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Bowes Museum Collection

Reference: D/Bo/A Catalogue Title: Bowes Museum Collection Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Manorial Records

Covering Dates: 1525-1925

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Bowes Museum Collection (Ref: D/Bo)Manorial Records (Ref: D/Bo/A 1-946)Manor of Barnard Castle (Ref: D/Bo/A 1-228)Court Baron (Ref: D/Bo/A 1-3)

Court roll (pleas only), 1699 - 1704 [pages are not in chronological order]
(1 roll, rebound in volume)


Court roll (pleas only), 20 June 1704- 13 October 1719 Includes notes on loose pieces of paper with details of confiscated goods
(144 papers of pleas, Latin and 121 papers of notes, English)


Court roll (pleas only), 1774 - 1791
(1 roll)

Court Leet and Baron (Ref: D/Bo/A 4-201)

Court roll, 4 April 1653 Endorsed as having been exhibited in a case in the Durham Chancery in 1754
(6 papers)


Court roll, 21 September 1659 [Endorsed as having been exhibited in a case in the Durham Chancery in 1754]
(9 papers)


Court rolls, 1678 - 1685 Include verdicts of the jury, constable papers, by-laws and notices of perambulations
(9 files with loose papers enclosed)


Court rolls, 1678 - 1708, 1710 - 1711, 1716 - 1751 Infolded: Verdicts of the Grand Jury, 1678 - 1683, 1685 - 1698, 1700 - 1708, 1711, 1716 - 1718, 1720 - 1721, 1723, 1739, 1746 Verdicts of the town Jury, 1684, 1718 - 1719, 1722 - 1731, 1733, 1735 - 1737, 1741 - 1742, 1744, 1746 Verdicts of the country jury, 1678 - 1708, 1710 - 1711, 1716 - 1718, 1720 - 1731, 1733 - 1735, 1737 - 1738, 1740, 1742 - 1744, 1748 - 1751 Orders of the grand jury, 1680, 1691 Bye-laws of the country jury, 1740 Constable's papers, 1723 - 1728, 1731, 1747 Notices of a perambulation of boundaries, 1737
(202 files and papers)


Court Rolls, 1752 - 1784, 1786, 1789 - 1851, 1853, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1864, 1867, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1879
(107 volumes)


Verdicts of the grand jury, 1754 - 1756, 1763 - 1766, 1768, 1791, 1813 Verdicts of the town jury, 1763 Verdicts of the country jury, 1646, 1656 - 1657, 1714 - 1715, 1741 - 1748, 1750 - 1751, 1754, 1760, 1763 - 1765
(27 papers)


Book of fines levied by the country jury, 1650 - 1826
(1 volume)

Court Baron (Ref: D/Bo/A 202-217)

Precepts to the bailiff to summon the court, 1783, 1790, 1792, 1831, 1843, 1845 - 1846
(7 papers)


Rolls of precepts to the bailiff, with some declarations, pleadings, and judgements, 1789 - 1813
(2 files)


Roll of writs, 1792 - 1796
(1 file)


Roll of pleas, 1720 - 1774
(1 file)


Roll of declarations, pleadings and judgments, 1727 - 1771
(1 file, rebound in volume)


Rolls of pleas and verdicts, 1812 - 1833
(2 files)


Roll of pleas and verdicts, 1827 - 1846 Includes a petition (copy) of the jury to the Earl of Darlington suggesting alterations to the proceedings of the court, and letters (copies) of J.A. Benning, the steward, supporting the petition, and Thomas Scarth notifying the Earl's agreement to the proposed changes
(1 volume)

Court Leet (Ref: D/Bo/A 218)

Roll of declarations, pleadings, and judgments, 1644 - 1650
(1 file, rebound in volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 219-228)

Resolutions (copy) of the manor jury re market tolls, 1862
(1 paper)


Pinder's returns of seizures of cattle, 1863, 1867 - 1868
(3 papers)


Butter weigher's returns of butter seized, 1865
(1 paper)


Manuscript list of regulations governing the market, n.d.
(1 paper)


Henry, 1st Earl of Darlington v. George Bowes Papers relating to a legal dispute concerning the limits and extent of the manors of Barnard Castle and Streatlam, 1752 - 1758
(6 parchments, 8 papers)


Papers of the steward, including a bond not to poach fish, writs of distringas, rough notes on court procedure, and correspondence re court practice, 1772 - 1833
(1 bundle)


Bills and list of expenses for the holding of the court, 1760 - 1867
(11 papers)


Terrier (copy) of the lands, etc. belonging to the chapelry of Barnard Castle and the vicarage of Gainford, 1635
(1 parchment)

Manor of Hilton (Ref: D/Bo/A 229-259)

The manor was at first held by the Bowes family from the Nevilles, but after the attainders which followed the Northern Rising of 1569, James I granted the manors of Hilton and Bradbury to Thomas Emerson at a rent of £550 p.a. in 1606. After passing through the hands of two other families, it came into the possession of the Hiltons. Abraham Hilton (died 1718) was Lord of the Manor of Hilton. He succeeded to the Hilton estate on the death of his father in 1685. It was sold by Abraham Hilton (1731 - 1789) to the Earl of Darlington (Vane family) for £1,040 in 1789.


Verdicts of the jury, 1759
(1 paper)


numbers not used

Manor of Middleton-in-Teesdale (Ref: D/Bo/A 260-468)Court Leet (Ref: D/Bo/A 260-453)

The manor was first held with the lordship of Barnard Castle by the Baliols. Its history follows the same course as that of Barnard Castle and like other estates forfeited by the Earl of Westmorland in 1569, it has come into the hands of the Barons Barnard (Vane family)


Court rolls, 1678 - 1708, 1711, 1713 - 1761 Infolded: Lists of pleas, 1679 - 1708, 1711, 1713 - 1714, 1716 - 1717, 1721 - 1726, 1729 Verdicts of the jury, 1679 - 1700, 1702 - 1708, 1719 - 1761 Constable's papers, 1725 - 1726, 1728, 1731 - 1732, 1737 - 1738, 1742 Agreement (copy) by the tenants to prosecute offenders jointly and share expenses, 1750 Notice of a perambulation of boundaries, 1758
(295 files and papers)


Court rolls, 1762 - 1787, 1789, 1791 - 1851, 1853, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1864, 1867, 1870
(94 files)


Verdicts of the jury, 1754, 1759, 1762 - 1765, 1767 - 1773, 1790 - 1791, n.d.
(19 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 454-468)

Constable's papers, 1773 and n.d.
(14 papers)


Draft letter re grazing of ponies and other animals on the town green, written on the dorse of an unsigned ale licence, 1864
(1 paper)

Raby with Staindrop (Ref: D/Bo/A 469-697)Court Leet and Court Baron (Ref: D/Bo/A 469-633)

The manor is first mentioned as being the lordship of Meldred, a grandson of Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland. His successor, Robert Fitz-Meldred married Isabel, sister and heiress of Henry de Neville (died 1227) and his son, Geoffrey. assumed the Neville surname.

The manor remained in the possession of the Nevilles until the Northern Rising of 1569, after which it was seized by the Crown and was vested there until 1613 when it was granted (with the lordship of Barnard Castle) by James I to the Earl of Somerset. It quickly reverted to the Crown, however, when Somerset was attainted and the manor was settled on trustees for the maintenance of Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles I). Sir Henry Vane the elder subsequently purchased the lordship and it has descended from him in a direct line through the Dukes of Cleveland to the Barons Barnard (Vane family).


Court rolls, 1704 - 1705, 1707, 1713 - 1714, 1717 - 1760 Infolded: Verdicts of the jury, 1704 - 1707, 1716 - 1738, 1740 - 1748, 1754 - 1759 Constable's papers, 1704 - 1705, 1724 - 1726, 1728, 1730 - 1731
(120 files and papers)


Court rolls, 1761 - 1830, 1833 - 1751, 1853, 1856, 1859 - 1862, 1864, 1867, 1870, 1873 The roll for 1870 includes a sketch map showing encroachments in Cockfield
(77 files)


Court roll, 28 October 1842
(1 file)


Court roll, 28 October 1842
(1 file)


Court roll, 7 November 1843
(1 file)


Court roll, 1 November 1844
(1 file)


Court roll, 4 November 1845
(1 file)


Court roll, 6 November 1846
(1 file)


Court roll, 30 October 1847
(1 file)


Court roll, 28 October 1848
(1 file)


Court roll, 3 November 1849
(1 file)


Court roll, 25 October 1850
(1 file)


Court roll, 30 October 1851
(1 file)


Court roll, 30 October 1851
(1 file)


Court roll, 27 October 1853
(1 file)


Court roll, 23 October 1856
(1 file)


Court roll, 27 October 1859
(1 file)


Court roll, 23 October 1862
(1 file)


Court roll, 3 November 1864
(1 file)


Court roll, 24 October 1867
(1 file)


Court roll, 29 October 1870
(1 file)


Court roll, 25 October 1873
(1 file)


Draft from Court Baron at Staindrop before [J.W.] Robson, Steward, 30 October 1767 List of townships: Raby, Staindrop, Langledale [Langleydale], Ingleton, Wackerfield, Woodland, Shotton,Houghton, Egglestone [Eggleston], [Strickley Park], Summerhouse, Bolam, Langton, Cockfield, Cockfields No names of tenants
(1 paper)


List of pleas, Staindrop court, 26 September 1649
(1 paper)


Lists of pleas, 1650
(2 papers)


Verdicts of the jury, 1649 - 1651, 1761 - 1762, 1764 - 1765, 1767, 1772 - 1773, 1834, n.d.
(15 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 634-697)

Constable's papers, 1764, 1767 - 1768, 1770 - 1773, 1802, 1805, n.d.
(59 papers)


Lists of cases, 1843
(2 papers)


Yearly return of encroachments, 1871
(1 paper)


Charge to the jury. n.d. (18th century)
(1 file)


Miscellaneous papers including list of Darlington fairs in November, 1772, bills, receipts, etc., 1770 - 1864
(1 bundle)

Manors of the Barons Barnard (Vane Family) (Ref: D/Bo/A 698-941)General (Ref: D/Bo/A 698-702)

Stewards' papers


Appointment of Abraham Hilton as Chief Steward of the manor courts of Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Staindrop at an annual salary of £10, by Christopher Vane of Raby Castle, 1692
(1 parchment)


Note books, 1769, 1770 - 1771, 1771 - 1774
(3 volumes)


Miscellaneous papers including receipts for records and finding-lists of deeds, etc., 1757 - 1795 (1 bundle) The following items (D/Bo/A 703-722) were contained in a bundle marked 'Sundry Documents relative courts, markets, exchanges, wayleaves etc. to be placed in a book by themselves for my son', with a note of William Watson (1860) stating that the endorsement was written by the 1st Earl of Darlington.

Barnard Castle (Ref: D/Bo/A 703-706)

1706 (1) Christopher, Lord Barnard (2) Henry Forth of Darlington and others Lease from (1) to (2) of eight acres of land on the Little Moor and four acres called 'Baiteing Stead', the profits to be used for buying and advancing the value of plates for the Horse Races or, in the event of racing being discontinued, for the maintenance of the poor of the township. Term 99 years Rent: nominal Attached: Petition of the Grand Jury requesting Lord Barnard's consent to the inclosure of six acres of land for the benefit of the Races
(1 parchment, 1 paper)


Constables' accounts, endorsed with an order (copy) of 1639 re cleansing of the Market Place, 1751
(1 paper)


Verdicts of the grand jury, 1772
(1 paper)


Resolution (copy) of the jurors for the regulation of the corn market, 1774
(1 paper, 2 copies)

Raby with Staindrop (Ref: D/Bo/A 707-710)

Verdicts of the jury, 1708
(1 paper)


Legal opinions of Thomas Gyll and William Rudd re responsibility for repairing the Staindrop Moor road, 1766
(1 paper)


List of stallholders in Staindrop market and encroachments within the township, 1771
(1 paper)


Extract of the fines levied by the grand jury. 1773
(1 paper)

Barnard Castle and Raby with Staindrop (Ref: D/Bo/A 711-726)Encroachments (Ref: D/Bo/A 711-722)

Miscellaneous letters and papers re encroachments, 1763 - 1799
(12 letters and papers)

Surveys (Ref: D/Bo/A 723-725)

Survey and valuation of farms at Langton and Piercebridge, 1745
(1 volume)


Survey and valuation of various farms within the manors, 1763
(1 volume)


Survey and valuation of Mrs. Raby Vane's farms at Blackwell and Croft Bridge, 1772
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 726)

A short treatise attempting to explain the reasons of the present high price of corn and pointing out the remedy for relief. by Mathew Raine, Rector of Kirby Wiske (Yorkshire), Richmond, c. 1795
(1 booklet, printed)

Manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite (Yorkshire) (Ref: D/Bo/A 727-941)Case Papers (Ref: D/Bo/A 727-800)

The manor of Cotherstone was originally the property of the Huddleston family of Millom Castle (Cumberland). In 1741, however, it was purchased by George Bowes from William Huddleston and it has remained a manor of the Strathmore (Bowes) family from that date.

The history of the manor is marked by a series of disputes between the lord and the customary tenants concerning the steward's fees in the manor court. The tenants claimed that they were only bound to pay 1s. for admission to a copyhold tenement and 3s.4d. for a copy of the admission, except in the case of a new tenant where the charge for an admission was increased to 1s.4d. Litigation concerning the dispute continued intermittently for a period of almost 300 years until the matter was resolved in favour of the tenants by a judgment in the Court of Appeal in 1898.

The records deposited in the Museum relate almost exclusively to various legal actions, the majority in the Court of Chancery, and the few court rolls which survive were produced as exhibitions in the Chancery case of 1653 (D/Bo/D 801).


Bailes and others v. Huddleston Injunctions granted to Bailes and others, motions and orders in Chancery, deposition of William Bailes, depositions of witnesses on behalf of William Bailes and others demurrer and answer of William Huddleston, judgment (copies), 1605 - 1611
(1 parchment, 2 files, 11 papers)


Agreement (copy, incomplete) entered into by Ferdinand Huddleston after the case, and acknowledgement by William Huddleston of the tenants' claims to their customary tenures, 1614
(2 papers)


Postlethwaite and Allanson v. Bailes Summary of evidence (copy), ? 1629
(2 papers)


Coates and Allanson v. Bailes Evidence (rough draft) and receipts, 1629
(3 papers)


Coates and Allanson v. Hutchinson Summary of evidence, and order of trustees to the tenants of Hury to assert Hutchinson's title (copies), 1630
(1 file, 1 paper)


Coates and Allanson v. Appleby Summary of evidence (copy), c.1630
(1 file)


Appleby v. Hodgson Summary of evidence (copy), c.1630
(1 file)


Huddleston v. Bailes and others Exchequer Bill, pleas and demurrers of William and Thomas Bayles, court orders, and judgment (copies). 1634
(6 files)


Bailes and others v. Huddleston Injunctions, bills, answers and replications in Chancery, interrogatories of witnesses, depositions of witnesses on behalf of both parties, and evidence (drafts and copies), 1652 - 1653
(1 parchment, 12 files, 9 papers)


Huddleston v. Bailes and others; Rayne v. Huddleston Declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder and summaries of evidence in court of King's Bench (copies), 1678
(2 files, 1 paper)


Bailes and others v. Burne Award of arbitrators, 1684
(1 paper)


Bailes and others v. Huddleston Injunctions, bill of William Bailes and others, answers of Richard and Bridgett Huddleston, and deposition in Chancery (copies), 1702
(6 papers)


Watson v. Holmes, Judgment in the Court of Appeal (transcript), 1898
(1 printed booklet, 6 copies)


The Teesdale Mercury, 25 August 1897, 22 December 1897, 9 November 1898 Includes: accounts of the trials (Watson v. Holmes) in the County Court, High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division, and the Court of Appeal
(3 papers)


Miscellaneous case papers including deposition of Edward Bayles, injunction on behalf of Samuel Knipe, and deposition of Thomas Bayles (copies), 1628, 1641 and n.d. (3 papers) The following three deeds (D/Bo/A 797-799) and the later transcripts and translations were found in a contemporary leather-covered box where they had been kept because of their importance in determining manorial custom. This arrangement has been maintained.


Bailes and others v. Huddleston (1610) Letters patent (copy) exemplifying a certificate granted in the above case, 1632
(1 parchment)


Coates and Allanson v. Bailes Exemplification of the decision in favour of Bailes, 1634
(1 parchment)


Agreement between William and Ferdinand Huddleston and the customary tenants fixing the amount of fines and defining the customs of the manor, 1653
(1 parchment)


Translations and transcripts of D/Bo/A 797-799 made by John Chipchase, one of the customary tenants, 1834
(1 file)

Exhibits in Chancery, etc. (Ref: D/Bo/A 801-884)

Court rolls, 1525 - 1526, 1540, 1549 - 1550, 1553, 1560, 1562 The rolls for 1526, 1550 and 1553 are original, the remainder being mid-seventeenth century copies
(1 file, rebound in volume)


Verdicts of the jury, 1614 - 1615, 1617, 1620, 1622 - 1625, 1628, 1633, 1636 - 1639, 1641, 1650 1661, 1673, 1678 - 1679, 1719 - 1721 The verdicts, 1719 - 1721, were enclosures in D/Bo/A 826
(2 files, 20 papers)


R. Dent to T. Chipchase re the survival of court rolls, 1904
(1 letter)


Verdicts of the jury, 1770 - 1925
(1 volume)


Index of tenants admitted to customary tenures by copy of court rolls, 1770 - 1923
(1 volume)


Summary of the above, 1770 - 1923
(1 volume)


Surrenders and admittances by copy of court roll of various tenants, produced as evidence in Bailes and others v. Huddleston (1652 - 1653), 1586 - 1642 D/Bo/A 865-876 are attached to each other
(29 parchments, 23 papers)


Receipts for payment of fines, produced as evidence in Bailes and others v. Huddleston (1652 - 1653), 1615, 1620, 1622
(3 papers)


Court rolls, 1626, 1639
(2 papers)

Lawyers' papers (Ref: D/Bo/A 885-898)

John Wastell's opinions on the action to be taken by the customary tenants, 1647
(3 papers)


John Hollis's opinions on the custom of the manor, 1677
(1 paper)


Sir Francis Pemberton's opinions on the tenants' rights of common, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


H. Smyth's opinions on the amount of fines payable by the tenants, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


Sir John Bankes' opinions on the power of the Huddlestons to enter into an agreement in perpetuity, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


Notes on the legal position of the tenants, with extracts taken from legal texts, etc., n.d. (17th century)
(5 papers)


John Richardson's opinions on the custom of the manor, 1628
(2 papers)

Tenants' papers (Ref: D/Bo/A 899-924)

Memorandum (copy) of manorial customs and abuses, 1591, produced ex parte Osborne, 1621
(1 paper)


Petition (copy) of the customary tenants to William Huddleston, 1628
(1 paper)


Agreements of the tenants to institute and continue proceedings against the Huddlestons, and to share expenses of litigation, 1635 - 1728
(2 parchments, 7 papers)


Accounts of disbursements made by William Bailes and others of the money received from the tenants, 1632 - 1684
(1 file, 9 papers)


Bond and receipt of William and Ferdinand Huddleston to the customary tenants for the performance of an agreement [see D/Bo/A 799], 1653
(2 parchments)


Agreement (copy) of the tenants to pay a 20 year fine for entry to a copyhold on a change of tenant, and a seven year fine on the death of the lord, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


Memorandum (copy) sent to Sir John Bankes, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


Cotherstone bye-law. Copied from the bye-law book by J. H. Bourne, 1909 The booklet includes lists of members entitled to a share in the bye-law, 1833 - 1841, and minutes of the bye-law committee, 1834 - 1916
(1 manuscript booklet)

Stewards' papers (Ref: D/Bo/A 925)

Miscellaneous papers including court notices, bailiff's precepts, and sale particulars, 1900 - 1925
(1 bundle)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 926-941)

Warrant of Ferdinand Huddleston authorising Nicholas Langstaff and Peter Allenson to fell wood on their tenements, 1604
(1 paper)


Yorkshire, Richmond Quarter Sessions. Court order re Balder Bridge, 1619
(1 paper)


Petition of Peter Allanson to be excused jury service at the Assizes, and an endorsement granting the request, 1650
(1 paper)


Agreement between Romaldkirk and Hunderthwaite re fifty roods of highway, 1704
(1 paper)


Acquittance of the customary tenants for one year's rent, 1707
(1 paper)


Agreement between Romaldkirk and Hunderthwaite to share the expenses of Margaret Bulmer's settlement, 1711
(1 paper)


Schedule summarising the customs of the manor, n.d. (18th century)
(1 paper)


Note on inclosures made by William and Ferdinand Huddleston and sketch maps of the field and commons of Hunderthwaite, n.d. (18th century)
(5 papers)


List of days worked in the East field, n.d. (18th century)
(1 paper)


Inventory of goods and chattels, with a list of funeral expenses, n.d. (17th century)
(1 paper)


Essay on Co-operation in Danish agriculture 'in olden times', n.d. (20th century) A typed extract from 'Co-operation in Danish agriculture' by Harald Faber (1918), an English adaptation of 'Andelsbevoegelsen i Danmark' (1917) by Hans Hertel (1859-)
(1 file)


Unidentified damaged papers and fragments, n.d. (17th and 18th centuries)
(1 bundle)

Manorial - Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/A 942-946)

Darlington Ward. Assessment of the inhabitants of every town and hamlet for the cost of repairing Croft Bridge. Attached: Receipt of Henry Lawson to Thomas Middleton for 23s., the levy for the Lordship of Barnard Castle, 1573
(1 parchment, 1 paper)


Notes and transcript of the documents D/Bo/A 942-943, written on the dorse of programmes of a concert given by the Band of the 8th K.R.I. Hussars at the Bowes Museum Park in 1924 [Published in Proceedings of the Teesdale Record Society, vol. 1, p.6 (1935)], 1935
(1 file)


Plan (coloured) of the Manor of Egglestone showing houses in perspective view, entitled 'An exact Plott and Discription of the Mannor of Eggleston lienge within the Countie of the Bishoprick of Durham, had made and taken there Anno Do: [Domini] 1614 By Richard Daines', 1614
(1 plan)


List of witnesses giving evidence on the disputed boundaries of Middleton in-Teesdale and Egglestone Manors in 1769 with notes as to whether alive or dead, 1780 See also: D/X 387/1 and D/Ph 112/1
(1 paper)