Catalogue

29 December 1342 (1) Isabella, formerly the wife of Gilbert de Melcanthorpp (2) Thomas de Musgrave Gift of 1 messuage and 1/2a. land in the township of Melcanthorpp Witnesses: Sir Hugh de Bouchir; Sir Thomas de Stirkeland; John de Cliburne; Robert Le Dotiller; [ ]alter Tile

3 March 1656/57 (1) William Skynner, esq.; William Robinson, esq.; Samuel Gookin, esq.; Henry Sealy, esq.; Arthur Samuell, esq.; trustees for estates forfeited to the Commonwealth (2) Francis Gregg of Clements Inne, Middlesex, gent.; John Calvert of London, gent. Bargain and sale of 1/6 part of Christchurch and Westower manor, Southampton (messuages and fields named) for life of Sir John Somersett Endorsement: Enrolled in Chancery 20 June 1657 Consideration: £800

28 October 1790 (1) William Cain of Lilley, Hertfordshire, blacksmith (2) John, Earl of Strathmore of Glamis, Forfar Lease for 50 years of a messuage and garden and the moiety of a barn in Lilley in the parish of Offley, Hertfordshire occupied by James Gutteridge Rent: £3 10s. p.a. Endorsement: Assignment of lease by (2) to George Bowes of Pauls Waldenbury, 18 November 1795

Draft of declaration by Benjamin Cherry of Hertford that the £218 3s.9d. paid by him for a tenement and public house called the Windmill with 2 cottages, 3 closes and the Waterford Mills in the parish of Benges, Hertfordshire, was the money of Samuel French and that he will assign the property to Samuel French for the remainder of the term of 21 years, n.d. [1794]

13 June 1805 (1) George Bowes of Pauls Waldenbury, Hertfordshire (brother of 10th Earl) (2) Mary Thornhill of Kingston Lisle, Berkshire, spinster (3) Barrington Price of Cemen House, Gloucestershire, esq.; George Sowley Holroyd of Grays Inn, esq.; Benjamin Morland of Abingdon, Berkshire, esq.; Ralph Johnson Wall of Bread Street Hill, City of London, gent. Marriage settlement and counterpart before marriage of (1) and (2). (1) assigns to (3) lease of 26 December 1803 of property in parish St. Paul, Shadwell, Middlesex, for residue of 40 years and any renewed terms of 21 years to raise £20000 to provide dower for Mary Thornhill and pin money of £200 p.a. and £1000 p.a. portions for any daughters or younger sons. (2) assigns to (3) £2000 3% Consolidated Bank Annuities and £1000 reduced bank annuities in trust, interest to pin money and after decease of either (1) or (2), then to trusts as above

24 June 1815 (1) Thomas Bowes of Caldercote Hall, Warwickshire, esq. (2) Andrew Burt of the Receivers House, Shadwell, Middlesex (3) Robert Peter Smith of Burglingham Street, esq. Grant of annuity of £400 to (3) during the lives of Mary Burt, Emma Burt and Andrew Burt out of the Manor of Caldercote, a villa and lands in Higham upon the Hill, Leicestershire and leasehold property at Shadwell, Middlesex, and property in the City of London, the Manor of Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire and 1/2 Manor of Redbourne, Hertfordshire and collieries etc. in County Durham Consideration: £4000 Endorsed: 29 March 1816 (1) Robert Peter Smith (2) Andrew Burt Assignment of rent charge as within Consideration: £4000

Abstract of title of George Richard Marton, esq., to the advowson of the vicarage of Lancaster, 20 June 1566 - 15 February 1802

Extract of the will of Oliver Marton, late of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq., including provisions for presenting his son, Oliver, to the vicarage of Lancaster, 26 June 1735

15 February 1802 (1) George Richard Marton of Upper Berkeley Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Rt. Hon. John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore Agreement for the sale of the advowson of the vicarage of the parish church of Lancaster in County Palatine of Lancaster Consideration: £7350

Case for the opinion of Charles Thompson, Lincolns Inn, and opinion concerning sale of advowson of Lancaster, 15 February 1802

Case for the opinion of Lancelot Shadwell, Lincolns Inn, and opinion, concerning an agreement by George Richard Martin to sell the advowson of Lancaster to Lord Strathmore when George's brother, Oliver, a lunatic, is possessed of the property in tail, 29 June 1802

20 January 1630/31 (1) Henry Losbie of the Borough of Leicester, gent. (2) William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, esq. Bargain and sale of Jordeyn's Farm with farmhouse, Woodwards Farm, 3 yardlands, 1.5a. arable land, the Church Hadland, 2 closes of pasture and all other lands in Glowston, Leicestershire lately purchased by (1) from Sir Anthony Collie of Glaston, Rutland Consideration: £700

14 April 1631 (1) Sir Anthony Colley of Glaston, and Richard Palmer of Glaston, gent. (2) William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, esq. Bargain and sale of Paynes Farm House, the Homeclose, Paynes Two Yard Lands and Cotheridges Three Quarters, all in Glowston, which had been leased for 25 years by Sir Anthony Colley to Richard Palmer in 1621 Consideration: £250 to Sir Anthony Colley and 5s. to Richard Palmer

Easter [1639] (1) William Halford, esq., plaintiff (2) Arthur Greenaugh, clerk; Margaret, his wife; George [Buswell], gent.; Elizabeth, his wife; Richard Mason and Alice, his wife, deforciants Final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 1 messuage, 40a. land, 10a. meadow, 21a. pasture, 6a. heath and common pasture in Glowston, to be the right of the plaintiff

24 November 1653 (1) John Turvile of Newhall Park, Leicestershire, esq.; Geoffrey Palmer of Carlton, Northamptonshire (2) Elizabeth Halford, widow and sole executrix of William Halford the elder, late of Welham, Leicestershire, esq., deceased, and Thomas Halford, gent., second son of said William (3) Sir John Norwich of Brampton, Northamptonshire, and Dame Mary, his wife, formerly wife and administratrix of William Halford the younger, esq., deceased, son and heir of William Halford the elder, and William Halford, esq., son and heir of William Halford the younger (4) Edward Dacres of Essendine, Hertfordshire, esq., Dame Annabella, his wife, formerly wife of Sir Henry Atkins, knight, deceased, and mother of said Dame Mary Norwich, and Thomas Atkins of Essendine, gent., second son of said Sir Henry Atkins Lease and release by (1) with consent of (2) and (3) to (4) of land in Glowston Consideration: £1802 by (4) to (1) Assignment by lease by (3) to (4) of Barefeilds for residue of 99 years Recites: 1 September 1642, lease and release by William Halford the elder to (1) of all his lands in Glowston, Leicestershire, to the use of William Halford for life, then to use of (1) on trust to sell property to pay his debts and for benefit of his children; Recites: Hillary Term 1649: lease for 99 years by William Halford the younger to (2) of Barefeilds Lands, Welham; Recites: 10 November 1651: (1) at request of Elizabeth Halford and her children sold land in Glowston to William Halford the younger for £1600; Recites: 7 February 1652 William Halford the younger and (2) assigned lease of Barefeilds and William Halford the the younger mortgaged land in Glowston to (1) to raise £1600. Mortgage money has not been repaid but (3) and Dame Annabella Atkins want premises redeemed for William Halford so they agree to borrow money from Edward Dacres to do so

8 September 1679 (1) William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) John Burton of Stockfaston, Leicestershire, gent. Bond in £1600 for the payment of £800 on 29 September

2 December 1681 (1) Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) John Bruere of Hoddesden, parish of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, gent. Mortgage by demise for 1000 years of a tenement and cottage in Glowston, Leicestershire for £300 plus interest

2 December 1681 (1) William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) John Bruere of Hoddesden in parish of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire Bond in £600 for performance of conditions of mortgage of equal date

Receipt of Sir William Halford for £300 from John Bruere upon a mortgage, 2 December 1681

14 June 1685 (1) Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) Sir Richard Atkins of Clapham, Surrey, bart. Mortgage by demise for 1000 years of 2 tenements and land in Glowston for £1000 plus interest

Receipt of Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight, for £1000 from Sir Richard Atkins of Clapham, Surrey, bart., the consideration money in a lease, 14 June 1685

23 June 1685 (1) Dame Elizabeth Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, widow of Sir William Halford; Thomas Atkins of Redwell Parke, parish of Essenden, Hertfordshire, esq.; and Henry Halford of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq., executors of the will of said Sir William Halford, deceased (2) Sir Richard Atkins of Clapham, Surrey, bart. Deed of ratification of mortgage of 14 June 1685 Recites: will of Sir William Halford (31 July 1678) and mortgage of lands in Glowston (14 June 1685)

17 April 1686 (1) Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) John Tillotson, D.D., Dean of Canterbury; John Fisher of Middle Temple, London, gent. (3) Hon. Robert Cecill, esq., son of Rt. Hon. James, late Earl of Salisbury, deceased; William Forrester of Dotil, Shropshire, esq.; Richard Atkins of Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, esq.; and John Verney of Allexton, Leicestershire, esq. Marriage settlement on marriage of (1) to Hon. Lady Frances, daughter of the late Earl of Salisbury. Land leased and released to (2) upon trusts as follows: (a) Manor of Welham and closes there - Isle, Inlands, Nether, Westfield, Lower Tofts, Upper Tofts, Bricke Close, Paines Close, Nether Smithshill, Farther Smithshill, Longeclose, Stocklands, Cranoe, Great Blackwell, Cleypitts, Home Leyes, Neather Meadow Pature, Twenty Acres, Swanns Close and Wigfalls Close; and the manor of Slawston and land in Glowston, Thorpe Langton and Weston iuxta Welland to use of (1) for life, then Lady Frances, then sons with provisions for daughters; (b) Manor house in Welham and other lands in Welham, plus moieties of manors of Market Harborough and Bowden Magna to use of (1) for life, then sons; (c) Manor of Frisby and all his other lands to use of (1) with provisions for daughters

21 July 1690 (1) John Bruere of Hoddesden, parish of Brexbourn, Hertfordshire, gent. (2) Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight, son and heir of Sir William Halford late of Welham, knight, deceased (3) Edward Halford of Stockerston, Leicestershire, gent. Assignment of mortgage by demise by (1) to (3) Recites: 2 December 1681, mortgage by demise of 1000 years by Sir William Halford, now deceased , to (1) of a tenement and cottage in Glowston to raise £300

19 January 1692/93 (1) Geoffrey Palmer of Carlton Curlieu, Leicestershire, esq.; Matthew Johnson of the Middle Temple, London, esq.; Richard Brudenell of Stonton Wivell, Leicestershire, esq. and Ebenezer Sadler of St. Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, gent. (2) Sir William Holford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight, and Hon. Lady Frances, his wife (3) William Farmer of Glowston, Leicestershire, yeoman Lease for 21 years by (1) at request of (2) to (3) of a tenement with all closes belonging in Glowston and 1r. in Windmill Hill Field, 1r. Crossborough Hill, 1r. Willowsick Field, with hade belonging, 1/2a. balk next to said rood with 1/2a. hade belonging, and 1r. grass next to Edward Bond's close Rent: £46 10s. p.a. (3) to (1)

6 July 1693 (1) Dame Mary Dixie, widow and sole executrix of Sir Beaumont Dixie, late of Markett Rosworth, Leicestershire, bart., deceased (2) Edward Halford of Stockerson, Leicestershire, gent. (3) John Mapletoft of the parish of St. Lawrence Jury, London, doctor (4) Sir Richard Atkins of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, bart.; Geoffrey Palmer of Carleton Curlieu, Leicestershire, esq. (5) Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (6) Owen Buckingham of London, salter; Gerard Usher of London, scrivener (7) Nathaniel Gould of London, merchant Recites: (1) stands possessed of land in Glowston as security for £1025, arrears of which stand at £1456 15s.; (2) stands possessed of land at Glowston to secure repayment of £469 17s.; (3) stands possessed of Great Blackwell Close, Welham (103a.); (4) stands possessed of Great Blackwell Close, Northfield (49a. 1r.), Moorefield (41a. 3r.) and the Furze Close (37a. 3r. 33p.) in Welham to secure payment of debts and legacies of Sir William Halford, late of Welham, deceased. An Act of Parliament 1692 ordered sale of lands to pay latter's debts and an order of Chancery that sale money be paid to Dr. Edisbury, a Master of Chancery, for distribution according to the Act. Assignment of mortgage by demise for 1000 years by (1) and (5) to (6) at nomination of (7) of lands aforesaid of which (1) is possessed Consideration: £1456 15s. to (1) by Dr. Edisbury and 5s. by (6) to (1) and (5) Assignment of mortgage by demise for 1000 years by (2) and (5) to (6) at nomination of (7) of lands aforesaid of which (2) is possessed Consideration: £419 to (2) by Dr. Edisbury and 5s. to (2) and (5) by (6) Assignment of lease for 1000 years by (3) and (5) to (6) at nomination of (7) of land aforesaid of which (3) is possessed Consideration: 5s. by (6) to (3) and (5) Assignment of lease for 2000 years by (4) and (5) to (6) at nomination of (7) of all lands aforesaid of which (4) is possessed Consideration: repayment of debts and legacies by Dr. Edisbury and 5s. by (6) to (4) and (5)

6 and 7 July 1693 (1) Geoffrey Palmer of Carlton Curliew, Leicestershire, esq.; Matthew Johnson of the Middle Temple, esq., Clerk of the Parliaments; Richard Brudenell of Stanton Wivell, Leicestershire, esq.; Ebenezer Sadler of St. Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, gent., and Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight (2) Sir John Hartopp of Buckminster, Leicestershire, bart.; Phillip Nisbett of London, draper and Nathaniell Gould of London, merchant Lease and release by (1) to Sir John Hartopp and Phillip Nisbett at nomination of Nathaniell Gould of 2 messuages and land in Glowston (except a cottage and 4a. of land held by John Welden) and Great/New Blackwell Close, Northfield, Moorefield and Furze Close in Welham, plus the tithes on said lands in Welham, in trust for Nathaniell Gould Consideration: £6153 by Nathaniell Gould to Dr. Edisbury and 10s. to (1) Recites: Act of 1692 and Order of Chancery of 1693 ordering sale of land of Sir William Halford, deceased, by Geoffrey Palmer, Matthew Johnson, Richard Brudenell and Ebenezer Sadler to pay his debts and legacies, the money to be given to Dr. Edisbury to dispose of accordingly

'An Act to vest divers Mannors Lands and Tenements in the County of Leicester in Trustees to be sold for the Payment of the Debts and Legacies of Sir William Halford knight deceased and for Payment of the other Debts to Sir William Halford now living prior to his Marriage Settlement with the Lady Frances his new Wife', with schedule annexed to Act of said debts and legacies, 22 August 1693

24 August 1693 (1) Henry Halford of Grayes Inn, Middlesex, esq., and Katharine, his wife (2) Sir John Hartopp and Phillip Nisbett in trust for Nathaniel Gould Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of any claim for annuity from his lands Recites: Bond in £1000 for Sir William Halford of Welham, deceased, to pay an annuity of £50 to Katharine, then Pretyman of Stockerston, spinster; Act of c. 1692 and Order in Chancery of 1693 to pay £310 to said Katherine for arrears of annuity Sale of Sir William Halford's land to Nathaniell Gould

Affidavit by Sir William Halford of Welham, Leicestershire, knight, as to charges on his lands in Glowston, Welham etc. lately purchased by Nathaniell Gould, 24 August 1693

25 August 1693 (1) Sir John Hartopp of Buckminster, Leicestershire, bart.; Phillip Nisbett of London, draper; Nathaniel Gould of London, merchant (2) Charles Halford of Stamford, Lincolnshire, esq.; Mary Halford of Stamford, spinster; Katherine Halford of Morcott, Rutland, spinster, two of the daughters of Sir William Halford, late of Welham, deceased Mortgage (and counterpart) by (1) to Charles Halford at nomination of Mary and Katherine of 2 messuages and land in Glowston (250a.), Great or New Blackwell Close (103a.), Northfield (49a. 1r.), Moorefield (41a. 3r.) and Furze Close (37a. 3r. 33p.) in Welham, in trust for said Mary and Katherine, to secure payment of £1600 plus interest on their marriage or attaining 21 years. Recites: 31 July 1678, will of Sir William Halford bequeathing £800 to each daughter at 21 or on marriage; recites: 7 July 1693, sale of Sir William's lands to Nathaniel Gould to pay debts and legacies, £1600 of the purchase money to be retained by Nathaniel Gould to pay legacies to Mary and Katherine at appropriate time.

25 August 1693 (1) Nathaniel Gould of London, merchant (2) Charles Halford of Stamford, Lincolnshire, esq. Bond in £3200 for the payment of £1600 to Mary and Katherine Halford, as covenanted

5 and 6 September 1693 (1) Nathaniel Gould of London, merchant; Sir John Hartopp of Buckminster, Leicestershire, bart.; Philip Nisbett of London, draper (2) Gilbert Horsman of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, esq.; William Massey of Harborough, Leicestershire, gent.; John Gould the elder of London, draper, father of Nathaniel Gould Lease and release and counterpart by (1) to Gilbert Horsman and William Massey of 2 messuages and closes in Glowston, Leicestershire (250a.), Great Blackwell Close (103a.), Northfield (49a. 1r.), Moorefield (41a. 3r.) and Furze Close (37a. 3r. 33p.) all in Welham, Leicestershire, and tithes, all of which were purchased by Nathaniel Gould in the names of Sir John Hartopp and Philip Nisbett from Sir William Halford et al., to use of John Gould for life, then Gilbert Horsman and William Massey but in trust for Nathaniel Gould

27 September 1694 (1) George Hilton of Hilton, Westmorland, esq., and Mary, his wife, one of the daughters of Sir William Halford, late of Welham, Leicestershire, knight, deceased; Sir William Halford of Welham, knight, eldest son and heir of said Sir William Halford and Hon. Lady Frances, his wife (2) Nathaniel Gould of London, merchant Recites previous deeds. Consent by Sir William and Lady Frances for (2) to pay George Hilton bequest of £800. Release by (1) of (2) of payment of bequest

Decree by High Court of Chancery in case George Hilton of Hilton, Westmorland, esq., and Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir William Halford, deceased, v Nathaniell Gould, Sir John Hartopp, knight, Phillipp Nisbett, esq., Sir William Halford, knight, and Lady Frances, his wife, Charles Halford, esq., Katherine Halford, Lady Elizabeth Burton alias Halford, Thomas Atkins, esq., and Henry Halford, esq., that Nicholas Gould should pay to the complainants £800 as legacy for Mary on her marriage (reciting will of her father, Act of 3 and 4 William and Mary for sale of his lands to pay debts and legacies, Chancery decree for sale of said lands, sale to Nathaniell Gould and mortgage to secure payment to two daughters of £800 each), 21 March 1695

16 March 1697/98 (1) Charles Halford of Stamford, Lincolnshire, esq.; George Hilton of Hilton, Westmorland, esq.; and Mary, his wife; Katherine Halford of Everton, Bedfordshire, spinster (2) Francis Eyles of London, esq.; Thomas Gunston of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, esq. (3) Nathaniell Gould of London, merchant Assignment of lease by (1) to (2) at nomination of (3), in trust for (3) Recites: 25 August 1693 lease for 500 years by Sir John Hartopp of Buckminster, Leicestershire, Bart., Philip Nisbett of London, draper and (3) to Charles Halford at nomination of Mary Halford (now Hilton) and Katherine Halford of 2 tenements and land in Glowston (250a.), Great Blackwell alias New Blackwell Close (103a.), Northfield (49a. 1r.), Moorefield (41a. 3r.) and the Furze Close (37a. 3r. 33 p.) all in Welham, in trust for said Mary and Katherine , with proviso that lease will become void when (3) paid £800 each to Mary and Katherine on attaining 21 years or on marriage. Mary had married George Hilton and Katherine had attained 21 years, so money had been paid.

6 April 1710 (1) Sir James Holford of Welham, Leicestershire, heir of Sir William Holford (2) Nathaniel Gould of London, esq. (3) Katherine Halford of London, spinster and executrix of Elizabeth Burton alias Halford Conveyance by (3) to (2) with consent of (1) of tithes in respect of Great Blackwell close, Northfield, Moorfield and Furze closes, Welham, Leicestershire Consideration: £200

5 July 1780 (1) Samuel Canall of Little Peter Street, Westminster, gent., executor of Robert Duncombe of Walton upon Thames (2) Nathaniel George Petre of Esher, Surrey, esq. Lease for 3 years renewable for 21 years of 2 closes in Esher Rent: £12 p.a. Endorsement: 5 January 1796 Assignment by the executors of (2) to John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore

November 1792 (1) Robert Aberdein of Lower Esher, Surrey, esq. (2) John, Earl of Strathmore Unexecuted lease for 9 3/4 years of messuage, coach house, stable, garden and 7a. of meadow at Lower Green, Esher, and a messuage with farmlands and meadow in Esher, occupied by Thomas Ryves, tenant of (1) Rent: £217 p.a. (plus £10 for every additional acre cultivated)

23 June 1795 (1) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) Alexander Popham of Symonds Inn, London, esq. a master of the High Court of Chancery Lease for 7 years of property at Lower Green, Esher, Surrey Rent: £217 p.a.

Receipt from John Middleton and William Young, Enclosure Commissioners for £400 paid by James Farrer for the Bottom (40a.) part of Fair Mile Common, Manor of Cobham, Surrey, which was auctioned to defray enclosure expenses, 22 September 1794

30 and 31 December 1794 (1) James Farrer of Lincolns Inn Fields, esq. (2) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore Lease and release of 20a., part of the Bottom, fair Mile Common

2 January 1795 (1) James Farrer of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq. (2) George Carpenter, Earl of Tyrconnel and Sarah Hussey, Countess of Tyrconnel, his wife (3) John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (4) John, Lord Delavel; Baron Delavel of Delavel, Northumberland; Uvedale Price of Foxley, Herefordshire, esq. Copy covenant by (3) to produce a deed poll discharge, 22 September 1794, to (4) to defend their title in parcel of land as in D/St/D12/41

19 June 1591 (1) John Dalston of Dalston, Cumberland, and Frances, his wife; Talbot Bowes of Steytleyam, esq., and Agnes, his wife (2) Rowland Thornborowe of Smardell, Westmorland, gent. Articles of agreement, authorized by letter of attorney from Elizabeth Warcoppe of Smardell, widow, concerning the disposition of lands and goods of Thomas Warcoppe, her late husband, including the Manor of Smardell and tithes of Smardell, Caverghe and Waytbie (Whitby?) and water mill called Smardell Milne to be held in trust for Elizabeth Warcoppe for life and then to be divided between Frances Dalston and Agnes Bowes, daughters of Thomas Warcoppe

Letters of administration issued by John, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Matthew Hutton, gent., of the estate of Thomas Warcop, late of East Greenwich, deceased (uncle of Matthew Hutton), 26 April 1592

11 February 1592/93 (1) John Dalston of Dalston Hall, Cumberland, esq. (2) Talbott Bowes of Ecklestone Abba, Yorkshire, esq. Agreement whereby (1) covenants to pay £50 to (2) to discharge all further responsibility for the payment of 1/3 of the debts of Thomas Warcopp, deceased (as undertaken in Articles of Covenant,of 19 June 1589) and (2) covenants to keep harmless John Dalston and Frances, his wife, and property of (1) inherited from Thomas Warcopp

Notice of the sale of the effects of John Carleton, a bankrupt, including Tarn House, in the manor of Hilbeck, and other properties in Westmorland, 3 October 1793

Letter of administration of the property of Lancelot Hilton late of Caber, Westmorland, yeoman, issued to Deborah Dickinson and Mary Moss, 25 February 1811

17 October 1502 (1) William Burgh de Burgh, esq. (2) William Conyers, knight; William Ask, esq.; John Clararir, esq.; Robert Larfeld, esq.; John Place, esq.; Christopher Foulthorpp, esq.; William Conyers de Danby Wyske, esq. Gift of all lands, tenements, rents and services of (1) in the borough of Tunstell Hornby in Cleveland, Northallerton, Newby, Otryngtone, Newsoms Appylton near Catryt, Collryne, Hyppyswell, Fyngall, Lyttyl Langton etc., Yorkshire, and in the township of Darlyngton in trust for (1)

n.d. [16th c.] Brief of Commission for the Treasurer, undertreasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer to grant commissions to suitable persons to take surrenders and grant leases for 40 years and 21 years, for life or lives within counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland and Bishopric of Durham within 20 miles of the borders. Granted upon an act for the better 'habitation, restoringe and reedifyinge of the Castles ...villages, etc.'

28 October 1573 (1) John Alfoorde of Melsa, Yorkshire, esq.; Ralph Lawrence of Tynmouth, Northumberland, gent. (2) Henry Woodrington, esq.; Robert Woodrington, esq. Quit claim of the manor and castle of Woodrington, Northumberland, the manors of Swinborne, Woodhome, Plesse, Shotton, Newbigginge and Swinborne castle and all other property formerly of John Woodrington, knight, deceased, in Woodrington, Colwell, Whitsidelawe, Swynborne, Woodhome, Plesse, Shotton, Denton super le Doume, Garatley, East Chevington, Gardwell alias Geeswell, Horseley, Elington, Cowpon, Bugoll, Witton, Bengfield, Camos Burrodon, Whitside, Wittington, Gunerton, Litle Swinburne, Blackden, Lenton, and Druridge in Northumberland and of manors of Denton in Gilleslande in Cumberland and of manors etc. in Harswell, Perrse, Poole, Pleshmoore, and Fishburn in County Durham

29 March 1693 (1) George Bowes of Tofthill, carpenter; Thomas Bowes of Tofthill, carpenter (2) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam Castle, knight Articles of agreement for (1) to travel to New England to recover the real and personal estate in plantations, houses, lands, goods and chattels, servants, slaves and cattle at Winter Harbour in New England inherited by (1) from their uncle, Henry Watts and to convey a moiety of it to (2) or the purchase money for it

8 January 1701/02 (1) George Bowes of Tofthill, St. Helen Auckland, carpenter (2) Dennis Byron of City of London, gent. Bargain and sale of 1 moiety of plantations, houses, lands, chattels, servants and slaves in New England (at Winter Harbour and elsewhere) Consideration: £150