Greatham Hospital
Reference: D/Gre Catalogue Title: Greatham Hospital Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1635-1936
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- Greatham Hospital
Catalogue Description
GREATHAM HOSPITALGreatham Hospital was founded by Bishop Stichell by a Charter of 1272, which granted to the Master and eight Brethren the manor and advowson of Greatham for the support of themselves and forty poor people from the Bishop's estates. Being a lay institution, it was not affected by the Dissolution of the Monasteries acts, and was refounded by royal letters patent in 1610. From that time the Hospital was to consist of the Master and thirteen poor unmarried men, with the power to purchase land and to grant leases.
This collection consists almost entirely of such leases, with some miscellaneous papers, which include information about the masters and brethren themselves.
For further details of the Hospital, see W. Fordyce, History of Durham ..., Volume 2
January, 1965
DEEDS
Catalogue Contents
LEASES FROM THE MASTER AND BRETHREN (Ref: D/Gre 1-95)
Most of the properties are in the township of Greatham, and it has been possible to identify the majority of houses from the plan, D/Gre 124, to which the numbers in square brackets refer.
Claxton (Ref: D/Gre 1)Ref: D/Gre 1Tithes of Claxton township, 1667 - 1848
(30 parchments and papers)
Greatham (Ref: D/Gre 2-94)Ref: D/Gre 2Greatham Hall, 1851 - 1857
(2 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 3House in East Row [2] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1669 - 1857
(26 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 4House in East Row [3] and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1725 - 1828
(9 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 5House in East Row [4] and one and a half acres in South field, 1714 - 1848
(22 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 6House in East Row [5], 1754 - 1850
(20 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 7House in East Row [6] and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1668 - 1850
(23 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 8Two houses in East Row [9 and 10] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1668 - 1851
(33 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 9House in East Row [11] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1717 - 1834
(15 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 10House in East Row [12] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1668 - 1850
(25 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 11House in East Row [13] and Gannock Close, 1687 - 1844
(17 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 12House in East Row [14], smithy in West Row, and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1669 - 1848
(28 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 13House in East Row [15] and land including Marsh field, 1663 - 1844
(24 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 14Two houses in East Row [19 and 22] and land on Greatham Moor, 1684 - 1838
(20 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 15House in East Row [21] and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1679 - 1851
(20 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 16House in East Row [23], 1738 - 1809
(8 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 17House in East Row [24], 1743 - 1851
(9 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 18House and shop in East Row [25 and 26], 1745 - 1835
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 19House in East Row [27] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1713 - 1843
(22 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 20House in East Row [28], 1743 - 1851
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 21House in East Row [29] and one and a half acres in North field, 1714 - 1858
(26 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 22House in East Row [30] with Kiln Garth and land called Dauber Dyke, 1663 - 1820
(15 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 23House in East Row [31], 1663 - 1850
(15 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 24House in East Row [34], 1749 - 1840
(17 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 26House in East Row [36] and adjoining land, 1665 - 1841
(19 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 27House in East Row [37] and land in North and West fields, 1650 - 1835
(17 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 28House in East Row [38] and land in East field and Carry leys, 1653 - 1683
(3 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 29House in East Row [39] and part of Greenabella, Carry leys and Cowgap steed closes, 1677 - 1914
(19 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 30House in East Row [40] and fifty acres of land, 1721 - 1830
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 31House in East Row [41] and Thorntree farm, 1635 - 1865
(26 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 32Two houses in East Row and five acres on Greatham Moor, 1690 - 1722
(3 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 33House in East Row and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1715 - 1861
(14 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 34House in East Row and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1726 - 1851
(21 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 35House in West Row [2], 1769 - 1831
(12 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 36Two houses in West Row [3 and 4] and four acres in North field, 1683 - 1846
(29 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 37House in West Row [5] and two acres in North field, 1732 - 1850
(25 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 38House in West Row [6] and two acres in North field, 1690 - 1848
(29 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 39House in West Row [7] and two acres in North field, 1698 - 1806
(8 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 40House in West Row [8] and four acres in North field, 1668 - 1834
(16 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 41House in West Row [9] and fourteen acres adjoining, 1665 - 1832
(17 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 42House in West Row [10] and land including Inner Croft, 1639 - 1851
(22 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 43House in West Row [11] and adjoining land, 1779 - 1834
(8 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 44House in West Row [13), 1762 - 1847
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 45House and malt kiln in West Row [14] and two acres on Greatham Moor, 1690 - 1830
(15 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 46House in West Row [15] and one and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1710 - 1848
(28 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 47House in West Row [17] and land in East field, 1646 - 1834
(22 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 48House in West Row [19] and land in East field, 1651 - 1851
(21 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 49House in West Row [20] and adjoining land, 1758 - 1850
(11 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 50House in West Row [21] and land at South end, 1698 - 1846
(14 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 51House in West Row [22] and two acres in North field, 1683 - 1846
(29 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 52House in West Row [23] and one and a half acres in North field, 1713 - 1851
(28 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 53House in West Row [24] and one and a half acres in North field, 1691 - 1852
(15 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 54House in West Row [25] and two acres in North field, 1713 - 1833
(9 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 55House in West Row [26] and one and a half acres in North field, 1691 - 1845
(11 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 56Houses in West Row [19-26], 1857
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 57House in West Row [27] and land in East field, 1658 - 1769
(9 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 58House in West Row [29] and two and a half acres in North field, 1746 - 1851
(15 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 59House in West Row and two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1684 - 1825
(15 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 60House in West Row and one and a half acres in North field, 1690 - 1814
(12 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 61House in West Row and two acres in North field, 1690 - 1817
(8 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 62House in West Row and one and a half acres in North field, 1684 - 1847
(13 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 63House in West Row, 1886
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 64Land in East field, 1653 - 1802
(10 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 65Six acres in East field, 1706 - 1832
(8 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 66Farmhold at South end and sixty three acres in East field, 1726 - 1872
(44 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 67Land in East field, 1780 - 1838
(3 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 68Eighteen acres in East field and Carry leys, 1692 - 1839
(10 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 69East field farm, 1858
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 70Greenabella farm, 1663 - 1823
(10 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 71Marsh House farm, 1663 - 1857
(14 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 72Mill Close, Sneesbury Close and Pickersholm Close, 1665 - 1831
(19 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 73Mill Field Bog and High Mill Field, 1883
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 74North Closes farm, 1858 - 1882
(3 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 75Three acres in North field, 1708 - 1846
(8 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 76Two and a half acres in North field, 1714 - 1861
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 77Three acres and cottages in North field, 1709 - 1836
(22 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 78Pern's Close, 1720 - 1828
(14 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 79Pudding Nook farm, 1858
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 80Thirty one acres in South field, 1653
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 81Farm in West field, including Widness Close, 1653 - 1838
(18 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 82Thirty eight acres in West field, 1663 - 1847
(20 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 83The Batts, 1842
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 84Land near Claxton Beck, 1775 - 1836
(3 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 85Lands including Eighteen Nobles and Little Marsh, 1655 - 1857
(21 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 86Two and a half acres on Greatham Moor, 1715 - 1812
(11 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 87Five acres on Greatham Moor, 1738 - 1834
(15 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 88Hospital farm, 1850
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 89Land adjoining Greatham Villa, 1871
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 90Land adjoining Hill House, 1883 and 1900
(1 parchment and 1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 91One and a half acres in Greatham, 1742 - 1815
(9 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 92Farm in Greatham, 1663
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 93Two marks worth of land in Greatham, 1684
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 94Fragments of deeds of unidentified properties
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/Gre 2185House in East Row [35], 1759 - 1839
(7 parchments)
Stanhope (Ref: D/Gre 95)Ref: D/Gre 95High House farm, 1842
(1 parchment)
OTHER LEASES (Ref: D/Gre 96-99)Greatham (Ref: D/Gre 96-97)Ref: D/Gre 96Farm at Greatham, 1793, with a scheme of husbandry on the dorse
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 97Cottage fields in Greatham, 1858 - 1868
(5 papers)
Sedgefield (Ref: D/Gre 98-99)Ref: D/Gre 98Blakiston Close, 1700 - 1789
(9 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 99Ryall Close, 1733 - 1805
(23 parchments and papers)
MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: D/Gre 100-124)Ref: D/Gre 100Names and dates of appointments of the senior brethren, 1803 - 1818
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 101Appointment of Rev. John Brewster as Deputy Master, 1819
(3 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 102Appointment of Augustus Barrington as Master, with related papers, 1823
(9 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 103Rules of conduct and behaviour for the use of Greatham Hospital, 19th century
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 104Appointments of brethren, 1829 - 1840
(5 parchments)
Ref: D/Gre 105Papers relating. to the financial allowances and diet of the brethren, including a diet sheet, c. 1815 - 1819
(10 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 106List of out pensioners, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 107Agreement re the maintenance of the brethren and the supply of widows' dole, 1858
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 108Bond of John Stonehouse for the performance of his duties as clerk and receiver for the Hospital trustees, 1867
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 109Chancery case - Attorney General v. Barrington and the Bishop of Durham re administration of Hospital affairs, with a copy of the 1610 Charter, 1861
(4 files)
Ref: D/Gre 110Correspondence from the Charity Commissioners re the almshouses, 1837, and Hospital charities, 1867
(5 letters)
Ref: D/Gre 111Miscellaneous estate papers; including assessments of fines for lease renewals, fire and insurance policies, 1806 - 1879
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/Gre 112Grant of a right of way for a railway over Hospital land, 1839
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 113Tenancy agreements and notices of quittance. 1846 - 1905
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/Gre 114Correspondence re the purchase of Hospital lands by Durham County Council, 1906 - 1911
(1 bundle)
Ref: D/Gre 115Letters of administration granted to Elizabeth Chilton on the estate of Ann Raine of Gainford, 1740
(1 parchment)
Ref: D/Gre 116Appointment of J. W. Egerton as Keeper of the Park of Frankland, 1773
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 117Expense account of the Clerk of the Halmote Court, 1785 - 1797
(1 paper)
Ref: D/Gre 118Papers relating to tithes and rates, including a county rate for the building of the new prison, 1788 - 1879
(6 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 119Apprenticeship indentures of the Pout family, 1793 - 1849
(4 parchments and papers)
Ref: D/Gre 120Tithe redemption certificates, 1799
(2 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 121Miscellaneous papers, including copies of baptism entries, 1775 - 1834; inventories of furniture, 1785 and 1791; notice of an Assize of Bread, 1815
(24 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 122Miscellaneous correspondence, 1803 - 1936, re the Wesleyan Chapel, 1890; brethren's diet, 1818 - 1819, etc.
(9 letters)
Ref: D/Gre 123Papers relating to the Vaux family, 1874 - 1876; including wills of Cuthbert and Eleanor Vaux, 1876; shipping accounts, 1874 - 1876
(9 papers)
Ref: D/Gre 124Plan of the township of Greatham, 1811
(1 plan)
