Catalogue

Account book, 1729-1820 Kept from 1729-1761 by the Rev. John Emmerson, rector of Winston and Middleton, and kept from 1795-1820 by his grandson, the Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe. Including: John Emmerson's accounts of personal expenditure, rents and tythe payments p.1-7 accounts 1729-1739 p.172-81 accounts 1754-1761 p.204 accounts 1753-1759 p.228 accounts 1744-1760 p.230-31 accounts 1742 p.234-69 rent accounts 1735-60 p.270-1 assessment for land tax and hay tythe for Middleton 1737 p.272-3 accounts and details of money bequeathed by John Fewer's will 1731 p.274-83 accounts 1729-1752 p.284-5 accounts of Egglestone tythe for 1739 p.286 amnuity payments for Mrs. Mary Teasdale receipted by S. Walton 1737-1753 Rev. John Headlam's accounts of rents and tythes p.18-33 accounts of farm rents 1795-1810 p.34-35 accounts of expenses involved in the enclosure of Barnard Castle Moor 1797-1799 p.36-45 Wycliffe tythe rents 1796-1810 p.46-47 West Middleton tythe rents 1796-1812 p.48-49 Gislington tythe rents 1796-1811 p.50-51 Wycliffe Mill Farm tythe rents 1796-1813 p.52-53 Wycliffe Glebe rent 1796-1806 p.54-171, 182-203, 205, 229 and 233 Rent accounts including those collected on behalf of members of his family 1796-1820

Accounts of Leonard Gibson, churchwarden of Newbiggin for the year 1736

Account of John Hanby with T.E. Headlam, 1796-7 On reverse: expenses to do with an enclosure [? Barnard Castle Moor], n.d. [? 1797-99]

A receipted bill for felling trees paid by Mrs. Emerson to Anthony Headlam, 7 April 1850

16 August 1803 (1) James Awd, of the township of Boldron (2) Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe Agreement by (1) and (2) that (2) will purchase from (1), subject to valuation, the oat crop and winter eatage of the land on Barnard Castle Moor when (1) ends his tenancy on 1 September 1803 Also: a valuation of the crops made by John Newby of Thorpe and Edward Middleton of Mortham, 29 August 1803

Bill for materials and haberdashery supplied by R. Ellerton of Richmond to the Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe, 8 January - 16 November 1816

Receipted accounts of meat supplied to the Ven. Archdeacon John Headlam and of animals slaughtered by H. Hawtor (?), 3 July - 31 December 1852

Accounts of the Rev. John Headlam, including the rents of Bluestone Grange, 1828 - 1847

Account of the Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe, of the expenses of his eldest son, Thomas Emerson Headlam, October 1832 - December 1837

Account of the Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe, of the expenses of his second son John Headlam, October 1833 - October 1838

Account of the Rev. John Headlam, rector of Wycliffe, of the expenses of his third son Morley, July 1837 - January 1840

Circular letter to John Headlam, esq., from the Earl of Durham, Lambton Castle, Fencehouses, appealing for a donation to the Northern Branch of Lord Robert's Memorial Workshops, August 1917 Also: a receipt from H. Edwards, manager of the National Provincial Bank of England, Ltd., Durham, acknowledging his donation, 17 August 1917

Circular letter to John Headlam, esq., from the Durham County Nursing Association appealing for funds, July 1918

Circular letter to John Headlam, esq., from the Earl of Durham appealing for a donation to the Durham County War Memorial, August 1919 Also: a letter from the Earl of Durham thanking him for his donation, 9 November 1919

Newspaper account of the dedication of the Durham Light Infantry Memorial Chapel in Durham Cathedral, n.d.

Circular letter to Major-General Sir John Headlam from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, appealing for a donation to the Church Lads' Brigade, 18 June 1921 Also: a receipt from the Church Lads' Brigade for his donation, 14 September 1921

Letter from the Earl of Durham, Lambton Castle, to Major-General Sir John Headlam appealing for a donation towards the restoration of Durham Castle, April 1925

Letter from H. Ellershaw, University Offices, 38 North Bailey, Durham to Major-General John Headlam reminding him of his promise to send a donation to the Durham Castle restoration fund, 21 May 1927 Also: a receipt for the said donation, 5 July 1927

Letter from Eric R. Hanby-Holmes, Barnard Castle, Honorary Secretary of the Durham County Playing Fields Association to Major-General Sir John Headlam, K.B.E., enclosing a notice of the annual general meeting and inviting the contribution of a subscription, March 1930

Drawing of J.G. Wilson by G.M. Rowlandson, 1919

Obituary of Mr. J.G. Wilson, Legal Secretary to the Bishop of Durham and formerly Chapter Clerk of the Cathedral, written by Herbert Hensley-Henson, Bishop of Durham, n.d. [c.1928]