Mortgage 25 April 1872 Parties: (1) Henry Kilburn of Bishop Auckland, iron founder; (2) John Proud of Bishop Auckland, gentleman; (3) Jane Joplin of Bishop Auckland, widow Reciting: – D/X 287/BA 5/1; – (3) had agreed to lend £500 to (1); – (2), at request of (1) agreed to join in the mortgage Operative Part – (3) paid £500 to (1); – (1) agreed to repay £500 at 5% interest to (3); – (1) and (2) covenanted with (3) to surrender (a) to the use of (3); – (1) granted (a) to (3) Property: (a) copyhold ground on which seven cottages have been erected at Newgate Street End near Bishop Auckland containing 106 feet in length N-S and 53 feet 4 inches in length E-W and containing 631 square yards in occupation of workmen of Woodhouse Close Colliery bounding: Bowes Turnpike Road E, field late of William Trotter, now of North Eastern Railway Company W, on road 18 feet wide from the turnpike road to the field N, dwellinghouse of devisees of William Buxton S Habendum: – to (3) according to the custom of the manor, with proviso for equity of redemption Witness: – Frederick Ord, clerk to John Proud of Bishop Auckland, solicitor – From: Property in Bishop Auckland of Henry Kilburn