Reference code: GB-0033-OLD
Title: Old University Manuscripts
Dates of creation: 17th - 19th century
Extent: 1.5 metres
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: University of Durham. Library
Language:
English
The Old University Manuscripts, which are the forerunners of the University Library's Additional Manuscripts, are a miscellaneous collection of volumes and papers acquired by gift and purchase from a variety of sources, not all recorded, at
various dates before about 1930. They have been divided into three main categories: Antiquarian Volumes, Law Books, Lecture Notes and Sermons; and arranged in a roughly chronological order within each section. For the most part the original
reference numbers, indicating their position in the old University Library shelving sequence, have been retained. The numbers in the H.III and L.V sequences, applied to the volumes of lecture notes and sermons, have however been expanded and
re-assigned so that each item now has its own individual number.
The first group of manuscripts, containing material of antiquarian interest, includes a volume of transcripts relating to the rights and privileges of the city of Durham compiled in the late seventeenth century (which has been listed in detail),
a poll book for the first Parliamentary election for the county of Durham in 1675, a rate book, and collections of papers belonging to Thomas Bell of Newcastle upon Tyne surveyor and antiquarian, and William and John Fryer surveyors, also of
Newcastle upon Tyne.
The Law Books listed here include 11 Precedent and 2 Fine Books. It was a regular task of every newly articled clerk to compile books of precedents, personal reference books, containing examples of all types of legal documents: personal deeds,
deeds of property, documents required for court actions and, in Durham, notes on the rules and procedures to be observed in the Palatinate as well as the London Law Courts. They frequently took as their models documents which were recently drafted
by their master, and the less discreet among them preserved details such as dates and the names of places and parties. These books are therefore of general historical interest as they may contain the only surviving record of a particular
transaction.
The two Fine Books, from the offices of Durham attornies Francis Smales and his son Henry, are records relating to a particular stage in the course of the fictitious legal actions known as Fines and Recoveries, whereby the courts sanctioned a
conveyance of property. The books are registers of Fines and Recoveries, kept by the solicitors, with the signatures of parties and the solicitor's notes recording the receipt and delivery of the Indenture parts. Like the Precedent Books they may
contain information not available elsewhere.
The final section comprises notes on the lectures of Henry Jenkyns (1794?-1878), the first Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham 1839-1864, sermons and notes on the lectures of his successor Dr. Adam Storey Farrar (1826-1905)
Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History 1864-1905, and the sermons of Thomas Sanders Evans (1816-89), Canon of Durham and Professor of Greek 1862-89, with some additional material.
The lectures of Professor Jenkyns, which were delivered
ex tempore and never published, were very highly regarded at a time when Divinity was not systematically taught at either Oxford or Cambridge. When therefore
four volumes of notes by J. Low Low were offered for sale in 1888 Professor Farrar encouraged their purchase and appealed to other former students to donate their notes also or, at least, to lend them to the Library so that they could be copied. Ten
years later one of Professor Farrar's own students presented him with a fair copy of lecture notes and after his death these were given to the Library by his widow, together with exercise books containing some of his sermons. A similar act of homage
was performed by J. H. Burn when he transcribed the sermons of Canon Evans out of gratitude for the instruction he received while at Durham although he never took a degree or the Licentiate in Theology. These were given to the University Library by
his son R. Burn with other memorabilia about 1925.
A number of other miscellaneous manuscripts which were acquired before 1930 originally had numbers in the same Old University shelving sequence as the manuscripts listed here, but it is believed they were never used for citation purposes, and
they have been absorbed into the Additional Manuscripts class. The following numbers are listed here:
E.I.3
E.I.4
E.I.5
E.I.6
E.I.7
E.I.9
E.III.6
E.III.6A
E.III.7
E.III.7A
E.III.8
E.III.8A
E.III.9
E.III.10
E.III.11
E.III.12
E.III.13
E.III.14
F.III.52
H.III.20-21 now H.III.20-35
L.V.34-56 now L.V.34-100
Acquired by gift and possibly purchase from a variety of sources, not all recorded, at various dates.
Summary handlist of Additional Manuscripts
Antiquarian VolumesOld University Manuscript E.I.9 1617-1680
City of Durham MSS. 1617-80 (Spine title)
Volume compiled by or at the direction of John Hall of the city of Durham, draper, alderman and mayor of Durham in 1670 and 1674 (d.1697).
Contains John Hall's accounts as mayor in 1670 and 1674, and copies of documents concerning the rights and privileges of the city of Durham, 12th-17th (but mainly 17th) centuries including: the charters of Bishops Pudsey, Pilkington and Mathew
(with translation); charitable bequests; petitions and correspondence concerning Parliamentary representation; grants, leases and court records concerning the toll booth, borough rents, profits from markets and tolls, scavage corn, rights to make
freemen, the offices of bailiff and recorder; leases, charter, correspondence and other documents concerning Sunderland iuxta mare; rights over the port, haven and creek of Sunderland from low water mark at the bar of Sunderland to New Bridge, and
correspondence concerning beaconage and anchorage; loyal addresses to King James II, the resignation of the Bishop of Rochester as Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Affairs on the decision to proceed against clergy refusing to read the Declaration of
Indulgence; letter concerning the city's request for the abolition of the county palatine of Durham 1689, and tax assessments 1689.
Transcribed in various hands with some items written by John Hall himself.
ff. 16-33, 35v-44 would appear to have been copied, with some rearrangement, from George Walton's book as described by Robert Surtees,
History of Durham, IV ii 159-60.
ff. 45-53 were probably taken from Durham Corporation Order and Minute Book, 4 October 1602 - 9 March 1662 (Durham County Record Office Du/1/4/4), published by the Surtees Society,
Durham Civic Memorials, vol.CLX 1945, 22-29, 37-39, 52-54, 67.
ff. 59v-63 contain copies of items mentioned in George Walton's list of writings belonging to the city in 1626 (Surtees IV, ii 159).
The contents are listed here in chronological order (of original creation).
Paper, folio 166ff.
Size: 285 x 180 mm.
Binding: Modern half morocco binding with stamp of J.W. Menzies binder.
Formerly Phillips MS. 3598. Durham University Library stamp 30 December 1924.
Digitised material for City of Durham MSS 1617-80 - Old University Manuscript E.I.9 f.59v [1179]
Charter of Bishop Hugh Pudsey to the city of Durham; and Confirmation by Pope Alexander, 16 March.
f.63v 3 April [c.1437]
Licence to found the Guild of Corpus Christi in the church of St. Nicholas; granted by Bishop Thomas Langley to William Chauncellor Constable of Durham, Richard Barcley clerk, Thomas Tange, Robert Jackson and William Rackett.
f.63v 5 April [c.1437]
Licence to acquire lands, tenements and rents to the value of £10 per annum; granted by Bishop Thomas Langley to the Guild of Corpus Christi in the church of St. Nicholas.
f.64v 12 January [1448 or 1449]
Grant of the office of Marshall or Clerk of all the markets within the Bishopric of Durham to Robert Kelsey Esq. by Bishop Robert Neville.
f.60 31 March 1450
Grant by Thomas Billingham Esq. to Master John Lound, Alderman of the Guild of Corpus Christi in the Church of St. Nicholas, and burgesses of the city of Durham, of the spring rising in his field called Framwell Meadow in the manor of Sidgate;
with the right to pipe it, above or below the ground, to the Market Place in Durham at the annual rent of 13d.
f.61v 20 July [1450]
Confirmation of Thomas Billingham's grant by Bishop Robert Neville.
f.116 N.D.
Bill of Complaint of the burgesses and inhabitants of the borough of Durham to Cardinal Wolsey concerning the destruction of 6 yards of the water conduit from the Pant to the Market Place by Robert Lewen of Durham gent.; the denial of rights of
common between the feasts of St. Cuthbert in September and March by Sir Ralph Bowes and his heirs, Sir Thomas Tempest and others; the enclosure and denial of rights of common in the west end of Sheriff Meadow belonging to Ralph Billingham, the
Hoolecrofts belonging to Robert Lewen, closes boundering on the Windy Hills belonging to the Chantry of St. Leonards and Robert Lewen, closes called the Jewedd-knotts, the close beside the gallows, 2 closes belonging to Lord Lomley, the Bishop's
closes at Dryburn, a close on the north side of Cattdean Close now belonging to Thomas Colstane Walker, the Spittle Close belonging to the Spittle House, the South Milk Dean belonging to Robert Lewen, a close belonging to Sir John Waterfourth, the
Piper Close belonging to Michael Priston and closes belonging to Richard Radlyn of Midlam; and claiming that dogs have been set on to their cattle on the common pasture.
f.117 25 August in the 4th year of Thomas (Wolsey) Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Papal Legate, Primate and Chancellor of England and Bishop of
Durham
Decree referring the matter of the conduit pipe to arbitration and some of the disputed commons to the Lent Assizes; granting the complainants rights of common over the above mentioned closes with right of entry under the supervision of Bailiffs
if the owners do not make a gap in the hedges; and restraining the Prior of Finkhall, Robert Lewen, Thomas Fairbain and others from chasing off the cattle with dogs.
f.120 Wednesday after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (14 September) in the 6th year of our Lord Bishop
Names of those bringing an action concerning common rights on behalf of the Community of Durham in Durham Chancery and those appearing through their attornies; with depositions.
f.124 N.D.
Names of closes and grounds pertaining to the common of the city of Durham and witheld by their owners.
f.65 30 January 8 Elizabeth I (1566)
Charter of Bishop James Pilkington to the city of Durham.
f.40 8 December 38 Elizabeth I (1595)
Annual rent account for the borough of Sunderland iuxta mare including rents for burgages, landmales, tenements, salmon net, lands held by Ralph Bowes Esq. under Letters Patent granted by Elizabeth from which some money is payable to the Bishop
and the Parson of Bishop Wearmouth, and other lands in Sunderland.
f.126 20 July 1598
Will of Henry Smith making various charitable bequests including £10 to the poor and sick of the city of Durham and adjoining parishes, £4 to the poor in Bishop Auckland and £3 to the poor in Gateside; granting all his coal pits to the city of
Durham for the employment of youth and other idle persons; with codicils dated 6, 10 and 12 November 1598 and letter to the Bishop surrendering Carterhouse Coalpitts to the use of Mr. Alderman for the time being.
f.69 Feast of St. Mathew the Apostle 44 Elizabeth I (21 September 1602)
Charter of Bishop Tobias Mathew to the city of Durham and borough of Framwelgate.
f.80 (19ff. inserted into volume) 5 (sic.) February 3 James I (1606)
18th century translation of James I's Confirmation of Bishop Tobias Mathew's Charter to the city of Durham.
f.98 15 February 3 James I (1606)
Confirmation by James I of the Bishop Tobias Mathew's Charter to the city of Durham.
f.19 14 June 8 James I (1610)
Copy of the Record and Decree in the Court of the Exchequer in favour of Bishop William James, plaintiff against the citizens of Durham, re-asserting rights in respect of the Toll Booth, shops, rents, profits from the weekly market and two
headfairs a year, the Borough Court and 200 acres of moor and waste nigh Durham.
f.45 Easter 1617
Description of the ceremony with which the Mayor greeted James I on his visit to Durham; with copy of verses spoken by an apprentice boy calling on the King to confirm the charter and dignities of the city of Durham disputed by Bishop William
James.
f.47 [1617]
Description of the market cross erected in the city of Durham in 1617, at the charge of Thomas Emerson of Blackfriars, London, Esquire.
f.47v 25 & 26 November 1620
Petition by the Mayor (Timothy Comin), Aldermen and Citizens of the city of Durham for the right of Parliamentary representation for the city and county of Durham.
f.48v 21 January 1620/21
Letter from Timothy Comin, Mayor of the city of Durham, informing Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham, that William Hall is authorised to negotiate a new charter for the city; with power of attorney to William Hall, Alderman, from the Mayor, Aldermen
and Commonaltie of the city of Durham and Framwelgate.
f.49v 24 March 1621/22
Memorandum of the presentation of a gilded cup worth £5 to the Mayor, Aldermen and 24 in the Toll Booth in the city of Durham bequeathed by the Will of Thomas Cooke late Alderman of the city of Durham.
f.34 4 October 20 James I (1622)
Lease by Bishop Richard Neile to Edward Liveley of the city of Durham, gent., of: the borough and town of Sunderland nigh the Sea, with borough rent, free rents, duties, customs and profits; the port, haven and creek of Sunderland from the bar
and low watermark to the New Bridge nigh Lumeley Park commonly called Lumeley port, creek and haven with benefits and profits on all merchandise imported at Sunderland; the ferry boat of Sunderland and free passage across the water on both sides,
excepting only vessels carrying goods for the Bishop. For 21 years, at the usual and customary rents.
Confirmed by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 16 October 1622.
f.50 4 October 1622
Memorandum that John Lampton draper refused the office of mayor and was fined £20.
f.50v N.D.
“The Call of the Market”: form for giving notice of the fairs on the feasts of St. Cuthbert in September and March.
f.29 9 November 1624
Will of Hugh Hutcheson of Framwelgate, Alderman, entrusting the Mayor and Aldermen of Durham with charitable bequests to the amount of £160.
f.16 1626
List of writings, plate and other possessions belonging to the city of Durham given by George Walton, Mayor of Durham 1626, to his successor John Lambtonne.
f.35v 13 October 3 Charles I (1627)
Lease by Bishop Richard Neile to Thomas Mann of the city of Durham draper, Thomas Cooke, Thomas Tonstall and William Walton of the city of Durham mercers, of: the borough of Durham and Framwelgate; the house called the Tollbooth with shops,
houses and buildings under the same; borough rents, land mayles, rents, free rents, customs and services of the burgesses, freeholders and inhabitants; the benefit of admitting and making freemen of any trade exercised within the said city and
borough; weekly markets and annual fairs with authority to receive for their own use profits, commodities, perquisites, picages, stallages, scavellhyre, scavillcorn or scarvage corn, tolls, tallages, customs duties and usages; all courts i.e.
Borough Courts, Courts Leet and Courts Baron, with suit and service of burgesses, freeholders and inhabitants and the fines and profits belonging to them. For 21 years at a rent of £20. Confirmed by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 23 October
1627.
f.38 15 October 3 Charles I (1627)
Grant by Bishop Richard Neile to Nicholas Whitfield of the city of Durham, of the office of Water Bailiff in the borough and town of Sunderland iuxta mare, for life. Confirmed by the Dean and Chapter of Durham.
f.39 15 October 3 Charles I (1627)
Grant by Bishop Richard Neile to Ralph Allinson of the office of Bailiff of the city and borough of Durham for life. Confirmed by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 23 October 1627.
f.41 1 April 4 Charles I (1628)
Letters patent appointing a commission to survey and repair the banks, bridges, and watercourses between the port or haven of Sunderland and the New Bridge near Lumley; with powers to examine witnesses on oath, to tax according to ratable values
and distrain, to requisition timber, draft animals, implements and workmen on reasonable payment, and to make and enforce by laws.
f. 142 13 November 9 Charles I (1633)
Lease for 21 years by Bishop Thomas Morton to Sir William Bellasys Sheriff of Durham, Sir William Lambton of Lambton Kt., George Walton and Ralph Allanson of the city of Durham aldermen, and Thomas Tonstall of the city of Durham mercer, of the
borough and town of Sunderland nigh the Sea; and also the port, haven and creek of Sunderland extending from the bar to New Bridge near Lumley Park with all anchorage, beaconage, plankage, wharfage, ballist shores, pickage, stallage, poundage,
mettage of corn, salt and coals and all duties and benefits in respect of any vessel arriving, loading or unloading in the said port or creek, and also the ferry boat of Sunderland excepting all vessels for the use of the Bishop and his successors.
Rent: £10.
f.136 31 March 10 Charles I (1634)
Charter of Bishop Thomas Morton to the borough of Sunderland iuxta mare.
f.108 6 September 13 Charles I (1637)
Durham Chancery Decree concerning scavege or scavell corn in the case of Thomas Mann, Thomas Cooke, Thomas Tonstall and William Walton, lessees under a lease granted by Bishop Richard Neile 13 October 1627 on payment of £20 per annum, against
Margaret Forster, Robert Porrett, Richard Porrett, Anthony Dodsworth and Christopher Armstrong whereby: scavage toll is payable at a rate of 1 pint per bushell (12 gallons) on all corn, grain, oatmeal and salt brought into the city of Durham for
sale whether it is brought in on a market or a week day; with further rules for taking tolls and the conduct of the market.
f.8 26 February 1640/41
Abstract of the Will of Henry Hilton Esq. making bequests to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of parishes in the counties of Durham and Surrey out of his manors and lands in the county palatine of Durham.
f.51 11 August 1647
Letters patent from the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of Durham appointing John Turner of the Middle Temple Esq. Recorder of Durham.
f.52 2 April 15 Charles II (1663)
Order by John Cosin, Bishop of Durham, prohibiting an unauthorised market in the town and borough of Darlington.
f.112 7 September 16 Charles II (1664)
Durham Chancery Decree in favour of Stephen Thompson, William Jordan, Thomas Mascall, Ambrose Myers and Thomas Forcer, lessees under a lease for 3 lives from the Bishop of Durham, 1 November 1662, of inter alia : the
borough of Durham and Framwelgate with markets, fairs, piccages, stallages and scavell corn for £20 per annum in their case against Roger Talbot who has claimed exemption from the payment of scavage corn on behalf of the owners, tenants and
occupiers of the manor of Newton by virtue of a lease granted by Philip (of Poitou), Bishop of Durham (1197-1208), to William de Rydeing.
f.53 4 October 1664
Order by Mathew Bayles Mayor and the Aldermen for borrowing a further sum of £30, with arrangements for restoring the sum of £150 borrowed from the charitable stock to defend and prosecute suits touching Skavish or Skavill Corn.
f.52v 6 April 17 Charles II (1665)
Receipt by John Turner, Recorder of the city of Durham and Framwelgate, for £150 paid by the Mayor and Aldermen in respect of monies disbursed in procuring a lease of tolls and profits of the city and borough of Durham and Framwelgate from John
Cosin, Bishop of Durham.
f.115 9 June 1666
Order by Bishop John Cosin that the two serjeants of the city of Durham should proceed before the Mayor, with their halberds, whenever he goes to church or on any public occasion.
f.57v 20 August 1666
Abstract of the charters granted to the city of Durham by Bishops Hugh Pudsey (1179), James Pilkington (30 January 8 Elizabeth I, 1565) and Tobias Mathew (21 September 44 Elizabeth I, 1602); taken by William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms.
f.54 4 March-14 August 1667
Letter from the Burgomaster and Senators of the imperial city of Lübeck to the Mayor and Aldermen of Durham requesting the release of Henry Bearman mariner, a citizen of Lübeck, accused of the murder of a Norwegian in a brawl at South Shields;
with reply, dated 10 May 1667, that Henry Bearman will be tried at Durham Assizes in August; and subsequent letter informing them that the said Henry Bearman has been cleared of the charge and set free.
f.56v 24 October 1667
Petition by the Mayor, Gentlemen and Freeholders of the county of Durham (58 names) requesting Bishop John Cosin's approbation for the Bill to give Parliamentary representation to the county; assuring him that they will agree to the insertion of
clauses and provisoes for maintaining his palatine jurisdiction.
f.4v 1670 & 1674
Accounts of John Hall as Mayor of Durham.
f.160 1670 & 1674
Further accounts of John Hall as Mayor of Durham.
f.14 N.D.
Tables for the Assize of Bread . . . in London . . . and at Durham.
f.17 N.D.
Account of interest free loans of £5 apiece made to 8 poor tradesmen according to the Will of John Walton Bachelor of Divinity, Archdeacon of Derby and son of William Walton, Alderman of Durham.
f.18 N.D.
Note concerning a bequest of £20 to be lent for the benefit of poor tradesmen in Durham by Francis Bunny, Prebend of the Church of Durham and Parson of Ryton.
f.150v 17 August 1671
Order of the Court of Assizes and General Gaol Delivery in the county of Durham setting out 14 articles on which presentments should in future be made to the court by the High Constables of every hundred, the Petty Constables and Tything men in
every parish and hamlet in the county of Durham.
f.144 15 December 24 Charles II (1672)>
Abstract of lease for 21 years from John Cosin “the late lord Bishop of Durham” to Robert Adamson gent. of the borough of Sunderland, borough rents, other rents duties and customs; and also the port, haven and creek of Sunderland from the bar and
low watermark to the New Bridge near Lumley Park with the office of water bailiff and anchorage, beaconage, plankage, wharfage, groundage and pondage. Rent: £10.
f.125v 3 December 1674
Receipt by John Hall, Mayor of Durham, in respect of £3.6.0d payable by the Mayor of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne for the relief of prisoners in Durham Gaol and other poor of the City by the gift of Mr. Frankland.
f.153 7 March 27 Charles II (1675)
Example of a certificate for an idle vagrant rogue: Certificate that William Hardy was publicly whipped in the Market Place and is to be returned to his birthplace at Hayick in Tividall in Scotland.
f.153v N.D.
Opinion of the Attorney General Sir William Johnes and Mr. Leanings that John Sparke of Gateshead, whose name is incorporated in a charter from the Bishop of Durham to the borough of Gateshead, is not free to trade as a mercer, because he has not
served an apprenticeship.
f.132 1 April 1675
Letter from the Mayor John Hall and 9 Aldermen to Bishop Nathaniel Crewe recommending Alderman Baikewell of London and Will. Blaikeston as aldermen for the city of Durham.
f.133 1 April 1675
Letter from Bishop Nathaniel Crewe to the Mayor John Hall, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of Durham recommending the Earl of Roscommon (Wentworth Dillon 4th Earl of Roscommon) to serve as one of their burgesses in the forthcoming
election.
f.134 9 April 1675
Letter from John Hall to John Parcus (Parkhurst) Esq. informing him that the Bishop's request regarding the Earl of Roscommon will be communicated to the different companies by their wardens.
f.135 [April 1675]
Letter from the Mayor John Hall, the Aldermen and Common Council of Durham to Bishop Nathaniel Crewe accepting the Bishop's nomination (of the Earl of Roscommon) although the gentleman “is altogether unknown to us” and requesting him to reject
petitions to set up or enlarge new markets in the county because of the damage they would do to the market at Durham.
f.144 13 October 1675
Letter from the inhabitants of the town of Sunderland to the Lord Viscount Lumblie thanking him for his intercession with the Bishop of Durham for the recovery of their ancient rights of beaconage and anchorage; informing him that when Bishop
Morton granted their two charters and lease of beaconage and anchorage he also made an Instrument called a Consolidation whereby the city of Durham and Sunderland were united and consolidated as to the privileges granted by the charters and lease,
and that they therefore have no objection to the city of Durham being included in a renewal of the Consolidation; expressing fears that the lease might be granted to a private person and requesting his continuing support. 34 names appended.
f.145 13 October 1675
Letter from Walter Ettricke to Lord Lumblie asking him to mediate with the Duke (of York?) on behalf of the town of Sunderland on the matter of beaconage and anchorage; informing him of the support of Mr. Parkhurst (steward to the Bishop of
Durham) and Colonel Tempest; and expressing the fear that Newcastle is “now in hopes to make our river som thing”.
f.146 N.D.
Address of the Grand Inquest of the County Palatine of Durham at the General Assizes affirming loyalty to the King.
2ff. attached to f.146v N.D.
Address of the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of Durham to the King, giving thanks for his preservation “notwithstanding the devilish attempts and plots of our adversaries the papists and others”.
f.155 9 July 35 Charles II (1683)
Loyal address from the Mayor John Hutchingson, the Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of Durham giving thanks for the deliverance of the King and his brother James Duke of York from a “most traterous and blody Conspiricy” (the Rye
House Plot).
f.147 [16 August 1688]
Letter from the Bishop of Rochester to his fellow Commissioners for Ecclesiastical affairs viz. the Bishops of Durham, Oxford, St. Davids and Chester, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice Wright, Justice Allabon and Justice Jenner, resigning
his commission because of their decision to proceed against those who have not complied with the King's command to read his Declaration (of Indulgence) but who are otherwise loyal to the Crown.
f.148 7 March 1688/89
Letter from Robert Dormer to the Mayor of Durham to be communicated to the Aldermen and others of that Corporation, responding to their letters to himself, Lord Lumley and their representatives Mr. Liddle and Mr. Lambton requesting the abolition
of the county palatine of Durham as inconvenient and prejudicial to the persons subject to its jurisdiction; conveying his Lordship's decision to give the parties concerned three weeks to prepare their arguments before he brings the matter before
Parliament.
f.155v 25 March 1689
Quarterly tax assessment for the county of Durham by Act of Parliament for granting a present aid to their Majesties.
f.156v 1 May 1689
Directions contained in Act of Parliament for raising money for the recovery of Ireland by a poll tax.
Old University Manuscript E.I.4 1675
Poll Book for 1675
Poll Book for the first Parliamentary election for the County of Durham, taken before the Sheriff of Durham, Sir Gilbert Gerard Bt., 21 June 1675.
Gives the name and place of residence of those voting for Sir James Clavering Bt., Thomas Vane Esq. and John Tempest Esq., with the totals of votes cast for each candidate (f.30).
Paper, folio 30ff.
Size: 320 x 390 mm.
Binding: 18th century binding, half calf, marbled paper over boards.
Bookplate of Richard Towneley of Towneley, Lancs., 1702.
Phillipps MS. 8880
Noted by H. Klieneberger,
Durham elections: a list of material relating to parliamentary elections in Durham, 1675-1874 (1956) no.1.
Digitised material for Co Durham election poll book, 1675 - Old University Manuscript E.I.4
Old University Manuscript E.I.7 [18th century]
Rate Book, 17th - 18th century
18th century copy of the Book of Rates for the County Palatine of Durham, including Norham, Island and Bedlington Shires, made 1647 and confirmed 1680; with a copy of the tax raised upon Papists' estates by Act of Parliament (9 George I
1722-23).
f.43 (bound in) Memorandum by J.W.E. Willis concerning the rates for the parish of Gateshead: showing that the values given in a list of persons paying the county rate up till the time Dr. Prosser became Rector (1782) are one third of the values
given in the Book of Rates made 1647. Watermark dated 1812.
Paper, folio 47ff.
Size: 315 x 200 mm.
Phillipps MS. 21193 & 23154
Old University Manuscript E.I.6 [1676-1895]
Collected papers of Thomas Bell of Newcastle upon Tyne (1790?-1860), land surveyor, valuer and antiquarian.
Spine title: Liddell's Estate Papers Co. Durham 1717
24 items relate to the Liddell family of Farnacres and Farnacres Colliery in the parish of Whickham. They include transcripts of deeds and of the registration of the estates of Henry Liddell of the city of Durham at Durham Quarter Sessions 30
April 1717 pursuant to the Act of Parliament obliging Papists to register their names and estates, a pedigree, memoranda and correspondence concerning the unsuccessful attempt to identify the ancient boundaries of Farnacres Chantry lands in 1841,
1676-1895.
The remaining items include monumental inscriptions from the churches or churchyards of Stanhope, Whitburn, Ebchester, Brancepeth, Witton-le-Wear and Jarrow; press cuttings, printed notices, advertisements, prospectuses and particulars of sale,
valuations, rentals, correspondence and memoranda relating to a variety of places mostly in the north and east of the county of Durham. From f.64 items are arranged roughly according to place, Boldon . . . . . Jarrow, 1760-1847.
Durham University Library stamp 30 December 1924.
Folio, 135 items mounted or bound in.
Size: 335 x 200 mm.
Old University Manuscript E.III.6 [ca.1802-1848]
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence belonging to William and John Fryer, surveyors, of Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1802-1848.
Spine Title: Abstract of Title to Lintz Garth Co. Durham. The Description of the Scite of Lanercost Priory.
Includes papers relating to Lintzgarth in Rookhope in Weardale; Crown rents in Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland and North Wales; Crown property in the manors of Ennerdale, Garston, Agberth and the rectory of Aldingham, and the Crown lease
of Lanercost Priory lands; tithes in the township of Ryhope; and property at Hylton Ferry.
Paper, folio 82 ff. (45 items bound in)
Size: 330 x 210mm.
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Phillipps MS. 17262
Digitised material for Papers of William and John Fryer, surveyors - Old University MS E.III.6
Law BooksOld University Manuscript E.I.3 [1680-1805]
Precedent book belonging to William Hutchinson, written by several hands. Spine title: Durham Collection. Hutchinson. Law cases (William Hutchinson, 1705-1777, lawyer, father of William Hutchinson the historian of County Durham).
Contains some 240 examples in English and Latin of documents used in Durham Palatinate Courts ca.1680-1805, including: Declarations, Narrations, Bills of Complaint, Indictments, Pleas, Fines, Recoveries, Actions in Ejectment, Affidavits, Writs
and Warrants; Rules and Orders for procedure in Durham Court of Pleas, Durham Chancery and the County Court, laid down in the late 17th and 18th centuries; tables of fees (pp.250-263, 461-467); and also a copy of
Attorneys Practice Epitomized or the Method, Times and Expences of Proceeding in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas . . . . . . by John Worrall and William Reeve, 7th edition 1753 (pp.309-350).
Names of parties and places are mostly preserved, with some indication of date. Of particular note are the documents arising from a dispute between William Joliffe Esq. and Sir Ralph Milbanke concerning the right of presentation to the church of
Chester le Street, 1754-1774 (pp.238-246, 446-449); and cases concerning liability to pay poor rate in the townships of Elvet, 1751 (pp.297-302), and Wolsingham, 1758-59 (pp.360-382).
Documents are arranged and indexed according to their form so that items arising from a single case may be dispersed under different headings depending on which stage of the process they represent. The Table of Contents (pp. i-xviii) provides a
partial and not always accurate index of forms for pp. 5-268. Some items are indexed under several headings.
Calligraphic inscription on p.1: “Will[ielm]us Hutchinson Ejus Liber Anno D[o]m[ini] 1727”.
Paper, folio xviii, 506 pages
Size: 350 x 225mm.
Binding: 19th century binding, half calf, marbled paper over boards.
19th century bookseller's ticket “Lovesy, Imperial Library, Opposite the Imperial Hotel Promenade Cheltenham” and inscription “Phillipps MS. 6828” now obscured by new pastedown.
Digitised material for Legal precedent book of William Hutchinson - Old University MS E.I.13 Old University Manuscript E.III.13 [1693-1726]
Precedent Book containing examples of marriage settlements, declarations of trust, dispositions of lands and monies comprised in trusts, mortgages and other deeds, all but three entries written in the same hand.
Most of the deeds are dated between 1693 and 1698 and, where specified, relate to properties in London and the home counties. A small number concerning properties in Durham or Yorkshire are dated between 1720 and 1726. Names of parties are often
reduced to initials and details of premises frequently omitted.
Includes:
p.iii: Agreement whereby Charles Carr of the city of Durham, merchant, is contracted to supervise the loading and unloading of keels carrying coals from Morton Colliery belonging to Thomas Smith of Morton House Esq. to Sunderland, and to keep
accounts of the ships to which they are delivered, 24 December 1726.
p.5: Declaration of trust and other documents in respect of the affairs of Rt.Hon. Richard, Earl of Scarbrough and his wife Frances, 1697-98.
Also contains Latin precedents written in court hand for different types of pleas arranged alphabetically “A . . . . . . . D”, cases and a royal warrant to the Bishop of Durham (William Talbot), temp. George II. Most of the names and dates have
been omitted.
Paper, folio, parchment cover 128ff. pages numbered: i-iv, 1-158 (no p.31), 1-98. pp.124-158, 30-40, 84-98 blank.
Size: 294 x 170mm.
Presented by J.G. Wilson 1916.
Old University Manuscript E.III.8A [1717-ca.1752]
Precedent book written in several hands, possibly begun by John Ogle, later belonging to Robert Robinson.
Modern spine title: Durham County Palatine Courts. Robert Robinson's Book of Precedents.
Contains precedents mostly for title deeds and marriage settlements, with some petitions, affidavits and other documents relating to Actions in Ejectment, in respect of premises in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, London, Norfolk, Northumberland and
Yorkshire as well as the County of Durham. Some names of parties and premises are preserved but very few dates. Index of forms pp.iv-xv.
Includes:
p.113: Will of Robert Robinson of Richmond gent. Mentions premises in Richmond, Bondgate in Darlington, Low Conniscliffe and Darlington. Among the beneficiaries the name of his godson Robert Robinson, son of his nephew Peter Robinson of the City
of Durham barber, is underlined, n.d.
p.125: Table of costs allowed in the County Court.
p.282: Settlement after the marriage of George Baker (of Elemore Hall) and Judith Routh, omitting details of premises. (The marriage took place 27 May 1749).
p.374: Lease of wayleave in the parish of Chester le Street by Ralph Clavering to Edward Wortley, George Liddell, George Bowes and Thomas Bowes (the Allies), 1 October 1728.
p.432: Articles of Agreement concerning the purchase of premises in the parish of Gainford by George Bowes for £2,900, 12 December 1752.
p.426: Lease of 5 sixth parts of Farnacres Colliery in the parish of Whickham by the widow of Cuthbert Liddell and others to Thomas Harvey of Mincing Lane gent., n.d.
p.438: Notes on a book on “Trials
per Pais ”, mentioning the opinion of Coke.
Inscriptions: “Jno. Ogle pretium v s. 1717”, “Robt. Robinson ex donis [erased] Anno Domini 1749”, trial signatures of Robert Robinson one dated 1752, and various jottings on front flyleaf (p.i); “Robt. Robinson's Book of Precedents being the
[Gift] of Mr. John [Ogle?]”, and underneath in the same hand “Robert Robinson's Book 1750” (p.455).
Paper, folio xvi+457pp.
Size: 325 x 205mm.
Presented by J.G. Wilson 1916.
Digitised material for Durham courts precedent book - Old University MS E.III.8A
Old University Manuscript E.III.11 [ca.1745-50]
Law notes and precedent book belonging to Bowes Grey Esq., written in several hands, c1745-50.
Contents:
p.ii: List of contents for pp.1-119, added in the nineteenth century.
p.v: Tables of fees payable in the Court of Pleas at Durham, the County Court and for Actions in Ejectment.
p.1: Precedents for Affidavits, some dated 1742, and Warrants of Attorney.
p.11: Notes on the Nature of Actions with directions for various court procedures.
p.77:Practice of the Court of Chancery at Durham.
p.82: Orders for proceeding in suits in Durham Chancery.
p.86: Standing Rules for the Court of Pleas at Durham.
p.90: Table of fees payable in the Chancery Court at Durham.
p.108: Precedents for Conveyances, Leases, Asignments, Settlements etc. A substantial number of the names of parties and places have been preserved but very few dates. Many of the deeds concern Dean and Chapter or Bishop's Leasehold and Copyhold
premises. Others relate to the Rectories of Bishop Wearmouth (p.189), Kirkby Irelyth in Lancashire (p.108), St. Nicholas and St. Giles (p.209), Whitburn (p.221), Barmiston in Yorkshire (p.223) and Hurworth upon Tease (p.242); or to the affairs of
Sir William Williamson ( passim ), the Hon. Charles Montague (pp.153-7), John Eden Esq. (Marriage Settlement p.161), John Tempest of Sherburn (p.209), John Hedworth (p.232), Rev. John Morton D.D. Archdeacon of
Northumberland (pp.250-8) and John Moreland of Windlestone gent. (p.261). Also include leases or agreements for working collieries at Gibside, Swalwell and Marley Hill (p.154), Elvet and Crossgate moors (p.213), Newbottle and Houghton le Spring
(p.229), South Biddick (p.244) and the lease of a waggonway at Ryton and Crawcrook (p.150).
p.371: Precedents for Declarations in Durham Court of Pleas.
Inscription on p.i: “Bowes Grey Esquire Durham”.
Paper, folio vi+385pp. (pp.267-359 blank).
Size: 322 x 198mm.
Binding: Marbled paper over boards.
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Old University Manuscript E.III.12 [ca.1748-]
Precedent book containing the forms for writs issuing out of courts at Durham with Orders and scales of charges relating to Durham and London courts and specimen accounts, written in several hands, mid-eighteenth century.
Spine title: Durham County Palatine, Cursitor's Office Writs.
Contents:
p.v: Index of forms, up to p.36.
p.1: Forms of writs issuing out of the Cursitor's Office at Durham.
p.38: Fees payable to the Clerk of Chancery for enrolment of licences and pardons of Alienation; Orders concerning Fines, late 17th and 18th centuries.
p.48: Writs issuing out of the Prothonotary's Office.
p.105: Rules in the Court of Pleas at Durham, 17th century.
p.112: Rules in Durham Chancery, 17th century.
p.116: Rule regarding payments to the Jury in the County Court, 28 June 1769.
p.117:Writs issuing out of the County Court Office at Durham, c.1750-.
p.149: Tables of charges for suing writs in Kings Bench, Exchequer of Pleas, Common Pleas and the Exchequer at Westminster.
p.200: Accounts taxed in the Court of Pleas and County Court in Durham, with some names and dates, 1748-69.
Paper, 4to 275ff. [xxxiv+228 numbered pp. (pp.130-148 blank).+144 blank ff.]
Size: 198 x 155mm.
Presented by J.G. Wilson 1916.
Digitised material for Durham courts Precedent book, mid 18th century - Old University MS E.III.12
Old University Manuscript E.III.8 1766-
Law notes and precedent book compiled by Ralph Gale junior, 1766-; later belonging to Richard Radcliffe, son of Richard Radcliffe of Cockermouth merchant, articled to George Pearson 16 May 1775.
Volume is written from both ends, and both sections are indexed.
Front title: The Practice of the Courts at Durham. Contains notes on the nature of actions and directions for proceeding; with precedents for
precipes and for entering judgements.
End title: Precedents, Declarations etc.
Contains precedents for Declarations etc. in the County Court and Court of Pleas of Durham.
Inscriptions: “Ra. Gale 1766” on front cover, “Ra Gale jnr 1766” on front flyleaf (erased) and “Ra. Gale” on end fly leaf. Further inscription: “R. Radcliffe” on front flyleaf.
Paper, folio ii+176pp.
Size: 318 x 204mm.
Binding: Stiff vellum binding, marked “A” on front cover.
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Digitised material for Durham courts precedent book - Old University MS E.III.8
Old University Manuscript E.III.7 1766-
Law notes and precedent book compiled by Ralph Gale junior, 1766-; later belonging to Richard Radcliffe, son of Richard Radcliffe of Cockermouth merchant, articled to George Pearson 16 May 1775.
Volume is written from both ends, and both sections are indexed.
Contains notes on:
Rights of inheritance in the Province of York.
The inheritance and disposal of customary estates in Stanhope and the manor of Tinmouth.
Tenant rights and services in the Park and Forest of Weardale including a copy of the verdict of the Weardale Jury, 10 February 38 Elizabeth (1596); with a memorandum on an attached paper amending the date of the verdict to 4 February, noting
other copies and referring to Hutchinson's
History III 290, initialled W.W. (watermark dated 181-).
Standing rules and practice in the Durham Court of Pleas, Durham County Court, the Exchequer of Pleas and the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster.
Also contains precedents for appeals to the Exchequer, under the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, for release from Durham Goal 1743, petitions to the Commissioners of Customs and
in forma pauperis, and the
process in taking Fines and Recoveries in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. Some names of parties and properties have been preserved and several are dated 1765 and 1766.
Erased Inscription: “Ra Gale jnr 1766” on front flyleaf in the same hand as the text.
Further inscriptions: “R. Radcliffe” on front flyleaf and “Richd. Radcliffe” on end flyleaf, written in an 18th century hand, possibly by the same person.
Paper, folio ii+88+iipp.
Size: 323 x 206mm.
Binding: Marbled paper wrapper with sticker marked “No 5” on end cover.
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Digitised material for Durham courts precedents - Old University MS E.III.7 Old University Manuscript E.III.10 1767-
Law notes and precedent book compiled by Ralph Gale junior, 1767-; later belonging to Richard Radcliffe, son of Richard Radcliffe of Cockermouth merchant, articled to George Pearson 16 May 1775.
Volume is written from both ends, and both sections are indexed.
Contains precedents for Interrogatories, Depositions, Warrants of Attorney, Warrants to discharge prisoners, Subpoenas, endings of Bills Answers Notices etc., conditions of Bonds and (at the back) Affidavits.
Includes:
p.iii: Attached paper containing the form of a Double Warrant of Attorney to Mr. John O. and Mr. John H. or any other attorney in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer of Pleas at Westminster and the Court of Pleas at Durham. Verso
(in pencil): “Robt. Lamb agt. Mich. Lee; the same agt. Mich. Mason . . . . ”
p.57: Plea, Replication and Rejoinder of Henry Earl of Darlington, in the case of the King against Henry Earl of Darlington at the suit of George Baker of Elemore Hall Esq., concerning the Earl's right to be elected and exercise the office of
Alderman of the City of Durham while non-resident in the City, Easter Term 7 George III (1767).
p.85: Plea, Replication and Rejoinder of Abraham Cooper plumber, in the case of the King against Abraham Cooper at the suit of George Baker of Elemore Hall Esq., concerning Cooper's right to hold the office of Warden in the Company of Goldsmiths,
Plumbers, Pewterers, potters, glaziers and Painters without having first served in the offices of younger and elder Steward, Easter Term 7 George III (1767).
p.107: Plea, Replication and Rejoinder of John Lamb, in the case of the King against John Lamb Esq. at the suit of John Hewitt of the Inner Temple gent., concerning his election as Mayor of Durham 4 October 6 George III (1766), Trinity Term 7
George III (1767).
Inscription: “Ra Gale jnr 1767” on front flyleaf (erased) and on end flyleaf.
Further inscriptions: “R. Radcliffe” on front flyleaf.
Paper, folio iv+180pp.
Size: 315 x 200mm.
Binding: Stiff vellum binding
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Old University Manuscript E.III.9 [1777-]
Precedents in Conveyancing (Cover title, in ms.)
Precedent book possibly compiled by Francis Smales, son of Rev. Francis Smales of Kirby Ravensworth in Yorkshire, articled to Thomas Hugall 1 January 1777 and assigned to Wilkinson Maxwell 13 March 1780.
Contains memoranda on conveyancing and the ingrossment of deeds (p.i-ii), precedents for all kinds of deeds relating to property and directions for levying a Fine and passing Recoveries (pp.507-514), with index of forms (pp.iii-xvi).
The names of most parties are reduced to initials. Dates and the names of properties are largely omitted. A substantial number of entries retain some details however. Many of these date from the 1770's or earlier, and relate to properties in and
around the City of Durham (pp.7, 13, 18, 35, 59, 69, 82, 91, 187, 193); Trimdon (p.10), Shadforth (pp.24, 77), Shield Row (p.27), the capital messuage or mansion house in Witton upon Wear (p.46), Seaham (p.51), Wolsingham Moor (p.62), Stranton
(p.88), Claxton (p.147), Houghton (p.202), Middleston (p.224), Heworth (p.227), the Rose and Crown Inn at Barnard Castle (p.243), Lanchester (p.275), the Rectory of Ingleby and Advowson of Ingleby Church (p.344), and Redmarshall (p.468), all in the
county of Durham; Acton New Mill in Shotley (p.41) and the Rectory of Bywell St. Peter (p.263) in Northumberland; Sedburgh (p.416), Kirklington (p.460) and the division of commons in the parish of Snaith 1743 (p.498) in Yorkshire; Preston Richard
(p.420), Orton (p.433) and Keastwick (p.448) in Westmorland; Cartmel in Lancashire (p.428); Tithes in the parish of Hawkshurst in Kent 1743 (p.484); and Newstead in Nottinghamshire (p.540).
Other entries include:
p.72: Deed declaring the uses of a lease of land for South Shields market, 17 March 1773.
p.119: Will of George Johnson of the City of Durham gent., 17 October 1747. Gives all law books and mss. in his office at the time of his death to Mr. William Rudd, son of Thomas Rudd Esq.
pp.120 and 407: Marriage Settlement of Robert Wren of Binchester and Rebecca Farrer [c.1712] and subsequent transactions in 1744.
p.296: Colliery lease from Thomas and Robert Hunter to the Hon Edward Wortley [1728].
p.309: Lease of wayleave across lands in the town fields of Pelton to Mr. (Thomas) Allan, 10 June 1743.
p.317: Marriage settlement of George Baker of Elemore Hall and Judith Routh [ca.1749].
p.347: Marriage Settlement of James Clavering (of Greeencroft) and Elizabeth Vane.
p.487: Conveyance of a house to be used as a place of worship and a school house by John Wesley of Lincolns College in the University of Oxford, 4 March 1745.
p.531: Mortgage by Ralph Gowland to W. Dixon for a further sum of £400, the premises having been previously mortgaged 31 July 1765, 1 August 1766.
Many entries initialled “H.B.” in red ink. Copies of deeds perused or drawn by T. Hugall, pp.184-236, 245-289.
2 papers attached at p.6 and 1 each at pp. 57, 195, and 490; 2 loose papers at p.404.
Trace of initials “F.S.” on spine.
Paper, folio xvi+551pp.
Size: 325 x 205 mm.
Binding: Marbled paper over boards
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916.
Old University Manuscript E.III.14 1786-
Practice of the Temporal Courts of the County Palatine of Durham (Spine title)
Law notes and precedent book compiled by Nathaniel Atcheson, son of Anthony Atcheson of Portsmouth merchant, articled to William Charlton of Sunderland near the Sea gent. 5 September 1786.
Includes:
p.1: “The Practice of the Temporal Courts of Durham”. Copy of a treatise containing detailed directions for pursuing all types of Actions.
p.67: “Privilegio Episcopi Dunelmensis”. Copy of an account of the Palatine Jurisdiction of the Bishops of Durham.
p.75: “The Custom of the Province of York concerning the distribution of Intestate's Personal Estate”.
p.89: Forms of Declarations, Notices, Warrants, Subpoenas, Replications, Proceedings in Ejectment and Affidavits; including a bankrupt's oath (p.150) and a list of fees (p.151).
p.247: Declarations in uncommon actions arising outside Durham; including a Declaration on a Policy of Insurance, the ship wrecked in port, with form of the Insurance Policy endorsed with the name Atcheson attached, 2ff. (p.259).
Inscription on title page: “Nat. At[ch]eson, 1786”.
Paper, 4to. ii+351pp.
Size: 230 x 190mm.
Binding: Marbled paper over boards
Presented by J.G. Wilson 1916.
Phillipps MS. 9398, bought by him from Thomas Thorpe (1836 cat. no.397, £1 11s 6d). Sold in the 1895 Phillipps sale, lot 271, to H. Gray (£1 10s).
Digitised material for Practice of the Temporal Courts of the County Palatine of Durham - Old University MS E.III.14
Old University Manuscript E.I.5 1820-1828
Precedent book compiled by Christopher Sherwood of Snow Hall, Gainford (1801-33), Darlington Attorney and Coroner. Begun in 1820 and written in his own hand until 22 July 1825 (p. 316), thereafter continued in other hands until 1828.
Spine title: Legal MSS. Co. of Durham. C. Sherwood 1820.
Contents:
pp.1-273: “Observations on Deeds by Mr. Butler”, followed by examples of all kinds of property and family deeds, covenants and provisoes. For the most part details of dates, names and places are reduced to initial letters or omitted altogether.
With index of forms, pp. iii-xiv.
pp.286-316: 4 examples of petitions for private Acts of Parliament and copy of the Will of George Edward Calvert.
pp.274-285, 317-462: Continuation written in several hands until 1828: transcripts of 17 deeds in which the names of parties and properties have been preserved. A number of them involve members of the Sherwood family, relatives or close family
friends.
pp.463-465: Transcript of an exchange of letters between Revd. J.W. Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow, and Sir James Scarlett, M.P. for Peterborough (formerly on the Northern Circuit), printed in
The Times 8 July 1828, in which Sir James responds to the Vicar's disapproval of a toast customarily given at the table of the Bar of the Northern Circuit which makes it the duty and pleasure of every man to seduce his
neighbour's child or sleep with his friend's wife.
Inscription on front pastedown: “C. Sherwood Dec. 4th 1820”.
Durham University Library stamp 30 December 1924.
Paper, folio xvi+466pp.
Size: 370 x 235 mm.
Old University Manuscript E.III.7A 1800
Fine Book from October 1800. (Cover title, in ms.)
Register of Fines and Recoveries begun by Ralph Lindsay in the office of Francis Smales, 8 October 1800-11 June 1807.
Contains acknowledgements of 23 Fines and 8 Recoveries in respect of premises in the City and County of Durham, including the manors of Winston and Haleigh conveyed by the Earl of Bridgewater to Sir Abraham Hume April 1804 (f.9), the manor of
Bradbury conveyed by Richard Wright Esq. to Robert Surtees Esq. February 1806 (f.17v) and a moiety of the manor of Stranton conveyed by William Lynn to Henry Donkin gent. March 1807 (f.20); with memoranda recording the receipt and delivery of
indenture parts, initialled “R.L.” until September 1802. Thereafter the signature of Francis Smales occurs frequently and he is named as the Tenant in most of the Recoveries. Ralph Lindsay of Durham was articled to Francis Smales 22 June 1798.
Inscription: “R. Lindsay” on inner side of folded front wrapper.
Further inscription: “Mr Fra. Smales” on back cover.
Paper, folio 23 ff.
Size: 330 x 205 mm.
Binding: Contemporary paper wrappers
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916
Digitised material for Durham courts fines book 1800-07 - Old University MS E.III.7A Old University Manuscript E.III.6A 1822-1830
Fine Book commencing 10th. Decr. 1822, and ending Decr. 1830. (Cover title, in ms.)
Register of Fines and Recoveries, probably from the office of Henry Smales of the North Bailey in the City of Durham, attorney, 1822-30.
Contains acknowledgements of 63 Fines and 4 Recoveries in respect of premises in the County of Durham and in Bywell St. Peter, Northumberland, including 14 relating to premises in the City of Durham, 12 in Barnard Castle and 11 in Darlington (one
of which involoves members of the Pease family f.53); with memoranda on the progress of the case, mostly recording the receipt and delivery of indenture parts, some initialled “H.S”.
Paper, folio 57 ff.
Size: 314 x 208 mm.
Binding: Stiff vellum binding, damaged.
Presented by J.G. Wilson, 1916
Digitised material for Register of Durham Court Fines and Recoveries, 1822-30 - Old University MS E.III.6A
Lecture Notes and SermonsOld University Manuscripts L.V.34-52 1842-1859
Notes on the lectures of Henry Jenkyns (1795-1878), Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham 1839-1864.
The lectures which Henry Jenkyns gave to students in Divinity over a two year cycle were never written down or published. In 1888 four volumes of notes by J. Low Low were offered for sale and purchased by the University Library. An effort was
then made to collect the complete set of lectures by appealing to former students to donate their notes or lend them for copying.
19 volumes, 4to.
1842-1844
Notes on the lectures of Professor Jenkyns by J. Low Low, M.A. 1846, afterwards Vicar of Whittonstall.
In a printed insert on f.i of Old University Manuscript L.V.34 Professor A.S. Farrar comments on the purchase of J. Low Low's notes, emphasises the significance of the lectures at a time when there was no systematic teaching of Divinity at Oxford
or Cambridge, and appeals to other students to lend their notes for copying, June 1888.
Old University Manuscript L.V.34 1842-1843
On Eusebius, Eccl[esiastical] History . Mich. & Epiph. Terms 1842-43.
With list of contents.
v+289ff. numbered in two sequences.
Size: 238 x 186mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.35 1842-1843
On Councils, Papacy, Br[itish] Church. Easter Term 1843.
With list of contents.
i+178ff. numbered in two sequences with 12 blank ff. between ff.28 and 29.
Size: 240 x 189mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.36 1842-1843
On Forms of Worship. Mich. Term 1843.
With list of contents and printed insert as in Old University Manuscript L.V.34.
ii+190 ff. numbered 1-175, with additional ff. between ff.46 & 47 and ff.95 & 96 respectively.
Size: 234 x 185mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.37 1842-1843
On the 39 Articles. Epiph. & Easter Terms 1844.
With list of contents and index to Articles.
i+237ff.
Size: 238 x 186mm.
1849
Notes on the lectures of Professor Jenkyns by Richard Glover, L.Th. 1851, afterwards Rev. Richard Glover, St. Luke's, W. Holloway, transcribed 1888:
Old University Manuscript L.V.38 1849
On Prophecy. Mich. Term 1849.
On f.1 A. S. Farrar gives an account of the University Sunday lectures which were compulsory for all students, explaining that their unpopularity gave rise to disorderly behaviour making it difficult for students to hear and take notes and that
consequently it has been difficult to obtain suitable notebooks to copy, 18 July 1888.
124ff. (ff.28-end blank).
Size: 240 x 184mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.39 1849
On Interpretation and Criticism. Mich. Term 1849.
Printed insert as in Old University Manuscript L.V.34, with copy of circular letter sent by A.S. Farrar to about thirty men requesting notes on Canon Jenkyns' lectures for copying, June 1888.
iv+164ff. (ff.80-end blank).
Size: 240 x 184mm.
[1855-1857]
Notes on the lectures of Professor Jenkyns by Henry Ellershaw, B.A. 1857, afterwards Rev. Henry Ellershaw, Berwick on Tweed, presented by his son of the same name June 1895.
Old University Manuscript L.V.40 1855-1857
Notes on the Epistles to the Corinthians. n.d.
Label on cover addressed to Rev. Henry Ellershaw, Berwick on Tweed.
ii+185ff. (ff.64-end blank).
Size: 237 x 188mm.
Old University Manuscipt L.V.41 1855-1857
Primitive Liturgies. n.d.
iv, 186ff. (ff.112-end blank).
Size: 240 x 187mm.
1858-1859
Notes on the lectures of Professor Jenkyns by Joseph Thomas Fowler M.A. 1861, afterwards Hebrew Lecturer and Librarian in the University of Durham.
Old University Manuscript L.V.42 1858-1859
Ecclesiastical History (front cover title) and Criticism (rear cover title).
Written from both ends. Paper containing notes enclosed.
93ff.(numbered 1-79,[1]-[14]), and 1 enclosure.
Size: 227 x 182mm.
1854-1858
Notes on the lectures of Professor Jenkyns by O. Pickard-Cambridge M.A. 1858, and presented by him, August 1915. Each volume has a crest and the initials “O.P.C.” on the front fly-leaf.
Old University Manuscript L.V.43 1854-1858
Hist[ory] Ch[urch of] England, Councils, Monachism. March and May 1855 and 1857.
f.1: Lectures on the Church of England, May 1857.
f.71: The Councils of the Church, March 1855 and 1857.
f.112: Monachism, May 1855 and 1857.
Enclosed: paper containing brief notes on Church history. 1 piece.
i+161ff. (ff.117-end blank).
Size: 243 x 185mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.44 1854-1858
Liturgies. Mich. Term 1855.
ii+130ff. (pp.237-254 blank).
Size: 240 x 188mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.45 1854-1858
Interpretation and Criticism. 1855 and 1856.
f.1: Lectures on the Interpretation of Scripture, Oct. 1855.
f.104: Analysis of the foregoing lectures.
f.121: Lectures on the Criticism of the New Testament, Mich. Term 1856.
ii+156ff. (ff.170-end blank).
Size: 210 x 170mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.46 1854-1858
Articles. Epiph. & Easter Terms 1856.
With notes on Dr. Jenkyns' Divinity Lectures by O. Pickard-Cambridge of Bloxworth Rectory, Dorset, explaining the circumstances and principles on which the volumes of notes are compiled, 22 July 1915.
240ff. (pp.424-end, and 6 other ff. blank).
Size: 240 x 188mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.47 1854-1858
Sunday Lectures. Mich. Term 1856.
p. 1 The Catechism.
p.22 Natural Religion and Revelation.
p.35 The Creeds.
p.42 Analysis of the Creed.
p.87 Occasional Offices of the Church.
p.95 Administration of Communion.
ii+98ff, and 1 enclosure.
Size: 231 x 190mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.48 1854-1858
Eccl[esiastical] Hist[ory] Eus[ebius]. Mich. Term 1856.
i+212ff. (ff.183-end blank).
Size: 241 x 186mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.49 1854-1858
Epistles I. Mich. to Easter Terms 1854-1855
f.1: Galatians. 1 October 1854.
f.14: Romans. Epiph. Term and April 1855.
f.95: 1 Thessalonians.
f.123: 2 Thessalonians.
f.143: Ephesians.
f.200: Colossians.
i+233ff.
Size: 205 x 165mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.50 1854-1858
Epistles II. Easter to Easter Terms 1856-1857
f.1: Philemon. April 1856.
f.3: 1 Peter.
f.18v: 2 Peter.
f.29v: Jude.
f.34v: 1 John.
f.52: 2 & 3 John.
f.74v: 1 Timothy. Jan. 1857.
f.96v: Titus.
f.106: 2 Timothy.
f.129v: Hebrews. April 1857.
iii+189ff. (ff.165-end blank).
Size: 205 x 165mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.51 1854-1858
Epistles III. Mich. Term 1857.
f.1: 1 Corinthians. Dec. 1857.
f.64v: 2 Corinthians.
ii+186ff. (ff.108-end blank).
Size: 200 x 160mm.
Old University Manuscript L.V.52 1854-1858
Analysis and Abstracts.
“Intended for getting up the subjects for exam. on Dr. Jenkyns' Lectures”.
ii+80ff. many blank.
Size: 222 x 170mm.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.53-100 [1862-1937]
Notebooks and papers by or concerning Thomas Sanders Evans (1816-89), Canon of Durham and Professor of Greek in the University of Durham, 1862-89.
Old University Manuscript L.V.53
Notebook containing sermons by Canon Evans, with list of contents:
f. 2: St. John iii, 6 or Gal.v, 16,17.
f.11: St. Mat. xxv, 40.
f.26: Jer. xxiii, 5, 6.
f.33: St. Mat. ii, 2.
f.52: St. John i, 14 and Acts vii, 56.
f.70: St. John i, 29.
f.58v: 1 Cor.i, 22, 23.
f.55v: Heb.ix, 11, 12.
f.47v: Heb. ix, 28.
f.37v: 1 Cor. xv, 20 etc.
f.29v: 1 Cor. xv, 22-24.
f.22v:Doctrine of the Trinity (erased, but still legible).
f.18v: Phil. ii, 9, 10 (incomplete).
One side of the page was written first and then the book was reversed.
69ff., ff. 26 & 27 loose.
Old University Manuscript L.V.54
Notebook containing sermons by Canon Evans, with list of contents:
f. 1: Phil. ii, 9, 10.
f.10: 1 Thess. iv, 16, 17.
f.19: 2 Cor. v, 1-3 “The Spiritual Body I”.
f.31: 2 Cor. v, 2, 3 “The Spiritual Body II”.
f.44: Job xxviii, 12 and 1 Cor. i, 30.
f.57: 1 Cor. i, 30.
f.59v: 2 Cor. vi, 2.f.49v 2 Cor. v, 2.
f.18v: (Beginning missing).
One side of the page was written first and then the book was reversed.
67ff., many loose.
Old University Manuscript L.V.55
Notebook containing sermons by Canon Evans, with list of contents:
f.1: Gal. iv, 4, 5.
f.11: Isa. ix, 6.f.19 St. Luke vii, 47.
The sermons were written on the reverse of ff.34-45, 58-65 of a book containing notes on lectures in Moral Philosophy nos.16-21 and 26-29, written in a different hand, with 10 loose ff. added at the beginning.
Initials T.S.E. on f. 1.
31ff. (21ff. belonging to the original notebook and 10 loose ff.).
Old University Manuscripts L.V.56-62
6 exercise books containing sermons by Canon Evans, copied by J.H. Burn in gratitude for instruction received at the University of Durham, with draft inscription by J.H. Burn.
Old University Manuscript L.V.56
Inscription (by J.H. Burn).
1f.
Old University Manuscript L.V.57
f.1: Hag. ii, 7.
f.14: 1 Cor. xv, 10.
f.25 St. Mat. xvi.
29ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.58
f.1: St. Mat.viii, 2, 3. The Leper, 3rd. Sunday after Epiphany.
f.10: Gal. iii, 16-20.
19ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.59
f.1: Heb. i, 14. Repentance.
f.15: Mat. iii, 2. Illness of the Prince of Wales (Albert Edward).
26ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.60
f.1: Isa. xxvi, 9. Judgments.
f.15: Gal. vi, 7, 8. Harvest.
27ff., some loose.
Old University Manuscript L.V.61
f.1: 1 Thess. iv, 17.
f.7: Rev. iv, 2.
17ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.62
f.1: Acts xx, 35.
ff.10 and 22: Eph. iv, 32. Two sermons on Kindness.
30ff.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.63-77
Packet containing 10 sermons by Canon Evans and 5 of unknown authorship. Sent with covering letter from H.H.B. Ayles of Barrow Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, to Mr. Burn, 3 March 1924; and note written by R. Burn (to the University Librarian?).
By Canon EvansOld University Manuscript L.V.63
Rev. iii, 21. The Conflict and the Crown. 5th Sunday after Easter.
8ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.64
1 Tim. iii, 16. The Mystery of Godliness. Typescript.
9ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.65
St. Mat. xxii, 44. The Lord said unto my Lord. Typescript.
10ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.66
Ephes. vi, 11, 12. Our Spiritual Adversaries.
13ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.67
Isa ix, 6. Christmas, (written on the reverse of ff. 46-57 of the same note-book as L.V.55).
12 ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.68
Colossians iii, 1 “If ye then be risen with Christ”: Blessedness and Holiness Inseparable.
11ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.69
Heb. xi, 16.
10ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.70
1 Tim. ii, 3-6.
12ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.71
2 Cor. v, 21 “For He hath made Him to be sin for us”: Christ our Righteousness, 2nd. or 3rd. Sunday in Lent.
18ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.72
Rev. xiv, 13.
8ff.
Authorship unknownOld University Manuscript L.V.73
Nehemiah viii, 8.
25ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.74
Acts ii, 46.
4ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.75
Acts xx, 7.
4ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.76
1 Cor. xi, 23-26. Instructions on the Liturgy. 14th. Sunday after Trinity, 1905.
6ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.77
1 Cor. xiv, 15.
6ff.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.78-100
Correspondence, speeches, reviews, obituaries, sermons etc., by or concerning Canon Evans:
Old University Manuscript L.V.78
Poem in Greek composed by T.S. Evans, November 1851. Other dates have been added: 6 May 1859, Durham May 1866 and 28 May 1872.
1 f. and envelope.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.79-81
3 speeches by Canon Evans: on the admission of women to the University and recounting anecdotes of University life, 1881-1884.
Press cutting, pp.xi-xiv of a printed work, and
Durham University Journal (5 July 1884).
3 items.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.82-84
Reviews of
The Speaker's Commentary, New Testament Vol. III, London 1881, including appraisals of Canon Evans' commentary on the first Epistle to the Corinthians.
Press cuttings from the
Guardian, Durham University Journal (2 July 1881), and ms. copy from Church Bells (29 October 1881).
3 items.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.85-87
Obituaries of Professor Evans from
Our Chronicle, The Eagle (June 1889) and Durham University Journal (26 October 1889).
3 items.
Old University Manuscript L.V.88
Notebook containing cuttings of obituaries and reports of the funeral of Professor Evans; notes and report of a lecture on the Revised Version of the New Testament which he gave at the Leeds Church Institute.
20ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.89
Notebook entitled
“The late Professor Evans, a sketch” by H.J.R. Marston M.A., 1890.
32ff.
Old University Manuscript L.V.90
Photograph (of Canon Evans?).
1 item.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.91-92
2 letters to Mr. Burn relating anecdotes about Canon Evans, 6 and 17 October 1905.
2 items.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.93-95
3 letters to Mr. Burn from E.P. Pestle and C.E. Whiting for
Durham University Journal concerning the publication of poems by Canon Evans, 31 October 1921-5 June [1922].
3 items.
Old University Manuscript L.V.96
Prayer for fine weather by Rev. John Congreve M.A., 12 June 1873. Printed, pp.314-327 of
Pleadings.
7ff.
Old University Manuscripts L.V.97-100
Anecdotes and obituary relating to Dr. W.A. Spooner. Press cuttings and extracts from
The Periodical, 1924-37.
4 items.
Old University Manuscripts H.III.20-35 1855-1898
Sermons and notes on lectures given by Dr. Adam Storey Farrar (1826-1905), Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History in the University of Durham 1864-1905.
1855 etc.
Sermons by Dr. Adam Storey Farrar.
Old University Manuscript H.III.20
Gen. xxxii, 24 Jacob's wrestling.
10ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.21
Math. xi, 19 Wisdom is justified of her children.
15ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.22
Luke vii, 11-15 Widow of Nain's son.
9ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.23
Luke xi, 1-2 The Lord's Prayer.
11ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.24
John vi, 53 Eating the Flesh and Drinking the Blood.
14ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.25
John xi, 35 Jesus wept.
13ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.26
John xv, 26 The Comforter.
12ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.27
John xx, 29 St. Thomas' unbelief.
Preached before Oxford University, St. Thomas' Day, 21 December 1855.
18ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.28
Acts xviii, 28 Jewish Interpretation of Prophecy. Oxford University Sermon, 4 March 1877, printed in
Oxford and Cambridge Undergraduate's Journal, 8 March 1877.
8ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.29
2 Cor. iii, 18 All changed into the same Image.
12ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.30
1 Tim. i, 16 Christ a pattern of suffering.
24ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.31
Heb. x, 4,5,9 Sacrifice of bulls and goats valueless for sin.
12ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.32
James i, 27 Pure Religion and Undefiled.
13ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.33
1 John i, 6-7 Fellowship with Christ.
14ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.34
1 John v, 14-15 Confidence in Petitions to Christ.
12ff.
Old University Manuscript H.III.35 1897-1898
MS. Notes of Professor Farrar's Lectures on the History of Philosophy.
Notes on the lectures of Professor Farrar by J.A. Wadsworth, B.A. 1899.
With preface by Professor Farrar recording the circumstances under which the lectures were given and explaining that his aim was to enable students to see questions from various sides and to form judgements for themselves, 18 June 1899; and 2
inserts containing Professor Farrar's comments on the quality of the notes. Other inserts include a letter from C. Everett Green to E.V. Stocks, Durham University Librarian, concerning donations Dr. Farrar's widow wishes to make to the Library, 27
July 1905, and a printed schema outlining the History of Greek Philosophy.
Envelope inside front cover contains manuscript notes outlining lectures on Philosophy, Ethics and Bacon; and part of letter from J.A. Wadsworth to Professor Farrar explaining the way in which the notes are set out, 19 December 1899 (8
pieces).
Paper, 4to. xvii+355ff. and 4 inserts.
Size: 231 x 192mm.
Presented by Mrs. Farrar, August 1905.
