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Anna Maria Witham, Elizabeth Mary Salvin and Emma Maria Salvin, Plaintiffs Gerard Salvin, Thomas Meynell the elder, Anna Maria Salvin, Edward Riddell, Thomas Monington, Thomas Fowler (now deceased), John Francis Maubert (now deceased), Henry Sykes Thornton, Winifred Salvin, Thornton Henry Salvin and Charles Francis Salvin and Julia Browne, Thomas Meynell the younger, Sir William Lawson, Bart., William Henry Charlton and Agnes Elizabeth Salvin, Defendants Copy orders appointing receiver to collect the rents and annual proceeds of the hereditaments subject to the trusts of the Indenture of 12 July 1800 in the Plaintiffs' bill and of the hereditaments charged by the will of William Thomas Salvin, Esquire and to collect other monies and arrears as here specified, and on petition of Mrs. Anna Maria Salvin. In Chancery, 3 June - 23 December 1852

Copy of first account rendered by Samuel Rowlandson of the College, Durham City, Land Agent, acting as receiver in the above case for the period 3 June 1852 - 25 March 1854

Copy of second account rendered by Samuel Rowlandson acting as receiver in the above case for the period 25 March 1854 - 25 March 1855

Account of payments and allowances extracted from the third account rendered by [Samuel Rowlandson] acting as receiver, 7 April 1855 - 17 March 1856

Copy of fourth account rendered by Samuel Rowlandson acting as receiver in the above case for the period 25 March 1856 - 10 January 1857

First account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 10 January 1857 - 20 January 1858

Second account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1858 - 20 January 1859

Third account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1859 - 20 January 1860

Account of arrears of interest etc. due the parties in the suit in respect of Jointure Rent Charge and Interest under the Order of 23 December 1852, till July 1859 with annual payments to be provided for

Copy of fourth account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1860 - 20 January 1861

Copy of fifth account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1861 - 20 January 1862

Copy of sixth account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1862 - 20 January 1863

Copy of queries made on Marmaduke Salvin's sixth account as receiver and copy of Salvin's answers to the above queries, June 1863; includes summary account of costs paid to lawyers and receivers and general expenses, 1852 - 1859

Copy of seventh account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1863 - 20 January 1864

Copy of ninth account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1865 - 20 January 1866

Copy of tenth account rendered by Marmaduke C. Salvin acting as receiver in the above case for the period 20 January 1866 - 20 January 1867

Correspondence between The Rosedale & Ferryhill Iron Co. Ltd., Messrs. Marshall & Son, Solicitors, Durham, Messrs. Rogerson & Ford, 40 Chancery Lane, London WC and other correspondents concerning the above case, 31 July 1874 - 3 August 1875

Notes on the state of the Croxdale Beck, 14 August 1874

Rough notes concerning the case, 3 September 1874

Copy of Case for Opinion of James Anstie, Counsel: recites history of the case to date, 20 February 1875; Anstie's opinion appended, 22 February 1875 (4 papers) see also D/Sa/L 190

Copy of Case for Opinion of Counsel in the above case: recites history of the case to date and seeks advice as to whether an action for damage can be sustained against the Iron Co. for the damage already sustained and whether an injunction can be obtained to prevent further diversion of the Croxdale Beck, it being contended that the beck flows down to Salvin's mill from time immemorial, February 1875

Letters from Messrs. Leeman, Wilkinson & Leeman, Solicitors, Coney Street, York to Messrs. Marshall & Son, Solicitors, Durham concerning the writ (enclosed) issued by William Ford of Rogerson & Ford, Chancery Lane, London (acting for Messrs. Marshall & Son for H.T.T. Salvin, the plaintiff) summoning the Rosedale & Ferryhill Iron Co. Ltd. to appear at the Exchequer of Pleas in the case brought by the above H.T.T. Salvin, 5 - 17 May 1875

Case for Opinion of Counsel (Mr. C. Crompton) as to evidence in the above case: recites history of the case to date, including copy of statement which John G. Rawes, land agent of Durham, will make as a result of his enquiries and observations at the mill, and copies of statements which John Lindsay, Farm Bailiff to the plaintiff, Croxdale, Robert Harker of Hett, Sawyer and William Storey of Butterby Saw Mill will make on this business, 1 June 1875

The Record of the details of the case: recites the history of the dispute over the diversion of water from the Croxdale Brook to the detriment of H.T.T. Salvin, the Plaintiff, and his tenant at the neighbouring mill, and the defence of the Rosedale & Ferryhill Iron Co. Ltd. to the charges. In the Exchequer of Pleas, 10 June and 1 July 1875. Includes Particulars given by the Plaintiff as to the nature, extent and situation of the disputed lands and mill, 28 June 1875; includes printed list, issued by Anthony Wilkinson, Sheriff of Durham, of the panel of jurors for the trial of all issues, civil and criminal, at the Assizes etc. to be held at Durham on 6 July 1875

Draft declaration by Charles Crompton, The Temple, indicating the likelihood of the plaintiff's case succeeding and that the action would stand a better chance of success had the tenant, who materially lost by the Iron Company's diversion of the water, brought the action in his own name. In the Exchequer of Pleas, 10 June 1875

Copy of Particulars to be delivered in pursuance of an Order of Mr. Bawn Bramwell of 17 June 1875: describes the nature, extent, location etc. of the land disputed in the case

Copy of particulars in the above case supplied by Messrs. Rogerson & Ford, agents for the plaintiff, 28 June 1875

Notes relating to pleas, 30 June - 1 July 1875

Copy of Opinion of Mr. C. Crompton, The Temple, in the above case, 5 July 1875

Copy Rule ordering the inspection of the land and mill in dispute by six or more jurors and representatives of either side of the case, 7 July 1875; includes copy of Order by M.H. Johnson that on consideration of the claims presented by the agents for both parties and on the affidavit of G.N. Emmet, the case will be tried by a Special Jury at the defendants' instance, subject to judges' approval at the assizes, 7 July 1875

Draft Case detailing the history of the dispute to date, [1875]

Copy of evidence of John G. Rawes, Land Agent of Durham, in the above case, 1875 (4 papers) see also D/Sa/L 192

The Law Journal, Vol.X, no.469, 9 January 1875. Reports on a suit for interfering with a stream held at Bradford County Court in the case Hartley v Moore

Letter from Messrs. Leeman, Wilkinson & Leeman, solicitors, Coney Street, York to Messrs. Marshall & Son, 28 Market Place, Durham returning the writ issued by William Ford of Rogerson & Ford, Chancery Lane (acting for Messrs. Marshall & Son) summoning the Rosedale & Ferryhill Iron Co. Ltd. to appear at the Exchequer of Pleas in the case brought by William Martin, 12 June 1875

Joseph Horatio Love and Robinson Jerens, Plaintiffs Sir John Lawson, Henry Charles Silvertop, Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin and Charles Wearmouth, Defendants Brief affidavits of William Outerson Wood of Coxhoe Hall, Mining Engineer, Henry John Marshall of Durham, solicitor for the plaintiffs, James Thornton, employee of Messrs. William Coulson & Son of Durham, Master Sinkers, Henry Gustard of Shincliffe Colliery, Certified Manager of the plaintiffs' Shincliffe and Houghall Collieries, William Coulson of Durham, head of firm Messrs. William Coulson & Son, Master Sinkers. In Chancery, affidavits sworn April 1881

Copy agreement appointing Mr. H.H. Wake of Sunderland, Engineer to the River Wear Commissioners, the referee in the above case on pursuance of an Order of Nisi Prius of 18 January 1882. In Queen's Bench, 3 July 1883

Copy certificate of Mr. H.H. Wake in the above case: recites history of the claims and counterclaims of both parties and certifies that the conditions which had been laid down at the trial of the case at Durham Assizes on 18 January 1882 have been fulfilled, 22 May 1885; accompanying plan