The deeds relate to four turnpike roads passing through Darlington: the Post Road from Boroughbridge (Yorkshire) to Durham, the east-west road from Stockton to Barnard Castle via Winstone, the Coal Road from Darlington to West Auckland and a road
from Cockerton Bridge to Staindrop. Apart from a few leases of turnpike houses and toll bars, and two documents about the bridge over Baydale Beck, the documents are all concerned with the practice of financing the roads by mortgaging future tolls,
being either the original mortgages, later assignments or receipts on redemption.
The mortgages were created to raise money mostly within the first ten to fifteen years of the Turnpike Trust Acts, and once granted each one became a piece of property which could be bought and sold like any other, usually, but not always, at
face value. They could therefore pass through several hands before they were redeemed approximately one hundred years later. Two or more mortgages might be accepted by a single individual at different times and there are several examples of
individuals accumulating quite large holdings as a result of later assignments; although occasional reductions in the rate of interest and a reference to several years' unpaid interest suggest that they were not always particularly good investments.
In contrast, mortgages were sometimes divided and portions sold or bequeathed separately.
This process produced a number of distinctive documents. It was quite common for the original mortgage to be endorsed with transfers of title and receipts or memoranda of redemption payments. Alternatively, separate deeds were drawn up for
assignments some of which might in turn be endorsed. The University Library'collection is by no means complete. Quite often the original mortgage is missing, although its principal facts can be established from the detailed recitals of subsequent
transactions which also occasionally contain information about other mortgages for which we have no documents.
Some documents relating to the Darlington Turnpike Trusts have been in the possession of the University Library since before about 1950. They came from an unknown source with a similar number of other deeds and papers relating mainly to
properties in the southern part of the county (Darlington and Stockton wards). The opportunity to increase the collection was taken in 1981 with the purchase of 23 items from the booksellers McDowell and Stern of York. At about the same time Mr.
Michael Finlay an antiques valuer and collector in Carlisle offered us some more material, including four documents closely connected with the turnpike deeds, which he believed to have come from the same source as that purchased from McDowell and
Stern. The Finlay purchase also included some items relating to the administration of the Poor Law in Darlington and in May 1981 these were transferred to the County Record Office in return for turnpike material which they had purchased from
Finlay.
The description of each document ends with a letter indicating its source of origin, according to the following code:
[B] - Documents purchased from Messrs. McDowell and Stern, February 1981
[C] - Documents purchased or donated by Mr. Michael Finlay, February and March 1981
On inspection it became evident that documents in all but the last of these groups had passed through the hands of the Darlington antiquarian John Cresswell Brigham (see introduction to South Durham Deeds). Notes containing biographical and
topographical information have been written on many of the items and in two cases these are initialled "J.C.B." It would seem that all these groups are artificial collections and they have therefore been rearranged according to content rather than
provenance.
The following handlist includes all the turnpike material from the above mentioned groups. Most of the remaining items are listed as an appendix to the South Durham Deeds, a group with which they have a close affinity, and the remainder have been
transferred or listed elsewhere (
The accumulation or division of holdings, the way in which the transactions were recorded, and the gaps in the collection all create problems for arrangment. A straightforward chronological arrangement by road would be repetitive and confusing
and involve much cross referencing. It has therefore been decided first to divide the documents by road giving the date of the Act creating the Trust and listing all the trustees named in the documents, and then to group together all the documents
relating to mortgages taken out by the same individual. The groups are numbered in chronological order determined by the date of the earliest mortgage involved, and short headings in the list indicate the number and dates of mortgages in each group
and the name of the person to whom they were granted. Where the original mortgage is missing these details have been reconstructed from the recitals of later deeds in the series. The reference of each document consists of its group number and a
subnumber showing its position within the series, followed by the letter indicating its source of origin.
The descriptions of each document include all significant endorsements but ignore those of a routine nature, such as the attestations of witnesses or notes of registration.
Small Gifts and Deposits
SGD 97: 9 Ecclesiastical Bonds 1578-86.
: Deeds and papers relating to properties and individuals mainly from the southern part of the county (Stockton
and Darlington wards), 40 items.
Additional MS 1553
Minute book of the Trustees of the Boroughbridge to Durham Turnpike, 1745-1767.
Durham County Record Office
Items relating to the Poor Law in Darlington (some acquired with the original deposit
Boroughbridge - North Allerton - Croft Bridge - Darlington - Durham Road (The Post Road)
Trust created 18 George II (1744/45). Trustees:
1. Sir Robert Eden Bart.
2. Thomas Gyll Esq.
3. David Hilton Esq.
4. George Allan Esq.
5. Thomas Forster Esq.
6. Bowes Garth Esq.
7. George Neale clerk
8. John Aisley Esq.
9. Nathaniel Pewterer Esq.
10. Francis Lowson Esq.
11. William Norton Esq.
12. James Mewburn Esq.
13. George Pinckney Esq.
14. Michael Hodgson Esq.
15. Thomas Richardson clerk
16. Leonard Hartley Esq.
17. Thomas Peirse Esq.
18. Matthew Culley Esq.
19. William Sleigh Esq.
20. Henry Brown Esq.
21. Thomas Rudd Esq.
22. George Feilding Esq.
23. Henry Chaytor Esq.
24. William Chaytor Esq.
25. John Killinghall Esq.
26. Francis Holmes Esq.
27. Richard Bowes Esq.
28. George Norton Esq.
29. William Sutton Esq.
30. John Johnson Doctor of Laws
31. Philip Bendlowes Esq.
32. William Staines Esq.
33. Samuel Peacock gent.
34. William Richardson Esq.
35. Joseph Buxton Esq.
36. Thomas Crossfield Esq.
37. Daniel Mitford Esq.
38. Peter Consett Esq.
39. William Hodgson Esq.
40. Revd. Andrew Wood clerk
41. John Trotter, doctor in Physick
42. Ralph Robson, gent.
43. John Allan
44. John D. Nesham
45. Thomas Charge
46. W.S. Temple
47. Robert Hodgson
48. William Welbank
49. Edward Square
50. John Jefferson
51. W. Tetley
52. John Hutton
53. Robert Piscott
54. John H. Elliott
55. J.D. Garthwaite
56. Thomas Peacock
57. Henry Blackett
58. John T[?S] wi--(?)
Add.MSS. 970 - 971 : Mortgages of tolls to Gideon Philips, 1745 and 1747.
1/1-3
Two mortgages of tolls to Joseph Ord for £340 and £660, dated 9 May and 4 July 1746 respectively:
1/1 9 May 19 George II (1746)
(1) 9 Trustees (nos. 1-9)
(2) Joseph Ord of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £340 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £1,100.
Signed and sealed: (1), excluding no. 8.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
1/2 5 February 1828
(1) Thomas Sherwood of Snow Hall, Durham, Esquire
Richard Crosier Sherwood of Cheltenham, Gloucs., Esquire
(both sons and executors of Richard Sherwood late of Staindrop, surgeon)
(2) Jonathan Backhouse, treasurer of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike road
Release and discharge by (1) in respect of £1000 paid by (2); being full satisfaction of all principal and interest due on two mortgages of tolls made to Joseph Ord, dated 9 May 1746 and 4 July 1746 respectively, and subsequently assigned.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[B]
Paper 2ff.
1/3 5 February 1828
(1) Thomas Sherwood of Snow Hall, Esq.
Richard Crosier Sherwood of Cheltenham, Gloucs., Esq.
(2) Thomas Bowes of Darlington gent., clerk to the trustees of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike road
Bond by (1) to indemnify (2) in respect of their title to two mortgages of tolls held by their father Richard Sherwood of Staindrop, surgeon.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[A]
Paper 2ff.
2 5 March 1824
(1) Edward Bootle Wilbraham of Latham House, Lancs. Esq.
Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park, Cheshire, Esq.
(executors of John Arden of Pepper Hall, Yorks., Esq. who was eldest son and surviving executor of John Arden of Stockport and later of Cowton Hall, Yorks., Esq.)
(2) Warren Maude of Green Bank, Darlington, Esq.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of three mortgages of tolls granted to John Arderne of Stockport Cheshire: 17 June 1746, 28 August 1754 and 23 July 1756
for £300, £500 and £300 respectively.
Consideration: £1,100, of which £1,000 is money from the settlement on the marriage between (2) and Hannah Isabella Wilkinson.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
Endorsements:
29 April 1843 - 29 May 1866
Five memoranda of repayments to H.J. Maude amounting to £950.
[B]
Parchment 2 mm.
3
Three mortgages of tolls to Robert Killinghall: dated 28 June 1746, 28 June 1747, and 28 June 1749, for £500, £200 and £500 respectively:
3/1 28 June 19 George II (1746)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 4, 10-15)
(2) Robert Killinghall of Yarm, Yorks., Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £500 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £2,140.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsement:
16 March 1854 Memorandum of the repayment by John Church Backhouse, Esq., treasurer of the Boroughbridge to Durham road, of £400 in part discharge of the above mortgage.
Signed: Thomas Simpson
and Edward Rawson.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
3/2 16 February 1793
(1) Pinckney Simpson, late of Richmond now of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent., nephew and legatee of Mary Pinckney spinster, and grandson and executor of Sarah Pinckney widow of George Pinckney the elder of Blackwell gent.
(2) William Chaytor, late of Croft now of Spennithorne Yorks., Esq.
Ralph Lodge, late of Gray'Inn now of Carlisle, Esq.
Thomas Simpson the elder of Richmond, Esq.
(all trustees of Mary Pinckney)
(3) Thomas Simpson the younger of Norton, Esq.
Assignment by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of a mortgage of tolls to Robert Killinghall for £500, subject to 17 other securities amounting to £7,300, dated 28 June 1749.
Consideration not
stated.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
[A]
Parchment 2 mm.
4 23 September 20 George II (1746)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 4, 7, 12, 16-20)
(2) Francis Day of Asenby, Yorks., clerk
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 9 other securities amounting to £3,300.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsement:
8 June 1843
Receipt by Francis (?) Dresser, on behalf of the trustees of the schools for the parish of Topcliffe, for £102 in full discharge of the principal and interest due on the above
mortgage.
[C]
Parchment 1 m.
5 12 November 20 George II (1746)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1-5, 11, 21, 22)
(2) Jane Gascoigne of the city of Durham, widow
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £400 with interest at £5%, subject to 12 other securities amounting to £3,800.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
(a) 23 July 1756
(1) Jane Gascoigne of the city of Durham, widow
(2) 7 trustees (nos. 10, 23-28)
(3) Susannah Singleton of Darlington, widow
Assignment by (1) at the request of (2) to (3) of the above mortgage of tolls for £400, with interest at £4%.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
(b) 13 April 1772
Receipt and discharge by Susannah Singleton in respect of £400 principal and £17.3.6. interest paid by James Allan and George Allan, treasurers of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike
road.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
6
Mortgage of tolls to Mary Moreland, 9 May 1748 :
6/1 25 March 1793
(1) Robert Hilton of Lakiners, Bucks., clerk (executor of his mother Catherine Hilton sister and executrix of Mary Morland)
(2) John Walton Elliott of Gainford, Esq.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of tolls granted to Mary Morland of the city of Durham spinster, 9 May 1748, to secure £600 with interest at £5%, subject to 14 other securities amounting to £5,650; (2)
having agreed, together with all other creditors of the road, to take interest at £4.10s.%.
Signed: (1) 2 seals.
Endorsements:
17 May 1837 - 31 March 1855
12 receipts and full discharge by John Fogg Elliott for repayments made in 1830, 1837 and annually 1843-1855.
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
6/2 31 March 1855
(1) John Fogg Elliott of Elvet Hill, Esq. residuary legatee and executor of John Walton Elliott of South Bedburn Esq. deceased
(2) John Church Backhouse Esq., treasurer of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike road
Release and discharge by (1) to (2) in respect of £600 and interest secured by mortgage to Mary Morland, 9 May 1748.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[D]
Paper 2ff.
7
Three mortgages of tolls to Gideon Philips, dated 6 June 1748, 30 August 1753 and 28 August 1754 :
7/1 6 June 21 George II (1748)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 4, 7, 10, 11, 18, 23, 29)
(2) Gideon Philips of Darlington, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £350 with interest at £5%, subject to 15 other securities (specified) amounting to £6,250.
Signed: (1) 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 14 July 1766
(1) Gideon Philips
(2) Anthony Salvin of Sunderland Bridge, Esq.
Assignment by (1) to (2); the rate of interest being £4.10s%.
Consideration: £350,
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
b) 12 May 1767
(1) Anthony Salvin
(2) Ralph Tunstall of Darlington, gent.
Michael Rayne of Sunderland Bridge, yeoman
Assignment by (1) to (2); the rate of interest being £4.10s%.
Consideration: £350.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
c) 9 June 1826
Receipt for full repayment, signed by William Tweedy of Great Smeaton in the county of York, innkeeper.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
7/2 30 August 27 George II (1753)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 10, 14, 17, 23, 30-33)
(2) Gideon Philips of Darlington, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £200 with interest at £4%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £7,800.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsement:
14 July 1766
(1) Gideon Philips
(2) John Morgan of the city of Durham, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2); the rate of interest being £4.10s%.
Consideration: £200.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
7/3 28 August 28 George II (1754)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 17, 34-39)
(2) Gideon Philips of Darlington, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £300 with interest at £4%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £8,300.
Signed: (1) 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 14 July 1766
(1) Gideon Philips
(2) John Morgan of the city of Durham, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2); the rate of interest being £4.10s%.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
b) 30 April 1830
Note of repayment in full to William Hill, John Boyes, William Wharton and William Benson, surviving executors of William Hill the elder, late of Whitby, shipowner.
Signed by Thomas Bowes,
clerk to the trustees.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
7/4 1 November 1785
(1) Ann Salvin of Sunderland Bridge in the county of Durham, widow and executrix of Anthony Salvin who was executor of Mary Morgan executrix of John Morgan
(2) William Hammond of the parish of Hurworth in the county of Durham, yeoman
Assignment by (1) to (2) of the mortgage to Gideon Philips for £300 dated 28 August 1754, the rate of interest being £5%.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
8
Mortgage of tolls to Revd. Thomas Chapman, 28 August 1754 :
8/1 28 August 28 George II (1754)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 17, 34-39)
(2) Revd. Thomas Chapman Doctor in Divinity, prebend of Durham
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £300 with interest at £4%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £8,000.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 7 August 1766
(1) George Hartley of Richmond in the county of York, sole executor of Thomas Chapman
(2) Elizabeth Mewburn of Darlington in the county of Durham, spinster
Assignment by (1) to (2), the rate of interest being £4.10s%.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
b) 24 December 1827
Certificate by John Ellerton of repayment in full to John Fogg Esq.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
8/2 13 November 1792
(1) Ann Tulip of Fallowfield, Northumberland, widow, sole executrix of Elizabeth Mewburn, late of Fallowfield spinster
(2) John Walton Elliott of Gainford, Esquire
Assignment by (1) to (2) of the mortgage for £300 to Revd. Thomas Chapman, dated 28 August 1754.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
9 7 April 1760
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 10, 11, 23, 25, 26, 40-42)
(2) Robert Noble of Croft Bridge, yeoman
Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of turnpike house, toll bar and all tolls at Croft Bridge Gate; with restrictive covenants preventing the sale of food or alcohol at or near the toll house, the passage of heavy vehicles and the offer of
concessionary rates to carriers and other persons plying for hire.
Term: 1 year Rent: £167.
Signed and sealed: (2).
[C]
Parchment 1 m.
10/1 11 April 1760
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 10, 11, 23, 25, 26, 40-42)
(2) Mark Hunter of Entercommon, Smeaton, Yorks., yeoman
Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of turnpike house, toll bar and all tolls at Entercommon Gate in the parish of Great Smeaton; with restrictive covenants preventing the sale of food or alcohol at or near the toll house, the passage of heavy
vehicles and the offer of concessionary rates to carriers and other persons plying for hire.
Term: 1 year Rent: £235.
Signed and sealed: (2).
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
10/2 11 April 1760
Enclosed:
Bond by (2), William Charge of Cleasby, yeoman, and Mark Atkinson of Dalton, yeoman, to (1) for £570; conditioned for the payment of rent by (2) to (1).
Signed: (2) and William Charge 3 seals.
[B]
Paper 2ff.
11/1 and 2 11 April 1760
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 10, 11, 23, 25, 26, 40-42)
(2) Ralph Whitfield of Lovesomehill in the parish of Hutton Bonville, Yorks., yeoman
Lease and counterpart by (1) to (2) of turnpike house, toll bar and all tolls at Lovesomehill Gate;
with restrictive covenants preventing the sale of food or alcohol at or near the toll house, the passage of heavy vehicles and the offer
of concessionary rates to carriers or persons plying for hire.
Term: 1 year Rent: £85.
Lease signed: (1) (excluding no. 10) 9 seals.
Counterpart signed and sealed: (2).
1 [A],
2
[B]
Parchment 1 m. each.
11/3 11 April 1760
Enclosed with counterpart:
Bond by (2) and William Norton of Coatham Hall Garth, gent., to (1) for £170;
conditioned for the payment of rent by (2) to (1).
Signed and sealed: (2) and William Norton.
[B]
Paper 2ff.
12/1 4 May 1761
(1) 10 trustees (nos. 10, 19, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 40-42)
(2) Lancelot Middleton of Newsham, Yorks., yeoman
Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of turnpike house, toll bar and all tolls at Newsham Gate;
with restrictive covenants preventing the sale of food or alcohol at or near the toll house, the passage of heavy vehicles and the offer of
concessionary rates to carriers and other persons plying for hire.
Term: 3 years.
Rent: £84.
Signed and sealed: (2).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
12/2 4 May 1761
Enclosed with 12/1:
Bond by (2), Jonathan Middleton of Burtree House in the parish of Haughton and Robert Morton of Ulmby yeomen, to (1) for £168, conditioned for the payment of rent and performance of covenants.
Signed and sealed: (2),
Jonathan Middleton and Robert Morton.
[A]
Paper 2ff.
13 April 1826
Account showing monthly costs of repairs and maintenance to part of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike road leading from the south end of the township of Brompton to Croft Bridge from 30 April 1825.
On the reverse:
June 1828
Draft deposition by John Clayton of Kippax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Esq., concerning the descendants of Robert Barber of Kippax.
[D]
Paper 2ff.
14 2 February 1830
Copy report by John Green concerning a new line of road from Hurworth to join the turnpike road just north of the Entercommon Gate, with discussion of the relative merits of a suspension or stone bridge across the Tees at Hurworth and
estimates.
[C]
Paper 4ff.
15 September 1832
Foreman'account of work on part of the Boroughbridge to Durham road leading from the south end of the township of South Hutton to the south end of the township of Northallerton.
[D]
1 piece.
16 1 March 1833
Handbill advertising lease, by auction to the best bidders, of tolls arising at Topcliffe Gate, Newsham Gate, Lovesomehill Gate and Entercommon and Birkby Lane-end Gates, at present let for £810, £420, £780 and £1240 respectively.
On the reverse:
20 January 1834
(1) John Janson gent.
(2) Thomas Bowes gent.
Draft agreement for the lease by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house, coachhouse, stable and outbuildings in Northgate, Darlington, at present occupied by Richard Otley.
Term: from year to year.
Rent: £50.
Later altered to form draft
of lease of the same premises by Charles Janson to (2) at a rent of £40.
[D]
Paper 1f.
17/1 and 2 14 April 1834
(1) 4 trustees (nos. 43 -46)
(2) Richard Bedford of Bedale, in the north riding of Yorkshire, innkeeper
Two mortgages of tolls by (1) to (2) on the part of the road from Darlington to Durham and of one third of tolls at Croft Gate, each for £1,000 with interest at £5%.
Both signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements on 17/1:
14 April 1843 - 17 March 1847
Five memoranda and receipts for partial repayments amounting to £1000 and full discharge by Ann Bedford.
Endorsements on 17/2:
7
April 1848 - 28 March 1851
Four memoranda and receipts by Ann Bedford for partial repayments.
3 December 1852 - 30 April 1861
Five memoranda and receipts for partial repayments amounting
to £1,000 and full discharge by Christopher Borroby.
1:
[B]. 2:
[A]
Parchment 1 m. each.
18 5 December 1834
(1) 6 trustees (nos. 47-52)
(2) Joseph Dresser of Topcliffe Mill, north riding of Yorkshire, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) on the part of the road in the north riding of Yorkshire and of two thirds of the tolls arising at Croft Bridge Gate, for £1,400 with interest at £5%.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
1 January 1838 and 1 July 1839
Two receipts and full discharge by Joseph Dresser.
[D]
Parchment 1 m.
19
Mortgage of tolls to Henry Manby Tylden, 25 February 1839 :
19/1 25 February 1839
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 43, 46, 53-58)
(2) Henry Manby Tylden of Forré Hill near Sittingbourne, Kent, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) on the part of the road leading from Darlington to Durham and of one third of tolls arising at Croft Gate, for £1,000 with interest at £5%.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
28 April 1843 - 2 May 1851
Five memoranda of receipts for partial repayments to (2)amounting to £570.
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
19/2 28 April 1843
Receipt by H.M. Tylden for £120 and interest.
[A]
1 piece.
19/3 20 March 1848
Receipt by H.M. Tylden for £103 and interest.
[D]
1 piece.
19/4 16 April 1851
(1) Henry Manby Tylden of Woolwich, Kent, Esq.
Hannah Isabella Maude of Redcar, widow of Warren Maude
(2) Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gent., clerk to the trustees
Receipt and Indemnity Bond from (1) to (2) in respect of £120, partial discharge of the above mortgage; Hannah Isabella Maude having agreed that her share of £360 declared by the trustees to be available for repayment should be paid to Henry
Manby Tylden.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[D]
Paper 2ff.
19/5 5 March 1870
Letter from C.R. Moorsom, one of the trustees of Mrs. Rouse, to Thomas Bowes, authorising him to pay £430 remainder due on the mortgage held by the late Capt. Tylden to Thompson Richardson, solicitor, of Barnard Castle.
[D]
Paper 2ff.
19/6 14 March 1870
Receipt by T. Richardson to Mr. Bowes in respect of £435 due to Mrs. Rouse'trustees, and undertaking to obtain the execution of a proper Release.
[D]
1 piece.
19/7 26 March 1870
(1) Henry Charles Hardinge of Bayswater, Middlesex, Esq.
Constantine Richard Moorsom of Harewood near Leeds, Esq.
(2) Alfred Backhouse, treasurer of the trustees
Trustees of the Boroughbridge to Durham Turnpike road
Release and full discharge by (1) to (2) in respect of £430, residue of the principal sum of £1,000.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[D]
Paper 2ff.
20 5 April 1839
(1) John Gowland of New Elvet near the city of Durham, farmer, and contractor for public works
(2) Thomas Bowes of Darlington
Thomas Bowes the younger also of Darlington
(clerks to the trustees of the Boroughbridge to Durham turnpike road)
Mortgage by (1) to (2) of approximately £500 owing to him from the Great North of England Railway Company, ballast waggons and iron rails valued at £480 and £500 respectively, as security for the repayment by (1) to (2) of £630.12.4d. and a
further sum not exceeding £300; the said sums of £630.12.4d. and £300 having been advanced by (2) to (1) in excess of what he needed for work, materials and labour to carry out repairs to the road at Ferryhill.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[A]
Parchment 3 mm.
Stockton - Darlington - Winstone - Barnard Castle Road
Trust created 20 George II (1746/47). Trustees:
1. George Allan Esq.
2. George Fielding Esq.
3. William Sutton Esq.
4. Henry Brown Esq.
5. Lawrence Brockett Esq.
6. Henry Chaytor Esq.
7. Thomas Richardson, clerk
8. William Sleigh Esq.
9. Leonard Hartley Esq.
10. Matthew Culley Esq.
11. Ralph Whitley Esq.
12. James Cook Esq.
13. Thomas Raisbeck gent.
14. Jonathan Frog gent.
15. John Grey gent.
16. John Hardcastle Esq.
17. Francis Lowson Esq.
18. Michael Hodgson Esq.
19. William Norton Esq.
20. Richard Garmonsway Esq.
21. John Ward Esq.
22. William Addison clerk
23. Lionel Vane
24. William Staines
25. Robert Shepherd gent.
26. Francis Holmes gent.
27. William Wastell gent.
28. John Colling gent.
29. Revd. William Sisson clerk
30. Philip Bendlowes Esq.
31. John Jennison Esq.
32. Henry Thorpe, clerk
33. Nathaniel Pewterer Esq.
34. George Norton gent.
35. John Willson Esq.
36. Revd. John Shelly, clerk
37. John Wardell Esq.
38. William Lodge gent.
39. James Allan gent.
40. Leonard Robinson gent.
41. Jonathan Backhouse Esq.
42. Thomas Backhouse Esq.
43. Loyzelure Wilkinson Esq.
44. Matthew Wilkinson Esq.
45. Robert Sheraton Esq.
46. Jonathan Backhouse the younger Esq.
47. Robert Botcherby Esq.
48. C. Harrison Aylmer
49. M------ Fowler
50. John L. Hammond
51. Francis Mewburn
52. John Pease
53. H. Parson Smith
54. William Robson
55. George Thomas Allan
56. Thomas Peacock
Mortgage of tolls to Elizabeth Harker for £420, 29 February 1747:
£20 of this sum was bequeathed by Elizabeth Jackson, formerly Harker, to James Denton of Stockton, carpenter, and assigned by him to William
Braithwaite of Tweedmouth, clerk, 30 October 1771.
See mortgages of tolls held by William Braithwaite (37/1-3).
21 26 December 1826
(1) Robert Colling of Hurworth Esq., son and executor of Robert Colling trustee of Thomas Colling of Darlington wine merchant deceased
(2) Robert Colling of Bishop Wearmouth, gent., surviving son of Thomas Colling
Assignment by (1) to (2) of one moiety of a mortgage for £1,000 granted by the trustees (nos. 1-7) to Dame Elizabeth Haliburton of St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, 7 May 1748, which after subsequent assignments became
vested in the trustees for Thomas Colling, 24 October 1788.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
Endorsements:
14 March 1851 - 30 March 1855
Four receipts for
partial repayments to Robert Colling amounting to £350.
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22 4 July 1778
(1) John Orde of Weetwood, Northumberland, Esq.
Margaret, his wife, cousin and sole executrix of Joseph Orde of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esq.
(2) Thomas Davidson of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esq.
Assignment by (1) to (2) in trust for the said John Orde of a mortgage of tolls for £200 with interest at £5%, granted, 18 June 1748, by 7 trustees (nos. 1, 3-5, 8-10) to Joseph Orde subject to three other
securities amounting to £1,620.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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23
Two mortgages of tolls to Henry Brown for £100 each, dated 7 January 1748/49 and 18 August 1750
(See also
28/2 and
3):
23/1 18 August 1750
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 3, 8, 11, 14, 15, 28, 29)
(2) Henry Brown of Stockton upon Tees, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £3,370.
Signed: (1) 8 seals.
Endorsement:
20 February 1750/51
(1) Henry Brown
(2) Margaret Hutchins of Stockton upon Tees, spinster
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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23/2 1 December 1763
(1) Richard Thompson of the parish of St. Mary le Bon, Midx. apothecary, and his wife Margaret formerly Margaret Hutchins.
(2) Ralph Bradley of Stockton, Esq.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of two mortgages of tolls to Henry Brown for £100 each, dated 7 January 1748/49 and 18 August 1750.
Consideration: £150.
Signed and sealed:
(1).
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Parchment 1 m.
24
Four mortgages of tolls to William Sleigh, 7 January 1749, 18 August 1750, 3 September 1754 and 18 August 1760 :
24/1 7 January 22 George II (1749)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 3, 4, 11-15)
(2) William Sleigh of Stockton on Tees, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 6 other securities (specified) amounting to £2,020.
Signed and sealed: (2).
Endorsements:
a) 20 February 1750/51
(1) William Sleigh
(2) Sarah Hutchins of Stockton on Tees, widow
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
b) 20 February 1756
(1) Sarah Hutchins, now of Broad Century, in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster,
widow
(2) William Sleigh
Re-assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
c) 19 November 1832
Receipt for full repayment, signed by Thomas Peacock.
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24/2 3 September 1754
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 3, 4, 11, 13, 14, 35, 36)
(2) William Sleigh of Stockton upon Tees, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 41 other securities amounting to £6,120.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
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Parchment 1 m.
24/3 27 May 1785
(1) William Hoar of the city of Durham Esq. executor of William Sleigh late of Stockton, Esq.
(2) John Clement of Darlington, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of four mortgages of tolls made to William Sleigh on 7 January 1748/49, 18 August 1750, 3 September 1754 and
18 August 1760 for £100, £100, £100 and £120 respectively.
Consideration: £380.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 1 m.
25 1 July 23 George II (1749)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 10, 16-19)
(2) James Allan of Darlington, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 8 other securities (specified, and including another mortgage to (2) for £100) amounting to £2,220.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 26 May 1755
(1) James Allan
(2) Ann Wright, spinster, and Elizabeth Bullman widow, both of Boltby, Yorks.
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
b) 5 November 1781
(1) Thomas Seavers of Boltby, Yorks., nephew of Ann Wright deceased
(2) John Seavers Richardson of Sowerby, Yorks., brother of (1)
Assignment by (1) to (2) in return for an annuity of £20.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 1 m.
26
Three mortgages to Ralph Robson, 1 July 1749, 3 September 1754, 18 August 1760 :
26/1 1 July 23 George II (1749)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 10, 16-19)
(2) Ralph Robson of Darlington in the county of Durham, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 9 other securities (specified) amounting to £2,420.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
Endorsement:
21 March 1836
Receipt for full repayment, signed by Thomas Peacock.
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26/2 27 January 1810
(1) John Wetherell of Fieldhouse Esq., nephew and residuary devisee of John Wetherell, also of Fieldhouse, deceased
(2) George Lewis Hollingsworth of Darlington, Esq.
Thomas Wetherell of Oxen le Field, gent.
(executors of John Wetherell deceased)
(3) George Allan of Blackwell Grange, Esq.
(4) Revd. Thomas Peacock of Denton, clerk
Assignment by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of four securities previously assigned by John Pease, surviving executor of Ralph Robson, to John Wetherell, now deceased, for £370 (viz.):
mortgage of tolls to Ralph Robson for £100,
1 July 1749
mortgage of tolls to Thomas Dent for £100, 3 June 1751, and assigned to Ralph Robson, 17 June 1771
mortgage of tolls to Ralph Robson for £100, 3 September 1754
mortgage of tolls to Ralph Robson for £140, 18 August 1760.
Consideration: £330 paid by (4) to (1) at the direction of (3) and with the consent of (2).
Signed and sealed: (1), (2) and (3).
Endorsements:
31 December 1833 - 26 May 1838
Three
memoranda of repayments and final discharge, all signed by Thomas Peacock.
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Parchment 1 m.
26/3 [26 May 1838?]
Note recording repayment to Revd. Thomas Peacock of four securities (viz.):
three to Ralph Robson for £100, £100, and £140, and one to Thomas Dent for £100.
[A]
Paper 1 piece.
27 18 December 23 George II (1749)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1, 6, 9, 17, 18, 20-22)
(2) Richard Atkinson of Staindrop, yeoman
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 11 other securities (specified) amounting to £2,500.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
a) 14 April 1755
(1) Hannah Atkinson of Staindrop, widow of Richard Atkinson
(2) Charles Newby and John Watson both of Stockton, merchants and co-partners
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
b) 25 November 1771
(1) Rose Peacock of Bedale, Yorks., widow, executrix of her mother Catherine Whitling who was administratrix of her relative the above John Watson who survived Charles Newby
(2) George Wann of Sunderland near the sea, excise officer
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £70.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 1 m.
28
Mortgage of tolls to John Pybus, 1 January 1749/50.
(see also: mortgages of tolls to Henry Brown, 7 January 1748/49 and 18 August 1750 (
23/1 and
2):
28/1 1 January 23 George II (1750)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 17, 19, 23-25)
(2) John Pybus of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., yeoman
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 12 other securities (specified) amounting to £2,620.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
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Parchment 1 m.
28/2 23 July 1790
(1) George Brown of Stockton, Esq.
Rowland Webster, of Stockton, Esq.
Revd. John Brewster
(executors of Ralph Bradley of Stockton, Esq. deceased)
(2) Christopher Smith of Stockton, banker
Assignment by (1) to (2) of two mortgages of tolls to Henry Brown for £100 each, dated 7 January 1748/49 and 18 August 1750, and one mortgage of tolls to John Pybus of Middleton
Tyas, yeoman, dated 1 January 1749/50.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
28/3 12 March 1796
(1) George Brown of Stockton, Esq.
(2) Christopher Smith of Stockton, banker
(3) George Sutton of Stockton, Esq.
Assignment by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of two mortgages of tolls to Henry Brown of Stockton Esq. for £100 each, dated 7 January 1748/49 and 18 August 1750, and one
mortgage of tolls to John Pybus of Middleton Tyas, yeoman, dated 1 January 1749/50.
Consideration: £300.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
29
Mortgage of tolls to Thomas Bellasyse, 21 May 1750 (see also
No. 36):
29/1 21 May 23 George II (1750)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 17, 19, 26)
(2) Thomas Bellasyse of Haughton, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 13 other securities amounting to £2,720.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 2 mm.
29/2 25 July 1787
(1) Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gent., grandson and administrator of Thomas Bellasyse of Haughton, gent.
(2) John Clement of Darlington, merchant
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £96.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 1 m.
30 11 June 24 George II (1750)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1, 6, 10, 17, 19, 25-27)
(2) John Lowson of Darlington, apothecary
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to 17 other securities (specified) amounting to £3,220.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
a) 14 August 1754
(1) John Lowson
(2) Samuel Peacock of Northallerton, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
b) 12 July 1756
(1) Samuel Peacock
(2) Ralph Peacock of Middleton Tyas, Yorks. gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £100.
Signed and sealed: (1).
c) 20 January 1831
Memorandum of full repayment to William Cust of Danby Hill, in the parish of Danby Wiske, clerk,
personal representative of Ralph Peacock.
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31
Mortgage of tolls to Mildred Walbanke, 2 July 1750 :
31/1 2 July 24 George II (1750)
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18, 24)
(2) Mildred Walbanke of Kirkbridge, Yorks., widow
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £200 with interest at £5%, subject to 20 other securities amounting to £3,470.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 14 May 1759
Note: "My son Childers Walbanke being now of Age, pay ye Contents to him, it being his lawfull right".
Signed: Mildred Thompson
b) 22 January
1831
Receipt by Robert Botcherby of Darlington merchant for £100, partial repayment of the above mortgage assigned to him by Robert Heslop of Barton, Yorks., gent., 19 May 1823.
c)
16 November 1832
Receipt by Robert Botcherby in respect of the residue of £100.
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Parchment 1 m.
31/2 19 May 1798
(1) Childers Walbanke Childers of Cantley Lodge, Yorks., Esq., only son of Mildred Walbanke by William Walbanke both now deceased
(2) George Coates of Kirkbridge, Yorks., yeoman
Assignment of mortgage of tolls to Mildred Walbanke by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £200.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Paper 2ff.
31/3 19 May 1800
(1) George Coates of Neasham, farmer, one of two executors of George Coates of Kirk Briggs, Yorks., gent.
(2) Robert Heslop of Piercebridge, gent. the other executor of George Coates
Assignment by (1) to (2).
Consideration: £200.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 2 mm.
31/4
Note of discharge of Robert Botcherby'turnpike security 'originally Walbanke's' in two payments of £100 each, 22 January 1831 and 16 November 1832.
[A]
Paper 1 piece.
Mortgage of tolls to Thomas Dent for £100, 3 June 1751.
See: mortgages to Ralph Robson, 1 July 1749 (26/2 and 3).
32
Two mortgages of tolls to Ralph Peacock, 3 June 1751 and 18 August 1760 :
32/1 3 June 24 George II (1751)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 8, 16, 19, 30-32)
(2) Ralph Peacock of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £300 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £4,670.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
24 March 1852 - 7 November
1856
Five memoranda of partial repayments and final discharge from Edward Cust of Danby Hall, Yorks., clerk, Catherine and Charlotte Cust both of Patrick Brompton Hall, spinsters.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
32/2 18 August 1760
(1) 9 trustees (nos. 8, 17, 19, 26, 30, 37-39)
(2) Ralph Peacock of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £150 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities amounting to £6,565.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
26 March 1851 and 24
March 1852
Two memoranda of partial repayments and final discharge from Edward, Catherine and Charlotte Cust.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
33 25 September 26 George II (1752)
(1) 8 trustees (nos. 1, 3, 7, 16, 20, 32-34)
(2) George Bowes of Gibside in the county of Durham, Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £200 with interest at £4.10%, subject to other securities (specified) amounting to £5,520.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
34 5 December 1764
(1) William Sisson late of Houghton le Spring, now of Pensher, clerk
(2) John Elley of Leeds, whitesmith
John Stafford of Sunderland near the Sea, yeoman
(3) John Nesham of Houghton le Spring
Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of a mortgage of tolls for £100 with interest at £4.10% granted to (1), 13 November 1752, in trust for Margaret and Ann Collin who are now married to (2).
Consideration: £85.
Signed and sealed: (1)
and (2).
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Parchment 1 m.
Mortgage of tolls to Robert Rontree, 12 July 1756:
Mortgage of tolls for £200 and £45, being the money due from the trustees to Robert Rontree of Gainford, yeoman, for new making and repairing part of the road, and
accrued unpaid interest on the same:
See mortgages of tolls held by William Braithwaite (37/1-3).
35 18 August 1760
(1) 9 trustees (nos. 8, 17, 19, 26, 30, 37-40)
(2) Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Darlington
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £100 with interest at £5%, subject to other securities amounting to £6,565.
Signed and sealed: (1).
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
36 26 May 1800
(1) Robert Colling of Barmpton, gent.
George Lewis Hollingsworth of Darlington, banker
John Barker of Stockton, merchant
Thomas Russell of Darlington, manufacturer
(executors of John Clement, gent. deceased)
(2) Richard William Johnston of Darlington, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of two mortgages of tolls (viz.):
a) to Thomas Bellasyse for £100, dated 21 May 1750, assigned to John Clement, 25 July 1787, by Thomas Bowes,
grandson and administrator of Thomas Bellasyse (
29/1 and 2)
b) to Martha Maria Bowes for £25, dated 18 August 1760, and assigned to John Clement, 17 July
1778, by her son Thomas Bowes.
Consideration: £109.
Signed and sealed: (1) and (2).
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
37
Mortgages of tolls held by William Braithwaite:
37/1 15 January 1788
(1) William Jackson of Guisborough, Yorks., gent.
Thomas Woodifield of Wynyard, gent.
(two of the four executors of Thomas Grainge, late of Wolviston, gent., himself one of two executors of William Braithwaite of Tweedsmouth, clerk.)
(2) John Grainge of Sunderland near the sea, gent.
Richard Grainge of Wolviston, common brewer
(sons, and executors with (1), of the above mentioned Thomas Grainge)
(3) John Braithwaite of Sawrey in the parish of Hawshead, Lancs., clerk
(executor of William Braithwaite with the above mentioned Thomas Grainge)
(4) John Mowbray of Darlington, banker
Assignment by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of a portion of mortgages to the value of £165, reserving the rights of Elizabeth and Ann Braithwaite to receive the interest on the same during their lifetimes; the said sum of £165, part of two
principal sums of £245 and £20 secured by mortgages to Robert Rontree (12 July 1756) and Elizabeth Harker (29 February 1747) respectively, having been bequeathed to the said Thomas
Grainge by William Braithwaite subject to the life interests of his sisters Elizabeth and Ann Braithwaite.
Consideration: £64.
Signed: (1) and (2). 5 seals.
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Parchment 1 m.
37/2 28 July 1827
(1) John Pearson of Coatham, Yorks., farmer, sole executor of John Mowbray of Ormesby in the north riding of Yorkshire, land agent.
(2) William Rutter of Ormesby, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (2) of the above sum of £165.
Consideration: £165.
Signed and sealed: (1).
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Parchment 1 m.
37/3 4 December 1832
Note of discharge of William Rutter'securities for £165, "formerly Robert Rontree'and constituting of Braithwaite'securities".
[A]
Paper 1 piece.
38 23 April 1805
(1) Rowland Webster of Stockton, Esq.
Anthony Dunn of Darlington, gent.
Ambrose Hodgson of Darlington, grocer
(surviving trustees and executors of Ralph Tunstall of Darlington, gent.)
(2) Elizabeth Tunstall of Sunderland near the sea, spinster, niece of the said Ralph Tunstall
Assignment by (1) to (2) of five mortgages of tolls assigned to Ralph Tunstall or his executors by Indentures or Deeds Poll (viz.):
mortgage for £100 and £50 assigned to Ralph Tunstall by Joseph Coates, Isaac and Rachel
Robinson, 29 August 1785
mortgage for £10 assigned to Ralph Tunstall by Thomas Faith, 15 December 1777
mortgage for £20 assigned to Ralph Tunstall by Elizabeth Coatham, 3 September 1782
mortgage for £120 assigned to Ralph Tunstall'executors by Thomas and Elizabeth Kirton, 12 May 1788.
Consideration: £296.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
27 March 1847 - 26 April 1873
Four memoranda of partial repayments and final discharge, all signed by Robert Waugh.
[A]
Parchment 2 mm.
39 7 May 1810
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 41-47)
(2) Stephen Wiseman of the city of Durham
David Bulmer of the city of Durham
John Watson of Darlington, currier
Copy lease by (1) to (2) of the turnpike and toll house, toll bar and all tolls at Haughton Toll Bar; with restrictive covenants preventing the passage of heavy vehicles and any variation in the authorised tolls.
Term: 1 year from 30
April.
Rent: £400 payable in monthly instalments of £33.6.8d each.
Original signed and sealed (1).
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Paper 3ff.
40
Documents relating to Baydale Beck Bridge:
40/1 6 June 1830
Plan of proposed new bridge at Baydale Beck, sent to Thomas Bowes at Darlington.
[B]
Paper 1f.
40/2 William IV
Presentment following an Inquisition into the state of Badel Beck Bridge between Darlington and Barnard Castle,that the bridge has not been repaired since it was washed away by flood water 4 June 11 George IV
(1830), and that the inhabitants of the county of Durham are obliged to repair the same.
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
41 14 March 1859
(1) 9 trustees (nos. 48-56)
(2) Frances Fountain Fairs, daughter of Joseph Fairs
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) to secure £250, granted in lieu of securities of £100, £100 and £50 which have been lost or mislaid; with clauses to indemnify (1) against any loss or responsibility in respect of the original
documents.
Signed and sealed: (1).
Endorsements:
17 April 1863 and 11 May 1866
Two receipts for £99 and £147 respectively and final discharge, signed by (2).
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
Darlington - West Auckland Road (The Coal Road)
Trust created 24 George II (1750/51). Trustees:
1. Revd. John Johnson, Doctor of Laws
2. Philip Bendlowes, Esq.
3. William Addison, clerk
4. John Hardcastle, gent.
5. William Hodshon, gent.
6. William Norton, gent.
7. George Norton, gent.
8. William Sanderson, gent.
9. William Sutton, Esq.
10. William Wrightson, gent.
11. Matthew Cully, gent.
12. Francis Holmes, gent.
13. James Allan, gent.
14. James Bland, Esq.
15. Thomas Richmond, gent.
16. Ralph Robson, gent.
17. Thomas Peirse, Esq.
18. Richard Garmondsway Esq.
19. Richard Bowes Esq.
42
Mortgage of tolls to William Peirse for £2000, paid in four equal instalments of £500 each 1 July 1751, 12 August 1751, 2 March 1752 and
12 March 1753 :
42/1 12 August 1751
(1) 8 trustees (Nos. 1-8)
(2) William Peirse of Hutton Bonville, Yorks., Esq.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £500 repayable with interest at £4.10s%; this being the second of four equal instalments of a sum of £2000 to be paid as agreed, 11 June 1751.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
42/2 12 March 1753
(1) 7 trustees (Nos. 9, 5, 6, 10-13)
(2) Thomas Peirse of Worsell, Yorks., Esq. (executor of the above William Peirse)
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) for £500 repayable with interest at £4.10s%; this being the last of four equal instalments of a sum of £2,000 to be paid as agreed, 11 June 1751.
Signed: (1). 9 seals.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
42/3 12 August 1759
(1) Thomas Peirse of Peirseburgh, Esq., executor of William Peirse
(2) Evereld Hustler of Henrietta St., Middleton, spinster
(3) Elizabeth Cowper of Osmotherley, widow
(4) David Jackson of Railey Fell House, St. Helen Auckland
(5) John Walters of Railey Fell, St. Helen Auckland
(6) William Hodshon of Northallerton, gent.
Assignment by (1) to (6), in trust for (2), (3), (4) and (5), of a mortgage of tolls to secure £500 and interest at £4.10s.%, granted to William Peirse 2 March 1752 ; this being the third of four equal
instalments of a sum of £2,000 of which £200 was paid by (2), and £100 by each of (3), (4) and (5).
Signed: (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6). 5 seals.
[B]
Parchment 1 m.
42/4 16 March 1767
(1) William Hodshon of Northallerton, Yorks., gent.
(2) David Jackson of Railey Fell, gent.
(3) George Brown of Stockton upon Tees, master and mariner
Assignment by (1), at the request of (2), to (3) of (2)'portion of the mortgage to William Peirse, 2 March 1752.
Consideration: £100 paid by (3) to (2).
Signed: (1) and (2). 3 seals.
Endorsement:
7 May 1774
Receipt by (3) for repayment of mortgage and interest made by George Allan, Treasurer to the Trustees.
Unsigned.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
42/5 16 March 1767
(1) William Hodshon of Northallerton, Yorks., gent.
(2) John Walters of Birtley, yeoman
(3) George Brown of Stockton upon Tees, master and mariner
Assignment by (1), at the request of (2), to (3) of (2)'portion of the mortgage granted to William Peirse, 2 March 1752.
Consideration: £100 paid by (3) to (2).
Signed: (1) and (2). 3
seals.
Endorsement:
7 May 1774
Receipt by (3) for repayment of mortgage and interest made by George Allan, Treasurer to the Trustees.
Unsigned.
[A]
Parchment 1 m.
42/6 18 August 1794
(1) John Bailey of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, gent.
(2) Matthew Culley of Wark, Northumberland, gent.
(3) George Culley of Fenton, Northumberland, gent.
(4) William Pickering of Bogg Hall, Northumberland, gent.
(5) Isabella Stephenson of Huntingdon, spinster
(6) Anthony Dunn of Darlington, merchant
(7) Robert Colling of Hurworth, Esq.
Assignment by (1) at the request of (2), (3) and (4), to (7) of the principal sum of £700 remaining due on three mortgages for £500 each to William Peirse dated 1 July 1751, 12 August
1751 and 2 March 1752 ; £500 of the said sum of £700 to be held by (7) in trust for (5), and £200 of the said sum of £700 to be held by (7) in trust for (6).
Consideration: £233. 6s. 8d. paid by (5) and (6)
to (2).
£233. 6s. 8d. paid by (5) and (6) to (3).
£233. 6s. 8d. paid by (5) and (6) to (2), (3) and (4) as executors in trust named by James Culley, deceased.
Signed: (1), (2), 3) and (4). 4 seals .
[A]
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43 16 July 1754
(1) 7 trustees (Nos. 1, 10, 11, 13-16)
(2) Ralph Peacock of Middleton Tyas, gent.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) to secure £500 with interest at £4.10s%.
Signed: (1). 8 seals.
Endorsements:
a) 19 May 1823
Receipt for £300, in part redemption of the above mortgage, by Revd.
William Cust of Danby Hill, N. Riding, Yorks., executor of his father Revd. William Cust formerly called Peacock, one of the executors of (2) above.
b) 3 May 1849
Receipt for £100, in part redemption of the
above mortgage, by Edwards Cust of Danby Hill, clerk, Catharine Cust of North Stainley Hall nr. Ripon, widow of Revd. Daniel Mitford Cust rector of Great Stainton, and one of her daughters Charlotte Cust, spinster.
c) 18
April 1855
Receipt for £100, in full redemption of the above mortgage, by Edwards Cust, Catharine Cust and Charlotte Cust.
[B]
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44 30 September 1756
(1) 7 trustees (nos. 1, 6, 10, 13, 17-19)
(2) Elizabeth Wentworth of Bretton, Yorks., daughter of Sir William Wentworth, bart.
Mortgage of tolls by (1) to (2) to secure £500 and interest at £4.10s.%.
Signed (1): 10 seals.
Endorsement:
1 February 1783
Receipt by James Walker and Elizabeth Walker, lately called
Wentworth, for £518.15s. in full satisfaction of the above mortgage.
[B]
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