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Reference: D/X 1207 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families

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Catalogue Description

Records deposited on long-term loan

18 May 1998 Acc: 2523(D)

9 January 2004 Acc: 3004(D)

Records of the Fawcett family (D/X 1207/1);
records of the Salvin family (D/X 1207/2);
records of the Jolliffe family, Barons Hylton (D/X 1207/3);
and miscellaneous deeds (D/X 1207/4)

Catalogue Contents

Records of the FAWCETT family (Ref: D/X 1207/1)Title deeds: Bishopwearmouth (Ref: D/X 1207/1/1-178)Copyhold land in the manor of Houghton-le-Spring, 1777-1808 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/1-2)

FAWCETT FAMILY

TITLE DEEDS

BISHOPWEARMOUTH

/1/1-2

/1/3-62 John Street, 1810-1934
/1/63-107 Frederick Street, 1827-1921
/1/108-145 Fawcett Street, 1831-1930
/1/146-170 Foyle Street, 1841-1852
/1/171-172 Manor Place, 1840
/1/173-178 Somerford Place, 1851-1860

LANCHESTER

/1/179-243 Manor House, Deanery and Burnopside Farms, 1716-1854; purchased by John Fawcett in 1835 and 1836

/1/244-297 Lanchester Lodge Estate (formerly White House Farm), Craw Hall Estate and Brecken Hill allotments, 1666-1839; purchased by John Fawcett in 1839

/1/298-323 Redgate Field, Grandy's Field, Plantation Field, Dickengate Field and Low and High Westfields, 1764-1858; purchased by John Fawcett in 1858

/1/324-333 Lanchester Burial Ground, 1857-1859

/1/334-346 Wheldon's Close or Haystack Field (formerly the north part of Far Mill Field), 1799-1861; purchased by John Fawcett in 1861

/1/347-369 Part of Ewe Close or Kit's Lane Close, 1748-1862; purchased by John Fawcett in 1862

/1/370-380 Part of Ewe Close, 1755-1867; purchased by John Fawcett in 1867

/1/381 The Old Residence House of the Perpetual Curacy of Lanchester, purchased by John Fawcett in 1867

/1/382-388 Deanery Pasture and Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 1818-1868; purchased by John Fawcett in 1868

/1/389-431 Margery Flatts, Whinney Close, Dickenfield etc. 1751-1873; purchased by John Fawcett in 1873

/1/432-445 Summerhill, 1827-1880; purchased by John Fawcett in 1880

/1/446-476 The Paddock, Ward's Northfield and another close, 1779-1919; purchased by John Fawcett in 1919

/1/477-478 Lanchester: unspecified, 1858-1873

FRAMWELLGATE MOOR AND WITTON GILBERT
(Cater House and Red Briar Estates)

/1/479 Exchange of land at Glake Hall and allotments on Potter Moor for an allotment near Cater House grounds, 1807

/1/480-481 Three allotments on Framwellgate Moor, 1814-1816; acquired by Rev. John Fawcett in 1816

/1/482-488 Five allotments on Potter Moor, 1805-1826; acquired by Rev. John Fawcett in 1826

/1/489 Allotment on Potter Moor, 1853

/1/490-539 Richardson's Red Briar Estate, 1702-1869; purchased by John Fawcett in 1859

/1/540-545 Richardson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1847-1860; reversion purchased by John Fawcett in 1860

/1/546-551 Richardson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1847-1883; leased to John Fawcett in 1862

/1/552 -558 Messuage, cartwright's and blacksmith's shop at Red Briar, 1830-1870; purchased by John Fawcett in 1870

/1/559-560 Fawcett's allotment on Potter Moor, 1865-1873; purchased by John Fawcett in 1873

DURHAM CITY

/1/561-564 House in Old Elvet and allotment on Elvet Moor, 1807-1809; purchased by Rev. John Fawcett in 1807 and 1808, and sale of land for new gaol, 1809

/1/565-571 Orchard behind No.18, North Bailey, 1790-1875; purchased by William Hoar in 1815

WILTSHIRE

/1/572-573 Somerford Keynes, 1905-1920

ESTATE

LEASES AND TENANCY

/1/574-575 Lanchester: Warlands Farm coal royalty, 1871-1887

/1/576-579 Framwellgate Moor: Cater House Estate coal mines, 1856-1898

/1/580 Northumberland: Grindston Law Farm, St. John Lee, 1829

/1/581-583 Wiltshire: Somerford Keynes, 1781-1915

ACCOUNTS

/1/584 Framwellgate Moor and Lanchester: Cater House, Red Briar and Warlands Farm, 1883

/1/585-586 Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mansion House Chambers, 1883

/1/587 Northumberland: Branton and Bingfield Estates, 1883

FAMILY SETTLEMENTS AND TRUSTEESHIPS

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF REV. JOHN FAWCETT AND MARY ANN BATES, 1795

/1/588-608 Settlement, and administration of Mrs Fawcett's trust fund, 1795-1850

/1/609-613 Discharge of John Fawcett from the trusteeship of the will, 1837, of Cuthbert Bates, 1850-1855

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF JOHN TROTTER AND MARY ANN FAWCETT, 1822

/1/614-618 Settlement, and marriage of daughter Elizabeth to Francis Greenwell, 1822-1876

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF THOMAS SWINBURNE AND CHARLOTTE SPEARMAN, 1780

/1/619-637 Settlement, and administration of the Swinburne trust by Christopher Fawcett, Rev. John Fawcett and John Fawcett, trustees, 1780-1853

/1/638-640 Marriage settlement, 1845, of James Rundell Bigge and Margaret Bewicke, 1845-1853

PLANS

/1/641-642 Lanchester

/1/643 Northumberland
SALVIN FAMILY

TITLE DEEDS

DURHAM COUNTY PALATINE

/2/1 Manors of Norham, Northamshire, Islandshire, Haggerston, Buckton and Fenwick, 1754

TUDHOE ESTATE

/2/2-7 Sale of estate by trustees of the will of Bryan John Salvin, 1852

CROXDALE ESTATE

/2/8-21 Sale of parts of the estate, 1882-1957

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

PROPERTY, LEASES AND TENANCY

/2/22-23 Croxdale, Butterwick and Fishburn estates, 1873-1934

/2/24-25 Croxdale estate: Butterby, c.1850-1954
/2/26-35 Croxdale Hall, 1872-1955
/2/36-41 Croxdale Wood House, 1941-1956
/2/42-43 Croxdale Mill House, 1944-1956
/2/44-55 Croxdale, 1894-1955
/2/56-70 Sunderland Bridge, 1875-1927
/2/71-93 Sunderland Bridge, Croxdale and Low Burn Hall coal royalties, 1866-1923
/2/94-96 Burn Hall estate, 1873-1939
/2/97-100 Butterwick and Fishburn estate, 1834-1930
/2/101-105 Butterwick estate, 1917-1932
/2/106 Tudhoe, 1883
/2/107 Cornsay, 1894

ACCOUNTS

/2/108-121 Croxdale estate, 1947-1955

CORRESPONDENCE

/2/122-125 Croxdale Hall and Croxdale estate, 1943-1957

TITHES

/2/126-127 Croxdale estate, 1879-1922

FAMILY WILLS AND SETTLEMENTS

SALVIN FAMILY AND THE CROXDALE SETTLED ESTATE

/2/128-129 Gerard Thornton Salvin, 1921
/2/130-138 Herman Charles Joseph Salvin, 1943-1956
/2/139-140 Mrs A. M. Salvin, 1944
/2/141-151 Croxdale Settled Estate, 1904-1957

ROBERTS FAMILY AND THE HOLLINGSIDE ESTATE

/2/152-153 Henry William Roberts, 1916-1938
/2/154 Maurice Lennox Roberts, 1927
/2/155-159 Hollingside estate, 1938-1955

LEGAL

/2/160-170 VAVASOUR V. ROBERTS, 1943-1945

MAPS AND PLANS

/2/171 Burn Hall Estate, 1869
/2/172 Butterwick, 1857
/2/173-186 Croxdale Estate, c.1850-1900

MISCELLANEOUS

/2/187 Sunderland Bridge Parish Council, 1949
JOLLIFFE FAMILY, BARONS HYLTON

TITLE DEEDS AND FAMILY SETTLEMENTS

DURHAM

/3/1-7 Chester Deanery Estate, 1754-1849

CUMBERLAND

/3/8-11 Marriage settlement of Sir Richard Hylton and Eleanor Hedworth, 1746-1783
/3/12 Property at Kelswick Moss conveyed to Hylton Jolliffe's trustee, 1877

KENT

/3/13 Marriage settlement of Morton W. North and Hylda Hylton Jolliffe, 1879

SUSSEX

/3/14-15 Land at Northstoke, purchased by John Jolliffe from Ann Humble, 1752

WORCESTERSHIRE

/3/16 Appointment of Thomas Jolliffe as trustee for sale of the estate of Humphry Lowe of Bromsgrove, 1738

MULTIPLE ESTATES: CUMBERLAND, DERBYSHIRE, DURHAM, HAMPSHIRE, SURREY AND SUSSEX

/3/17 Marriage settlement of William Jolliffe and Eleanor Hylton, 1769

/3/18-19 Marriage settlement of Hugh Trevor and Mary Jolliffe, 1797-1826

/3/20 Marriage settlement of Gilbert East and Eleanor Mary Jolliffe, 1810

/3/21-28 Marriage settlement of William Philip, Earl of Sefton, and Miss Cecil Emily Jolliffe, 1866
Second Deposit

Acc: 3004(D)

FAMILY SETTLEMENTS

DURHAM ESTATE

/3/29-56 Marriage settlements and partition of the Durham Estate, 1714 - 1841

DURHAM AND CUMBERLAND ESTATES

/3/57-59 Marriage settlements, 1804 - 1840

DEEDS

DURHAM ESTATE

/3/60-65 Collieries and waggonways, 1778 - 1853

/3/66-72 Leasehold property, 1825 - 1851

/3/73 Tithes, 1622

SURREY ESTATE

/3/74 Merstham Limework Company, 1806

MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS

/4/1-4 Frosterley, Durham City, Hesleden, Heworth and Pittington, 1808-1870

FAWCETT FAMILY

Additional to D/X 1089/1-9

TITLE DEEDS

BISHOPWEARMOUTH

Copyhold land in the manor of Houghton-le-Spring, 1777 - 1808


3 March 1777 (1) Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) John Wall of Sunderland, coalfitter Deed of covenants for a parcel of ground, 30 yds x 35 yds, in Bishopwearmouth, manor of Houghton-le-Spring, which was surrendered by Rev. Richard Fawcett, D.D., and (1) to (2) (part of the premises comprised in a surrender dated 2 June 1761); (1) to erect a 7 feet high fence and have liberty of passage to the public highway.
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19 September 1808 (1) The Rt. Rev. Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Thomas Bernard, esq., LL.D., vicar general, and William Price, esq., clerk of the halmot courts (trustees for the enfranchisement of copyhold estates belonging to the see of Durham) (3) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., (treasurer appointed by (1)) (4) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and the said John Griffith (trustees of Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall) Deed of enfranchisement to (4) of a message and 19a. land in the township of Wearmouth, bounded by the High Street of Wearmouth on the north [other boundaries specified], except the message and garth on Wearmouth Green formerly surrendered in trust for George Mowbray esq., and also a piece of ground then built upon, 30 yds. eastwards in breadth x 35 yds., lately surrendered to John Wall. Consideration: £159 4s. 4d.
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Sale of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1810-1934 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/3-62)

Additional to D/X 1089/2/1-14


13 February 1810 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton [Hall], clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) Solomon Chapman of Bishopwearmouth, gent.. (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Conveyance in fee by (1) and (2) to (4) to the use of (3) of a freehold parcel of ground in Bishopwearmouth, bounded on the west by ground belonging to (1) intended for a highway to be called John Street [other boundaries specified; covenant for (3) to erect one or more dwelling houses; restrictive covenants as specified ¿¿ 'houses shall be similar to the house belonging to Mr William Masterman ¿.. adjoining Bedford Street'. Consideration: perpetual rent of £20 p.a. Endorsed: plan of property, coloured
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15 January 1811 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (trustees for (1)) (3) John Vaux, the younger, of Bishopwearmouth, painter and glazier (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Counterpart conveyance in fee by (1) and (2) with consent of (3) to (4) of a freehold plot of ground in Bishopwearmouth, bounded by land belonging to (1) intended for a new street called John Street on the east [other boundaries specified]; covenant for (3) to build 3 houses; restrictive covenants as specified ¿¿ 'all houses ¿¿ shall be similar to ¿.. those already erected in Bedford Street'. Consideration: perpetual rent of £12 6s. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property, coloured
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12 June 1827 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John White of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) William Potts of Bishopwearmouth, ship builder (5) Partis Oswald of Monkwearmouth Shore, ship builder, trustee for (4) Release by (2), (1) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 10s. p.a. and £945
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19 February 1831 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq. and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) George Turner, builder, and William Kirton, joiner, both of Bishopwearmouth (4) William Dixon of Bishopwearmouth, surgeon (5) Charles Richard Fell of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2), (1) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive convenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 17 January 1831. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/6
(1 paper)


7 April 1832 (1) John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq. and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Jameson of Bishopwearmouth, painter and glazier (4) William McCree of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a message and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £8 6s. 6d. p.a.
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2 August 1836 (1) John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Philip Taylor of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, shipowner; John Scott of Bishhopwearmouth, esq.; and George Wilson of Monkwearmouth Shore, joiner (devisees in trust of George Wilson of Monkwearmouth Shore, dec'd.) Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 10s. p.a.
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2 August 1836 (1) John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Philip Taylor of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, shipowner; John Scott of Bishopwearmouth, esq.; and George Wilson of Monkwearmouth Shore, joiner (devisees in trust of George Wilson dec'd.) Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £4 and £4 p.a.
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2 May 1837 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Reed of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 1s. p.a.
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6 July 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) Margaret Stephenson of Bishopwearmouth, widow of George Stephenson, gent., dec'd. Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth (on which the late George Stephenson built a house but no conveyance was made to him) [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 8s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, 1 October 1834 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/12
(1 paper)


31 October 1840 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 1s. p.a.
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20 August 1841 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Ray of Bishopwearmouth, wharfinger (4) Joseph Young of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (4), to the use of (3), of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £9 p.a. Endorsed: deed securing an additional ground rent of £3 p.a. from the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, 15 September 1904
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14 September 1841 (1) John Griffith of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 1s. p.a.
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4 January 1845 (1) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (2) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Halcro of Bishopwearmouth, merchant Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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9 July 1846 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Johnson Oates of the borough of Sunderland, builder (4) William Tone of the borough of Sunderland, builder Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the north side of Borough Road and on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 8s. p.a. (Parchment, 2 membranes


Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the north side of Borough Road and the west side of Borough Road and the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 19 June 1846 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/18
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Letter from William Jameson, West Street, Bishopwearmouth, agent to John Fawcett, to Messrs Griffith, solicitors, Durham, concerning restrictive covenants on buildings in John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 24 June 1846. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/18
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12 February 1850 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Charles Alcock of the borough of Sunderland, shipowner Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 17s. p.a. (Parchment, 2 membranes


Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, 12 December 1849. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/21
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22 September 1851 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Joseph Buchanan of the borough of Sunderland, sailmaker Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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29 April 1853 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Robinson of the borough of Sunderland, shipowner Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and land on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 17s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, agent, 21 April 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/24
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23 May 1853 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq., trustee for (1) (3) William Crosier of the borough of Sunderland, draper Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 p.a. In margin: plan of property
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 21 April 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/26
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24 June 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq (3) Thomas Kay of Stockton, shipowner Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 16 June 1854 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/28
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3 August 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq., trustee for (1) (3) John Gregory of Bishopwearmouth, surgeon Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 6 May 1854 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/30
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11 August 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Rev. Edward Bewlay of the borough of Sunderland, clerk (4) Thomas Preston Parker of the borough of Sunderland, surgeon (5) George Robert Booth of the borough of Sunderland, insurance agent. Counterpart release by (2), (1) and (3) to (5), to the use of (4), of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive convenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5. 15s. p.a. and £1250 Endorsed: deed securing an additional perpetual rent of 5s. p.a. from the County Constitutional Club, Sunderland, Limited, 30 October 1903
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 20 October 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/32
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7 September 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) William Dixon of the borough of Sunderland, surgeon (4) Henry Dixon of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground, No 51 John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 6 May 1854 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/34
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14 April 1855 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (3) Robert Turnbull of Bishopwearmouth, builder Conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and parcels of ground in John Street, and a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £4 10s., £4 10s., and £3 p.a.
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Sketch plans of 2 adjacent parcels of ground on the west side of John Street, and a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1 March 1855 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/36
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26 July 1855 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Charles Wilson of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 31 May 1855 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/39
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8 August 1855 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) William Henry Bramwell of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 26 July 1855. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/41
(1 paper)


21 January 1856 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Charleton of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 29 December 1855 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/43
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14 April 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Ralph Atkinson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) William Moore of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £4 10s. and £4 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 2 parcels of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 5 March 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/45
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15 April 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) George Matthew the younger of Bishopwearmouth, shipbroker Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £4 5s. and £4 5s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 2 parcels of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 3 March 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/47
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30 October 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Bell of Park Place East, Sunderland, shipowner (4) William Snowball of Sunderland, gent. Duplicate conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage, No. 25, and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 5s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 2 parcels of land on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 20 October 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/49
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30 October 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Bell of Park Place East, Sunderland, gent. (4) William Snowball of Sunderland, gent. Duplicate conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage, No. 21, and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 20 October 1857. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/51
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30 October 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) John Bell of Park Place East, borough of Sunderland, shipowner (4) William Snowball of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Copy extract from conveyance to (3) of a messuage, No. 24, and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 5s. p.a. Endorsed: memorandum of conveyance of ground rent to Royal Insurance Company, 29 October 1929
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22 December 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Henry Renney of the borough of Sunderland, builder (4) William Snowball of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5. 8s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 21 November 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/55
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22 December 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) William Hodgson of the borough of Sunderland, shipowner (4) William Snowball of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 12s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 21 November 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/56
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4 January 1858 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham. esq (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Henry Renney of the borough of Sunderland, builder (4) William Snowball of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £5 8s. and £5 8s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 2 parcels of ground on the west side of John Street, Bishopwearmouth, 18 December 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/58
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21 October 1922 (1) Foyle Fawcett of 18 North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) H. Binns, Sons and Company Limited Duplicate deed securing an additional ground rent of £3 p.a. on No. 32 John Street, Sunderland
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11 September 1928 (1) Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, esq. (2) H. Binns, Sons and Company Limited, registered office 38-39 Fawcett Street, Sunderland Duplicate deed securing additional ground rents of £3 14s. and £2 8s. on Nos. 30 and 31 John Street, Sunderland.
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31 December 1934 (1) Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire, esq. (2) Samuel Wickoff of 6 Rectory Terrace, Sunderland, gown manufacturer, and Rachel his wife Duplicate deed securing an additional ground rent of £2 p.a. on No. 53 John Street, Sunderland.
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Sale of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1827-1921 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/63-107)

Additional to D/X 1089/3/1-18
See also D/X 1207/1/141


25 April 1827 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson and John Griffith (3) William Anderson of Bishopwearmouth, mason (4) Mary Dawson of Bishopwearmouth, widow Copy extract from a release of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, subject to an annual rent of £2 9s.; copy made in 1929.
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10 April 1828 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Andrew White of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., trustee Release by (2) and (1) to (4), to the use of (3), of a messuage and parcel of ground called Frederick Place, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £13 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground called Frederick Place on the east side of Chapel Lane, Bishopwearmouth, n.d. [1828]. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/64
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3 May 1828 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Whitfield of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) William Tomlinson of Bishopwearmouth, yeoman, trustee Release by (2) and (1) to (4) in trust for (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £2 9s. and £2 9s. p.a.
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19 July 1828 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) George Turner of Bishopwearmouth, mason (4) Elizabeth Tunstall of Bishopwearmouth, spinster (5) George Stephenson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3), to the use of (5), of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified] in trust for securing the repayment of £250 and interest to (4); restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £1 15s. p.a. and £250
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27 March 1829 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq. and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Andrew Turnbull of Sunderland, joiner, and Robert Wilson of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Samuel Alcock of Bishopwearmouth, upholsterer (5) John Alcock of Bishopwearmouth, upholsterer Release by (2) and (1) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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5 October 1830 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq. and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Margaret Porter of Bishopwearmouth, widow Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a. and £300.
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4 January 1831 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Whitfield of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) William McCree of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2) & (1) to ( ) of 2 messuages and a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 17s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1 July 1830 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/70
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24 June 1831 (1) John Fawcett late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Joseph Thompson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, earthenware manufacturer (4) George Smith Ranson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 3 messuages and a parcel of ground on the west of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 17s. 6d. p.a.
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10 May 1832 (1) John Fawcett late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Hudson of Bishopwearmouth, common brewer (4) George Smith Ranson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 16s. p.a.
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18 December 1832 (1) John Fawcett late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Philip Taylor of Seaton Sluice near Blyth, Northumberland, gent. (4) Joseph John Wright of Sunderland near the Sea, gent. Counterpart release by (1) and (2) to (4) in trust for (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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9 January 1833 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Ann Abbs of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Counterpart release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a., and £285.
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25 November 1834 (1) John Fawcett late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) James Barkes of Sunderland, cordwainer Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 12s. 6d. p.a.
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6 January 1838 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Mann, builder, and Edward Hugall, joiner, both of Bishopwearmouth Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and a parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 5s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/77
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14 April 1838 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) George Preston of Bishopwearmouth, dyer (4) Thomas Temple Robinson, gent., and William Cuthbert Ranson, shipowner, both of Bishopwearmouth Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (4), in trust for (3), of 3 messuages and 3 parcels of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £2 12s. 6d., £2 12s. 6d. and £3 3s. p.a.
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23 October 1838 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) James Jopling of Bishopwearmouth, mercer and draper (4) Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, gent Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 12s. p.a.
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15 March 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Hill Parker of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Release by (2), by direction of (1), and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2. 12s. 6d. p.a., and £340.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, 30 January 1839 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/81
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26 October 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) William Moffit, mason, and Robert Embleton, cooper, both of Sunderland Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified.
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7 November 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) John Richan and Thomas Richan, both of Bishopwearmouth, tinners and braziers (4) Sarah Burn of Bishopwearmouth Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) at the request of (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 12s. 6d. p.a.
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19 December 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) William Henry King of Bishopwearmouth, bread baker (4) Anthony John Moore of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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31 December 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) James Hills of Bishopwearmouth, ironmonger (4) John Hills of Sunderland, grocer Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, 6 December 1839. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/86
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11 April 1840 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) Robert Embleton of Sunderland, cooper Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 16s. p.a.
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17 June 1843 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Alexander McKenzie of Bishopwearmouth, sailing master in H.M. Navy Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified] restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a plot of land at Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, agent, for Thomas Griffith, solicitor, Durham, 5 June 1843
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25 October 1847 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Elliot of the borough of Sunderland, shipowner Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2. 9s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, 27 October 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/91
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19 April 1854 (1) George Scurfield of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (2) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (4) Bryan Scurfield of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Duplicate conveyance by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of Frederick Lodge and a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Road, Bishopwearmouth; and a parcel of ground on the north side of Frederick Lodge [boundaries specified] Consideration: £800 and perpetual rent of £2 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Road, Bishopwearmouth, 23 July 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/93
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15 December 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) George Oliver of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) Richard Oliver of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]. Restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 12s. 6d. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, 17 January 1846 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/95
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15 December 1854 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Peter Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner (4) George Fairlamb of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £1 15s. p.a. Endorsed: deed securing an additional perpetual rent of 5s. p.a. from Miss M. M. Greenwell, 3 June 1903
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 7 December 1854 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/97
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11 September 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) William Hardcastle of Stockton, chemist and druggist (4) Thomas Kay of Sunderland, gent. Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. B. Jameson, 27 August 1857 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/99
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29 May 1867 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Ann Thomson of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground, No. 7 Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, 10 May 1867 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/101
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16 May 1913 (1) George Foyle Fawcett of 18 North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Hugh Taylor Decimus Hedley of 49 Frederick Street, Sunderland, architect and surveyor (3) Thomas Dobson Clement, gent., and Herbert Wilson Clement, cashier, both of Sunderland, mortgagees Duplicate deed securing an additional ground rent of 5s.0d. p.a. on No. 49 Frederick Street, Sunderland, supplemental to a lease and release dated 5 and 6 January 1838
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25 September 1913 (1) George Foyle Fawcett of 18 North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Mary Jane Pringle, wife of Christopher James Pringle of Gosforth, Northumberland, architect, and Amy Hunter, wife of Henry Waterston Hunter of Kippen, Stirling, Scotland, minister of the United Free Church of Scotland Licence by (1) to (2) to make alteration to 16 Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, and agreement that (1) will receive an additional yearly rent charge of 7s. 6d. in augmentation of the sum of £2 12s.6d. Includes: plan of proposed alterations to 16 Frederick Street, Sunderland, May 1913 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
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18 July 1921 (1) Foyle Fawcett of 18 North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) The trustees of the National Union of General Workers Duplicate deed securing an additional ground rent of 12s.6d. p.a. on No. 16 Frederick Street, Sunderland, supplemental to a release dated 24 June 1831. Includes: plan, elevations and section of proposed addition to offices Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
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List of Mr Fawcett's ground rents at Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1827-1878
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Letter from Thomas Steel, Sunderland, to John Fawcett, Durham, concerning deeds required for Frederick Road, 26 November 1873
(1 paper)

Sale of land in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1831-1930 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/108-145)

Additional to D/X 1089/1/1-15


19 February 1831 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2), (1) and (3) to (4) of 2 messuages and a parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 9 February 1831 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/108
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18 June 1833 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Stephen Watson of Sunderland, draper Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 4 messuages and 2 parcels of ground on the east and west sides of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £15 19s.6d. p.a.
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12 June 1835 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) William Kirk of Sunderland, draper, and James Vint of Bishopwearmouth, chemist Release of (2) from arrears of ground rent on land in Fawcett Street intended for a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £8 4s. p.a. Endorsed in margin: front elevation of chapel, and memorandum relating to the maintenance of the chapel, 5 November 1901
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16 September 1837 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, builder Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 8s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 28 August 1837 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/112
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24 April 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Mary Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 10s.3d. p.a.
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24 April 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 6s. p.a.
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24 April 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Richard Greenwell of Bishopwearmouth, merchant (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 6s. p.a.
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26 April 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Scott of Bishopwearmouth, esq. (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 16s.6d. p.a.
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29 April 1839 (1) Thomas Wood of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner; Margaret Hudson of Monkwearmouth Shore, spinster; Bartholomew Dowell of Bishhopwearmouth, builder; Margery Stote of Horsley Hill, spinster; Mary Kirsopp of Bishopwearmouth, widow; John Scott of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner; Richard Greenwell of Bishopwearmouth, merchant; John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier; Mary Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, widow; John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq., and John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (2) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Lease [of lease and release] by (1) to (2) of two houses on the west side of Fawcett Street (Wood's messuages), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (Dowell's messuage No. 1), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (Dowell's messuage No. 2), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (Dowell's messuage No. 3), a house in Fawcett Street (Scott's messuage), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (Greenwell's messuage), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (John Mounsey's messuage), a house on the east side of Fawcett Street (Mary Mounsey's messuage), land on the east side of Fawcett Street (Fawcett's ground) and land on the west side of Fawcett Street (shrubbery), Bishopwearmouth
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4 May 1839 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) William Hunter Burne of Bishopwearmouth, esq. (4) Robert Henry Allan of the city of Durham, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 15s. p.a.
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7 October 1860 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Hay of Bishopwearmouth, rope manufacturer (4) William Hay of Bishopwearmouth, merchant Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 15s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 8 September 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/120
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8 October 1840 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Matteson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) Christopher Goulton Matteson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £10 p.a.
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18 December 1840 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) William Tone and Johnson Oates of Bishopwearmouth, masons (4) Christopher Maling Webster of Bishopwearmouth, rope manufacturer (5) John Reed of Bishopwearmouth, esq., lieutenant colonel on half pay in H.M. 54th Regiment of Foot (6) Matthew Benjamin George Reed of Bishopwearmouth, esq., captain in H.M. 84th Regiment of Foot Counterpart release by (2), (1), (3) and (4) to (5) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 15s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 4 December 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/123
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2 January 1841 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Gales of Ford Cottage, Bishopwearmouth, shipbuilder, and George Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 16s. p.a.
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23 June 1841 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) John Penman of Bishopwearmouth, chain and anchor manufacturer (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 12s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 10 June 1841 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/126
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Sketch plan of plots of land, including the Shrubbery, at Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, by William Jameson, Durham, July 1841
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17 August 1841 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) James Wilkie Collingwood of Bishopwearmouth, surgeon (4) Robert Gustavus Adolphus Collingwood of Bishopwearmouth, doctor Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 3s. 6d. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 14 July 1841 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/129
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19 August 1841 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Richard Bradley of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 17 August 1841 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/131
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20 July 1843 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Grace Humble and Elizabeth Jane Humble, both of Leeds, Yorkshire, spinsters, and Rev. Philip Kearney of the borough of Sunderland, clerk Appointment and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified] and nineteen 236th parts of the Shrubbery on the west side of Fawcett Street; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £8 11s. p.a.
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8 August 1843 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Pratt of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Thomas Richardson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart conveyance by (2), (1) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 15s. p.a. and £800
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25 October 1845 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. trustee for (1) (3) John Hay of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 3s. 6d. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 2 adjoining parcels of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 12 November 1844 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/135
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25 October 1845 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) John Hay of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 12s. p.a.
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9 July 1846 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) George Fairless of the borough of Sunderland, captain in the Royal Navy (3) Joseph John Wright of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, part of the vacant ground called Fawcett's Ground; sixteen 236th parts of a piece of ground called the Shrubbery, on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 12s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, 20 February 1846 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/138
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30 December 1873 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Charles Griffith of 26 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent., and John Atkinson of 15 St Thomas' Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent. (3) Johnson Oates of Linden House, Sunderland, gent. (4) George Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner, and Ann Gales of Ford Lodge, widow (5) Margaret Jane Stack of Bishopwearmouth, widow Duplicate conveyance by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 16s. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property
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29 April 1874 Notice from Samuel Alcock, Richard Lewis, John Armstrong, Edmund John Jasper Browell, Robert Preston, Samuel Storey, William Snowball, Samual Tyzack, George Hudson and Ann Mears to John Fawcett esq. of their intention to redeem rent charges of £17. 8s. and £15. 10s. p.a. on property in and near the High Street, Bishopwearmouth, comprised in indentures dated 12 and 13 February 1810 [Fawcett Street], and indentures dated 9 and 10 April 1828 and 19 April 1854 [Frederick Street]. Consideration: £435 and £387 10s.
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Abstract of title, to a portion of the shrubbery in Fawcett Street, Sunderland, belonging to Messrs John Anthony Woods and Christopher Dove Barker and contracted to be sold to Sunderland Corporation, 1882
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3 December 1912 (1) George Foyle Fawcett of 18 North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Tom Stanley Steel of Reigate, Surrey, gent. Release by (1) to (2) of covenants relating to The Queen's Hotel, 7-9 Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth.
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21 July 1930 (1) Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire, esq. (2) The British and Colonial Furniture Company Limited, 7 Cavendish Square, London Duplicate deed, supplemental to releases dated 26 April 1839 and 30 April 1839, securing to (1) additional yearly ground rents of £3 8s. 3d. and £2 15s. 4d. on No 19 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, for structural additions.
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Letter from John Griffith, Durham, to N. Reed, solicitor, Sunderland, concerning an encroachment on ground between Fawcett Street and High Street, Bishopwearmouth, 14 June 1822
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Sale of land in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 1841-1851 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/146-170)

Additional to D/X 1089/4/1-5


18 December 1841 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Athey of Sunderland, blacksmith Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 4s. p.a.
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12 April 1842 (1) John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, now of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Bootflower Longridge of the borough of Sunderland, painter and glazier (4) George William Longridge of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Counterpart release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of land at Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 4 April 1842 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/147
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20 July 1842 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder Counterpart release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 19 July 1842 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/149
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31 July 1843 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified;. restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 12 July 1843 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/151
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15 January 1850 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) Elizabeth Mann of Ryhope, widow Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £3 and £3 p.a. Includes: plan of property in margin Endorsed: deed securing an additional ground rent of 2s. 6d. p.a. on the second parcel of ground, from J. W. Johnson, 30 October 1903
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7 March 1850 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Robson Richardson of Bishopwearmouth, sailmaker (4) Bryan Scurfield of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 19 February 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/154
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30 March 1850 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Henry Taylor of Bishopwearmouth, grocer (4) Anthony John Moore of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 19 February 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/156
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23 August 1850 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) William Orton Bradley of the borough of Sunderland, timber merchant Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 7 August 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/158
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30 October 1850 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) James Jopling of Bishopwearmouth, draper (4) Anthony John Moore of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Duplicate release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 4s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 24 August 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/160
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1 January 1851 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Mary Jane Thompson of the borough of Sunderland, widow Counterpart conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of 3 messuages and 3 parcels of ground, Nos 7, 8 and 9 Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £3 7s. 6d., £3 12s. and £3 12s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of 3 parcels of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 23 November 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/162
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25 April 1851 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) William Morgan Wake of the borough of Sunderland, boatbuilder Counterpart release by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the west side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 7 February 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/164
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15 December 1851 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Joseph Lumsdon of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner (4) Thomas Richardson of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Counterpart release by (2), (1) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 12s. p.a.
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20 March 1852 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Joseph Potts of the borough of Sunderland, builder (4) Thomas Kay of the borough of Sunderland, shipowner Duplicate conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a plot of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, 21 February 1852 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/167
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3 September 1852 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Robert Cropton of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner Conveyance by (2) and (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 7s. 6d. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a parcel of ground on the east side of Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth, by W. Jameson, 9 August 1852 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/169
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Sale of land in Manor Place, Bishopwearmouth, 1840 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/171-172)

7 October 1840 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) George Preston of Bishopwearmouth, dyer (|4) James Septimus Robinson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Counterpart conveyance [lease missing] by (2) and (1) to (4) in trust for (3) of two adjacent messuages and parcels of ground in Manor Place, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £2 12s. 6d. p.a. and £2 12s. 6d. Endorsed: plan of property
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Sketch plan of two parcels of land at Manor Place, Bishopwearmouth, 8 September 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/171
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Sale of land in Somerford Place, Bishopwearmouth, 1851-1860 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/173-178)

Abstract of title, of the Society of Friends of the Sunderland Meeting to copyhold land, part of the Manor of Houghton, near Somerford Place, Sunderland, 20 May 1858
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12 April 1851 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Charles Murray of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Anthony John Moore of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Duplicate release by (1) and (2) to (3) of 4 messuages and 4 adjoining parcels of freehold land on the west side of Somerford Place, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries as specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rents of £3, £2 16s., £2 16s. and £2 16s. p.a.
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Sketch plan of a plot of ground containing 4 dwelling houses built by Charles Murray on the west side of Somerford Place, Bishopwearmouth, 17 March 1851 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/174
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31 July 1851 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., trustee (3) Thomas Burdon Ward of the borough of Sunderland, surgeon Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Somerford Place, Sunderland [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 p.a.
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24 December 1860 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of the city of Durham, esq. (3) Charles Murray of the borough of Sunderland, builder (4) William Moore of the borough of Sunderland, gent. Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in Somerford Place, Bishopwearmouth [boundaries specified]; restrictive covenants as specified. Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 p.a. Endorsed: deed securing an additional perpetual rent of 10s. p.a. on No. 40 Somerford Place for a building erected by William Dalla Mann in breach of covenant, 4 June 1904
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Sketch plan and particulars of a plot of ground on the west side of Somerford Place, Bishopwearmouth, for a dwelling house built by Charles Murray, 1 July 1858 Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/177
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Title deeds: Lanchester (Ref: D/X 1207/1/179-478)Manor House, Deanery and Burnopside Farms, Lanchester, 1716-1854; purchased by John Fawcett in 1835 and 1836 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/179-243)

Additional to D/X 1089/5/1-17

Stevenson Family Settlements (Ref: D/X 1207/1/179-181)

24 June 1716 (1) John Stephenson of Byerside, esq., and Frances, his wife, and Ambrose Stephenson, gent. (their eldest son and heir apparent) (2) John Porret of Stockton, gent. (3) Charles Hicks of Hackney, Middlesex, esq., and Joseph Hall of the Inner Temple, London, esq. (4) James Darcy of Ledberry, Yorkshire, esq., and William Wharton, esq., (eldest son and heir of Anthony Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq., deceased, and of Margaret, his wife) (5) Margaret Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, widow, and Anne Wharton, one of her daughters Marriage settlement for the marriage of Ambrose Stephenson and Anne Wharton: release [of lease and release] by (1) and (2) to (3) in trust, of the Manor House, Lanchester, with tithes; land at Burnopside, Hamsteels; Robson's Estate in the Deanery of Lanchester, with tithes, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley Field, Painsheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Edmondbyers, Crawcrook, Byerside, Medomsley and Satley; in return for a marriage portion of £2100 paid by Margaret Wharton to John and Ambrose Stephenson, and £400 promised on marriage
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23 & 24 September 1728 (1) John Stevenson, of Byarside, esq. (2) Joseph Hall, of North Bailey, Durham, esq., only son of Frances, wife of (1); and John Hall, George Lawson Hall, and Thomas Hall, sons of Joseph Hall (3) Ann Stevenson, Jane Stevenson, and Frances Stevenson, granddaughters of (1), and daughters of Ambrose Stevenson, dec'd. (4) John Trotter, of the city of London, grocer Settlement, by lease and release, in contemplation of a marriage between John Hall or George Lawson Hall or Thomas Hall and one of the granddaughters of (1): release by (1) to Joseph Hall and (4) of a messuage at Bitchburne called the Foldhouse; Low Woodyfield Farm at Bitchburne; Greenhead Farm, Bitchburne and mines under the same; High Fawlees messuages in Wolsingham; Darwen Coat messuages near the River Darwin [Derwent] with mill and forge thereunto belonging; Middlefield messuages near Darwincoat; Hookergate messuages in the parish of Ryton; the Stanners messuages near Crawcrook in the parish of Ryton; free fishery in the River Tyne; to the use of (1) for life, then to John Hall for life, then to the first son of John Hall on the body of one of the granddaughters of (1), then to the second or third sons of Joseph Hall and their respective sons on the body of one of the granddaughters of (1), and for default of issue to the heirs of (1); one of the 3 sons of Joseph Hall to limit land not exceeding £100 p.a. in value as a jointure for Joseph Hall's wife; one of the 3 sons of Joseph Hall to take the surname Stevenson after being seized of the premises and reaching the age of 21: Joseph Hall to convey his estate at Stotfield, or in lieu of the same, land valued at £150 p.a., and the reversion in the moiety of the Deanery of Lanchester, devised to him by Ambrose Stevenson, to the use of such of his three sons as should marry one of the granddaughters of (1) within 20 years.
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Moiety of Stevenson family estates settled on John Hall Stevenson and his wife Ann, eldest daughter of Ambrose Stevenson, in 1740 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/182-243)

28 & 29 November 1740 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., and Ann, his wife (eldest daughter and coheir of Ambrose Stevenson of Manor House, esq., deceased, and Ann his wife, nee Wharton) (2) William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq. and John Stevenson of Byarside, esq. (3) John Thompson of Furnivall's Inn, London, gent. (4) George Johnson of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) to John Stevenson of Byarside, in trust, of a moiety of Manor House, Lanchester, with tithes and land at Burnhopeside, Hamsteels; Robson's Estate in the Deanery of Lanchester with tithes, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley, Shotley Field, Pansheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin and Whinney House; covenant by (1) to levy fines of property to (3) and (4) in order to make them tenants to suffer common recoveries sued by William Wharton; in trust for John Hall Stevenson for life, then (2) in trust for John Hall Stevenson's heirs, paying an annuity to his widow; agreement to surrender copyhold property to (2) under same trusts.
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Extracts of fines levied by John Hall Stevenson, esq., and Ann, his wife, to George Johnson, gent., of a moiety of 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 20 gardens, 500a land, 500a meadow, 500a pasture, 100a wood, 1000a furze, heath and common of pasture with tithes from Manor House, Lanchester, Deanery of Lanchester, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Cooper Haugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, Newbiggin and Whinney House, 15 May 1741; and extract of common recovery suffered wherein William Wharton, esq., is demandant, George Johnson, gent., tenant, and John Hall Stevenson, esq., and Ann, his wife, vouchees, of the moiety of 40 messuages, 20 gardens, 500a land as above, 15 June 1741.
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3 October1731 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Timothy Mauleverer of Arncliffe, Yorkshire, esq. (3) William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq., and John Stevenson of Byarside, esq. Deed whereby (1) charges his copyhold land in Lanchester (Manor House, Burnhopeside, Newbiggin, Lanchester, Hurbuck, Woodside, Roughside, Coopershaugh, Bishops Meadows and the Birks) and Wolsingham which he has surrendered in trust to (3), to secure the repayment of £1000 and interest to (2).
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28 March 1748 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Timothy Mauleverer of Arncliffe, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Ralph Ward of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, gent. (4) William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq. Deed whereby (1) further charges his copyhold land in Lanchester (Manor House, Burnhopeside, Newbiggin, Lanchester, Hurbuck, Woodside, Roughside, Coopershaugh, Bishops Meadows and the Birks) and Wolsingham which he had surrendered in trust to (4) to secure the repayment of £1550 plus interest to (3), who has repaid £1000 loan from (2) and advanced a further £550 to (1)
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2 October 1749 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Robert Lascelles of North Bailey, Durham, clerk (3) Mary Wharton of York, spinster Assignment of mortgage for remainder of term of 1000 years by (2) to (3) of (1)'s moiety of Manor House, Lanchester, with tithes and land at Burnhopeside, Hamsteels, Robson's Estate, Deanery of Lanchester, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley, Shotley Field, Pansheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin and Whinney House.
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11 & 12 June 1770 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) George Jackson of Old Palace Yard, Westminster, esq., and Ralph Jackson of Normanby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, esq. (executors of the will of Hannah Jackson of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, widow, deceased, who was executrix of Ralph Ward of Guisbrough, gent., deceased, her brother) (3) George Hutchinson of Richmond, Yorkshire, gent. (4) Margaret Wharton of St. James, Middlesex, and Mary Wharton of York, spinsters (sisters and coheirs of William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, esq., deceased Assignment of mortgage, by lease and release, by (1) to (3) on repayment by (3) to (2) of £1550, and further advance by (3) to (1) of £450, on a moiety of Manor House, Lanchester, with tithes and land at Burnhopeside, Hamsteels, Robsons Estate, Deanery of Lanchester, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley, Shotley Field, Pansheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin and Whinney House, all of which land is held by (4) in trust for (1)
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15 & 16 January 1773 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., and Ann, his wife (2) Henry Reveley of Newby Wisk, Yorkshire, esq. Lease and release to (2) of Foldhouse and Low Woody Field Farms, Bitchburn, and messuages and land called Hooker Gate, Ryton, to the use of John Hall Stevenson for life, and after his decease, to the use of Anne, his wife, as part of her jointure.
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22 & 23 June 1773 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., and Ann, his wife (2) Joseph William Hall of Drumgoon, county Fermanagh, Ireland, esq., son and heir of (1), and Anne, his wife (3) Thomas Hugall, of the city of Durham, gent., and John Coore of Lawrence Pountney Lane, city of London, gent. (4) William Jackson, the younger, of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, gent., and William Danby of Swinton, Yorkshire, esq. (5) Henry Reveley, Newby Wisk, Yorkshire, esq., and William Chaloner of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, esq. Settlement, by lease and release, by (1) and (2) to (3) of all their several shares in freehold and copyhold estates in counties Durham and Northumberland [as specified], to the use of John Hall Stevenson for life (subject to such part of the premises as are comprised in a mortgage for £2000 dated 11 and 12 June 1770, to the use of George Hutchinson); and after his decease, the premises in Crawcrook and Byarside (except a farm in the townfields of Byarside and Medomsley), and all other premises comprised in the marriage settlement of John Stevenson's son, Ambrose Stevenson, dated 26 and 27 June 1716, to the use of Ann Hall Stevenson for life; and after her decease, all the premises to the use of (4) for 500 years upon trusts to raise an annuity of £40 for the payment of debts, and to raise other sums as specified; then to the use of Joseph William Hall for life; and after his decease to the use of (5) for 1000 years upon trusts to raise £10,000 for the children of Joseph William Hall; then to the use of the heirs of Joseph William Hall, and for default to the heirs of John Hall Stevenson for ever.
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23 June 1773 (1) John Hall Stevenson and Ann, his wife (2) Joseph William Hall and Ann, his wife (3) Thomas Hughall (4) William Jackson and William Danby Bargain and sale by (1) and (2) to (3) of freehold estate at Bitchburn, Wolsingham, Derwentcoat, Ryton, Durham St Nicholas and Elwick, for making a tenant to the praecipe, and covenant to surrender copyhold land at East Butsfield, with declaration of uses of all premises: premises at Stotfold to the use of John Hall Stevenson and his heirs forever, and all other premises to the use of (4) in trust to pay the debts of Joseph Hall dec'd. and of John Hall Stevenson and (2) Includes: schedule of debts, 20 September 1727- 11 & 12 June 1770
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17 July 13 Geo III [1773] (1) Thomas Hugall, gent., plaintiff (2) John Hall Stevenson esq. and Ann, his wife, and Joseph William Hall esq., and Ann, his wife, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 25 messuages, 20 cottages, 10 tofts, 1 water iron forge mill, 30 gardens, 1200a of land, 700a of meadow, 1400a of pasture and a moiety of a water corn mill and common of pasture and turbary in Bitchburn, Witton-le-Wear, Ebchester, Lanchester, Wolsingham, Edmundbyers, Medomsley, Darwen Coat, Cornsey, Cornsey Row, Crawcrook, Ryton, Stotfold, Elwick or Elwick Hall, in the parishes of Lanchester, Edmundbyers, Wolsingham, Ryton, Durham St Nicholas, and Elwick, and free fishery in the water of Tyne, and all tithes in the parish of Lanchester, to be the right of the plaintiff.
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1 September 1773 Exemplification of a recovery by William Jackson, jun., demandant, from Thomas Hugall, gent., tenant, of 25 messuages, 20 cottages, 10 tofts, 1 water iron forge mill, 30 gardens, 1200a land, 700a meadow, 1400a pasture, and a moiety of a water corn mill in Bitchburn, Witton-le-Wear, Ebchester, Lanchester, Wolsingham, Edmundbyers, Medomsley, Darwen Coat, Cornsey, Cornsey Row, Crawcrook, Ryton, Stotfold, Elwick and the parishes of Lanchester, Edmundbyers, Wolsingham, Ryton, Durham St Nicholas, and Elwick otherwise Elwick Hall, and a free fishery in the River Tyne Vouchees: John Hall Stevenson and Ann, his wife Joseph William Hall and Ann, his wife
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24 July 1781 (1) John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., and William Farquharson of Gallery, near Montrose, Scotland, esq. (2) Thomas Forster of Durham, gent.; John Swinburne of Edesbridge, Northumberland, gent.; and Martin Darnton of Burnigill, gent. (3) Joseph Malkin of West Auckland, gent. (4) Cuthbert Hunter of Medomsley, esq. Mortgage by lease for 1000 years by (1), at direction of (2) to (3), of their 21 allotments (620a 2r 2p) on Lanchester Common to raise £1000 Recites the Lanchester Inclosure Act of 1773 which allows tenants for life of the allotments to charge their land with up to 40s per acre to raise money for improvements; (2) were the commissioners for inclosure and had nominated (4) to receive the money on behalf of (1) from (3) in order to carry out improvements to (1)'s allotments.
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2 & 3 July 1788 (1) Rev. George Hutchinson of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, clerk, only son of George Hutchinson, Richmond, Yorkshire, dec'd. (2) Christopher Wayne of Richmond, Yorkshire, surgeon and apothecary; Rev. Anthony Temple of Richmond, clerk; Fowler Hickes of Richmond, merchant; Ann Hutchinson of Richmond, widow; and George Jackson of Richmond, gent.; executors of George Hutchinson, dec'd. (3) Margaret Wharton of the city of York, spinster; sister and heir of Mary Wharton, spinster, dec'd., and coheir of her brother William Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, dec'd. (4) John Wharton, lately called John Hall Stevenson, of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., eldest son of Joseph William Hall Stevenson dec'd. Reconveyance, by lease and release, by (2) and (1) to (4) of estates in the parish of Lanchester, and in Northumberland, subject to a term of 1,000 years vested in (3) by deed dated 2 October 1749, to secure payment of £1,000 and interest. Consideration: £2,000
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29 & 30 July 1789 (1) John Wharton, lately called John Hall Stevenson, of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Peter Hunter of the city of Durham, gent. (3) Stephen Thurston Adey of Cleveland Row, Middlesex, esq. Deed to lead the uses of a common recovery: lease and release by (1) to (2) of estates in counties Durham and Northumberland, to the intent that (2) should suffer a common recovery of the property to the use of (1) forever.
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29 & 30 July 1789; copy made 8 July 1811 (1) John Wharton, lately called John Hall Stevenson, of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (eldest son and heir of Joseph William Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle, esq., dec'd.) (2) Peter Hunter of Durham, gent. (3) Stephen Thurston Adey of Cleveland Row, Middlesex, esq. Copy deed to lead the uses of a recovery as in D/X 1207/1/201-2.
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9 October 29 George III [1789] Exemplification of a common recovery by Stephen Thurston Adey, esq. from John Wharton, esq. of a moiety of 40 messuages, 20 gardens, 500a land, 500a meadow, 500a pasture, 100a wood, 1,000a furze and heath, one water corn mill, common of pasture for cattle and common of turbary in Manor House, Lanchester, Lanchester Deanery, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay Row, High Hurbuck, Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, Newbiggin, Whinney House and Edmondbyers, plus tithes. Tenant to the praecipe: Peter Hunter, gent. Common vouchee: Robert Wilson
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Copy will of Joseph Malkin of West Auckland, gent., bequeathing a mortgage of lands on Lanchester Moor and houses; and other property in Auckland, St. Helen, 21 April 1789; copy made, 3 May 1793
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14 May 1793 (1) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., grandson and heir of John Hall Stevenson, dec'd. (2) Cuthbert Watson, late of Mulberry near Staindrop, now of Evenwood, gent., one of the two executors of the will of Joseph Malkin of West Auckland, dec'd. (3) Peter Fair, the elder, of Bishop Auckland, shoemaker, other executor, as above, and Elizabeth, his wife, legatee (4) John Mills, the younger, of Bishop Auckland, shoemaker, and Elizabeth, his wife (nee Middleton), legatee of Malkin's will (5) John Hale of The Plantation, parish of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, esq.; William Kent of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent.; and John Russell Rowntree of Stockton, gent. Assignment, for the residue of a term of 1,000 years, by (2), (3) and (4), by direction of (1), to (5) of 21 allotments [as specified] in the parish of Lanchester, which were allotted to John Hall Stevenson and William Farquharson on the inclosure of Lanchester by award dated 13 June 1781, and which were mortgaged to Joseph Malkin for 1,000 years to secure £1,000 to defray the cost of improving the said allotments. Consideration: £1,000 and interest
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29 March 36 George III [1796] (1) Walter Fawkes, esq., Thomas Wycliffe, esq., and Thomas Swann, plaintiffs (2) John Wharton, esq., and Susan Mary Ann, his wife, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 20 messuages, 10 cottages, 10 tofts, 1 water iron forge mill, 1 water corn mill, 20 gardens, 1,400a land, 800a meadow, 1,400a pasture, 300a wood, common of pasture for cattle and common of turbary in Bitchburn, Witton-le-Wear, Ebchester, Lanchester, Wolsingham, Medomsley, Edmondbyers and Ryton, with tithes, free fishery in the river Tyne and two thirds of the manor of Crawcrook, to be the right of the plaintiffs.
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6 August 1805 (1) Sir Stephen Lushington of Harley Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, bart. (2) Samuel Heywood of the Inner Temple, London, esq., serjeant-at-law and Edward Gale Boldero of Cornhill, London, banker (3) William Sadleir Bruere of Leatherhead, Surrey, esq. (4) Thomas Graham of Lincoln's Inn, esq., a trustee for (3) Assignment by (1) to (3) of a sum of £9,367 7s 10d [the remains of a sum of £10,000 secured for payments to the younger children of Joseph William Hall in 1773] and by (2) at request of (1) and nomination of (3) to (4) in trust for (3) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in property as follows (which had been used to secure the £10,000): Manor House, Lanchester; Deanery of Lanchester; Burnopside and Hamsteels, Lanchester; Esp Close and Bishops Meadows, Lanchester; Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, Newbiggin and Whinney House, Lanchester; Satley; Cornsay; Shotley Field, Pansheels, Broomhill and Intake in the parish of Shotley; Cooperhaugh, Edmundbyers; Manor of Crawcrook; Byerside and Medomsley
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6 August 1805 (1) Sir Stephen Lushington of Harley Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, bart (2) Samuel Heywood of Inner Temple, London, esq., serjeant-at-law, and Edward Gale Boldero of Cornhill, London, banker (3) William Sadleir Bruere of Leatherhead, Surrey, esq. (4) Thomas Graham of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, esq., trustee for (3) Attested copy assignment by (1) to (3) of £9,367 7s 10d mortgage money secured on several estates in counties Durham and Northumberland, the property of John Wharton, and assignment of a term of 1,000 years in trust for (3).
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2 November 1807 (1) John Russell Rowntree of Stockton, gent. (surviving trustee of the will of John Burdon of Hardwicke, Sedgefield, esq., deceased) (2) Isabella Shotton of Elwick Hall, spinster Assignment by (1) to (2) of mortgage for £1,000 for remainder of term of 1,000 years of 21 allotments (620a 2r 2p) on Lanchester Common; reciting Lanchester Inclosure Act of 1773, D/X 1207/1/198, and assignment of that mortgage by Joseph Malkin's legatees to (1) on 14 May 1793
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28 May 1809 (1) Thomas Graham of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, esq. (2) William Sadleir Bruere of Leatherhead, Surrey, esq. (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (4) Robert Swann and Henry Bland, both of the city of York, bankers Assignment, for the residue of a term of 1,000 years, by (1) to (4), in trust for (3) to attend the inheritance, of estates in counties Durham and Northumberland. Consideration: £7,717 19s 2d
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8 August 1810 (1) William Jackson of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, esq. (son and heir of William Jackson of Guisbrough, gent., deceased, surviving trustee of a bargain and sale of 23 June 1773 (2) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Swann of York, banker [who hold land in trust for (3) (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, esq.; previously John Hall Stevenson, eldest son and heir of Joseph William Hall (4) Francis Smales of Durham, gent. (5) Richard Kirton of Durham, gent. Bargain and sale by (1), (2) and (3) to (5) of Manor House, Lanchester, and land at Burnopside, Hamsteels, Robson's Estate, Deanery of Lanchester, Satley, Cuthbert Hodshon's house, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, all in Lanchester; and land at Bitchburn, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Darwin Coat, Hookergate, Ryton, Cooperhaugh, Edmondbyers, Crawcrook, Byerside, Medomsley, Cornsay, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin, Whinney House and Darlington; and deed to read the uses of a recovery, specifying that the land has been conveyed to (5) in order that he may become a tenant to suffer a common recovery, for which purposes (4) will issue a writ and demand against (5)
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29 October 51 Geo. III [1810] Exemplification of a recovery by Francis Smales, gent., from Richard Kirton, gent., of 40 messuages, 40 gardens, 1,000a land, 500a meadow, 500a pasture, 100a wood, 200a furze and heath, and 1 water corn mill in Manor House otherwise Manstead House or Maidenstead Hall, East Butsfield, Esp Close or Esp Pasture, Bishops Meadows, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay, Cornsay Row, High Hurbuck, Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, Newbiggin, Whinney House, Lanchester, Edmondbyers, North Bedburn, High Fawlees, Chopwell, Crawcrook and Cold Rowley, and in the parishes of Lanchester, Wolsingham, Ryton, Auckland St Andrew and Edmondbyers; and of a third of the manor of Crawcrook, free fishery in the River Tyne, and all tithes from lands in the parish of Lanchester. Vouchee: John Wharton
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Office copies of five admittances of John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, to copyhold lands [as specified] in Lanchester, in the manor of Lanchester, 15 February 51 Geo. III [1811]
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Office copies of four admittances of John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, to copyhold lands [as specified] in Burnopside, in the manor of Burnop and Hamsteels, 15 February 51 Geo. III [1811]
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Office copies of five admittances of Rowland Wimburn of Chancery Lane, London, esq., in trust for Wharton, to copyhold lands [as specified] in Lanchester, in the manor of Lanchester, by surrender of John Wharton, 5 March 51 Geo. III [1811]
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Office copies of four admittances of Rowland Wimburn of Chancery Lane, London, esq., in trust for Wharton, to copyhold lands [as specified] in Burnopside, in the manor of Burnop and Hamsteels, by surrender of John Wharton, 5 March 51 Geo. III [1811]
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26 March 1811 (1) Rt. Rev. Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Sir Thomas Bernard, vicar general and official principal of the Bishop of Durham; and William Price, esq., clerk of the Halmot Courts of the Bishop of Durham (trustees appointed under Act of Parliament to enfranchise copyhold estates of the Bishop of Durham) (3) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (treasurer appointed by the Bishop for the above Act) (4) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (lately called John Hall or John Hall Stevenson) (5) Rowland Wimburn of Chancery Lane, London, esq. Deed of enfranchisement of copyhold estates in Lanchester by (1) with consent of (2) to (5) in trust for (4) (mines and minerals excepted), comprising houses and 55a land in Burnopside; 1a land in, and 3a land near, Burnopside; 4a, late the waste of the lord; a house and 4a land and two allotments (5a 3r 37p and 34a 2r 38p) on Lanchester Common; Bishop Meadows and the Birks (7a 1r 13p); 16a land late the waste of the lord and Robson's Close (1a); 3a land, late the waste of the lord, and another 3a; a farm at Newbiggin (fields named) and three allotments (7a 1r 29p, 11a 2r 39p and 23a 3p) on Lanchester Common; a farm at Woodside (fields named) and two allotments (3a 1r and 14a 2r) on Lanchester Common, and another 7a, part of an allotment. Consideration: £454 1s 4d by (5) to (3)
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26 March 1811 (1) Rt. Rev. Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Sir Thomas Bernard, bart., doctor of laws, vicar general of (1); and William Price, esq., clerk of the Halmot courts, trustees (3) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., treasurer (4) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. Grant by (2), with consent of (1), to (4) of several annual rents [as specified] payable from freehold estate at North Bedburn, parish of Auckland, St Andrew, and from copyhold and freehold estate at Newbiggin and Greencroft, in the parish and manor of Lanchester. Consideration: £84 5s 3d
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18 & 19 June 1811 (1) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe, Richmond, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Swann of the city of York, banker (2) Rowland Wimburn of Chancery Lane, Middlesex, gent. (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (4) David Bevan of Lombard Street, city of London, esq. (5) John Henton Fritton of Lombard Street, city of London, esq., trustee for (4) Lease and release in fee by (1) and (2), by direction of (3), to (5) in trust for (4), of Foldhouse Farm, North Bedburn, parish of Auckland, St Andrew; and Cornsey Lane Foot Farm, land in Cornsey town field, Deanery Farm, Manor House Farm, Burnopside Farm, the hay tithe in the townships of Newbiggin and Lanchester, a messuage and land at Newbiggin, Woodside Farm, and Esp Close Farm in Greencroft, all in the parish of Lanchester. Consideration: £27,700 Includes: schedule of property, with field names and acreages
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19 June 1811 (1) Robert Swann and Henry Bland of York, bankers (2) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Swann of York, banker (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (4) David Bevan of Lombard Street, London, esq. (5) John Tritton of Lombard Street, , banker, trustee of (4) Assignment by (1), at the request of (2) and (3) and nomination and appointment of (4), to (5) of a term of 1,000 years in property in County Durham in trust for (4)
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19 June 1811 (1) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (2) David Bevan of Lombard Street, city of London, esq. Deed of covenant for the production by (1) of deeds to hereditaments in the townships of North Bedburn, Newbiggin, Lanchester and Greencroft in the parishes of Auckland, St Andrew and Lanchester. Includes: 2 schedules of deeds, 1716-1814
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19 June 1811 (1) John Wharton (2) David Bevan Mutual deed of covenant for the production of deeds to hereditaments in the parishes of Auckland, St Andrew and Lanchester Endorsed: memorandum of a subsequent alteration in the custody of the deeds, and the execution of a fresh deed of covenant, n.d.
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25 July 1811 (1) Rev. William Wharton, clerk, vicar of Gilling in Richmond, Yorkshire, great nephew and administrator de bonis non of the goods of William Wharton, late of Gillingwood, Gilling, dec'd. (2) Walter Fawkes, Thomas Wycliffe and Thomas Swann (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (4) David Bevan of Lombard Street, city of London, esq. (5) Robert Barclay the younger of Lombard Street, city of London, banker, trustee for (4) Assignment by (1), by direction of (2) and (3), to (5) in trust for (4), for the residue of a term of 1,000 years, of a moiety of the hereditaments in county Durham comprised in an indenture of 29 November 1740.
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13 December 1813 (1) John Burfield of Crow Hall, Cramlington, Northumberland, farmer and Isabella, his wife, née Shotton (2) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq; and Thomas Swann of York, banker, (trustees of John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq., appointed for sale of his estates) (3) William Champney of York, gent. (trustee appointed by (2)) Assignment by (1), at request of (2), to (3) of remainder of a term of 1,000 years on 21 allotments (620a 2r 2p) on Lanchester Common given on inclosure to John Hall Stevenson and William Farquharson, on repayment by (2) to (1) of £1,000 plus interest.
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7 April 1814 (1) William Jackson of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, esq. (son and heir at law of William Jackson the younger of Guisbrough, dec'd., and brother of Matthew Jackson of Guisbrough, gent., dec'd., and their administrator with will annexed) (2) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq; and Thomas Swann of York, banker (trustees appointed by (2) for the sale of his estates) (4) Robert Smithson of York, gent. Assignment by (1) [who held the land in trust to raise money for the bequests of John Hall Stevenson], at the request of (2) and (3), to (4) in trust for (3) of the remainder of a term of 500 years on a moiety of Manor House, Lanchester, Burnhopeside, Hamsteels, Robsons Estate, Deanery of Lanchester, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley, Shotley Field, Pansheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin and Whinney House.
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1 June 1814 (1) Sir Robert Darcy Hildyard of Ledbury, Yorkshire, bart., and Rt. Hon. John Freeman, Lord Redesdale, Baron Redesdale of Redesdale, Northumberland (surviving executors and trustees of Mary Wharton of York, spinster, dec'd.) (2) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Walter Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Wycliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Swann of York, banker (trustees of (2) for the sale of estates) (4) John Lamplugh Raper of York, esq. (trustee of (3)) Assignment by (1), at request of (2) and (3), to (4) in trust for (3) of a moiety of the land in D/X 1207/1/210 for the remainder of a term of 1,000 years (from 1741 when it was used to secure £1,000). (Parchment, 4 membranes, 6 applied seals) Moiety of Stevenson family estates settled on William Farquarson and his wife Frances, daughter of Ambrose Stevenson, in 1750 See also D/X 1089/5/1


27 September 1750 (1) William Farquharson, esq., officer in Lt. General Hawley's Regiment of Dragoons, and Frances, his wife (daughter and coheir of Ambrose Stevenson of Manor House, esq., dec'd.) (2) George Gibson of Inner Temple, London, gent. (3) Rev. Randal Andrews, clerk, vicar of Preston, Lancashire, and David Thomson of Preston, physician Attested copy release, of lease and release, by (1) to (2) of a moiety of Manor House, Lanchester, and land at Burnhopeside, Hamsteels, Robson's Estate, Deanery of Lanchester, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Shotley Field, Pansheeles, Broomhill, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Newbiggin and Whinney House in order to make him a tenant in order that common recoveries can be suffered, the writs to be issued by (3), in order to settle the land.
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7 & 8 March 1814 (1) Randall Andrews of Redivals, parish of Bury, Lancashire, esq., only son of Rev. Randall Andrews, M.A., late vicar of Ormskirk, Lancashire, dec'd. (2) John Wharton of Skelton Castle, Cleveland, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Walter Fawkes, Thomas Wycliffe, and Thomas Swann Lease and release by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of a moiety of estates in counties Durham and Northumberland comprised in indentures of 26 and 27 September 1750
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17 January 55 George III [1815] Exemplification of a common recovery by Randall Andrews, clerk, and David Thomson, physician, from William Farquharson, esq., and Frances, his wife (at the request of John Wharton, esq., great nephew and heir of Frances Farquharson) of a moiety of 40 messuages, 20 gardens, 500a land, 500a meadow, 500a pasture, 100a wood, 1,000a furze, heath and common of pasture for cattle and the tithes of Manor House, Lanchester Deanery, Esp Close, Bishop Meadows, Cooperhaugh, Byarside, Medomsley, Crawcrook, Cornsay Row, High and Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, Newbiggin and Whinney House in the parishes of Lanchester, Ryton and Edmondbyers; a moiety of two thirds of the Manor of Crawcrook; a moiety of a free fishery on the River Tyne; and a moiety of a rent in Crawcrook. Tenant to the praecipe: George Gibson, gent. Common vouchee: Stephen Blades (Parchment, 1 membrane, pendant seal) Purchase of Lanchester estate from Richard Lee Bevan, 1835


Legal opinion of William Clayton Walter, Newcastle, on the title to Manor House Farm, Lanchester for Mr Fawcett, 26 September 1835.
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Legal opinion concerning mineral rights and tithes of the Lanchester Estate and Mr Fawcett's purchase, 6 November 1835
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26 November 1836 (1) John Fawcett of Durham City, esq. (2) George Coates of Norton, gent. Deed of covenant by (1) to (2) that he will produce title deeds (scheduled) to Manor House, Deanery, and Burnopside farms with tithes, Lanchester, which (1) bought from Richard Lee Bevan on 23 & 24 November 1835; and to Fold House Farm, North Bedburn, which (2) bought from Richard Lee Bevan, 22 & 23 November 1836. (1 file) Purchase of Old Deanery House, cottage and land from Ralph Byerley, 1836


24 November 1835 (1) Richard Lee Bevan of Upper Harley Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Ralph Byerley of Lanchester, gent. Attested copy release, of lease and release, by (1) to (2) of the Old Deanery House, Lanchester; a cottage in Lanchester village with 9a 2r 16p meadow in Lanchester adjoining; 4a 37p meadow adjoining; 6a 1r 9p woodland adjoining; Newbiggin Farm (135a 2r 28p); 20a 3r 19p, 18a 2r 10p and 30a 1r 3p woodland in Lanchester; and tithes (plan attached). Consideration: £4,970
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4 & 5 March 1836 (1) Ralph Byerley of Lanchester, gent. (2) John Fawcett of Durham City, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of Old Deanery House, Lanchester; a cottage in Lanchester village; 9a 2r 16p of meadow adjoining; 4a 36p of meadow adjoining, 6a 1r 9p woodland adjoining, plus tithes, and deed of covenant to produce deeds (scheduled). Consideration: £1,500
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Case for legal opinion respecting the tithes of the dissolved Collegiate Church of Lanchester, purchased of Ralph Riddell, esq., by Thomas Cookson by conveyance, dated 12 & 13 May 1825, and reciting deeds from 1283 - 15 & 16 November 1736, 1830.
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Certificate of redemption of land tax by John Fawcett of Durham, esq., on Manor House Farm, Old Deanery Houses and land; The Lodge, Mansion House and land; Crow Hall Farm, woodlands and cottages (382a 1r 16p), all in Lanchester, 22 April 1854.
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Certificate of redemption of land tax by John Fawcett of Durham, esq., on High Burnopside Farm (161a 1r 2p), Lanchester, 22 April 1854.
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Lanchester Lodge Estate, formerly White House Farm; Craw Hall Estate, and Brecken Hill allotments, 1666-1839; purchased by John Fawcett in 1839 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/244-297)

See also D/X 1207/1/242


Abstract of title, 21 August 1666 - 7 December 1821, of the devisees of George Ornsby, esq., to Lanchester Lodge and Craw Hall Estates, and allotments, all in the parish of Lanchester, and agreed to be sold to John Fawcett, 1839. (1 file) White House Farm, purchased by George Ornsby in 1810


21 August 18 Charles II [1666] (1) Alexius Eden of Bailey, Durham, gent., and Eleanor his wife; Thomas Sanderson of Blackhall, Northumberland, gent., and Dorothy his wife; and Ralph Widdrington of Black Heddon, Northumberland, gent., and Elizabeth his wife (2) Arthur Walton, the younger, of White House, yeoman Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of the tithes of White House, Lanchester, and one third of Mooreleeze, Lanchester Consideration: £40 (2) to (1) and an annual rent of 1s
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27 & 28 September 1723 (1) Arthur Walton of Lanchester, yeoman and Thomas Walton of Lanchester, yeoman (2) William Walton of White House, yeoman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of White House Farm, Lanchester with 25a (fields named), Sheel Acres (6a), the tithes of that property, and closes called Thackhills, East Field, Well Garth, Great Field, New Wall Field, Moor le Pasture alias Great Pasture and the North Intake (all formerly the estate of their father Arthur Walton) in obedience to an award by Thomas Blackett of Helmington, gent., John Carr of Gateshead, gent., and Robert Linn of Mensforth, gent., to end lawsuits between (1) and (2).
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28 September 1723 (1) William Walton of Whitehouse, near Lanchester, yeoman (2) Arthur Walton and Thomas Walton, both of Lanchester, yeomen Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of Thackhills, East Field, Well Garth, Great Field, New Wall Field, and Moorlee Pasture alias Great Pasture, and the North Intacks, one third to the use of Arthur Walton, and two thirds to the use of Thomas Walton, according to the custom of the manor of Lanchester; proviso for the reconveyance to (1) of Thackhills Field if (2) claim it to be freehold.
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30 May 1724 (1) William Walton of Lanchester, yeoman (2) Joseph Winter of Sheel Row, yeoman Mortgage, by lease for 500 years, by (1) to (2) to raise £100, of the tithes of White House Farm, a close called Sheel Acres (6a) and the tithes of Thackhill, East Field, Well Garth, Great Field, New Wall Field, Moorley Pasture alias Great Pasture and the North Intack, Lanchester.
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3 & 4 May 1728 (1) William Walton of Lanchester, yeoman (2) John Wilkinson of Durham, gent. Mortgage, by lease and release by (1) to (2) to raise £150, of the White House, Lanchester.
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17 June 1728 (1) Joseph Winter of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, yeoman (2) Arthur Walton of Durham, gent. Assignment of mortgage, for remainder of term of 500 years, of the tithes of White House Farm, Sheel Acres Close (6a) and the tithes of Thackhill, East Field, Well Garth, Great Field, New Wall Field, Moorley Pasture alias Great Pasture, and the North Intack, Lanchester.
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28 July 1732 (1) Arthur Walton of Durham, gent. (2) William Walton of Lanchester, yeoman (3) Hedworth Lambton of Lambton, esq. (4) Henry Lambton of Lambton, esq. Assignment of mortgage, for remainder of term of 500 years, by (1), at request of (2), to (4) in trust for (3) of Shield Acres, Lanchester (6a) and the tithes of Moorleese, Lanchester.
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26-27 December 1735 (1) William Walton of Lanchester, yeoman, and Anthony Wilkinson of Elvet, Durham, esq. (brother and heir of John Wilkinson of Elvet, gent. dec'd.) (2) William Walton of Bradley, gent. Mortgage, by lease and release, to raise £60 (£35 to Anthony Wilkinson to repay mortgage of 4 May 1728 and £25 to William Walton) by (1) to (2) of White House, Lanchester, with land belonging (except Shill Acres Close which had been sold to Hedworth Lambton).
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11 November 1741 (1) William Walton of White House, Lanchester, yeoman, and Margaret Walton of the same, widow (2) William Walton of Bradley, gent. (3) Hedworth Lambton of Lambton, esq. Mortgage by release, of lease and release, by (1) and (2) to (3) to raise £140 (£77 to (2) to repay mortgage of 26 & 27 December 1735 and £63 to (1)) of White House, Lanchester with land belonging.
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26 July 1746 (1) William Walton of White House, Lanchester, yeoman, and Margaret Walton of the same place, widow (2) Hedworth Lambton of Lambton, esq. Charge by (1) of White House Farm, Lanchester, as security against loan by (2) of £100 in addition to sum of £220 already owed (under mortgage of 10 & 11 November 1741 and two subsequent loans of £20 and £60).
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28 & 29 April 1749 (1) William Walton of White House, Lanchester, gent., and Elizabeth his wife (2) Margaret Walton of White House, Lanchester, widow Mortgage, by lease and release to secure £300 and interest, by (1) to (2) of the White House and several named closes in Lanchester. Consideration: surrender by (2) of a bond for repayment of £300
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28 & 29 November 1753 (1) William Walton of White House, Lanchester, yeoman, and Margaret Walton, his mother, widow (2) Hedworth Lambton of Lambton Hall, esq. (3) William Wheatley of Lanchester, yeoman (4) Joshua Errington of Lanchester, yeoman Lease and release by (1) and (2) [as mortgagee] to (4) of White House Farm, Lanchester. Consideration: £627 7s 10½d (3) to (2) to repay mortgage and £192 12s 1½d (3) to (1)
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17 & 18 November 1763 (1) Joshua Errington of Lanchester, yeoman (2) William Wheatley late of Lanchester, now of White House, yeoman (3) William Lambton of Lambton Hall, esq., (brother, heir and executor of Hedworth Lambton, esq., dec'd.) (4) Emannuel Walton of Barnard Castle, gent. (eldest son and heir of William Walton, gent. dec'd.) and Allan Greenwell of Ford, gent. (son and heir of William Greenwell, gent, dec'd.) (5) Cuthbert Marshall of Durham, tallow chandler (administrator of Arthur Walton, gent., dec'd.) (6) John Pattison of Chester-le-Street, merchant (7) Anthony Tilley of Broomside, gent. (8) Henry Wetherell of Durham, hat maker Mortgage in fee, by lease and release, by (2) and at his request (1), (3) and (4), with consent of (6) to (7) as mortgagee of (6) of White House Farm, Lanchester, including mortgaged tithes. Consideration: £600 by (7) at request of (6) and £800 by (6) to (2)
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27 & 28 February 1769 (1) Anthony Tilley of Broomside, gent. (2) John Pattison of Chester-le-Street, merchant Conveyance in fee, by lease and release, by (1) to (2), on redemption of £400 mortgage of 17 and 18 November 1763, of White House Farm, Lanchester, and tithes and all other premises in Lanchester, lately purchased by William Wheatley from William and Margaret Walton.
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12 & 13 August 1810 (1) John Pattison of Chester-le-Street, gent., and Jane, his wife (2) William Ward of Lanchester, esq. (3) George Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (4) Cornelius Wetherell of Tooley Street, borough of Southwark, Surrey, hatter, administrator of the estate of Henry Wetherell, city of Durham, hat maker, dec'd. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a capital freehold messuage called White House Farm, and Far Field, Near Field, the Haugh, Spring Close and the Pasture in Lanchester, and all tithes, formerly assigned to Henry Wetherell for 500 years. Consideration: £1,750
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21 August 50 George III [1810] (1) George Ornsby, gent., plaintiff (2) John Pattison, gent., and Jane his wife, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 3 messuages, 20a land, 20a meadow, 20a pasture and common pasture for all cattle in Lanchester to be the right of the plaintiff. (Parchment, 2 membranes) Cooks Houses and Craw Hall Close, an allotment 7a 1r on Lanchester Common 7a 11, and part of Cow Close Pasture, purchased by George Ornsby in 1814


20 December 6 Anne [1707] Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of Henry Darnell to an old cottage and 1/2 rood of land at the north end of Fenshall Bridge, Lanchester, as recently divided, now in the occupation of the said Henry, and Robert Henderson, being the middle part of a messuage called Cockeshouse, alias Cookes-house, by surrender of John Ward and Sarah, his wife.
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25 March 12 Anne [1713] Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of Eleanor Darnell and Gabriel Thornton to an old cottage and 1/2 rood of land at the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester, by surrender of Henry Darnell.
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8 May 1745 Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of Elizabeth Thornton, widow of Gabriel Thornton, dec'd., to a cottage and 1/2 rood of land on the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester.
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11 September 1753 Manor of Lanchester Conditional surrender by Elizabeth Thornton, widow, and Thomas Thornton her son, and admission of John Craggs to a cottage and 1/2 rood of land on the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester. Consideration: £26 and interest
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23 April 1759 Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of William Walton of Lanchester to the south end of a little cottage and the south part of a garden at the north end of Fenhall Bridge, and the right to inclose the less improveable allotment made to William Toward of Lanchester on the division of Lanchester Moors, in respect of ancient copyhold, by surrender of William Harding of Teston, Kent.
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4 November 1793 Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of George Harding of Greencroft, yeoman, to the south end of a little cottage, from the gavel on the south of the entry to the south end of the said cottage, and the south part of a garden extending to the old hedge on the south of the new hedge on the north, as now divided, at the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester, with the right to inclose the less improveable allotment made to William Toward of Lanchester, by surrender of Robert Levison and John Paxton of Kepier Grange in the parish of St Giles, yeomen.
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25 February 1795 Manor of Lanchester Copy admission of William Harding of Teston, Kent, eldest brother and heir of George Harding late of Greencroft, dec'd., to the south end of a little cottage at the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester.
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31 October 1795 (1) William Whinney of North Shields, gent. and George Whinney of Lanchester, yeoman (sons and devisees of Thomas Whinney of Lanchester Mill, miller, dec'd.) (2) Jane Wheldon of Medomsley (widow of Thomas Wheldon of Urpeth, gent., dec'd.) (3) James Kirtley of Ford, Bishopwearmouth, yeoman (4) Robert Rutherford of Kepier, Durham, yeoman, and John Hunter of Sunderland Bridge, yeoman Agreement by (1) and (2) with consent of (3) to surrender copyhold land and 7a 1r on Lanchester Common in trust for George Whinney; assignment by (2), at request of (1) and with consent of (3), to (4) of the lease of Lanchester Mill plus 2a 25p in trust for (1) and in trust to raise £350 to be paid to (3) [to repay mortgage]; reciting mortgage, by surrender 19 May 1781 and assignment of lease 20 July 1781, of Lanchester Mill and 3 copyhold properties by Thomas Whinney to Thomas Wheldon; (1) have agreed to repay (2) the loan (£663 6s. 3d. including interest) and (3) has agreed to lend £350 to William Whinney to enable them to do so
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11 May 1799 (1) Sarah Cookson, of the city of Durham, spinster, sister of Elizabeth Hancill dec'd (2) John Hancill, late of Sunderland near the Sea, now of Bishopwearmouth, gent., administrator of the estate of his wife, Elizabeth, dec'd. (3) Isaac Cookson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., a trustee of the marriage settlement of (2) (4) Cuthbert Hunter of Medomsley, esq., and George Wood, of the city of Durham, esq. (5) John Surtees of Ebchester, gent. (6) George Whinney of Lanchester, farmer Deed of covenants for the surrender by (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to (6) of a copyhold estate called Craw-hall in the manor of Lanchester, formerly described as a messuage called Cock's House or Cooke's House, and a close divided into three, and grant of tithes thereof. Consideration: £295 Includes: schedule of deeds, 5 February 1784-20 March 1799
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31 October 1795 Copy surrenders by William Whinney of North Shields, gent., and George Whinney of Lanchester, yeoman (sons and devisees of Thomas Whinney of Lanchester Mill, dec'd.), Jane Wheldon of Medomsley (widow of Thomas Wheldon of Urpeth, gent.) and George Wheldon of Durham, cheesemonger (cousin and heir at law of Thomas Wheldon) of the north end of a house and shop adjoining, the north end of a garden adjoining, and 1r land abutting on Lanchester Mill with all houses thereon; the south end of a house and the south end of a garden adjoining, with barn, stable and stackyard on the back adjoining in Lanchester; and a moiety of Cow Close Pasture and 7a. 1r. on Lanchester Common; and admission of Robert Rutherford of Kepier, Durham, yeoman, and John Hunter of Sunderland Bridge, yeoman, in trust for George and William Whinney and to raise £350 to be paid to James Kirkley of Ford, Bishopwearmouth, yeoman, and repayment of a mortgage by William Whinney.
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13 October 1806 Copy surrender by George Whinney of Lanchester, farmer, and Thomas Greenwell of Broomsheels, gent., of Cook's House and a close belonging called Craw Hall, Lanchester, and admission of Edward Shotton of Carr House, Lanchester, farmer, in trust to raise £200 to repay his mortgage and in trust for George Whinney.
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24 August 1811 (1) William Walton of Pea-House, Lanchester, gent. (2) George Ornsby of Darlington, gent. Memorandum of agreement for the sale of (1) to (2) of the cottages and gardens, now in the occupation of the overseers of the poor of Lanchester, and of Richard Parker and others, tenants thereof, at Fen-Hall Bridge, Lanchester. Consideration: £200 and interest payable on 13 May 1812
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4 June 1812 Copy admission of William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, gent., to the south end of a little cottage at the north end of Fenhall Bridge, Lanchester, by surrender of William Walton of Lanchester; copy admission of Messrs Greenwell to a cottage and 1/2 rood of land on the north end of Fenhall Bridge, by surrender of William Walton, and copy defeazance in trust for George Ornsby of Darlington. Consideration: £40 for the premises first surrendered and £160 for the premises secondly surrendered
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10 August 1814 (1) George Whinney of Lanchester, miller (2) Edward Shotton of Carr-House near Lanchester, farmer (3) William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, Lanchester, gent. (4) John Hunter of Chopwell, yeoman (who has survived Robert Rutherford of Kepyer, yeoman, dec'd. (5) George Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (6) Nicholas Greenwell of Upper Houses, Lanchester, gent., and John Haddon Askwith of Slenningford Hall near Ripon, Yorkshire, esq. Agreement by (1), (2) [as mortgagee] and (3) [as trustees] to surrender to (6) in trust for (5), Cooks Houses with a close adjoining called Craw Hall, Lanchester, 7a 1r allotment on Lanchester Common and 1/4a part of Cow Close Pasture, Lanchester; bargain and sale by (1) to (5) of the tithes belonging to Craw Hall and assignment of the remainder of a term of 21 years in a 2a 25p allotment on Lanchester Common Consideration: £200 (5) to (2) to repay mortgage of 1806 and £900(5)to(1)
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10 August 1814 Copy surrenders by George Whinney of Lanchester, miller, and his trustees, William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, Lanchester, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, Lanchester, gent.; John Hunter of Chopwell, yeoman, (who has survived Robert Rutherford of Kepyer, yeoman, dec'd. as trustee), and Edward Shotton of Carr House, Lanchester, farmer, of 1/4a land, part of Cow Close Pasture, Lanchester; 7a 1r allotment on Lanchester Common, and Cooks House with close belonging called Craw Hall, Lanchester; and admission of Nicholas Greenwell of Upper Houses, Lanchester, gent., and John Haddon Askwith of Slenningford Hall near Ripon, Yorkshire, esq., in trust for George Ornsby of Darlington, gent. who had bought the land and tithes thereto belonging for £1,100 (Parchment, 1 file) Brecken Hill allotments, acquired by George Ornsby in 1799


19 December 1799 (1) John Newton of North Shields, Northumberland, merchant, cousin of George Briggs and John Briggs, both dec'd. (2) George Ornsby of Lanchester, gent. (3) Henry Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (4) Alan Greenwell of Ford in the parish of Lanchester, esq. Attested copy deed of covenant for the surrender by (1) to (3) of copyhold lands at Lanchester, and grant of tithes of the same, late belonging to Briggs
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28 December 1799 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender by John Newton, of North Shields, Northumberland, merchant, of Little House Field and Brecken Hill Close, Lanchester [boundaries and acreages specified] and admission of Alan Greenwell of Ford, parish of Lanchester, in trust for Henry Ornsby
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Copy will of George Ornsby of Lanchester, gent., devising freehold and copyhold estate at Lanchester and Darlington to his wife Margaret for life, then to his children George, Ann, Henry William, and Robert, in equal shares, 7 December 1821 (1 paper) Purchase of Lanchester Lodge Estate, etc., from George Ornsby, 1839


Agreement between George Ornsby of the city of Durham, gent., and John Fawcett of the same place, esq., for the purchase by the latter of Lanchester Lodge Estate, 16 March 1839
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11 &13 May 1839 (1) Margaret Ornsby of the city of Durham, widow of George Ornsby, formerly of Darlington and late of Lanchester Lodge, parish of Lanchester, dec'd., who was only son and heir of Henry Ornsby, formerly of Darlington, dec'd. (2) George Ornsby of the city of Durham, gent., eldest son and devisee of George Ornsby, dec'd., and eldest brother and heir of Ann Ornsby, spinster, dec'd. (3) Henry William Ornsby, late of city of Durham, now of Store Street, Bedford Square, Middlesex, gent., second son and devisee of George Ornsby, dec'd. (4) Robert Ornsby of Lincoln College, University of Oxford, gent., third son and devisee of George Ornsby, dec'd. (5) William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, esq., eldest son and heir of Alan Greenwell, late of the same place, dec'd. (6) Nicholas Greenwell, late of Upper Houses, now of Lanchester, gent. (7) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. (8) John Fawcett of the South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. Lease and release by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (8) of freehold, leasehold and copyhold hereditaments comprising the estate called Lanchester Lodge, Crawhall, and Brecken Hill allotments, in the parish of Lanchester [as specified]. Consideration: £3,150
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13 May 1839 Copy admission of John Fawcett of the South Bailey, city of Durham, to three fourths of a messuage called Cock's Houses or Cooke's Houses; and an adjoining close, now divided into three, called Crawhall (7a 3r 33p); the south end of a little cottage at the north end of Fenhall Bridge; a cottage and 1/2 rood of land on the north end of Fenhall Bridge (both cottages now pulled down); 1/4 a of land, part of a close called 'the moiety of Cow Close pasture', bounded by Fenhall Bridge end on the east, and Smallhope Burn on the south; 7a 1r of land, lately part of Lanchester Moors, and now divided into 2 fields called Bracken Hill and Quarry Hill; 3a 3r 37p, part of an allotment of 5a 1r 37p, and now divided into Low Brecken Hill close and the Plantations, bounded on the west by the turnpike road from Lanchester to Newcastle [other boundaries specified]; by surrender of Margaret Ornsby, George Ornsby, Henry William Ornsby and William Thomas Greenwell. Consideration: £1,200
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7 May 1841 Copy admission of John Fawcett of the South Bailey, city of Durham, esq. to one fourth part of copyhold premises as in D/X 1207/1/291, by surrender of Margaret Ornsby, Robert Ornsby and William Thomas Greenwell. Consideration: £300 (one fourth part of £1,200)
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13 May 1839 (1) Mrs Margaret Ornsby and her two eldest sons (2) John Fawcett, esq. Deed of covenants relating to Robert Ornsby's one fourth share of the freehold, copyhold and leasehold estate called Lanchester Lodge, Crawhall and Breckenhills allotments in Lanchester, and declaration of trust of his one fourth of the purchase money.
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Receipt for the purchase of £786 9s 8d in £3 10s. Per Cent Reduced Annuities by John Fawcett, 28 May 1839.
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Receipt of Margaret Ornsby for £13 15s 3d, a half year's dividend on £786 9s 8d 3.5% Reduced Annuities from John Fawcett, as her entitlement under the provisions of a deed executed on the sale of Lanchester Lodge Estate, 21 April 1841.
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24 September 1836 (1) The Rt. Rev. Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. Copy lease for 21 years to (2) of a water corn mill at Lanchester, and allotments made on the division of Lanchester Common to Thomas Whinney in respect of the same. Rent: £3 and a bushel of wheat, or 6s 8d p.a. and 1s p.a. for the allotments
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11 May 1839 Copy admittance of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford in the parish of Lanchester, eldest son of Alan Greenwell of the same place, dec'd., to Little House Field close adjoining Lanchester mill race on the west [other boundaries specified]; 3a 3r 37p of land called Breckenhill Close in Lanchester township, part of an allotment made on the division of Lanchester Fell in respect of a moiety of the copyhold Cow Close pasture formerly belonging to George Briggs, and bounded on the north by the turnpike road from Lanchester to Newcastle [other boundaries specified]; and the other part of the less improveable part of the moor, 2a 1r, near Satley, allotted in respect of the said Cow Pasture.
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Redgate Field (2a 34p), Grandy's Field (4a 32p), Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p), Dickengate Field (6a 2r 29p), and Low and High Westfields (9a 2r 17p), purchased by John Fawcett in 1858 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/298-310)

Abstract of title, from 18 June 1764 to 21 December 1853, of the trustees for sale of the property of the late George Ornsby, esq., to a copyhold estate in the manor of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Maude Ogden, esq., being lots 5 and 7 of the particulars of sale, comprising Dickengate Field, Plantation Field, Grandy's Field and Redgate Field; and Low West Field and High West Field, 1855.
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Additional abstract of title, of copyhold land at Lanchester belonging to John Maude Ogden, esq., 1858. (1 file) Two copyhold closes, the West Fields (9a)


Abstract of title, from 1741 to 1801, of James Kirkley to copyhold land in Lanchester, 1807.
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31 October 1764 (1) William Forster of Newbiggin, Northumberland, beer brewer (eldest son and heir of John Forster of Newbiggin, gent., dec'd., who survived Richard Peck of Newbiggin, gent., dec'd.); Barnard Smith of Newcastle -upon-Tyne, gent., and Ruth, his wife, late Ruth Humble, widow of Ralph Humble, late of Newbiggin, gent., dec'd., and Joseph Lamb of Newcastle-upon Tyne, gent., and Ann, his wife, née Ann Humble, daughter and heir of Ralph Humble, dec'd. (2) David Lamb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ho[a]stman, and Evan Deer of South Shields, gent. Copy deed settling Far Whinney Close or Whinney Close House, Lanchester; a house and garden called the Middle part of Wilkinson's Garth (2a); a close called Allerdean, late parcel of land called Rail Parrock; one other parcel of land called Taylors Parrock; one other parcel of land called Hoppers Parrock, Lanchester; 2 closes called Westfields (9a) and one close called Cow Close Meadows (4a), Lanchester; 3a 22p land and 1/4a land called Saccras, Chester; 17a. in the West Field; a parcel of land called the Church or Kirk Dean (2a); 2a in the West Crofts with a house thereon in Chester; surrendered by (1) to (2) in the Manors of Lanchester and Chester as being for Ruth Smith for life then in trust for Joseph Lamb and Ann his wife and their heirs.
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Copy admission of Sarah Jackson, wife of Henry Dalton Jackson of Ebchester, gent., and Jane Deer of Jesmond, Northumberland, spinster, (daughters and coheiresses of Evan Deer of South Shields, gent. dec'd. who survived David Lamb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hoastman,dec'd.) to two closes of land called the Westfields, Lanchester (9a) and an allotment (10a 2r 3p) on Lanchester Common and another allotment (4a 1r) on Lanchester Common, 19 November 1801.
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19 November 1801 (1) Humble Lamb of Ryton, esq., (eldest son and heir of Joseph Lamb of Ryton, esq. dec'd. who survived his first wife Ann, née Humble) (2) James Kirkley of High Ford, gent. (3) John Rutherford of West Rainton, farmer, and Thomas Hunter of Iveston, farmer Deed of covenant that (1) with trustees Henry Dalton Jackson, Sarah, his wife, and Jane Deer (daughter and coheirs of Evan Deer) will surrender to (3) in trust for (2) two closes called Westfields (9a), Lanchester and an allotment (10a 2r 3p) on Lanchester Common; bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of freehold tithes on this land. Consideration: £500 by (2) to (1)
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Copy surrender by Humble Lamb of Ryton, esq., (eldest son and heir of Joseph Lamb, dec'd., who survived Ann, his first wife, née Ann Humble); Henry Dalton Jackson of Ebchester, gent., and Sarah his wife, and Jane Deer of Jesmond, Northumberland, spinster, (Sarah Jackson and Jane Deer being daughters and coheirs of Evan Deer of South Shields, gent., dec'd.; who survived David Lamb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hoastman) of two closes called the Westfields (9a), Lanchester, and 10a 2r 3p allotment on Lanchester Common, and admission of John Rutherford of West Rainton, farmer and Thomas Hunter of Iveston, farmer, in trust for James Kirkley of High Ford, gent., 20 November 1801.
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Additional abstract of title, 1807-1821, to two copyhold closes in Lanchester and the tithes thereto belonging (except of corn and grain), late belonging to George Toward, 1824.
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13 May 1807 (1) James Kirkley of High Ford, gent. (2) George Toward of Lanchester, carrier Deed of covenant by (1) to surrender (with John Rutherford of West Rainton, farmer, and Thomas Hunter of Iveston, farmer, as trustees) to William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, gent., as trustees of (2), two closes called Westfields (9a) and bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of the freehold tithes on this land. Consideration: £510 (2) to (1)
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Abstract of surrender by James Kirkley of High Ford, gentleman, John Rutherford of West Rainton, farmer, and Thomas Hunter of Iveston, farmer, to William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, gent., in trust for George Toward of Lanchester, carrier (who has purchased the two closes called the West Fields) and Ralph Holmes, the elder of Lanchester, tailor (who has purchased the allotment, 10a 2r 3p, on Lanchester Common, of 2 closes called the West Fields, Lanchester (9a) and an allotment (10a 2r 3p) on Lanchester Common, 19 May 1807. . (1 paper)


Copy surrender by George Toward of Lanchester, carrier, William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esq., and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, gent., of two closes called the West Fields (9a) and admission of Margaret Ornsby of Lanchester, widow of George Ornsby of Lanchester, esq., in trust according to his will, 20 November 1824.
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Copy will of George Ornsby of Lanchester, gentleman, devising his freehold and copyhold estate at Lanchester and Darlington to his wife Margaret for life, then to his children George, Ann, Henry William and Robert equally, 7 December 1821.
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19 November 1824 (1) George Toward of Lanchester, carrier (2) William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford and George Greenwell of Upper Houses, gentleman (3) Margaret Ornsby of Lanchester, widow of George Ornsby of Lanchester, esq. Deed of covenant by (1) that he will, with (2) as trustees, surrender to (3) in trust, according to her husband's will, the two closes called the West Fields, Lanchester (9a) (in accordance with an agreement made 9 December 1811) and bargain and sale by (1) to (3) of tithes thereto belonging. Consideration: £100 paid by George Ornsby in 1811 to (1) and £600 paid by (3) to (1)
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Redgate, Grandy's, Plantation and Dickengate Fields, and the Westfields (Ref: D/X 1207/1/311-323)

See also D/X 1207/1/353


Poster for the sale by public auction at the Blue Bell, Lanchester, of Ward's South Field on west side of Kitswell Lane (3a 0r 32p); Ward's North Field (4a 0r 9p) (north of Lot 1); Wheldon's Close (4a 2r 0p) (adjoining Lot 2 on north); Far Wheat Field (6a) (adjoining Lot 3 on north); Low West Field, High West Field, Dicknet Field, Grandy's Field, Plantation Field and Redgate Field (27a 2r 28p); Dans Leazes near village of Lanchester (3a 1r 33p), with barn, byer and stackyard thereon; all in Lanchester, 24 October 1855.
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Particulars, and conditions of sale, of the Blue Bell Farm and other closes of land at Lanchester, and agreement for sale of Lot 5 (Low West Field, High West Field, Dicknet Field, Grandy's Field and Plantation Field (25a 1r 34p) to John Maude Ogden of Sunderland, gent., for £1,640, 24 October 1855
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Particulars, and conditions of sale, of the Blue Bell Farm and other closes of land at Lanchester, and agreement for sale of the Redgate Field, adjoining Lot 5 (2a 0r 34p), to John Maude Ogden of Sunderland for £201, 24 October 1855.
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Notes concerning Ornsby's title to lands at Lanchester, n.d. [c.1855].
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Copy instructions to advise on title, Ornsby and others to Ogden, and to draw mortgage securities, and the opinion of Martin Dunn, Newcastle, thereon, 22 - 31 July 1856.
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Copy admission of Rev.William Greenwell of Durham City, clerk (eldest son and heir of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, esq., deceased, who was eldest son and heir of Alan Greenwell of Ford, gentleman, deceased), to the Redgate Field (2a 34p); Grandy's Field (4a 32p); Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p); and Dicken Gate Field (6a 2r 29p); all in Lanchester, which had been surrendered on 18 June 1764 to Alan Greenwell, in trust for George Ornsby, 19 October 1856.
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Copy admission of Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake, Yorkshire, clerk, (eldest son and heir of Margaret Ornsby of Lanchester, widow, deceased), to Low and High Westfields (9a 2r 17p), Lanchester, 19 December 1856.
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20 December 1856 (1) Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake, Yorkshire, clerk, and Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (2) Rev. Robert Ornsby of Dublin, Ireland, clerk (3) John Maude Ogden of Sunderland, gent. (4) William Bernard Ogden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Bargain and sale by (1) and (2) to (4) as mortgagee of (3) of freehold tithes on copyhold land, also sold, and deed of covenant by (1) and (2) to surrender to (4), as mortgagee of (3), Redgate Field (2a 34p), Grandy's Field (4a 32p), Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p), Dickengate Field (6a 2r 29p) and Low and High West Fields (9a 2r 17p), Lanchester. Consideration: £1,200 from (4) to (1), £641 from (3) to (1)
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Copy surrender by Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake, Yorkshire, clerk (eldest son and heir of George Ornsby of Lanchester Lodge, esq., deceased; and of Margaret Ornsby, deceased, trustee of her husband; and eldest brother and heir of Ann Ornsby, spinster, deceased, another devisee of George Ornsby); Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (second son and devisee of George Ornsby, deceased); Rev. Robert Ornsby of Dublin, Ireland, clerk (youngest son and devisee of George Ornsby, deceased); and Rev. William Greenwell of Durham, clerk (eldest son and heir of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, esq., deceased who was eldest son and heir of Alan Greenwell, trustee of George Ornsby) of Redgate Field (2a 34p), Grandy's Field (4a 32p), Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p), Dickengate Field (6a 2r 29p) and Low and High West Fields (9a 2r 17p), Lanchester, and admission of William Bernard Ogden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., as mortgagee of John Maude Ogden of Sunderland, gent., who has purchased the premises for £1,841 and has borrowed £1,200 from William Bernard Ogden, 20 December 1856.
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Declaration by Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent., that his mother Margaret Ornsby of Lanchester, widow, died intestate on 21 December 1853, 23 December 1856.
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List of deeds sent to Mr Smart, solicitor, for W. B. Ogden, concerning the Lanchester Estate, 10 January 1857.
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16 January 1858 (1) William Bernard Ogden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) John Maude Ogden of Sunderland, gent. (3) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of tithes, subject to the Lanchester Tithe Commutation Agreement on copyhold land and covenant to surrender Redgate Field (2a 34p), Grandy's Field (4a 32p), Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p), Dickengate Field (6a 2r 29p) and Low and High Westfields (9a 2r 17p) in Lanchester. Consideration: £1200 from (3) to (1) to discharge mortgage, and £1000 from (3) to (2)
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Copy surrender by William Bernard Ogden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., and John Maude Ogden of Sunderland, gent. (mortgagees of Rev. George Ornsby, Henry William Ornsby, Rev. Robert Ornsby and Rev. William Greenwell) of Redgate Field (2a 34p), Grandy's Field (4a 32p), Plantation Field (4a 3r 36p), Dickengate Field (6a 2r 29p) and Low and High Westfields (9a 2r 17p) all in Lanchester, and admission of John Fawcett of Durham City, esq., for a consideration of £2,200, 16 January 1858.
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Lanchester Burial Ground: land conveyed by John Thompson and John Fawcett to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1857-1859, and land conveyed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Lanchester parish to (Ref: D/X 1207/1/324-333)

See also D/X 1207/340-344, 363


Draft certificate of the title to two pieces of land at Lanchester, enabling John Fawcett to convey the same to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, by Messrs. Griffith and Crighton, solicitors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 27 September 1859.
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6 October 1859 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance to (2) of part of Park Leys Close, bounded on the west by Lanchester parish churchyard and parsonage garden [other boundaries as specified], and another piece of land bounded on the north by the last described piece of land, as an adddition to the churchyard. Consideration: £25 Includes: plan of property
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Copy abstract of title, of 5 March 1840, of John Thompson of Lanchester, to a parcel of ground near Lanchester, 1857
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10 August 1857 (1) John Thompson of Lanchester, yeoman, and Joseph Thompson of Satley Parsonage, clerk (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance to (2) of a piece of land ( 1/4a) at Pen Bank in the township of Lanchester, as a burial ground for the parish of Lanchester. Consideration: £50 Includes: plan of property
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6 October 1859 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) John Thompson of Lanchester, yeoman, and Rev. Joseph Thompson of Satley Parsonage, clerk (3) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of a piece of ground at Penn Bank in the township of Lanchester, part of the land comprised in a deed of 9 August 1857. Consideration: £25 Includes: plan of property
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Abstract of title, from 24 August 1827 to 27 February 1854, of George Sharp to copyhold land at Lanchester, 1859.
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Copy declaration of George Sharp of Peth Bank, near Lanchester, shoemaker, as to the piece of land called Pea Bank, near Lanchester, 9 May 1857.
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Copy declaration of George Proud of Lanchester, innkeeper, as to a piece of land called Pea Bank, near Lanchester, 9 May 1857.
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27 October 1859 (1) Thomas Cummings of Maldon, Essex, Comptroller of the Customs (2) George Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker (3) John Cumming of Langley West House, near Lanchester, farmer; David Charles Balleny of Little Greencroft, Lanchester, gent., and Frederick James Laycock of Lanchester, teacher; churchwardens of the parish of Lanchester (4) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Covenant to surrender to (4) a piece of land at Lanchester, bounded on the south by land belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners [other boundaries specified]. Consideration: £120 Includes: plan of property
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27 October 1859 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender absolute by George Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker, and his mortgagee, Thomas Cummings, of a piece of land at Lanchester, bounded on the south by land belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; and admission of John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq.
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Copyhold land called Wheldon's Close or Haystack Field, formerly called the North part of Far Mill Field, of which part was sold to the North Eastern Railway Company in 1861; purchased by John Fawcett (Ref: D/X 1207/1/334-346)

Abstract of title from 13 May 1799 to 21 December 1853, of William Leybourne to a copyhold close in the manor of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Fawcett, esq., 1861.
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Additional abstract of title of 12 and 13 May 1856, of William Leybourne to copyhold land, as D/X 1207/1/334, 1861.
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13 May 1799 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender by Sarah Cookson of the city of Durham, spinster, and others, of the north part of Far Mill Field close [boundaries specified], and admission of William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, near Lanchester, gent.
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12 May 1856 Manor of Lanchester Copy admittance of Rev.William Greenwell of the city of Durham, clerk, eldest son of William Thomas Greenwell, dec'd, to the copyhold north part of Far Mill Field Close [boundaries as specified].
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Particulars, and conditions of sale, of Blue Bell Farm and other land in Lanchester, and agreement for the sale of Lot 3 to William Leybourne, 24 October 1855.
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13 May 1856 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender absolute by Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake, Yorkshire; Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent.; Rev. Robert Ornsby of the city of Dublin, Ireland; and Rev. William Greenwell of the city of Durham; of a copyhold field called Wheldon's Close and formerly called the North part of Far Mill Field [boundaries specified], and admission of William Leybourne of Upperhouses, Lanchester, farmer.
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Notice to treat for the purchase of land from William Leybourne by the North Eastern Railway Company, for the Lanchester Valley Branch Railway, 2 July 1860.
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Agreement for the sale by William Leybourne to John Fawcett of the copyhold Hay Stack Field, Lanchester, 13 April 1861.
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Copies of an agreement by Leybourne for the sale of land to Fawcett, and of the conveyance of land at the same place from Leybourne to the North Eastern Railway Company, 13 April and 9 May 1861.
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28 September 1861 (1) William Leybourne of Upper Houses, Lanchester, farmer (2) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Deed of covenants to surrender to (2) copyhold premises at Lanchester. In margin: plan of property
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28 September 1861 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender absolute by William Leybourne of Upper Houses, Lanchester, farmer, of a copyhold field called Wheldon's Close, otherwise Haystack Field, which, with the part thereof conveyed by Leybourne to the North Eastern Railway Company on 9 May 1861 for the construction of the Lanchester Valley Railway, was formerly called the North part of Far Mill Field [boundaries specified], and admission of John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq.
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Letters from John Fawcett, Durham, and John Watson, Durham, to Messrs Griffith and Crighton, solicitors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the purchase of Mr. Leybourne's field in Lanchester, 16 & 24 September 1861.
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Copyhold land, part of Ewe Close or Kits Lane Close, formerly 2 riggs and 1 1/2a, of which part was sold to the North Eastern Railway Company in 1861; purchased by John Fawcett in 1862 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/347-369)

Deeds D/X 1207/1/347-351 relate to the 2 riggs portion of Ewe Close, and D/X 1207/1/352-369 relate to the 1.5 acres portion of Ewe Close


Abstract of title, from 1748 to 1861, to part of a copyhold field at Lanchester (Ewe Close) belonging to George Innes, 1862.
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Copy surrender by John Wray, and admission of Thomas Wilkinson, to two riggs of land in Lanchester, with agreement that Thomas Wilkinson can take his cattle to a well in Ewe Close which belongs to John Wray, 25 April 1755. Attached: a further copy with legal notes, c. 1849.
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Copy petition by Charles Henry Hawkins of Colchester, Essex, timber merchant, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as Lords of the Manor of Lanchester, for a grant de novo of Ewe Close and an allotment (4a 22p) on Lanchester Common, previously held by Thomas Wilkinson, parish clerk, which had escheated to the lords of the manor in 1803 when no heir came forward to be admitted after Thomas Wilkinson's death; with details of claim to title, and order by Ecclesiastical Commissioners to let a grant be made, c. 1858.
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Copy admission of Charles Henry Hawkins of Colchester, Essex, timber merchant (acting trustee and executor with power of sale of Thomas Wilkinson Warwick of Colchester, gentleman, deceased, who was the son and heir of John Warwick, deceased) to 2 riggs of land in Lanchester and 4a 22p on Lanchester Common which had escheated to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as Lords of the Manor of Lanchester, because no heir had come to be admitted after Thomas Wilkinson Warwick's death, 30 October 1858. (Parchment, 1 membrane) 1.5a. part of Ewe Close For plan see also D/X 1207/1/641


Plan of Ewe Close, Lanchester, with measurements, 10 September 1819 Includes: abstract of title, of George Ornsby, in opposition to the claim of Mr.Warwick, 1699 - 1809
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Copy surrenders by John Hunter of Medomsley, esq., and Elizabeth his wife (niece and coheir of George Whittingham of Newhall, gentleman, deceased); Elizabeth and Sarah Cookson, spinsters (great nieces and coheirs of George Whittingham), and George Ornsby, of Willdales Close (9a 3r) lying in a close called Wallside; Bishops Meadows (3a 1r) lying in the Eastfield Close; Dans Leaze (4a); a house, barn, oxhouse and garden; Bresdale Close (2a); Little Field; and land in the close at Lizard Gapp, all in the Manor of Lanchester, and admission of Alan Greenwell, gentleman in trust for George Ornsby, 18 June 1764. Endorsed: copy surrender by John and Elizabeth Hunter and George Ornsby of 4a meadow in the Middlefield or Dickengate field; part of a house and 47a in Newbiggin, Lanchester; and admission of Alan Greenwell, gentleman, in trust for George Ornsby, 18 June 1764.
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Abstract of title, from 1819 to 1861, of the trustee for sale under the will of Thomas Wilkinson Warwick, deceased, to a close of land called Ewe Close, Lanchester, 1861.
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17 November 1819 (1) George Ornsby of Lanchester Lodge, esquire (nephew and heir of George Ornsby of Lanchester, esquire, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of Henry Ornsby, deceased, who was son and heir of George Ornsby, deceased) (2) John Warwick of Southwark, Surrey, merchant Deed of covenant for the surrender by (1) and his trustee, William Thomas Greenwell, in trust for (2), of 1.5a land, part of Ewe Close, Lanchester, and conveyance by (1) to (2) of the freehold tithes arising from this land. Consideration: £125 (2) to (1)
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Copy surrender by George Ornsby of Lanchester Lodge, esquire (nephew and heir of George Ornsby of Lanchester, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of Henry Ornsby, deceased, who was the son and heir of George Ornsby, deceased) and William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esquire (eldest son and heir of Alan Greenwell of Ford, esquire, deceased) and admission of John Griffith of Durham City, gentleman, and George Whinney of Lanchester, miller, to 1.5a land, part of Ewe Close, Lanchester, in trust for John Warwick of Southwark, Surrey, merchant, who has purchased the land and tithes for £125, 17 November 1819.
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Copy of D/X 1207/1/356, with note, at end, that John Griffith died on 15 May 1845 and was buried in Durham Cathedral on 19 May 1845, and that George Whinney is the surviving trustee, 1849
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Copy will of John Warwick of Sudbury, Suffolk, timber merchant, devising all his estate to his son, Thomas Wilkinson Warwick, who is made executor, 16 November 1840
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Correspondence between Messrs Griffith, Durham, and Messrs Turner and Deane, Colchester, Essex, concerning John Warwick's title to Ewe Close (3a 2r 18p); Wheatley's Allotment (3a 1r 38p) and Wilkinson's Allotment (4a 0r 22p); all in Lanchester, and his son, Thomas Wilkinson Warwick's claim as heir, 18 October 1849-24 April 1850
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Copy admission of Thomas Whinney of Lanchester, husbandman (eldest son and heir of George Whinney of Lanchester, miller, who died intestate as to his trust estates and who survived John Griffith of Durham, gentleman, deceased) to 1.5a, part of Ewe Close, Lanchester, subject to trusts of surrender of 17 November 1819, 14 December 1857.
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Deed of disclaimer by William Warwick Hawkins as to the executorship and trusteeship of the will of his uncle, Thomas Wilkinson Warwick, of Colchester, Essex, gentleman, who died on 27 August 1857, and whose will was proved (16-24 October 1857) by his other executor, Charles Henry Hawkins, on 14 May 1858, c 1858
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Observations on the title of George Innes to a field in Lanchester said to contain over 3 acres (part of Ewe Close and 2 riggs of ground in Lanchester), c. 1861.
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11 June 1861 (1) Charles Henry Hawkins of Colchester, Essex, timber merchant (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3r 3p land in Lanchester for Lanchester Valley Branch Railway. Plan attached Consideration: £150 (2) to (1)
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Copy surrender by Thomas Whinney of Lanchester, husbandman, and Charles Henry Hawkins of Colchester, Essex, timber merchant, of 1.5a land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, and two riggs of land in Lanchester (except 3r 3p sold to the Lanchester Valley Railway Company), and admission of Robert Jackson of Field Houses near the city of Durham, law clerk, in trust to repay mortgage of £200 to Michael Buckham of Low Meadows, Lanchester, farmer, who had lent the money to George Innes of Lanchester, road surveyor and agent, to purchase the land, 16 September 1861.
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Agreement between John Fawcett and George Innes that John Fawcett will buy Ewe Close, Lanchester (3 acres) for £250, 9 August 1862
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Extract from the Lanchester tithe apportionment relating to Joseph Warwick's at land Back Lane Field and Kits Lane Field (11a 0r 38p), with note that Kits Lane Field is generally known as Ewe Close, 30 August 1862.
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17 September 1862 (1) Michael Buckham of Low Meadows, Lanchester, farmer (2) George Innes of Lanchester, road surveyor and agent (3) Charles Henry Hawkins of Colchester, Essex, timber merchant (4) John Fawcett of Durham, esquire Deed of covenant by (1) (as mortgagee) and (2), for the surrender to (4), of Ewe Close or Kits Lane Close, Lanchester (2a 3r 15p); covenant by (3) to produce deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £200 by (4) to (1) to repay mortgage of 16 September 1861, and £40 by (4) to (2)
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Copy surrender by Robert Jackson of Field Houses, Durham, law clerk; Michael Buckham of Low Meadows, Lanchester, farmer; and George Innes of Lanchester, road surveyor and agent; of Ewe Close or Kits Lane Close (2a 3r 15p), Lanchester, and admission of John Fawcett of Durham City, esquire, for a consideration of £240, 17 September 1862.
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Instructions to John Fawcett, esquire, to pay purchase money of £240 for field at Lanchester [Ewe Close] to Joseph Davison, esquire, on the account of Michael Buckham (£200 mortgage debt) and George Innes (£40 balance), 17 September 1862
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Copyhold land, part of Ewe Close, purchased by John Fawcett in 1867 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/370-380)

Abstract of title, from 1755 to 1855, of Mrs Eleanor Walton to a copyhold close of land [Ewe close] Lanchester, 1867.
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Copy surrender by John Briggs, son and heir of John Briggs, deceased, of 1.5a. land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, and admission of George Rippon of Hamsteels, yeoman, and Thomas Blenkinsopp of Hamsteels, yeoman, 6 September 1755.
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Copy surrender by John Briggs, son and heir of John Briggs, deceased, of 1a land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, and admission of George Rippon of Hamsteels, yeoman, and Thomas Blenkinsop of Hamsteels, yeoman, 6 September 1755.
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Copy admission of Michael Briggs of Plawsworth, tanner, as heir of William Briggs of Stott Gate, yeoman, deceased, to 1.5a. land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, 7 August 1801.
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Copy admission of Michael Briggs of Plawsworth, tanner, as heir of William Briggs of Stott Gate, yeoman, deceased, to la. in Ewe Close, Lanchester, 7 August 1801.
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Copy surrender by George Rippon of Chirton, Northumberland, common brewer, (brother and heir of John Rippon of North Shields, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of George Rippon of Burnopfield, gentleman, deceased), and Michael Briggs of Plawsworth, tanner (son and heir of William Briggs of Stott Gate, yeoman, deceased) of 1.5a. land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, and admission of Nicholas Fairles of South Shields, esquire, and John Taylor of Esh Hall, gentleman, 24 October 1801.
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Copy surrender by George Rippon of Chirton, Northumberland, common brewer (brother and heir of John Rippon of North Shields, deceased, who was oldest son and heir of George Rippon of Burnopfield, gentleman, deceased) and Michael Briggs of Plawsworth, tanner (son and heir of William Briggs of Stott Gate, yeoman, deceased) of 1a land in the Ewe Close, Lanchester, and admission of Nicholas Fairles of South Shields, esquire, and John Taylor of Esh Hall, gentleman, 24 October 1801.
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Copy surrender by George Rippon of Waterville near North Shields, gentleman, and John Peacock Rippon of same place, gentleman (sons and heirs of George Rippon of Burnopfield, later of Waterville, gentleman, deceased); Mary Rippon of Waterville, widow of the said George Rippon; Ann Rippon of Waterville, spinster (daughter and legatee of said George Rippon) and John Taylor of Aldin Grange, gentleman, of 2a 5p of land in Ewe Close, Lanchester; and admission of William Thomas Greenwell of Ford, esquire, and George Ornsby of Lanchester, esquire, in trust for John Waugh, the younger, of Lanchester, mason, who had purchased the premises for £112, 4 August 1820.
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Copy surrender by William Thomas Greenwell, Golburn, Lancashire, esquire (who has survived George Ornsby of Lanchester, esquire, deceased as trustee) and Robert John Waugh of Lanchester, mason (devisee of Robert Waugh of Lanchester who was youngest brother and heir of John Waugh, who was nephew and heir of John Waugh of Lanchester, mason, deceased) of 2a 5p land in Ewe Close, Lanchester, and admission of Robert Mitcheson of Biggen, Lanchester, farmer, in trust for George Walton the younger of Lanchester, innkeeper, who had purchased the premises for £130, 16 May 1853.
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9 February 1867 (1) Eleanor Walton of Lanchester, widow of George Walton, the younger of Lanchester, innkeeper, deceased (2) John Fawcett of Durham City, esquire Deed of covenant by (1) to (2) that she will, with Robert Mitcheson of Biggen, farmer, trustee, surrender 1a 1r 29p land in Ewe Close, Lanchester Plan attached Consideration: £170 (2) to (1)
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Copy surrender by Robert Mitcheson of Broom, farmer, and Eleanor Walton of Lanchester, widow of George Walton, the younger, of Lanchester, innkeeper, of 1a 1r 29p land in Ewe Close, Lanchester (2r 16p of the land having been conveyed to the North Eastern Railway Company for the Lanchester Valley Branch Railway) and admission of John Fawcett of Durham, esquire, who had purchased the land for £170, 9 February 1867.
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The Old Residence House of the Perpetual Curacy of Lanchester, purchased by John Fawcett in 1867 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/381)

30 August 1867 (1) Rev. John Dingle of Lanchester, incumbent of the perpetual curacy of Lanchester (2) Rt. Rev. Robert, Bishop of Ripon, patron of the benefice (3) Rt. Rev. Charles, Bishop of Durham, ordinary of the benefice (4) Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. William, Archbishop of York (5) John Fawcett of Durham City, esquire Conveyance by (1), with consent of (2), (3) and (4), to (5), of the Old Residence House of the Perpetual Curacy of Lanchester Plan attached Consideration: £400 to the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne.
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Deanery Pasture and Wesleyan Methodist Chapel: remainder of lease purchased by John Fawcett in 1868 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/382-388)

Abstract of title, from 1818 to 1862, to a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Lanchester, 1867.
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3 February 1818 (1) Paul Bevan of Lombard Street, London, esquire (2) Thomas Garbutt of Gateshead, preacher Lease for 99 years by (1) to (2) of land in Deanery Pasture, Lanchester, for a chapel.
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31 December 1818 (1) Thomas Garbutt of Gateshead, preacher (2) Joseph Robinson of Stanhope, grocer; Michael Bell of Witton Gilbert, brick and tile maker; Alexander Home Matthewson of Collierly Dykes, grocer; Mathew Foster of Collierly Dykes, agent; Joseph Gray of Collierly Dykes, agent; John Coulthard of Bell Quay, glass manufacturer; William Hunter the younger of Newlands, farmer; Robert Young of Greenside, farmer; Edward Greener of Greenside, farmer; Robert Rippon of Lanchester, farmer; and William Mason of Lanchester, joiner; trustees Assignment of lease for remainder of term of 99 years by (1) to (2) of land in Deanery Pasture, Lanchester, with the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel erected thereon.
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1 September 1862 (1) Rev. Robert Young of Truro, Cornwall, Wesleyan Minister (2) Robert Young; John Robinson, farmer; Jonathan Green, butcher; John Green, butcher; Robert Robinson, draper; William Innis, husbandman; and Thomas Fenwick, tailor; all of Lanchester; William Phillipson of Holme Hall, farmer; Matthias Gibson, farmer; and George Hedley, farmer, both of Newbiggin; John Jopling of Leadgate, farmer; George Jopling of Sunniside, farmer; and James Parker of Lowtown, husbandman (3) Rev. William Satchell of Shotley Bridge, Superintendent Preacher Assignment by (1), as sole surviving trustee appointed 31 December 1818, with consent of (3), to (2) of lease of land in Deanery Pasture, Lanchester, with the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel erected thereon, for the remainder of a term of 99 years.
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Declaration by Rev. William Satchell of Shotley Bridge, Superintendent Preacher of Shotley Bridge Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, that, on 1 September 1862, Lanchester Wesleyan Methodist Church appointed John Robinson, farmer; Jonathan Green, butcher; John Green, butcher; Robert Robinson, draper; William Innis, husbandman; and Thomas Fenwick, tailor, all of Lanchester; William Phillipson of Holme Hall, farmer; Matthias Gibson, farmer; and George Hedley, farmer; both of Newbiggin; John Jopling of Leadgate, farmer; George Jopling of Sunnside, farmer, and James Parker of Low Town, husbandman; as trustees and the lease of the chapel was assigned to them for the remainder of a term of 99 years, 1 September 1862.
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Declaration by John Robinson of Lanchester, farmer, that he knew Robert Young, formerly of Greenside, farmer, and William Mason of Lanchester, joiner, and that they were surviving trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Lanchester in 1857; that William Mason died, 17 April 1858 and Robert Young died at Truro, Cornwall, on 16 November 1865, 15 February 1868. Attached: death certificate of William Mason, c. 1858; certificate concerning the death of Robert Young, c. 1865
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13 May 1868 (1) John Robinson, farmer; Jonathan Green, butcher; John Green, butcher; Robert Robinson, draper; William Innis, husbandman; Thomas Fenwick, tailor; all of Lanchester; William Philipson of Holme Hall, farmer; Matthias Gibson, farmer; and George Hedley, farmer; both of Newbiggin; John Jopling of Leadgate, farmer; George Jopling of Sunniside, farmer; and James Parker of Lowtown, husbandman; trustees of Lanchester Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (2) John Fawcett of Durham, esquire Surrender of remainder of lease for 99 years by (1) to (2) of land in Deanery Pasture, Lanchester, with Wesleyan Methodist Chapel erected thereon so that another 'more convenient' Wesleyan Chapel can be built. Consideration: £150 (2) to (1)
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A house and 7 closes (25a 1r 35p) called Margery Flatts; Whinney Close, Dicken Field; a house and two thirds of 2 paddocks between Allerdean and Whinney Close; North Meadow, High Pasture and Low Meado (Ref: D/X 1207/1/389-431)

Schedule of documents, from 1751 to 1873, relating to a copyhold estate called Margery Flatt, Lanchester, n.d. [c.1873] (1 file) House and 7 closes called Margery Flatts, purchased by Jonathan Hart in 1840


Abstract of title, from 1788 to 1834, to an estate called Margery Flatt, Lanchester, contracted to be sold by Miss Douthwaite to John Robinson, c. 1840.
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Copy surrender by William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, esquire; Henry Smales of York, esquire, (devisee in trust of William Wheatley of Margery Flatts, farmer, deceased, who was the eldest brother and heir of George Wheatley of Maidenhall, Lanchester, yeoman); and Anthony Brown of Lanchester, farmer (devisee of William Wheatley); of 2 closes called Margery Flatts (5a), and three other closes adjoining (15a) in Lanchester, and admission of Ann Douthwaite of Dantzic House, Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, spinster, to secure a mortgage of £1100 by Anthony Brown who has bought the property for £1100, 10 May 1834
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Statutory declaration of John Fenwick of Lanchester, farmer, that he is 78 and has lived in Lanchester all his life, that he remembers Michael Wheatley and his coming into possession of Margery Flatt, Lanchester more than 60 years ago; he specifies the field names and acreages and that at that time there was no house - it was built about 50 years ago; he remembers the death of Michael Wheatley about 50 years ago and the property passing to his son, George, then his mother Sarah Wheatley who afterwards married someone called Burlinson; the property was then claimed by William Wheatley, brother of Michael Wheatley, as heir of George Wheatley more than 30 years ago; after his death the property passed to his son William Wheatley the younger who remained there until his death about 17 years ago; the property passed to his mother Ann who died about 7 years ago, when it passed to Anthony Brown of Howden Bank Top, Lanchester; and that Margery Flatt is the same now as it was when Michael Wheatley first took possession, except for the building of the house and the division of the Stile Field into two, 8 May 1840.
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17 June 1840 (1) Ann Douthwaite of Scorton, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, gentleman (3) Henry Smales of York, gentleman Deed of covenant by (1) [as mortgagee of Anthony Brown who is a default] that she will surrender to (2) a house with seven closes adjoining called Margery Flatts, Lanchester (25a 1r 35p) for consideration of £1005, and deed of covenant by (3) [as trustee of will of William Wheatley to sell this property] to produce title deeds.
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Copy surrender by Ann Douthwaite of Scorton, Yorkshire, spinster, of a house and seven closes of land belonging called Margery Flatts, Lanchester (25a 1r 35p), and admission of Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, gentleman, who has purchased the land for £1005, 22 June 1840. (Parchment, 1 membrane) Whinney Close, Dickenfield; a house and two thirds of 2 paddocks between Allerdean and Whinney Close; North Meadow, High Pasture; and Low Meadow, purchased by Jonathan Hart in 1841


Abstract of title, from 1751 to 1824, to copyhold premises at Lanchester belonging to John Robson of Slaley, Northumberland, 1833.
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Abstract of title, from 1751 to 1838, to certain copyhold premises at Lanchester belonging to John Robinson, 1838.
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Additional abstract of title, from 1838 to 1839, to copyhold premises at Lanchester belonging to John Robinson, 1839.
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Copy surrender by John Drake Bainbridge, Henry Bainbridge and Edward Bainbridge, clerk, of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field now called Dickenfield (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks lying between Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with buildings thereon; and admission of Cuthbert Ward in trust for Joseph Lumley of Lanchester, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, 1 June 1751.
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Copy surrender by Joseph Lumley and Elizabeth, his wife, of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of two paddocks lying between Allerdean and Whinney Close (3r) Lanchester; and admission of John Bainbridge of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman to secure a mortgage of £160 and interest, 12 December 1751.
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Probate copy of will, dated 8 January 1751/2, of Joseph Lumley of Lanchester, including bequest of all his houses and land to his nephew, John Bainbridge, who is also made executor, 11 March 1766.
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Copy surrender by Nicholas Andrew of Penny Fine, Lanchester, yeoman, and Elizabeth, his wife, (formerly Lumley, widow of Joseph Lumley of Lanchester, yeoman) of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close lying in the Middlefield now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of two paddocks lying between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r); and admission of William Walton of Pee House, Lanchester, yeoman; in trust for Elizabeth Andrew for life, with remainders specified, 17 December 1779.
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Will of Elizabeth Andrew, wife of Nicholas Andrew of Penny Fine, Lamesley, gentleman, bequeathing to her nephew, John Charleton, miller, her moiety of an estate at Lanchester, 18 December 1779.
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Copy surrender by John Bainbridge of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman, (nephew and heir of Joseph Lumley of Lanchester, yeoman, deceased); Nicholas Andrew of Street Gate, Lamesley, yeoman (devisee of Elizabeth Andrew his late wife, formerly Elizabeth Lumley, widow of Joseph Lumley, deceased); and William Walton of Pee House, Lanchester, yeoman; of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks lying between Allerdeans and the Whinney Close (3r) and houses thereon, Lanchester; and admission of Cuthbert Ward of Lanchester, yeoman, in trust for John Bainbridge, 2 July 1781.
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Copy will, dated 15 July 1793, of John Bainbridge of Flothers, Slaley, Northumberland, gentleman, bequeathing a house in Slaley to his nephew, Joseph Robson, with a smith's shop, cow house and garden adjoining; all his freehold property in Slaley to his nephew, William Robson; and a moiety of copyhold property in Lanchester to his nephew, William Robson, proved 18 April 1798; copy made, 17 June 1834.
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Copy surrender by William Robson of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman (nephew and heir of John Bainbridge of Slaley, deceased, who was nephew and heir of Joseph Lumley of Lanchester, yeoman, deceased); John Charlton of Wall, Northumberland, yeoman; William Charlton, the younger, of Humshaugh, Northumberland, yeoman; Jane Charlton of Humshaugh, spinster; George Charlton of Humshaugh, yeoman; Mabel Charlton of Chollerford, Northumberland, spinster; and Thomas Charlton of Humshaugh, yeoman, (all children of John Charlton of Chollerford, miller, deceased; and devisees of Elizabeth Andrew, widow of Joseph Lumley and then wife of Nicholas Andrew); William Charlton the elder of Humshaugh, yeoman, (nephew and heir of Elizabeth Andrew); and Cuthbert Ward of Lanchester, gentleman; of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close lying in the Middle Field now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts divided into three parts of the two paddocks lying between the Allerdeans and the Whinney Close (3r) with houses thereon in Lanchester; and admission of Cuthbert Ward, the younger, of Butsfield, yeoman, in trust for William Robson who has purchased the moiety of the said Elizabeth Andrew, 2 May 1799.
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Copy admission of William Ward of Lanchester, gentleman (eldest brother and heir of Cuthbert Ward, the younger, of Butsfield, yeoman, deceased) to a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close lying in the Middle Field now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks lying between the Allerdeans and the Whinney Close (3r) with houses thereon in Lanchester; 22 May 1804.
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Copy admission of John Ward of Lanchester, gentleman (son and heir of William Ward of Lanchester, gentleman, deceased) to a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field now called Dicken Field (5.5a); and two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks between the Allerdeans and the Whinney Close (3r) with houses thereon in Lanchester; 26 May 1815.
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Will, dated 9 April 1824, of William Robson of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman, bequeathing his house, the Flothers House, with barn, byre and stockyard belonging, and land adjoining used as a garden, with 24a land on Bulbeck Common, to his son, William Robson; his copyhold land at Lanchester and other property at Slaley to his eldest son, John Robson, 7 November 1831
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31 May 1834 (1) John Robson of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman, eldest son of William Robson of the same place, dec'd. (2) Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer and publican (3) Rev. Robert Walker Bamford of Sherburn House, clerk Deed of covenants for the surrender to (3) of a copyhold estate at Lanchester, sold by (1) to (2), and by him mortgaged to (3) for securing £700 and interest. Consideration: £832 10s.
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Copy surrender by John Robson of Slaley, Northumberland, yeoman (elder son and heir of William Robson of Slaley, yeoman, deceased); and John Ward of Lanchester, gentleman (eldest son and heir of William Ward of Lanchester, gentleman, who was eldest brother and heir of Cuthbert Ward, the younger, of Butsfield, yeoman, deceased), of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middlefield now called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts of three parts divided of the two paddocks lying between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with the house, stables, buildings and garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); and a close called the Low Meadow (3a), Lanchester; and admission of Rev. Robert Walker Bamford of Sherburn House, clerk, to secure the repayment of £700 by Robert Robinson who had bought the premises from John Robson for £832 10s., 31 May 1834
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Copy will, dated 5 April 1838, of Robert Walker Bamford, vicar of Bishopton, and minor canon of Durham Cathedral, giving instructions to sell Petts Close near Ambleside, Westmorland, and the house at Pess Pool, Durham; copy made 21 September 1838.
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Copy admission of John Bamford of Tunstal, Lancashire, schoolmaster, (eldest brother and heir of Robert Walker Bamford of Sherburn House, clerk, deceased), to a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks lying between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with a house, stable and buildings thereon and a garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); and a close called the Low Meadow(3a); Lanchester, 29 December 1838.
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31 December 1838 (1) John Robinson of Lanchester, common brewer (eldest son and heir of Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer and publican, deceased) (2) John Bamford of Tunstal, Lancashire, schoolmaster (eldest brother and heir of Rev. Robert Walker Bamford of Sherburn House, clerk, and vicar of Bishopton, deceased) (3) Rev. Thomas Burton Holgate, clerk, and vicar of Bishopton, and William Forster of Blue Coat Hospital, Liverpool, gentleman (executors of Robert Walker Bamford) (4) Jane Blackburn of South Bailey, Durham, widow (5) John Dunn of Old Elvet, Durham, gentleman, and Henry Thomas Dunn of New Inn, Middlesex, gentleman Deed of covenant by (1) and (2), at request of (4), and with consent of (3), to surrender to (5) a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close lying in the Middle Field called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts of three divided of the two paddocks lying between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with house, stable, buildings and garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); a close called the Low Meadow (3a) in Lanchester; in trust to secure the repayment of £900 by (1) to (4) Recites that (3) have called in mortgage of £700 made by Robert Walker Bamford to Robert Robinson and that (4) has agreed to lend (1) £700 to repay it, and a further £200.
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Copy surrender by John Robinson of Lanchester, common brewer (eldest son and heir of Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer, deceased) and John Bamford of Tunstal, Lancashire, schoolmaster (eldest brother and heir of Robert Walker Bamford of Sherburn House, clerk, deceased) of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts in three divided of the two paddocks between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with house, stable, buildings and garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); a close called the Low Meadow (3a), Lanchester; and admission of John Dunn of Old Elvet, Durham, gentleman, and Henry Thomas Dunn of New Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, in trust for John Robinson and to secure the repayment by John Robinson of £900 to Jane Blackburn of South Bailey, Durham, widow, 17 January 1839.
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Copy surrender by John Robinson of Lanchester, common brewer (eldest son and heir of Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer and publican, deceased) of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middle Field called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with house, stable and buildings and a garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); and a close called the Low Meadow (3a), Lanchester; and admission of John Hutchinson of Durham, gentleman, in trust for John Robinson, and to secure the repayment by him of £900 to Jane Blackburn of Durham, widow, and £200 to William Sisson of Lanchester, butcher, 26 September 1840.
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Abstract of title, from 1841 to 1869, to land in Lanchester belonging to the devisees of Jonathan Hart, dec'd, and by them contracted to be sold to John Fawcett, esq., 1873.
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3 December 1841 (1) John Robinson of Lanchester, common brewer (eldest son and heir of Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer and publican, dec'd (2) John Dunn of Old Elvet, Durham, gent., and Henry Thomas Dunn of Durham, gent. (3) Jane Blackburn of South Bailey, Durham, widow (4) John Hutchinson of Durham, gent. (5) William Sisson of Lanchester, butcher (6) Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, yeoman Deed of covenant by (1), (2) (at request of (3) as her trustee), (3) (as mortgagee of (1)), (4) (as trustee of (5)) and (5) (as mortgagee of (1) to surrender to (6), a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middlefield called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with house, stable, buildings and garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); and a close called the Low Meadow (3a); Lanchester. Consideration: £900 (6) to (3); and £200 (6) to (5); to discharge mortgages; and £50 (6) to (1).
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Copy surrender by John Robinson of Lanchester, common brewer, (eldest son and heir of Robert Robinson of Lanchester, farmer and publican, deceased); John Dunn of Old Elvet, Durham, gentleman; Henry Thomas Dunn of Durham, gentleman; Jane Blackburn of South Bailey, Durham, widow; John Hutchinson of Durham, gentleman; and William Sisson of Lanchester, butcher; of a house and garden; a close called Whinney Close; a close in the Middlefield called Dickenfield (5.5a); two parts in three parts divided of the two paddocks between the Allerdean and the Whinney Close (3r) with house, stable, buildings and garth behind; a close called the North Meadow (5a); a close called the High Pasture (3a); and a close called the Low Meadow (3a); Lanchester; and admission of Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, yeoman, who has purchased the property from John Robinson for £1150, £900 of which is paid to Jane Blackburn to discharge mortgage, and £200 to William Sisson to discharge mortgage, 4 December 1841.
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Copy will, dated 19 May 1848, of Jonathan Hart of Stable Holme, Bilsdale West Side, Yorkshire, yeoman, bequeathing his property at Lanchester to his friends John Atkinson of Rounton near Crathorne, Yorkshire, farmer, and Henry Baldwin of Gillamoor, Yorkshire, farmer in trust to pay the profits to his daughter, Dinah, wife of William Kearsley, then to her children; his farm at Edstone, Yorkshire, (24a) to some friends in trust to pay profits to his wife, Emma, then to his granddaughter, Hannah Hart Robinson; his houses and lands at Kirby Moorside and Kirby Hills, Yorkshire, to same friends in trust for his wife, then their grandchildren, (remainders specified); making a codicil, to ensure that no money shall be paid to his son-in-law, John Robinson, if he takes granddaughter, Hannah Hart Robinson (John's daughter), to live with him; making a second codicil, because of the death of his daughter, Dinah Kearsley; copy made, 14 July 1853
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9 April 1861 (1) John Atkinson of East Rouncton, Yorkshire, gentleman (trustee of the will of Jonathan Hart, deceased) (2) John Robinson of Lanchester, farmer Tenancy agreement for Margery Flatt, Lanchester, with 36a 2r land, at annual rent of £70.
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Copy admittance of John Atkinson and Henry Baldwin, devisees of the real estate of Jonathan Hart, deceased, to 34 perches of copyhold land in the manor of Lanchester, set out for the purposes of the Lanchester Valley branch of the North Eastern Railway Company, 18 September 1861.
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Nomination, by the North Eastern Railway Company, of William Lowrey of Barmoor near Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, surveyor, and by John Atkinson of Rounton near Crathorne, Yorkshire, farmer, and Henry Baldwin of Gillamoor, Yorkshire, farmer (trustees under the will of Jonathan Hart, deceased) of James Appleton of Stokesley, Yorkshire; as surveyor to value the land required in Lanchester for the Lanchester Valley Branch Railway; and certificate of its valuation at £80 by William Lowrey and James Appleton, 21 September 1861.
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Nomination by John Atkinson of Rounton near Crathorne, Yorkshire, farmer and Henry Baldwin of Gillamoor, Yorkshire, farmer (trustees under the will of Jonathan Hart, deceased) of William Kearsley of Kirby, Yorkshire, farmer, and Richard Watson of Stokesley, Yorkshire, bank manager, as trustees to receive £80 from the North Eastern Railway Company as payment for land in Lanchester required for the Lanchester Valley Branch Railway, 21 September 1861.
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Purchaser's observations on, and requisitions on title of, the Lanchester property of Jonathan Hart, 23-26 April 1873.
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Conditions for sale by auction of Margery Flatts, Lanchester (25a 1r 22p), at the Greyhound Inn, Durham, by Henry Watson, auctioneer, 13 March 1873 Attached: memorandum that John Fawcett of North Bailey, Durham was the highest bidder at £4000, 17 March 1873.
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8 May 1873 Manor of Lanchester Copy admittance of John Atkinson of Rounton near Crathorne, Yorkshire, farmer, and Henry Baldwin of Gillamoor, Yorkshire, farmer, devisees and trustees under the will of Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, deceased, to a messuage and 7 [named] closes called Margery Flatts in Lanchester [boundaries specified].
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8 May 1873 Manor of Lanchester Copy admittance of John Atkinson and Henry Baldwin, devisees and trustees under the will of Jonathan Hart of Bilsdale, Yorkshire, deceased, to copyhold hereditaments, late belonging to John Robinson, comprising a messuage and garden; Whinney Close; Dickenfield in the Middlefield; and two thirds of two paddocks between Allerdean and Whinney Close and messuage thereon; North Meadow; High Pasture; and Low Meadow closes [boundaries specified] in Lanchester.
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13 May 1873 (1) John Atkinson of Rounton near Crathorne, Yorkshire, farmer; and Henry Baldwin of Fadmoor, Yorkshire, farmer, trustees (2) Jonathan Hart Kearsley, farmer; William Kearsley, farmer; Ann Kearsley, spinster; and Emma Kearsley, spinster; all of Kirby in Cleveland, Yorkshire (3) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. Covenant for the surrender by (2) and (1) to (3) of a copyhold messuage and land called Margery Flatts and 3 cottages and land, all in Lanchester. Consideration: £4,000 Includes: in margin, plan of property Scale: 10 chains to 3 inches [1 : 2960]
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Burial certificates of Jonathan Hart of Stableholm, 17 March 1853, aged 84, and Emma Hart of Bilsdale, 18 November 1869, aged 84, in the parish of Bilsdale, Yorkshire; baptism certificates of Jonathan Hart Kearsley, 19 August 1847, William Kearsley, 16 April 1849, and Emma Kearsley, 14 March 1851, all children of William and Dinah Kearsley of Kirby, farmer, in the parish of Kirby-cum-Broughton, Yorkshire; and birth certificate of Ann, daughter of William and Dinah Kearsley (née Hart), of Stableholm, in the parish of Bilsdale, farmer, 30 March 1846.
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Declaration by William Kearsley of Kirby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, farmer, concerning his marriage, in 1845, to Dinah Hart in the church of Gateshead, St. John, and their issue, 26 April 1873.
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Letters from the Clerk to Lanchester Union Board of Guardians, to J. H. Kearsley, Stokesley, concerning a tank erected on Kearsley's land at Margery Flatts, and duplicate notices to quit served on the tenants of the property, 11 April-30 December 1872. (9 papers) .

Copyhold land at Summerhill, purchased by John Fawcett in 1880 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/432-445)

Abstract of title, from 1851 to 1879, of Samuel James to copyhold land at Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Fawcett for £300, 1879.
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Additional abstract of title, dated 1827, of Samuel James to copyhold premises at Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Fawcett for £300, 1879.
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Grant de novo to, and admission of, George Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker, to 1/2a. land, part of the lord's waste, Lanchester, as a new improvement, 24 August 1827.
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Copy surrender by George Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker, of 1/2 a. land in Lanchester, and admission of Thomas Cummings of Maldon, Essex, Comptroller of Customs, as mortgagee, having lent George Sharp £100, 15 September 1851.
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27 February 1854 (1) George Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker (2) Thomas Cummings of Maldon, Essex, Comptroller of the Customs Further charge by (1) to (2) on his 1/2 a. of copyhold land in Lanchester, to raise a further £40.
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27 February 1873 (1) Thomas Cumming of Waterford, Ireland, Comptroller of Customs (2) William Sharp of Lanchester, shoemaker (3) John Cumming of Stobbelee, near Witton Gilbert, farmer Deed of covenant of (1), as mortgagee, and (2), to surrender to (3) 1/2 a. land in Lanchester to secure the repayment by (2) to (3) of £100.
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Probate copy of the will, dated 1 June 1877, of William Sharp of Summer Hill, Lanchester, shoemaker, devising his house and land at Summer Hill, Lanchester to his nephew, Samuel James, 23 August 1877.
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20 October 1877 (1) Samuel James of Summer Hill, Lanchester, shoemaker (2) John Cumming of Stobbilee, near Witton Gilbert, farmer Further charge by (1) to (2) of his copyhold land at Lanchester to secure a further £150.
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Inland Revenue succession duty account to Samuel James of Summer Hill, Lanchester, on the death of William Sharp to a copyhold house and with a garth attached, at Summer Hill, Lanchester, 21 May 1879.
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Requisitions concerning, and queries on title to, Summerhill, Lanchester, to be sold by Samuel James to John Fawcett, 13-30 December 1879.
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Legal questions on the title of Samuel James to Summerhill, Lanchester, to be sold to John Fawcett, 12 December 1879 - 7 January 1880.
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Purchaser's observations on answers to requisitions concerning, and queries on title of, Samuel James to Summerhill, Lanchester, to be sold to John Fawcett, 20 January 1880.
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6 March 1880 (1) Samuel James of Summerhill, Lanchester, shoemaker (2) John Cumming of Stobilee, near Witton Gilbert, farmer (3) Thomas Cumming of Gloucester, Collector of Customs (4) John Fawcett of Durham City, esquire Deed of covenant by (1), (2) and (3) to surrender to (4) land (39p) at Summerhill, Lanchester with house thereon Consideration: £260 (4) to (2) in repayment of mortgage and £40 (4) to (1).
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Copy surrender by Thomas Cumming of Gloucester, Comptroller of Customs; Samuel James of Summerhill, Lanchester, shoemaker; and John Cumming of Stobbilee, near Witton Gilbert, farmer (for whom Thomas Cumming is a trustee in a mortgage by George Sharp who left the property to Samuel James) of land (39p) at Summerhill, Lanchester; and admission of John Fawcett of Durham City, esquire, who has purchased the property for £300, £100 of which is paid to Thomas Cumming to repay mortgage, 6 March 1880.
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Copyhold closes, the Paddock, Ward's Northfield and another close, all separately acquired by Jonathan Wall, and purchased by John Fawcett in 1919 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/446-476)

Deeds D/X 1207/1/446-459 relate to House, garden and the Paddock, acquired by Jonathan Wall in 1845
D/X 1207/1/460-465 relate to Ward's North Field, formerly Farther Field or Kitswell Lane Field, acquired by Jonathan Wall in 1856
D/X 1207/1/466-475 relate to Closes acquired by Jonathan Wall in 1869


Copy surrender by Sarah Carrick of Hurbuck, Lanchester, widow of William Carrick, yeoman; Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, yeoman, eldest son and heir of William; and Thomas Wilkinson of Lanchester, innkeeper; of a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester; and admission of Henry Fenwick of East Brandon, yeoman, to secure a mortgage of £200, 28 June 1779.
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20 May 1782 (1) Allan Greenwell of Ford, Lanchester, gentleman [as trustee] (2) Sarah Carrick of Hurbuck, Lanchester, widow of William Carrick, farmer, deceased, and Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, farmer, son and heir of William and Sarah (3) Matthew Beck of Gateshead, innkeeper Deed to declare the uses of a surrender by (1) and (2) to (3) of Carriers Pasture or Far Field, formerly the moiety of Cow Close Pasture, Lanchester; 5a 18p, and 3a 37p on Lanchester Common; to secure the repayment of £100 and interest to (3) by (2).
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20 May 1782 Copy surrender by Allan Greenwell of the Ford, Lanchester, gentleman; Sarah Carrick of Hurbuck, Lanchester, widow of William Carrick, farmer, deceased; and Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, farmer, son and heir of William; of a close called Carrier's Pasture or Farfield, formerly known as the moiety of Cow Close Pasture, Lanchester; and 5a 18p and 3a 37p on Lanchester Common; and admission of Matthew Beck of Gateshead, innkeeper in trust according to a deed of 20 May 1782.
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Copy surrender by Henry Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman, and Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, Lanchester, yeoman, (who survived Sarah Carrick, widow, deceased) of a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester; copy surrender by Fenwick Carrick, of Hurbuck, Lanchester, yeoman, and Matthew Beck of Gateshead, gentleman, of a close called Carrier's Pasture or Far Field, Lanchester, and 5a 18p, 3a 37p and 2a 1r on Lanchester Common and admission of Thomas Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman, to secure payment of £400 and interest by Fenwick Carrick to Henry Fenwick, 11 May 1785
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29-30 January 1788 (1) Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, Lanchester, yeoman (eldest son and heir of William Carrick of Hurbuck, yeoman, deceased, and Ann, his wife) (2) Thomas Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman, and Henry Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman (which said Thomas Fenwick is a trustee of (1) and Henry Fenwick) (3) Luke Brown of Loosinghill, Lamesley, blacksmith, and Martin Brown of Sunniside, merchant (4) John Arcklass of Sunniside, gentleman Deed of covenant by (1) to (4) that he will surrender with (2), as mortgagees, a house and garden; a close called the Paddock; a close called Carrier's Pasture or Far Field, Lanchester; and 5a 18p and 1a 2r on Lanchester Common in trust for (3); lease and release of the tithes of hay arising from this property by (1) to (4) in trust for (3). Consideration: £488 by (3) to Henry Fenwick to redeem mortgage; £92 by (3) to (1)
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Copy surrender by Fenwick Carrick of Hurbuck, yeoman (eldest son and heir of William Carrick of Hurbuck, yeoman, deceased); Thomas Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman; and Henry Fenwick of Burnigill, yeoman; of a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester; a close called Carrick's Pasture or Far Field, Lanchester; and 5a 18p and 1a 2r on Lanchester Common; and admission of John Arcklass of Sunniside, gentleman, in trust according to a deed of 30 January 1788, 2 February 1788.
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19 February 28 George III [1788] (1) John Arcklass, plaintiff (2) Fenwick Carrick and Ann his wife, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge tithes of hay in Lanchester to be the right of the plaintiff.
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Copy admission of John Arkless of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen draper, to a house and garden; a close called the Paddock; and a close called Carricks Pasture or Far Field, Lanchester; to which he is admitted as grandson and heir of John Arkless of Sunnside, gentleman, deceased, 16 November 1831.
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Copy surrender by William Brown of West Rainton, grocer, devisee of Martin Brown of Sunniside, merchant, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of Luke Brown of Loosinghill, Lamesley, blacksmith, deceased, of a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester; and admission of Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, butcher, to secure mortgage of £250, 2 April 1844.
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Probate copy of the will, dated 20 September 1843, of Martin Brown of Sunniside, grocer, bequeathing his copyhold allotment on Blackburn Common near Loosinghill, Lamesley with the Sun Inn thereon; and his leasehold land in Sunniside, with his stock-in-trade, shop fixtures, etc., to his executors, William Brown, Martin Walton Brown, and Cuthbert Hall, of Riding Barns, Gibside, in trust to sell, and to make the following legacies: to his daughter, Mary Brown, £25 per annum, half from the profits of his estate of Lingey Fine and half from his freehold premises in Pipewellgate, Gateshead; to his grandson, William Brown, his copyhold premises in Lanchester, a house and garden, with the Paddock Field, out of which he should pay his mother, Eleanor, £15 per annum; to his grandson, Martin Walton Brown, his freehold estate of Lingy Fine or Penny Fine, Lamesley; 5 fields and a farmhouse; out of which he must pay £12 10s. per annum to his grandfather Martin's, daughter, Mary; to his grandson, Luke Brown, his freehold premises in Pipewellgate, Gateshead; a house; whiting manufactory; out of which he must pay £12 10s. per annum to Martin's daughter, Mary, and £7 per annum to his brother, Thomas Brown; to his grandson, Martin Brown, son of his daughter, Mary, 2 fields on the Hagdons, Whickham, known by the names of the Square and Long Allotments; various sums of money to his grandsons, Nicholas, John George, and Martin Bell and all of his granddaughters; to his granddaughter, Rebecca Brown, his copyhold cottage at Sunniside, known as the Cross House with garden, 26 October 1844.
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Copy admission of Emma Donna Arkless and Harriet Arkless of Chelsea, Middlesex, spinsters, as daughters and coheiresses of John Milburn Arkless of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen draper, deceased, who was grandson and heir of John Arkless of Sunniside, gentleman, deceased, to a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester, 6 June 1845.
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Copy surrender by William Brown of Sunniside, grocer (grandson and devisee of Martin Brown of Sunniside, merchant, deceased); Eleanor Brown of Sunniside, widow (William's mother and an annuitant under the will of Martin Brown); and Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, butcher; of a house and garden and a close called the Paddock, Lanchester; and admission of Thomas Wall of Lanchester, butcher, in trust for Jonathan Wall who has purchased the equity of redemption for £560, out of which sum he has retained £250, which he was owed under a mortgage of 2 April 1844, 7 June 1845. (Parchment, 1 membrane) Ward's North Field, formerly Farther Field or Kitswell Lane Field, acquired by Jonathan Wall in 1856


Abstract of title, from 1809 to 1853, of trustees for sale, of property of the late George Ornsby, esquire, to a copyhold close of land in the Manor of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to Jonathan Wall, being lot 2 of the particulars of sale, 1855.
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Abstract of title, from 7 December 1821 to 28 October 1828, of the devisees of the late George Ornsby, esquire, to a copyhold close at Lanchester, 1847. Includes: Ornsby family pedigree, n.d.
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5 July 1847 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender and defeazance by Mrs Margaret Ornsby, late of the city of Durham, now of Darlington, widow; Rev. George Ornsby of Whickham; Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent.; Rev. Robert Ornsby of Trinity College, University of Oxford; Rev. Joseph Thompson of Satley; and Thomas Fenwick of Dipton in the parish of Lanchester, esq.; to William Dowson of Satley in the parish of Lanchester, blacksmith, of Hither Mill Field, otherwise called Ward's Field [boundaries specified], part of the premises comprised in the second of two surrenders dated 15 July 1809.
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Particulars, and conditions of sale, of the Blue Bell Farm and other land at Lanchester and agreement for the sale of Lot 2, Ward's North Field (4a 0r 7p) to Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, grocer and butcher, for £420, 24 October 1855.
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Copy admission of Rev. William Greenwell of Durham City, clerk (elder son and heir of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, gentleman, deceased, who survived John Hutchinson of Durham City, gentleman, deceased, as trustee of George Ornsby) to 4a 7p land formerly called the Farther Field or Kitswell Lane Field and now called Ward's North Field, 12 May 1856.
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Copy surrender by Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake, Yorkshire, clerk (eldest son and heir of George Ornsby of Lanchester Lodge, esquire, deceased, and brother and heir of Ann Ornsby, spinster, another devisee of George Ornsby); Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gentleman (second son and heir of George Ornsby, deceased); Rev. Robert Ornsby of Dublin, Ireland, clerk (youngest son and devisee of George Ornsby); and Rev. William Greenwell of Durham City, clerk (eldest son and heir of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, deceased, who survived John Hutchinson of Durham City, gentleman as trustee) of 4a 7p land, formerly called the Farther Field or Kitswell Lane Field, and now called Ward's North Field, Lanchester; and admission of Thomas Wall of Lanchester, butcher, in trust for Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, butcher, who had purchased the land for £420, 13 May 1856. (Parchment, 1 membrane) Closes acquired by Jonathan Wall in 1869 For plan of property see D/X 1207/1/642


Inland Revenue account of succession duty on the real property of Joseph Dowson, 26 High Street, Manchester, Lancashire, on the death of William Dowson, 5 March 1861.
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Agreement for the sale by Joseph Dowson of Manchester, Lancashire, to John Cuming the younger, of Langley, of land in Lanchester, 15 November 1869.
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26 November 1869 Manor of Lanchester Copy admittance of Rev. William Greenwell, city of Durham, clerk, eldest son of William Thomas Greenwell, late of The Ford, Lanchester, dec'd, to two fields in Lanchester [boundaries specified], part of the premises comprised in the second of two surrenders dated 15 July 1809.
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26 November 1869 (1) Joseph Dowson of 2A Marsden Square, city of Manchester, Lancashire, merchant (2) Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, grocer Covenant for the surrender to (2) of 2 copyhold fields in Lanchester [boundaries specified]. Consideration: £300
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27 November 1869 Manor of Lanchester Copy surrender and defeazance by Rev. William Greenwell of the city of Durham, clerk, and Joseph Dowson of the city of Manchester, Lancashire, merchant, of two fields in Lanchester [boundaries specified]; and admission of Jonathan Wall of Lanchester, grocer.
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Account of conveyancing fees payable by Jonathan Wall to Messrs. Thompson and Lisle, solicitors, concerning the purchase of two copyhold fields from Joseph Dowson, 16 November-11 December 1869.
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Inland Revenue legacy receipts, on account of the real estate of William Dowson of Satley, blacksmith, (died 7 August 1860), paid to Elizabeth Richardson, 1 October 1881, and Jane Richardson, 22 September 1894.
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Abstract of title, 1894, to three copyhold fields in Lanchester on the south side and adjoining the North Eastern Railway, belonging to Dr. John Wilson, 1919 Attached: correspondence concerning the sale by Dr. Wilson to Mr. Fawcett, 1919
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22 September 1894 Manor of Lanchester Copy admittance of Sarah Wilson, wife of John Wilson of Lanchester, physician and surgeon, and only daughter and devisee in remainder under the will of Jonathan Wall, dec'd, to two fields in Lanchester [boundaries specified].
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18 December 1919 (1) John Wilson of Lanchester, physician and surgeon (2) Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, esquire Deed of covenant that (1) will surrender to (2) the Paddock (2.307a); another parcel of land (1.200a); and another parcel of land (2.073a); in Lanchester. Plan endorsed Consideration: £400 (2) to (1)
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Copy surrender by John Wilson of Lanchester, physician and surgeon, of the Paddock (2.307a); 1.200a land; and 2.073a land; in Lanchester; and admission of Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, esquire, who had purchased the land for £400, 18 December 1919.
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Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1207/1/477-478)

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to John Fawcett of Durham concerning the enfranchisement of an allotment, (2a 0r 25p), at Lanchester, 16-21 June 1858.
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Letter from Edmund Reeves of Clements Inn, London, to J. Fawcett concerning the redemption of the fee farm rent on his estate, 4 July 1873.
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Title deeds: Framwellgate Moor and Witton Gilbert (Ref: D/X 1207/1/479-560)

Cater House and Red Briar Estates

An allotment near Cater House grounds, Framwellgate Moor, conveyed by the Governors of Charitable Stock in the City of Durham to the Rev. John Fawcett, 1807 (Ref: D/X 1207 1/479)

Conveyed in exchange for copyhold land at Glake Hall and 2 separate allotments on Potter Moor


23 April 1807 (1) The Governors of the Charitable Stock within the city of Durham (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk Deed for effecting the exchange of lands under the Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert Inclosure Act, whereby (1) assigns to (2) an allotment on Framwellgate Moor near Cater House Grounds in the township of Framwellgate and manor of Chester [boundaries specified], in right of 6 freehold messuages in the parishes of Durham, St. Nicholas, and Durham, St. Mary-le-Bow [as specified], in exchange for a copyhold close in the township of Witton Gilbert and manor of Chester, formerly called Rough Pasture, otherwise Hartside, otherwise Nether Hartside, and now Glake Hall, with cottage thereon; and two separate allotments on Potter Moor in the township of Witton Gilbert and manor of Chester [boundaries specified]
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3 freehold allotments on Framwellgate Moor (allotted to John Linsley dec'd.), acquired by Rev. John Fawcett in 1816 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/480-481)

Copy will of John Linsley of Hall Garth Street, Durham, gentleman, whereby he bequeaths his house and garden in Hall Garth Street to his wife, Mary, and his house in New Elvet, Durham to his wife, Mary, for life, then to be sold and the money to go to his brothers, Francis and Joseph, 6 March 1814.
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9 December 1816 (1) Mary Linsley of the city of Durham, widow, and John Mothersell of the same place, shopkeeper (respectively executrix and executor of John Linsley of Hallgarth Street, city of Durham, dec'd.); Charles Biggins of the city of Durham, tinman; John Willey of the same place, joiner; Philip Fewster of the same place, barber; Quintin Blackburn of North Shields, Northumberland, merchant; and George Bell of the city of Durham, yeoman (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of three freehold allotments (4a 2r 21p) on Framwellgate Moor, which were allotted to John Linsley, since dec'd.; the first allotment (2a 1r 32p) bounded by John Linsley's second and third allotments, hereinafter described, and by Thomas Wilkinson's allotment on the east, by Robert Richardson's fourteenth allotment on the west, by the second allotment of Francis Johnson esq. on the north, and by the Corporation private carriage road now belonging to (2) on the south; the second allotment (1a 0r 16p) bounded by the turnpike road on the east, by the first described allotment on the west, by the allotment of Thomas Wilkinson on the north, and by the next described allotment on the south; and the third allotment (1a 0r 13p) bounded by the turnpike road on the east, by the first described allotment on the west, by the second described allotment on the north, and by the said Corporation private carriage road on the south.
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5 freehold and leasehold allotments on Potter Moor (allotted to Thomas Proud), purchased and leased by Rev. John Fawcett in 1826 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/482-488)

Abstract of title, from 6 July 1805 to 21 July 1823, of Thomas Proud to freehold and leasehold premises in the chapelry of Witton Gilbert, now purchased by Rev. John Fawcett, July 1826.
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Extract from the inclosure award of Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert, of the five allotments set out to Thomas Proud, 12 May 1809; copy made 19thc.
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20 May 1826 (1) Thomas Proud of Wingate Grange, farmer (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk Agreement for the sale to (2) of 2 fields on Potter Moor, near Durham, for £700.
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10 August 1826 (1) Thomas Proud, formerly of Relley, since of Croxdale, now of Wingate Grange, farmer (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk, and Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of 3 freehold allotments (5a 0r 8p, 1a 2r 9p, and 1a 2r 21p) on Potter Moor in the township of Witton Gilbert [boundaries specified].
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15 August 1826 (1) John Fawcett, clerk, and Robert Pearson, esq., plaintiffs (2) Thomas Proud and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the the deforciants acknowledge 10a land, 10a meadow, and 10a pasture, in Witton Gilbert and Framwellgate, in the parish of [Durham] St. Oswald, to be the right of the plaintiffs. Consideration: 100 marks
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28 September 1826 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Proud of Croxdale, near the city of Durham, farmer Licence for (2) to assign to Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk, two allotments on Potter Moor [boundaries specified].
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1a 2r 8p on Potter Moor (allotted to Rev. John Fawcett), the property of John Fawcett, 1853 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/489)

Extract from Framwellgate Moor Inclosure Award concerning an allotment awarded to Rev. John Fawcett (1a 2r 8p) on Potter Moor in right of a leasehold house in the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas, n.d.; extract made 1853 Attached: legal bill from W. C. Chaytor to John Fawcett for preparing a conveyance, 1853.
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Richardson's Red Briar Estate at Framwellgate Moor and Witton Gilbert, purchased by John Fawcett in 1859 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/490-539)

Additional to D/X 1089/7/1-8

Farms at Unthank, Ferryhill and High and Low Caterhouses, and a messuage in Framwellgate, belonging to the Richardson family of Durham City, and shared between the second cousins of John Richardson, dec'd., in 1804

Farms at Unthank, Ferryhill and High and Low Caterhouses, and a messuage in Framwellgate, belonging to the Richardson family of Durham City, and shared between the second cousins of John Richardson, d (Ref: D/X 1207/1/490-502)

10 November 1702 (1) John Richardson, the elder, of Framwellgate, city of Durham, gent. and Margery his wife; and John Richardson, the younger, of the same place, gent., and Elizabeth, his wife (2) Simon Peacock of Burnehall, gent., and John Martyne of New Elvett, city of Durham, gent. Settlement on the marriage between John Richardson, the younger, and Elizabeth, his wife, being a release (lease missing) by (1) to (2) of messuages and land formerly called Catten Fields, now High and Low Catterick Houses, otherwise Cater Houses, in the parish of St. Oswald, city of Durham; of a copyhold messuage called Glake Hall in the manor of Chester-le-Street; to the use of John Richardson, the younger, for life, then to Elizabeth, his wife, for life, then to their heirs. Consideration: the agreement of Elizabeth Richardson to convey land at Ferryhill in the parish of Church Merrington to the use of John Richardson and his heirs.
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28 November 1702 (1) Simon Peacock, gent., and John Martin, gent., plaintiffs (2) John Richardson, senior, gent, and Margery, his wife, and John Richardson junior, gent., and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants Final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 4 messuages, 4 cottages, 200a land, 200a meadow, 200a pasture, and coal and common of pasture, in the parishes of [Durham] St. Oswald, and Church Merrington to be the right of the plaintiff. Consideration: 100 marks
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22 June 1709 (1) John Richardson of Crossgate, city of Durham, gent (2) Anthony Hopper of Wolsingham, gent. Counterpart deed to lead the uses of a fine whereby (1) covenants to levy a fine of land and tenements at Unthank, in the parish of Brancepeth; of land at Ferryhill, in the parish of Church Merrington; of a messuage in Framwelgate, in the parish of Durham St. Oswald; of land at High and Low Catterick Houses, alias Caterhouse, in the parish of Durham, St. Oswald; to the use of (1) forever.
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18 & 19 July 1729 (1) John Richardson of the city of Durham (2) Jane Burnop of Framwelgate, city of Durham, spinster (3) James Finney of Gilligate, city of Durham, esq., and Robert Smith of the city of Durham, alderman Settlement, by lease and release, on the intended marriage of John Richardson and Jane Burnop; being a release by (1) to (3) of land and tenements in the township of Ferryhill; and High and Low Cater House, alias Catterick House; to the uses of (1) and (2) for lives and to their heirs.
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8 & 9 June 1764 (1) John Richardson of Framwelgate, city of Durham, esq. (2) Isabella Wilkinson of Crossgate, city of Durham, daughter of Anthony Wilkinson, dec'd. (3) Gilbert Wilkinson of New Elvet, city of Durham, esq., younger son and executor of Anthony Wilkinson, dec'd. (4) William Wilkinson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., eldest son of Anthony Wilkinson, dec'd., and Thomas Wilkinson of Kingston-upon-Hull, esq., another younger son (5) Deborah Wilkinson of Crossgate, widow Settlement, by lease and release, on the intended marriage between John Richardson and Isabella Wilkinson, being a release by (1) to (3) of Unthank Farm, several closes called the Falls, and 3 closes (30a) allotted to (1) on the division of Middlewood or Ushaw Moor, in the parish of Brancepeth; farms formerly called Catten Fields and now High and Low Catterick Houses, otherwise Caterhouses, in the parish of Durham, St. Oswald; Ferreys Farms at Ferryhill in the parish of Church Merrington; and a burgage on the east side of Framwellgate [boundaries specified], city of Durham; to the use of (1) for life, then to the use of (4) for 200 years, upon trust to pay a jointure of £120 p.a. to (2), then to the children of (1) & (2).
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28 June 1764 Exemplification of a recovery by William Wilkinson, esq., and Thomas Wilkinson, esq., demandants, from Gilbert Wilkinson, esq., of 12 messuages, 2 tofts, 2 malt kilns, 6 barns, 14 stables, 4 dovecotes, 6 gardens, 5 orchards, 300a. land, 300a. meadow, 400a. pasture, 40a. wood, coal mines, quarries and common of pasture in Unthank, Middlewood, Ushaw, Esh, High and Low Cater Houses, Ferryhill and Framwellgate, in the parishes of Brancepeth, Lanchester, [Durham] St. Oswald, and Church Merrington Tenant: John Richardson, esq. Common vouchee: Stephen Blades
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14 June 1804 Manor of Chester Copy admittance of Richard Stonhewer of Curzon Street, Mayfair, Middlesex, esq.; Elizabeth, wife of Rev. William Nesfield, rector of Brancepeth; Anne, Marchioness of Winchester, wife of Charles Ingoldsby, Marquess of Winchester; and Sarah Andrews, Frances Andrews, and Catherine Andrews, all of the city of Durham, spinsters (second cousins and coheirs of John Richardson, late of Framwellgate in the city of Durham, dec'd.); to a close and cottage called Glake Hall (6a.), formerly called Rough Pasture or Hartside [boundaries specified] and an allotment of common, part of Earl Houses.
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15 June 1804 (1) Richard Stonhewer of Curzon Street, Mayfair, Middlesex, esq.; Rev. William Nesfield, rector of Brancepeth, and Elizabeth his wife (née Andrews); Charles Ingoldsby, Marquess of Winchester, and Anne, Marchioness of Winchester, his wife (née Andrews); Sarah Andrews of the city of Durham, spinster, Frances Andrews of the same place, spinster, and Catherine Andrews of the same place, spinster, all second cousins of John Richardson of Framwellgate, city of Durham, dec'd.; who died without issue (2) John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent. Deed to lead the uses of a fine whereby (1) covenant with (2) to levy a fine of a burgage on the east side of Framwellgate [boundaries specified], in another burgage formerly called the Privy Well, now a coach house and stable, on the west side of Framwellgate [boundaries specified] in the city of Durham; Unthank Farm in the parish of Brancepeth; Little Close in the manor of East Brandon, parish of Brancepeth [boundaries specified], lately conveyed to John Richardson by the Earl of Shaftesbury in exchange for land at the Mill Race, Unthank; farms formerly called Cattenfields, now High and Low Cater Houses, in the parish of Durham St. Oswald; and Ferry's Farm at Ferry Hill in the parish of Church Merrington, to the use of (1) in the following shares: five tenth parts to Richard Stonhewer, and one tenth part each to Elizabeth Nesfield, Anne Marchioness of Winchester, Sarah Andrews, Frances Andrews and Catherine Andrews.
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15 June 1804 Manor of Chester Copy surrender and defeazance by Richard Stonhewer, and others, of Glake Hall, and an allotment of common, part of Earl Houses; and admission of John Griffith of the city of Durham, gent., in trust for Richard Stonhewer, Elizabeth Nesfield, Anne, Marchioness of Winchester and Sarah, Frances and Catherine Andrews.
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24 July 1804 (1) John Griffith, gent., plaintiff (2) Richard Stonhewer, esq.; William Nesfield, clerk and Elizabeth, his wife; Charles Ingoldsby, Marquess of Winchester, and Anne, Marchioness of Winchester, his wife; Sarah Andrews, spinster, Frances Andrews, spinster, and Catherine Andrews, spinster, deforciants Final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge 12 messuages, 2 tofts, 6 barns, 14 stables, 4 dove cotes, 6 gardens, 5 orchards, 300a. land, 300a. meadow, 400a. pasture, 40a. wood, coal mines, quarries and common of pasture in Framwellgate, Unthank, Brandon, Middlewood or Ushaw, Esh, High and Low Cater Houses, and Ferry Hill, in the parishes of [Durham] St. Oswald, Brancepeth, Lanchester, and Church Merrington, to be the right of the plaintiff. Consideration: 100 marks
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Pedigree of the family of the late John Richardson, esq., on the paternal line, 1671-1803. (1 paper) Allotments to Robert Richardson on the inclosure of Framwellgate Moor and Witton Gilbert 1809

Allotments to Robert Richardson on the inclosure of Framwellgate Moor and Witton Gilbert 1809 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/503)

Extract, from the inclosure award of Framwellgate and Witton Gilbert, concerning the seventeen allotments set out to Robert Richardson, 12 May 1809; copy made 19thc. (1 file) 2a. 2r. 2p. on Framwellgate Moor (Thomas Wilkinson's allotment) acquired by Robert Richardson in 1812

2a. 2r. 2p. on Framwellgate Moor (Thomas Wilkinson's allotment) acquired by Robert Richardson in 1812 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/504-505)

12 June 1809 (1) Thomas Wilkinson of Oswald House, Durham, St. Oswald, esq. (2) George Naggs of Crossgate, city of Durham, tailor Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a plot of ground, late part of Framwellgate Moor, lately allotted to (1), in right of freehold lands in Framwellgate township, bounded on the east by the turnpike road from Durham to Newcastle [other boundaries specified]. Consideration: £170
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26 November 1812 (1) George Naggs of Crossgate, city of Durham, tailor (2) Robert Richardson of Broom, farmer Lease for a year (release missing) by (1) to (2) of a plot of ground (2a. 2r. 2p), late part of Framwellgate Moor, bounded on the east by the turnpike road from Durham to Newcastle. (Parchment, 1 membrane) Hare and Hounds public house, Red Briar, 1825-1839

Hare and Hounds public house, Red Briar, 1825-1839 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/506-516)

Abstract of title, from 1 & 2 September 1825 to 17 May 1833, of Robert Stafford to a house and premises at Red Briers, n.d. [post 1837].
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title, from 1 & 2 November to 19 & 20 November 1839, to a freehold public house, The Hare and Hounds, at Red Briar in the township of Framwellgate, belonging to Joseph Richardson, 1840.
(1 file)


1 & 2 September 1825 (1) Robert Richardson of Red Briers, gent. (2) John Richardson of Red Briers, publican (3) Luke Elstob of Kimblesworth, farmer Conveyance in fee, by lease and release, by (1) to (2) and his trustee, of a piece of land on Framwellgate Moor (13p) bounded by the turnpike road on the east, by Robert Richardson's allotment on the west, by Sir Henry Liddell's ancient inclosed land and his thirteenth allotment on the north, and by Potter Moor Road on the south, with messuage now used as the Hare and Hounds public house thereon, and right of way to brewhouse. Endorsed: plan of property Scale: 36 yards to 6 1/4 inches approx. [1:198] (Parchment, 1 membrane) For mortgage dated 14 & 15 December 1830 see D/X 1089/7/2-3


15 December 1830 (1) John Richardson of Red Briers, cartwright (2) Robert Stafford of Gilligate, city of Durham, gent. Bond in the sum of £600 for the repayment by (1) of £300 on 15 June 1831 and £300 on 15 December 1831, comprised in indentures of even date.
(1 paper)


25 & 26 November 1831 (1) Robert Stafford of Gilligate, city of Durham, gent. (2) Jane Bird of Chester-le-Street, widow Transfer from (1) to (2) of mortgage in £300 of the Hare and Hounds public house and land, at Red Briar, Framwellgate Moor [boundaries specified].
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Bond to secure payment by Robert Stafford to Jane Bird of £300 and interest, 26 November 1831.
(1 paper)


1 & 2 November 1839 (1) William Matthews of Chester-le-Street, gent. and Edward Wylam of Finden Cottage, esq. (2) Mary Greenbank of Chester-le-Street (3) Robert Stafford of the city of Durham, gent. Assignment, by lease and release, by (1) and (2) to (3) of the sum of £300 secured by mortgage, dated 14 & 15 December 1830, on 13p. land and the Hare and Hounds public house, and release to (3) of the premises, which were assigned by (3) to Jane Bird by indentures of 25 & 26 November 1836. Consideration: £256. 15s.
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19 November 1839 (1) Robert Stafford of the city of Durham, gent., and Robert Richardson of Red Briar in the township of Framwellgate, gent. (2) Joseph Richardson of Red Briar, farmer Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of the Hare & Hounds public house, now in the tenure of William Coulson, at Red Briar, Framwellgate. (Parchment, 1 membrane) For release dated 20 November 1839 see D/X 1089/7/4 Freehold and leasehold estate at Red Briar, including the Hare and Hounds public house, and freehold land at Witton Gilbert, 1838-1859, purchased by John Fawcett in 1859

Freehold and leasehold estate at Red Briar, including the Hare and Hounds public house, and freehold land at Witton Gilbert, 1838-1859, purchased by John Fawcett in 1859 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/517-539)

Abstract of title, from 27 March 1838 to 26 March 1857, of Messrs. and Miss Richardson to an estate at Red Briar and to freehold lands at Witton Gilbert, in mortgage to Peter Richardson of Tudhoe, gent., 1869.
(1 file)


Copy will and codicil of Robert Richardson of Red Briar, Framwellgate, yeoman, dec'd., 27 March 1838; copy made 16 May 1840.
(1 file)


Draft deed poll and renunciation by Robert Darling of his trusteeship and executorship under the will and codicil of Robert Richardson of Red Briar in Framwellgate, yeoman, dec'd., 1 March 1841.
(1 file)


2 & 3 April 1841 (1) Thomas Richardson of Fallow Field, yeoman (2) William Richardson of Willington Old Hall in the parish of Brancepeth, yeoman (3) Christopher Richardson of Bishopwearmouth, yeoman (4) Mary Richardson, wife of (2) (5) Joseph Richardson of Red Briar n the township of Framwellgate, yeoman Lease and release by (1), (2), (3) & (4) to (5) of the real and personal estate of Robert Richardson, dec'd.
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2 & 3 April 1841 (1) Thomas Richardson (2) William Richardson (3) Christopher Richardson (4) Joseph Richardson (5) George Robinson of Hag House, near the city of Durham, farmer, and John Booth of Sherburn Grange, farmer Mortgage, by lease and release, to (5) of freehold and leasehold estate described in the schedule annexed: the Hare and Hounds public house at Red Briar; a freehold messuage, farm buildings and cottage thereto adjoining; 4 freehold fields on the north west side of the aforesaid premises; a leasehold allotment (1a. 3r. 34p.) adjoining the Countess of Durham's Kimblesworth estate; a freehold plot (4a. 2r. 33p) being the 15th, 16th and 17th allotments awarded to Robert Richardson on the division of Framwellgate Moor; a plot (3a. 2r. 28p.), part freehold and part leasehold, being the 13th and 14th allotments to Robert Richardson as aforesaid, of which 2a. 1r. 32p. is freehold and 1a. 36p. is leasehold under the parish of Durham St. Nicholas; and freehold land (2a. 2r. 2p.) bounded by the Durham to Newcastle Road. Endorsed: plan of property Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]. Consideration: £1,110 and interest
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Fire insurance policy of Thomas Richardson of Fallowfield, parish of Easington, yeoman, with the Phoenix Assurance Company, London, for the Hare and Hounds public house and adjoining premises, at Red Briar, 14 April 1841.
(1 paper)


Probate, with will, dated 5 December 1841, and codicils annexed, of Joseph Richardson of Red Briar, farmer, devising real estate in Witton Gilbert and at Red Briar in Framwellgate township to his sons and daughters; a leasehold messuage in Millburngate, city of Durham, to Ann Tiplady, daughter of his wife by her former husband; and messuages and land at Woolley near Allendale, Northumberland, in trust for sale to pay £300 to each of his daughters, and the residue in trust for his sons, 9 May 1846.
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13 December 1850 (1) Joseph Richardson of Plawsworth, farmer; Robert Richardson of Plawsworth, farmer; and William Blackett Richardson, of the same place, farmer; sons of Joseph Richardson of Red Briar, dec'd. (2) Margaret Richardson of Plawsworth Hall, widow (3) Richard William Garth of Gilesgate, city of Durham, gent. Mortgage, by (1) & (2) to (3), of freehold and leasehold messuages and lands at Red Briar, Framwellgate, and Witton Gilbert, as in D/X 1207/523; Low Snooke Acres or the Stobby Close (4a.) in Witton Gilbert; and Thomas Wilkinson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor, bounded on the east by the turnpike road from Durham to Newcastle. Includes: schedule of property Consideration: £300 and interest
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17 January 1852 (1) Joseph Richardson of Plawsworth, farmer; Robert Richardson of the same place, farmer; and William Blackett Richardson of the same place, farmer (sons of Joseph Richardson dec'd.) (2) Margaret Richardson of Plawsworth, widow (3) Richard William Garth of Gilesgate, city of Durham, esq. Mortgage, by way of further charge, to (3) of freehold and leasehold messuages and land, at Red Briar, to secure £200 and interest, in addition to £300 already advanced.
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30 July 1853 (1) Richard William Garth of Gilesgate, city of Durham, esq. (2) Joseph Richardson, Robert Richardson and William Blackett Richardson, all of Plawsworth, farmers (3) Margaret Richardson of Plawsworth Hall, widow (4) Peter Richardson of Tudhoe, gent. Transfer to (4) of mortgage on, and further charge on, leasehold messuages and land at Red Briar to secure £650 and interest, and such further sum as shall not exceed £700.
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10 December 1853 (1) Joseph Richardson, Robert Richardson and William Blackett Richardson (2) Margaret Richardson (3) Peter Richardson of Tudhoe, gent. Mortgage, by way of further charge, to (3) of freehold and leasehold messuages and land at Red Briar, to secure £60 and interest, in addition to £700 already advanced thereon.
(1 paper)


15 December 1855 (1) Joseph, Robert, and William Blackett Richardson (2) Peter Richardson Mortgage, by way of further charge, to (2), of freehold and leasehold messuages and land at Red Briar to secure £100 and interest, in addition to £760 already advanced thereon.
(1 paper)


Copy will of Joseph Richardson of Plawsworth, farmer, dec'd., devising his third share of freehold land at Witton Gilbert, and his freehold and leasehold land at Red Briar, to be divided equally between his brothers Robert and William Blackett Richardson and his sisters Jane, and Osith, 27 December 1856.
(1 file)


Receipts for legacies paid by the trustees and executors under the wills of Robert Richardson and Joseph Richardson, dec'd., 23 July 1847- 20 February 1858.
(5 papers)


Particulars of, and conditions for sale to, John Fawcett, of a farm and farm house at Red Briar, part freehold, part leasehold under the Dean & Chapter of Durham, and part leasehold under the churchwardens of Durham St. Nicholas; a freehold house at Red Briar, comprising a house and shop at the south end of the farm house, a house adjoining the north end of the farm house, the Hare and Hounds public house adjoining the last mentioned premises, a house adjoining on the north, two cottages adjoining on the north, and a building site adjoining the cottages; 9 February 1859.
(1 paper)


Particulars of, and conditions for sale to, John Fawcett, of two freehold old grass fields (5a), and minerals under the same, at Witton Gilbert, 9 February 1859.
(1 paper)


18 June 1859 (1) Peter Richardson of Tudhoe, gent. (2) Christopher Richardson of Hetton Colliery, farm labourer (3) Jane Richardson of Pity Me, spinster, and Richard Peverell of the city of Durham, innkeeper (4) The said Jane Richardson, and Robert Richardson of Pity Me, farm labourer; William Blackett Richardson of the same place, farm labourer; and Humphrey Walton of Plawsworth, farm labourer, and Osythe his wife (5) Ambrose Tiplady, late of Windy Nook, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, now of Sunniside, near Plawsworth, innkeeper (surviving lessee under a lease granted by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Durham St. Nicholas (6) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Conveyance to (6) of freehold and leasehold messuages and land at Red Briar and Witton Gilbert. Consideration: £2,200 Endorsed: plan of property Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
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Letter from H. Marshall, Durham, to Messrs. Griffith and Crighton, concerning conveyance of Richardson, and others, to Fawcett, enclosing a list of Richardson children whose legacies are unpaid, 3 May 1859.
(2 papers)


Schedule of deeds and documents, from 1840 to 1841, relating to Red Briar Estate, Framwellgate, in mortgage to George Robinson and John Booth to secure unpaid legacies and an annuity of £18, received on behalf of John Fawcett, esq., the purchaser of the property, 27 June 1859.
(1 paper)


Receipts for payment by John Fawcett, esq., to William Richardson of an annuity secured on property at Red Briar, 5 August 1859-5 February 1866.
(1 file)


Receipts for legacies paid by John Fawcett, esq., under the will of Robert Richardson, dec'd., 16 April 1860-12 May 1869.
(1 file)

Robert Richardson's allotment (2a. 10p.) at Framwellgate Moor, reversion of which was purchased from the Dean and Chapter of Durham by John Fawcett in 1860 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/540-545)

28 September 1847 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Margaret Richardson of Red Briar, near the city of Durham, widow Lease for 40 years to (2) of a parcel of land (2a. 10p.) allotted to Robert Richardson on the division of Framwellgate Moor [bounded on the south by Potter Moor Road]. Rent: 6s. 8d. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property
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29 July 1853 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Margaret Richardson of Red Briar, near the city of Durham, widow Licence for (2) to assign land at Framwellgate Moor to Peter Richardson of Tudhoe, gent., and for Peter Richardson to assign the same to John Fawcett of city of Durham, gent.
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19 May 1860 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Church Estates Commissioners (3) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1), with the approval of (2), to (3) of the reversion of land at Red Briar (2a. 10p). Consideration: £55 Includes: in margin, plan of property
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Correspondence between John Fawcett, Durham, and the Dean and Chapter Office, concerning the Dean and Chapter's refusal to accept a lower sum for the purchase of land at Framwellgate Moor, 28 December 1859 - 4 January 1860
(4 papers)


Letter from Edward Peel, Durham, to John Fawcett, asking him for an amount required for his interest in the Framwellgate Moor allotments granted by the Dean and Chapter, with note that he had offered to sell the lease for £9 6s. 10d., 24-26 January 1860.
(2 papers)


Letter from E. Peele, Durham, to John Fawcett of the Bailey, City of Durham, esq., enclosing a copy letter from James Chalk, 11 Whitehall Place, [London], containing notice of the approval of the Church Estates Commissioners of the sale to the lessee of the reversion of 2a. 10p. land on Framwellgate Moor, 12 March 1860.
(2 papers)

Framwellgate Moor (Richardson's allotment) leased by the churchwardens and overseers of Durham, St. Nicholas, to John Fawcett in 1862 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/546-551)

30 September 1847 (1) William Rippon of Market Place, Durham, spirit merchant, and John Chisman of Elvet Bridge Ironworks, Durham, whitesmith, church wardens of Durham, St. Nicholas, and Thomas Summers of Market Place, Durham, tanner, and John Burdon of Claypath, Durham, chemist and druggist, overseers of Durham, St. Nicholas. (2) Margaret Richardson of Red Briar, widow, and Ambrose Tiplady of Windy Nook near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, farmer, trustees of will of Joseph Richardson of Red Briar, farmer, deceased, who was the son and devisee of Robert Richardson, formerly of Broom Hall, but lately of Red Briar, farmer, deceased. Copy lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of 2a. 1r. 32p. land on Framwellgate Moor.
(1 paper)


Letters from the churchwardens of the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas, to John Fawcett, concerning the lease of land on Framwellgate Moor and a vestry resolution that he should replace the boundary fence, 1861. Includes: plan of land
(4 papers)


9 April 1862 (1) John Chisman of Elvet Bridge, Durham, whitesmith, and Robert Young of Claypath, Durham, butcher, churchwardens of Durham, St. Nicholas; and Randal Stevenson of Fleshergate, Durham, draper, and Henry Revely of Elvet Bridge, Durham, grocer, overseers of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) John Fawcett of North Bailey, Durham, esq. Lease for 14 years by (1) to (2) of 2a. 1r. 30p. on Framwellgate Moor.
(1 paper, 5 applied seals)


9 November 1870 (1) The churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Lease for 14 years to (2) of an allotment (2a. 1r. 30p) in Framwellgate township, which was awarded to Robert Richardson on the division of Framwellgate Moor [boundaries specified]. Rent: 15s. p.a.
(1 paper)


15 March 1876 (1) John Chisman of Durham, iron founder, and William Robert Edward Waddingham of Durham, wine merchant, churchwardens; and Edgar Booth of Claypath, Durham, hatter, and Joseph Allan of Claypath, Durham, saddler, overseers of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. Lease for 14 years of 2a. 1r. 30p allotment on Framwellgate Moor. Rent: £1 10s. per annum
(1 paper, 4 applied seals)


12 November 1883 (1) The churchwardens and overseers of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) Christopher John Foyle Fawcett, North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. Lease for 14 years to (2) of an allotment in the township of Framwellgate, city of Durham, bounded on the south by the Framwellgate Moor wagon way [other boundaries specified]. Rent: £1 10s. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
(1 paper)

A messuage, cartwright's and blacksmith's shop at Red Briar (formerly part of Richardson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor), purchased by John Fawcett in 1870 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/552-558)

17 & 18 December 1830 (1) John Richardson of Red Briars, cartwright (2) Luke Elstob of High Croxdale, farmer (3) William Thompson of Primroseside, bleacher Lease and release by (2), by direction of (1), to (3) of a messuage with cartwright's shop and blacksmith's shop underneath at Red Briar, lately erected by (1) on part of an allotment awarded on the division of Framwellgate Moor to Robert Richardson, bounded on the east by the turnpike road from Durham to Newcastle [other boundaries specified]. Consideration: £170
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Copy letters of administration granted on the death of William Thompson of Primroseside, Bleach Green, to his brother Thomas Thompson, by the Consistory Court of Durham, 2 July 1855.
(1 paper)


20 August 1870 (1) William Thompson of Primroseside, parish of Brancepeth, bleacher, nephew and heir of William Thompson of same place, dec'd. (2) John Fawcett, of the city of Durham, esq. Conveyance to (2) of a messuage, with cartwright's shop and blacksmith's shop underneath, at Red Briar, Framwellgate Moor. Consideration: £100
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Copy extracts from Brancepeth parish registers concerning Thompson of Primroseside, Bleach Green, between 1780 and 1855, compiled 1870.
(1 paper)


Pedigree of Thompson of Primroseside, Bleach Green, [parish of Brancepeth], between c.1780 and 1870, compiled 1870.
(1 paper)


Notes concerning the purchase of freehold estate at Red Briar, near Pity Me, from William Thompson by J. Fawcett, esq., 1870.
(1 paper)

Potters Moor (Rev. John Fawcett's allotment), purchased from the St. Margaret's Charity Estate by John Fawcett in 1873 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/559-560)

28 December 1865 (1) James Raine of South Street, land agent; Thomas Coxon of South Street, tailor; Thomas Dickinson of New North Road, plumber; John Smith of New North Road, butcher; John Waugh of Red House, farmer; and John Wood of Field House, painter; all in the chapelry of St. Margaret in the city of Durham, chapel wardens and overseers of the parochial chapelry of St. Margaret (2) John Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, esq., eldest son and devisee of Rev. John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, dec'd. Lease for 21 years to (2) of an allotment on Potters Moor in the parochial chapelry of Witton Gilbert, which was allotted on inclosure to John Fawcett, the father, in right of 2 ancient messuages in Framwellgate belonging to the parochial chapelry of St. Margaret [boundaries specified]. Rent: 2s. p.a.
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10 May 1873 (1) Henry Morgan Vane of 8 York Street, St. James' Square, city of Westminster, London, esq., the Official Trustee of Charity Lands (2) Rev. John Cundill, clerk, vicar of the parish of St. Margaret, city of Durham; Frederick Wardell, gent., and Thomas Rickerby, bread baker, both of the city of Durham, churchwardens of the same parish; and Thomas White, sharebroker; Charles Ferguson Smith, accountant; and James Raine, land surveyor, also of the city of Durham; trustees of 'The Church Estate' charity in the parish of St. Margaret (3) John Fawcett of North Bailey, city of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of an allotment (4a. 8p.) on Potters Moor in the parish of Witton Gilbert [boundaries specified] Consideration: £230 Includes: plan of property, and Charity Commission order for sale
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Title deeds: Durham City (Ref: D/X 1207/1/561-571)Freehold and leasehold premises in Old Elvet and an allotment on Elvet Moor, purchased by Rev. John Fawcett in 1807 & 1808; and sale of land for new gaol, 1809 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/561-564)

Additional to D/X 1089/8/1-4


Abstract of title, from 1728 to 1794, to freehold and leasehold premises, a house, etc., in Old Elvet, Durham, and two allotments on Elvet Moor, c.1807.
(1 file)


28 March 1807 (1) Rev. George Witham of Laycock Abbey, Wiltshire, clerk, (eldest son and heir of Thomas Witham of Old Elvet, Durham, doctor of physic, deceased) (2) Francis Witham of Grays Inn, London, esq., (son and sole executor of Elizabeth Witham of Old Elvet, Durham, deceased, widow of the said Thomas Witham) (3) William Witham of Grays Inn, London, esq.; Henry Witham of Thornhaugh Street, St. Mary Le Bone, Middlesex, esq.; Elizabeth Witham of Old Elvet, Durham, spinster; Mary Witham of Old Elvet, spinster; and Frances Witham of Spetsbury, Dorset, spinster; (children of the said Thomas Witham) (4) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, Durham, clerk Office copy release by (1) and (2), with consent of (3) to (4), of a freehold and leasehold house with garth, etc., at the head of Old Elvet, Durham; and an allotment on Elvet Moor; recites the wills of Thomas Witham (13 June 1777) and his widow, Elizabeth, (who died 20 September 1806). Consideration: £1,450
(1 file)


16 April 1808 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Rt. Hon. William, Lord Auckland, and Rt. Hon. Sylvester, Lord Glenbervie, H. M. Commissioners to Approve Sales of Land by Bodies Politic or Corporate to Reclaim Land Tax (3) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, Durham, clerk Office copy bargain and sale by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of a tenement, with close adjoining, with coach house and stable in Elvet, Durham and an allotment on Elvet Moor, formerly leased to (3). Consideration: £53 12s. 11d.
(1 file)


Schedule of deeds, from 1728 to 1809, relating to messuages and a close in Old Elvet, sold by Rev. John Fawcett to the Quarter Sessions to build a new gaol and house of correction and court houses, 26 August 1809.
(1 paper)

The orchard or banks behind No.18 North Bailey, purchased by William Hoar in 1815 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/565-571)

Declaration by William Hoar of Durham City that the land at the bottom of the garden he purchased from John Garth belongs to William Rudd of Durham City and that his occupation of the land is by permission of William Rudd; that he will give up possession to William Rudd when required and remove the stone steps he has built from his garden into the land, 29 December 1790. Includes: note by William Hoar that he had purchased the said land along with other of the late William Rudd's property from Mrs Crowe, 3 March 1803.
(1 paper)


Receipt by Anne Crowe to William Hoar for £50 for purchase of leasehold banks in the North Bailey, Durham, behind his garden, 2 April 1802.
(1 paper)


28 June 1806 (1) Rt. Rev. Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) William Hoar of Durham, esq., and Samuel Castle, the elder, of Durham, gent. Copy lease for lives of an orchard near North Bailey, Durham, and wall adjoining, called the Castle wall.
(1 paper)


Account of fine paid by William Hoar, esq., and John Griffith, for renewal of lease, from the Bishop of Durham, of the orchard and banks behind houses in North Bailey, Durham, 27 August 1812.
(1 paper)


Account of timber growing on part of the banks in North Bailey, Durham, now held by lease from the Bishop of Durham to William Hoar and John Griffith, and calculation of purchase money, April 1814. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/570
(1 paper)


31 August 1815 (1) Rt. Rev. Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Rt. Hon. William, Lord Radstock, and the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of H.M.Exchequer, two Commissioners for the Redemption of Land Tax (3) William Hoar of the city of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of a plot of land in the North Bailey, city of Durham, extending from the end of (3)'s garden on the west to the River Wear on the east [boundaries specified]. Consideration: £15 18s. 4d. and 5s.
(Parchment, 1 membrane; 1 episcopal seal, pendant)


Letter from Edmund Reeves, Clements Inn, London, to John Fawcett, London, concerning the redemption of the fee farm rent on his property, 18 North Bailey, Durham, and associated receipts, 22 June 1875.
(3 papers)

Title deeds: Wiltshire (Ref: D/X 1207/1/572-573)Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire (Ref: D/X 1207/1/572-573)

Schedule of deeds and documents relating to property at Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, belonging to Christopher John Foyle Fawcett, esq., deceased, and deposited by Messrs. Tylee & Company at Messrs Hoare's in the name of George Foyle Fawcett, esq., February 1905.
(1 paper)


Copy letters of institution and induction of Rev. Robert Charles Johnson as vicar of Somerford Keynes parish, under the patronage of Foyle Fawcett of Manor House, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, 20 February 1920.
(1 file)

Estate: Leases and tenancy (Ref: D/X 1207/1/574-583)Lanchester: Warlands Farm coal royalty, Holmside, 1871-1887 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/574-575)

Additional to D/X 1089/9/1-2
See also D/X 1207/1/627


Summary of terms agreed with Mr. Tyzack, for the Edmondsley Coal Company, for Mr. Fawcett's interest in the Warland Green Royalty, 1871.
(1 paper)


31 December 1887 (1) Christopher John Foyle Fawcett of 8 King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, esq. (2) Samuel Tyzack of the Esplanade, Sunderland, esq., and William Stobart of Pepper Arden, Yorkshire, esq., co-partners of The Edmondsley Coal Company Lease for 42 years by (1) to (2) of his rights as a copyholder to the coal under Warlands Green, Manor of Lanchester. Plan endorsed
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Framwellgate Moor: Cater House Estate coal mines, 1856-1898 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/576-579)

Terms and conditions under which John Fawcett, esq., will grant a lease of the coalmines under his Cater House Estate near Framwellgate Moor Colliery, 13 September 1856.
(2 papers)


1 January 1857 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) William Hunter of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, colliery agent; Philip William Bell of Witton Gilbert, gent.; and William Green of the city of Durham, governor of the County Gaol Counterpart lease for 42 years to (2), of coal mines under Cater House Estate (46a.) in the township of Framwellgate. Rent: £100 p.a.; tentale rents as specified Includes: plan of coal royalty Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1 : 9504]
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1 December 1876 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. (2) John Stevenson of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, ironmaster, and Richard Machell Jaques of Easby Abbey, Yorkshire, esq. Duplicate deed authorising the removal by (2) of a coal barrier in the Busty seam, and the working of fireclay under the Cater House Estate, during the continuance of the lease granted in 1857. Rent: 15s. per ton for coal, and 8d. per ton for fireclay
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15 March 1898 (1) Christopher John Foyle Fawcett of 8 King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, esq. (2) The Framwellgate Coal and Coke Company Ltd. Counterpart lease for 42 years to (2) of coalmines at Cater House Estate in the township of Framwellgate. Rent:£100 p.a. for coal working, and £150 p.a. for outstroke/wayleave privileges respecting coal produced from foreign mines; other rents as specified. Includes: plans of Cater House Royalty, and pit head site
(Parchment, 1 file)

Northumberland (Ref: D/X 1207/1/580)

31 December 1829 (1) Robert Capper of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, esq. (2) Edward Hogg of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, butcher Counterpart lease for 21 years (1) to (2) of Grindston Law Farm, St. John Lee, Northumberland. Rent: £130 p.a.
(1 file)

Wiltshire (Ref: D/X 1207/1/581-583)

24 October 1781 (1) George Foyle of Southampton, esq. (2) Thomas White of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire, carpenter Counterpart lease for 99 years of a house and mill in Somerford Keynes. Rent: 6s. 8d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane, applied seal)


31 March 1896 (1) Rev. William Fawcett of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire (2) John Townsend of Ushton Keynes, Wiltshire Tenancy agreement for Sharncote Glebe Farm, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
(1 paper)


13 October 1915 (1) Rev. W. Fawcett (2) A. E. Poole of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire. Tenancy agreement for two glebe fields at Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
(1 paper)

Estate: Accounts (Ref: D/X 1207/1/584-587)Framwellgate Moor and Lanchester (Ref: D/X 1207/1/584)

Rental of the estates of C. J. F. Fawcett, esq., in Lanchester; Cater House and Red Briar in the parish of Durham, St. Margaret; Witton Gilbert; and Warlands Farm in the parish of Lanchester; and summary of outgoings, 17 November 1883.
(1 file)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Ref: D/X 1207/1/585-586)

Cash account of Mansion House Chambers [Newcastle-upon-Tyne], for C. J. F. Fawcett, esq., 1883.
(1 file)


Statement showing the rental and outgoings of the Mansion House Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. [c1883].
(1 paper)

Northumberland (Ref: D/X 1207/1/587)

Statement of acreage, rentals, and outgoings of the Branton and Bingfield Estates, belonging to C. J. F. Fawcett, esq., 15 November 1883.
(1 paper)

Family settlements and trusteeships (Ref: D/X 1207/1/588-640)Marriage settlement of Rev. John Fawcett and Mary Ann Bates, 1795 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/588-613)The marriage settlement of Rev. John Fawcett and Mary Ann Bates, and the administration of Mrs. Fawcett's trust fund (Ref: D/X 1207/1/588-608)

24 January 1795 (1) Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, only son of (1) (3) Anne Bates of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, widow of Ralph Bates, late of the same place, dec'd. (4) Mary Anne Bates, age 18, daughter of (3) (5) The Rev. Robert Bates of University College, Oxford, clerk, and Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Settlement on the intended marriage of Rev. John Fawcett with Mary Anne Bates, being a release (lease missing) by (1), with consent of (2) and (3), to (5) of £3,000, part of £5,000 secured by mortgage to (1), of George Cook's messuages and land at Cresswell in the parish of Woodhorn, Northumberland; and of a further £3,000, part of the fortune of (4); upon trust to pay the interest thereof to (2) and (4) for their separate lives, then to their children, then in trust for (2); covenant by (1) to pay (2) £147 p.a. during their joint lives.
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Appointment by the Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk, and Mary Ann, his wife, of William Burrell of Broom Park, Northumberland, esq., as new trustee of their marriage settlement in place of Rev. Robert Bates, dec'd., 19 February 1818.
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10 & 11 March 1818 (1) Rev. John Fawcett, late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, now of Newton Hall, clerk (only son and executor of Christopher Fawcett dec'd.) and Mary Anne, his wife (2) Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (3) William Burrell of Broom Park, Northumberland, esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of George Cook's estate at Cresswell in the parish of Woodhorn, Northumberland, subject to redemption, secured by a bond for £5,000 and interest, and £1,889 10s. 3d. 3% consolidated bank annuities, to the use of (2) and (3) upon the trusts of the marriage settlement of (1).
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


1 October 1834 (1) Mary Anne Fawcett of South Bailey, city of Durham, widow of Rev. John Fawcett, late of Newton Hall, clerk, dec'd. (2) Robert Pearson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (3) William Burrell of Broom Park, Northumberland, esq. (4) The Rev. Ralph Bates Hunter, clerk, rector of Whalton, Northumberland Appointment by (1) of (4) as a new trustee of her marriage settlement, in place of (2).
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


Draft abstract of transfer of mortgage on the estates of George Baker, esq., in the parish of Lanchester, to W. Burrell, esq., and Rev. R. Bates Hunter, as trustees under the marriage settlement of Rev. John Fawcett and Mary Ann (née Bates), his widow, c.1834.
(4 papers)


Schedule of deeds and writings, from 23 February 1739 to 1835, relating to the title of messuages and hereditaments in Cleveland, Yorkshire, belonging to John Leife, esq., now in mortgage to John Fawcett, esq., to secure £5,000 and interest, and by him transferred to Messrs. Burrell and Hunter, n.d. [1835].
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title, from 1794 to 1827, to property [in Faceby and Carlton,Cleveland] late belonging to John Fawcett of Kineton, esq. and by him sold to John Leife, esq., on which £5,000, and interest, are secured to John Fawcett, esq., of Durham, n.d.
(1 file)


Notes to Hopper Williamson desiring his opinion on title concerning an agreement by AB to purchase from John Hunter, esq., his estate at Carlton and Faceby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, September 1793.
(1 paper)


Certified copy extract from the will of Christopher Fawcett, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., whereby he devised his mortgages and personal estate to his son John, 31 January 1795; copy made 10 November 1835.
(1 paper)


Bill and receipt of Robert Burrell for probate of the will of Rev. John Fawcett in the Prerogative Court of York, on behalf of John Fawcett, esq., executor, 28 September 1828-20 December 1830.
(2 papers)


Notice by Rev. Henry Hildyard of Stokesley to John Fawcett of Newton House, esq., that John Leife of Sowerby, Yorkshire, esq., has conveyed houses and land in Faceby and Carlton, Yorkshire (charged with £5,000 plus interest to John Fawcett) to Henry Hildyard, to secure a mortgage of £2,500, and that John Fawcett should not lend any further money on the said premises or convey them without Hildyard's consent, 20 March 1832.
(1 paper)


(1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq., eldest son and executor of Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, deceased (who was the only son and sole executor of Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle, esq., dec'd.) (2) John Leife of Sowerby, Yorkshire, esq. (3) William Burrell of Broompark, Northumberland, esq., and Rev. Ralph Bates Hunter, rector of Whalton, Northumberland Draft assignment of mortgage from (1) to (3) of £5,000 on (2)'s premises in Faceby and Carlton, Yorkshire.
(1 file)


Note of consent by Mary Anne Fawcett, widow of Rev. John Fawcett, that the money from her marriage settlement, of 24 January 1795, can be lent out as a mortgage on land in Faceby and Carlton, Yorkshire, the property of John Leife of Sowerby, Yorkshire, esq., 17 November 1835. Note that the above consent has been amended to lend the money as a mortgage on the Manor of Otterburn, Northumberland, the property of Thomas James of Otterburn, 7 August 1836.
(1 paper)


Correspondence between John Fawcett, Durham, John Adamson, Newcastle, and William Burrell, concerning the transfer of the £5,000 mortgage on lands in Faceby and Carlton, Yorkshire, from Fawcett to Burrell and Ralph Hunter, 4 April 1835-28 May 1836.
(22 papers)


Letters from W. Burrell, Broompark, Northumberland, and John Fawcett, Durham, to John Adamson, Westgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning Fawcett's business, 12 and 15 November, 1835.
(2 papers)


Correspondence between John Fawcett of Durham and John Leife of Sowerby, and their lawyers, concerning the transfer of the £5,000 mortgage on property in Carlton and Faceby, Yorkshire, by John Fawcett, to Messrs. Burrell and Hunter, and John Leife's wish to redeem the mortgage, 17-25 November 1835.
(9 papers)


Letters from J. N. P. Sowerby, solicitor, Stokesley, Yorkshire, to John Adamson, solicitor, Newcastle, concerning John Leife's repayment of the £5,000 mortgage on his estates at Carlton and Faceby, Yorkshire, transferred by John Fawcett to William Burrell and Ralph Bates, 27 November 1835 -29 April 1836.
(6 papers)


Letters from John Fawcett of Durham to John Adamson of Westgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the investment of his mother's trust money, 1 May-9 October 1836.
(6 papers)


Letter from William Burrell of Broompark, Northumberland, to John Adamson of Westgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning investment of Mrs. Fawcett's trust money, 6 September 1836.
(1 paper)


Letter from John Fawcett of Durham to John Adamson of Newcastle concerning transfer of trust funds, 12 July 1850.
(1 paper)

The discharge of John Fawcett from the trusteeship of the will of Cuthbert Bates (Ref: D/X 1207/1/609-613)

4 December 1850 (1) Lucy Ingilby of Harrogate, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Sir William Amcotts Ingilby of Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, bart. (3) George James Hunter of Leamington, Warwickshire, esq. (4) William Hunter, esq. (5) Rev. Christopher Fawcett of Boscombe, Wiltshire (6) Ralph Thomas Fawcett, late of the city of Durham, esq. (7) John Hunter, late of Brooksby Hall, Leicestershire, but now of Portsmouth, Hampshire, esq., and John Fawcett of city of Durham, esq. Discharge by (1)-(6) of (7) from their trusteeship of the will of Cuthbert Bates. Endorsed: 26 September 1855 (1) Lucy Ingilby (2) Dame Mary Ann Amcotts Ingilby of Ripley, Yorkshire, widow of William Amcotts Ingilby; Charles Smith of Teignmouth, Devon, esq.; and Rev. Henry John Ingilby of Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, executors of the will of Sir William Amcotts Ingilby (3) George James Hunter of Whittingham, Worcestershire (4) William Hunter (5) Christopher Fawcett of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire (6) Ralph Thomas Fawcett, of Belgrave Square, Middlesex (7) John Hunter, of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, and John Fawcett Discharge by (1) - (6) to (7) of the money from the will of Cuthbert Bates which (7) had invested to pay a legacy of £100 per annum to his servant, Thomas Grant, who had died November 1854.
(Parchment, 2 membranes, 16 applied seals)


Statement by John Hunter, esq., and John Fawcett, esq., trustees and executors of the will of Cuthbert Bates, esq., of the division of the trust funds, 1850.
(1 file)


Account of the trustees and executors of the will of Cuthbert Bates, esq., January 1851-September 1855. Attached: receipt by William Hunter for his share of the money, 29 September 1855.
(2 papers)


Letter from John Hunter, 7 High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, to John Fawcett, esq., Durham, advising on the division of trust funds, 16 October 1850.
(2 papers)


Correspondence between Ralph T. Fawcett, London, and John Hunter, Leamington, Warwickshire, and John Hayes, solicitor, concerning payments under the will of Cuthbert Bates, 10 September-19 October 1855.
(7 papers)

Marriage settlement of John Trotter and Mary Ann Fawcett, 1822 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/614-618)

The marriage settlement of John Trotter and Mary Ann Fawcett, and the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth to Francis Greenwell in 1850


21 May 1822 (1) John Trotter the elder of Staindrop, esq. (2) John Trotter, the younger, of the city of Durham, doctor of medicine (3) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (4) Mary Ann Fawcett, spinster, daughter of (3) (5) John Fawcett, the younger, of Newton Hall, esq., and William Trotter of Bishop Auckland, gent. Settlement on the intended marriage between John Trotter, the younger, and Mary Ann Fawcett, whereby (5) is to stand possessed of £1,000 from (1) payable on the death of the survivor of Elizabeth Emm and Ann Dixon, and secured on a house and land at Bishop Auckland; £2,000 from (3), is the portion of (4), upon trust to pay the interest thereof to (2) for life, then to (4) for life , then in trust for the children of (2) and (4). (Parchment, 4 membranes).


Draft declaration by John Fawcett and William Trotter as to the respective trusts of two securities taken by them on mortgaged property at Ryhope and Elvet Moor, n.d. [post 1834].
(1 paper)


Appointment by John Trotter of the city of Durham, doctor of medicine, to his daughter, Elizabeth Trotter, of a reversionary sum of £1,000, as a marriage portion on her intended marriage to Francis Greenwell of the city of Durham, wine merchant, 8 July 1850.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


6 January 1876 (1) John William Trotter, of Vincent Square, Middlesex, surgeon (2) Rev. Charles Dale Trotter of Bossall Vicarage, near Bossall, Yorkshire, clerk (3) Mary Ann Trotter of Bossall Vicarage, spinster (4) Francis Greenwell of the city of Durham, esq., and Elizabeth, his wife (5) Alan Greenwell of 1 Westbourne Villas, Clifton, Gloucestershire, and John William Trotter, trustees under a settlement on the marriage of (4) (6) William Stoker of the city of Durham, surgeon, and Margaret, his wife (7) Charles Dale Trotter, surviving trustee under a settlement on the marriage of (6) (8) Charles Dale Trotter, administrator of the estate of Henry Trotter, dec'd. (9) John William Trotter and Charles Dale Trotter, administrators of the estate of George Lewis Trotter, dec'd. (10) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq. Release of (10) and the heirs of William Trotter, dec'd., from all claim by (1)-(9) to trust funds, settled on 21 May 1822.
(1 file)


Letter from Messrs. Trotter, Bruce and Trotter, Bishop Auckland, to John Fawcett, esq., Bailey, Durham, enclosing deed of appointment, dated 8 July 1850, found with the settlement of Mrs. Francis Greenwell, 5 April 1876. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/1/616
(1 paper)

Marriage settlement of Thomas Swinburne and Charlotte Spearman, 1780 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/619-640)The marriage settlement of Thomas Swinburne and Charlotte Spearman, and the administration of the Swinburne Trust by Christopher Fawcett, Rev. John Fawcett, and John Fawcett, trustees (Ref: D/X 1207/1/619-637)

The estates of Robert Spearman of Durham were divided in 1789 between his four daughters, Hannah Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wilkinson; Dorothy, wife of John R. Fenwick; Charlotte, wife of Thomas Swinburne; and Margaret, wife of Calverley Bewicke.


Abstract of title, from 29 and 30 December 1780 to 18 March 1848, to trust monies under the marriage settlement of the late Thomas Swinburne, esq., and Charlotte, his wife, 1851.
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title, dated 26 April 1844, to trust monies under the marriage settlement of the late Thomas Swinburne, esq., and Charlotte, his wife, 1851.
(1 file)


29 & 30 December 1780 (1) Charlotte Spearman of the city of Durham, spinster (2) Thomas Swinburne of Pontop, esq. (3) John Lambton of Har[r]aton, esq., and William Williamson of Whickham, esq. (4) John Tempest of Brancepeth, esq., and Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Settlement, by lease and release, on the intended marriage between Thomas Swinburne and Charlotte Spearman, being a release by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of Charlotte Spearman's fourth part of the manor of Holmside and Moorside, with chapel, capital messuage and land [as specified] in the parish of Lanchester; a fourth part of land [as specified] in the parishes of Chester-le-Street, Sedgefield, Brancepeth, Witton Gilbert and Great Stainton; of 2 messuages (formerly 4) in North Bailey, city of Durham; a pew in St Mary-le-Bow church; to the use of (4) for 99 years on trust to pay £200 p.a. to (1), and after the end of the said term to the use of (2) for life, then to (1) for life, then to all children except the eldest son; (2) covenants to pay to (4) (1)'s share of several sums of £14,900, £700 and £2,200 to be vested in (1) by order of Court of Chancery, on trust to pay £2,000 in discharge of a mortgage owed by (2), and to lay out the residue of the monies in the purchase of land, subject to the trusts of (1)'s existing estate.
(Parchment, 10 membranes)


23 October 1827 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Charlotte Swinburn of Old Acres, widow (née Spearman) (3) Rt. Hon. Charles Augustus, Earl of Tankerville (4) Sir John Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall, Staffordshire, bart Copy assignment by (1), by direction of (2), to (4) of the fortune or portion of the Hon. Henry Astley Bennet, son of (3), under the settlement of 1754, for securing £3,500 and interest.
(1 file)


Correspondence between Messrs. Child and Company, Temple Bar, London; Messrs. Griffith, Durham; W. Bayley, Stockton; and John Fawcett, concerning the Swinbourne stock of £3,456 15s. 9d., 28 December 1831-15 May 1843.
(6 papers)


Copy affidavit by John Fawcett of South Bailey, Durham, executor and residuary legatee of Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk, deceased, and that he is now the trustee for the Swinburne Trust Money, 1832.
(1 file)


Copy probate and will, dated 18 March 1848, of Charles Oswald of 25A Lonsdale Square, Islington, Middlesex, gent., devising Old Acres and Lea Close farms in Sedgefield, 20 February 1849.
(1 file)


Copy case, ex parte Colonel Swinburne, for the opinion of Mr Walters, and copy opinion concerning the interest of Mrs. Swinburne in her share of the coal mines at Holmside, and concerning the right of Col. Swinburne to raise £242 3s. from the Swinburne Trust Estate, 24 August 1849.
(1 file)


Draft release and indemnity by Thomas Robert Swinburne, esq., and Miss Charlotte Maria Swinburne, to John Fawcett, esq., of all actions and suits, 6 September 1851.
(1 file)


20 April 1852 (1) Thomas Robert Swinburne of Marcus Lodge, Forfar, Scotland, and Charlotte Maria Swinburne of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spinster (2) John Fawcett of Durham City, esq. Quitclaim from (1) to (2) concerning monies from the marriage settlement, of Charlotte Spearman of Durham, spinster, and Thomas Swinburne of Pontop, esq., 30 December 1780; consent of John Pace of London, merchant, and Anna Maria Pace, his wife (formerly Anna Maria Oswald), 25 January 1852; draft quitclaim, dated September 1851; legal notes concerning the title of (1) to money.
(2 files)


24 April 1852 (1) John Fawcett, sole executor of Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, dec'd. (2) William Henry Smith, John Wormald, William Shepherd, George Addison and Edward Robinson of London, bankers Copy power of attorney from (1) to (2) to receive dividends on money invested, and to assign money to Thomas Robert Swinburne, esq., of Marcus Lodge, Forfarshire, Scotland, and to Charlotte Maria Swinburne of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spinster.
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Messrs. J. & G. Griffith, Durham, solicitors; Messrs. Clarke and Bayley, Stockton, solicitors; Messrs. Henry Barnes and Joseph Dodds, Stockton, solicitors; Messrs. Lloyd and Stow, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, solicitors; Messrs. Salt and Son, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, solicitors; John Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London; William Clayton, Lincoln's Inn, London; Messrs. Child and Company, London, bankers; Major Swinburne, Hartlepool; John Fawcett, Durham; and M. Taylor and J. B. Taylor, Aldin Grange; concerning the Swinburne Trust monies, 11 May 1827-1 May 1852
(52 papers)


Letter from J. Swinburne, Hartlepool, to John Griffith, Durham, concerning his mother's request to have Lord Tankerville's mortgage recalled and the money reinvested, 20 May 1827.
(1 paper)


Correspondence between J. Pace, London, and John Fawcett, Durham, concerning the Swinburne trust money and the Holmside coalmines, on the death of Mrs. Swinburne of Old Acres, Durham, 10-16 January 1851.
(4 papers)


Correspondence between Joseph Dodds, Stockton, and Messrs. Griffith, Durham, concerning Colonel Swinburne's entitlements following the death of his mother, Mrs. Swinburne, 3-13 February 1851.
(3 papers)


Letters between Joseph Dodds, Stockton; Messrs. Salt and Son, Shrewsbury; and Messrs. Griffith, solicitors, Durham; concerning the Swinburne Trust money and the royalties from the Holmside Mines, 29 January-14 February 1852.
(4 papers)


T. & G. Griffith's law charges to John Fawcett, esq., concerning the trusteeship of the Swinburne marriage settlement money, 18 June 1849-30 April 1852.
(1 file)

Marriage settlement of James Rundell Bigge and Margaret Bewicke, 1845 (Ref: D/X 1207/1/638-640)

6 October 1845 (1) James Rundell Bigge of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq. (2) Margaret Bewicke, spinster, eldest daughter of Calverley Bewicke Bewicke of Coulby Manor, Yorkshire, esq. (3) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq., and James Losh of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Settlement on the intended marriage between James Rundell Bigge and Margaret Bewicke, being an agreement for (3) to stand possessed of £3,000 from (1); and assignment from (1) to (3) of a bond of Thomas Bigge to secure £5,000, including £200 p.a. interest until payment thereof, upon trust to pay the annual income to (1) for life, then to (2) for life, and after the decease of the survivor, in trust for their children; further assignment by (2) to (3) of a fourth share of £16,000 (subject to the life estates of Calverley Bewicke Bewicke and Elizabeth Philadelphia, his wife), upon trust to pay the annual income to (2) for the joint lives of (1) and (2), then to the survivor for life, then in trust for the children of (1) and (2).
(Parchment, 7 membranes)


Agreement between John Ralph Fenwick of Durham, esq., Margaret Bewicke (eldest daughter of Calverley Bewicke Bewicke of Coulby Manor, Yorkshire, esq.), James Rundell Bigge of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., with John Fawcett and James Losh, esqs. (trustees of the marriage settlement of James Rundell Bigge and Margaret Bewicke) assuring the payment to the trustees of £200 per annum or its equivalent, by Margaret Bewicke's father under his marriage settlement, 6 October 1845.
(1 paper)


26 November 1853 (1) Charles Richard Bigge of the Windham Club, St. James's Square, Middlesex, esq. (2) Calverly Bewicke of Coulby Manor, Yorkshire, esq. (3) John Fawcett of the city of Durham, esq., and James Losh of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (trustees of J. R. Bigge's marriage settlement) Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of all claim to trust funds of £3,000 and £5,000.
(1 file)

Plans (Ref: D/X 1207/1/641-643)Lanchester (Ref: D/X 1207/1/641-642)

Plan of property at Lanchester belonging to John Warwick esq., showing Ewe Close and Wheatley's Allotment and Wilkinson's Allotment on Lanchester Common, surveyed by Frederick James Laycock, Lanchester, for the tithe apportionment, 1840. Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1:4752]
(1 plan, 38cm. x 25cm., printed, coloured)


Plan showing land in the township of Lanchester to be purchased from William Dowson for the North Eastern Railway, Lanchester Valley Branch, n.d. [1861]. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
(1 plan, 37cm. x 34cm., waxed paper)

Northumberland (Ref: D/X 1207/1/643)

Plan of Prudhoe Estate in the township of Prudhoe and parish of Ovingham, Northumberland, 1862. Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]
(1 plan, 52cm. x 74cm., printed, coloured)

Records of the SALVIN family (Ref: D/X 1207/2) (Ref: D/X 1207/2/1)

SALVIN FAMILY

Additional to D/X 1089/12/1-28

TITLE DEEDS

DURHAM

Manors of Norham, Norhamshire, Islandshire, Haggerston, Buckton and Fenwick


1 November 1754; extract made 1821 Office extract of a recovery by William Salvin and William Carr, esqs., demandants, from William Rudd, esq., tenant, of the manors of Norham, Norhamshire, Islandshire, Haggerston, Buckton and Fenwick in the county palatine of Durham. Vouchees: Sir Carnaby Haggerston, bart., and Thomas Haggerston, esq.
(1 paper)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/2-7)

TUDHOE ESTATE

Sale of estate by trustees of the will of Bryan John Salvin, 1852


Abstract of title, from 14 and 15 August 1776 to 23 May 1846, to freehold lands in the township of Tudhoe, in the parish of Brancepeth, belonging to Bryan John Salvin, esq., dec'd., and agreed to be sold under the powers of sale contained in his will, 1852.
(1 file)


Copy additional abstract of title, from 30 April and 1 May 1739 to 3 and 4 August 1803, of the trustees under the will of Bryan John Salvin, esq., to the Tudhoe estate, 1852.
(1 file)


Replies of the vendor's solicitors to Mr. Christie's requisitions, and opinion on title, 17 February 1852.
(1 file)


Copy of Mr Christie's opinion on the title of the Tudhoe estate, with vendor's solicitor's replies, and purchaser's solicitor's remarks, February-March 1852.
(1 file)


Instructions to Mr. Christie to advise further on the title to the Tudhoe estate, 27 March 1852.
(1 file)


Copies of 'the general words', after the description of parcels in several conveyances, concerning the Tudhoe estate of the trustees of the will of B.J. Salvin, dec'd., [1852].
(1 file)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/8-21)

CROXDALE ESTATE

Sale of parts of the estate, 1817-1957


12 December 1817 (1) Anthony Salvin of the parish of St. Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, colonel in the army (2) Thomas Atkinson of Sunderland Bridge, yeoman Lease for a year [release missing] to (2) of a cottage in Sunderland Bridge, formerly occupied by Elizabeth Grey.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


21 July 1947 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, esq., and George Clarkson Willoughby of 16 Theobalds Road, Gray's Inn, London, solicitor (2) The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company Limited, Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor (3) Charles Darnell Bacon of Loftus, Saltburn, Yorkshire, and Sir William Gray, bart., of Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, debenture trustees (4) Durham Rural District Council Duplicate conveyance to (4) of pieces of land at Sunderland Bridge and Croxdale for sewage works. Consideration: £150 Includes: site plans
(1 file)


Correspondence, and plan, concerning proposed site for Sunderland Bridge cemetery to be given by Mr. Salvin from his Croxdale estate, 15 June 1881-6 May 1882. Scale: 33ft. to 1 inch [1:396]
(2 papers; 1 plan, 57cm. x 52cm.)


Correspondence between Sunderland Bridge Parish Council and the solicitors for the Croxdale estate, with conditions of sale and plans, concerning the sale of a site for a burial ground, October 1901 - 24 December 1904. Includes: 2 plans of proposed sites
(10 papers; 2 plans, 50cm. x 46cm. and 21cm. x 19cm, waxed paper)


Sale particulars of farms, house and land, part of the Croxdale estate, the property of G. T. Salvin, esq., 25 September 1920.
(1 booklet, printed)


Correspondence between Messrs. Crossman, Block and Company, Gray's Inn, London; Messrs. C. H. Sample and Son, 26 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Inland Revenue District Valuer's Office, 45 Cleveland Terrace, Darlington; and Colonel H. J. C. Salvin, Croxdale Hall; concerning the sale by Col. Salvin to Durham Rural District Council, of a small piece of land at Sunderland Bridge, as an access road to a proposed housing site, 6 July 1936-16 November 1937.
(1 file)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G. M. Salvin to Amelia Olive Liddell, of the freehold reversion of 18 Foster Terrace, Croxdale, 19 September 1952.
(2 files)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G. M. Salvin to Lovett Raine, and others, of the freehold reversion of 10 Foster Terrace, Croxdale, 4 July 1955.
(2 files)


Solicitors' correspondence, copy draft, conveyance, and plans, concerning the sale by Captain G. M. Salvin to Isabella Gibson, of the freehold reversion of 1 Foster Terrace, Croxdale, 24 March 1956.
(3 files and 3 papers)


Letter from F.H. Burbury, land agent, Eldon Estate Office, Bishop Auckland, to Messrs. Wilson and Co., solicitors, 5 North Bailey, Durham, concerning the sale by Captain G.M. Salvin to John George Gibson, of the freehold reversion of 2 Foster Terrace, Croxdale, 3 July 1957.
(1 file)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G.M. Salvin to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred James Prest, of the freehold reversion of 1 Johnson Terrace, Croxdale, 6 May 1953.
(2 files)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G.M. Salvin to Norman Harrison, of the freehold reversion of 10 Johnson Terrace, Croxdale, 4 August 1954.
(2 files)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G.M. Salvin to Margaret Foster, of the freehold reversion of 2 Johnson Terrace, Croxdale, 27 August 1954.
(2 files)


Solicitors' correspondence, draft conveyance, and plan, concerning the sale by Captain G.M. Salvin to James Maughan, of the freehold reversion of 4 Johnson Terrace, Croxdale, 1 May 1956.
(2 files)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/22-23)

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

PROPERTY, LEASES AND TENANCY

Croxdale, Butterwick and Fishburn estates


Copy application form, declaration of applicant, schedule of lands, prospectus, and correspondence concerning an improvement loan of £10,000 from the Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company to Henry T.T. Salvin, secured on the Croxdale, Butterwick and Fishburn estates, 15 December 1873-1 March 1876; 4 January 1902.
(25 papers)


Estimate of the quantity of coal remaining to be worked in Col. H.C.J. Salvin's Croxdale, Fishburn and Butterwick royalties, 1 June-15 July 1934.
(3 papers)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/24-46)

Croxdale Estate

Butterby, parish of Croxdale

See also D/X 1207/2/175


Schedule of lands at High Butterby Farm, n.d. [c.1850-1900]
(1 paper)


1954 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) John Alan Kingston Draft agreement for lease from year to year to (2) of High Butterby Farm. (1 paper) Croxdale Hall


Proposed terms for the lease of Croxdale Hall by H. Salvin to John Rogerson; schedules of accommodation in the hall and outbuildings; and annual sanitary inspection reports on drainage, 14 March 1872-29 November 1895.
(12 papers)


11 December 1941 (1) Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, lieutenant colonel (retired) in H.M. Army (2) Durham County Council Draft agreement for the lease from year to year to (2) of Croxdale Hall. Rent: £100 p.a.
(1 file)


1943 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, esq., and George Clarkson Willoughby of 16 Theobalds Road, London, solicitor (2) Durham County Council Copy draft lease for a year and from year to year by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £150 p.a.
(1 file)


10 October 1944 (1) M. L. Roberts, and another (2) Durham County Council Draft lease from year to year by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £150
(1 file)


1945 (1) M. L. Roberts, and another (2) Durham County Council Draft lease for 3 years by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds.
(1 file)


8 February 1946 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, gent. (first trustee) (2) Gerard Maurice Roberts of Hollingside, gent. (the beneficiary) (3) George Clarkson Willoughby of 16 Theobolds Road, Gray's Inn, London, solicitor (second trustee) Draft deed of indemnity by (1) and (2) to (3) as to the lease of Croxdale Hall to Durham County Council.
(1 file)


4 May 1946 (1) M.L. Roberts, and another (2) Durham County Council Draft lease for 3 years, and from year to year, by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £150 p.a. Attached: inventory of furniture and fittings in Croxdale Hall Maternity Home, 26 March 1946.
(1 file)


1954 (1) Gerard Maurice Salvin of Hollingside, Captain in H.M. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (2) Newcastle-upon-Tyne Regional Hospital Board Draft lease for 3 years, and from year to year, by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £250 p.a.
(1 file)


1954 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) The Minister of Health Copy draft lease for 3 years, and from year to year, by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £250 p.a.
(1 file)


18 January 1955 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) The Minister of Health Draft lease for 3 years, and from year to year, by (1) to (2) of Croxdale Hall and grounds. Rent: £250 p.a. Includes: plan of property Scale: 1:2500 (1 file) Croxdale Wood House


17 December 1941 (1) Herman C.J. Salvin of Croxdale Hall, lieutenant colonel in H.M. Army (retired) (2) Hugh Jennings of Woodhouse, Croxdale, gent. Agreement for tenancy of 'Woodhouse', and cottage at Croxdale. Rent: £60 and £19 p.a. Includes: schedule of property, and related correspondence.
(6 papers)


Correspondence between Messrs. Wilson and Co., solicitors, 5 North Bailey, Durham; Col. Salvin, Croxdale Hall; H. Jennings, Woodhouse; W. Fleming, estate agent, Tudhoe; and Messrs. Botterell and Roche, solicitors, Maritime Buildings, St. Thomas Street, Sunderland; concerning the tenancy of Woodhouse, Croxdale, by Mr. Hugh Jennings, 3 March 1941-26 October 1943.
(20 papers)


Copy replies of B.S. Roberts to Mr. Ball's queries concerning the tenancy of Woodhouse, Croxdale, 3 November 1945.
(4 papers)


4 April 1946 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, city of Durham, esq., and George Clarkson Willoughby of 16 Theobalds Road, Gray's Inn, London, solicitor (2) Leslie Alan Timms of Farewell Hall Farm, commercial traveller Counterpart lease, on a yearly tenancy, to (2) of Croxdale Wood House, Croxdale. Rent: £60 p.a.
(1 file)


1950 (1) Captain Gerard Maurice Salvin (2) E.H. Harrison of Whitehouse, Croxdale, esq. Draft lease, for 3 years, to (2) of Croxdale Wood House, Croxdale. Rent: £85 p.a.
(1 file)


28 May 1956 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) Paul Armstrong of 1 St. Nicholas Drive, Whitesmocks, city of Durham, surveyor Draft lease, for 4 years, to (2) of Croxdale Wood House, Croxdale. Rent: £85 p.a. Includes: plan of property (1 file) Croxdale Mill House


9 June 1944 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby (2) Archibald Campbell of Croxdale Mill House, Croxdale, agricultural agent Draft lease, on a yearly tenancy, to (2) of Croxdale Mill House, Croxdale. Rent: £60 p.a.
(1 file)


14 November 1956 (1) Gerard Maurice Salvin (2) Oscar Lee of Mill House, Croxdale, mining engineer Draft lease, on a yearly tenancy, to (2) of Mill House, Croxdale. Rent: £60 p.a. Includes: plan of property (1 file) Croxdale


12 May 1894 (1) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (2) The Guardians of the Durham Union, acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority Draft lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of land at Croxdale, on the east of Nickynack Beck, as a site for sewage works. Rent: £5 p.a. Includes: plan of sewage works at Croxdale Colliery Scale: 8ft. to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 file)


22 June 1931 (1) Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin of Croxdale Hall (2) Sunderland Bridge Parish Council Agreement for lease on a yearly tenancy to (2) of land, known as Gerrard's Gill, at Croxdale, as a recreation ground. Rent: £5 p.a.
(1 paper)


30 July 1955 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) Sunderland Bridge Parish Council Draft lease for 25 years to (2) of a piece of land at Croxdale, for use as a recreation ground. Rent: £1 p.a. Includes: plan of property
(1 file)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/48-93)

1956
/2/47 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin
(2) The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Copy draft lease for 999 years to (2) of timber on 132a of land at Croxdale.
Rent: £16 10s. p.a.
(1 file)


25 November 1952 (1) Gerard Maurice Salvin of Hollingside, city of Durham, Captain in H.M. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (2) Edgar Walton Dakers of Crawley Hall, Stanhope, mining engineer, and Michael Tinkler White of The Gables, 3 Attwood Terrace, Tudhoe Colliery, cashier Draft deed of release from a restrictive covenant, contained in a lease dated 29 February 1876, relating to property at Croxdale.
(1 file)


31 December 1952 (1) Edgar Walton Dakers and Michael Tinkler White (2) John Palmer of 1 Cross Street, Croxdale Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, to (2) of a leasehold dwellinghouse at 1 Cross Street, Croxdale. Rent: £1 3s.5d. p.a. Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


19 March 1945 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby (2) John Anderson, rate collector, and George Edmund Turnbull, estate foreman, both of Sunderland Bridge Draft tenancy agreement of The Kiosk, Croxdale.
(1 file)


28 December 1949 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) Walter Scott of 6 Foster Terrace, Croxdale Draft lease, from year to year, to (2) of The Kiosk, Croxdale. Rent: £1 p.a.
(1 file)


20 August 1946 (1) M.L Roberts and G.C. Willoughby (2) Walter Scott of Foster Terrace, Croxdale, statuary manufacturer Draft agreement for the use by (2) of a piece of land at Croxdale, for the manufacture and sale of statuettes and sun dials. Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


30 September 1952 (1) Captain G.M. Salvin (2) The Blackton Oil and Mineral Company, 54 Duke Street, Darlington Draft agreement for tenancy of a site for a garage at Croxdale. Includes: sketch plan of property
(1 file)


Copy letter from G.T. Salvin of Croxdale Hall, to J.W. Huitson of Croxdale, giving consent for the latter to hold a licence to sell beer in leasehold premises, 24 December 1901.
(1 paper)


Letters from J. Huitson of Croxdale Post Office, and from Croxdale and Hett Workmen's Club, to C. H. Sample, concerning the lease of a site for a house at Croxdale Colliery for Alice Ellen Dodds, 15 March-20 April 1907. Includes: plan of proposed cottage, and site plan. (7 papers; 2 plans, 50cm. x 38cm. and 17cm. x 15cm., waxed linen) Sunderland Bridge, parish of Croxdale


2 August 1875 (1) Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (3) William Johnson of Tudhoe Colliery, viewer Lease for 99 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of 2833 sq. yds. of land at Sunderland Bridge. Rent: £23 12s.2d. p.a. Includes: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


6 July 1876 (1) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (3) John Rogerson of Croxdale Hall, esq. Lease for 99 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of 5404 sq. yds. of land at Sunderland Bridge. Rent: £16 17s. 9d. Endorsed: plan of property; and waiver of breach of covenant respecting the 37 cottages and 2 cottages with shops built by (3), 12 August 1878.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


1 November 1880 (1) John Rogerson of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. (3) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. Surrender by (1) and (2) to (3) of a piece of land and 39 cottages at Sunderland Bridge, comprised in a lease of 6 July 1876, to merge the remainder of a term of 99 years in the freehold.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


3 November 1880 (1) John Rogerson of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Ltd. Copy draft lease for 27 years to (2) of 39 cottages and land at Sunderland Bridge. Rent: £438 16s. p.a. (1 file) /2/60 Notice to Sir John Lawson, Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin, and others, of the assignment by the Sunderland 28th Universal Building Society, and others, to Thomas Forster of 35 South Street, city of Durham, of a messuage, shop and land at Sunderland Bridge, comprised in a lease of 2 August 1875, 5 November 1888.
(1 paper)


8 October 1923 (1) Jane Fletcher of 98 Salvin Street, Croxdale Colliery, widow (2) George Fletcher of Croxdale Colliery and Joseph William Fletcher of 3 Upper Church Street, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, executors of Joseph Fletcher, dec'd. (3) Tudhoe Colliery Co-operative and Industrial Society, Ltd. Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, to (3) of a leasehold house, shop and land, at Sunderland Bridge, comprised in a lease dated 2 August 1875. Consideration: £190 Attached: notices of assignment, and related correspondence, 9 January 1906-23 October 1923
(1 file and 4 papers)


2 May 1896 (1) Samuel Troutbeck Ainsley (2) John Temple Copy reconveyance to (2), as endorsed on a mortgage deed dated 30 September 1893, of a messuage and shop at Sunderland Bridge.
(1 paper)


Notice to Sir John Lawson, and others, of the reconveyance, by Samuel Troutbeck Ainsley of the city of Durham, commercial traveller, to John Temple of Croxdale, merchant tailor, of leasehold premises at Sunderland Bridge, 12 May 1896.
(1 paper)


2 May 1896 (1) John Temple of Croxdale, merchant tailor (2) The City and County of Durham Permanent Benefit Building Society Copy mortgage for £300, and interest, of a leasehold messuage, shop, and land at Sunderland Bridge, for the residue of a term of 99 years.
(1 file)


Notice to Sir John Lawson and Edgar Meynell, lessors, of the mortgage, by John Temple to the City and County of Durham Permanent Benefit Building Society, of a house, shop, and land, at Sunderland Bridge, comprised in a lease of 9 May 1876, 12 May 1896.
(1 paper)


Letters from John Rogerson and Company Ltd., Wolsingham, and Messrs. Godden Holme & Ward, 34 Old Jewry, London, to C.H. Sample, 29 Grainger Street West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the assignment by the Rogerson trustees to the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company of 43 cottages at Croxdale, formerly leased from the Salvin estate, 20 May and 4 June 1925.
(2 papers)


3 September 1878 (1) Thomas John Armstrong of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, land agent for Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Wood House, esq. (2) Lt. Col. George Francis White, Chief Constable for County Durham Agreement for lease, on a yearly tenancy, to (2) of a cottage at Sunderland Bridge for use as a policeman's residence. Rent: 1s. p.a.
(1 paper)


24 March 1904 (1) Gerard Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) The School Board for the United District of Croxdale Draft lease for 74.5 years of a piece of ground near Sunderland Bridge for the erection of an infant school. Rent: £3 17s. 2d. p.a. Includes: plan of site
(1 file)


Correspondence between Croxdale School Board; Messrs. Crossman, Prichard and Company, Gray's Inn Road, London; J.M. Harrison-Vasey, surveyor, Sunderland; and C.H. Sample, Estate Office, Corbridge-on-Tyne; concerning land from the Croxdale estate to be leased to Croxdale United District School Board for a new infant school adjoining the existing schools, 14 December 1903-14 March 1904. Includes: sketch plan (8 papers) /2/70 4 November 1927 (1) William Huitson of Front Street, Croxdale Colliery, joiner (2) The City and County of Durham Permanent Benefit Building Society Copy mortgage, by way of legal charge for £75 and interest, of freehold premises at Hett and leasehold premises near Sunderland Bridge. (1 file) Sunderland Bridge, Croxdale and Low Burn Hall coal royalties


[25 July] 1866 (1) Gerard Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq., and Marmaduke Charles Salvin of Burn Hall, esq. (2) The Weardale Iron Coal Company, Ltd Copy agreement for lease for 42 years to (2) of coal within the SunderlandBridge estate. Rent: £250 p.a. for the first 2 years, thereafter £700 p.a.
(1 file)


17 March 1876 (1) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Lease for 33 years to (3) of coal under 550a of the Sunderland Bridge estate. Rent: £700 p.a. Endorsed: surrender of lease, 20 September 1881; and plan of property
(Parchment, 11 membranes)


20 September 1881 (1) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Henry Charles Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Wood House, esq. (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Ltd. Agreement for lease for 40 years to (3) of coal under the Sunderland Bridge and Low Burn Hall estates, and under part of the Croxdale estate. Rent: £1100 p.a. Includes: plan of coal royalties Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 file)


20 September 1881 (1) Sir John Lawson and Henry Charles Silvertop (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Ltd Agreement for the right of (3) to dig clay, and to discharge water into the Nicky Nack Beck.
(1 paper)


13 March 1889 (1) Sir John Lawson and Edgar Meynell, the younger (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Lease for 40 years to (3) of coal under the Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall, and Croxdale estates. Rent: £1100 p.a. Includes: plan of coal royalties, and covering letter
(Parchment, 1 file, and 1 paper)


16 September 1897 (1) Sir John Lawson and Edgar Meynell the younger (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Lease for 40 years to (3) of coal under the Croxdale estate in the townships of Sunderland Bridge, and Elvet, in the parish of St. Oswald, [Durham]. Rent: £700 p.a. Includes: plan of Croxdale royalty, and Dean & Chapter royalties
(Parchment, 1 file)


2 October 1900 (1) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. (in liquidation) (2) William Barclay Peat of 3, Lothbury, city of London, liquidator (3) Edgar Meynell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, barrister at law, and Charles Edward Crosse Prichard of 16 Theobalds Road, Gray's Inn, London, esq. (4) The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor Deed of release to (4), and covenant, relating to leasehold premises at Nicky Nack Beck and Sunderland Bridge, comprised in an agreement of 20 September 1881.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


2 October 1900 (1) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. (in liquidation) (2) William Barclay Peat, liquidator (3) Edgar Meynell and Charles Edward Crosse Prichard (4) The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Ltd. Deed of release to (4), and covenant, relating to leasehold premises at Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall and Low Haugh, comprised in a lease of 13 March 1889.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


2 October 1900 (1) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. (in liquidation) (2) William Barclay Peat, liquidator (3) Edgar Meynell and Charles Edward Crosse Prichard (4) The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Ltd. Deed of release to (4), and covenant, relating to leasehold premises at Croxdale, comprised in a lease of 16 September 1897.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


14 December 1923 (1) Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall (2) Bell Brothers, Ltd., of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire (in liquidation), Licence for (2) to assign and sub-demise to Dorman Long & Company Ltd., of Zetland Road, Middlesbrough, coal in the Hutton and Busty seams, in part of the land under the Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall, and Croxdale estates, for the residue of the term comprised in an indenture of 13 June 1919.
(1 paper)


3 December 1896 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq. (3) Sir John Lawson of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, bart., and Edgar Meynell, the younger, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Memorandum of agreement as to the boundaries of mines belonging to (1), lying under part of the Croxdale estate. Includes: plan of coal royalties under part of the Croxdale estate Scale 1:2500
(1 file)


Letters from G. B. & T. E. Forster, 5 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to C. H. Sample, Matfen, Corbridge, Northumberland, concerning application, by the lessees of the Croxdale and Sunderland Bridge royalties, for a reduction in outstroke rents on coal to be worked from two Dean & Chapter plots, 11 February-5 March 1903
(4 papers)


Correspondence between Messrs. G. B. and T. E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; C. H. Sample esq.; the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company Limited, Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor; and G. Salvin, Croxdale Hall; concerning the reduction of rent payable on the Croxdale royalty by the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, 27 July 1903-13 July 1904.
(14 papers)


Report of underground examination by Messrs. G. B. & T. E. Forster, Newcastle, and associated correspondence concerning the rearrangement of rents payable on the Sunderland Bridge and Croxdale royalties, 7 November 1905-3 February 1906. Includes: plan of coal royalties
(1 file and 13 papers)


Correspondence between Messrs. Forster, Sample, and Salvin, for permission to work out a portion of a barrier in the Hutton Seam in the Sunderland Bridge royalty, 14-19 February 1906. Includes: plan
(3 papers; 1 plan, 46cm. x 44cm.)


Correspondence concerning the application of the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company, Ltd., to lay water pipes to Tudhoe Iron Works over Mr. Salvin's land at Sunderland Bridge, 13-25 July 1906. Includes: plan
(3 papers; 1 plan, 44cm. x 28cm., duplicated)


Correspondence concerning application of the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company, Ltd. to erect a line of poles to carry electric cable between Tudhoe and Croxdale Collieries, 13-20 December 1909. Includes: plan
(3 papers; 1 plan, 28cm. x 17cm.)


Correspondence between Messrs. Forster, Salvin, and Sample, concerning permission for the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company to sub-let a portion of the Croxdale royalty, 13 July 1915-17 April 1916.
(17 papers)


Summary of the terms of the new lease, from 1 June 1916, of the Croxdale royalties, 9 March 1918.
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Messrs. Forster, Salvin, and Sample, concerning the application of the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company to be relieved from an obligation to work coal under a licence granted in 1919, 2-12 February 1932.
(3 papers)


Copy agreement for a lease for a year, from H. T. T. Salvin, to the Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Limited, of Sunderland Bridge Freestone Quarry at a rent of £20 p.a., 21 October 1872.
(1 paper)


20 September 1881 (1) Sir John Lawson and Henry Charles Silvertop (2) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Counterpart lease, for 40 years, to (3) of Sunderland Bridge Freestone Quarry. Rent: £20 p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


2 October 1900 (1) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. (in liquidation) (2) William Barclay Peat (liquidator) (3) Edgar Meynell and Charles Edward Crosse Prichard (4) The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Ltd. Deed of release to (4), and covenant, relating to leasehold premises at Sunderland Bridge Freestone Quarry, comprised in a lease of 20 September 1881.
(1 parchment, 1 membrane)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/94-96)

Burn Hall Estate

See also D/X See 1207/2/73, 75, 78, 80


29 October 1873 (1) M. C. Salvin of Burn Hall, esq. (2) The Weardale Coal and Iron Company, Limited Copy agreement for lease, for 42 years, to (2) of coal below the Hutton Seam under the Burn Hall and Farewell Hall estates (465a) in the township of Elvet. Rent: £930 p.a. Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


3 November 1873 (1) Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin of Croxdale, esq. (2) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Agreement for lease, for 42 years, to (2) of coal below the Hutton Seam under 190a land at Low Burn Hall in the parish of Elvet. Rent: £400 p.a.
(1 file)


Letter from Messrs. Wilson and Co., of North Bailey, Durham, solicitors, to W. Fleming, Estates Office, Tudhoe, enclosing Coal Commission plan showing Burn Hall Estate royalty and Col. Salvin's royalty, 24 March 1939. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/2/76
(2 papers)

Butterwick and Fishburn estate (Ref: D/X 1207/2/97-100)

Agreement between William Thomas Salvin, Thomas Linwood Strong, Leonard Raisbeck, Farrow Chilton, and Thomas Peacock, for the drainage and repair of a private carriage road from Fishburn to Butterwick Moor, running eastwards from the Horse Shoe Inn [boundaries specified], and for gates to be fixed at each end, allowing free passage for persons on foot or horseback, but restricting passage by carriage to the parties named, 21 March 1834.
(1 paper)


7 June 1913 (1) Gerard Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) Henry Stobart and Company, Ltd., Etherley, Bishop Auckland Counterpart lease for 42 years to (2) of coal under land at Fishburn. Rent: £100 p.a. Includes: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 file)


10 October 1930 (1) Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, Lt. Col. in H. M. Army (2) Henry Stobart and Company, Ltd., 20/26 Northgate, Darlington Deed of modification to lease of 7 June 1913, extending the term from 42 to 72 years.
(1 paper)


Extract from conveyance by G. T. Salvin to Messrs. H. Stobart & Co., Ltd. of coal under the Fishburn Estates, 11 November 1911.
(1 file)

Butterwick (Ref: D/X 1207/2/101-105)

20 May 1920 (1) Gerard Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) Henry Stobart and Company, Ltd. Counterpart lease for 42 years to (2) of coal under land at Butterwick in the parish of Sedgefield. Rent: £150 p.a. for the first 2 years, and £200 p.a. thereafter Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


Notice of surrender by Messrs. H. Stobart & Company of the Butterwick royalty lease, and correspondence relating to same, 18-29 December 1928.
(10 papers)


14 March 1932 (1) Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, Lt. Col. in H. M. Army (2) Henry Stobart and Company Ltd. Counterpart agreement for lease for 50 years to (2) of coal under land at Butterwick in the parish of Sedgefield. Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


Correspondence between Messrs. G. B. & T. E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; G. Salvin, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Messrs. Crossman, Prichard and Company, Gray's Inn, London; and C. H. Sample, Matfen, Corbridge-on-Tyne, Northumberland, concerning the lease of Fishburn and Butterwick coal royalties, 4 June 1907-3 February 1912. Includes: plan of Fishburn royalty
(46 Papers)


Correspondence between Messrs. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; G. Salvin, Bournemouth, Hampshire; C. H. Sample, Matfen, Corbridge-on-Tyne, Northumberland; and Crossman, Block and Company, Gray's Inn, London; concerning the application of Messrs. H. Stobart and Company to lease the Butterwick royalty, 22 August-11 September 1917; 5 July-6 September 1918.
(13 papers)

Tudhoe Estate (Ref: D/X 1207/2/106)

1883 (1) Marmaduke Charles Salvin and Bryan John Francis Salvin (2) Marmaduke Charles Salvin (3) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, Ltd. Copy draft demise to (3) of outstroke powers, and other powers, relating to coal under land at Tudhoe, comprised in a lease of 21 October 1853.
(1 file)

Cornsay (Ref: D/X 1207/2/107)

Outlines of conditions of letting Cornsay Grange Farm, May 1894. Originally enclosed in D/X 1207/2/12
(1 paper)

ACCOUNTS (Ref: D/X 1207/2/108-121)

Half yearly, and annual accounts, of the Croxdale estate of Capt. Gerard M. Salvin, half year ending 31 December 1947 - year ending 31 December 1955.
(14 files)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/122-125)

CORRESPONDENCE

Croxdale Hall and Croxdale Estate


Correspondence file, marked 'Croxdale Hall No. 1', containing correspondence of the trustees of the Croxdale Settled Estates with Durham County Council, and legal representatives, concerning the lease of Croxdale Hall as an auxiliary emergency hospital and latterly a maternity hospital, 4 March 1943-8 July 1946.
(1 file)


Correspondence file, marked 'Croxdale Hall No. 2', containing correspondence of the trustees of the Croxdale Settled Estates with Durham County Council; Newcastle Regional Hospital Board; the Ministry of Health; Captain G. M. Salvin; and others; concerning the lease of Croxdale Hall as a maternity hospital, 12 July 1946-13 May 1957.
(1 file)


Correspondence file, marked 'Croxdale Estate' (excluding Croxdale Hall) containing correspondence between the solicitors for the trustee of the Croxdale Settled Estates, the estate agent, and G. M. Salvin, concerning estate management, 17 August 1955-2 April 1957
(1 file)


Correspondence file, marked 'Croxdale Estate' (excluding Croxdale Hall) containing correspondence between [Roberts]; F. H. Burbury, Eldon Estate Office, Eldon, Bishop Auckland; Messrs. Darling, Heslop & Forster, Martins Bank Chambers, High Row, Darlington, solicitors; concerning estate business and the change of solicitors acting for Captain Salvin, 4-10 July 1957
(1 file)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/126-127)

TITHES

Croxdale estate


Letter from Joseph Hutchinson, The College, Durham, to Messrs. T. & R. Armstrong, 14 Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the proposed surrender by the vicar of Croxdale of a portion of the tithe rent charge on the Croxdale estate, in exchange for the school house and land at Sunderland Bridge belonging to Mr. Salvin, 11 September 1879 Includes: plan of land for exchange Scale: 1:2500 approx.
(1 paper; 1 plan, 29cm. x 26cm., waxed linen)


Correspondence between C. H. Sample, 29 Grainger Street West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, land agent, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, London, concerning the redemption of tithe rent charges on land at Sunderland Bridge and Elvet, 25 December 1920-24 January 1922
(19 papers)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/128-151)

FAMILY WILLS AND SETTLEMENTS

SALVIN FAMILY AND THE CROXDALE SETTLED ESTATE


Copy probate and will, dated 11 February 1920, of Gerard Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, devising estate at Croxdale and elsewhere, to his brother Herman Charles Joseph Salvin, subject to the trusts of settlements dated 1899 and 1904, with remainders to his sisters as specified, 13 December 1921.
(1 file)


Valuation of the Croxdale estate of Gerard Thornton Salvin, dec'd., 30 September 1921
(1 file)


Copy probate and will, dated 26 February 1941, of Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, Lt. Colonel in H.M. Army (retired), devising residuary estate to his executors and trustees, Maurice Lennox Roberts, brother-in-law, and George Clarkson Willoughby, solicitor, upon trust for his nephew, Gerard Maurice Salvin, when he should attain the age of 25, and desiring, but not requiring, that the latter should take the name and arms of Salvin, 2 October 1943.
(1 file and 1 paper)


Copy valuation for probate, of the personal estate of H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., 21 May 1943
(1 paper)


Valuation for probate, of timber on the Croxdale estate, owned by the late Col. H.C.J. Salvin, 21 May 1943
(1 file)


Valuation for probate, of agricultural land on the Croxdale Hall estate, owned by the late Col. H.C.J. Salvin, n.d. [1943]
(1 paper)


Affidavit of estate duty payable on the estate of Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, lieutenant colonel (retired) in H.M. Army, widower, dec'd., and Inland Revenue residuary account of his personal estate, 7 September 1943 and 8 January 1947
(2 files)


Estate account of the executors of Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., for year ending 20 February 1944.
(1 paper)


Summary of receipts and payments relating to the administration by the executors of the estate of Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., 21 August 1948
(1 file)


Draft Inland Revenue account of timber chargeable with estate duty, on the death of H.C.J. Salvin, late of Croxdale Hall, 17 March 1956
(1 file)


Inventory, and valuation, of household furniture and effects of Mrs. A.M. Salvin, dec'd., 19 April 1944
(2 files)


Sale catalogue of furniture and effects removed from Croxdale Hall by order of the representatives of the late Mrs. A.M. Salvin, and accompanying auction sale account, 21 September and 30 November 1944
(1 booklet, printed, and 2 files)


25 October 1904 (1) Gerard Thornton Salvin of Croxdale Hall, esq. (2) Agnes Jane Salvin of Croxdale Hall, widow (3) Heather Mary Lyons, wife of Guy Carey Lyons of Derwent Place, New Norfolk, Tasmania (4) Frances Margeria Clare Salvin of Croxdale Hall, spinster (5) Agnes Mary Monica Haweis Salvin of Croxdale Hall, spinster (6) Ivy Winifred Isabel Mary Salvin of Croxdale Hall, spinster Copy grant by (1) to (3), (4), (5) and (6) of rent charges of £25 p.a., charged on the Croxdale estate, payable from the death of (2)
(1 file)


Correspondence between Messrs. Crossman, Block and Company, Gray's Inn, London, solicitors, and C.H. Sample and Son, 26 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the Croxdale Estate vesting deed, 29 December 1931-3 March 1932
(11 papers)


Copy vesting assent, in the matter of the Croxdale estate, settled by deed dated 16 September 1899, declaring the settled estates to be vested in Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby, trustees, 5 April 1944.
(1 file)


Instructions for counsel, regarding the Croxdale Settled Estate of Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., and release of the same from all restrictions, prior to the vesting of the property in G. M. Roberts, 8 February 1947
(1 file)


Copy opinion of Mr. Tatham, Lincoln's Inn, London, regarding rent charges on the Croxdale Settled Estate of Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., 26 March 1947
(1 file)


Copy draft deed of directions from Captain Gerard Maurice Salvin to the trustees of the will of H.C.J. Salvin, dec'd., putting an end to the trust for sale in the will, 30 December 1947
(1 file)


31 December 1947 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby (2) Gerard Maurice Salvin Copy draft principal vesting deed conveying the Croxdale estate to (2)
(1 file)


24 March 1950 (1) Heather Mary Lyons of Tatana, Tasmania, widow (2) Monica Mary Agnes Haweis Roberts of Hollingside, wife of Maurice Lennox Roberts (3) Gerard Maurice Salvin of Hollingside, Captain in H.M. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (4) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, esq., and George Clarkson Willoughby of 16 Theobalds Road, Gray's Inn, London, solicitor Copy draft deed releasing the Croxdale estate from two rent charges payable to (1) and (2) Consideration: £250 each to (1) and (2)
(1 file)


25 March 1950 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby (2) Gerard Maurice Salvin Copy draft deed in the matter of the Croxdale estate, settled by deed dated 16 September 1899, declaring the estate to be discharged from the trusts of the settlement
(1 file)


Capital and income accounts of the trustees of the Salvin settlement, in account with the beneficiary, 9 April 1950
(1 file)


Correspondence file, marked 'Captain G.M. Salvin' containing correspondence of B. S. Roberts, the surviving trustee of the Croxdale Settled Estates, with his nephew Gerard Maurice Salvin, concerning personal affairs, including drafting of a new will on G.M. Salvin's marriage to Rosemary P.R. Green, and the vesting of the Hollingside estate in G.M. Salvin, 19 August 1954-9 July 1957
(1 file)

ROBERTS FAMILY AND THE HOLLINGSIDE ESTATE (Ref: D/X 1207/2/152-159)

Copy will of Captain Henry William Roberts of Hollingside, near the city of Durham, captain, late 98th Regiment, devising Hollingside House and estate to his wife, Annie Chipchase Roberts, with remainder to his sons Maurice Lennox Roberts and Bertram Sautelle Roberts for life, and other remainders as specified, 18 July 1916
(1 file)


27 August 1938 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts (2) Bertram Sautelle Roberts Copy appointment of (2) in place of Annie Chipchase Roberts, dec'd., as trustee of the will of Henry William Roberts, dec'd.
(1 file)


Copy will of Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, near the city of Durham, esq., devising all estate to his wife Monica M. A. H. Roberts, 11 January 1927
(1 file)


29 August 1938 (1) Maurice Lennox Roberts of Hollingside, near the city of Durham, esq., and Bertram Sautelle Roberts of 5 North Bailey, city of Durham, solicitor, trustees (2) Maurice Lennox Roberts Copy vesting deed of Hollingside House and the Hollingside Estate to (2) upon the trusts of the will of Henry William Roberts, dec'd.
(1 file)


14 July 1949 (1) Bertram Sautelle Roberts of 5 North Bailey, city of Durham, solicitor (2) Gerard Maurice Salvin of Hollingside, captain in H.M. 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Draft release to (2) of (1)'s life interest in the Hollingside Estate
(1 file)


3 September 1955 (1) Monica Mary Agnes Haweis Roberts of Hollingside, widow (2) Gerard Maurice Salvin of Hollingside, captain in H.M. 4th/7th Regiment of Royal Dragoon Guards Draft assent vesting the Hollingside Estate in (2)
(1 file)


5 September 1955 (1) Bertram Sautelle Roberts (2) Gerard Maurice Salvin Draft deed declaring the Hollingside Estate to be discharged from the trusts of the settlement in Capt. Henry William Roberts' will
(1 file)


Memorandum of a gift of furniture by Mrs. M. M. A. H. Roberts to her son, G. M. Salvin, 30 December 1954
(1 paper)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/160-170)

LEGAL

VAVASOUR V. ROBERTS

Sir Leonard Pius Vavasour, bart., Bernard Joseph Vavasour, Geoffrey William Vavasour, Mrs Elizabeth Mary Bird, and Mrs Josephine Mary Hetherington, plaintiffs, v. Maurice Lennox Roberts and George Clarkson Willoughby, defendants, in the High Court of Justice, Chancery division.
This case was brought against the defendants, as executors of Col. H. C. J. Salvin, dec'd., for their refusal to recognise the claim of the plaintiffs to the personal chattels in Croxdale Hall of Mrs A. Salvin, who died intestate in 1941


Writ, issued to M. L. Roberts and G. C. Willoughby, in Vavasour v. Roberts, 19 October 1943
(1 paper)


Notice of motion restraining the defendants from selling the chattels [of the late Mrs Annette Mary Salvin], 12 November 1943
(1 paper)


Copy affidavit of Bernard Joseph Vavasour, filed on behalf of the plaintiffs, 15 November 1943
(1 paper)


Copy affidavit of Caroline Healy, filed on behalf of the plaintiffs, 16 November 1943
(1 paper)


Copy affidavit of Sir Leonard Pius Vavasour, bart., and copy correspondence referred to in the same, 17 November 1943
(1 file and 1 paper)


Statement of claim, 4 January 1944
(1 paper)


Instructions to counsel to settle defence, January 1944
(1 file)


Copy exhibit referred to in affidavit of George Clarkson Willoughby, 1944
(1 paper)


Proposed terms of settlement, n.d. [1944]
(1 file)


Copy minutes of order to stay further proceedings, including schedule of terms to be enforced, n.d. [1944]
(1 file)


Copy draft order, 27 July 1945
(1 paper)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/2/171)

MAPS AND PLANS

BURN HALL ESTATE


Plan of Low Burn Hall estate, showing acreage and state of cultivation of individual fields, 30 January 1869 No scale [1:2500 approx.]
(1 plan, 43cm. x 73cm., waxed linen)

BUTTERWICK (Ref: D/X 1207/2/172)

Plan of Ten O' Clock Farm, Butterwick, 1857 No scale
(1 plan, 40cm. x 51cm., waxed linen)

CROXDALE ESTATE (Ref: D/X 1207/2/173-186)

Plan, and levels, of proposed tramway between Tudhoe and Croxdale Collieries, 15 January 1881 Scale: 1:2500 Endorsed: approval of lessors and lessees, 24 January 1881
(1 plan, 104cm. x 62cm., waxed paper)


Plan of the Croxdale estate showing boundaries of mining operations, 1857 Scale: 32 chains to 1 inch [1:25344]
(1 plan, 23cm. x 19cm., waxed linen)


Plan [of the Croxdale estate] referred to in the Croxdale agreement, April 1865 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 50cm. x 38cm., waxed linen)


Plan of High Butterby Farm, n.d. [c. 1850-1900] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 17cm. x 16cm., waxed linen)


Plan of proposed new school site, for Croxdale School Board, by Joseph Shields, architect, of Durham, 4 February 1879 Scale: 32ft. to 1 inch [1:384]
(1 plan, 37cm. x 52cm., waxed linen)


Plan of building sites near Sunderland Bridge village, purchased by William Johnson of Tudhoe Colliery, from H. T. T. Salvin esq., of Croxdale, n.d. [1875] Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, 30cm. x 39cm., waxed linen)


Plan of 2833 sq. yds. of land at [Sunderland Bridge] adjoining North Eastern Railway, n.d. [1875] Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 plan, 32cm. x 24cm., waxed linen)


Plan referred to in lease of Mr. Rogerson's building sites [at Croxdale], n.d. [1876] Scale: 64ft. to 1 inch [1:768]
(1 plan, 41cm. x 22cm., waxed linen)


Plan of houses at Croxdale, showing copy of plan on lease, and plan of houses as built, by Alfred S. Dinning of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, land and mine surveyor, n.d. [c1876] Scales: 128 ft. to 1 inch [1:1536] and 80 ft. to 1 inch [1:960]
(1 plan, 54cm. x 57cm., waxed paper)


Ground plan, chamber plan, elevation, and section, of houses proposed to be erected at Sunderland Bridge by Mr. Rogerson, n.d. [c.1876] Scale: 8ft. to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 43cm. x 43cm., waxed linen)


Plan of building sites [at Croxdale] proposed to be taken by the Weardale Iron and Coal Company Ltd., n.d. [late 19thc] Scale: 32ft. to 1 inch [1:384]
(1 plan, 93cm. x 38cm., waxed paper)


Plan, and section, of proposed tramway between Tudhoe and Croxdale Collieries, by William Johnson, 2 February 1881 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 94cm. x 67cm., waxed linen)


Copy plan of Croxdale royalty by Alfred S. Dinning, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, land and mine surveyor, December 1896 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560] Includes: notes of areas marked for surface operations, first workings, and minerals reserved
(1 plan, 48cm. x 42cm., duplicated)


Longitudinal section of the River Wear near Butterby Haugh on the Croxdale estate, 10 January 1882 Horizontal scale: 20ft. to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 91cm. x 47cm., waxed linen)

MISCELLLANEOUS (Ref: D/X 1207/2/187)

Copy byelaws, made under Section 8(1)(d) of the Local Government Act, 1894, by the Parish Council of Sunderland Bridge, with respect to the village green, 9 February 1949
(1 paper, printed)

Records of the JOLLIFFE family, Barons Hylton (Ref: D/X 1207/3) (Ref: D/X 1207/3/1-7)

JOLLIFFE FAMILY, BARONS HYLTON

Additional to D/X 1181

TITLE DEEDS AND FAMILY SETTLEMLENTS

DURHAM

Chester Deanery Estate


26 June 1754 (1) Sir Richard Hylton of Hylton Castle, bart., and Dame Eleanor, his wife (daughter and coheir of John Hedworth, late of Chester Deanery) (2) Benjamin Hodgkin of Sunderland near the Sea, gent. Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of a moiety of Dame Eleanor's share of the manor of Chester-le-Street, now called the manor of Chester Deanery
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


19 & 20 May 1802 (1) Eleanor Jolliffe of Hayton Castle, Cumberland (widow of William Jolliffe, late of Merstham, Surrey, esq.) (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, Lt. Colonel in H.M. 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards (eldest son of William Jolliffe, deceased) Lease and release to (2) of (1)'s life interest in a moiety of the manor of Chester, otherwise called the manor of Chester Deanery, in the parish of Chester-le-Street. Consideration: £600 p.a. jointure secured to (1) from the estate of William Jolliffe, dec'd.
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


6 February 1825 (1) Rev. William Bassett of Brandon, Suffolk, clerk; Gerard Blisson Wharton of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent.; Sir Ralph Noel, late of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, now of Hampstead, Middlesex, bart.; Thomas Robert Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq.; and Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Matthew Ford of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent. Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of the manor of Chester, otherwise Chester Deanery; a capital messuage called Chester Deanery; Garden House Farm; and land [as specified], in Chester-le-Street, Ouston, Pelaw, Pelton, Harraton, Birtley, Rickleton, Waldridge, Hutton Henry, West Marten, Medomsley and Edmondsley
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


7 February 1825 (1) Sir Ralph Noel, late of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, now of Hampstead, Middlesex, bart. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. Covenant by (1) for the production of deeds to the manor of Chester-le-Street, and hereditaments in the parish of Chester-le-Street, or elsewhere in county Durham Includes: schedule of deeds, from 25 and 26 January 1751/2 to 2 December 1817
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


Attested copy of deed poll, indorsed on the deed of partition, whereby the Rt. Hon. Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron; Stephen Lushington; Sir Francis Hastings Doyle; Hylton Jolliffe; and Matthew Ford, agree that Matthew Ford may stand seized of tithes in the parish of Chester-le-Street to the uses declared in indentures of 12 and 13 March 1818, 12 June 1833.
(1 file)


(1) Rt. Rev. Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of 18 Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 21 years to (2) of 2 parcels of ground called the Ewers, and Low Flowers (8a.32p), part of the demesne lands of Chester-le-Street, formerly in the occupation of William Morley of Chester, then of Ralph Hedworth esq., dec'd., then of John Hedworth, dec'd., then of Sir Ralph Milbanke, and Sir Richard Hilton barts., dec'd., and late of Hylton Jolliffe. Rent: 13s p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/8-11)

CUMBERLAND

Marriage settlement of Sir Richard Hylton and Eleanor Hedworth


10 & 11 November 1746 (1) Sir Richard Hylton of Hylton Castle, bart., lately called Sir Richard Musgrave of Hayton Castle, Cumberland, bart., eldest son and heir of Sir Richard Musgrave of the same place, dec'd. (2) Dame Ann Musgrave, widow of Sir Richard Musgrave, dec'd., and mother of (1) (3) John Hedworth of Chester Deanery, esq., and Eleanor Hedworth, spinster, only child of John Hedworth by Susannah Sophia, his first wife (4) Robert Holme of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent. (5) Ralph Milbank of Halnaby, Yorkshire, esq., and Hylton Lawson of Chirton, Northumberland, esq. Marriage settlement on the intended marriage between Sir Richard Hylton and Eleanor Hedworth, being a lease and release by (1) to (4) of the castle, and manors of Hayton, Newton, Gatesgill and Raughton in the Holme, Cumberland, formerly belonging to the late dissolved monastery of Holme Cultrum, in trust for (1) for life, and after his decease to pay Eleanor Hedworth a jointure of £200 p.a. for life, in tail male, subject to annuities of £200 to (2) for life, £20 to William James Musgrave, and payment of the portions of the sister and younger brothers of (1); release by (1) and (2) to (5) in trust for (1) of leasehold estate in Hayton, Aspatrick, Oughterside and Mealo, Cumberland; covenant by John Hedworth to pay £200 p.a. to (1) during the joint lives of (1) and (3); and assignment, in trust, of Eleanor Hedworth's £8000 portion charged on John Hedworth's estate after his decease.
(Parchment, 9 membranes)


25 February 1776 (1) Monkhouse Davison of Fenchurch Street, London, grocer (surviving partner of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, alderman, of London, dec'd.); David Buffar of Cheapside, London, woollen draper; and Charles Maddocks Hardey of Rickmondsworth, Hertfordshire, esq., executors of the will of Andrew Regnier the elder of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, dec'd.; and John Regnier of Richmond, Surrey, esq., executor of the will of Andrew Regnier, the younger, of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, dec'd.; Robert Carr of the city of Bath, Somerset; Samuel Ibbotson of Cobham, Surrey; and Thomas Biggs of Benton near Newcaste-upon-Tyne, surviving partners of John Ibbotson of Ludgate Hill, London, dec'd. (2) Rev. Lewis Powell of Chilcompton, Somerset, clerk (3) William Jolliffe of Petersfield House, Hampshire Assignment by (1) to (2), to the use of (3), of debts totalling £382 15s.11d. and interest, to be recovered from the estate of Sir Richard Hylton, dec'd.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Order for the payment of costs of £2355 18s.7d., from the estate of Sir Richard Hylton, dec'd., to the petitioner in Dennison v. Milbanke, 24 July 1783
(1 paper)

Property at Kelswick Moss conveyed to Hylton Jolliffe's trustee (Ref: D/X 1207/3/12)

List of documents, from 1831 to 1877, relating to hereditaments at Kelswick Moss in the parish of Bromfield, Cumberland, which were conveyed by Rev. George Watson to the trustee of the will of Hylton Jolliffe, esq., and his mortgagees, 31 December 1877
(1 paper)

KENT (Ref: D/X 1207/3/13)

Draft grant by the Rt. Hon. Dudley Francis, Earl of Guilford, to the Hon. William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe, M.P., and others, of a £550 rent charge, charged on estate in Kent, upon the trusts of a deed of even date, concerning the intended marriage of Morton W. North and Hylda Hylton Jolliffe, 1879
(1 file)

SUSSEX (Ref: D/X 1207/3/14-15)

Abstract of title, from 13 January 1617 to 19 and 20 July 1750, of Mr. John Jolliffe to land at Northstoke, Sussex, purchased from Ann Humble, 2 April 1752
(1 file)


Abstract of Mr. Jolliffe's title, from 30 May 1634 to 17 September 1746, to lands in Northstoke, Sussex, of which he is lord of the manor, 18 April 1752
(1 file)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/16)

WORCESTERSHIRE

Humphrey Lowe of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, married Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin Jolliffe of Cofton Hall, near Bromsgove, Worcestershire


Copy release by John Jolliffe of Inner Temple [Middlesex]; Robert Biddulph of Ledbury [Worcestershire]; and John Danet of the Brine Pits, Dodderhill [Worcestershire]; to Thomas Jolliffe of Cofton Hacket [Worcestershire], trustees for sale, of the estate of Humphry Lowe of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, dec'd., in the parishes of Bromsgrove, Upton Warren and Dodderhill, Worcestershire [as specified], 4 July 1738
(1 paper)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/17)

MULTIPLE ESTATES : CUMBERLAND, DERBYSHIRE, DURHAM, HAMPSHIRE, SURREY AND SUSSEX

Marriage settlement of William Jolliffe and Eleanor Hylton


Heads of settlement between William Jolliffe, esq., and Eleanor Hylton, relating to estates in Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Derbyshire, Hedworth, Durham, and Hayton, Cumberland, n.d. [1769] Endorsed: 'not a correct abstract so far as relates to the Hayton estate'
(1 paper)

Marriage settlement of Hugh Trevor and Mary Jolliffe (Ref: D/X 1207/3/18-19)

Copy marriage settlement between Hugh Trevor of Lyme Regis, Dorset, esq., and Mary Jolliffe, daughter of William Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, 22 July 1797
(1 file)


Draft abstract of a release, of 20 January 1824, of Mr. Jolliffe's Cumberland and Durham estates by Hugh Trevor, esq., in respect of £6250, his late wife Mary Trevor's portion charged thereon, July 1826
(1 file)

Marriage settlement of Gilbert East and Eleanor Mary Jolliffe (Ref: D/X 1207/3/20)

Copy draft appointment by Gilbert East, esq., and Eleanor Mary, his wife, of Richard William Missing and Justinian Casamajor, junior, esqs., to be trustees of their marriage settlement, in place of John Joseph Powell and John Missing, esqs., dec'd., 1810
(1 file)

Marriage settlement of William Philip, Earl of Sefton, and Cecil Emily Jolliffe (Ref: D/X 1207/3/21-28)

Draft proposals for the settlement of the fortune of Cecil Emily Jolliffe, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, on her intended marriage with the Earl of Sefton, n.d. [1866]
(1 file)


Suggested outline of a proposed settlement on the intended marriage of the Earl of Sefton with Cecil Emily Jolliffe, May 1866
(1 file)


Draft settlement of freehold estates in the County Palatine of Lancaster on the intended marriage of the Rt. Hon. William Philip, Earl of Sefton, and Cecil Emily Jolliffe, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham House, Surrey, 17 July 1866
(1 file)


Abstract of title, from 1834 to 1866, of the Rt. Hon. William Philip, Earl of Sefton, to the estates comprised in the settlement made on the marriage of the late Charles William, Earl of Sefton, 1866
(1 file)


Supplemental abstract of title, from 1843 to 1866, of the Earl of Sefton to estates, late of copyhold tenure, in West Derby, Lancashire, 1866
(1 file)


Abstract of releases of certain portions, amounting to £10,000 and £40,000, secured on the settled estates of the Earl of Sefton, in favour of the daughters and younger sons of the late William Philip, Earl of Sefton, 1866
(1 file)


Abstract of releases, from the younger children of the late Charles William, Earl of Sefton, of their portions, charged on the settled and devised estates, 1866
(1 file)


Schedule of settled estates belonging to the Earl of Sefton, 1866
(1 file)

 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/29)

FAMILY SETTLEMENTS OF THE DURHAM ESTATE

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF JOHN HEDWORTH AND SUSANNAH SOPHIA PELSANT


28 August 1714 (1) John Hedworth of Chester-le-Street, esq. (2) William Pelsant, late of Rotterdam, Holland, now of London, merchant, and Susannah Sophia Pelsant, spinster, only daughter of William Pelsant (3) Robert Foster late of Rotterdam, Holland, now of London, merchant, and Sir William Williamson of Monkwearmouth, bart. (4) John Vandewall of London, merchant; William Lambton of Lambton, esq.; Ralph Lambton of the same place, esq.; and Richard Hedworth of Chester-le-Street, gent. Marriage settlement, on the intended marriage of John Hedworth and Susannah Sophia Pelsant Release of lease and release, by (1) to William Pelsant and Robert Foster, of Chester Deanery and the manor or deanery of Chester-le-Street, in Chester-le-Street, Ouston, Pelaw, Pelton, Harraton and Rickleton, in the parish of Chester-le-Street, as specified; except tithes, coal and lead mines, reserved to (1), in trust for (1) for life, and after the decease of (1), to pay £600 p.a. to Susannah Sophia Pelsant for life; then to Sir William Williamson and John Vandewall for 500 years in trust to pay £100 p.a. to the eldest son of (1) for his maintenance and education to the age of twenty one, or any sum not exceeding £150 p.a. appointed by (1), and to raise £8,000 for the portions of the younger children of the marriage; then to the use of the heirs male; and in default of such issue, to William Lambton and Ralph Lambton for 1,000 years in trust to raise £8,000 for the portions of the daughters of the marriage and annuities, as specified, for their maintenance and education; then to the use of Richard Hedworth, brother of (1), and his heirs, subject to the incumbrances charged on the estate by Ralph Hedworth, father of (1), by will dated 11 January 1704, as specified Consideration: £5,000 to (1) For transcript SEE D/X 1820/1
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MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF SIR RICHARD HYLTON AND ELEANOR HEDWORTH (Ref: D/X 1207/3/30)

27 June 1754 (1) Sir Richard Hylton of Hylton Castle, bart.; and Dame Eleanor his wife, daughter of John Hedworth of Chester Deanery, dec'd (2) Benjamin Hodgkin of Sunderland, gent. (3) Hylton Lawson of Chirton, Northumberland, esq. (4) Sir Ralph Milbank of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. Deed to lead the uses of a recovery of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, by (3), demandant, from (2), tenant, to the use of (1), vouchees
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MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF WILLIAM JOLLIFFE AND ELEANOR HYLTON (Ref: D/X 1207/3/31-37)

10 and 11 September 1773 (1) William Jolliffe of Petersfield House, Hampshire, esq., and Eleanor his wife [formerly Eleanor Hylton] (2) Robert Tinker of Chester-le-Street, merchant (3) William Hutchinson of city of Durham, gent. (4) Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Borden House, Hampshire, esq., and Henry Wilmot of Farnborough Place, Hampshire, esq. (5) Wellbore Ellis Agar of Somerset Street, Portman Square, Middlesex, esq., and Reginald Heber of Hodnett, Shropshire, clerk Settlement of Mrs. Jolliffe's estate in Durham to the uses of her marriage settlement, on her reaching the age of twenty one years. Lease and release, by (1) to (2), of a moiety of the manor and deanery of Chester-le-Street, as specified, to the intent that (2) may become a tenant of the freehold and, at the suit of (3), a common recovery be executed, to the uses of (1) for their separate lives, and of their trustees (4), and after the decease of the survivor, to (5) for 500 years, to the use of the heirs male of (1), and upon trust to raise £10,000 or £15,000 for the portions of the younger child or children of (1), and for default of issue, to such uses as Eleanor Jolliffe shall direct, and to the heirs of Eleanor Jolliffe forever
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24 March 1774 Robert Tinker, merchant, demandant William Hutchinson, gent., tenant William Jolliffe, esq., and Eleanor his wife, vouchees Exemplification of a common recovery by Robert Tinker, of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street
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11 November 1775 (1) William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, esq., and Eleanor his wife (late Eleanor Hylton, only surviving child of Sir Richard Hylton and Dame Eleanor his wife, and administratrix of Susanna Sophia Hylton, dec'd) (2) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. Deed of indemnity whereby £7,900, part of the settlement of Sir Richard Hylton and Dame Eleanor his wife, is vested in (2) in settlement of the debts of Sir Richard Hylton, dec'd.
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23 January 1778 (1) Winifred Lawson of Chirton, Northumberland, widow and sole executrix of Hylton Lawson dec'd (2) William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, esq., and Eleanor his wife, formerly Eleanor Hylton, heir of Sir Richard Hylton of Hylton Castle, dec'd (3) Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Hinton, Hampshire, esq. Mortgage, for the residue of a term of 1,000 years, by (1) to (3), of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, to secure £6,000 to discharge the debts of Sir Richard Hylton dec'd, who died intestate. Recites Sir Richard Hylton's settlement of 26 and 27 June 1754
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1 May 1783 (1) Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Hinton, Hampshire, esq. (2) William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, and Eleanor his wife (3) John Widdrington of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. Assignment by (1), at request of (2), to (3), of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, for the residue of a term of 1,000 years, to secure £4,800 and interest Consideration: £4,800 (3) to (1) £1,200 (2) to (1)
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27 May 1788 (1) William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, esq. (2) William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, and John Joseph Powell of Castle Street, parish of St. Andrew Holborn, Middlesex, esq. Assignment by (1) to (2) of a sum of £7,900, part of a sum of £8,000 vested in Eleanor Hylton, wife of (1), by will of her mother Dame Eleanor Hylton, dec'd, to secure £5,200 and interest
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Partition of the Durham Estate and Marriage Settlement of Hylton Jolliffe and Elizabeth Rose Shirley (Ref: D/X 1207/3/38-56)

7 June 1804 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq., Lieutenant Colonel and Captain in H.M. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (2) William Fenwick of city of Durham, gent. (3) John Martindale of Chester-le-Street, gent. Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, as specified, to make (2) a tenant to the precipe, to the intent that a common recovery may be executed at the suit of (3), to the use of (1) and his heirs forever
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4 and 5 September 1804 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq., late Lieutenant Colonel and Captain in H.M. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, eldest son of William Jolliffe, dec'd, by Eleanor Jolliffe, his widow (heiress of Sir Richard Hylton, dec'd) (2) Robert, Earl Ferrers, and Elizabeth Rose Shirley, spinster, his daughter, aged 20 years (3) Robert, Earl Ferrers, and Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq. Conveyance, on the intended marriage between Hylton Jolliffe and Elizabeth Rose Shirley, by lease and release from (1) to (3), of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, as specified, subject to a mortgage of £8,950 and interest to Edward Miller Mundy, and a term of 500 years, limited by settlement of 11 September 1773, upon trust to execute deeds confirming the partition of the said manor, and upon special trust for sale to discharge the debts charged on the Durham estates; and covenant to convey freehold and leasehold estates in Hampshire
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11 September 1804 John Martindale, gent., demandant William Fenwick, gent., tenant Hylton Jolliffe, esq., vouchee Exemplification of a common recovery by (1) of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street
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10 January 1809 (1) Edward Miller Mundy of Shipley, Derbyshire, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart.; William Mainwaring of Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq.; Richard Clark, esq., chamberlain of the city of London; Richard Frewin, esq., H.M. Commissioner of the Customs; and John Silvester, esq., recorder of the city of London Assignment from (1) to (2), trustees of the Equitable Assurance Company, of two sums of £5,900 and £6,000 and two terms of 1,000 years in a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street Consideration: £11,900
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10 January 1809 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart.; William Mainwaring of Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq.; Richard Clark, esq., chamberlain of the city of London; Richard Frewin, esq., H.M. Commissioner of Customs; and John Silvester, esq., recorder of the city of London Covenant by (1) to secure repayment of £11,900, advanced by (2) to Edward Miller Mundy, and interest, on 10 January 1810 Includes: rental of Jolliffe estates, Chester-le-Street
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10 January 1809 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart.; William Mainwaring of Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq.; Richard Clark, esq., chamberlain of the city of London; Richard Frewin, esq., H.M. Commissioner of Customs; and John Silvester, esq., recorder of the city of London (3) William Morgan, esq., actuary of the Equitable Assurance Office Appointment by (1) of (3) as receiver of the rents and profits of a moiety of the manor of Chester-le-Street Consideration: £11,900 Includes: rental of the estates of (1) at Chester-le-Street, for the half year due May 1807
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18 and 19 July 1809 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Robert, Earl Ferrers, and Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq. (3) Thomas Robert Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq. (4) Philip Augustus Hanrott of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex Appointment, by lease and release, of (3) as a new trustee under Hylton Jolliffe's marriage settlement of 5 September 1804, as to the Durham estate, in place of (2); and assignment by (2) and his co-trustee, Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, to (1) of security for £5,000, part of the money from the sale of Borough Farm, Hampshire; and release from (1) to his trustees of the trusts under the said marriage settlement concerning the property in Hampshire and the money arising from the sale thereof
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4 October 1809 (1) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, and of Seaham, bart. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq.; Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq.; and Thomas Robert Jolliffe of the same place, esq. Agreement as to the partition of the Durham estate; reciting that (1) is seized of a moiety of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, subject to payment of £2,950 secured to Edward Miller Mundy by mortgage, and £4,200, £600 and £2,000 also secured by mortgage; and that (2), before his marriage settlement, is seized of the other moiety, subject to a term of 500 years and trusts created by a settlement of 10 and 11 September 1773, and to payment of £8,950 secured to Edward Miller Mundy by mortgage; reciting the decree of the Court of Exchequer of 11 May 1801 for partition of the estate, wherein William and Eleanor Jolliffe and their son Hylton were plaintiffs, and Sir Ralph Milbanke and Messrs. Mundy, Agar and Heber were defendants; and reciting the commission of partition directed to John Buddle, jun., of Wallsend, Northumberland, colliery viewer; John Martindale of the Flatts, gent.; Arthur Mowbray, of city of Durham, esq.; and William Stobart of Fatfield, colliery viewer; whereby first all mines at present held in common to be divided in two parts; second wayleave rents granted by (1) and (2) to be divided in two parts; third the two coal staiths adjoining at Fatfield, bounded by the River Wear on the south, one used by (1) and the other by Thomas Wade as tenant of (1) and (2), being the two easternmost of the four staiths at Fatfield, to be allotted to (1), and the two westernmost staiths, one used by Sir John Eden, bart., and the other lately used by the owners of Twizell Colliery as tenants of (1) and (2), to be allotted to (2); fourth the commissioners to allow (2) compensation for the difference in value between the one of the two easternmost staiths used by (1), and the westernmost staith lately used by the owners of Twizell Colliery; fifth when any staiths are let (other than for the use of the collieries of (1) at Harraton Outside, and of (2) in Chester-le-Street), then yearly rents exceeding £100 for each staith to be divided in two parts; sixth the yearly rent of £150 paid by (1) to (2) for one of the two easternmost staiths to cease on the partition of the undivided estates; seventh the commissioners to allot to (1) all messuages and land at Fatfield as specified, and to allot to (2) the other messuages and land at Fatfield excepted, as specified; and eighth the commissioners to allot to (2) such part of the messuages and lands, whereof (1) and (2) were tenants in common, not at Fatfield, in compensation for the difference in value of the hereditaments at Fatfield
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6 February 1825 (1) Sir Ralph Noel, late of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, now of Hampstead, Middlesex, bart.; and Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Matthew Ford of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent. Lease for a year of three and a half cavils of land, part of the twelve cavils of land in Chester-le-Street, as specified For release see D/X 1181/1
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8 February 1825 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart.; and Richard Clark, chamberlain of the city of London Mortgage, for 1,000 years, to (2), by release (of lease and release), of a moiety of the manor of Chester-le-Street, to secure £11,900 and interest, pursuant to the trust of the marriage settlement of (1) Endorsed: transfers of mortgage dated 15 February and 16 February 1831
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8 February 1825 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart., and Richard Clark, esq., chamberlain of the city of London (3) William Morgan of New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, city of London, esq. Appointment of (3) as receiver, for the punctual payment of the interest of £11,900 secured to (2), upon the Durham estates of (1) Includes: schedule of rents
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2 April 1840 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq. (2) William Woodgate of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent. Disentailing deed, to (2) to the use of (1), of a moiety of the tithes, formerly the estate of John Hedworth, in the townships and parishes of Chester-le-Street, Ouston, Pelaw, Pelton, Harraton, Birtley, Rickleton, Waldridge, Hutton Henry, West Marten, Medomsley, Edmondsley and Fatfield
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9 and 10 July 1840 (1) John Twyford Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. Lease and release of the legal fee in one quarter, undivided, of the manor of Chester-le-Street, and the tithes thereof, to the uses of the partition deed of 7 February 1825 Includes: schedule of property
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20 November 1840 (1) John Morgan of Broad Street Buildings, city of London, esq.; Cadogan Morgan of Plowden Buildings, Middle Temple, Middlesex, esq.; and Arthur Morgan of Bridge Street, Blackfriars, city of London, esq. (2) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, bart., and Richard Twining of The Strand, Middlesex, banker (3) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq. (4) Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, bart. (5) William Gibson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent. Assignment by (1), with consent of (2) and (3), and by direction of (4), to (5), for the residue of two terms of 1,000 years and 1,000 years, (created by indentures of 28 August 1714 and 27 June 1754), of such parts of the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, released on 29 July 1840, as were assigned to William Morgan by indenture of 7 February 1825, in trust to secure to (4) two sums of £11,900 and £11,000 and interest, and subject thereto in trust for (3) to attend the inheritance
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2 April 1841 (1) Matthew Ford of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq. (3) Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, bart. Conveyance by (1) to (3) of the legal estate in the tithes in lands at Chester-le-Street, comprised in an indenture of 7 February 1825, subject to redemption by (2)
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3 April 1841 (1) Matthew Ford of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mal, Middlesex, esq. Conveyance to (2) of the legal estate in such tithes of land in the parish of Chester-le-Street as were conveyed by indenture of 17 November 1840, upon the trusts declared in an indenture of 7 February 1825
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 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/57)

FAMILY SETTLEMENTS OF THE DURHAM AND CUMBERLAND ESTATES

MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF HUGH TREVOR AND MARY JOLLIFFE


20 January 1824 (1) Hugh Trevor of Lyme Regis, Dorset, esq. (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq., surviving trustee of the marriage settlement of Hugh Trevor and Mary Jolliffe (3) Welbore Felix Agar of New Norfolk Street, Park Lane, Middlesex, esq., and Sir Emanuel Felix Agar of the same place, executors of the late Welbore Ellis Agar, dec'd, trustee (4) Hylton Jolliffe, eldest son of William Jolliffe and Eleanor his wife, both dec'd Release by (1) in respect of £6,250, the fortune of his late wife, Mary Trevor, dec'd, charged on the Durham and Cumberland estates of (4), under the trusts of their marriage settlement of 22 July 1797 Consideration: £6,250 (4) to (1)
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MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGE EDWARD RAITT AND FRANCES JANE JOLLIFFE (Ref: D/X 1207/3/58)

6 December 1804 (1) George Edward Raitt of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, esq., captain in the 2nd or Queen's Regiment of Foot (2) Eleanor Jolliffe of Hayton Castle, Cumberland, widow of William Jolliffe, late of Petersfield, Hampshire, dec'd (3) Frances Jane Jolliffe of Fyfield, Berkshire, spinster, youngest daughter of (2), aged 17 years (4) Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Amerdown, Somerset, esq.; William Dunn of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent.; and John Edison of Basinghall Street, city of London, gent. Articles of settlement previous to the marriage of George Edward Raitt and Frances Jane Jolliffe, for the assignment by (1) to (4) of £6,250, being the fourth share in two sums of £15,000 and £10,000 which will become vested in (3) on marriage, in trust for (3), and covenant for the payment of £100 p.a. to (3) for life Endorsed: settlement after marriage, 11 September 1804
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CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF WILLIAM JOLLIFFE AND ELEANOR HYLTON (Ref: D/X 1207/3/59)

8 July 1840 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq., executor of Rev. William John Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, clerk, dec'd (2) Julia Jolliffe of Tilgate, Sussex, widow of the said William John Jolliffe (3) Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, bart. (4) Robert Gatty of Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, city of London, gent., and Thomas Falconer of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, esq. (5) George Edward Raitt of Newton, Lancashire, esq., and Frances Jane his wife (6) Sir Emanuel Felix Agar, surviving executor of Welbore Ellis Agar, dec'd (7) Hylton Jolliffe Release by (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) in respect of £6,250, the portions of the late Rev. William John Jolliffe of two sums of £15,000 and £10,000, charged on the Durham and Cumberland estates (under settlements of 10 and 11 September 1773, and 1 and 2 November 1773), and of £2,500, the portion of Mrs. F.J. Raitt of the said £10,000, charged on the Cumberland estates Consideration: £6,250 from (7) to Rev. William John Jolliffe in his lifetime £2,500 from (7) to John Edison
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 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/60)

DEEDS CONCERNING COLLIERIES AND WAGGONWAYS IN THE DURHAM ESTATE

BEAMISH WAGGONWAY


1 October 1821 (1) Sir Ralph Noel of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, bart., and Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) Morton John Davison of Beamish, esq. Counterpart lease, for 21 years, to (2) of the waggon wayleave in the township of Pelton and in Pelaw in the township of Harraton, parish of Chester-le-Street, leading from the collieries of (2) to the staith at Fatfield, for conveying coals from the collieries of (2) in Beamish, South Moor, Tanfield, South Cawsey and Middle Cawsey, Foalbridge House, Pockerley and Kiphill, in the chapelry of Tanfield, parish of Chester-le-Street Rent: £200 p.a. and tentale rents as specified
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FATFIELD STAITH (Ref: D/X 1207/3/61)

23 April 1796 (1) William Jolliffe of Petersfield, Hampshire, esq. (2) Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gent. (3) Ralph Milbanke of Seaham, esq. Counterpart lease for 21 years to (2) of the staith built by (1) at Fatfield (96 yards x 21 yards, as specified), adjoining the River Wear, in Chester-le-Street, for coals from the collieries of Thomas Bowes and Partners at Twizell and the Hagg in the parish of Chester-le-Street, and liberty to lay a waggonway Rent: £210 p.a. and tentale rents as specified
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OUSTON COLLIERY (Ref: D/X 1207/3/62)

1 January 1836 (1) Anne Isabella, Baroness Noel Byron, of Fordhook, Middlesex, heiress of Sir Ralph Noel, bart., dec'd (2) Stephen Lushington of Doctors' Commons, city of London, esq., doctor of laws, and Sir Francis Hastings Doyle of Wimpole Street, Middlesex, bart., trustees appointed by Sir Ralph Noel (3) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (4) Charles Perkins of Mark Lane, city of London, merchant, and George Thackrah of Feltham Place, Hounslow, Middlesex, gent. Counterpart lease for 21 years from (1) and (3) to (4) of Ouston Colliery in Ouston, Harraton, Pelaw, Birtley and Pelton, parish of Chester-le-Street Rent: £600 p.a. and tentale rents as specified
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WALDRIDGE COLLIERY AND WAGGONWAY (Ref: D/X 1207/3/63-65)

1 April 1778 (1) William Lowes of Ridley Hall, Northumberland, esq. (2) William Jolliffe of Little Argyle Street, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 31 years to (2) of wayleave over the lands of (1) at Battis Green and Pelton, parish of Chester-le-Street, for a waggonway from (2)'s colliery at Waldridge, northwards into lands of (2) at Pelton, for conveying coals to the River Wear Rent: £52 10s. and twenty fothers of coal p.a.
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6 May 1853 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 21 years to (2) of a wayleave from Waldridge Collieries, Chester-le-Street, to the rivers Wear or Tyne [previously leased on 6 May 1837] Rent: £10 p.a. and tentale rents as specified
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28 July 1840 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq. (2) Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, bart. Lease for a year to (2) of coal mines at Waldridge Common, and two coal staiths, and colliery houses and waggonway, in the manor of Chester Deanery, Chester-le-Street, as comprised in an assignment of 6 and 7 February 1825 Includes: schedule of property
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 (Ref: D/X 1207/3/66-71)

DEEDS CONCERNING LEASEHOLD PROPERTY IN THE DURHAM ESTATE

LAND AT CHESTER-LE-STREET LEASED BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM TO HYLTON AND CHARLES JOLLIFFE


23 May 1825 (1) Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. Lease, for 3 lives, to (2) of a cavil of land formerly leased to Catherine Porter, since in the tenure of Robert Smith, then of John Hedworth, part of the tenements called the twelve cavils of land in Chester-le-Street Rent: £1 p.a. and a bushel of wheat or 8 shillings in lieu thereof
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8 December 1826 (1) William, Bishop of Durham (2) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. Counterpart lease, for 21 years, to (2) of a close of meadow (4a.21p.) in the Ures near Kelsail Gate, and another close of pasture and meadow (7a. 3r.23p.) in the Ures, near the South Burn, Chester-le-Street Rent: 19s.2d. [96p] p.a.
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30 November 1849 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of 18 Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 21 years, to (2) of a close of meadow (4a.21p.) near Kelsail Gate, in the Ures, and another close of pasture and meadow (7a.3r.23p.) near the South Barn, in the Ures, Chester-le-Street [previously leased on 31 August 1840] Rent: 7s.6d. and 11s.8d. p.a.
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14 August 1851 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of 18 Great Cumberland Place, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 3 lives, to (2), of half a cavil of land, part of the twelve cavils, Chester-le-Street Rent: 10s. p.a. and half a bushel of wheat or 4s.
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27 August 1851 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of 18 Great Cumberland Place, Middlesex, esq. Lease, for 3 lives, to (2), of a cavil of land in Chester-le-Street Rent: £1 p.a. and a bushel of wheat or 8s. in lieu thereof
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28 August 1851 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Charles Jolliffe of 18 Great Cumberland Place, Middlesex, esq. Lease for 3 lives, to (2), of one cavil of land, part of the twelve cavils, Chester-le-Street Rent: £1 p.a. and 1 bushel of wheat or 8s. in lieu thereof
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LAND AT CHESTER-LE-STREET LEASED BY HYLTON JOLLIFFE TO THOMAS S. JENNINGS (Ref: D/X 1207/3/72)

26 November 1840 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of 62 Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq. (2) Thomas Story Jennings of Chester-le-Street, carpenter Counterpart lease for 21 years, to (2), of a garden ( 1/4a.), bounded on the north by land belonging to the late Earl of Durham, on the south by a street called The Burns, on the east by land late belonging to Mr. Catcheside, and on the west by land late belonging to Hannah Jopling, in Chester-le-Street Rent: 20s. p.a.
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DEED CONCERNING TITHES OF THE DURHAM ESTATE (Ref: D/X 1207/3/73)

Durham, Trinity term, 20 James [1622] Copy reply of Sir John Clavering, kt., complainant, to the answers of Richard Hedworth, esq.; Ralph Lampton [Lambton], gent.; Ann Hedworth, widow; Michael Johnson; John Ditchant; Robert Smith; William Shelton; and Christopher Pheney, defendants, in a bill of complaint concerning the tithes of Plawsworth in the parish of Chester-le-Street
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DEED CONCERNING THE SURREY ESTATE (Ref: D/X 1207/3/74)

1 January 1806 (1) Hylton Jolliffe of Merstham, Surrey, esq. (2) George Anderson of Bridge Yard Wharf, borough of Southwark, Surrey, merchant (3) George Harrison Eades of Bridge Yard Wharf, aforesaid, merchant (4) Edward Banks of Butterley Park, Pentridge, Derbyshire, engineer Articles of co-partnership, for 30 years, of The Merstham Limework Company, Merstham, Surrey Capital: £3,827 4s.7d.
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MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS (Ref: D/X 1207/4/1-4)

16 November 1808 (1) Ann Wright of Whitby, Yorkshire, widow (2) Ralph Chapman of Tollaw [Tow Law] in the parish of Wolsingham, yeoman, and John Holdroyd of Rogerly Hall, in the parish of Wolsingham, farmer Copy agreement for the lease for 6 years to (2) of 2 lime kilns, a coal pit on Rogerley Intake, and 6a land called the Torn Flatt, at Frosterley Rent: £46 p.a.
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14 May 1842 (1) Rev. George Townsend, clerk, prebendary of the tenth prebendal stall in the cathedral church of Durham (2) Thomas Bulmer of Lane House in the parish of East Witton, Yorkshire, gent. (3) Nathan Weatherill of Deighton, Yorkshire, gent. (4) Keith Barnes of Spring Garden in the liberty of Westminster, London, gent. (5) James Wittit Lyon and George Henry Ellis both of Spring Garden in the liberty of Westminster, London, gents. Mortgage, for £6000 and interest, by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of 3 assurance policies; mortgage for 99 years by (1) and (2) to (5) in trust for (4) of a fourteenth part of the income of the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of Durham, to which (1) is entitled as prebend of the tenth prebendary stall; Poulter Close farm in the chapelry of Heworth; Little Town messuage and land in Pittington; and several rent charges to which (1) is entitled as prebendary Endorsed: memoranda of trustees' investments, 1843-1848; payment of assurance policies on the death of Rev. George Townsend, D.D., 1859; account of sinking fund, of Rev. Dr. Townsend with Messrs. Lyon and Ellis, 29 November 1842-27 March 1849
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Schedule of deeds, from 15 November 1803 to 24 December 1842, relating to leasehold property in Gilligate, city of Durham, belonging to John Hancock and in mortgage to John Lax to secure £900 and interest, December 1842
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6 May 1870 (1) The trustees of the late Mrs. C. Burdon (2) The lessees of Castle Eden Colliery Memorandum of agreement for the lease to (2) of a further 428a. of coal in the Hesleden Estate Rent: £70 p.a. (1 paper) Second Deposit (Acc: 3004(D))