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D/Wat Boxes 1-140Interim List – Boxes
D/Wat Boxes section 01Boxes 1-7
D/Wat Box 1Documents from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Marriage settlement of Luke Prattman and Dorothea Christina Lodge, 29 May 1790 Title deeds to a cottage in Gilmonby, 1684 – 1826 (1 bundle)
D/Wat Box 2Title deeds to property in Bowes and Gilmonby belonging to George Edwards, c.1727 – c.1780 (1 bundle) Papers re Bligh and property in Romaldkirk, 1835 (1 bundle) Papers and deeds re land in Mickleton belonging to Thomas Raine, c.1770 – c.1828 (1 bundle) Title deeds and mortgage of J.R. Davis to Thomas Helmer on property in Romaldkirk, c.1770 – c.1818 (1 bundle) Settlement of Mrs. Jane Beadley of land in Barnard Castle, 1851 and general release of trustees thereof, 1859 (1 bundle)
D/Wat Box 3Documents from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Title deeds re lands in Mickleton, c.1729 – c.1780; bundle marked re John Hodgson (1 bundle) Title deeds re land in Mickleton belonging to Mrs. Benning of Staindrop Thomas Wright, blacksmith, Langton, 1852; deeds re house in Headlam, c.1775 – c.1826 Settlement of policies of assurance, Mader to Watson and Badcock, 1856 Deeds re Raisbeck in Westmorland and defeazance on mortgage in Foulsike, 1858
D/Wat Box 41 bundleDocuments from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Deeds to an estate in Mickleton, 1832 – 1838 (1 bundle) Conveyance, Harrison to Bayles, of lands in Hunderthwaite, 1832 (1 bundle) Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dowson’s marriage settlement, 1832 (1 bundle) Deeds re New Field, 1694 – 1762
D/Wat Box 5Documents from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Title deeds re land in Cotherstone, c.1819 – 1830 (not original bundle) Title deeds re mines in Cockfield, 1863 – 1887 (not original bundle) Title deeds relating to dwelling houses in Queen Street, Barnard Castle Title deeds relating to 3 leasehold closes in Mickleton purchased of John Longstaff by Messrs. Raine Deeds re land in Manor of Nunnery or Ermathwaite, 17th – 18th century Deeds re land in Lartington, 17th – 18th century Deeds re land in Barnard Castle, 17th – 18th century
D/Wat Box 6Documents from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Title deeds re land in Middleton-in-Teesdale, 17th – 18th century (1 bundle) Deeds of colliery in Evenwood, 1731 – 1746 (1 bundle) Two bundles miscellaneous title deeds including assignment of Crakescar and West Pitts Collieries, 1800
D/Wat Box 7Documents from trunk marked ‘W.L.P.’: Miscellaneous title deeds, 17th – 19th century (not original bundle) Deeds and papers re mortgage, Joshua Raine to Brownless and Watson of lands at Bowbank, 1847 – 1859 Title deeds concerning lands at Bowbank, 1780 – 1830
D/Wat Boxes section 02Box 8
D/Wat Box 8Papers in case Vane v Lord Barnard, 18th century
D/Wat Box 8/3091 file, printedAn Act [Duke of Cleveland Estate Act, 1867] for authorizing building and improving leases, and sales, of certain parts of the Estates at Darlington and Barnard Castle in the County of Durham, and at Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, comprised in or subject to certain Deeds of Settlement, and the Will of the late William Harry, first Duke of Cleveland; and for other purposes, 30 and 31 Vict, Sess. 1867
D/Wat Box 8/4401 paperList of names of the special jurors in a case between the King and Henry Earl of Darlington, at Durham, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4491 paperA particular of the spoil and destruction done to Raby Castle as appears on viewing the same, September 1716 [Produced in Vane v Lord Barnard in Chancery, at the examination of Samuel Burton, 7 September 1716]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4501 fileCopy bill of revivor, Lord Barnard and another v Lord Vane, 26 May 1726
D/Wat (Box 8)/4511 fileAffidavit of the service of a declaration of ejectment on William Lord Dungannon, Viscount Vane, concerning the ejectment of Francis Bowron from messuages, a mill and coal mine in the parishes of Cockfield and Gainford, 14 June 1726
D/Wat (Box 8)/4521 fileRemarks on the evidence in a legal dispute between the Bishop of Durham and Lord Darlington concerning mines and quarries in Wolsingham, Lynesack and Softley, Bedburn and Hamsterley, 17 January 1759
D/Wat (Box 8)/4531 paperQuestions as to the sort of witnesses to be examined in the dispute between the Earl of Darlington and the Bishop of Durham, relating to a large parcel of common who Lord Darlington claimed as part of Langley Chase and Forest in his manor of Raby, and on which he denies right of common; the Bishop of Durham claiming it as part of the common of Hamsterley chapelry in the manor of Wolsingham, n.d. [1759]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4541 paperNotes concerning the descent of the manor of Woodland from 1632 to 1744, n.d. [1759]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4551 paperRemarks on other evidence concerning the boundaries of Redgate Shield and Morton Shield, in the dispute between the Bishop of Durham and Lord Darlington, n.d. [1759]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4561 paperBill of costs relating to the Bishop of Durham and Lord Darlington, n.d. [1759]
D/Wat (Box 8)/4571 paperAcknowledgment of the Earl of Darlington to John Sherlock for receipt of the North Langtryhead dividend, 20 December 1778
D/Wat (Box 8)/4581 paperMemorandum on the division of Barnard Castle Moor, concerning the disputed boundary between the manor of Raby and Barnard Castle, n.d. [18th c]
D/Wat Box 8/4599 papersLists of witnesses and testimony as to lead mining activities relating to Henry Earl of Darlington v Timothy Hutchinson in Chancery, concerning disputed boundaries between Eggleston and Middleton minors 1737 – 1772
D/Wat Box 8/4601 paperMr Hartley’s queries on complainants and defendants dispositions concerning Barnard Castle, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8/4611 paperDraft affidavit for costs in the Raby cause in Chancery, 17 April 1760
D/Wat Box 8/4621 paperInterrogatories to be administered on behalf of the Hon. Gilbert Vane, Mary his wife, and sons Henry, Morgan, Thomas and Gilbert, complainants against the Rt. Hon. Christopher, Lord Barnard, n.d. [1727]
D/Wat Box 8/4631 paperCopy order of the Lord Chancellor directing the issue about Raby Castle, Lord Barnard and Lord Vane, 24 November 1 Geo II [1727]
D/Wat Box 8/4641 paperWrit issued to Mr Ralph Gowland junior for the production of the keys of Raby Castle to the workmen of the defendants in Lord Barnard and Lord Vane, by bill of revivor, pursuant to an order of 26 July last, to view Raby Castle on 8,9,10 and 12 September, 5 September 1726
D/Wat Box 8/4651 paperBill on the commission at Staindrop, giving dates of attendance at Staindrop. Durham and Auckland, concerning Lord Barnard and Lord Vane, September – October 1726
D/Wat Box 8/4661 paperMr Norton’s remarks on Hamsterley arbitration in the dispute between Lord Darlington ad the Bishop of Durham, n.d.  [18th century]
D/Wat Box 8/4671 paperLetter from T V Norton, Lincoln’s Inn, to [           ] concerning  the progress of legal proceedings and the manorial status of Woodland, 14 December 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4681 paperCopy extract from a perambulation of boundaries including Eggleshope Head, Hudshope [sic] Head, Croburne Head and the River Tees, taken from William Hutchinson’s papers, n.d. [18th century]
D/Wat Box 8/4691 paper19 February 1744 (1)   Henry Forth of Darlington, esq. (2)  George Eggleston of Bowlees in the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale Lease for 21 years to (2) of a farm at Bowlees Rent:   £8 p.a.
D/Wat Box 8/4701 paperLetter from William Jepson, Heighington, to Mr Robson, Darlington, agreeing to send a copy of the Wolsingham Act and reciting the first day’s riding of the boundary, from Dove Sike to Shaftwellhead, and recording the objections of William Hutchinson, and Jeremiah Hutchinson, Lord Darlington’s agent, 13 September 1765
D/Wat Box 8/4711 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Lord [Darlington] concerning trial of the causes with Mr Bowes, 6 October 1757
D/Wat Box 8/4721 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Lord [Darlington] concerning a mortgage deed securing £45,000 to Mr Pelham, and the first interest payment thereon,  26 September 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4731 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Lord [Darlington], sending a copy of part of the inquisition relating to Barnard Castle and Raby Lordships, 28 September 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4741 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Lord [Darlington] requesting a decision on whether to contest Mr Bowes right of common, the writer considering it more of a concern for the Barnard Castle and Staindrop people, and postscript concerning the appeal about turning the road, 28 October 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4751 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Lord [Darlington] advising of the deferment of the hearing of the Barnard Castle causes, 14 December 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4761 paperLetter  from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Lord [ Darlington], concerning the location of mortgage deeds from the late Earl of Darlington to Hutton Perkins, 15 April 1760
D/Wat Box 8/4771 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Lord [Darlington], concerning a bill by Mr Pelham’s estate in which the addressee was alleged to have an interest, and advising of the date of the hearing of Mr Bowes’ causes, 30 November 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4781 paperSigned address of the weavers of Barnard Castle, on behalf of the Body of Journeymen Manufacturers, to the Earl of Darlington, expressing thanks for the donations of £10 and £5 made by the Earl and Lady Darlington, Barnard Castle, 2 June 1785
D/Wat Box 8/4791 paperLetter from [Earl of Darlington?] to `gentlemen’ in support of the division of Barnard Castle Moor, 4 November 1784
D/Wat Box 8/4841 fileLord Darlington v Hutchinson, et e contra, observations from Mr Lloyd with Mr [?]’s annotations, n.d.  [18th century]
D/Wat Box 8/4851 paperLetter from Nathan Horn to Charles Whyt[e]ll, Gilmonby near Bowes, reporting on lead mining operations at Mannergill, Skeers and Sun Vein, 9 April 1733
D/Wat Box 8/4861 paperLetter from William Hugall, Durham, to Mr Robson, attorney, Darlington, requesting the latter’s attendance at Durham for the application for a new writ ad quod dampnum on the part of Lord Darlington, 2 January 1759
D/Wat Box 8/4871 paperLetter from Mr Robson, Darlington, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, arranging for the perusal of legal papers by Mr Hartley and Mr Stanhope at Richmond, and reporting payment of the regiment at Richmond before it marched to Boroughbridge, 14 September 1761
D/Wat Box 8/4881 paperCopy letter from Lord Darlington, Raby Castle, to Nicholas Hallhead, concerning the inquisition into the boundaries of Raby manor, and his readiness to reach an amicable settlement with the Bishop, 22 September 1758
D/Wat Box 8/4891 paperLetter from Mr Robson, Darlington to Mr Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, enclosing a copy of the heads of the award, and informing of the arbitrators judgement at Durham in the boundary dispute between Lord Darlington and the Bishop of Durham, whereby Lord Darlington won his claim against Lynesack and Softley, but lost that against Hamsterley; Mr Wren awarded right of common on Pennington Rake; and his claim to Woodland manor remaining in dispute with Lord Darlington; all other claims won by the Bishop, and Mr Hutchinson’s claim not yet determined, 1759
D/Wat Box 8/4901 paperLetter from Nathan Horn to Mr Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, concerning disputed boundaries on the common and at Flakebridge, 27 August 1761
D/Wat Box 8/4911 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Lord Darlington, to accompany a case and opinion from the Solicitor General, with reference to impressed naval service, and requesting affidavits, 11 March 1760
D/Wat Box 8/492papersBills for legal fees in Lord Darlington and another v Timothy Hutchinson and another, in Chancery, 1770 – 1771
D/Wat Box 8/4931 paperLetter from William Hopper, Durham, to Messrs. Robson and Terry, attorneys, Darlington, requiring urgent attendance at court for the chancellor’s order de bene esse in Darlington v Hutchinson, 7 September 1772
D/Wat Box 8/4942 papersLetter from John Sherlock, Raby Castle, to Lord Darlington discussing estate affairs, including the removal of hedges; the disposal of the late Mrs Blanchard’s estate; the rental of Mr Hutchinson’s fields; proposed exchange of fields at Staindrop and Barnard Castle, and Mr Hutchinson’s desire for an amicable settlement of the boundaries dispute, 20 December 1776
D/Wat Box 8/4952 papersLetter from John Sherlock, Raby Castle, to Lady Darlington, discussing the fattening of hogs and curing of bacon; rebutting Mr & Mrs Vane’s observations on the size of the writer’s fire at Raby; news of livestock, and enclosing a letter from Mr Hutchinson’s steward concerning proposed exchange of land, 27 & 30 December 1776
D/Wat Box 8/4961 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby to Jeremiah Hutchinson, advising of a final decree in the Barnard Castle cause, 14 June 1760
D/Wat Box 8/4971 paperNotice of executing the commission for the examination of witnesses in Lord  Barnard and others v Lord Vane , 16 August 1726
D/Wat Box 8/4981 paperNotices of an order for workmen of the defendant to take a view of Raby Castle, 27 August 1726
D/Wat Box 8/4992 papersVouchers for expenses payable to Mr Robson, November – December 1764
D/Wat Box 8/5001 paperLetter from W Hutchinson, Barnard Castle, to Thomas Lloyd requesting an alteration of the draft division bill, in order to reconcile the parties and satisfy the objections of Mr Pearson and Lord Strathmore, 1 March 1795
D/Wat Box 8/5011 paperLetter from George Allan to Lord Darlington, advising an amicable settlement of the action brought against Messrs. Glover and Robinson by Mr Smith, 4 April 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5021 paperLetter from W Hutchinson, Barnard Castle, to Lord Darlington, acknowledging his appointment as steward of the manor of Barnard Castle, 26 September 1788
D/Wat Box 8/5031 paperLetter from Lord Darlington concerning the legal action against the toll gatherers, 12 March 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5041 paperNotes concerning John Smith v Anthony Glover and Edward Robinson, in Kings Bench, concerning the payment of Barnard Castle tolls, n.d. [1783]
D/Wat Box 8/5051 paperLetter from George Allan to Lord Darlington concerning Mr Smith’s action against the Barnard Castle toll gatherers, and copy of Lord Darlington’s reply endorsed, 5 March 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5061 paperLetter from Thomas Hutchinson, Staindrop, to Joseph Taylor describing events relating to Mr George Bowes’ claim to Barnard Castle Moor, and desiring Taylor’s advice, 19 January 1752
D/Wat Box 8/5071 paperDraft interrogatories about the destruction of Raby Castle, n.d. [1726]
D/Wat Box 8/5081 paperAccount of the ‘water works’ at Raby Castle, comprising lead and pipe work, totalling £1,133. 8s. 8d., certified as that shown by Christopher Crawford, plumber at the time of his examination for the complainants, and referred to in his deposition, n.d. [18th century]
D/Wat Box 8/5091 paperNotice to Ralph Robson of the execution of the commission to take the answer of the defendants Timothy Hutchinson, and William Hutchinson, an infant, to the bill of complaint exhibited by the Earl of Darlington and another at the Rose and Crown, Barnard Castle on 14 June, 1 June 1773
D/Wat Box 8/5101 paperCopy extract of the fines and amerciaments at the court leet, and court baron of Henry Earl of Darlington, in the manor of Barnard Castle, 20 October 1772 All relate to the obstruction of the open street in B.C (see also 546)
D/Wat Box 8/5111 paperCopy receipts for rents due to the late Lord Barnard’s trustee for houses, encroachments and a quarry on Barnard Castle Moor, and paid to Mr Thomas Hutchinson 1739 – 1753
D/Wat Box 8/5121 paperNotes concerning evidence intervened to be advanced by the defendant [Bowes] showing the claim to Barnard Castle and Streatlam manors, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8/5131 paperDirections given on the consultation at Durham, of searches to be made for evidence respecting Barnard Castle manor, 24 July 1755
D/Wat Box 8/5141 paperCopy letter from George Allan, Darlington, to Mr Lloyd, requiring instructions to proceed in Hutchinson and Lord Darlington, 9 April 1780
D/Wat Box 8/5151 paperReceipt for payment by the Earl of Darlington to Thomas Bambrough on behalf of the mayor and corporation [of Durham] of expenses providing food and wine for legal counsellors on 4 October 1769, 5 June 1760 ??
D/Wat Box 8/5161 paperReceipt for payment by the Earl of Darlington to Richard Tinkler, steward, of his annual subscription to the Sons of the Clergy, 3 September 1770
D/Wat Box 8/5171 paperAn account of charitable donations etc in Barnard Castle as delivered upon oath by the Minister and Chapel Wardens, 6 September 1786
D/Wat Box 8/5181 paperCopy letter to G Allan from [ ?] concerning Barnard Castle tolls dispute, 29 March 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5192 papersNotes concerning Barnard Castle tolls dispute, 25 January and 23 March 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5201 paperNote from Mr William Hutchinson concerning signature of the consent bill, 18 December 1782
D/Wat Box 8/5211 paperLetter from John Sherlock, Raby Castle, to the Earl of Darlington discussing estate business, including Mr Edward’s request to lease land in Barnard Castle, 31 December 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5221 paperLetter from George Edwards, Barnard Castle, to the Earl of Darlington, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, requesting permission to lease 1/2 a. [acre] land in Castle Garth, Barnard Castle, from Wharton of the Bull, to make an entrance from his garden into the castle for the purpose of running out his horses and stable access, 21 December 1783
D/Wat Box 8/5231 paperCopy writ for Elisha alias Eliza Teesdale to answer William Harry, Earl of Darlington in a plea of trespass [for poaching], 12 February 42 Geo. III. [1802]
D/Wat Box 8/524Parchment, 1 membraneWrit, as D/Wat 523
D/Wat Box 8/5252 papersInformation of James Phillips, Lord Darlington’s gamekeeper, and Thomas Phillips, his son, against Elisha Teesdale and Jeremiah Gibson for poaching pheasants in Ladyclose Wood, Staindrop, 18 January 1802
D/Wat Box 8/5261 paperLetter from John Sherlock, Staindrop, to Mr Hutchinson, Barnard Castle, concerning the farm tenancy of Joseph Gibson’s son, prosecuted for killing game, 13 February 1803
D/Wat Box 8/5271 paperLetter from William Houldon jun., Raby Castle, to the Earl of Darlington, supplying an account of poachers apprehended on Harwood Fell, 13 October 1801
D/Wat Box 8/5282 papersEarl of Darlington v Curry: Letter from Charles Constable, Symonds Inn, to Mr Hutchinson, attorney, Barnard Castle, and information of William Carlton and Thomas Phillips against John Curry of Cockfield for poaching in Raby manor, 14 February 1802
D/Wat Box 8/5291 paperNotice of declaration against Thomas Whelpdale, defendant, at the suit of William Harry, Earl of Darlington, in an action of debt, in Kings Bench, 29 January 1802
D/Wat Box 8/5301 paperDeclaration of the Earl of Darlington, complainant in an action against Thomas Whelpdale for the payment of three fines imposed for poaching, Hilary term, 42 Geo. III [1802]
D/Wat Box 8/5311 paperLetter from John Clark, Langton, to Mr Hutchinson, attorney, The Grove, Barnard Castle, informing of Thomas Whelpdale’s origins and legal settlement, n.d. [1802]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3101 fileOffice copy [18th C] of grant [by letters patent] to Edward Ditchfield and others, citizens of London, of the reversion of the lordship of Raby, Brancepeth and Barnard Castle, 25 September 4 Chas. I [1628]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3111 fileLord Darlington’s title to the remainder of the estate in Barnard Castle, Middleton, Teesdale Chase and lead mines therein, and the rest of the Raby estate, from 1617; abstract of title to the manor and mines in Eggleston, 1571-1758; and Lord Darlington’s title to the offices of Master of the Forest within the lordship of Barnard Castle, and Chief Keeper of the Forest of Teesdale and Marwood Hagg, 17th Century
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3121 fileOffice copy of depositions on the part of dependants Briggs and others, in Tully v Briggs and others, in the Exchequer, concerning lead mines in Teasdale [sic] Forest, 11 January 17 Chas. II [1666]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3131 paperCopy decree in Tully v Huddleston, in the Exchequer, concerning the custom of payment of a tithe of lead ore to the rector of Middleton, 20 June 33 Chas. II [1681]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3141 paperCopy decree in Tully v Halsall, in the Exchequer concerning the custom of payment of a tithe of lead ore from Teasdale [sic] Forest to the rector of Middleton, 26 November 18 Chas. II [1666]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3151 fileCopy answers of Halsall, Briggs and others in Tully [v] Halsall, in the Exchequer 31 October 16 Chas. II [17th century]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3161 paperObservations upon the inquisition and survey [of the manor of Raby] in the Staindrop cause, Lord Darlington v Bowes, n.d. [ 18th c]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3171 fileOffice copy depositions on the part of the plaintiff in Tully v Huddleston and others, in the Exchequer, concerning lead mines in Teasdale [sic] [Teesdale] Forest, 20 October 1680 [Timothy Tully [rector of Middleton], clerk complt [complainant] v Ferdinando Huddleston esq, Ambrose Barnes, John Mowbray, William Gibson & John Hornesby, defendants
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3181 fileState of the questions in the causes and points insisted on by both parties, as appear in the bills and answers and observations thereon, in Lord Darlington v Hutchinson et e contra, concerning the boundaries of Lord Darlington’s manor of Eggleston, n.d. [18th c]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle A)/3191 fileOffice copy depositions on the part of Huddleston and others in Tully v Huddleston and others, in the Exchequer, concerning the lead mines of Teesdale Forest, 25 January 1680
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3201 paperCommission bills at Barnard Castle, on the matter of Lord Barnard and Mr Vane v George Bowes esq, in Chancery, 1753
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3211 paperMr Hutton’s and Mr Raper’s receipts in Henry Lord Barnard & another v George Bowes, in Chancery 1753
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3222 papersAccount of disbursements and other considerations [legal fee], Barnard Castle, 27 May 1754 [Lord Barnard & Vane v Bowes]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3231 paperCommissioners [Raper & Hutton] receipts and vouchers, 8 June 1754 [Earl of Darlington & another v George Bowes, on Chancery]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3247 papersBills for expenses paid to witnesses, August 1754 – July 1758
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/325papersJury bills and bills for legal fees in Lord Darlington v Bowes, 1755 – 1760
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3261 paperList of witnesses examined on depositions in the Barnard Castle & Staindrop cause, 18 May 1760
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3271 fileCopy decree in Staindrop cause, Lord Darlington v Bowes, 5 May 1755
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/328Parchment, 4 membranes, and 6 papersWrits of subpoenas, and copies, for the appearance of witnesses for the plaintiff at Durham assizes in the actions of Right Honourable Henry Earl of Darlington v George Bowes, of a plea of trespass, 17 June 28 June and 10 July 1758
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3291 paperSheriff’s return of jurors’ answers [regarding attendance] in Barnard Castle and Staindrop cause, 1759
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3301 paperList of jurors names in Barnard Castle and Raby causes, regarding views of Barnard Castle Moor (17 July 1759) and Staindrop Moor (19 July 1759), 1759
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3311 paperOrders from Mr Bowes’ solicitor to produce writings [1750s]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3321 paperMinutes taken from the depositions of the defendant Mr Bowes’ witnesses, n.d. [1750s]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3333 papersNotices of Mr Robson, solicitor for the plaintiff, requesting Mr Bowes’ consent to come to trial, 10 August 1756
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3346 papersJury lists, Barnard Castle and Raby causes, 10 June 1755 – 1759
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3351 fileRemarks on Jeremiah Hutchinson’s showing Barnard Castle Moor boundaries to the gentlemen on the view, 1 – 2 July 1755
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3361 paperCopy letter from Mr John Stanhope to Ralph Robson, considering the evidence in Lord Darlington’s case to be very clear in his Lordship’s favour, 3 July 1756
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3371 paperList of sheep keeps, coal horse keepers, and turf leaders in Barnard Castle, and memorandums of request that the Commissioners of Customs will grant liberty to John Bainbridge, a Riding Officer in the Port of Sunderland, to go to Raby as witness for Lord Darlington in a Chancery cause about a boundary, n.d. [ c 1755]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3381 paperCopy receipts given to Reginald Waite about his payment for stone on Barnard Castle Moor, 1749 – 1753
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3391 paperNames of witnesses in Barnard Castle and Staindrop cause, 1759
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3404 papersNotices for the plaintiffs to produce deeds, 7 June – 17 July 1755
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3411 paperLetter from Mr Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, concerning the Barnard Castle and Staindrop causes, 13 July 1756
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3421 paperCopy letter from Jeremiah Hutchinson to Ralph Robson reporting on Mr John Dixon’s inspection of deeds and papers at Raby Castle, 13 June 1755
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3435 papersJury lists in Barnard Castle and Raby/Staindrop causes, 1757-1758
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3445 papersSchedule of deeds of Barnard Castle and Raby to be sent to London to the Right Honourable Henry Vane and related papers, 19 December 1754
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3451 paperCopy order for trail of Barnard Castle and Raby causes, Lord Darlington v Bowes, 12 February 1757
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3461 paperMemorandum of deeds taken out relating to Barnard Castle Common n.d. [1750s]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3471 fileCopy of issue, Earl of Darlington v Bowes, Trinity 28 Geo. II [ 1754]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3481 paperExamination of Margaret and Wilham Deighton concerning Staindrop Moor, 1759
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/349Notices from Mr Bowes, defendant, for production of deeds by Lord Darlington at Durham assizes, 10-17 July 1755
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle B)/3501 fileDefendants affidavits for the motion for a new trial, and plaintiffs affidavits against the same, February – March 1760
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3511 file30 May 1753 (1) George Baker of Ellemore hall [Elemore Hall], esq. (2) The Governor and Company for Smelting down Lead with Pitt Coal and Sea Coal Copy lease for 16 years of Newbiggin or Newbigginhope leadmines, part of the manor of Bulbeck, Northumberland [boundaries specified] Rent: one seventh of all lead ore
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3521 file29 September 1757 (1) Evan Emerson of Temple Sowerby, Westmorland, gent., Thomas Dickenson of Hexham, gent., and John Renwick of Eshgill, Cumberland, gent. (2) The Governor and Company for Smelting down Lead with Pitt Coal and Sea Coal Copy lease for 21 years of the lead mines of Priorsdale, Cumberland [boundaries specified] Rent: one sixth of all lead ore
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3531 paperMr Hutton Perkins’ bill to the Honourable Henry Vane for legal services, 1739-1741 concerning the latter’s marriage settlement and mortgage of Pikelaw Grove, 20 April 1741
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3541 paperDraft plan of new intended road from the north side of Staindrop Beck below the Church Bridge to the north side of Dixon’s Garth, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3551 plan, ink and colour wash, 36cm x 47.5 cm.Plan and admeasurement of the new turnpike road from the north side of Staindrop Beck to Dixon’s Gate, and the existing turnpike road (part of the Bishop Auckland to Barnard Castle turnpike) through Raby town via Gill Cross, n.d. [18th century] Field names , footpaths, Raby Park shown
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3561 file3 July 1761 (1) The Right Honourable Henry Earl of Darlington of Raby Castle (2) Sir Robert Burnett of Foremark, Derbyshire, bart , and others. Copy lease for 21 years of Langdon Common leadmines in Middleton in Teesdale Rent: £20 per annum and one fifth of all lead ore Includes: amendments probably made on renewal of lease
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3572 papersValuation, and schedule, of the engine and work tools [for leadmining] at Flakebridge, made by Thomas Nixon for the Earl of Darlington, 13 July 1767
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3581 paperValuation by Thomas Nixon of the engine at Flakebridge, as delivered to Mr Tweedale, 5 November 1770
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3591 paperLetter from William Ainsley, Barnard Castle to Mr Sherlock, Raby Castle, informing that he has seen Mr Hutchinson’s lease referring to the Governor and Company for Smelting Lead, 3 February 1773
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3601 paperDraft undertaking by Henry Earl of Darlington to indemnify the lessee of his leadmines from any action brought by Timothy Hutchinson, as a result of the boundary dispute, in Chancery, between the Earl of Darlington, lord of the Manor of Middleton in Teesdale, and Hutchinson, Lord of the manor of Eggleston n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3611 fileLady Hervey Montagu, Duchess of Cleveland, Inventory and valuation of paintings in Pompey’s Hole, Tapestry Bedchamber, the Farthest Gallery, Back Parlour, Little Parlour, Billiard Room, Great Parlour and Mrs Durant’s Room [location not specified], by P J Tassaert, 1 January 1779
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3621 file25 March 1769 (1) Nicholas Tindal, Clerk and others, seven of the Commissioners or Governors and Directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (2) Henry Errington of Sandoe, Northumberland, esq and Adam Wilkinson of Nentsberry, Cumberland, gent. Copy lease for 21 years of the north and south running lead mine called Cowhill Crossvein in the Manor of Alston Moor, Cumberland Rent: one fifth of all lead ore
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/36312 papersDraft Bill of the Right Honourable Gilbert Lord Barnard to the Right Honourable Philip Lord Hardwick and Lord Chancellor, petitioning the grant of a writ against Edward Ingram of Barnard Castle, for incroachment on the lanes and wastes of the manor of Barnard Castle, regarding a parcel of Church Lane inclosed by Ingram and used as offices to his freehold house there, n.d. [1737 -1753]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3641 paperMr Norton’s observations on writ of ad quod damnum, concerning the closure of the Raby Park road by Lord Darlington, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3651 paperSummary of distances of the old and new roads from Staindrop Street and Bridge to Dixon’s Garth, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/366Instructions to Mr Norton for a writ of ad quod damnum on the part of Lord Darlington, concerning the latter’s intention to inclose two roads and two footpaths between Staindrop and Dixon’s Gate, and to replace the same with a new road and footpath, and referring to a previous writ appealed against by Mr Bowes, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3671 paperAccount of rent received by Richard Shepherd from tenants William Whitfield and John Atkinson for housing at Raby, 1752 -1757
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3681 paperLetter from Mr Bowes Grey, Durham, to Mr Ralph Robson, attorney, Darlington, advising on arrangement for ingrossment [sic] and sealing of the writ of ad quod damnum, thereby preventing Dixon or Robinson’s attendance at the inquisition, 31 December 1758
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3692 papersNotice of appeal against the writ of ad quod damnum for the inclosure of part of the King’s highway and the turnpike road in the parish of Staindrop by Henry Earl of Darlington, and copy writ, 2 October 1758
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3701 paperCopy brief on behalf of the Earl of Darlington, concerning an appeal against the writ ad quod damnum, n.d. [1758]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3711 paperLetter from Jerimiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, to Ralph Robson, attorney in Darlington, enclosing two maps, and giving measurements of the intended new road from Staindrop Church Bridge to the turnpike at the north side of Dixon’s Garth, and of the present roads; expressing Lord Darlington’s desire to destroy two footpaths and to replace them with a causeway beside the new intended road; supplying evidence of the riding of the boundaries; and remarking, in postcript on the downright rancour of Mr Bowes’ opposition, 10 October
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3724 papersProposals for the lease from the Earl of Darlington of lead mines at Green Bands Vein, Pikelaw and Blea Gill, and measurements of Brokergill lead mine, 24 December 1792 – January 1793
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3732 papersLetter from Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle to Henry Earl of Darlington, reporting on lead mining operations at Pikelaw, Broadlaw, Leeklaw, Mannergill and elsewhere and informing of several matters of estate business, 29 November 1754
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3742 papersProposal by Anthony Hopper and partners for the lease from the Earl of Darlington of lead mines at Streak and Yackey Gill, 7 January 1793
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3751 paperSketch and description of Mannergill [lead] mines, Eggleshope within the manor of Middleton, by Thomas Nixon, and his advice to the Earl of Darlington regarding the London Lead Company’s request for a lease of land, 9 March 1771
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3761 paperLetter from Leonard Spenceley, Darlington, by order of Robson, enclosing a copy extract from the perambulation of Teesdale Forest (1 September 31 Henry VIII), which Robson considers inconquerable evidence of the Middleton manor boundary , 17 December 1771
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3771 fileSummary of quantity, and valuations of lead ore raised at the mines [not specified], and calculation of profit, 10 October 1791 – 5 April 1792
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3781 paper, lacking lower marginFormula [defective] for a grant of the liberty to mine for lead ore in ground belonging to the Earl of Darlington, and for a grant of a lease before 29 September 1771
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3792 papersPlans of [houses at] Raby New Town, with names of occupiers, 20 March 1792 and n.d. [late 18th c ]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3801 paperSketch of Hawkside and Coldberry Veins, describing the ground proposed to be taken by Mr. Errington, 1768
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3813 papersMeasurement of the road from Gaunless Mill to Ashgillhead, via Eggleston Fell Top, Middleton, Bowleeze [Bowlees] and Grasshill House, 31 August 1781
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3822 papers10 October 1770 (1)  Henry Earl of Darlington (2)  Thomas Tweedle of Shildon Leadmines, Northumberland, gent, agent for the Governor and Company for Smelting Down Lead ore Copy memorandum of agreement (tack notes) for the for 21 years of Mannergill Middle Vein (otherwise Dawson’s Vein), Mannergill North Vein and Flakebridge Vein in County Durham Rent: one fifth of all lead ore Includes: copy notice of lead mines to be let
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3831 file3 July 1751 (1) Francis Dausays and others, seven of the Commissioners or Governors and Directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (2) The Governor and Company for Smelting Down Lead with Pit Coal and Sea Coal Copy lease for 18 Years of Dowpotsyke lead vein in Aldston [Alston], Cumberland Rent: one fifth of all lead ore
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3841 paperTack note from Lord Barnard to Rev. John Emerson, rector of Middleton in Teasedale, [sic] allowing Emerson to make trial for lead at Marlbeck in Middleton Common, 10 November 1753
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3851 paperExplanation of the sketch of Hawkside and Coldberry veins, describing the ground proposed to be taken by Mr. Errington, 1768
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3861 paperLetter from Robert Percival, Bowlees to Lord [Darlington], reporting on the operation of several lead workings, including Ashgillhead Sun Vein, Whimsey No 2, Langdon Head, Westgarth, Coldberry North Grain, and Highdike, and enclosing a proposal from Mr. Breare [?], 14 February 1791
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3872 papersLetter from Robert Percival, Bowlees, to Lord Darlington enclosing a sketch of the ground east of the several boundaries to Brockergill Beck, and reporting on lead mining operations, 30 April 1791
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3881 paperLetter from Robert Percival, Bowlees, to Lord Darlington reporting on lead mining operations and enclosing a sketch of Ashgillhead [  ? not found],  22 March 1791
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/38910 papers29 October 1753 (1)  The Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Darlington (2)  William Errington of Sandoe, Northumberland, esq. Draft lease for 21 years of Hawkside [lead] vein under part of the great common of Teasdale Rent: one fifth of all lead ore
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3901 file5 August 1754 (1)   The Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Darlington of Raby Castle (2)   The Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Carlisle of Castle Howard, Yorkshire Draft lease for 21 years of Dubbysike lead vein on Harwood Common in the parish of Middleton in Teesedale Rent:   one fifth of all lead ore and £30 p.a.
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle C)/3911 paperCopy letter from Gas. Finch, Chancery Lane, [London] to Jer[emiah] Hutchinson, concerning a clause about annual rent in the leadmine lease, in case of forbearance in working, 27 November 1753 Originally enclosed in 390
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3921 paperLetter from W. Hutchinson, Barnard Castle to Lord Darlington, reporting on the lack of progress in the toll causes against Jefferson the miller and others, and undertaking to consider the warrants to call out the Regiment, 11 February 1803
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3931 paperAffidavit of Ralph Gowland the younger of the city of Durham as to the verdict for the plaintiff in a trial of an ejectment, Bowron v Dungannon, at Durham Assizes, concerning Cockfield and West Pitts collieries in the parish of Cockfield, also land called the Flatts and Maines or Demesnes in the parish of Gainford (evidence in Hon. William Lord Dungannon Viscount Vane v Hon. Gilbert Lord Barnard), n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3941 paperAffadavit made before Mr. Terry, master in Chancery, at Darlington, as to the value of the several townships of Barnard Castle and Headlam, and Highland estate, 3 November 1787
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3951 paperAffadavit of John Sherlock of Raby Castle, steward of Henry, Earl of Darlington, as to the rental of the Earl of Darlington’s estates, 1770 (evidence  in William Pulteney and wife v Henry, Earl of Darlington, Harry Lord Viscount Barnard, an infant, Frederick Vane, and Sir Harry Barnard, and Darlington and others v Pulteney, in Chancery)
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3961 paperAffadavit of John Sherlock of Raby Castle, steward, made before James Allan at Darlington as the rental of the Earl of Darlington’s [Barnard Castle] estates, 18 June 1770, and sworn before William Hall, master in Chancery at Barnard Castle, 6 May 1774 [in Chancery: Wm. Pulteney v Darlington and others]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3971 paperAffadavit of John Sherlock of Raby to James Allan, Darlington, as to the rental of the Earl of Darlington’s Sellaby estate, 7 March 1780 [in Chancery: Darlington & others v Pulteney.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3981 paperSummary, requiring legal opinion, of an encroachment by Jacob Willis on Woodland Common, and for which rent was paid to the Earl of Darlington, 1769 -1781,  n.d [c. 1782]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/3995 papersCalculations for the carriage of lead ore from Ashgillhead to Gaunless, including arrangement for pasturage of horses, road mileage and saddler’s charges, May 1780
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4001 paperCalculation for carrying ore from Ashgillhead mine to Gaunless lead mill, and memorandum of sundry farms to be taken for the use of the Earl of Darlington’s ore carriage,  n.d [c.1780]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4011 paperReceipt for £8 for 160 dozen pickshafts, supplied by James Battaley to Mr Sherlock, 21 November 1777
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4021 paperMeasurement of the road to be altered in the township of Raby, from Durham Road to Waugh’s House, 4 April 1782
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4031 paperOrder of John Hullock, JP respecting the highways in the forest of Teasdale [sic], and the refusal of named townsmen to make payment to the surveyor of highways, 16 October 1781
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4041 paperList of witnesses providing evidence in the disputed boundaries in Middleton and Eggleston, n.d.  [18th c]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4051 paperLetter from Margaret Wade, Langleydale , to Mr Sherlock, agent to Henry Earl of Darlington, appealing for assistance in a dispute with John Willis, who has walled up or locked the common roads  used by the tenants of Langley Dale, thereby barring access to her house, 14 August 1771
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4061 paperCopy [18th c.] glebe terrier of the chapelry of Barnard Castle and vicarage of Gainford, 28 March 1685
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4075 papersPapers relating to Piercebridge and Headlam chantry rent, including rent receipts 24 November 1746 and 21 November 1748; schedule of rent paid by the tenants of Headlam 1748; copy letter from R. Goodhall, rector of Whitwell, at Dedham, to J Winston, concerning return of rents 25 December 1770, and copy clause concerning payment of corn rent, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4081 paperList of depositions of witnesses taken by Mr Ra. Robson, August 1768
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4091 paperCopy extract of presentments and fines for incroachments and failure to repair fences in the manor of Barnard Castle, October 1816
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4101 paperReceipt of Christopher Chrishop of the city of Durham for 5 guineas from Henry Earl of Darlington for purchase of the southwest corner of Chrishop’s garden at Staindrop, 15 February 1780
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4111 paperSummary of case respecting the vicar of Gainford’s tithes touching Langleydale, n.d. [late 18th Century]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4121 paperLetter form Thos. Lloyd, Grays Inn Square, [Middlesex], to Lord [Darlington], regarding the latter’s legal proceedings against the people of Barnard Castle for refusal to pay tolls, returning Mr Hutchinson’s letter, and assuming that the money will be ready by Lady Day, 16 February 1803
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4131 paperAccount of boring at Keverston Quarry for coal, 10 January 1781
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4141 paperMemorandum of discharge by John Sherlock on behalf of the Earl of Darlington, lord of the manor of Middleton, to John Barnes, surveyor of highways of the manor of Eggleston, and his workman, for making a road on Fogarthforth near Haggin Gap, upon the common in dispute between the manors of Middleton and Eggleston, 13 March 1791
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4151 paperRental of six tenements and a burgage house in Barnard Castle, paid to Sir Charles Cox, 1774
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4161 fileCopy answer of William, Lord Viscount Vane to bill of revivor in Vane v Lord Barnard and others, 20 June 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4171 paperList of papers delivered by Mr Collier to Lord Barnard’s servant, to carry to Durham for use on executing the conversion touching Raby Castle, 2 September 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4181 paperOrder to examine into the condition of Raby Castle, Gilbert Lord Barnard v William Lord Viscount Vane, 26 July 1726 Gilbert Lord Barnard et al. v William Lord Viscount Vane On hearing the original cause 26 Jan 1716, the Lord Chancellor declared that as Raby Castle was settled on the plaintiff, the defendant Christopher Lord Barnard, the plaintiff’s late father, should restore the castle to the condition it was in on 1 August 1714 That the father died [1723] before he had made repair and his wife died [1725] before repair, and devised estate to defendant
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4191 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to Mr Ralph Gowland, Durham, requesting a copy of the marriage settlement of behalf of Lady Barnard, 14 July 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4201 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to Ralph Gowland, junior, Staindrop, requesting his attendance on Lady Barnard, 13 October 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4211 paperLetter from Mary, Lady Barnard to Mr Ralph Gowland, insisting that the commission should not be adjourned to Durham before all witnesses have been examined, 29 September 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4221 paperOrder for the prothonotary to certify the verdict served on Mr Hopper in a trial of enactment brought by the dependants in the name of Francis Bowron, plaintiff against William Lord Viscount Vane, 20 December 13 Geo. [1726] (William Lord Viscount Vane et al v Gilbert Lord Barnard & wife et al)
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4231 paperMinutes of evidence taken at Auckland concerning a cottage at Marwood, the Flatts and Demesnes or Mains in Gainford, Cockfield Colliery and Cockfield lead mill, n.d.  [c. 1726]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4241 paperMinutes of evidence taken at Staindrop concerning Cockfield Colliery and lead mill, and memorial rights to waifs and strays, and fines for incroachments on the common, n.d. [c 1726]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4251 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to [Ralph Gowland] enclosing an order for the Prothonotary of Durham to certify the verdict; expressing Lord and Lady Barnard’s hopes for a swift execution of the judgement obtained at trail; and suggesting that Mr Richardson should certify the usage Lord Barnard’s witnesses met with at the time of their examination, 24 December 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4261 paperLetter from M[ary, Lady] Barnard to [Ralph Gowland], advising that the ejectments to be brought for the Flatts and the Mains at Barnard  Castle are to be different from those for the collieries and mill at Cockfield, and requesting particular care that the enemy may have no advantage, n.d. [1726]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4271 paperLetter from Tho. Thoresby, Temple , [Middlesex] to Jer.  Hutchinson, Raby Castle, referring to the deceptions of ‘the little gentleman’ [ ? Mr Finch ], and that he expects his Lordship’s interest from the time he agreed to give the note, 21 June 1760
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4281 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to Mr Gowland, Durham, requesting his attendance next Thursday morning, and asking that he bring some blank subpoenas, n.d. [1726]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4291 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to Ralph Gowland junior expressing Lord and Lady Barnard’s desire for immediate despatch to Mr Collier of the affidavit about the verdict, so that the injunction may be dissolved before the end of term, 14 November 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4301 paperLetter from J Meric Cole to Mr Ralph Gowland junior, Durham, informing of the Lord Chancellor’s order for a commission to report on the destruction of the Castle, and requesting the names lost by Mr Collier, 30 July 1726
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/431Parchment, 1 membrane16 March 1844 Declaration by Henry Duke of Cleveland and Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverston, esq, his trustee, of intent to extinguish the tithes from Bolton Garth’s farm and woods adjoining (171 a. 2 r. 26 p.) in the township of West Auckland, parish of Auckland St Andrew, occupied by David Vitty, tenant
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4321 volume, paper boundList of freeholders and tenants in Darlington Ward, Southwest Division, Middleton Parish, n.d. [18th Century] Includes: townships of Middleton, Eggleston, Newbiggin and Forest & Frith For enclosures see 433 – 436
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4332 papersList of freeholders in Middleton parish, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4342 papers]List of freeholders in Barnard Castle, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4351 paperList of freeholders in part of Darlington Ward, (Middleton in Teasdale [sic], Lynesack & Softley, Darlington borough, Denton, and Haughton-le-Side) under the influence of the Raby family, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4362 papersCourse of husbandry for Humphry Thompson’s Farm, 1796 – 1799
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4371 paperPlan of both Mr Lodge’s and Lord Darlington’s Flats, Barnard Castle, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4381 paperMeasurement of Marwood Flatts, Bank in Wood, the Demesnes and the Island, [Barnard Castle], 1780
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4391 paperLetter from Lonsdale, Lowther, to Lord Darlington, enclosing [information] which may concern the addressee, 26 December 1785
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4411 paperLetter from W Hutchinson, Barnard Castle, solicitor, to Lord [Darlington] informing of the election of the commissioners for the proposed division [of Barnard Castle townfields]; alterations to the draft bill, including an additional satisfaction from the tillage fields to the pasture gates; and requesting signature of the consent bill, 10 December 1782
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4423 papersCopy answer in Chancery in Durham, of Timothy Hutchinson and another, defendants to the bill of complaint of Henry, Earl of Darlington and another, concerning the boundaries of the manors of Middleton in Teasdale and Eggleston, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4431 paperLetter of John Sherlock, Raby Castle, to Lord [Darlington] undertaking to deliver a message to Mr Hutchinson’s steward; enclosing money drafts; reporting details of estate management; and informing of the purchasers of Mr Blackett’s estate at Staindrop, with comments on the infamous behaviour of Captain Bell, 4 January 1777
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4441 paperLetter from [Lord] Darlington, Badsworth, Yorkshire, to John [ Sherlock], acknowledging receipt of Mr Hutchinson’s steward’s letters; giving the exact working of a message to be delivered to Hutchinson regarding the business of the exchange, and undertaking to give fair consideration to any written proposal, 1 January 1777
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4451 fileDraft mortgage in the sum of £300 for 2000 years by Cuthbert Raine of Langleydale, Ralph Bell of Parkwall, Lancelot Harrison of Cockfield and Elizabeth Raine of Langleydale  to John Sherlock of Raby Castle, of messuages and land at Helmington Row in the parish of Brancepeth, 1772
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4461 paperSchedule of deeds 1632 – 1775, to the estate of William Raine, late of Langleydale , at Helmington Row, and acknowledgement of receipt of the same by John Sherlock, 24 January 1775
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4472 papersLetter from Marm[aduke] Cradock, Gainford, to Mr Hudchison [Hutchinson], attorney, Barnard Castle, concerning payment of a fine by sale of his gun and dog, and circumstances involving the constabulary gamekeeper, and Lord Darlington, 6 April 1801
D/Wat Box 8 (Bundle D)/4481 fileAccount of Henry, Earl of Darlington’s charges at the Durham County election (1 July 1747), 11 June 1747 – 16 June 1748 Includes expenses for Election Day and the entertainment on the following night
D/Wat  Box 8/4801 paperLetter from a private committee at Barnard Castle to the Earl of Darlington, submitting a plan [not found] to meet the Earl’s intentions, 12 May 1785
D/Wat  Box 8/4811 paperCopy answer to the committee at Barnard Castle, advising that their plan will require consideration, 18 May 1785
D/Wat  Box 8/4821 paperCopy of Lord Darlington’s letters to the Committee, Dr Edwards and Mr Raine, confirming his reply of last November to the Committee’s plan, stating that any compromise with regard to the Moor would be unjust to his son, and expressing the confidence that the industrious needy may be assisted by well intentioned individuals, 23 September 1785
D/Wat  Box 8/4831 paperReceipt for payment of 10s, one year’s ancient prescript rent, in lieu of tithes, for Marwood Flatts, from the Earl of Darlington to Rev. T Heyrick, vicar of Gainford, 22 July 1781
D/Wat Boxes section 03Box 9
D/Wat Box 9Papers re Vane v Lord Barnard, 18th century
D/Wat Box 9/532/Bundle A(1 paper)Gilbert, Lord Barnard and others versus William, Lord Vane, by bill of revivor Order of the Lord Chancellor for a trial at the next assizes of an issue about Raby Castle, to determine whether Christopher late Lord Barnard or Lady Barnard his executrix or William Lord Vane her executor have, pursuant to a decree of 26 July 12 Geo [1726], repaired Raby Castle and put it in as good condition as it was on 1 August 1714, and what it will cost to restore it, 24 November I Geo. II [1727]
D/Wat Box 9/533/Bundle A1 fileBrief for the plaintiff in Vane and others v Lord Barnard, to be heard on 25 January 1716/7, comprising bill of plaintiff, pleas and answer of defendant, plaintiffs proofs, including a copy particular of the destruction done to Raby Castle as viewed by Samuel Burton in September 1716, and defendants proofs, 1716
D/Wat Box 9/534/Bundle A(1 file)Brief for Francis Bowron, plaintiff, in a plea ejectment against William, Lord Dungannon, Viscount Vane in Ireland, defendant, concerning leasehold Cockfield Colliery and lead mill in the parish of Cockfield and Marwood Flatts and Mains in the parish of Gainford, and the opinion of Thomas Bootle endorsed, 4 August 1726
D/Wat Box 9/535/Bundle A(1 file)Brief for Francis Bowron, plaintiff as in D/Watt 534 and the opinion of Christopher Blencowe endorsed, Durham, 5 August 1726
D/Wat Box 9/536/Bundle A1 fileBrief for the plaintiff, as in D/Wat 534, in Barnard v Vane, and Mr.Fawcett’s opinion endorsed 1726
D/Wat Box 9/537/Bundle A1 fileBrief for Nicholas Hollis, plaintiff in a plea of ejectment against Lord Vane, concerning leasehold Langdon leadmines in the parish of Middleton in Teesdale,1726
D/Wat Box 9/538/Bundle A1 fileBrief for the plaintiff, as in D/Wat 534, in Barnard v Vane, and the opinion of George Wheate endorsed, Durham, 3 August 1726
D/Wat Box 9/539/Bundle A1 fileBrief for the plaintiff, as in D/Wat 534, in Barnard v Vane, and the opinion of Mr. Burdon endorsed, 3 August 1726
D/Wat Box 9/540/Bundle A(1 file)Brief for the plaintiff, as in D/Wat 534 and the opinion of Serjt. Comyns endorsed, 1726
D/Wat Box 9/541/Bundle A(1 file)Brief for the plaintiff, as in D/Wat 534 and the opinion of Mr Crowl endorsed, 1726
D/Wat Box 9/542/Bundle A(1 file)Brief for Nicholas Hollis plaintiff, on the demise of Gilbert Lord Barnard and others, in a cause against Lord Vane, to be tried at the next assizes at Durham, concerning a lease dated 10 November 10 Geo.[1723] of coalmines, lead mines and quarries in the parishes of Middleton -in-Teesdale, Cockfield, Staindrop, and Hamsterley chapelry in Auckland St. Andrew to set aside a lease of lead mines granted by Christopher, late Lord Barnard to his second son, the defendant, 1726
D/Wat Box 9/543/Bundle A1 paperNote summarising contents of D/Wat 532 542 signed ‘G.H’ 29 January 1765
D/Wat Box 9/544/Bundle B1 plan, 99cm x 79cm, parchment, coloured‘A Map of Barnard Castle Moor or common within the Lordship of Barnard Castle, also Staindrop Moor within the Lordship of Raby, shewing the situation of the Estate of the Right Honourable the Lord Barnard call’d Marwood Parks, also the estate of George Bowes Esqr. called Shipley etc’, n.d. [c.1794] Roads, lanes, gates, incroachments, Streatlam and Raby castles, and Barnard Castle,Stainton and Staindrop.
D/Wat Box 9/545/Bundle B(1 file)Notes to attend the brief for Marwood, in the matter of Marwood and Langley Dale claim on Barnard Castle Moor, concerning Barnard Castle inclosure, 1794
D/Wat Box 9/546/Bundle B(1 paper)Part list [p.5] of fines for the obstruction of Barnard Castle streets, levied by court lect & court baron, 1773 [see also 510]
D/Wat Box 9/547/Bundle B1 fileBrief of the depositions taken in the Raby cause [Lord Darlington v Bowes] in 1754, to enable cross examination of the defendant’s witnesses n.d [1754]
D/Wat Box 9/548/Bundle B(1 file)Brief in support of the claim of the Countess Dowager of Darlington for Langley Dale in the matter of Barnard Castle inclosure 1794
D/Wat Box 9/549/Bundle C1 fileDraft lease of Langdon leadmines in Middleton in Teesdale by the Earl of Darlington to the Derbyshire Company, examined by George Hartley esq. at Durham, 2 August 1760
D/Wat Box 9/550/Bundle C1 fileBrief on behalf of the plaintiff in Lord Darlington v the Bishop of Durham for the referrence at Durham 12 January 1759
D/Wat Box 9/551/Bundle C(1 File)Abstract of title, 1569-1628 [of Lord Darlington] to Raby, Barnard Castle, Forest of Teasdale and other lordships in the county of Durham, n.d.[c.1759]
D/Wat Box 9/552/Bundle D(5 papers)Extract of the court roles of Barnard Castle, as also of the deeds etc. to be produced by the plaintiffs and defendants at the trial, n.d. [c.1759]
D/Wat Box 9/553/Bundle D(1 plan, 49cm x 39cm, coloured)Plan showing the manor of Middleton as claimed by Lord Darlington, the manor of Eggleston as claimed by Mr Hutchinson, the undisputed part of Eggleston manor, and Barnard Castle Moor, by George Allan, n.d; endorsed `plan used by Commissioners on the commission, May 1780′
D/Wat Box 9/554/Bundle D(1 file)Copy warrant to make a lease of the demense lands of Eggleston to Sir Jerome Bowes for 31 years, 1600; copy made 18th c.
D/Wat Box 9/555/Bundle D(1 file)Copy warrant to make a lease of tenements in Middleton and Newbiggin in Teesdale to Leonard Allanson and other for 40 years, 1606; copy made 18th c.
D/Wat Box 9/556/Bundle D(1 file)Copy warrant to make a lease of tenements in Middleton and Newbiggin to Cuthbert Baynbridge for 21 years, 1568; copy made 18th c.
D/Wat Box 9/557/Bundle D(1 paper)Copy warrant to make 2 leases of tenements in Middleton in Teesdale to Edmund Wilson and Cuthbert Natres for 21 years, 1575; copy made 18th c.
D/Wat Box 9/558/Bundle D( 1 paper)Copy letters patent granting the offices of master of the forest and steward of the lordship of Barnard Castle to the Vane family 1636 -1689, copy made 18th c.
D/Wat Box 9/559/Bundle E1 fileList of persons poor inhabitants and legally settled in Barnard Castle who have applied for relief from a voluntary subscription in the town, made 10 February 1784 Endorsed: the children included in this list are under eight years of age and incapable of working for a living
D/Wat Box 9/560/Bundle E1 fileList of poor persons inhabiting but not legally settled in Barnard Castle who have applied for relief from a voluntary subscription made in Barnard Castle 10 February 1784 Endorsed: as D/Wat 559
D/Wat Box 9/561/Bundle E1 paper, colouredMr Hutchison’s sketch plan of the proposed division of Middleton, Eggleston and Barnard Castle manors 1780
D/Wat Box 9/562/Bundle E1 paperVerdict of the jury of Barnard Castle manor court, listing fines for misdemeanours, 22 October 1772
D/Wat Box 9/563/Bundle E2 papersCopy extract of fines and amerciaments [amercements] for the manor of Barnard Castle, at the court held on 23 October 1764. Endorsed: in order to determine what power legally the jury have to fine, Mr Robson should obtain a copy or the charter itself to be laid before Council.
D/Wat Box 9/564/Bundle E1 paperCase concerning Lord Barnard’s common bakehouse at Barnard Castle, and whether the inhabitants can be obliged to bake there and pay the customary rent, n.d. [late 18th c.]
D/Wat Box 9/565/Bundle E1 paperDescription of the boundary of Barnard Castle common bakehouse and garth, which was conveyed by Leckly to Sir Henry Vane on 23 December 1644, n.d.[late 18th c.] originally enclosed in D/Wat 564
D/Wat Box 9/566/Bundle E1 paperLetter from William Hutchinson Barnard Castle to the Earl of Darlington conveying the desire of the proprietors of Eggleston, Barnard Castle and Middleton for settlement of the Eggleston boundary dispute by compromise, and the opportunity afforded by the intended inclosure bill to adjust the boundary and enclosing draft proposals for consideration, 9 September 1783
D/Wat Box 9/567/Bundle E1 paperLetter from Hutton Perkins for Mr. Tootell, George Edwards, Hutton Perkins, John Raw, John Adamson, Robert Peverell and William Taylor sen, of Barnard Castle, to the Earl of Darlington, Hound Hill, near Ferrybridge acknowledging the latter’s letter of the fourth of last month which was communicated to the inhabitants at a public meeting, and advising of their appointment as committee to prepare a plan for the division of the wastes on the inclosure of Barnard Castle Moor, 8 December 1784
D/Wat Box 9/568/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from George Allan to the Earl of Darlington discussing nominations for and signature of the commissions for militia officers; and reporting his instructions to Mr Sherlock concerning the Barnard Castle tolls, and the advisability of having a printed table of tolls due, 25 February 1787
D/Wat Box 9/569/Bundle E1 paperRemarks on Hutchison’s letter about fines n.d. [c.178?]
D/Wat Box 9/570/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from Mr. R. Preston, Stockton, to the Earl of Darlington concerning Barnard Castle tolls, and describing similar evasion of payment of tolls at Richmond 3 December 1784
D/Wat Box 9/571/Bundle E( 1 paper)Letter from George Allan to the Earl of Darlington advising of the dispatch of the Barnard Castle charters, including the Baliol grants, borrowed from the town chest, 23 October 1783.
D/Wat Box 9/572/Bundle E( 1 paper)Abstract of the Baliol grants which were delivered to Sherlock for him to deliver to Mr. Allan, and copy of a paper about a dispute over Langley Common dated 1628, which was in the box with the Baliol grants, 1 November 1783
D/Wat Box 9/573/Bundle E1 paperLetter from John Bainbridge to Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, concerning the alleged encroachment of his wall on Lord Darlington’s waste near the churchyard, and his neighbour Harry Rigby’s encroachment, 1 September 1762
D/Wat Box 9/574/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from Mr. Ra Robson, Darlington to [ ] making arrangements for the arbitration of the boundary dispute between Lord Darlington and the Bishop of Durham, 14 October 1758
D/Wat Box 9/575/Bundle E1 paperLetter from Mr. Ra Robson Durham, to the Earl of Darlington, Sunderland, informing the arbitrator’s judgement and enclosing a copy of the heads of their intended award, in settlement of the boundary dispute between the Earl and the Bishop of Durham, 31 January 1759
D/Wat Box 9/576/Bundle E1 paperNotice of execution of commission for the examination of witnesses in Timothy Hutchinson and another v Henry Earl of Darlington and another in Chancery, at the house of Richard Barnes, innkeeper in Eggleston, on 11 May; 25 April 1780
D/Wat Box 9/577/Bundle E1 fileMinutes of Mr. Hutchinson’s case, set out in his answer to the Earl of Darlington’s, bill, n.d. [1780]
D/Wat Box 9/578/Bundle E1 paperLetter from George Allan, Darlington, to the Earl of Darlington, enclosing a copy of his letter to Mr. Hartley, [not found] advising on preparations for Mr. Hutchinson’s commission, 11 April 1780
D/Wat Box 9/579/Bundle E(1 paper)List of papers wanted for Mr. George Allan, 22 April 1780
D/Wat Box 9/580/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from George Allan to the Earl of Darlington, referring to the papers he requires, and requesting a meeting with Mr. Sherlock to examine the witnesses, 20 April 1780
D/Wat Box 9/581/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from George Allan to the Earl of Darlington, enclosing a copy letter from William Hutchinson and discussing legal proceedings, 25 April 1780
D/Wat Box 9/582/Bundle E(1 paper)Memorandum of paper taken by George Allan, 1 May 1780
D/Wat Box 9/583/Bundle E1 paperLetter from Earl of Darlington to John Sherlock enclosing a copy of his proposed alterations [not found], to the bill, to be conveyed to Mr. Hutchinson, 18 December 1782
D/Wat Box 9/584/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from Barnard Castle weavers to Mr. Castle asking him to become a guardian, with Messrs. Timothy Hullock and George Rablah, of the stock of several societies which have agreed to unite, 24 September 1785
D/Wat Box 9/585/Bundle E1 paperExtracts from defendant’s deeds, n.d. [18th Century] Middleton/Stainton/Streatlam boundaries
D/Wat Box 9/586/Bundle E2 papersLetter from George Allan to the Earl of Darlington enclosing a copy of Mr. Hutchinson’s proposed terms for a compromise whereby the commissioners may be made arbitrators to determine the boundaries in dispute, 16 May 1780
D/Wat Box 9/587/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, to Mr. Robson, attorney, Darlington, supplying copy witness statements in support of boundary claim against Mr. Wrenn, 5 September 1761
D/Wat Box 9/588/Bundle E1 paperNotice from Francis Pewterer, C. Whitaker and Hend. Hopper, agents to the Bishop of Durham, to Lord Barnard or his agent, of the Bishop’s intention to ride his boundary of the Forest of Weardale part of the manor of Wolsingham, adjoining Lord Barnard’s moors, commons and wastes in Middleton in Teesdale, and in Langley, Langley Chase and Forest, 5 September 1737
D/Wat Box 9/589/Bundle E1 paperNote from the Earl of Darlington to George Edwards arranging a meeting to consider the latter’s suggestions, 22 May 1784
D/Wat Box 9/590/Bundle E1 paperNote from the Earl of Darlington from Mr. Edwards acknowledging receipt of the application for the Earl’s consent to the division of the town fields of Barnard Castle, 31 December 1781
D/Wat Box 9/591/Bundle E1 paperLetter from George Edwards, Barnard Castle, to Lady Darlington, sending a collection of his treatises for her approbation, and expressing thanks for the Earl’s reception of his proposal for the relief of the town of Barnard Castle 3 August 1784
D/Wat Box 9/592/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from George Edwards to the Earl of Darlington advising that he is preparing to print his proposal to promote the prosperity of Barnard Castle, and desiring consideration of its contents, 11 April 1784
D/Wat Box 9/593/Bundle E(1 paper)Letter from J. Hullock, Barnard Castle, to the Earl of Darlington, concerning Barnard Castle inclosure, 8 November 1784
D/Wat Box 9/594/Bundle E1 paperLetter from George Edwards, chairman of the Barnard Castle Committee, to the Earl of Darlington, desiring an answer to the committee’s proposal for benefiting the town of Barnard Castle and dividing the moor and referring to the distress caused by recent fever in which upwards of 100 people died, n.d. [1784]
D/Wat Box 9/595/Bundle F(1file)Brief on behalf of the Earl of Darlington, concerning his writ of ad quod damnum of September last for inclosing parts of the turnpike road from Bishop Auckland, via Raby and Staindrop, to Barnard Castle, and the substitution of a new road, and notice of an intended appeal, 10 January 1759
D/Wat Box 9/596/Bundle F1 fileBrief on behalf of the Earl of Darlington, as D/Wat 595 .., with Mr. Hartley’s remarks endorsed, and his observations on obtaining the King’s licence, 7 February 1759
D/Wat Box 9/597/Bundle F2 papersCopy objections taken at sessions in Durham on the appeal against Lord Darlington’s writ of ad quod damnum, with answers to them, n.d. [1759]
D/Wat Box 9/598/Bundle F(1 file)Copy writ of ad quod damnum, inquisition, and quarter sessions order disallowing an appeal against the inclosure of two common highways in the parish of Staindrop by Henry, Earl of Darlington, 2 – 10 January 1759; copy made 30 January 1759
D/Wat Box 9/599/Bundle F1 paperLetter from Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle to Mr. Robson, attorney, Darlington, acknowledging receipt from the Earl of Darlington of Mr. Richardson of the roads, and conveying the Earl’s [?] on the footway through his park, for Mr. Norton’s consideration, 22 October 1758
D/Wat Box 9/600/Bundle F(1 paper)Comparison of distances measured along the present and intended turnpike roads at Staindrop, n.d. [1758] Enclosed in D/Wat 599
D/Wat Box 9/601/Bundle F(1 file)Brief on behalf of the Earl of Darlington in the matter of the petition of Thomas Wilson and others to supersede a writ of ad quod damnum issued by the Earl, to be heard at Durham Chancery, n.d. [1758]
D/Wat Box 9/602/Bundle F(1 plan, 37cm. x 48cm., ink and colourwash)A plan of the roads intended to be exchanged between Staindrop and Raby in the County of Durham, taken in November 1758 by Richd. Richardson, 1758 Includes: tables of distances
D/Wat Box 9/603/Bundle F(Parchment, 2 membranes)18 January 1763 Henry, Earl of Darlington, of Raby Castle George Dixon of Cockfield, gent. Lease for 11 years to (2) of Cockfield Colliery Rent: 1s. for the first year, then £40 p.a. And a supply of coal for Raby Castle
D/Wat Box 9/604/Bundle F(1 paper)n.d. ?? William, Lord Viscount Vane of the kingdom of Ireland George Dixon of Cockfield, gent. Copy lease for 21 years to (2) of Lunton Hill and East and West Sofly Collieries in the chapelry of Hamsterley Rent: £25 p.a. Includes: inventory of work tools
D/Wat Box 9/605/Bundle F1 paperNote to Mr. Sherlock, Raby Castle, from [ ] summarising depositions as to the Eggleton and Middleton boundary and roads, post 20 January 1776
D/Wat Box 9/606/Bundle F(1 volume, paper bound)Abstract of the settlement made on the marriage of Viscount Barnard and Lady Sophia Powlett, 3&4 November 1809
D/Wat Box 9/607/Bundle F(Parchment, 1 membrane)Deed to extinguish the tithes belonging to Henry, Duke of Cleveland and Thomas Freshfield Scarth,esq. his trustee, arising from Bolton Garth Farm, West Auckland, in the parish of Auckland St Andrew, now in occupation of David Vitty 16 March 1844
D/Wat Box 9/608/Bundle F(1 file, printed)An Act for authorizing Building and Improving Leases, and Sales of certain parts of the Estates at Darlington and Barnard Castle in the County of Durham, and at Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, comprised in or subject to certain Deeds of Settlement, and the will of the late William Harry, first Duke of Cleveland, and other purposes, 30 & 31 Vict. sess. 1867
D/Wat Box 9/6091 fileBrief for defendant in the King v William Harry, Earl of Darlington, in a plea of traverse respecting the road from Staindrop to Langton, Durham assizes, 1795
D/Wat Box 9/6101 paperLord Darlington’s observations on the road from Staindrop to Langton, 1796 Originally enclosed in: D/Wat 609
D/Wat Box 9/6111 fileBrief for the defendants, as D/Wat 609, with Mr. Wood’s observations endorsed, 1795
D/Wat Box 9/6121 fileShort abstract of the settlement made on Lord Barnard’s marriage with Miss Lowther, 6 & 7 March 1757
D/Wat Box 9/6131 paperOrder in Chancery discharging an order as to the defendants proceeding to trial in William, Lord Viscount Vane and others v Gilbert, Lord Barnard, and his wife and others, and giving the plaintiff leave to see the settlement of 17 & 18 January 1704, 29 June 12 Geo. [1726]
D/Wat Box 9/614(1 paper)Draft answers to interrogatories concerning the disputed boundaries of Eggleston and Middleton, sent to Mr. John Sherlock, Middleton, n.d. [18th c.]
D/Wat Box 9/6151 paperCopy indictment in the King v Lodge, Littlefare and Hodshon, for an assault and damage committed by Christopher Lodge of Cockfield, yeoman, Ralph Littlefaire of Cockfield, yeoman, and Anthony Hodshon of Woodland, yeoman, on 27 April 4 Geo. [1718] against Charles Wrenn. esq. at his coal pit Woodland in the parish of Cockfield, n.d. [1718]
D/Wat Box 9/6164 papersSketch plants of Cockfield colliery and common, n.d. [18th century] Endorsed: minutes of evidence and map, Cockfield colliery.
D/Wat Box 9/6171 paperLetter from Thomas Hutchinson, Staindrop, to [ ] discussing Lord Barnard’s annual estate accounts, 1759 – 1751, sent to London for signature, and Mr. Thomas Vane’s tenancy of Staindrop Hall, 8 March 1752
D/Wat Box 9/6186 papersDraft lease of the Earl of Darlington’s Langdon lead mines in the parish of Middleton in Teesdale, 1760
D/Wat Box 9/6191 paperAccount of Mrs. Bulpens with the Rt. Hon. Henry Vane, 3 October 1743 – 1748 Mrs. Anne Vane’s legacy to J Bulpen
D/Wat Box 9/620(2 papers)Notes and sketch plans concerning the request of Mr. Tissington and Company to have a piece of land on the north side of Slit Vein at Langdon added to their first lease [boundaries specified], n.d. [17 ]
D/Wat Box 9/621(1 paper, printed)Form of agreement for the lease of a farm on the estate of Henry, Earl of Darlington, 1760
D/Wat Box 9/622(1 paper)Letter from John Sherlock, Raby Castle, to the Earl of Darlington discussing alterations to the intended bill for the inclosure of Barnard Castle townfields, supplying a list of the proprietors who signed the petition, and referring to general estate business, 23 December 1782
D/Wat Box 9/623(1 paper)Letter from the Earl of Darlington, Raby Castle, to his wife in Bristol, inquiring after her health, 17 July 1786
D/Wat Box 9/624(1 paper)Letter from the Earl of Darlington, Cleveland House, to his wife, regretting his long absence, and sending instructions delaying the sale of any lead, 6 February 1754
D/Wat Box 9/6251 paperLetter [incomplete] from the Earl of Darlington to his wife sending news from London and discussing Frederick’s conduct, 1756
D/Wat Box 9/6251 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn to the Earl of Darlington concerning the £10,000 28 October 1756
D/Wat Box 9/6261 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn to the Earl of Darlington concerning Lord Hatton’s notice for the payment of £10,000 and discussing ways to raise the money, 19 October 1756
D/Wat Box 9/6281 paper; fragileLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to the Earl of Darlington concerning mortgage arrangements, 23 August 1759
D/Wat Box 9/629(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, reporting the taxation of costs in the Raby cause, 1759
D/Wat Box 9/6301 paperLetter from Robert Scott, clerk to Mr. Thoresby, Lincolns Inn, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, concerning the Woodland business, and the deed of exchange with Mr. Dixon, 14 December 1758
D/Wat Box 9/631(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, requesting settlement of his bill, 18 October 1759
D/Wat Box 9/6321 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to [Jeremiah Hutchinson] commenting on the extraordinary affidavits filed by Mr. Bowes, and communicating the Earl of Darlington’s instructions for settlement of bills for business conducted by Messrs. Finch and Thoresby, 9 February 1760
D/Wat Box 9/633(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, sending instructions for the preparation of affidavits, 14 February 1760
D/Wat Box 9/634(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson, complaining of his treatment by Mr. Finch, and requesting the accounts which will enable him to separate the costs of the Raby cause from the accounts of both causes mixed together, 8 March 1760
D/Wat Box 9/6351 paperLetter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to the Earl of Darlington reporting on the progress of Lord Vane’s cause in the House of Lords, 18 March 1760
D/Wat Box 9/636(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to the Earl of Darlington concerning the promissory note to be given to Mr. Finch, 12 April 1760
D/Wat Box 9/637(1 paper)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson reporting a delay in the Barnard Castle cause, and discussing deeds relating to the mortgage paid to Mr. Perkins, 24 April 1760
D/Wat Box 9/638Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to Jeremiah Hutchinson concerning the Raby cause costs, and the Lord Keeper’s refusal of Mr. Bowes motion for a new trial, 20 May 1760
D/Wat Box 9/639(1 paper, fragile)Letter from Thomas Thoresby, Temple, to the Earl of Darlington reporting their victory over the motion for a new trial, and anticipating a Chancery decree to confirm the 2 verdicts in the next term, 20 May 1760
D/Wat Box 9/640(1 paper)List of members of the grand jury of Barnard Castle manor court, 22 October 1751
D/Wat Box 9/641(1 paper)Note from the Earl of Darlington to William Hutchinson Barnard Castle, advising of his directions to his steward to sign the consent bill if the alterations are fair to all parties, 18 December 1782
D/Wat Box 9/642(3 papers)Letter from G. Hartley to the Earl of Darlington advising against an agreement with Mr. Hutchinson, 19 November 1779
D/Wat Box 9/643(1 paper)Letter from G. Hartley to the Earl of Darlington concerning payment of Marwood tithes, 18 September 1774
D/Wat Box 9/644(1 paper)Receipt for £50 paid by Mr. Charles Whitell to Richd. Law for the use of Reginald Marriott, on account of the dividend of profit from the Mannovergill mines, 13 January 1718 Endorsed: 17 January 1772 [ ] Whytell
D/Wat Box 9/6451 paperReceipt for £14 16s 10 1/2d paid by Christopher Whytell esq. to William Thompson on account of Whytell’s proportion of the dividend for the lead mines in partnership between him, William Hutchinson and others, 14 June 1732 Endorsed: 17 January 1772 [ ] Whytell
D/Wat Box 9/6461 paperAccount of charges for the Hon. Col. Henry Vane’s election for Durham County, 19 May 1753
D/Wat Box 9/647(1 paper)Letter from Anth. Tissington, Leadhills, to Mr. Robson attorney, Darlington, proposing a meeting at Raby Castle to finish the leases, 12 October 1765
D/Wat Box 9/648(1 paper)Letter from J. Meric Cole, Walworth, to Ralph Gowland jun, Durham, requesting the affidavit of the verdict in Lord Barnard v Lord Vane, as promised, 3 November 1726
D/Wat Box 9/649(1 paper)Letter from J. Meric Cole, to Ralph Gowland jun, Staindrop, arranging a meeting to discuss legal business, 29 September 1726
D/Wat Box 9/6501 paperLetter from Francis Hutchinson, Barnard Castle, to Mr. Richardson, Durham, requesting the return of Lord Darlington’s missing court rolls and other papers 21 July 1758
D/Wat Box 9/651(1 paper)Letter from Jeremiah Hutchinson, Raby Castle, to Mr. Robson, attorney, Darlington, discussing legal affairs, 2 January 1759
D/Wat Box 9/652(1 paper, fragile)Letter from Chris[topher] Johnson, Durham, to Mr. Robson, attorney, Darlington, enclosing an account of fees due to the prothonotary at the last assizes in respect of Lord Darlington v Bowes, 28 December 1759
D/Wat Boxes section 04Boxes 10-77
D/Wat Box 10Papers re Cleveland v Hutchinson, 18th century
D/Wat Box 11Papers re Cleveland v Hutchinson, 18th century
D/Wat Box 12Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 13Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 14Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 15Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 16Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 17Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 18Correspondence, deeds etc., Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 19Deeds and papers re sale of Baxter Wood Farm, Weardale, 1730 – 1789 (1 bundle) Assignment of 3 closes on Ushaw Moor, 1789 (1 bundle) Marriage settlement of Dr. T.E. Headlam and Miss Lorraine, 1811 Papers and deeds concerning house at Cotherstone, 1797 (1 bundle) Bonds, settlements etc. of Headlam family, c.1833 – c.1839 (1 bundle) Letters to Archdeacon Headlam, early 19th century (1 bundle) Marriage settlements of the Headlam family, 1791, 1806 and 1811
D/Wat Box 20Deeds re land in Bowes, 1823, 1824 (1 bundle) Joseph Watson’s purchase and mortgage, 19th century (1 bundle) Deeds re Joseph Watson’s land in Cotherstone, c.1813 (1 bundle) Deeds re Walton’s Low Field, Bowes, Barnes-Kipling, 1746 – 1792 (2 bundles) Deeds of house in Cotherstone, Ewbank, Watson, Barnes, c.1790 – 1816 (1 bundle) Deeds of Dowp Close, Cotherstone, 1791 – 1800 (1 bundle)
D/Wat Box 21Papers re Lieutenant R.A. Morritt, deceased, c.1902
D/Wat Box 22Stints on Middleton regulated pasture, 1834 Valuation of the township of Cockfield, early 19th century Newbiggin Collectors’ account, 1849 List of landowners in Newbiggin, early 19th century Particulars of lands in the township of Marwood, 1839 Newbiggin tithe commutation – copy of schedule, c.1840 Plans in Newbiggin, Middleton etc., early 19th century (1 bundle) “Cockfield papers”, correspondence etc., early 19th century (1 bundle) Lists of inhabitants of Staindrop and Snotterton, early 19th century (1 bundle of booklets) Plan of Stolley Hall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, early 19th century (1 plan) Notebook of military instructions kept by T.A.B. Allison, Butterknowle, while soldier in World War I (1 booklet)
D/Wat Box 23Title deeds relating to the manors of Wistow and Cawood belonging to the family of Morritt, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 24Title deeds relating to the manors of Wistow and Cawood belonging to the family of Morritt, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 25Title deeds relating to the manors of Wistow and Cawood belonging to the family of Morritt, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 26Title deeds relating to the manors of Wistow and Cawood belonging to the family of Morritt, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 27Papers in the case of Attorney General v Cradock, 1830s – 1840s
D/Wat Box 28Papers in the case of Attorney General v Cradock, 1830s – 1840s
D/Wat Box 29Papers in the case of Attorney General v Cradock, 1830s – 1840s
D/Wat Box 30Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 31Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 32Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 33Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 34Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 35Title deeds and papers re property in Murton, Yorks. and Yarm belonging to the family of Kirkby, 19th century
D/Wat Box 36Deeds and papers re property in Boldron, 19th century
D/Wat Box 37Deeds and papers re property in Boldron, 19th century
D/Wat Box 38Papers re William Watson, deceased, and Mrs. Mary Watson, née Bowness, deceased, of Startforth Hall
D/Wat Box 39Papers re William Watson, deceased, and Mrs. Mary Watson, née Bowness, deceased, of Startforth Hall
D/Wat Box 40Plans of Lord Barnard’s Darlington estate and conveyances of plots therein for buildings, c.1890 – 1920
D/Wat Box 41Plans of Lord Barnard’s Darlington estate and conveyances of plots therein for buildings, c.1890 – 1920
D/Wat Box 42Plans of Lord Barnard’s Darlington estate and conveyances of plots therein for buildings, c.1890 – 1920
D/Wat Box 43Plans of Lord Barnard’s Darlington estate and conveyances of plots therein for buildings, c.1890 – 1920 [For plans of Lord Barnard’s Darlington estate see D/Wat P 13, stored separately because of size but received with conveyances and other papers]
D/Wat Box 44Deeds and correspondence re property in Staindrop, 18th and 19th century
D/Wat Box 45Deeds and correspondence re property in Staindrop, 18th and 19th century
D/Wat Box 46Papers re including mortgage of, Butterknowle Colliery, 19th century
D/Wat Box 47Papers re Butterknowle Colliery, including mortgage of Mr. Priestman’s property, 19th century
D/Wat Box 48Correspondence,etc., re Barnard Castle Gas Co., c.1835 – c.1905
D/Wat Box 49Papers re Drax Abbey estate belonging to the family of Morritt, 19th century
D/Wat Box 50Papers re Drax Abbey estate belonging to the family of Morritt, 19th century
D/Wat Box 51Papers re Drax Abbey estate belonging to the family of Morritt, 19th century
D/Wat Box 52Papers re Miss Temple, deceased, c.1920 (includes deeds to property in Galgate, Barnard Castle)
D/Wat Box 53Papers re W. Robson and Miss Dorothy Robson, c.1900 – 1920
D/Wat Box 54Title deeds including: conveyance of title to moor and townfield; Davis to Watson of Bridgegate in Barnard Castle; Walton to Vickers ground in Bishop Auckland, 1877; marriage settlement of Dr. and Mrs. R. Harrison; William Summerson, Lynesack and Softley
D/Wat Box 55Title deeds including; Dent, esq., Mickleton; Headlam to Williamson and others
D/Wat Box 56Eggleston Road Act; subscribers’ contract, 1859; George Emerson Rain; Wm. and Mary Hull, land in Brough, 1893; Thomas Raine,Middleton-in-Teesdale; Thomas Longstaff, Woodland, 1902 – 1908; deeds to dwelling house in Goodburn, Middleton-in-Teesdale, J.G. Walton; Wm. Edward Raine; Pigg’s trust
D/Wat Box 57Rev. William Poole, land at Bowes; Rev. George Brown to Hodgson, Dixon and Badcock, 1905, land for voluntary school at Forcett, 1903; Hannah and John Hall stints at Cotherstone; Gibson to Hewitson, dwelling house in Kirkby Stephen, 1849; Rev. Henry Clarke to John Wilson, land in Barnard Castle, Grinton and Bowes; Miss Appleby, Barnard Castle; settlement, Messrs. Thomas Parkin Raine, 1899; Thomas Beckwith, deceased; grant for conveyance of fireclay to Butterknowle Colliery Co., 1884; Mrs. A.E. Walton, deceased; Thomas Salt and Co. Ltd.
D/Wat Box 58Barnard Castle jury book, 1824 – 1863, 1864 – 1895; honour of Barnard Castle court book, 1853 – 1899; list of costs to be allowed in actions in manor of Barnard Castle, 1791; manor and honour of Barnard Castle presentments of jury, 1827 – 1864; honour of Barnard Castle court book, 1637 – 1853
D/Wat Box 59Barnard Castle manor correspondence, 19th century
D/Wat Box 60Cockfield village green; Staindrop village green; manor of Raby correspondence, 19th century
D/Wat Box 61Manor of Raby court book, 1814 – 1896; 1580 – 1789; Accounts of the surveyors of the highways to the township of Staindrop, 1835 – 1858
D/Wat Box 62Mrs. Ford deceased; William. Nichols, Cotherstone; Barker and Ladderdale, Barnard Castle; Raine and Watson; Sarah Jackson, deceased, 1910; re Hutchinson, Eggleston estates; Robert Hird, Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, 1871; Sayer and Turner, Bowes; trustee of Forcett estate 1909; Hannah Raine, Middleton-in-Teesdale; Hobson-Hitt, Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1825
D/Wat Box 63Papers concerning Mrs. F.H. Morritt, deceased
D/Wat Box 64Papers concerning Mrs. F.H. Morritt, deceased
D/Wat Box 65Deeds and papers of Morritt estates, Thorpe and Carlton, 19th century
D/Wat Box 66Morritt estates, 19th century
D/Wat Box 67Morritt estates, 19th century
D/Wat Box 68Darlington auction mart papers, 19th century
D/Wat Box 69Headlam, Beamish trust, 19th century
D/Wat Box 70Headlam, Beamish trust, 19th century
D/Wat Box 71Papers re Thornhills trust, 19th century
D/Wat Box 72Papers re Thornhills trust, 19th century
D/Wat Box 73Papers re Thornhills trust, 19th century
D/Wat Box 74Reference book to Eggleston survey, 1840; evidence of Timothy Hutchinson re Eggleston, c.1840; particulars of an estate in Romaldkirk owned by Timothy Hutchinson, 1847; letters and memo re Hunderthwaite Moor, 1847; Eggleston survey, 1841; evidence concerning manor of Eggleston, 1540 – 1677; Hunderthwaite and Woden Croft estates; Startforth farm, c.1840
D/Wat Box 74/11 volume, leather bound inc, plan, 40 cm x 26 cm, paper, colouredTerrier and plan of Timothy Hutchinson’s property at Startforth with field names and acreages, 1845 Scale of plan: 8 chains to 1 inch [1: 6336]
D/Wat Box 74/21 fileTerrier of the Egglestone Estate comprising lands in Egglestone, Hunderthwaite, Cotherstone, Marwood, Startforth, Ingleton, and Romaldkirk, 1911
D/Wat Box 75Papers re the late Dr. Jobson
D/Wat Box 76Papers re the late Dr. Jobson
D/Wat Box 77Middleton manor
D/Wat Boxes section 05Box 78
D/Wat 78/11 volumeMiddleton in Teesdale manor court book, c.1706-1832 Includes customs of the manor, lists of jurors, constables, grassmen, appraisers, pinders and ale tasters, tenants and freeholders, presentments and pains, notices of perambulations to lords of neighbouring Weardale Manor (Bishop) and Eggleston Manor (Hutchinson), detailed perambulations [For call rolls of the above see: D/Bo/A 341-434]
D/Wat Box 78/21 fileCopy grant of Raby Manor, Brancepeth Manor and Barnard Castle Manor to Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, c.1614
D/Wat Boxes section 06Boxes 79-140
D/Wat Box 79Re John Lamb: title deeds, Middleton and Barnard Castle, 16th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 80Re John Lamb: title deeds, Middleton and Barnard Castle, 16th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 81Re John Lamb: title deeds, Middleton and Barnard Castle, 16th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 82Title deeds, Middleton, Barnard Castle, Hutchinson, Longstaff, Bainbridge, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 83Title deeds; Ovington House old deeds etc., 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 84Title deeds including ‘Old Gilmonby deeds’, deeds which ‘belonged to Mr. Lamb’, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 85Title deeds including mortgage of Rev. Wm. Luke Prattman to Thomas Cummins, 1841
D/Wat Box 86Papers re Todd, deceased, c.1850
D/Wat Box 87Title deeds including deeds to whole estate of John Lamb, deceased, 19th century
D/Wat Box 88Title deeds, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 89Title deeds, including re Miss Sherlock, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 90Title deeds, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 91Title deeds, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 92Title deeds, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 93Title deeds, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 94Title deeds, 18th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 95Title deeds, 16th – 19th century, including conveyance and further mortgage by Rev. Wm. Luke Prattman and Morritt Drax estate
D/Wat Box 96Title deeds, 16th – 19th century, including title deeds to Gilmonby estate belonging to Ven. Archdeacon Headlam, ‘Plover Hall’
D/Wat Box 97Title deeds, 16th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 98Title deeds to Killerby Grange, c.17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 99Title deeds belonging to J.D. Awde and Miss Todd, c.17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 100Title deeds belonging to J.D. Awde and Miss Todd, c.17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 101Morritt’s trust journal, 1874 – 1911; Ledger, 1907 – 1915; account book, 1876-1895; account book, 1763 – 1771; Forcett Estate cash book, 1905 – 1909; School account book, 1882 – 1886; Barnard Castle and Staindrop Petty Sessions, register of clubs,1922 – 1941
D/Wat Box 102Cash journal, 1879 – 1882; loans and interest book, 1905 – 1910; Greta Bridge Police Court account book, 1933 – 1950; Barnard Castle and Staindrop Petty Sessions account book, 1937 – 1939 and 1937 – 1942, 1943 – 1947; Greta Bridge Petty Sessional division register of debentures, 1952 – 1953
D/Wat Box 103Title deeds taken from large wooden box, 15th – 19th century, including; the Crake Star and West Pits Collieries, 1869; lease from Thomas and Talbot Bowes, 1624; accounts of the trust of George Peter Hutchinson, deceased, 1833
D/Wat Box 104Contents of large wooden box, including lease and release of property in Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, 1837; payments made by Ven. Archdeacon Headlam on account of the trust estate of G.P. Hutchinson, 1837 – 1840; re Blaiklock; lease of mines for Duke of Cleveland to Wilson and Crawhall, 1870; Richardson and Blaiklock trusts, 1932; purchase of manorial incidents and their subsequent sale to Mr. Edleston
D/Wat Box 105Streatlam estate title deeds: Dunn House Quarry and land at Cleatlam, 1879; house at Stainton, 1874; Stainton and Streatlam, 1874; house and lands at Barnard Castle Moor, 1844
D/Wat Box 106Title deeds and papers, c.17th – 19th century from large wooden box
D/Wat Box 107Streatlam estate: premises at Cleatlam, 1878; probate of will of Hugh Stephenson, 1868
D/Wat Box 108Dalton estate correspondence, c.1850 – 1880
D/Wat Box 109Title deeds of Feilding estates, 17th – 19th century
D/Wat Box 109/1parchment, 1 membrane, 3 seals, pendant7 February 1603 (1) George Wandesford of Sleningford (Yorkshire), esq.; William Wandesforde of Gray’s Inn (Middlesex), gent,; and Frances Wandesforde of Kirklington (Yorkshire), gent. (2) Anne Feildinge of Aske (Yorkshire), and Israell Feildinge Bargain and sale of the manor of Startforth, with appurtenances and other lands in Startforth, inherited by the late Sir Christofer Wandersforde Consideration: not stated
D/Wat Box 109/2parchment, 1 membrane12 February 1603 (1) Ann Feildings and Israel Feildinge, plaintiffs (2) George Wandesford, esq.; William Wandesford, gent.; and Francis Wandesford, gent.; deforceants Exemplification of final concord of a messuage, 2 cottages, a garden, an orchard, 60a. of land, 40a. of meadow, 50a. of pasture and 10a. of woods in Startforth Consideration: £106 13s.4d
D/Wat Box 109/3parchment, 1 membrane, Latin, damaged seal pendant1 December 1608 Licence to Robert Garnett, gent., to alienate [named] closes in Over Startforth or Startforth to Ann Feilding, widow, Robert Hobson and John Falder Consideration: 20s.
D/Wat Box 109/4parchment, 1 membrane, seal pendant16 January 1609 (1) Robert Garnett of Marton on the Moor, (Yorkshire), gent. (2) Anne Feildinge of Aske (Yorkshire), widow; Robert Hobson of Hartforth (Yorkshire), clerk, and John Falder of Aske Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of several [named] closes, in Over Startforth or Startforth Consideration: £630
D/Wat Box 109/51 paper8 April 1609 (1) Robert Garnett of Merton on the Moor (Yorkshire), gent. (2) Anne Feildinge of Aske (Yorkshire), widow, and Robert Hobson of Hartforth (Yorkshire), clerk Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of all debts and obligations
D/Wat Box 109/6parchment, 1 membrane21 May 1610 (1) Humfrey Wharton, gent and Gilbert Wharton, appellants (2) Robert Hobson, John Falder and Ann Feilding Exemplification of a common recovery of a messuage, a toft, 60a. of meadow, 60a. of pasture, in Over Startforth or Startforth
D/Wat Box 109/7parchment, 1 membrane, seal pendant17 July 1623 (1) Robert Hobson of Hartforth (Yorkshire), clerk (2) Anne Fielding of Startforth (3) Israel Fielding, son of (2) Assignment by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of several named closes in Startforth [with grant by (1) of power of attorney to Charles Sanderson, gent.]
D/Wat Box 109/81 parchment, 1 membrane, seal pendant21 July 1620 (1) Hugh Colling of Barnard Castle, yeoman (2) Thomas Lonsdell of Barnard Castle, fuller Assignment by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the Walke or Woode Mill in Startforth East Woods and parcel of Startforth Hall Consideration: £12 and rent of 2s.6d. p.a. to the chief lord of the fee
D/Wat Box 109/9parchment, 1 membrane, Latin1 January 1627 (1) William Grainge and son, Francis, of Upper Startforth, yeoman (2) Robert Cheesbroughe of Startforth, yeoman Feoffment with livery of seisin by (1) to (2) of a close containing 1/2a. in Upper Startforth Consideration: £10
D/Wat Box 109/10parchment, 1 membrane27 July 1667 (1) Henry Marley of Hilton, gent. and Henry Hawdon of Hilton, gent. (2) William Fielding of Startforth, esq. Bond in £50 for the performance of covenants in indentures of equal date
D/Wat Box 109/11parchment, 1 membrane15 September 1685 (1) Thomas Cheesbrough the elder of Startforth, yeoman; Thomas Cheesbrough, his elder son, of Startforth, carrier; Ambrose Barnes of Newcastle, merchant; and Joseph Barnes, his son, of the same (2) Theophilus Wilkinson of Little Musgrave (Northumberland), gent. Lease and release [release missing] by (1) to (2) of a messuage, orchard garth and garden, together with a bakehouse in Startforth; and a close called Lodge Close or Low Close containing 5a. in Upper Startforth; and a close called Clark’s Close or Granger Close containing 3a. also in Upper Startforth; and also 4 pastures or cattle gates on Memell Moor Consideration: peppercorn rent
D/Wat Box 109/12-13parchment, 2 membranes24 and 25 November 1686 (1) Thomas Cheesebrough, the elder, of Startforth, yeoman, and son, Thomas Cheesebrough, the younger, of the same, carrier (2) William Fielding of Westchester (Chester), esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of premises in D/Wat 109/11 Consideration: £136 5s.
D/Wat Box 109/14parchment, 1 membrane28 April 1689 (1) Ellianor Cheesebrough of Startforth, spinster (2) William Feilding of Startforth, esq. Release by (1) to (2) of premises in D/Wat 109/11 Consideration: 10s.
D/Wat Box 109/15-16parchment, 2 membranes11 May 1693 (1) William Feilding of Startforth, esq. (2) George Clarke and John Ellis, both of St. Martin in the Fields (Middlesex), esqs. Family settlement by lease and release by (1) to (2) in trust of Startforth Hall with garden and orchards; the Hall Close before the gates (7a.); the Broad Hall Close (11a.); the Lime Kiln closes, the Back Garth and Horse Close (12a.); 3 closes called Kirk Acres (6a); the Leandings and Abbeywood with a barn and close (40a.) together with other named closes all in Startforth; comprising in all 143a. Also Cheesebrough’s two closes (8a.); Morgan’s high field (16a); Stodart close (10a.); Crake Styles (7a.); Kipling close (4a.); Snaith Close (4a.). Also 2 closes (20a.) in Bowes parish (Yorkshire); Plumptonhead Hall with a water corn mill (Cumberland); and Stephenson’s farm (93a.) and Rashmire (20a.) Consideration: 5s.
D/Wat Box 109/17-18parchment, 2 membranesCounterparts of D/Wat 109/15 and 109/16
D/Wat Box 109/19parchment, 1 membrane2 July 1695 (1) Israel Feilding of London, esq. (2) John Ellis and Charles Shelley, both of London, gents. Post nuptial settlement releasing to (2) in trust Startforth Hall and 143a. of land at Startforth
D/Wat Box 109/20parchment: 1 membrane7 November 1712 (1) William Lonsdale of Lending Laith (Yorkshire), fuller (2) Ralph Hullock of Barnard Castle, weaver Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of “his Walke or fulling mill” at East Wood or Lendings in Startforth, with an island Consideration: peppercorn rent
D/Wat Box 109/21parchment, 1 membrane; 1 paper6 August 1725 (1) William Feilding of Startforth (2) Sir Hugh Smithson of Stanwick (Yorkshire) Mortgage by demise for 1,000 years by lease and release by (1) to (2) [lease missing] of the manor of Startforth with Startforth Hall and 212a. of land in Startforth and Bowes Consideration: £1,000 and interest [attached certified extract, 7 February 1778, of fine of 19 August 1725]
D/Wat Box 109/221 parchment, 1 membrane19 August 1725 (1) Sir Hugh Smithson, bart., plantiff (2) William Feilding, esq., deforceant Final concord of 3 messuages; 3 barns; 3 stables; 2 gardens; 2 orchards; 30a. of land; 320a. of meadow; 140a. of pasture in the parishes of Startforth and Bowes Consideration: £300
D/Wat Box 109/231 paper27 September 1727 (1) William Feilding of Startforth, esq. (2) William Lonsdale of Lendings, Startforth, fuller Lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house and closes (40a.) called Lendings in Startforth Consideration: rent of £40 5s. p.a.
D/Wat Box 109/24parchment, 2 membranes28 June 1735 (1) William Fielding of Startforth, esq. (2) Sir Hugh Smithson of Stanwick (Yorkshire), bart. (3) William Reveley of Newby Wiske (Yorkshire), esq. (4) Margaret Wharton of Gilling Wood (Yorkshire), gentlewoman Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of mortgage by demise for the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of premises in 109/21 Consideration: £1,500 and interest
D/Wat Box 109/25parchment, 2 membranes25 March 1736 (1) Margaret Wharton of Gillingwood (Yorkshire), spinster (2) George Feilding of Durham, esq. (3) William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, esq. and Hutton Perkins of Lincoln’s Inn (Middlesex), esq. Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) or mortgage by demise for the remainder of a term 1,000 years in trust to attend the inheritance Consideration: £1,835 19s.9 3/4d.
D/Wat Box 109/26parchment, 1 membrane2 February 1746 (1) George Fielding of Durham, esq. (2) Hutton Perkins of Lincoln’s Inn (Middlesex), esq. (3) John Tempest of Wynyard, esq. Mortgage by demise for 1,000 years by (1) to (3) of the manor of Startforth and Startforth Hall with 113a.0r.36p. of land in Startforth Consideration: £800 and interest
D/Wat Box 109/27parchment, 2 membranes2 February 1746 (1) Hutton Perkins of Lincoln’s Inn (Middlesex), esq. (2) George Fielding of Durham, esq. (3) John Tempest of Wynyard, esq. (4) Thomas Tempest of Wynyard, esq. Assignment by (1) with the consent of (2) to (4) in trust for (3) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of lands and premises in 109/26 Consideration: £800
D/Wat Box 109/28parchment, 1 membrane14 March 1746 (1) George Feilding of Durham, esq., brother and heir of William Feilding, of Startforth, deceased (2) Ann Feilding of Durham, spinster; Martha Feilding of Durham, spinster; and Charlotte Feilding of Reading (Berkshire), spinster Mortgage by demise for 1000 years by (1) to (2) of lands and premises in 109/26 Consideration: £800
D/Wat Box 109/29parchment, 1 membrane3 December 1746 (1) George Fielding of St. Oswald’s, Durham (2) William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, esq. Articles of agreement regarding payment to the vicar of Startforth of a tithe of hay on lands in Startforth
D/Wat Box 109/30-31parchment, 2 membranes2 and 3 August 1748 (1) Timothy Hullock of Barnard Castle, weaver (2) William Lonsdale of Lendings Laith, fuller (3) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a fulling mill on the River Tees at East Wood or Lendings in Startforth with an adjoining island Consideration: £77 12s.6d. and 5s.
D/Wat Box 109/32-33parchment, 3 membranes1 and 2 August 1816 (1) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. (2) Eleanor Hutton of West Shaws, widow Mortgage by (1) to (2) of Startforth Hall with Hall Garth (4a.0r.14p.), Wheat close (4a.0r.14p.), West Close (4a.1r.28p.), Horse Close (2a.2r.4p.), Long Close (6a.) and Middle Close (6a.) all in Startforth Consideration: £300 and interest
D/Wat Box 109/34-35parchment, 2 membranes12 and 13 May 1835 (1) Rev Warin Metcalfe of West Witton (Yorkshire), clerk, and wife Eleanor (formerly Hutton) (2) Ann Matilda Fielding and Elizabeth Fielding, both of Barnard Castle, spinsters Redemption of mortgage and conveyance to (2) of premises in 109/32 and 109/33 Consideration: £300
D/Wat Box 110Papers and correspondence concerning the Morley Headlam trust, c.1880 – 1930
D/Wat Box 111Streatlam estate: title deeds to Black Beck, 1872; exchange of minerals, Earl of Strathmore and Lord Barnard, 1915; houses at Stainton, 1868;
D/Wat Box 112Title deeds, correspondence of Dalton estate, 1830 – 1900
D/Wat Box 113Correspondence concerning William Watson, deceased, c.1870 – 1900
D/Wat Box 114William Watson, deceased: letter book, 1878 – 1892; letter book, 1870 – 1873; trust account under Mr. and Mrs. Watson’s marriage settlement, 20 June 1860; William Watson, esq., deceased (d. 10 August 1892) executorship accounts journal and ledger, 1892 – 1897; list of silver articles belonging to William Watson, jun., Startforth Hall, 1867; title deeds to land in Startforth, 1754 – 1787
D/Wat Box 114/11 file28 September 1754 (1) John Tempest of Wynyard, esq. (2) Thomas Tempest of Wynard, esq. (3) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. (4) Robert Hilton of New Elvet, gent. Assignment by (1) to (4) in trust for (3) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of the manor of Startforth and a mansion house called Startforth Hall together with various named messuages and closes comprising 113a.0r.36p. in Startforth Consideration: £800 [attached receipt by (2) for (1) of (3) for £800]
D/Wat Box 114/2parchment, 1 membrane28 November 1771 (1) Matthew Wade of Barnard Castle, mason (2) George Fielding of Startforth, esq. Assignment by (1) to (2) for the remainder of a term of 999 years of the right to quarry stones in a field called the Lendings pasture in Startforth Consideration: 10s.
D/Wat Box 114/3parchment, 1 membrane4 March 1772 (1) Ann Feilding and Charlotte Feilding both of Durham, spinsters (2) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. (3) John Hullock of Barnard Castle, esq Assignment by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of premises in 114/1 Consideration: £800
D/Wat Box 114/41 parchment, 1 membrane(1) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. (2) Ann Feilding and Charlotte Feilding, both of Durham, spinsters Mortgage by demise for 1,000 years by (1) to (2) of several closes [names and acreages stated] in Startforth Consideration: £700
D/Wat Box 114/5-6parchment, 4 membranes10 and 11 April 1772 (1) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. (2) John Seymour of Little Newsham, yeoman (3) Ursula Hilton of New Elvet, widow (4) John Hullock of Barnard Castle, esq. (5) Luke Seymour of Woodhouse Close, yeoman Mortgage in fee by (1) to (2) of Startforth Hall and several closes [names and acreages stated] at Startforth; and assignment to (5) by (2) – (4) in trust for (1) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years of the premises in D/Wat 114/1 Consideration: £700 and interest
D/Wat Box 114/7-8parchment, 6 membranes29 and 30 January 1778 (1) George Feilding of Startforth, esq. and wife, Ann (2) Cornelius Harrison of Stubbhouse, esq. (3) Robert White of Norton, gent. and Eleanor Elliot of Reeth (Yorkshire), widow (4) John Ferrand of Barnard Castle, gent. (5) George Hubback, of Norton, gent. (6) John Dinsdale of Little Newsham, gent (7) George Wilson of Stockton, innkeeper Assignment by (2) to (3) of mortgage of Startforth Hall and several closes [names and acreages stated] at Startforth; and assignment to (7) by (6) at the request and direction of (1) and (2) and the appointment of (3) in trust of the remainder of three terms of a thousand years of Startforth Hall and lands at Startforth Consideration: £1300 and interest
D/Wat Box 114/9parchment, 2 membranesProbate copy of will, (dated 30 December 1782), of George Fielding of Startforth Devises Startforth Hall and lands at Startforth to son George; remainders as specified, 19 September 1783
D/Wat Box 114/10-11parchment, 4 membranes11 and 12 June, 1784 (1) Rev. George Feilding, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (2) Charlottle Feilding of Durham, spinster (3) Robert White of Norton, gent. (4) Eleanor Elliot of Reeth, widow (5) George Hubback of Cowpen Bewley, gent. (6) George Wilson of Stockton, innkeeper (7) Robert Smith of Hartburn, gent. (8) John Robinson of Stockton, grocer Mortgage by demise for 2000 years by (5) at the request of (1)-(4) and at the appointment of (7) to (8) of Startforth Hall and lands at Startforth specified in D/Wat 114/7-114/8 Consideration: £1500 and interest
D/Wat Box 114/12parchment, 3 membranes19 June 1787 (1) Rev. George Feilding of Loughton (Buckinghamshire), clerk (2) Robert Smith of East Hartburn, gent. (3) George Wilson of Stockton, innkeeper (4) Jeremiah Henderson of Stockton, gent. Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of the remainder of a mortgage by demise for a term of 2000 years of Startforth Hall and lands in D/Wat 114/10 – 114/11 Consideration: £600
D/Wat Box 114/131 paperMemorandum concerning the assigment, (dated 22 November 1792), to George Wilson of “the three terms of this Deed” and note that mansion house and closes called Hall Garth “with the nursery of trees therein”, Wheat Close, West Close, Horse Close, Long Close, and Middle Close was surrendered by George Wilson to Mr. Feilding, n.d. [1792]
D/Wat Box 114/141 volume, leather quarter boundInventory of silver and plate belonging to Mr. E. & Mrs. William Watson, jun., Startforth Hall, 6 April 1867
D/Wat Box 114/15-162 volumes, leather half-boundCopy letter books bound of William Watson, jun., 13 February 1870 – 7 March 1873 and 17 December 1878 – 16 July 1892
D/Wat Box 114/171 volume, leather half boundAccounts of the trustees of Mr. & Mrs. W. Watson’s marriage settlement, 14 July 1860 – 31 December 1890
D/Wat Box 114/181 volume, leather quarter boundAccounts of executors of William Watson (d. 10 August 1892), 19 August 1892 – 22 January 1901
D/Wat Box 115Correspondence etc. concerning Ewbanke’s trust, 1890s
D/Wat Box 116Correspondence etc. concerning Ewbanke’s trust, 1890s
D/Wat Box 117Mr. Thomas Ewanke: journal, 1893 – 1901; ledger, 1893 – 1901; rent ledger, c.1889 – 1906
D/Wat Box 118Papers and correspondence in Hutchinson v Headlam, c.1881 – 1905
D/Wat Box 119John Brass of Ingeton, deceased: papers, accounts and correspondence Includes: bundle of old deeds
D/Wat Box 120William Watson, deceased: correspondence etc., 1902 – 1906
D/Wat Box 121C.P. Hodgson, deceased: papers and correspondence c.1890 – 1910 Includes papers re Edward and William Hodgson and dealings with Butterknowle Colliery Company
D/Wat Box 122C.P. Hodgson, deceased: papers and correspondence c.1890 – 1910 Includes papers re Edward and William Hodgson and dealings with Butterknowle Colliery Company
D/Wat Box 123Hutchinson v Hutchinson: papers, briefs, correspondence, c.1834 – 1881
D/Wat Box 124Hutchinson v Hutchinson: papers, briefs, correspondence, c.1834 – 1881
D/Wat Box 125Lord Barnard’s Raby estate, conveyances and leases etc., 1896 – 1923
D/Wat Box 126Lord Barnard’s Raby estate, conveyances and leases etc., 1896 – 1923
D/Wat Box 127J.W. Peacock, deceased: accounts and correspondence, 1908 – 1910 Includes admittances to the manor of Healaugh Newland, c.1819 – 1869
D/Wat Box 128Papers re Richardson estates, including Dyke House Farm, Hart Estate, 1884; Throston estate etc., c.1920 – 1940
D/Wat Box 129Papers re Richardson estates, including Dyke House Farm, Hart Estate, 1884; Throston estate etc., c.1920 – 1940
D/Wat Box 130Papers re Richardson estates, including Dyke House Farm, Hart Estate, 1884; Throston estate etc., c.1920 – 1940
D/Wat Box 131Hutton’s Trust, 1910, Mrs. Gothorp, née Hutton, 1921, Mrs. Gothorp re Mrs. E.R. Hutton, deceased and J. Lamb, deceased, c.1870 – 1930
D/Wat Box 132Hutton’s Trust, 1910, Mrs. Gothorp, née Hutton, 1921, Mrs. Gothorp re Mrs. E.R. Hutton, deceased and J. Lamb, deceased, c.1870 – 1930
D/Wat Box 133Hutton’s Trust, 1910, Mrs. Gothorp, née Hutton, 1921, Mrs. Gothorp re Mrs. E.R. Hutton, deceased and J. Lamb, deceased, c.1870 – 1930
D/Wat Box 134Hutton’s Trust, 1910, Mrs. Gothorp, née Hutton, 1921, Mrs. Gothorp re Mrs. E.R. Hutton, deceased and J. Lamb, deceased, c.1870 – 1930
D/Wat Box 135Hutton’s Trust, 1910, Mrs. Gothorp, née Hutton, 1921, Mrs. Gothorp re Mrs. E.R. Hutton, deceased and J. Lamb, deceased, c.1870 – 1930 Includes: Whorlton Bridge Road papers, c.1840; Jn. Lamb, deceased, executorship account book, 1880 – 1882; rent ledger, 1852 – 1881; Mrs. E.J. Gothorpe account book of investments, c.1883 – c.1920; Mrs. E.J. Gothorpe rent ledger, 1905 – 1928; interest book (Mr. Lamb’s), 1856 – c.1869; Mrs. E.J. Gothorpe account book, 1918 – c.1928; principal and interest account of Edward Wallis, 1854 – c.1872
D/Wat Box 136Papers concerning William Robinson, deceased and Thomas Robinson, deceased, 1879 – 1950
D/Wat Box 137Papers concerning Jobson, deceased, c.1841 – c.1919
D/Wat Box 138Papers concerning Stephenson, George Raine and Jane Hough Includes Downs Farm, Paradise Farm and Woodland Colliery Co., c.1870 – c.1920
D/Wat Box 139T.W. Dent’s trust: accounts, 1881 – 1898; correspondence re Mickleton quarries, 1876 – 1911; correspondence concerning other property at Mickleton, c.1880 – 1900; plan of property belonging to Thos. Wm. Dent in Mickleton, 1874
D/Wat Box 140Acc 1505(D) – Marwood papers [belonging to Duke of Cleveland], early 19th century Acc: 1619(D) – Barnard Castle Dispensary, list of subscribers, notices of formation, rules and regulations and annual reports, 1835 – 1847; Minutes of joint meeting of Witham Testimonial and the Dispensary, 29 March 1845; Play bills, 1804, 1833 and n.d.; Circular concerning Startforth Bridge improvement, 14 November 1898; Whorlton Bridge receipts and payments, June 1829 – December 1830, December 1848 – 1871; Whorlton Bridge Vouchers, 1871 – 1874
D/Wat Boxes section 07Other
[5 separate notes /slips of paper. They are not numbered or given any catalogue reference. They are written on different paper from other notes. They look like they could be yellow post-it notes]
Vane v Lord Barnard, by bill of revivor, 1726 Raby Castle Gilbert, Lord Barnard and Mary, Lady Barnard, his wife, Henry Vane their eldest son, and Morgan Thomas and Gilbert Vane, younger sons v William, Lord Vane in the kingdom of Ireland as executor of Elizabeth Lady Dowager Barnard deceased, widow of Christopher, Lord Barnard deceased
Chancery. Lord Barnard & Mr Vane v Bowes 1753  Plea of trespass.  Barnard Castle Moor & Staindrop Moor
In Chancery. William Pulteney & wife v Henry Earl of Darlington, 1770s
In Chancery  Lord Darlington v Timothy Hutchinson  Dispute concerning boundaries of Middleton and Eggleston manors
Writ of ad quod damnum for the inclosure of parts of the King’s Highway and the turnpike road in the parish of Staindrop by Henry Earl of Darlington, 1758
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