3 November 1821 Deed of partnership between Daniel Tuke of the city of York, gent.; Anthony Thorpe of the same place, gent.; John Tuke of the same place gent.; the Rev. John Graham of the same place, clerk; William Barnes of Collingwood House, Yorkshire, gent.; William Gardner Sams of Raby, gent.; Ralph March of Middleton-in-Teesdale, gent.: Mark Sherlock of the same place, gent.; John Tarn of the same place, innkeeper; John Bland of Ormside Lodge, Westmorland, esq.; Isaac Cape Cust of Barnard Castle, plumber; Thomas Wheldon of the same place, gent.; Robert Taylor of the same place, wine merchant; George Clarkson of Bowes, Yorkshire, farmer; William Walton of the same place, common brewer; Richard Hepple of Staindrop, surgeon; William Corner of Raby Park House, farmer; John Barnes of Barnard Castle, gent.; John Wilkinson of Stockton, gent.; William Green of Brignal, Yorkshire, farmer; John Smith of Piercebridge, farmer; Christopher Lonsdale of Arlaw Banks, gent.; the Rev. John Thornhill of Staindrop, clerk; Thomas Ayres of Stockton, wine merchant; Alexander Calvert of Richmond, Yorkshire, gent.: George Bamlett of East Shaws, gent.; John Whinfield of Gateshead, iron-founder; Ord of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; John Blanchard of the city of York, gent.; Avison Terry of Newland, Yorkshire, esq.; John Terry of Humber Bank, Kingston-upon-Hull, esq.; James Hawkins of Hudswell, Yorkshire, yeoman; Thomas Walton of Middleton-in-Teesdale, tallow chandler; William Bussey of the same place, yeoman; George Oliver of the same place, surgeon; John Rain of Holwick, Yorkshire, farmer; George Benson of Egglestone, gent.; Robert Hutchinson of Middleton-in-Teesdale, innkeeper; John Sharp of West Pitts, coal owner; Timothy Tarn of the same place, yeoman; Thomas Softley of Barnard Castle, ironmonger; Parker Crossby of the same place, merchant; John Atkinson of the same place, stationer; Richard Harrison of the same place, innkeeper; William Harrison of the same place, carrier; Edward Walton of Cotherstone, Yorkshire, joiner; Charles Copeland of Staindrop, gent.; James Rain of Morton, farmer; John Addison of Raby, joiner; Samuel Mitchell of the same place, yeoman; William Rice of the same place, gent.; Walton Atkinson of the same place, yeoman; Richard Dealtry of the same place, yeoman; John Story of the same place, gent.; Cuthbert Howe of the same place, blacksmith; William Hodgson of the same place, yeoman; Robert Williams of the same place, yeoman; Richard Phillips of the same place, yeoman; Elizabeth Frisby of the same place, spinster; John Myers of the same place, yeoman; Herbert of Thorp, Yorkshire, gent.; John Allinson of Newton House, Yorkshire, yeoman; John Hancock of the city of Durham, gent.; William Proctor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, druggist; James Trenholm of Darlington, gent.; John Allinson of the same place, gent.; Robert Byers of Smeaton, Yorkshire, farmer; John Dixon of Stockton, wine merchant; Christopher Tennant of Norton, esq.; Thomas Allinson Tennant of Stockton, esq.; George William Todd of the same place, raff merchant; Thomas Jennett of the same place, stationer; George Ramsden of the same place, excise officer; Thomas Hardy of Norton; Robert Harbottle of Staindrop, spirit merchant; Jonathan Waistell the younger of Corn park, Yorkshire, farmer; Cuthbert Hall of Hamsterley, farmer; William Harvey of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent.; Thomas Wharton of Arkendale, Yorkshire, gent.; William Fawcett of Westwick, farmer; William Thompson of Mount Pleasant, Yorkshire, gentleman; Jacob Allinson of Cotherstone Yorkshire; John Williamson of Masham, Yorkshire, tallow chandler; William Williamson of the same place, tallow chandler; William Bailes of Barnard Castle, joiner; Anthony Darwin of Hudswell, yeoman; Robert Crampton of Barnard Castle; and Johnson of , for the formation of the Teesdale Mining Company, and for regulating the manner of conducting and managing the affairs and concerns thereof. Subscribed capital: £6,500 – From:Records collected by Harold L. Beadle