2 June 1834 (1) Gerard Davis of Broadway, Westminster, Middlesex, apothecary; Charles Hopkins, of North Shields, Lieutenant, R.N. and Mary, his wife (nee Davis); Ralph Milner of Barnard Castle, yeoman; and George William Hunter of North Shields, master mariner (2) William Barnes of Egleston, gentleman; James Horner, gentleman and Sarah Softley, widow, both of Barnard Castle (executors of Thomas Softley) (3) Alexander Hilton of Barnard Castle, gentleman; Henry Benning of Barnard Castle, surgeon; Robert Taylor of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant; and Robert Watson of Covent Garden, Middlesex, merchant Appointment of (3) in place of George Edwards, Alexander Hilton, Thomas Harrison and James Hilton, all deceased, as trustees of the will of William Davis – From: Case Papers, Principal clients of the Wheldon era, Gerard Davis