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19 May 1927 (1) John Jameson of Rennison Farm, Eppleby, Yorks, farmer (2) R.H. Edleston Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 12 acres with a house and farm buildings thereon and 7.5 acres of land used as a fox covert, both in Barforth, Yorkshire. Plan attached Consideration: £650

Plan of the Barforth Estate, near Gainford reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map, 1919 Scale: 20 chains to 1.5 inches

10 September 1936 (1) John William Whitfield of 15 Queen Street, Barnard Castle, railway employee (2) Elizabeth Winifred Barker, wife of George Albert Barker of 31 Galgate, Barnard Castle, plumber (the sub-vendor) (3) Robert Holmes Edleston, Esquire and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston, spinster, both of Gainford (4) Halifax Building Society Draft conveyance of 35 Queen Street (formerly 3 Headlam Terrace), Barnard Castle by (1) and (2) to (3) subject to the mortgage to (4) Consideration: £224 by (3) to (1), £5 by (3) to (2)

Letters received by E.R. Hanby Holmes from R.H. Edleston concerning conveyance of 35 Queen Street, 30 June - 15 September 1936

Correspondence received by E.R. Hanby Holmes from the Halifax Building Society concerning the Queen Street conveyance, 16 July 1936 - 18 May 1943

Correspondence received by E.R. Hanby Holmes from Heslop and York, solicitors, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Barnard Castle concering conveyance of Ferndee, Headlam Terrace, Queen Street, Barnard Castle, 20 July 1936 - 7 September 1937

Letters from E.N. Gent, Tees View, Gainford to E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning tenant and furnishings for Ferndene, 29 September 1936 and 2 April 1937

Plan of Ferndene, Headlam Terrace, Queen Street, 1926 Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch

7 May 1937 (1) R.H. Edleston and Miss S.A.C. Edleston (2) George James Walker of Briar Dykes, Baldersdale, Yorks., farmer Draft tenancy agreement of Ferndene, Barnard Castle, with furnishings Rent: 14s.6d a week

Rating assessments for 35 Queen Street, 24 January and 9 August 1938

Tradesmen's bills and receipts, July 1936 -April 1937

Bill of costs and draft statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning Ferndene purchase, July 1936 - September 1937

Abstract of conveyance of 35 Queen Street from John Smith's executors to Whitfield (31 August 1925), [1937]

Abstract of title of the Halifax Building Society to properties of the two predecessor societies, 1936

17 October 1928 (1) Mary Critchinson of Bolam, spinster (2) Robert Holmes Edleston and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston (mortgagees) (3) R.H. Edleston aforesaid Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a grass field (21 acre) at Bolam Consideration: £30 by (3) to (2)

Particulars of the field at Bolam with plan, n.d. [1928]

Copy letters from E.R. Hanby Holmes to Miss Critchinson at Bolam, to R.H. Edleston and to Miss Gent concerning sale of Bolam field, 29 June -16 November 1928

Draft memorandum of conveyance of 17 October 1928 to be endorsed on other deeds, [1928]

Copy of E.R. Hanby Holmes' costs for purchase of land at Bolam, 7 November 1928

September 1940 (1) The Trustees of the Bolam Methodist Chapel (2) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford Draft contract of sale of parcel of land and Methodist Chapel at Bolam

27 August 1941 (1) The Trustees of Bolam Methodist Chapel (2) Robert Holmes Edleston Draft conveyance of a Methodist Chapel and 62 sq. yds. of land in Bolam Consideration: £50

Abstract of title (17 March 1856 - 26 April 1928) to Bolam Methodist Chapel, [1940 - 1941]

Requisitions on title of Bolam Methodist Chapel, [1941]

Correspondence between the Reverend W.H. Burnett, Shildon, R.H. Edleston, E.R. Hanby Holmes and others concerning the sale of the disused chapel at Bolam to Edleston, 19 July 1938 - 26 August 1941

Bill of costs of E.R. Hanby Holmes for Bolam Chapel purchase, 20 August 1941

1957 (1) Eric Richard Hanby Holmes of Eldersfield, Barnard Castle, solicitor and Bertram Stephen Liddon Surtees Raine of The Red House, Norton on Tees, schoolmaster (2) Margaret Longstaff of The Cottage, Bolam, spinster Conveyance of a cottage and garden in Bolam on the south of the road to Ingleton Consideration: £50

Letter from Victor Taylor, Pear Tree Farm, Bolam concerning clearance and demolition of Bolam [Chapel], 27 June 1960

Number not allocated

4 October 1681 (1) Thomas Bainbridge, miller and Mary, his wife and Thomas, his son, all of Richmond, Yorks. (2) Francis Dent of Gainford Bargain and sale of a part of Watsons Cottage in Gainford as specified Consideration: £3

10 October 1681 (1) Thomas Bainbridge, Mary Bainbridge and Thomas, their son (2) Francis Dent Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of part of Watson's Cottage Consideration: £3 10s.

6-7 October 1692 (1) Robert Stodart of Gainford, yeoman (2) Simon Stodart, son and heir of (1) Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the house of (1) in Gainford (formerly George Carter's) and several parcels of land in Gainford [The date of the release precedes that of the lease]

24 March 1692/3 (1) John Shaw of Gainforth, miller and Cicilie, his wife (2) Francis Dent of Gainford Bargain and sale and quit claim by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse in Gainford, subject to an annual fee farm rent of 8d. Livery of seisin endorsed. Recites letters patent of Charles I Consideration: £5

12-13 March 1706 - 1707 (1) Simon Stodart of Gainford (2) John Midleton of Barforth, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of Stodarts Farm and Carters Farm, both at Gainford Consideration: £40

14 January 1723/4 (1) John Langton of Staindropp, joiner (2) William Hodshon of Stockton, sailor Conveyance (quit claim) by l to (2) in fee farm of Abbey House, Gainford. Livery of seisin endorsed. Fee farm rent: ld. p.a. Consideration: £21

10 July 1725 (1) John Dent of York, gardener (2) Peter Boddy of Gainford, inn holder and Margarett his wife Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth in Gainford,subject to an annual fee farm rent of 8d. Livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £21

10 July 1725 (1) John Dent (2) Peter Boddy Bond of (1) to (2) in £42 for the performance of covenants in indenture of even date

8 July 1729 (1) John Dent of Jubbergate, York, gardener (2) Peter Boddy of Gainford, inn holder Bargain and sale and feoffment by (1) to (2) of a part of Watson's Cottage. Livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £7

8 July 1729 (1) John Dent (2) Peter Boddy Bond in £20 for the performance of covenants in indenture of even date

16 August 1739 (1) Peter Boddy, the elder of Gainford, yeoman (2) Peter Boddy, the younger of Gainford, yeoman (son of (1) Bargain and sale and feoffment by (1) to (2) of a house on the north side of the town street at Gainford. Livery of seisin endorsed

11 January 1755 (1) John Eden of Gainford, gentleman (2) Margaret Body of Gainford, widow Assignment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage, by demise of 500 years, of a house on the north side of Gainford Town Street. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £21 12s.6d

19 November 1763 (1) John Burdon of Killerby Garths, Gainford, yeoman (2) William Wallis of Whitworth, yeoman Bond of (1) to (2) in £50 for indemnity against the claim for dower of Ann Brown from two houses in North Row, Gainford

13-14 February 1767 (1) Peter Boddy of Darlington, plumber and glazier (2) Elizabeth Boddy of Gainford, widow (mother of (1) (3) Thomas Pattison of Gainford, yeoman (4) Cuthbert Swainston of Durham, gentleman (5) Philip Airey of Gainford, clerk Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage on the north side of Gainford Town Street. Assignment by (4) to (5) of the residue of a term of 500 years in trust for (3) to attend the freehold. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £40 by (3) to (1) and £20 by (3) to (4)

11 March 1784 (1) John Lowther of Durham, Esquire and Ralph Tunstall of Darlington, gentleman (exors of Cuthbert Swainston) (2) Margaret Wilkinson of Crosgate, Durham, widow and Mary Swainston of Gainford, spinster (only sisters of C. Swainston) Attested copy of release and quit claim of estate of C. Swainston by (1) to (2)

8 March 1794 (1) Thomas Pattison of Gainford, linen weaver and Ann, his wife (2) John Glover of Staindrop, gentleman Mortgage,by demise of 1,000 years,by (1) to (2) of a house on the north side of Gainford Town Street to secure £20 with interest

7-8 April 1795 (1) Thomas Colpits of Streatlam Castle, gentleman (2) George Soulby of Snow Hall, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of land called Alethorne Sike Foot Close (5 acres) in Gainford. Recites previous deeds. Declaration of trust endorsed on release Consideration: £400

4 May 1923 (1) John Henry Culley of Rathangan, Kersfield Road, Putney, London, Esquire (2) Eleanor Jane Culley of Corscombe House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, widow (3) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 5 High Row, Gainford. Plan attached Consideration: £295 10s.

Abstract of title (28 June 1888 - 19 August 1920) and purchaser's requisitions on title, Culley to Edleston, 1923

Completion statement and bill of costs for purchase of 5 High Row, Gainford, May 1923

Correspondence between G.R. Gent, Tees View, Gainford, R.H. Edleston, Dees and Thompson, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, solicitors, E.R. Hanby Holmes and others concerning Culley to Edleston conveyance, letting the property etc., 5 February 1923 - 14 January 1924

List of deeds relating to Culley to Edleston conveyance in Gainford, [1923] [see D/HH 8/3/65 above]

Plan of house in High Row, Culley to Edleston, n.d. [1923] No scale

5 August 1923 (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster (2) Clarice Elizabeth Wheatley of High Row, Gainford, spinster Draft tenancy agreement for a house in High Row, Gainford Rent:£18 p.a.

15 May 1930 (1) R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston (2) Thomas Horn of Lane Head, Lunedale, Yorks., farmer Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of land and buildings at Gainford as specified (known as the Montalbo Rooms) Consideration: £300

7 May 1937 (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston (2) Francis Maddison Long of the Manor HOuse, Gainford, electrical engineer Tenancy agreement for the Manor House, Gainford for a term of 3 years thence from year to year Rent: £25 p.a. for 3 years,thence £30 p.a.

Bill of costs of E.R. Hanby Holmes for Long's tenancy, 24 May 1937

Letter from Mrs. E.N. Gent, Gainford to E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning Long's tenancy, 11 December 1936

8 June 1937 (1) Allan Chapman of Gainford, blacksmith (2) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Draft conveyance of land on the east of The Green, Gainford Consideration: £200

Bill of costs and statement of account for Chapman to Edleston conveyance, 10 May 1937

Particulars and conditions of sale, with extracts from conveyances and rough plans attached, of part of Tees View, Rochesters' representatives to Elizabeth Norah Gent of Tees View, Gainford, 7 December 1937

Purchaser's requisitions on title, Rochester's representatives to Edleston, 20 December 1937

28 January 1938 (1) Martin Hardy of Carpe Diem, Gainford, builder and decorator (2) Catherine Annetta Robson of Gainford, spinster (mortgagee) (3) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 96 sq. yds. of land, the site of a former outbuilding to Tees View, Gainford Consideration: £80 to (2)

Bill of costs of E.R. Hanby Holmes and statement of account, Rochester's representatives to Edleston, 22 January 1938

Letters received by E.R. Hanby Holmes from Waldy, Son and Chaytor, solicitors, Northgate, Darlington concerning Rochester's representatives to Edleston, 13 and 22 December 1937

Schedule of deeds relating to land in Gainford, Rochester's representatives to Edleston, received by Miss Alice Edleston, 13 February 1938

Requisitions on title relating to plot of land adjoining Tees View, Gainford, 17 December 1953

22 January 1954 (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston (2) Frederick Haggas of 106 North Road, Darlington, master tailor and Helena May Haggas, his wife Draft conveyance of 96 sq. yds. of land adjoining Tees View

10 June 1938 (1) Frances Sarah Allison of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow (2) Frances Sarah Allison and Dennis Darling Rutherford of 13 Albany Gardens, Whitley Bay, bank clerk (3) Robert Holmes Edleston and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston Draft conveyance of 3.074 acres of land on the south and west of North Lane (leading from Gainford to Ingleton)and 1.399 acres of land to the east of North Lane, Gainford, subject to an annual fee farm rent of 3s.. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £310

22 January 1940 (1) Robert Holmes Edleston and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston (2) Elizabeth Georgina Cookson, wife of Henry Anstey Cookson of Greatword, near Gainford, M.D. Draft conveyance of 1 acre of land being part of field 127 adjoining North Lane, Gainford (conveyed to the Edlestons by D/HH 8/3/122 above),charged with 1s. p.a. as a proportionate part of 3s. p.a. fee farm rent Consideration: £69

Correspondence and related papers concerning the tenancy of Green View, Gainford,including details of property, April - June 1938

Correspondence, description and plan concerning the letting of Gainford House, 8 February - 2 May 1956

1956 (1) E.R. Hanby Holmes and Bertram Liddon Stephen Surtees Raine (executors of Miss Edleston) (2) Christopher M. Wray of Gainford Agreement for use of coach house at Gainford Rent: 5s. per week

Copy of Gainford terrier (January 1940) with correspondence concerning disputed perimeter of the churchyard, 1940 - 1943

13 September 1825 (1) John Winston of Winchelsea, Sussex, gentleman (2) John Geldard of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (the nephew of (1)) (3) Ambrose Denham of Piersbridge, yeoman Bargain sale and feoffment by (1) to (2) of messuages at the west end of Bridge End House, Piercebridge and garths or gardens there as specified. Livery of seisin endorsed. Recites previous deeds Consideration: An annuity of £11 by (2) to (1)

15 April 1862 (1) John Geldard late of Newcastle upon Tyne, wine merchant, now of Gainford, gentleman (2) Robert Greear of Bishop Auckland, cordwainer Conveyance by (1) to (2) of property as D/HH 8/3/142 above Consideration: £155

28 August 1889 (1) Robert Swalwell of Castle Eden, miller and Mary Elizabeth, his wife (2) Isaac Greear of Fishburn, shoemaker (3) The ten children of (1) and (2) as specified (4) John Coltman of Killerby, farmer Conveyance by (1), as life tenants,and (2) to (3) of premises as D/HH 8/3/142 above. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £125 by (3) into court

Abstract of title (15 April 1862 - 28 August 1889) to property in Piercebridge, 1891

14 May 1891 (1) John Coltman of Killerby, farmer (2) Priestman Gordon of Piercebridge, stone mason Conveyance by (1) to (2) of property as D/HH 8/3/142 above Consideration: £200

13 April 1915 Probate of the will of Priestman Gordon of Piercebridge (dated 27 December 1899)

Estate Duty account, 12 June 1915

21 January 1856 (1) John Geldard of Newcastle, wine merchant (2) Isaac Charge of Cliff, Yorkshire, innkeeper Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a cottage and parcel of ground adjoining the Chapel Ground, Piercebridge Consideration: £35

Copy will of Isaac Charge of piersebridge, innkeeper (dated 20 May 1858) devising all to brother Christopher, 1868

1 July 1869 (1) Christopher Charge of Piersebridge, innkeeper (2) Thomas Marshall of Piersebridge, yeoman Conveyance by (1) to (2) of property as D/HH 8/3/149 above. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £60

22 March 1884 (1) Thomas Marshall of Piersebridge, yeoman (2) Octavius Borradaill Wooler of Darlington, gentleman (3) Ann Wilson Gordon, wife of Priestman Joseph Gordon (daughter of (1)) Settlement by (1) of property in Archer Street, Darlington and Piersebridge upon trust for (3)

Fire insurance policies of Mrs. A.W. Gordon, 23 August 1910 and 6 January 1921

Letters from Revd. C. Ellicott, Whitwell, Rutland to Revd. Dr. Joseph Edleston concerning property at Piercebridge belonging to the Rectory of Whitwell, 4 March 1864 - 10 July 1865

Letters from Edward Wooler, solicitor, Priestgate, Darlington to Revd. Dr. Joseph Edleston concerning Piercebridge Chantry property, 27 December 1873 -3 June 1885

Copy of case for the opinion of counsel, and notes on title to property of the Rector of Whitwell at Piercebridge, 1824.Copied [c.1920]

24 September 1920 (1) Revd. Robert Godlonton Bisseker of Whitwell Rectory, 0akham, Rutland, clerk (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) John Charles Griffith of Deanwood House, Cheltenham, Gloucs., a retired Colonel and William Frederick Noel Noel of Newent, Gloucesters, a retired Colonel (4) Ann Wilson Gordon of Piercebridge, widow Conveyance of 300 sq. yds. of land at Piercebridge to (4) Plan attached Consideration: £25

Advertisement of sale by auction of property at Piercebridge, 10 November 1927

Abstract of title (22 March 1884 - 9 November 1927) to property in Piercebridge, 1927

Schedule of deeds (1825-1927) to the Piercebridge property, 1927

Bill of costs and statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning Piercebridge purchase, 1927

Abstract of title to property in Piercebridge (13 May 1817 - 4 June 1901), n.d.

Letter from J.R. Deacon, auctioneer, Gainford to R.H. Edleston concerning Piercebridge sale, 3 November 1927

Letters from E.R. Hanby Holmes to R.H. Edleston etc. concerning the purchase of property at Piercebridge, 9 November 1927 - 18 April 1928 (13 papers)

Letters from Thomas Turner, Piercebridge to Miss Edleston concerning and accepting tenancy of property in Piercebridge, 14 November and 31 December 1927

Tenancy agreementsfor property in Piercebirdge purchased by the Edlestons, 1928

Unidentified photographs [of Piercebridge?], with negatives, n.d. [originally in same bundle as D/HH 8/3/142-194 above]

Sale particulars of the Cowton Estate (3,000 acres) and Cowton Castle, Yorkshire. Plan attached, 8 May 1919

Sale particulars of the Kiplin Estate (3,000 acres) near Scorton, Yorkshire (plan attached), 21 May 1919

Sale particulars of the Barforth and Stainsby Estates (2,685 acres), Yorkshire (plan attached), 8 December 1919

Sale particulars of Low Merrybent Farm (212 acres), Yorkshire (plan attached), 12 April 192£

Sale notice of Winston Town Farm (164 acres), 1928

Sale particulars of Cleasby Hall Farm (164 acres), Yorkshire (plan attached), 26 November 1928

Sale particulars of Gayles Fields Farm (247 acres), 5 October 1931

Sale notice of dwellinghouses and farms at Middleton in Teesdale, 18 May 1946

Sale particulars of Skeeby Hall Farm (250 acres), Yorkshire, 17 June 1946

Sale particulars of properties at Cockfield, Haughton le Skerne and Darlington, 8 February 1950

Sale particulars of Hill Top Farm near Winston, Yorkshire (plan attached), 1 June 1950

Sale particulars of the Walkerville Hotel, Catterick Camp, 28 July 1952

Sale particulars of West View, Boldron (plan endorsed) 13 May 1953

Particulars of sale of the Scruton Estate (1,111 acres), Yorkshire (plan missing), 15 July 1953

Sale particulars of Cleasby Grange Farm (180 acres), 13 May 1954

Sale particulars of South Side Farm, Butterknowle, 14 April 1954

Sale particulars of the Barton Estate (1,574 acres), Yorkshire (plan attached), 28 October 1954

Sale particulars of land at Gunnerside, Richmond, Yorkshire, 25 May 1955

Sale particulars of Foxgrove near Newsham, Yorkshire (plan endorsed) 6 June 1955

Sale particulars of Blackhill Plains, Gilling West, Yorkshire, 24 October 1955

Sale particulars of Cotherstone House, Yorkshire, 27 April 1957

Sale particulars of the Manfield Estate (1,372 acres), Yorkshire (p an attached), 6 March 1950

Sale particulars of Hill House, Skeeby, Yorkshire, 1959

Sale particulars of Hope House Farm, Heighington (113 acres), 19 December 1960

Sale particulars of Eggleshope House West, Egglestone, n.d. [1950s]

Catalogue of furniture and appointments of Canon Headlam at The Vicarage, Gainford, 10-11 January 1901

Sale particulars for building materials at Streatlam Castle, 20 September 1927

Advertisement for sale of furniture at the Montalbo Rooms, Gainford, 9 November 1927

Catalogue of antique and modern furnishings to be sold at Newgate Sale Rooms, 10 - 13 June 1936

Particulars of Bowes tithes, statements of receipts and expenditure, statements of accounts and bills of costs of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Mrs. H.M. Cumming, Income Tax papers, correspondence and questionnaires from the Tithe Redemption Commission, 1926 - 1937

Memorandum of work proposed to be done at Mrs. Wardle's and at Mrs. Young's byRand S. Adamson for Revd. Dr. Joseph Edleston, n.d. [late 19th century]

27 March 1711 (1) John Robinson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Francis Place of Barnard Castle, blacksmith Release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth on the east side of Markett Street, Barnard Castle Consideration: £30

16 September 1765 Probate of the will of John Robinson of Barnard Castle, shoemaker (dated 5 February 1765) devising property in Barnard Castle upon trust for wife for life, thence upon trust for sale with the proceeds divided amongst various relations

28 May 1880 (1) Robert Brignall of Bolam, farmer (2) Isabella Sherwood of Bolam, widow Conveyance by (1) to (2) of messuage and garden in Bolam Consideration: £27 10s.

27 June 1887 (1) Isabella Sherwood (2) Robert Smurthwaite of Bolam, railway clerk (3) John Iveson of Bolam, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (3) of a messuage and garden in Bolam in trust for Ann Smurthwaite (widow of John son of (2)) for life with remainders over Consideration: £30

28 March 1656 (1) Edward Raine of Snowhall, yeoman and George Carter of Newcastle upon Tyne, yeoman (2) Thomas Bainbridge of Durham, miller Conveyance in fee farm by (1) to (2) of a house and orchard at Gainford, to be held of the tenure of the Manor of East Greenewich [socage] Rent: 1s. p.a. to the chief lord of the fee

18 June 1658 (1) Thomas Bainbridge of Croft, Yorkshire, miller (2) George Steele the younger of Gainford, bachelor Conveyance in fee farm by (1) to (2) of Lockson's House, Gainford. Livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £9 5s.

18 June 1658 (1) Thomas Bainbridge (2) George Steele Bond of (1) to (2) in £18 to perform covenants in indenture of even date

4 July 1663 (1) George Steele of Gainford, bachelor (2) Anthony Waide of Gainford, tailor Conveyance in fee farm by (1) to (2) of Loxsons 's House, Gainford. Livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £10

21 June 1664 (1) Edward Payne of Gainford and George Carter of Gainford, yeoman (2) Anthonie Wayde the younger of Gainford, tailor Conveyance in fee farm by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Gainford late occupied by John Loxsone. Livery of seisin endorsed Consideration: £8

30 - 31 October 1702 (1) John Wade of West Gates, Yorkshire, rough mason (heir of Anthony Wade) (2) John Kipling of Gainford, yeoman and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Newby) Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage known as Lockson's Cottage, Gainford of the ancient yearly rental of 1s. Consideration: £13 10s.

31 October 1702 (1) John Wade (2) John Kipling Bond of (1) to (2) in £27 to perform covenants in indenture of even date

18 - 19 July 1771 (1) John Kipling the elder late of Barnard Castle, gardener (2) John Kipling the younger of Barnard Castle, gardener Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage called Locksone Cottage, Gainford Consideration: £40

24 - 25 April 1797 (1) John Kipling the younger of Barnard Castle, gardener and Christiana, his wife (2) William Richardson of Gainford, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage called Lockson's Cottage, Cainford Consideration: £50

9 May 1767 (1) Thomas Edwards Freeman of Battesford, Gloucester, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Darlington Copy of release by (1) to (2) of lands as specified at Sellaby and Gainford, Alwent and Winston. Covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £13000

12 - 13 June 1767 (1) The Earl of Darlington (2) Mary Swainstone of Gainford, spinster Lease and release by (1) to (2) of Clayton Close (3a.2r.) Gainford. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £170

1 - 2 April 1829 (1) Henry Watson of Hamburgh in the Empire of Germany, butcher and Mary, his wife; John Watson of Bishopwearmouth, butcher and Mary, his wife; Charles Watson of Leeds, currier and Sarah, his wife; William Watson of Gainford, butcher; and Margaret Jobson of Newcastle upon Tyne, widow (2) Thomas Sherwood of Snow Hall, Esquire Lease and release by (1) to (2) of Clayton Close, Gainford. Covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £400

9 November 1830 (1) Richard Crosier Sherwood and James Raine, Clerk, Plaintiffs (2) Henry Watson and Mary, his wife and others, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 4 messuages, 4 cottages, 4 gardens, 4 curtilages, 5 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow and 5 acres of pasture Consideration: 100 silver marks

Copy of D/HH 8/3/245

9 February 1776 (1) John Steele of Darlington, tanner (2) Thomas Lo wis of Darlington, tanner and Ann, his daughter (3) Robert Walton of Staindrop, gentleman and George Chris hop of Darlington, gentleman Articles of agreement in contemplation of the marriage of (1) and Ann Lowis Consideration: £2,000 as the marriage portion

Marriages articles as D/HH 8/3/247 above

2 July 1777 (1) John Steele and Ann, his wife (2) Thomas Lowis (3) Robert Walton and George Chrishop (4) George Dent of Killerby, yeoman (5) Thomas Terry of Darlington, gentleman Release by John Steele and (2) to (3) of a messuage and garden on the north side of Gainford and lands called Newgate, Middlefield, Hundee Hill and Mill Dam (24a.), a cottage and lands called Hollinghall Farm alias Fidler's Closes (20a.), lands called Isle-thorns all in the parish of Gainford, discharged from a mortgage debt of £320, upon trust for (1) and their issue as specified. Assignment by (4) to (5) of a term of 500 years upon trust to attend the freehold

10 March 1820 (1) Young Dobson of Slakeburn Mill, Brancepeth, miller and Ann, his wife (formerly Ann Steele); James Rablah of Barnard Castle, grocer and Mary, his wife (formerly Mary Steele); Isaac Cape Cust of Barnard Castle, plumber and Eleanor his wife (formerly Eleanor Steele); Margaret Steele of Barnard Castle, spinster; and Richard Steele of Barnard Castle, grocer (children of John Steele of Darlington, deceased) (2) John Gregson of Durham, gentleman (3) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman (4) Richard Steele of Barnard Castle, gentleman (uncle of Richard Steele aforementioned) and Anthony Steele of Barnard Castle, gentleman Attested copy of a deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of premises specified in D/HH 8/3/249 above to the use of (4) upon trust for sale and upon trust to pay over the proceeds to (1) in fifths. Recites previous deeds

Abstract of title (9 February 1776 - March 1820) of the Steeles to property at Gainford, 1820

29 - 30 March 1821 (1) Richard Steele and Anthony Steele of Barnard Castle, curriers (2) Young Dobson of Sleekburn Mill, Brancepeth, miller, James Rablah of Barnard Castle, grocer, Isaac Cape Cust of Barnard Castle, plumber and Margaret Steele of Barnard Castle, spinster (3) Richard Steele of Barnard Castle, grocer (nephew) Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and garden on the north side of Gainford, and the Barnfield (6a.2r.27p.). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £277 and £746 to (1)

28 January 1823 (1) Young Dobson of Sleekburn Mill, Brancepeth, miller (2) Mary Hart of Gateshead, spinster Appointment by (1) to (2) of Little Jenny Runnell's Close (3a.1r.) and Little Alterns (la) both in the parish and township of Gainford by way of mortgage to secure £300 and interest

30 January 1826 (1) Young Dobson of Sleetburn Mill (2) William Newby of Trimdon, gentleman and William Hart of Gateshead, gentleman Appointment being a second mortgage upon property specified in D/HH 8/3/253 above to secure £131 and interest Consideration: £131

6 - 7 June 1827 (1) George Hosegood of Newcastle upon Tyne, surgeon and Mary, his wife (formerly Mary Hart) (2) John Fife of Newcastle upon Tyne, surgeon and Robert Shield of North Shields, Northumberland, aentleman (trustees for (1) and first mortgagees) (3) William Newby of Trimdon, gentleman and William Hart of Gateshead, gentleman (4) Ralph Trotter of Neesham, yeoman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the premises specified in D/HH 8/3/253 above discharged from the two mortgages specified. Covenant to levy a fine Consideration: £335 6s.10d. to (2); £54 13s.2d. to (3)

29 May 1827 (1) Ralph Trotter, Plaintiff (2) George Hosegood and Mary, his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 5 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow and 5 acres of pasture, Gainford Consideration: 100 silver marks

Abstract of title (29 March 1821 - 5 June 1868) of the Forcett Railway Company to land in Gainford, 1869

Resolution of directors of The Forcett Railway Company authorising the sealing of conveyance to Edleston, 8 April 1869

Correspondence received from Ingram and Baines, solicitors, Halifax concerning purchase from Forcett Railway Company, 28 April 1869 - 27 February 1871

Bills of costs of Ingram and Baines to Revd. Joseph Edleston, 18 March 1869 - 14 November 1870

28 March 1878 (1) The Forcett Railway Company (2) Revd. Joseph Edleston of Gainford, Clerk Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land at Gainford delineated on attached plan Consideration: £20

13 - 14 May 1782 (1) Hugh Hodgshon of Gainford, mason (2) Thomas Handson of Aldbrough, York, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Gainford, late William Bussey's Consideration: £70

17 June 1786 (1) Thomas Handsom (2) George Soulby of Snowball Bond of (1) to (2) in £90 to secure £45 and interest

17 September 1786 (1) Thomas Handsom late of Aldbrough, Yorks, now of Gainford, yeoman (2) George Soulby of Snowhall, Gainford, gentleman Further charge of £20 upon premises mortgaged by (1) by the recited deeds of 16/17 June 1786, to secure £65 and interest

3 July 1786 (1) George Soulby, Plaintiff (2) Thomas Handsom and Ann, his wife; William Bussey and Ann, his wife; and Hugh Hodgson and Christiana his wife, Deforceants Final concord of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 stables, 3 gardens and 3 yards in Gainford Consideration: 100 marks of silver

21 - 22 November 1787 (1) Elizabeth Porthouse of Whorlton, widow; James Elgey of Moor Row, Yorks., yeoman and Barbara his wife; and William Bussey of Gainford, joiner and Ann, his wife (daughters and coheirs of George Trotter) (2) George Pigg of Gainford, blacksmith Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and garth adjoining Gainford Town Green Consideration: £60

30 September 1816 (1) John Pigg of Gainford, blacksmith (2) Elizabeth Pigg of Gainford, widow (3) George Pigg the younger of Bolton le Moors, Lancs., land surveyor (brother of (1), son of (2)) Quit claim by (1) to (3) of his reversionary interest in a dwellinghouse and blacksmiths shop in Gainford (intended to pass to (3) under the will of their late father as recited) Release of dower by (2) to (3)

17 - 18 June 1825 (1) Revd. William Bowman of Gainford, Clerk (2) Jane Lynn of Gainford, widow (mortgagee) (3) George Pigg of Bolton le Moors, Lancs., land surveyor (4) Joseph Anthony Benning of Staindrop, gentleman Lease and release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of a messuage, brewhouse and garth (136ft. x 2921ft.) on the north side of Gainford Town Street (reserving a right of way to (1)) upon trust for (3) as specified Covenant to produce title deeds. Recites previous deeds, 1 October 1823 Consideration: £225 10s. to (2); £74 10s. to (1)

Letter from George Crowther, estate agent, 8 Bridgeman Buildings, Bolton to Revd. J. Edleston re selling house in Gainford belonging to the Crowther family to Edleston, 3 March 1890

Correspondence received by Revd. Joseph Edleston from Ingram and Huntriss, solicitors, Halifax concerning Elizabeth Pigg alias Piggot deceased, with Inland Revenue Succession Duty Form for George Crowther and concerning Crowther to Edleston conveyance, 9 April -16 July 1890

Purchaser's requisitions on title with replies, Samuel Crowther's trustees to Joseph Edleston, 14 May 1890

4 January 1713/14 (1) John Lambton of Middleton upon Leaven, Yorks., yeoman, and John Lambton his son and heir (2) Francis Swainston of Yarme, Yorks., dyer Bargain and sale, with livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of a demolished rontstead or tenament in Gainforth with a garth of acre Consideration: £3

16 May 1734 (1) George Coulson of Gainford, shoemaker (2) Ann Lason of Bishop Auckland, widow (3) John Steele of Gainford, gentleman and Thomas Coulson of Gateshead, cooper (4) George Trotter of Gainford, yeoman Bargain and sa1e with livery of seisin endorsed by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and garth adjoining Gainford Town Green Consideration: £47 to (1); £5 to (3)

6 December 1757 (1) John Tidy, late of Darlington, now of Staindrop, gentleman (2) Edward Rayne, late of Snow Hall, now of Raby Castle, gentleman (3) Timothy Wright of Snow Hall, gentleman (4) William Lodge of Barnard Castle, gentleman (5) Ralph Goundry of Gainford, blacksmith Release (lease missing) by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of a messuage in the north row of Gainford (Town Street) Consideration: £40 by (5) to (4)

Attested copy of the will of Daniel Stephens of Gainford, gentleman, devising property in Bondgate, Darlington, Gainford and Barnard Castle to William Stephens, Gainford, engraver, for life with remainders, dated 5 January 1764 Attested, 1 August 1793

16 May 1772 Probate of the will of Christopher Bowman of Gainford dated 2 September 1771

Case, with the opinion of John Hullock of Newcastle upon Tyne thereupon, concerning Simpson's title to land at Gainford, 9 October 1797(sent to Mr. Glover, attorney at Staindrop)

21 June 1799 (1) William Smith, Plaintiff (2) Jarvis Robinson and Dorothy, his wife, Deforceants 2 parts of a final concord of 3 messuages, 2 garths, 1 acre of land, 1 acre of meadow, 1 acre of pasture etc. in Gainford Consideration: 100 silver marks

Certificate of contract for the redemption of Land Tax on a messuage and garden of William Richardson, Esquire at Gainford, 23 July 1799

Certificate of contract for redemption of Land Tax, Mary Swainston's messuage and field at Gainford, 23 March - 12 May 1799

26 May 1800 (1) Henry Stephens of Darlington, William Stephens and Richard Stephens, yeomen (2) Elizabeth Bainbridge of Gainford, widow Bargain and sale, with livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of messuages on the south side of Gainford Town Green Consideration: £46

7 January 1802 (1) John Thwaites of Barnard Castle, painter (2) Thomas Thwaites of Knaresborough, Yorks., painter (eldest son of (1)) (3) Richard Vint of Gainford, butcher Bargain and sale with livery of seisin endorsed, a cottage and garth in Church Row Gainford Consideration: £20

Certificate of acknowledgement of deed by Jane, wife of Robert Ward, 10 September 1842

Abstract of title (13 May 1793 - 22 March 1843) of John Clark Wetherell to Stoney Flatts and Stobb Hill, Gainford, 1846

Will of William Fenwick of Gainford, joiner devising his messuage and appurtenances in Front Street, Gainford to son Joseph. A messuage etc., East Garden, a cottage in the Back Lane, Moorey Close and other premises in Church Row etc. specified to Thomas and Matthew Bowser upon trust for his daughter and issue with remainders specified, 12 March 1849

31 December 1850 (1) William Bowman the younger of Gainford, school-master (2) John Stonow of Newbottle, surgeon (3) Revd. James Guiness Rogers of Newcastle upon Tyne, dissenting minister and others (4) The parties to (1) and (3) above Copy appointment and conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of ground in Gainford on the north of the Darlington to Barnard Castle road with the Congregational chapel thereon to the use of (4) subject to the payment of 1d. annual fee farm rent. Declaration of trusts regarding management and administration of the chapel Recites previous deeds Consideration: £20 by (3) to (1)

22 June 1866 (1) William Raine the elder of Morton Tinmouth, farmer (2) William Raine the younger of Thorpe, Wycliffe, gentleman and William Marshall of West Hartlepool, gentleman Conveyance by (1) to (2) of one sixth of a field at Haughton le Side and a field in Gainford upon trust to pay the rents to Mary Ann Raine, the widow of Robert Raine for life and for her issue as specified Recites will of Thomas Raine

Copy of the will of John Smith of Hurworth, farmer devising 3 messuages in Gainford upon trust for sale (dated 12 March 1860). Note of grant of administration, 3 February 1875

13 May 1871 (1) William Gascoigne of Hurworth, gentleman and Matthew William Davison of Gainford, wine and spirit merchant (Mary Wilkinson's trustees) (2) Revd. Joseph Edleston of Gainford, clerk Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2 messuages with gardens in North Row alias High Row, Gainford Consideration: £435

Abstract of title (1 July 1810 - 1 February 1871) of Mary Wilkinson s trustees to lands and a dwelling house in Gainford to be sold to Dr. Edleston, [1871]

Plan, particulars and conditions of sale of Low Garden House and lands between the Darlington Turnpike and the River Tees, near Gainford, with Josep Edleston's memorandum of purchase, 14 October 1889

Copy of the will of Frances Scruton of Gainford, spinster (dated 14 December 1838) with notes of administration with will annexed granted to Joanna Scrut on of Gainford (sister), 2 January 1847 and to Walter Scruton of Durham, gentleman, (brother), 16 March 1847

Abstract of title (1 April 1858 - 11 Januay 1899) to a freehold messuage and premises in Gainford, 1901

Completion statement for Manor House, Gainford, Major George Hodgson's trustees to Miss Edleston, 11 May 1920

13 May 1920 (1) Ann Wilson Gordon of Piercebridge, widow (2) Christopher William Charge of Gainford, builder Copy conveyance of a messuage in Chapel Row, Gainford Consideration: £275

Abstract of title (4 July 1898 - 13 April 1915) of Mrs. A.W. Gordon to two freehold messuages on Chapel Row, Gainford. Plan attached, 1920

Assent of Elizabeth Taylor Smith and John Byers (exors. of James Taylor Smith) to the devise of all real estate to Elizabeth Taylor Smith under the said will, 17 December 1920

Application for certificate under Section 11(1) of the Finance Act 1894 regarding Gainford House, 2 dwellinghouses in Station Road and 3 freehold cottage all at Gainford, 14 January 1921

Abstract of title (11 May 1901 - 17 December 1920) relating to Mrs. Taylor Smith's freehold property at Gainford. Plan attached, 11 September 1923

11 May 1901 (1) Emma Elizabeth Hett of Headlam Hall, Gainford, widow (2) James Taylor-Smith of The Rookery, Middleton Tyas, Yorks., Esquire Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a freehold dwellinghouse and outbuildings in Gainford to the south of the Barnard Castle to Darlington highway, with a paddock on the north side of the highway. Recites will of J.Y. Jamieson of Belmont Hall. Plan of property endorsed Consideration: £1,700 28 September 1923 (1) Richard Percy Hett of Headlam, farmer (2) Elizabeth Taylor-Smith of Gainford House Deed of confirmation being a conveyance of legal estate in the above premises by (1) to (2) to correct errors in above original deed

29 September 1923 (1) Elizabeth Taylor-Smith of Gainford House, Gainford, widow (2) Thomas Hartley Seed of Exchange Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, coal exporter Conveyance by (1) to (2) of land (shewn on attached plan) between Gainford Green and Barnard Castle to Darlington road, with Gainford House erected thereon, a parcel of land on the north of that highway with 2 cottages and outbuildings and a parcel of ground noi west of the first parcel of land above Consideration: £5 ,500 Memorandum of conveyance from (2) to Herbert Legard Fife of Gainford House and adjoining land, 27 September 1928 Memorandum of conveyance from (2) to Cuthbert Vaux of stables to the north of the highway at Gainford, 8 November 1928 Memorandum of conveyance by (2) to Robert Johnson of a dwellinghouse abbutting the Gainford to Ingleton Road, 19 January 1929 Memorandum of conveyance by (2) to Thomas Johnson of another dwellinghouse abbutting the Gainford to Ingleton Road, 19 January 1929 Memorandum of a conveyance from (2) to Thomas Wilfred Mawson of the third parcel of ground described in the original deed, 19 October 1929 Memorandum of conveyance from Thomas Hartley Seed to Ernest Clifford Adamson of a garden (3060 sq. yds.) on the east of the Gainford to Ingleton Road, 5 April 1930

29 September 1923 (1) Thomas Hartley Seed (2) Elva Seed, wife of (1) (3) The Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd. Mortgage by (1) to (3) of Gainford House with related lands and two other parcels of land described in D/HH 8/3/305j and assignment of life assurance policies by (1) and (2) to (3) as further security for £4,000 and interest Consideration: £4,000. Receipt for £4,000 in redemption of the mortgage endorsed, 26 September 1928

23 December 1924 (1) Thomas Hartley Seed of Gainford House, Gainford, shipowner (2) Lloyds Bank Ltd. Second mortgage of life assurance policies to secure sums due from (1) to (2) not exceeding £500. Receipts of bank endorsed, 19 March 1926

Abstract of title (29 September 1923) of the Yorkshire Insurance Co. Ltd. to property in Gainford, 1926

18 October 1929 (1) Elva Seed (2) Thomas Hartley Seed Surrender by (1) to (2) of all her interest in estates at Gainford formerly mortgaged to the Yorkshire Insurance Co.

Schedule of deeds (1783-1929) relating to property formerly belonging to T.H. Seed, received by Miss S.A.C. Edleston, 27 September 1930

Abstract of title (22 February 1687 - 88 - 15 February 1762) of Thomas Edwards Freeman, Esquire to the Manor of Sellaby, with additions to 12 May 1769; copy of conveyance of 12 May 1719 from Mathew Atkinson of Holling Hall, Gainford to Revd. Tobias Heyrick of Gainford, Clerk of closes of land in Gainford; opinion of Joseph Bankes, 15 February 1770

Revd. Tobias Heyrick, Clerk, B.D., Vicar of Gainford, Plaintiff James Robinson, Defendant First case on the part of the plaintiff for substraction of tithes, with Dr. Francis Topham's opinion thereon, 2 February 1767

Heyrick v Robinson and Robert Chapman Second case with the opinionof Francis Topham thereon, 28 November 1767

Heyrick v Robinson and Chapman Instructions to [Dr. Topham] to draw Heyrick's answers to Robinson's allegation, n.d. [1767]

Inventory of the effects of the late Mr. Russel, Vicar of Gainford, who died in November 1798

Inventory of furniture at Gainford Vicarage, 1863

Bills, receipts and related papers for supply of furniture, household ornaments, plate, July 1863 -April 1870

Minutes of meetings of the owners and occupiers of land in the township of Gainford, 23 April 1816 -8 August 1820

Letters from Mewburn and Hutchinson, solicitors, Darlington to Thomas Dixon, land agent relative to the valuation of the old poor house, Gainford, 19 July and 4 August 1842

Plan of farm at Gainford belonging to Revd. Dr. Edleston, 1887 Scale: 66 feet to 1 inch [1:792]

Advertisement of the auction sale of The Spa Boarding House, Gainford, 2 houses and out buildings, 3 October 1919

Abstract of title (17 July 1882 - 28 February 1912) of Henry Ulick, Earl of Harewood to lands etc. in the parish of Gilling, Yorks., 1920

Correspondence received by R.H. Edleston, Rhadegund Buildings, Cambridge from R.T. Hett, solicitor, Darlington with Edleston's replies thereto, 3 July -17 September 1920

Abstract of title (4 December 1869 - 27 September 1935) of Terrene Ltd. to property at Wycliffe, Ovington etc. Plan attached, 1935

Plan of Wycliffe Estate, Jackson Stops and Staff, auctioneers, 1935 Scale: 1:10560

Plan of lands charged with receivable tithes at Ovington, n.d.. [c.1935] Not to scale

Special conditions of sale and memoranda of purchase by Robert Holmes Edleston, 1935

List of receivable tithes, Wycliffe Estate, [c.1935]

Statement of account of R.H. Edleston with E.R. Hanby Holmes for the purchase of Wycliffe tithes, 18 November 1935 - 10 April 1936, 15 September 1936

Bill of costs from E.R. Hanby Holmes to R.H. Edleston, 15 September 1936

16 September 1936 (1) Walter George Raleigh Chichester Constable of Burton Constable, Yorkshire, a Lieutenant -Colonel (retired) in H.M. Army (2) Raleigh Charles Joseph Chichester Constable of Wood Hall, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, a Lieutenant Colonel in H.M. Army; Cecil Hugh Chichester Constable of Burton Constable, Barrister-at-Law and Blanche Mary Eddis wife of Lancelot Arthur Eddis, a Lieutenant Colonel (retired) in H.M. Army (trustees) (3) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (mortgagees) (4) Terrene Ltd. (5) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esquire Conveyances by (1), (3) and (4) to (5) of tithe rent charges issuing out of land in the parish of Ovington specified. Covenant to produce title deeds Consideration: £200 by (5) to (3)

Duplicate of D/HH 8/3/360 above

1 August 1834 (1) John Geldard of Newcastle, gentleman (2) Margaret Burdy of Hopewell, Piersbridge, spinster Appointment of messuages and garths at Piersbridge in part upon the site of Bridge End House Consideration: £215

20 May 1729 (1) Robert Dinsdale, Demandant (2) Hendry Hopper, gentleman, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Christopher Green, Vouchee Exemplification of a Common Recovery (of 22 April 1729) of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 30 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture etc. in Whorleton in the parish of Gainford

29 January 1672/73 (1) Rt. Hon. Francis, Lord Hawley; Sir Charles Harbord, Knight, H.M. Surveyor General; Sir William Haward of Tandridge, Surrey, Knight; Sir John Talbot of Lacocke, Wiltshire, Knight; and William Harbord of Grafton Parke, Northampton, Esquire (trustees for sale) (2) Rt. Hon. Charles, Lord St. John of Bazing and Ralph Bucknall of St. Sepulchers, London, Esquire (3) Francis Staveley of Capplebanck Parke, Yorkshire, gentleman; John Bagshaw of Westbolton, Yorkshire, gentleman; and Wastell Robinson of Yorkshire, gentleman Attested copy of conveyance by (1) to (3) of the yearly rent of £34 5s.3d. out of lands in Pierce Brigg, the yearly rent of £29 19s.4d. out of lands in Gainsford and the yearly rent of £35 6s.2d. out of lands at Elwick, the yearly rent of £43 11s.9d. out of the Manor and lands of Egleston and the yearly rent of £42 15s.9½d. out of lands in Eldon upon trust for the Queen for life. Note of inrolment in Chancery, 8 February 1672/73 Consideration: £1451 18s. Sd. by Lord St. John

27 December 1750 (1) Rt. Hon. Philip, Lord Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (2) Hon. Joseph Yorke, Esquire, third son of (1) Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of annual fee farm rents of £195 3s.5½d. and one red rose issuing out of the Lordship of Hatfield, Yorkshire, the Manor of Fishlake, Yorkshire, the Manor of Thorne alias Thurne, the Manor of Stainford, Yorkshire, the Manor of Dowcethorpe, Yorkshire and all other premises granted to Sir Cornelius Verminder, Knight by letters patent of 5 February 4 Charles I; an annual fee farm rent of £34 5s.3d. out of lands etc. in Peirce Brigg; annual fee farm rent of £29 19s.4d. out of lands etc. in Gainsford; an annual fee farm rent of £42 15s.9½d. out of lands etc. in Eldon to the use of (2) and the heirs of his body. Endorsed note of inrolment in Chancery, 2 January 1750/51 Memorial of registration at the West Riding Registry of Deeds, 1 October 1816

11 May 1795 (1) John Heaton, Esquire, Demandant (2) Thomas Lowten, Esquire, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Charles Yorke, Esquire, Vouchee to Warranty Exemplification of a Common Recovery (dated 7 April 1795) of an annual fee farm rent of £34 5s.3d. issuing out of 1000 acres of land at Pierce Brigg, an annual rent of £42 15s. 1/2d. issuing out of 1000 acres of land in Eldon and £29 19s.4d. issuing out of 1000 acres of land at Gainsford

19 July 1805 (1) John Heaton, Esquire, Demandant (2) Thomas Atkinson, gentleman, Tenant to the Praecipe (3) Rt. Hon. Philip Yorke (Lord Viscount Royston), Vouchee to Warranty Exemplification of a Common Recovery (of 17 June 1805) of fee farm rents as in D/HH 8/3/366 above

14 December 1872 (1) George Hope of Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Captain (R.N.); Charles Hope of the Admiralty and of Leamington Hastings, Warwick- shire, Esquire; and Revd. Thomas Edmund Franklyn late of Leamington Priors, Warwick now of Tunbridge Wells, Clerk (2) Augustus Albert Smith of Northwood House, Upper Norwood, Surrey, Esquire Conveyance by (1) to (2) of fee farm rents as specified on the annexed schedule in: Durham City, Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Whitton, Upleatham, Bishop Auckland, West Auckland, Hilton, Darlington, Great Aycliffe, High Coniscliffe, Heighington, Haughton, Bolam, Pursebridge, Sellaby, Headlam, Coatham, Wackerfield, Stokesley, North Pittington, Ellermore Hall, Cockside House, Smithy Garth, Seaholme, Dalton, East Errington, Mansford, East Burden, Sunderland, Monkwearmouth, Ferry Hill, Wheatley Hill, Cold Hesseltine, Little Eden, Sherbourne, Coundon, Whitworth, Lanchester, Iveston, Burton Plawsworth, Hartlepool, Sedgefield, Gateshead, Pipewell Gate and Church Chair, Hillgate and Oakwellgate [Gateshead] and in Northumberland at Wellington, New Biggin, Heckley Grange, Tynemouth, North Shields and Benwell; at Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire; the borough of Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire; Somerton, Greatham Manor, Saltfleetby Manor, Kirkby Park and Donington Manor, Lincolnshire; Tunstall Leigh, Allerbrook, Grimesbrooke, Crowden, White Morley, and Duffield and Hazelwood Mills, Derbyshire; the borough of Tamworth, Warwickshire; and Saxton Mills, Knottingley Mill, Criddling Park, Fleet Mill, Rothwell Mill, Killinghall Mill, Hampsthwaite Mill, Oakeback or Knox Mill, a mill and lands at Borough Bridge, Bradford Mill, two mills and lands at Pickering, lands at Goathland, a watermill at Holm-firth and lands in Scalby; Newby, Peaseholme, Newton Dale, Cloughton and Willock Green, Yorks., in all £640 3s.l 1/2d. Consideration: £9,200

8 January 1879 (1) Augustus Albert Smith of Worthwood House, Upper Norwood, Surrey, Esquire (2) Thomas William Salmon of Diss, Norfolk, gentleman Mortgage by (1) to (2) of fee farm rents as specified Consideration: £5,000

25 August 1922 (1) Henry Mordaunt Cumberlege of Walsted Place, Lindfield, Sussex, Esquire; Reginald Mordaunt Cumberledge of 35 Gresham House, Old Bread Street, London, Esquire; and Charles Edward Cumberlege Ware of Aban Court Hotel, Harrington Gardens, London, Esquire (2) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esquire Memorandum of agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of Gainford Fee Farm Rents amounting to £19 6s.6½d. p.a.

Abstract of title (25 July 1872 - 10 December 1921) of H.M. Cumberlege and others to Gainford Fee Farm Rents, 1922

6 January 1897 (1) Charles Edward Jones of 2 St. Mildreds Court, London, gentleman (mortgagee) (2) Robert Lewin Hunter of 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, Esquire and John Cornelius Moberly of 4 East Street, Southampton, Esquire Conveyance by (1), under power of sale, to (2) of fee farm rents in the City of Durham and County of Durham as specified in D/HH 8/3/368 above Recites D/HH 8/3/369 and subsequent deeds etc. Consideration: £660

particulars of fee farm rents belonging to Hunter and Moberly in Durham City and County, n.d. [early 20th century]

30 July 1919 (1) Robert Lewin Hunter of 9 New Square, Lincolns Inn, London, Esquire and John Cornelius Moberly of 172 High Street, Southampton, Esquire (2) Benjamin J'Anson Breech, Ralph Staples, Ellis Vincent Galsworthy and Sidney Algernon Wilder, all of 29 Fleet Street, land agents and surveyors Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of Fee Farm Rents in Durham City and Durham County amounting to £44 1s.7½d.p.a. Consideration: £375

Particulars, special conditions of sale and purchase agreement of Robert Holmes Edleston for specified Fee Farm Rents, 20 March 1929

12 April 1929 (1) Benjamin J'Anson Breach, Ralph Staples Ellis, Vincent Galsworthy and Sidney Algernon Wilde all of 29 Fleet Street, London, land agents (2) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esquire Conveyance by (1) to (2) of fee farm rents as specified in Durham, Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Haughton, Bolam, Piercebridge, Sunderland, Lanchester, Plawsworth, Sedgefield and Gateshead (£14 7s.4½d. p.a.) Consideration: £150

Copy of D/HH 8/3/376 with completion statement and bill of costs of E.R. Hanby Holmes, 11 October 1928 - 12 April 1929

Purchaser's requisitions on title and replies thereto, Breach et al. to Edleston, 25 March - 4 April 1929

25 February 1935 (1) John William Sewell of Tees View, Gainford, retired farmer and George Hutchinson Gill of 16 Station Road, Witton-le-Wear, butcher (executors) (2) John William Sewell, James Walker Sewell of 57 Park Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, chemist and Robert Sewell of Middle Moor Farm, Hudswell, Yorkshire, farmer Vesting assent by (l) (as executors of the tenant for life)to (2), (three persons entitled as tenants in common) of a dwellinghouse in Tees View, Gainford Endorsed: Gainford F.F.R.

29 March 1924 (1) Robert Holmes Edleston (2) George Richard Gent of Gainford, gentleman Appointment of (2) as steward and bailiff to collect Gainford Fee Farm Rents

Gainford Fee Farm Rents, October 1884 - October 1922

Durham Fee Farm Rents, 1929 - 1951, 1965, 1969 - 1976

Durham Fee Farm Rents, 1954 - 1966

Receipts for R.H. Edleston's Durham Fee Farm Rents, 31 October 1929 - 10 November 1932

Receipt book for R.H. Edleston's Durham Fee Farm Rents, 10 November 1932 - 11 February 1936

Receipt book for Durham Fee Farm Rents, 20 October 1936 - 25 May 1942

Receipt book for Durham Fee Farm Rents, 29 September 1942 - 27 October 1947

Receipt book for Durham Fee Farm Rents, 27 October 1947 - 26 May 1954

Receipts for Durham Fee Farm Rents, May 1955 - December 1956

Receipts for Durham Fee Farm Rents, 8 March 1961 -8 March 1965

Schedules of property charged with fee farm rents, names of owners and tenants, rents payable and arrears, 1920s - 1950s

Circular from E.R. Hanby Holmes, 18 Horse Market, Barnard Castle regarding payments of Durham Fee Farm Rents, 1 August 1929

Schedule of Durham Fee Farm Rents not paid, Michaelmas 1937

Schedule of fee farm rents, 1950 with notes on rents, 1964

Correspondence relating to the payment, non-payment and arrears of R.H. Edleston's Durham Fee Farm Rents, 1 October 1927 - 16 November 1940

Correspondence relating to payment and non-payment of R.H. Edleston's Durham Fee Farm Rents, 23 October 1944 - 30 June 1949

Correspondence relating to the payment, non-payment and arrears of the late R.H. Edleston's Durham Fee Farm Rents, 20 May 1954 - 3 March 1966 (68 papers, formerly 1 file)

Details of Gainford Fee Farm rents belonging to Charles H. Ware, his predecessors and successors in title, 1727 - 1923

Particulars, plans and conditions of sale (by G.T. Bainbridge) of farms, licensed property, shops and dwelling houses in Middleton in Teesdale, 18 July 1914

Abstract of the title (10 November 1841 - 17 June 1922) of Stanton's representatives to freehold tithes at Bowes, 1926

September 1926 (1) Edward Howard Ashworth of Southampton, bank manager and Oliver Katharine Stanton of Woodhay, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, spinster (2) Helen Mary Cumming of Norwich, widow Conveyance by (1) to (2) of tithe rent charges amounting to £17 14s.9d. payable in respect of lands at Bowes and Boldron specified Consideration: £243 16s.

Letter from William Bayley, Stockton to Robert Clarke, Ashridge, Hertfordshire with account regarding exchange between the devisees of the late Earl of Bridgewater and Mr. Constable of lands [in south Durham], 17 November 1827

Letter from James Maw, Piercebridge Grange to unknown recipient regarding agricultural matter, rents etc., 20 February 1850

Schedule of landowners or tenants, quantities of land and rents, n.d. [early 19th century]

9 May 1727 (1) The Hon. and Rt. Revd. Henry, Lord Bishop of Hereford and the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Egerton, his wife (2) The Hon. John Berkeley (eldest son of William, Lord Berkeley of Stratton) and William Egerton of Penshurst, Kent, Clerk Settlement of the third share of the Bishop in fee farm rents valued at £276 5s.10½d. p.a. and lands to the use of Lady Elizabeth Egerton for life in lieu of dower. Declaration of trust as to £9,300 South Sea Stock standing on the names of (2). Recites will of Charles, Duke of Bolton Endorsed: 26 February 1742 Appointment of Samuel Egerton of Tatton, Cheshire, Esquire as trustee in place of William Egerton, Clerk, deceased

9 February 1811 (1) Edward Foyle and Isaac Frows, Plaintiffs (2) Francis Thomas Egerton and Elizabeth, his wife; Montagu Barton and Caroline Louisa, his wife, Deforceants Two parts of a final concord of a third of £746 19s.11d. yearly rents issuing out of messuages and lands in Askrigg, Allowthorne, Alborough, Brunton Ellerton, Burton, Burton Constable, Burton Brompton, Patrick, Bishop Dale, Edgley, Barforth, Bellerby, Brough, Bowes, Bernard Castle, Bolton upon Swale, Brignall, Bowron, Catterick, Carleton Carperly, Cowbourne alias Colbourne, Fingal, Cleasby, Sunthy Hill, Dalton, Epleby, Carleton, Ellerton, East Appleton, Forset, Grinton, East Grinton, Gilling, Gillmanby, Garsdale, Hawkswell, Hunton Uckerby, Hutton Magna, Ovington, Hudswell, Studflatt, Kirkby Ravensworth, Kirkby Hill, Kipling, Middleton Tyas, Moulton, Mickleton, Unthank, Marrick Abbey, Melsonby, Middleham, Newton Morrell, Newton Meril, North Cowton, Lawnewith, Richmond, Scotton, Stainham, Smeaton, Scudbury, Scales, Healaugh, Fremington, Skirfit Hall, Castile Keggs, Fremington, Douglass Wood, Skirfithall, Rawcroft, Spennithorpe, Thorpe, Tunstall, Temple Dowsacre, Thornton Rust, Uckerby, Woodhall Park, West Layton, Whitfield otherwise Whinfield, Whitwell, Ellerton, Garsdale, Fingel, North Cowton, Allerthorpe, Leeming, Burniston, Leeming, Leiming Chappell, Burton Leonard, Carlesman, Smeaton, Dishforth, Ellington, Langthorne, Larton, Leverton, Laverton, Melmerby, Leming Menskip, Nasterfield, North Stainley, Pannell, Ripon, Markington, Skell Gill, Skar Gill, Wallowes, Watlas, Ousburn Parva, Cranchall Cragg, Stabb Newton, Kirklington, Pannell Warder, Marske, Colmondale, Seamer, Boulton, Busby Crathorne, Easington, Faceby, Upsall, Uptall, Ingleby, Ingleby Hall, Lofthouses, Kirkby in Cleveland, Middleton, Marsh, Hundale, Maltby, Middlesbrough, Leventhorpe, Normandy, Ugthorpe, Parckinthorpe, Potton Hansdale, Westerdale, Bolby, Haiths, Great Ayton, East Row, Kirk Leatham, Coatharn Lofthouse, Beasedale, Stokesley, Moreton, Kirklevington, Raseby, North Allerton, Askew alias Aiskew,Crakehill, Angram, Burly, Bandale, Faceby, Carlton Miniot, East Wowhall, East Harlsey, Kirkby Wisk, North Kilvington, South Kilvington, Newby Wisk, Osmotherly, Sigston, Stapleton upon Tees, Wellbury, Gilsdale, Ainderby Steeple, Theakestone, Bedale, Rowestone Close, Crakehall, Aughton, Alne, Askham Richard, Askham Bryan, Aycomb Grange, Acaster Mulbis, Barnby, Ayton, Bossall, Bishop Wilton, Cattall, Gatenby, Gowthorpe alias Gellestrope Hill, Grange, Buttercomb Ayton, Hanbrough, Holdenby, Huntington, Hornington, Hemmingburgh, Gate Hemsley, Hovringham, Kelfield, Leppington, Laverton, Marston Moor, Monkton, Neybourn, Nun Monkston, Okey, Osgoodby, Poppleton, Sunby Coat, Sand Hutton, Spaldington, Shelton, Skirpenbeck, Foul Sutton, Tollerton, Thorp Moor, Thorganby, Tockwith, Terrington, Levington, Ellerton, East Cottingworth, Healaugh, Nun Appleton, Bolton, Steaton, Sandwith, Bilbrough, Bilton, North Wilford, Hornington Ings, Seaton, Skeldergate, Tasgate, Micklegate, Coppergate, Boothamcate, Bishop Thorpe, Cliff, Escricke, Isle, High Rhodes, Scarborough otherwise Salsgrove Thicklett, Warkham Grange, Sand Hutton, Burley, Allerton Mauleverer, Fangfoss, Dalby, Gawthorpe, Walngate, Cothergate, Stockgate, Wilberfoss, Willatoft, Oxten, Leeds, Bruinham, Bigin, Riderum head, Darrington, Pontefract, Wistow, Knottingley, Beale, Burston, Jackling, Lasoe, Hesle, Howell, Nostell, Ealbrough, Gisbrough, Killington, Killingley, Weatbridge, Askerne, South Kirkby, Skelbrook, Empsall, South Empsall, Stapleton, Spittlehardwicke, Whitby, Hampall, Thornhurt, Thurnscoe, Holme Empsall, Water Fryston, Purston, Jackling, Garforth, Hambleton, Ewes, Billham, Wrangbrook, Snydall, Haddlesey, Huntwick, Heste, Church Fenton, Doncaster, Kirk Smeaton, Stamsall, Brockhale or Brampton, Barnby Dunn, Cantley, Mexbrough, Stirup Barmwith, Armthorpe, Turnscoe, Pontefract, Hutton Pagnell, Monk Bretton, Brampton, Biggin, Hoston, Levett, Rock and Sandbeck Hutton, Hutton on the Hill, Sladen Hutton, Woodhouse, Ravenfield, Rawsinmarsh, Deep Carr, Wadsworth, Firbeck, Todwick, Kellerby, Kilnehurst, Woodthorpe, Stainton, Kellerby, Wickersley, Netherhaugh, Loughton le Morthen, Thurston Land, Thurlston, Abbey Mills, Wasperdale, Whiterop Mill House, Thurge Land, Thurgo Land, Stainbrough, Ainderton, Pringle, Monk Bretton, Billingley, Waspendale, White Cross, Bankers, Worsborough, Dodworth, Gunthwaite, Hesbrough, Darton, Heyland Swaine, Bambrough, Lewden, Hoyle, Heigh Holme, Saint Helleswell, Silkstone, Ardesley, Bolderstone, Brearley, Burstall, Batle, Crafton, Foulley, Wragby, Morfield, Cold Henley, Horton, Bowling, Huddersfield, Heath, Horberry, Wakefield, Stanley, Methley, Houghton, Leadham, Hartshead, Tong, Pudsey, Wakefield, Mosley, Ieardwick, Hedfield, Hossett, Earls Heaton, Oakenshaw, Dikeside, Croyland, Crifton, Kirkheaton, Longliversidge, Gildersome, Skelfe, Cliffords, Lead Grange, Snitterfall, Abberford, Kiddale, Thornton, Shadwell, Rocke, Guisley, Yeadon, Heddingley, Alwoodly, Sotherton, Osmondthorpe, Leeds, Barley, Oxnop, Sea Croft, Beecroft, Horton, Billand alias Rushton Grange, Barnoldswick, Coates, Kilwick, Nappay, Oxnop near Ringley, Oxnop near Skipton, Broughton, Oxnop Close, Barley, Coldcoates, Gild, Kirk Haxley, Northallerton, Rotherham, Barnsley and Shipton [Skipton] and out of the Manor of Ardsley,with the Rectory of Danby, the chapel of Leming and the tolls of Askrigg Consideration: £2,160

14 August 1811 (1) Revd. Edward Foyle of Cholderton, Wilts., Clerk and Revd. Isaac Frowd of Brixton Dourell, Wiltshire, Clerk (2) Revd. Montagu Barton of Broadclist, Devon, Clerk and Caroline Louisa, his wife (formerly Louisa Hayton) (3) Francis Thomas Egerton of West Cholderton, Wiltshire (late of Francis Thomas Hayton) (4) John Ferris Petherick of Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars, Surrey, carpet manufacturer (5) Edmund Turner of Truro, Cornwall, gentleman (6) Rt. Hon. John William, Earl of Ellesmere (7) Robert Clarke of Stockton, Esquire Release and appointment of the one third share of fee farm rents (£746 19s.11d. p.a.) formerly the inheritance of Charles, Lord St. John of Basing charged on lands in Yorkshire (as D/HH 6/4/2 above), by (1) , (2) , (3) , (4) and (5) to (7) upon trust for (6) as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £1706 by (6) to (l),£1425 by (6) to (3) and £281 by (6) to (5)

Schedule of Yorkshire fee farm rents, n.d. [post 1805]

'The Book of Aquittances for payment of the Fee Farm Rentes' being a record of payments to Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor, for the Manor of Wollaston, Northamtonshire and manors and fisheries in Hertfordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, 15 May 1607 - 30 April 1618 D/HH 6/10/6-8 formerly enclosed herein

29 December 1618 (1) Nicholas Staniforthe of Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorks., siclesmith (2) Humphrey Twigg of Attercliffe, arrowheadsmith Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Attercliffe on north side of the Washford Bridge to Rotherham road, and 2a. of land ajoining it

Account of Charles Rushworth for such parts of the Manors of Frampton and Earles Hall as belong to Ed[mund Fortescue, Esquire, 1665 - 1666

Account of Lord Ellesmere for 11 years rent for property formerly belonging to Chantry of Bulwick, Northants., n.d. [early 17th century]