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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 1 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Office Administration: Office financial records

Covering Dates: 1802-1964

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  • Hanby Holmes
    • Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH)
    • Office Administration (Ref: D/HH 1)
    • Office financial records (Ref: D/HH 1/5)
    • Bill books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/1-24)
    • Agency Accounts (see also D/HH 7/4/23 below) (Ref: D/HH 1/5/25-97)
    • Miscellaneous Bills (Ref: D/HH 1/5/98-100)
    • Clients' Ledgers etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/101-110)
    • Cash books and journals (Ref: D/HH 1/5/111-119)
    • Bank Books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/120-139)
    • Accounts of the business (Ref: D/HH 1/5/140-149)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/5/150-156)
    • Holmes and Brewis (Ref: D/HH 1/5/157-160)
    • Diaries (Ref: D/HH 1/5/161-199)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/5/200)
    • Addenda (Ref: D/HH 1/5/201-208)
    • Private ledger (Ref: D/HH 1/5/209)
    • Bill books and agency accounts (Ref: D/HH 1/5/210-224)
    • Clients' Ledgers (Ref: D/HH 1/5/225-232)
    • Cash books and journals (Ref: D/HH 1/5/233-242)
    • Private ledger additional (Ref: D/HH 1/5/243)

Catalogue Contents

Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH)Office Administration (Ref: D/HH 1)Office financial records (Ref: D/HH 1/5)Bill books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/1-24)

(various loose bills of costs are to be found with the other papers of individual clients in sections D/HH 2 - D/HH 10 below)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/1

Bill book, 1836 - 1858; election bill book, 1862 - 1868, 1881; copy of tithe schedules, Cotherstone, Hunderthwaite, Lartington as at 1841, late 19th century
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/2

Miscellaneous bill book, 1809 - 1842, drawn up 1841 - 1842
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/3

Bill book 'B', 1814 - 1820
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/4

Draft bill book, 1823 - 1841
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/5

Rough bill book, 1833 - 1840
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/6

Rough bill book, No.2, (John Bowes), 1840 - 1842
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/7

Bill book, Wheldon and Hepworth, 1843 - 1848; bill for the executors of Thomas Harrison, 1809 - 1847; few entries for bills delivered and cash received, 1826 - 1827
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/8

Day book and bill book, 1848 - 1851 (1 volume, leather half-bound) [see D/HH 1/5/158 for bill book, 1878 - 1882]

Ref: D/HH 1/5/9

Copy bill book (No.1), 1881 - 1887
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/10

Copy bill book (No.2), 1882 - 1892
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/11

Copy bill book (No.3), 1887 - 1899
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/12

Copy bill book (No.4), 1897 - 1904
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/13

Copy bill book (No.5), 1901 - 1910
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/14

Copy book book (No.6), 1907 - 1917
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/15

Copy bill book (No.7), 1908 - 1922
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/16

Draft bill for R.T. Richardson, 1921 - 1923
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/17

Draft bills, surnames 'H', 1921 - 1922
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/18

Copy bill book for bills submitted, 1 January 1947 -6 April 1950
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/19

Diary and attendance entries extracted and arranged in alphabetical order for the compilation of bills of costs, 1930 - 1938
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/20

Diary and attendance entries extracted and arranged in alphabetical 'order for the compilation of bills and costs, 1940 - 1950
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/21

Diary and attendance entries extracted and arranged in alphabetical order for the compilation of bills of costs, 1960 - 1964 (1 file, typescript) [D/HH 1/5/16-21 kept as examples of E.R. Hanby Holmes' means of proceeding from attendance books to costs] Individual Clients' Bill Books etc.

Ref: D/HH 1/5/22

Lord Strathmore's draft bill book, 1887 - 1888
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/23

Lord Strathmore's draft bill book 1888 - 1892; clerk's attendance and day book, 1 January 1842 -31 December 1844
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/24

Lord Strathmore's draft bill book, 1892 - 1897; statements of account of Miles Lawson with Henry Witham, February 1827 - 27 May 1829
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Agency Accounts (see also D/HH 7/4/23 below) (Ref: D/HH 1/5/25-97)Ref: D/HH 1/5/25

Bill book for costs due to T. Dixon, 5 New Boswell Court, London agents, 1811 - 1826
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/26

Bill book, 1809 - 1810; agency costs due to Dixon and Sons, 5 New Boswell Court, London, 1833 - 1840
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/27

Bill book for agency costs due to Thomas Henry Dixon, 5 New Boswell Court, London, January 1850 - April 1859
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/28-45

Annual statements of account of J.D. Holmes with his London agent T.H. Dixon, 1848/49 - 1865/66
(18 papers)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/46

Bill book for agency costs of Thomas H?pworth, December 1832 - October 1842
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/47

Statements of account of Thomas Hepworth with Thomas Wheldon, December 1835 - September 1839
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/48

Agency costs of Thomas Hepworth in connexion with Attorney General v Cradock, 1837 - 1841
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/49-96

Agency costs of Kell and Chaffers, 43 Bedford Row, chiefly in relation to Chancery causes of the Bowes family, and statements of account of Thomas Wheldon with W.G. Kell and later with Kell and Chaffers, 1843 - 1850
(24 papers, 24 files)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/97

Agency ledger for Thomas Wheldon acting as agent for other firms, 1826 - 1837
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Miscellaneous Bills (Ref: D/HH 1/5/98-100)Ref: D/HH 1/5/98

Draft bill of costs from Thomas Wheldon to the proprietors of lands in the township of Hunderthwaite, 1838 - 1840 "Entered in B[ill] Book p.391, J. Dodds"
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/99

Draft bill of costs from Messrs. Wheldon and Hepwroth to the Assignees of Richard Patton, 1843 - 1845
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/100

Draft bill of costs from Thomas Wheldon to Robert Moses Dinsdale, 1819 - 1832. Copied 1847
(1 file)

Clients' Ledgers etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/101-110)Ref: D/HH 1/5/101

Statements of account with individual clients in respect of bills furnished, 1808 - 1829
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/102

'Cash Ledger, no.2' of J.D. Holmes: details of cash receipts and payment in respect of work due on behalf of individual clients, 1852 - 1862
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/103

General ledger, (clients), 1881 - 1886
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/104

General ledger, no.4 (clients), 1898 - 1906
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/105

General ledger, no.5 (clients), 1909 - 1912
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/106

General ledger (clients), of Roy H. Helmer, 1912 - 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/107

Copy estate accounts, Reverend Richard Holmes, deceased and Thomas Reah of Gainford, deceased, 1895 - 1904
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/108

Statements of account with clients, 1899 - 1912
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/109

Statements of account with clients, no.2, 1912 -1925
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/110

Rough statements of account with clients, 1905 -1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Cash books and journals (Ref: D/HH 1/5/111-119)Ref: D/HH 1/5/111

Office cash book no.1 (of J.D. Holmes) being a state-ment of account between J.D. Holmes and the business and of cash receipts and payments for.the office account and clients' accounts, July 1849 - June1854
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/112

Cash journal: of Holmes and Brewis, solicitors, Sunderland, 27 November 1873 - 21 January 1800; of [J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle], 1 January - 29 November 1886
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/113

Cash journal, 1 October 1905 - 31 December 1909
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/114

Cash journal, 1 January 1910 - 31 December 1913
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/115

Cash journal, 1 January 1914 - 9 August 1916
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/116

Cash journal, 14 February 1931 - 15 June 1935; April 1945
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/117

Cash journal, 2 January 1947 - 31 May 1951
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/118

Cash journal, 1 June 1951 - 29 February 1960; partnership account, 1 April - 1 August 1956
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/119

Cash account book, 31 July 1819 - 27 November 1822; few entries 1823, 1824, 1838, 1840 and 1843
(1 volume, leather bound)

Bank Books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/5/120-139)Ref: D/HH 1/5/120

Pass book of Messrs. John Brewis and J. Hanby Holmes with The National Provincial Bank of England Ltd., Barnard Castle, 17 January 1882 - 18 May 1885
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/121

Pass book of J. Hanby Holmes with The North Eastern Banking Co. Ltd., 29 December 1896 - 30 May 1903
(1 notebook, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/122

Pass book with the National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes office account, 4 April 1918 - 31 July 1920 1 notebook, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/123

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank, E.R. Hanby Holmes office account, 3 August 1920 - 18 March 1924
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/124

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes [office account], 19 March 1924 - 4 October 1928
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/125

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes office account, 6 October 1928 - 16 March 1933
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/126

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, clients' account, 17 March 1933 - 19 March 1936
(1 notebook, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/127

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, clients' account, 19 March 1936 - 23 May 1939
(1 notebook, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/128

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., ER. Hanby Holmes, clients' account, 24 May 1939 - 16 January 1943
(1 notebook, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/129

Pass book with Lloyds Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, no.2 account, 3 February 1927 - 17 February 1932
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/130

Pass book with LloydsBank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, no.2 account, 19 February 1932 - 23 April 1941
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/131

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, No.2 account, 7 October 1941 -3' March 1944
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/132

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes', 3 March 1944 - 30 March 1946
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/133

Deposit account pass book of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lloyds Bank Ltd., 31 July 1935 - 5 July 1939
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/134

Pass book for deposit account with Lloyds Bank Ltd., 14 July 1939 - 9 August 1941
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/135

Pass book with Lloyds Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, 4 March 1933 - 7 October 1941
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/136

Bank statements for clients' account with National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes, 31 December 1947 - 26 April 1950
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/137

Bank statements for clients' account with National Provincial Bank Ltd., Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop, 26 April 1950 - 30 March 1951
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/138

Monthly statements of account with the National Provincial Bank Ltd., E.R. Hanby Holmes office and No.2 accounts, 18 March 1952 - 11 March 1960
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/139

Bank statements for clients' accounts of: E.R. Hanby Ho1mes, Dawson, Arnott and Pickering; and both firms, 24 August 1953 - 13 February 1959
(1 file)

Accounts of the business (Ref: D/HH 1/5/140-149)Ref: D/HH 1/5/140

E.R. Hanby Holmes Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1948
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/141

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1950
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/142

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1951
(1 booklet, Printed)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/143

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1952
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/144

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1953
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/145

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1954
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/146

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Profit and loss account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 31 March 1955
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/147

Hanby Holmes, Waite and Alsop Balance sheet and account with E.R. Hanby Holmes at 16 November 1955
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/148

E.R. Hanby Holmes Revenue account for the period 1 April 1955 - 30 June 1956; balance sheet, 17 November 1956
(1 booklet, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/149

Messrs. Dawson, Arnott and Pickering and E.R. Hanby Holmes Revenue account for the year to, and balance sheet at, 30 June 1957
(1 booklet, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/5/150-156)Ref: D/HH 1/5/150

Receipts and vouchers (indexed), 1881 - 1886
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/151

Receipts and vouchers (indexed), 1912 - 1918
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/152

Mr. Wheldon's stamp account book, March 1833 - August 1834
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/153

Cash account book of John Lamb, clerk with Mr. Wheldon, September 1836 - 31 December 1837
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/154

Account book of E.R. Hanby Holmes for: bills delivered, costs received and profit thereon; commissions and postages deducted from statements; Commissioner ' S fees received; office expenses; transfer of costs and commissions from clients' account to No.2 account; petty cash; drawings, 1 April 1935 - 31 March 1940
(1 notebook, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/155

Account book of E.R. Hanby Holmes for: bills delivered, costs received and profit thereon; commissions and postages deducted from statements; Commissioner's fees received; office expenses; transfer of costs and commissioners from clients' account to No.2 account; petty cash; drawings, 1 April 1940 -31 March 1942
(1 notebook, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/156

Account book of E.R. Hanby Holmes for: bills delivered, costs received and profit thereon; commissions and postages deducted in statements; office expenses; transfer from clients' account to No.2 account; petty cash; staff wages; and staff holidays, 1942 - 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Holmes and Brewis (Ref: D/HH 1/5/157-160)Ref: D/HH 1/5/157

General ledger of Holmes and Brewis, Sunderland, 27 November 1873 - 31 December 1878; used at Barnard Castle, November - December 1878, January 1880
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/158

Copy bill book, Holmes and Brewis, Sunderland, Richard Holmes at Barnard Castle and J. Hanby Holmes, April 1874 - February 1882
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/159

Receipts and invoices, Holmes and Brewis, November 1873 - November 1876
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/160

Pass book of Richard Holmes, Sunderland with The National Provincial Bank of England Ltd., Sunderland, for office account, 2 January 1877 - 30 January 1882
(1 notebook, parchment bound)

Diaries (Ref: D/HH 1/5/161-199)

Fifth Deposit
(Acc: 1602(D))

Ref: D/HH 1/5/161

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1882
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/162

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1883
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/163

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1884
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/164

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1885
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/165

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1886
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/166

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1887
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/167

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1888
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/168

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1889
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/169

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1890
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/170

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1891
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/171

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1892
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/172

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1893
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/173

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1894
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/174

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1895
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/175

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1896
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/176

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1897
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/177

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1898
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/178

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1899
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/179

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1900
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/180

Diary used as a journal t6 record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1901
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/181

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1902
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/182

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1903
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/183

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1904
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/184

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1905
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/185

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, Postages etc., 1906
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/186

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1907
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/187

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1908
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/188

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1909
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/189

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1910
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/190

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1911
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/191

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1912
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/192

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1913
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/193

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1916
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/194

Diary used as a journal to record cash receipts and disbursements, postages etc., 1917
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/195

Diary containing: register of rents due; register of mortgages, of moneys to lend and moneys due; rates and taxes; miscellaneous petty financial transactions and jottings, 1919
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/196

Diary containing: register of rents due; register of mortgages, of moneys to lend and moneys due; rates and taxes; miscellaneous petty financial transactions and jottings, 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/197

Diary containing: register of rents due; register of mortgages, of moneys to lend and moneys due; rates and taxes; miscellaneous petty financial transactions and jottings, 1921
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/198

Diary containing: register of rents due; register of mortgages, of moneys to lend and moneys due; rates and taxes; miscellaneous petty financial transactions and jottings, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/199

Diary containing: register of rents due; register of mortgages, of moneys to lend and moneys due; rates and taxes; miscellaneous petty financial transactions and jottings, 1939 (1 volume, cloth bound) [D/HH 1/5/197-199 retained as specimens of series running from throughout 1920s and 1930s]

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/5/200)Ref: D/HH 1/5/200

Details of office holidays: lists of costs drawn, 1898 - 1918
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Addenda (Ref: D/HH 1/5/201-208)Ref: D/HH 1/5/201

Valuation of gas fittings belonging to Holmes and Brewis, 62 John Street, Sunderland, n.d. [c.1880]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/202

Miscellaneous receipts and payments, attendance entries and costs, 26 August - 8 November 1824, 1 - 22 January 1828, 25 May - 3 August n.y., 1 - 4 August 1836, 17 March - 23 April 1837, 28 - 29 April 1847
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/203

Bill book - statements of costs incurred for individual clients and agents, 1808 - 1812
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/204

Pages from bill book, 1802-1804
(4 papers)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/205

Statement of account current with Thomas Wheldon of John White (a clerk to Mr. Wheldon), September 1820 - 1826
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/206

Office cash book of J.D. Holmes, 1 January 1875 - 10 November 1879
(1 volume, calf-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/207

Accounts of the trusteeship of Mrs. Deborah Douthwaite, deceased, January 1870 - May 1871 Previously enclosed in D/HH 1/5/206
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/208

Partnership accounts of James and William Marr at Cow Close Colliery, January 1882 - December 1892
(1 volume, card bound)

Private ledger (Ref: D/HH 1/5/209)

Eighth Deposit

(Acc: 2484(D))

Ref: D/HH 1/5/209

Private ledger, November 1873 - December 1909 Includes: summaries of accounts under the following headings:- cash, bank, profit and loss, office, clients' ledger, drawing accounts of Mr Holmes, Richard Holmes, and Mr Brewis, stock, office furniture and law books, balance, trial balance, and debtors and creditors
(1 volume, calf bound)

Bill books and agency accounts (Ref: D/HH 1/5/210-224)Ref: D/HH 1/5/210

Bill book (marked 'B - rough' on spine, and 'C' on front cover), indexed, November 1817 - February 1841
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/211

Bill book (marked 'BB' on spine, and 'D' on front cover), indexed, 2 November 1826 - May 1841
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/212

Bill book of J. D. Holmes, indexed, 1 January 1849 - 12 May 1859
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/213

Bill book, indexed, January 1858 - c. April 1868 Includes: bill of costs incurred by John Bowes in pursuance of The Bowes Estate Act, 1850
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/214

Bill book, indexed, 17 January 1866 - 4 February 1878
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/215

Bill book, 10 April 1874 - 10 October 1879
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/216

Rough bill book, 7 September 1819 - July 1826
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/217

Rough bill book (No. 1), 1 December 1826 - 9 February 1842
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/218

Rough bill book, 24 November 1826 - 2 June 1835 For enclosures see D/HH 2/12/172-173
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/219

Draft general costs book 'E' (Journal 'A'), 1 December 1840 - 30 December 1892
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/220

Draft bill book ('Day Book'), indexed, 1 January 1852 - 23 June 1858
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/221

Draft bill book, indexed, 8 January 1892 - 7 March 1899 Includes: at front of volume, bill book entries 29 November 1819 - 1 August 1848, marked as transferred to copy bill book
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/222

Copy bill book (No. 8), indexed, October 1922 - 11 August 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/223

Copy bill book, indexed, of Roy H. Helmer, solicitor, of Barnard Castle, 27 July 1910 - March 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/224

Bill book of agency costs due to Dixon and Sons, 5 New Boswell Court, London on behalf of Thomas Wheldon/Messrs Wheldon and Swarbreck, indexed, September 1826 - December 1840
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Clients' Ledgers (Ref: D/HH 1/5/225-232)Ref: D/HH 1/5/225

Cash book of S. D. Swarbreck in account with partnership, November 1826 - April 1828; and clients' cash ledger, January 1836 - June 1848 Includes: at end, register of wills [c.1890 - 1963]
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/226

Cash ledger (No. 1) of John D. Holmes, indexed, 1 January 1849 - 29 December 1852
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/227

Cash ledger (No. 3) of J. D. Holmes, indexed, 1 January 1862 - 31 December 1872
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/228

Office cash ledger (No. 4) of J. D. Holmes, indexed, 1 January 1873 - 31 December 1879
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/229

General ledger (clients), January 1887 - July 1894
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/230

General ledger (clients), January 1892 - June 1899
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/231

Cash ledger of J. H. Holmes (clients), indexed, 1899 - 1914
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/232

General ledger (No. 6) indexed, May 1918 - March 1921
(1 volume, calf bound)

Cash books and journals (Ref: D/HH 1/5/233-242)Ref: D/HH 1/5/233

Office cash book (No. 2) of John D. Holmes, 1 July 1854 - 31 December 1861
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/234

Cash journal, 1 December 1881 - 31 December 1885
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/235

Cash journal (No. 2) 1 January 1886 - 16 November 1889
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/236

Cash journal (No. 3) 1 December 1889 - 30 April 1893
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/237

Cash journal, 1 May 1893 - 30 December 1896
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/238

Cash journal (No. 5)1 January 1897 - 31 January 1901
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/239

Cash journal, 1 February 1901 - 30 September 1905
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/240

Cash journal, 1918 - 26 September 1923
(1 volume, badly damaged by damp)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/241

Cash journal, 1 January 1924 - 22 June 1927
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/5/242

Cash journal, 22 June 1927 - 13 February 1931
(1 volume, calf bound)

Private ledger additional (Ref: D/HH 1/5/243)

Tenth Deposit

(Acc: 2883(D))

Ref: D/HH 1/5/243

Private ledger, April 1918 - May 1919 and April 1949 - November 1963
(1 volume, calf-bound)



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