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Receipt for 2d by John Wood on behalf of Lord Ravensworth and Partners to George Usher as a two year acknowledgment for a blacksmith's shop in Usworth, 1 June 1830

Legal opinion by W.H. Watson of 3 Kings Bench Walk, Temple, on ownership of properties in Usworth, 27 May 1837

Letter from Percival Fenwick, attorney of Lord Ravensworth, to William Gill, giving notice to quit all the properties occupied by him in Usworth (previously occupied by John Usher), 11 December 1837

Transcript from the hearing at Queens' Bench in a case between Lord Ravensworth and others versus William Gill, 18 May 1839

Draft notes on case between John Doe, Lord Ravensworth and others versus William Gill at Durham Mid-Summer Assizes, 20 August 1839

Notice from Mr Fenwick esq., attorney of Lord Ravensworth plaintiff, to William Gill, defendant, advising him to produce documents that would prove his title to the properties in Usworth, 16 July 1839

Legal opinion by Thomas Clutty, 1 Kings Bench Walk, on the title to the properties in Usworth, 25 April 1856

Letter from Stuart Crossman, 3 Kings Road, to H.W.Fenwick esq., attorney of Lord Ravensworth, asking for full names of legal personal representatives of Lord Ravensworth in 1755, 13 January 1860

Letter from Stuart Crossman, attorney, 3 Kings Bench Walk to H.W. Fenwick esq., expressing concern that he is not sure if he has Lord Ravensworth's correct name, and asking who actually ought to be the plaintiff, 26 April 1860

Draft of the Queens Bench affidavit by Ralph Greenwell of Gateshead, bailiff, that he served a writ of ejectment on Mary Gill of Usworth, June 1860

Queens Bench draft note in the land dispute between Lord Ravensworth and John Robinson, stating that Robinson's attorney, John Rogerson, appeared at Durham Assizes on 18 June 1860, to defend his right to the property, 5 July 1860

Queens Bench copy of verdict by Durham Assizes (18 June 1860), in the case Henry Thomas Baron Ravensworth, Gustavus Frederick Hamilton Russell Viscount Boyne, Emma Maria Viscountess Boyne, Gustavus Russell, Hamilton Russell, John Bowes, William Hutt, Nicholas Wood, Charles Mark Palmer, George Elliot, The Honourable Claude Bowes Lyon, Edward Western, The Reverend William Marriott, Smith Marriott, Thomas Greenwood, John Williams Anderson Chandlers and William Chater, plaintiffs, v Mary Gill, defendant, 5 July 1860

Notes on evidence to be used in the dispute in Queens Bench between Lord Ravensworth and others against the Gill family of Usworth, n.d. [c.1860]

Correspondence between attorneys relating to the land dispute in Usworth, trying to establish who actually owns the land in question as half of the plaintiffs are deceased and the others have mortgages on their estates, 13 April 1853- 5 July 1860 Originally enclosed with D/X 1769/13/1

Correspondence between attorneys Crossman, Fenwick, Rochester and Logan, in which they exchange information on the land dispute in Usworth, trying to find more evidence in 'troublesome and dirty' searches and they wonder whether it is necessary to add more parties as plaintiffs, 16 January- 31 October 1872

Letter from William Logan, Langley Park to Philip Kirkup enclosing several documents regarding collieries, 28 August 1902

Boring notes on seams around Eighton Colliery, 23 October 1746- 2 May 1754 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Notes on the size of seams in Meadow and Brecon Pitts, March 1755 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Suggestions by William Kile about leasing a colliery near Gateshead Fell from Lord Ravensworth, 3 April 1756 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

16 October 1761 (1) George Silvertop of Stella, esq. and Matthew Bell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) 36 workers Pitmen's bond to mine coal at Brockwell Colliery in Ryton for a year. (2) give £10 deposit and agree that (1) will deduct 1s each day from their wages. (1) promises to pay bonus for extra coal mined Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Detailed financial statement of Ravensworth and Eighton Colliery, 2 September 1777 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Memorandum of William Peareth relating to a colliery in Birtley belonging to Lord Ravensworth, February 1778 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Report on the state of Harraton Colliery after an explosion on 8 December 1778, when 24 people died, 23 December 1778 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Notes on coal seams in North Birtley Colliery, 16 June 1779 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Memoranda on Birtley Colliery, 1792-12 May 1799 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Extract from the Morning Chronicle regarding the public auction of: Rupert Colliery belonging to Harrison, Cooke and Company, bankrupts Leefield Colliery occupied by John Humble South Heaton Colliery at Byker, Northumberland a shipbuilding yard at Deptford belonging to William Harrison 13 August 1811 Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

22 March 1828 (1) Charles Parkins and Partners, owners of Ouston Colliery, (2) 118 workers Pitmen's bond to mine coal for a year. Detailed agreement on payments including wages in case of the main engine failure where all excavation work has to stop for more then 3 days and conditions under which workers can look for additional income in other collieries Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

5 May 1871 (1) Henry Thomas Lord Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle and John Bowes of Streatlam Castle esq. (2) Charles Mark Palmer and James Hall, both of Newcastle upon Tyne, timber merchants Lease by (1) to (2) for 14 years of 4 parcels called the Low and High timber yards with buildings thereon at Dunston with an exception to any minerals and coal under it (1) would pay for all damage caused by the colliery works Consideration: £150 per annum Witnesses: William Logan; Thomas Howard, clerk in South Durham Colliery; John Daglish and John Johnson on behalf of Lord Ravensworth Plan attached Originally enclosed in D/X 1769/15

Extract from the Yorkshire Post relating to the death of the Baroness Wentworth, with notes on her pedigree, 21 June 1917

Plan of Fryerside (Friarside) Estate belonging to John Simpson esq., 20 April 1787

Plan of Friarside Estate belonging to J. Hodgson Hinde esq., surveyed by Edward N. Grace, June 1838

Plan of encroachment in Usworth village, surveyed by Morris and Stokoe, January 1856

Plan of Usworth village and common with names of the owners of particular parcels of land, n.d. [late 19th C]