Catalogue

2 March 1812 (1) Joseph Procter of North Shields, linen draper; Robert Spence of North Shields, linen draper; James Potts of Byker, Northumberland, merchant; Edward Towns of Walker, Northumberland, agent (2) George Brown of North Shields, baker (3) George Brown of Bishop Auckland, staymaker Release by (1) to (3) of properties in Bongage (Bondgate), Bishop Auckland Consideration: £60 Recites previous indenture of 27 and 28 January 1808

Abstract of title, 10 February 1728 - 23 November 1823, of William Jackson, of Wolsingham, labourer; John Jackson of Sandy Bank, Witton le Wear, farmer; William Snaith of London, tailor to two shops in Back and Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, n.d. [1824]

Conditions of a public auction of a Bakehouse, Coal House and Butcher's shop at Back and Fore Bondgate, 19 March 1824

12 and 13 May 1824 (1) William Jackson of Wolsingham, labourer; John Jackson of Sandybank, St Andrew, Auckland, farmer (2) William Snaith of London, tailor (3) George Coates of Norton, gent. (4) William Watson Johnson of Bishop Auckland, shopkeeper Lease and release by (1) to (4) of properties in Bishop Auckland Consideration: £54

12 and 13 May 1824 (1) William Jackson of Wolsingham, labourer; John Jackson of Sandybank, St Andrew, Auckland, farmer (2) William Snaithe of Upper North Place, London, tailor (3) George Coates of Norton, gent. (4) Samuel Calvert if Bishop Auckland, skinner Lease and release for 999 years by (1) to (4) of a shop in Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £28

Copy Will of William Watson Johnson of Bishop Auckland, draper, 27 August 1831 Bequeaths to his brother John Johnson £100. Devises to his wife Mary two cottage houses in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, four houses and a stable in Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland. £30 to all children of his brother John: Ralph William, Peter Watson, John. Devises to his brother Peter all mortgaged estates. He appoints his brother Peter the executor of his Will

Will of George Brown of Bishop Auckland, 4 February 1837 Devises his real and personal properties (not specified) to his wife Margaret

6 and 7 January 1841 (1) Thomas Calvert of Staindrop, plumber and glazier (2) John Brown of Bishop Auckland, tailor (3) William Hepple of Bishop Auckland, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a shop in Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £60

1 September 1843 (1) Margaret Brown of Bishop Auckland, widow (2) Charlton Elliot of Bishop Auckland, esq.; Martha Morgan of Bishop Auckland, widow Mortgage by (1) to (2) of properties in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £80

8 March 1847 (1) Margaret Brown of Bishop Auckland, widow (2) Charlton Elliott of Bishop Auckland, esq., Martha Morgan of Bishop Auckland, widow (3) John Brown of Bishop Auckland, tailor (4) William Edgar of Bishop Auckland, cabinet maker Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of mortgaged properties in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £80 Recites previous indenture of 1 September 1843

26 March 1847 (1) John Nevison of Bishop Auckland, linen weaver, and Mary, his wife (2) John Brown of Bishop Auckland, tailor (3) William Edgar of Bishop Auckland, cabinet maker Release by (1) to (2) of several properties in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £100 Enclosed certificate of Deeds by Married Women signed by William Trotter and William Hepple

13 August 1847 (1) John Brown of Bishop Auckland, tailor (2) Joseph Etherington of Bishop Auckland, grocer Mortgage by (1) to (2) of shops and houses in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £600 Recites previous indentures of 6 and 7 January 1841, 8 March 1847, 26 March 1847

13 February 1855 (1) Joseph Etherington of Bishop Auckland, grocer (2) John Brown of Bishop Auckland, tailor (3) Jane Elizabeth Hoggett of Gilesgate, Durham, spinster Mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of two shops and houses in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: 5s by (3) to (1) and £500 by (3) to (2) Recites previous indentures of 6 and 7 January 1841, 8 March 1847, 26 March 1847 and 13 August 1847 Enclosed receipt of John Brown dated 11 March 1872

5 June 1860 Conditions of sale by public auction of two houses in Back Bondgate Street, Bishop Auckland. Endorsement note states that the properties had been sold to John Brown of Bishop Auckland, wine and spirit merchant for £210 on 29 September 1869

Will of John Brown of Seaton Carew, gent., 6 May 1875 Devises his real and personal properties to William Rowntree of Bishop Auckland, draper and Edward Thompson of Bishop Auckland, ironmonger upon trust to his wife Ann Brown and after her death all the property to be sold and the money divided between his dayghters: Ann Brown, Elizabeth (wife of William Rowntree), Margaret (wife of Edward Thompson) and Jane Brown

Abstract of title, 13 February 1855 - 28 February 1893 of William Rowntree, draper and Edward Thompson, ironmonger to a hotel shop and houses in Bishop Auckland, 4 August 1894 Draft plan is eclosed

Conditions of sale by auction of a licenced hotel shop and houses in Fore and North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, 17 July 1894

3 September 1894 (1) Edward Thompson of Bishop Auckland, ironmonger (2) William Wilkinson of Bishop Auckland, colliery owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a public house, shop and houses at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and two other buildings at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £1770 Recites previous indenture of 5 May 1875

Copy Will of William Wilkinson of Bishop Auckland, furniture broker, 18 March 1901 He appoints Joseph Eltringham of 9 Railway Terrace, Blackhill, builder and George Eltringham of Walton Street, Blackhill, grocer his trustees. He gives all his money to his wife and all his personal belongings to his daughter Elizabeth Marry Ann Potts and to his son Joseph Harrison Wilkinson. He devises his real estates (not specified) to his trustees to sell and pay rent to his wife and children.

Abstract of the Will, codicil and probate of the Will of William Wilkinson, 18 March 1901 - 16 February 1922

Assent, following the Will of William Wilkinson, to the devise of the Royal Spirit Vaults public house together with a shop at 66 Fore Bondgate Street, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with another house at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland to Mary Eltringham Wilkinson on her attaining the age of 22, 14 March 1922

Abstract of title, 3 September 1894 - 14 March 1922, of Mary Eltringham Wilkinson to the Royal Spirit Vaults public house, Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland with adjoining houses, December 1922

5 April 1923 (1) Mary Eltringham Wilkinson of 66 Columbus Ravine, Scarborough, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Mary Elizabeth Whitfield of Aspley House, Bright Street, Darlington, Wife of Fred, machinist (1) conveys to (2) The Royal Spirit Vaults public house, jeweller's shop with houses at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and houses known as Annfield House and Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £1750 Recites previous indentures: 3 September 1894, 18 March 1901, 4 December 1908

Additional abstract of title, 5 April 1923, to the Royal Spirit Vaults public house, shop and a house at Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, June 1926

5 July 1926 (1) Mary Elizabeth Whitfield of the Royal Spirit Vaults public house, Bishop Auckland, wife of Fred Whitfield (2) Sydney Mead Winstanley of the Blacksmiths Arms public house, Spring Gardens, West Auckland, hotel proprietor, and Mary Brownless Winstanley, his wife Conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Royal Spirit Vaults, jeweller's shop and a house at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £2500

6 July 1926 (1) Sydney Mead Winstanley of Bishop Auckland, hotel proprietor and his wife Mary Brownless Winstanley (2) National Provincial Bank Limited Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the Royal Spirit Vaults, jeweller's shop with outbuildings, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: not stated [probably £1800] Endorsement notice: release of 30 January 1929

11 February 1929 (1) Sydney Mead Winstanley of West Auckland, hotel proprietor, and Mary Brownless Winstanley, his wife (2) Bernard Gillett of West Witton, Yorkshire, victualler, and Mary Teresa Gillett, his wife Deed of exchange of properties between (1) and (2) as listed in schedules below Consideration: £600 Schedule 1: the Royal Spirit Vaults, chemist shop and a house at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland with outbuildings and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Schedule 2: parcel of land numbered 204 on the plan of Parish of West Witton and the tithe apportionment award on the Northern side of the main road in West Witton with the Star Inn public house with outbuildings and piece of land numbered 258 on the above mentioned award, on the Southern side of the main road in West Witton Recites previous indentures: 5 July 1926, 27 March 1928

12 February 1929 (1) Bernard Gillett of Bishop Auckland, licensed victualler, and Mary Teresa Gillett, his wife (2) Thomas Pye of Barton near Preston, Lancashire, farmer Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the Royal Spirit Vaults with adjoining dentist shop with a house at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £2100

Additional abstract of title, 5 July 1926 - 30 January 1929, to the Royal Spirit Vaults and adjoining properties, Bishop Auckland, 1929

9 October 1934 (1) Bernard Gillett of the Royal Spirit Vaults public house, Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, licensed victualler, and Mary Teresa Gillett, his wife (2) Elizabeth Ann Wilson, wife of Joseph Wilson of Preston, Lancashire, licensed victualler (3) Thomas Pye of the Grange Barton near Preston, Lancashire, farmer Further mortgage by (1) to (3) of properties as described in the mortgage of 12 February 1929 Consideration: £60 Recites previous indentures: 12 February 1929 and 3 April 1929

16 June 1939 (1) Thomas Pye of the Grange Barton near Preston, Lancashire, farmer (2) Douglas Jeffery of Martins Bank Chambers, Bishop Auckland, chartered accountant Appointment of (2) by (1) to recover debts as described in mortgages of 12 February 1929 and 9 October 1934 Consideration: £1 6s per week Recites previous indentures: 12 February 1929 and 9 October 1934

Abstract of title, 3 September 1894 - 9 October 1934, to properties of Fore Bondgate and North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, 1942

Supplemental abstract of title, 16 June 1939, to premises in Fore Bondgate and North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, 1942

14 November 1942 (1) Thomas Pye of the Grange Barton near Preston, Lancashire, farmer (2) Thomas and James Bernard Limited, Edinburgh Brewery, Slateford Road, Edinburgh Conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Royal Spirit Vaults with adjoining shop at 65 and 66 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland and Annfield House with Annfield Cottage at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland Consideration: £3100 Recites previous indentures: 12 February 1929, 9 October 1934, 16 June 1939

Certificate of death of Mary Wilkinson of 48 Holly Avenue, Whitley and Monkseaton, died on 22 November 1916, 18 February 1929

Copy letter from W. A. Geenty, County Planning Officer, County Planning Department, 10 Church Street, Durham to J. Ford, Surveyor to the Urban District Council, the Elms, Market Place, Bishop Auckland referring to development and reconstruction of the Royal Spirit Vaults public house at 4 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland with enclosed permission for development, 9 and 10 July 1958