Manor of Bowes
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Covering Dates: 1630-2002
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Manor of Bowes (Ref: D/MOB)Court Rolls (Ref: D/MOB 1/43-162)Ref: D/MOB 1/43
Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 26 October 1660
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/44Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 22 October [1661]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/45Presentment by the jurors of [Bowes], 12 October 1663
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/46Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 22 October 1663
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/47Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 22 October 1663
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/48Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 16 October 16[64]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/49Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 25 October 1664
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/50Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 28 October 1665
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/51Fragment of a Michaelmas land rental of the manor of Bowes, 15 October 1666
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/52Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 23 (?) October 1666
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/53Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 26 October 1666
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/54Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 21 October 1668
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/55Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 21 October 1671
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/56Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 6 October 1673
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/57Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 22 October 1674
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/58Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 21 October 1675
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/59List of the resants of Bowes, 21 October 1675
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/60The accounts of the bailiff of the manor of Bowes, 4 November 1676
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/61The accounts of the bailiff of the manor of Bowes, 20 November 1677
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/62Appointment by the Lords in Trust of Robert Johnson, gent., as steward of the manor of Bowes, 20 September 1679
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/63List of the resants of Bowes, 1679
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/64Court roll, 22 October 1680
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/65The accounts of the bailiff of the manor of Bowes, 22 October 1680
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/66The accounts of the bailiff of the manor of Bowes, 25 October 1681
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/67Court roll, 24 October 1682
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/68Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 11 October 1683
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/69Court roll, [ ] October 1683
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/70Court roll, 23 October 1684
(1 file)
Ref: D/MOB 1/71List of the members of the grand jury of Bowes, 23 October [16]85
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/72Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 23 October 1685
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/73Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 23 October 1685
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/74Court roll, 23 October 1685
(1 file)
Ref: D/MOB 1/75Court roll, 22 October 1686
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/76List of the grand jury of the court of Bowes, 22 October 1686
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/77Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 22 October 1686
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/78Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 13 October 1687
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/79Court roll, 13 October 1687
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/80Schedule of Bowes manorial court records, 24 October 1678 - 1687
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/81Court roll, 20 September 1690
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/82Grant of administration of the goods within the manor of Bowes of [ ] to William Kipling, Thomas Laydman and John [Hullock], 1 October 1692
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/83The accounts of the bailiff of the manor of Bowes, 21 October 1692
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/84Court roll, 19 October 1706
(4 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/85Court roll, 18 October 1708
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/86Court roll, 21 [October] 1718
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/87Court roll, [ ] October 1723
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/88Presentment by the jurors of Bowes, 1724
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/89Court roll, 1725
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/90Court roll, 20 October 1727
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/91Verdict of the jury of Bowes, 20 October 1727
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/92Court roll, 29 October 1734
(5 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/93List of the members of the jury of Bowes, 1734
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/94Court roll, 26 October 1739
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/95List of the resants and essoins of Bowes, 1739 - 1740
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/96Court roll, 25 October 1751
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/97-99Precepts sent by the Steward of Bowes to the bailiff summoning the manorial court, 8, 11 and 18 October 1758
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/100Court roll, 31 October 1758
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/101Court roll, 17 October 1775
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/102Court roll, 24 [ ] 1775
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/103Court roll, 18 October 1776
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/104Court roll, 13 October 1777
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/105Court roll, 30 October 1789
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/106Court roll, 14 November 1791
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/107Court roll, 29 October 1796
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/108Extract of court roll, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/109-124Lists of the resants of Bowes, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century)
(16 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/125-131Lists of essoins, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(7 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/132-137Lists of amercements, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(6 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/138-150Lists of jurors of Bowes, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(13 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/151-154Presentments by the jurors of Bowes, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(4 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 1/155List of pains set down by the jury of the manor of Bowes, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/156List of free tenant defaulters of the manor of Bowes, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 1/157Copy minutes of the Bowes Manor Court, 17 October 1772 - 28 November 1903, indexed, 24 February 1909
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: D/MOB 1/158Extracts dated 17 October 1772 - 23 July 1808 from the Bowes Manor Court rolls and minutes of meetings of the Proprietors of the Manor of Bowes, n.d. [1808]
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: D/MOB 1/159Handbill detailing the minutes of a general meeting of the Bowes Manor freeholders to elect trustees, 6 March 1818
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/MOB 1/160Minutes of meetings of the Lords in Trust, indexed, 24 August 1895 - 17 November 1910
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: D/MOB 1/161Minutes of meetings of the Lords in Trust, indexed, 22 November 1911 - 2 July 1940
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: D/MOB 1/162Minutes of meetings of the Lords in Trust, 9 September 1940 - 19 August 1981
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Deeds (Ref: D/MOB 2/26-48)Ref: D/MOB 2/2627 August 1657
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Frances Thomlinson of Poole, Yorkshire, yeoman, and Jane his wife
Grant by (1) to (2) of a tenement and parcels of land in Bowes
Rent: £1 5s. 8d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/2715 September 1657
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates, in the parish of Bowes, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) William Binkes of Stonyfield in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and ground in Bowes
Rent: 2s. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/282 October 1657
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Killmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Frances Raylton of Bowes, yeoman, and William Raylton of Bowes, yeoman
Grant by (1) to (2) of land [in Bowes]
Rent: 6s. 6d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/292 October 1657
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Killmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorks.; yeomen
(2) Anthony Whitell (?), yeoman
[Rest of deed illegible]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/30[ ] October 1657
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of KilmondWood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) John Laydman of Under Kilmond in the parish of Bowes
Grant by (1) to (2) of [rest of deed illegible]
Rent: 5s. 8d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/31[ ] 1657
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) George [Deanham] of Bowes, labourer
Grant by (1) to (2) of a cottage, house and garth in Bowes
Rent: 1s. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/32[ ] 1657
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Thomas Laydman of Bowesfield in the parish of Bowes
Grant by (1) to (2) of [land in the parish of Bowes and Boldron]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/33[ ] 1657
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Robert Hird of Bowes, [weaver]
Grant by (1) to (2) of a cottage, house and garth (2 v.) [in Bowes] (boundaries specified)
Consideration: £20
Rent: 4d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/34[2]9 [ ] 1657
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) John Paycocke of [ ], Cambridgeshire, draper
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcels of land [in Bowes]
Rent: 6s. 6d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/3521 April 1659
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) William Coats of Bowes, labourer
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage [ ]
Rent: 1d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/3621 May 16[5 ]
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Thomas Thompson of [ ], Yorkshire, yeoman
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcels of land in Bowes
Rent: 5s. 1d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/37[ ] September 165[ ]
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) Michael Clarkson of Boldron, Yorks.
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage [rest of deed illegible]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/381 August 1666
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) James Richard (?) of York, bricklayer
Grant by (1) to (2) of [rest of deed illegible]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/3925 September [ ]
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gents.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron, Yorkshire; yeomen
(2) John Copeland of [ ], Yorks.; yeoman
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands [in Bowes]
Rent; 16s. 5d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/40Schedule of deeds of property held by George Anderson, Robert Bainbridge, and Christopher Bainbridge, recorded at the manor court held on 21 October 1675
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 2/416 November 1676
(1) Christopher Hanby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes, yeoman; Lionel Mitchell of Northfields in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
(2) Thomas Buckle of Bowes, labourer
Grant by (1) to (2) of a messuage and premises in Bowes (boundaries specified)
Rent: 8d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/4225 October 1699
(1) William Coates of Bowes, labourer
(2) Agnes Brown of Bowes, widow
Bargain and sale with enfeoffment by (1) and (2) of a messuage in Bowes (boundaries specified)
Consideration: £4
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 2/437 November 1750
(1) John [Taylor] of [Westgates] in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
(2) William Kipling of Bowes
[Rest of deed illegible]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/44Schedule of deeds belonging to the manor of Bowes, 25 September 1657 - 7 November 1808
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 2/45[21] May 1822
(1) John Campbell of Bowes, shoemaker
(2) Jonas Smith of Bowes, blacksmith
Lease by (1) to (2) for a year of a messuage in Bowes (boundaries specified)
Consideration: 5s.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 2/464 December 1656
(1) Francis Moss, John Stone, Nathaniel Manton, Methuselah Turner and Thomas Benson, citizens of the City of London
(2) Christopher Hamby of West Gates, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes, Yorkshire, yeoman; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood, Yorkshire, yeoman; and Lionel Mitchell of Boldron, Yorkshire, yeoman
Feoffment of the messuages, lands and cottages as specified at Bowes, Stonykeld, Sleightholme, Spittle and Boldron, in the parishes of Bowes and Stratford [Startforth], parts of the manors of Middleham and Richmond
Consideration: £3 to (1), and £2,400 to Thomas Player, esq., Chamberlain of the City of London
[For 19th century copy, see D/HH 2/12/98]
(Parchment, 5 membranes, defective)
Ref: D/MOB 2/4722 September 1657
(1) Christopher Hamby of Westgates, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes, John Laydman of Killmondwood, Lionell Mitchell of Boldron, Yorkshire, yeomen
(2) Christopher Alderson of Sleightholme, Yorkshire
Conveyance of customary messuages and tenements in Bowes, Boldron, Stony Keld, Sleightholme and Spittle in the parishes of Bowes and Startforth, and part of the manor of Richmond and Middleham, Yorkshire
Rent: 18s.10d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane, defective)
Ref: D/MOB 2/48[1656 - 1657]
(1) [Christopher Hamby of Westgates, Yorkshire, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes, Yorkshire, yeoman; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood, Yorkshire, yeoman; and Lionel Mitchell of Boldron, Yorkshire, yeoman]
(2) [Francis Moss, John Stone, Nathaniel Manton, Methuselah Turner and Thomas Benson, citizens of the City of London]
Conveyance [indecipherable]
(Parchment, 1 membrane, defective)
Steward's Papers (Ref: D/MOB 3/199-589)Ref: D/MOB 3/199Receipt from rent payable on land at Bowes, being part of the jointure of the dowager queen Catherine, [1685 - 1705]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 3/200-214Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1854 - 1856
(15 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/215-346Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1858
(132 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/347-416Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1861
(70 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/417-497Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1864
(81 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/498-507Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1867
(10 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/508-577Receipts issued by the Lords in Trust of the Manor of Bowes for the dividend on the rateable value of lands in Bowes according to the schedule in the suit of Morritt v Walton, 1870
(70 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/578-582Schedules of owners of ancient lands and tenements within the manor of Bowes under the decree in the suit of Morritt v Walton, October 1858, November 1861, November 1870
(5 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 3/583Annual statement of receipts and expenditure of the Manor of Bowes (1854-5) and notice of annual court, 4 October 1855
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/MOB 3/584Annual statement of receipts and expenditure of the Manor of Bowes (1873-4) and notice of annual court, 26 October 1874
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/MOB 3/585Gamekeepers' notebook recording payments to night watchers and killers of vermin; details of drives and bags, and fines levied on individuals for breaches of regulations on Bowes Moor, 2 July 1855 - 22 October 1880
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/MOB 3/586Bowes Moor game book, no. 1, 12 August 1920 - 10 December 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: D/MOB 3/587Bowes Moor game book, no. 2, 19 August 1935 - 10 October 1953
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)
Ref: D/MOB 3/588Game register, 13 September 1954 - 30 November 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/MOB 3/589Album of newspaper cuttings concerning the Manor of Bowes, compiled by the steward, indexed, 22 August 1906 - 8 March 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Inclosure (Ref: D/MOB 4/36-40)Ref: D/MOB 4/36Copy enclosure awards relating to the Manor of Bowes, indexed, n.d. [c. 1845]
Includes: Bowes Cow Close; Bowes West Pasture; Ox Pasture; Bolron Inn Moor and Thornberry, 12 October 1768
Bowes Moor, 29 September 1772
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: D/MOB 4/37Copy enclosure award by Crayston Webster of Kendal, Westmoreland, land surveyor, relating to Bowes Moor [20 October 1859]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/MOB 4/38Description of the boundaries of the Manor of Bowes as at 9 July 1789, n.d. [ c.1800]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 4/39Copy description of the boundaries of the Manor of Richmond and Lordship of Middleham, as at 12 February 1618, by J. Walton, n.d. [ c.1800]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 4/40Handbill announcing the annual perambulation of the boundaries of the Manor of Bowes, 9 May 1849
Endorsed with a description of the perambulation and annotated with the author's opinion that the perambulation was 'poor⿦only cheese and bread and ale at Tan hill neither dinner nor anything for supper'
(1 paper, printed)
Law suits (Ref: D/MOB 5/7)Ref: D/MOB 5/7Handbill setting out 'the real nature of the case' of Walton and others v. Morritt and others, signed 'A Freeholder' and printed by Thomas Clifton, n.d. [ c.1835]
(1 paper, printed)
Miscellaneous (Ref: D/MOB 6/9-17)Ref: D/MOB 6/9Letter from Andrew Fenwick to [ ] concerning Sergeant Robert Booker of the 2nd battalion of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot, who committed suicide, 15 November 1808
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 6/10Letter from Mr. Briggs to [ ] concerning the inquest on Sergeant Booker, 15 November 1808
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 6/11Letter from Jonathan Laidman to his brother concerning the inquest on Sergeant Booker, 28 November 1808
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 6/12An abstract of evidences placed before the coroner at the inquest of Sergeant Booker, 1 December 1808
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 6/13Extract from 'Colonel Hawkin's Shooting Diaries' edited by Eric Parker, 1931, describing a visit to the moors at Spittle, on 26 October 1812
(4 papers, typescript, photocopied)
Ref: D/MOB 6/14Notes on the Bowes safe, which was officially opened on 21 January 1994, together with a cutting from the Teesdale Mercury reporting the event, n.d. [January 1994]
(2 papers, 1 typescript and 1 printed)
Ref: D/MOB 6/15'Bowes Moor: an historical account', by Gordon Rowe, Bowes, 1996
(16 papers, typescript)
Ref: D/MOB 6/16History of the Manor of Bowes, by an unidentified author, n.d. [2000]
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: D/MOB 6/17Article from Country Life, entitled 'Red Grouse Rise Again', 8 August 2002
Originally enclosed in D/MOB 3/589
(1 paper, printed)
Wills, Inventories, Bonds (Ref: D/MOB 7/22-123)Ref: D/MOB 7/2210 June 1630
(1) [Sithen] Coates of Bowes, spinster, and Agnes Coates of Bowes, spinster
(2) Alice Coates of Bowes, spinster
Bond of (1) to (2) in £10 for the due performance of deed of covenant of even date
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/MOB 7/23Will of Thomas Richardson, 5 January 1656/57
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/2415 September 1657
(1) William Binkes of Stonyfield in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
(2) John Binkes of Stonyfield, yeoman
Bond of (1) to (2) in £40 to maintain John Binkes of [ ] as an apprentice (?)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/2524 September 1657
(1) John Prayne of Levie Poole in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
(2) Christopher Hamby of Westgates in the parish of Bowes, gent.; Leonard Laydman of Bowes; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes; Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire
Bond of (1) to (2) in £46 for the protection of (2) from claims made by James Richardson concerning the grant of a messuage, house and garth belonging to his father, Thomas Richardson of Boldron, [yeoman] deceased, to Thomas Atkin of Boldron, until he reaches the age of 21
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/26Schedule of wills, bonds and inventories proved in the manor of Bowes, 7 January 1655/6 - 16 October 1668
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/27Will of Margaret Park of Klint in the parish of Bowes, widow, 18 March 1671/2
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/28Will of Mylles Granger of Bowes, 20 March 1671/2
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/296 October 1673
(1) Leonard Maddison of [Rushy]ford, yeoman, and Grace his wife; John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes, gent., and James Rayne of Stonyfield, yeoman
(2) George Daile, gent., steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £70 for due performance of the executorship of Margaret [Daile] by Leonard Maddison and his wife, Grace
(3 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 7/30Will of William Copeland of Bowes, yeoman, 6 October 1673
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/316 October 1673
(1) Christopher Copeland of Lamb Hill in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, Thomas Copeland of Bolron, yeoman, and George Tinkler of Under Kilmond, yeoman
(2) George Dale, gent., steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £240 for due performance of the executorship of William Copeland by Christopher Copeland
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/32Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Copeland of Bowes, yeoman, 30 [October] 1673
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/33Inventory of the goods and chattels of John Laydman of Bowes, 10 October 1674
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/3422 October 1674
(1) Margaret Laydman of Bowes
(2) The Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £[ ] for due performance of the executorship of John Laydman by Margaret, his widow
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/35Will of Thomas Whorleton, 26 November (?) 1674
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/36Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Whorleton of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, 4 February 1674/75
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/37Will of Christopher Alderson of Sleightholme in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 12 June 1675
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 7/3821 October 1675
(1) Roger Alderson of Slight Holme, Yorkshire., yeoman, [ ] of New Close, Yorkshire, yeoman, and Christopher [ ] of Lamb Hill in the parish of Bowes, gent.
(2) George Daile, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £200 for due performance of the executorship of Christopher Alderson by Roger Alderson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/391675 (?)
(1) John [ ] of Bowes, [ ], [ ] Laidman of Kilmond Wood, yeoman, and Richard [ ] of Stonye Kell, yeoman
(2) George Daile, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £80 for due performance of the executorship of Thomas Whorleton
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/40Will of John Richardson of [Bowes], 22 January 1676/7
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/41[ ] June 1677
(1) James Richardson
(2) George Daile, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £40 for due performance of the executorship of John Richardson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/42Will of William Pearson of Bowes, yeoman, 19 June 1678
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/431678
(1) [ ], Yorkshire, William Rayleton of [ ], Yorkshire, yeoman, and William Thompson of Bowes, yeoman
(2) The Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £28 for due performance of the executorship of William Parson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/44Will of Thomas Langstaffe of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, yeoman, 23 April 1681
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/4525 October 1681
(1) John Langstaffe the Younger
(2) Robert Johnson, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £20 for the due performance of the executorship of the late [John] Langstaffe the Elder, late Steward of the Manor of Bowes, by John Langstaffe the Younger
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/46-47Will and inventory of the goods and chattels of Christopher Alderson of Bowes, yeoman, 14 July 1682
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 7/48Inventory of the goods and chattels of Syth Binkes of Northfield in the parish of Bowes, spinster, 1 September 1682
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/49Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Hanby of Bowes, 26 December 1682
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/50n.d. [late seventeenth century]
(1) Frances Hanby and Thomas Hanby
(2) [The Steward of the Manor of Bowes]
Bond of (1) to (2) in £[ ] for due performance of the executorship of Thomas Hanby by Frances Hanby and Thomas Hanby
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/51Inventory of the goods and chattels of Robert Thompson of Bowes, 30 April 1683
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/52Inventory of the goods and chattels of Richard Coates of Bowes, 18 August 1683
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/53Inventory of the goods and chattels of Ralph Laydman of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, yeoman, [ ] January 1683/4
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/54[ ] 1684
(1) Robert Laydman and [ ]
(2) Robert Johnson, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £191 for due performance of the executorship of Ralph Laydman by Robert Laydman
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/55Inventory of the goods and chattels of John Matthews of Bowes, 20 April 1685
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/5623 October 1685
(1) Richard Wharton of Bowes, esquire, and Thomas Laydman of Bowes, yeoman
(2) Robert Johnson, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £69 for due performance of the executorship of Richard Coates by Richard Wharton and Thomas Laydman
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/57Inventory of the goods and chattels of Elizabeth Newby, 29 December 1685
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/58Inventory of the goods and chattels of [ ] of Bowes fields, 15 April 1686
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/59Will of Charles Bayley of Bowes, 1 July 1686
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/601686
(1) [Maria] Copeland of [ ], Yorkshire, William Kipling of [ ], and Christopher Copeland of [ ]
(2) Robert Johnson, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £100 for due performance of the executorship of [ ]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/61Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Binckes of Stoney Keld in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 14 September 1687
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/62Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Raylto of Bowes, 22 March 1687/8
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/63Inventory of the goods and chattels of Charles Bayley of Bowes, 27 September 1688
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/64Inventory of the goods and chattels of Henry Wrightson of Bowes [yeoman], 29 September 1688
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/65Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Laydman of Bowes, yeoman, 4 April 1689
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/66Probate copy of will, dated 19 October 1688, of Magdalen Coates of Bowes, widow, [31 October 1689]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 7/67Will of Thomas Smith of Crowheads in the parish of Bowes, farmer, 16 August 1690
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/68Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Dent of Bowes, labourer, 9 September 1690
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/69Inventory of the goods and chattels of Henry Werrington of Bowes, [ ] 1690
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/70Inventory of [Richard] Binkes of Bowes, yeoman, 10 March 1690/1
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/71Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Hutchinson, 4 February 1691/2
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/72Will of Christian Wrightson of Bowes, spinster, 12 November 1692
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/73Inventory of the goods and chattels of Christian Wrightson of Bowes, spinster, 29 November 1692
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/74Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Bainbridge of Lambhill in the parish of Bowes, farmer, 29 December 1692
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/75Will of William Grainger of Bowes, yeoman, 22 January 1692/3
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/76Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Anderson, 14 March 1692/3
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/77Inventory of the goods and chattels of John Laydman of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes, 21 April 1696
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/78Will and inventory of the goods and chattels of [Anthony] Hanby [in the parish of Bowes], [ ] 1696
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/79Will of Robert Laydman of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, yeoman, 30 January 1696/7
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/80Inventory of the goods and chattels of [ ], 1 October 1697
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/81Inventory of the goods and chattels of Christopher Clarkson of Northfield in the parish of Bowes, 27 April 1699
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/82Inventory of the goods and chattels of John Laydman of Bowes, 1699
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/83Will of George Clarkeson of [Boldron] in the parish of [Startforth], Yorkshire, n.d. [late seventeenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/84Will of James Binkes of [Hunly] in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 9 January 1699/1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/85Will of Mary Copeland of Low Closse [Close] in the parish of Bowes, widow, 25 January 1699/1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/86Inventory of the goods and chattels of James Binkes of [Hunly] in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 19 February 1699/1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/87Inventory of the goods and chattels of Mary Copeland of Low Closse [Close] in the parish of Bowes, widow, 16 February 1699/1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/88Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Smith of Mellwaters in the parish of Bowes, 19 August 1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/89Will of Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, yeoman, 7 December 1700
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/90Inventory of the goods and chattels of Lionel Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire., 2 January 1700/1701
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/91Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Clarkson of Northfield in the parish of Bowes, 27 March 1701
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/92-93Two copies of the inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Loadman of Bowes, 27 November 1707
(2 papers)
Ref: D/MOB 7/94Will of Jebell Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, widow, 27 September 1709
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/953 November 1709
(1) Christopher Hall of Eldon, yeoman, and Anna his wife, and Thomas Kipling of Mellwaters in the parish of Bowes, yeoman
(2) Geoffrey Shaw, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £100 for due performance of the executorship of Thomas Laydman by Christopher Hall and Anna
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/96Inventory of the goods and chattels of Isabell Mitchell of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, 2 January 1711/1712
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/9711 July 1713
(1) Christopher Alderson
(2) Geoffrey Shaw, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £200 for due performance of the executorship of Thomas Holliday late of Barr Gapp in the lordship of Bowes, yeoman, by Christopher Alderson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/98Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas Holiday, 12 July 1713
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/99Inventory of the goods and chattels of George Bayley of [Low Close] in the parish of Bowes, 19 February 1714/15
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/100Will of Thomas Bainbridge of [Under Killmond] in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 24 [June] 1715
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/101Will of James Say[er] of Bowes, yeoman, 28 February 1715/16
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/10222 October 1716
(1) John Sayer of Bowes
(2) Geoffrey Shaw, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £[ ] for the due performance of the executorship of James Sayer (?) by John Sayer
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/103Schedule of wills, bonds and inventories, from 30 June 1707 to 24 June 1715, 'to be put into Bowes Court chest', 21 April 1719
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/104Will of Thomas Kipling of Mellwaters in the parish of Bowes, 7 May 1722
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/105Will of John Richardson of Northsides, 4 March 1722/23
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/106Will of George Coates of Stonyfield in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 20 July 1723
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/107Probate copy of will, dated 7 May 1722, of Thomas Kipling of Mellwaters in the parish of Bowes, 23 October 1724
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/108Inventory of the goods and chattels of Philip Heffor, 10 February 1725/6
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/109Will of Thomas Binkes of Bowes, yeoman, 13 March 1726/7
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/110Will of Anthony Hanby of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire., 20 April 1727
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/111Will of Thomas Petty of Bowes, yeoman, 13 May 1729
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Ref: D/MOB 7/112Will of Philip Heslop of Bowes field in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, n.d. [early eighteenth century)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/11310 September 1771
(1) John Stodart of East Wood in the parish of Barningham, Yorkshire, [sergeant]
(2) John Bowfield of Stonyfield in the parish of Bowes and Whorton Sayer, blacksmith, Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Bowes, and William Copeland [of Bowes], Innkeeper, and George Hindmoor of Bowes, farmer, Church Wardens of the parish of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £20 to indemnify the parish of Bowes in respect of the bastard child with which Jane Moor of Bowes is pregnant
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/1149 March 1773
(1) Thomas Bainbridge of Shackholme, Yorkshire, yeoman, Roger Alderson of Barnard Castle, shoemaker, and William Alderson of Barnard Castle, shoemaker
(2) Sir Thomas Robinson of Chelsea, Middlesex, baronet, Lord of the Manor of Bowes, and William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, gent., Steward of the Manor of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £100 for due performance of the executorship of Margaret Kipling by Thomas Bainbridge and Roger Alderson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/1159 December 1773
(1) William Shaw of New Forrest in the parish of Kirby Ravensworth, Yorkshire, [joiner] and John Shaw of New Forrest, labourer
(2) Thomas Binks of Bowes and Jonathan Laidman of Bowes, yeoman, Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Bowes, and John [Aislabie] of Bowes, butcher, and Thomas Stevenson of Bowes, farmer, churchwardens of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £30 to indemnify the parish of Bowes in respect of the bastard child with which Ann Murray (?) of Bowes, single woman, is pregnant
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/116Will of George Bayley of [Low Close] in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, 17 January 1774
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/11717 January 1776
(1) James Robinson of Barnard Castle, blacksmith, Robert Sewell of High Close, parish of Saint John, Yorkshire, and Joseph Willis of [ ] in the parish of Cockfield, yeoman
(2) [ ] Stanley of [ ] in the parish of Bowes, gent., and Thomas Bow of Kilmond Wood in the parish of Bowes, yeoman, Overseers of the Poor in the parish of Bowes, and Thomas Binckes of Stonyfield in the parish of Bowes, gent., and Jonathan Laydman of Bowes, yeoman, Churchwardens of the Parish of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £40 to indemnify the parish of Bowes in respect of the bastard child with which Jane Rain [of Bowes] is pregnant
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/1184 June 1780
(1) Michael Bowe of Church Brough, Westmorland, woolmonger, and [Lionel Mitchell]
(2) William Bayley (?), James Sayer (?), George [ ], [ ], Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor in the parish of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £[ ] to idemnify the parish of Bowes in respect of the bastard child delivered of Ann Floyd of Stainmore in the parish of Bowes
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/119Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Whartton of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/120Inventory of the goods and chattels of Thomas [Nelson] of Boldron in the parish of Startforth, Yorkshire, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/121Inventory of the goods and chattels of [ ] Richardson, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/122Will of Agnes [ ] of [ ], Yorkshire., widow, n.d. [late seventeenth or eighteenth century]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/MOB 7/1232 April 1829
(1) John Ward of York, organ builder, and George Hodgson of Staindrop, gent.
(2) John Bourne and William Walton, Churchwardens of the parish of Bowes, and John Laydman and George Hunter, Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Bowes
Bond of (1) to (2) in £500 to indemnify the parish of Bowes in respect of the bastard child with which Mary Shaw of York, single woman, is pregnant
(1 paper)
