10 June 1820 (1) Richard Scott of Darlington, innkeeper, and Jane, his wife (2) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, timber merchant, and John Pick of Thirsk, Yorkshire, mercer (3) Mary Pease of Darlington, widow (4) Edward Pease, the elder, merchant; Joseph Pease, the elder, merchant; John Pease, merchant; Joseph Pease, the younger, merchant; John Beaumont Pease, son of Joseph Pease, the elder; Edward Pease, the younger; Isaac Pease; Henry Pease; three of the sons of Edward Pease, the elder, all of Darlington Copy bargain and sale, from (2) to (4), at the direction of (1) and (3), for the residue of a term of 980 years, from 1 December 1690, a parcel of land, part of the garth, garden and orchard with 4 almshouses, lately erected thereon by (3), in Chairgate, alias Glover’s Weind, alias Posthouse Weind in Darlington; and that parcel of ground situate between a house belonging to Edward Pease, the elder, and to Joseph Pease, the elder, and a house belonging to John Crawford, which parcel of land is now used as a road boundaries further defined; (4) to hold the premises on trust to house 4 poor widows over the age of 60, not members of the Society of Friends; each widow to pay 5s. p.a.; (4) to use the income so gained for the upkeep and insurance of the houses; if the income should accumulate to the sum of £20, (4) may be allowed to invest the sum in government securities and remit the rents of the poor widows as they see fit; when only 3 trustees remain the poor widows to be chosen by the Society of Friends in Darlington District; any of the widows may be removed on marriage or for gross indecency – From: Quaker families of Darlington,Pease family, Mary Pease, nee Richardson, (1736 – 1821), widow of Joseph Pease (1737 – 1808)