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24 March 1856 (1) John Farmer of Darlington, gentleman; William Fordy of Darlington, painter; William Wetherell of Blackwell, linen weaver; Atkinson Greenwell of Archdeacon Newton, yeoman, churchwardens of the parish of Darlington (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, esquire Agreement by (1) for the conveyance to (2) of Thomas Forster's Almshouses on Northgate, Darlington, and Bellassis's Almshouses at the south end of the east side of Skinnergate, Darlington, and agreement by (2) to erect within 12 months, eight cottages to be forever used as almshouses, on a site at Bank Top near St. John's Church, the said cottages to be conveyed to the churchwardens

15 February 1858 (1) Revd. Alexander James Howell, clerk, perpetual curate of the parish of St. Cuthbert, Darlington; John Buckton of Darlington, gentleman; ` Christopher Watkin of Darlington, mercer; Atkinson Greenwell of Archdeacon Newton, farmer; William Weatherell of Blackwell, weaver, all being the churchwardens of the parish of St. Cuthbert's, Darlington; Revd. Thomas Webb Hinton, clerk, perpetual curate of the district of Holy Trinity, Darlington; Francis Furby of Darlington, aforesaid gentleman, and William Stow Stowell of Favordale House, Cockerton, church-wardens of the district of Holy Trinity; Revd. William Henry Goldinger Stephens, clerk, perpetual curate of the parish of St. John, Darlington and Robert Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker and John Gent of Darlington, yeoman, churchwardens of the parish of St. John's, and Revd. John Garencieres Pearson, clerk, curate of the parish of St. Cuthbert, Darlington, trustees of Forsters and Bellases Almshouses (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, esquire Conveyance from (1) to (2) of two tenements or almshouses called Forsters Almshouses, in Northgate, Darlington and those tenements or almshouses called Bellases Almshouses on Skinnergate, Darlington Consideration: 10s. to each party in (1)

20 July 1855 (1) Robert Thompson of Darlington, and William Thompson of the same place, sharebrokers (2) Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gentleman (3) Joseph Pease of Southend, near Darlington, esquire Covenant by (1) to surrender to (3) 6 pieces or parcels of land in one entire plot, in the township of Darlington, containing 1415 3/4 square feet [boundaries specified], with right of way, being part of the lands and tenements called Glazensykes Consideration: £354

26 May 1860 (1) Robert Thompson of Darlington, and William Thompson of the same place, sharebrokers (2) Joseph Pease of Southend, parish of Darlington, esquire Covenant to surrender from (1) to (2) a triangular piece of ground in the township of Darlington containing 799 square yards and 4 1/4 square feet; a strip of land adjoining the north end of the aforesaid piece of land, containing 166 square yards 4.5 square feet, both being part of a close called Glazensykes, together with right of way [boundaries specified] Consideration: £241 10s.

27 September 1649 (1) Richard Foster of Darlington, gentleman and Francis Forster, son and heir apparent of the said Richard Forster (2) James Robinson of Cowton Grange, Yorkshire, gentleman Copy bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of a close or parcel of ground called The Greets containing 30 acres in a field called Nesfields; also a close of meadow land, now divided into 2 closes by a hedge, known as Nicholson Hill in Bondgate, Darlington and part of the field called Nesfield; also a close of meadow land called Milne Dam Close in Darlington Consideration: £690 to Richard Forster, £5 to Francis Forster

27 September 1649 (1) Richard Foster of Darlington, gentleman and Francis Foster, his son (2) James Robinson of Cowton Grange, Yorkshire, gentleman Copy of feoffment from (1) to (2) of a close of land called the Greets containing 30a., lying in a field called Nessfields, Darlington; also a close in two parts called Nicholson Hill, in Bondgate, Darlington, and close called Milnedam Close, containing 3a., in Darlington

14-15 August 1711 (1) Edward Harle of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) Richard Robinson of Sunderland near the Sea, gentleman and Anne Robinson, spinster, daughter of the said Richard Robinson (3) Samuel Ayton of West Herrington, gentleman and Ralph Robinson of Middle Herrington, gentleman Attested copy of marriage settlement, by lease and release, in which (1) conveys to (3) messuage and garth with appurtenances in Northgate, Darlington, a close or parcel of ground called Brankin Moore, Darlington, a close called the Greets containing 30a. in a field called Nesfield, Darlington, a close of meadow now divided into two closes called Nicholson's Hill, in Bondgate, Darlington and parcel of the said field called Nesfield, and also a close of meadow ground called Milne Dam Close in the townfields and territories of Darlington, now in the possession of Edward Harle, together with a seat or pew in Darlington parish church to the use of (1) until his marriage to Anne Robinson, then to the use of (1) and his assignees for the term of his natural life, then after his death to the use of Anne Robinson and her assignes for the term of her natural life for part of her joynture, and then after her death to the use of the heirs of (1) and Anne Robinson; also (1) covenants to surrender to (3) copyhold closes of lands in Bondgate known as High Holme, Low Holme and Haineing Bank, containing one and a half oxgangs on the same uses as above, and as further joynture to Anne Robinson Consideration: £800 paid as marriage portion See also D/XD 108/2/3

13 December 1769 Copy of will of Marshall Robinson of Yarm, Yorkshire, esquire Devises all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in Herrington to his eldest son Ralph Robinson; all lands in Ormsby, Yarm, Darlington, Sunderland and Southwick in the counties of York and Durham, or elsewhere, except the aforementioned estates at Herrington to Christopher Crow of Kipling, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire, John Branwell of Hurworth, clerk, Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman and Sarah Robinson, his wife Renainders as specified

15-16 September 1780 (1) George Bramwell of Hurworth, clerk and Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire [North Riding], esquire (2) Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire (3) Marshall Robinson of Sunderland, fitter; Luke Yarker of the City of York and Elizabeth, his wife; Mary Robinson of Herrington, spinster (4) Thomas Bird of Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman (5) Phillis Spearman of the City of Durham, spinster (6) John Potts of the City of Durham, surgeon and alderman Mortgage by means of lease and release from (1) to (6) in trust for (4) and (5) of a close or parcel of land called the Greets, containing 30a. in a field called Nessfield; a close of meadow ground called Nicholson Hill in the manor of Bondgate, Darlington; part of a field called Nessfield; a close of meadow or pasture known as Mill Dam Close, in the townfields of Darlington; also covenant to surrender a close or parcel of ground called High Holme, Low Holme and Hanging Bank containing 1.5 oxgangs. Recites will of Marshall Robinson See D/XD 108/1/A/8 Consideration: £1,000 to (4), £800 to (5)

Attested copy of D/XD 108/1/A/9 above

25 September 1786 Attested copies of will of Marshall Robinson of Sunderland near the Sea, wine merchant Devises to brother Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire and David Burton Fowler of the city of London, esquire all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of which the said Marshall Robinson shall be entitled to at the same time of his death, to be sold for money to become part of his personal property. Remainders as specified

Papers concerning an investigation into whether Ann Bird Metcalfe is seized of 5 undivided ninth parts of a mortgaged estate, 17 May 1791 - 16 July 1792

Abstract of title, 22 January 1648 - 25 September 1786, of certain copyhold estates holden of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington, devised by the will of Marshall Robinson, in trust to be sold, n.d. [1792] See D/XD 108/1/A/11-12

Abstract of title, 27 September 1649 - 25 September 1786, of freehold estates in the township of Darlington, devised by the will of Marshall Robinson, esq., n.d. [c.1792] See D/XD 108/1/A/11-12

Sale particulars of an estate called Hill Top House and Farm, in the township of Darlington, with copy of conditions of sale for lots 2 and 5, 1792 Endorsed: purchased by Mr. Joseph Pease, £700 purchase money

Sale particulars of an estate called Hill Top House and Farm in the township of Darlington, with copy of conditions of sale for lot 7, 1792 Endorsed: purchased by Mr. Joseph Pease, £228 purchase money

Conditions of sale for lot 9, Hill Top Farm, purchased by Mr. Joseph Pease, n.d. [1792]

30 July 1792 (1) Ann Bird Metcalfe of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, spinster, heir at law of Ann Metcalfe late wife of Henry Metcalfe of Newcastle upon Tyne; and Phillis Spearman of the city of Durham, spinster (2) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire, esquire Attested copy of a lease for a year of several closes, pieces and parcels of ground with a pew or seat in the church of Darlington Consideration: 5s.

28 August 1792 (1) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, county of York, esquire (2) John Potts of Durham, surgeon and alderman Surrender with defeazement from (2) to (1) of one close or parcel of ground (now divided into several closes) called High Holme, Low Holme and Hanging Bank, in Darlington, containing 1.5 oxgangs Demise: 10s.

28-29 August 1792 (1) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire [North Riding], esquire (2) Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire; Christopher Robinson of Pensher, parish of Houghton-le-Spring, clerk; James Robinson of Sunderland near the Sea, esquire; Luke Yarker of Fingall, Yorkshire [North Riding], clerk and Elizabeth, his wife (3) David Burton Fowler of the Inner Temple, London, esquire (4) Robert Allan of Bishop Wearmouth, esquire (5) Joseph Pease of Darlington, woollen manufacturer (6) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Edward Robson of Darlington, woollen draper Lease and release from (2) to (5) of a close of meadow, formerly called Mill Dam Close, except 2a. 2r. 37p. conveyed in trust for Thomas Pease of Darlington, containing 13a. 3r. 4p., and now divided into several closes, namely: Low Holme, 4a. 2r. 20p.; Low Holme with part of a barn, 3a. 8p.; Low Holme with part of a barn, 2a. 3r. 32p.; Low Holme with part of a barn 3a. 22p.; also a freehold close called part of Nicholson's Hill containing 7a. 1r. 14p. [boundaries specified] Consideration: £510 to Ralph Robinson, £204 to Christopher Robinson, £204 to James Robinson, £204 to Luke Yarker and Elizabeth, his wife, £204 to John Gilley and Mary, his wife, parties to an earlier indenture, £204 to Ralph Robinson and David Burton Fowler, £105 to Antony Harrison

28 - 29 August 1792 (1) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire, esquire (2) Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire; Christopher Robinson of Houghton le Spring, clerk; James Robinson of Sunderland, esquire; Luke Yarker of ____ Yorkshire, and Mary, his wife (3) David Burton Fowler of the Inner Temple, London, esquire (4) Robert Allan of Bishop Wearmouth, esquire (5) Thomas Pease of Darlington, grocer (6) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Joseph Pease of Darlington, woollen manufacturer Lease and release from (1) to (5) of a freehold close or parcel of meadow or pasture ground called Low Holme; containing 2a. 2r. 37p. and covenants as to copyhold lands Consideration: £140 to Ralph Robinson, £40 to Christopher Robinson, £40 to James Robinson, £40 to Luke Harker and his wife Elizabeth, £40 to John Gilby and his wife Mary

29 August 1792 (1) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Joseph Pease of Darlington, woolen manufacturer (2) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, esquire and Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire Surrender and defeazement to (1) from (2) of a close or parcel of ground called Low Holme containing 1a. 3r. 12p. [boundaries specified] Demise: 9d. Rent: 9d.

29 August 1792 (1) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Edward Robson of Darlington, woolen draper (2) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire, esquire; Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire; Luke Yarker of Fingall, Yorkshire, clerk and Elizabeth, his wife; John Gilby of Winterton, Lincolnshire, clerk and Mary, his wife; Christopher Robinson of Pensher, parish of Houghton le Spring, clerk; James Robinson of Sunderland near the Sea, esquire; David Burton Fowler of the Inner Temple, London, esquire Copy surrender and defeazement to (1) from (2) of one close or parcel of ground called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank, containing 1a. 2r. 2p.; one close or parcel of ground called part of Low Holme containing 2a. and one close or parcel of ground called The Paddock containing 2r. 26p. [boundaries specified] Rent: 1s. 7½d.

29 August 1792 (1) Robert Wade of Fatfield, parish of Chester le Street, esquire and Edward Aiskell the elder of Sunderland near the Sea, coal fitter (2) Anthony Harrison of Yarm, Yorkshire, and Ralph Robinson of Herrington, esquire Copy surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) of a close of ground called High Holme containing 5a. 2r. 20p., a close of ground called High Holme containing 4a. 2r. 34p. and one close of ground called Holme Bank, or Hanging Bank, containing 4a. 3r. in Bondgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Rent: 5s. 11d.

29 - 30 May 1794 (1) Thomas Pease of Darlington, grocer (2) Joseph Pease of Darlington, woolen manufacturer Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a freehold close or parcel of meadowland called the Low Holme, containing 2a. 2r. 37p. Consideration: £230

19 June 1810 (1) Joseph Pease of Darlington, manufacturer (2) Dorothy Bowes of Darlington, widow; Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gentleman and Robert Colling of Hurworth, esquire Copy surrender with defeasance to (1) from (2) in trust for Edward Pease of Darlington, manufacturer, of one close or parcel of land now divided into two closes called High Holme, Darlington, containing 4a. 1r. 20p. [boundaries specified] Rent: 1s. 8.5d. See D/XD 108/2/8 below

15 December 1818 (1) Arthur Aylmer of Walworth Castle, esquire and Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant and Joseph Pease of Darlington, merchant Copy surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) of one close or parcel of land now divided into two closes called the High Holme in Darlington containing 4a. 1r. 22p. in trust for John Allan of Blackwell, esquire Rent: 1s. 8½d. Consideration: £426 paid by John Allan to Edward Pease

Correspondence and other papers concerning the purchase of Hill Top House estate by John Pease from Robert Henry Allan, 5 August 1845 - 8 December 1848

Abstract of title, 5/6 December 1765 - 7 October 1843, of Robert Henry Allen esquire, to a piece or parcel of ground called the Little Lane, township of Darlington, and contracted to be sold to John Pease, esquire, 1846

Abstract of title, 22 January 1648 - 29 August 1792, of estates devised by the will of Marshall Robinson, esquire, in trust to be sold, 1846 See D/XD 108/1/A/11-12

Supplemental abstract of title, 28 August 1846, of Robert Hy Allan esquire, to estates in the township of Darlington, 1846

Additional abstract of title, 28 August 1792 - 7 October 1843, of Robert Henry Allan esquire to Hill Top House and estate in the parish of Darlington, 1846

Additional abstract of title, 28 August 1792 - 8 November 1847, of Robert Henry Allan esquire to Hill Top House, parish of Darlington, 1847

13 May 1846 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, parish of Darlington, esquire (2) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman Agreement for the sale and purchase from (1) to (2) of freehold messuage or dwelling house called Hill Top House, township of Darlington, with outbuildings and appurtenances; also all closes of freehold and copyhold ground viz: near Nicholson Hill, 4a. 2r. 16p., and garth 1a. 10p. (both freehold), Holme Bank, 4a. 3r.; Hill House Field 4a. 31p.; South High Holme 6a. 2r. 20p.; Stripe 1a. 1r. 39p. (all copyhold), also a strip of freehold ground used partly as a road to the remaining portion of Hill Top House Farm and Nestfield Farm, and partly as a deposit for manure, usually called Green Lane or Little Lane Consideration: £7,700 from (1) to (2) See D/XD 108/1/A/69, 70, 73, 76, 170, 178

Copy of D/XD 108/1/A/64 above

13 May 1846 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackhall, esquire (2) John Henry Pease of Darlington, gentleman Agreement for the sale and purchase of Hill Top House and lands. Possibly draft of D/XD 108/1/A/64 above Consideration: £7,700

6 November 1847 (1) Edward Aiskell of Sunderland, gentleman, eldest son and heir of Edward Aiskell of Sunderland, coal fitter, deceased Copy admittance of (1) to a close of ground called the High Holme, containing 9a. 2r. 20p.; a close of ground called the High Holme containing 4a. 2r. 34p.; a close called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank containing 4a. 3r. [boundaries specified] Demise: 5s. lld.

8 November 1847 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, esquire, devisee of John Allan late of Blackwell Hall, deceased (2) Edward Aiskell of Sunderland, gentleman Copy surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) of a close of land called High Holme containing 4a. 2r. 34p. and a close of ground called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank containing 4a. 3r. [boundaries specified] Demise: 5s. 11d.

1 September 1848 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, Darlington, esquire (2) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman (3) John Pease of East Mount, Darlington, gentleman (4) Joseph Pease of Darlington, merchant Release from (1) to (3) of messuage in the parish of Darlington called Hill Top House, with barn, byers, stables and other outbuildings adjoining with garden in front, containing in all 1r. 4p., also pew in the parish church of Darlington, also close of ground called Near Nicholson Hill containing 4a. 2r. 14p., also close of ground called the Garth containing 1a. 10p. [boundaries specified]; also covenant to surrender copyhold lands viz: one close of ground called High Holme or South High Holme containing 5a. 2r. 20p., close of land called Hill House Field containing 4a. 30p., a close of ground called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank containing 4a. 3r. [boundaries specified], also a parcel of ground called the Stripe containing 1a. 1r. 30p. Consideration: £5250 for the freehold lands; £1950 for the copyhold lands See D/XD 108/64, 70, 73, 76, 170, 178

1 September 1848 (1) John Pease of East Mount, in the parish of Darlington, gentleman (2) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell, and Francis Mewburn the younger, gentleman Copy surrender with defeasance to (1) from (2) of a close of ground called the High Holme, or South High Holme, containing 5a. 2r. 20p.; a close of ground containing 4a. 30p. now called Hill House Field (part of a close formerly called High Holme containing 4a. 2r. 34p.); one close of ground called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank, containing 4a. 3r. [boundaries specified], and a close of ground called the stripe, containing 1a. 1r. 39p. Demise: 5s. See D/XD 108/1/A/64, 69, 73, 76, 170, 178

Abstract of title, 28/29 August 1792 - 6 February 1806, of R.H. Allan, esquire to Hill Top House estate, situated in the parish of Darlington, 1850

Schedule of deeds and writings, 28 August 1792 - 1850 of the title of Mr. John Pease to freehold and copyhold hereditaments and premises in Darlington, 5 February 1851

November 1853 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, esquire (2) John Beaumont Pease of Darlington, esquire; John Harris of Woodside near Darlington, esquire; Henry Pease of Pierremont near Darlington, esquire; Alfred Kitching of Darlington, iron-founder; John Buckton of Darlington, grocer; George Harker of Shildon, contractor; John Hardcastle Bowman of Darlington, currier; Robert Thompson and William Thompson, both of Darlington, sharebrokers, and Thomas Macnay of Darlington, gentleman Copy agreement for the sale from (1) to (2) of a freehold farm in Darlington called Hill Top Farm containing 52a. 2r. 22p., the said farm being divided into the closes, the Greets or the Stripe (7a. 2r. 30p.), the South Greets (7a. 2r. 13p.), Far Nicholson Hill (4a. 3r. 30p.), Middle Nicholson Hill (6a. 2r. 18p.), The Bottom (4a. 2r. 8p.), North Nicholson Hill (3a. 3r. 38p.), North Greets (8a. 1r. 18p.), and North Greets (8a. 3r. 27p.), with timber and trees growing thereon, with all appurtenances particularly a right of way for the purchasers to and from the highway leading from Darlington to Haughton le Skerne from and to the said closes Consideration: £10,000 See D/XD 108/1/A 64, 69, 70, 76, 170, 178

2 November 1859 (1) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman (2) William Backhouse of St. John's near Wolsingham, gentleman Copy surrender absolute to (1) by (2) of one close or parcel of ground called Holm Bank, otherwise Hanging Bank, containing 1a. 2r. 2p.; a close or parcel of ground called part of Low Holme containing 2a., and one close or parcel of ground called The Paddock, containing 2r. 26p. [boundaries specified] Demise: 1s. 7½d.

2 November 1859 (1) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman (2) Isaac Robson of Dalton near Huddersfield, Yorkshire Copy surrender absolute to (1) from (2) of one close or parcel of ground called the Low Holm containing 1a. 3r. 12p. [boundaries specified] Demise: 9d.

1 March 1860 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington (2) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Enfranchisement by (1) to (2) of a close of ground called High Holme, or South High Holme, containing 5a. 2r. 20p.; a close of ground containing 4a. 30p. called Hill House Field; a close of land called Holme Bank, or Hanging Bank, containing 4a. 3r., all abutting onto the Stockton and Darlington Railway [boundaries specified]; also a close or ground called the Stripe containing 1a. 1r. 29p. [boundaries specified]; a close of ground called Holme Bank or Hanging Bank, containing 1a. 2r. 2p. [boundaries specified]; also a parcel of ground called Low Holme containing 1a. 2r. 12p. [boundaries specified] Consideration: £150 paid into (1)'s account at the Bank of England See D/XD 108/5/5 and 6/11 below, and D/XD 108/1/A/ 64, 69, 70, 73, 170 and 178

18 January 1816 Copy of will of Christopher Dove of Darlington, gentleman Devises freehold tenement in Darlington with right of way to Priestgage to his wife, Jane Dove; freehold tenement in Darlington to his son, Christopher Dove; copyhold farm in the township of Broughton, parish of Northallerton, Yorkshire, containing 46a. to the use of his daughter, Judith; copyhold close called Westfield in Bondgate, Darlington to the use of the children of Richard Dove; copyhold close called Lowfield in Bondgate, Darlington to his son, William Dove; close called Highfield in Bondgate, in Darlington to his son, William Dove; a close called Middlefield in Bondgate, Darlington and a piece of land adjoining Middlefield to the north west to the use of his son Christopher Dove and friends Edward Pease and Thomas Smurthwaite of Darlington; freehold dwelling in Clay Row, Darlington to his son James Dove; sixth share of copyhold farm called Rice Carr to the use of his son Christopher and friends Edward Pease and Thomas Smurthwaite

6 April 1819 (1) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant and Thomas Smurthwaite of Darlington, grocer (2) Christopher Dove of Darlington, currier; William Dove of Darlington, currier; James Dove of Darlington and Bryan Pick of Coniscliffe, farmer Copy of surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) in trust for Miss Jane Dove of a close or parcel of land called Lowfield [in Bondgate, Darlington] containing 5a. 10p. [boundaries specified] Demise: 4d.

9 December 1824 (1) Thomas Barker of South Shields, currier and Jane Barker, his wife (before her marriage Jane Dove, spinster) (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant and Thomas Smurthwaite of Darlington, grocer (3) Richard Hodgshon of Darlington, surgeon (4) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, timber merchant and John Botcherby of Darlington, iron merchant Deed of covenant to surrender to (2) copyhold field called Lowfield containing 5a. 10p. Consideration: £600

9 December 1824 (1) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, timber merchant and Jane Botcherby of Darlington, iron merchant (2) Thomas Barker of South Shields, currier and Jane Barker, his wife; Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant and Thomas Smurthwaite of Darlington, grocer Copy of surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) in trust for Mr. Richard Hodgshon of a close or parcel of ground called the Low Field [in Bondgate, Darlington] containing 5a. 10p. Demise: 4d.

19 May 1829 (1) James Dove of Darlington, tanner and John Monkhouse of Darlington, watchmaker (2) John Dove of Darlington, gentleman and Brian Pick of the parish of Coniscliffe, farmer Copy of surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) in trust for Mr. William Dove of a close called Middle Field in Darlington, adjoining Low Field and High Field, and a piece of land adjoining the Middle Field called The Bank Demise: 1s.

4 August 1834 (1) Christopher Dove of Leeds, Yorkshire, currier, and Thomas Dove of Darlington, tanner (2) John Booth of Killerby, Yorkshire, esquire; Robert Botcherby of Darlington, timber merchant and James Fenholm of Darlington, brewer and spirit merchant Copy of surrender and defeazance from (2) to (1) in trust for Mr. William Dove of 2 fields north of the road leading from Darlington to Cockerton called the Low Field, containing 5a. 10p. Demise: 4d.

Abstract of title 12 May 1792 - 9 May 1829 of Mr. William Dove to several copyhold closes or parcels of ground in the manor of Bondgate in Darlington, October 1839

29 February 1840 (1) James Dove of Darlington, farmer and John Monkhouse of Darlington, watchmaker (2) Christopher Dove of Leeds, county of York, currier and the said James Dove (3) William Dove of Leeds aforesaid currier (4) George Alison of Darlington, gentleman (5) John Botcherby of Darlington, gentleman (6) Thomas Brown of Tees Cottage near Darlington, gentleman and John Buckton of Darlington, grocer Deed of covenant to surrender to (5) copyhold close called Middlefield containing 3a. 2r. 30p. in Bondgate in Darlington, a piece or parcel of land adjoining Middlefield called The Bank containing 3r. 5p. and 2 fields, closes or parcels of land known as the Low Field containing 5a. 10p. Consideration: £1999

29 February 1840 (1) Thomas Brown of Tees Cottage, near Darlington, gentleman, and John Buckton of Darlington, grocer (2) James Dove of Darlington, tanner; John John Monkhouse of Darlington, watchmaker and William Dove of Leeds, Yorkshire, currier Copy surrender and defeasement to (1) by (2) in trust for John Botcherby of Darlington, gentleman, of a close called Middlefield in Bondgate, Darlington containing 3a. 2r. 30p.; a piece of ground adjoining Middlefield to the North West called The Bank, containing 3r. 5p.; a right of way from Middlefield across Highfield to the highway between Darlington and Cockerton, and part of the cowhouse standing in Middlefield Demise: 6d. (parchment, 1 membrane) Attached: 29 February 1840 (1) Thomas Brown of Tees Cottage, near Darlington, gentleman and John Buckton of Darlington, grocer (2) Christopher Dove of Leeds, Yorkshire, currier; James Dove of Darlington, tanner and William Dove of Leeds, Yorkshire, currier Surrender and defeasement to (1) from (2) in trust for John Botcherby of Darlington, gentleman, of 2 fields, closes or parcels of ground situated on the north of the road from Darlington to Cockerton, formerly in one field called Lowfield, containing 5a. 10p., with right of way to and from the highway leading from Darlington to Cockerton across a parcel of ground adjoining the same Demise: 4d.

Abstract of title, 6 April 1819 - 29 February 1840, of John Botcherby, esquire to copyhold hereditaments and premises within the manor of Bondgate, Darlington, 1842

25 May 1842 (1) John Botcherby, late of Darlington, now of Hartlepool, gentleman (2) Robert Todd, Thomas Atkinson and William Nesham, all of Newcastle upon Tyne, directors of the Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Building Company Agreement by (1) to surrender to (2) a close called the Middlefield in Bondgate, Darlington, containing 3a. 2r. 30p., also a parcel of ground adjoining the Middlefield on the north west called The Bank, containing 3r. 5p.; also 2 closes north of the road leading from Darlington to Cockerton called the Low Field, containing 5a. 10p. [boundaries specified] Consideration: £2,200

25 February 1843 (1) William Dunn of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) Thomas Brown, late of Tees Cottage, Darlington now of Newcastle upon Tyne; John Buckton of Darlington, grocer; and John Botcherby, late of Darlington, now of Hartlepool, gentleman Copy surrender with defeazance to (1) from (2) of a close called Middle Field in Bondgate, Darlington, containing 3a. 2r. 30p.; a piece of ground adjoining Middle Field called the Bank containing 3r. 5p. and right of way, and part of a cowhouse in Middlefield; Demise: 6d. (parchment, 1 membrane) Attached: 25 February 1843 (1) William Dunn of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (2) Thomas Brown, late of Tees Cottage, Darlington, now of Newcastle upon Tyne; John Buckton of Darlington, grocer and John Botcherby, late of Darlington, now of Hartlepool, esquire Copy surrender with defeazance and 2 closes, formerly 1 close, called Lowfield, containing 5a. 10p. [boundaries specified] with right of way Demise: 4d.

25 February 1843 (1) John Botcherby of Darlington, gentleman (2) Thomas Brown, late of Tees Cottage near Darlington, now of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman and John Buckton of Darlington, grocer (3) Robert Todd, Thomas Atkinson and William Nesham, three of the directors of the Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company (4) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire (5) William Dunn of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire Deed of covenants from (1) to surrender to (4) copyhold hereditaments in the manor of Bondgate, Darlington, as in D/XD 108/1/A/84,85 above Consideration: £1,050

17 October 1845 (1) Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer and Thomas Potter of Darlington, waggon builder (2) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire and William Dunn, gentleman Copy surrender with defeazement from (2) to (1) in trust for Mr. John Harrison of a close called Middle Field in Bondgate, Darlington, containing 3a. 2r. 30p.; and a piece of ground adjoining the Middle Field called the Bank containing 3r. 5p.; and site of former cowhouse, with right of way Demise: 6d. (parchment, 1 membrane) Attached: 17 October 1845 (1) Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer and Thomas Potter of Darlington, waggon builder (2) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire and William Dunn of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Copy surrender with defeazement from (2) to (1) in trust for John Harrison, of 2 closes, formerly 1 close, called Lowfield containg 5a. 10p. [boundaries specified], with right of way Demise: 4d. (parchment, 1 membrane) Receipt from John Clayton for the sum of £975 paid by John Harrison for parcels of copyhold land containing 3a. 2r. 30p., 3r. 5p. and 5a. 10p. in the manor of Bondgate, 17 October 1845

Additional abstract of title, 25 May 1842 - 25 February 1843, of John Clayton, esquire to copyhold tenements and premises in the manor of Bondgate, Darlington, 1845

10 September 1774 (1) The Bishop of Durham (2) Thomas Phillipson of Elvet, City of Durham Copy lease from (1) to (2) of lands in or near Darlington called Darlington Wastes; also parcel of ground called Low Park in Darlington Rent: £3 6s. 8d. p.a.

21 December 1775 Copy of will of Thomas Philipson of Elvet, near the city of Durham, gentleman Devises all copyhold messuages, closes, lands, tenements and hereditaments, with appurtenances, in the parish of Stanhope, to his daughters Mary Philipson and Jane Rowe; freehold lands and tenements and all real estate and all leasehold lands, and tenements and personal estate, in the constabulary or borough of Elvet in the parish of St. Oswald's, Durham, to his daughters Mary Philipson and Jane Rowe to take as tenants in common; freehold lands and tenements and leasehold lands and tenements in Darlington to Mary Philipson and Jane Rowe as tenants in common Remainders as specified

8 October 1776 (1) Robert Walker of Coldsides, parish of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) Mary Philipson of the City of Durham, spinster, and Jane Rowe of the city of Durham, widow, devisees and joint executrixes of the will of Thomas Philipson, late of the city of Durham, deceased, their late father Copy assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a term of 21 years of 2 closes in Darlington called Darlington Wastes, and a piece of ground in Darlington, called Low Park, a mortgage on the property having been repaid by (2) Consideration: £880 7s. 2½d.

10 October 1776 (1) Mary Philipson of the city of Durham, spinster, and Jane Rowe of the city of Durham, widow, devisees and executrixes of the will of Thomas Philipson, of the city of Durham, gentleman, deceased (2) Francis Holmes of Darlington, gentleman Copy assignment of a lease for the remainder of a term of 21 years from (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground called Low Park in Darlington, now divided into several closes called Fenwick's Folly, Horse Close, Butts Park, Spenham's Rings, Trod Close, Snipes and Springs Consideration: £1,240

12 November 1781 (1) Christopher Hopper of the city of Durham, merchant and alderman (2) Francis Holmes of Darlington, esquire Copy of assignment of remainder of lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground called Low Park in Darlington, now divided into several closes called Fenwick's Folly, Horse Close, Butts, Parks, Spenham's Ring's, Trod Close, Snipes and Springs Consideration: £51 8s. 9d.

Abstract of title, 9 January 1726 - 27 May 1793, of Mr. Thomas Philipson, deceased to premises in Darlington, n.d.

8 January 1881 (1) John Bewick Quelch of Bowburn, farmer (2) Robert Francis Middleton of the city of Durham, gentleman (3) Samuel Rowland Chapman Ward of Nesham Hill, esquire Covenant from (1) to (3) to surrender copyhold land by way of mortgage, viz: a parcel of copyhold land in the township of Bondgate, Darlington, part of a field called Low Pasture containing 1/2a. [boundaries specified], with right of way for (3) over occupation road to and from the Darlington and Cockerton Turnpike Road; also two closes of copyhold land in Darlington known as East and West Beck Fields, containing 4a., being part of lands called Branson's Lands; also a piece of copyhold land being part of a close called the Pasture containing 2r. [boundaries specified]; also parcel of copyhold land known as the Long Close or Long Field [boundaries specified] Consideration: £1,200 Endorsed: 10 August 1883 (1) Samuel Rowland Chapman Ward (2) Henry Fell Pease of Brinkburn, Darlington, esquire Covenant to surrender from (1) to (2) all the copyhold lands mentioned in the within written indenture Consideration: £1,200 See D/XD 108/1/A/170 below

6 April 1906 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington (2) Algernon Henry Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) Edward Hutchinson and Ernest Edwin Meek, both of Darlington, gentleman Agreement by (1) at the request of (2) to enfranchise to (3) in trust for (2) a parcel of copyhold land or customary garden ground in Bondgate, Darlington, formerly part of a field called Low Pasture, measuring from north to south 40 yards and from east to west 60.5 yards, containing 1/2a. [boundaries specified] with a right of way for Henry Fell Pease, his heirs and assigns, owners and occupiers of the said piece of land to and from the Darlington and Cockerton turnpike road [with exceptions specified]; also 2 closes of copyhold or customary land situate in the parish of Darlington known as East and West Beck Fields containing 4a., being part of Branson's lands [boundaries specified]; also a piece of copyhold or customary land formerly part of a close called the Pasture in the parish of Darlington, containing 2r. [boundaries specified], also a close of copyhold or customary land known as Long Close or Long Field in the parish of Darlington containing 5a. 2r. 16p. [boundaries specified]; also a piece of copyhold or customary land containing 1a. 1r. 21p. in the parish of Darlington [boundaries specified] and all mines and minerals under the said premises, and all woods, trees, and appurtenances Consideration: £120 16s. from (2) to (1) See D/XD 108/1/A/170 below

23 November 1699 (1) Joseph Fisher of Darlington, dyer and Mary, his wife, and Ursula Fisher, mother of the said Joseph Fisher (2) Edward Whitehead of Darlington, dyer Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with a garth at the back, and the tenters therin erected; also with a dye house and all other buildings on the East Row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £126

30 November 1699 (1) Edward Whitehead of Darlington, [dyer] (2) George Allan of Darlington, [weaver?] Mortgage by means of a lease for 999 years from (1) to (2) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with garth behind, and the tenters therein erected, with dye house and other outhouses on the east side of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £100 See D/XD 108/8/1 below

29 June 1720 (1) Thomas Whitehead of Darlington, dyer (2) George Allan of Darlington, merchant Deed of further charge upon property in D/XD 108/1/A/101 above Consideration: £39

30 August 1722 (1) George Allan of Darlington, gentleman (2) Robert King of Darlington, weaver Assignment of mortgage from (1) to (2) of messuage, burgage or tenement with garth behind, tenters erected thereon and dye house situated on the East Row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £197 9s. 2d. See D/XD 108/2/1

31 December 1722 (1) Robert King of Darlington, weaver (2) Thomas Whitehead of Darlington, dyer (3) Joseph Singleton of Darlington, weaver Conveyance of mortgaged property and assignment of a term of years in trust to attend the inheritance from (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with garth behind, with tenters thereon erected, and dye house, situated on the east row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £350 See D/XD 108/2/1

6 December 1776 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flax dresser (2) Elizabeth Cole of Sedgefield, widow (3) Susanna Singleton of Darlington, widow (4) Richard Wright of Sedgefield, esquire Assignment of the residue of a lease for 999 years from (1) and (3) to (4) in trust for (2) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with garth behind, with tenters thereon erected, and dye house on the east row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £400 See D/XD 108/1/A/113 below

13 May 1786 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flax dresser (2) Elizabeth Cole of Sedgefield, widow (3) Richard Wright of Sedgefield, esquire (4) Elizabeth Ogden of West Auckland, widow (5) Ralph Jackson of Normanby, Yorkshire, esquire Assignment of the residue of a term of 999 years from (1) and (2) to (5) of a messuage with garth behind, and tenters thereon erected, with dye house and other out buildings, on the east row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £400 to (2) from (4); £100 to (1) from (4) See D/XD 108/1/A/114 below

13 November 1788 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flax dresser (2) John Cole of Lumley Park, gentleman and Elizabeth, his wife (3) George James of West Auckland, gentleman and William Buddle of Sunderland, gentleman (4) Ralph Jackson of Normanby, Yorkshire, esquire (5) Thomas Russell of Darlington, flax dresser Assignment of the remainder of a term of 999 years from (4) to (5) in trust for (1) of messuage, burgage or tenement with garth behind, with tenders thereon erected, with dye house and other out buildings on the east row of Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £512 10s. See D/XD 108/1/A/115 below

2 - 3 January 1722 (1) Thomas Whitehead of Darlington, dyer (2) Robert King of Darlington, weaver Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a messuage, burgage and tenement with stable and other edifices and outbuildings at the back, with a garden, orchard, garth or little close, and dye house, on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £350 See D/XD 108/2/1

26 March 1724 (1) Robert King of Darlington, weaver (2) Robert Bowes of Thornton, parish of Coniscliffe Mortgage from (1) to (2) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with stable and other edifices and outbuildings at the back, with a garden, orchard, garth or little close and dyehouse, on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £200 See D/XD 108/2/1

20 January 1734 (1) William King of Darlington (2) Margaret Bowes of London, Middlesex, spinster (3) John Close of Oulstone, Yorkshire, gentleman Assignment of mortgage from (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage, burgage or tenement with stable and other edifices and outbuildings, with a garden, orchard, garth or little close and dyehouse on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £120

24 July 1736 (1) William King of Darlington, weaver (2) John Close of Oulston, Yorkshire, gentleman (3) Jane Wright of Darlington, widow Assignment of mortgage from (1) and (2) to (3), of a messuage, burgage or tenement with stable and other edifices and buildings behind, with a garden or orchard, garth or little close, and dyehouse on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £100 from (3) to (2) at the request and direction of (1)

Schedule of deeds and papers, 28 November 1699 - 24 July 1736, of William King to his house in Northgate, Darlington, n.d. See also D/XD 108/1/A/113-115 below

5 - 6 December 1776 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flax dresser (2) Elizabeth Cole of Sedgefield, widow Lease and release from (1) to (2) of several messuages or dwelling houses on Northgate, Darlington; a close or parcel of ground lying behind the first mentioned messuages; a messuage at the east end of the said close of ground, and the dyehouse belonging to the messuage Consideration: £400 See also D/XD 108/1/A/105 above

12-13 May 1786 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flaxdresser, and Eleanor, his wife (2) Elizabeth Cole of Sedgefield, widow (3) Elizabeth Ogden of West Auckland, widow Mortgage by means of lease and release from (1) and (2) to (3) of several messuages or dwellinghouses in Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified], with appurtenances; a close of land lying behind the first mentioned messuage; a messuage at the east end of the parcel of ground, and dyehouse belonging to the messuage Consideration: £500 See also D/XD 108/1/A/106 above

12 - 13 November 1788 (1) John Cole of Lumley Park, gentleman and Elizabeth, his wife (2) George James of West Auckland, gentleman and William Buddle of Sunderland, gentleman (3) William Hall of Darlington, flax dresser Lease and release from (1) to (3) of several messuages or dwelling houses on Northgate, Darlington; a close or parcel of ground lying behind the first mentioned messuages, a messuage at the east end of the parcel of ground and the dyehouse belonging to the messuage Consideration: £512 10s See also D/XD 108/1/A/107, 100-112, 131, 165-167

2 May 1751 (1) William Allinson of Darlington, cordwainer and Mary his wife (2) Michael Aiselby of Darlington, tanner (3) Michael Windale of Darlington, innholder Release from (1) to (3) of a messuage, or little cottage house, with appurtenances, in length eight yards and breadth five yards; one orchard, or garden thereunto belonging, in length 19 yards and breadth 10 yards, with 1 1/4 yards of ground being the passage unto the said orchard, all of which are situated in Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £15 See also D/XD 108/1/A/144

22 - 23 November 1753 (1) Michael Aiselby of Darlington, tanner (2) William Allinson of Darlington, cordwainer (3) John Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Lease and release from (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage, or little cottage house, with appurtenances, in length 8 yards and breadth 5 yards; one orchard or garden thereunto belonging, in length 19 yards and breadth 10 yards, with 1 1/4 yards of ground, being the passage into the said orchard, all of which are situated in Northgate, Darlington Consideration; £15 to (1), £17 10s to (2) See also D/XD 108/1/A/144

27 November 1775 (1) Stephen Robson of Darlington, grocer (2) Caleb Hedley of Low Beaumonthill [parish of Haughton le Skerne] Agreement for the sale from (1) to (2) of new built house at the high end of (1)'s garden, consisting of 4 rooms and 1 teafall or coal house, the whole containing 12.5 yards in length and 6.5 yards in breadth [on Northgate, Darlington] Consideration: £5 See also D/XD 108/8/15 below

26 April 1776 (1) Stephen Robson of Darlington, linen weaver (2) Caleb Hedley of Beaumonthill, parish of Haughton le Skerne Bond from (1) to (2) to indemnify (2) against (1)'s warehouse on Northgate, Darlington, consisting of 2 ground rooms, 2 chambers and a teafall or shade [sic] used as a coalhouse Consideration: £75 See also D/XD 108/8/15 below

21 - 22 November 1781 (1) Caleb Hedley of Darlington, raft merchant, and, Esther his wife (2) Hannah Hartas of Danby Dale, Yorkshire, spinster Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a newly erected messuage or tenement adjoining a warehouse on Northgate, Darlington, consisting of 2 ground rooms, 2 chambers and a teafall or shade [sic] used as a coalhouse, with free passage through the yard or garth adjoining, with right of way to the well or River Skerne, with liberty to bleach one web of cloth yearly in the said garth Consideration: £78 See also D/XD 108/8/15 below

Abstract of title, 26 September 1705 - 21/22 November 1781, of Stephen Robson to a house in Northgate, Darlington, n.d.

18 - 19 May 1840 (1) Mary Thistlethwaite of Darlington, widow (2) James Coffey of Darlington, yeoman (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a messuage or tenement adjoining a warehouse on Northgate, Darlington, consisting of 2 ground rooms and 2 chambers, and a teafall or shed used as a coalhouse, with free passage through yard or garth, with right of way to the well or River Skerne, with liberty to bleach one web of cloth, yearly in the yard or garth Consideration: £105

18 - 19 November 1825 (1) John Barker of Stockton upon Tees esquire (2) William Colling of Greenwich, Kent and Lucy Colling, his wife; Thomas Walker of Regent's Park, Middlesex, cowkeeper, and Isabella Walker, his wife; Mary Russell of Stockton upon Tees, spinster; Robert Wilson of Stockton aforesaid mercer and draper, and Dorothy Wilson, his wife (3) Henry Tulip of Brunton, Northumberland (4) John Smith of Darlington, dyer (5) William Scarfe of Darlington, gentleman Lease and release from (1) and (2) to (4) of a messuage, burgage, tenement or dwelling house, with yard or garth and garden lying behind, extending to the River Skerne, with dyehouse, stable and other erections on the yard; also all other messuages, hereditaments and premises mentioned in a lease amd release dated 25 - 26 December 1781, to Thomas Russell (recited), all which property is situated on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £260 to (4) from (3) at the direction of (2) and £515 from (4) to (2) See also D/XD 108/1/A/144 below

13 May 1843 (1) William Tolson of Darlington, nailmaker (2) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman, and Christopher Watson of Darlington, bricklayer (3) Mary Russell, late of Stockton upon Tees, but now of Darlington, spinster (4) Samuel Barnard of Darlington, gentleman (5) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman (6) Edward Pease of Darlington, gentleman (late a merchant) (7) Joseph Pease of Darlington, merchant Conveyance from (1) and others to (6) of a messuage, burgage, tenement or dwelling house, with yard or garth and garden behind, extending to the River Skerne, with dyehouse, cottages and other erections; and premises mentioned in a lease and release of 18 - 19 November 1825, on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £650 from (6) to (4), being part of the purchase price of £878 16s; £228 16s retained by (6) as owed to him by virtue of a security recited in the indenture See also D/XD 108/1/A/144-146 below

20 April 1840 (1) Ann Garmonsway Robinson, wife of William Robinson of Longnewton, yeoman (2) William Robinson of Longnewton, yeoman (3) James Robinson of Stockton, butcher, Francis Robinson of Darlington, spinster and Thomas Tutin of Darlington, butcher Agreement to sell to (3) several messuages or dwelling houses, buildings, gardens, yards and tenements called Catherick's Buildings on Northgate, Darlington, extending from Northgate to the River Skerne, subject to 6 mortgages Consideration: £1,343

8 December 1840 (1) William Robinson of Longnewton, farmer (2) Ann Garmonsway Robinson of Longnewton, wife of (1) (3) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gentleman (4) James Robinson, late of Whitby, Yorkshire, North Riding, but now of Stockton, butcher (5) Frances Robinson of Darlington, spinster (6) Thomas Tutin of Darlington, butcher (7) John Pease of Darlington, esquire Assignment to (7) of tenements and dwelling houses in Catherick's buildings, Darlington with right of way Consideration: £300

1 May 1857 (1) James Robinson of Stockton upon Tees, gentleman; Thomas Tutin of Darlington, butcher; Jane Hodgson and Elizabeth Hodgson of Ripon, Yorkshire, spinsters (2) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman Agreement for the sale from (1) to (2) of several dwelling houses, out houses, courts, yards and gardens in Northgate and Cathrick's Yard, Darlington Consideration: £1,400

Copy of D/XD/108/1/A/127 above

24 July 1857 (1) Charles Ianson of the borough and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, iron merchant, and sole surviving executor of the will of John Ianson, late of Darlington, manufacturer (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire Assignment from (1) to (2) of premises in Cathrick's Yard, Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Consideration: £550

24 July 1857 (1) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gentleman, administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of Sampson George, late of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, gentleman deceased (2) James Robinson, late of Whitby, Yorkshire North Riding, but now of Stockton on Tees, butcher (3) Thomas Tutin of Darlington, butcher (4) Jane Hodgson and Elizabeth Hodgson both of Ripon, Yorkshire, North Riding (5) John Pease of Darlington, esquire Assignment from (2), (3) and (4) to (5) for the remainder of a term of 999 years of dwelling houses, tenements and premises in Cathrick's Yard, Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Consideration: £1,400

26 December 1722 (1) Thomas Moor the younger of Darlington, weaver, and Mary his wife (2) Robert King of Darlington, weaver Assignment from (1) to (2) of estate, right of title, interest, use, trust, property, claim and demand on a house, garth and dyehouse with appurtenances in Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £5 See also D/XD 108/1/A/100-115 above and D/XD 108/2/1

12 November 1743 (1) John Gregory of Staindrop, cordwainer (2) Hannah Risdale of Darlington, widow Mortgage by way of lease for 999 years from (1) to (2) of a messuage and tenement in Bondgate, Darlington, on a street called Northgate with garth adjoining Consideration: £40 See also D/XD 108/1/A/144

26 December 1746 (1) Thomas Braithwaite of Darlington, dyer and Elizabeth his wife; Thomas Catherick of Darlington, dyer, and Elizabeth Catherick of Darlington, spinster (2) William Bulmer of Fattingfield, parish of Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, North Riding, yeoman Assignment of the residue of a term of 970 years from (1) to (2) of the north end of a house or tenement, garden or garth, on Northgate, Darlington; and messuage lately erected on the same, and shop or workhouse, which was formerly only a barn, and a dyehouse built at the east end of the said garden, and the messuages built at the west end of the garden or garth Consideration: £30

4 - 5 April 1754 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flaxdresser, and George Risdale of Darlington, innholder (2) John Gregory of Leeds, county of York, cordwainer (3) John Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Lease and release to (3) of two messuages, with garth or yard behind, in Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Consideration: £40 See also D/XD 108/1/A/144

4 June 1757 (1) Hannah Cuthbertson of Darlington, widow of of Robert Henry Cuthbertson of Darlington, weaver, deceased (2) John Cuthbertson of Darlington, weaver, and Ann Cuthbertson of Darlington, spinster, son and daughter of (1) (3) Joseph Newton of the city of York, innkeeper, and Jane his wife, daughter of (1) (4) Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman Surrender from (1) to (4) in trust for (3) of copyhold lands, viz all that part of a forehouse facing Northgate, Darlington on the north side of the entry of passage therein Consideration: £120 from (3) to (1)

13 - 14 January 1760 (1) John Mewburn of Blackwell, parish of Darlington, gentleman (2) Abigail Mewburn of the same place, widow Lease and release and mortgage of freehold messuages, tenements and burgages, garth and garden adjoining in Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Consideration: £260

11 April 1780 (1) Francis Holmes of Darlington, esquire (2) Robert Wastell of Darlington, gentleman Lease for a year from (1) to (2) of a garth, garden, piece or parcel of ground called North Garth, with appurtenances, containing 1a. in Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified] Consideration: 5s See also D/XD 108/1/A/159-161 below

24 March 1781 (1) William Hall of Darlington, flaxdresser (2) John Ianson of White Chapel High Street, Middlesex, linen draper, and William Ianson of Darlington, linen weaver Lease for 20 years from (1) to (2) of a messuage tenement or dwelling house, with the dyehouse, stable, garden and close of land in Northgate, Darlington, and adjoining the River Skerne Rent: £15 per annum

6 November 1799 (1) John Heighington of Darlington, linen weaver, and Rachel, his wife; and Ambrose Hodgson of Darlington, grocer (2) Christopher Dove of Darlington, currier and leather cutter (3) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of two messuages, with garth, gardens, stable, outbuildings and appurtenances in Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £600

13 May 1829 (1) John Smith of Darlington, dyer (2) George Braithwaite of Kendal, Westmoreland, drysalter (3) Robert Wilson of Stockton, mercer and draper, and Mary Russell of Stockton, spinster Mortgage to secure £190 with interest, by way of declaration of trust from (1) to (2) of messuage, burgage, tenement or dwelling house, with yard or garth behind, extending to the River Skerne, with appurtenances, on Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £190 See also D/XD 108/1/A/144 and 171

10 - 11 August 1835 (1) Mary Backhouse of the City of York, widow; Thomas Backhouse of the City of York, nursery and woodsman; James Backhouse of the City of York, nurseryman; Edward Backhouse of Bishopwearmouth, banker; Elizabeth Backhouse of the City of York, spinster; Sarah Backhouse of the City of York, spinster; Mary Jane Ianson of Tottenham, Middlesex, spinster (2) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker (3) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant (4) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Lease and release from (1) to (3) of a parcel of land in Northgate, Darlington, containing 3r. 21p., with dwelling Consideration: £700 (parchment, 5 membranes) Endorsed: 13 May 1846 (1) James Backhouse, aforesaid (2) James Backhouse, aforesaid, and John Church Backhouse (3) Alfred Ianson of Walthamstow, Essex, gentleman and John Talwin Foster of Clapton, Middlesex, merchant (4) Edward Pease, aforesaid Confirmation of conveyance to (4) of aforementioned land

Memorandum of John Tolson concerning a mortgage on messuages and hereditaments purchased from John Smith in Northgate, Darlington, 14 January 1836

30 December 1836 (1) John Tolson of Darlington, weaver (2) Edward Pease the elder of Darlington, merchant Agreement for the payment by (1) of interest on a mortgage of £174.10s., on property in Northgate, Darlington, and that after the death of John Tolson and his wife Mary, the property shall be conveyed to (2) or his heirs in consideration of £824 10s.

Abstract of title, 12 November 1743 - 13 May 1843 of Edward Pease, esquire, to hereditaments situated in Northgate, Darlington, in pledge to Mr. Samuel Barnard for securing £650 and interest, 13 May 1843 See D/XD 108/1/A/116-117, 124, 132, 134, 140, 171

Promise by Edward Pease to pay Samuel Barnard £650 with interest, 13 May 1843 Endorsed: receipt of payment of the £650 with interest, and calculation of the interest, 1 August 1845 See D/XD 108/1/A/124

Undertaking by Joseph Pease to Samuel Barnard, to protect the latter from any prejudicial consequences arising from a conveyance to Edward Pease of freehold hereditaments in Northgate, Darlington, and to procure the signature of John Pease to the said conveyance, 29 September 1843 See D/XD 108/1/A/124

10 November 1858 (1) Charles Ianson, late of the county and borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, but now of Shotley Bridge, iron merchant; William Cudworth of Darlington, civil engineer and James Ianson of Darlington, civil engineer, trustees of the will of Mr. John Ianson, deceased (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance from (1) to (2) of several messuages, burgages, or dwelling houses in Northgate, Darlington, [boundaries specified]; also a close or parcel of ground behind the said messuages [boundaries specified] Consideration; £2,400

13 May 1859 (1) Henry Pease of Pierremont, parish of Darlington, esquire, M.P. (2) Joseph Pease of South End, parish of Darlington (3) John Pease of East Mount, parish of Darlington, esquire (4) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance from (1) to (3) of a messuage, yard or garth and garden behind, extending to the River Skerne, with dyehouse, stable, cottages and other erections on Northgate, Darlington (boundaries specified); also a piece of ground in Northgate, Darlington whereon formerly stood two tenements, or almshouses, called Forsters Almshouses (boundaries specified), lying to the west of the aforementioned property Consideration: £900 to (1) for the first property £2,100 to (1) and (2) for the second property See also D/XD 108/1/A/1-2 above

22 November 1861 (1) William Russell of Darlington, plumber and glazier (2) Francis Kipling of Liverpool, county of Lancaster, leather factor and Francis Lawrence Kipling of Gigg near Bury, county of Lancaster, gentleman (3) William Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker (4) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (5) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of a messuage, tenement or building, lately used as a carpet factory, but now unoccupied, with yard, outbuildings and garden [boundaries specified]; also a messuage, tenement or dwelling house, with yard in front and garden [boundaries specified], both of which are situated on Northgate, and containing 4653 square yards Consideration: £800 to (1) from (4); £1,400 to (2) from (4)

24 January 1863 (1) James Coffey of Darlington, porter merchant (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a messuage or tenement, now occupied as two tenements, in Coffey's Yard, Northgate, Darlington [boundaries specified]; also a messuage or tenement now occupied as two tenements in Coffey's Yard aforesaid, with outbuildings, yard and piece of ground adjoining Consideration: £440

Abstract of title, 7 May 1860, of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to a piece of land near the Railway Tavern in Northgate, Darlington, contracted to be sold to John Pease, esquire, 1863

5 June 1863 (1) The Stockton and Darlington Railway Company (2) John Pease of East Mount, near Darlington, esquire (3) Henry Hutchinson of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a piece or parcel of land in the township of Darlington, containing 1a. 1p. [boundaries specified], near the Railway Tavern, Northgate, Darlington Consideration: £538 (parchment, 1 membrane) Endorsed: 2 June 1865 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) The aforementioned John Pease (3) The aforementioned Henry Hutchinson Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a piece or parcel of land in the township of Darlington containing 512 square yards [boundaries specified], together with a right of way Consideration: £24 17s. 6d.

8 December 1869 (1) Henry Pease of Pierremont, Darlington, esquire (2) Joseph Whitwell Pease, Edward Pease, Arthur Pease, Gurney Pease and Charles Pease, all of Darlington, esquires Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a dwelling house, with buildings and outoffices, on the east side of Northgate, Darlington, with yard, garden and piece of ground on the south side used a road or way; also dwellinghouse with yard, garden and outoffices in Northgate aforesaid; also several buildings with yard and appurtenances, lying between the last mentioned premises and the River Skerne or Mill Race; also a piece of land with buildings thereon, adjoining part of the last mentioned premises on the south or south east; also part of the close or parcel of ground called the Factory Field, and the warehouses and other buildings thereon, with right of road to and from the portion of Factory Field to Priestgate and Clay Row. Includes map and schedule Consideration: £6,204 from (2) to (1) Endorsed: Memorandum concerning the sale of part of the land on Mill Street to the Guardians of the Poor of Darlington Union, 1896; memorandum concerning the conveyance of remaining property to the owners of the Middlesbrough Estate Ltd., 1903 See also D/XD 108/1/A/155 below

23 November 1869 (1) William Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker (2) Joseph Whitwell Pease, Edward Pease, Arthur Pease, Gurney Pease and Charles Pease, all of Darlington, esquire Conveyance from (1) to (2) of several messuages or tenements, workshops, printing offices and buildings with yards, roads and pieces or parcels of land adjoining, on a street called Prebend's Row, otherwise Priestgate, Darlington, formerly used as a flax spinning mill and flax dressing rooms, workshops and offices; also a messuage, with yard, outbuildings, garden, and a piece of land behind, on Priestgate, Darlington, all which property contains 2708 square yards [boundaries specified]; also several messuages with yards and outbuildings on Priestgate, Darlington, containing 150 square yards [boundaries specified]; also several messuages with yards and outbuildings on Priestgate, Darlington containing 376 square yards [boundaries specified] Consideration: £3,400 from (2) to (1)

19 February 1870 (1) Joseph Pease of Southend, parish of Darlington, esquire (2) Joseph Whitwell Pease, Edward Pease, Arthur Pease, Gurney Pease and Charles Pease, all of Darlington, esquire Conveyance from (1) to (2) of freehold worsted and corn mills, and all buildings and ground attached, all steam engines, water wheels, mill stones, machinery and other fixtures, and the water and water course to the mills; and piece of freehold ground between the River Skerne and Clay Row, and portion of Factory Field, with all cottages, stables, granary and other buildings, with yards rights and appurtenances, on the north side of Priestgate, Darlington; also a messuage with garden out-buildings and conveniences Consideration: 10s. See also D/XD 108/1/A/153 above

11 May 1875 (1) George Allison of Darlington, gentleman (2) Joseph Robinson of Darlington, innkeeper (3) Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire, M.P., and Edward Pease and Arthur Pease both of Darlington, merchants Conveyance from (1) at the direction of (2) to (3) of a messuage or dwelling house, and shop, with buildings adjoining, and now used as a coach works in Priestgate, Darlington, and several pieces or parcels of ground with buildings behind the messuage, known as the King's Head Hotel (boundaries specified). Map on dorse Consideration: £3,650

12 May 1875 (1) George Atkinson Alderson of Stanwick, near Aldborough, Yorkshire [North Riding], butler (2) Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire [North Riding], esquire, M.P., and Edward Pease and Arthur Pease of Darlington merchant Covenant from (1) to (2) to produce title deeds to the King's Head Hotel, and other hereditaments, in Darlington

3 December 1762 (1) George Hartley of Richmond, Yorkshire, esquire; Thomas Raper of Bedale, Yorkshire, gentleman and Thomas Terry of Darlington, gentleman, all Commissioners in bankruptcy of Ralph Stobbs, of Darlington, money scrivenor and chapman (2) Rev. James Nicholson of Hurworth on Tees, clerk and Richard Seymour of Aldborough, Yorkshire, esquire Copy bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of all the messuages, tenements, lands, closes or parcels of ground in Darlington, in the possession of Ralph Stobbs and others; also all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Ralph Stobbs in the parish of Shotley, Northumberland; also all the household goods, plate, linen and other goods, wares and merchandise, and all debts and sums of money of Ralph Stobbs, and all other personal estate and effects Consideration: 5s. to each Commissioner for land 5s. to each Commissioner for personal effects

21 September 1763 (1) William Preston the younger of Thirsk, North Yorkshire (2) James Nicholson of Hurworth upon Tees, clerk, and Richard Seymour of Aldborough, North Yorkshire, esquire (3) Ralph Stobbs of Morpeth, Northumberland, gentleman, and Jane Stobbs, spinster, daughter of the said Ralph Stobbs (4) Francis Holmes of Darlington, gentleman Copy bargain and sale from (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of two meadow closes or parcels of ground formerly called Townend Close, and Dickonist, or Dickonkists, containing 24a.; one close of ground formerly called Middlefield containing 18a.; two closes of meadow ground formerly called Thornbeck Hill containing 26a.; and one close of ground formerly called North Garth, or Cobler Garth, containing 1a.; one close of pasture ground formerly called Glover Pasture containing 30a., and 7a. formerly in tillage in Glover Pasture, all which properties are in the township of Darlington and are now divided into 15 fields viz: West Dickon Kists (4a. 1r. 33.5p.); East Dickon Kists (4a. 1r. 33.5p.); West Lowfield (2a. 3r. 16p.); East Lowfield (4a. 1r. 3p.); The Paddock (2a. 33p.); The Pond Close (2a. 1r. 33p.); Town End Close (4a.); Middle Field (4a. 3r. 29.5p.); Pond Pasture (2a. 23.5p.); the south part of Thornbeck Hills (10a. 1r. 1p.); the north part of Thornbeck Hills (10a. 1r. 1p.); the north part of Thornbeck Hills or House Pasture (10a. 1r. 21p.); the west part of Glover Pasture (20a. 2r. 12p.); the Middle part of Glover Pasture (7a. 30p.); the east part of Glover Pasture (3a. 3r. 30p.); and a garth called North Garth or Cobler Garth containing 1a. Consideration: £5,684 At back: copies of documents re enrolment of the bargain and sale in the Close Rolls of the Chancery of Durham See also D/XD 108/1/A/137 above

21 September 1763 (1) Richard Farrer of the city of York, esquire and alderman (2) William Preston the younger, of Thirsk, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire (3) Revd. James Nicholson of Hurworth upon Tees, clerk, and Richard Seymour of Aldborough, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire, assignees of the estate of Ralph Stobbs, late of Darlington, bankrupt (4) Francis Holmes, gentleman (5) Michael Hodgson of Field House, parish of Darlington, gentleman Copy assignment from (1) to (3) of 2 terms of 1,000 years of two meadow closes, or parcels of ground, called Townend Close and Dickonist, containing 18a., 2 closes of meadow ground called Thornbeck Hills containing 26a.; 1 close of ground containing 15a.; 1 close of ground called Thornsey Hill containing 10a.; 1 close of meadow ground called Little Close containing 5a.; 1 close of ground called Northgate Garth containing 1a.; 1 close of pasture called Glover Pasture, containing with their appurtenances in Darlington with 2 judgements in trust for (4) Consideration: £2,977 and 10s. from (5) to (1) See also D/XD 108/1/A/137 above

22 September 1763 (1) Thomas Gargett of Darlington, gentleman (2) Ralph Stobbs formerly of Darlington, now of Morpeth, Northumberland, gentleman (3) Richard Seymour of Aldbrough, Yorkshire [North Riding], esquire, and Revd. James Nicholson of Hurworth upon Tees, clerk, assignees under a Commission of Bankruptcy against Ralph Stobbs (4) Francis Holmes of Darlington, gentleman (5) Thomas Hill of Blackwell, gentleman Copy assignment from (1) to (2) of a term of 1000 years of two meadow closes or parcels of ground called Townend Close and Dickonist containing 24a.; a close of ground called Middlefield containing 18a.; two closes called Thornbeck Hills containing 26a.; a close of ground called Thorney Hills containing 10a.; a close of ground called Little Close containing 5a.; a close of ground called North Gate Garth containing 1a.; one close of ground called Glover Pasture containing 20a.; all situated in Darlington, in trust for Francis Holmes, and a special administration for that purpose Consideration: £152 15s., and 10s. from (5) to (1) See also D/XD 108/1/A/137 above

23 May 1730 (1) Robert Bainbridge of Darlington, gentleman (2) Mary Wharton of Richmond, Yorkshire, North Riding, widow Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of two messuages, burgages or tenements on the north side of Bondgate, Darlington, with garths, orchards and stables behind Consideration: £100 from (2) to (1)

9 - 10 July 1753 (1) Thomas Robson of Ellerton, parish of Bolton in Swale, Yorkshire, gentleman (2) William Stowell of Darlington, woolcomber Lease and release from (1) to (2) of a garth, or piece or parcel of ground in Darlington, behind a messuage formerly belonging to William Smith [boundaries specified] Consideration: £6 6s.

3-4 April 1778 (1) The Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Darlington (2) James Allan the younger of Darlington, gentleman Exchange of messuage, or dwellinghouse, in the west end of Raby, with parcel of ground behind the said messuage, containing 1a. 2r. 30p., and a parcel of ground in Raby to (1), for a close of ground in the township of Darlington containing 3a. 1r. 16p., with cowhouse and buildings erected thereon Consideration: £157 10s. from (1) to (2)

30 May 1786 (1) Elizabeth Ogden, widow, plaintiff (2) William Hall and Eleanor, his wife, deforceants Final concord of 3 messuages, 3 burgages, 3 stables, 3 gardens, 3 yards and 3a. of land with appurtenances in Darlington Consideration: 100 marks of silver See also D/XD 108/1/A/105-107, 113-115

Second part of D/XD 108/1/A/165 above See also D/XD 08/1/A/105-107, 113-115

2 January 1789 (1) William Hall, plaintiff (2) John Cole and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants Final concord of 3 messuages, 3 burgages, 3 stables, 3 gardens, 3 yards and 3a. of land with appurtenances in Darlington Consideration: 100 marks of silver See also D/XD 108/1/A/105-107, 113-115

20 October 1790 (1) Mary Lowson of Darlington, widow (2) John Lowson of New Inn, Middlesex, esquire (3) Young Lowson of Darlington, gentleman (4) Drewrey Lowson late of Darlington, now of Stockton on Tees, gentleman (5) William Wrightson of Cockerton, gentleman (6) Joseph Pease of Darlington, woollen manufacturer (7) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Edward Robson of Darlington, mercer Covenant by (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to surrender to (6) in trust for (7), two closes of copyhold ground in Bondgate, Darlington, commonly called Pindar Close and Pindar Banks containing 8a. [boundaries specified] Consideration: £510 paid by (6)

21 - 22 November 1817 (1) William Stow Stowell of Faverdale, township of Cockerton, gentleman (2) James Coffey of Darlington, gentleman (3) Bright Wass of Darlington, timber merchant Lease and release of a garth in Darlington, adjoining the River Skerne, and also messuage with buildings erected on the said garth [boundaries specified] Consideration: £275

22 June 1824 (1) Dorothy Collyer of Queens Square, Middlesex, widow (2) James Nicholson Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, eldest son and heir apparent of (1) (3) John Mowbray of Ormsby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, North Riding (4) Henry Chaytor of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford esquire (5) Edward Pease of Darlington, merchant (6) Joseph Pease of Darlington, merchant and George Coates of Norton, miller Conveyance from (1) and (2) to the use of (6) in trust for such purposes as (5) directs in his will to surrender one close called Ellen's House, otherwise Ellis, in Bondgate, Darlington, and one parcel of land containing 1/2a. 2p., late a parcel of 1 close called Long Close, and known by the name of the Stripe Consideration: £625 See also D/XD 108/1/A/178 below and D/XD 108/1/A/64, 69, 70, 73, 76, 98, 99

7-8 August 1832 (1) John Smith of Darlington, dyer (2) George Braithwaite of Kendal, Westmoreland, dry salter Lease and release from (1) to (2) of freehold messuages or dwellinghouses, farms, lands, closes or parcels of ground, tithes, tenements and hereditaments belonging to (1) in the parish of Darlington, in trust to be sold, and the money to be used for the payment of the debts of John Smith Consideration: 20s. See also D/XD 108/1/A/140 and 144 above

26 August 1845 (1) John Clayton of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire (2) John Harrison of Darlington, coachbuilder Agreement by (1) to sell to (2) copyhold fields or closes in Bondgate, Darlington, containing 9a 1r 38p [boundaries specified] Consideration: £975

14 September 1847 (1) The Great North of England Railway Company (2) John Pease of Darlington, gentleman Covenant to surrender to (2) a strip of copyhold ground near East Mount, Darlington, between the old and new turnpike roads to Stockton, and grant from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground near East Mount aforesaid, formerly part of the old turnpike road from Darlington to Stockton, and release of all rights at road across the same

Supplemental abstract of title, 14 May 1824 - 16 March 1830, of R.H. Allan to the estate situate at Blackwell, 1848

Abstract of title, 21 September 1741 - 27 August 1817 of Robert Henry Allan esquire, to Baydale's estate, July 1848

22 November 1862 (1) Joseph Pease of Darlington, esquire (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) Joseph Whitwell Pease, of Darlington, esquire Conveyance from (1) to (2) of close or parcel of ground and garden with two cottages adjoining East Street, Darlington, containing 2a 2r 27p [boundaries specified] Consideration: £800 12s 6d

15 August 1864 (1) Henry Pease of Darlington, esquire, M.P. (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) Joseph Whitwell Pease of Darlington, esquire Conveyance from (1) to (2) of piece of land in Darlington, containing 870 square yards [boundaries specified, and map] Consideration: £40

21 September 1867 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington (2) John Pease of Darlington, esquire (3) George Coates of Smelthouses, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman Enfranchisement by (1) to (2) of copyhold piece of ground containing l,160 square yards, being part of the parcel of land called the Stripe [boundaries specified] Consideration: £29 See also D/XD 108/1/A/170 above and D/XD 108/1/A/64, 69, 70, 73, 76, 98, 99

15 April 1871 (1) John Hodgkin of Lewes, Sussex, esquire (2) Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin of Darlington, esquire and Jonathan Edmund Backhouse of Darlington, esquire Assignment from (1) to (2) of the sum of £10,000 and all interest and securities for the same, and any other moneys and property held upon, or subject to, the trusts of the will of Hannah Chapman Backhouse of Polam, Darlington, deceased (will recited), to hold the sum upon trusts declared, that is on the same trusts under which (1) hold the sum See also D/XD 108/2/11-12 below for will

15 October 1873 (1) Henry Pease of Darlington, esquire; Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire M.P., and Henry Fell Pease of Darlington, esquire (2) Sophia Fry, wife of Theodore Fry of Woodburn, in the parish of Darlington, ironmaster (3) John Windale of Darlington, builder Draft conveyance to (3) of piece or parcel of land, containing 1838 square yards, in the parish of Darlington, with right of way Consideration: £551 8s

13 May 1874 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, lords of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington (2) Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire, M.P.; and Edward Pease and Arthur Pease, both of Darlington, esquires Enfranchisement by (1) to (2) of a piece of ground containing 795 square yards, being part of a close called West or Fairfield, Green Park, Darlington; also 3 pieces of land containing in total 2380 square yards [boundaries specified] fronting the road from Croft to Darlington Consideration: £20

13 August 1883 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding baronet, Member of Parliament; and Henry Fell Pease of Darlington, esquire (2) Sophia Fry, wife of Theodore Fry of Darlington; ironmaster, and Member of Parliament (3) Arthur Pease of Darlington esquire, Member of Parliament Conveyance to (3) of piece of land in Darlington, between Valley Street and the River Skerne, and piece of land in Darlington between Chestnut and Russell Street and the River Skerne and the Mill Dame, and parcel of land in Darlington on the north side of Chestnut Street adjoining the River Skerne, the three pieces of land containing 2a, together with a right of way Consideration: £1, 186 5s

22 December 1886 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, North Riding, baronet and M.P; Henry Fell Pease of Darlington, esquire, M.P. (2) Sophia Fry, wife of Theodore Fry of Darlington, ironmaster, M.P. (3) Arthur Pease of Eastmount, parish of Darlington, esquire Exchange from (1) to (3) of 4 parcels of land, with messuages and buildings thereon, in the township, remainder of a term of 970 years, exchange from (3) to (1) of 2 parcels of land in the township property lying between Poplar Street, Russell Street and Chestnut Street Consideration: £100 from (3) to (1)

24 May 1895 (1) Dame Sophia Fry (2) Sir Theodore Fry Draft appointment of messuage called East Mount, with stable, gardens, estates and outbuildings, and all other parcels of land thereto adjoining, in the parish of Darlington; also messuages being Nos. 11, 13 and 15 and 47 Freeman's Place, Darlington, held under the trusts of the will of John Pease esquire, deceased Enclosed: letter from Howe and Rake solicitors, 22 Chancery Lane, London to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington forwarding draft costs of obtaining probate [of Lady Fry deceased's will?] and undertaking to forward further drafts when completed, 25 April 1898

Copy requisitions on title to land of Sir Joseph Pease, to be conveyed to Mr. Henry Pinkney 10 - 11 May 1897

31 May 1897 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, near Guisborough, Yorkshire (2) Sir Theodore Fry of Darlington, bart (3) Henry Pinkney late of Richmond, Yorkshire, but now of Darlington, joiner Draft conveyance from (1) to (3) at the request, and by the direction of (2) of a piece or parcel of land in Darlington, containing 2640 square yards, being part of a piece of land containing 1a 11p (exact location not given) Consideration: £175 See D/XD 108/6/14-22 for correspondence

18 December 1902 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Guisborough, Yorkshire, North Riding, baronet; Alfred Edward Pease of Pinchinthorpe near Guisborough aforesaid esquire; and Joseph Albert Pease of Nunthorpe, near Middlesborough, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire (2) William Barclay Peat of No. 3 Lothbury, city of London, and of the Royal Exchange, Middlesborough, aforesaid (3) Several persons, companies and partnership firms, being creditors of (1), names and seals given in an attached schedule Conveyance and assignment from (1) to (2) of all lands, estates, tenements, hereditaments and premises (except leaseholds and property held by (1) in trust), and all debts, sums of money and security for money, and all other real and personal estate of (1), except property mentioned in the 2nd schedule, upon trust to collect, compel payment of, and receive, and to sell and dispose of (1)'s property, the proceeds to be used to meet the costs of an investigation into the affairs of (1) and to pay debts; also grants power of attorney to (2); also (1) released and discharged from debts; also Henry Pease and Co. to be treated separately by (2), and a committee of creditors to be formed

10 December 1903 (1) William Barclay Peat of No.3, Lothbury, in the City of London, chartered accountant (2) Sir Alfred Edward Pease, formerly of Pinchinthorpe near Guisborough, Yorkshire, now residing in South Africa, baronet; Joseph Albert Pease of Headlam Hall, Gainford, near Darlington, esquire, and Maria Mary Pease of Kerris Vean, Falmouth, Cornwall (3) Arthur Francis Pease and Herbert Pike Pease, both of Darlington, esquires (4) John Henry Pease of Darlington, esquire (5) The said Sir Alfred Edward Pease (6) The Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate Ltd. Conveyance to (6) of piece of land on the West Side of Crown Street, Darlington, containing 648 square yards; piece of land with frontage on Crown Street and Priestgate, Darlington containing 688 square yards, with messuages or buildings erected thereon, now used as newspaper printing works and office; piece of land with frontage on the west side of Crown Street and Priestgate, Darlington, containing 360 square yards; piece of land on the west side of Crown Street, Darlington containing 1598 square yards; piece of land on the east side of Crown Street, also with frontage on Priestgate, containing 472 square yards; piece of land containing 9,866 square yards bounded by the River Skerne on the east, by Russell Street on the north, on the west by property of various owners and on the south by East Street of Mill Street, a piece of land on the west side of the River Skerne, and on the north side of Russell Street containing l,210 square yards; piece of land on the west side of the River Skerne and on the south side of Chestnut Street, with right of way for the purpose of clearing out or repairing the watercourse. Also covenant to surrender a piece of copyhold land on the west side of the River Skerne, and on the south side of the Gas Works of the Corporation of Darlington, containing 9,469 square yards, with buildings thereon known as the Railway Mill Consideration: £7,000 for freehold land; £4,500 for copyhold land Endorsed: Memorandum that on 3 June 1909 (6) conveyed 2 of the above hereditaments to the North of England Newspaper Company Ltd. See also D/XD 108/1/A/154-157 above

List of title deeds relating to the Darlington estate of the trustees of Sophia F. Fry, with notes on sales of property, n.d. [post 1910]

11 April 1710 (1) Lawrence Hall and Elizabeth his wife, and William Sleigh, son of the said Elizabeth (2) Thomas Simpson and Nicholas Cockfield Surrender to (1) from (2) of one house and garden adjoining the Southfield, one messuage with close called Muscarr, otherwise Mosscarr, adjoining the Northfield, containing 27a 2r 20p; one close containing 10a, called Tenacres, one close called Ellycar, containing 28a; a close called Russcarr or Russycarr containing 28a; 5a 1r in a piece of ground called the Moore; one close called Oxclose, containing 15a in Haughton Demise: 4d. and 13s. 4d.

20 April 1733 (1) Bridget Harvey, spinster (2) Elizabeth Hall, widow and William Sleigh Surrenders to (1) by (2) of 4 houses, 2 garths, a close of land called Ellicar containing 28a, a close called Ruscarr (otherwise Ruskerr) containing 28a, 5a 26p of land and 15a 1r 20p of land in a parcel of land called the Moor, one close called Oxclose containing 15a in Haughton, one messuage and close or garth adjoining and one close called Muscarr containing 27a 2r 20p Demise: 4s. 4d.; 10s.; 4d.; 4d.

16 November 1741 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton on Tees, merchant (2) Edmund Bunting of Stockton on Tees (1)'s deed of appointment of (2) to surrender premises in Haughton as described in surrenders dated 20 April 1733 (see D/XD/108/1/B/2 above)

3 June 1756 (1) Charles Sleigh of Stockton, gentleman, eldest son and heir apparent of William Sleigh of the same place, esquire (2) The said William Sleigh, and Mary, his wife (3) George Hoare of Micklegate, city of York, esquire, Henry Brown of Stockton, esquire, and Thomas Stevenson of Stockton, apothecary Covenant by (1) and (2) to surrender to the use of (3) of one close containing 10a 2r called the Ten Acres, one close called Ellicar containing 28a, one close called Ruscarr or Ruskerr containing 28a; also 5a 26p and 15a 1r and 20p of land in a parcel of land called the Moor; one close called Oxclose containing 15a; one house and garth adjoining and one other close called Muscarr, containing 27a 2r and 20p, and also one house with close or garth adjoining

20 March 1758 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton, esquire (2) Revd. Henry Thorpe of Laughton, clerk Mortgage from (1) to (2) of copyhold lands in Haughton, viz, one messuage and close or garth adjoining and 3 closes heretofore in one close, called Muscarr, containing 27a 2r 20p; three closes heretofore one close called Ruscarr, otherwise Ruskerr, containing 28a; one cottage and 5a 36p of land abutting on lands heretofore of James Burton, and 83p of land adjoining on lands heretofore of Elizabeth Harrison, and one cottage and 5a 36p abutting on lands of Christopher Dickon to the east and Henry Newton to the west Consideration: £1,200

24 November 1759 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton esquire and Charles Sleigh, eldest son and heir apparent of the said William Sleigh (2) Revd. Henry Thorpe of Haughton, clerk (3) Thomas Terry of Darlington, gentleman (4) Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman and William Norton Mortgage from (1) and (3) to (2) of property as in D/XD/108/1/B/5 above Consideration: £800 from (1), £400 from (3)

12 May 1767 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton upon Tees, esquire only son and heir of Elizabeth Hall, late of Haughton, widow, deceased (2) Henry Thorpe of Bishop Auckland esquire, son of Henry Thorpe, late of Haughton, deceased (3) Margaret Hilton of Darlington, widow (4) Ralph Robson of Darlington, gentleman, and William Norton of Coatham Hall Garth, gentleman (5) Abraham Hilton of Haughton, esquire (6) Robert Forster of Darlington, sadler Conveyance by (1), (2) and (3) to (5) of property as in D/XD/108/1/B/5 above Consideration: £200 to (2), £300 to (3), £100 to (1)

16 September 1769 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton, esquire (2) William Harrison of Barmton, gentleman Agreement by (1) to sell to (2) one messuage and five closes or parcels of ground, being held on copyhold tenure, containing 32a. formerly called Muscarr and situate in Haughton

24 November 1769 (1) William Sleigh of Stockton, esquire (2) Henry Thorpe of Bishop Auckland, esquire (3) Ralph Robson of Darlington gentleman and William Norton of Coatham Hallgarth gentleman (4) William Davison of Barmton gentleman (5) William Wastell of Great Burden gentleman and Michael Hardcastle of Haughton gentleman Covenant to surrender from (1) to the use of (5) in trust for (4) 3 closes, formerly 1 close, called Muscarr containing 27a 2r 20p in Haughton, with house and buildings thereon erected Consideration: £400

25 November 1769 (1) William Wastell of Great Burden gentleman and Michael Hardcastle of Haughton gentleman (2) William Sleigh of Stockton esquire, Henry Thorpe of Bishop Auckland esquire, Ralph Robson of Darlington gentleman and William Norton of Coatham Hall Garth gentleman Copy surrender to (1) from (2) of 5 closes, formerly 1 close, afterwards 3 closes, called Musscarr containing 27a 2r 20p in Haughton, with house and buildings thereon erected Demise: 4s.

19 September 1791 (1) Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle upon Tyne esquire, Robert Colling of Barmpton, gentleman and Thomas Terry of Darlington gentleman (2) Joseph Forster of Newcastle upon Tyne esquire, and Elizabeth Forster his wife; Michael Hardcastle of Haughton gentleman; George Priorman of Newbiggin, gentleman Copy surrender and defeazement to (1) from (2) of 5 closes, formely one close, and afterwards 3 closes, called Muscarr containing 27a 2r 20p in Haughton

24 August 1796 (1) Joseph Forster of Seaton Burn House, Northumberland, esquire (2) Mr. Robert Waistell of Ayley Mile, parish of Haughton, gentleman Agreement by (1) to sell to (2) copyhold messuage or tenement, and four closes of parcels of ground containing 31a 2r situated in the parish of Haughton Consideration: £1, 500

Copy of D/XD/108/1/B/12 above

10 November 1796 (1) Joseph Forster of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire (2) Robert Colling of Barmton, gentleman, and Thomas Terry of Darlington, gentleman (3) Robert Wastell of Haughton, gentleman (4) John Jolly of Low Worsall, Yorkshire, gentleman, and John Weatherall of Acomb Grainge, city of York, gentleman Covenant by (1) to surrender to (3) in trust for (4) 5 closes, formerly 1 close, and afterwards 3 closes, called Musscar in Haughton, containing 27a 2r 20p Consideration: £1,500

11 November 1796 (1) John Jolly of Low Worsall, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman, and John Weatherall of Acomb Grainge, city of York, gentleman (2) Joseph Forster of Newcastle upon Tyne, esquire and Thomas Terry of Darlington, gentleman Surrender to (1) from (2) of 5 closes, formerly 1 close, and afterwards 3 closes, called Muscarr, in Haughton, containing 27a 2r 20p

10 February 1778 (1) Robert Milbourne of Armathwaite Castle Cumberland, esquire, and William Henry Milbourne of Armathwaite Castle, aforesaid, gentleman, son and heir apparent of the said Robert Milbourne (2) William Charge of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of moiety of tithes of hay, wood, lamb and calf and all other vicarial or small tithes in the township of Cleasby aforesaid Consideration: £300

10 February 1778 (1) Robert Milbourne of Armathwaite Castle, Cumberland esquire, and William Henry Milbourne of Armathwaite Castle aforesaid, gentleman, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Robert Milbourne (2) William Charge of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman Deed of covenant re property in D/XD/108/1/C/1 above

5 July 1792 (1) John Foakes of Mitcham, Surrey, gentleman (2) John Mumforth of Bromaking Grange, parish of Burnistone, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman and John Spence of Leeming, parish of Burnistone aforesaid, gentleman (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) of the free chapel of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, and part of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding, in the township of Cleasby aforesaid, comprising all the tithes of corn, grain and sheaves Consideration: £1,733

20 August 1792 (1) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hill, Yorkshire, North Riding, baronet (2) John Mumforth of Bromaking Grange, parish of Burniston, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman and John Spence of Leeming, parish of Burniston aforesaid, gentleman (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire Covenant to produce title deeds for property in D/XD/108/1/C/3 above

Abstract of D/XD/108/1/C/4 above

15 October 1793 (1) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire (2) Christopher Wright of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of a messuage at Cleasby aforesaid, with all buildings and farm land, and also a moiety of the tithes, with provision for renewing lease Rent: £100 pa.

15 October 1793 (1) John Wharton of Shelton Castle, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire (2) Christopher Wright of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, gentleman Agreement by (1) to sell to (2) a messuage with out buildings and several closes, fields, lands, pieces and parcels of ground, and of farm consisting of arable meadow and pasture land, situated in Cleasby aforesaid Considertion: £2,800

15 October 1793 (1) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire and Susan Mary Ann, his wife (2) Christopher Wright of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of the tithes of corn, grain and sheaves belonging to the impropriate rectory or parsonage of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding, lying within the township of Cleasby aforesaid Consideration: £1,900

16 October 1793 (1) Christopher Wright of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire (2) Grace Pringle of Richmond, Yorkshire, North Riding, widow Mortgage from (1) to (2) for a term of 1000 years of tithes of corn, grain and sheaves belonging to the impropriate rectory or parsonage of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding Consideration: £1,300

30 June 1794 (1) Christopher Wright, plaintiff (2) John Wharton, esquire and Susan Mary Ann, his wife, deforciants Final concord of the tithes of corn, grain and sheaves yearly arising or growing or renewing in Cleasby, parish of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding Consideration: £60

Second part of D/XD/108/1/C/10 above

An act for the partition of certain settled estates of John Wharton esquire, situated in the counties of York, Westmorland and Durham, Cap 163, 49, Geo III [10 June 1809]

Abstract of title, 4-5 September 1678 - 1818 of His Grace William Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire, to the Manor of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, 17 June 1830

Abstract of title, 3 February 1612 -14 November 1822, of Thomas Pease esquire to the tithes of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, 17 June 1830

16 October 1830 (1) William Spencer, Duke of Devonshire (2) Thomas Benson Pease of Leeds, Yorkshire, West Riding, esquire Bond of indemnity for the payment of rent of £52 and a stipend of 7s 4d on the estate of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding Consideration: £1,500

1890 (1) Theodore Fry of Woodburn, Darlington esq, M.P. (2) John Mitchell of Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, farmer Draft Lease from (1) to (2) of a farmhouse, housestead, and lands with appurtenances, in Cleasby, Yorkshire, North Riding, containing 43a 3r 19p, details specified in attached schedule and plan, and conditions of lease specified Rent: £85 p.a.

Translation of a copy of the appropriation on 2 May 1335 of the church of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding, n.d.

Translation of a copy of the appropriation of the church of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding, 22 December 1347, by William Archbishop of York, n.d.

Copy of Augmentation Office accounts of the rents of the monastery of St Agatha, 29 September 1536 - 29 September 1537, including Manfield rectory, Yorkshire, North Riding, n.d.

Extract from Patent Rolls, 3 February 1612, of grant of Manfield rectory, Yorkshire, North Riding, from James I to Francis Morice, n.d.

Copy of terrier, 1698, of the vicarage of Manfield, Yorkshire, North Riding, n.d.

20 January 1806 (1) Robert Firth, plaintiff (2) William Royston and Grace his wife, and Richard Royston and Frances his wife, deforciants Final concord of 2 messuages, 2 barns, 3 stables, 50a of land, 50a of meadow and 50a of pasture in the parish of Mirfield, Yorkshire, West Riding Consideration: £160

1845 (1) Rowland Webster of Bishop Wearmouth esquire (2) Mary Johnson of Bishop Wearmouth, widow (3) Henry Robert Allan Johnson of Bishop Wearmouth, esquire (4) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell, esquire Draft release from (1), (2), (3) to (4) of a messuage or farm, called North Farm, Barton St Cuthbert, Yorkshire, North Riding, and 3 closes of ground belonging to the farm (acreages given), and tithes and rent charges from an annuity of £210 p.a., and a gross sum of £4,200 charges thereon by the will of the late Robert Allan of Sunniside, Bishop Wearmouth

Statement by John Lax of Barton, concerning the occupation of North Farm, or Hall Farm, in the township of Barton St. Cuthbert, Yorkshire, North Riding giving the names of owners of the land and acreages of the fieds Also: part of a letter to Thomas Walsh, esq., Furnivals Inn, London, concerning D_____ v Lightfoot and others, 21 April 1845

Declaration of the identity of the estates of Robert H. Allan, esq., in the parish of Barton, Yorkshire, North Riding, made by John Lax, c. April 1845

21 February 1733 Attested copy of will of Robert King of Darlington, weaver. Devises messuages or tenements, with garths, gardens and appurtenances in Darlington to his son, William King Remainders as specified See D/XD 108/1/A/103, 104, 108, 109, 131

7 August 1734 Copy of will of Joseph Singleton. Devises to his wife for the term of her life the house in which he is dwelling, with outhouses, stable, gardens, garth and appurtenances, houses at the Town End [of Darlington?], used as warehouses and shops for Heckling, with a stable and outhouses, and a field or close and garden adjoining; thereafter to his son William and his assigns for ever Renainders as specified

10 September 1742 Copy of will of Edward Harle of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant Devises messuages, tenements or farmhold lands at Cowton Grange and Bardon Dykes, Yorkshire, North Riding to his nephew-in-law Richard Robinson; messuages, burgages or tenements on Sandgate without the walls, but within the liberties of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, adjoining a runner of water called the Squirrel, and also a messuage at the head of the Squirell Bank, on the South Side of Sandgate aforesaid to his two god-daughters Mary and Ellinor Simpson; messuage with garth, garden and appurtenances on Pilgrim Street, town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, to his wife Ann Harle Remainders as specified See D/XD 108/1/A/7

1 November 1746 Copy of the will of Hannah Ridsdale of Darlington, widow Devises clothes, wearing apparell and linen to daughter Elizabeth Ridsale; all residue of personal estate to her brother William Hall of Darlington, flaxdresser, and George Ridsdale of Darlington, innkeeper, intrust to bring up her daughter and son William and Francis Ridsdale

23 January 1749 Copy of will of Ann Harle of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne; widow Devises all freehold and copyhold estates in Darlington to her brother Ralph Robinson esq; messuage or tenement, and all other lands in Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mrs Ann Simpson, wife of John Simpson esquire of Newcastle Remainders as specified

28 October 1751 Copy of the will of Ralph Robinson of Ormesby, Yorkshire, North Riding, esquire Devises all capital and other messuages, cottages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in the counties of Yorkshire and Durham, whether freehold, copyhold or leasehold, to his kinsman Marshall Robinson

Copy of probate copy of will, 17 September 1790 of Elizabeth Mewburn, late of Darlington, then of Fallowfield, Northumberland, spinster Devises moiety of freehold messuages, lands and tenements of South Cowton, Yorkshire, North Riding,to her nephew Henry Tulip; a third part of freehold messuages, lands and tenements of South Cowton aforesaid to the said Henry Tulip; all copyhold messuages, lands and tenements at Blackwell, manor of Bondgate, Darlington to her sister Ann Tulip; a third part of a moiety of lands within the township of Bondgate, Darlington, held on lease from the Lord Bishop of Durham to her brother, Thomas Mewburn Remainders as specified

18 August 1806 Copy of will, 19 February 1806, of Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gentleman Devises all estate, real and personal to his wife Dorothy Bowes See D/XD 108/1/A/29 above

17 August 1841 Copy of will of John Allan of Blackwell, esquire Devises to nephew William Allan, of Grange, in the township of Blackwell, esquire, and his assigns, during his life, two copyhold messuages and farms and tithes called Stressholms, in the township of Blackwell; after his death to his nephew Robert Henry Allan his heirs, equals and assigns; the residue of all lands, tithes and hereditaments in the counties of Durham and York, and all manors capital and other messuages and real estate to Robert Henry Allan [Remaindes as specified]

22 October 1852 Copy of probate copy of will, 2 May 1850, of Frances Robinson of Darlington, spinster Devises real estate to Thomas Eastoe Abbot of Darlington, gentleman

22 January 1851, 4 July 1853 Double probate copy of will, 27 March 1849, of Hannah Chapman Backhouse of Polam, township of Darlington, widow Devises £10,00 to be invested, and to be used for trusts specified See D/XD 108/1/A/179

17 August 1868 Probate copy of will, 9 September 1861, of John Pease of East Mount, Darlington Devises Darlington estate (East Mount and all real estate in Darlington parish) and Ayton estate (Cleveland Lodge near Great Ayton, Yorkshire, North Riding, and all real estate in the parish of Great Ayton, near Redcar or near Seaton Carew to trustees, to the uses specified, of his daughters Sophia and Mary Anna Pease Codicil, 9 August 1866 Land purchased at Salutation and Albert Hill, Darlington, at Haughton le Skerne and New Shildon to be considered part of Darlington estate, and subject to the same uses; land purchased at Great Ayton to be considered part of the Ayton estate and subject to the same uses

29 July 1873 Probate copy of will, 4 March 1872, of Charles Pease of Darlington, merchant Devises all real estate to Joseph Whitwell Pease; Edward Pease and Arthur Pease; real estate held beneficially to be sold, the proceeds to be invested as specified (Parchment, 3 membranes) Attached to will: letter from the Estate Duty Office, Somerset House, London to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek concerning legacy duty, 18 March 1924 Copy of notice to the trustees of the will of the late Charles Pease esq, that Edward Stilwell Freeland and the Countess of Portsmouth are to be trustees of an indenture of settlement in place of Sir Richard Nicholson and Sir George Wyndham Herbert, 25 November 1913 Copy of notice to the trustees of the will of the late Charles Pease, esq., that 1/8 of the real and personal estate of the said Charles Pease has been assigned to Sir Richard Nicholson, 21 January 1913 Memorandum to the trustees of the will of the late Charles Pease, esq., that Rachel Fowler of Rocklands, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, charged all her share and interest under the will of her brother the said Charles Pease, with the payment to R.H. Fowler, esq. and Arthur Fowler of £500 with interest, 19 April 1906

Particulars and conditions of sale of freehold, copyhold and small part leasehold estates in Darlington, comprising farms called Hill-Close House, Dodmires, Clay Row Lands, Bowlby's Lands and other fields, closes and building ground at Northgate, Bondgate and Clay Row in Darlington, and adjoining Coniscliffe Lane, near Darlington, 1833

Sale particulars of freehold, copyhold and leasehold properties in Darlington, comprising The Grange Farm, Throstle Nest Land, Railway Hill, Northgate and land and cottages on Russell Street, Crown Street, Quebec Street, Post House Wynd, Victoria Road, Polam Land and Grange Road, to be sold by public auction on 17 March 1902 at the King's Head Hotel, Darlington, with note: 'J. Metcalfe, Lot 20', n.d.[1902]

Copy of D/XD 108/3/2 above, with note: 'W.M. Ferguson, Lot 17'

Certificates exonerating the estates of Mr Joseph Pease from land tax, 29 May 1799

Certificates of amount of land tax charged on the messuages and lands of Joseph Pease in the township of Cockerton, 20 June 1803

Certificate of contract for the redemption of land tax on Joseph Pease's land in Bondgate, Darlington and in the township of Cockerton, 4 October 1803

Papers re a claim by John Pease for the redemption of land tax on Hill Top estate, Darlington, 1853 -1854 See also D/XD 108/1/A/73 above

Mewburn & Coates account to Mr John Tolson, and receipt for payment, 14 January 1835

Balance of rents due from John Tolson, 6 January 1836

Account from Messrs Mewburn & Co. to William Fowle, 11 September 1845

Mewburn and Hutchinson's account to Jno. Pease esq, for drawing up a lease from the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to Mr Pease, for a piece of land opposite Nestfield [Haughton Line Field] in Darlington, 1849

Receipt for £152 7s 10d, paid into the Ecclesiastical Commissioners account with the Bank of England, by John Pease, 24 February 1860 See D/XD 108/1/A/ 76 above

Calculations of sums bequeathed by Robert Allan of Sunniside in his will of 1803, and by Elizabeth his wife in her will of 1808, n.d.

Mr John Windale's account for the purchase of Tyson's Yard property, n.d. [post January 1869]

Particulars of payments made for land near Woodburn and Elm Ridge, Darlington, purchased by Lady Fry's trust n.d. [post 1872]

Part of account for fees for admittances to property ('Pearson's fees for admittances'), n.d.

Correspondence between John Pease esq. of Northgate, Darlington and John Allan esq. of Darlington concerning an obstruction on a road leading to the latter's farm at Hill House, 15 July - 27 August 1834

Letter from John Pease, East Mount, [Darlington] to Francis Mewburn, Feethams, [Darlington] concerning the possibility of the exchange of Joseph [Pease's] Snipe Farm for all Mr Allan's land on 'this side of the railway', 6 June 1835

Letter from John S Peacock of Darlington to Edward Pease esq, of Northgate, Darlington, forwarding bills, and commenting on a mortgage made in 1826 by John Smith to Russell Wilson, 11 October 1843

Letter from the Register Office, Northallerton, Yorkshire, North Riding, to Messrs Mewburn & Hutchinson, Darlington returning abstracts with a certificate of search, informing the latter that the purchase of a close at Barton called West Springs by Mr Robert Allan in 1799 has been found, 28 February 1845

Letter from Mewburn, Hutchinson and Mewburn, solicitors of Darlington, to John Pease esq, informing the latter that the enfranchisement of East Mount and Hill Top has been completed, and forwarding the enfranchisement deed and other papers, 12 March 1860 See also D/XD 108/1/A/76 above

Letter from Arthur Lucas, Darlington to Henry Pease concerning the use of a right of way, 22 August 1867

Letter from W. Raymond Fry, Woodburn, Darlington to Mr Hutchinson requesting that any money for Mr Fry should be passed on to his brother John, 29 April 1896 (1 paper with envelope) Very fragile N.F.P.

Correspondence between C G Croft, solicitor, Richmond, Yorkshire, North Riding to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, of Darlington, concerning the conveyance of land from Sir Joseph Pease to Mr Henry Pinkney, 2 March - 31 May 1897 See D/XD 108/1/A/186 above

Letter from William Harding of Darlington, chartered accountant and share broker to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek of Darlington, solicitors concerning an agreement the search for an agreement between Lady Fry and Mrs Hodgkin, and the purchase of two pieces of land at Woodburn and Elm Ridge purchased from the late Mr Robert Henry Allan, 30 April 1897

'A plan of John Atkinson's lands in the township and parish of Darlington' surveyed by William Walters, 2 November 1799 Endorsed: 'plan of John Atkinson's Northgate fields' Scale: 1 chain to 2 inches [1:396]

'New plan of Hill Close House Farm and Grainey Hill Farm, showing roads and footpaths', surveyed by Robert B. Dixon 1861 Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2,400]

Plan of property between Northgate and the River Skerne, Darlington, 20 April 1898 Scale: 1 inch to 22 feet [1:264]

Plan showing the division of the Pierremont Estate, Darlington, surveyed by J Y Shilton, 9 June 1911 Scale: 80 feet to 1 inch [1:960]

Plan of Pierremont Estate, Darlington, belonging to A H Pease esq, showing land sold, or to be sold, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 80 feet [1:960]

Plan of the Bushell Hill Bleach and Brick Works, belonging to Mr John Wrightson, and divided into 14 lots', by Robert B Dixon, architect and surveyor, Darlington Scale:1 inch:70 feet [1:840], n.d.

Street plan of Half Moon Yard, Tyson's Yard and Northgate [Darlington], showing the position of an unidentified building, n.d. Scale:20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]

Bond of obligation between Edward Whitehead of Darlington, dyer and George Allan of Darlington, merchant for the sum of £200, 30 November 1699 See D/XD 108/1/A/101 above

Agreement between John Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman and Thomas Catherick of Darlington, gentleman whereby Thomas Catherick is given permission to put one little window or light in an chamber over a coal house; Thomas Catherick also to erect water troughs to carry water falling from the building onto his own premises, 27 February, 1770

Agreement between Thomas Catrick of Darlington and Thomas Russell of Darlington, flaxdresser, stating that Thomas Catrick has placed a window in a house in Norgate, in the gavel wall to the South over the almshouses belonging to Thomas Russell, for which Thomas Catrick will pay 1d yearly; Thomas Catrick also agrees to allow Thomas Russell liberty to rest timbers on the gavel wall, should the almshouses be rebuilt, 19 May 1789 See also D/XD 108/1/A 100-153 for deeds re Northgate

Agreement between Mrs Ann Hayes of Darlington, and Thomas Russell of Darlington. flaxdresser, giving the former permission to instal a small wooden light, with a small door to open to let out steam from her washhouse, provided that if it should prove a nuisance, Thomas Russell shall have liberty to bar it up, 21 February 1794

Memorandum stating that Stephen Robson has put 2 eastern windows in a house, which looks onto a yard belonging to William Tulip of Fallowfield, Northumberland, in return for which Stephen Robson will pay William Tulip 6d a year as acknowledgement for the borrowed lights, 11 May 1795

Notification to Robert Wilson of Stockton, draper, and Mary Russell of Cockerton, spinster of the conveyance of property in Darlington, 31 December 1835 See D/XD 108/1/A/123 above

Agreement between Robert H. Allen esq, and Reverend Cecil Dalton, John Dalton and James Thomas Hill for the loan of £1,200 at 3.5% on mortgage of Barton Grange Estate, n.d. [1844]

Copy of the opinion of Mr. John Warner, Inner Temple [London], in the matter of a mortgage from Robert Henry Allan, esquire to the Reverend Cecil Wray Dalton and others, 24 April 1845

Memorandum re a dispute with a Mr. Robinson over drains on Bushel Hill, 12 - 16 April 1881

Papers concerning the agreement of the Town Clerk Office to the building of a road from Upper John Street to Haughton Road by the trustees of the late Mr. John Pease, 3 August - 21 November 1892

Abstract of chancery proceedings, 13 February 1812 - 8 August 1834, showing payments of debts and legacies of Sir William Pilkington and the division of his property, n.d.

Birth certificate of Isaac Pease Martin, son of Isaac Martin of Manchester, currier, and Elizabeth, his wife, 18 July 1813

Extract from register book kept by Gisbro [sic] monthly meeting of Friends of the burial on 6 November 1819 of John Martin of Great Ayton, near Stokesley, Yorkshire, North Riding, 28 February 1825

Affirmation by Caleb Fletcher of Keldholme, parish of Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, North Riding, that he extracted a copy of the burial of John Martin of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, North Riding, from the register of Guisbrough Monthly Meeting, 28 February 1825

Extracts from the Society of Friends' register of burials concerning the burial of Caleb Hedley, patten-maker of Darlington, died 24 May 1821, buried 27 May 1821, and the burial of Esther Hedley, widow of the late Caleb Hedley, died 3 October 1828, buried 9 October 1828, 15 May 1840 See also D/XD 108/1/A/118-120

Certified copies of entries in Darlington parish registers, concerning William Tolson's baptism, 1791, the marriage of John Tolson and Mary Kitching, 1787, and the burial of Thomas Toulson, 1829, July - August 1843

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. Anne Pease, Feethams, Darlington, forwarding a payment from the Parliamentary Grant for Education, 30 October 1834

Circular letter and schedule from the Committee of Council on Education to Bridge Street British School concerning grants for books and maps, 17 July 1849

Application from Bridge Street Infant School to the Committee of Council on Education for a grant of school books and maps, 21 July 1849

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. Anna Pease, Feethams, Darlington, informing her that a grant for school books and maps has been made to Bridge Street School, 3 August 1849

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. Pease, Feethams, Darlington, acknowledging receipt of 2 Post Office Orders, being the local contribution to a grant of books for Bridge Street School, 8 August 1849

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to the mistress at Bridge Street Infant School concerning conditions to be fulfilled in the training of an apprentice, Pupil-Teacher, 20 June 1851

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. Catherine Steele, British School, Bridge Street, Darlington, concerning regulations respecting the payment of annual grants to certificated teachers, May 1852

Form from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. A. Pease, Feethams, Darlington, announcing a conditional grant of stipend for apprentice and gratuity to teacher at Bridge Street British School, Darlington, with annexed letter to teacher, 15 June 1853

Supplementary minute relating to Queen's Scholars, apprentice and certificated teachers issued by the Committee of the Privy Council on Education, 1853

Letter from the Committee of Council on Education to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools re Queen's Scholarships concerning the training of Pupil Teachers, 1854

Form from the Committee of Council on Education to Mrs. A. Pease, announcing a conditional grant of stipend for apprentice and gratuity to teacher at Bridge Street British School, 6 September 1855

Copy of estimate for repairs to premises in Ianson Square, Darlington, 14 March 1899

Letter from E.H. Wyles, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, WC, to Messrs. Lucas, Hutchinson & Meek, Darlington, forwarding a copy of D/XD/108/8/28 above, and advising on repairs, and the type of lease to be drawn up should the Martin Patent Horse Shoe Company find the premises suitable, 15 March 1899

Letter from Bernard Fry, Woodburn, Darlington to Mr. Hutchinson forwarding lease to the Martin Horseshoe company, and enquiring about making further provision for the event of the company willing to buy the premises, 10 May 1899

Letter from E H Wyles, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, WC, to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek acknowledging receipt of ingrossment of counterpart lease, and informing the latter that the lease will be sealed at the next meeting of Directors [of the Martin Horse Shoe Company] and that a cheque for charges will be forwarded, 11 May 1899

7 June 1899 (1) Sir Theodore Fry of Darlington, baronet, and Bernard Cecil Fry of Darlington, esquire (2) The Martin Horse Shoe Company Ltd. Lease for five years of messuages or dwelling houses, workshops, buildings, yards, pieces of land, roads and hereditaments behind Northgate, Darlington [covenants specified] Rent: £87 10s. p.a.

Letter from E H Wyles, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, WC to Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, Darlington forwarding sealed counterpart lease and cheque for charges, and suggesting that 24 June be a suitable date for the start of the term, 12 June 1899

Messrs Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek's charges for preparing and implementing a lease from Sir Theodore Fry Bart and another to the Martin Horse Shoe Company Ltd, 1899

Copy of Grand Jury Lists, 1693 - 1769, copied from Sir Cuthbert Sharp's manuscript in the library of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, n.d.

Copy of Grand Jury lists, 1770 - 1827, n.d.

Copy of Grand Jury lists for Durham Assizes, 1828 - 1838, 1693 and 1701 - 1724, copied from Sir Cuthbert Sharpe's manuscript in the library of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, n.d.

Copy of Grand Jury lists, 1839 - 1866, n.d.

Part of the Darlington and Stockton Times containing a letter from John Stainthorpe of High Coniscliffe re Mowden Bridge Footpath, 15 April 1876

Page from the Darlington and Stockton Times, with advertisement for letting of Field House Farm, Carmel Road, Darlington, 12 January 1884