6/7 September 1820 (1) Thomas Hopper of Hendon House, esq., Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant; Richard Smith of Tibbington, Staffordshire, banker, William Farrer of Bread Street, London, merchant and Thomas Clark of Darlington, merchant, assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of William Shields of Durham, banker and his co-partners, Arthur Mowbray, George Lewis Hollingsworth, John Wetherell, William Boulton and William Richard Stokes, of Durham and Darlington, Thirsk, Yorkshire and Lothbury, London, bankers, partners, dealers and chapmen (2) William Shields, now of Stockton, gent. (3) Percival Forster of Durham, land agent (4) John Gregson of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4), in trust for (3), of the property as described in D/Ma 15/1/2 Consideration: £165 by (3) to (1)