Miscellaneous documents - Darlington
Reference: D/XD 64 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents - Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Pease family papers, the bequest of J.C. Gurney Pease of Holdip Hill, Newbury, Berks.
Covering Dates: mid 18th century-1966
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- Miscellaneous documents - Darlington
- Gurney Pease: correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/1/1-17)
- Wilson Pease: correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/2/)
- General correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/2/1-37)
- Correspondence re tour of Egypt, India and the Near East (Ref: D/XD 64/2/38-61)
- John Henry Pease: correspondence, university notes and miscellaneous papers (Ref: D/XD 64/3/1-37)
- Gwendolen Margaret Pease: papers (Ref: D/XD 64/4/1-134)
- Miscellaneous Correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/5/1-38)
- Genealogical Papers (Ref: D/XD 64/6/1-20)
- Journals and Diaries (Ref: D/XD 64/7/1-4)
- Illustrations (Ref: D/XD 64/8/1-15)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: D/XD 64/9/1-33)
- Miscellaneous Printed (Ref: D/XD 64/10/1-14)
Catalogue Description
The documents which comprise D/XD 64 were the property of J.C. Gurney Pease of Holdip Hill, Headley, Newbury, Berkshire. They were bequeathed to Darlington Library in his will, and came into the hands of the County Librarian via Dreweatt, Watson & Barton, solicitors for the late J.C. Gurney Pease. On 28 November 1980, they were deposited by the County Librarian on long-term loan at the Darlington branch of Durham Record Office.The members of the Pease family who appear in the papers are the children, or grandchildren, of Joseph Pease and Emma Gurney. Joseph Pease (1799 - 1872) was a prominent citizen of Darlington, being the first 'Friend' to be sent to Parliament, and a pioneer of the Stockton and Darlington railway. He married Emma Gurney in 1826, and they had 12 children. Two of their sons are mentioned in the papers. The death of the tenth child, Alfred, is touchingly described in D/XD/64/5/4-8. The ninth child, Gurney, figures more prominently. Gurney was born in 1839, and in 1863, he married Katherine Wilson, daughter of John Jowitt Wilson and Hannah Maria Whitwell of Kendal. (See D/XD/64/1). Gurney and Katherine, (or Kate as she usually seems to have been called), had three sons and two daughters, and their marriage seems to have been a happy one. Sadly, Gurney died at Malvern in 1872, aged only 33; his death is described by Kate in a book of family memories (D/XD/64/7/3). Their eldest son, Harold, married Gwendolen Margaret Butler in 1896. Before his marriage, he appears to have suffered from some illness, as he and his brother Wilson went on a tour of Egypt, India and the Near East in 1891 -92, in order to improve Harold's health (see D/XD/64/2/38-61). Wilson married Caroline Joanna Fowler in 1894, and their engagement is described in D/XD/64/2/17-22. The youngest son, John Henry married Louisa Lambert in 1905, and he was the only one of Gurney and Kate's sons to have children.
Gurney and Kate's two daughters are only mentioned in passing in the papers. Katherine Maria went to Somerville College, Oxford, and later married William Scoresby Routledge in 1906. She accompanied him on anthropological expeditions, most notably to East Africa, and to Easter Island in 1912. Lilian, the younger daughter, married Charles Leslie Fox, and they had two daughters.
Catalogue Contents
Gurney Pease: correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/1/1-17)Ref: D/XD 64/1/1
Letter from Edward Pease, Saffron Walden [Essex] to his grandson, Gurney Pease, thanking Gurney and his sister Rachel, for their letters, and describing various domestic trivia, 19 November 1849
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/2Letter from [Joseph] Pease, Southend, Darlington to 'my dear sons', expressing his love for his sons, as he is about to leave England, giving them advice for the future, and expressing displeasure at an act of disobedience by Gurney and Alfred, 12 May 1851
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/3Letter from Gurney [Pease], Southend, [Darlington], to Johnny [his brother, John Henry] telling the latter about some books and their animals, 1 May 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/4Letter from Edward Pease, Cotham Lawn [Bristol], to his grandson, Gurney Pease, urging him to behave in a right fashion while at Abigl Thorpe's [having been sent there to avoid 'the infection of a disease, possibly scarlet fever'] and describing the death of a young man caused by being burnt by fireworks, 6 December 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/5Letter from Elizabeth Pease to Gurney Pease, Northgate, informing him and his brothers of the death of 'Alley', December 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/6Letter from Samuel Hare, to Gurney Pease (aged 13), comforting him on the death of his brother Alfred, 24 December 1852
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/7Letter from Elizabeth Pease, Marske, to Gurney [Pease], c/o Thomas Hunton, Tottenham High Cross, London, describing domestic events since he left for school, 12 August 1853
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/8Letter from Elizabeth [Lucy] Pease, Southend, [Darlington], to Gurney [Pease], concerning his intended visit and giving details of domestic events, 8 June 1855
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/9Letter from Gurney Pease, Southend, [Darlington], to 'my dearest father' [Joseph Pease], explaining the motives for 'the step' he has taken, in relation to wearing 'particular garb' and apologising for any grief he has caused by his actions, 8 March 1860
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/10Letter from Edward Pease to Gurney [Pease], wishing the latter well for his journey and giving him advice, 18 June 1860
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/11Letter from J. Pease of Southend, Darlington to 'my dear cousin', J.J. Wilson, discussing the future of Gurney Pease's [J. Pease's son] 'interest in Kate', the daughter of J.J. Wilson, 15 September 1862
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/12Letter from Joseph Pease, Cliff House, Redcar to his son, Gurney Pease, c/o Joseph Fry, Charlotte Street, Bristol, giving details of meetings he has attended, and giving moral advice, 17 September 1862
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/13Letters from Gurney Pease, Cotham Lawn, Bristol and Darlington to 'my dear cousin', J.J. Wilson, concerning his engagement to the latter's daughter, Kate, 17 September - 28 October 1862
(3 papers and 1 envelope)
See also D/XD 65/5, 10, 13, 14
Ref: D/XD 64/1/14Letter from J. Pease, Southend, Darlington to Gurney and Katherine [Pease], welcoming the latter back to England, and describing details of domestic trivia, 1 May 1865
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/15Two letters from Kate Pease, Schwalbach [France], describing her arrangements to leave, after the declaration of war between France and Germany, [France-Prussian War, July 1870]
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/16Letter from K[ate] P[ease] written on the train while travelling from Schwalbach to Lucerne, describing the journey, [July 1870]
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/1/17Letter from Gurney Pease, Grove House to John Henry [his brother], describing visits to London and other places, 1 April - [pre-1872]
(2 papers)
Wilson Pease: correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/2/)General correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/2/1-37)Ref: D/XD 64/2/1-8Letters from Wilson Pease ['Willie'] to his mother, Katherine Pease, describing his activities and outings in Darlington, November 1873 - 2 July 1878
(9 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/9-13Letters from Wilson Pease, Oliver's Mount School, Scarborough to his mother, Katherine Pease, describing school life, 27 January 1880 - 21 December 1884
(8 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/14Letter from H.G. [Harold Gurney] Pease to Wilson [Pease], describing life and events in Darlington, 3 February 1882
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/15Letter from Wilson Pease, Darlington to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing a meeting with Mr. Jobson, and a visit to Miss Hodgson's to deliver some money, 14 May 1885
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/16Letter from Wilson [Pease], University Pitt Club, to 'Mahdi' [probably his mother, Katherine Pease], thanking her and his family for birthday presents received, and describing his social life, 11 November 1888
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/17Letter from Wilson [Pease], 43 Grosvenor Square, to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing how he became engaged to Joan, n.d. [1894]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/18Letter from Wilson [Pease], 43 Grosvenor Square, to his mother [Katherine Pease], thanking her for her letters, discussing possible visits, and informing her that he hopes to be married early in December, n.d. [1894]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/19Letter from Joan [Caroline Joanne Fowler], 43 Grosvenor Square to 'Dearest Aunt Gurney', expressing her (Joan's) happiness and thanking her for her message, n.d. [1894]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/20Letter from Joan [Caroline Joanne Fowler], 43 Grosvenor Square, to Aunt Gurney, thanking her (Aunt Gurney) for her letter, inviting her to see them [Joan and Wilson] and discussing dates for the wedding, n.d. [1894]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/21Letter from Rachel W. Fowler, 43 Grosvenor Square to Katherine [Pease], expressing her feelings on the forthcoming marriage of Wilson and 'Jo', 19 October 1894
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/22Letter from W. Fowler, 43 Grosvenor Square, to Katherine [Pease], expressing his feelings on the forthcoming marriage of Wilson Pease and Joan, 28 October 1894
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/23-35Letters, bills and other papers from S. Hayashi, dealer in objects of art, 39 Furumonzer, Kyote, Japan to Wilson Pease re the purchase by the latter of several antique objects, 22 April - 10 June 1907
(27 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/36Letter from Wilson [Pease], 22 Mount Street, [London], to his mother [Katherine Pease], the Queen's Hotel, Harrogate, describing the coronation procession of George V, 24 June 1911
(3 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/37Telegram from Wilson [Pease], message reading 'It is all right. Hurrah am writing', n.d.
(1 paper)
Correspondence re tour of Egypt, India and the Near East (Ref: D/XD 64/2/38-61)Ref: D/XD 64/2/38Letter from Wilson [Pease], on board the Club Train, to 'Dearest Mahdi' [his mother, Katherine Pease], describing his journey with Ernie and Harold to Brindisi, including a glimpse of Rudyard Kipling, n.d. [1891]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/39Letter from Wilson [Pease], S.S. Rohilla, Port Said [Egypt], to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing the voyage to Port Said, n.d. [1891]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/40Letter from Wilson [Pease] to 'dearest Mahdi', describing the reactions of Harold and Dr. Leslie to the voyage to 'the land of the Pharaohs', n.d. [1891]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/41Letter from Harold [Pease] to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing the voyage, n.d. [10 October 1891]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/42Letter from Harold [Pease] to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing the stage of their voyage as far as Aden, n.d. [1891]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/43Letter from Wilson [Pease] to 'dearest Mahdi', giving 'a bulletin' on the health of an unidentified person [Harold?], n.d. [1891]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/44Letter from Wilson [Pease], S.S. Rohilla to his mother [Katherine Pease], giving his impressions of Egypt and the Red Sea, with some notes from Harold, 19 January [1892]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/45Letter from Wilson [Pease], Byculla Club, Bombay to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing their stay in Calcutta, and informing her of their plans to return home across Persia, 28 January 1892
(3 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/46Letter from Wilson [Pease], Byculla Club, Bombay to 'Mahdi', describing [Harold's] current condition, n.d. [January 1892]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/47Letter from Harold [Pease], Byculla Club, Bombay to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing their stay in Bombay and future travelling plans, n.d. [January 1892]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/48Letter from Wilson [Pease], Northbrooke Hotel, Delhi, to 'dearest Mahdi', [his mother, Katherine Pease], describing the journey from Bombay to Delhi, and Harold's state of health, 2 February 1892
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/49Letter from Wilson Pease, Laurie's Hotel, Agra to his mother, [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, describing Delhi, Lahore, Amritsar and Agra (giving a description of the Taj Mahal) and setting out outline plans to visit Cawnpore, Lucknow, Calcutta and Darjeeling, 10 February 1892
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/50Part letter from [Wilson Pease] to 'Mahdi' expressing his opinions of Dr. Leslie, his treatment of Harold and Harold's state of health, n.d. [February 1892]
Enclosed in D/XD/64/49 above
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/51Letter from Wilson [Pease], Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta to 'Mahdi' [Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington], describing their brief stay in Benares, a trip on the Ganges, their railway journey to Darjeeling and describing their change of plan, 23 February 1892
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/52Letter from Wilson [Pease] to 'Mahdi' [Katherine Pease] expressing the fear that touring the sights with Harold was a mistake, exercise would be better, so they plan to go to Cashmere, n.d. [February 1892]
Enclosed in D/XD/64/51 above
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/53Letter from Wilson [Pease], S.S. Middea, River Hooghley to his mother [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, describing their trip through Burma (now Myanmar), and giving an account of Harold's current condition, 22 March 1892
(4 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/54Letter from Wilson [Pease], Calcutta to 'Mahdi' [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, informing her that she will not hear from them for some time as they are going to Cashmere, and requesting her to send £200 to Constantinople, 25 March 1892
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/55Letter from Wilson [Pease], Powell's Hotel, Murree to 'Mahdi', [Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington], describing their journey from Calcutta to Peshawer and a visit to the Khyber Pass, 4 April 1892
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/56Letter from Wilson [Pease], Bunderabbas, Persian Gulf, to his mother [Katherine Pease], thanking her for her letters, describing their month in Cashmere and departure from India, a visit to Muscat, and informing her of Harold's current condition, 16 May 1892
(3 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/57Letter from Wilson [Pease], Bushne to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing a visit to Ormuz and asking for £200 to be sent to Constantinople, 28 May 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/58Letter from Wilson [Pease], Isfrahan, to 'Mahdi' [Katherine Pease], describing their journey to Isfahan and future travelling plans, and giving a description of Harold's current condition, 11 June 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/59Letter from Wilson [Pease], Constantinople to 'Mahdi' [his mother, Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington], describing the confusion over their arrangements for the beginning of their journey home, and discussing whether they should visit 'Savage' in London in order that he may see Harold, 9 July 1892
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/60Letter from Wilson [Pease], S.S. Anatolia to his mother [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, informing her that they have been put in quarantine for 10 days, 11 July 1892
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/2/61Letter from Wilson [Pease], S.S. Anatolia, Constantinople, to 'Mahdi' [Katherine Pease] giving his reaction to the news of Lilian's engagement to Leslie [Charles Leslie Fox], outlining the plans for the final stages of their journey, and giving an account of Harold's condition, 14 July 1892
(1 paper)
John Henry Pease: correspondence, university notes and miscellaneous papers (Ref: D/XD 64/3/1-37)Ref: D/XD 64/3/1-4Letters from John Henry Pease to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing his activities and other trivia of domestic life, 7 June 1878 - 30 May 1880
(4 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/5-11Letters from John Henry Pease, Oliver's Mount School, Scarborough to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing life at school, 8 June 1884 - 10 June 1888
(7 papers and 2 photographs)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/12Letter from John Henry Pease, l18 Princes Street, Edinburgh, to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing his room, 15 October 1888
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/13Letter from John Henry Pease, 118 Princes Street, [Edinburgh], to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing a trip to Loch Katerine and a bicycle ride to Stirling and Bridge of Allan, 26 May 1889
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/14Letter from John Henry Pease, University Pitt Club to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing his visitors and outdoor activities, 24 May 1891
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/15Letter from John H. Pease, Grand Hotel, Gothenburg, to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing his journey to Gothenburg and his activities since arriving, 8 December 1896
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/16Letter from John H. Pease, Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge to 'My dear Gwen [Gwendolen Pease, his sister-in-law], forwarding a statement regarding the capital in her marriage settlement, and making suggestions concerning investment of same of the money, 27 February 1908
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/17Letter from J.W. Steel, Cleveland Terrace, Darlington to J[ohn] H[enry] Pease concerning the duties of an overseer of Friends, particularly attendance at meetings for worship, 15 October 1909
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/18Postcard from J.W. Steel, Cleveland Terrace, Darlington to John Henry Pease, Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge listing meetings in Cleveland in 1666, 7 February 1913
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/19Letter from The Skinnergrove Iron Co. Ltd., Carlin How, Yorkshire, to J.H. Pease describing a Zeppelin raid over the works on 8 September 1915, with an account of damage done, 9 September 1915
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/20Letter from George & Jobling, engineers and coachbuilders, 41 Blackwellgate, Darlington to Mr. J. Pease, Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge, enclosing a postal order for amount due for ploughing, 22 May 1917
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/21Letter from Darlington Rural District Council, Union Offices, Darlington to J.H. Pease, esq., Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge, forwarding a certificate for the balance of fuel due to him, 5 October 1918
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/22Letter from J.H. [John Henry] Pease, Milford Haven to his mother [Katherine Pease], describing a rough see passage from Gosport, round Lands End to Milford Haven, and plans to move on to Stranraer, with a note from Wilson [Pease], n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/23Miscellaneous notes on chemistry from the University of Edinburgh, 1888 - 1889
(4 items)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/24Table of tests for salts, 23 February 1889
(3 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/25John H. Pease's notes from the class of Practical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, 1889
(45 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/26-30Certificates of attendance of John Henry Pease at lectures in Chemistry, Engineering, Drawing and Senior Mathematics at Edinburgh University, 1889 - 1890
(5 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/31'The Naughty Boy', by J.H. Pease, aged five, July - August 1871
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/32The Phrenological Character of John Henry Pease, given by L.N. Fowler, practical phrenologist at 107 Fleet Street, London, 1880
(1 file)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/33John Henry Pease's birth certificate, taken from the records of the Monthly Meeting at Darlington, 10 May 1888
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/34Poem by J.H.P. [John Henry Pease], entitled 'New Women, Eve and Apple', 5 December 1897
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/35Copy of Register of Motor Cars for cars belonging to John Henry Pease, and receipt for registration fees, 19 December 1903
(4 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/36Marriage certificate of John Henry Pease and Louisa Lambert, 21 October 1905
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/3/37Calculations of income and expenditure, n.d.
(1 paper)
Gwendolen Margaret Pease: papers (Ref: D/XD 64/4/1-134)Ref: D/XD 64/4/1-134Correspondence, accounts and other papers relating to the management of the financial affairs of Mrs. Gwendolen Margaret Pease, 1905 - 1956
(297 papers)
Miscellaneous Correspondence (Ref: D/XD 64/5/1-38)Ref: D/XD 64/5/1Letter from Jane Gurney, Joseph Whitwell, Emma Gurney, Rachel, Elizabeth Lucy, Edward, John Henry, Arthur, Gurney Alfred and Charles Pease, Southend, Darlington to 'Aunt Whitwell', thanking her for the presents, 11 September 1843
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/2Letter from Samuel Hare describing the birth of a grand-daughter at Southend, a tea party at the Central Buildings for someone leaving for America, the death of Joseph Pease's sister, Rachel Fry of Bristol, listing his plans for buying furniture and informing the recipient of the death of David Dale's grandfather, 22 - 23 February 1852
(2 papers, one incomplete, with no name of the recipient)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/3Letter from Samuel Hare, 83 Northgate, Darlington, to 'my endeared C', describing his plans to visit Bakewell, his brother's unexpected visit, Joseph Pease's letter printed in the local newspaper in reply to a letter from the Duke of Cleveland and a visit to Joseph Pease's residence, Cliff House at Marske, 11 August 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/4Letter from Samuel Hare, 4 Paradise Terrace, Darlington to 'My dearest Caroline' informing her that Alfred [Pease] seems much better, describing the arrangements for the schooling of the other Pease children, and commenting on various mutual acquaintances, 2 December 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/5Letter from Samuel Hare, 4 Paradise Terrace, Darlington, to 'My dearest C', informing her of the death of Alfred [Pease], 20 December 1852
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/6Letter from Samuel Hare, 4 Paradise Terrace, Darlington, to 'my dearest Caroline', describing the death of Alfred Pease and the Monthly Meeting which took place on the day of writing, 20 December 1852
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
D/XD/64/5/4-6 were all enclosed in 1 envelope
Ref: D/XD 64/5/7Letter from Samuel Hare, 4 Paradise Terrace, Darlington to 'my dearest Caroline', describing circumstances at the Pease household on Northgate, following the death of Alfred, and giving an account of the funeral, 22 - 23 December 1852
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/8Letter from Samuel Hare, 4 Paradise Terrace, Darlington to 'My dearest Caroline', describing a meeting at Edward Pease's house, discussing the death and funeral of Alfred [Pease], and commenting on the weather, 24 December 1852
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/9Letter from J. Hodgkin, Tottenham to his aunt, Emma Pease, Southend, Darlington, describing Gurney's good performance in the examinations, 15 December 1854
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/10Letter from J Pease, Southend, Darlington to [Katherine Wilson of Kent Terrace Kendal, Cumberland] expressing his feelings on the relationship between her and Gurney [his son], 5 October 1862
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
see also D/XD/64/1/11,13
Ref: D/XD 64/5/11Letter from J Pease, Southend, Darlington to K [Katherine] Wilson, Kent Terrace, Kendal [Cumberland] discussing the qualities that a lady's companion should possess, 22 November 1863
Ref: D/XD 64/5/12Letter from J Pease, Southend, Darlington to 'my beloved cousin' thanking her (?) for sending a 'pleasing effigy' and expressing his affection for her (?), 10 January 1863
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/13Note from John J Wilson, Kendal [Cumberland] to the Darlington Monthly Meeting of Friends giving his consent to the marriage of Gurney Pease and Katherine Wilson, 4 February 1863
(1 paper)
See also D/XD/64/9/32 below
Ref: D/XD 64/5/14Letter from John J Wilson, Kent Terrace, Kendal [Cumberland] to Thomas Whitwell esq, Stockton, informing the letter of the marriage of Gurney Pease and Katherine Wilson, and describing the marriage in business terms, 23 April 1863
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/15Copies of letters from Mr Bulwer, Madrid to Viscount Palmerston and the Duke of S------- concerning the death of Mr Henry Whitwell of Darlington and another Englishman in Madrid, 31 March 1848
Envelope endorsed: Brought from Madrid by G.K. Pease, April 1865
(1 paper and envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/16Letter from Eli Jones, Friends' Institute, 12 Bishopgate, London to Joseph Pease informing the latter of his safe return from the east and his plans to sail for America, and bidding Joseph Pease and his family goodbye, 19 July 1869
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/17Letter from Katie [Katherine Pease], Greencroft, to her mother [Katherine Pease], describing various activities, 14 November 1873
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/18Letter from Wm. Cook Parker, Darlington to Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington, forwarding a copy of an address to the younger descendants of Edward Pease senior, in which he praises the merits of their ancestors, 29 - 31 December 1888
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/19Postcard from W. Dudley Richardson, Hotel Richdieu, St. Martin, Mort-de-Harsar, to J.H. Pease, esq., Carlbury Hall, near Darlington, apologising for the fact that he will not be able to attend the annual shareholders' meeting of the N.E.S.F. Co., n.d. [1893]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/20Copy of letter from Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington to Harold Pease, concerning arrangements for the payment of the latter's allowance, 2 May 1896
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/21Copy of letter from Katherine Pease, Woodside, Darlington to Harold Pease, describing her arrangements for a financial settlement for him and Gwen [Gwendolen Margaret Butler, whom he married on 31 December 1896], and rough notes concerning the same, 17 September 1896
(4 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/22Letter from Harold G. Pease, Ayton House to Theobold Butler, esq., informing the latter of his proposals to leave all his income and principal to Gwen [his wife], n.d. [received 26 November 1896]
(l paper and 1 envelope)
See D/XD 64/9/7 below
Ref: D/XD 64/5/23Letter from the South Kensington Museum to J.T. Butler, esq., Ayton Hall, Great Ayton, Yorkshire, replying to an enquiry concerning figures made at the Staffordshire Pottery in the eighteenth century, one of which the latter may own, 26 April 1897
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/24Copy of a letter to Sir Joseph W. Pease, Mr. Alfred E. Pease and Mr. Joseph A. Pease, undertaking to postpone until outside creditors are paid money owed by Messrs. J. & J.W. Pease, and to forego any legal claim to the sum necessary in order to save public bankruptcy proceedings, August 1902
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/25Letter from Lucas, Hutchinson & Meek, Darlington to Mrs. Pease, Woodside, Darlington, thanking her for her agreement to release the debt due to her by Messrs. J. & J.W. Pease, 16 March 1903
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/26Letter from Harold Pease, Shillingford House, near Wallingford [Oxford], to his mother [Katherine Pease] setting down some details of his income and requesting an increase so that he may afford to live in Leicestershire, 14 August 1903
(4 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/27Letter from Harold Pease, Shillingford House, Wallingford, [Oxford], to his mother [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, describing the state of his accounts, 18 August 1903
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/28Letter from Harold G. Pease, Shillingford House, near Wallingford [Oxford], to his mother [Katherine Pease], Woodside, Darlington, apologising for any trouble he has caused over his accounts, and expressing the hope that something will be done, 19 August 1903
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/29Letter from Edward Hutchinson, Lucas, Hutchinson & Meek, solicitors, Darlington to J. Theobold Butler, esq., concerning 'Mrs. Harold's' entitlement under her husband's will, 16 February 1906
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/30Letter from Godfrey C. Lambert, Moorcote, Esher to 'Lulu' [Louisa Pease, nee Lambert], forwarding some notes on the Lambert family tree, and giving other information on the family, 29 June 1910
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/31Letter from T. Mackenzie Fowler, Rocklands, Tunbridge Wells to 'Lulu' [Louisa Pease, nee Lambert, wife of John Henry Pease], thanking her for his week at Carlbury and describing his attempts to find some information on their family history, 26 October 1910
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/32Letter from William Fowler, Coombe House, Westbury-on-Trym to Jack [John Henry Pease], describing what he found out [about family history] on a visit to Beddington, Hackridge and Carshalton, 14 May 1911
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/33Letter from Rachel, Keppoch, Roy Bridge, Invernessshire to Grannie [Katherine Pease], sending some heather and telling her about a white pony, 26 August 1913
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/34Copy of letters from James N. Richardson, Mount Caulfield, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh to Mrs. Katherine Routledge, describing his memories of her father Gurney Pease, and his brothers Joseph, Edward, Arthur, Charles and Frank [Francis], 8 May - 31 August 1916
(ll papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/35Letter from Co. Edward [J.E. Hodgkin], Dryderdale, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham to J.C. Gurney Pease, esq., Broad Windsor, Dorset, forwarding a letter from the former's grandfather, J. Hodgkin to the latter's great-grandmother, Emma Pease, and describing his recent perusal of old letters, 22 December 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/36Letter from F. Lovett, 'Radnor', St. Andrew's Road, Southsea, to Mr. Pease, sending information about 'the family history' [possibly the Lambert family], 29 October n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/37Letter from Henry [Pease], Walworth Castle to his mother, describing his activities, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/5/38Note forwarding a likeness of the great-grandfather of E. Draper, to her nephew and niece Wilkinson, [picture lost], with note explaining that it came into K. Pease's possession in October 1891 on the breaking up of Underfell [Wilson home in Kendal], n.d.
(1 paper)
Genealogical Papers (Ref: D/XD 64/6/1-20)Ref: D/XD 64/6/1Family tree showing the descendants of Allan Lambert and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Ansell), n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/2Notes about the issue of Charles Lambert and Ann Brooker, n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/3Notes on Chas Lambert and Ann Brooker, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/4Letter from C. Daryl Tanqueray Rodwell, Seaford [Sussex] to Jack [John H. Pease], Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge, forwarding a letter to a Mrs. Annie Bonnewell, concerning the Snow family, 14 - 16 January 1911
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/5Copy of papers connected with the Snow family, supplied to Louisa Pease by General Snow of Bedochy, Parkstone, Dorset, March 1911 [manuscript of 188 above]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/6Copy of papers connected with the Snow family, supplied to Louisa Pease by General Dun, residing at Bendochy, Parkstone, Dorset, March 1911
(5 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/7Snow family tree, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/8Further notes on the Snow family, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/9Brief notes on the Snow family?, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/10Family tree showing the descendants of Edward Snow, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/11Notes on the descendants of Gen. Edward Winterton Snow, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/12Letters and genealogical notes concerning the Winterton Snow family, 3 August - 1 September 1932
(9 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/13Family tree showing the descendants of Henry Wilson, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/14Family tree of the descendants of John Wilson, showing the inter-marrying between Quaker families, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/15Notes on marriages made by the Butler family, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/16Extract of the Chapman family tree, the ancestors of Emma Gurney, wife of Joseph Pease, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/17Family trees showing the descendants of Charles Lambert Ashby, and Gen. Gilbert Waugh, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/18Extract from the Rumsey family pedigree, n.d.
(6 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/19Notes on the Wauch [sic] family of Shaw and Heipo, 1872
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/6/20Notes on an unidentified family [possibly Snow family], n.d.
(1 paper)
Journals and Diaries (Ref: D/XD 64/7/1-4)Ref: D/XD 64/7/1Journal of John Gurney of Keswick [born 1716], describes a tour of the West Country, 27 June - 7 July 17-- [post 1716]
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: D/XD 64/7/2Book, possibly compiled by Katherine Pease, containing 'Some Dates of Family Doings', 1846 - 1905
Enclosed: fragments of two letters, n.d.
(1 volume, leather bound, and two papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/7/3Book of Katherine Pease's memories of family life, 1863 - 1874
(1 volume, leather bound, and 5 loose papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/7/4Sketch of the last illness of Francis Richard Pease, died on 8 June 1865, at Finsbury Square, London, written by 'Jos' and 'read on the evening of Frank's funeral', n.d. [1865]
(1 volume, leather bound)
Illustrations (Ref: D/XD 64/8/1-15)Ref: D/XD 64/8/1Photograph of Bideford [Devon], n.d.
(1 photograph)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/2Photograph of Clovelly [Devon], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/3Photograph of the New Inn, Clovelly [Devon], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/4Photograph of the New Inn, Clovelly [Devon], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/5Photograph of the harbour, Clovelly [Devon], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/6Photograph of Clovelly [Devon], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/7Photograph of the castle and market place, Dunster [Somerset], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/8Photograph of Dunster [Somerset], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/9Photograph of Dunster Castle [Somerset], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/10Postcard of Glamis Castle [Tayside], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/11Postcard of Forter Castle, Gleniela, [Tayside], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/12Photograph of an unidentified country house [photograph taken by Ledmore & Sons, Hereford], n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/13Photograph of an unidentified cathedral, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/14Embroidered commemorative picture of the [Stockton and Darlington] railway, showing the first locomotive, the Rocket and with a portrait of an unidentified man, n.d.
(1 picture, framed)
Ref: D/XD 64/8/15Picture of man and woman in Quaker dress, n.d.
(1 picture)
Miscellaneous (Ref: D/XD 64/9/1-33)Ref: D/XD 64/9/1Notebook containing details of servants' wages, 1865 - 1870
(1 small volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/2Notebook containing details of servants' wages, 1871 - 1899
(1 small volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/3Rough accounts, 25 September 1915
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/4Accounts for proof portraits of the late Arthur Pease, supplied by Walton & Co., artists, engravers and fine art publishers, 103 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, May - June 1899
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/5Account book, possibly of J.C. Gurney Pease, for an account at Barclays Bank, Newbury [Berkshire], 7 December 1967 - 25 October 1969
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/618 December 1902
(1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Guisborough, Yorkshire, North Riding, baronet; Alfred Edward Pease of Pinchinthorpe, near Guisborough, aforesaid esquire; and Joseph Albert Pease of Nunthorpe, near Middlesbrough, esquire
(2) William Barclay Peat of No.3 Lothbury, City of London, and of the Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough
(3) Persons, companies and partnership firms listed in Schedule l, being the creditors
Conveyance to (2) of all lands, estates, tenements, hereditaments, premises, sums of money and securities for money, and all real and personal estate of (1) (except property in second schedule on trust to sell or dispose of to make payments to (3))
(1 file and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/731 December 1896
Copy of will of Harold Gurney Pease of Great Ayton, bequesting all his property to his wife [Gwendolen Margaret Pease]
(2 papers)
Enclosed in D/XD 64/5/22 above
Ref: D/XD 64/9/8Notice of order to Harold Gurney Pease in the case Pease v Pease re Charles Pease's estate, 11 August 1904
(1 file)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/9Poem written by R.E.W. [Rachel Esther Wilson], for Kate [Katherine Wilson], on her wedding morning, 23 April 1863
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/10Verses by an unnamed author, possibly written at Wolsingham, describing an attempt to pull off his bedcloths with string under the door, 31 August 1896
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/11Verses recounting an unknown author's decision about whether to marry, 31 October 1897
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/12Poem written to Henry Pike Pease after a visit to Undercliffe, Spring 1898
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/13Poem sent to E.G.P. 'acknowledging Christmas card of mother', 1 January 1903
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/14France by Rudyard Kipling from 'The Morning Post', 24 June 1913
(1 paper and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/15Extracts from 'Sir R. Calmady', n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/16Exercise book containing religious notes and poems, n.d.
(1 pamphlet)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/17Inspirational Christian messages, 1898 and n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/18Small notebook entitled 'Joseph Pease's Book, Leeds', containing 'transpositions', 9 April 1812
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/19Seating plan for the wedding party at the meeting house and wedding breakfast at the marriage of Gurney Pease and Katherine Wilson, n.d. [1863]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/20Notes describing aspects of life in a Birmingham household, 1867
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/21Notes concerning a motor journey made on Good Friday, 5 April 1901, from Rumwell [Somerset] to Trowbridge [Wiltshire], n.d. [1901]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/22Notification from The Transport Officer, British Red Cross Society, Notts. Branch, 6 Magdala Road, Nottingham of an additional petrol allowance, 7 June 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/23Rough letter concerning investments, mainly in Pease and Partners, 14 September 1942
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/24Central Norfolk Enterprises Ltd., Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society Newsletter No.26, December 1965
(1 file)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/25Central Norfolk Enterprises Ltd., Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, Newsletter No.30, May - June 1966
(1 file)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/26Circular letter from Central Norfolk Enterprises Ltd. asking for short term loans to help pay back the money owed from the purchase of the Weybourne to Sheringham railway, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/27Some memories of the life of John Henry Pease, son of Joseph Pease, born 2 February 1836, died 17 April 1854, by his cousin, M.A. Hodgkin, n.d.
(2 papers and 1 envelope)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/28Extracts from the records of the burgh of Lanark, 1680, ordering the treasurer to pay William Edgestone the sum of 26 dollars for his work in ordering the affairs of the 'baillie and Councill' in Edinburgh, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/29Notes discussing the morals of talking about the faults of others, n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/30Postcard setting out details of focusing with close-up lenses, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/31Note to Secretaries of Companies urging them to encourage the authorising of payments direct to a bank in order to save papers, in view of the war-time need for economy, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/9/32List of names, n.d.
(1 paper)
Enclosed in D/XD 64/5/13 above
Ref: D/XD 64/9/33List of names, n.d.
(1 paper)
Miscellaneous Printed (Ref: D/XD 64/10/1-14)Ref: D/XD 64/10/1Bundle of tracts, hymns and religious poems, c.1862 - c.1907
(34 items)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/2Information for candidates, and timetable for the University of London matriculation examination, June 1888
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/3University of London matriculation examinations in Latin, French, Arithmetic and Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, English Language and Mechanics, 18 - 22 June 1888
(8 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/4University examination papers in Paley's Evidence, Arithmetic, Algebra, Mechanics, St. Mark's Gospel, Greek and Latin, 4 - 10 December 1890
(10 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/5University examination papers in Greek and Latin, June - December 1891
(3 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/6Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I, examination papers, 29 May - 9 June 1893
(9 papers)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/7Programme of events at the Automobile Speed Trials at Bexhill on Sea, Whit - Monday 1902
Endorsed: First race meeting in England
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/8Sermon entitled 'Recognition in Eternity', preached before the Prince and Princess of Wales in Sandringham Church, Sunday, 24 January 1892 by Rev. James Fleming, and printed by their command, given to 'E.A.L.' by 'dear Jim', March 1910
(1 volume)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/9Order for a service at St. Lawrence's Church, Effingham, [Surrey], 19 June 1911
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/10The order for the burial of the dead, printed in memory of Emma Anne Lambert, 1840 - 1917, buried at Effingham Church, Surrey, 6 February 1917
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/11Booklet entitled 'Child Confidence Rewarded', by Mary Wood Allen M.D., n.d.
(1 pamphlet)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/12Newspaper cutting describing the near failure of an Edinburgh - London express to stop at Darlington Bank Top Station, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/13Newspaper cutting describing the discovery of Mount Everest, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/XD 64/10/14Leaflet setting out Scottish Provident Institution annuities, n.d.
(1 leaflet)
