18 September 1660-61 given as 12 Charles 12 and 1661 (1) AmbrosseBarnes of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire, an Alderman of the said town, and Mary, his wife (2) Thomas Mathew of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (3) John Bowes of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant and Peter Sanderson of Newcastle upon Tyne, another of the Aldermen of the said town Counterpart settlement by (1) reciting the ‘considerable marriage portion of his wife Mary’ Deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery of his premises in Startforth with a free rent of 10s. charged upon Startforth Hall described as ‘5 messuages, 3 gardens, 60 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, pasture for 3 beasts and 10s. rent’, to the use of (1) for life, thence to the heirs of Ambrose Barnes – From: Deeds, Startforth and Boldron, To Hutchinson (1738)