n.d.

Attested copy of D/El 22/31, n.d. [post 1830]

24 and 25 June 1795 (1) Rev. Thomas Davison of Hartburn, Northumberland (2) Catharine Davison of Northallerton, Yorkshire, widow (3) Leonard Hartley of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, esq., and John Preston of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (4) George Wood of Durham, esq. (5) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq., and Rowland Webster of Stockton, esq. Lease and release by (3), at the request and direction of (1) and (2), to (4) of freehold messuages and a farm at Little Stainton, with discharge of the annuity payable therefrom to (2); assignment by (5) to (4) of the remainder of a term of 100 years of part of the said freehold estate; assignment by (3) to (4) of the remainder of a lease for 21 years of the tithes of Little Stainton and East, West and Middle Newbiggin Consideration: £3,000

26 June 1795 (1) Rev. Thomas Davison of Hartburn (2) Catherine Davison of Northallerton, Yorkshire, widow (3) Rev. George Davison of Northallerton, Yorkshire, clerk; Charles Spencer van Straubenzee of Thornhill, Yorkshire, esq., and wife, Anne Theophila Straubenzee; Joseph Butler of Kirby House, Berkshire, esq., and wife, Catherine Butler; and Eleanora Davison of Northallerton, spinster (4) Leonard Hartley of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, esq., and John Preston of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (5) George Wood of Durham, esq. (6) William Hoar of Durham, esq. (7) Benjamin Dunn of Durham, esq. Assignment by (6) to (7), at the direction of (1) - (4), and at the nomination of, and in trust for, (5), of the remainder of two terms of 1,000 years and 600 years in messuages, dwellinghouses, a farm, and several closes at Little Stainton, to merge with the freehold Consideration: £3,000

Abstract of title, from 9 October 1759 to 30 May 1782, to a freehold estate at Little Stainton, formerly belonging to Mrs. Isabel Hubbock, deceased, and devised by her to the late Mr. George Wood, n.d. [post 1827]

Abstract of title, from 2 November 1689 to 26 June 1795, of Rev. Thomas Davison to divers freehold messuages, at Little Stainton, and to certain tithes held of the Master and Brethren of Sherburn Hospital on lease for 21 years, n.d. [post1827]

Supplemental abstract of title, from 1 August 1732 to 18 September 1732, to property as in D/El 22/37, n.d. [1830]

Additional abstract of title, from 6 February 1812 to 25 September 1827, produced by Messrs. Chambers for the Little Stainton estate, with opinions of S. Jay, Lincoln's Inn, London, 3 May and 1 July 1830

Copies of opinions of S. Jay, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the title to the Little Stainton estate, 3 May and 1 July 1830

Legal correspondence and related papers, concerning the purchase by Lord Eldon of Long Pasture Farm, Little Stainton, 3 Feburary 1830 - 12 February 1831

12 and 13 June 1795 (1) George Goundry of Durham, merchant; Ralph Goundry of Durham, merchant, and wife, Rosamond; and Bridget Richardson of Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, spinster (2) George Carlisle of Whitton, yeoman (3) William Proud of Coundon Grange, yeoman, and wife Jane (4) George Wood of Durham, esq. Conveyance and assignment (lease and release) by (1) to (4) of a term of years in trust to attend the inheritance of a dwelling house, tenement, malt kiln, malt mill, brewhouse, orchard and garth in Little Stainton Consideration: £110

26 June 1795 (1) George Wood, esq., plaintiff (2) George Goundry; Ralph Goundry and wife, Rosamond; and Bridget Richardson, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 brewhouses, 2 orchards, 2 garths, 2 gardens, 5a. of land and common of pasture at Little Stainton in the parish of Bishopton Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

16 and 17 November 1830 (1) Rev. John Chambers of Leaseowes, clerk (2) William Trotter of Morpeth, Northumberland, esq. (3) John Whitfield Beckwith of Merrington, gent. (4) James Leybourn Chambers of Little Stainton, gent. (5) John Clayton of Newcastle, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (4) of a dwellinghouse with appurtenances and adjoining garths together comprising 1a. 2r. 3p. on the west side of the Town Street of Little Stainton; a garth in the East Row of Little Stainton, called Stellings Garth, comprising 2a. 3r. 8p.; another garth on the east side of the Town Street of Little Stainton comprising 12p.; three sittings in pew no. 14 in Bishopton Parish Church; assignment by (2) to (5) of two terms of years, in trust for (4), to attend the inheritance of the same property

17 November 1830 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) James Leybourn Chambers of Little Stainton, gent. Deed of covenants for the production of documents dating from 7 February 1812 to 25 September 1827

9 June 1836 (1) James Leybourn Chambers of Little Stainton, gent. (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for a year [release missing] of premises as in D/El 22/97, 98 Consideration: 5s.

Abstracts of title, from 12 June 1795 to 10 June 1836, to lands purchased by Lord Eldon from James Leyburn Chambers, 1835-36

Draft conveyances for the purchase by the Earl of Eldon from James Leybourn Chambers of lands at Little Stainton, March - June 1836

Letter from J.L. Chambers, Little Stainton, to Alfred Bell, London, concerning the purchase price of the property at Little Stainton and describing its condition '... in perfect and complete Tenentable Condition ...', 20 May 1835

Letter from J.L. Chambers, Little Stainton, to Alfred Bell, London, concerning a recent inspection of the Little Stainton property and containing an assurance '... that all shall be put in good and sufficient Tenantable Condition ...', 28 August 1835

Letter from J.L. Chambers, Little Stainton, to Alfred Bell, London, apologising for the delay in replying and undertaking that '... the repairs shall be made with all possible dispatch ...', 18 October 1835

Letters from Messrs. J. & M. Clayton, Newcastle, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the title and conveyance to Lord Eldon of the Little Stainton property, 16 December 1835 - 10 June 1836

Letter from Robert Thompson, Woodham Lodge, to Alfred Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising that Mr. Chambers '... has made everything in very good repair ...' at Little Stainton and referring to coal borings at Eldon, 14 May 1836

Letter from J.L. Chambers, Little Stainton, to Alfred Bell, London, referring to the completion of repairs to the Little Stainton property, 28 May 1836

Memorandum of the purchase by Lord Eldon of the remainder of the Little Stainton property, the bulk of which was acquired in 1830, with request for counsel to peruse the further abstract of title and to settle a conveyance to Lord Eldon, n.d. [1835-36]

7 June 1777 (1) John Whitley O'Carroll of Westminster, esq. (2) Elizabeth Mary Ann of St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, spinster (3) Sir John O'Carroll of Bath, Somerset, bart., and William Neller of Greenwich, Kent Prenuptial settlement of (1) and (2)

22 May 1787 (1) John Whitley O'Carroll of Liège, Belgium, esq., and wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann O'Carroll (2) Sir John O'Carroll of Brussels, bart. Mortgage of a moiety of a leasehold estate comprising the manor of Middridge, with a water corn mill, 21 oxgangs, 5a. to the east, 240a. of land to the west, with other lands and services in Middridge, Killerby and Redworth Consideration: £1,233 7s. 2d. and interest Endorsed: 10 April 1810 (1) Maria Elizabeth O'Carroll, spinster, daughter and administratrix of Sir John O'Carroll (2) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. Assignment of mortgage by (1) to (2)

29 November 1790; copy made 6 December 1796 (1) Whitley O'Carroll of Liège, Belgium, esq. (2) William Meyrick of the parish of St. George the Martyr, Middlesex (3) William Morland and Thomas Hammersley, both of Westminster, bankers Attested copy of assignment and mortgage by demise to (3), for the remainder of a term of 99 years, of estates as in D/El 23/2 Consideration: £1,200 and interest

31 January and 1 February 1793 (1) John Whitley O'Carroll of Liège, Belgium, esq., and wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann (2) Sir John O'Carroll of Brussels, Belgium, bart. (3) James Williamson of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. Deed of appointment, and mortgage for lives, to (3) of premises as in D/El 23/1 Consideration: £1,000 and interest

Notarial declaration of power of attorney granted by Sir John Whitley O'Carroll, bart., and by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, to Robert Clarke and William Grey of Stockton, solicitors, in respect of the Middridge Grange estate, 25 May 1809

7 and 8 September 1809 (1) William Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent.; Edward Prest of York, druggist; and Henry Prest of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent.; trustees of James Williamson, late of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. Assignment by (1) to (2) of mortgage of a moiety of the manor of Middridge, 21 oxgangs and 4a. between Kimbleburn and Middridgeburn, and of 240a. of land to the west of the manor, all held on a lease for 3 lives from the Bishop of Durham Consideration: £1,000 and interest

Receipt by the trustees of the late James Williamson of Bedale, Yorkshire, for interest owing by Sir John O'Carroll, bart., on the mortgage of the premises as in D/El 23/7, 8, 3 October 1809

Letters of administration, granted to Maria Elizabeth O'Carroll, spinster, of the estate of her father, Sir John O'Carroll of Bath, Somerset, bart, 5 April 1810

22 May 1810 (1) Sir John Whitley O'Carroll of Saxe-Weimar, Lower Saxony, bart., and wife, Dame Elizabeth Mary Ann O'Carroll (2) John Whitley Christopher O'Carroll of Saxe-Weimar, esq., and Caroline de Hoennings of the same, widow Appointment by (1) of (2) to the premises as in D/El 23/7, 8

23 and 24 May 1810 (1) Sir John Whitley O'Carroll of Saxe-Weimar, Lower Saxony, bart., and wife, Dame Elizabeth Mary Ann O'Carroll (2) John Whitley Christopher O'Carroll of Saxe-Weimar, esq., and Caroline de Hoennings of the same, widow (3) Robert Clarke and William Grey both of Stockton, gent. Conveyance by (1) to (3), in trust, of the whole of the manor of Middridge

31 May 1810 (1) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents., for Sir John Whitley O'Carroll, bart., and wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann (2) Rev. George Barrington of Sedgefield, clerk Memorandum of agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of the manor of Middridge with lands at Middridge, Killerby and Redworth Consideration: £19,500

1 June 1810 (1) Robert Clarke and William Grey, plaintiffs (2) Sir John Whitley O'Carroll, bart.; Dame Elizabeth Mary Ann O'Carroll; John Whitley Christopher O'Carroll, esq.; and Caroline de Hoennings, widow, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of the manor of Middridge and 20 messuages, 2 mills, 4 dovehouses, 700a. of land, 700a. of pasture, 30a. of wood, 100a. of marsh, 20a. of land covered with water, in Middridge, Middridge Grange and Redworth Consideration: £400

Attested copy of the surrender by Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents., of estates as in D/El 23/14 for the granting of a new lease, 1 December 1810; copy made 29 November 1831

7 and 8 May 1811 (1) Sir John Whitley O'Carroll of Saxe-Weimar, Lower Saxony, bart., and children, John Whitley Christopher O'Carroll and Caroline de Hoennings, both of Saxe-Weimar (2) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. (3) Rev. George Barrington, rector of Sedgefield, clerk Lease and release to (3) of estates as in D/El 23/1, with discharge of mortgage Consideration: £19,500

10 and 11 May 1811 (1) Rev. George Barrington, prebendary of Durham (2) John Bowlby of Durham, esq., and Matthew Woodifield of Durham, gent., trustees for (1) (3) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. Mortgage by (1) to (3) of the Manor or Grange of Middridge and a water corn mill; 21 oxgangs and 5a. between Kimble bourn and Middridge bourn, 240a. of land in Middridge, Killerby and Redworth, a freehold messuage and tenement in Sedgefield called Brecken Hill with several adjoining closes [field names and areas specified]; a two closes also in Sedgefield called Watkin Style and Little Watkin Style, together with 3 other closes forming part of the South Moor in Sedgefield with easement to surrender the copyhold estate Consideration: £14,000 and interest

11 May 1811 (1) Rev. George Barrington, prebendary of Durham (2) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. Bond in £28,000 for the performance of covenants in indenture of equal date

15 May 1811 (1) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. (2) Rev. George Barrington, prebendary of Durham (3) William Morland and Thomas Hammersley of Westminster, Middlesex, bankers (4) Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, esq. Assignment in trust to (4) of a moiety of the manor or grange of Middridge for better securing a mortgage of £14,000 on the said estate Consideration: 10s.

Declaration of trust by Robert Clarke and William Grey in respect of a mortgage for £14,000 on the manor or grange of Middridge, 21 October 1811

Memorandum concerning D/El 23/24, n.d. [post 1830]

24 January 1822 (1) Shute, bishop of Durham (2) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, gents. Lease for 3 lives to (2) of the manor or grange of Middridge, with 21 oxgangs and 5a. of arable land between Kimble bourn and Middridge bourn, and 240a. of land on the west side of the manor with other lands in Middridge, Killerby and Redworth Rent: £26 9s. 8d.

Letter from William Robinson, Darlington, to Thomas Davison, Sedgefield, commenting on the state of health of 'the lives' named in the lease of 24 January 1822 [see D/El 23/26], 18 July 1825

Copy of memorandum of agreement between Thomas Davison, agent for the bishop of Durham, and George, Viscount Barrington, for the purchase, for £8,909 8s. 6d., of the estate as in D/El 23/26, comprising 920a. 2r. 21p., 21 July 1828

Office copy of the certificate of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery that the purchase money for the estate conveyed in D/El 23/28 has been paid by George, Viscount Barrington, 13 February 1829

21 and 22 August 1829 (1) Sir James Scarlett, Thomas Henry Faber, esq., and John Cross, esq., trustees for the sale of certain estates belonging to the see of Durham (2) William, bishop of Durham (3) William Keppel, Viscount Barrington (4) Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, widow Lease and release to (4) of the inheritance of the estate as in D/El 23/26 Consideration: £8,909 8s. 6d.

Licence by William, bishop of Durham, to Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, to assign to John, Earl of Eldon, the mines and quarries of the Middridge Grange estate, held on an unexpired lease of 1826, 30 April 1832

Schedule of deeds, from 7 June 1774 to 30 April 1832, relating to the Middridge Grange estate in the parishes of St. Andrew Auckland and Heighington, n.d. [c.1832]

9 May 1832 (1) Robert Clarke and William Grey, both of Stockton, esq. (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for one year by (1) to (2) of the manorial water corn mill of Middridge with lands and tenements Includes: a schedule of Red House Farm, New House Farm, Hawthorne Farm, the Hall Farm and the water corn mill giving details of tenants, rents, field names and acreages

10 May 1832 (1) Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, widow (2) John, Earl of Eldon Assignment of the remainder of a term of 21 years of the mines and quarries under the Middridge Grange estate Includes: a plan of the estate Consideration: £50

Licence by William, bishop of Durham, to Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, to assign to John, Earl of Eldon, the mines and quarries within and under the Middridge Grange estate, held on an unexpired lease of 1833, 10 March 1834

25 April 1834 (1) Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, widow (2) John, Earl of Eldon Assignment by (1) to (2) of the mines and quarries within, and under, the Middridge Grange estate held on an unexpired lease of 1833 Consideration: 10s.

Abstract of title, from 7 June 1774 to 13 February 1829, of Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Barrington, to the Middridge Grange estate, with the opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 26 February 1832

Rough schedule of deeds relating to the Middridge Grange purchase to be delivered up on completion, n.d. [c.1832]

Short abstract of title, from 26 March 1777 to 11 September 1809, of Robert Clarke and William Grey to the Middridge Grange estate, held by lease for 3 lives from the bishop of Durham, n.d. [post 1805]

Schedule of deeds, from 23 November 1763 to 25 June 1811, relating to a leasehold estate at Middridge Grange and to freehold and copyhold estates at Sedgefield, belonging to Rev. George Barrington and mortgaged to Robert Clarke and William Grey for £14,000 and interest, 1811

An Act for vesting certain estates belonging to the See of Durham in Trustees for Sale, and for applying the Purchase Monies ... for other purposes [7 & 8 George IV cap. 42], 21 June 1827

Abstract of leases, from 26 February 1814 to 24 August 1826, granted by the bishop of Durham to George John and Thomas Dixon, and to the late George, Viscount Barrington, of coalmines and quarries at Middridge Grange and elsewhere in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland, 1831 Includes: schedules of mines and quarries in the manors of Bondgate and Evenwood, 1831

Abstract of lease, dated 24 August 1826, granted by the bishop of Durham to George, Viscount Barrington, of the coal mines and quarries within the Middridge Grange estate and other lands in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland, July 1831

Memorandum concerning the Middridge Grange estate sent by Mr. Griffith, n.d.

Copy of D/El 23/45 endorsed 'particulars sent at the commencement of the negotiation for the purchase', n.d. [post 1831]

Instructions to Mr. Brodie on the purchase of the Middridge Grange estate by the Earl of Eldon, 10 January 1832

Abstract of leases, from 4 November 1765 to 20 December 1810, of the Middridge Grange estate, 20 March 1832

Abstract of leases, from 26 February 1814 to 14 October 1824, granted by the bishop of Durham of mines and quarries in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland compiled from the registers in the Auditor's Office at Durham, 20 March 1832

Observation on the title to the Middridge Grange estate with the answers of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 20 March - 5 April 1832

Drafts of the conveyance by Elizabeth, Viscountess Barrington, to John, Earl of Eldon, of the Middridge Grange estate in the parishes of Heighington and St. Andrew Auckland, 3 April - 10 May 1832

8 February 1833 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Barrington Copy of lease for 21 years of mines and quarries at Ricknall Grange and Hamsterley Rent: 5s. p.a.

Opinion of P.B. Brodie on new leases proposed to be granted by the bishop of Durham to Lady Barrington, the Earl of Eldon, and Mr. Bowes, 7 July 1840

Continuation of the abstract of title, from 27 July 1840 to 25 February 1841, of the trustees of the Earl of Eldon to leasehold mines under the Middridge Grange estate, 1841

Licence by Edward, bishop of Durham, to John, Earl of Eldon, to assign to Francis Cross of Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, esq., and Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, gent., the mines and quarries within and under the Middridge Grange estate held on an unexpired lease of 1840, 28 October 1841

Continuation of the abstract of title, dated 15 September 1847, to the mines and quarries in the Middridge Grange estate, 1847

Licence by Edward, bishop of Durham, to John, Earl of Eldon, to assign to Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., the mines and quarries within and under the Middridge Grange estate held on an unexpired lease of 1846, 17 November 1847

27 April 1871 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for 63 years by (1) to (2) of mines and quarries within and under the Middridge Grange estate Includes: plan showing area of estate Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile Consideration: £750 and specified tentale, tonnage and other rents

25 June 1906 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) Edward Johnson of New Shildon, mining engineer; Robert Pick of Soho House, New Shildon; and Samuel Fielden of Enfield Lodge, Shildon, M.D. Agreement for 7 years for the winning by (2) of the Brockwell seam under lands at New House, Middridge Grange Endorsed with variation of the agreement extending the area of working, 15 February 1910 Consideration: £50 p.a. rent and royalties

21 August 1794; abstract made, 28 April 1832 (1) James Williamson, gent., plaintiff (2) John Whitley O'Carroll, esq., and wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, deforceants Abstract of final concord of a moiety of the manor of Middridge with lands at Middridge, Killerby and Redworth

Letter from James Griffith, 3 Gray's Inn Square, London, to Messrs. Wilson & Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising of the intended sale of the Middridge Grange estate by the Dowager Lady Barrington, 26 October 1829

Letter from William Nelson, Rushyford, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, enclosing a bill in respect of rents collected, remarking that '... one half of the Tenants were unable to pay their rents in full which has left an arrear of more than £600 ... I firmly believe they have not the money to pay it with as the County of Durham has suffered as much as any County in England the last two years. Last year many of the tenants lost all their Hay Crop and this year their Stock has been sold at ruinous low prices ...', reporting that most tenants have given notice they cannot hold their farms after May without 'a liberal abatement', commenting on individual farms, and asserting that the Middridge Grange estate 'is by far the most desireable for Eldon that has yet been offered', 5 November 1829

Letter from J. Wilkinson, Preston le Skerne, to Richard Wilson, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding a valuation of the Middridge Grange estate and commenting on the state of the buildings, '... the Dwelling Houses are mostly New excepting the Water Corn Mill which is a very poor sort of thing ...', and on 'the bad times', 17 November 1829

Letter from Thomas Davison, Sedgefield, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding a reduced rental agreed with the Middridge Grange tenantry because of 'the depression of the times' and describing the estate as the best ... I ever viewed', 18 June 1831

Letter from Thomas Davison, Sedgefield, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, with a revised offer for the sale of the Middridge Grange estate by Lady Barrington, and forwarding a copy of the concurrent lease of minerals held by her, 19 July 1831

Letter from Thomas Davison, Sedgefield, to Richard Wilson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, describing the Middridge Grange estate: '... its local situation is much improved by the Railway passing through it, which ... will be the means of the Mines in the district being worked extensively and will consequently increase the population, and give the tenants a market for their Corn and produce ... at a much higher price ...', and commenting on the liberal payments by lessees of the mines for surface damage: '...[the tenants] generally get more for damage of ground than they could for Hay and Corn ...', 30 July 1831

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Richard Wilson, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding an abstract of title to the Middridge Grange estate with copies of Lord Barrington's will [D/El 23/86] and the Act for the sale of lands held on lease from the see of Durham, and referring to the fact that the Stockton and Darlington Railway runs through part of the estate, 17 December 1831

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, giving details of the land taken by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, 24 December 1831

Letter from Messrs. Clarke & Bayley, Stockton, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding for examination deeds relating to the Middridge Grange estate, 28 December 1831

Letter from Thomas Cree, Gray's Inn, London, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, acknowledging receipt of deeds relating to the Middridge Grange estate, 31 December 1831

Enquiry by J. Griffith concerning acceptance of the title to the Middridge Grange estate, 13 April 1832

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, returning approved drafts and enquiring about the expected completion period, 21 April 1832

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, forwarding a copy of Sir James Scarlett's patent and undertaking to forward Lady Barrington's instructions for payment of the purchase money on the Middridge Grange estate, 25 April 1832

Letter from the Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, Dorset, to Alfred Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising of his intention to be in London and requesting an early meeting, 27 April 1832

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning completion of the sale and purchase of the Middridge Grange estate and referring to an error in describing the seal used on licences for the assignment of leases by bishops of Durham, 30 April 1832

Letters from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning details of the completion of the sale and purchase of the Middridge Grange estate, 5-10 May 1832

Letter from William Bayley, Stockton, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Stewart, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning various business transactions including completion of the purchase of the Middridge estate, 13 May 1832

Letter from W.H. Smith, Temple Bar, London, broker to Messrs. Child & Co., to Alfred Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, containing an account of Exchequer bills sold for the Earl of Eldon, 21 May 1832

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the obtaining of the Bishop's licence to assign to Lord Eldon the lease of mineral rights on the Middridge Grange estate, 15 February 1834

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, concerning the assignment of mines and quarries on the Middridge Grange estate under the lately renewed lease, 8 March 1834

Letter from Thomas Fenwick, Dipton, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising on the proportion of the fine to be paid by Lord Eldon for his share of the coalmines and stone on the Middridge Grange estate in the Ricknall Grange lease, 26 March 1834

Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell & Steward, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising that the Bishop of Durham will not object to granting a separate lease of the minerals on the Middridge Grange estate to the Earl of Eldon, 28 March 1835

Copy of the will, dated 12 February 1796, of James Williamson of Bedale, Yorkshire, gent., n.d.

Copy of will and codicils, dating from 9 January 1824 to 7 November 1828, of George Viscount Barrington, of the College, Durham, devising lands in the County of Durham, to wife, Elizabeth, including lands at Eighton Banks and Quarrington Moor, recently purchased from the trustees of the see of Durham, n.d. [post 1829]

Copy of the Durham Chancery enrolment of the patent of appointment of Thomas Henry Faber as Auditor, 26 April - 21 July 1817; copy made, 8 March 1832

Copy of the Durham Chancery enrolment of the patent of appointment of John Cross as Solicitor General, 13 July 1829; copy made, 8 March 1832

Valuation by Thomas Peacock of Denton, of an estate at Middridge Grange in the parishes of Heighington and St. Andrew Auckland, belonging to Sir John O'Carroll, bart., 31 October 1809

Field plan of the Middridge Grange estate showing tenancies and tithe obligations, n.d. [c.1840] No scale given

26 February 1814 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) George Dixon of Cockfield, gent.; John Dixon of the same, gent.; and Thomas Dixon of Bishop Auckland, gent. Copy of lease for 21 years of mines and quarries in Ricknall Grange; in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland and Evenwood; and in Hamsterley Rent: 5s. p.a.

1840 (1) Elizabeth, Dowager Viscountess Barrington (2) John, Earl of Eldon (3) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (4) Bishop of Durham Draft of surrender by (1) - (3) of mines and quarries in Ricknall Grange and in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland

Memorandum book relating to the Middridge Grange estate containing: (i) copies of letters from Henry Hale, Kirby Hill, Yorkshire, concerning tithes and taxes payable, 24 September - 4 October 1774 (ii) extracts from deeds relating to tithes, n.d. (iii) report of a meeting at Piercebridge between Rev. Mr. Hale for Lady Legard and Richard Richardson for 'the Committees of Mr. Jervoice' concerning the tithes of Middridge Grange, 11 November 1774 (iv) an account of the rent of Middridge Grange estate due 1 May 1774 (v) an account of Lady Legard's agents with names of tenants, acreages, cultivation, annual value of tithes, yearly value of land excluding tithes, n.d. [1774]

31 May 1810 (1) John Cayley of Fangfoss, Yorkshire, esq., and wife, Catherine (2) Sir William Strickland of Boynton, Yorkshire, bart., and William Gray of York, gent. (3) Arthur Cayley of Welburn, Yorkshire, esq., and wife Lucy; Rev. Francis Wrangham of Hunmanby, Yorkshire, and wife, Dorothy; Thomas Smith of the City of Hertford [sic], doctor of physic, and wife, Frances Elizabeth (4) John Lookup, the elder, of Sherburn House, gent. (5) Mowbray Lookup of Henknowle, gent., and John Lookup, the younger, of Sherburn House, gent. Conveyance by (2) to (4) of the freehold tithes of Middridge Grange for the use of (4) and (5), and assignment by (1) to (4) of the leasehold tithes of Middridge Grange for the remainder of a term of 21 years Consideration: £3,150

21 August 1810 (1) John Lookup, gent., plaintiff (2) John Cayley, esq., and wife, Catherine; Arthur Cayley, esq., and wife, Lucy; Francis Wrangham, clerk, and wife, Dorothy; and Thomas Smith, doctor of physic, and wife, Frances Elizabeth, deforceants Final concord of the tithes of Middridge Grange Consideration: £107 6s. 8d.

20 May 1819 (1) John Lookup, the elder, of Coundon Grange, gent. (2) Mowbray Lookup of Henknowle, gent., and John Lookup, the younger, of Coundon Grange, gent. (3) John Wailes of Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Yorkshire Mortgage by (1) to (3) of the freehold and leasehold tithes of Middridge Grange Consideration: £2,000 and interest

Probate copy of will, dated 22 November 1827, of John Lookup of Coundon Grange, devising leasehold lands at Coundon Grange and tithes at Middridge Grange, 25 October 1828

11 January 1832 (1) Esther Lookup of Coundon Grange, spinster (2) William Hall of London, warehouseman (3) William Mowbray Lookup of Morton Palms, gent.; Mowbray Lookup of Coatham, gent.; and Rev. Robert Thompson of Bishop Auckland, clerk Pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (2) assigning a legacy of £1,000 under the will of her father, the late John Lookup, to (3), in trust

Receipt by the trustees of the marriage settlement of Esther Lookup, spinster, and William Hall, warehouseman, for the sum of £1,000 from the executors of the late John Lookup of Coundon Grange, 20 October 1832

Receipt by William Mowbray Lookup for the sum of £1,000 from the executors of his late father, John Lookup of Coundon Grange, 18 February 1833

12 and 13 November 1835 (1) Thomas Myles of East Harlsey, Yorkshire, gent. (2) The said Thomas Myles and William Beckwith Dighton of Northallerton, Yorkshire, surgeon (3) John Lookup of Coundon Grange, gent.; Mowbray Lookup of Haughton le Skerne, gent.; and Jonathon Ward of Greta Bridge, Yorkshire, inn keeper (4) Thomas Hunter of Catterick, Yorkshire, gent. Assignment of mortgage by (1) to (4) of the tithes of Middridge Grange Consideration: £2,000 and interest

7 and 8 September 1838 (1) Thomas Hunter of Jermyn Street, St. James, Middlesex, hotel keeper (2) John Lookup of Coundon Grange, gent., and Mowbray Lookup of Haughton le Skerne, gent. (3) William Robson of Darlington, gent., and Thomas Wright, the younger, of Clowbeck, Yorkshire, farmer Assignment by (1) to (3), in trust, of the mortgage of the tithes of Middridge Grange Consideration: £2,000 and interest

Letters of administration of the estate of John Lookup of Darlington, gent., granted to Mowbray Lookup of Darlington and William Mowbray Lookup of Haughton le Skerne, gents., 16 June 1859

12 January 1860 (1) William Robson of Darlington, gent., and Thomas Wright, the younger, of Heighington, farmer (2) William Grey of Norton, esq. (3) Mowbray Lookup of Darlington, gent. (4) The said Mowbray Lookup and William Mowbray Lookup of Haughton le Skerne, gents. Attested copy of conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of the freehold tithes of Middridge Grange; the release by (1) and (2) to (3), in trust, of the leasehold tithes of Middridge Grange; and the assignment by (2) to (4), in trust for (3), of 2/3 part of Coundon Grange Farm for the remainder of an unexpired term of years

Copy of the conditions of sale of the tithe rent charges on 734a. 2r. 31p. of land at Middridge Grange, 20 November 1867

Receipt for deeds and documents, dating from 31 May 1810 to 12 January 1860, relating to the freehold tithes of Middridge Grange, by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 22 November 1867

Abstract of title, from 31 December 1810 to 19 December 1866, of the late Mowbray Lookup to freehold and leasehold tithes at Middridge Grange, 1867

Opinions on, and answers on requisitions to, the title of the Lockup trustees to the tithe rents of freehold and leasehold lands at Middridge Grange by Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, 17 December 1867 - 11 February 1868

Copy of authority for the payment of the purchase money for the tithe rents of Middridge Grange, 4 February 1868

1868 (1) Jacob Coulson, the elder, of North Aycliffe, farmer, and George Swinbank of Woodham, cattle jobber (2) John, Earl of Eldon Draft of grant by (1) to (2) of tithe rents in Middridge Grange Consideration: £3,950

Copies of memorials of deeds, dated 20-22 January 1825, registered at the Registry of Deeds, Northallerton, Yorkshire, relating to the estates of the late John Wailes, n.d.

Certified copy of entries for Jane Lookup of Grange Hill, dated 17 January 1829, and for Hannah Lookup of Gateshead, dated 7 August 1837, in the burial register of St. Andrew Auckland, 14 August 1839

Inland Revenue accounts of succession duty on a moiety of the freehold tithes of Middridge Grange, the property of Mowbray Lockup of Darlington, gent., 21 November 1858

Certified copy of the entry for Jane Lookup of Grange Hill, dated 17 January 1829, in the burial register of St. Andrew Auckland, 4 February 1860

Certified copy of the entry for Hannah Lookup of Gateshead, dated 7 August 1837, in the burial register of St. Andrew Auckland, 5 February 1860

Certified copy of the entry for Robert Clarke of Little Gaddesden dated 10 September 1841, in the burial register of Nettleden, Buckinghamshire, 10 February 1860

Certified copy of the entry for William Clarke of Killerby, dated 30 November 1824, in the burial register of Staindrop, 1867

Attested copies of extracts from the will of, and administration of the estate, of John Wailes of East Rounton, Yorkshire, 30 April 1821 - 5 February 1825: copy made post 1867

An account of deductions from the Middridge Grange tithe rent charge, October 1866 - April 1867

Letter of Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, concerning sale of the Middridge tithes, 11 April 1867

Letter from Messrs. Allison Son and Willan, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, returning requisitions on title to the Middridge Grange tithes, and other documents, 7 January 1868

Letter from Messrs. Allison Son & Willan to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd forwarding a copy of the baptismal register entry of Mowbray Lookup; and expressing hope of receiving the draft conveyance in the near future, 13 January 1868

Further requisitions on title, to the Middridge Grange tithes, with answers, 18 December 1867 - 28 January 1868

Declaration of Thomas Peacock of Bishop Auckland, land agent, concerning the late John Lookup of Coundon Grange, gent., and members of his family, 4 February 1868

Undertaking concerning the payment of outgoings and the receipt of rents from the Middridge Grange tithes, 4 February 1868

Authorisation for the payment of the purchase money for the Middridge Grange tithes, 4 February 1868

Letter from Messrs. Allison Son & Willan, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding an executed deed and other documents relating to the Middridge Grange tithes, 5 February 1868

Copy letter from [Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd] concerning various matters, including the Middridge Grange tithes, 6 February 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning completion of the purchase of the Middridge Grange tithe rents, 21 February 1868

Affidavit of Robert Croft, parish clerk of Heighington, confirming the payment of Easter dues and church rates from the Middridge Grange estate to the parish of Heighington, 18 May 1842

Extracts from the tithe apportionment, dated 20 November 1843, for the township of Middridge Grange, n.d. [1875]

Copies of the returns made to the Inland Revenue in respect of succession duty on two separate moieties of the leasehold estate of the late John Lookup by his administrators, Mowbray Lookup and William Mowbray Lookup, 7-17 March 1860

18 June 1860 (1) William Hird of Newcastle, engineer (2) George Jeffrey of Manchester, coach painter, and wife, Ann (3) Mary Hird of North Shields, spinster, and Richard Marshall of Newcastle, banksman, and wife, Hannah (4) Jacob Coulson, the younger, of North Aycliffe, tanner (5) Mowbray Lookup of Darlington, gent., and William Mowbray Lookup of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent. Quitclaim by (1) - (4) to (5) as administrators of the estate of John Lookup of Darlington, deceased

Copy of the return made to the Inland Revenue in respect of succession duty on the leasehold estate of the late Mowbray Lookup by his executor, George Swinburn, 17 December 1867

20 July 1868 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) George Swinbank of Woodham, farmer and cattle dealer Lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of tithes at Middridge Grange Consideration: £350 and £1 6s. 8d. p.a.

Abstract of title, from 16 June 1859 to 29 October 1875, of George Swinbank to leasehold tithes at Middridge Grange, 1875

25 March 1875 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) George Swinbank of Woodham, farmer and cattle dealer (3) John, Earl of Eldon Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3), for the remainder of a term of 21 years, leasehold tithes of corn and grain at Middridge Grange

20 September 1875 (1) Jacob Coulson, the younger, of North Aycliffe, farmer (2) George Swinbank of Woodham, cattle dealer, and Jacob Coulson, the elder, of North Aycliffe, tanner (3) The said George Swinbank Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of claims in respect of leasehold tithes of corn and grain at Middridge Grange

Authorisation issued by George Swinbank for the payment of purchase money to his solicitors for the leasehold tithes of Middridge Grange, 25 October 1875

Undertaking issued by George Swinbank for the payment of outgoings, up to 1 January 1875, on his interest in the leasehold tithes of Middridge Grange, 25 October 1875

8 and 9 June 1726 (1) John Dunn of Burnhill, yeoman (2) Francis Bell of Ash Hall, Yorkshire, gent. (3) William Lodge, the younger, of Cockfield, gent. (4) Robert Shippard of Whessoe, gent., and John Robinson of Willington, yeoman Marriage settlement (lease and release) of (3) and Hannah, daughter of (1), conveying and assigning to (4), in trust, a mortgaged freehold dwelling house and 14a. 2r. 0p. of land called the Burnhill, formerly part of Middridge Moor, and 31a. 2r. 0p. of leasehold land, also formerly part of Middridge Moor

10 and 11 May 1727 (1) Robert Shippard of Whessoe, gent., and John Robinson of Willington, yeoman (2) William Lodge, the younger, of Cockfield, gent. (3) George Dunn of Middridge, yeoman, only son of John Dunn of Middridge, yeoman Assignment to (3) for lives of the freehold estates as in D/El 25/1, 2, and of the leasehold estates for the remainder of a term of 21 years Consideration: £300

Will of Ann Bell of Gilling, Yorkshire, widow, devising copyhold estates at Middridge to niece, Anne Shepherd, with remainders as specified, 4 January 1741/2

Will of Mary Dunn of Whessoe, widow, devising a moiety of a copyhold messuage, barn, cottage, and 39a. of land in trust for son, George Dunn of Burnhill, with remainders as specified, 17 January 1747/8

9 September 1758 (1) Isaac Blythman of Middridge, yeoman (2) George Dunn of Bournhill near Middridge, yeoman Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of lease for 21 years, of 2 closes containing 30a. in Middridge Moor Consideration: £13 18s. and rent of 13s. p.a.

Will of Mary Shepherd of Darlington, spinster, devising a moiety of copyhold messuages and lands on the south of the Coal Lane in Whessoe, and a moiety of a farm at Middridge, in trust, to sister, Ann Shepherd, 16 June 1762

28 August 1765 (1) Richard, Bishop of Durham (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd of Darlington, spinsters Lease for 21 years of 6a. of land called the Upper End of Doomsday, being part of Middridge townfields Rent: 10s. p.a.

3 September 1765 (1) Isaac Blythman of Middridge, yeoman (2) George Dunn of Bournhill near Middridge, yeoman Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a lease for 21 years, of 2 closes containing 30a. in Middridge Moor Consideration: £16 2s. 10d. and rent of 13s. p.a.

Admittances of Mary and Ann Shepherd, spinsters, to 17a. of land at Middridge Moor, and to the moiety of a messuage, barn, cottage and 3 oxgangs of land each containing 13a. also at Middridge, 7 October 1771

28 August 1772 (1) John, Bishop of Durham (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd, both of Darlington, spinsters Lease for 21 years of 6a. of land called the Upper End of Doomsday in Middridge townfields Rent: 10s. p.a.

5 September 1772 (1) William Blythman of Wakefield, Yorkshire, gent., and Richard Blythman of Middridge, yeoman (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd, both of Darlington, spinsters Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a lease for 21 years, of 2 closes containing 30a. in Middridge Moor Consideration: £20 2s. 10d. and rent of 13s. p.a.

24 February 1774 (1) Thomas Wharton of Old Park, esq., and Robert Wharton of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, esq. (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd, both of Darlington, spinsters Grant by (1) to (2) of the hay tithes and petty tithes on a leasehold messuage called Burnhill (30a.), and a leasehold close called the Wastes (6a.), both in Middridge Consideration: £15

19 May 1774 (1) James Alderson of Ferryhill, butcher (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd, both of Darlington, spinsters Assignment of remainder of a lease for 21 years by (1) to (2), with counterpart, of 2 closes in Middridge Moor Consideration: £150

4 September 1779 (1) William Blythman of Wakefield, Yorkshire, gent., and Richard Blythman of Middridge, yeoman (2) Mary Shepherd and Ann Shepherd of Darlington, spinsters Assignment of remainder of a lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of 2 closes containing 30a. in Middridge Moor Consideration: £20 4s. 4½d. and rent of 13s. p.a.

28 August 1795 (1) Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Ann Shepherd of Old Elvet, Durham, spinster Lease for 21 years of 6a. of land called Upper End of Doomsday in Middridge townfields, and two closes containing 30a. in Middridge Moor Rent: £1 3s. p.a.

Admittances of Ann Shepherd of Old Elvet, Durham, to an undivided moiety of 17a. of land at Middridge Moor, and to an undivided moiety of a messuage, barn and cottage, and a moiety of 3 oxgangs, each of 13a., all at Middridge, 17 October 1804

Surrenders by Ann Shepherd of a parcel of land at Middridge Moor (17a.), and a moiety of a messuage, barn and cottage, and of 3 oxgangs, each of 13a. all at Middridge, 18 October 1804

Copy of the will, dated 19 October 1804, of Ann Shepherd of Old Elvet, Durham, devising lands at Whessoe, Middridge and Burnhill to Joseph Meggeson of Old Elvet, staymaker, 19 February 1805

21 May 1811 (1) Sir John Eden of Windlestone, bart. (2) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. Grant by (1) to (2) of the tithes of various specified closes in the prebendary of Coundon Consideration: £580

21 October 1811 (1) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. (2) Thomas Pickering of Darlington, gent. (3) Haigh Robson of Coatham Mundeville, gent.; Joseph Granger of Durham, gent.; and Rev. Thomas Peacock of Denton Appointment of (3) by (1) and (2) as arbitrators in a dispute concerning lands devised by the will of Ann Shepherd

Pedigree of the Shepherd family, 7 February 1812

Award of Haigh Robson of Coatham Mundeville, gent., and Rev. Thomas Peacock of Denton, arbitrators in the dispute between Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent., and Thomas Pickering of Darlington, gent., concerning lands devised by the will of Ann Shepherd, 27 February 1812

16 May 1812 (1) Robert Sheraton of Beaumont Hill, gent., and James Barry of Durham, currier (2) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. Copy of admittance to and surrender of 17a. of land called Horndale Head and Horse Pasture at Middridge Moor 16 May 1812 (1) Parties as in (1) above (2) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent., and Thomas Pickering of Darlington, gent. Copy of admittance to and surrender of a messuage, barn, cottage and 3 oxgangs each of 13a. at Middridge Enclosed: memorandum that the surrenders are made for certain specified trusts

18 September 1813 (1) Joseph Meggeson of Middridge, gent. (2) Francis Meggeson of Whessoe, farmer Grant of annuity by (1) to (2) charged on a tenement called Church Field (14a.) forming part of the Burnhill estate at Middridge Consideration: £2 10s. p.a.

Copy of D/El 25/27, n.d.

20 November 1817 (1) Shute, bishop of Durham (2) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. (3) John Stamper of Aycliffe, gent. Licence for (2) to alienate 6a. of land in Middridge townfields and 2 closes of about 30a. at Middridge Moor

22 and 24 November 1817 (1) Joseph Meggeson of Middridge, gent. (2) Robert Sheraton of Beaumont Hill, gent., and James Barry of Durham, currier (3) John Stamper of Great Aycliffe, gent. (4) James Johnson of Darlington, merchant, and Jervis Robinson of Darlington, gent. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) and (2) of a copyhold messuage, barn, cottage and 3 oxgangs each of 13a. at Middridge, 14a. of freehold land called church field forming part of the Burnhill estate at Middridge, and 2 closes of leasehold land comprising 30a. at Middridge Moor Consideration: £1,300 and interest

24 November 1817 (1) James Johnson of Darlington, merchant, and Jervis Robinson of Darlington, gent. (2) Joseph Meggeson, Robert Sheraton and James Barry Admittance to, and surrender of, specified messuages and tenements at Middridge Memorandum concerning the trusts incumbent on (1) for raising and paying £1,300 and interest to John Stamper of Great Aycliffe, gent.

3 April 1820 (1) Joseph Meggeson of Middridge, gent. (2) Phillip Simpson of Middridge Grange, gent. Lease for 6 years by (1) to (2) of a house called Burnhill, with 99a. of lands called Burnhill Farm, and the Church Field, in Middridge Includes: scheme of husbandry for the years 1820 to 1825 Rent: £140 p.a., with specified penalties for ploughing in excess of the provisions of the scheme of husbandry and for planting potatoes for other than domestic needs

7 February 1831 (1) William, bishop of Durham (2) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. Copy of lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of 6a. of land in Middridge townfields, and 2 closes on Middridge Moor, with right of wayleave to mines and quarries there Rents of 10s. p.a., 13s. p.a., and 10s.11 3/4d. for redeemed land tax

Copy of the will of Joseph Meggeson of Cockerton, gent., devising lands at Middridge to Robert Sheraton of Haughton le Skerne, gent., and William Sheraton of High Beaumont Hill, farmer, in trust, 9 November 1833

7 and 8 September 1835 (1) Roger Calvert of Ormsby, Yorkshire, farmer, and wife, Jane (2) Robert Sheraton of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent., and William Sheraton of High Beamont Hill, farmer (3) James Johnson of Manchester, Lancashire, merchant, and Jervis Robinson of Darlington, gent. (4) Robert Sheraton, Richard Stamper of Blackwell, gent., and William Stamper of Darlington, gent. (5) Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent. (6) David Etherington of High Coniscliffe, farmer Mortgage by lease and release by (1) - (3) to (5) of 14a. of land called Church Field, forming part of the Burnhill estate at Middridge, together with the tithes of two closes (30a.) at Middridge Moor, now assigned to (5), and of 6a. of townfields; and the tithes of several other closes in the prebendary of Coundon Consideration: £500 and interest

Certificate of enrolment of the Commissioners for Taking Acknowledgements of Deeds by Married Women in respect of D/El 25/36, 37, 9 September 1835

20 March 1837 (1) Roger Calvert of Ormsby, Yorkshire, farmer (2) Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 25/36, 37 Consideration: £250 and interest

8 April 1844 (1) Roger Calvert of Ormsby, Yorkshire, farmer, and wife, Jane (2) Robert Sheraton of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent., and William Sheraton of Ellesmere, Shropshire, land agent (3) Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent. (4) David Etherington of High Coniscliffe, farmer, and William Myers of Darlington, gent. Further charge in trust on premises as in D/El 25/36, 37 Consideration: £148 and interest

8 March 1850 (1) Robert Sheraton of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent. (2) Roger Calvert of Burnhill, Middridge, farmer, and wife, Jane (3) James Johnson of Manchester, Lancashire, gent., and Jervis Robinson of Darlington, gent. (4) Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent. Further charge on premises as in D/El 25, 36, 37, with covenants for the surrender, assignment and sale of the various copyhold, leasehold and freehold estates to secure redemption of mortgage debts of £988 and interest Consideration: £100 and interest

8 March 1850 (1) Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent. (2) Robert Sheraton of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent.; Roger Calvert of Middridge, farmer, and wife, Jane; James Johnson of Manchester, Lancashire, gent., and Jervis Robinson of Darlington, gent. Admittance to, and surrender of, specified messuages and tenements at Middridge as in D/El 25/32 Enclosed: Memorandum concerning the trusts incumbent on (1) in D/El 25/41

17 February 1852 (1) Roger Calvert of Middridge, farmer, and wife, Jane (2) John Pescot of 12 Harp Lane, London, merchant, and Isabella Pescot of High Coniscliffe Declaration of trusts, and further charge, on freehold, copyhold and leasehold lands at Middridge Consideration: £100 and interest

26 April 1852 (1) Roger Calvert of Middridge, farmer, and wife, Jane (2) Rev. John Birkbeck of Durham Declaration of trusts, and further charge, on lands as in D/El 25/43 Consideration: £150 and interest

9 December 1852 (1) Roger Calvert of Burnhill, yeoman, and wife, Jane (2) Robert Hymers of Kirkleavington, Yorkshire, yeoman, and Christopher Jordison of Stockton, soda-water manufacturer Deed of settlement, and declaration of trusts, for the freehold, copyhold and leasehold estates of (1) at Middridge

Certificate of the Commissioners for Taking Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women in respect of D/El 25/45, 10 December 1852

10 December 1852 (1) Robert Hymers of Kirkleavington, Yorkshire, farmer, and Christopher Jordison of Stockton, soda-water manufacturer (2) Roger Calvert of Burnhill, yeoman, and wife, Jane Admittance to, and surrender of, specified messuages and tenements at Middridge Memorandum of incumbrances and trusts attaching to the estate

28 May 1856 (1) Jane Calvert, wife of (2) (2) Roger Calvert of Stockton, yeoman (3) Robert Hymers of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, yeoman, and Christopher Jordison of Stockton, soda-water manufacturer (4) Thomas Calvert of Brompton Grange, Yorkshire, gent., and George Coates of Lackenby, Yorkshire, farmer Deed of revocation by (1) of the settlement made in D/El 25/45 and the appointment of (4) as trustees of the freehold, copyhold and leasehold estates at Middridge

30 July 1858 (1) Roger Calvert of Stockton, gent., and wife, Jane (2) John Douglass of Darlington, fruiterer Declaration of trusts, and further charge, on freehold, copyhold and leasehold estates at Middridge Consideration: £100 and interest

Admittance of John Peascod of 2 Harp Lane, London, merchant, to copyhold lands at Middridge mortgaged to his late uncle Robert Pescot, deceased, 14 December 1859

15 December 1859 (1) John Page of Norton, tanner (2) John Pescod, devisee in trust of Robert Pescot, and June Calvert, widow Admittance and surrender of copyhold lands at Middridge as security for payment of £1,348 and interest

8 March 1860 (1) Jane Calvert of Stockton, widow (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Piccadilly, Middlesex, barrister at law Agreement for the sale and purchase of freehold, copyhold and leasehold property at Middridge Includes: plan of February 1860 Consideration: £3,500

31 December 1860 (1) John Page of Norton, gent. (2) Jane Calvert of Stockton, widow (3) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Piccadilly, Middlesex, esq. Grant in fee, covenant to surrender, and assignment, to (3) of freehold, copyhold and leasehold lands at Middridge Includes: schedules of lands and premises with plans Consideration: £3,500

1 January 1861 (1) John Page of Norton, gent., and Jane Calvert of Stockton, widow (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq.; Oliver William Farrer of Hamilton Place, Middlesex, esq. Admittance of (2) on the surrender of (1) to a cottage and garden; another cottage and garden; a moiety of a close called the Lane; two fields near Burnhills called the New Laid Close and the High Field; several other named closes near Horndale and Greenfield Consideration: £2,771

24 October 1861 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners per their agent, John Meadows White of Whitehall Place, Middlesex, gent. (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Piccadilly, Middlesex, esq. Agreement for the sale and purchase of the reversion of an estate of 31a. 0r. 10p. in the township of Middridge Consideration: £412, the value of the timber, and interest

Plan to accompany D/El 25/55 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

31 July 1863 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners per their agent, Thomas Borrett of Whitehall Place, Middlesex (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Piccadilly, Middlesex, esq. Agreement for the sale and purchase of the freehold and inheritance of 66a. 3r. 13p. of land in the township of Middridge Consideration: £70

30 June 1864 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Alfred Bell, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Hamilton Place, Middlesex, esq. Deed of enfranchisement of 66a. 3r. 13p. of land at Middridge in the manor of Bondgate Includes: schedule and plan Consideration: £70

Schedule of deeds, from 8 June 1726 to 20 March 1837, relating to freehold, copyhold and leasehold land, tithes, etc., at Middridge belonging to Roger Calvert and mortgaged to Robert Pescot, 23 April 1838

Abstract of title, from 24 February 1774 to 15 December 1859, of Mrs. Jane Calvert, to freehold, copyhold and leasehold estates in the township of Middridge, 1860

Continuation of abstract of title, from 31 December 1860 to 1 January 1861, to the Burnhill estate, Middridge, purchased from Mrs. Jane Calvert, n.d. [1861]

Abstract of title, from 13 August 1836 to 30 April 1858, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the reversion of 20a. 2r. 29p. of land in the township of Middridge, 1859

Abstract of title, from 13 August 1836 to 6 May 1856, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the reversion of 31a. 0r. 10p. of land in the township of Middridge, 1862

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstract of title of Mrs. Jane Calvert to the Middridge estate, 2 April 1860

Requisitions by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on the abstract of title of Mrs. Jane Calvert to lands in the township of Middridge, with answers of I.J.and T. Sowerby, of Stokesley, 3-9 April 1860

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins on replies to requisitions on the title to the Middridge estate, 23 April 1860

Requisitions by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on the abstract of title to lands in the township of Middridge with answers and further requisitions, 3-8 May 1860

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins on further replies to requisitions on the title to the Middridge estate, 11 May 1860

Further observations by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd on the Middridge sales, with replies by I.J. and T. Sowerby, Stokesley, Yorkshire, 17-28 May 1860

Memorandum of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, advising on additional replies to requisitions on the title to the Middridge estate, 31 May 1860

Memorandum of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, advising on further replies to requisitions on the title to the Middridge estate, 30 July 1860

Further remarks on the abstract of title to the Middridge estate, 19 July - 9 August 1860

Declaration by John Peascod of 12 Harp Lane, London, merchant, concerning a mortgage of 17 February 1852 on the Calvert estate at Middridge, 20 August 1860

Copy of descriptions and schedules of freehold, copyhold and leasehold lands at Middridge, n.d. [post 1860]

Copy of plan referred to in the award [D/El 25/25] of 27 February 1812, n.d. No scale

Eye plan and valuation of freehold, copyhold and leasehold property in Middridge, belonging to Mr. Roger Calvert, February 1856

Plan of Burnhill estate 'traced from the 2nd class map annexed to the Tithe Apportionment', 25 August 1860 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

'Plan of Burnhill Estate in the township of Middridge ... as traced from Ordnance Survey Plans', September 1860 Scale: 3 chains to 1 inch [1 : 2376]

Plan of Burnhill estate traced from Mr. Sowerby's plan, March 1861 No scale

'Plan of Burnhill Estate ... traced from the Ordnance Maps', March 1861

Certified copy of the entry, dated 24 March 1849, for William Sheraton of Ellesmere, Shropshire, in the Ellesmere burial register, 18 May 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 25 May 1831, for Eliza Meggison of Middridge in the St. Andrew Auckland burials register, 5 June 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 4 December 1850, for William Meggison of Middridge in the St. Andrew Auckland burial register, 19 July 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 12 February 1859, for Roger Calvert of Stockton in the St. Andrew Auckland burial register, 19 July 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 31 July 1834, for John Chipchase of Cockerton in the St. Andrew Auckland burial register, 19 July 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 1 August 1853, for Isabella Pescot of High Coniscliffe in the Coniscliffe burial register, 20 July 1860

Certified extract from the tithe apportionment, dated 31 December 1844, for the township of Middridge in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, 30 August 1860

Extracts from the will, dated 10 August 1846, of Robert Pescot of High Coniscliffe, gent., n.d. [post 1858]

Probate of will, dated 18 June 1821, of Henry Simpson of White Cross in the parish of Gainford, farmer, devising leasehold farm and messuage at Middridge in trust to uses specified, 16 December 1828

27 August 1823 (1) Stephen Horsley of Middridge, gent. (2) Philip Calvert Simpson of Needless, Middridge, gent. Assignment of the remainder of a lease for 21 years of a messuage and dwelling house in Middridge called Greenfield House, together with five fields, and grant of all tithes Consideration: £840

20 November 1845 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Phillip Calvert Simpson of Needless, Middridge, gent. Licence to alienate Green Field House and seven fields at Middridge to Richard Kay of Forcett Valley, Yorkshire

23 November 1846 (1) Philip Calvert Simpson of Greenfield, Middridge, gent. (2) Richard Kay of Forcett Valley, Yorkshire, gent. (3) Priscilla Simpson, wife of (1) (4) Ann Hodgson, wife of John Hodgson of Whitecross, Gainford, farmer Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of the leases of the Needless and Greenfield Farm, Middridge, subject to the payment of certain annuities charged thereon

7 November 1851 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Richard Kay of Forcett, Yorkshire, gent. Lease for 21 years of Green Field House and seven fields at Middridge

1 August 1853 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Richard Kay of Forcett Valley, Yorkshire, gent. Lease for 21 years of two messuages and one oxgang of land at Middridge

Disclaimer by Philip Simpson of High Saint Trinians, Easby, Yorkshire, yeoman, of personal estate, gifts, and bequests in trust, under the will of Henry Simpson of White Cross, Gainford, farmer, 4 July 1859

19 September 1859 (1) Philip Calvert Simpson of Middridge, gent., and wife, Priscilla (2) Richard Kay of Forcett, Yorkshire, gent. Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of lands as in D/El 26/5 and D/El 26/6 in Middridge, discharged of encumbrances

30 September 1859 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Richard Kay of Forcett, Yorkshire, gent. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 120a. 3r. 39p. of land with a dwelling house and other buildings at Middridge Includes: plan Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch (1 : 4752) Consideration: £1,908 2s. 4d.

1 October 1859 (1) Richard Kay of Forcett, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Marshall Fowler of Preston Hall, esq. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of 120a. 3r. 39p. of land at Middridge Includes: schedule of field areas and cultivation Consideration: £2,500 and interest

10 December 1860 Richard Bowser of Bishop Auckland, gent.; Peter Nellist of Hartlepool, butcher, and wife, Mary Ann; Robert Berkley of Bishop Auckland, yeoman; Robert Simpson of the U.S.A., yeoman; William Simpson of Bishop Auckland, grocer; and Ann Lindsay of Leasingthorne, spinster Quitclaim of the above parties to all interest in lands at Middridge, devised to Philip Calvert Simpson under the will of Henry Simpson, and subsequently assigned to Richard Kay Consideration: £464 5s.

Authorisations for payment by Richard Kay and Marshall Fowler to Joseph Dodds of Stockton, gent., of sums of £1,925 and £2,500, 5 June 1861

Receipt issued by Joseph Dodds to the trustees of the Earl of Eldon for interest due on the purchase money for the Greenfield Estate, 6 June 1861

Draft conveyance by Richard Kay to Alfred Bell and Oliver William Farrer of a messuage and lands at Middridge, 1861

Abstract of title, from 18 June 1821 to 4 July 1859, of Richard Kay to a tenement called Green Field House with seven closes, two messuages and an oxgang of land at Middridge, 1860

Additional abstract of title, from 19 September 1859 to 1 October 1859, of Richard Kay to a messuage called Greenfield House with 7 closes, 2 messuages and an oxgang of land, all at Middridge, 1860

Ordnance survey plans and field descriptions: Durham 1st edition: sheets XLII:16 and XLIII:13 [Middridge Grange], n.d. [1856] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500]

Supplemental abstract of title, dated 10 December 1860, of Richard Kay to a tenement called Green Field House with seven acres, two messuages and an oxgang of land at Middridge, 1861

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 5 June and 6 June 1861, to Greenfield estate, 1861

Draft continuation of abstract of title, dated 5 and 6 June 1861, of Greenfield estate, 1861

Draft schedule of tithe deeds, from 18 June 1821 to 1 May 1861, relating to Middridge Farm, Greenfield House and lands at Middridge purchased from Richard Kay, 6 June 1861

Agreement of R[ichard] Kay, Darlington, for the sale of Green Field Farm to the trustees of the Earl of Eldon for £4,425, 28 March 1860

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstract of title to Greenfield House and other lands at Middridge, 31 May 1860

Requisitions on the abstract of title to the Greenfield estate, Middridge, by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, with the answers of Joseph Dodds, Stockton, 9 July - 18 September 1860

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the replies to requisitions concerning the purchase from Kay of land at Middridge, 26 September 1860

Memorandum of proposed description and schedules of the Greenfield estate, n.d. [post 1860]

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the supplemental abstract of title to the Greenfield estate, 16 January 1861

Advice of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the draft conveyance and plans of the Greenfield estate, 17 January 1861

Requisitions and answers on the suplemental abstract of title to the Greenfield estate, 30 January - 11 March 1861

Advice of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on requisitions and replies to requisitions of title to the Greenfield estate, 4 January - 20 March 1861

Copy of further observations and answers on the title to the Greenfield estate, n.d. [1861]

Sale particulars, and plan, of two farms at Middridge, property of the late J. Trotter, to be sold by auction at the King's Head, Darlington, 21 January - 9 February 1857

Valuation of the Greenfield estate, Middridge, by Joseph Snowball, 21 February 1860

Certified extract from the register of the chapelry of Denton of the burial, on 27 July 1854, of John Hodgson of White Cross, 19 July 1860

Tracing from the Ordnance Survey plan of the Greenhill estate, and parts of the Burnhill and William Field estates, by J[ospeh] S[nowball], December 1860 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500]

Letter from William Thompson, Eldon, to Joseph Snowball, concerning amendments to the plan of lands at Middridge and concerning the occupiers and proprietors of certain fields, 24 December 1860

Memorandum [to Mr. Hawkins] enquiring whether the letters and plans of the Greenfield estate supplied by Mr. Snowball afford sufficient evidence, 28 December 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, King's Head, Darlington, and Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the purchase of the Greenfield estate, 6 November 1860 - 15 February 1861

Sworn declaration of Joseph White of Killerby, farmer, concerning the late Daniel Simpson and his family, 15 April 1861

Certified extract from the parochial register of St. Helen Auckland for the burial, on 3 July 1859, of Daniel Simpson of West Auckland, 16 April 1861

Certified extract from the parochial register of St. Helen Auckland for the burial, on 17 June 1826, of Mary Simpson of St. Andrew Auckland, 16 April 1861

Declaration of Robert Kay of Portrack, farmer, concerning Philip Calvert Simpson of Staindrop, gent., a trustee under the will of his father, the late Henry Simpson of White Cross, Gainford, farmer, 1 May 1861

Certificate of Richard Bowser of Bishop Auckland, confirming that Robert Simpson had granted him power of attorney, 10 May 1861

Letters from Messrs. Bowser & Ward, Bishop Auckland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a request to see a power of attorney, 3-10 May 1861

Abstract of power of attorney, dated 4 May 1837, granted by Robert Simpson of West Auckland, yeoman, to Richard Bowser of Bishop Auckland, gent., with note that the original was produced at the offices of Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 6 May 1861

Letters from Joseph Dodds, Stockton, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the conveyance of the Greenfield estate, 28 March 1860 - 1 June 1861

Undertaking by Richard Kay, concerning the outgoings and rent of the Greenfield estate, 5 June 1861

Telegram from John Ward, Durham, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, confirming that no judgements are registered against Richard Kay, 6 June 1861

Letter from Messrs. Dodds and Trotter, Stockton, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding a fire insurance policy for Greenfield Farm and buildings, 12 June 1861

Fire assurance policy of Richard Kay of Forcett, Yorkshire, farmer, for the farm house and buildings at Greenfield near Shildon, 21 May 1856

Office copy of the admittance, on 20 May 1806, of Thomas Pickering, the younger, of Darlington, gent., heir of Ann Shepherd of Durham, spinster, deceased, to a moiety of a messuage, barn, cottage and 3 oxgangs of land in three fields each containing 13a. in Middridge, n.d.

Abstract of title, from 20 May 1806 to 23 May 1843, to hereditaments and premises at Middridge, 1867

Supplemental abstract of title from 19 October 1804 to 6 November 1868, to a copyhold and leasehold estate at Middridge, purchased by the Earl of Eldon from Pickering's devisees, n.d. [post 1867]

Abstract of title, dated 16 May 1812, to copyhold premises at Middridge in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland, n.d. [post 1865]

Requisitions on the title to lands at Middridge, conveyed by the devisees of Elizabeth Pickering and Brian Pick to the Earl of Eldon, 28 December 1867 - 7 July 1868

Tracing from Ordnance Survey plan of property at Middridge, belonging to Messrs. Pick, 1867 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500]

Certified extract from the confirmed tithe apportionment, dated 31 December 1844, for part of the township of Middridge in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, 26 May 1868

Certified extracts from parochial registers, from 24 January 1792 to 13 March 1851, relating to members of the Sheraton family, 5 May - 17 June 1868

Tracing of part of the enclosure plan for Middridge township in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, made 27 May 1868 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Copy of D/El 27/12

Abstract of admittance of Harry Sheraton of Liverpool, Lancashire, merchant, to copyhold premises at Middridge in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland, 3-10 July 1868

Declarations of Thomas Pickering Pick of Waterloo, nr. Liverpool, Lancashire, gent., and William Stow Stowell of Faverdale House, near Darlington, gent., in connection with the conveyance of land at Middridge to the Earl of Eldon, 3 July - 14 August 1868

4 September 1868 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of East Stoke, Dorset (3) John, Earl of Eldon Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) 6a. of land in Middridge townfields called the Upper End of Doomsday

Certified extracts from parochial registers, from 25 February 1802 to 20 August 1862, concerning members of the Pick family, 3-18 March 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell and Steward, forwarding a copy of a letter from the agent of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at Darlington, advising that the tenancy of Thomas Hall of 6a. 0r. 32p. at Middridge lapsed '... in the beginning of last month through effussion of time ...', 20 March 1873

Copy of a letter from Messrs. Bell & Steward, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Whitehall Place, London, expressing surprise at the reported lapse of a lease to Mrs. Pescot and Sir John Pescod of land at Middridge, and expressing the hope that the Commissioners '... will trust with us on behalf of His Lordship for the sale of this piece of land to him in the same manner as if this application had been made in accordance with the terms of the Act ...', 21 March 1873

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10 Whitehall Place, London, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, offering to sell 6a. 9r. 20p. of land at Middridge for £350, 9 April 1973

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, querying the valuation by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of a field of 6a. 0r. 20p. at Middridge, 15 April 1873

Correspondence concerning negotiations for the acquisition by Lord Eldon from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of 6a. 0r. 20p. of land at Middridge, 30 March 1874 - 28 November 1877

Abstract of title, from 13 August 1836 to 6 May 1856, of the Ecclesiastical Cmmissioners to land at Middridge, 1874

Abstract of lease, dated 21 June 1852, of land at Middridge, 1874

30 July 1874 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) John, Earl of Eldon Articles of agreement for the purchase by (2) of the freehold of 6a. 20p. of land in Middridge with mining and mineral rights Includes: plan of site Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168] Consideration: £310

Draft declaration of Joseph Snowball, concerning the Earl of Eldon's copyhold land in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland at the time of their enfranchisement by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 15-21 February 1877 Includes: plan Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Account, and receipt, of Messrs. White Borrett & Co. for costs incurred in the sale and enfranchisement by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of land at Middridge in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland, 1 August 1874 - 27 November 1877

Abstract of deed of enfranchisement to John, Earl of Eldon, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of lands in the township of Middridge, 15 February 1877

Requisitions of title and replies, receipts, letters relating to searches, exchanges of drafts and schedules, applications for reserved rents and related papers, concerning the purchase of property at Middridge from the devisees of Pick and Pickering, 19 September 1867 - 14 April 1869

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding a letter from Thomas Peacock, Bishop Auckland, concerning renewal of a lease on property at Middridge, 4 and 5 January 1867

Letter from Thomas Peacock, Bishop Auckland, to Joseph Snowball, concerning the renewal of a lease on a field called the Wastes, 10 January 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, recommending the purchase of 45a. of land adjoining the Eldon estate at Middridge, 28 June 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning an offer of £2,000 for Pick's Middridge property, and enclosing a copy of a letter '... which I think may be taken as an acceptance ...', 3 September 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, enclosing copies of correspondence concerning the conveyance of Pick's property at Middridge, 30 September 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding tracings [not enclosed] of the lands purchased from Pick at Middridge and from Arrowsmith and Corner at Mordon, 30 November 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising about Pick's solicitor, 24 December 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, enclosing a letter from Thomas Peacock, Bishop Auckland, expressing disquiet about the failure to complete the purchase of Pick's Middridge property, 9 April 1868

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Co., London, advising that documents have been forwarded to his London agent for examination and including the names of the tenants of the property at Middridge, 28 April 1868

Letter [and cover] from Joseph Turnbull, Middridge, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning his tenure of a cottage and garden at Middridge, 2-4 May 1868

Letter [and cover] from George Hall, Middridge, to [Alfred] Bell concerning his tenure of Pick's land at Middridge, 5 May 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, enclosing a letter, dated 23 June 1868, from Thomas Peacock, Bishop Auckland, '... who poor old man, seems to make himself very miserable about this [Middridge purchase] not being completed ...', 27 June 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the valuation of the copyhold and leasehold portions of the Middridge purchase, 30 June 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding an amended plan of the Middridge property, '... what appears to be roads ... are drains ...', 29 July 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, enclosing a copy of a letter, dated 11 August 1868, from Thomas Peacock, Bishop Auckland, advising that Pick's trustees declined to sign the conveyance of the Middridge property to Lord Eldon, 15 August 1868

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Co., London, enclosing a copy of a letter, dated 14 September 1868, from William Pick, Northallerton, requesting that completion of the conveyance of the Middridge property should take place in Darlington, 19 September 1868

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, concerning details for the completion of the conveyance of the Pick property at Middridge, 26 September 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the disquiet of Mr. Peacock that the purchase at Middridge remains uncompleted, 8 October 1868

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Co., London, advising that Mr. Oastler is not disposed to complete the Middridge sale unless he receives interest from 6 April on the purchase money, 12 October 1868

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, advising that completion has been delayed by the indisposition of Mr. Sheraton, 19 October 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning completion of the purchase of property at Middridge, 9 November 1868

Draft letter of Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, to Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, concerning arrears of rent on a leasehold field called the Wastes at Middridge, 28 December 1868

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning confusion about the outgoings of the property purchased from Pick at Middridge, 1 January 1869

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, concerning credit for the payment of tithe rent charges and charities, and outgoings on the property purchased at Middridge, 5 January 1869

12 May 1775 (1) Richard Blythman of Middridge, yeoman (2) William Blythman of Wakefield, Yorkshire, gent. (3) Timothy Brown of Henknowle, yeoman Mortgage by (1) to (3) of a leasehold dwelling house and appurtenances at Middridge, and two closes called the High Laws (8a.) Consideration: £200 and interest

22 May 1780 (1) Timothy Brown of Henknowle, yeoman (2) Hendry Hopper of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (2) of mortgage of leasehold premises as in D/El 28/1 Consideration: £227 and interest

Wesleyan Methodist Society: quarterly ticket of Ann Burton, September 1838 Originally enclosed in D/El 28/2

Probate copy of will, dated 17 July 1773, of William Blythman of Wakefield, Yorkshire, excise officer, devising messuages, lands and tithes at Middridge in trust, and the tithes of other lands there called Greenfield, Meadowfield, Hart Nook and Hunger Knowles with houses, barns, stables and mortuaries to wife, Catherine, 24 November 1780

17 April 1781 (1) James Dodshon of Rushyford, yeoman, and John Dodshon of Bracks, yeoman (2) Catherine Blythman of Heighington, widow (3) Hendry Hopper of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) for better securing an existing mortgage of £227 and interest on estates as in D/El 28/1 Consideration: £12

25 May 1781 (1) Richard Blythman of St. Andrew Auckland, yeoman (2) Hendry Hopper of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (2) of leasehold premises as in D/El 28/1; and grant to (2) of power of attorney for the collection of rents until discharge of the principal sum and of all arrears of interest on the mortgage

12 May 1785 (1) John Trotter of Middridge, gent. (2) Hendry Hopper of Durham, esq. (3) Thomas Ord of Newton Ketton, gent. Assignment, for the remainder of a term of 21 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of two cottages and two closes called the High Laws, containing together 8a. at Middridge Consideration: £200

27 February 1802 (1) Ann Blythman of Heighington, spinster (2) Stephen Horsley, the younger, of Eldon, farmer (3) James Dodshon of Shadforth, gent. (4) John Dixon of Durham, mercer and draper, and Stephen Smith of Newcastle, hatter Pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (2), conveying to (4), in trust, the tithes of closes called Greta Field, Meadow Field, Hart Nook and Hunger Knowles in Middridge; and assignment to (4) for the remainder of a term of 21 years of a messuage and 2.5 oxgangs of land at Middridge; and conveyance of tithes of East and West Garth End Fields and High Laws, also in Middridge

Letters of administration granted to Richard Blythman in respect of the estate of his father, Richard Blythman of Low Fell, yeoman, deceased, 16 April 1811

29 May 1811 (1) Richard Blythman of Craik Hall, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Thomas Ord of Newton Ketton, Aycliffe, gent. Assignment by (1) to (2) of the equity of redemption of two cottages and two closes, called High Laws, in Middridge Consideration: 10s.

30 May 1811 (1) Thomas Ord of Newton Ketton, Aycliffe, gent. (2) Stephen Horsley of Eldon, gent. Assignment by (1) to (2) for the remainder of a term of 21 years of premises as in D/El 28/10 Consideration: £800

10 March 1812 (1) Joseph Meggeson of Whessoe, gent. (2) Stephen Horsley of Eldon, gent. Agreement for the extinguishment of rights of way through three fields at Middridge Consideration: £15

Letters of administration granted to Ann Horsley, widow, of the estate of her late husband, Stephen Horsley, late of St. Andrew Auckland, yeoman, deceased, 16 March 1826

23 March 1826 (1) John Dixon of Durham, mercer, and Stephen Smith of Matlock, Derbyshire, hatter (2) Ann Horsley of Middridge, widow (3) Thomas Burton of Eldon, farmer (4) William Ramshaw of Bishop Auckland, cabinet maker Pre-nuptial settlement of (2) and (3) conveying to (4), in trust, the tithes of 4 closes in Middridge; and assignment to (4) for the remainder of a term of 21 years of leasehold messuages and closes in Middridge

12 September 1844 (1) William Ramshaw of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) John Burton of Mordon, farmer; and William Boyd of Woodham Burn, farmer, and wife, Ann (3) Ann Burton of Middridge, widow Confirmation by (1) to (3) of the tithes as in D/El 28/14; and assignment of leasehold premises at Middridge as in D/El 28/14, for the remainder of a term of 21 years

Official copy of extract from the will, dated 4 November 1842, of Thomas Burton of Middridge, farmer; probate, dated 8 October 1844; copy, n.d. [post 1854]

15 September 1851 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Ann Burton of Middridge, widow Lease for 21 years of a messuage and orchard, of 4 closes [formerly 3] called Garr End Fields containing 12a., of 2 other closes called High Laws containing 8a., and of 2 cottages with appurtenances; all in Middridge Rent: £1 4s. 2d.

Probate copy of will, dated 2 December 1853, of Ann Burton of Middridge and of Shildon, devising freehold tithes and leasehold premises at Middridge, in trust; bequeathing £200 for the erection of a Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel at Middridge 'a part of the Chapel to be pewed and let at a reasonable rent and the other part to be fitted up with free seats', bequeathing a pulpit, pews and fittings at Middridge, and £50 to the trustees of the New Shildon Primitive Methodist Chapel, 26 January 1855

2 October 1855 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Joseph Graham and Thomas Alderson, devisees in trust of the will of Ann Burton Licence by (1) to (2) to alienate premises as in D/El 28/17

15 October 1855 (1) Thomas Kirkup of Bishop Auckland, farmer (2) Joseph Graham of Middridge, joiner, and Thomas Alderson of the same, labourer Quitclaim by (1) to (2) to premises as in D/El 28/17

Abstract of title, from 9 November 1833 to 10 August 1846, of Roger Calvert to freehold, copyhold and leasehold lands at Middridge, 1851

Correspondence received by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, and related papers, concerning the purchase by Lord Eldon of the tithe rent charges on 45a. of land at Middridge from Miss Ann Deighton, 23 May - 27 August 1876

31 May 1876 (1) Ann Deighton of Aldborough, Yorkshire, spinster (2) John, Earl of Eldon, per his agent, Joseph Snowball of Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, esq. Articles of agreement for the sale and purchase of tithe rent charges on 45a. of land, formerly belonging to the devisees of Brian Pick at Middridge Consideration: £150

Draft of D/El 29/25, 31 May 1876

Copy of the schedule proposed to be inserted in the conveyance to Lord Eldon of Miss Ann Deighton's Middridge tithe rent charges, n.d. [1876]

30 June 1876 (1) Ann Deighton of Aldborough, Yorkshire, spinster (2) John, Earl of Eldon Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of the tithe rent charges on 45a. of land at Middridge Consideration: £150

Memorandum that the deeds were handed over to Sir William Eden on completion of the sale to him, 22 July 1903