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Vestry minute book for the chapelry of Barnard Castle, St. Mary, 17 April 1770 - 26 July 1827 At beginning: extracts from proceedings in the court of the archdeaconry of Durham in a dispute between the chapelwardens of Barnard Castle, 20 June 1769, 18 July 1769, 1 September 1769, 28 September 1769 At end: minutes of meetings of the inhabitants of Barnard Castle concerning: administration of the poor law, 10 May 1791 repair of the church pews, 4 August 1791 payment of a dole, 9 September 1791 formation of a committee to adjudicate in claims for church pews, 11 October 1791 farming of the poor, 26 February 1793 purchase of house, 20 August 1793 purchase of house as a poor house, 3 September 1793 repair of the church, 9 September 1794 reading of letters from bishop of Durham concerning the pews, 16 September 1794 repair of the church, 8 September 1797 appointment of a vestry clerk, 16 January 1804 and 23 January 1804 appointment of valuers for the assessment of the poor rate, 1 October 1804 purchase of additional ground for the churchyard, 22 October 1804 purchase of bedding for the workhouse, 30 November 1804 purchase of food for the workhouse, 11 March 1805 continuance in office of vestry clerk, 16 April 1805 increase in salary of John Vint, 4 July 1805 improvements in the conditions of the town, 24 March 1806 vestry clerk, 24 April 1806 repair of the church, 2 September 1809 formation of a committee to raise money for the repair of the church, 19 October 1809 repair of the church, 15 April, 18 May, 24 August, 21 September, 19 October 1813, 1 February, 8 February, 4 April, 19 May 1814 copy of will of John Glenton of Barnard Castle, 3 December 1578 Attached: Letter from the bishop of Durham concerning disputes between pewholders, 15 September 1794 and 31 May 1794 Advice of George Wood concerning a faculty for re-pewing the church, 13 September 1794 Letter from the Earl of Darlington subscribing £25 for new bells for the church, 7 July 1823 Letter from William John Frederick Powlett, second son of the Earl of Darlington, referring to the Earl's subscription, 6 August [1823] Estimates for new peals of bells by Thomas Mears, 14 June 1823 List of peals of bells cast by Thomas Mears, bell-founder, Whitechapel, London, since December 1812

List of pewholders in Barnard Castle church, n.d. c.1793 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Notices announcing a meeting of the inhabitants to discuss the purchase of a poor house, 1793 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Estimates for flagging the church, 1813 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Account of expenses for a journey to Bradford, 1821 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Appointment by two justices of the Durham Sessions, of the overseers of the poor for the township of Barnard Castle, 2 April 1823 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Notes of a case before the Lord Chief Justice to try the legality of relieving the able poor and [on reverse] draft appointment of members of the select vesty, 1823 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1

Notes on the first organ extracted from the vestry book for 1822 and note of dispute between the chapelwardens, 1769; notes made c.1920 Originally enclosed in D/X 1073/1