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Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, Frosterley, Rogerley, and Rippon family records

Records deposited on long – term loan 9 October 1985 and 7 April 1986 (Acc: 1628 (D)) (Acc: 1659 (D)) For records in this catalogue check the section below.

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1957
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Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, Frosterley, Rogerley, and Rippon family records records

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D/X 795/1-128Title Deeds primarily relating to lands in Frosterley and RogerleyAn eighteenth century transcription of most of these deeds can be found at D/CG 33/12
D/X 795/1parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal16 June 1552 (1) John Barborne of Byggynnes, gentleman, and his son and heir, Christopher Barborne (2) William Garthorne of Bomlay Rowe, yeoman Bargain and sale of one tenement in Frosterley called Frosterley Hall presently in the occupation of Robert Yonger of Frosterley, yeoman, and all lands relating thereto. Numbered 1 Consideration: £43 6s.8d.
D/X 795/2parchment, 1 membrane18 June 1552 (1) John Barborne of Byggynnes, gentleman, and his son and heir, Christopher Barborne (2) William Garthorne of Bomley Raw, yeoman Feoffment (with livery of seisin endorsed) of one tenement in Frosterley called Frosterley Hall presently in the occupation of Robert Yonger of Frosterley, yeoman, and all lands relating thereto Warranty clause. Numbered 2 Appoints Nicholas Blacket and John Cragg as attorneys
D/X 795/3parchment, 1 membrane31 January 1568/69 (1) Richard Chamer of Wyndilston, husbandman (2) Peter Madison of Unthanke in Wardaill [Weardale], gentleman, son and heir of Roland Madison, late of Unthanke Bond in £300 for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 3
D/X 795/4parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal17 November 1593 (1) Peter Maddison of Unthanke, gentleman and Ralph Maddison of Rogerley, gentleman (2) George Lynsey of Lean Dewe, parish of Wolsingham, yeoman Bargain and sale of 4a. of ground in Frosterley called Hall Crofts, presently in the possession of (1) above. Numbered 7 Consideration: £44
D/X 795/5parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal25 February 1605 (1) Charles Horsley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Bond in £120 for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 9
D/X 795/6parchment, 1 membrane9 September 1605 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) William Blacket of Woodcrofte, gentleman Bargain and sale (livery of seisin endorsed) of meadow land amounting to 12a. called Peakfield in Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 11
D/X 795/7parchment, 1 membrane9 September 1605 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) William Blacket of Woodcroft, gentleman Bond in £210 for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 12
D/X 795/8parchment, 1 membrane; 1 pendant seal1 September 1607 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Bargain and sale with feoffment (livery of seisin endorsed) of a farm holding called Rogerley Sett. Numbered 13 Consideration : £300
D/X 795/9parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal17 December 1607 (1) Raphe Maddyson of Unthanke in the parish of Stanhope, esq. (2) Lanclot Walton of Frosterley in the parish of Stanhope, yeoman Lease for 16 years of 3.5a. of land in Rogerley from 3 May 1608. Numbered 14 Consideration: 2s. 8d. p.a.
D/X 795/10parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal7 September 1608 (1) William Wray, late of Ravensworth Castle, esq. (2) Michael Milburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Assignment of a lease for a term of 12 years of the Lordship of Rogerley; recites lease of 28 October 1606 between Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. and his wife Isabel and (1); and further recites a Statute Merchant in £600 from Maddison to (1)which (1) now assigns to (2). Numbered 15
D/X 795/11parchment, 1 membrane7 September 1608 (1) William Wray, late of Ravensworth Castle, esq. (2) Michael Milburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant. Copy of assignment of lease of 28 October 1606 recited below and of a Statute Merchant specified within; recites (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank and Isabel his wife (2) William Wray – lease of Lordship of Rogerley for 12 years; recites Statute Merchant in £600 from Maddison to Wray. Numbered 16
D/X 795/12parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal8 January 1610/11 (1) Anthony Chapman of Frosterley, yeoman (2) William Blackett of Stanhopp, gentleman Bargain and sale with feoffment (with livery of seisin endorsed) of 3r. of meadow in West Peakfield, Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 17. Illuminated capital T showing a complex intertwining of the heads of three serpents. Consideration: £8 10s.
D/X 795/13parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal8 January 1610/11 (1) Anthony Chapman of Frosterley, yeoman (2) William Blackett of Stanhope, gentleman Bond in £60 for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 18
D/X 795/14parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal27 June 1611 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) Ralph Martyn of Frosterley, yeoman Bargain and sale with feoffment of a parcel of meadow called St. Butolfes Well in Frosterley amounting to 2.5a. [boundaries specified}, with a further 2a. in Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 19 Consideration: £30
D/X 795/15parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal27 June 1611 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) Ralph Martyn of Frosterley, yeoman Bond in £66 6s.8d. for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 20
D/X 795/16parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin28 June 1611 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) Ralph Martyn of Frosterley, yeoman Feoffment (with livery of seisin endorsed) of those lands specified in D/X 795/14 (above); recites the bargain and sale of 27 June 1611 [see D/X 795/14] Numbered 21
D/X 795/17parchment, 1 membrane, Latin15 July 1611 (1) Henry Maddison, plaintiff (2) Ralph Maddison, esq., and Isabel his wife, deforciants Final concord of one messuage, one garden, one orchard, fifty acres of land, forty acres of meadow, sixty acres of pasture, sixty acres of moor and common of pasture in Rogerley Consideration: £80. Numbered 22
D/X 795/18parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal; Latin15 July 1611 (1) Michael Milburn and Leonard Carre, demandants (2) Henry Maddison, tenant to the praecipe and his attorney, John Gill (3) Ralph Maddison, vouchee to warranty Exemplification of a common recovery for one messuage, 50 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 60 acres of moor and common of pasture in Rogerley. Numbered 23
D/X 795/19parchment, 1 membrane; appended seal; Latin30 September 1615 (1) William Blackett of Woodcroft, gentleman and his elder son, William (2) John Blackett, younger son of the above William Blackett of Woodcroft Grant for life after the death of William Blackett of Woodcroft of an annual rent charge of £5 p.a. issuing out of the property of Peake Field, amounting to 12a., in Frosterley. Numbered 24
D/X 795/201 paper, applied sealReceipt from Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq., for the sum of 25s. 8½d. as a half year’s rent for Driburne Side in the parish of Stanhope and for all other accounts, received of Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman, 11 November 1615. Numbered 25
D/X 795/21parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal15 February 1615/16 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bargain and sale with feoffment (livery of seisin endorsed) of 4a. of ground, presently occupied by Thomas Chapman, in Rogerley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 26 Consideration unspecified Rent: 3d. p.a. payable to the Bishop of Durham
D/X 795/22parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal15 February 1615/16 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Counterpart of the above bargain and sale with feoffment (D/X 795/21). Numbered 27
D/X 795/23parchment, 1 membraneLetter of attorney from Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman, appointing Ralph Emerson of Gilley Bone to receive of Ralph Maddison the 4a. conveyed in the above bargain and sale with feoffment (D/X 795/21), 16 February 1615/16 Numbered 28
D/X 795/24parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal20 April 1616 (1) Thomas Morgan of Bradewood, gentleman (2) Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bond in £100 for the performance of covenants set out in an indenture of even date. Numbered 29
D/X 795/25parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal21 June 1619 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthank, esq. (2) Ralph Wren of Framwellgate in the City of Durham, yeoman, and John Wren, son and heir of Ralph Bargain and sale of 3.5a. of land at Frosterley called East Rogerley presently in the occupation of Lancelot Walton of Frosterley. Numbered 30 Consideration: 12d.
D/X 795/26parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin21 June 1619 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Ralph Wren and John Wren of Framwellgate, yeomen Feoffment (with livery of seisin endorsed) of 3.5a. of land at Frosterley called East Rogerley presently in the possession of Lancelot Walton of Frosterley. Numbered 31
D/X 795/27parchment, 1 membrane21 June 1619 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Ralph Wren of Framwellgate, yeoman and John Wren of Framwellgate, yeoman Bond in £80 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. Numbered 32
D/X 795/28parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal30 November 1619 (1) Ralph Maddison of Unthanke in Wardale, esq. (2) Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, alderman Bargain and sale of 1/2a. of ground at Shitlowburne Eland [boundaries specified]. Numbered 33 Rent: 1d. p.a.
D/X 795/29parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin12 February 1620/21 (1) Thomas Ravenscrofte, Francis Poulton and George Courthorpe, esqs., deputies for Henry, Viscount Mandeville, Treasurer of State (2) Michael Milburn and Henry Carr Release for non payment of a fine upon a writ of entry for lands in Rogerley. Numbered 35
D/X 795/30parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal14 July 1625 (1) George Robinson of Westgate, yeoman and his wife, Ann (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bargain and sale of a parcel of meadow called St. Butolfes Well in Frosterley amounting to 2.5a. [boundaries specified] and a parcel of meadow land in the town fields of Frosterley amounting to 2a. Numbered 36
D/X 795/31parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal14 July 1625 (1) George Robinson of Westgate, yeoman, and his wife, Ann (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bond in £60 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number
D/X 795/321 paper, applied seal29 April 1625 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Bond in £100 for the conveyance from (1) to (2) of a close amounting to 6a., called Denefield, in Frosterley. Numbered 37
D/X 795/33parchment, 1 membrane20 December 1626 (1) John Wren of Framwellgate in the City of Durham, yeoman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bargain and sale with feoffment of 3.5a. of land in the town field of Frosterley called East Rogerley, also a further 1/2a. and 1/2r. of land in the same field. Numbered 38 Consideration: £42
D/X 795/34parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal20 December 1626 (1) John Wren of Framwellgate in the City of Durham, yeoman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bond in £100 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number.
D/X 795/35parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal20 December 1626 (1) John Wren of Framwellgate in the City of Durham, yeoman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Counterpart of bargain and sale with feoffment (D/X 795/33). Numbered 39
D/X 795/36parchment, 1 membrane; Latin20 December 1626 (1) John Wren of Framwellgate in the City of Durham, yeoman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Feoffment of the lands (with livery of seisin endorsed) detailed in D/X 795/33. Numbered 40
D/X 795/37parchment, 1 membrane1 May 1628 (1) William Blackett of Stanhoupp in Wardell, gentleman and John Blackett of Stanhoupp, son of William Blackett (2) Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Lease for 31 years of that close of meadow and neighbouring pasture called Peackfield amounting to 9a. in the Lordship of Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 41 Nominal rent
D/X 795/38parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal10 July 1628 (1) William Blackett of Stanhoupp in Wardell, gentleman, William Blackett of Woodcrofte, gentleman, son and heir apparent of the above William and John Blackett of Stanhoupp, second son of the above William the elder (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bargain and sale with feoffment of that close of meadow and neighbouring pasture called Peackfield amounting to 9a. in the lordship of Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 42 Consideration: £14
D/X 795/39parchment, 1 membrane10 July 1628 (1) William Blackett of Stanhoupp in Wardell, gentleman, William Blackett of Woodcrofte, gentleman, son and heir apparent of the above William and John Blackett of Stanhoupp, second son of the above William the elder (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bond in £160 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number.
D/X 795/40parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal21 December 1629 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and alderman Bargain and sale with feoffment (with Livery of seisin endorsed) of 4 a. of meadow known as Peackfield [boundaries specified] and 6a. 1r. of meadow in East Rogerleyfield. Numbered 43 Consideration: £40
D/X 795/41parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal10 April 1630 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Michael Dixon of Frosterley, milner Lease for 21 years of 3 ebbereiles and of one close called the Deanefield [boundaries specified]. Numbered 44 Rent: 2d. p.a. Consideration: £40
D/X 795/421 paper; applied seal10 April 1630 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Michael Dixon of Frosterley, milner Counterpart of the lease for 21 years detailed above (D/X 795/41). Numbered 45
D/X 795/431 paperReceipt from Isabel Maddison, widow of Ralph Maddison, acknowledging the full payment of £5 from Sir Lionel Maddison as her right of dower in a parcel of ground recently possessed by Cuthbert Todd lying in a parcel of ground called Peakfield, parish of Stanhope, [12 June] 1632 Numbered 46(1)
D/X 795/441 paperReceipt from Isabel Maddison in part payment of £5 owed to her by Sir Lionel Maddison, 12 June 1632 Numbered 46(2)
D/X 795/451 paper, applied seal15 July 1632 (1) John Heath of Durham, esq. (2) Lyonal Maddison of Newcastle, esq., and John Vesey of Newlands, esq. Articles of agreement whereby (1) releases to John Vesey all his interest in the manor of Frosterley and agrees to deliver to Lionel Maddison all the court rolls belonging to the manor of Frosterley. Consideration: For handing over the rolls (1) is to receive from Lionel a new beaver hat, one pair of black silk stockings, a piece of plate worth 5 marks and the grant of a patent of stewardship of the manor of Frosterley during his lifetime. Numbered 47
D/X 795/46parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented Great seal; Latin1 September 1632 Letters Patent issued by the King to John Vasey allowing Vasey to convey to Henry Maddison and Lionel Maddison the following premises which are held of the King in Capite: the manor of Frosterley, messuages and closes in Frosterley and other properties specified within. Signed by Bacon. Numbered 51
D/X 795/47parchment, 1 membrane18 March 1633/34 (1) John Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Indenture whereby (1) covenants to convey to (2) the following promises free from all encumbrances: the manor of Ellergill alias Allergill and Birkshawe in the parish of Stanhope, the little Brigginfield, Wester Softleyside and Easter Softleyside, parcels of the manor of Unthank Consideration: £15 p.a. payable to the school of Auckland. Numbered 52
D/X 795/48parchment, 1 membrane27 March 1634 (1) Isabel Maddison, widow of the late Ralph Maddison of Ellergill in the parish of Stanhoppe, esq. (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison, knight of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Articles of Agreement whereby (1) covenants to demise her dower of thirds in Ellergill to (2) during her life under a rent of £12 p.a. Numbered 53
D/X 795/49parchment, 1 membrane27 March 1634 (1) Isabel Maddison, widow of the late Ralph Maddison of Ellergill in the parish of Stanhoppe, esq. (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison, knight of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Counterpart of articles of agreement (D/X 795/48). Numbered 54
D/X 795/50parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal1 April 1634 (1) Averill Stepper of the City of Durham and her daughter Elizabeth Maddison, daughter of John Maddison of Unthanke, esq. (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight, and John Maddison of Unthanke, esq. Quitclaim by (1) to (2) for the annual payment of certain sums, and discharges (2) of certain yearly payments of £20 for the remainder of a 20 year term and other payments decreed against John Maddison, and for (2)’s peaceable enjoyment of the manor of Ellergill and the western end of Brigginfield in the manor of Unthank; recites agreement between Christopher Stepper, complainant and Ralph Maddison and John Maddison, defendants, for a payment of £100 for the benefit of (1) in November 1634. Numbered 55
D/X 795/511 paper; applied seal5 May 1634 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir Lionell Maddisone of Rogerley, knight Lease for 25 years for the plot of land called Dene Close. Numbered 56 Rent: 1d. p.a.
D/X 795/52parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin7 July 1634 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Henry Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, alderman Feoffment of the lands called Denefield (with livery of seisin endorsed) in Frosterley amounting to 6a. Numbered 57
D/X 795/53parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin7 November 1634 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Lionell Maddisonne of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Feoffment of the lands called Deanefield in Frosterley amounting to 6a. Numbered 58
D/X 795/54parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal24 December 1634 (1) Isabell Maddison, relict of Ralph Maddison, late of Ellergill, parish of Stanhope, esq. (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Lease for 99 years of (1)’s house in Ellergill with two neighbouring pastures and a calfe close recently allotted to (1) as her dower. Numbered 59 Rent: £12 p.a.
D/X 795/55parchment, 1 membrane24 December 1634 (1) Issabell Maddison of Ellergill, widow (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Bond in £100 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number
D/X 795/56parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal24 December 1634 (1) Isabell Maddison, relict of Ralph Maddison, late of Ellergill, parish of Stanhope, esq. (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Counterpart of lease for 99 years (D/X 795/54). Numbered 60
D/X 795/57parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented seal; Latin20 May 1635 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Feoffment of the close called East Stocklaburnefield in Frosterley amounting to 12a. Numbered 61
D/X 795/581 paper, applied seal3 October 1635 (1) Isabel Maddison, relict of Ralph Maddison, late of Ellergill, parish of Stanhope, esq. (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Release executed by (1) discharging (2) from 40s. of the annual payment of £12 which was agreed upon in D/X 795/54. Numbered 62
D/X 795/59parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal18 June 1638 (1) Thomas Mowbery of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Bargain and sale of several closes in Frosterley called Deen Close, Upper Ebber Elles and Nether Ebber Elles. Numbered 63 Consideration: £35
D/X 795/60parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal18 June 1638 (1) Thomas Mowbery of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir Lionell Maddison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight Feoffment of lands (with livery of seisin endorsed) detailed in Bargain and sale of same date (D/X 795/59). Numbered 64 Consideration: £35
D/X 795/61parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal16 September 1639 (1) Reonald Walton and Isabell Walton of Capplespeth alias Chapman’s Closses in the township of Frosterley (2) Sir Lyonell Maddison of Rogerley, knight Conveyance (with livery of seisin endorsed) of the messuage called Capplespeth or Chapman’ s Closes. Numbered 65 Consideration unspecified
D/X 795/62parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Sir Lyonell Maddisone of Rogerley, knight Bargain and sale with feoffment of 2 closes in the Lordship of Frosterley, one called Bettes Daile, amounting to 3a. [boundaries specified], the other known as the Park, amounting to 8a. [boundaries specified]. Numbered 66 Consideration: £64
D/X 795/63parchment, 1 membrane6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Lyonell Maddisone of Rogerley, knight Bond in £120 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number
D/X 795/64parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Lyonell Maddison of Rogerley, knight Feoffment (with Livery of seisin endorsed) of the property detailed in D/X 795/62. Numbered 67
D/X 795/65parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Sir Lyonel Maddisone of Rogerley, knight Bargain and sale with feoffment of two closes in Frosterley called Wester Chappell Closes amounting to 12a. [boundaries specified]. Numbered 68 Consideration: £120
D/X 795/66parchment, 1 membrane6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Lyonell Maddison of Rogerley, knight Bond in £240 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number.
D/X 795/67parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal; Latin6 February 1643/44 (1) Christopher Garthorne of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Lionell Maddisonne of Rogerley, knight Feoffment (with livery of seisin endorsed) of the property detailed in D/X 795/65. Numbered 69
D/X 795/684 papersAccounts of money paid by Sir Lionel Maddison on behalf of Christopher Garthorne, 1642 Numbered 70
D/X 795/69parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal20 August 1644 (1) George Walton of Frosterley, yeoman (2) William Walton of Shitlopburne, yeoman Bargain and sale of a house and hay yard-stead here specified. Numbered 71 Consideration unspecified
D/X 795/701 paper, applied seal9 May 1645 (1) Michael Dixon, late of Frosterley, now of Slayley, Co. Northumberland, miller (2) Sir Lionell Maddisonne of Rogerley, knight Quitclaim issued by (1) to (2) of all (1)’s title and interest in the closes in Frosterley called the Three Ebber Elles and Dean Close in Frosterley. Numbered 72
D/X 795/711 paper; 3 applied seals8 May 1646 (1) Thomas Longlands of Slailey, Northumberland yeoman, William Stobes of Westgatt, yeoman and John Fetherston of Westgatt, yeoman (2) Sir Lionel Maddison of Rogerley, knight Bond in £16 whereby ( 1) covenants to save and keep harmless (2) against Henry Ridley of Slailey and his daughter Margaret Ridley by reason of a deed of gift made by Michael Dixon to M.R. which H.R. and M.R. now claim entitles them to land presently in the occupation of (2) by virtue of the deed of gift from Michael Dixon to M.R. Numbered 73
D/X 795/72parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal1 May 1648 (1) John Walton of Capplespeth alias Chapmancloses in Frosterley, son of Reynold Walton (2) Sir George Vane of Rogerley, knight, husband of Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of Sir Lionel Maddison, deceased Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of all (1)’s title and interest in the tenement called Capplespeth alias Chapmancloses. Recites deed enfeoffing Reynold Walton with the property in question. Numbered 74 Consideration: 5s.
D/X 795/73parchment, 1 membrane10 March 1648 (1) William Walton, yeoman (2) Lanclott Todd of Frosterley, yeoman Bargain and sale of a house and adjacent haygarsteed in Frosterley. Numbered 75 Consideration: £9
D/X 795/74parchment, 1 membrane10 March 1648 (1) William Walton, yeoman (2) Lancelot Todd of Frosterley, yeoman Bond in £12 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number.
D/X 795/75parchment, 1 membrane; 2 pendant seals8 February 1650 (1) Lancelote Todd, yeoman and George Walton, yeoman (2) George Linsley of Linhew, butcher Bargain and sale with feoffment (livery of seisin endorsed) of a house and haygarthstead in Frosterley (as in D/X 795/73 above). Numbered 76 Consideration: £6 3s.4d.
D/X 795/76parchment, 1 membrane; pendant seal8 February 1650 (1) Lancelot Todd, yeoman and George Walton, yeoman (2) George Linsley of Linhew, butcher Bond [number illegible] for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date.
D/X 795/771 paper, applied seal12 February 1652 (1) Ellinor Chapman, wife of Lancelote Chapman of Frosterley, yeoman (2) Sir George Vane of Rogerley, knight Quitclaim by (1) to (2) of (1)’s title and interest in 10a. of ground in a Meadow Close and two other little closes of pasture in the east side of Frosterley [boundaries specified] and a small piece of ground near the river called Ebber Eales in the manor of Frosterley all of which forms part of (1)’s dower. Numbered 77
D/X 795/784 papers25 July 1654 (1) Christopher Garthorne the younger (2) Sir George Vane, knight Articles of agreement whereby (1) bargains and sells to (2) his close in the township of Frosterley called Easter Chappel Close [boundaries specified]. Numbered 78 Consideration: £72; includes 3 receipts issued by Christopher Garthorne for payment of above sum, 25 July – 4 September 1654
D/X 795/79parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented pendant seal4 January 1655 (1) Christopher Garthorne the elder of Frosterley and Christopher Garthorne the younger of Dryburneside in the parish of Stanhope, yeomen (2) Sir George Vane of Rogerley, knight Bargain and sale with feoffment of 2 garths amounting to 1/2a. in the lordship of Frosterley [boundaries specified]. Numbered 80 Consideration: £14 10s.
D/X 795/80parchment, 1 membrane4 January 1655 (1) Christopher Garthorne the eider of Frosterley and Christopher Garthorne the younger of Dryburneside in the parish of Stanhope, yeomen (2) Sir George Vane of Rogerley, knight Bond in £25 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date. No original number
D/X 795/81parchment, 1 membrane3 October 1657 (1) Thomas Lyndsey of Lynden, yeoman and George Lyndsey, eldest son and heir of Thomas (2) Sir George Vane of Rogerley, knight Bond in £142 for the performance of covenants set out in indenture of even date [not extant] Numbered 81
D/X 795/825 papersCopy of the will of Sir George Vane of Long Newton, knight: devises to his wife Elizabeth Vane, half part of the lease of Chester Colliery and other bequests as here specified, 11 January 1678/79 Numbered 82
D/X 795/8316 papers20 January 1680/81 (1) Dame Elizabeth Vane of Long Newton, widow of Sir George Vane, knight, and Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq., son and heir of Sir George Vane (2) Sir George Fletcher of Hutton in the Forrest, Cumberland, bart. (3) Right Hon. Henry, Lord Colraine, Hon. George Montague of Horton, Oxfordshire, esq.; Sir William Dalston of Dalston, Cumberland, knight and bart.; Henry Fletcher, esq., son and heir of (2); Henry Liddell of Newton, Durham, esq.; Christopher Vane of Raby Castle, esq.; Francis Bowes of Thorton, esq.; Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, esq.; Daniel Felming of Rydall, Westmorland, esq.; Christopher Dalston of Acornebank, Westmorland, esq.; Robert Midford of Midford, Northumberland, esq.; William Vane of the City of London, esq.; Robert Bowes of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq.; and Catherine Fletcher, second daughter of (2) Copy marriage settlement by means of lease and release upon the marriage of Lionel Vane and Catherine Fletcher involving the following properties: manor of Long Newton, manor of Rogerley and Rogerley Hall, lands at Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth, The Greenhead Frosterley and Shitlipside. These to the use of Dame Elizabeth Vane and Lyonel Vane until the marriage of C.F. and L.V., thereafter to the use of Dame E. for life then to the use of L.V. for 99 years then to the trustees to preserve contingent remainders and the male children of L.V. and C.F. and further uses as here specified. Numbered 83 Consideration: £5 to Dame E.V.; £2000 to L.V.
D/X 795/84parchment, 1 membrane2 February 1707 (1) Robert Bowes sometime of Grays Inn, Middlesex and now of Thornton, Durham, esq. (2) George Vane of Long Newton, first son of Lionel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and Catherine Vane Surrender by (1) to (2) of the manor of Rogerley and Rogerley Hall and all lands etc. called Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth, the Greenhead Frosterley and Shittlipside. Numbered 84
D/X 795/85parchment, 1 membrane; applied seal1 April 1708 (1) Abigal Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, widow, administratrix of the goods of William Johnson, late of Kibblesworth, esq., deceased (2) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Assignment of the bond of obligation recited below from (1) to (2) for a consideration of £280 5s.8d. and of a judgement obtained by William Johnson against Lionel Vane Recites bond of obligation of 13 February 1696/97 between (1) Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, esq., and (2) William Johnson of Kibblesworth in £400 for the payment of the sum of £200. Numbered 85
D/X 795/86-87parchment, 3 membranes, applied seals3-4 May 1708 (1) Lyonell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, eldest son of Lyonell and Katherine Vane (2) John Mowbray of the City of Durham, gentleman (3) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Lease and release from (1) to (3) by way of mortgage security of the manor of Rogerley and those lands known as Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth alias Chapplesworth, The Green Head Frosterley and Shittlop alias Shittlehopside making (2) tenant to the freeholds of these lands and covenants for (2) to levy in fine to suffer a recovery which are thereby declared to be the use of (3) etc. Numbered 86-87 Consideration: £1,500
D/X 795/881 paper, applied seals5 May 1708 (1) Lyonell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman (2) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Bond in £3,900 for the payment by (1) to (2) of £22 10s. on 5 August 1708 and a further £45 on 5 February 1709 and further sums of £45 until the payment of £1,545 on 5 February 1710. Numbered 88
D/X 795/89parchment, 1 membrane; applied seal5 May 1708 (1) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant (2) Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, eldest son of Lionel Agreement whereby (2) pays (1) various sums of money at the times here stipulated and a lump sum of £1,545 on S February 1710. Recites summary of lease and release of 3 May 1708 (D/X 795/86-87). Numbered 89
D/X 795/90-91parchment, 2 membranes; Latin18 May 1708 (1) John Mowbray, gentleman, plaintiff (2) Lionel Vane, esq., and George Vane, deforciants Two parts of a final concord of the manor of Rogerley, 10 messuages, 10 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of moor mines of coal, of lead and of stone and common of pasture for all cattle in Rogerley, Ellergill alias Allersgill, Chappelspeth alias Chappelsworth, Le Greenhead Frosterley, Shitlopside alias Shitlehopeside Peak, Peckfield alias Peachfieldes, Berkshaw alias Bearkshaw. Numbered 90 Consideration: 160 marks of silver
D/X 795/92parchment, 1 membrane; Latin4 June 1708 (1) John Stephenson, merchant, demandant (2) John Mowbray, gentleman, tenant to the praecipe (3) George Vane, vouchee to warranty Exemplification of a common recovery for the manor of Rogerley, 20 messuages, 6 gardens, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of moor mines of coal, of lead, and of stone, common of pasture for all cattle in Rogerley, Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth alias Chappelsworth, Le Greenhead Frosterley, Shitlopside alias Shittlehopside and other property as in D/X 795/90-91. Numbered 91
D/X 795/93parchment, 1 membrane; 2 applied seals14 July 1708 (1) Lyonell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, eldest son of Lyonell Vane (2) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, and John Mowbray of the City of Durham, gentleman Quitclaim by (1) of all errors which may be contained in the final concord and exemplification of common recovery (D/X 795/91-92). Numbered 92
D/X 795/941 paper, 2 applied seals1 May 1710 (1) Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane, gentleman (2) John Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, esq. Bond in £3,225 for the payment of £1,612 10s. by (1) to (2) by 1 November 1710. Endorsement that this document was produced in the case of George Hawdon and spouse v George Vane, esq., in Chancery, 1 June 1734. Numbered 93
D/X 795/95-96parchment, 3 membranes; applied seal30 April – 1 May 1710 (1) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant (2) Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, son and heir of L.V. (3) John Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, esq. Lease and release from (1) to (3) of the manor of Rogerley and those lands known as Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth alias Chapplesworth, The Greenhead Frosterley and Shitlop alias Shittlehopeside. With bond to make the conveyance void. Numbered 94 – 95 Considerations: £1,500 to (1) £112 10s. to (2)
D/X 795/97parchment, 2 membranes; applied seal1 May 1710 Counterpart of the release detailed in D/X 795/96. Numbered 96
D/X 795/981 paper, applied seal11 November 1706 (l) Lionell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, son and heir of L.V. (2) Margaret Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, widow Bond in £1,000 for the payment of £500 to (2) by (1) by 1 May 1707. Numbered 97
D/X 795/99-100parchment, 4 membranes; applied seals11-12 May 1710 (1) Lyonell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, son and heir of L.V. (2) Margaret Wharton of Gillingwood, Yorkshire, widow Lease and release of the manor of Rogerley and those lands known as Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth alias Chappellsworth, The Green Head Frosterley, Shitlop alias Shitlehopeside etc.; recites the bond to Mrs. Wharton and the securities to Mr. Simpson and for the better securing of Mrs. Wharton’s money conveys the manor of Rogerley etc. and the equity of redemption to Mrs. Wharton with further clauses here specified. Numbered 98-99 Consideration: £500
D/X 795/1011 paper, applied seal17 August 1710 (1) George Vane of Long Newton, esq. (2) John Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Agreement (purchase article) whereby (1) agrees to convey to (2) the manors of Rogerley and Frosterley and all his lands in Stanhope. Numbered 100 Consideration: £3,624
D/X 795/102-103parchment, 4 membranes; applied seals19-20 October 1710 (1) Lyonell Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, esq., son and heir of L.V. (2) John Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman (3) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman Lease and release of the manor of Frosterley, and of the manor of Rogerley and all those lands called Allergill alias Ellergill, Chappelspeth alias Chappelsworth, The Greenhead Frosterley, Shitlehope alias Shittlehopeside, Peak alias Peachfield and Bearshaw alias Berkeshaw; this is undertaken pursuant to the Purchase Article (D/X 795/101) and in consideration of the receipt of £3,624, conveyed by the direction and appointment of (2). Numbered 101-102
D/X 795/104parchment, 3 membranes11 October 1710 (I) Lyonel Vane of Long Newton, esq. and his wife Catherine, and George Vane of Long Newton, son and heir of L.V. (2) John Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (3) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Co. Middlesex Bargain and sale of Rogerley manor, Ellergill alias Allergill, Chapplespeth alias Chaplesworth, The Greenhead Frosterley, Shitlop alias Shittlehopeside, Peak alias Peaehfield, and Bearshaw alias Berkshaw, with covenants to levy a fine and suffer a common recovery. Numbered 103 Consideration: £3,624
D/X 795/105parchment, 1 membrane; applied seals30 October 1710 (1) Joseph Banks of Scofton, Nottinghamshire, gentleman (2) John Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, esq. (3) Lionel Vane of Long Newton, esq., and George Vane of Long Newton, gent., son and heir of L.V. (4) John Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Agreement whereby (1) agrees with (4) that upon payment of £1,612 10s. and legal interest to (2) or (1) for the use of (1) by (4), then (1) will execute a conveyance for the manor of Rogerley, Ellergill alias Allergill and other lands in Stanhope in favour of (4); recites conveyances by (3) to John Stephenson of Rogerley, Ellergill etc. Details the charges and conveyances in the exchange of this property to date. Numbered 104
D/X 795/106-107parchment, 3 membranes; applied seals29-30 November 1710 (1) Margaret Wharton of Gillingwood, Co. York, widow (2) Lionel Vane of Long Newton, esq. , and George Vane of Long Newton, gentleman, son and heir of L.V. (3) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (3) of the manor of Rogerley, and those lands known as Ellergill alias Allergill , Chapplespeth alias Chappelsworth, The Greenhead Frosterley, Shitlop alias Shittlehopeside, Peack alias Peackfield and Barkshaw alias Berkshaw. Numbered 105-106 Consideration: £500
D/X 795/108parchment, 1 membrane28 December 1710 (1) Elizabeth Howard of Rupert Street, Middlesex, spinster (2) George Vane of Long Newton, esq. (3) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (3) of a judgement obtained in Common Pleas at Westminster for £600, besides costs, of a suit against (2) and Lionel Vane of Long Newton. Recites summary of above case held at Common Pleas. Numbered 107 Consideration: £300
D/X 795/109parchment, 1 membrane; applied seals28 December 1710 (1) Elizabeth Vane, Allice Vane and Catherine Vane all of Long Newton, spinsters, three of the executrices of the will of Elizabeth Vane of Long Newton, spinster (2) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman Covenant whereby (1) agrees with (2) that the judgement for £4,000 obtained by the above Elizabeth Vane, deceased, in the Exchequer of Pleas in Westminster against Lionel Vane of Long Newton, esq., shall not effect the lands purchased by (2) from L.V. Numbered 108
D/X 795/110parchment, 1 membrane; applied seal28 December 1710 (1) Robert Bowes of Thornton, esq. (2) John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman Covenant whereby (1) agrees with (2) that the judgement obtained by (1) for £800 against Lionel Vane of Long Newton shall not effect the lands purchased by (2) from L.V. Numbered 109
D/X 795/111parchment, 1 membrane; Latin12 January 1710/11 (1) John Walton, gentleman, plaintiff (2) Lionel Vane, esq. , and Catherine, his wife, and George Vane esq., son and heir of L.V. Final concord of the manors of Frosterley and Rogerley, 15 messuages, 10 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of moor, 26s.8d. rent, common of pasture for all cattle, free fishing, view of Frankpledge and whatever belongs to view of Frankpledge etc. in the following lands: Frosterley, Rogerley, Ellergill alias Allergill, Cappellspeth alias Chapplesworth, Greenhead, Shitlopside alias Shittlehopeside, Peakfield alias Peachfield, Birkshaw alias Bearshaw in the parish of Stanhope. Numbered 110 Consideration: £400 of silver
D/X 795/1121 paper, applied seal26 February 1710/11 (1) Robert White of Worth, Yorkshire, gentleman (2) John Walton of the parish of St. Martin’s, Westminster, Middlesex, gentleman Assignment from (1) to (2) of the payment of £200 part of two judgements for £400, each obtained in the name of Mark Shafto, High Sheriff of Durham upon two bail bonds from Lionel Vane and John Page. Recites bond of obligation (8 February 1699) between (1) Lionel Vane of Long Newton, Sir Humphrey Herbert, Bart, and Robert Mitford esq. and (2) Robert White of Warth, in the sum of £400. Numbered 112 Consideration: £42
D/X 795/1131 paper, 1 applied seal19 March 1710/11 (1) Joanna Walton of Mayden Lane, Common Garden, Middlesex, widow of John Walton, late of St. Martin’s Lane, gentleman, deceased (2) Gilbert Walton of Sheillhill , Cumberland, gentleman Release by (1) to (2) of all (1) ‘s widow right, frankbank, title and interest to the copyhold estate surrendered to John Walton deceased. Lands surrendered include: Turne(?) Moor, amounting to 10a. Middlefield Acre, land at Shitlop (15a.) [boundaries specified] two closes at Shitlopside and other lands here specified. Numbered 115
D/X 795/114parchment, 1 membrane; fragmented appended seal; Latin3 April 1711 (1) Ralph Featherstonhaugh and Thomas Ord, gentleman, demandants (2) John Stephenson, tenant to the praecipe (3) George Vane, vouchee to warranty Exemplification of a common recovery for the manor of Rogerley and the manor of Frosterley, 15 messuages, 10 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 500a. of land, 500a. of meadow, 500a. of pasture, 500a. of moor, 26s.8d. rent, common of pasture for all cattle, free fishing (and other rights similar to those specified in the final concord of D/X 795/111) in the lands of Frosterley, Rogerley, Ellergill alias Allergill, Chappelspeth alias Chapel worth, Greenhead, Shitlopside alias Shittlehopeside, Peakfield alias Peachfield, Birkshaw alias Bearshaw and the parish of Stanhope. Numbered 116
D/X 795/115-116parchment, 2 membranes; applied seals10- 11 April 1711 (1) John Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, esq. (2) Joseph Banks of Scofton, Nottinghamshire, gentleman (3) George Vane of Long Newton, esq. (4) John Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (4) of the manor of Rogerley, the lands known as Ellergill alias Allergill etc. . and those lands detailed in the within recited deeds. Recites mortgage by means of lease and release of 30 April – 1 May 1710 (D/X 795/95-96) whereby John Stephenson conveys the premises aforesaid to (1); recites other relevant deeds. Numbered 117-118 Consideration: £1,612 10s., and lawful interest
D/X 795/1171 paper7 May 1711 (1) Joanna Walton of Mayden Lane, Common Garden, Middlesex, widow of John Walton of St. Martin’s Lane, Middlesex, gentleman (2) John Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant Release of dower which (1) has in the manor of Rogerley, manor of Frosterley and all those lands in Stanhope called Ellergill alias Allergill etc. from (1) to (2). Numbered 120
D/X 795/1186 papers1 September 1718 (1) Cuthbert Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) John Stephenson the younger of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, and Robert Sutton of Gateshead, merchant (3) (a) John Stephenson the elder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and (b) Margaret Stephenson, his eldest daughter Copy marriage settlement between (1) and (3b) by means of a lease and release from (1) to (2) (following upon a bargain and sale of the same property executed on 31 August 1717) of a burgage in Westgate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and other properties in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as specified, to the use of (1) and his heirs until the marriage of (1) and (3b) , thereafter to the use of (1) for life , thereafter to the use of (2) during the life of (1) upon trust only to preserve the contingent uses hereafter limited, and after the death of (1), (3b) may annually receive for the term of her life an annuity of £280 from the above premises with uses here specified with specification for t he provision of dowers for daughters and portions for younger sons. Consideration: £2,500 to (1) from (3a) as part of the marriage portion of (3b) with a further £500 to be paid from the estate of (3a) to (1) after (3a)’s death. Numbered 121
D/X 795/119parchment, 2 membranes; applied seals1 September 1744 (1) Margaret Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, widow, one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Stephenson, late of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, deceased (2) Margaret Cuthbert, spinster, grand-daughter of John Stephenson, the other co-heir, being the daughter of Will lam Cuthbert of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq., by Jane, his late wife, who was the other daughter of John Stephenson Articles for the partition of the estates of Rogerley and of Hunwick, the property in fee simple of John Stephenson the father and grandfather of (1) and (2) respectively; declares the means by which the division is to take place. Recites John Stephenson’ s right in fee simple of the manor of Frosterley and of the manor of Rogerley and those lands in Weardale known as Ellergill alias Allergill etc. , and also of the manor of Hunwick; declares J . S . ‘ s intestacy and the status of his co-heirs (1) and (2) above with further recitations relating to the condition of the various properties at the time of Stephenson s death; appoints commissioners to evaluate the extent of Stephenson’s estate. Numbered 122
D/X 795/120-121parchment, 5 membranes ; applied seals19-20 December 1744 (1) Margaret Cuthbert of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, spinster, granddaughter and one of the co-heirs of John Stephenson, late of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, deceased, and daughter of William Cuthbert and the late Jane Cuthbert, daughter of John Stephenson (2) Margaret Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, widow, other daughter and co-heir of John Stephenson Lease and release from (1 ) to (2) of the manors of Frosterley and of Rogerley and all those lands in Stanhope known as Ellergill alias Allergill etc. for considerations herein specified. Recites agreement for the means of division of the properties of Frosterley, Rogerley and Hunwick, the result of that ballot and the difference in the value of the two estates decided upon by the appointed arbitrators. Numbered 123-124
D/X 795/122-123parchment, 3 membranes; applied seals1-2 November 1752 (1) Margaret Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, widow of Cuthbert Swinburn, esq., deceased (2) John Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne., esq., eldest son of (1) Lease and release of the manors of Frosterley and of Rogerley and all those lands in Stanhope known as Ellergill alias Allergill etc. Numbered 125-126 Consideration: 10s.
D/X 795/124-125parchment, 3 membranes; applied seals19-20 August 1765 (1) John Swinburn of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. (2) John Burdon of Hardwick, esq., and William Gibson of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, esq. Lease and release by way of mortgage of property in a street without the Westgate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and other premises here specified in that city, the manor of Frosterley, the manor of Rogerley and all those lands in the parish of Stanhope known as Ellergill alias Allergill etc. Numbered 127-128 Consideration: £5,000
D/X 795/126parchment, 1 membrane; applied seals16 March 1767 Award issued by Thomas Gyll and William Rudd of the City of Durham, esqs., and Christopher Fawcett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., for John Swinburn, esq., to enjoy the right of common on Wolsingham Moors for Frosterley and Rogerley. Recites summary of the Wolsingham Enclosure. Act. Numbered 129
D/X 795/127-128parchment, 6 membranes ; applied seals18-19 August 1769 (1) William Gibson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. , and John Swinburn, late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, now of Coxhoe, esq. , and Sarah Swinburn, wife of John (2) John Burden of Eardwick, esq. Lease and release by way of further extension on the mortgage on the manor of Frosterley, manor of Rogerley and all those lands in the parish of Stanhope called Ellergill alias Allergill etc. , and other premises here specified; recites previous agreements between (1) and (2). Numbered 131-132 Consideration: £3,000 (in addition to the £5,000 already agreed upon in D/X 795/124-125)
D/X 795/129-149Correspondence to Mrs. Julia Rippon
D/X 795/1 352 papersTelegrams notifying Mrs. [J K.] Rippon at Watford of the deaths of relatives and neighbours in Frosterley, 1934 and 1938
D/X 795/1291 paperLetter from the Bishop of Durham [Handley Moule] Auckland Castle, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, thanking her for a recent letter, 9 November 1917
D/X 795/1305 papersLetters from Rev. T.E. Espin, Vicar of Tow Law, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Rogerley Hall, describing his travels on the continent and his collection of fossils on his journey, 7 July 1924; a letter concerning his recent illness, 1 August 1924; personal matters and arrangements for a visit to Rogerley, 29 July 1926
D/X 795/1312 cards, printedChristmas cards sent by Col. and Mrs. Cuthbert Headlam to [Mrs. J K. Rippon], Christmas 1930 and n.d.
D/X 795/1321 paperLetter from Rev. T.R. Weatherell, Curate of Tow Law, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Rogerley Hall, concerning the recipient’s intended removal from Frosterley, 17 September 1934
D/X 795/1331 paperLetter from Rev. T.E. Espin, Vicar of Tow Law, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, concerning roses, homeopathic medicine and Mrs. Rippon’s recent departure from Frosterley, 4 October 1934
D/X 795 1341 paperLetter from Rev. W. Milburn, The Vicarage, Tow Law to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, notifying the recipient of the death of Rev. T.E . Espin , Vicar of Tow Law, 3 December 1934
D/X 795/1361 paperLetter from Col. Cuthbert Headlam, Holywell to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon [Watford, Hertfordshire] , concerning the recipient’s recent removal from County Durham, reports on a recent Party function at Frosterley and observations on the present situation in the coal industry, 3 January 1935
D/X 795/1371 paper, typescriptLetter from S.F. Woolley, Senior History Master, Burnage Municipal High School for Boys, Levenshulme, Manchester to Mrs [J.K.] Rippon, concerning the life of Cuthbert Rippon, an ancestor of the recipient, about whom the writer is researching for a book, 25 January 1935
D/X 795/1381 paperLetter from Fred [ ], Mrs. Rippon’s gardener at Frosterley, to Mrs. J.K. Rippon, [Watford, Hertfordshire], concerning the proposed changes at Rogerley Hall since its purchase by Mr. [H.D.] Ward and discusses his offer of work at Ward ‘s sawmill, 19 June [c. 1935]
D/X 795/1391 paperLetter from Alice Dowson, Frosterley, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon discussing the recent death of a member of her family known to the recipient, 16 February 1938
D/X 795/1402 papersLetter from Miss J. Berkley, Redgate Hall, Wolsingham to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon thanking recipient for a subscription, discusses her own health, the introduction of rationing in the locality, the design of A.R.P. shelters, her experience in accommodating evacuated children from Byker and other personal topics, 9 January 1940
D/X 795/1411 paperLetter from Harry and Mark [ ] to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon acknowledging receipt of, and expressing thanks for, a gift, n.d. c. 1940
D/X 795/1422 papersLetter from Mrs. Emma Raine, Frosterley House, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon concerning the final illness and death of the Vicar of Frosterley, Rev. W.F. Cullen, 20 March 1942
D/X 795/1432 papersLetter from Emma Paine, Frosterley House, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, concerning the sale of Rogerley, discusses the property at Rogerley and various personal and local matters, 19 June 1942
D/X 795/1444 papersLetter from Mrs. Emma Raine, Frosterley House to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, relating to local news and affairs: the formation of a new branch of the Frosterley Unionist Association, describes a speech recently delivered by Anthony Eden at York Castle, news of the new vicar of Frosterley and the rebuilding of a house at the site of the old Rogerley Hall, 27 November 1946; includes a letter from Dollie Ross, Frosterley Unionist Association, thanking Mrs. Rippon for the support she has given to the Conservative Party in previous years, 27 November 1946
D/X 795/1452 papersLetter from E. & A. Bannister, Building and Monumental Masons, Ascot , Berkshire, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Rogerley, Temple Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, concerning the restoration of family gravestones at Sunningdale Church Yard; encloses an example of the company’s masonry work, 25 February 1947
D/X 795/1461 paperLetter from Mrs. Emma Raine, Frosterley House to Mrs. [J K.] Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, informing recipient of the death of her cousin and discusses the funeral arrangements, 20 November 1947
D/X 795/1473 papersLetter from Mrs. Dollie Ross, Frosterley House, to Mrs. J.K. Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, concerning the death of the writer’s mother, Mrs. Emma Paine, and encloses the Order of Service for the funeral at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Frosterley, 31 January 1954
D/X 795/1482 papersFragment of letter from Gracie [Thomas] to [ ] on family news, n.d. c. 1956
D/X 795/1492 papersLetter from Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, discussing personal matters (his health and the health of his wife), describes the countryside around Shepton Mallet and discusses the current international situation as a result of the Suez Crisis and expresses his opinion on President Eisenhower, 3 January 1957
D/X 795/150-165Rogerley and Frosterley Estate
D/X 795/1501 paperStatement of the Modification, made in 1851, of the ton rents of iron stone payable to Rippon & Willis by the Weardale Iron Co. and proposed new arrangement between Messrs. Rippon & Willis and the Weardale Iron Co., c. 1851 Enclosed in D/X 795/218
D/X 795/1511 volume, leather half boundRent book for the manor of Frosterley, May Day 1869 – 13 May 1942
D/X 795/1521 paper, printed form13 November 1893 (1) Mrs. Sarah Ann Rippon of Rogerley Hall, widow (2) Thomas Moffatt of Frosterley Agreement for an annually renewable lease of Low Rogerley Farm Rent: £3 15s. p.a.
D/X 795/1531 paperTerms of agreement stipulated by Mrs. Sarah Ann Rippon, Rogerley Hall, to allow Hannah Mowbray of Frosterley to build a coal house and other outhouses on property abutting that of Mrs. Rippon, 16 November 1894
D/X 795/1541 file, printed14 October 1908 (1) Rev. F.W. Cory, Vicar of Frosterley, vendor (2) Valentine Arthur Rippon of Rogerley Hall, esq.; William Lawson Hull of Frosterley, quarryman, and John Raickstow Bousfield of Frosterley, signal man, trustees Printed copy of Conveyance. of a piece of land in Frosterley occupied by the Parochial Hall Consideration: £20
D/X 795/1551 paper19 June 1909 (1) Matthew Dowsen of Frosterley (2) Valentine A. Rippon of Rogerley Hall, esq. Agreement for a tenancy, renewable every 6 months, for a portion of Chapel Close field Rent: £4 per acre p.a.
D/X 795/1561 paper30 May 1910 (1) Valentine A. Rippon, J. P. , of Rogerley Hall (2) William Harrison of Frosterley Agreement for an annually renewable lease of Chapel Close Farm Rent £30 p.a.
D/X 795/1576 papers, typescript; 1 sketch plan1927 (1) Mrs. Julia Kate Rippon of Rogerley Hall., Frosterley, widow (2) the above Mrs. J.K. Rippon and Percy Charles Eales of Putney, Surrey, gentleman (3) Frances Dowson of Front Street, Frosterley, widow Draft conveyance of a piece of freehold land in the township of Frosterley; includes a sketch plan Consideration: £12
D/X 795/1581 paperDraft abstract of title to a piece of freehold land in Frosterley [the land conveyed by Julia Rippon to Frances Dowson], 1927
D/X 795/1591 file; 1 sketch plan; 15 papers, typescript3 February 1928 (1) Mrs. Julia Kate Rippon of Rogerley Hall, Frosterley, widow (2) Messrs. Bradleys (Weardale) Ltd. of Wearhead Draft lease for 5 years of a right of way in the township of Frosterley as shown on annexed plan. Rent: £20 p.a. Includes correspondence between P.T. Hett, solicitor, Darlington, G.W. Hodgson & Angus, solicitors, Stanhope, concerning the above lease , 16 June 1927 – 8 February 1928
D/X 795/1602 papersNotes on the boundaries of Mrs. [Valentine] Rippon’ s property, Rogerley estate, Frosterley, n.d. , c. 1930
D/X 795/1614 papers, typescriptDescription of the Rogerley property and its environs for sale purposes, c. 1931
D/X 795/1628 papers, typescript[Sale] description of Rogerley Hall, Park and Estate; includes detailed schedule of each room in the hall and of the establishment’s outhouses etc., c. 1931
D/X 795/16310 papersCorrespondence between the Stanhope and Weardale Industrial and Provident Society Ltd., Stanhope, and R.T. Hill, solicitor, Darlington, concerning the purchase of land at Rogerley by the Society, including memoranda and sketch plans, 29 April -3 July 1933
D/X 795/1644 papers, typescript15 June 1933 (1) Mrs. Julia Kate Rippon of Rogerley Hall, widow (2) the above Julia Kate Rippon; Percy Charles Eales, Putney, Surrey; Valentine E.L. Rippon, daughter of (1) and wife of William V. Rippon, her cousin, trustees (3) Stanhope and Weardale Industrial and Provident Society Ltd., Stanhope Draft conveyance of a piece of land in the village of Frosterley [boundaries specified]
D/X 795/1653 papers, typescriptAbstract of title to a parcel of freehold land in Frosterley, 1933
D/X 795/166-179Rippon Family
D/X 795/1665 papersTranscription of the monumental inscriptions [in Stanhope Churchyard] for members of the Rippon family, c. 1780 – c. 1820
D/X 795/1675 papersNewspaper intimations recording the deaths of various members of the Rippon family and their relatives, 1912 – 1966
D/X 795/1681 paper, printedAcknowledgement card from the Bishop of Durham [Handley Moule], Auckland Castle, [to Mrs. J.K. Rippon] expressing thanks for correspondence received during his recent bereavement, July 1915
D/X 795/1691 photograph, 15 cm x 11 cm. sepiaPhotograph of the [Rippon] family assembled on the veranda of the house at Proctor’s Fontein estate, Cape Colony, n.d., c. 1920
D/X 795/1701 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm. sepiaPhotograph of outhouses on Proctor’s Fontein estate, Cape Colony, n.d. c. 1920
D/X 795/1711 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., sepiaPhotograph of man shooting on the Proctor’s Fontein estate, Cape Colony; shows local landscape, n.d. c. 1920
D/X 795/1721 photograph, 15 cm x 11 cm, sepiaPhotograph of Proctor’s Fontein Homestead, Cape. Colony, taken from the distance., n.d. [c.1920]
D/X 795/1731 photograph, 15 cm x 12 cm, sepiaPhotograph of Proctor’s Fontein House, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa, residence of Cuthbert Rippon; shows the Rippon family assembled on the porch, n.d. c. 1920 [Cuthbert Rippon was the elder brother of Valentine Rippon, and uncle of Valentine Arthur Rippon]
D/X 795/17415 papers , typescript, and printed formEstate Duty Office and Inland Revenue correspondence and completed copy forms relating to the estate of Valentine Arthur Rippon; includes: certificate as to the payment of estate duty on V.A. Rippon’s real property; Deed of Gift from Mrs. J.K. Rippon to her daughter, Miss V.E.L. Rippon of all the indoor and outdoor effects at Rogerley Hall, 12 June 1926; Valuation of the late V.A. Rippon s estate, 7 March 1927
D/X 795/1754 papers, typescriptDraft and assent by Julia Kate Rippon of Rogerley Hall and Percy Charles Eales of Putney, Surrey, personal representatives of Valentine Arthur Rippon , late of Rogerley Hall, in favour of tenant for life under the will of the late Valentine Arthur Rippon, 18 February 1927
D/X 795/17639 papers, typescript, and printed formCorrespondence, memoranda, Inland Revenue forms etc. sent between Mrs. Valentine Rippon, Watford, Hertfordshire, Estate Duty Office, London, H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Watford, Hertfordshire, and J. Erie Thomas & Pickering, solicitors, Middlesbrough, concerning the estates of V.A. Rippon and of Julia Kate Rippon , wife of the above V.A. Rippon, 1927 -1956
D/X 795/1771 paper, printed form; applied sealCertificate issued by the Registrar of the Medical Council , Portland Place, London, recording that the name of W.V. Robinson will henceforth appear in the Medical Register as William Valentine Rippon, 13 October 1938
D/X 795/1781 paper, printedInvitation by the- Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon and Miss Rippon to the Enthronement of the Bishop of Durham in Durham Cathedral, 12 April 1939
D/X 795/1793 papersInvitation to tea by the Dean and Mrs. Alington, Durham Cathedral, a poem written on the occasion of the [Dean’s retirement] and the agenda for the AGM of the Friends of Durham Cathedral, 29 May 1951
D/X 795/180-191Local Interest: Stanhope, Frosterley and Rogerley -Education, Parish Church, Parochial events, advertisements
D/X 795/1805 papersCorrespondence from Messrs. Jones & Willis Ltd., Ecclesiastical Furnishers, Birmingham, to Mr. V.A. Rippon and Mrs. J.K. Rippon, Rogerley Hall, concerning the design of the reredos and other church fixtures being presented by the Rippon family to the parish church of Frosterley, 28 June 1907 – 21 December 1908
D/X 795/181paper, 65 cm. x 78 cm. , pencil and inkFull scale design for a brass inscription to be attached to the reredos erected in Frosterley Church by Miss Valentine E.L. Rippon, 1907
D/X 795/1821 sketch design, waxed paper, 70 cm. x 37 cm., ink and colour washDesign for the reredos and altar table in oak to be erected in Frosterley Church by Miss V.E.L. Rippon; gives front elevation and side elevation of the design; built by Messrs. Jones & Willis of Birmingham, 1907 Scale 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12]
D/X 795/1831 file, printedPrinted copy of a sealed order of the Board of Education concerning the foundation endowments for the John Hinks’ School at Frosterley, 11 February 1909
D/X 795/1841 paper, printedOrder of Service for the opening of the new Church Hall at Frosterley by the Bishop of Durham, 24 July 1909
D/X 795/1854 papers, printedObituary, printed copy of funeral speech and other tributes delivered on the death of Right Rev. John James Pulleine, M.A., D.D., Bishop of Richmond and Rector of Stanhope, 1888 – 1913
D/X 795/1861 paper, printedNotice advertising the Special Services to be held at the Parish Church of Stanhope, St. Thomas, during Lent 1914
D/X 795/1873 papers, printedIntimation cards for various inhabitants of Frosterley; details funeral arrangements etc., 1926 – 1937
D/X 795/1882 cards , printedRules for the Frosterley Angling Club, 1934, and an Honorary Membership card for Mrs . Rippon Senior, n.d.
D/X 795/1891 booklet, card boundBooklet advertising the features of “A Moorland Holiday in lovely Teesdale” at Heather Brae, Middleton-in-Teesdale, describes the house and features of the vicinity, n.d. c. 1935.
D/X 795/1901 paper, printedNewspaper cutting reporting on the funeral of Rev. W. F. Cullen, Vicar of Frosterley, March 1942
D/X 795/1914 papers, printedOrder of Service for the Institution of Rev. J.G. Bates to the Vicarage of Frosterley by the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Durham and Induction by the Rural Dean of Stanhope, 28 March 1955
D/X 795/192-199Local Politics – Stanhope, Frosterley and Rogerley
D/X 795/1921 leaflet, printedElection leaflet issued to the electors of the Barnard Castle division at the General Election of 1931 printing a letter from Beatrice Headlam with a picture of Mrs. Headlam on the reverse, October 1931
D/X 795/193Election leaflets issued to the electors of the Barnard Castle division at the General Elections of 1931 and 1935 informing the voter of his register number and place of poll, both bearing pictures of Sir Cuthbert Headlam. (2 cards, printed)
D/X 795/1941 paperNewspaper cutting from The Durham County News showing a photograph of the platform guests at the Barnard Castle Unionist Exhibition and Fair held at Stanhope Town Hall, with a report on the opening proceedings, 3 November 1932
D/X 795/1955 papersTwo draft copies of notes for speeches [given by Mrs. J.K. Rippon] to the Frosterley Unionist Association: political comments upon the usefulness of a National Government to tackle the problems facing the country at the time, remarks on Oswald Mosley, 13 February 1934 and n.d. [c. 1935]
D/X 795/1961 paperLetter from Col. Cuthbert Headlam published in the Durham County Advertiser of 15 March 1935, commenting on jobs being made available in the County Durham administration for the relations of County Councillors
D/X 795/1971 leaflet, printedElection leaflet issued to the electors of the Barnard Castle division at the General Election of 1935 printing a letter from Beatrice, Lady Headlam, and a picture of Sir Cuthbert and Lady Headlam on the reverse, November 1935
D/X 795/1981 paperNewspaper cutting tracing the career of Col. Cuthbert Headlam to date, 1935
D/X 795/1995 papersDraft letter from [Mrs. J.K. Rippon] to the Frosterley Unionist Association apologising for absence from a meeting, discusses Col. Headlam’s success in the General Election and other political comments, n.d. c. 1935
D/X 795/200-204Nursing mattersMrs. Julia Kate Rippon (nee Eales) was Honorary Secretary of the Benefit Nursing Association (Ascot & Sunningdale Branch) and of the Royal Victoria Cottage Nursing Home, South Ascot, prior to her marriage in [1898]
D/X 795/2001 volume, card boundBertha Marion Broadwood and Mary Whitmore Jones, Nurses for Sick Country Folk, sold for the Benefit Nursing Associations, London, 1894
D/X 795/2013 papers, printedNewspaper cuttings taken from various local newspapers in Ascot, Sunningdale and the vicinity, reporting on the activities of The Cottage Nursing Benefit Association, c. 1896
D/X 795/2023 papers, printedAnnual Report of the Benefit Nursing Association (Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, Winkfield and Cranborne) and of the Royal Victoria Cottage Nursing Home, South Ascot, 1898
D/X 795/2031 paper, printedHandbill detailing the objects and terms of the Maternity, Charity & District Nurses’ Home, Howard’s Road, Plaistow, London, issued by the Superintendent and Secretary of the association, n.d. c. 1898
D/X 795/2042 papersLetter form Miss A.S. Hamilton, Charters, Ascot, Sunningdale, Berkshire, to Mrs. [J.K.] Rippon [Rogerley Hall], concerning the procedure for the training of nurses [at the Royal Victoria Cottage Nursing Home], 23 April [c. 1900]
D/X 795/205-211Photographs and postcards
D/X 795/2051 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm. , sepiaPhotographs of a couple and their dog seated on a garden bench, n.d . c 1900
D/X 795/2061 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm. , black and whitePhotograph of a church boys bugle parade, [Frosterley], n.d. c. 1900
D/X 795/2071 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard of Kiln Houses, Stanhope; routine correspondence on reverse from [V.A.] Rippon to his daughter, 1921
D/X 795/2081 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm. , black and whitePhotograph [of a Sunday School Picnic at Frosterley], August, 1935
D/X 795/2091 photograph 14 cm. x 9 cm., sepiaPostcard of the interior of the church of St. Michael and All Angels, Frosterley; routine correspondence on reverse to Mrs. [ J K. ] Rippon, Watford , Hertfordshire, 1936
D/X 795/2101 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., sepiaPostcard showing Rogerley Hall, n.d.
D/X 795/2111 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., sepiaPostcard of Rogerley Hall, n.d.
D/X 795/212-215Maps and Plans
D/X 795/2121 plan, 86 cm. x 65 cm., printed“A correct Plan of the Harbour and Towns of Sunderland, Bishop Wearmouth and Monk Wearmouth. Respectfully Inscribed to the Commissioners of the Towns and the Rivers, By Thomas Robson, 22 November 18[40]” Gives street names, references to churches and other local buildings in Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth, marks owners of land in regions on the outskirts of the townships Scale: 1 inch to 100 yards [1:3,600]
D/X 795/2131 plan, 62 cm. x 49 cm., printed“Plan of the Borough, Docks & Port of Sunderland” by Thomas Robson, 62, Fawcett Street, 1850 Gives street names, street index, churches, municipal buildings and other features of local topographical interest Scale: 3.5 inches to 5 yards [1:52]
D/X 795/2141 map. 104 cm. x 69 cm., printedOrdnance Survey (25″ scale) map of the Stanhope Quarter of Stanhope Parish, specifically marking size of various strips of land in the region of the Dam Plantation and East Capplespeth [Rogerley manor], [1856] Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
D/X 795/2151 map, 104 cm. x 69 cm., printed with colour wash additionsOrdnance Survey (25″ scale) map of the township of Frosterley (sheet 25/15) and neighbourhood, specifically marking the lands to the east of the township: Holywell Lead Mine, Kiln Quarry, Frosterley Quarry, Chapel Close, Kiln House etc. [1856] Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
D/X 795/216-220Miscellaneous
D/X 795/2161 paper, printedHandbill advertising the Stanhope Races to be held on 3 June 1824; gives details of the various races to be run and the size of the purse
D/X 795/2175 papers, printedMemoir of Mr. Henry Hall written by Christopher W. Rippon in the “Wesleyan Methodist Magazine”, October 1857
D/X 795/2181 volume, cloth boundOrdnance Survey of England: Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Stanhope, surveyed by Lieutenant O’Grady, R.E., 1859
D/X 795/2191 volume, paper boundTranscription and index of The Registers of Stanhope …Marriages, 1613 – 1812, issued by the Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society, 1900
D/X 795/2203 papers, typescriptExtract from Grocott’s Daily Mail, being an article on the life of Mrs. G.T. Thomas (nee Rippon), a relative of the Rippon family of Rogerley, 1954

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