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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 350 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Darlington, Manor of Blackwell

Covering Dates: 1714-1848

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Darlington, Manor of Blackwell

Deeds etc. and related papers re six closes called the Snipes or Snipe Farm and one close called Elizabeth Dobson's Close.

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 350/1

Surrender by Thomas Thompson to Margaret Bowes under terms of a mortgage, 1735
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/2

Deed of uses between Thomas Thompson the younger of Darlington and John Ward of Dinsdale and Francis Lowson of Darlington to enable the closes called the Snipes and Elizabeth Dobson's Close to be sold to repay the principal to Margaret Bowes and use the residue to support the family of Thomas Thompson, 1749
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/3

Surrender by Thomas Thompson the younger to John Ward of Dinsdale and Francis Lowson of Darlington, 1749
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/4

Bargain and Sale between Sarah Thompson of Darlington, widow, and John Shadforth of Sunderland and Ralph Robson of Darlington for £130, 1752
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/5

Admittance of Michael Hodgson of Darlington, 1752
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/6

Surrender by Michael Hodgson to Ralph Robson of Darlington, 1752
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/7

Account of the estate of Thomas Thompson at Blackwell Moor in mortgage to Margaret Bowes with receipt of Margaret Bowes for £298 being the principal of the mortgage paid to her by Ralph Robson and stating her intention to convey her right in the land re Ralph Robson, 1753
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/8

Original Bill and amendment of a case in Chancery, Thompson v Robson, concerning the Snipes and Elizabeth Dobson's Close. (Dorothy Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson the younger, and Ralph Robson), 1771-1776
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 350/9

Abstract of title, 1714-1776
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 350/10

Copy Chancery Decree in case of Thompson v Robson referring the case to the Master of the Rolls, 1776
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/11

Copy report of the Master of the Rolls in the case of Thompson v Robson giving conditions of sale to Joseph and Thomas Pease, 1777
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 350/12

John Sherwood's account with Joseph and Thomas Pease for legal expenses relating to the purchase of Snipe Farm, 1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/13

Order of the Court of Chancery confirming the Master of the Rolls report granting the land called Snipe Farm to Joseph and Thomas Pease, 1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/14

Confirmation of the purchase of lands by Joseph Pease and Thomas Pease made by the Court of Chancery, 1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/15

Order of Court of Chancery for Joseph and Thomas Pease to take possession of Snipe Farm on receipt of the payment of £950, 1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/16

Certificate of payment and receipt for £950 paid by Joseph and Thomas Pease to Thomas Anguish, Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery for the case between Dorothy Thompson and Ralph Robson and others, 1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/17

List of documents (wanted from Miss Dorothy Thompson of London?) relating to the Snipes and Elizabeth Dobson's Close, 1714-1778
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/18

Account sent to Joseph Pease for legal expenses, 1780
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/19

Abstract of title (1714-1766), 1781
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 350/20

Indenture in seven parts: 1 Dorothy Thompson and others 2 William Addison and John Pease 3 Thomas Tenry 4 Margaret Wanley Bowes and others 5 Young Lowson 6 Joseph and Thomas Pease 7 Michael and Edward Pease the younger Surrender to the use of Michael and Edward Pease for Joseph Pease and Thomas Pease, 1783
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/21

Surrender to Michael and Edward Pease, 1783
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/22

Receipt for £600 received by Thomas Pease from Joseph Pease for the purchase of his share in lands in Blackwell, 1787
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/23

Surrender by Joseph Pease, Thomas Pease, Michael Pease and Edward Pease all of Darlington for the admittance of Jonathan Backhouse and Edward Robson of Darlington, 1787
(1 parchment)

Ref: D/X 350/24

Certificate of exoneration from the land tax, Joseph Pease, 1799
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/25

Copy surrenders for the admittance of John Coates and Elizabeth Bell of Darlington by Jonathan Backhouse and Joseph Pease of Darlington (part missing), 1829, 1840
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 350/26

Plan of Snipe Farm with pencilled additions, n.d., c.1820
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/27

Copy extracts from the Burial Registers of the Society of Friends (Edward Robson 1813, Hadwen Bragg 1820, Isaac Richardson 1810, Jonathan Backhouse 1826), 1848
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 350/28

Copy death certificate of John Coates of Darlington (died 1840), 1848
(1 paper)



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