Catalogue

14 June 1688; copy made 13 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Esh, bart., and son, Richard Smythe (2) Francis, Viscount Carrington, and niece, Grace Carrington (3) William Dicconson [sic] and Gerrard Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (4) William, Viscount Montgommerry; Thomas Bellasis; and Silvester Petit of Barnard's Inn, London, gent. Attested copy of pre-nuptial settlement of Richard Smythe and Grace Carrington, assigning for two terms of 500 years, to (3), to uses specified, the manor of Esh with other lands and cottages, including a colliery and forge, at Esh; a messuage called Coxside house in Brancepeth and a farm there called Rowley Jellett or Rowley Haveden; the manor of Nunstainton or Stainton Grange; the manor of East, West and Middle Herrington and other lands in Houghton-le-Spring; lands at Ushaw; a moiety of the manor of Woodholme; a messuage at West Auckland; the manor of Langley Rucke or Langley and Ruckley, Shropshire; and other lordships and lands in Shropshire

15 January 1742/3; copy made 16 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Farrow Eden of Darlington, gent. (3) John Mann of Durham, gent. Attested copy of deed to lead the uses of a fine, and to lead the uses of a recovery to (3), of the manors of Esh and Ushaw, Nunstainton alias Stainton Grange, Barmton, East Harrington, West Harrington and Middle Harrington, High and Low Embleton, alias Embledon, the moiety of the manor of Woodham, alias Woodholme, all in the places named, and in Lanchester, Haughton, Houghton-le-Spring, Aycliffe, St. Andrew Auckland, Heighington, Brancepeth and Sedgefield, and the lands and tenements of (1) in Walworth and West Auckland

1 March 1742/3; copy made 16 October 1788 (1) Farrow Eden, plaintiff (2) Sir Edward Smythe, deforceant Attested copy of a final concord of the manors of Esh and Ushaw, Nunstainton, Barmton, East Herrington, West Herrington and the moiety of the manor of Woodham; and of 30 messuages, 10 cottages, 1 mill, 3000a. of land, 2000a. of meadow, 1000a. of pasture, 1000a. of moor and a rent of 6s. in Esh, Nunstainton, East Harrington, West Harrington and Middle Harrington, Woodham, Barmton, High and Low Embleton, Walworth, Cockside House and West Auckland, with tithes of corn and grain in the manor of Esh and townships of Esh, Ushaw, Cornsay and Hamsteels and the parish of Lanchester Consideration: £1,640

15 April 1743; copy made 16 October 1788 (1) John Mann, plaintiff (2) Farrow Eden (3) Sir Edward Smythe, tenant Attested copy of exemplification of a common recovery for (1) to recover the estates as in D/El 36/3

22 July 1743; copy made 16 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Peter Giffard of Chillington, Staffordshire, esq. (3) Mary Giffard, daughter of (2), spinster (4) Mary Giffard of Long Birch, Staffordshire, widow (5) Sir Walter Baggot of Blothfield, Staffordshire, bart., and Sir Robert Throckmorton of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, only surviving trustee of the marriage settlement of (2) (6) Sir Edward Blount of Mawley, Shropshire, bart., and Adam Oteley of Pitchford, Shropshire, esq. (7) Edward Ventris of St. Clement Danes, London, gent., and George Sherwood of New Inn, St. Clement Danes, London, gent. (8) Farrer Eden of Darlington, gent., and John Mann of Durham, gent. (9) Samuel Mabbat of Gray's Inn, London, gent. Attested copy of pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (3), confirming to (1) in fee, New House Farm in the manor of Esh; and assigning to the use of (6), for a term of 99 years on trusts specified, the remaining estates as in D/El 36/3 along with other estates in Shropshire Consideration: £6,000

16 June 1744; copy made 16 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Samuel Mabbot, the younger, of Gray's Inn, London, stationer Attested copy of charge by (1) to (2) of estates, as in D/El 36/5, and mortgage by demise for 99 years of a farm called Berrington in Berrington, Shropshire, and two farms at Langley and Ruckley, Shropshire Consideration: £1,000 and interest

11 July 1751; copy made 22 October 1788 (1) Henry, Earl of Powis, administrator of the will of William, Marquess of Powis (2) Walter Smythe of Tonge Castle, Shropshire, esq. (3) Hon. Marmaduke Langdale of Holme, Yorkshire, and wife, Constantia (4) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (5) Sir Walter Bagot of Blithfield, Staffordshire, bart., and Sir Robert Throckmorton of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, bart. Attested copy of assignment by (1), at the request of (2)-(4), to (5), in trust, of the remainder of two terms of 500 years in the estates as in D/El 36/1 for raising £5,000 and interest

13 April 1752; copy made 17 October 1788 (1) Elizabeth Mabbat, widow and administratrix of Samuel Mabbat (2) Walter Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (3) Thomas Ottley of Pitchford, Shropshire, esq. Attested copy of deed poll whereby (1) & (2) assign to (3) the remainder of a term of 99 years in estates as in D/El 36/6 Consideration: £1,000 and interest

11 April 1766; copy made 17 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Thomas Ottley of Pitchford, Shropshire, esq. (3) Hon. Mary Clifford of St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, spinster (4) Robert Edward, Lord Petre, of Writtle, Essex; the Hon. Marmaduke Langdale of Holme, Yorkshire, esq.; and the Hon. George Howard of Bookham, Surrey, esq., lieutenant general in H.M. Forces Attested copy of the assignment to (4) of the charge of £1,000, and interest, as in D/El 36/6, and a further charge of £1,000 and interest on part of the estates of (1) as in D/El 36/6, for a term of 200 years on trusts to be declared

12 April 1766; copy made 18 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Hon. Mary Clifford of St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, spinster (3) William, Earl of Strafford, and Sir Henry Hunloke [?] of Wingworth, Derbyshire, bart. (4) Robert Edward, Lord Petre, of Writtle, Essex; the Hon. Marmaduke Langdale of Holme, Yorkshire, esq.; and the Hon. George Howard of Bookham, Surrey, esq., lieutenant general in H.M. Forces Attested copy of pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (2)

12 and 13 October 1781; copies made 11 August 1785 and 18 October 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart., and eldest son, Edward Smythe (2) Peter Holford of Wootton Hall, Warwickshire, esq., and his only surviving child, Catherina Maria Holford (3) Sir Walter Blount of Mawley, Shropshire, bart., and Charles Stonor of Stonor, Oxfordshire, esq. (4) John Wright of Kelvedon, Essex, esq., and Courtenay Throckmorton of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire (5) Francis Canning of Foxcoate, Warwickshire, esq., and Michael Blount, the younger, of Mapledurham, Berkshire, esq. (6) George Byard of the Inner Temple, Middlesex, gent., and Samuel Underwood of the same, gent. (7) Francis Plowden of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, gent. (8) Hendry Hopper of Durham, gent., and George Pearson of the same, gent. (9) Jasper Gibson of Hexham, Northumberland, gent. Attested copy of pre-nuptial settlement of Edward Smythe and Catherina Maria Holford, conveying to (3) in trust, the advowson of Acton Burnell, Shropshire; to (6), in trust, specified manors and lands of (1) in Shropshire; and to (8), in trust, the lordships of Esh and Ushaw [except Newhouse Farm], Nunstainton or Stainton Grange, Barmston, East Herrington, West Herrington and Middle Herrington, High and Low Embleton, and the moieties of the manors of Woodham and Walworth

12 February 1782; copy made 18 October 1788 (1) Jasper Gibson, gent., demandant (2) Hendry Hopper and George Pearson, gent., tenants Attested copy of exemplification of a common recovery of the manors of Esh and Ushaw, Nunstainton, East Herrington, West Herrington and Middle Herrington, the moieties of the manors of Woodham and Walworth, 40 messuages, 40 cottages, 20 barns, 20 stables, 50 gardens, 50 orchards, one mill, 3000a. of land, 2000a. of meadow, 3000a. of pasture, 1000a. of wood, 1000a. of furze and heath, 2000a. of moor, a rent of 6s., tithes of corn, grain and hay in the manor of Esh and the townships of Esh, Ushaw, Cornsay, Hamsteels, Cockside House and in the parish of Lanchester Vouchees: Sir Edward Smythe, bart., and Edward Smythe, esq.

12 December 1785; copy made 8 June 1786 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, bart. (2) John Wright of Keldon, Essex, esq.; Courtney Throckmorton of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, esq.; Francis Canning of Foxcoate, Warwickshire, esq.; and Michael Blount, the younger, of Mapledurham, Berkshire (3) Anthony Wright, Francis Wright and Thomas Wright, all of Saint Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, bankers Attested copy of deed of revocation and appointment by (1), with the consent of (2), made under the terms of his marriage settlement

25 April 1788; copy made 22 October 1788 (1) Robert Edward, Lord Petre, of Writtle, Essex (2) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. Attested copy of release by (1) to (2) of the sum of £1,000, and interest, charged on lordships and lands in County Durham

6 and 7 June 1788 (1) Thomas Wright of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, banker (2) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (3) Robert Edward, Lord Petre, of Writtle, Essex (4) John Lambton of Harraton, general in H.M. forces (5) Sir Robert Throckmorton of Buckland, Buckinghamshire, bart. (6) Charles Wren of Newcastle, gent. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4) of the manor of Nunstainton or Stainton Grange; and assignment to (6), in trust for (4), of the remainder of a term of 500 years in the same Consideration: £13,500

7 June 1788 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) John Lambton of Harraton, general in H.M. Forces Deed of covenant for the production of deeds, dating from 13 June 1688 to 25 April 1788, for the conveyance of the manor of Nunstainton or Stainton Grange

27 and 28 May 1790 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart., and wife, Dame Catharina Maria Smythe (2) Thomas Wright of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, banker (3) John Lambton of Harraton, esq., general in H.M. Forces Lease and release to (3) of a messuage and farm called Coldsides Farm and several closes called Woodham Farm, both in Woodham in the parish of Aycliffe, and of a moiety of the manor of Woodham, with covenant to procure to (3) the remainder of a term of 500 years in these estates Includes: schedule of deeds, 13 June 1688 - 25 April 1788 Consideration: £5,300

14 June 1790 [extracts, made post 1819 and post 1826] (1) John Lambton, esq., plaintiff (2) Sir Edward Smythe, bart; his wife, Dame Catharina Maria; and Thomas Wright, banker, deforceants Copy extracts of final concord of 4 messuages, 4 tofts, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 300a. of land, 300a. of meadow, 300a. of pasture in Woodham, and of a moiety of the manor of Woodham

11 August 1792 (1) Sir Edward Smythe of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, bart. (2) Thomas Wright of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middlesex, banker (3) John Lambton of Harraton, esq., a general in H.M. Forces (4) Francis Hutton, the younger, of St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, gent. (5) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn, bart. Assignment by (4) to (5) of the remainder of a term of 500 years of the estates as in D/El 36/19 and D/El 36/20, in trust for (3), to attend the inheritance

Attested copy of appointment by William Henry Lambton to his wife, Lady Ann Barbara Frances, of the sum of £800 p.a. charged on the estates devised by his late father, General John Lambton, 20 March 1795; copy made 14 April 1827

11 and 12 May 1796 (1) William Henry Lambton of Lambton, esq., son and heir of the late General John Lambton of Harraton (2) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn, bart. (3) Stephen Pemberton of Newcastle, bachelor Mortgage by (1) to (3) of estates as in D/El 36/19, 20 Consideration: £3,000 and interest

12 May 1796 Counterpart of D/El 36/26

3 August 1799 (1) Lady Ann Barbara Frances Lambton of Lambton, widow of the late William Henry Lambton, deceased; Ralph John Lambton of Lumley Park, esq.; and Thomas Wilkinson of Binchester, esq. (2) George Walter Smythe of Liverpool, esq.; Hugh Philip Smythe of Wooton Hall, Warwickshire, esq.; and Thomas Raymond Arundell of Bathford, Somerset, esq., and wife, Elizabeth Mary Anne (3) Robert Edward, Lord Petre, of Writtle, Essex (4) George Fenwick of Lambton, gent. Assignment in trust to (4) by (3) at the request of (2) with the consent of (1) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of the estates as in D/El 36/16, 17 for securing the sum of £4,000

10 May 1800 (1) Stephen Pemberton of Sunderland, bachelor in physic (2) Ralph John Lambton of Lumley Park, esq., and Thomas Wilkinson of Binchester, esq. (3) The said Ralph John Lambton and Rev. William Nesfield of Durham, clerk, trustees to uses in the will of the late William Henry Lambton, deceased Discharge of mortgage and reconveyance to (3) of estates as in D/El 36/25, 26 Consideration: £3,000

9 March 1814; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. (2) John Ward, the younger, of Durham, gent. (3) Alexander Murray of Symonds Inn, London, gent. Attested copy of extract of conveyance, for making (2) a tenant to the precipe and leading the uses of a recovery, of the manor of Nunstainton or Stainton Grange, with messuages, farms and a water corn mill there, Coldsides Farm and Woodham Farm at Woodham, and a moiety of the manor of Woodham

Extracts from office copies of the wills of George Fenwick of Lambton, gent., [proved 26 September 1812]; and George Fenwick of Ford, esq. [proved 26 April 1826]

22 May 1823; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Rt. hon. John Charles Villiers, P.C.; Rt. hon. Thomas Grenville, P.C.; and Thomas Wilkinson of Bath, esq., surviving devisees in trust of William Henry Lambton, esq., deceased (2) Hon. Charles William Wyndham of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, and wife, Anne (widow of the late William Henry Lambton) (3) William Henry Lambton, Henry William Lambton, Hedworth Lambton, all of Lambton, esqs.; and Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish, and wife, Frances Susan [formerly Lambton] (4) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. Attested copy of surrender to (4), on the extinguishment of rent charge, and for the remainder of two terms of 500 years of divers freehold lands and manors in County Durham, comprised in the settlement and will of the late William Henry Lambton, deceased, and now the estate of John George Lambton

17 May 1822; copy made April 1827 (1) Hedworth Lambton of Little Stanhope Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Alexander Murray of Symond's Inn, London, esq. Attested copy of power of attorney granted by (1) to (2)

20 July 1822; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Henry William Lambton, esq. (2) Alexander Murray of Symond's Inn, London, esq. Attested copy of power of attorney granted by (1) to (2)

22 March 1823; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish, and wife, Frances Susan (one of the four younger children of William Henry Lambton, deceased) (2) Rt. hon. George, Earl of Jersey; Rt. hon. George Howard; and Ralph John Lambton of Morton House (3) William Henry Lambton of Lambton, esq. (4) Rt. hon. John Charles Villiers; Rt. hon. Thomas Grenville; and Thomas Wilkinson of Bath, esq. (5) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. Attested copy of release and discharge by (1) - (3) to (4) and (5) of the share of Frances Susan Cavendish charged on the freehold, leasehold and copyhold estates comprised in the settlement and will of the late William Henry Lambton, deceased Consideration: £17,500

22 March 1823; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) William Henry Lambton, Henry William Lambton and Hedworth Lambton, esqs., three of the younger children of William Henry Lambton, formerly of Lambton, deceased (2) Rt. hon. John Charles Villiers and Rt. hon. Thomas Grenville; and Thomas Wilkinson of Bath, esq. (3) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. Attested copy of release and discharge by (1) to (2) and (3) of their respective shares charged on the freehold, leasehold and copyhold estates comprised in the settlement and will of the late William Henry Lambton, deceased Consideration: £52,500

24 March 1823; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Hon. Charles William Wyndham of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, and his wife, Lady Anne Barbara Frances (relict and widow of William Henry Lambton) (2) George, Earl of Jersey; Henry William, Marquess of Anglesey (3) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. Attested copy of deed of covenant for the levying of a fine to exonerate the freehold estates of (3) in County Durham of rent charges of £2,000 as a jointure for Lady Anne Barbara Frances Wyndham

Schedule of deeds, dating from 14 June 1688 to 10 February 1827, to an estate belonging to the Earl of Eldon at Nunstainton and Woodham, n.d. [post 1828]

9 February 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (2) John, Earl of Eldon Lease for a year [release missing] of the manor of Nunstainton with a farm and lands, and a water corn mill; a farm called Coldsides Farm; several closes called Woodham Farm; and a moiety of the manor of Woodham [includes schedule with descriptions, quantities and observations] Peppercorn rent

10 February 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (2) John, Earl of Eldon Deed of covenants for the production of title deeds, dating from 30 June 1794 to 10 February 1827, to estates as in D/El 36/41

10 February 1827 (1) Thomas Fenwick of Chester-le-Street, esq.; Addison Fenwick of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; and Robert Fenwick of Ford, esq. (2) William Loraine of Lumley Park, esq. (3) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (4) Ralph John Lambton of Morton House, esq. (5) John, Earl of Eldon (6) Richard Wilson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq. (7) Francis Cross, a Master in Chancery Assignment in trust by (1) to (6) of the remainder of a term of 1000 years of the manor of Nunstainton and farms; and assignment in trust, by (2) to (7), of the remainder of a term of 500 years of the said manor of Nunstainton and farms, for (5), to attend the inheritance

10 February 1827 (1) Walter Scruton of Durham, esq. (2) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (3) John, Earl of Eldon (4) Richard Wilson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq. Assignment in trust by (1) to (4) of the remainder of a term of 500 years in a moiety of the manor of Woodham with farms and premises for (3), to attend the inheritance

Memorandum that deeds of indemnity, dated 9 and 10 February 1827, and a bond, dated 10 February 1827, were given up to Lord Durham, 12 June 1833

Abstracts of the first and second marriage settlements of John George Lambton, 1826

Office extract of the grant of administration, dated 25 January 1761, of the effects of Samuel Mabbat of Grey's Inn, London, n.d. [post 1824]

Copy of extracts from the parish registers of Houghton le Spring of the baptisms, on 9 April 1766 and 14 April 1767, of Jane Dorothy Lambton and Susan Mary Anne Lambton, 6 September 1826

Official extract from the will, dated 7 March 1809, of Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn, bart., nominating executors, and from the letters of administration granted on 28 April 1810; copy undated [post 1826]

19 February 1802; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Hon. Charles William Wyndham of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex (2) Lady Anne Barbara Frances Wyndham, wife of (1) (3) Henry Tripp of Lincoln's Inn, London, barrister, and Alexander Murray of Symond's Inn, London, gent. (4) Viscount Villiers and Lord Paget Copy of deed of separation of (1) and (2), the provisions of which include a quitclaim by (1) to all lands devised by the will of William Henry Lambton, deceased

31 July 1811; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Hon. Frederick Howard, major in H.M. Light Dragoons (2) Frances Susan Lambton, spinster; Lady Anne Barbara Frances Wyndham; Ralph John Lambton of Lumley Park; and Thomas Wilkinson of Newbus Grange (3) George, Earl of Jersey, and George Howard, Viscount Morpeth Copy of the marriage settlement of (1) and Frances Susan Lambton

13 April 1813; copy made 8 May 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq., and wife, Harriet (2) Ralph John Lambton of Lumley Park, esq., and Thomas Montgomerie of Baker Street, Middlesex Copy of a settlement providing for (2) to stand seized of [unspecified] manors, messuages, farms and lands, for securing pin money of £1,000 and a jointure of £2,000 to Harriet Lambton, and portions to the children of (1) as specified

25 November 1816; copy made 8 May 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. (2) Charles, Earl Grey, and daughter Lady Louisa Grey (3) Ralph John Lambton of Lumley Park; Thomas Molyneux Montgomerie of Baker Street, Middlesex, esq.; and Hon. Henry George Grey, lieutenant-general in H.M. Army Copy of deed of covenants, on the marriage of (1) to Lady Louisa Grey, for the conveyance, in trust, of freehold manors, messuages, farms and lands, for securing the payment of pin money of £500 and a jointure of £3,000 to Lady Louisa Grey, and portions to the children as specified

1 August 1817; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. (2) John Philip Kemble, late of St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, esq. (3) John Griffith of Durham, gent. Copy of release [lease missing] by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of the manor of East, West and Middle Herrington with farms, lands and collieries in Herrington and Penshaw [descriptions and quantities specified] for securing to (2) an annual rent charge of £1,000 during the lives of (2) and his wife, Priscilla Consideration: £10,000

14 June 1819; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Hon. Frederick Compton Cavendish (2) Hon. Frances Susan Howard of Upper Grosvenor Street, Middlesex, widow (3) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck and Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish (4) George, Earl of Jersey, and William Henry Lambton, esq. Copy of marriage settlement of (1) and (2)

5 and 6 May 1826; copies 9 and 11 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. (2) John Ward of Durham, gent. (3) Alexander Murray of Symond's Inn, London, gent. Copies of conveyance by lease and release, by (1) to (2), to make a tenant to the precipe and lead the uses of a recovery of the manor of Lambton and Lambton Castle with appurtenances and other messuages at Lambton; the manor of Harraton with named closes; the manor of Langley with farms and lands; the hamlet of Westhall or Westhale with appurtenances; three plots at Esh; lands in the manor of Lanchester; the manor of Tubley; a house called Whitehall in Chester-le-Street; a capital messuage called Broomyholme; a capital messuage called Bowes's Biddick House and the lordship of Biddick Waterville; three messuages in Penshaw; a fee-farm rent payable out of lands at Cox Green; lands at Rickleton, Lanchester, Pelton, Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth, Great Lumley, Rickleton, Chester-le-Street, West Newbiggin, East Newbiggin, Sadberge; the manor of East, West and Middle Herrington; messuages and lands at Cox Green, Picktree, Pelaw, Birtley, Edmondsley; the manor of Offerton and lands there; messuages and lands at Plawsworth, Chester South Moor, Kimblesworth, Findon Hill, Framwellgate, Witton Gilbert, Charlaw Moor, Langley, Darlington; the manor of Nunstainton; messuages and lands at Woodham

4 and 5 July 1826; copies made 30 March - 9 April 1837 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq., and his wife, Lady Louisa Elizabeth (2) John Ward of Durham, gent. (3) Ralph John Lambton of Morton House, esq.; Thomas Molyneux Montgomerie of Lower Grosvenor Street, Middlesex, esq.; and Hon. Henry George Grey, general in H.M. Army (4) said Henry George Grey and William Henry Lambton, esq., trustees of the term of 99 years (5) Henry Grey, Viscount Howick; and Edward Ellice of Upper Grosvenor Street, Middlesex, esq., trustees of the term of 1,500 years Copy of the post-nuptial settlement of (1), by lease and release, specifying the lands to be released to (4) and (5), in trust, for securing the uses declared [includes schedule of lands and rents]

4 and 5 July 1826; copies made 9 and 10 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton, esq. (2) John Ward of Durham, gent. (3) Frances Charlotte Lambton, Georgiana Sarah Elizabeth Lambton, and Harriet Caroline Lambton, daughters of (1) (4) Ralph John Lambton of Morton House, esq., and Thomas Molyneux Montgomerie of Lower Grosvenor Street, esq. Copy of settlement by (1) for securing £24,000 for marriage portions for the three daughters of his first marriage [with schedule of properties and rental]

8 February 1827; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Priscilla Kemble of Heath Farm near Watford, Hertfordshire, widow (2) Charles Kemble of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Middlesex, esq. (3) John George Lambton of Lambton, County Durham, esq. Copy of discharge by (1) to (3) of lands to secure to (1) during her life the annual sum of £1,000

8 February 1827; copy made 10 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (2) Priscilla Kemble of Heath Farm near Watford, Hertfordshire, widow (3) William Loraine of Lumley Park, esq. (4) Charles Kemble of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Middlesex, and William Sotheby of Lower Grosvenor Street, Middlesex Copy of release [lease missing] by (1), at the direction of (2), to (3), in trust, of Morton House in Houghton-le-Spring with closes and collieries at Penshaw for securing an annual rent charge of £1,000 to (2) during her life, with schedules of freehold, copyhold and leasehold lands concerned, giving quantities and yearly rents

10 February 1827; copy made 9 April 1827 (1) Jane Dorothy Lambton of Cross Beck House, Yorkshire, spinster (2) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (3) Ralph John Lambton of Morton House, esq. (4) Sir Charles Loraine of Kirkharle, Northumberland, bart. Copy of discharge by (1) from payment of interest on a legacy of £10,000 under the will of John Lambton and covenant by (2) for payment of such interest Includes: rental of estates at Kimblesworth, Plawsworth, Fulforth and Witton Gilbert, and Flatts

10 February 1827; copy made 8 May 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle, esq. (2) Ralph John Lambton of Morton House, esq. (3) Sir Charles Loraine of Kirkharle, Northumberland, bart. Copy of appointment and demise for 600 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of the manor of East, West and Middle Herrington; other lands in Herrington and Penshaw [with acreages and valuations]; a capital messuage called Whitehall and other lands in Chester-le-Street; in all comprising 1,211a. 1r. 38p.; and several plots of land and tenements at Bishopwearmouth, including John Hutchinson's shipbuilding yard, a ropery and the Bridge Inn Consideration: £35,000

Copy of will and codicils of William, Marquess of Powis, with limited administration granted to William Loraine, esq., of the remainder of a term of 500 years in an estate at Nunstainton, 20 October 1826

Copy of the will, dated 9 August 1792, of William, Duke or Marquess of Powis, 29 October 1792

A schedule of the field names and areas of Woodham Farm, n.d.

'Abstract of ancient grants of Woodham now the estate of John George Lambton Esquire' [c.1280-1562], n.d.

Extract from a letter of Mr. Ward of Durham respecting the tithes of Nunstainton and Woodham, n.d.

Abstract of the title, from 13 June 1688 to 12 December 1785, of Sir Edward Smythe, bart., to the manor of Nunstainton with messuages, farms and a water corn mill at Nunstainton, with opinion on title of Christopher Fawcett, 20 April 1788

Abstract of title, from 13 June 1688 to 12 May 1796, of a moiety of the manor of Woodham and of Coldsides and Woodham Farms at Woodham, with declaration of Stephen Pemberton of Newcastle concerning the title deeds, 26-27 May 1797

Abstract of title, from 13 June 1688 to 11 August 1792, of William Henry Lambton to a moiety of the manor of Woodham and to Coldsides Farm and Woodham Farm, both at Woodham in the parish of Aycliffe, with observations on the title by R. Hopper Williamson, Newcastle, 30 May 1796

Schedule of deeds, from 15 July 1385 to 20 December 1799, of an estate at Horden belonging to Rowland Burdon, 22-23 September 1808

Abstract of releases, from 9 October 1790 to 18 July 1826, of legacies under the will of William Lambton, n.d. [1820s]

Rough pedigree of the descendants of Sir Edward Smythe, bart. 'in Lambton's abstract', n.d. [1820s]

Note of the areas, valuations, quit rents and liability to tithe, of farms at Woodham and Nunstainton, n.d. [1820s]

Analysis of the title of John George Lambton to the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, n.d. [1820s]

Copy of opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on the title of John George Lambton to the Woodham and Nunstainton estate, 24 June 1822

Abstract of title, from 13 June 1688 to 22 November 1816, of John George Lambton to the manor of Nunstainton and a moiety of the manor of Woodham; and also to Coldsides Farm and Woodham Farm at Woodham in the parish of Aycliffe, with observation on the title by P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields , London, 24 June 1822

Copy of the opinion of P.B. Brodie on the tithes of the manors of Nunstainton and Woodham, 18 October 1822

Opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on the right of farms at Nunstainton and Woodham to exemption from tithe, 18 October 1822

Abstract of title, from 13 June 1688 to 22 May 1823, of John George Lambton to the manors of Nunstainton and Woodham, n.d. [1826]

Further opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning release of the Nunstainton and Woodham estates from legacies under the will of [Gen. John?] Ralph Lambton, 25 July 1826

Copies of the further opinions of P.B. Brodie on the title of John George Lambton to the manors of Woodham and Nunstainton, 7 October - 22 November 1826

Opinion of P.B. Brodie on the title of John George Lambton to estates at Herrington, Whitehall and Penshaw, 9 October 1826

Copy of the opinion of P.B. Brodie on the title of John George Lambton to the Herrington and other estates proposed as security for the sum of £35,000, 9 October - 30 November 1826

Opinion of P.B. Brodie on the title of John George Lambton to estates at Bishopwearmouth, 10 October 1826

Copy of the opinion of P.B. Brodie on the title of John George Lambton to the Bishopwearmouth estates proposed as part-security for the sum of £35,000, 10 October 1826

Abstract of appointment and demise of 10 February 1827, by John George Lambton, of manors and lands at East, West and Middle Herrington, Penshaw and Bishop Wearmouth to secure £35,000; and discharge, of 10 February 1827, by Jane Dorothy Lambton, of the manor of Nunstainton and lands in Chester-le-Street, from interest of £10,000 [1827]

Abstract of grant for lives, from 31 July to 1 August 1817, by John George Lambton to John Philip Kemble of an annuity of £1,000 and of surrender, 8 February 1827, by Kemble's widow, Priscilla, 1827

Copy of a schedule of lands at Woodham and Nunstainton purchased in 1827 from Lambton, including descriptions, quantities and observations on West Farm, East Farm, a water corn mill and Woodham Farm, September 1905

Letter from Thomas Peacock, Denton, to Richard Wilson, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning Lambton's offer for sale of estates at Bampton, Woodham and Nunstainton, 16 December 1821

Letter from William Loraine, Lumley Park, to [Richard] Wilson, confirming that the Barmpton, Woodham and Nunstainton estates are for sale, and referring to an outbreak of distemper among Lambton's horses '... Fortuna ... is however recovering very fast, but has no chance of being fit to go to Newmarket Spring meeting ...', 13 January 1822

Letter from [William Loraine] Lumley Park, to [Richard] Wilson, enclosing asking prices and particulars for the Barmpton, Nunstainton and Woodham estates, and remarking that '... the Stockton rail road when completed will come so near these Estates, as to render it an easy matter to convey the Coal to the Sea Port of Stockton, and if it should prove good, why may we not expect to see an Eldon's Wallsend at the London Market, to complete with Lord Stewart & others ...', 20 January 1822

Letter from William Loraine, Lumley Park, to [Richard] Wilson, detailing the outgoings on the Woodham and Nunstainton estates, referring to Newmarket race meeting on Easter Monday, and observing that '... I am glad to hear you have begun so well with a Colt, I fear your Mares are too old to produce a Rara Avis ...', 17 February 1822

Letter from William Loraine, Lumley Park, to [Richard] Wilson, accepting an offer of £32,000 for the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, 3 March 1822

Letters from various correspondents, concerning Lambton's abstract of title to the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, 2 June - 13 July 1822

Letters from Mr. Murray, Symond's Inn, London, to Messrs. Wilson, Chisholm and Holroyd, concerning the title deeds of the Woodham and Nunstainton estate and Lambton's abstract of title, 3-21 June 1822

Copy of letter from [Messrs. Wilson, Chisholm and Holroyd] to John Ward, querying the exemption of the Nunstainton farm from all tithes and the Woodham farm from corn tithes, 15 July 1822

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Messrs. Wilson, Chisholme and Holroyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning evidence of the titheability of the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, 17 July 1822

Letter from Messrs. Lloyd, junior, and How, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, to Messrs. Wilson, Chisholme and Holroyd, concerning 'the very great & numerous inaccuracies ...' in the abstract of title, 20 July 1822

Letter from Messrs. Lloyd, junior, and How, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, to Messrs. Wilson, Chisholme and Holroyd, enclosing the abstract of title and an account for legal work, 24 July - 13 august 1822

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to [Richard] Wilson concerning completion of the conveyance of the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, 29 April 1826

Letter from William Loraine, Lumley Park, to Richard Wilson, concerning progress in the conveyance of Nunstainton, and remarking that 'Electioneering in Northumberland is as hot as ever, I am very sanguine about our two friends, Howick & Bell - Beaumont will give them some trouble', 30 April 1826

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Richard Wilson, responding to Mr. Brodie's questions concerning the title to the Nunstainton and Woodham estates, and emphasising that 'Mr. Lambton is very anxious for its completion that he may begin his Voyage ...', 24 May 1826

Letter from William Loraine, Lumley Park, to Richard Wilson, urging expediting the conveyance '... for if it be delayed much longer, you will detain Mr. Lambton in England & thereby retard his recovery, which I am sure you would not do willingly ...', 26 May 1826

Letter from Nicholas Ruddock, Hexham, Northumberland, to Richard Wilson, requesting return of the completed Hexham Road consent paper, 25 July 1826

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Richard Wilson, concerning disposition of the deeds used in drafting the conveyance, 7 August 1826

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Richard Wilson, concerning valuation of Lambton's Wearmouth property and Miss Lambton's property under General Lambton's will, 16 September 1826

Letter from Alexander Murray, Symond's Inn, London, to Richard Wilson, forwarding abstracts of title of John George Lambton to freehold and copyhold estates in County Durham, together with release of the younger children of General Lambton in respect of legacies under his will, and requesting their perusal and return in order 'to proceed in completing the proposed arrangements, 26 September 1826

Letter from P.B. Brodie to Richard Wilson, forwarding drafts of the assignments of the terms of years in trust for Lord Eldon and commenting on the draft of the appointment and release in fee from Lambton to Eldon, 2 October 1826

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Richard Wilson, forwarding a valuation of the riverside sites at Wearmouth proposed as part-security for Ralph Lambton's legacy, 2 October 1826

Letter from Alexander Murray, Symond's Inn, London, to Richard Wilson, forwarding abstracts of draft deeds for discharging the estates sold to Lord Eldon, of legacies under the will of General John Lambton, 3 November 1826

Letter from J. Ward, Durham, to Richard Wilson, concerning plans of the Nunstainton and Woodham estates and referring to an enclosed [?] copy of field names and quantities 'taken from a Field Book of about 30 years old & corrected to the present time', 5 December 1826

23 July 1724 (1) Francis Walker, the elder, of Nunstainton Grange, yeoman (2) Francis Walker, the younger, of the same, yeoman Articles of agreement for assignment, by (1) to (2), of the farm, at Nunstainton Grange

Request for payment by the Earl of Eldon to Earl Somers of one year's fee farm rent for Nunsta[i]nton Grange with attached receipt, 27-30 March 1830

Extract from the will, of 29 November 1837 [probate, 15 September 1840], of John Martindale of Elwick, devising interest in a farm, at Preston-le-Skerne, in trust, to uses specified, n.d.

14 June 1653 (1) James Clement of Ricknell Grange and John Clement of Preston-upon-Skerne, yeomen (2) Richard Stephenson of the same, yeoman Bargain and sale, by (1) to (2), of a messuage and seat house at Preston, together with other lands in Preston, Stainton and Brafferton Consideration: £450

24 October 1653 (1) Richard Stevenson, plaintiff (2) James Clement and wife, Isabell; and John Clement, deforceants Exemplification of a final concord of one messuage, one cottage, one barn, one stable, one garden, one orchard, 20a. of land, 20a. of meadow and 20a. of pasture in Preston-upon-Skerne

28 January 1676/7 (1) Richard Stephenson of West Thickley, yeoman (2) John Stephenson of Preston-upon-Skerne, yeoman, son and heir of (1) Bargain and sale, by (1) to (2), of messuage and lands as in D/El 38/2 Consideration: £200

29 June 1705 (1) John Stephenson of Cope Law, yeoman, and wife, Margarett (2) John Stephenson, the younger, of Preston-upon-Skerne, yeoman, son and heir of (1) Bargain and sale, by (1) to (2), of a messuage, seat house and appurtenances in Preston, a cottage there, and several named closes Consideration: £220

27 and 28 July 1727 (1) John Stephenson, the elder, of Preston-le-Skerne, yeoman, and wife, Margaret; and John Stephenson of Bishopton, yeoman, and wife, Ann; and John Stephenson of Bishopton, yeoman, and grandson of John Stephenson, the elder (2) Francis Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, gent Lease and release, by (1) to (2), of a capital messuage with appurtenances, together with several closes at Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £1030

31 August 1727 (1) Francis Pewterer, gent., plaintiff (2) John Stephenson, gent., and wife, Margaret; John Stephenson, his son, and wife, Anne; and John Stephenson, grandson of the first named John, deforceants Final concords of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 2 gardens, 100a. of land, 50a. of meadow, 100a. of pasture, in Preston-upon-Skerne and Bradbury Consideration: £106 13s. 4d.

14 January 1764 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Ann Pewterer, Mary Pewterer and Caroline Pewterer, spinsters (3) John Morland of Hartlepool, clerk; Ralph Hodgson of Durham, gent; and George Wood of Kirk Merrington, gent. (4) James Mewburn of Croft, Yorkshire, gent.; William Stephenson of Barnard Castle, maltster; and Thomas Smith of Howhill, yeoman (5) Francis Lowson of Darlington, gent. (6) Abraham Smith of Burdon, gent. (7) Dorothy Atkinson of Whitburn, spinster (8) Benjamin March of Durham, tallow chandler (9) Christopher Johnson of Durham, gent. (10) Bartholomew Bowser of Bishop Auckland, esq.; Francis Potts of London, gent.; John Fletcher of Hunwick Edge, yeoman; Richard Smith of Kirk Merrington, yoeman; and Thomas Perkins of Bishop Auckland, gent. (11) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. Lease and release [lease missing] to (11) of a messuage and 2a. of land; another messuage adjoining; a cottage and its appurtenances; several [named] closes; a farm and one other house; all in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £5,169

23 and 24 April 1767 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, esq. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of estates as in D/El 38/6, 6a Consideration: £1,500 and interest

24 April 1767 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Joseph Grey of Durham, alderman (3) Thomas Dunn of Durham, esq. (4) Edward Shipperdson of Pittington Hallgarth, esq. Assignment by (2), at the request of (1), to (4), in trust for (3), of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in estates as in D/El 38/6, 6a

Abstract of title, from 14 June 1653 to 24 July 1767, of Robert Chaloner to a freehold estate in Preston-le-Skerne, with opinion of Robert Burton of the Inner Temple, London, 6 November 1771

28 and 29 November 1771 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, esq. (3) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of 133a. 1r. 31p. of land in Preston-le-Skerne contained in D/El 38/6, 6a Consideration: £2,100

29 November 1771 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. Deed of covenant for the production of deeds, dating from 8 April 1737 to 28 April 1766, for D/El 38/ 14, 15

29 November 1771 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, esq. (3) Edward Shipperdson of Pittington Hallgarth, esq. (4) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. Assignment by (3) to (5), in trust for (4), of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in estates as in D/El 38/6, 6a

29 November 1771 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Dunn of Durham, esq. (3) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. Bargain and sale, by (1) and (2), to (3), of estates as in D/El 38/6, 6a Consideration: £2,100 Attached: writ for the enrollment of the above in the Close Rolls of the Durham Court of Chancery, 30 November 1771

Copy of the will, dated 8 April 1737, of Francis Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, gent., devising estates to executors to uses specified, 14 December 1771

5 November 1750; copy made 14 December 1771 (1) Rev. Richard Stonhewer, rector of Houghton-le-Spring, and Rev. Henry Thorp, rector of Haughton (2) Frances Bowser of Bishop Auckland, spinster Copy of quitclaim by (1) to (2) of all real and personal estate devised under the will of the late Francis Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, gent.

13 and 14 November 1752; copies made 14 December 1771 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) Frances Bowser of Bishop Auckland, spinster (3) Elizabeth Bromley of Stranton, spinster (4) Christopher Johnson of Durham, gent. (5) John Morland of Hart, clerk; Ralph Hodgson of Bishop Auckland, gent.; and George Wood of Kirk Merrington, gent. (6) Farrer Wren of Binchester, esq. Copy of pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (3) of estates at Monkhesledon, Hart, Preston-le-Skerne, Bishop Auckland, Coundon, Coundon Grange and Byers Green, to uses specified

22 December 1752; copy made 14 December 1771 (1) Farrer Wren, esq. (2) Christopher Johnson, gent. Copy of exemplification of a common recovery of 300a. of pasture and 30a. of wood in Bishop Auckland, Preston-le-Skerne and Great Aycliffe

2 May 1758; copy made 9 February 1772 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) James Meaburn of Croft, Yorkshire, gent. (3) William Stephenson of Barnard Castle, maltster (4) Thomas Smith of How Hill, yeoman (5) Francis Lowson of Darlington, gent. Copy of release [lease missing] by (1) to (5), in trust, of estates in Preston-le-Skerne, Stainton, Brafferton and Bishop Auckland, and a leasehold close on the south side of Auckland Park and two leasehold closes at Coundon

1 January 1759; copy made 9 February 1772 (1) Nathanial Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Francis Lowson of Darlington, gent. Copy of further charge on estates, as in D/El 38/24, with covenants regarding the discharge of mortgage debts on the same Consideration: £200 and interest

1 February 1759; copy made 9 February 1772 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Francis Lowson of Darlington, gent. Copy of further charge on estates, as in D/El 38/24, with covenants regarding the discharge of mortgage debts on the same Consideration: £200 and interest

21 and 22 March 1760; copies made 9 February 1772 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, gent. (2) Abraham Smith of Old Burdon, gent.; Dorothy Atkinson of Whitburn, spinster; and Benjamin March of Durham, tallow chandler Copy of mortgage by (1) to the parties of (2) of 3/15, 5/15 and 7/15, respectively, of estates at Preston-le-Skerne and Bishop Auckland Consideration: £1,500 and interest

1 and 2 January 1762; copy made 9 February 1772 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Christopher Johnson of Durham, gent. Copy of lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of mortgaged lands at Preston-le-Skerne, Bishop Auckland, Monkhesledon, North Hart and Stranton, St. Andrew Auckland [with schedule of mortgage debts]

28 April 1766; copy made 9 February 1772 (1) Ann Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, spinster; Mary Pewterer of the same, spinster; and Caroline Pewterer of the same, spinster; and Frances Bacon, widow (2) John Morland of Durham, clerk; Ralph Hodgson of Durham, gent.; and George Wood of Kirk Merrington, gent. (3) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (4) Joseph Grey of Durham, alderman Copy of release and assignment, by (1) and (2), to (4), to the use of (3), of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in part of the estates, as in D/El 38/9 Consideration: £2,000

4 December 1801 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) Paul Watson of Bradbury, gent. Articles of agreement for the conveyance, by (1) to (2), of two messuages at Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £4,222 10s.

26 and 27 May 1802 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) Paul Watson of Bradbury, farmer (3) Ralph Ord of the Sands [Durham], esq. (4) David Burton Fowler of the Exchequer Office, Inner Temple, London, esq. (5) John Martindale of Morden, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of the East House and several closes in Preston-le-Skerne; the estates as in D/El 38/6, 6a; and assignment by (4) to (5), in trust for (2), of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in the same estates Covenent for the production of deeds, dating from 15 July 1384 to 15 April 1768

Plan of part of Mr. John Watson's land near Preston-le-Skerne required for the Clarence Railway, n.d. [post 1825] Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Copy of the will, dated 13 January 1832 [probate, 7 May 1836], of John Watson of Rushyford, gent., devising estates at Preston-le-Skerne, Great Aycliffe and Sedgefield in trust to uses specified, n.d. [post 1839]

Abstract of title, from 15 July 1384 to 19 February 1794, of the trustees under the will of John Watson to a freehold estate at Preston-le-Skerne, 1840

Additional abstract of title, from 26 May 1802 to 20 January 1832, of the trustees under the will of John Watson to a freehold estate at Preston-le-Skerne, with opinion of S. Jay, 10 Lincoln's Inn, London, 11 December 1840

23 November 1840 (1) Benjamin Ord of Sedgefield, gent., for the trustees of the late John Watson of Rushyford, gent. (2) John Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, gent., for the trustees of the late John, Earl of Eldon Articles of agreement for the sale by (1), and purchase by (2), of 246a. 3r. 27p. of lands in Preston-le-Skerne, Stainton and Brafferton Consideration: £5,550

Continuation of abstract of title, from 30 April 1841 to 1 May 1841, to an estate at Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [1841]

Requisitions, replies and observations on the title to the Preston Farm estate, and related papers, 23 April 1841

30 April and 1 May 1841 (1) George Frizell of Marsh House, Greatham; John Frizell of Cold Knuckles; and Robert Henderson of the Isle, all farmers, executors of John Martindale, deceased (2) the said George Frizell and Baker Greenwell of Barmpton, farmer (3) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn, London, gent. (4) Samuel Steward of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, gent. Lease, and assignment to attend the inheritance of the residue of a term of 1,000 years, by (1) to (4), in trust for (3), in East House with several parcels of land in Preston-le-Skerne; and other messuages and closes [names and quantities specified] in Preston-le-Skerne, Stainton and Brafferton; and a pew in the middle aisle of Great Aycliffe parish church

Undertaking by the vendors of land and premises as in D/El 38/45, 46 to enable the purchasers to inspect deeds of settlement in the possession of Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq., 7 May 1841

Abstract of the marriage settlement, of 18 and 19 February 1794, of Rowland Burdon and Cotsford Matthews, with observations thereon by Benjamin Ord, Sedgefield, 25 August 1841

Correspondence between various parties concerning the sale by the trustees under the will of John Watson to the trustees of Lord Eldon, of a farm at Preston-le-Skerne, 5 June 1839 - 11 May 1841

Probate copy of the will of James Watson, 31 October 1844

27 February 1821 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk (3) Thomas Robert Swinburne of Hartlepool, esq. (4) William Sanderson of Stockton (5) James Watson of Heworth in Aycliffe, gent. (6) Robert Balmer of Darlington, gent., and John Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (7) Henry Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (8) William Grey of Stockton, gent. (9) John, Lord Eldon Assignment, in trust to attend the inheritance, by (1) to (5) [lease missing] of a close called the Far Carr containing 10a. 0r. 30p. in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £120

27 February 1821 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk (3) Thomas Robert Swinburne of Hartlepool, esq. (4) William Sanderson of Stockton, gent. (5) James Watson of Heworth, gent. (6) Robert Balmer of Darlington, gent., and John Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (7) Henry Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (8) William Grey of Stockton, gent. (9) John, Lord Eldon Copy of release by (1), and his trustees, to (5), and his trustees, of a close called the Far Carr in Preston-le-Skerne with the assignment of two terms of 500 years and 800 years therein in trust to attend the inheritance Consideration: £120

Draft of an agreement by the trustees of Mr. Swire with the trustees of Lord Eldon to pay all rates, taxes and tithe rents on Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne up to [date unspecified], 1855

Abstract of title, from 26 February 1821 to 23 July 1844, to Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne, 16 June 1855

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 12 November 1855, to Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne, 1855

Opinion of Robert Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the title to Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne, 26 July 1855

Requisitions on the title of Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne belonging to Samuel Swire, esq., 16 August 1855

Declaration of John Smith of Heworth in Great Aycliffe, farmer, concerning Far Carr Close in Preston-le-Skerne, 18 August 1855

Opinion of Robert Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the replies to the requisitions of title and possible additions to the draft conveyance, 8 September 1855

Request by the trustees of Mr. Swire to the trustees of Lord Eldon for the payment of purchase money of £380 for a close in Preston-le-Skerne, 22 October 1855

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Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Morpeth, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning tithe rent charge on Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne, 8 September 1855

Letter from Alfred Bell, King's Head, Darlington, to H. Lloyd concerning a proposed exchange with Sir William Eden of land in Eldon, the deeds concerning the purchase of land [at Preston-le-Skerne] from Mr. Swire, and the Ricknall Grange purchase, 7 November 1855

Letter from Samuel Service of Aycliffe to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, requesting payment for Far Carr Close, Preston-le-Skerne, 13 November 1855

Abstract of title, from 1 November 1763 to 28 April 1766, of Mr. Pewterer to a freehold estate called Leehall at Preston-le-Skerne, n.d.

Declaration [cancelled] by Edward Chute of Hinxhill Court, Kent, esq., that John Criche, citizen and merchant tailor of London, has assigned his interest and term of years in a house and shop in Bread Street, London, to the said Edward Chute as security for the payment of £300, 11 July 1636

22 and 23 October 1707 (1) Anthony Wytham of Elvet, Durham, gent. (2) Christopher Mayres of Hart Bushes, gent., and George Gibson of Stonecroft, Northumberland, gent. (3) Thomas Wytham of Elvet, Durham, gent., son of (1) Marriage settlement of (3) by lease and release from (1) to (2), in trust, of the manor of Preston-on-Skerne and 22 oxgangs of land in Preston townfields Consideration: £500

19 and 20 March 1729/30 (1) Thomas Wytham of New Elvet, Durham, gent., and wife, Jane; and Richard Ord of Stainton Grange, Northumberland, gent., and wife, Elizabeth (2) William Reed of Framwelgate, maltster Mortgage by demise for 1000 years, by (1) to (2), of premises as in D/El 40/3, 4 Consideration: £800 and interest

14 April 1730 (1) William Reed, plaintiff (2) Thomas Wytham and wife, Jane, and Richard Ord and wife, Elizabeth, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of the manor of Preston-on-Skerne with 5 messuages, 5 cottages, 5 gardens, 5 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of furze, 500a. of moor, 500a. of marsh, 500a. of land covered with water, all in Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

15 and 16 April 1735 (1) Thomas Witham of New Elvet, Durham, gent., and wife, Jane; Elizabeth Ord of the same, widow; and Bridgett Witham of the same, spinster (2) Thomas Reed of Framwelgate, cousin of the late William Reed (3) John Reed of Durham, gent. Further charge by lease and release on the premises as in D/El 3, 4 Consideration: £1,550

24 June 1735 (1) John Reed, plaintiff (2) Thomas Witham and wife, Jane; Elizabeth Ord, widow; and Bridget Witham, spinster, deforceants Final concord of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and 5 messuages, 5 cottages, 5 gardens, 5 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of furze and heath, 500a. of moor, 500a. of marsh, 500a. of land covered with water, all in Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £106 13s. 4d.

18 January 1737/38 (1) Thomas Witham of New Elvet, Durham, gent., and daughter, Bridget Witham (2) Michael Tunstall of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, gent. (3) Sir Hugh Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire, bart., and John Tempest, the younger, of Old Elvet, Durham, esq. Pre-nuptial settlement for the conveyance to (3), in trust, of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £2,500

10 and 11 April 1738 (1) Thomas Witham of New Elvet, gent., and wife, Jane; Elizabeth Ord of the same, widow (2) Michael Tunstall of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, and wife, Bridget (3) Thomas Reed of Framwelgate, gent., and brother, John Reed of Durham, gent. (4) Sir Hugh Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire, bart., and John Tempest of Old Elvet, Durham, esq. Marriage settlement by lease and release to (4), in trust, of premises as in D/El 40/3, 4 Consideration: £2,500

19 and 20 November 1742 (1) William Dawson of Billingham, yeoman (2) Michael Tunstall of Newsham, Yorkshire, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a cottage in the township of Preston-upon- Skerne now in the occupation of Aaron Shaw, potmaker Consideration: £15 15s.

14 January 1764 (1) Nathaniel Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Ann Pewterer, Mary Pewterer and Caroline Pewterer (3) John Morland of Hartlepool, clerk; Ralph Hodgson of Durham, gent.; and George Wood of Kirk Merrington (4) James Meaburn of Croft, Yorkshire, gent.; William Stephenson of Barnard Castle, maltster; and Thomas Smith of How Hill, yeoman (5) Francis Lowson of Darlington, gent. (6) Abraham Smith of Old Burdon, gent. (7) Dorothy Atkinson of Whitburn, spinster (8) Benjamin March of Durham, tallow chandler (9) Christopher Johnson of Queen Street, Durham, gent. (10) Bartholomew Bowser of Bishop Auckland, esq.; Francis Potts of London, gent.; John Fletcher of Hunwick Edge, yeoman; Richard Smith of Morrington [sic], yeoman; and Thomas Perkins of Bishop Auckland, gent. (11) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. Copy of conveyance by lease and release [lease missing] to (11) of a messuage in Preston-le-Skerne with adjoining close, two other contiguous messuages, a messuage, cottage and stable, several other [named] closes and messuages, all in Preston-le-Skerne and Carr Loaning; and assignment of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of the same, in trust Consideration: £5,169

28 April 1766 (1) Ann Pewterer of Bishop Auckland, spinster; Mary Pewterer of the same, spinster; Caroline Pewterer of the same, spinster; and Frances Bacon, widow (2) John Morland of Durham, clerk; Ralph Hodgson of Durham, gent.; and George Wood of Kirk Merrington, gent. (3) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (4) Joseph Grey of Durham, alderman Copy of assignment by (1) to (4) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years, in trust for (3), to attend the inheritance of part of the premises as in D/El 40/17 Consideration: £2,000

1 and 2 September 1766 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Smith of Ricknalbridge, blacksmith Conveyance by lease and release, by (1) to (2), of two cottages in North Row, Preston-le-Skerne; and two sittings in the north aisle of Great Aycliffe church Consideration: £143

3 September 1766 (1) Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland, esq. (2) Thomas Smith of Ricknal Bridge, blacksmith Deed of covenants for the production of documents relating to premises as in D/El 40/18, 19

27 November 1767 (1) Michael Tunstall of Durham, esq., and his son, Thomas Tunstall, gent. (2) Thomas Hugall of Durham, gent. (3) Charles Ashmall of Gray's Inn, London, gent. (4) William Witham of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Langdale of London, distiller (5) Christopher Wilkinson of Thorpe, Yorkshire, esq. Lease and release [release missing] to (2) to make a tenant to the precipe and lead the uses of a recovery of the manor of Preston-le Skerne and 22 oxgangs of land in Preston townfields Consideration: £400

15 April 1768 Exemplification of a recovery by Charles Ashmall, gent. of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne with 7 messuages, 7 gardens, 150a. of land, 150a. of meadow, 150a. of pasture, 100a. of furze and heath in Preston-upon-Skerne Tenant to the precipe: Thomas Hugall, gent. Vouchee: Thomas Tunstall, gent.

Extract from Recovery Roll of D/El 40/22, n.d.

Declaration of trust by Christopher Wilkinson of Thorpe, Yorkshire, to Ann Tunstall of Durham, spinster, 26 July 1768

27 December 1777 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Old Elvet, Durham, esq., and wife, Mary (2) Francis Fortescue Turville of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire, esq., and Hendry Hopper of Durham, gent. Marriage settlement of (1) directing (2) in the uses of the issues and profits of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and 22 oxgangs of land in Preston townfields

Direction of Thomas Tunstall of Old Elvet, Durham, for charging the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne with the sum of £1,000, 14 August 1779

Letters of administration of the goods of the late Christopher Wilkinson of Thorpe, Yorkshire, granted to Christopher Hopper of Durham, esq., 5 November 1795

16 December 1795 (1) John Messenger of Cayton Farm, nr. Ripon, Yorkshire, and wife, Ann (2) Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, and Algernon, Earl of Beverley (3) Christopher Hopper of Durham, gent. (4) Margaret Cuthbert of Durham, spinster (5) John Ralph Fenwick of Durham, doctor in physick (6) George Pearson of Durham, esq. Assignment by (1) to (5) and (6), in trust, of the remainder of two terms of 500 years and 800 years in the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and 22 oxgangs of land in Preston townfields Consideration: £1,200 and interest

17 May 1798 (1) Robert Smith, plaintiff (2) John Burdon and wife, Rebecca, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of a moiety of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 30a. of lands, 30a. of meadow, 40a. of pasture in the parish of Aycliffe Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

22 November 1799 (1) John Ralph Fenwick of Durham, doctor in physic, and wife, Dorothy (2) Betty Pearson of Harperley Park, widow (3) Ann Spearman of Durham, widow (4) Calverley Bewicke of Close House, Northumberland, esq. (5) Richard Scruton of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (4) and (5), in trust, of the remainder of two terms of 500 years and 800 years in the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and 22 oxgangs of land in Preston townfields Consideration: £1,200 and interest

Copy of probate copy of will, dated 29 May 1792, of Thomas Smith of Preston-le-Skerne, devising tenements and lands at Preston-le-Skerne and Great Aycliffe to wife, Dorothy, with remainders as specified, 12 June 1800

6 and 7 September 1804 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Stockton, gent. (2) Joseph Frank of Stockton, gent. (3) Samuel Smith of Stockton, esq. Lease and release to (2), to make a tenant to the precipe and to lead the uses of a recovery, of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and a messuage called Manor Farm, with 213a. 3r. 8p. in several named closes; other closes comprising 66a. 1r. 37p., and four other closes comprising 50a. 3r. 0p.; all in Preston-upon-Skerne

12 September 1804 (1) Samuel Smith, esq., demandant (2) Joseph Frank, gent., tenant Extract from exemplification of a common recovery of 7 messuages, 7 gardens, 150a. of land, 150a. of meadow, 150a. of pasture, 100a. of furze in Preston-upon-Skerne Vouchee: Thomas Tunstall, gent.

28 September 1804 Exemplification of a recovery by Samuel Smith, esq., of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne with 7 messuages, 7 gardens, 150a. of meadow, 150a. of pasture, 150a. of furze and heath, in Preston-upon-Skerne Tenant to the precipe: Joseph Frank, gent. Vouchees: Thomas Tunstall and Thomas Gore

26 and 27 January 1810 (1) John Iley of Pill Acres, Walworth, gent., and wife, Mary (2) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton, South Stainley, Yorkshire, esq., and Joseph Frank of Stockton, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of two cottages in North Row, Preston-le-Skerne, and two adjoining closes Consideration: £550

29 and 30 January 1810 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton, South Stainley, Yorkshire, esq., and Joseph Frank of Stockton, gent. (2) John Metcalf of Stockton, gent. Mortgage, by (1) to (2), of premises as in D/El 40/37, 38 Consideration: £450 and interest

15 February 1810 (1) Thomas Tunstall, esq., plaintiff (2) John Iley and wife, Mary, deforceants Extract from final concord of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 stables, 3a. of land, 3a. of meadow, and 3a. of pasture in Preston-le-Skerne

15 February 1810 (1) Thomas Tunstall, esq., plaintiff (2) John Iley and wife, Mary, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 stables, 3a. of land, 3a. of meadow and 3a. of pasture in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

13 and 14 May 1812 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, gent. (2) Joseph Frank of Stockton, gent. Mortgage, by (1) to (2), of premises as in D/El 40/33, 34 Consideration: £1,400 and interest

Letter of administration of the estate of Christopher Wilkinson, late of Wycliffe, granted to William Sanderson of Stockton, gent., 17 April 1813

12 and 13 May 1813 (1) Joseph Frank of Stockton, gent. (2) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, gent. Reconveyance by (1) to (2) of mortgaged premises as in D/El 40/44, 45 Consideration: £1,463

13 May 1815 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) Clementina Barbara Sanderson of Kingston-upon-Hull, spinster Mortgage of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne with a farm called Manor Farm and 213a. 3r. 8p. of land Consideration: £800 and interest

14 and 15 May 1813 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, esq. (2) Ann Spearman of Durham, widow (3) Calverley Bewicke of Close House, Northumberland, esq. (4) Richard Scruton of Durham, gent. (5) William Sanderson of Stockton, gent. (6) John Willis of Stillington, gent. (7) George Sutton of Stockton, esq. (8) George Merryweather of Yarm, Yorkshire, gent. (9) William Sleigh of Stockton, esq. (10) Robert Clark of Stockton, gent. Mortgage in fee by (1) to (6) of two fourth-parts of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and other premises in D/El 40/33-34, and assignment for the remainder of two terms of 500 years and 800 years in the same, to attend the inheritance Consideration: £4,500 and interest

Duplicate of D/El 40/51

Schedule of deeds, from 22 October 1707 to 15 May 1813, relating to the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and to other farms and lands in Preston-le-Skerne, 15 May 1813

15 May 1813 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, esq. (2) John Willis of Stillington, gent. (3) George Sutton of Stockton, esq. (4) George Merryweather of Darlington, gent. Deed of covenants, with counterpart, for the production of documents relating to the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and other lands there

15 May 1813 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, esq. (2) John Willis of Stillington, gent. Bond in £4,600 for the payment of £2,300 and interest

15 May 1813 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-on-Skerne, gent. (2) George Sutton of Stockton, esq. Bond in £2,400 for the payment of £1,200 and interest

20 and 21 August 1815 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, esq. (2) George Merryweather of Darlington, gent. (3) William Sleigh of Stockton, esq. (4) Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent. (5) Richard Walker of Stockton, flax-dresser Assignment by (2) to (5) of mortgage of one fourth part of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £1,000 and interest

21 August 1815 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne, esq. (2) Richard Walker of Stockton, flax dresser Bond in £2,000 for the payment of £1,000 and interest

22 and 23 November 1815 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) George Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Henry Hutchinson and Thomas Place, all of Stockton, bankers (3) Thomas Hutchinson of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Stanwix of the same, merchant Mortgage to (3), as trustees for (2), of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne with a farm called Manor Farm and 213a. 3r. 8p. of land Consideration: £702 11s. 6d. and interest

23 November 1815 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) George Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Henry Hutchinson and Thomas Place, all of Stockton, bankers Bond in £1,500 for the payment of £702 11s. 6d. and interest

Official extract from the will, dated 2 February 1781, of Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, appointing his sons, Hugh, Earl Percy, and Lord Algernon Percy, as his executors, n.d. [post 1817]

Copy of codicil, of 10 January 1817, to the will of George Sutton of Stockton, esq., n.d. [post 1818]

5 and 6 May 1818 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton, South Stainley, Yorkshire, esq. (2) John Metcalf of Stockton, gent. (3) John Wood, the elder, of Bishop Auckland, gent. Assignment of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of premises as in D/El 40/39, 40, with further borrowing on the same security; and mortgage, by (1) to (3), of four other closes (50a. 3r. 0p.) at Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £500 and interest

Extract from probate copy of the will, dated 7 March 1817, of John Wood of Bishop Auckland, deceased, 29 October 1818

Copy of the will, dated 7 March 1817, of John Wood of Bishop Auckland, gent., devising to wife, Phillis, lands at Hett and elsewhere in the parish of Merrington, and to sister, June, for life, copyhold house and lands in Bondgate in Bishop Auckland, n.d. [post 1819]

6 and 7 April 1819 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton Farm, Yorkshire, esq., and wife, Mary Isabella (2) John Willis of Stillington, gent. (3) William Sleigh of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, esq. (4) Richard Walker, the elder, of Stockton, flax-dresser Mortgage, by (1) to (5), of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne together with the Manor Farm and the closes belonging thereto [names specified], comprising 213a. 3r. 8p. Consideration: £5,200 and interest

3 June 1819 (1) Sir William Gerard, bart., and John Gerard, esq., plaintiffs (2) Thomas Tunstall, esq., and wife, Mary Isabella, deforceants Final concord, and duplicate, of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne and 7 messuages, 7 gardens, 150a. of land, 150a. of meadow, 150a. of pasture, 150a. of furze and heath in Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: £66 13. 4d.

5 June 1819 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton Farm, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Mary Tunstall of Cayton Farm, Yorkshire, widow (3) Robert Smith of Greatham, gent., and George Head of Bishopton, gent. (4) William Sleigh of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, esq. (5) Richard Walker, son, of Stockton, flaxdresser (6) William Sleigh (7) Robert Clarke of Stockton (8) Sir William Gerard of Garswood, Lancashire, bart., and John Gerard of Ashton in Mackerfield, Lancashire (9) Simon Thomas Scroope, jun., of Danby upon Yore, Yorkshire, esq. (10) Thomas Erington of Clints, Yorkshire, esq. (11) Francis Fortescue Turville of Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire, esq. Assignment by (1) to (9), in trust for (8), of lands in the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne

3 September 1819 (1) Robert Smith, jun., of Greatham, gent., and George Head of Bishopton, gent. (2) Sir William Gerard of Garswood, Lancashire, bart., and John Gerard of Ashton in Mackerfield, Lancashire, esq. Lease for a year of two fourth parts of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne Consideration: 5s.

Abstract of title, from 14 January 1764 to 25 March 1820, of Thomas Tunstall, esq., to two freehold messuages and land at Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [1820]

Additional abstract of title, from 13 May 1815 to 2 January 1820, of Thomas Tunstall, esq., to the manor of Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [1820]

1 and 2 January 1820 (1) Clementina Barbara Sanderson of Stockton, spinster (2) George Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Henry Hutchinson and Thomas Place, all of Stockton, bankers (3) Thomas Hutchinson of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Stanwix of the same, merchant (4) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne Discharge of mortgages and reconveyance to (4) of premises as in D/El 40/61, 62 Consideration: £1,502 11s. 6d.

24 and 25 March 1820 (1) Phillis Wood of Bishop Auckland, widow (2) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (3) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk Discharge of mortgage and reconveyance, by (1) and (3) to (2), of premises as in D/El 40/66, 67

28 and 29 April 1820 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, esq. (2) Richard Walker of Stockton, flaxdresser (3) Robert Smith of Greatham, gent., and George Head of Bishopton, gent. (4) Sir William Gerard of Garswood, Lancashire, bart., and John Gerard of Ashton in Mackerfield, Lancashire, esq. (5) Simon Thomas Scroope, jun., of Danby upon Yore, Yorkshire, esq. (6) Thomas Errington of Clints, Yorkshire, esq. (7) Thomas Tunstall of Cayton Farm, Yorkshire (8) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk (9) Thomas Robert Swinburne of Hartlepool, esq. (10) William Sanderson of Stockton, gent. Lease and release to reconvey the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne to (7); the assignment of two terms of 500 years and 800 years Consideration: £4,500

Abstract of title, from 22 October 1707 to 29 April 1820, of Thomas Tunstall, esq., to the manor and estate of Preston-upon-Skerne in the parish of Aycliffe, with observations of P.B. Brodie, 19 May - 23 July 1820

Certified copy of an entry in the parochial register of High Coniscliffe recording the burial, on 31 October 1818, of Mary Iley, late of Gainford, widow; and certified copy of an inscription on a tombstone in Coniscliffe churchyard recording the death of John Iley on 12 October 1816, which 'never has been entered in the Register', 5 June 1820

Official extract of the grant, of 14 October 1796, to Dorothy Fenwick, of the effects of Margaret Cuthbert, late of Old Elvet, Durham, spinster, deceased, 8 June 1820

Certified copy of the entry in the parochial register of St. Oswald, Durham, recording the burial on 9 June 1775, of Marmaduke Cuthbert, son of Thomas Tunstall, 8 June 1820

Certified copy of an entry, of 4 April 1801, in the land tax redemption register recording the redemption of tax on certain messuages and farms belonging to Thomas Tunstall at Preston-le-Skerne, 9 June 1820

Certified copy of the entry in the parochial register of Aycliffe recording the burial, on 25 June [?], of Dorothy Smith, widow, 12 June 1820

Certified copy of the entry in the parochial register of St. Giles, Durham, recording the burial, on 17 May 1776, of John Tempest of Sherburn, esq., 18 June 1820

Grant of administration to George Embleton of Stockton, gent., in respect of the interest of the late Joseph Grey of Durham in the residue of a term of 1000 years in various messuages and lands at Preston-le-Skerne, 11 January 1821

26 February 1821 (1) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk, and Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) John, Lord Eldon Lease for a year, by (1) to (2), of the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne, with other lands and tenements there

27 February 1821 (1) George Embleton of Stockton, gent. (2) Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (3) John, Lord Eldon (4) Francis Cross of Lincoln's Inn, London, esq. Assignment by (1) to (4), in trust for (3), of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in 2 cottages in North Row, Preston-le-Skerne, with 2 garths behind Consideration: 10s.

Schedule of deeds, from 22 October 1707 to 27 February 1821, relating to the manor of Preston-upon-Skerne, n.d. [post 1830]

Letters from William Sanderson, Stockton, and others, to Messrs. Wilson & Chisholme, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the conveyance of the manor of Preston-le-Skerne and other lands there, to Lord Eldon, 30 April 1820 - 12 June 1822

Copy of the will, dated 18 October 1784, of Rowland Burdon of Newcastle, esq., n.d.

Office copy of the will and codicil, dated 27 August 1801 and 27 June 1803, of Peter Bowlby of Ferryhill, esq., devising to son, John, a dwelling house and adjoining coach house and stable in the South Bailey, Durham, and a farm at Ferryhill called Catcheside Farm, and a colliery there, n.d.

Abstract of lease and release, of 26 and 27 February 1821, relating to the title of Thomas Tunstall of Manor House, Preston-le-Skerne, to a close called Long Field in Preston-le-Skerne, n.d.

Copy of decree of the Court of Chancery, concerning the estates of Thomas Jervoise, esq., lunatic, in the counties of Durham and Yorkshire, 7 June 1774; copy made 26 April 1784

15 January 1801 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) John Teasdale of Great Stainton, gent. Articles of agreement for the purchase by (2) of a farmhouse, used as a public house, with 52a., in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £820

7 and 8 May 1802 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) John Teasdale of Great Stainton, gent. (3) William Teasdale of Blackwell, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of a farm called the Lodge, with several closes comprising 52a. 3r. 25p., all in Preston-on-Skerne Includes: schedule of title deeds, 15 July 1382 - 19 February 1794 Consideration: £820

12 and 13 May 1813 (1) Rev. Thomas Bowlby of Houghton-le-Spring, clerk (2) John Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, gent. Lease and release, by (1) to (2), of two closes in Brafferton called Near Lodge Field (6a. 2r. 30p.) and Far Lodge Field (7a. 1r. 0p.) Includes: schedule of title deeds, 14 April 1654 - April 1806 Consideration: £405

Abstract of title, from 4 August 1780 to 27 August 1801, of Rev. Thomas Bowlby, to freehold lands at Brafferton, n.d. [post 1811]

26 and 27 February 1821 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-le-Skerne, esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Story of Stockton, clerk (3) Thomas Robert Swinburne of Hartlepool, esq. (4) William Sanderson of Stockton, gent. (5) Thomas Teasdale of Aycliffe, gent. (6) Robert Balmer of Darlington, gent., and John Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (7) Henry Hutchinson of Stockton, banker (8) William Grey of Stockton, gent. (9) John, Earl of Eldon Lease and release by (1) to (5) of a close called Long Field, comprising 9a. 2r. 6p., in Preston-le-Skerne, and assignment of terms of 500 years and 800 years, in trust Consideration: £255

Probate copy of will, dated 12 July 1828, of John Teasdale of the New Lodge near Preston-le-Skerne, 8 December 1828

Schedule of deeds, from 18 October 1784 to 29 March 1830, relating to the title of Thomas Teasdale of Grindon to a messuage and farm in Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [c.1830]

29 March 1830 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Grindon, farmer (2) John Ord of Brafferton, farmer (3) William Smith of Melsonby, Yorkshire, farmer Mortgage, by (1) to (3), by demise for 1000 years, of a messuage or farm and adjoining lands in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £500 and interest

Office copy of contract and schedule for the redemption, for £2,283 2s. 3d., of land tax upon various leasehold estates of the Bishop of Durham, 20 February 1801; copy made 20 December 1831

Certified copies of entries in the Great Stainton and Aycliffe burials registers recording the burial of Margaret Teasdale on 26 March 1829, and Ann Walker on 31 October 1828, 26 and 27 March 1832

Sketch plan and valuation of Lodge Farm, Preston-le-Skerne, by George Young Wall, Sedgefield, 27 March 1832

Sketch plan and valuation of the Lodge Farm, Preston-le-Skerne, belonging to Thomas Teasdale, 27 March 1832

6 April 1832 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer, and John Ord of Brafferton, farmer (2) John Reade of Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, esq; Charles David Faber of Swinton, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Henry Faber of Bishop Auckland, esq. Lease for a year of a farm called the Lodge, with adjoining lands in Preston-le-Skerne

6 April 1832 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer, and John Hutchinson of Grassy Nook, gent. (2) John Reade of Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, esq.; Charles David Faber of Swinton, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Henry Faber of Bishop Auckland, esq. Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of Long Field, Preston-le-Skerne

7 April 1832 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer (2) John Ord of Brafferton, farmer (3) William Smith of Melsonby, Yorkshire, gent. (4) John Hutchinson of Grassy Nook, gent. (5) John Reade of Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, esq.; Charles David Faber of Swinton, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Henry Faber of Bishop Auckland, esq. (6) Henry Hutchinson of Douglas, Isle of Man, gent. (7) William Grey of Stockton, esq. (8) Thomas Henry Faber, jun., of Stockton, gent. (9) Joseph Radcliffe Wilson of Stockton, gent. Release to (5), in trust, of a farm called the Lodge with adjoining fields at Preston-le-Skerne; and of a parcel of ground called Long Field in Preston-le-Skerne; assignment to (9) in deed of 26 and 27 February 1827 of the premises assigned to Thomas Robert Swinburne Consideration: £800

Copy of a valuation of an estate at Preston-le-Skerne belonging to Mr. Thomas Teasdale, made by Richard Otley, December 1834

Valuation of an estate at Preston-le-Skerne belonging to Thomas Teasdale, by Richard Otley, December 1834

7 and 8 December 1834 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer (2) John Ord of Brafferton, farmer (3) Thomas Atkinson of Redmarshall, farmer, and Elizabeth Atkinson of Darlington, spinster (4) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent., and John Coates of Darlington, gent. Mortgage by (1) to (3) of Near Lodge Field and Far Lodge Field in Brafferton, a farm called the Lodge with several closes in Preston-le-Skerne, and a close called Long Field also in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £200

Notice by Francis Mewburn and John Coates to the trustees of Thomas Teasdale, farmer, of a second mortgage on Lodge Farm and other lands at Preston-le-Skerne, 20 December 1834

Notice by John Coates to the trustees of Thomas Teasdale, farmer, of a written undertaking by Teasdale to act only in accordance with the advice of Coates in respect of the mortgages on the Preston-le-Skerne estate, 3 January 1835

7 and 8 March 1836 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer (2) John Reade of Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, and Charles David Faber of Swinton, Yorkshire, esq. (3) William Sedgewick of Hartlepool, gent. (4) Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, timber-merchant Assignment to (3) of mortgage on premises as in D/El 41/26, 27 Consideration: £800 and interest

25 and 26 July 1836 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer (2) Thomas Atkinson of Grassy Nook, farmer, and Elizabeth Atkinson of Darlington, spinster (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent., and John Coates of Darlington, gent. (4) William Sedgewick of Hartlepool, gent. (5) Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, timber-merchant Assignment of mortgage, and further charge on premises as in D/El 41/26, 27 Consideration: £500

3 and 4 September 1838 (1) Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, timber-merchant (2) Joseph Radcliffe Wilson of Stockton, gent., and the aforesaid Thomas Rowell, trustees of the late William Sedgewick (3) Thomas Henry Faber of Stockton, gent. (4) Aforesaid Thomas Rowell Assignment to (3) for (4) of mortgage on premises as in D/El 41/32, 33 Consideration: £1,300

26 and 27 January 1841 (1) Thomas Teasdale, senior, of Aycliffe, farmer (2) Cuthbert Willis of Ricknall Mill, miller, and Thomas Ord of Coatham, gent. (3) Elizabeth Wealeands of Aycliffe, and John and Thomas Teasdale, children of (1) Attested copies of lease and release to (2), in trust for (3), of Preston Lodge, with adjoining coses in Preston-le-Skerne and Brafferton, together with personal estate of (1)

27 January 1841 (1) Thomas Teasdale of Preston-le-Skerne, farmer (2) Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, banker Agreement for the sale and purchase of Preston Lodge and various fields comprising 80a. 3r. 30p., in the parish of Aycliffe, and a threshing machine Consideration: £2,100

Papers concerning court judgements, between 1832 and 1840, against Thomas Teasdale, 17 February 1841

26 and 27 February 1841 (1) Cuthbert Willis of Ricknall Mill, miller, and Thomas Ord of Coatham, gent. (2) Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, timber-merchant (3) George Rowell of Hartlepool, bankers' clerk (4) Thomas Rowell Lease and release to (2), in trust, of a farm called the Lodge, with adjoining lands and a parcel called the Long Field, in Preston-le-Skerne; and lands in Brafferton Consideration: £2,100

Plan of estate belonging to Thomas Rowell in the townships of Preston-le-Skerne and Brafferton by R. Harrison, surveyor (surveyed 1838), May 1841 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Declaration by Thomas Rowell concerning the deposit of deeds and other evidences of title for better securing the payment of £2,000 on Lodge Farm, Preston-le-Skerne, together with receipt of Thomas Rowell for sum borrowed, 15 February 1842

Abstract of title [marked B], from 15 July 1384 to 19 February 1794, of Rowland Burdon, esq., to a freehold estate at Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [post 1846]

'Plan of an estate belonging to Thomas Rowell, Esqr. Situate in the Township of Brafferton and Preston-le-Skerne' by George Young, Aycliffe Academy, 23 July 1847 Shows field names and quantities Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Copies of declarations of bankruptcy and appointments of assignees of the estate and effects of Thomas Rowell of Hartlepool, merchant, dealer and chapman, 31 August 1848 - 27 September 1848

Abstract of title [marked A], from 4 August 1780 to 27 September 1848, of the assignees of Thomas Rowell to lands and tenements at Preston-le-Skerne and Brafferton, 1848, with opinion of J.B. Braithwaite, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, 2 May 1849

Additional abstract of title [marked C], from 7 May 1802 - 7 April 1832, to a freehold farm at Preston-le-Skerne and Brafferton, 1849

Continuation of abstract of title [marked D], of 13 October 1849, to the Preston Lodge Estate at Preston-le-Skerne and Brafferton, 1849

Certified copy of entry in the St. Andrew, Auckland register recording the burial of Thomas Henry Faber on 6 April 1833, 28 July 1849

Certified copy of entry in the Great Stainton register recording the burial of Thomas Teasdale on 7 February 1841, 4 August 1849

Office copy of the contract for, and certificate for the redemption of land tax on, the estates of Dr. Peter Boulby in the townships of Brafferton and Ferryhill, 3 March - 10 July 1799; copy made 7 August 1849

Certified copy of entry in the Durham Cathedral register recording the burial of Eleanora Elizabeth Bowlby on 20 August 1842, 9 August 1849

Instructions of Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Mr. Braithwaite concerning the purchase of the Preston Lodge estate, 22 August - 2 October 1849

Requisitions on title to the Preston Lodge estate, with answers and further requisitions, 21 August - 7 September 1849

Further observations of J.B. Braithwaite on the Preston Lodge estate, 7 September 1849

Attested declaration of Isaac Henderson of Preston-le-Skerne, shoemaker, concerning the Preston Lodge estate, 9 October 1849

13 October 1849 (1) Edward Turnbull of Hartlepool, gent. (2) Alfred Bell of 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, and Oliver William Farrer of the Inner Temple, London, esq. Deed of covenant of even date for the production of a deed, dated 22 June 1847

Undertaking by the assignees of Thomas Rowell to Messrs. Bell & Farrer regarding the payment of rates, taxes and rents in lieu of tithes on the Preston Lodge estate, 13 October 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Morpeth, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, urging the purchase by Lord Eldon of Preston Lodge, with reply, asking for a valuation, 31 October - 2 November 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Morpeth, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, reporting on the sale of Preston Lodge '... I rather believe the bidders were not bona fide ...'; and on agreements for the tenancies of various farms, 'although I find Farmers are, not by any means rash this Autumn in taking farms, looking forward to a fall in the price of corn ...', 21 November 1848

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Morpeth, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the tenancies and purchase of Preston Lodge, 7 December 1848 - 3 September 1849 Attached: copy replies, 1848-1849

Correspondence between Edward Turnbull, Hartlepool, and others, and Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning purchase of the Preston Lodge Estate, 8 December 1848 - 4 December 1849

26 March 1672 (1) Sir Christopher Conyers of Nettlesworth, bart., and son, John (2) Ralph Hedworth of Chester-le-Street, esq., and Cuthbert Hendry of Easington, yeoman Copy of a deed of entail by Sir John Conyers of all his Durham estates upon his son, John, and his male heir, with powers to make a jointure for any wife, not exceeding one-third part of the estate

14 March 1702 (1) Henry Nevill and John Hook, demandants (2) Ralph Gowland and James Reed, defendants Copy of exemplification of a common recovery of 4 messuages, 4 gardens, 300a. of land, 200a. of meadow and 400a. of pasture in Preston-le-Skerne, Easington, Horden and Little Thorpe

2 May 1672; copy made n.d. [post 1800] (1) Ralph Hedworth, esq., and Cuthbert Hendry, plaintiffs (2) Sir Christopher Coniers, bart., and son, John Coniers, esq., deforceants Copy of final concord of the manors of Horden and Nettlesworth and 20 messuages, 10 cottages, 20 tofts, 3 dovehouses, 30 gardens, 10 orchards, 500a. of land, 600a. of meadow, 800a. of pasture, 100a. of wood, 1000a. of heath, 1000a. of moor in Horden, Nettlesworth, Chester-le-Street, Easington, Thorpe, Preston-le-Skerne and Great Aycliffe Consideration: £400

Agreement of William Fletcher to surrender, on 12 May 1804, his farm at Hunwickedge belonging to William Bacon, 31 October 1803

16 and 17 November 1675; copies made 18-19 June 1804 (1) Sir Christopher Conyers of Horden, bart., and son, John (2) Robert Baldwyn of Great Stoughton, Huntingdonshire, esq.; Martin Forster of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, gent.; Edward Trott of Newton, Northamptonshire, clerk; and Mary Newman, spinster Attested copy of marriage settlement of John Conyers and Mary Newman, conveying to (2), in trust, the manor of Horden, the manor or hamlet of Nettlesworth, a house and garden called the Greenes in Preston-le-Skerne, with other named closes there, and a house and closes in Little Thorpe Consideration: £500 with lands and messuages in the county of Huntingdon

2 December 1701; copy made 20 June 1804 (1) Sir John Conyers of Great Stoughton, Huntingdonshire, bart., and wife, Dame Mary (2) Baldwin Conyers and wife, Margaret (3) Henry Nevill of Holt, Leicestershire, esq., and John Hooke, sergeant at law (4) Ralph Gowland of Durham, gent., and James Reed of Horden, yeoman (5) Sir William Blackett of Newcastle, bart., and Edward Trott of Odell, Bedfordshire, clerk (6) Sir Thomas Nevill of Weston Lodge, Cambridgeshire, bart., and Jeffery Palmer of Carleton, Leicestershire, esq. Attested copy of marriage settlement [lease and release, lease missing] of (2), conveying to (4) in trust, a house and garden called the Greens in Preston-le-Skerne with other named closes there, a house and closes in Little Thorpe, and a farm called West Farm in Easington with other named closes there Consideration: £2,000

Copy of probate copy of will, dated 7 August 1729 to 25 June 1730, of Sir Baldwyn Conyers of Great Stoughton, Huntingdonshire, bart., devising the manor of Horden, lands in the hamlet of Nettlesworth and in Preston-le-Skerne, Little Thorpe and Easington, and estates in the counties of Huntingdon and Leicester, with remainders as specified, 11 May 1731; copy made July 1804

3 February 1740/41; copy made n.d., 1804 (1) Dame Margaret Conyers of Great Stoughton, Huntingdonshire; Robert Sherard of Carcolston, Nottinghamshire, esq.; and Castel Sherard of Glatton, Huntingdonshire, gent. (2) Charlotta Conyers, spinster, daughter of (1) (3) Hon. John Baptist Gastaldi, minister of the republic of Genoa (4) William Wollascot of Wolhampton, Berkshire, esq., Richard Hollings of Lincoln's Inn, London, esq.; and Cosmos Neville of Holt, Leicestershire, esq. Articles of agreement on the intended marriage of (2) and (3)

30 October 1745; copy made n.d., 1804 (1) Dame Margaret Conyers of Great Stoughton, Huntingdonshire, widow, and daughter, Teresa Conyers, spinster (2) Charles, Earl of Traquaire (3) Charles Erskine of Lincoln's Inn, London, esq., and Robert Sherard of Carcolston, Nottinghamshire Conveyance to (3), in trust, on the marriage of Teresa Conyers and (2), of one undivided fourth-part of the manor of Horden, of estates at Nettlesworth, Preston-le-Skerne, Little Thorpe and Easington, and of lands in the counties of Huntingdon and Leicester

23 November 1767; copy made 20 June 1804 (1) Henrietta Maria Wollascott of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, widow (2) Teresa, Countess Dowager of Traquaire, widow (3) John Irving of the Middle Temple, London, gent. (4) Elizabeth Conyers of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, spinster (5) Margaret Molyneux of Bishop's Gate near Windsor Lodge, Berkshire, widow (6) James Erskine, esq. (7) Charles Stonor of Stonor, Oxfordshire, esq. (8) John, Earl of Traquaire (9) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. Attested copy of bargain and sale to (9) of the manor of Horden, with a mansion house, with messuages, farms and lands in Horden, together with a garth and close at Thorpe, and houses and several closes [names and acreages specified] in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £20,000

23 February 1768; copy made 18 July 1804 (1) Rowland Burdon, esq., plaintiff (2) Henrietta Maria Wollascott, widow; Teresa, Countess Dowager of Traquaire; Elizabeth Conyers, spinster; Margaret Molyneux, widow; James Erskine, esq.; Charles Stonor, esq.; and John, Earl of Traquaire, deforceants Attested copy of final concord of 3/4 of the manor of Horden, and 10 messuages, 4 cottages, 10 barns, 10 stables, 10 gardens, 10 orchards, 600a. of land, 600a. of meadow, 600a. of pasture, in Horden, Thorpe and Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £400

15 April 1768; copy made 18 July 1804 (1) Rowland Burdon, esq., plaintiff (2) Charlotta Gastaldi, widow: Margaret Molyneux, widow; James Erskine, esq.; Charles Stonor, esq.; and John, Earl of Traquaire, deforceants Attested copy of final concord of 1/4 of the manor of Horden, and 10 messuages, 4 cottages, 16 barns, 10 stables, 10 gardens, 10 orchards, 600a. of land, 600a. of meadow, 600a. of pasture in Horden, Thorpe and Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £133 6s. 8d.

Copy of the will, dated 18 October 1784, of Rowland Burdon of Newcastle, esq., n.d. [post 1804]

19 February 1794; copy made, n.d. 1804 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) Cotsford Mathews of Woodford Bridge, Essex, spinster (3) Sir John Scott of Lincoln's Inn, London, H.M. Attorney General; Charles Brandling of Gosforth House, Northumberland, esq.; Jeffry Jackson of Woodford Bridge, Essex, esq.; and William Cook of New Ormond Street, Middlesex, esq. Extract from pre-nuptial settlement of (1) and (2) conveying to (3), in trust, the manor of Castle Eden and other messuages and lands

Abstract of title, from 26 March 1672 to 4 December 1786, of Rowland Burdon to lands at Preston-le-Skerne, with opinion of Charles Butler of Lincoln's Inn, London, 30 March 1804

Abstract of title, from 15 July 1384 to 19 February 1794, of Rowland Burdon to a freehold estate at Preston-on-Skerne, n.d.

Legal correspondence between various parties concerning the execution of title deeds on behalf of the trustees of Rowland Burdon's marriage settlement, 25 May 1804 - 10 November 1804

25 July 1804 (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) John, Lord Eldon (3) Richard Wilson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq. (4) Michael Scarth of Castle Eden, gent. (5) Edward Fairless of Bishop Auckland, gent. Feoffment by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of a messuage and farm called Preston West Farm with lands comprising 198a. 1r. 5p., all in Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: £4,900

27 August 1804 (1) Charles John Brandling of Gosforth House, Northumberland, esq.; William Ord of Fenham, Northumberland, esq.; Walter Trevelyan of Netherwitton, Northumberland, Esq.; William Grieve of Ord House, esq.; William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, esq.; Thomas Harrison of Whitehaven, Cumberland, esq.; Thomas Emmerson Headlam of Gateshead, esq.; George Riddell and William Berry, both of Berwick-on-Tweed, gents.; Anthony Hood, John Graham Clarke, Robert Rankin, William Lloyd and Nathaniel Clayton, all of Newcastle, esqs.; and Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esq. (2) Richard Wilson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq. Lease for a year, by (1) to (2), of farm and lands as in D/El 42/32

3 and 4 September 1804 (1) John, Lord Eldon, and Richard Wilson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (2) Sir William Scott, P.C.; John Campbell and Nicholas Ridley, esq., Masters of the Court of Chancery; and Edward Hilliard of Lincoln's Inn, London, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of a messuage and farm called Preston West Farm with 198a. 2r. 5p. of land, all in Preston-upon-Skerne

Probate copy of the will, dated 6 May 1811, of John Richardson of Biggin in the parish of Brancepeth, yeoman, devising to wife, Ann, a freehold messuage, house and garth at Preston-le-Skerne, 18 September 1813; copy made, n.d. [post 1818]

16 November 1820 (1) Ann Richardson of Moorsley, widow (2) John, Lord Eldon Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of a messuage, house and garth at Preston-le-Skerne Consideration: 5s.

Schedule of deeds, dated 27 and 28 August 1804, of Preston West Farm, Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [post 1830]

Schedule of deeds, from 6 May 1811 to 17 November 1820, relating to a messuage and garth at Preston-le-Skerne, n.d. [post 1830]

Office copy of the will, dated 18 October 1784 [probate, 4 December 1786], of Rowland Burdon of Newcastle, esq., devising manor of Horden to son, Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, n.d. [post 1850]

Letter from Lord Eldon to R. Wilson, concerning the deeds for Preston Farm and the settling of his account, and adding that 'I must beg your assistance in settling my Income Return, for I can make neither Head nor Tail of it', n.d. [1804]