Catalogue

14 November 1657 (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam (2) Allan Nicholson of Mickleton Articles of agreement whereby (2) can work Lune Head and Green Mines until Christmas 1657 Consideration: £1 13s. per bing of ore; the ore to be be smelted at Mickleton and delivered to (1) at £9 15s. per fother

28 September 1676 (1) King Charles II (2) Charles, Earl of Carlisle Copy letters patent granting a lease for 31 years of lead mines and all other premises in the High and Low Forest of Teesdale in the lordship of Barnard Castle Rent: 20s. p.a.

[22] April 1679 (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam, esq. (2) (a) Christopher Wall of Peakefield, yeoman, (b) Anne Bowes and Jane Bowes of Streatlam, spinsters Lease [and counterpart] for 21 years of Green Mines in the forest of Lune measuring 700 yds by 100 yds, bounded by Birksike on the west; (2a) to receive 1/2, (2b) to receive 1/8 each and (1) to retain 1/4

21 October 1687 (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam (2) Talbot Dent of Blakehouse, Anthony Landers, William Bell and Christopher Dent of 'Allison's', his partners Articles of agreement whereby (2) agree to work the Sun vein of Lune Head lead mine for 1 year

5 June 1689 (1) Anne Bowes of Streatlam Castle, widow (2) John Morgan of Milhouses Agreement to let lead mines within Bradwood Rains for 21 years

7 May 1692 (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam Castle, knight (2) John Cowley of Newcastle, esq., Matthew Smales of Gilling, Yorkshire, gent., Anthony Wharton of Wolsingham, gent., Nicholas Sheilds of Hartop Burn, Stanhope, gent., George Fetherstone of Westgate, Godfry Mires of Lintzgarth, Stanhope, gent. Lease for 21 years of 1000 x 300 yards of land at Green Mines for lead mining with proviso that 1/5 of all the lead mined must be given to Sir William Bowes Rent: 5s. p.a.

18 March 1705/6 (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam (2) Miles Sedgwick and partners Counterpart memorandum of a lease of 800 x 100 yds of land at the south-east end of Lune Head Field for 9 months, with option of lease for 21 years Rent: 1/6 of all ore recovered

30 April 1709 (1) Lady Elizabeth Bowes, relict, mother and guardian of William Blakiston Bowes, esq. (2) Charles Bainbridge of London, gent., William Blackston of London, Thomas Deane and James Bainbridge Lease for 21 years of the lead mines at Lune, Holwick, Lonton, etc. Rent: 1/7 of lead ore recovered, 30 April 1709

Legal opinion of Mr. Barnes as to retaking possession of the mines as in D/St/B2/8 for non-working, 1709

31 May 1711 (1) Elizabeth Bowes of Streatlam, widow (2) Robert Allinson of Rokeby, Yorkshire, and Hugh Whitle of Barnard Castle Agreement for a lease for 1 year (with option of lease for 21 years) of the right to extract lead from Greenfell Common Rent: 1/6 of all ore recovered

27 February 1727/8 (1) Ferdinando Huddleston of Millam Castle, Cumberland, esq. (2) William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, esq. Counterpart lease for 21 years of lead mines in Hunderthwaite, with licence to erect buildings, heap rooms etc., using local materials, and with wayleave across Hunderthwaite Common Rent: 1/8 of all lead ore and other ores recovered (1 paper)

22 April 1738 (1) Matthew Dent, agent to George Bowes (2) Thomas Taden and Jonathan Watson and Co. Licence (tack note) to carry out lead mining around Wemmergill and Arngill Beck (boundaries specified) for 1 year with option of lease for 21 years Consideration: every 1/7 bing of ore

Licence (tack note) to John Longstaff and Co. to work lead ore from the East Graine of Mirgill Beck down the beck to Mase Beck, up Mase Beck to the Birk Sike foot, up the sike to the top of Micklefell and east to the East Graine of Mirgill Beck, with option of lease for 7 years, 6 November 1738

Proposals of William Coatsworth and partners for working Lune Head lead mines, 12 October 1739

25 September 1740 (1) George Bowes, esq., (2) John Dent of Dufton, Westmorland, yeoman Agreement that (2) can have 1/4 share of the lead mines at Isabell-Meah-Hill, for 70 years

30 April 1741 (1) George Bowes (2) William Horn and Edward Rain Agreement for a lease for 21 years of a lead mine north of Long Crag near Mickle Fell Consideration: every 1/5 duty

Account of ore 'bargains' detailing date of bargain let, and amount worked, n.d. [c.1742]

8 September 1744 (1) William Horn [on behalf of George Bowes] (2) Robert Dent and John Bedell Licence (tack note) for 10 years to work lead at Closehouse vein Consideration: every 1/6 bing of ore

13 August 1746 (1) George Bowes, esq. (2) Charles Wensley Copy memorandum of an agreement for 7 years whereby (2) can extract lead from Level Head, Lunehead West to Silver-Kell-Well Consideration: 1/5 of ore recovered

Extinction of tack note for lead mines at the new wyall, Mickle Fell, by Leonard Robinson, Jonathan Watson, Thomas Horn and William Horn, 1 October 1746

Memoranda by George Bowes on the various leases of his lead mines, including Arngill, Lune Head, Close House, Black Syke, Isabell-Meah-Hill, etc., 20 August 1748 ­ 16 August 1751

Memorandum of agreement to let 1/5 of Rowton Sike to Charles Wensley for 21 years, 15 August 1751, with related accounts, 1751 ­ 1757

14 August 1752 (1) Nathan Horne of Middleton, agent to George Bowes (2) Thomas Millican of Isabell-Meah-Hill house, miner Memorandum of an agreement that (1) will pay for improvements made on the house and premises at Isabell-Meah-Hill and for the sinking of a shaft at Green mines, and will quit possession on 14 August, 1752

1 September 1752 (1) George Bowes (2) Charles Wensley of Lune Head, miner Lease for 21 years of lead mines in Lunedale at Rowton Syke Rent: 1/6 of lead recovered

Memorandum of an agreement to let Langstaff Hush, Toddy Gill and Green Mines to Mr. Craddock and Partners for 1 year, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

John Dent's proposals for taking Isabell-Meah-Hill and 20 a. of adjoining common on a 9 or 21 year lease, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Memorandum on the terms on which John Hutchinson of Hury and John Bales of Thorngate Hill can hold 1 square mile of land in the lordship of Hunderthwaite for the working of lead, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Memorandum of an agreement (and instructions) to lease an area of Mickle Fell to Thomas Pierse of Pierseburgh for 1 year, with option of lease for 21 years, 29 July 1755

30 October 1755 (1) George Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) William Dockwray of Backbarrow, Lancashire, gent., Joseph Cradock of Denton, clerk, William Watson of Dikehouse near Hartlepool, gent., John Cradock, merchant and Anthony Cradock, gent., both of Barnard Castle Lease for 21 years of lead mines called Green Mines, Quorgill and Langstaffs Hush, all in the manor of Lune, Yorkshire, measuring 1000 yds in length and 200 yds in width on either side of the vein, measured from the first shaft sunk in each mine, with the right to sink shafts, build workmens houses, watercourses for cleansing the lead ore and erect machinery for manufacturing it on any of George Bowes' commons in the manor of Lune, right of access to the mines across Bowes' land, and right to take stone etc. from the commons for building, and peat for fuel Consideration: 1/6 of the lead ore recovered

Memorandum of an agreement to lease the working of copper and lead ore on parts of Mickle Fell to George Tissington of Winster, Derbyshire, for 21 years, 31 August 1756

6 September 1756 (1) George Bowes, esq. (2) George Tissington of Winster, Derbyshire, gent., and partners Licence (tack note) for 21 years to work lead and copper ore on specified areas of Micklefell Consideration: 1/6 of lead ore recovered

Tack notes for the working of Cronkley, Lune Head and Standarts mines, 1757 - 1761

Memorandum that Thomas Raine and Robert Dent are contractors of the West End of Lune Head under a lease of 1761, 1 March 1762

Memorandum of an agreement by the partners in Isabell-Meah-Hill lead mine concerning shares, etc; partners include Thomas Colpitts II, William Dent, etc., 30 December 1762

12 May 1771 (1) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, and Mary Eleanor, his wife (2) Governor and Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Counterpart lease for 21 years of veins of lead ore called Birkdale or Isabell-Meah-Hill, Blacksike, Closehouse, Arngill, Standarts and Cocklake in the manors of Lenton, Lunedale, Crosthwaite and Holwick

1 May 1773 (1) Christopher Raine of Reeth, Henry Temple of West Briscoe and John Kipling of Blackton (2) Godfrey Heathcote, agent to the Duke of Devonshire, and Henry Bourn, agent o the Earl of Strathmore Licence (tack note) for 11 years for (1) to work lead mines at Hundabeck in the manor of Cotherstone from Crawlah gill foot to the place where two millstones lie

Proposals for the leasing and working of various lead mines including Close House, Lune Head, Crinkle House, Birkdale, Black Syke, Green Mines, and Standarts, 22 March 1790 - 15 April 1797

Order by Thomas Colpitts II to Messrs. William and John Allinson and Partners to cease working lead ore on Micklefell, 9 April 1796

Memorandum on various lead mine leases in the manor of Mickleton, including Green Mines, Black Syke and Hargill Beck, 1797

5 May 1800 (1) James Langerwood, agent to the Earl of Strathmore (2) Anthony Hopper and Co. Memorandum of an agreement to raise ore at Green Mines until 29 September Consideration: £100

Proposal of Jonathan Robinson for mining lead ore on Holwick Common, November 1801

2 February 1802 (1) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) Anthony Hood of Newcastle, esq., alderman Counterpart lease for 21 years of leadmines at Holwick Rent: 1/5 of lead ore recovered

Proposal of James Bayles for a trial for lead ore in Hunderthwaite, 26 February 1802

25 May 1802 (1) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) John Granger of London, Christopher Emerson and George Race of Wolsingham, gents. Lease for 21 years of lead mines on a piece of ground called Isabell-Mea-Hill, in the manor of Lune, except Green Mines Vein

Proposals for the leasing and working of various lead mines including Hundabeck, Lune Head, Old Standards, Birkdale and Isabell-Meah-­Hill, 26 October 1802 -­ 15 September 1815

Copy notice from John Colpitts discharging unnamed people from working Lune Head mines because the agreement has been forfeited, 30 July 1810

1814 (1) William Harry, Earl of Darlington (2) Governor and Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Draft lease for 21 years of several veins of lead under Brockingill in township of Middleton (boundaries specified) and authority to mine and smelt lead, build cottages for workmen etc. Rent: 1/5 of all lead and other ore

Conditions of a lease for 10 years from the devisees in trust of the will of the Earl of Strathmore to John Barker and Co. of veins called Silver Band, Cow Green, Black Ark, etc. in the manor of Lune, 8 October 1825

Proposal for the renewal of a lease to John Barker and Co. to work Green Graine Mine in Lune Dale, 1 September 1827

Lists of lessees of lead mines including Lune Head, Green Mines, Close House, and Arngill with lists of partners in Green Grain and Birtle lead mines, etc., 1831 and n.d. [1830s]

Proposals for the letting and working of various lead mines including Silver Band, Hargill Beck and mines on Cotherstone Moor, 14 March 1831 -4 March 1839

Proposals of John Coatsworth and Co. to lease Birkdale lead mines, 29 August ­ 20 October 1832

1833 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) John Smith of Bishop Auckland, supervisor of excise, John Coatsworth of Low House, Middleton in Teesdale, yeoman, Jonathan Coatsworth of Middleton in Teesdale, miner Drafts of a lease for 21 years of leadmines on Lune Moor including Birkdale vein and Meyers Beck vein Rent: 1/7 all of lead ore recovered

13 May 1836 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) John Beckinton of Newcastle upon Tyne, miller,Thomas Hudson of the same, tanner, Robert Thompson of the same, butcher, Thomas Reade Kemp of Brightelmstow, Sussex, esq., Rev. Philip Laycock Story of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, clerk, John James of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, upholsterer, William Dunlop of the same, merchant, James Davidson of the same, builder, Joseph Hair of the same, timber merchant, John Remington of the same, miller, Stephen Renoldson of the same, miller, and Henry Fisher of the same, cast iron founder Lease (with drafts) for 21 years of leadmines on a tract of Lune Moor (as delineated in plan) Rent: 1/6 of all lead and other materials recovered

List of proposed leases of Lune Head mines, 10 June 1836

8 December 1837 (1) John Bowes, esq. (2) John Barker of Newbiggen, miner and 14 others (named) Counterpart lease for 21 years of mines in Lune Moor (as shown in plan) Rent: 1/6 of minerals recovered

Report on lead mines in Lune showing to whom they are leased, November 1839

Memoranda concerning leases of John Bowes' lead mines, 1841 - 1842

28 November 1842 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Robert Walton Bainbridge of Middleton in Teesdale, gent., for Governor & Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Memorandum of agreement for lease for 31 years of mines at Holwick, Lune, Mickleton, Hunderthwaite, Cotherstone and Middleton in Teesdale Rent: 1/8 of ore recovered

13 May 1844 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) William Hutt of Gibside, esq. and Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis, formerly of Bryanstone Square, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart. (3) The Corporation of the Governor & Company for smelting lead Lease (and counterpart) for 31 years of all lead mines in the manors of Lune, Mickleton, Hunderthwaite and Cotherstone, in Stotley Farms, parish of Middleton in Teesdale, except specified land on Lune Moor; rents as specified; with copy attestations of lease

1854 (1) Robert Thompson, butcher, William Dunlop, merchant, both of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Rennington of Lune Head, Yorkshire, lead agent, Stephen Rennoldson, miller, Henry Fisher, cast iron founder, John Rennoldson, maltster, and James Rennoldson, merchant, all of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) The Corporation of the Governor & Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Draft assignment by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of lead mines on Lune Moor for reminder of term of 21 years Consideration: £600

7 March 1855 (1) Robert Thompson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, butcher, John Lilley of Middlesex, mahogany merchant, and Benjamin Dryden of Blyth, Northumberland, agent, executors of the will of the late John James; William Dunlop of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, William Hair of the same place and Joseph Hair of the same place, executors of the will of the late Joseph Hair; John Rennington of Lune Head, Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, lead agent, Stephen Rennoldson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, miller, Henry Fisher of the same place, cast-iron founder, John Rennoldson of the same place, maltster, and James Purdy Rennoldson of the same place, merchant (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) The Corporation of the Governor & Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Draft assignment by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of lead mines on Lune Moor for remainder of term of 21 years Consideration: £600

1854 ­ 1855 (1) Robert Thompson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, butcher, John Lilley of Middlesex, mahogany merchant, and Benjamin Dryden of Blyth, Northumberland, agent, executors of the will of John James of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, upholsterer, deceased; William Dunlop of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, and William Hall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, executors of the will of Joseph Hall, merchant, deceased; John Rennington of Lune Head, Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, lead agent, Stephen Rennoldson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, miller, Henry Fisher of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cast-iron founder, John Rennoldson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant (2) The Corporation of the Governor & Company for smelting down lead with pit coal and sea coal Draft bonds in £600 for peaceable possession by (2) for remainder of term of 21 years of lead mines on Lune Moor

Details of the date of the will of the late John James, n.d. [c.1855]

Memoranda concerning the partners in Lune Head mines, with list of parties in lease of 1855 and schedule of mining plant, n.d. [c.1855]

Draft and copy cases and opinion of William Bainbridge, Newcastle, concerning the renewal of a lease to Governor & Company, with instructions and extracts from lease, 1842

17 July 1855 (1) John Bowes, esq. (2) Corporation of Governor & Co. for the smelting down of lead with pit coal and sea coal Lease for 31 years (with extracts) of lead mines and deposits in the manors of Lune, Holwick, Mickleton, Hunderthwaite and Cotherstone and all iron-stone, etc. found within the lead mines Rents as specified

Memoranda about terms for the letting of lead mines in Lunedale by the Greenwich Hospital, n.d. [c.1858]

Memoranda of the terms of Greenwich Hospital for lessee's 'unexhausted improvements', n.d. [c.1870]

28 July 1753 (1) William Gorst, on behalf of the Earl of Thanet (2) Nathan Horn, on behalf of George Bowes, esq. Agreement for 1 year authorising (2) to mine lead in the Liberty of Stainmore, Westmorland (boundaries specified) Rent: 1/7 of all ore mined

18 June 1755 (1) Sackville, Earl of Thanet Island (2) George Bowes Lease for 21 years of the leadmines at Stainmoor, Westmorland Consideration: 1/7 of ore mined With memoranda

Memoranda concerning Silver Kell Well mine including note of a licence given by Sir Talbot Bowes to William Hall to build a house there, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

List of lead veins in the Earl of Strathmore's manors, including those in dispute with the Earl of Thanet, n.d. [c.1790]

Memoranda concerning the boundary of the forests of Lune and Teesdale, Holwick, Lonton, Crossthwaite and Unthank, various leases of property in that area, etc., endorsed 'If any agreement is in being between Lord Thanet and Mr. Bowes about the boundary at Silver Kell Well', n.d. [c. 1790]

Evidence, report and memoranda concerning Silver Kell Well lead mines, worked by leave of the Earl of Thanet, but claimed by the Earl of Strathmore, 12 - 30 March 1792

22 June 1793 (1) Thomas Heelis, agent to the Earl of Thanet (2) Thomas Cousin and William Houlden Licence (tack note) to extract lead ore at Netherheath in the Earl of Thanet's liberty for 1 year Consideration: 1/7 of all ore wrought

Copy notice served upon the Earl of Thanet, his agents and workmen by Thomas Colpitts II concerning their trespass at Blackbeck, manor of Hunderthwaite, by working for lead ore, 8 October 1794

Order by Thomas Heelis, agent to the Earl of Thanet, for John and Thomas Bain, William Longstaff and John Forster (miners to the Earl of Strathmore) to cease working lead [at Silver Kell Well mine], 15 September 1796

Rental of Lord Strathmore's lands at Mickleton with memoranda concerning the working of the lead mine in dispute with the Earl of Thanet, n.d. [1790s]

Copy covenants by the Earls of Lonsdale and Thanet to renew leases of Dufton, General Grant, Dunfall Henrake and Low Overhearth mines, 1843

Account of duty on ore delivered from Standards and Arngill mines to Acton Mill, 1746

Account of lead ore delivered from Green Mines with account of duty owed, 29 October 1789 - 9 June 1790

Account of Messrs. Hopper and Co. for duty ore at Lune Head due to the Earl of Strathmore, 1807

Accounts of Sherlock, Addison & Co. for lead worked at various mines with accounts of duty owed to John Bowes, 15 August 1834 - December 1845

Ledger of accounts of Mark Sherlock & Co. for lead worked at various mines with account of duty owed to John Bowes, September 1840 - 1 December 1841

Ledger of accounts of Mark Sherlock & Co. for lead worked at various mines with account of duty owed to John Bowes, with accounts of Governor & Co. for same, 1840 - 1854

Accounts of lead ore carried and duty payable from Silver Band and Lune Head mines, 1869 -­ 1882

Accounts of royalty rent due from Silver Band lead mine, 7 July - 30 November 1911

Memoranda [by John Bowes M.A.] concerning lead mining and 'binglodes' of 'ure', n.d. [early 18th c.]

Memorandum concerning an inspection of a new lead mine on Mickle Fell with note of expenses incurred, 25 September - 1 October 1740

Memoranda concerning the lead pay, ore profits and smelting mills, n.d. [c.1740] D/St/B2/91(3) is in the handwriting of George Bowes

Report on the lead mines at Isabell-Meah-Hill, Lune Head, etc., 23 December 1741

Memoranda and reports concerning the working of various mines, including Black Syke, Close House, Lune Head and Isabell-Meah-Hill, and a view of Close House and Standarts mines, 1 May 1756 - 11 March 1761 D/St/B2/93(4) is in the handwriting of John Gibson of Wemmergill Smelt Mill

Report on the lead mines in the Earl of Strathmore's liberties within the manors of Mickleton, Lune, Crosthwaite and Holwick, September 1791

Memoranda concerning the working of Green Mines, Close House, Arngill, Lune Head, Isabell-Meah-Hill and Standarts, January - April 1794 (2 papers)]

Memorandum concerning the price of lead and the letting of various mines including Lune Head and Green Mines, February 1797

Charles Raine's report on the state of Lord Strathmore's leadmines in Yorkshire, 28 February 1808

Report of Edward Steel, colliery viewer, and John Hunt, mineral surveyor, on the Earl of Strathmore's mines in Yorkshire, 25 July 1814

Report by Thomas Dickinson to Charles Millner, esq., on the Lune Head mines, 24 September 1840

Report by Thomas Sopwith, esq., geologist, concerning the lead mines in Lunedale, and the advisability of granting a reduction in rate of duty payable by the London Lead Co., 2 October 1867

Account of Matthew Dent's receipts and expenditure for the lead mines, with pay bill for Lune Head mine, 15 December 1739 - March 1739/40

Accounts of Reverend Mr. Thorpe with George Bowes for his share of charges relating to Lune Head mines, February 1740/1 - 31 December 1741

Miscellaneous accounts including payments for fathom work and supplies at Isabell-Meah-Hill, expenditure on trials at the Green mines, Boylup smelt mill expenditure and carriage account for lead from Boylup mill to Wolsingham, 1741

Estimate of expenses at Isabell-Meah-Hill, 1741 - 1742

Ledger of miscellaneous accounts of receipts and expenditure for the lead mines and mills, 31 December 1741 ­ 31 December 1746

Account of William Leaton's receipts and expenditure at the lead pay made at Mickleton, 29 November 1742

Accounts of Nathan Horne's receipts and expenditure for the lead mines and smelt mill, with supporting vouchers, 1742 - 1758

Account of Edward Gilbert with George Bowes for the expense of working Black Syke mine in partnership with George Bowes, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowes, Jonathan Watson and John Robinson, December 1747

Account of receipts and expenditure for all the lead mines, 31 December 1750 - 31 December 1751

Account of receipts and expenditure for the lead mines (not specified), 8 February 1759

Ledger accounts of receipts and expenditure of various companies with the Earl of Strathmore for their 'getting ore' at Green Mines, Lune Head, Standarts and Close House, with related papers enclosed, 31 December 1793 - 10 January 1795

Miscellaneous accounts of receipts and expenditure for Lune Head, Close House, Green Mines and Standarts lead mines, 1793 - 1795

Accounts of workmens' days at Green Mines with memoranda on ore delivered and expenditure, 1796

Accounts of James Langerwood's receipts and expenditure for the lead mines, 1796 -­ 1807

Account of George Colpitts' receipts and expenditure for the lead mines (principally Green Mines), 7 February 1800 - 15 May 1805

Pay bill for Lune Head mine, 1 June - 3 November 1690

Pay bills for Close House and Standards mines, 9 December 1731, 6 August 1737

'Lead mine pay bill', covering Isabell-Meah-Hill, Standards, Arngill, Lune Head, etc., 18 - 20 November 1741

Pay bill for Nicoll hopel yade lead mine, 15 May 1741 - 30 November 1742

Pay bills for Isabell-Meah-Hill lead mine and related accounts, 1744 - 1746

Pay bill for Crinkle How lead mine, 29 September 1748 ­ 14 December 1749

Pay bills for Green Mines, Rowton Syke, Close House, Lune Head, Isabell-Meah-Hill, etc. lead mines, 20 December 1751 - 29 September 1757

Pay bill for Lune Head, Close House, etc. lead mines, 10 June 1765 - 16 May 1766

Pay bills for Hargill Head and White Hill Grove lead mines, 28 August - 31 December 1793

Pay bills for 'Bollyhop' lead mill, 1741 - 1742

Account of all charges of Wemmergill smelt mill, 21 September - 31 December 1757

Pay bills for Wemmergill smelt mill, 22 September 1757 - 16 May 1766

Pay bill ledgers for the smelt mills, 3 March 1757 - 1 May 1762

Bills and receipts for work and goods for the lead mines and mills, 1740 - 1742

Bills and receipts for work and goods for the lead mines and mills, 1757 - 1761

Bills and receipts for work and goods for the lead mines and mills, 1795 - 1797

Bills and receipts for work and goods for the lead mines and mills, 1799 - 1800

Bills and receipts for work and goods for the lead mines and mills, 1801 - 1809

Valuation and list of tools at Lune Head, Cronkley and Isabell-Meah-Hill mines, 1741 and n.d.

Computations of cost, memoranda etc. concerning the building of lead mills at Thornthwaite near Keswick, Boylup, Staindrop, Isabell-Meah-Hill, Holwick, and unspecified, 1742 and n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Evidence of Thomas Mellican against Nathan Horn concerning Horn's eviction of him from his house and lead sinking at Isabell-Meah-Hill, June 1752

Account of profits from ore at Rowton Syke, 1 June 1754 -­ 1 June 1755

Inventory of materials at Wemmergill Smelt Mill, 26 December 1760

Inventory of work tools at Lune Head lead mine, 2 April 1761

Account 'Shewing the quantify of Ore at Birkdale and Lunehead that will be a Fothr. of Lead laid down at Dunston', 1762

Notice of reward for information about offenders who broke into a workshop at Green Mines belonging to the Earl of Strathmore and stole miners' apparel and stopped the barhole or watercourse from the mine, 26 August 1800

4 December 1567 (1) Sir George Bowes of Sowthcowton, Yorkshire, knight, and Robert Bowes of [Barner], esq. (2) Thomas Wilbraham of London, gent. Grant of 80 fothers of lead Consideration: £500

14 January 1575/6 (1) Edmonde Hogan, citizen and mercer of London (2) Sir George Bowes of Stretlam, knight Agreement that if 40 fothers of Newcastle lead are delivered before 20 July 1577 by Sir George Bowes, Robert Bowes, Marmaduke Vincent, Thomas Tailboys, Sir Robert Stapleton and John Conyers, then various bonds and recognizances to be void

23 February 1579/80 (1) Sir George Bowes of Streatlam, knight (2) John Mendam of London, mercer Agreement for the payment of £400 owed by a bond for performance of a bargain and sale of 24 fothers of Newcastle lead

9 March 1592/3 (1) Richard Willance of Richmond, Yorkshire, draper, Sir William Bowes of Bradley, knight, Henry Bowes of Newcastle, gent. (2) George Bollis, citizen and grocer of London Bond in £120 for the delivery of 10 fothers of best quality lead at Wiggens Key, London, 9 March 1592/3

Account of Viscount Vane with George Bowes and John Buxton for ore from Lune Head, 17 August 1730 ­ 7 June 1732

Accounts of lead delivered to various companies and individuals and to Gibside, 25 January 1741/2 - 12 May 1744

Account of the expense of carrying lead to Newcastle, Stockton, etc., n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Accounts of lead ore bought from George Bowes by Anthony Appleby for the Egglestone Lead Mill, 25 December 1752 - 6 January 1755

Accounts of lead smelted and led from Wolsingham to Tanfield Moor, with agreements concerning same,1 January 1756 ­ 2 April 1764

Account of Thomas Hanby for lead purchased from George Bowes, 1757

Receipt of James Langerwood for £100 from Messrs. Errington and Hodgson for lead ore purchased from Green Mines and Lune Head Mines for Feldon mill, 9 September 1797

Account of lead ore sent from Closehouse, Lune Head and Green Mines to Mr. Bartler Mell and Mr. Hall, 19 January 1796 -­ 25 October 1797

Accounts of ore delivered to Boylup mill from Isabell-Meah-Hill, Lunehead, Standards, and Arngill and smelted, with account of mill charges and lead resting at the mill, 1741

Accounts of lead ore delivered to and smelted at 'Bollyhope' mill, 1 August 1741 - 23 November 1742

Ledger accounts of ore carried from Isabell-Meah-Hill and Lune Head Mines [to the mill], 18 June - 2 December 1745 At end: account of ore from Standers, 31 May 1745

Account of ore carried from Pikescar, 24 November 1743 Endorsed: list of payments made to workers, n.d.

Computation concerning the amount of lead produced from the same quantity of ore at Boylup mill and 'our own mill', 1758

Miscellaneous agreements, leases, accounts, plans and correspondence concerning the lead mines on the Wemmergill estates; includes agreement to work a shaft on Carsey Gill (5 November 1687), letters from Nathan Horn to George Bowes about the lead mines (1749 - 1760), accounts and lists of share holders for Blacksyke mine (1747 - 1748) and a plan of Lune Head lead mine, 1687 - 1782

Sample lead mill accounts with 'a good for nothing paper ... as a curious precedent for keeping a smelt mill account', 1740 - 1742

Note on the expense of sheet lead, used glass and gu[m by the hand mill] for George Bowes' benefit, April 1754

Memoranda about the price of sheet lead, including the prices of Isaac Wilson, plumber of Newcastle, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Memoranda explaining terminology used in lead mining, 1763

Reference by Robert Stagg for Simpson Wilkinson, an employee of Governor & Co., 30 September 1833