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4 January 1866 (1) Robert Ormiston of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. (2) George Henry Robert Charles William Earl Vane Viscount Seaham Copy counterpart lease for 99 years by (1) to (2) of Grindon Estate with 156 acres of land, Silksworth with all the coal mines and seams of coal underneath; together with 6 acres of land called East Nook in Silksworth occupied by John Leighton as tenant. Consideration: once the worked coal exceeds £3527 the following charges apply: 25s per ten for every ten of round coals; 12s 6d per ten for every ten of small coals worked in Hutton seam; 20s per ten of every ten round coals and 10s per ten of every ten of small coals worked from any other seam worked over the said amount of £3527. Additional charge of 2s 6d per ten for every ten of coals applies from any other coal mine within the described area The lease explains in detail the measurements of coal, conditions of pay, employment of workers etc.

Letter from Perowne and Co. Solicitors, 7 Great James Street, Bedford Row, London to Major Henry Crawley Ross Skinner, Stockwood, Luton informing him that Lady Waldie Griffith had changed her will to include his son, Harry John Crawley Ross Skinner, as a beneficiary in respect of real estates, mining properties and royalties in the north of England, 13 December 1934