Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 1)

For all cases involving Hylton family members, see Hylton title. For records in this catalogue check the section below.

ref no.

D/St/L 1

Date

1785,
1853

Era

Victorian (1837 to 1901),
Hanoverian (1714 to 1837)

Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 1) records

id	title id	ref	sorting number	level	title	item physical	description
715131	170011	D/St	290305	S	Strathmore Estate
716494	170011	D/St/L	290306	S	Legal Affairs
716495	170011	D/St/L1	290307	S	Court cases and Disputes
716496	170011	D/St/L1/1-4	290308	S	Major Family Disputes. 1785 – 1809.
716497	170011	D/St/L1/1	290309	S	Divorce of Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, and Andrew Robinson Bowes, 1785-1790		In February 1785, Mary Eleanor instituted a suit in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London in order to obtain a divorce on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. In May 1786 Andrew Robinson Bowes was found guilty and ordered to pay £300 p.a. alimony. Before the sentence was confirmed he appealed to the Court of Arches (Provincial Court of Canterbury), but lost his appeal in November 1786. The final court of appeal was the High Court of Delegates. They heard the case and found for Mary Eleanor in March 1789. In 1790, Andrew Robinson Bowes was excommunicated for failure to abide by the decision of the High Court of Delegates.
196350	170011	D/St/L1/1/1-2	290310	S	Consistory Court of London. 1785 – 1786.
530534	170011	D/St/L1/1/1	290311	I		5 files and 1 paper	Briefs of the libel exhibited and citation for Andrew Robinson Bowes to appear, assignations and minutes, 1785
530535	170011	D/St/L1/1/2	290312	I		1 paper	Summary of proceedings, Easter term 1785 – Easter term 1786
196351	170011	D/St/L1/1/3	290313	S	Court of Arches. 1786 – 1787.
530536	170011	D/St/L1/1/3	290314	I		46 files and 31 papers	Briefs, objections, interrogatories, affidavits, answers, minutes and related papers, 1786 – 1787
196352	170011	D/St/L1/1/4-7	290315	S	High Court of Delegates. 1787 – 1790.
530537	170011	D/St/L1/1/4	290316	I		22 files and 48 papers	Briefs, depositions, notices and related papers, 1787 – 1790
530538	170011	D/St/L1/1/5	290317	I		11 files and 13 papers	Interrogatories and affidavits, 1787 – 1790
530539	170011	D/St/L1/1/6	290318	I		1 volume, card bound	Brief on behalf of Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, for the final hearing, with account of previous court precedings and depositions, 13 February 1789
530540	170011	D/St/L1/1/7	290319	I		5 files and 4 papers	Accounts of proceedings, 13 February – 2 March 1789
196353	170011	D/St/L1/1/8-14	290320	S	Miscellaneous. 1777 – 1790.
530541	170011	D/St/L1/1/8	290321	I		1 file	Copy of letters ‘supposed to be wrote by the Revd Henry Bate’ to Andrew Robinson Bowes concerning the Countess of Strathmore, 12 – 29 June 1777
530542	170011	D/St/L1/1/9	290322	I		1 paper	Memorandum on details from Lady Strathmore’s journal concerning her whereabouts in 1784, n.d. [after October 1784]
530543	170011	D/St/L1/1/10	290323	I		3 papers	Depositions of Margaret Robinson, Thomas Reppon, and Andrew Robinson Bowes’ valet concerning Bowes’ treatment of the Countess of Strathmore and memoranda on her situation, n.d. [1785 – 1789]
530544	170011	D/St/L1/1/11	290324	I		1 paper	Copy case with Mr. Law’s opinion concerning the obtaining of warrants for arresting those involved in the abduction of Lady Strathmore, etc., 13 November 1786
530545	170011	D/St/L1/1/12	290325	I		1 paper	Deposition of Robert Thompson concerning what ‘he knows of in the time of his servitude of A.R. Bowes esq., and Lady Strathmore at Gibside and elsewhere’, 5 February 1787
530546	170011	D/St/L1/1/13	290326	I		2 papers	Affidavit and petition of John Beckley, coach driver, concerning his part in the abduction of the Countess of Strathmore, 28 July 1787
530547	170011	D/St/L1/1/14	290327	I		1 paper	Copy excommunication of Andrew Robinson Bowes for failure to abide by the decisions of the High Court of Delegates, etc., 5 February 1790
716500	170011	D/St/L1/2	290328	S	Court Cases between Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, the 10th Earl of Strathmore and Andrew Robinson Bowes, over Estate Rights, 1785-1809
716503	170011	D/St/L1/2/1-22	290329	S	1785-1797		Prior to her marriage on 17 January 1777, Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, executed an indenture of release (9 – 10 January) vesting her life interest in George Bowes’ estate in two trustees, Joshua Peele and George Stephens. As a result, Andrew Robinson Bowes had no control over Mary Eleanor’s income or estates. On 1 May 1777, the indenture of release was revoked and her life interest passed to Andrew Robinson Bowes. Following the breakdown of her marriage, Mary Eleanor exhibited a bill of complaint against her husband in Chancery to have the indenture of release of 9 – 10 January established and to have set aside the deed of 1 May. On 1 June 1786, Andrew Robinson Bowes exhibited his cross bill. On 8 March 1788, the Lord Chancellor heard both bills and directed the issue to be heard in Common Pleas. The Court of Common Pleas reported back that the deed of 1 May had been obtained under duress, ruling in favour of Mary Eleanor. In 1796 – 1797, Andrew Robinson Bowes appealed unsuccessfully to have the decision reversed in the House of Lords.
716501	170011	D/St/L1/2/1-12	290330	S	1785-1797 Case in Chancery, Common Pleas and House of Lords Concerning the Indenture of Release of 9-10 January 1777
196354	170011	D/St/L1/2/1-9	290331	S	Chancery, 1785-1791 Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, by William Lyon v Andrew Robinson Bowes et al.; Andrew Robinson Bowes v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore et al.		Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, by William Lyon v Andrew Robinson Bowes, William Birch, Henry Bourne and George Stephens Andrew Robinson Bowes v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore , William Lyon, Charles Shuter, Richard Harborne, James Seton, Mary Morgan and Francis Benett
530548	170011	D/St/L1/2/1	290332	I		6 files, 11 papers and parchment, 1 membrane	Copy bill, writ to Henry Bourn and George Stephens, copy answers, depositions and related papers, 29 January – 18 July 1785
530549	170011	D/St/L1/2/2	290333	I		1 paper	Witness’ answer to the second question with extract from letter from Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, to Mr. Scot concerning the Lord Chancellor’s decree, 18 July 1785
530550	170011	D/St/L1/2/3	290334	I		53 papers, 15 files and parchment, 8 membranes	Briefs, copy affidavits, injunction, answers, writs and related papers, 1786 – 1787
530551	170011	D/St/L1/2/4	290335	I		26 papers and 16 files	Briefs, notices, copy report appointing James Farrer, receiver of the rents of Lady Strathmore’s estates, minutes of decree and notice and related papers, 1788
530552	170011	D/St/L1/2/5	290336	I		Parchment, 22 membranes	‘Writ of execution of decree, orders and masters report’, June 1788 – 25 July 1791
530553	170011	D/St/L1/2/6	290337	I		Parchment, 7 membranes	Writ of execution of decree, 14 July 1788
530554	170011	D/St/L1/2/7	290338	I		1 file, parchment backed	Answer and examination of Henry Bourne, defendant, in pursuance of a decree of 19 June 1788, n.d. [1788]
530555	170011	D/St/L1/2/8	290339	I		8 files and 132 papers	Draft of general report, briefs, affidavits, copy orders, plaintiffs’ charge and related papers, 1789 – 1791
530556	170011	D/St/L1/2/9	290340	I		6 files and 40 papers	Papers about legal precedents, observations, affidavits and interrogatories, abstracts of evidence, discharge of defendant Bourne, rental of Lady Strathmore’s estates and related papers, n.d. [1785 – 1791]
196355	170011	D/St/L1/2/10-11	290341	S	George Stephens (as Trustee of Lady Strathmore) v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Court of Common Pleas (on Direction of Chancery), 1788
530557	170011	D/St/L1/2/10	290342	I		1 file	Copy of opening declaration and transcript of the hearing, 1788
530558	170011	D/St/L1/2/11	290343	I		31 papers and 4 files	Briefs, bills, abstracts of evidence, observations, minutes of case and related papers, 1788
196356	170011	D/St/L1/2/12	290344	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, House of Lords (on Appeal from Chancery), 1796-1797
530560	170011	D/St/L1/2/12	290345	I		2 files and 13 papers, some printed	Appellant’s and respondent’s cases, answers, notices and related papers, 1796 – 1797
196357	170011	D/St/L1/2/13-16	290346	S	1786-1790 King (on Prosecution of Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore) v Andrew Robinson Bowes, John Cummins, Edward Lucas, Francis Peacock, Mark Prevot and William Pigg, King’s Bench		Mary Eleanor exhibited Articles of Peace against her husband in February 1785 citing ill-treatment. Andrew Robinson Bowes was bound over for a year in his own security and that of John Lee, barrister, and the Duke of Norfolk. Following her abduction, Mary Eleanor again swore Articles of Peace, and Bowes was sent to the King’s Bench prison where he was to stay for the rest of his life. As a result of the Articles of Peace, Bowes was bound over for 14 years, later reduced to 2 years. On 30 May 1787, Bowes and his accomplices came up for trial in King’s Bench charged with abduction and assault. The defendants were all found guilty. Bowes was fined £300 and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.
530559	170011	D/St/L1/2/13	290347	I		104 papers and 7 files	Interrogatories and affidavits of witnesses, and related papers, 1786 – 1790
530563	170011	D/St/L1/2/14	290348	I		14 files, 97 papers and parchment, 21 membranes	Articles of the peace, briefs, writs, instructions, notices and related papers, 1786 – 1790
530561	170011	D/St/L1/2/15	290349	I		1 paper	‘Copy of the causes for which Mr. Bowes was detained in the King’s Bench prison on 12 December 1788’, detailing court appearances 16 June 1787 – 12 December 1788
530562	170011	D/St/L1/2/16	290350	I		1 file	‘Brief for Lady Strathmore on a Habeas Corpus to produce the body of Mary Bowes’, her daughter, at the suit of Andrew Robinson Bowes, 1790
716504	170011	D/St/L1/2/17-19	290351	S	Charges of Perjury, 1787-1789
196358	170011	D/St/L1/2/17	290352	S	King (on Prosecution of Andrew Robinson Bowes, Edward Lucas, Francis Peacock, Mark Prevot, John Cummins and William Pigg) v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, King’s Bench, 1787
530564	170011	D/St/L1/2/17	290353	I		38 papers, 7 files and parchment, 3 membranes	Writs, jury lists, briefs, notices and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim that defendant perjured herself in giving evidence against him in the ecclesiastical courts, 1787
715135	170011	D/St/L1/2/18	290354	S	King (on Prosecution of Andrew Robinson Bowes) v Dorothy Stephenson, Nursery Maid, King’s Bench, 1788-1789
715136	170011	D/St/L1/2/18	290355	I		13 papers, 5 files and parchment, 1 membrane	Briefs, affidavits, petitions, jury list and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim that the defendant perjured herself when giving evidence against him in the Consistory Court of London in 1785 (copy of deposition enclosed), 1788 – 1789
196359	170011	D/St/L1/2/19	290356	S	King (on Prosecution of Andrew Robinson Bowes) v George Walker, King’s Bench, 1788-1789
530565	170011	D/St/L1/2/19	290357	I		26 papers and 5 files	Briefs, copy indictment, jury lists and related papers concerning plantiff’s claim that defendant perjured himself when giving evidence against him in Chancery in 1787 (copy of deposition enclosed), 1788 – 1789
196360	170011	D/St/L1/2/20-22	290358	S	Miscellaneous. 1785 – 1801.
530566	170011	D/St/L1/2/20	290359	I		16 papers, some printed	Notices concerning former servants of Andrew Robinson Bowes, wanted to give evidence on behalf of Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, after [1785]
530567	170011	D/St/L1/2/21	290360	I		22 papers and 1 file	Depositions, answers, additional proofs and related papers for which the court case is not known, [1785 – 1790]
530568	170011	D/St/L1/2/22	290361	I		1 paper	Account of indictments preferred by Andrew Robinson Bowes, 7 February 1787 – October 1788
716505	170011	D/St/L1/2/23-29	290362	S	1796-1801		On 10 December 1796, Andrew Robinson Bowes petitioned the Chancellor concerning his entitlement to 1/3 of two farms in County Durham, Mount and Spring Farms. These had been bought by George Bowes in partnership with Lord Ravensworth and the Marquis of Bute, after the signing of George Bowes’ will in 1747 and before the codicil was signed. Andrew Robinson Bowes’ argument was that the codicil did not constitute a republication of the will, and therefore these properties were excluded from the indenture of release of 9 – 10 January 1777. Bowes produced another lease and release by Mary Eleanor dated November 1781 by which her share in the farms had been assigned to George Pearson, solicitor, ‘to hold for the use of Andrew Robinson Bowes and his heirs and assigns for ever’. Bowes claimed the revenue of these farms from 1781. In 1798, Chancery directed the issue to be heard in King’s Bench, where Andrew Robinson Bowes won the case. John, 10th Earl of Strathmore, and his mother, Mary Eleanor, appealed unsuccessfully to the House of Lords against the verdict.
196361	170011	D/St/L1/2/23-24	290363	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore et al. Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore et al. v Andrew Robinson Bowes et al., Chancery, 1796-1800
533664	170011	D/St/L1/2/23	290364	I		18 papers and 5 files	Petitions, briefs, affidavits, notices and related papers, 26 September 1796 – 20 May 1797
533665	170011	D/St/L1/2/24	290365	I		25 papers and 17 files	Briefs, affidavits, instructions, notices and related papers, 24 June 1797 – 19 March 1800
196362	170011	D/St/L1/2/25	290366	S	Bowes v Strathmore et al. Strathmore et al. v Bowes et al., King’s Bench, 1797-1798
533666	170011	D/St/L1/2/25	290367	I		16 papers and 3 files	State of the title, copy of Mr. Gurney’s short-hand notes of the argument, abstracts of title and related papers, November 1797 – February 1798
196363	170011	D/St/L1/2/26-29	290368	S	Appeal to House of Lords by John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore, and Mary Eleanor, his Mother, against Chancery and King’s Bench Verdicts, 1800-1801
533667	170011	D/St/L1/2/26	290369	I		29 papers and 2 files	Petitions, orders, notices, instructions and related papers, April 1800 – 26 May 1801
533668	170011	D/St/L1/2/27	290370	I		13 papers and 6 files	Case papers from various earlier disputes including Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore v Andrew Robinson Bowes, in Chancery 1785 – 1791, used in this trial, 1801
533669	170011	D/St/L1/2/28	290371	I		1 file	Copy of appellants’ and respondents’ cases to be heard, 23 April 1801
533670	170011	D/St/L1/2/29	290372	I		1 paper	Copy judgement dismissing appeal, 29 June 1801
716506	170011	D/St/L1/2/30-38	290373	S	1802-1809		Following Mary Eleanor’s death in 1800, the issue became yet more complicated and the 1/3 share was not handed over to Andrew Robinson Bowes. In 1802 he again applied to Chancery in a bill of revivor, to which the Earl of Strathmore exhibited a cross bill. From 1804 – 1809, the Earl of Strathmore sought to recover various sums of money from Andrew Robinson Bowes including surplus rents, legal costs, the value of certain plate and jewels and purchase money due from the sale of the ship ‘Mary’. Chancery ordered that the previous judgements of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and Chancery should not be disputed; that the rights of Andrew Robinson Bowes under the lease and release of 1781 should be tried in Common Pleas; and that all other differences were to be referred to the arbitration of Anthony Hart, Charles Thomson and William Cook.
196364	170011	D/St/L1/2/30	290374	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore, George Bowes, Ralph Johnson Wall, Chancery, 1802-1803
533671	170011	D/St/L1/2/30	290375	I		32 papers and 5 files	Bills, petitions, instructions, orders and related papers, 1802 – 1803
196365	170011	D/St/L1/2/31-33	290376	S	John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Chancery, 1804-1809
533672	170011	D/St/L1/2/31	290377	I		49 papers and 17 files	Case papers from earlier disputes in Chancery, King’s Bench, Common Pleas, House of Lords, etc., used in this case, 1785 – 1807
533673	170011	D/St/L1/2/32	290378	I		12 papers, 9 files and parchment, 1 membrane	Briefs, affidavits, answers, petitions and related papers, 1804 – 1805
533674	170011	D/St/L1/2/33	290379	I		28 papers and 8 files	Orders, affidavits, petitions and related papers, 1806 – 1809
196366	170011	D/St/L1/2/34	290380	S	John Doe (on Demise of Andrew Robinson Bowes) v Richard Roe (later John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore), King’s Bench, 1806
533675	170011	D/St/L1/2/34	290381	I		48 papers and 2 files	Declarations, affidavits, instructions and related papers concerning action of ejectment and trespass relating to Mount and Spring Farms, Great Usworth, 1806
196367	170011	D/St/L1/2/35-37	290382	S	John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Common Pleas (on Direction of Chancery), 1806-1807
533676	170011	D/St/L1/2/35	290383	I		1 file	Brief for the plaintiff, 1806
533677	170011	D/St/L1/2/36	290384	I		83 papers and 2 files	Draft and copy depositions of witnesses (including depositions from earlier cases), and related papers, 1806 – 1807
533678	170011	D/St/L1/2/37	290385	I		11 papers and 1 file	Jury lists, notices, copy postea and related papers, 1806 – 1807
196368	170011	D/St/L1/2/38	290386	S	John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Arbitration, 1808-1809
533679	170011	D/St/L1/2/38	290387	I		55 papers and 7 files	Copy order of reference, statements of claims, affidavits, epitome of proceedings, notices and related papers, 1806 – 1809
716507	170011	D/St/L1/3	290388	S	Other Court Cases involving Andrew Robinson Bowes (concerning Estates, Collieries, Family Settlements, etc.), 1785-1806
196369	170011	D/St/L1/3/1	290389	S	George Burdon v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Mary Eleanor Countess of Strathmore, George Stephens, John Ord and Joseph Planta, Chancery, 1785-1786
533680	170011	D/St/L1/3/1	290390	I		18 papers and 8 files	Briefs, depositions, minutes and related papers concering dispute over who has the right to receive income from George Bowes’ share in the partnership collieries, 1785 – 1786
196370	170011	D/St/L1/3/2	290391	S	Sir Joseph Yorke K.B. v Mary Bowes widow, Andrew Robinson Bowes and Mary Eleanor Countess of Strathmore, Chancery, 1785-1790
533681	170011	D/St/L1/3/2	290392	I		8 papers and 3 files	Briefs, receiver’s accounts and related papers concerning a default in a mortgage repayment of £16,000 and interest relating to the manor of Kirklevington and lands at High Worsall, etc., 1783 – 1790
196371	170011	D/St/L1/3/3	290393	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Thomas Colpits II, Ann his wife, Mary Eleanor Countess of Strathmore, and George Bowes, Exchequer, 1785-1791
533682	170011	D/St/L1/3/3	290394	I		24 papers and 11 files	Bills, briefs, answers, letter of attorney and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim for Norwood colliery rents received by Thomas Colpitts on behalf of the Countess of Strathmore and George Bowes, 1785 – 1791
196372	170011	D/St/L1/3/4	290395	S	King’s Bench, 1786		William Birch v William Stephenson William Birch v Matthew and Thomas Potts William Birch v Matthew and William Lee William Birch v James Wright William Birch v George Wickerson (all Hylton Tenants)
533683	170011	D/St/L1/3/4	290396	I		52 papers and 20 files	Briefs, declarations, pleas and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim (as trustee to several people receiving annuities out of the estates of Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore) for rent paid by Hylton tenants to the Countess and not to him, 1786
196373	170011	D/St/L1/3/5	290397	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Robert Dobin, late of Picton, Yeoman, King’s Bench, 1786
533684	170011	D/St/L1/3/5	290398	I		5 papers and 1 file	Pleas, paper book and related papers concerning dispute over arrears of rent due for a farm at Picton, 1786
196374	170011	D/St/L1/3/6	290399	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v George Langstaff the younger, King’s Bench, 1786
533685	170011	D/St/L1/3/6	290400	I		7 papers	Draft plea, declaration and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim for debt of £152 10s., 1786
196375	170011	D/St/L1/3/7	290401	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Christopher Richardson of High Worsall, Yeoman, King’s Bench, 1786
533686	170011	D/St/L1/3/7	290402	I		4 papers and 1 file	Pleas, paper book and related papers concerning dispute over trespass and arrears of tithes for premises in Low Worsall, 1786
196376	170011	D/St/L1/3/8	290403	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v James Sanderson, late of Kirklevington, Yeoman, King’s Bench, 1786
533689	170011	D/St/L1/3/8	290404	I		4 papers and 1 file	Pleas, paper book and related papers concerning dispute over trespass and arrears of tithes for premises in Kirklevington and Castle Levington, 1786
196377	170011	D/St/L1/3/9	290405	S	Andrew Robinson Bowes v Thomas Armstrong, late of Bruntoff, Yeoman, King’s Bench, 1786
533690	170011	D/St/L1/3/9	290406	I		1 file and 5 papers	Pleas, paper book and related papers concerning a dispute over trespass and non-payment of rents for two farms in the parish of Elwick, 1786
196378	170011	D/St/L1/3/10	290407	S	William Stephenson v Andrew Robinson Bowes, King’s Bench, 1786-1787
533691	170011	D/St/L1/3/10	290408	I		21 papers, 4 files and parchment, 5 membranes	Briefs, affidavits and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim for money owed to him for leading coal to Dunston staith, 1786 – 1787
196379	170011	D/St/L1/3/11	290409	S	Chancery, 1786-1789		John 10th earl of Strathmore (by Thomas Lyon, his Uncle) v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore et al. George Langstaff et al. v Andrew Robinson Bowes et al. George Burdon v Andrew Robinson Bowes et al.
534256	170011	D/St/L1/3/11	290410	I		4 papers and 2 files	Bills, orders, legal opinions and related papers concerning dispute over the failure to renew Gainford tithe lease and other leases, 1786 – 1789
196380	170011	D/St/L1/3/12	290411	S	George Langstaff et al. v Andrew Robinson Bowes et al., Chancery, 1786-1790
534257	170011	D/St/L1/3/12	290412	I		24 papers	‘Served copies’ to attorneys to attend chambers, rentals and related papers concerning lands at Evenwood, Kirklevington, etc., in the occupation of the plaintiffs (details not specified), 1786 – 1790
196381	170011	D/St/L1/3/13	290413	S	Lionel Damer, George Rush and John Mitford v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Mary Eleanor Bowes, John Bowes Earl of Strathmore, John Ord and Joseph Planta, Chancery, 1787-1788
534258	170011	D/St/L1/3/13	290414	I		31 papers and 12 files	Bills, affidavits, reports, and related papers concerning plaintiffs’ claim for arrears due on a mortgage of Streatlam estate (12 August 1776), 1787 – 1788
715137	170011	D/St/L1/3/14	290415	S	Margaret Liddell v Andrew Robinson Bowes and Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, Chancery, 1787-1788
715138	170011	D/St/L1/3/14	290416	I		18 papers, 5 files, and parchment, 1 membrane	Bills, briefs, writ, answers and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim for arrears on an annuity under the will of George Bowes, her brother, 1787 – 1788
196382	170011	D/St/L1/3/15	290417	S	Francis Bennett v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Court of Pleas, Durham, 1788
534259	170011	D/St/L1/3/15	290418	I		parchment, 1 membrane	Writ to the Bishop of Durham to issue writ to sheriff to distrain the goods of Andrew Robinson Bowes to value of £9 for damages awarded to Francis Bennett in plea of trespass on the case, Court of Pleas, Durham, 12 February 1788
196383	170011	D/St/L1/3/16	290419	S	Chancery 1788-1789		John 10th Earl of Strathmore, George Bowes, Thomas Bowes, Lady Anna Maria Bowes and Lady Maris Jane Bowes, Infants (by their Uncle, Thomas Lyon), Thomas Lyon and David Erskine v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore et al.,
534260	170011	D/St/L1/3/16	290420	I		7 papers and 4 files	Draft petitions, briefs and related papers concerning dispute over the marriage settlement of Lady Anna Maria and Henry James Jessup, 1788 – 1789
196384	170011	D/St/L1/3/17	290421	S	Eliza Stephens of Rochester, widow v Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, Andrew Robinson Bowes and George Stephens, Chancery, 1790
534261	170011	D/St/L1/3/17	290422	I		7 files and 6 papers	Bills, briefs, answers and related papers concerning plaintiff’s claim for an annuity of £200 promised by the Countess of Strathmore to Eliza Planta and Henry Stephens on their marriage, 1790
196385	170011	D/St/L1/3/18	290423	S	Crundell v Andrew Robinson Bowes; Parks v Andrew Robinson Bowes, n.d. [c.1797]
534262	170011	D/St/L1/3/18	290424	I		1 paper	Memorandum of debts and costs due (details of case not known), n.d. (watermark 1797)
196386	170011	D/St/L1/3/19-20	290425	S	Multiple Cases. 1786 – 1800.
534263	170011	D/St/L1/3/19	290426	I		39 papers	‘Original Orders’ comprising orders, affidavits and related papers in various cases involving Andrew Robinson Bowes, and Mary Eleanor, Countess of Strathmore, Chancery, 1786 – 1800
534264	170011	D/St/L1/3/20	290427	I		21 papers and 12 files	Petitions, affidavits, briefs and associated papers relating to the following cases, 1787-1789 – Mary Eleanor Bowes v Andrew Robinson Bowes, Birch, Bourn and Stephens, Chancery – Andrew Robinson Bowes v Mary Eleanor Bowes, Lyon, Shuter, Harborne, Seton, Morgan and Bennett, Chancery – Burdon v Andrew Robinson and Mary Eleanor Bowes, Stephens, Ord and Planta, Chancery – Langstaff et al. v Andrew Robinson and Mary Eleanor Bowes, and Stephens, Chancery – John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore by Thomas Lyon v Andrew Robinson and Mary Eleanor Bowes, Ord, Planta and Stephens, Chancery
196387	170011	D/St/L1/3/21-26	290428	S	Miscellaneous. 1785 – 1799.
534265	170011	D/St/L1/3/21	290429	I		23 papers	‘Declarations in Lord Strathmore’s actions’; declarations and related papers concerning various disputes over trespass and non-payment of rents involving Andrew Robinson Bowes, 1785 – 1787
534266	170011	D/St/L1/3/22	290430	I		1 paper	Memorandum concerning payments by tenants distrained on by Andrew Robinson Bowes, 12 August 1786
534267	170011	D/St/L1/3/23	290431	I		1 paper	Notice of distress by William Birch of the goods of Andrew Robinson Bowes for Gibside rent arrears, 7 October 1788
534268	170011	D/St/L1/3/24	290432	I		1 paper	Notice from Andrew Robinson Bowes to tenants affected by indenture of 18 July 1777, to pay their rent to William Birch, 8 July 1797
534269	170011	D/St/L1/3/25	290433	I		3 papers	Letter of attorney and affidavits, in the matter of Andrew Robinson Bowes ‘a bankrupt’, 1798
534270	170011	D/St/L1/3/26	290434	I		1 paper	Legal opinion of Edward Law of Lincoln’s Inn relating to the cutting down of timber [by Andrew Robinson Bowes] at Gibside, 4 March 1799
716510	170011	D/St/L1/4	290435	S	John Bowes (by Anna Maria Jessup) and Anna Maria Jessup v Mary Countess Dowager of Strathmore et al., 1820-1853		Chancery, 1820-1853 John Bowes (an Infant) by Dame Anna Maria Jessup, and the said Anna Maria Jessup v Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Henry Jadis, James Blackburn, James Farrer, James Farrer Steadman, Sir John Dean Paul, Thomas, Earl of Strathmore, et al. John Bowes (an Infant) by Dame Anna Maria Jessup, and the said Anna Maria Jessup v James Farrer Steadman, Amelia Fancourt and James Robert Campbell and related cases These cases appear not to have been actual disputes but references to Chancery for permission to carry out various matters relating to the administration of the late Earl of Strathmore’s estates, given that John Bowes was a minor. See also Gibside Chapel endowment (Laydon Field Farm) under ‘Gibside – tithe’
196388	170011	D/St/L1/4/1-2	290436	S	Maintenance of John Bowes, An Infant, and Upkeep of Streatlam and Gibside Establishment. 1820 – 1832.
534271	170011	D/St/L1/4/1	290437	I		20 papers and 5 files	Petition, reports, copy title, state of facts and related papers, 1820 – 1829
534272	170011	D/St/L1/4/2	290438	I		124 papers and 9 files	Miscellaneous accounts, vouchers, schemes and related papers relating to the upkeep of Streatlam and Gibside establishments, 1821 – 1832
196389	170011	D/St/L1/4/3	290439	S	Estates of John, 10th Earl of Strathmore, and Transactions of his Trustees. 1824 – 1833.
534273	170011	D/St/L1/4/3	290440	I		27 papers and 17 files	Copy state of facts, examinations, deed extracts and related papers concerning the real estate of which the 10th Earl of Strathmore died seized or to which he was entitled and concerning contracts and leases entered into by his trustees, [1824 – 1833]
196390	170011	D/St/L1/4/4	290441	S	Dower of the Dowager Countess of Strathmore. 1832 – 1849.
534274	170011	D/St/L1/4/4	290442	I		6 files, 6 papers and parchment, 1 membrane	Case, opinions and related papers concerning Mary, Dowager Countess of Strathmore’s claim to dower, March 1832 – November 1849
196391	170011	D/St/L1/4/5	290443	S	Gainford Tithes. 1824 – 1831.
534275	170011	D/St/L1/4/5	290444	I		3 papers and 1 file	Affidavits of Richard Dobson and others concerning the proposed renewal of the Gainford tithe lease, 1824 – 1831
196392	170011	D/St/L1/4/6-8	290445	S	Purchase of Lands at Evenwood, Mortgage to the Equitable Assurance Office and Legacies. 1823 – 1835.
534276	170011	D/St/L1/4/6	290446	I		20 papers and 10 files	Petitions, abstracts of title, draft conveyance and related papers concerning the purchase of an estate at Evenwood from William Bainbridge, a bankrupt, 1823 – 1827
534277	170011	D/St/L1/4/7	290447	I		48 papers and 13 files	Legal opinions, briefs, petitions, draft assignment of mortgage and related papers concerning the mortgage of lands on the Streatlam, Wemmergill and Gibside estates to the Equitable Assurance Office, 1831 – 1839
534278	170011	D/St/L1/4/8	290448	I		3 papers and 2 files	Petition, copy minutes and related papers concerning the purchase of an estate at Evenwood, the raising of a mortgage to pay for it, and payments to various people in respect of legacies, March 1834 – July 1835
196393	170011	D/St/L1/4/9	290449	S	Holwick Game Rights. 1825 – 1827.
534279	170011	D/St/L1/4/9	290450	I		12 papers and 2 files	Affidavits, reports and related papers concerning rights to game on Holwick Moor, 30 August 1825 – 19 April 1827
196394	170011	D/St/L1/4/10	290451	S	Richard Dobson’s Management of Streatlam and Wemmergill Estates. 1820 – 1826.
534281	170011	D/St/L1/4/10	290452	I		9 files, 7 papers and parchment, 3 membranes	Case and opinions, orders, examinations of defendants and related papers concerning receipts and expenditure of Richard Dobson in his management of the Streatlam and Wemmergill estates, [1820 – 1826]
196395	170011	D/St/L1/4/11-13	290453	S	Rent Abatements and Repairs for the Streatlam and Wemmergill Estates. 1822 – 1825.
534282	170011	D/St/L1/4/11	290454	I		72 papers and 12 files	Affidavits, orders, petitions, reports and related papers concerning abatement of rents on the Streatlam and Wemmergill estates, 1822 – 1825
534283	170011	D/St/L1/4/12	290455	I		7 files and 6 papers	Petitions, statement of facts, and related papers concerning the erection and repair of farm buildings on the Streatlam and Wemmergill estates, 1823 – 1824
534280	170011	D/St/L1/4/13	290456	I		1 file	Case and opinion concerning the letting of farms, rent abatements and repairs on the Streatlam and Wemmergill estates, 14 May 1825
196396	170011	D/St/L1/4/14	290457	S	Gibside and Hylton Rents. 1830.
534284	170011	D/St/L1/4/14	290458	I		1 paper	Copy of the facts and proposal of Henry Jadis and Sir John Dean Paul concerning rent allowances for Gibside and Hylton tenants, [1830]
196397	170011	D/St/L1/4/15	290459	S	Renewal of Grand Allies Partnership. 1826 – 1830.
534285	170011	D/St/L1/4/15	290460	I		4 files and 1 paper	Petitions, schedules of accounts and related papers concerning the renewal of the Grand Allies partnership agreement of 1726, [1826 – 1830]
196398	170011	D/St/L1/4/16	290461	S	Evenwood Collieries. 1828 – 1830.
534286	170011	D/St/L1/4/16	290462	I		24 papers and 14 files	Briefs, petitions, affidavits, reports and related papers concerning the letting of various collieries at Evenwood to William Chaytor and Sons, Messrs. Botcherby, Sharp and Botcherby, etc., 1828 – 1830
196399	170011	D/St/L1/4/17	290463	S	Wemmergill Lead Mines. 1826 – 1827.
534287	170011	D/St/L1/4/17	290464	I		13 papers and 2 files	Affidavits, statement of facts and related papers concerning leases of lead mines on the Wemmergill estate, 1826 – 1827
196400	170011	D/St/L1/4/18-22	290465	S	Miscellaneous. 1821 – 1853.
534288	170011	D/St/L1/4/18	290466	I		1 volume, leather half bound	‘Bowes v Strathmore. In Chancery’; copy lease of Evenwood collieries to Messrs. Botcherby, Sharp and Botcherby (8 July 1830), appointment of Thomas Crudace as Wemmergill and Streatlam gamekeeper, lease of Wemmergill Hall and shooting rights, etc., 1821 – 1832
534289	170011	D/St/L1/4/19	290467	I		37 papers and 14 files	Briefs, affidavits, statement of facts and related papers concerning miscellaneous issues including expenditure on Streatlam and Wemmergill affairs without court authority, purchase of part of Cotherstone manor, redemption of land tax, appointment of new trustees and purchase of John Steele’s farm at Barnard Castle, 1823 – 1853
534290	170011	D/St/L1/4/20	290468	I		36 papers and 2 files	Affidavits and orders relating to various issues including lead leases, repairs, rent allowances, estate accounts and drainage, July 1825 – October 1831
534291	170011	D/St/L1/4/21	290469	I		15 papers	Memoranda and calculations concerning debts, legacies and estate income, 1825 – 1835
534292	170011	D/St/L1/4/22	290470	I		26 files and 1 paper	Brief petitions, affidavits, instructions and related papers concerning various issues including lead mine contracts, letting of Evenwood collieries, rights on Holwick Moor, rent allowances, renewal of the Grand Allies partnership, and keeping up of the establishment, 1826 – 1832