Reference code: GB-0033-GRI
Title: Grindon Deeds
Dates of creation: 1650-1940
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Deeds from an unknown solicitor's office
Language:
English
Deeds, copy deeds (the earliest of which in translation) and papers relating to estates and royalties at Grindon and Silksworth, and Sheriff Hill (also known as Gateshead Park Moor, or Ellison Main Colliery) on Gateshead Moor, Co. Durham, with
wayleaves, staithes etc., and to premises at Horton Grange and Spital and Backworth Colliery, Earsdon in Northumberland, in the same ownership, 1313-1940. Latterly, the Waldie-Griffith family of Hendersyde, Kelso, Scotland were owners, and from
whose representatives this collection probably originated following the death of Lady Alice Waldie-Griffith in July 1955. The title to Silksworth is traced from the 11th century in two large volumes. The collection includes a bundle of sketch maps
relating to farms and coal royalties. Other families associated with the above properties: Buddle, Clavering, Collingwood, Ettricke, Hutchinson, Johnson, Lamb, Maddison, Middleton, Ormston, Robinson, Vane-Tempest, Watson.
Deposited with the University of Durham's Department of Palaeography and Diplomatic (from 1990 part of the University Library's Archives and Special Collections department) in 1957 by P.J. King of Northamptonshire Record Office, acting for
Northamptonshire Records Committee.
See Accession details, and Contents (above).
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist
where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
The collection is arranged in eight series, the first comprising 2 volumes, the remainder in bundles (now envelopes):
GRI 1 Abstract of titles to Silksworth Estate, 1313-[1843]
GRI 2 Grindon Estate deeds, 1650-1716, 1803
GRI 3 Grindon / Silksworth royalty, with Spital Farm, Northumberland, deeds and accounts, 1890-1908
GRI 4 Grindon / Silksworth coalfield, including Backworth Colliery and Hasting Hill Farm, 11 plans, 1805-1940
GRI 5 Letter book of Sir George Waldie-Griffith of Kelso, relating to Horton Grange and Spital, Northumberland, and Grindon, Backworth etc., 1882-1885
GRI 6 Sheriff Hill or Gateshead Park Moor Colliery and land, deeds, 1786, 1827
GRI 7 Sheriff Hill or Gateshead Park Moor Colliery, papers, 1792-1848.
Durham Cathedral Muniments
Silksworth Deeds (Silksw.). Collection of original deeds relating to the manor and estate of Silksworth, donated to the Dean and Chapter by Canon Professor S.L. Greenslade, the abstracts of which deeds are bound within GRI 1/1-2. Items are
cross-referenced by numbers in red ink marked on both series.
Durham Cathedral Muniments
Estate Papers. Release by George Middleton to Dean Sudbury of the manor of Silksworth, 1680 (DCD/K/LP1/96).
Miscellaneous Charters. Records relating to Silksworth manor, 14th-century (Misc.Ch. 6262, 6378-9).
Palatinate of Durham Records
Records of parties to GRI deeds, in land transactions in Silksworth manor, 1694-1794.
Rivington School Papers
Papers in the case of Rivington School v. George Middleton, Anne Booth (later Lionel and Anne Maddison), Isabel Booth and others, concerning a rent charge of £6 13s 4d laid on lands in Silksworth, 1638-1802 (RIV/33-84).
Durham County Record Office
National Coal Board. John Buddle papers. (NCB I/JB).
National Coal Board. Part plan of Heworth and Sheriff Hill Colliery (NCB 2 /286/2).
Miscellaneous documents. Sheriff Hill Colliery, Gateshead (D/X 1090/1).
National Records of Scotland
Waldie-Griffith of Hendersyde Park, papers on coalmines in Bohemia (GB234/GD1/378).
Northumberland Record Office
Deeds of the Middleton family of Silksworth, 1313-1484 (NRO 00351/2).
Photocopy of photographs of Sir George Waldie Griffith, Baronet, and his wife and son (NRO 02659/36).
Correspondence of John Bell, land surveyor, to Thomas Wilson, with plan, relating to Sheriff Hill Colliery and the history of coal working on Gateshead Fell, 1842 (SANT/BEQ/26/1/9/278, 283).
Papers of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Buddle Collection (NRO 3410/Bud).
GRI 1 August 1765-c.1844
Language:
English
Abstracts of title to the manor and estate of Silksworth. Manuscript.
Bound [after 1843] by Rogers, Colston Street, Bristol.
Parchment; paper 2 volumes
Binding: Cream parchment over boards; triple fillets, blind on back, gold on front boards and spine; gold lettering on front board; marbled endpapers
See Rivington School Papers RIV/33-84.
GRI 1/1 August 1765
Abstract of title of the manor and estate of Silksworth, 1313-1712, late belonging to William Ettricke esquire, deceased; abstract undertaken for Robinson (see GRI 1/2). Abstracts of deeds, grouped in 1765 in 2 bundles, the abstract supplemented
and numbered (in red) in another hand 1-132:
Bundle 1 (deeds 1-115): lands formerly belonging to the family of Middletons of Silksworth, 1313-1717.
Bundle 2: (deeds 116-132): premises at Silksworth purchased from Margaret Maddison and her daughters by [William] Ettricke.
The red numbers may be found marked on many of the surviving original deeds in the Silkworth Deeds collection (see
below).
1 volume
Size: 32 x 43 cm
See Durham Cathedral Muniments. Silkworth Deeds, 15th-19th century (Silkw.).
See Deeds of the Middleton family of Silksworth, 1313-1484 (Northumberland Record Office 00351/2).
GRI 1/2 [after 1843]
Abstract of title of the manor and estate of Silksworth belonging to William Robinson Robinson esquire, 1725-1837, supplemented with extract from [1843] Ryhope tithe commutation schedule. Annotated in pencil.
1 volume
Size: 35 x 43 cm
GRI 2 1650-1716, 1803
Deeds relating to Grindon Farm, SIlksworth.
1 envelope
GRI 2/1 23 March 1650
(1) Raiph Clavering esquire of Calliley, Northumberland; John Collingwood gentleman of Durham City
(2) Ann Witham widow of Sledwish [Sledwick], County Durham, sister of George Collingwood
Assignment from 1 to 2 of a capital messuage and tenement called Grindon, Bishopwearmouth parish, County Durham; reciting 10 March 1648 lease for 1,000 years of Grindon by George Collingwood of Grindon to 1 upon his death, 1 to pay his debts
and legacies, paying rent of ½d to his heirs, the residue to enure to 2.
Consideration: 5s.
Signed and sealed by 1; seal of Raiph Clavering fragmented.
Witnesses: (to John Collingwood) William Collingwood, Richard Belt, Brian
Winterscell, Robert Charlton; (to Raiph Clavering) William Collingwood, Raiph Rickeby, Robert Jackson.
Endorsed with an undated memorandum of the deed's exhibition to Gilbert Crouch gentleman in a Chancery case: Robert Collingwood v Samuel
Foxley and Richard Trotter.
Parchment, indented 1 m
Formerly numbered: 3.
GRI 2/2 22 September 1707
(1) Anthony Johnson yeoman of Seaton by the Sea, County Durham
(2) John Watson gentleman of Grindon
Assignment of trust from 1 to 2 of a capital messuage and tenement called Grindon; reciting 11 September 1675 assignment by Anthony Watson gentleman of Grindon of the same lands, (assigned to him by Anne Witham widow of Sleddwish [Sledwick]
and Mary Witham her daughter), to 1, for the use of Thomas Watson now deceased and 2, younger sons of Anthony Watson.
Consideration: 5s.
Signed and sealed by 1.
Parchment, indented 1 m
Formerly numbered: 10.
GRI 2/3 24 September 1716
(1) John Watson gentleman late of Grindon, now of West Herrington, County Durham
(2) William Watson merchant late of Newcastle upon Tyne, now of Grindon, son and heir of Thomas Watson gentleman late of Grindon deceased
Assignment (counterpart copy of 1) by 1 to 2 of term in a messuage or tenement occupied by George Wardell and Christopher Lazenby, and the south moeity of Grindon (bounds described) then divided in severalty and in the possession of Wardell
and Lazenby, reciting: (a) 11 September 1675 assignment (see GRI 2/2 recitals); (b) GRI 2/2; (c) assignment of a moeity of Grindon to Thomas Watson by the administratrix of Thomas Watson, his father; (d) division of the said lands; (e) 30 October
1707 mortgage for £350 with interest by 2 to 1; (f) absolute title of 1 in the said lands upon non-redemption by 2 within the appointed period; (g) 24 October 1707 mutual grants of wayleave, game, mineral and water rights in each divided moeity
between 1 and 2, specifically referring to Haiston Hill Farm, Grindon Hill; (h) 14 February 1709 grant by 2 to 1 of wayleave to cut whins in the south moeity.
With covenant requiring 2 to produce upon request the deeds specified in an attached
schedule, as below.
Consideration: £350.
Signed and sealed by 1 and 2.
Witnesses: Thomas Watson, J. Paxton.
Indented schedule of deeds:
1. 12 August 1630
(A) George Collingwood the elder esquire of Daldon, County
Durham
(B) George Collingwood the younger, second son of A
Covenants between 1 and 2, reciting fine levied at 26 July 1630 at Durham assizes, B plaintiff and C deforciant, of the manor of Seaham and other lands (1,040 acres) in Seaham and Grindon; the Grindon lands to the use of A for life,
thereafter to B.
2. 10 March 1648
(C) George Collingwood of Grindon
(D) Ralph Clavering and John Collingwood
Lease, upon the death of C, of a messuage and tenement called Grindon by C to D, in trust for payment of the debts and legacies of C, to enure to Ann Wytham widow, sister of C.
3. 23 March 1650
GRI 2/1.
4. 13 December
1664
(E) Ann Witham and Mary Witham her daughter
(F) Anthony Watson
Assignment of term in the said lands.
Consideration: £2,040.
5. 11 September 1675
(G) Anthony Watson
(H) Anthony Johnson
Assignment of term in the said lands in trust for the use of John Watson and Thomas Watson, younger sons of G.
6. 22 September 1707
GRI 2/2.
Parchment, indented 2 m
Formerly numbered: 12.
GRI 2/4 4 October [1803]
(1) Michael Scarth, William Russell, land tax commissioners
(2) Robert Ormston esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne, proprietor
Certificate of contract (no. 1326) for the redemption of land tax on Grindon Farm (156 acres), Silksworth township, Easington ward, occupied by William Dawson. Endorsed with note of stock transfer, and registration; with schedule of land tax
charged in 1803 affixed.
Consideration: £88 (£2 8s annual charge) in 3% Bank of England reduced annuities.
1 f; 1 f
GRI 3 1890-1908
Deeds and copy deeds relating to the Grindon royalty and Spital Farm, Northumberland; with wrapper.
1 envelope
GRI 3/1 [1892]
(1) Robert Ormston esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne
(2) Right Hon. George Henry Robert Charles William [Vane-Tempest] the Earl Vane and Viscount Seaham
Copy (manuscript) lease by 1 to 2 of the coal mines within the Grindon estate, in SIlksworth township, for 99 years from 1 January 1865.
Rent: £250 per annum.
Annotated in pencil and pen. Lacking plan.
Copied by Robson and Smith
of Kelso, solicitors; with typescript wrapper of Cooper and Jackson [solicitors], Newcastle upon Tyne.
Paper 22 f; 1 f
GRI 3/2 19 September 1890
(1) Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith Bt of Hendersyde, Roxburgh; John Adam Richard Newman esquire of Dromore House, County Cork; William Nicholas Leader esquire of Dromagh, County Cork, trustees of the will of Sir George Richard
Waldie-Griffith Bt of Hendersyde, deceased
(2) Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith Bt
(3) Thomas David Crichton Smith of Kelso, Roxburgh
Conveyance by 1 to 3 for the use of 2 of (a) Spital Farm (84 acres), Spital township, Ovingham parish, Northumberland, now occupied by Harrison Green; (b) Grindon North Farm (156 acres), now occupied by William Haig; (c) coal under the East
Nook (6 acres 2 roods), Silksworth township, formerly part of (b): with assignment by 1 to 2 of the remaining term of lease of 20 Eccleston Square with mews, St George Hanover Square parish, London, now occupied by Lady Osborne.
Signed and
sealed by 1 and 2.
Witnesses: (to 2) Thomas Slight, Kelson Town Clerk; (to Newman) E. C. Bramston Smith widow of Pencraig, Lla[n]gefni, Anglesey; (to Leader) Stephen Grehan, J.P. County Cork, Clonmeen, Banteer.
Endorsed with record of
registration at Land Registry and Middlesex Deeds Department, 10 April 1893: B//no. 728.
Annotated in pencil.
Parchment 1 m
GRI 3/3 3 February 1891
(1) Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith Bt of Hendersyde Park, Roxburghshire
(2) Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
Grant by 1 to 2 of liberty to maintain a tramway at Spital Farm, for 2 years, and to use it in connection with filtering beds at Whittle Dean; with plan.
Signed by 1 and 2, and sealed with the Company's common seal by 2.
Plan
annotated in pencil to indicate branch in tramway to a claypit on far side of Spittle Burn.
Paper 2 f
GRI 3/4 13 February-7 September 1908
Business account re Grindon [North Farm] and Spittal [Farm] mining operations and water easements, Sir Richard J[ohn] Waldie-Griffith Bt of Hendersyde to T[homas] D[avid] Crichton Smith solicitor, Kelso: Maudlin and Hatton [coal] seams;
Londonderry estate; operations of Mr Graham and co-tenants at Spittal.
Paper 4 f
GRI 4 1805-1940
Plans of Grindon and SIlksworth coalfield, including Backworth Colliery and Hastings Farm, 1805-1940.
GRI 4/1 [before 1889]
Eye plan (printed) of Grindon (156 acres 7 perches) and Hasting Hill (118 acres 19 perches) Farms, with field names and acreages.
Hand coloured, and with ink additions. Endorsed: Sir George Griffith Bt.
Card 1 f
Formerly numbered: 1.
GRI 4/2 1805
Plan (printed) of Grindon Farm, belonging to Robert Ormston esquire; with field names and acreages.
Annotated in pencil. Endorsed: 27 July 1804.
scale: Scale 5 chains [100.6 m]: 1 inch.
Paper 1 f
Formerly numbered: 2.
GRI 4/3 14 December 1887
Section of A. and Maude Pits, Backworth Colliery, 14 December 1887. Indicating present hanging on Yard Seam, and future hanging on Bensham Seam; with note on present and planned extraction routes. Manuscript, hand-coloured.
Waxed paper 1 f
GRI 4/4 [1888 x 1900]
Plan of new engine planes, Maude Pit, Backworth Colliery, as commenced working on 5 January 1888, to be extended as the workings advance. Manuscript, hand-coloured.
Waxed paper 1 f
GRI 4/5 [1896]
Plan of Grindon, showing Grindon Hall and Grindon. Negative photostat of a [then] British Museum plan. Endorsed [in the hand of Lady Alice Maude Waldie-Griffiths]: Surface sold by Sir Richard [John Waldie-Griffith Bt] in 1896; and with pencil
notes relating to local inhabitants and authorities.
scale: Scale 1:2500.
Paper 1 f
GRI 4/6 [after 1923 x 1930]
Plan of Grindon Royalty, Maudlin Seam, Silksworth Colliery. With note coal grades at sections taken at 3 locations. Dates of working galleries noted, 1896-1923. Places indicated: Grindon Hall, Hastings Hill, Offerton, Dipper West, Ford.
scale: Scale 1:2500.
Waxed paper 1 f
Formerly numbered: 13a; 2; 11.
GRI 4/7 24 September 1936
Plan of Grindon Royalty, Lady [Alice Maude] Waldie-Griffith: showing extent of coal extraction in the Hutton Seam, and how the Low Main Seam coal in the adjoining royalty is led through at Silksworth Solliery; with section showing the
displacement of the coal seams by 54' Dipper North fault. Endorsed [in the hand of Lady Alice Maude Waldie-Griffiths]: Grindon Hall.
scale: Scale 1:10,560.
Waxed paper 1 f
GRI 4/8 16 February 1938
[Vendor statement] of Lady Alice Maude Waldie-Griffith widow of 28 Bramham Gardens, South Kensington, London, relating to her freehold reversionary interest in 84 acres 2 roods in Silksworth, inherited from her late husband Sir Richard John
Waldie-Griffith Bt, and he from his father Sir George Waldie-Griffith Bt in 1889. Cites 4 January 1866 royalty lease to Lord Londonderry. Refers to a plan [?GRI 4/9], showing coal seams, attached to Silksworth Colliery claim. Typescript draft, with
pencil additions.
Paper 1 f
GRI 4/9 [c. 1938]
Copy plan of Silksworth Colliery, showing Low Main and Harvey Seams [in the source plan coloured red and green respectively]. Scale 1:10,560. Photostat of a [then] British Museum plan (P/24399). Pencil overwritten with pen and ink, and with later
pencil and blue crayon annotations relating to royalty owners and claims.
Paper 1 f
GRI 4/10 [c. 1938]
Copy plan of Silksworth Colliery, showing Low Main and Harvey Seams [in the source plan coloured red and green respectively]. Pencil overwritten with pen and ink, and with later pencil annotations relating to royalty owners and claims.
scale: Scale 1:10,560.
Tracing paper 1 f
GRI 4/11 [1939]
Plan showing part claim of Lady Waldie-Griffith [at Grindon], with the following royalty districts surrounding Silksworth Colliery bounded in blue and hand-coloured: Grindon, Maling, Scurfield, High Barns, Low Barns, Pemberton, Robinson,
Beckwith, Thorney Close. Annotated in pencil and blue crayon. Endorsed: 7 maps in this lot, 15-4-[19]39; [in the hand of Lady Alice Maude Waldie-Griffith] Grindon got out by my agent Mr Hedley.
Paper 1 f
GRI 4/12 30 September 1940
Copy plan showing the situation of Silksworth Colliery in relation to New Silksworth Village. [Source plan dated], 6 September 1940.
scale: Scale 1:10,560.
Tracing paper 1 f
GRI 5 1882-1885
Letter book, carbon copies of letters from [Sir] G[eorge] Waldie-Griffith Bt relating to: (from front) Northumberland and Durham estates; (from back) to C.D. Crichton Smith solicitor, Kelso.
Paper 1 volume
GRI 6 1786, 1827
Deeds conveying shares of Sheriff Hill Colliery and associated properties.
1/3 box
GRI 6/1 11 November 1786
(1)(i) Mary Ormston widow and Robert Ormston gentleman both of Newcastle upon Tyne, relict, son and executors of (A) Jonathan Ormston gentleman of Newcastle upon Tyne; (ii) James King gentleman, brother-in-law of (A), and Robert
Doubleday gentleman both of Newcastle upon Tyne; devisees and legatees in trust of (A)
(2) Robert Ormston, also a devisee and legatee of (A)
(3)(i) George Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne; (ii) Ann Waldie wife of John Waldie, née Ormston, daughter and a devisee and legatee of (A);
(4) Mary Ormston spinster of Newcastle upon Tyne, daughter and a devisee and legatee of (A)
(5) Joseph Lamb esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne
Absolute assignments by (1) to (5), with consent of (2-4) of 1/5th share, and by (2) to (5) of 1/4th of 1/5th [1/20th] share in Park Moor or Sheriff Hill Colliery and of the stock etc.
Reciting: (i) 30 December 1775 lease of Gateshead
Fell royalty (except Brecken Beds Colliery, and the colliery north of Gateshead turnpike gate) for 20 years, Hannah Ellison widow and Henry Ellison both of Gateshead Park to (A) merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne, William Scurfield esquire of
Gateshead, James Liddell merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne, William Surtees esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Thomlinson merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne (trustee of Lidell; Liddell and Thomlinson the executors and trustees of Benjamin Emmerson
merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne), as tenants in common, with option to renew successively until 1826; (ii) 23 September 1780 death of (A), in possession of 1/5th share of [Park Moor Colliery] and its demise by will to (1) in trust for the division
into thirds and use of (2), (3)(ii) and (4), with remainders; (iii) 12 August 1786 assignment of [1/4th] interest in remaining term of lease in 1/5th share of [Park Moor Colliery]: Joseph Liddell esquire of Moorhouse, Cumberland, sole executor of
James Liddell to Robert Ormston, Jasper Harrison, William Scurfield, William Surtees as tenants in common.
Considerations: £1,500 paid by (5) to (1) for 1/5th share; £408 paid by (5) to (2) for 1/4th of 1/5th [1/20th] share.
Signed and
sealed by all parties.
Witnesses: William Carr, William Henderson; to (4) William Carr; to (1)(ii) Lawrence Candler, Elizabeth Candler.
Endorsed with note of livery of seisin by (2) acting for all parties to (5), in the form of a pick and a
piece of coal.
With note attached, concerning 6 May 1789 petition of certain securities etc. of the late (A) between (2) and (3)(i).
Parchment, indented; paper 8 m; 1 f
GRI 6/2 [3-]4 August 1827
(1) John Buddle esquire viewer of collieries of Wallsend, Northumberland
(2) James Hutchinson esquire of Sheriff Hill
(3) Thomas Chater gentleman of Newcastle upon Tyne
Assignment by (1) to (2) of 1/16th share in Sheriff Hill Colliery and stock etc.; with [lease and] release of 1/16th share in freehold lands in Gateshead Fell by (1) to the use of (2), to the use of (3) in trust for (2) and his assigns,
barring dower. [For lease, see recital (iii) below.]
Reciting: (i) 30 November 1826 lease of Gateshead Fell royalty (except Brecken Beds Colliery, and the colliery north of the great downcast dyke called the Heworth Dyke) for 20 years: (a)
Cuthbert Ellison esquire of Hebburn Hall to (b) Joseph Lamb esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne; Robert Pearson and Percival Fenwick esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne, executors of Jasper Harrison gentleman of Whickham; John Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon
Tyne; John Buddle and James Hutchinson, Joseph Lamb, John Waldie, executors of George Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne; (ii) 8 April 1826 wayleave lease for 21 years over lands (lessees named) in High and Low Heworth to Heworth Shore: Dean and
Chapter of Durham to John Waldie, Robert Pearson and Percival Fenwick, Rev. William Clark, Joseph Lamb, James Hutchinson, John Buddle; (iii) 3 August 1827 lease (with plan) by (1) to (2) of 1/16th share in freehold lands (specified) in Gateshead
Fell.
Consideration: £1,155 paid by (2) to (1).
Signed and sealed by (1) only.
Witness: G.W. Stable, solicitor, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Parchment, indented 6 m
GRI 7 1792-1848
Papers relating to Sheriff Hill or Gateshead Park Moor Colliery [or Ellison Main Colliery].
Paper 1 envelope
GRI 7/1 August 1792
Extracts of Sheriff Hill Colliery and Gateshead Park Colliery leases, 1766-1776 relating to wayleave and staiths etc.: Ellison to Aubone Surtees esquire (1776); Ellison to Ormston (1775).
Paper 2 f
GRI 7/1/A [1792]
Rental of Sheriff Hill Colliery.
1 f
GRI 7/2 31 August 1805
(1) George Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne, co-executor of (A) John Clark doctor of physic of Newcastle upon Tyne
(2)(i) Thomas Bigge esquire of Benton House, Northumberland, and Susannah Clark widow of Newcastle upon Tyne, co-executor and co-executrix of (A); (ii) Joseph Lamb esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne; (iii) John Buddle the younger, viwer of
collieries, of Walls End, Northumberland; (iv) John Waldie of Newcastle upon Tyne, son of (1).
Declaration of trust, (1) to (2), as to 5/16th parts or shares of Sheriff Hill Colliery, as follows: 2/16th parts in trust for (1) and (2)(i); 1/16th part in trust for (2)(ii); 1/16th part in trust for (2)(iii); 1/16th part in trust for
(2)(iv).
Reciting: (a) 30 December 1775 lease of Gateshead Fell royalty (except Brecken Beds Colliery, and the colliery north of Gateshead turnpike gate) for 20 years, Hannah Ellison widow and Henry Ellison both of Gateshead Park to Jonathan
Ormston merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne, William Scurfield esquire of Gateshead, James Liddell merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne, William Surtees esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Thomlinson merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne (trustee of Lidell;
Liddell and Thomlinson the executors and trustees of Benjamin Emmerson merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne), as tenants in common, with option to renew successively until 1826; (b) 12 August 1805 assignment of 5/16th parts of Gateshead Fell royalty
(except as above) for £8,100, William Surtees esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne and Seaton Burn, Northumberland to (1).
Signed and sealed by (1).
Witnesses: H. Lamb, John Smith.
With note attached to deed advising,
‘requires careful examination’, 15 April 1933.
Paper 2 f
For counterpart copy of recital (b), see Durham County Record Office, Miscellaneous documents (D/X 1090/1).
GRI 7/3 6 December 1826
Letter from J. [?Joseph] Lamb at Newcastle [upon Tyne] to John Waldie esquire of Hendersyde Park: Waldie's intention to sell his share of Sheriff Hill Colliery, and likelihood of Hutchinson purchasing by long instalments, the share saleable upon
the imminent settlement of the new lease; family, social and horticultural news, Maude family, Mr Egremon[t], Colonel Llyellyn [?LLewellyn] and Humble at Selaby [?Park]; reports good prospects for Percy [3rd Duke of Northumberland] at Backworth
[colliery].
Paper 2 f
Seal: Seal: Rien ne m'étonne [nothing surprises me].
GRI 7/4 27 March 1826
Account of John Waldie esquire with Ellison Main [Sheriff Hill] Colliery.
Paper 2 f
GRI 7/5 28 June 1827
(1) John Waldie of Newcastle upon Tyne esquire
(2) James Hutchinson esquire of Sheriff Hill esquire
Agreement for sale by (1) to (2) of 4/16th parts in Sheriff Hill Colliery and property, contingent upon the renewal of the colliery lease by Cuthbert Ellison esquire, the rights of (2) under any variance in the terms of any new lease to be
arbitrated by Joseph Lamb of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Consideration: £4,000 in instalments at 5% until 1 January 1832.
Signed and (wafer) sealed by (1) and (2).
Witnesses: W.B. Flexney, Richard Flexney at London; James
Williams.
Endorsed: (2) did not pay and (1) kept ?same.
Paper 2 f
GRI 7/6 24 September 1827
(1) James Hutchinson esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne
(2) John Waldie of Newcastle upon Tyne esquire
Agreement by (1) upon deposit with John Adamson esquire the solicitor of (2) of title deeds (i)-(iii) as security for the payment of £4,000
and interest for [4/16th parts in Sheriff Hill Colliery and property, as GRI 6/5]. Reciting: (i) 20 April 1811 assignment of 2/16th parts in Sheriff Hill Colliery, George Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne to (1); (ii) GRI 6/2; (iii) GRI
6/5.
SIgned by (1).
Witness: Thomas Hedley.
Paper 2 f
GRI 7/7 19 May 1829
Letter, John Waldie esquire at Newcastle to Mr [John] Adamson [esquire]: instructions about debt due from James Hutchinson to Waldie, noting 3 failed instalments, bankers Ridley & Co. bank, advising consultation with J. [?Joseph] Lamb and
willingness to settle for interest only payments in the short term.
Paper 1 f
GRI 7/8 11 May 1830
Letter, John Waldie esquire at 2 Spur Street, Leicester Square, London, to John Adamson esquire at Westgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne: weighs merits of a proposed restructuring of the debt of James Hutchinson relating to Sheriff Hill Colliery,
citing poor performance of the colliery, Mr [?John] Buddle consulted; makes counter-proposal through the mediation of J. [?Joseph] Lamb, waiving future interest but requiring bond security, disavowing any desire to recover the share in the colliery,
urging immediate resolution; recently staying near Windsor.
Paper 2 f; 1 f
GRI 7/9 26 June 1830
(1) James Hutchinson esquire of Sheriff Hill
(2) John Waldie esquire of Newcastle upon Tyne
Copy bond in £7,000 from (1) to (2) for the repayment of £3,500. Reciting: (i) GRI 6/5; (ii) agreement between (1) and (2) waiving interest in the remaining £3,500, to be paid in instalments until 1836.
Signed [and sealed] by
(1).
Witness: James Forster.
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GRI 7/10 10 July 1830
Letter, J. Lamb to John Adamson esquire: encloses note from Mr Hutchinson declining to contribute to the cost of the bond [£8 stamp], and confirming delivery of his bond to Mr Waldie.
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GRI 7/11 7 February 1848
Letter, John Waldie at Newcastle upon Tyne to Charles: collection of rent arrears; cavils at payment of Cockburn, an old servant's funeral fees, having paid his medical bills in the past; accounts of tradesmen; illness of Mr T. Nisbet, failure to
consult Dr Cristison from Edinburgh; death of a [son] of the Rae family; quality of Netherton coals as poor as those of Ford, Killingworth coals almost on a par with those from Waldie's [collieries] and 2s 6d cheaper per ton with lower transport
costs; W. Cockburn [?agent], land and mill insurance of Currie; settlement of various bills; long desire to reduce debt on collieries and receive an income by sale of one of them, presently receiving annual dividend of £480; forecasts £4,000 loss on
Sheriff Hill Colliery, providing brief breakdown of anticipated debts and assets, and the liabilities of [other owners] J. Lamb and Dr Clark; travels to Mr and Mrs King at Durham later in month; attends dinner party today given by Mr Adamson,
formerly Waldie's lawyer, for members of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, expecting P[hillip] Howard M.P. for Carlisle, Mr H. Hinde; mayor's ball; Lady Douglas' report of the illness of the Duchess of Devonshire and the family's
removal to Dorsetshire.
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GRI 7/12 11 June 1848
Letter, John Waldie at 17 Mount Street, [London] to Charles: instructions to deny any more ‘impudent’ letters from Mr Charteris, citing a printed letter from the same to Lord John Russell; visit of the Sinclairs
and George Griffith; high disbursements over preceding 6 months; instructions to Mr A. Douglas to reduce the interest rate on his debts from 5% to 4%, else £20,000 easily [borrowed] in London; instructs legal action be taken re Mrs R's debt, the
rents already arrested; J. Lamb's hopes of making a good sale of the colliery property at Sheriff Hill Colliery, his advice that Waldie take ‘the G. estate’ and curtail legal proceedings, Waldie's regret at having
taken G. Stuart's fields; servants' welfare, new gates at Hendersyde [Park] and Springhall; alterations to a room at Tixover Hall, near Stamford, [Leicestershire], leased for 30 years by Mrs Eaton; rent arrears and disputes of James Douglas Craike,
Brown, Rae.
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