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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 5 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Strathmore Estates: Cotherstone stints

Covering Dates: 1890-1955

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  • Hanby Holmes
    • Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH )
    • Strathmore Estates (Ref: D/HH 5)
    • Cotherstone stints (Ref: D/HH 5/8)
    • Conveyances (Ref: D/HH 5/8/1-22)
    • Tenancy Agreements (Ref: D/HH 5/8/23-56)
    • Accounts (Ref: D/HH 5/8/57-63)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 5/8/64-67)

Catalogue Description

Cotherstone Stints

Catalogue Contents

Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH )Strathmore Estates (Ref: D/HH 5)Cotherstone stints (Ref: D/HH 5/8)Conveyances (Ref: D/HH 5/8/1-22)Ref: D/HH 5/8/1

22 November 1890 (1) John Bowron of 119 Cannon Street, London, commercial traveller (2) Joseph Hanby Holmes of Barnard Castle, gentleman Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 27 freehold sheep stins (temporarily reduced to 23.5) and 6.5 customary sheep stints (temporarily reduced to 5.5), all on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £87
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/2

Abstract of title (23 November 1858 ­ 23 January 1886) of John Bowron to stints etc. on Cotherstone Moor, 1890
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/3

14 November 1890 (1) George Kipling of Cromwell Road, New Southgate, Middlesex, gentleman (2) J. Hanby Holmes Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 10 3/4 sheep stints on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £24 4s. 6d.
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/4

Abstract of title (17 May 1867 ­ 28 May 1891) to 46 stints at Cotherstone to be sold to J. Hanby Holmes, 1891
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/5

11 May 1894 (1) Joseph Willis of Bowes, farmer and John Raine of Cotherston, cartman (2) J. Hanby Holmes Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 13 1/2 customary sheep stints (temporarily reduced to 12) on Cotherstone Moor Consideration: £37 4s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/6

Abstract of title (19 October 1892 ­ 7 December 1893) of the trustees of Elizabeth Raine to 12 stints on Cotherstone Moor, 1894
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/7

10 April 1898 (1) James Frederick Buckley of Old Nook, Greenfield, Yorks., Esquire (2) Rt. Hon. Claude, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (3) Hon. Patrick Bowes Lyon of Members' Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster; George Auldjo Jamieson of 24 St. Andrew Square,Edinburgh, accountant; Georg e Adolphus Western of 35 Essex Street, Strand, solicitor (trustees) Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of 61 customary stints (temporarily reduced to 53 1/4) on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £ 157 17s. 3d. by (3) to (1)
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/8

25 November 1901 (1) James Stephen Tinkler of 21 Peel Street, Thornaby on Tees, railway booking clerk (2) J. Hanby Holmes Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 55 freehold stints (unreduced). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £160 14s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/9

23 January 1903 (1) Caroline Jane Smith of Caplanne, Seaside Lane, Sunderland, widow (2) James Frederic Buckley Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 7 unreduced customary stints on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £23 2s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/10

1904 (1) Mary Ann Raine of Saltburn by the Sea, Yorks., widow (2) John Bowron of 47 Fairley Road, South Norwood, Surrey, commercial traveller and Edward Bowron of Waddon Court, Waddon, Surrey (3) J. Hanby Holmes Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of 9 1/2 customary sheet stints (temporarily reduced to 8 1/4) on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £33
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/11

11 August 1904 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) The Earl of Strathmore (3) Hon. Patrick Bowes Lyon of Skeynes, Edenbridge, Kent and George Adolphus Western (trustees) Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of 25 1/4 freehold stints (temporarily reduced to 22) and 74 customary stints (temporarily reduced to 72 3/4), all on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £314 12s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/12

14 July 1906 (1) John Hutchinson of Barningham, grocer and William Hutchinson of Bowes, farmer (2) J. Hanby Holmes Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 13 3/4 freehold stints (temporarily reduced to 12). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £51 12s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/13 ­14

Conditions of sale for sheep stints on Cotherstone Moor with purchase agreements of John Henry Bourne of Cotherstone, 4 June 1908
(2 papers, printed form)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/15

1908 (1) Thomas Bayles of Cotherston, gentleman (2) Richard Thomas Watson of Cains House, Otley Road, Harrogate, Yorks., gentleman (3) The Earl of Strathmore Conveyance (unused) by (1) to (3) of 19 1/2 or 16 1/2 sheep stints (temporarily reduced) . Recites previous deeds Consideration: £57 8s
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/16

18 September 1908 (1) Errington Stephenson of Darlington, brewers traveller and others (2) The Earl of Strathmore Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 14 3/4 freehold stints (temporarily reduced to 13) and 4 1/4 customary stints (temporarily reduced to 3 3/4) in Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £69 10s. 3d.
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/17

31 October 1908 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) The Earl of Strathmore Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 13 3/4 freehold stints (temporarily reduced to 12) and 24 3/4 customary stints (temporarily reduced to 21 3/4), all on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £138 12s
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/18

Particulars and conditions of sale of stints and other property at Cotherstone, the estate of Agnes Holme, deceased, with purchase agreement of J. Hanby Holmes, 11 December 1902
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/19

19 March 1913 (1) George Edward Holme of Southbourne-on-Sea, Hants., schoolmaster (2) William Robert Holme of Genoe, New South Wales, Australia (3) The Earl of Strathmore Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 25 freehold stints (reduced to 21 14/16) and 7 1/2 customary stints (reduced to 6 9/16), all on Cotherstone Moor. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 to (2)
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/20

Copy will of Joseph Holme (dated 18 February 1873), 1890
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/21

Abstract of title (23 January 1878 ­ 20 June 1912) to sheep stints on Cotherstone Moor, 1913
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/22

5 April 1915 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Hon. John Herbert Bowes Lyon of St. Pauls Walden Bury, Hertfordshire and John William Western of 35 Essex Street, Strand, London, solicitor (trustees) Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of sheep stints at Cotherstone Consideration: £ 365 10s. 3d. (1 file, typescript)

Tenancy Agreements (Ref: D/HH 5/8/23-56)

All run from year to year unless otherwise stated and are for stints on Cotherstone Moor

Ref: D/HH 5/8/23

30 May 1891 (1) Thomas Frederic Buckley (2) Joseph Gibson of Corn Park, Cotherstone, farmer 29 stints Rent: 1s per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/24

15 July 1891 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) Richard Watson of Trees, Briscoe, farmer 10 3/4 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/25

31 August 1892 (1) J.F. Buckley (2) Thomas Dickenson of East Briscoe Farm, Baldersdale, farmer 10 1/4 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/26

12 October 1892 (1) J.F. Buckley (2) Peter Hyson of Catty Crag, Baldersdale, farmer 3 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/27

6 October 1897 (1) J.F. Buckley (2) Richard Bousfield of Cotherstone, farmer 29 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/28

26 October 1897 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) Robert Law of Start House, Baldersdale, farmer 34 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/29

28 September 1898 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Edmund Fawcett Draft. 240 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/30

19 June 1901 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) William Christopher George Dent of Mickleton, farmer 12 stints Rent: ls. 3d. per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/31

24 September 1902 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) John Kipling of Briscoe, Baldersdale, farmer 23 stints Rent: ls. 3d. per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/32

9 March 1904 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) Edmund Fawcett of Birkhat, Baldersdale, farmer 20 1/4 stints Rent: 21s
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/33

9 March 1904 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (agent for J.F. Buckley) (2) Edmund Fawcett of Birkhat, Baldersdale, farmer 25 stints Rent: 22s
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/34

21 December 1904 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) Robert Law of Start House, Baldersdale, farmer 27 stints Rent: 28s
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/35

8 May 1905 (1) J. Hanby Holmes (2) Edmund Fawcett of Birkhat, Baldersdale, farmer 3 stints Rent: ls per stint
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/36

17 March 1909 (1) William Henry Ralston of Streatlam Castle, land agent, on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore (2) Richard Watson of Trees Farm, Briscoe, farmer 16 1/2 stints Rent: 18s. 1 1/2d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/37

14 April 1909 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) John Kipling of Merebeck, Baldersdale, farmer 19 stints Rent: 16s. 9d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/38

3 January 1917 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) Richard Watson of Trees Farm, Briscoe, farmer 16 1/2 stints Rent: 19s. 4d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/39

8 November 1917 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) William Fawcett of Merebeck, Baldersdale, farmer 45 1/4 stints Rent: £2 6s
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/40

6 March 1918 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) Bertie Chilton of Trees Farm, Baldersdale 16 1/2 stints (reduced to 14 1/2) Rent: 19s. 4d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/41

5 April 1920 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) George Wearmouth of West Briscoe, Cotherstone, farmer 16 1/2 stints (reduced to 14) Rent: 19s. 4d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/42

20 October 1920 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) James Iceton of Willoughby Hall, Baldersdale, farmer 25 freehold and 7 1/2 customary stints (reduced to 28 7/16) Rent: £1 8s. 6d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/43

20 May 1921 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) Robert Law of Start House, Baldersdale, farmer 19 stints (reduced to 16 3/4) Rent: £2 1s. 10 1/2d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/44

6 July 1926 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) George Robert Addison of Briscoe, Cotherstone, farmer 25 3/4 stints (reduced to 22 1/2) Rent: £2 16s. 3d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/45

10 May 1928 (1) W.H. Ralston (2) Thomas Iceton of East Friar House, Baldersdale, farmer 33 1/4 stints (reduced to 29) for 6 months Rent: £1 16s. 3d. per half year
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/46

27 May 1931 (1) Thomas Forster McQueen of Barnard Castle, land agent for the Earl of Strathmore (2) John Charles Bainbridge of West Friar House, Baldersdale, Cotherstone, farmer 45 1/4 sheep stints Rent: £5 13s. 2d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/47

1932 (1) T.F. McQueen (2) Annie Dent, Mary Dent and Dorothy Dent, all of Hunderthwaite, spinsters Draft, 108 1/2 stints (reduced to 95 1/4) Rent: £11 18s. 2d.
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/48

11 October 1933 (1) T.F. McQueen, agent for Lord Glamis (2) Robert Bayles Collinson of Booze Wood, Cotherstone, farmer 12 stints Rent: £1 10s
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/49

22 October 1936 (1) T.F. McQueen (2) John Joseph Newton of Corn Park South, Cotherstone, farmer Draft 12 1/4 stints Rent: £1 10s. 9d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/50

10 September 1940 (1) Ernest Hodgson Kirkup of l St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, land agent for Lord Glamis (2) Robert Lionel Close of Hazelgill, Lartington, farmer Original and counterpart, 45 1/4 stints Rent: £5 13s. 2d.
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/52

1942 (1) E.H. Kirkup for the Earl of Strathmore (2) Norman Field of Lartington Hall, Esquire Draft 108 1/2 stints (reduced to 95) Rent: £11 18s. 2d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/53

1943 (1) E.H. Kirkup (2) Norman Field 108 1/2 stints (reduced to 95) Rent: £11 18s. 2d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/54

1943 (1) E.H. Kirkup (2) Norman Field Draft. 45 1/4 stints Remt: £5 13s. 2d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/55

9 October 1946 (1) E.H. Kirkup (2) Edmund Iceton of Blackton Farm, Baldersdale, Yorks., farmer Draft. 33 1/4 stints (reduced to 29), for six months Rent: £1 16s. 3d. per half year
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/56

1 May 1950 (1) E.H. Kirkup (2) Thomas Kipling of Merebeck, Baldersdale, farmer Copy. 16 3/4 stints for six months Rent: £2 12s. 4d. per half year
(1 file, typescript)

Accounts (Ref: D/HH 5/8/57-63)Ref: D/HH 5/8/57

Statements of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lord Glamis for stint rents for the year to 5 April 1936, 17 March 1937
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/58

Statements of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lord Glamis for stint rents for the year to 5 April 1937, 30 September 1937
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/59

Statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lord Glamis for stint rents for the year to 5 April 1938, 16 May 1939
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/60

Statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lord Glamis for stint rents for the year to 5 April 1940, n.d.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/61

Statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes with Lord Glamis for stint rents for the year to 5 April 1941, 25 June 1941
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/62

Copy letter from E.R. Hanby Holmes to Major E.H. Kirkup explaining why he (E.R.H.H.) collects Cotherstone stint rents, 29 March 1940
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/63

Stint rental account, 1900/1901 -­ 1955
(1 notebook)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 5/8/64-67)Ref: D/HH 5/8/64 -65

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes concerning purchase of Cotherstone stints by Lord Strathmore, 27 August 1915 and 14 February 1916
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/66

Letter from W.J. and H.C. Watson, Barnard Castle, solicitors, to E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning appointment of shepherd to prevent beasts straying, 1 August 1936
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 5/8/67

Advertisement of sale of 12 stints and other property at Cotherstone, 27 March 1894
(1 paper, printed)



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