Catalogue

6/7 June 1810 (1) William Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. (2) John Donnison of Kells Field near Gateshead, gent. (3) Jonathan Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. Conveyance by lease and release from (1) to (3) of a piece of land, 44 feet 6 inches by 58 feet 6 inches, with the house, cowhouse and shop thereon, at High Farm, Stanhope, abutting north on a pasture belonging to (1), east on the house of (1), south on the foldyard of (1), and west on the stackyard of (1) Consideration: £25 paid by (3) to (1)

11/12 May 1815 (1) William Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. (2) William Hargrave of Shawden, Northumberland, esq.; Henry Percy Pulleine of Crake Hall in Bedale, Yorkshire, esq.; Thomas Harvey of Gateshead, esq.; and James Ellis of Otterburn in Elsdon, Northumberland, esq., trustees of the will of John Donnison of Kells Field near Gateshead, colliery viewer, dec'd. (3) Jonathan Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. Conveyance by lease and release from (1) to (3) of a field, 2 a., at High Farm, Stanhope, abutting west on land of John Rain, and south, east and north on land of (1); reciting: mortgage of High Farm in Rookehopeside, Stanhope, by William Bell to John Donnison, for £500, 8/9 March 1808 Consideration: £100 paid by (3) to (1)

1 March 1824 (1) John Emerson and Thomas Emerson, both of Woodcroft in Stanhope, gents. (2) William Robinson of Earnwell in Stanhope, yeo. Conveyance by lease and release (release missing) from (1) to (2) of a piece of land, 60 feet by 33 feet, part of Low Burn in Stanhope, abutting east and north on part of Low Burn, west on the road leading to Low Burn house, and south on the turnpike road leading to Burtryford

Notice requiring William Robinson to pay the rent for his land at Stanhope to John Anderson and John Steavenson instead of Edward Emerson, 6 November 1833 Reciting: mortgage by lease and release of property in Stanhope, by Edward Emerson to John Anderson and John Steavenson, for £3300, 18/19 April 1833; and note that the capital and arrears of interest are still unpaid, November 1833

29/30 December 1835 (1) Jonathan Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. (2) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, esq. Mortgage by lease and release by (1) to (2) of a piece of land, as in D/X 1378/1-2, and two fields, formerly one field, as in D/X 1378/3-4 Consideration: £120 paid by (2) to (1), interest at 4.5%

Will of William Robinson of Ireshopeburn in Stanhope, miner, devising: half of his property in Stanhope Burn and his money and debts owed to him, to his son, George Robinson of Greenwell; the other half of his property in Stanhope Burn and his money and debts owed to him, to his son, William Robinson; £10 p.a. to his wife, Margaret Robinson; legacies of £20 each to his daughters, Mary Thompson, Ann Marchant and Margaret Robinson, and to the two children of his deceased daughter, Phoebe Wallace; his clock and feather bed to his daughter, Margaret Robinson; the remainder of his furniture, beds and bedding to be equally divided between his daughters, 7 February 1850

7 November 1850 (1) Robert Hildyard of Stokesley, Yorkshire, esq. (2) John Bell of High Farm in Stanhope, yeo. (3) Jacob Dent of Hill Top in Stanhope, yeo. Mortgage by (2) to (3), with the consent of (1), of property, as in D/X 1378/7-8; reciting: D/X 1378/7-8; that Jonathan Bell died intestate on 3 September 1849, leaving (2) as his heir; that repayment of the capital and interest had been made; that (3) had agreed to make a loan of £150 to (2) Consideration: £150 paid by (3) to (2), interest at 4.5%

12 June 1852 (1) George Roddam of Knock Shield in Allendale, Northumberland, yeo. (2) Thomas Phillipson of Eastgate, draper and grocer (3) Featherstone Phillipson of the Lonning in Weardale, miner Conveyance by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of three houses, with a butcher's shop adjoining on the east end, in Eastgate near the church, and the gardens to the south and north of the houses and shop, abutting north on the property of (1), west and south on a field belonging to George Little, and east on the road from Eastgate to Rookhope; reciting: conveyance, 9 September 1843, from Anthony Golightly to (1); that (1) had agreed to sell the property to (2) Consideration: £310 paid by (3) to (1)

24 September 1880 (1) Jacob Dent of Kitty Crag in Stanhope, farmer (2) (1) and Thomas Moore of Eastgate in Stanhope, innkeeper (3) Matthew Ridley of Peakfield in Stanhope, farmer, and Richard Gibson of Frosterley in Stanhope, schoolmaster (4) Jonathan Bell of Crawleyside in Stanhope, quarryman (5) John Phillipson of Eastgate, draper and grocer Conveyance by (2) to (5) by the direction of (3) of property as in D/X 1378/10; reciting: D/X 1378/10; that Jacob Dent, party to D/X 1378/10, made his will on 24 October 1854, appointing (2) as his executors; that Jacob Dent, party to D/X 1378/10, died on 13 February 1866; that John Bell, party to D/X 1378/10, made his will on 22 January 1877, devising all his real estate to (3) in trust to be sold, and bequeathing the residue of his estate to his son, (4); that John Bell died on 28 May 1878; that the principal of £150 is still due to (2) Consideration: £150 paid by (5) to (2), and £65 paid by (5) to (3)