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Sir George Vane of Long Newton married Elizabeth, only child of Sir Lionel Maddison of Rogerley and Newcastle, of which he had been sheriff and mayor. The Maddison ancestral estates lay in Weardale, and partly derived from the marriage (in the 14th century?) of William Maddison and Joan, daughter of William Morley of Unthank (Frosterley).

Sir George Vane's grandson George (1685 - 1750) married Anne Machon, whose mother had married as her second husband, George Bowes, Recorder of Durham (died 1724).

For the Machons, see above. Ann, daughter of Antony Salvin of Sunderland Bridge, was the first wife of George Bowes; her first husband was Gilbert Machon

See also D/Lo/F 718-741

Sir Henry Vane the elder purchased the Barnard Castle demesne in 1635 and in 1640 settled the Long Newton portion of it on his second son, George, from whom it descended to Henry Vane who married the daughter of John Tempest in 1768. The papers listed here relate almost entirely to this branch of the Vane family. The estates in Weardale inherited from the Maddison's (see above) were sold in 1710.

For muniments of title to the Long Newton estates see D/Lo/D 621-677

Sir George Vane acquired a share in the Grand Lease from Newcastle Corporation of which his father-in-law, Sir Lionel Maddison, was a member.

See also D/Lo/F 718-725

See also D/Lo/F 727-741

See also D/Lo/F 730-738

Most of the papers in this section owe their survival to their having been used in a Chancery case between George Vane and the Rev. James Douglas concerning the Long Newton tithes in 1744.

See also D/Lo/F 1020

See also D/Lo/F 742

See also D/Lo/F 743-773)

See also D/Lo/F 783-992

See also D/Lo/F 1014

See also D/Lo/F 1021

The Tempests of Old Durham were descended from the Stella branch of the family, John Tempest of The Isle (d. 1697) MP for County Durham, 1675 - 1678 married in 1642 Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of John Heath of Old Durham, whose forebears had acquired the estates of the dissolved monastic foundation of Kepier Hospital. John Tempest (d. 1738) married in 1706 Jane, only daughter and heir of Richard Wharton of Durham, thereby further increasing the family estates. The son of this marriage was the John Tempest who purchased Wynyard in 1742. His son died in 1794 without male heirs and the entire inheritance passed to Frances Tempest who had married in 1768 the Rev. Sir Henry Vane

See also D/Lo/F 1032- 1034

Deeds relating to the ancestral estates of the Tempests and to property which they acquired and sold before the failure of male heirs. Tithe deeds for estates which passed to the Vane Stewart family are catalogued in D/Lo/D under the appropriate place name.

The Langtons, lords of Wynyard and Redmarshall from at least the early 14th century, were represented in 1436 by a single female survivor, Sibyl, who married Sir Roger Conyers of Hornby (Yorkshire). Their grand-daughter Sibyl was also left as sole heir in 1507 and she married Ralph Claxton son of the Constable of Brancepeth Castle. The subsequent descent is outlined above (D/Lo/D 424-472). The deeds catalogued here are those inherited by the Tempests through their purchase of Wynyard, the title deeds to which are listed in the aforementioned section.

See also D/Lo/F 1035

This section contains items probably acquired by the Tempests as a result of the purchase of property originally owned by the families in question. Of particular interest are the papers of Sir John Duck, Mayor of Durham, and Ralph Clerke, coal fitter of Sunderland, both series dating from the 17th century.

Sir John Duck was apprenticed as a boy to John Heslop, butcher of Durham, whose daughter, Anne, he married in 1655. After some rather legendary, Whittington-like adventures he became Mayor of Durham in 1680. He invested heavily in land and collieries and was lessee of the Rainton mines. Probably through this connection or through the purchase of his houses in Durham and Sunderland (see D/Lo/D 61-93, 320-357) a few of his papers came to the Tempests. There was also, however, a connection with the Whartons through the Heslop family (for Duck's career see Surtees IV, part 2, pp. 53-54)

The Tweddells were lords of the manor of Thorpe Thewles which eventually passed to the Tempests. (see D/Lo/D 391-423). George Tweddell, (b. 1665) married Elizabeth, daughter of William Heslop of Durham, and was therefore related to Sir John Duck. He was subsequently an Alderman of that city. The items catalogued here are mainly personal or deeds relating to properties which did not pass to the Tempests.

Papers of uncertain provenance found with muniments of title and other deeds

Personal papers of the Marquesses of Londonderry, their wives and children. For more detailed biographical notes on these see General Introduction and sectional introductions in the Correspondence list.

See also D/Lo/F 1036- 1039

See also D/Lo/F 1040- 1048

Game accounts showing amount killed and to whom and how distributed, 1821 - 1859

(Daughter of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, married the 3rd Marquess in 1819)
See also D/Lo/F 1049- 1056

(3rd son of the 3rd Marquess, Lt. Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards, fought in the Crimea after being MP for Durham City, 1852 - 1854)

Second son of the 3rd Marquess he became Earl Vane on his father's death in 1854 and Marquess of Londonderry on the death of his half-brother, Frederick, in 1872
See also D/Lo/F 1059 - 1084

Second son of the 5th Marquess, Lieutenant in the Life Guards. Resided at Machynlleth, Merioneth

Eldest son of the 5th Marquess, he assumed the surname Vane-Tempest-Stewart in 1885. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1885 - 1889; first President of the Board of Education and Lord President of the Council, 1902 - 1905; leading opponent of Irish Home Rule
See also D/Lo/F 1085-1122)

Box files of bills, receipts and correspondence with creditors, organised alphabetically by the name of the company or person being paid. These include details of the full range of personal and household purchases, expenses, fees and subscriptions.

Approximately ten percent sample of box files retained

Daughter of the 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, she married the 6th Marquess in 1875
See also D/Lo/F 1123-1144

See also D/Lo/F1133 1134

See also D/Lo/F 1145, 1146
Eldest son of the 6th Marquess, Viscount Castlereagh until 1915, Royal Horse Guards, accompanied Field Marshal Wolseley to Europe (1901); M.P. for Maidstone 1906 - 1915; K.G. 1919; Minister of Education Northern Ireland, 1921 - 1926; Secretary of State for Air, 1931 - 1935; Mayor of Durham, 1936 - 1937

See also D/Lo/F 1147,1148

Daughter of Henry, 1st Viscount Chaplin, she married the 7th Marquess in 1899. Founder of the Women's Legion, writer and political hostess.

Henry, 1st viscount Chaplin (1840 - 1923, father of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, came of an ancient Lincolnshire family. He was M.P. for mid Lincolnshire ond Kesteven, 1868 - 1906; Wimbledon, 1907 - 1916; President of the Board of Agriculture, 1889 - 1892; and the local Government board, 1895 - 1900. A leading protectionist and noted sportsman. His wife, who was a daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, died in 1881 and Lady Edith Chaplin and her brothers arid sisters were brought up by the Duchess of Sutherland. Lady Edith produced a life of her father, Henry Chaplin - A memoir, in 1926

(Lord Chaplin was a trustee)

The School was founded in 1574 by letters patent issued to John Heath and Bernard Gilpin whose heirs and successors were empowered to appoint the governors. The governors were to appoint the master who was supposed to be a graduate of Queen's College, Oxford, through this does not seem to have been followed. The Londonderrys as heirs of the Heaths appointed the governors in concert with the Rector of Houghton le Spring. The papers listed below correct several errors of detail in the account of the school in the Victoria County History, vol. 1, pp.395-396. For further correspondence relating to the mastership see D/Lo/C 209.

See also D/Lo/F 1149 -1153

This section contains papers of members of the Londonderry family acting as trustees or executors for other persons, also papers relating to the executorships for members of their own family. Material relating to the administration of Londonderry estates while under trust will be found in the Estate Section of the list. Wills and copy wills of the Stewarts and their predecessors are included in this section..

Dillon, who was Seaham agent from 1914 until 1945, was also active in local affairs, was a Justice of the Peace, a County Councillor and Chairman of the Seaham Unionist Association

Warham, auditor of the Seaham office, was also a Guardian of the Easington Union and Major of the 2nd Durham Artillery Volunteers.

Wright appears to have been employed by the Londonderry architect, J. W. Claxton, for work on the Seaham estates. (For Claxton's office drawings and specifications etc. see D/Lo/P 341)