Strathmore Estate
Reference: D/St/L 1 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 3)
Covering Dates: 14th century-1910
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- Strathmore Estate
- Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
- Legal Affairs (Ref: D/St/L)
- Court Cases and Disputes (Ref: D/St/L1)
- Gibside Estate, 1628-1735 (Ref: D/St/L1/12-13)
- Disputes relating to the Harding Family, 1628-1735 (Ref: D/St/L1/12/1-8)
- Other Disputes, 1791-1910 (Ref: D/St/L1/13)
- Sir Thomas Clavering v William Stephenson and Peter Scorer; Petrer Hopper v John Richard, Peter Scorer, William Thirlaway and Michael Hall, King's Bench, 1791-1795 (Ref: D/St/L1/13/1)
- Claude George, 14th Earl of Strathmore v Henry Weedy, John Matthew Trotter, John Elliot, John Purdy, Thomas Carradice, John Henry Spurr and H. Currie Wood, Durham Chancery, 1906-1910 (Ref: D/St/L1/13/2)
- Winlaton Estate, mid 18th century - 1884 (Ref: D/St/L1/14)
- Viscount Dunkerron et al. v George Bowes et al., [mid 18th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/14/1)
- Jiohn Bowes, Claude, 13th Earl of Strathmore, and William Hutt v Marquis of Bute, Joseph Cowen et al., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1876-1884 (Ref: D/St/L1/14/2)
- Lands inherited from the Nicholson Family (County Durham and Yorkshire), c.1740-1766 (Ref: D/St/L1/15)
- Thomas, 8th Earl of Strathmore, and Jane, his Wife, Anne and Mary Nicholson et al. v George Lodge, and Margaret his Wife, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Joseph Malled et al., Chancery, [1740-1744] (Ref: D/St/L1/15/1-4)
- John Tempest of Sherburn, Grandson and Executor of Jane Wharton, late of Durham, Widow, Deceased, v Thomas, 8th Earl of Strathmore, and Jane, his Wife, Anne and Mary Nicholson, Chancery, 1741-1743 (Ref: D/St/L1/15/5)
- John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore, v William Salvin, George Reay and Basil Forcer, Durham Chancery, 1764-1766 (Ref: D/St/L1/15/6-7)
- Minor Estates, 14th century - 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/16)
- Dispute over Wapentake of Sadberge, [14th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/1)
- Sir William Bowes v Executors of Lady Barbara Allibon; Lady Elizabeth Bowes v Executors of Lady Barbara Allibon, [1708] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/2)
- Thomas Barnes, Clerk, v John Hodshon, his son, and John Langley, 1729 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/3)
- John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Alexander Popham, King's Bench, 1797 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/4)
- Dispute between John Hutchinson, Mary Elliott and others, [1842] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/5)
- 'In the Matter Exparte the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of London, Trustees of London Bridge', 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/6)
- Collieries and Coal Rights, 1748-1752 (Ref: D/St/L1/17-18)
- North Durham and Northumberland, 1678-1889 (Ref: D/St/L1/17)
- Thomas Liddell, bt., James Clavering, bt., John Watson, gent., et al. v Thomas Mason, Thomas Shafto, Henry Hodshon, William Barras et al., Durham Chancery, 1678-1679 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/1)
- Charles Montague and Sarah, his Wife, Sidney Wortley, James Montague et al. v John Clavering and 28 other named Copyholders of the Manor of Whichkam, Durham Chancery, 1708-1709 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/2)
- William Blakiston Bowes, Thomas and George Bowes by Elizabeth, their Mother, and the said Elizabeth v Sidney Wortley and Edward Wortley (alias Montague) et al., 1717 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/3)
- William Coatesworth et al. v George Bowes, Jane Clavering et al., Chancery, [1722-1726] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/4)
- George Bowes v William Davison, Sidney and Edward Wortley, James Montague and Henry Liddell, Chancery, 1723-1725 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/5)
- Sidney Wortley (alias Montague), Thomas, Ralph and Robert Ord v George Bowes and William Barras, Chancery, [1724] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/6)
- Strike at Causey and Tanfield Collieries, 1727 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/7)
- George Spearman, and Infant, by [George Burfield] v Sara Wright, William Davison, Thomas Turnbull and John Hilton, Durham Chancery, [c.1728] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/8)
- [Emerson v Bowes], n.d. [1720s] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/9)
- Jane Clavering, Widow, George Bowes, Gilbert Dawson et al. v Michael Crawforth et al., Chancery, n.d. [1720s] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/10)
- Miscellaneous Cases, 1734-1752 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/11-18)
- William Davison v the Earl of Bute et al., Chancery, n.d. [post-1754] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/19)
- Sidney and Edward Wortley, Thomas Ord, Sir Henry Liddell, George Bowes, George Liddell, William Cotesworth v Henry Thomas Carr and Wife, and Henry Ellison and Wife, and later Legal Opinion, 1756-1788 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/20)
- Dispute over Fawdon's Field, 1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/21)
- Thomas Maddison, Hugh Hall, John Hall, William Dixon and Jane Dixon, his Wife v George Humble and George Rotherford, Durham Chancery, 1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/22)
- House of Lords, n.d. [post-1806] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/23)
- Blackburn Fell, 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/24)
- Robert Payne v John Bowes, William Hutt, Nicholas Wood and Charles Mark Palmer, Durham Court of Pleas, 1854 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/25)
- March v George Heppel Ramsay, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1881 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/26)
- Stokoe et al. v John Bowes and Partners, Northumberland County Court, 1889 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/27)
- Evenwood, 1823-1897 (Ref: D/St/L1/18)
- Thomas Humphries v Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of West Auckland Township, 1823-1834 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/1)
- Chancery, 1828-1838 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/2)
- George Healey and Lewis Walton v Robert Botcherby, John Botcherby and Robert Clark, King's Bench, 1833-1837 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/3)
- Exchequer of Pleas and Arbitration, 1834-1839 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/4)
- Charles Barrett v Stockton and Darlington Railway Co., Common Pleas, 1836-1849 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/5)
- Robert Gillespie v Charles Barrett and John Botcherby, Exchequer of Pleas, 1837 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/6)
- Thomas Walton v Henry Dowdeswell, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1897 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/7)
- Lead Mining, 1671-1672 (Ref: D/St/L1/19)
- William Bowes v William Lee, William Ware and Thomas Bailes, [1671-1672] (Ref: D/St/L1/19/1)
- Disputes relating to Debts, Legacies and other Personal Matters involving the Blakiston, Bowes and Bowes Lyon Families, c.1627-1885 (Ref: D/St/L1/20)
- Henry Skaife of Richmond v Sir Talbot Bowes, Thomas Bowes et al., Chancery, [1627] (Ref: D/St/L1/20/1)
- Arthur Dakins and William Pepp[ ], Executors of Arthur Dakins, v Talbot Bowes, 1637 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/2)
- William Marlay of Hedley, Gent., v Sir William Blakiston and Cecil, Lord Baltimore, 1669 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/3)
- Henry Savile, Elizabeth Obaldino, Countess of Monteltro, Anne Saville, Mary Saville et al. v Ralph Hulton, Thomas Bowes and Dorothy Cradock, Chancery, 1701-1702 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/4)
- George Bowes v George Marley of Evenwood, Yeoman, 1740 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/5)
- Thomas Medlicott and Elizabeth, his Wife (Widow of Gilbert Dawson) v Elizabeth Bowes, Spinster, Executrix of Jane Bowes, 1742-1748 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/6)
- George Bowes v George, Earl of Shrewsbury; John Maire; Barbara, Lady Aston; Sir Thomas Webb; Charles, James, Thomas, Francis & Lucy Talbot; Charles Dormer; Dame Teresa Mostya et al., 1751-1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/7-8)
- John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Samuel Witty, Stable Keeper and Horse Dealer, Oxford Street, London, 1792-1793 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/9)
- 'In the Matter of the Earl of Strathmore and the Executors of the Late William Newton', 1802 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/10)
- John Bowes v Alphonsine Marie de Saint Armand Bowes and Louis Millett, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1884-1885 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/11)
- Miscellaneous Disputes, 1508-1886 (Ref: D/St/L1/21)
- Arbitration between Edward Fox and Robert Hedworth, 1508 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/1)
- Vincent Bolerley v Thomas Dent, Merchant, [16th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/2)
- Thomas Scisson et al. v Elizabeth Hall, Wife of Simon Hall of Sturfell Hamlet (Executrix of James Sympson of York), Consistory Court at York, 1573-1575 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/3)
- William Jackson v William Clayton and George Downes, Durham Chancery, [1622] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/4)
- Thomas Mann, Thomas Cooke, Thomas Tunstall, William Walton v Margaret Forster, Robert Porrett, Richard Porrett, Anthony Dodsworth and Christopher Armstrong, Durham Chancery, 1637 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/5)
- Sir William Blakiston v [ ] Meaburne, 1658 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/6)
- Stephen Thompson, William Jordan, Thomas Mascall, Ambrose Myers, Thomas Forcer v Roger Talbot, Durham Chancery, 1664 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/7)
- Joseph Hall v Anthony Church, 1691 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/8)
- Charles, Lord Baltimore, v [Francis Blakiston and Thomas Moore], Chancery, 1693 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/9)
- Dent v Bowes, 1693 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/10)
- Robert Wright et al. v William Blakiston Bowes et al., 1721 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/11)
- Edward Collingwood of Chirton, Northumberland, v Joseph Storey of Crossburn, Northumberland, 1734 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/12)
- John Walker v John Dent, 1740 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/13)
- John Alston Stirpin, 1744 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/14)
- Case for Opinion concerning the Construction of Roads, [1750-1751] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/15)
- Ralph Potts v Ephraim Fenwick, 1772 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/16)
- Thomas English v Samuel Bean, late of Kew Lane, Surrey, Merchant, 1784 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/17)
- Mary Large, Elizabeth Steward, Ann Collard et al. v John Mayer and Ann Lees, Chancery, 1785 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/18)
- Cooth v Jackson, Chancery, 1803 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/19)
- Thomas Willis v William Appleby, King's Bench, 1824-1826 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/20)
- Isabella Royal v Thomas Allison Tennant and Robert Rayson; Isabella Royal v William Lascelles Lacon, Henry Teesdale et al., 1837-1840 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/21)
- Crawford et al. v Newton, [1886] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/22)
Catalogue Contents
Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Legal Affairs (Ref: D/St/L)Court Cases and Disputes (Ref: D/St/L1)Gibside Estate, 1628-1735 (Ref: D/St/L1/12-13)Disputes relating to the Harding Family, 1628-1735 (Ref: D/St/L1/12/1-8)Ref: D/St/L1/12/1
- Smith v Harding, Wheatley, Wilson and Shaftoe
- Watson v Harding, Forrest, Lilburne et al.
- Tempest et al. v Harding
- Harding v Hall
- Radcliffe v Harding; etc.
Briefs, answers, depositions and related papers concerning disputes over Harding properties, including Clockburn coal pits, 1628 - 1639
(6 files, 4 papers, and parchment, 2 membranes, 2 seals pendant)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/2Robert Harding v Thomas Wood, George Jackson et al.; case concerning plaintiff's charge of assault and trespass, n.d. [c.1650]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/3Receipt of William Lawes of Gateshead for £3 10s. from Robert Harding of Hollingside given on his arrest under a Chancery writ at the suit of James Harrison, October 1652
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/4Robert Harding v James Harrison and George Hodshon; interrogatories, depositions and related papers concerning a dispute over staiths on the Easterhaugh, Whickham, 18 - 25 August 1662
(17 papers and parchment, 4 membranes)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/5- Gaile v Harding
- Harding v Harding
- Harding v Harding and Handcock
- Harding v Handcock, Teasdale and Hall
- Harding v Watson
- Barras v Harding; etc.
Bills of complaint, answers and related papers concerning disputes over Harding property and debts, 1683 - 1688
(7 files and 9 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/6William Harding v Richard Harding; bills of complaint, briefs, answers, depositions and related papers concerning a dispute over an annuity of £20 out of lands at Hollingside, Riding House and Riding Field, [1685 - 1688]
(12 files and 24 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/7- Harding v Clavering
- Handcock v Harding
- Harding v Hall
- Richard and Robert Harding v Ralph Harding
- Hutchinson v Harding
- Clavering v Harding
Letters of attorney, writs, warrants and related papers concerning disputes over Harding property and debts, 1701 - 1735
(10 papers, 1 file and parchment, 2 membranes)
Ref: D/St/L1/12/8Letters from William Hutchinson, Durham, to Ralph Harding, etc., legal bills and receipts relating to various Harding law cases, 1733 - 1735
(17 papers)
Other Disputes, 1791-1910 (Ref: D/St/L1/13)Sir Thomas Clavering v William Stephenson and Peter Scorer; Petrer Hopper v John Richard, Peter Scorer, William Thirlaway and Michael Hall, King's Bench, 1791-1795 (Ref: D/St/L1/13/1)Ref: D/St/L1/13/1Briefs, case, copy declarations, instructions, notices to produce documents, correspondence to Farrer, Steadman and Lacey, awards and related papers concerning disputes over trespass in the manor of Hollingside, and at Axwells Lane, 1791 - 1795
(45 papers and 12 files)
Claude George, 14th Earl of Strathmore v Henry Weedy, John Matthew Trotter, John Elliot, John Purdy, Thomas Carradice, John Henry Spurr and H. Currie Wood, Durham Chancery, 1906-1910 (Ref: D/St/L1/13/2)Ref: D/St/L1/13/2Interrogatories, answer, copy judgement, correspondence to/from William Ralston and related papers concerning a dispute over right of way across the Gibside estate through West Wood, 20 November 1906 - 19 February 1910
(30 papers, 8 files and 3 plans)
Winlaton Estate, mid 18th century - 1884 (Ref: D/St/L1/14)Viscount Dunkerron et al. v George Bowes et al., [mid 18th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/14/1)Ref: D/St/L1/14/1Copy answer of George Bowes to the bill of complaint concerning the lordship of Winlaton (dispute not specified), n.d. [mid 18th c.]
(1 paper)
Jiohn Bowes, Claude, 13th Earl of Strathmore, and William Hutt v Marquis of Bute, Joseph Cowen et al., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1876-1884 (Ref: D/St/L1/14/2)Ref: D/St/L1/14/2Copy affidavits, statements of claims, abstract of deeds, copy royal commission and related papers concerning the partition of Winlaton partnership estate, 26 December 1876 - 12 March 1884
(24 papers and 3 files)
Lands inherited from the Nicholson Family (County Durham and Yorkshire), c.1740-1766 (Ref: D/St/L1/15)Thomas, 8th Earl of Strathmore, and Jane, his Wife, Anne and Mary Nicholson et al. v George Lodge, and Margaret his Wife, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Joseph Malled et al., Chancery, [1740-1744] (Ref: D/St/L1/15/1-4)Case concerned dispute over the advowson to the chapel of Denton
Ref: D/St/L1/15/1Copy bills, petitions, briefs, legal opinions, copy orders and related papers, [1740 - 1744]
(5 files and 30 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/15/2Copy answers of defendants to plaintiffs' bill and amended bill of complaint, 20 February 1741/2 - 13 June 1744
(8 papers and 7 files)
Ref: D/St/L1/15/3Abstract of deeds, 4 October 1562 - 21 August 1725, in custody of James Carre, esq., relating to the advowson of Denton Chapelry, [used in 1740s]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/15/4Deed of settlement whereby George Lodge and Elizabeth Wilkinson pay the plaintiffs £150 and deliver promissory note for £20 to be cancelled, and Joseph Craddock is admitted to the chapel of Denton, 8 October 1744
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
John Tempest of Sherburn, Grandson and Executor of Jane Wharton, late of Durham, Widow, Deceased, v Thomas, 8th Earl of Strathmore, and Jane, his Wife, Anne and Mary Nicholson, Chancery, 1741-1743 (Ref: D/St/L1/15/5)Ref: D/St/L1/15/5Bill of complaint, correspondence to John Airey, attorney, and the 8th Earl of Strathmore, deed of settlement and balance of money owing, concerning plaintiff's claim to debts owed by James Nicholson to Jane Wharton relating to Lumley colliery, 1741 - 1743
(3 papers, 1 file and parchment, 1 membrane)
John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore, v William Salvin, George Reay and Basil Forcer, Durham Chancery, 1764-1766 (Ref: D/St/L1/15/6-7)Case concerned money charged on Nicholson family lands at Butterwick and Owton, parishes of Sedgefield and Seaton Carew
Ref: D/St/L1/15/6Draft brief of pleadings and statement, writ, and copy orders to amend bill, [1764 - 1765]
(3 papers, 1 file and parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/St/L1/15/7Copy answers of defendants to plaintiff's bill and amended bill of complaint, 1 June 1764 - 19 September 1766
(5 files)
Minor Estates, 14th century - 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/16)Dispute over Wapentake of Sadberge, [14th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/1)Ref: D/St/L1/16/1Petition by Elizabeth, once wife of Robert de Bowes, to the King for the issue of letters to speed up her suit concerning the wapentake of Sadberge, n.d. [14th c.]
(French, parchment, 1 membrane)
Sir William Bowes v Executors of Lady Barbara Allibon; Lady Elizabeth Bowes v Executors of Lady Barbara Allibon, [1708] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/2)Ref: D/St/L1/16/2Schedule of deeds, 1686 - 1703, relating to Lady Barbara Allibon's assignment of an annuity and house to Sir William Bowes, etc., 'made use of in the several causes', 1708
(1 paper)
Thomas Barnes, Clerk, v John Hodshon, his son, and John Langley, 1729 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/3)Ref: D/St/L1/16/3Defendants' answers to plaintiff's bill of complaint, concerning a dispute over property at Newbiggen and East Newbiggen, devised by the will of Robert Hutchinson, deceased (with copy schedule of deeds, 1649 - 1729), 12 March 1728/9
(1 file)
John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Alexander Popham, King's Bench, 1797 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/4)Ref: D/St/L1/16/4Writs, instructions, correspondence to Farrer, Steadman and Lacey and related papers concerning plaintiff's claim for money for crops and stock at a farm at Lower Esher, Surrey, 1797
(2 files, 8 papers and parchment, 5 membranes)
Dispute between John Hutchinson, Mary Elliott and others, [1842] (Ref: D/St/L1/16/5)Ref: D/St/L1/16/5Details of property in dispute before the court between John Hutchinson, Mary Elliott and others (not specified), n.d. [c.1842]
(1 paper)
'In the Matter Exparte the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of London, Trustees of London Bridge', 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/16/6)John Bowes v Countess Dowager of Strathmore et al.; John Bowes v James Farrer Steadman et al.; John Bowes v Ann Steadman et al.; 1844
Ref: D/St/L1/16/6Copy affidavit of R. Weymouth Hurrell as to the execution of an assignment by Thomas Wheldon, 5 December 1844
(1 paper)
Collieries and Coal Rights, 1748-1752 (Ref: D/St/L1/17-18)North Durham and Northumberland, 1678-1889 (Ref: D/St/L1/17)Thomas Liddell, bt., James Clavering, bt., John Watson, gent., et al. v Thomas Mason, Thomas Shafto, Henry Hodshon, William Barras et al., Durham Chancery, 1678-1679 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/1)Ref: D/St/L1/17/1Royal writ and copy court order ordering Thomas Mason and William Barras to leave plaintiffs in peaceful possession of their allotments in Whickham town fields, in dispute over the division of the lands, 25 June 1678 - 8 April 1679
(Latin, parchment, 1 membrane, 1 seal applied and 1 paper)
Charles Montague and Sarah, his Wife, Sidney Wortley, James Montague et al. v John Clavering and 28 other named Copyholders of the Manor of Whichkam, Durham Chancery, 1708-1709 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/2)Ref: D/St/L1/17/2Copy royal writ and copy award of John Bacon of Staward, Northumberland, esq., and James Clavering of Lamesley, esq., in dispute over wayleave rights in Whickham, 9 April 1708 - 16 December 1709
(Latin, 1 paper and 1 paper)
William Blakiston Bowes, Thomas and George Bowes by Elizabeth, their Mother, and the said Elizabeth v Sidney Wortley and Edward Wortley (alias Montague) et al., 1717 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/3)Ref: D/St/L1/17/3Copy order to proceed, case and copy defendants' answers, concerning dispute over the working of Gibside, Marley Hill, Fawdon's Field, etc., collieries leased for 31 years in 1692 by Francis Blakiston to Charles Montague, 25 February 1716/7 and n.d.
(2 files and 1 paper)
William Coatesworth et al. v George Bowes, Jane Clavering et al., Chancery, [1722-1726] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/4)Ref: D/St/L1/17/4Draft and copy affidavits, decree, order and legal bill of costs concerning dispute over the wagonway from Bucksnook colliery over Fawdon's Field to the River Derwent, [1722 - 1726]
(10 papers)
George Bowes v William Davison, Sidney and Edward Wortley, James Montague and Henry Liddell, Chancery, 1723-1725 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/5)Ref: D/St/L1/17/5Legal opinions, writs, bill of complaint, depositions, answers and related papers, concerning a dispute over the conveyance of rights in Beamish Moor as agreed upon in an agreement of 29 April 1721 between William Davison and William Blakiston Bowes; plaintiff argues against lease of July 1722 by William Davison to Sidney Wortley, Edward Wortley and James Montague of South Causey, Tanfield, Beamish Park and Beamish Moor collieries, 1723 - 1725
(73 papers, 1 file and parchment, 1 membrane)
Sidney Wortley (alias Montague), Thomas, Ralph and Robert Ord v George Bowes and William Barras, Chancery, [1724] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/6)Ref: D/St/L1/17/6Copy bill of complaint, answers and related papers concerning dispute over title to a wagonway at Whickham through lands once held by William Barras, [1724]
(8 papers and 1 file)
Strike at Causey and Tanfield Collieries, 1727 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/7)Ref: D/St/L1/17/7Informations of Thomas Smith, Dunston Bank, Whickham, gent., James Thompson of Gateshead, Sheriff's Officer, John Daglish, George Bedlington, William Crowhall, Joseph Barnes, Henry Betson and William Elliott, all agents or overmen working in the several collieries of Tanfield and Causey, William Laing, agent to the Hon. Sidney & Edward Wortley & Partners, sworn before Francis Nicholls, J.P., concerning the working of Causey and Tanfield collieries, agreements with hewers of coal who are now unwilling to work and threatening violence to those still working; the warrant of Francis Nicholls, JP, against the strikers and detail of the detention of the striking hewers and the violence of some 200 pickets after the detention of the above defaulters, 23 May 1727
(1 paper)
George Spearman, and Infant, by [George Burfield] v Sara Wright, William Davison, Thomas Turnbull and John Hilton, Durham Chancery, [c.1728] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/8)Ref: D/St/L1/17/8Copy deposition of Roger Gray, Birtley, pitman, concerning workings at Birtley colliery, with letter to Mr. Harding, 2 July 1728
(2 papers)
[Emerson v Bowes], n.d. [1720s] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/9)]
Ref: D/St/L1/17/9Abstract of an agreement for the working of a colliery at Ewhurst Head for 21 years from 1 May 1723, n.d. [1720s]
(1 paper)
Jane Clavering, Widow, George Bowes, Gilbert Dawson et al. v Michael Crawforth et al., Chancery, n.d. [1720s] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/10)Ref: D/St/L1/17/10Draft bill and draft affidavits concerning a dispute over title to lands in Whickham, including Rabling Flatt, Redhouse, Southfield and Thomas' Close, and the building of a wagonway there, n.d. [1720s]
(6 papers and 1 file)
Miscellaneous Cases, 1734-1752 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/11-18)Ref: D/St/L1/17/11Lawyers' bills of costs for various actions involving the Grand Allies, including Edward Wortley et al. v James Weatherby, 1734 - 1738
(5 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/12Case and legal opinions relating to the working of 'Whiteacre' colliery under an agreement of 25 January 1724/5 between Francis Nicholls, Lady Clavering, and George Bowes, and the working of 'Blackacre' colliery by George Bowes and Lady Clavering in partnership; with key in which Collierley is given as the real name for Whiteacre, 1736
(7 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/13Case and legal opinion of Thomas Rudd concerning the rights of tenants in common to the wagonways through West Field, West Crofts, East Field and Low Hedge Field, Ryton, upon their division, 6 June 1738
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/14Copy letter from William Perkins, Lincoln's Inn, to Ralph Fetherston concerning Liddell v Clavering (no details), 8 December 1739
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/15'Case of Mr. Ellison and Carr about Park colliery' concerning the rights of the Grand Allies to 'Blackacre' colliery, 1744
(1 file and 1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/16Copy opinion of George Grey on articles of agreement for a lease of Mr. Bonner's colliery at Byker, 11 August 1744
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/17Legal opinions, terms of an agreement and related papers concerning disputed title to Birtley common involving Lord Ravensworth and Partners, Mr. Bellasyse, the Bishop of Durham and the freeholders of Birkley, 1748 - 1752
(26 papers)
Ref: D/St/L1/17/18Case and opinion of D. Ryder as to the legality of a lease made of settled lands without consent of those involved [relating to Cawsey], 12 October 1751
(1 paper)
William Davison v the Earl of Bute et al., Chancery, n.d. [post-1754] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/19)Ref: D/St/L1/17/19Observations concerning a dispute over whether watercourse and wayleave rights should be limited to collieries leased by the plaintiff to the defendants in 1727 for 98 years, or to all collieries acquired in that period; collieries concerned include Hedley Fell, Park Head, Tanfield, Andrews House, Byermoor, Shield Row, Kiphill, Stanley, etc., n.d. [after 1754]
Sidney and Edward Wortley, Thomas Ord, Sir Henry Liddell, George Bowes, George Liddell, William Cotesworth v Henry Thomas Carr and Wife, and Henry Ellison and Wife, and later Legal Opinion, 1756-1788 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/20)Ref: D/St/L1/17/20Case and legal opinions concerning dispute over whether defendants are at liberty to work themselves or let Gateshead Fell colliery to anyone other than the plaintiffs under an agreement of 27 June 1726, 1756 - 1788
(14 papers and 6 files)
Dispute over Fawdon's Field, 1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/21)Ref: D/St/L1/17/21Legal opinion, letters to George Bowes, maps and related papers concerning a dispute between George Bowes and Sir Thomas Clavering over title to Fawdon's Field; also legal bill in Cotesworth et al. v William Blakiston Bowes [c.1720] concerning Fawdon's Field wagonway, 1759
(7 papers)
Thomas Maddison, Hugh Hall, John Hall, William Dixon and Jane Dixon, his Wife v George Humble and George Rotherford, Durham Chancery, 1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/22)Ref: D/St/L1/17/22Depositions of John Legg of West Rawton, Thomas Stokoe of Bryan's Leap, John Leaton of Marley Hill, William Newton of Burnopfield Head and Thomas Humble of Birtley, colliery viewers, concerning their view of various Birtley colliery pits with report, 15 - 31 May 1759
(4 papers)
(1 file, printed)
House of Lords, n.d. [post-1806] (Ref: D/St/L1/17/23)Mary Wortley, Dowager Countess of Bute, v John, Marquis of Bute, et al.
Louise Harcourt Stuart Stuart et al. v John, Marquis of Bute et al.
Charles Stuart et al. v John, Marquis of Bute, et al.
Respondents' case in dispute over whether the late Earl of Bute bequeathed certain wagonways, money, etc., together with his collieries in Northumberland and Durham (held in partnership with the Grand Allies), n.d. [after 1806]
(1 file, printed)
Blackburn Fell, 1844 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/24)Ref: D/St/L1/17/24Case and legal opinions concerning rights of John Bowes and Lord Ravensworth in relation to wagonways and railways across Blackburn Fell, with plans, 1844
(6 papers and 4 files)
Robert Payne v John Bowes, William Hutt, Nicholas Wood and Charles Mark Palmer, Durham Court of Pleas, 1854 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/25)Ref: D/St/L1/17/25Award of Robert Ingham of the Inner Temple in dispute over the tenancy of the Farnacres royalty, parish of Dunston, leased to the defendants for 25 years, with court order, 1854
(1 file and 1 paper)
March v George Heppel Ramsay, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1881 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/26)Ref: D/St/L1/17/26Particulars and conditions of sale of Blaydon Main colliery, Swalwell Fire Brick Works, Derwenthaugh Fire Bricks Works etc., to be auctioned on the order of Chancery, 13 January 1881
(1 paper, printed)
Stokoe et al. v John Bowes and Partners, Northumberland County Court, 1889 (Ref: D/St/L1/17/27)Ref: D/St/L1/17/27Summons to William Thompson of Gibside Hall to appear as a witness for the defence (no case details), 15 April 1889
(1 paper)
Evenwood, 1823-1897 (Ref: D/St/L1/18)Thomas Humphries v Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of West Auckland Township, 1823-1834 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/1)Ref: D/St/L1/18/1Extracts from court rolls and parliamentary surveys, abstracts of surrenders, bills of costs, correspondence and related papers concerning a boundary dispute between the townships of Evenwood and West Auckland at Ramshaw and its effect on which township Ramshaw colliery is rated in, 1823 - 1834
(19 papers and 2 files)
Chancery, 1828-1838 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/2)Philip Braham et al. v Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, et al.
Sir George Abercrombie Robinson et al. v Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, et al.
John Bowes v Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, et al.
and related papers
Affidavits, statements of facts, minutes, copy lease proposals and related papers, concerning the lease of Norwood, Ramshaw and other Evenwood collieries, and its alteration because of depreciation in coal prices and increase in other collieries being opened, 1828 - 1838
(58 papers and 12 files)
George Healey and Lewis Walton v Robert Botcherby, John Botcherby and Robert Clark, King's Bench, 1833-1837 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/3)E
Ref: D/St/L1/18/3Briefs, writs, copy deeds, and related papers concerning claim for damages caused by coal and stone workings at Evenwood and the right of the Bishop of Durham and his lessees to enter on copyhold lands, 1833 - 1837
(146 papers and 2 files)
Exchequer of Pleas and Arbitration, 1834-1839 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/4)George Healey and Lewis Walton v John Botcherby and Robert Clark
George Healey and Lewis Walton v Charles Barrett
Orders, affidavits, bills of costs and related papers concerning dispute over rents, damages and conditions for further working of coal at Gordon House colliery, etc., 1834 - 1839
(104 papers and 7 files)
Charles Barrett v Stockton and Darlington Railway Co., Common Pleas, 1836-1849 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/5)Ref: D/St/L1/18/5Case, briefs, instructions, bills of costs and related papers concerning plaintiff's complaint of overcharging for the transit of his coal from Norwood and Gordon House collieries, etc., 1836 - 1849
(34 papers and 9 files)
Robert Gillespie v Charles Barrett and John Botcherby, Exchequer of Pleas, 1837 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/6)Ref: D/St/L1/18/6Briefs, declarations, correspondence to Thomas Wheldon and related papers concerning dispute over the working of stones at Evenwood, 1837
(38 papers and 6 files)
Thomas Walton v Henry Dowdeswell, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1897 (Ref: D/St/L1/18/7)Ref: D/St/L1/18/7Report, particulars of sale and plan relating to New Cartherthorne colliery, Toft Hill Hall, Gordon House Farm, High Toft Hill Farm and a cottage at Toft Hill to be sold by auction, 1897
(3 files and 1 plan)
Lead Mining, 1671-1672 (Ref: D/St/L1/19)William Bowes v William Lee, William Ware and Thomas Bailes, [1671-1672] (Ref: D/St/L1/19/1)Ref: D/St/L1/19/1Exemplification of verdict at Westminster, 26 June 1672, and brief concerning a dispute over trespass and theft of lead at Green Mines, parish of Romaldkirk, [1671 - 1672]
(5 papers and parchment, 1 membrane, 1 seal pendant)
Disputes relating to Debts, Legacies and other Personal Matters involving the Blakiston, Bowes and Bowes Lyon Families, c.1627-1885 (Ref: D/St/L1/20)Henry Skaife of Richmond v Sir Talbot Bowes, Thomas Bowes et al., Chancery, [1627] (Ref: D/St/L1/20/1)Ref: D/St/L1/20/1Copy bill of complaint and defendants' answers concerning dispute over £600 owed on a bond, [1627]
(3 files and 1 paper)
Arthur Dakins and William Pepp[ ], Executors of Arthur Dakins, v Talbot Bowes, 1637 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/2)Ref: D/St/L1/20/2Court order for the payment of £100 owing on a bond made between the defendant, Sir Arthur Dakins and Arthur Dakins, his grandchild, 21 June 1637
(1 paper)
William Marlay of Hedley, Gent., v Sir William Blakiston and Cecil, Lord Baltimore, 1669 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/3)Ref: D/St/L1/20/3Copy bill of complaint in dispute over the payment of a debt of £167 10s., 29 October 1669
(1 file)
Henry Savile, Elizabeth Obaldino, Countess of Monteltro, Anne Saville, Mary Saville et al. v Ralph Hulton, Thomas Bowes and Dorothy Cradock, Chancery, 1701-1702 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/4)Ref: D/St/L1/20/4Order and releases concerning plaintiffs' claim for legacies from the defendants, as executors of the will of Thomas Cradock, 3 July 1701 - 9 July 1702
(5 papers)
George Bowes v George Marley of Evenwood, Yeoman, 1740 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/5)Ref: D/St/L1/20/5Warrant of attorney to confirm judgement in case of bond debt of £160, 1 December 1740
(1 paper)
Thomas Medlicott and Elizabeth, his Wife (Widow of Gilbert Dawson) v Elizabeth Bowes, Spinster, Executrix of Jane Bowes, 1742-1748 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/6)Ref: D/St/L1/20/6Copy bill of complaint, copy answers, interrogatories and related papers concerning plaintiffs' claim for legacy left by John Bowes of Durham, M.A., to his nephew, Gilbert Dawson, 1742 - 1748
(24 papers and 1 file)
George Bowes v George, Earl of Shrewsbury; John Maire; Barbara, Lady Aston; Sir Thomas Webb; Charles, James, Thomas, Francis & Lucy Talbot; Charles Dormer; Dame Teresa Mostya et al., 1751-1759 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/7-8)Case concerned plaintiff's claim for £12,000 as heir-at-law of John Talbot of Longford, Salop, through the marriage of Jane Talbot to Sir George Bowes
Ref: D/St/L1/20/7Copy bill of complaint, legal opinions, interrogatories, depositions, correspondence to/from George Bowes and related papers, 1751 - 1759
(100 papers and 5 files)
Ref: D/St/L1/20/8Parish register extracts, pedigrees and related papers concerning the connection between the Bowes and Talbot families, used 1751 - 1759
(44 papers and parchment, 1 membrane)
John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Samuel Witty, Stable Keeper and Horse Dealer, Oxford Street, London, 1792-1793 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/9)Ref: D/St/L1/20/9Briefs, writs, instructions and related papers concerning plaintiff's claim for the return of £42, paid for a gelding, subsequently returned as unfit, 1792 - 1793
(18 papers, 4 files and parchment, 2 membranes)
'In the Matter of the Earl of Strathmore and the Executors of the Late William Newton', 1802 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/10)Ref: D/St/L1/20/10Copy of William Newton's executors' account settled by the arbitrators, James Harrison and Robert Pearson, 26 March 1802
(1 paper)
John Bowes v Alphonsine Marie de Saint Armand Bowes and Louis Millett, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1884-1885 (Ref: D/St/L1/20/11)Ref: D/St/L1/20/11Petitioner's answer to respondent's plea for alimony, and memorandum as to the Bowes jewels, in divorce action, 19 May 1884 - December 1885
(2 files and 1 paper, partly in French)
Miscellaneous Disputes, 1508-1886 (Ref: D/St/L1/21)Arbitration between Edward Fox and Robert Hedworth, 1508 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/1)Ref: D/St/L1/21/128 July 1508
(1) (a) Edward Fox of York, gent., (b) Nicholas Richerdson of Durham, merchant
(2) Robert Hedworth of Derncruk
Bond in £20 for the fulfilment by (1a) of the arbitration award to be made by John Wythers, Chancellor to the Bishop of Durham in the action between (1a) and (2), and for the giving of evidence by Robert Tenant, Bailiff of Durham, and Sir Thomas Smyth in the same suit
(Parchment, 1 membrane, 2 seals simple queue)
Vincent Bolerley v Thomas Dent, Merchant, [16th century] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/2)Ref: D/St/L1/21/2Memorandum concerning the examination of witnesses, n.d. [16th c.]
(1 paper)
Thomas Scisson et al. v Elizabeth Hall, Wife of Simon Hall of Sturfell Hamlet (Executrix of James Sympson of York), Consistory Court at York, 1573-1575 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/3)Ref: D/St/L1/21/3Writ to bring cause and letter of attorney concerning dispute over the will of James Sympson of York, alderman, 1573 - 1575
(Parchment, 2 membranes, 1 seal pendant)
William Jackson v William Clayton and George Downes, Durham Chancery, [1622] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/4)Ref: D/St/L1/21/4Writ from Richard, Bishop of Durham, to William Clayton and George Downes ordering them to pay £100 awarded by Durham Chancery, 17 September 1622
(Latin, parchment, 1 membrane)
Thomas Mann, Thomas Cooke, Thomas Tunstall, William Walton v Margaret Forster, Robert Porrett, Richard Porrett, Anthony Dodsworth and Christopher Armstrong, Durham Chancery, 1637 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/5)Ref: D/St/L1/21/5Brief of bill of complaint concerning dispute over non-payment of toll and dues in the borough of Durham and Framwellgate, 6 September 1637
(2 papers)
Sir William Blakiston v [ ] Meaburne, 1658 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/6)Ref: D/St/L1/21/6Verdict of Durham Assizes, 1 August 1658
(1 paper)
Stephen Thompson, William Jordan, Thomas Mascall, Ambrose Myers, Thomas Forcer v Roger Talbot, Durham Chancery, 1664 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/7)Ref: D/St/L1/21/7Brief of bill of complaint in a dispute over the non-payment of toll and dues in the borough of Durham and Framwellgate, 7 September 1664
(1 paper)
Joseph Hall v Anthony Church, 1691 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/8)Ref: D/St/L1/21/8Memorandum concerning debt of £80 owed by the defendant, 1691
(Latin, 1 paper)
Charles, Lord Baltimore, v [Francis Blakiston and Thomas Moore], Chancery, 1693 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/9)Ref: D/St/L1/21/9Fragment of a writ for defendants to attend Court of Appeals, 17 November 1693
(1 paper)
Dent v Bowes, 1693 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/10)Ref: D/St/L1/21/10Notice to Mr. Dixon that the cause will not be tried at this assize, 8 August 1693
Robert Wright et al. v William Blakiston Bowes et al., 1721 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/11)Ref: D/St/L1/21/11Notice to defendant informing him of a hearing, 28 February 1720/1
(1 paper)
Edward Collingwood of Chirton, Northumberland, v Joseph Storey of Crossburn, Northumberland, 1734 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/12)Ref: D/St/L1/21/12Warrant of attorney by defendant authorising George Greene and Thomas Henzell, Common Pleas, to appear for him in a case of debt of £30, 7 June 1734
(1 paper)
John Walker v John Dent, 1740 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/13)Ref: D/St/L1/21/13Order by the Steward and Chief Bailiff of Richmond to all bailiffs to summon defendant to court to answer case of trespass, 23 February 1739/40
(1 paper, printed)
John Alston Stirpin, 1744 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/14)Ref: D/St/L1/21/14Case and legal opinion of J. Talbot, Lincoln's Inn, concerning the finding of an heir to the late John Alston Stirpin, 5 May 1744
(1 file)
Case for Opinion concerning the Construction of Roads, [1750-1751] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/15)Ref: D/St/L1/21/15Case for opinion concerning the construction of roads on private lands citing Act for the making of the road from Carlisle to Newcastle, [1750 - 1751]
(1 file, printed)
Ralph Potts v Ephraim Fenwick, 1772 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/16)Ref: D/St/L1/21/16Letter from Ralph Potts, Swalwell, to Ephraim Fenwick, near Fellside, informing him that if his debt is not paid he will 'proceed in a legal way', with information of Margery Brown, 22 July - 16 November 1772
(3 papers)
Thomas English v Samuel Bean, late of Kew Lane, Surrey, Merchant, 1784 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/17)Ref: D/St/L1/21/17Writ to the sheriff of London for 12 men to appear to judge case of trespass, 29 November 1784
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Mary Large, Elizabeth Steward, Ann Collard et al. v John Mayer and Ann Lees, Chancery, 1785 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/18)Ref: D/St/L1/21/18Statement by Ralph Johnson Wall concerning the serving of a petition on Mr. Douce, Clerk in court for the defendants, 7 May 1785
(1 paper)
Cooth v Jackson, Chancery, 1803 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/19)Ref: D/St/L1/21/19Copy Lord Chancellor's opinion and judgement, citing 'ultimate limitation in the settlement of 1743' relating to a mortgage of defendant's estate, 12 March 1803
(1 file)
Thomas Willis v William Appleby, King's Bench, 1824-1826 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/20)Ref: D/St/L1/21/20Notices of trial and declaration, correspondence to Thomas Wheldon and related papers concerning a dispute over the inheritance of Elizabeth Willis (nee Appleby, sister of William), 1824 - 1826
(7 papers and parchment, 1 membrane)
Isabella Royal v Thomas Allison Tennant and Robert Rayson; Isabella Royal v William Lascelles Lacon, Henry Teesdale et al., 1837-1840 (Ref: D/St/L1/21/21)Ref: D/St/L1/21/21Affidavits, correspondence to Thomas Wheldon, and related papers concerning dispute over the estate of Mrs. Jane Allison of Stockton, 1837 - 1840
(1 file and 6 papers)
Crawford et al. v Newton, [1886] (Ref: D/St/L1/21/22)Ref: D/St/L1/21/22Newspaper report on case concerning the meaning of 'tenantable repair', n.d. [1886]
(1 paper, printed)
