Catalogue

10 May 1828 (1) George Lewis Hollingsworth of Clapham Common, Surrey, esq., surviving devisee in trust of Jane Cornforth, late of Gainford (2) John Trotter the younger of Durham, doctor of physic (3) The above John Trotter and William Trotter of Bishop Auckland, gent. (4) John Readshaw Morley of Calais, merchant; William Readshaw Morley of London, wholesale 1inen draper; and Matthew Readshawe Morley of Southwark, hop factor (5) Joseph Blair of Byers Green, butcher (6) James Blair of Byers Green, blacksmith Grant and covenants to surrender by (1) to (5) of freehold tithes arising out of a copyhold estate comprising a messuage in the village of Byers Green in the occupation of Thomas Turnbull, together with a parcel of ground containing 2a. 3r. 21p. on Byers Green Moor Consideration: £148

19 May 1828 (1) Rev. Henry Wastell of Newborough, Northumber1and, nephew and heir of the late John Wastell of Risby, Suffolk Admittance of (1) to copyhold estate in D/X 889/1 in the manor of Byers Green

20 May 1828 (1) James Blair of Byers Green, yeoman (2) Rev. Henry Wastell of Newborough, Northumberland Surrender by (2) to (1) and admittance of (1) to copyhold estate and freehold tithes in D/X 889/1 in trust for Joseph Blair Consideration: £148

Draft of D/X 889/3, including solicitor's costs for work undertaken in connection with this transaction, May 1828

13 May 1856 (1) James Blair of Byers Green, yeoman (2) Thomas Kirk of Gale Banks near Leyburn, Yorkshire, North Riding Surrender by (2) to (1) and admittance of (1) to a copyhold plot of la. 3r. 17p. in Byers Green numbered 100 on the Tithe Plan for the township of Byers Green, in trust for Joseph Blair Consideration: £185

27 April 1847 (1) Thomas Davison of Durham, esq. (2) Her Majesty's Commissioners for building new churches Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land at Eighton Banks, containing 7,260 square yards to be used as a site for a church, churchyard, parsonage house and garden [includes coloured plan of site, no scale given] No valuable consideration

Abstract of title, 1 October 1804 - 9 May 1842, of Charles Don to leasehold tenements in Fulwell, reciting deeds, 9 May 1842

Additional abstract, n.d. [1842]

25 November 1842 (1) William Trotter of Morpeth, Northumberland, esq. (2) Ralph Forster of Berwick on Tweed, esq., John Clay of Berwick on Tweed, corn merchant, William Lowrey of Barmoor, Northumberland, gent., Robert Crossman of Berwick on Tweed, common brewer, and William Paulin of Berwick on Tweed, wharfinger (assignees of the estate of William Smith Batson, John Wilson and Jong Langhorne, late of Berwick on Tweed, bankers and now bankrupts) (3) John Turner of Berwick on Tweed, hat manufacturer (4) Charles Don of Sunderland, wine merchant (5) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn, bart. Assignment by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of Fulwell West House with garden and outbuildings; a public house called the Fulwell Inn with adjoining garden and grass plot, both in Fulwell Consideration: £455 plus annual leasehold rent of 4s.5d.

28 January 1843 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) William Trotter of Morpeth, Northumberland, esq. (3) Charles Don of Sunderland, wine merchant Licence by (1) for (2) to alien to (3) leasehold estate in D/X 889/1l

12 August 1848 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Charles Don of Sunderland, wine merchant (3) Robert Bowery of Hill House, gent. Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) leasehold estate in D/X 889/1l

7 September 1848 (1) Charles Don of Fulwell West House, spirit merchant (2) Robert Bowery of Hill House, gent. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of leasehold estate in D/X 889/1l Consideration: £500

16 August 1851 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Robert Bowery of Southwick, gent. (3) Robert Thompson of Monkwearmouth Shore, shipbuilder Licence by (1) for (2) to assign to (3) leasehold estate in D/X 889/1l

9 March 1861 (1) Robert Thompson of Southwick, shipbuilder, John Thompson of Monkwearmouth Shore, shipbuilder, and Walter Scott Russell of Monkwearmouth Shore, commercial traveller (2) Hiram Craven of York, gent. Lease for seven years by (1) to (2) of estate in D/X 889/1l Consideration: £60 p.a. plus £7 10s. 0d.

1 June 1867 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Church Estates Commissioners (3) Robert Thompson of Southwick, shipbuilder, John Thompson of Monkwearmouth Shore, shipbuilder, and Walter Scott Russell of Monkwearmouth Shore, commercial traveller Conveyance by (1) with the consent of (2) to (3) of reversion of Fulwell West House Consideration: £315