Extraneous records (Loose Papers)
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Catalogue

Reference code: GB-0033-DCD/S/LP
Title: Extraneous records (Loose Papers)
Dates of creation: 1628-1836
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Loose papers relating to extraneous matters (not Dean and Chapter business)

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Catalogue

Commission of sewers and court of sewers
Reference: DCD/S/LP30
Dates of creation: 1628-1659, (undated)
DCD/S/LP30/1-7   15 Feb [no year, 17th century]
Copy of royal mandate for the survey and repair of watercourses etc
DCD/S/LP30/8-9   (undated)
Notes of some proceedings of the Court of Sewers
DCD/S/LP30/10   2 October 1628, 26 May 1630
Ordinances and decrees of the Commission of Sewers with details of offences against them
DCD/S/LP30/11   August 1659
Letter from William Church to Edward Colston requesting certain documents re Commission of Sewers
DCD/S/LP30/12   1655-1659
Proceedings of Commission of Sewers
DCD/S/LP30/13   1659
Copy of a decree of the Commissioners of Sewers for repairs for the preservation of the town of Whitgift
DCD/S/LP30/14   1659
Draft of a writ of the Commissioners of Sewers
DCD/S/LP30/15    (undated)
Instructions to an official of the Court of Sewers
Claim of Thomas Drummond to the earldom of Perth
Reference: DCD/S/LP31
Dates of creation: 1826-1834
DCD/S/LP31/1   5 September 1826
Thomas Drummond's letter to [Canon Francis Egerton], earl of Bridgewater, with printed subscription appeal to public
DCD/S/LP31/2-3   11 January 1827
William Mackintosh's deposition
DCD/S/LP31/4-5   11 January 1827
Letter from William Mackintosh to Robert Allan solicitor
DCD/S/LP31/6   April 1831
Note of two addresses directed to Chapter Clerk
DCD/S/LP31/7   20 June 1831
Printed record of court's finding Drummond to be heir to earldom of Perth
DCD/S/LP31/8-9   26 March 1832
Letter from John Rawling Wilson to Chapter Clerk re case
DCD/S/LP31/10   August 1832
Printed note about receipt of subscriptions
DCD/S/LP31/11-14   1 March 1834
Printed copy of summons of reduction in the case of Thomas Drummond v. Lady Willoughby de Eresby
DCD/S/LP31/15   29 March 1834
Printed note about receipt of subscriptions
Antiquarian manuscripts in Hunter's hand
Reference: DCD/S/LP32
DCD/S/LP32/1    (undated)
Copy of Bishop Puiset's confirmation to Ralph son of Paulinus of York of a third of the vill of Garmondsway; with copies of three other Garmondsway deeds
DCD/S/LP32/2-3    (undated)
Copy of the ordinances by Bishop Bek for the establishment of a collegiate church at Auckland in 1292
DCD/S/LP32/4    (undated)
Copies of grants by Bishop Hatfield to John of Middleham of property in Redworth forfeited by John Storour for felony and property in Redworth which escheated to the Bishop through the death without heirs of Alan Tieve. 12 and 8 May 1378
DCD/S/LP32/5 - 10   1581-1635
File of copies of documents:
DCD/S/LP32/5(a)   21 March 1582
I. Account of the reports and sayings of aged persons re the customary service of the inhabitants of County Durham
DCD/S/LP32/5(b)   15 April 1629
II. Order to the high constables of County Durham to collect the tax imposed for the upkeep of bridges (reverse)
DCD/S/LP32/5(c)   11 August 1628
III. Order of the justices for the presentation of particulars re the taxation of lands of hospitals and church lands
DCD/S/LP32/6   (undated), 27 July 1630
IV. Questions put by the freeholders of County of Durham re taxation.
With: The opinion of the justices
DCD/S/LP32/6-7   4 August 1635
V. Royal warrant to the city and county of Durham for the provision of a ship to combat piracy
DCD/S/LP32/7-8   12 August 1635
VI. Confirmation by the Privy Council of the above royal warrant
DCD/S/LP32/8   11 August 1636
VII. Royal warrant to the city and county of Durham for the provision of a second warship
DCD/S/LP32/8-10   2 October 1637
VIII. Confirmation by the Privy Council of a royal warrant for the provision of a warship
DCD/S/LP32/10   23 April 1635
IX. Writ of the High Sheriff of Durham for the collection of tax for the provision of a warship. With: Appointment of collectors for St Nicholas parish Durham, and list of amounts to be collected from various persons
DCD/S/LP32/11    (undated)
List of rates (?) with names of persons, some for Framwelgate Durham in 1635
DCD/S/LP32/12    (undated)
List of rates (?) with names of persons.
With: Note of grounds belonging to Framwelgate Durham not in the Book of Rates
DCD/S/LP32/13    (undated)
List of Whittonstall deeds [cf. Miscellaneous Charters 6905 et seq.]
Records of constables, overseers and other civil administration
Reference: DCD/S/LP33
Dates of creation: 1697-1703, 1817-1836, (undated)
DCD/S/LP33/1   1697-1703
Form of warrant to levy
DCD/S/LP33/1a   2 September 1817
Letter from James Bedford to J Leybourne junior (as Overseer of the Poor for The College), enclosing £2 for Walter Collins
DCD/S/LP33/2-4   4 August 1827
Printed notice requiring accuracy in the return of lists of jurors
DCD/S/LP33/5   10 July 1833
Printed precept for returning lists of jurors
DCD/S/LP33/6   15 August 1833
Notice from clerk to the magistrates for the Durham ward to the overseer or other proper officers of the College re special petty sessions for the receipt of a list of persons liable to serve on juries
DCD/S/LP33/7   11 June 1834
Printed notice from the High Constable to constable of the College requiring him to exhibit and distribute notices re the general annual licensing meeting
DCD/S/LP33/8-9   13 June 1834
Printed notice of the justices' general annual licensing meeting
DCD/S/LP33/10   7 July 1834
Printed precept for returning lists of jurors
DCD/S/LP33/11   16 August 1834
Notice from clerk to the magistrates for the Durham ward to the overseer of the poor in the College re special petty sessions for the receipt of a list of persons liable to serve on juries
DCD/S/LP33/12   14 March 1835
Printed chief constable's precept for the preparation of a list of householders in order that overseers of the poor may be appointed
DCD/S/LP33/13   1835
Printed instructions to collectors re duties on game certificates for 1835
DCD/S/LP33/14   1835
Printed notice re duties on game certificates
DCD/S/LP33/15   7 July 1835
Printed precept for returning lists of jurors
DCD/S/LP33/16   1836
Printed notice requiring collectors of assessed taxes to distribute notices of assessments
DCD/S/LP33/17-34   1836
Printed blank notices of assessment of taxes
DCD/S/LP33/35   25 April 1836
Printed statement of the number of churches endowed and livings augmented in the diocese of Durham by the late Bishop Van Mildert
DCD/S/LP33/36   1836
Printed notice re assessed taxes for the College
DCD/S/LP33/37-39    (undated)
Printed form of return of men qualified to serve on juries
DCD/S/LP33/40-42    (undated)
Printed petition to the House of Commons re the maintenance of the established church
Antiquarian transcripts and notes
Reference: DCD/S/LP34
DCD/S/LP34/1    (undated)
Note about Bishops of Lindisfarne
DCD/S/LP34/2-10    (undated)
Case between Dean and Chapter and others and the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Durham, Thomas Burton and Ralph Tunstall: copies of various charters
DCD/S/LP34/11    (undated)
Some references to charters and cartularies
DCD/S/LP34/12-15    (undated)
Copy of writ of the prior and convent of Durham in a case re the withholding by Robert Alanson and John Natrass of the coal tithes of the chapelry of Witton; see Cart. IV, f.99v (copy of 2.6.Spec.67, missing).
DCD/S/LP34/16-17    (undated)
List of bishops buried in the Chapter House.
DCD/S/LP34/18    (undated)
Copy of bull of Alexander III re the assignment of churches for the maintenance of the poor and the entertainment of strangers
DCD/S/LP34/19    (undated)
Copy of confirmation by Bishop Hugh of le Puiset to the prior and convent of Durham of Elvet church and its chapels
DCD/S/LP34/20   29.10.1196 [sic; recte 1596?]
Entries of actions in the Halmote Court held at Wolsingham
DCD/S/LP34/21   12 November 1216
Copy of Henry III's Magna Carta
DCD/S/LP34/22   4 May 1217
Copy of the bull of Honorius III confirming the prior and convent of Durham's possession of the churches of Aycliffe, Pittington, Branxton and Edlingham [as Cart. Vet. f.36rv]
DCD/S/LP34/23   [1229]
Copy of agreement [le Convenit] between Bishop Poore and the prior and convent of Durham
DCD/S/LP34/24   17 February 1274
Copy of ordination of vicarages of Ellingham, Dalton and Branxton
DCD/S/LP34/25    (undated)
List of bishops and priors of Durham 1133-1274
   1292
Copy of the ordinances by Bishop Bek for the establishment of a collegiate church at Auckland in 1292.
See also
DCD/S/LP32/2-3:

DCD/S/LP34/26-29    (undated)
Copy of Bishop Beaumont's confirmation of the endowment of the church in Chester-le-Street and the ordination of a dean and prebendaries, 26 July 1332; see Register II ff.325/6. Two copies, one of the first part only
DCD/S/LP34/30-31   1344
Memorandum re the limits of St Oswald's parish Durham
Needs repair
DCD/S/LP34/32    (undated)
Details of the sale of the Prior of Durham's tithes (Ricknall, par. Aycliffe), 1307-95
    (undated)
Copies of grants by Bishop Hatfield to John of Middleham of property in Redworth forfeited by John Storour for felony and of property in Redworth escheated to the bishop through the death without heirs of Alan Tiewe. 12 & 8 May 1378.
See also
DCD/S/LP32/4:

DCD/S/LP34/33   28 November 1431
Copy of Henry VI's confirmation of ordinances and statutes of the collegiate church of Auckland
DCD/S/LP34/34    (undated)
Statement of the boundaries of Tursdale (1446) and of Hett (1162); grant by the sub-prior and convent of Durham to Richard son of Geoffrey of property in Tursdale; with references to Register I
DCD/S/LP34/35    (undated)
Valuation of the tithes of Ricknall (par. Aycliffe), 1417-1539
DCD/S/LP34/36    (undated)
Memorandum of the convocation of the province of York on 1 Sept. 1463 for the inclusion of decrees of the province of Canterbury among those of the province of York
DCD/S/LP34/37-38    (undated)
Account of the proctor of St Margaret's Durham, 1448-1524
DCD/S/LP34/39-40    (undated)
Copy of instrument re the construction, repair and dependent status of the chapel of Witton, 30 Oct. 1484
DCD/S/LP34/41-42   August 1604 (?)
Statement of the boundaries of St Oswald's parish Durham, as Cart. II f.298r
Some notes on reverse
Needs repair
DCD/S/LP34/43   10 July 1617
Copy of confirmation by prior and convent of Durham of the ordination of prebends in Lanchester church, 1289
DCD/S/LP34/44-45   1699
Extracts from the almoner's rentals 1424 re property in Burnhope- shield, Rookhopeshield and Greencroft, as in Almoner's Rentals& Cartulary ff.16v, 17
DCD/S/LP34/46   1700
Evidence re ownership of Hesilwell [al. Haswell] in Lynesack and Wood Close near Hamsterley, with references to Register IV f.295 [but see Cart. IV f.299v], and to items in 1.6.Spec.(all missing)
DCD/S/LP34/47
Notes on Godwin's “Lives of the Bishops of Durham” (according to endorsement, probably from F.Godwin, A catalogue of the bishops of England…, 1601)
Previously referenced Loose Papers class 11
DCD/S/LP34/48
Table re the position of archbishops
Previously referenced Loose Papers class 11
DCD/S/LP34/49
Catalogue of archbishops and bishops of England and Wales from earliest times to 17th century
Previously referenced Loose Papers class 11