Reference code: GB-0034-ALL
Title: Durham Cathedral Library George Allan Manuscripts
Dates of creation: 16th century to late 18th century, most material 18th century
Extent: 22 volumes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: George Allan (1736-1800), creator and collector
Language: Predominantly English with some Latin
George Allan, the son of James Allan of Blackwell Grange, Darlington, was born on 7 June 1736. He was an eminent lawyer in Darlington, and was also very active as an antiquarian, being particularly interested in Co Durham's history. He acquired
the collections of Gyll, Hunter, Mann, Hodgson and Swainston, in addition to the important natural history museum of Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe. He was also bequeathed Thomas Randall's manuscripts in 1775. Added to the extensive library he built
up himself, this made a valuable resource for antiquarians to use and Hutchinson's
History of Durham (1785-1794) in particular owed much to his patronage and assistance. His interests and reputation meant that in 1764 he was asked to become Richmond Herald, an offer he declined. In 1768 he set up a
private press at Blackwell Grange and published a number of documents, such as Cromwell's letter about setting up a University at Durham, along with collections about Durham's history, such as
Collectanea ad statum civilem et
ecclesiasticum comitatus Dunelmensis spectantia, and more general topographical works such as Thomas Falkner's
Of the Patagonians (1788). An inveterate transcriber, "every day of his life he is said to have
written almost a quire" (DNB) in pursuit of his antiquarian interests into, especially, the hospitals of Gateshead, Sherburn and Greatham, the bishops of Durham and the Free Grammar School of Darlington. He retired from the law in 1790 and died of a
stroke on 18 May 1800.
An antiquarian's collection comprising both his own copies of documents and notes on local history, together with some similar volumes acquired from other antiquarians. Allan's own work features transcripts of 16th and 17th century heraldic
visitations with pedigrees and coats of arms for Co Durham and Yorkshire along with compilations of material relating to the parishes and other institutions of Co Durham and the town of Darlington in particular. He also acquired volumes of
transcripts of documents relating chiefly to the antiquities of Co Durham, along with some of more general historical interest, originally compiled by Ralph Thoresby, James Mickleton, John Mann, Thomas Gyll and James Allan.
Sold by George Allan esq of Blackwell Grange, son of the creator, along with Thomas Randall's manuscripts, to Durham Dean and Chapter in 1823 for £150.
George Allan's library and museum were sold under the terms of his will and were bought by his son George who continued to encourage access to such as Robert Surtees, Sir Cuthbert Sharp and John Nichols.
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Collections, Durham Cathedral (e-mail cathedral.library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Cathedral
Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
Arranged in the arbitrary order of the volume numbering.
Catalogued by James Raine in the early 1820s. List enhanced and input to XML by Michael Stansfield, with some assistance from Antonia Perna, in 2013.
None anticipated.
List published in T. Rud,
Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis Catalogus Classicus (Durham 1825) p.423-431, though this only covers 1-18. Manuscript additions in the Cathedral Library copy of Rud list 19-22.
The Thomas Randall manuscripts were part of Allan's collection after being bequeathed to him by Randall in 1775. Sharp 76-78 and 111 are manuscripts of his which were given by Allan's son George to Sir Cuthbert Sharp. They were bought by Bishop
Maltby for the Dean and Chapter after Sharp's own death in 1849; his copy of Hutchinson's
The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham (3 vols, Durham 1823) is now 8-10 in the same collection. Add Ms 226 is his volume on Greatham Hospital.
A description of his natural history museum, now part of the collections at the Newcastle Hancock Museum, is Add Ms 731 in Durham University Library, SC, which also holds some correspondence of his (Add Mss 346 and 1018), and some of his
interleaved copies of works printed by him (Add Mss 191, 927 and 1554). Personal papers for 1758-1798 are in North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton.
ALL 1 1558 - later 18th century
Heraldry, pedigrees and nobles estates tracts: 1-8 collected by Ralph Thoresby of Leeds, bought at the sale of his manuscripts in London on 1 March 1764
9 items guarded and filed [?later 18th century] in a bound volume of half-leather over marbled pasteboards
ALL 1/1 [later 16th century]
Arms of the nobility from William I to Edward IV, with their blazonry (shields and crowns, most in colour, some incomplete and some only in pencil) and descriptions of their titles and backgrounds, with (f.77v-78v) descriptions of the various
noble members of the Holland family without shields. With some annotations [by George Allan]
Paper, 103f, foliated (contemporary) 3,6,4,7-106
ALL 1/2 5 October 1558
Language: Latin
Grant of arms by William Haritey Clarenceux king-at-arms to John Gerbridge of Walsingham, Norfolk
Parchment, 1m, trimmed with the side and bottom borders cut off and lost
Decoration: top border has coloured flowers, fruit and foliage, and a fleur-de-lis and a half-rose/half-pomegranate within ringlets, also his arms within the garter motto in the centre, crowned, and also his motto
“Fortun a my” on two diagonal strips; the initial O has a coloured image of a herald
ALL 1/3 [later 16th century]
Alphabetical index of gentry families and their crests
Paper, 14f
ALL 1/4 [later 16th century]
Language: Latin
Extract from Domesday Book of the vills and lands in Richmondshire given by William I to Alan count of Brittany before Richmond castle was built
Paper, 4f
ALL 1/5 [later 16th century]
Language: Latin
Fees of the honor of Pontefract made in the time of Alice de Lacy, renewed in 29 Edward I
Paper, 6f
ALL 1/6 [later 16th century]
Language: Latin
Extracts from Doomsday Book relative to Wakefield and its neighbourhood, of the estates of Lacies in the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a full record of those in Richmondshire
Paper, 18f
ALL 1/7 [17th century]
f.1 Index of families and their heraldic arms, letter A only
f.2 Blank
f.3 Arms of the Saxon kings and their contemporaries; list of early Saxon kings
f.4 Blank
f.5r,6r Arms of the 12 peers of France, spiritual and temporal
f.5v French towns and English gentry names derived from them
f.7 Pedigree of the Burgoyne family held by George Burgoyne of Felthorpe, Yorkshire, 14 September 1695
Paper, 7f, edges damaged
ALL 1/8 [mid 18th century]
Arthington family pedigree: description, charts and some arms
Paper, 4f
ALL 1/9 [later 18th century]
Coats of arms of Lincolnshire gentry, copied from the James Yorke's Union of Honour by George Allan; alphabetically, incomplete, only A-H labelled, many only pencil sketches, only occasional colour
Paper, 5f
ALL 2 [early 18th century]
Talbot family pedigrees and documents
f.21 Pedigree of its descent from the Stuteville and Gressinghall families to Henry III
f.22-39 Extracts and transcripts of documents from William I to 1615
f.40-43 Pedigree of the Talbots from the Conquest to Henry VIII
Paper book, 24f + 7f attached, foliated (contemporary) 21-43, bound (20th century) in buckram covered boards
A note on f.1 by George Allan records that the volume belonged to James Mickleton esq of Durham, and then Thomas Gyll esq who gave it to Allan on 24 December 1772
ALL 3 May 1780
Visitation of Co Durham by William Flower Norroy king of arms and Robert Glover Portcullis pursuivant at arms 1575, with additions (in red ink) from the visitation of Sir Richard St George Norroy king of arms 1615 and some subsequent additions,
all copied by George Allan, pedigrees and arms, with a name index at the front
Inserted at the back (sent to George Allan):
Paper book, 134f, bound (20th century) in buckram covered boards
f.118
Pedigree of Byerley of Middridge Grange
f.120-121
Pedigree of Surtees of Durham and Middleton One Row
f.122-123
Pedigree of Harpyn and Trollop, lords of Thornlaw and Kelloe
f.125 29 March 1780
Letter from Thomas Beckwith at York to George Allan: returning books; Hedworth pedigree; Gill pedigree; Ogle crest colours; a Mr Beckwith in Durham
f.126
Copy grants of arms to John Richardson of Durham 1615 and John son of Ralph Willey of Houghton 1615
f.127-128 30 April 1766
Pedigree of the Tennisons of Yokefleet, Howdenshire, by T. Tenison
f.129
Pedigree of Millbanke of Halnaby
f.131-132
Details of members of the Craster family
f.133
Pedigree of the kings of Scotland
ALL 4 [1759]
“Pedigrees &c of Families formerly & now residing in the County of Durham with their several Arms, Crests &c Collected by George Allan, Darlington FAS” , with his bookplate and
“Stemmata quid faciunt?” below
p.i “Geo Allan 17 Feb 1759”
p.iii Title
p.2-203 65 pedigrees with over 200 emblazoned shields, some coloured, and also grants of arms, monumental inscriptions, extracts from parish registers
p.334 Arms in Co Durham extracted from Edmondson's Compleat Body of Heraldry
p.340-345 Index
Inside back cover. Printed obituary notices of Allan family members 1741-1787
Paper book, 350p, in quarter-leather over marbled pasteboards, front cover detached
ALL 5 1796
“The Visitation of the County of York” 1665-1666 by William Dugdale esq Norroy king of arms Part 1, transcribed by George Allan
p.vii Notes [from the original copy] of its ownership by G. Valli son of R. Valli
p.x Engraving of William Dugdale by J. Burche, published by I. Dallaway 1 June 1793
p.xi Title
p.xiii-xviii Index of families
p.1-542 Pedigrees of nearly 500 Yorkshire noble and gentry families, most with coloured arms
p.547-560 Notes on boroughs, with depictions and descriptions of their arms and seals
(Note in Raine's catalogue) The copy of Dugdale's visitation from which Allan made his transcript was not the original but a copy (the only copy then in existence of the original preserved in the College of Heralds) given by Dugdale in May 1677
to Henry St George Norroy and his successors. At the time that Allan made his transcript, it belonged to an innkeeper in Harrogate. It was afterwards sold to Sir Mark Masterman Sykes Bt and at the sale of his books in London in 1823 it was purchased
by Miss Currer for upwards of £140.
Paper book, xx + 569p, bound in half-leather marbled pasteboards, spine title “Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire”
ALL 6 [later 18th century]
Transcripts by George Allan:
p.5-342 Dugdale's
Monasticon Anglicanum for monasteries and ecclesiastical institutions in Co Durham
p.366-367 Appointment of Revd Andrew Wood MA, minister of Darlington, as master of the Hospital of St John the Baptist at Barnard Castle, 3 August 1765
p.368-378 Lease of the Hospital of St John the Baptist at Barnard Castle by Revd Edward Browell DD, rector of Romaldkirk and warden of the hospital, to William Lodge of Barnard Castle gent and Anthony Pearson of Barnard Castle butcher, 15 July
1756
p.394-408 Will of Nathaniel Lord Crewe, bishop of Durham, 24 June 1720
p.410-419 Will of John Cosin, bishop of Durham, 11 December 1671
Inside front cover. Bookplate of James Allan of Darlington
Paper book, 455p, bound in half-leather marbled pasteboards
ALL 7 [mid 18th century]
Transcripts of documents by John Mann, with some printed items and occasional documents inserted
Paper book, 465p, with some additional items stuck in, bound in half-leather marbled pasteboards with stubs of two ties, label on the front “John Mann”
inside front cover
Label of John Mann Durham “his Gift to Geo Allan Darlington”
inside front cover 1 January 1770
Letter from John Mann at Durham [to George Allan]; giving his collection of mscellanies which his son George is welcome to publish; he has recovered from his late misfortune at Norton
p.1-1c
List of contents
p.4
Language: Latin
Copy and discussion of the grant of William I to Alan count of Brittany
p.8-9
Language: Latin
Engraving and copy of Bishop Hugh le Puiset's charter to the burgesses of Durham and Pope Alexander III's confirmation
p.10
Anecdotes of the bishops of Durham who made improvements to the see 1072-1577
p.12-36
Language: Latin
Copy of Bishop Tobias Matthew's charter to the city of Durham 1602, with James I's confirmation 1606
p.42-63 [17th century]
Translated copy of James I's confirmation of Bishop Tobias Matthew's charter to the city of Durham 1606
p.64-67 8 November 1728
Byelaws by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of Durham to prevent persons being made free who have no right to their freedom
p.68-69 13 October 1761
Proceedings in the town hall of the city of Durham re the election of a member of parliament to succeed Henry Lambton esq deceased
p.70-73 [November 1761]
Printed list of 215 “Persons pretended to be made Freemen of Durham, immediately before and at the late Election there, and who were admitted by the Mayor to poll for Major Gowland, although they had no Right to their
Freedom either by Servitude or Patrimony”
p.80-87 January 1757
Case of Robert Green, becoming a freeman of the company of freemasons, versus the mayor of Durham
p.112-114
Language: Latin
Copy grant by Thomas Billingham esq of the right to bring water, rising in his ground at Framwelgate Head, to the pant in the Market Place, Durham, 1450
p.115
A record of the founder and erector of the cross in the Market Palce in Durham 1617
p.116-124
Case of Thomas Mann and others, lessees of the bishop of Durham, against Margaret Forster and others, being a copy of the decree in the chancery at Durham, concerning the toll of corn there, 1637
p.128-130
Copy from
The Newcastle Chronicle of 29 June 1765 of a copy found in Lord Conyers's study of the names of bishoprick knights at the battle of Lewes 1264
p.134 [6 August 1449]
Final concord between William Blakewell chaplain, Thomas de Banes and Thomas Coundon, querulents, and Thomas Norman of Newcastle and his wife Margaret, defendants, over 2 messuages and 60 acres in Coatham Mundeville
Date: Sadberge, Wednesday before St Lawrence 27 Henry VI
With an extract
Parchment, 1m
p.136-139
Verdict and presentment of the jury impanelled, sworn and charged at Stanhope on 19 September 37 Elizabeth I, to certain articles then and there to them delivered on behalf of Toby Matthew bishop of Durham re the customs and tenures within the
forest and park of Weardale
p.140-142
List of the lords lieutenant of Ireland from 1540
p.144-146
Copy 1593 deed by Richard Rawe and his wife Anne to William Jackson selling 7 burgages in Pilgrim St Newcastle
p.147 6 April 1752
Printed abstract of the first year accounts of [Newcastle] Infirmary from
The Newcastle Courant
p.148
Engravings of Charles I by W. Proud and coins from Charles I's reign
p.148-151
Extracts from Rymer's
Foedera listing the justices in the 1625 Co Durham Commission of the Peace
p.150a-d
Extract of north-eastern families from a book
A Catalogue of the Lords, Knights & Gentlemen that have compounded for their Estates, printed in 1655
p.151
Engravings of John Hampden, John Pym, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Thomas More, by J. June
p.160 January 1750
Printed list of the pensioners in the Long Parliament in 1640
p.162a [mid 18th century]
Printed copy of “the Assessment laid upon every Man according to his Estate, by Order of the House of Commons, June 18, 1641”
p.162
Anecdote of Cromwell's visit to the dead body of Charles I on the night of 30 January 1649
p.167
Writ of Oliver Cromwell, captain general of the armies raised and to be raised in England, to Gervas Pigot esq, requiring him to appear at Westminster on 4 July 1653 as a member for Nottinghamshire
p.168
Extract from Whitelock's Memorials concerning Co Durham 1645-1653
p.169-178
Copy of the instrument of government, signed by the protector, with the proportions and numbers of persons to be elected to sit in parliament from several counties in England etc 1653, with an engraving of Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector
p.178 27 July 1734
Printed statement from
The Craftsman showing the proportion which MPs bore to the land tax in their respective counties
p.179-181
List of those summoned to parliament December 1657
p.182-183
Petition to Oliver Cromwell from the justices and grand jury of Co Durham in sessions assembled 21 April 1658
p.183a-c
Printed speech from the
British Magazine of Richard Cromwell to parliament 27 January 1659
p.184-186
Extracts from Scobell's
Collection of Ordinances &c in the time of Oliver Cromwell's Usurpation printed in 1658
p.186 1742
Printed list of the real and assumed names of a jury in Sussex “in the days of fanaticism” from the
British Magazine
p.187-192
An assize to be held at Durham 11 August 1651
p.193
Copy indenture on the election and return of two knights to serve in parliament for Co Durham in 1656 during the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell and by virtue of his writ
p.194-195
Proceedings at the general quarter sessions of the peace at Durham 3 October 1666, relative to MPs for Co Durham
p.196
Extracts from Grey's
Debates in Parliament on MPs for Co Durham 1668
p.202-206
Account by Thomas Brett of Richard Plantaganet, a natural son of Richard III, with an engraving of Richard III by Dixon
p.222-230
Notes on the battle of Newburn Ford in Northumberland, 28 August 1640
p.231-233
The order of the privy council and the Lord President of the Council in the North, between the dean and chapter of Durham and their tenants claiming to hold their farmholds by tenant right, with a model lease 17 August 1577
p.234-236
A complaint by De Belcanqual dean of Durham against his tenants 1639
p.236-246
Extracts from Rushworth's
Collections re the trial by battle netween Claxton and Lilburne 1638, and other matters re Co Durham and Northumberland
p.247
Notes on the grand lease of Whickham and Gateshead pre-1769
p.247
Printed speech of William III as Prince of Orange to the principal men of Somerset and Dorset coming to join him at Exeter on 15 November 1688
p.252-275 1719
Printed (by Jacob Tonson, Timothy Goodwin, Bernard Lintott and William Taylor of London)
Report to the Honourable the House of Commons of Such of the Commissioners and Trustees as have been Appointed to Execute the several Trusts and Powers in relation to England, Ireland and elsewhere, (execept Scotland)
contained in Two several Acts of Parliament; the one intitled, An Act for Appointing Commissioners to enquire of the Estates of certain Traitors, and of Popish Recusants, and of Estates given to Superstitious Uses, in Order to Raise Money out of
them severally for the Publick; the other intitled, An Act for vesting the Forfeited Estates in Great Britain and Ireland in Trustees, to be Sold for the Use of the Publick, and for giving Relief to Lawful Creditors by Determining the Claims; and
for the more effectual bringing into the Respective Exchequers the Rents and Profits of the said Estates till Sold
p.278-290
A schedule of the yearly value of all the papists' estates in the Co Palatine of Durham who registered their names towards paying the sum of £3611 14s which by an act of parliament made 9 George I is directed to be raised by the said papists,
with abstracts, assessments etc.
p.294-298
Notes on the South Sea Company
p.302-365 [1720]
The Compleat Reports of the Committee of Secrecy, Nos.I-IV on the South Sea Company
p.368-370
Account of the estate forfeited by the attainder of James, earl of Derwentwater
p.372-399 1732
A Report from the Committee to whom all the Books, Instruments, and Papers Relating to the Sale of the Estate of James Earl of Derwentwater were Referred, printed by R. Williamson and W. Bowyer, London
p.402-407
Extracts from Bishop Nicholson's Leges Marchiarum or Border Laws listing commissioners for the Act of Union between England and Scotland
p.408
Engraved copy of Charles I's death warrant
p.408-409
Notes on heritable offices and jurisdictions in Scotland
p.410
Printed list of
claimants upon the Act for abolishing Heritable jurisdictions, with the Sums demanded
p.411 12 April 1748
Printed list of sums allowed to claimants by the court of Sessions in Scotland
p.412 12 November 1763
Printed list of Irish and French pensioners, from
The St James Chronicle or British Evening Post
p.414,416
List of claims sustained by the Lords of Sessions
p.417-424
The bishop of Durham's right to nominate the sheriff of Co Durham and proceedings for nominating him when the see is vacant and the king is in Germany 1750
p.426-429 6 August 1748
Printed list of tolls due on market and fair days in Darlington to the lessees of the bishop of Durham and received by James Allan receiver
p.430
Notes re the Yorkshire election of 1734
p.431
Printed chronological anecdotes from Mr Anderson's
History of the Rise and Progress of Commerce
p.434-445
The gross sum charged on the whole of Co Durham by Act of Parliament for land tax in 1765, with an account of the several sums rated on the respective parishes throughout the county at 4s in the pound
p.464-466 1769
Engraving of a monument in Bolton upon Swale to Revd John Noble, late master of Scorton School, with a printed list of subscribers (his scholars), an account and a printed memorial inscription
p.468
“A Short Character of the late Sir Joseph Yates” , 1770, temporal chancellor of Co Durham
p.471 23 November 1771
Description of floods from
The Newcastle Courant
p.479 29 June 1772
Printed agreement to support the credit of the Newcastle banks
p.489 28 October 1752
Printed specimen of the revenues of the French clergy, from
The Newcastle Courant
p.491-492
List of the bishops, bishopricks and deans of England and Ireland 1731
p.494
Engraving of Sherburn Hospital seal
ALL 8 [mid 17th century] - 1691
Abstracts of inquisitions
post mortem, a compendium of various copied documents, and two rate books for Co Durham
Outside front cover: “for Mr Raine”
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
4 paper booklets (comprising 1-2, 3-12, 13, 14 respectively), of 92p, 40p, 32p and 100p respectively, bound in quarter-leather grey-papered pasteboards
ALL 8/1 [mid 17th century]
Language: Latin
Abstracts of inquisitions post mortem from the Durham chancery up to early Charles [I], arranged alphabetically by place, made by ?Christopher Mickleton
Paper, 92p, p5-6 bound at the front, + 3f inserted
ALL 8/2 4 May [1682]
Language: Latin
Sadberge court leet and view of frankpledge
Paper, 2f
ALL 8/3 [mid 17th century]
“The lives of the bishops of Durham, from Aidan the first bishop, summarily comprising such memorials and works of charity, as sundry of their time respectively performed, with sundry other things collected out both of
the antient and late records of the cathedral church of Durham; and for the most part translated forth of Latin into English”, 1 August 1603 [incomplete version]
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 13p
Another (?later) version in DCL MS C.IV.14, published by George Allan 1779, as in printed library catalogue. Earlier version in
DUL Add.Ms.927
ALL 8/4 [mid 17th century]
Translation of Bishop Antony Bek's foundation of the collegiate church of Lanchester 1263
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 2p
ALL 8/5 [mid 17th century]
A note of the tithes belonging to the deanery of Lanchester, beside the corn tithe belonging to the prebends of Lanchester, and let by the dean and the queen's farmers before the dissolution and since, beside the prebends
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/6 [mid 17th century]
Copy livery suffered by Ralph [Nevill] earl of Westmorland in 11 Henry VIII of the castles and manors of Brancepeth and Raby, and the manors of Brancepeth, Raby, Staindrop, Winlaton and Cambois etc
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/7 [mid 17th century]
Copy of a deed of award between Ralph Fetherston (on behalf of Henry Fetherston) and Henry Trewhitt re Shaw Wood etc
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/8 [mid 17th century]
Orders and regulations made by the juries of the borough and barony of Elvet (c.1610) for the regulation of the same “to be yerely redd in our Parish Church of St Oswald's, and the same to be saifely kept in the hands of
the Churchwardens with the rest of our Records”
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 4p
ALL 8/9 [mid 17th century]
Copy deed of award in a dispute between the inhabitants of Elvet and Crossgate, for their shared common of Elvet Moor and Crossgate Moor, made 1614
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/10 [mid 17th century]
Notes of persons knighted by Charles I at York and Newcastle, and of his reception at Durham 1633
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/10a [mid 17th century]
List of those bringing a horse for the service of Charles I
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/11 1637 - 1639
List of Durham St Oswald church officers: churchwardens, overseers, surveyors, grassmen, constables, bread, ale, swine and hedge [assessors]
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/12 [mid 17th century]
Book of rates and valuations of all lands and tenements, within liberties and without, [for Co Durham] 37 Elizabeth, 1595, detailing, by ward and then parish, the values of each land or township
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 12p
ALL 8/12a 1639
Musters of militia in Co Durham, detailing units mustering at various places
Paper, badly damaged round the edges with text lost, 1p
ALL 8/13 [mid 17th century]
Co Durham rate book, regulators: Rowland Place, Rowland Burdon, Thomas Welford, William Kitching; detailing, by ward and then parish, the value of each land or township, with some ?subsequent values and notes of landholders
Paper, 32p
ALL 8/14 20 February 1691
Co Durham rate book, “Arthur Prescott Book”, detailing by parish, the value of each land or township
Paper, 100p, foliated 1-45
ALL 9 1720 - 1742
Printed legal cases, some Acts of Parliament and copies by John Rudd of various Allan related deeds.
On the spine: “For Mr Raine”
Paper book, in half-leather marbled pasteboards, with endpapers including a title page of Mr Salmon's
Modern History or The Present State of All Nations, paginated 1-316 but with
many now (29 August 2013) excised and lost
p.1-70
Blank
p.71-82
Excised manuscript [legal cases]
p.83-86 14 March 1728
The Case of Jane Pitt Widow, and of Samuel Pitt her Infant Son, and of George Speke Esq;, on Several Petitions relating to the Custody of the Person and Estate of Samuel Pitt of Crickett Malherbe in the County of Somerset,
Esq; Lunatick Grandfather of the said Samuel Pitt, the Infant. to be heard before the Privy Council, printed
p.87-90 14 March 1729
The Rt. Hon. Charles Earl of Tankerville, Appellant. Henry Grey, Esq; and others, Respondents. The Appellant's Case by C. Talbott and Thomas Lutwych, to be heard before the House of Lords, printed
p.91-94 2 May 1730
John Prat, Esq; Appellant. William Hopkins, Benjamin Midford, Henry Talbot, and Joseph Farmer, Respondents. The Appellant's Case by J. Willes and G. Eyre, to be heard before the House of Lords, printed
p.95-98 19 February 1731
Wm. Hodgson, Gent. Appellant. The Rt. Hon. George Earl of Warrington Respondent. Et e Contra. The Appellant's Case by J. Willes and J. Andrew, to be heard before the House of Lords, printed
p.99-106 1743
An Act for Vesting Divers Lands and Hereditaments in Ravensworth and Whashton, in the County of York, in James Cooke the younger, Gentleman, in Fee-simple, discharged of the Uses and Trusts of his Marriage Settlement; and for
settling, in lieu thereof, other Lands and Hereditaments, of greater Value, to the same Uses., printed
p.107-114 [mid 18th century]
A Bill for Enlightning the Streets, and Keeping a Strong and Regular Watch within the Walls of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, printed
p.115-122 [mid 18th century]
An Act for Confirming and Establishing a Partition of the Estate late of Henry Appleton, Esquire, deceased, made pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Chancery, printed
p.123-124 23 October 1733
Notarial protest by Richard Wootton on behalf of Roger Gale of London esq against Mr James Belson's refusal to accept a recited bill of exchange
p.125-126 27 October 1720
Fire insurance policy of John Spencer of Darlington with the Sun Fire Office
p.127-134
Excised printed items
p.135-138 23 November 1733
D. Ryder's opinion of a case between Thompson and Cook 1651-1697
p.139-140 3 February 1724
J. Cuthbert's opinion of a case over lands in Co Durham of John Robson
p.141-144 12 April 1734
J. Willes's opinion re freeholders' expenses for being transported to vote at a county election
p.145-156
Excised manuscript ?legal cases
p.157-168 [mid 18th century]
Copy indenture from Henry Whitley of New Mills Scotland to Cuthbert Pepper of Blackwell of a release to lead the use of a recovery and fine, by John Rudd
p.169-172 3 November 1732
Articles of agreement between Prescott Pepper of St John's College Cambridge, his sister Sarah Pepper of Blackwell Grange, and George Allan of Blackwell Grange over the late Cuthbert Pepper's Yorkshire lands
p.173-178 [mid 18th century]
Excised manuscript copy of Mr Gowland's lease to Mr Bland
p.179-182 [mid 18th century]
Copy indenture between Catherine Wright of Darlington and George Allan of Darlington
p.183-194 [mid 18th century]
Excised manuscript copy a release of a house to George Flintoff
p.195-200 [mid 18th century]
Copy indemnity by Ralph Tatham of Bishopton to Ann Page of Darlington for paying Ann Stainsby's annuity to Mr Tatham, by John Rudd
p.201-202 [mid 18th century]
Excised manuscript release to George Durham jr
p.203-208 15 November 1739
Copy release of houses etc in Stockton by Robert Killinghall of Middleton St George and George Allan of Darlington to Thomas Atkinson of the city of Durham
p.209-224
Excised manuscript documents
p.225-230 1738
Copy release by William Hustler, George Allan sr of Darlington to A.B. of property in Stockton
p.231-240 18 December 1738
Copy lease by Leonard Hartley of Middleton Tyas to Oliver Hearsley of Sedgefield of mines at Middleton Tyas
p.241-248 6 May 1742
Copy mortgage by Thomas Robson of Darlington to Mary Plewes of Darlington of copyhold lands at Cockerton
p.249-254 17 September 1741
Copy marriage settlement on the marriage of William Robson of Dinsdale and Jane Wastell of Burdon
p.255-256 17 September 1741
Copy bond from William Robson to Robert Wastell and James Allan sr
p.257-262 1742
Copy release by Ralph Andrew of Yorkshire to James Portees of Forcett of a house in Aldbrough
p.263-266 [mid 18th century]
Release by Benjamin Ward of West Rounton to James Allan re a mortgage
p.267-314
Excised manuscript documents
ALL 10 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia being collections of historical information made by [George Allan] (including transcripts of documents, extracts from parish registers, memorial inscriptions, lists of incumbents and other
officials, some drawings, and pedigrees) re parishes in Co Durham and elsewhere: Great Aycliffe, Bishop Auckland, Auckland St Helen, Binchester, Barnard Castle, Billingham, Bishopton, Boldon, Brancepeth, Bamburgh, Bedlingtonshire, Chester-le-Street,
Cocken, Coniscliffe, Coatham Mundevile, Crayke, Castle Eden, Croxdale, Cockfield
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
Items inserted:
Paper book, with leather spine and marbled pasteboards
ALL 10/1 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Richard Trevor, bishop of Durham, died 9 June 1771
ALL 10/2 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia vol.1 printed title page
ALL 10/3 [later 18th century]
Notes on the Latin titles of and names used for clergy; Hearne's lament on antiquaries' unfinished work
ALL 10/4 [later 18th century]
Engraving of “The South West Prospect of the City of Durham”
ALL 10/5 July 1774
An Address and Queries to the Public, Relative to the Compiling a Complete Civil and Ecclesiastical History of the Antient and Present State of the County Palatine of Durham , (Darlington) printed by Marshall Vesey,
outlining the scope of the project and with 34 “Queries Proposed to the Clergy and Gentlemen” about their locality
ALL 10/6 [later 18th century]
Mr Culley's hints to George Allan for a history of Co Durham
ALL 10/7 1 January 1782
Proposals for Printing by Subscription the History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham by William Hutchinson FSA
ALL 10/8 April 1729
Advertisement for 24 views of ruins in the bishoprick of Durham by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, with a list of subscribers
ALL 10/9 [16th century]
Language: Latin
Copy of a [c.1300] grant by Richard [?de Hoton] prior and the convent of Durham to Thomas of Whitworth of Woodham manor, boundaries detailed.
Printed: R. Surtees,
History and Antiquities of Co Durham vol.III, p.418
ALL 10/10 [16th century]
Notes on the roads and customs of Woodham
ALL 10/11 [later 18th century]
Printed map of the Gaundlass valley from Bishop Auckland to Raby
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/12 [mid 16th century]
Note on the descent of the prebend of Escomb in Auckland church from Bishop Bek to 1519.
Paper, 2f
ALL 10/13 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Auckland Castle, M. Griffiths del., P. Mazell sculp., pl.xli, 339.
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/14 1 December 1776
Engraving of Auckland Castle, John Bailey del., Godfrey sc., published by F. Blyth, No.87 Cornhill
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/15 23 November 1776
Submission to
The Antiquarian Repertory (p.45-48) of a description of Auckland Castle by William Hutchinson to accompany the Bailey engraving, printed
Paper, 2f
ALL 10/16 [?1772]
Printed extract from
A Tour in Scotland [?by Thomas Pennant] describing Auckland Castle
Paper, 1f, badly mottled
ALL 10/17 [later 18th century]
Engraving of the west view of Barnard Castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/18 1772
Pen and wash drawing of the font and a cross slab in Barnard Castle church, by R. Hutchinson
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/19 1772
Pen and wash drawing of “An antique stone standing at the corner of Newgate Street in Bd Castle” depicting a [clergyman] with a book and cross-staff, with two pigs standing on their hind legs, by R. Hutchinson
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/20 [later 18th century]
Engraving of John Balliol, father of John Balliol king of Scotland, Faber sculp., printed for H. Parker at No.82 Cornhill London
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/21 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Devorguilla, mother of John Balliol king of Scotland, Faber sculp., printed for H. Parker at No.82 Cornhill London
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/22 [?1772]
Pen and wash drawing of Barnard Castle church font, the standing stone in Newgate street (both as above) and the tomb effigy of Robert de Morton vicar of Gainford [by R. Hutchinson]
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/23 [later 18th century]
Engraving of the south west view of Brancepeth castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/24 1778
Engraving of Bamburgh Castle and church, Bailey del. et sc.
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/25 [later 18th century]
Engraving of the south west view of Bamburgh Castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/26 24 December 1771
An Account of the Signals made Use of at Bambrough Castle in the County of Northumberland in case Ships or Vessels are perceived in Distress, and of the charitable Institutions established there for their Assistance and
Relief, now published by the Direction of the Trustees of Nathanael late Lord Crewe, with the Approbation of the Master, Pilots and Seamen of the Trinity-house, in Newcastle upon Tyne, including an engraving of the castle from the south
east, R. Beilby delin. & sculpt.
Paper, 2f
ALL 10/27 17 December 1774
Newspaper cutting of the result of storms near Bamburgh
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/28 17 October 1780
Newspaper cutting of the annual account of Bamburgh Castle Charitable Institution
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/29 [later 18th century]
Printed extract from the rolls of parliament of lands in Co Durham, Norhamshire and Bedlingtonshire foreited to the bishop of Durham 4 November 1461, and of a letter from Edward IV giving the bishop of Durham the manor and castle of Barnard
Castle 2 June 1470
Paper, 2f
ALL 10/30 July 1774
Newspaper cutting reporting the presentation of Mr Drake to Bedlington vicarage
Paper, 1f
ALL 10/31 September 1777
Printed extract from the
London Magazine of a description of coal mines by Edward Barras of Chester le Street, with his engraving of “The Insections of Coal Pits”
Paper, 2f
ALL 10/32 [1782]
Comparative Table shewing the state of Population in this Parish with numbers of baptisms, marriages and burials for 1660-1682 and 1760-1782, not filled in
Paper, 1f
ALL 11 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia being collections of historical information made by [George Allan] (including transcripts of documents, extracts from parish registers, memorial inscriptions, lists of incumbents and other
officials, some drawings, and pedigrees) re parishes in Co Durham: Darlington, Dinsdale, Denton, Dalton, Easington, Elwick, Egglescliffe, Elton, Ebchester, Edmondbyers, Escomb, Esh, Finchale, Gateshead, Gainford
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
Items inserted:
Paper book, with leather spine and marbled pasteboards, with items inserted or stuck in
ALL 11/1 [later 18th century]
Map of Co Durham, printed for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms, St Pauls Churchyard
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/2 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia vol.2 printed title page
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/3 [later 18th century]
Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Darlington printed title page
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/4 [later 18th century]
Engraving of [Darlington] church, endorsed “This is the proof plate, engraved by Rooker”
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/5 [later 18th century]
Sketch plan of Hell Kettles near Darlington, endorsed with canto 29 of Drayton's Polyolbion
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/6 October 1757
Newspaper cutting of the obituary of Richard Bowes, surgeon, of Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/7 1776
Queries for Mr James Backhouse about numbers of Quakers, births, burials and marriages in Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/8 [c.1767]
Notes on the family of Elizabeth Pemberton of Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/9 1776
Expenses of administering the poor in Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/10 [1770]
Newspaper cutting of a verse memorial to Mrs Carter wife of Philip Carter of Darlington, from the
Gentleman's Museum, and Grand Imperial Magazine (p.134)
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/11 [1798]
Annual totals of baptisms, marriages and burials [at Darlington] 1749-1798
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/12 [later 18th century]
A Table of Moulter to be taken by the Miller at Blackwell-Mill, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/13 1767
Number of inhabitants in each of Darlington's streets
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/14 [later 18th century]
Pen drawings of two secular buildings [in Darlington], one perhaps medieval and one later
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/15 [mid 18th century]
Printed Darlington Grammar School documents:
Foundation charter of Elizabeth I, 1567, with an engraving of the queen
Opinion of John Middleton esq on the charter, 19 March 1688, and of John Cuthbert, 14 December 1714
Statutes, ordinances and decrees of the school, 3 February 1749
Confirmation of these statutes by the bishop of Durham, 1 June 1749
Appointment of William Addison to be upper master, 8 December 1739
Appointment of Cuthbert Allen to be upper master, 11 November 1747, with his discharge, 5 January 1749
Discharge of Thomas Cooke as upper master, 11 May 1750, with his appointment, 7 January 1749
Appointment of Robert Meetkirke as upper master, 23 January 1751
Appointment of Thomas Morland as upper master, 22 February 1755
Bishop's licence for Thomas Morland as upper master, 7 December 1757, with the appointment of John Dixon as under master, 20 April 1758, with an engraving of the school seal
Paper, 18f
ALL 11/16 [mid 18th century]
Engraving of the Darlington Free School seal
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/17 [later 18th century]
Coloured printed plan of the site of the intended poor house in Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/18 31 December 1805
Address to the landholders in Darlington by George Allan disassociating himself from a proposed new poor house and suggesting that the present one should be repaired, printed by M. Heavisides of Darlington
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/19 19 April 1806
Address to the landholders in Darlington by George Allan affirming his opposition to a proposed new poor house and suggesting that the present one should be repaired, printed by M. Heavisides of Darlington
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/20 29 June 1805
Valuation by Thomas Peacock of land adjacent to Darlington churchyard proposed for a new poor house
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/21 8 February 1797
Printed notice of the auction of a lease of Darlington Free Grammar School lands at Heighington
Paper, 1f
Another copy: ALL 12/5
ALL 11/22 [later 18th century]
Printed copy of Darlington vestry orders not to let church or free school lands without public notice, 25 January 1660 and 3 July 1714
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/23 17 September 1790
Printed circular sent to Darlington St Cuthbert from the Treasury asking for certificates of children of peers, baronets, lords of the manor etc born since 1760
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/24 1770
The Report of Mess. Brindley and Whitworth, Engineers, Concerning the Practicibility and Expence of Making a Navigable Canal, from Stockton by Darlington to Winston, in the County of Durham. with a Plan of the Country, River
Tees, and of the intended Canal. Surveyed and Made by Order of the Committe of Subscribers. July 19, 1769, printed by T. Slack, Newcastle, including an engraving of a loaded sail barge, the names of subscribers, a plan of Robert Wentworth's
1768 survey, a table of affected landowners, an estimate of expenses, and another plan of 1770
Paper, 14f
ALL 11/25 [later 18th century]
Coloured drawing of Francis Place of Dinsdale
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/26 [later 18th century]
Joseph Cradock's numbered answers for Denton to some of the printed queries
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/27 [later 18th century]
Inscription on a memorial to Francesa (d1636), John (d1664) and Christopher Conyers (d1693) with an affidavit about the addition of the last date of death
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/28 October 1779
Newspaper cutting advertising the letting of Elwick Hall tithes
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/29 [later 18th century]
Memorials in Egglescliffe church
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/30 [later 18th century]
Printed memorial to James Belassis in Stranton church
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/31 1771
Engraving of Finchale Abbey, SW sculpt, RH delin
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/32 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Finchale priory (spire still on the central tower; arms of Thomas Lambton), Dan King delin et sculp
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/33 1781
Engraving of Finchale Abbey, Gibson del, Bailey sc
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/34 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Gateshead hospital seal
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/35 1782
Engraving of Gateshead St Mary's church, by Bailey
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/36 1774
Pen and wash drawing of Gateshead St Mary's church from the south, by J. Lambert
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/37 1774
List of legaces left to the poor of Gateshead 25 February 1736/7, copied 4 August 1774, and verified by J. Lambert 24 November 1774; pen drawings of two chalices and a flagon with their inscriptions
Paper, 2f
ALL 11/38 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting of a memorial inscription to Sir John Trollop
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/39 [later 18th century]
Printed copy of an exemplification of a lease of the salt meadows and tolls of Gateshead by Cuthbert Tunstall bishop of Durham to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne for 450 years, confirmed by the dean and chapter [of Durham], 28
March 1554
Paper, 2f
Another copy: ALL 11/45 below
ALL 11/40 December 1774
Newspaper cutting of the death of Jane Bewick of Gateshead
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/41 November 1757
Newspaper cutting of the discovery of a skeleton on Gateshead Moor when a new pit was being sunk
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/42 1769
Collections relating St. Edmund's Hospital at Gatesheved in the county of Durham. Shewing the foundation thereof by Nicholas Farnbam bishop of Durham, about the year 1247, and afterwards dissolved by a general act of
Parliament 26th. Henry 8th. 1535, but again refounded by King James 1st. 4th. January 1610, by the name of King James's Hospital in Gateside. Together with several charters, grants, &c. concerning the said town and church of Gateside, so far as
can be collected from registers, close rolls, authentic records, wills, & other instruments in MSS. & print. [Darlington], including engravings of Cuthbert Tunstall bishop of Durham and King James I
Paper, 30f
Other copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; Cosin SB+ 0117-0118; XL 942.81 DUR/CIT/DUR/15; XLL 942.8 FEN(8)/9; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1; Routh 56.C.1. Also available online.
ALL 11/43 [later 18th century]
Printed
Letter from a Gentleman in London (p.371-372), including a description of a meeting of the Newcastle burgesses, transcribing songs sung
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/44 17 February 1772
Letter from Thomas Hugall at Durham about rebuilding the Tyne bridge, reciting a grant of Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle of the tolls of Gateshead
Paper, 4f
ALL 11/45 [later 18th century]
Printed copy of an exemplification of a lease of the salt meadows and tolls of Gateshead by Cuthbert Tunstall bishop of Durham to the mayor and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne for 450 years, confirmed by the dean and chapter [of Durham], 28
March 1554
Paper, 2f
Another copy: ALL 11/39 above
ALL 11/46 1772
An Act for Building a Temporary Bridge over the River Tyne between the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in the County of Durham, printed
Paper, 8f
ALL 11/47 [?1789]
Annual totals of baptisms, burials and marriages in Gainford 1760-1789
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/48 14 October 1780
Newspaper cutting from
the Newcastle Chronicle of a poem written by a lady at Gainford, incipit: “Satyr, arise, and tune the shell ...”
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/49 25 September 1773
Pen drawing of a box wood silver embellished arm holding a book, found in a grave at Gainford
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/50 [later 18th century]
Address label from Sir William Curtis to Thomas Backhouse at West Lodge, Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/51 [later 18th century]
Pen and wash drawing of [Gainford vicarage] by George Pigg
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/52 1785
Pen and wash drawing of “Sellaby, the seat of the Hon. Frederick Vane” , by George Pigg
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/53 [?1768]
Brass rubbing of John Stevenson from Gainford church, with a note by George Allan that the brass was in his possession
Paper, 1f
ALL 11/54 [later 18th century]
Brass rubbing of Roger Kirkby from Gainford church
Paper, 1f
ALL 12 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia being collections of historical information made by [George Allan] (including transcripts of documents, extracts from parish registers, memorial inscriptions, lists of incumbents and other
officials, some drawings, and pedigrees) re parishes in Co Durham and elsewhere: Greatham; Grindon; Heighington (includes a plan of Darlington Free School lands there and an ordinance for the Grammar School at Heighington); Hurworth;
Haughton[-le-Skerne]; Houghton-le-Spring; Hylton; Hartlepool; Monk Heselden; Hamsterley; Holy Island; Jarrow; Kepier; Kimblesworth; Lanchester (several drawings of Roman antiquities); Lamesley; Langley; Lumley; Medomsley; Merrington; Bishop
Middleham; Middleton St George; Middleton in Teesdale; Muggleswick
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
Items inserted:
Paper book, with leather spine and marbled pasteboards, with items inserted or stuck in
ALL 12/1 [later 18th century]
[Speed's] printed map of Co Durham with an inset of the city of Durham, to be sold by Henry Overton at The White Horse without Newgate, London
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/2 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia vol.3 title page
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/3 [later 18th century]
Language: Latin and some English
Printed documents re Greatham hospital:
Grant of Greatham manor by Peter Montfort to Bishop Robert Stichill
Hospital foundation charter of Bishop Robert Stichill 1273
Statutes and ordinances 23 January 1273
Appropriation of Greatham church by Bishop Antony Bek
Surrender of a place in the hospital by Walter Donant 1352
Grant of a corody to Robert Menyot 1353
Appointment of Henry Snayth as master 18 November 1361
Mandate to induct Henry Snayth as master 28 November 1361
Writ of execution against Bishop Thomas Hatfield re a presentation 27 January 1362
Writ of execution against the master William Westle 27 January 1362
Institution of Henry Snayth as master 31 January 1362
Collation of Thomas Weston as master 1396
Warrant to excuse William Middleton master from appearing at the assizes 14 February 1347
Collation of Robert Tatman as master 22 March 1440
Exemplification of grants
Interrogatories concerning the vicarage 28 July 1580
Refoundation charter of the hospital 20 July 1610
Paper, 23f, in 3 parts
ALL 12/4 8 February 1797
Printed history of Greatham manor 1264-1272
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/5 [later 18th century]
Printed notice of the auction of a lease of Darlington Free Grammar School lands at Heighington
Paper, 1f
Another copy: ALL 11/21
ALL 12/6 [later 18th century]
Extracts of Hurworth baptisms and burials 1589-1714
Paper, 2f
ALL 12/7 May 1756
Page from
The Gentleman's Magazine vol.xxvi, (p.247-248) including a poem on the old elm in Hurworth, incipit “Hail, venerable Elm! the villa's pride...”
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/8 [later 18th century]
Memorial to Judith widow of Cuthbert Routh late of Dinsdale, died 1775
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/9 25 August 1722
Certificate of discharge of dilapidations on Haughton rectory by the rector Joseph Butler to Mr Thomas Bellasyse
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/10 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Thomas Secker
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/11 [17th century]
Printed biography of Bernard Gilpin (p.307-320 of a volume of biographies of those dying in 1583, preceded by the end of Edmund Grindal and followed by the start of Zacharie Ursin)
Paper, 7f
ALL 12/12 [later 18th century]
Memorial inscription of Robert Hutton arm, died 1681
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/13 [later 18th century]
Engraving of the west view of Hylton castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/14 1782
Engravings of Hartlepool church by Bailey and rocks at Hartlepool by W. Hutchinson
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/15 1775
Engraving of Lindsfarne priory, north aspect, W. Hutchinson del, Bailey sculp
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/16 1775
Engraving of Lindisfarne castle, by W. H[utchinson]
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/17 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Lindisfarne castle, Flitcroft delin
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/18 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Lindisfarne priory and castle from the south
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/19 February 1782
Engraving of Lindisfarne priory with an account of the priory, being p.81-84 of
The Universal Magazine
Paper, 3f
ALL 12/20 [later 18th century]
Language: Latin and English
Dedication inscription of Jarrow church 685
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/21 [later 18th century]
Coloured arms of Nathaniel Johnson of Kimblesworth
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/22 [later 18th century]
Language: Latin
Printed collation of John Elles to Kellow vicarage 1499
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/23 [1782]
Printed table of annual baptisms, marriages and burials totals in Kelloe 1760-1782
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/24 [later 18th century]
Engraving of 6 [?Roman] antiquities at Lanchester
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/25 [later 18th century]
Notes about Bearpark and Wallnook bridge
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/26 1782
Engraving of Ravensworth castle, Bailey del et sc
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/27 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Lumley castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/28 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting on an anecdote of James I's visit to Lumley castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/29 [later 18th century]
Engraving of the west prospect of Lumley castle, drawn by Edward Barrass, with his printed description of the castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/30 [later 18th century]
Language: Latin
Crenellation licence from Bishop Walter Skirlaw to Sir Ralph Lumley for Lumley castle 10 November 1389
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/31 [later 18th century]
Language: Latin
Printed licence of Bishop Tobias Mathew to John Lord Lumley to transfer the bodies of his ancestors to the north aisle in Chester le Street church 1 June 1594
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/32 1782
Engraving of Lumley castle by Bailey
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/33 [later 18th century]
Coloured arms granted to Thomas Hobson of Merrington 1658 and Lawrence Wilkinson of Ferryhill 1615
Paper, 2f
ALL 12/34 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting from
the London Chronicle of a memorial to Thomas Bedford vicar of Bishop Middleham and his family of 74
Paper, 1f
ALL 12/35 1693
Terrier of Middleton in Teesdale rectory
Paper, 4f
ALL 13 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia being collections of historical information made by [George Allan] (including transcripts of documents, extracts from parish registers, memorial inscriptions, lists of incumbents and other
officials, some drawings, and pedigrees) re parishes in Co Durham: Norton; Long Newton; Neasham; Norham; Piercebridge; Pittington; Redmarshall; Ryton; Sherburn Hospital; Raby; Staindrop; Stanhope; Sunderland; Seaham; South Shields (with drawings of
Roman memorials)
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
Items inserted:
Paper book, with leather spine and marbled pasteboards, with items inserted or stuck in
ALL 13/1 [later 18th century]
Printed map of Co Durham titled “Durham Drawn from the best Authorities”
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/2 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia vol.4 title page
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/3 [later 18th century]
Engraving of “The South East View of Norham Castle”
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/4 1782
Engraving of Ryton church exterior from the south east by Bailey
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/5 1771
Collections relating Sherburn Hospital in the County palatine of Durham. Shewing the Foundation thereof by Hugh Pudsey Bishop of Durham about the Year 1181, and what Alterations it has since undergone ... and several Charters,
Grants ... thereof, so far as can be collected from Registers ...
Contents (with various ms amendments and additions):
frontispiece, west view of Sherburn Hospital engraved by J Bailey, 1771
title page with a vignette of the hospital seal
ms notes about leper hospitals
The life of Hugh Pudsey, includes engraved plate of charter of Pudsey to Durham City and papal confirmation thereof issued separately, engraved by Stephens from Christopher Fawcett's autograph 1774
Masters of Sherburn Hospital description and list
Foundation charter; composition for tithes ... 1204; grant of land at Witton-le-Wear c1260 and release of rent
Constitutions of the house of Sherburn
Release of common of pasture in Smallmor; bond of the abbot of Blancheland 1317; grant of lands in South Sherburn 1331; grant of free-warren in Sherburn etc 1384; grant of lands in Ebchester by John Neville 1384; grant of the mastership to Alan
of Newark 1403
Commission to enquire into dilapidations of Sherburn 1429
Bishop Langley's new ordinance or reform of the hospital 1434
Collation of John Elles to the vicarage of Kelloe 1499; grant of the mastership to Robert Dykar 1501 and Robert Gundisalve 1507
(Inserted) Sketch of the life of Cardinal Wolsey with an engraving
Lease of waste ground at Ebchester to the master Geoffrey Wren 1524; collation of Thomas Leghe to the mastership 1535; grant of the next presentation to the vicarage of Bishopton 1541; note of abuses in the hospital; collation of Anthony Salvayn
as master 1552; petition of Anthony Salvayn for an enquiry into a lease granted by his two predecessors as master 1557; commision of enquiry 1557; interrogatories 1557; depositions of witnesses 1557 by Ralph Crawe, William Todd, Cuthbert, Thomas
Mathew, Robert Hixon, John Leghe, and Thomas Batley
Biography of Ralph Skinner master 1559; collation of Thomas Lever as master 1562; engraved vignette of Thomas Lever's memorial 1577; collations to Sockburn vicarage of Thomas Wright 1570 & Francis Trollop 1572; collation of Ralph Lever as
master 1577 and his biography; letters of institution of Nicholas Hilton to the vicarage of Sockburn 1579; refusal of Bishop Barnes to institute George Swalwell to the vicarage of Kelloe 1580; grant by Bishop Barnes of the next presentation of the
mastership to John Goldsmith and Henry Goldsmith 1582
Act for the incorporation of [Sherburn Hospital] 1584, with an engraved tailpiece ornament
Presentation of Valentine Dale to the mastership 1585, with a biography; dispensation of absence for Valentine Dale 1585; procuration of Valentine Dale 1585; institution and decree for Valentine Dale 1585; citation for Bishop Barnes's visitation
1585, with a biography; re the presentation of Robert Bellamy to the mastership 1590
Commission to enquire of charitable uses of all colleges etc in the bishoprick of Durham 1593 with articles of enquiry and the resultant inquisition 1594
Ordinances and rules decreed by the bishop of Durham 1595
Recognizance of Robert Bellamy master for delivering the stock etc 1605; Thomas Murray admitted as master 1607; collation of William Shawe as master 1623; institution, testimonial, mandate to induct and stock inventory for John Machon as master
1636; John Machon master's petition to the king 1660; Bishop Cosin's order concerning admitting only maimed seamen and soldiers 1666
Bishop Crewe's order re Machon's losses 1676
Thornley Brother's place: charter; certificate; collations 1682 & 1692
Bishop Crewe's orders and rules 1703; order of Bishop Crewe re Dr Montague 1720
Thornley Brother: certificate of death, 1716, collation and monition, 1716;
Quarterly accounts 1726; rental 1717; house expenses 1686
Collation of Wadham Chandler as master 1735 with mandate and certificate
Bishop Chandler's visitation 1735
Ordinances and rules 1735
Collation of a Thornley Brother and monition 1735, 1736; Robert Stillingfleet's master's bond 1738; collation of a Thornley Brother and monition 1744; Bishop Chandler's order 1748; schedule of goods 1748
Paper, 136f
Another copy: ALL 20
Further copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; SB+ 0117-0118; XLL 362 SHE; Add.MS. 1554; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1; Routh 56.C.1
ALL 13/6 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Raby Castle
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/7 [l1770s]
Raby Castle County of Durham, printed, brief history of the castle with the text of the 1378 crenellation licence, with a translation
Paper, 1f
Further copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; SB+ 0117-0118; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1; Routh 56.C.1
ALL 13/8 [1770s]
Manor of Raby in the County of Durham, printed, describing the descent of the manor and the Neville family, with the text of a 1406 retaining indenture of John de Thorp, with translation, with an additional folio of ms
text describing the 5th earl of Westmorland's tomb, including a coat of arms
Paper, 5f
Further copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; SB+ 0117-0118; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1
ALL 13/9 [later 18th century]
Pedigree of Gospatric and the Nevilles
Paper, 1f
ALL 13/10 9 May 1772
Letter from Peter Fisher at Staindrop to George Allan at Darlington: property and charities of the parish
Paper, 2f
ALL 13/11 [later 18th century]
Advertisement, printed, for a chapel of ease in Sunderland including a form for subscriptions
Paper, 6f
ALL 14 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia being collections of historical information made by [George Allan] (including transcripts of documents, extracts from parish registers, memorial inscriptions, lists of incumbents and other
officials, some drawings, and pedigrees) re parishes in Co Durham: Stockton, including much on the charity school; Sedgefield, including various memorials with coats of arms drawn; Sadberge; Sockburn; Stranton; Seaton Carew; Stainton; Tanfield;
Trimdon; Winston; Whorlton; Wolviston; Whitworth; Witton Gilbert; Witton-le-Wear; Wolsingham, Monkwearmouth; Bishopwearmouth; Washington; Whitburn; Whickham
Inside front cover: George Allan bookplate
Items inserted:
Paper book, with leather spine and marbled pasteboards, with items inserted or stuck in
ALL 14/1 [later 18th century]
Engraving of Durham Cathedral from the north west on the far bank of the Wear, with a man fishing
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/2 [later 18th century]
Collectanea Dunelmensia vol.5 title page, with engravings of both sides of the seal of William James bishop of Durham 1606 applied to the foot
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/3 [later 18th century]
1777 memorial to Mary Ann Spearman, addressed to Ralph Ord, Sands
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/4 [later 18th century]
Lady Freville's will re the charities given by her to Sedgefield and Bishop Middleham
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/5 [later 18th century]
Final concord at Sadberge between William Blackwell chaplain, Thomas de Baines and Thomas Counden querulents and Thomas Norman of Newcastle and his wife Margaret deforciants over 2 messuages and 60 acres in Coatham Mundeville 1449, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/6 [later 18th century]
Collations and institutions to Sockburn vicarage of Thomas Wright 1570, Francis Trollop 1572 and Nicholas Hilton 1579, printed
Paper, 3f
Further copies: ALL 13/5 above
ALL 14/7 19 April 1764
Sketch of John Conyers's 1395 cross slab in Sockburn church, with 2 further memorial inscriptions, 3 coats of arms and a tomb effigy, all of the Conyers in Sockburn church
Paper, 7f, pen and wash with some colour
ALL 14/8 1788
Sketch of the Conyers falchion, with measurements, from the Heralds Visitation, but noted as compared with the original 5 August 1791.
Paper, 1f, pen and wash with some colour
ALL 14/9 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting from
the Newcastle Chronicle
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/10 [later 18th century]
Translated enrolled deed of John Carrowe about a whale at Seaton Carew 1363, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/11 20 December 1586
Agreement of William Burton and Anthony Rickarby about the division of Stainton manor
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/12 [later 18th century]
Bond of the abbot of Blancheland to the master of Sherburn hospital over tithes at Newbiggin and Stainton 1317, printed
Paper, 1f
Other copies: ALL 13/5 above
ALL 14/13 10 June 1777
Description of Winston bridge by ? sent to George Allan
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/14 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting describing a memorial to Rev John Farrer in Witton-le-Wear church
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/15 [1782]
Comparative table of baptisms, marriages and burials in Witton-le-Wear 1660-1682 and 1760-1782
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/16 6 May 1779
Engraving of Witton Castle from the south east, by Bailey
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/17 [later 18th century]
Witton Castle County of Durham, description with a 1410 crenellation licence and translation, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/18 1781
Engraving of the tower of Witton Castle, by Bailey
Paper, 1f
ALL 14/19 15 November 1777
Newspaper cutting about a coin find at John Roxby's demolished house at Whitburn
Paper, 1f
ALL 15 [later 18th century]
Collection of historical information about the town of Darlington [intended for publication] comprising ms notes and extracts of documents:
p.5 Contents
p.12 Jury verdict on copyhold rights to lead stone to the manor house, toll booth, mills and bakehouse, 6 August 1617
p.13 Jury verdict correcting errors for leading stone etc, 2 October 1667
p.14 Evidence given of customs at the court, 5 April 1667
p.15 Blackwell copyholders agreement with William Burleston farmer, 15 March 1670
p.18 Memorandum of a decree in Durham Chancery re Darlington and Blackwell mills, September 1634
p.18 Table of millers' tolls for grinding corn
p.19 Mr Richardson grinding corn at his windmill, 5 May 1775
p.20 Subscription for new bells for Darlington, 22 January 1753
p.24 Subscription for Queen Anne's Bounty for a church living, 1720
p.26 Second subscription for the same, November 1732
p.36 Agreement to rebuild the church spire destroyed by lightning, 25 July 1750
p.38 Mayor Richmond's letter to free market tolls with cases quoted from the report books, 28 May 1669
p.38 Hobart's report of a trial at York re Darlington market tolls
p.40 Table of market tolls and fair days
p.41 Bishop Chandler's letter re tolls on the first Monday in March, 20 February 1739
p.41 Bishop Chandler's lease of tolls for 3 lives to Charles Moor for a rent of 16s, 6 November 1736
p.45 Francis Forster's conveyance of 2 almshouses in Northgate, 9 March 1633
p.51 Francis Forster's conveyance of a close in Yarm Lane to the poor, 21 November 1641
p.56 James Bellayse's will re the Poor Howdens Charity, 10 October 1636
p.59 Parkinson to Bellasyse surrender re the Poor Howdens, 23 October 1615
p.60 John Pare's will of four horse loads of coals and 3s 4d to the poor, 9 June 1599
p.61 Thomas Barker's will of 20s pa to the poor, 22 May 1686
p.62 George Buck's will of a £100 legacy, 18 July 1704
p.64 Surrender purchase of Buck Close with Mr Hodgson a trustee, 11 October 1711
p.66 Michael Hodgson admitted a trustee, 10 October 1770
p.68 Arthur Prescott's will of a £20 legacy to the poor, 2 February 1706
p.69 Mrs Allan Grange's bond to the churchwardens for Prescott's legacy of £20, 26 January 1770
p.70 Vestry order for burying in church, St Paul's dinner and sexton's graves, 5 April 1765
p.71 Robert Noble's will of 40s pa to the charity school and 20s pa to the poor, 20 May 1719
p.78 Abstract of school leases of houses, 8 October 1567
p.92 Vestry order to let leases of school and poor lands, 3 July 1714
p.94 Abstract of school leases of Heighington lands, 3 April 1631
p.118 List of ministers and churchwardens 1630-1775
p.142 Bishop Chandler's patent to Charles Moor bailiff and steward of the borough court, 4 April 1736
p.144 Bishop Chandler's patent to James Allan bailiff and steward of the borough court, 28 March 1739
p.147 Table of borough court fees, 27 July 1733
p.152 Jury presentment of ancient customs, bounds and rights of borough freeholders free of market tolls, 17 November 1741
p.156 Bishop Chandler's patent to Christopher Johnson housekeeper of the manor house, Darlington, 28 June 1748
p.173 Durham Chancery the copyholders' answers to the bishop's bill for repairs to the mill dam at Darlington, 16 April 1726
p.199 Durham Chancery information by the bishop's attorney general against copyholders for repairs to the mill dam, 14 March 1726
p.208 Bishop's lease of Darlington and Blackwell corn mills for 3 lives to Henry Vane, 1 April 1749
p.213 Bishop's lease of Darlington and Blackwell corn mills for 3 lives to Richard Stamper, 26 April 1781
p.218 Durham Chancery decree re the customs of grinding corn at Darlington and Blackwell mills, 10 September 1634
p.224 Bishop's lease of Blackwell corn mills for 3 lives to Richard Stamper, 26 April 1781
p.228 Case on the poor Howden's escheating to the bishop of Durham, November 1769
p.232 The bishop of Durham's grant thereof
de novo to trustees to the uses of Mr Bellasyse's will, 27 May 1771
p.235 Licence to demise the same for 21 years, 9 December 1771
p.238 Division of Grange Close at Darlington, 1668
p.241 Extract of the will of Henry Hilton, 26 February 1641
p.249 Lawyer Middleton's opinion re Darlington school charter, 19 March 1689
p.250 Lawyer Cuthbert's opinion re Darlington school charter, 4 December 1714
p.251 Appointment of William Addison as master of the school, 8 December 1739
p.252 Appointment of Cuthbert Allan as master of the school, 11 November 1747
p.253 Discharge of Cuthbert Allan as master of the school, 4 January 1749
p.254 Appointment of Thomas Cooke as master of the school, 7 January 1749
p.255 Kings Bench John Hayton's affidavit on being elected churchwarden and attending the visitation refsued by trhe archdeacon's official, 25 April 1749
p.256 James Allan's affidavit likewise, 25 April 1749
p.258 John Collier's affidavit likewise, 25 April 1749
p.260 Bill of costs for the archdeacon's official's mandamus, 25 April 1749
p.261 Vestry meeting of 24 to choose churchwardens, 28 March 1749
p.263 Writ of mandamus to the archdeacon to admit John Haytor as churchwarden
p.265 Discharge of Thomas Cooke as master of the school, 11 May 1750
p.266 Appointment of Robert Meetkirke as master of the school, 23 January 1751
p.266 Resignation of Robert Meetkirke as master of the school
p.268 Appointment of Thomas Morland as master of the school, 2 February 1755
p.271 Bishop's licence for Thomas Morland to teach in the school, 7 December 1755
p.272 Appointment of John Dixon as usher of the school, 20 April 1758
p.284 Latin copy of the school charter, 20 October 1567
p.295 Mr Meetkirke's English translation of the school charter
p.322 Bishop Chandler's confirmation of the school statutes and orders
p.325 Lease of school lands at Heighington to John Newcomb for 9 years, June 1751
p.325 Plan of school lands at Heighington and Thornaby
p.334 Schedule of school rents, May 1750
p.335 Schedule of rents, 12 May 1769
p.336 Churchwardens' accounts of rents Thomas Cooke master, 12 May 1750
p.354 Sequestration of Darlington curacy directed to the churchwardens on the death of Mr Wood, 19 March 1772
p.358 Particulars of the value of the Darlington church living Lord Vane patron, May 1764
p.360 Death of Mr Wood rector of Darlington and Gateshead and master of Gateshead Hospital, 12 March 1772
p.360 Epitaph and memorial of Mr Wood
p.360 Induction of Henry Hemington to Darlington on the presentation of Lord Vane, 10 May 1772
p.364 Survey and rental of Lord Vane's glebe lands and tithes at Darlington, May 1778
p.364 Death of Henry Hemington as rector of Darlington, May 1784
Inside front cover: George Allan's bookplate
Inserted:
Paper book, in marbled half-leather/parchment covered pasteboards, front board detached, with 85 items inserted or stuck in, paginated (?contemporary) 1-410
ALL 15/1 21 October 1778
Newspaper cutting of a notice by Joseph Eyre clerk to Christ's Hospital London of the meeting of a committee of almoners to distribute annuities
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/2 [2 December 1778]
Newspaper cutting of the death of Rev William Hetherington who founded a charity for Christ's Hospital
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/3 [early 18th century]
Sketch of lands belonging to the bishop of Durham next to Darlington churchyard, ?by William Walters
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/4 11 December 1788
Notice of a committee appointed to apply for an Act for the better regulation of the poor in Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/5 28 September 1788
Wanted notice for the arrest of John Mathison for forging Backhouse bank notes, with a description of him, a reward of £50 on capture, and £100 on conviction, printed (with a note that he was captured and executed)
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/6 [later 18th century]
Historical Collections Relating the Town of Darlington title page
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/7 [1751 x 1795]
Note describing the sections of roads in Darlington to be repaired by the Boroughbridge & Durham Turnpike Trust, the Darlington & West Auckland Turnpike Trust (the ‘Coal Road’) and the township of Darlington
‘B[orough]B[ridge] Turnpike belonging Bondgate from the pavement south to the Conduit on this or North side Grange. Not Turnpike from the road at Glazing Sikes to the top of the Hole next Blackwell. Turnpike from the pavement in Paradise row to
where Low Coneysibes[?] Liberty begins. Turnpike from the County part on the road to Haughton to Redbeck. Not turnpike from the County part on the road to Hurworth near Geneva House and down Yarm Road to where [blank] begins. The Coal Road repairs
all the Bondgate road to Cockerton. B[orough]B[ridge] road repairs all the Bondgate road from Lowson Letch northward towards Durham. Not Turnpike from a watercourse across the Road from Bla[ck]well to the Salutation and from thence to Cockerton Road
and to Mowdon Bridge. Darlington Repairs the Town.'
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/8 20 April 1793
Notice of a general vestry meeting on 28 April to consider the bishop's proposal for replacing pews, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/9 29 October 1788
Notice of a vestry meeting on 12 November to consider an Act for better regulation of the poor, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/10 28 April 1793
Notice of the resolutions of a commmittee to repew the church, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/11 [?1770s]
The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, title and start of the introduction with an ms note at the end “I never went any further in this work - GA”
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/12 16 March 1772
A Table of Moulter or Toll to be taken by Millers for Grinding Corn ..., printed by John Sadler, Darlington
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/13 [1796]
Millers Act, detailing regulations coming into force on 1 July, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/14 [later 18th century]
A Table of Moulter to be taken by the Miller at Blackwell-Mill, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/15 [5 May 1775]
Grinding of Corn regulations at Darlington mills, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/16 [later 18th century]
Memoranda from the Darlington church book 1631-1677
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/17 6 April 1772
Memorandum of the purchase of communion flagons bought in London in memory of Hannah Eden and Anna Allan
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/18 [later 18th century]
Extracts from Boldon Book, or the Domesday of the County of Durham, printed, “relating to the parish of Darlington” added
Paper, 4f
Other copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; SB+ 0117-0118; Routh 56.C.1
ALL 15/19 4 December 1776
Letter from Samuel Dickens archdeacon of Durham to the churchwardens of Darlington about the regulating of burials, with a covering letter to the rector
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/20 28 May 1669
Letter from Mayor John Kay at Richmond to ? for Mr Lambe suggesting that to resolve the dispute over Darlington townsmen being distrained for market tolls and stallage, each nominates a lawyer who should meet at Catterick as that would be
convenient to his man Mr Driffell of Ripon
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/21 ?28 May 1669
Letter from? on behalf of John Lambe and the infant Dorothy Barnes [to Mayor John Kay] discussing the desirability of avoiding a suit over the Darlington tolls and stallages dispute and payments by those of Richmond using the Darlington market,
by having two lawyers meet but they were meant to have met at York to resolve this
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/22 [later 17th century]
“Cooke in his reading upon Westminster primer Chapt. 31 fol.221 saith”, opinion on the dispute over Darlington market fairs and tolls
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/23 [?1658]
Part of a page from [
The Reports ... of Sir Henry Hobart], p.187-188, including the case of Agar against Lisle concerning tolls at the bishop of Durham's fair at Darlington [in 1614], printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/24 1 December 1794
Notice of the auction of a moiety of the tolls etc of Darlington held by lease for 3 lives from the bishop of Durham, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/25 [later 18th century]
Notice of Darlington market and fair days, by order of the Court of Chancery, James Allan receiver, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/26 28 February 1784
Draft notice from Agricola to
the Newcastle Chronicle against the imposition of a double toll at Darlington market on the first Monday in March
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/27 [1799]
To the Copyholders of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington, notice from George Allan printing two letters to him from anonymous (2 March) and John Wetherell (23 January) concerning liabilities for repairs to the toll
booth, and his reply of 24 January
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/28 9 July 1791
Darlington Market, notice by Henry Ornsby bailiff of Darlington and steward of the courts of the acquisition of a bell for the toll booth, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/29 29 April 1795
Darlington Vestry, notice against disturbances or disruption of the market, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/30 20 February 1739
Letter from E[dward Chandler bishop of] Durham to Mr Allen objecting on behalf of Mr Shaftoe and the corporation of Durham to his advertisements in
the Newcastle Courant of cattle markets at Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/31 29 December 1772
Acquittance from Henry Wilkinson auditor to John Fleatham collector for Haughton
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/32 1796
Survey plan of Bucks Close belonging to the poor of Darlington and Sadberge
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/33 2 March 1791
Copy receipt of Robert Botcherby and Samuel Forster, churchwardens, to James and Robert Allan executors of their later father James Allan who was executor of Ann Allan of a bond [for the poor widows of Darlington]
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/34 26 December 1795
Language: Latin
Letter from J. Wilson at Easington to Mr Bowes, attorney at Darlington: the post of usher at Darlington school
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/35 14 March 1627
Language: Latin
Grant by Charles I to Queen Henrietta Maria of rents and tithes from Darlington deanery, printed
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/36 25 January 1660 & 3 July 1714
Darlington vestry orders from the old church book and the church pew book not to let church and school lands without giving public notice, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/37 1 May 1757
A Weekly Bill of Fare of Provisions for the Poor, in the Work-House at Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/38 12 April 1757
Orders to be Observed by the several Parochial Officers of the Township of Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/39 12 August 1790
A Weekly Bill of Fare of Provisions for the Poor, in the Work-House at Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/40 28 January 1775
Notice of the setting up of a committee for the prosection of felons, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/41 28 January 1775
Resolutions of a meeting of the inhabitants of Darlington “to consider of proper Steps being taken for the Preservation of our Property, from the too frequent Depredations of Highway-men House-breakers, and other
Offenders”, printed
Paper, 1f in 2 parts
ALL 15/42 14 December 1791
Notice of a meeting of the Committee of the Association for the Prosecution of Felons, printed by G. Smith of Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/43 20 January 1739
Letter from E[dward Chandler bishop of] Durham: is Charles Moor dead, does his brother succeed to the lease or can Mr Allan's nephew have it, and also discusses the fine
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/44 5 October 1792
Notice by George Allan to Michael Stamper to produce his moulter of corn toll measuring dish in court
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/45 [later 18th century]
A Table of Moulter to be taken by the Miller at Blackwell Mill, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/46 [1796]
Millers Act, detailing regulations coming into force on 1 July, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/47 30 August 1792
Notice of a meeting in Darlington church vestry re repairs to the mill-race and measures to prevent flooding of the Poor Howdens by the River Skerne, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/48 24 June 1795
Notice of a meeting re clearing the River Skerne, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/49 8 December 1739
Discharge of Rev Mr Marshall as master of Darlington school by the churchwardens
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/50 15 June 1563
Charter of Elizabeth I for Darlington free grammar school, printed
Paper, 4f
ALL 15/51 [1663]
Draft rules for Darlington free school
Paper, 1f, central hole and damaged along crease lines, some text lost
ALL 15/52 May 1795
Newspaper cutting of a law report re whether Rev Richard Withnal had been duly nominated master of Skipton grammar school
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/53 3 February 1749
Statutes of Darlington grammar school, with an engraving of the seal, printed
Paper, 4f
ALL 15/54 1 June 1749
Confirmation of the statutes by the bishop of Durham, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/55 14 October 1796
Notice of the auction of the lease of school lands in Tubwell Row etc, Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/56 15 October 1796
Notice of a meeting to consider enlarging the churchyard, and of an auction (bis) of a lease of land in Heighington, printed
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/57 [October 1796]
Particulars of lands at Heighington belonging to Darlington free school to be let by auction, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/58 22 January 1777
Notice inviting the letting of the casting “turnpike-wise” of the lane leading to Yarm and Neasham from Darlington
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/59 ?14 May 1674
Decision of Sir Robert Eden in the dispute between the borough holders of Darlington and the owners of Branking Moor over the proportioning of assessments, to be equally divided, with the Branking Moor owners paying for highway repairs
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/60 1748
Schedule of Paul rents in Darlington, noted with a receipt of 31 August 1750 for James Allan's stallage
Paper, 2f
ALL 15/61 19 October 1767
Newspaper cutting of a notice of a meeting re a possible canal from Stockton to Darlington and thence to the coal pits
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/62 1768
A Plan of the River Tees and of the intended Navigable Canal from Stockton by Darlington to Winston in the Bishoprick of Durham Survey'd by Robt Whitworth, with a table of lengths and falls
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/63 [later 18th century]
Strayed or Conveyed notice appealing for the return of a monkey called Nimrod or Smugler, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/64 May 1796
Notice by Mr Allan against trespassing on his grounds at Hungate and Kilngarth; acknowledgement of an out of court settlement by William Evening, John Mowbray, William Atkinson and John Neesom with Mr Allan for trespassing thus, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/65 29 July 1786
Address to the inhabitants of Darlington to institute Sunday Schools, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/66 [later 18th century]
Newspaper cutting of an advertisement of the Talbot Inn, a farm, blacksmith's shop and mansion house at Blackwell for let
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/67 10 July 1779
Notice of a meeting to establish a committee to prosecute those circulating base copper coin, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/68 21 November 1789
Notice of the overseers of the poor offering apprentices or servants, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/69 26 March 1795
Wanted notice for seven men from Darlington etc to serve in the navy, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/70 26 September 1767
Newspaper cutting advertising the letting of Darlington poor house and inviting tenders for a new bridge over the River Skern
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/71 [January 1755]
Newspaper cutting advertising for an usher for Darlington grammar school
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/72 [?1767]
Newspaper cutting of births, marriages and funerals at Darlington 1764-1766
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/73 [1780]
Comparative table of baptisms, marriages and burials in Darlington 1760-1780, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/74 5 September 1783
Newspaper cutting re the imposition of stamp duty on parish register entries
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/75 4 December 1776
Regulations by Samuel Dickens, archdeacon of Durham, re burials in Darlington, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/76 19 June 1762
Newspaper cutting re a meeting re the cleaning of Morden Carrs
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/77 2 April 1774
Sacrilege, offer of reward for the return of communion plate stolen from Darlington church, printed
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/78 1 July 1748
Newspaper cutting offering a reward for people convicted of stealing from gardens and orchards
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/79 1752
Newspaper cutting advertising the dates of fairs in the new style of dating
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/80 6 June 1752
Newspaper cutting re the exceptional wool market
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/81 9 August 1755
Newspaper cutting re a new ring of six bells
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/82 18 December 1756
Newspaper cutting re the burning of illicit moulter measures
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/83 8 April 1758
Newspaper cutting advertising the electing of a new usher, with a note that Cuthbert Shaco was elected
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/84 2 November 1754
Newspaper cutting advertising a commission of sewers to clean out the River Skern
Paper, 1f
ALL 15/85 9 November 1754
Newspaper cutting proposing opposing the commission of sewers as it would benefit only one landowner
Paper, 1f
ALL 16 [later 18th century]
Bibliography of publications and manuscripts containing Co Durham material, compiled by Allan
Inside front cover: bookplate of James Allan of Darlington
Contents (other folios blank):
f.6r-39v References to documents about Co Durham in Rymer's
Foedera
f.68r-69r Notes on palatinates
f.70r-71v Durham references in Barnardstone's and other law reports
f.72r List of books with Durham material
f.73r-v Durham references in Bowen's
History of Newcastle, Madox's
Formulare, Lowthorp's
Abridgement
f.74r Proposals for volumes to be printed
f.74v-75v Books used by Edmund Gibson in his additions to Camden's
Britannia, the Harleian Catalogue and Thomas Osbourne's Catalogue
f.76r-78v Durham references in the catalogue of Mr Spearman's manuscripts
f.80r-81v Translation of Rud's
Dissertatio de vero Auctore Symeonis Dunelm
f.82r-83v Letter of William Lee to Mr Ellison and from Mr Ellison 1698 about records relating to Newcastle
f.87r-90r Index to Lawyer Grey's manuscripts in the possession of Robert Harrison of Newcastle 1774 re Co Durham and Newcastle subjects
f.94r-102v Durham references in Rushworth's
Historical Collections, Nicholson's
English Historical Library, Gale's
Registrum Honoris de Richmond, Collier's
Ecclesiastical
History, Ryley's
Placita Parliamentaria, Burton's
Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire, Madox's
Formulare, Prynne's
Animadversions, Madox's
Baronia, Madox's
Firma, Selden's
Titles of Honor, and Pickering's
Statutes
Paper book, in marbled pasteboards with leather spine, 150f
ALL 17 [mid 18th century]
Thomas Gill's copies of Gilbert Spearman's
An Enquiry into the Antient and Present State of the County Palatine of Durham (1729) and “A Compleat History of Durham” from
Magna Britannia (1738)
printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, p.[605]-648, both interleaved and copiously annotated by Gill with historical and genealogical notes.
On the first leaf: “This Book belonged to Mr Ths Gyll of Durham, & all the MSS part is of his own writing - He gave it to me about a year before his death, which happened 12 Mar 1780. G: Allan” and
“Thomas Gyll 1739”.
Inserted at the back: a treatise titled “Episcopi Dunelm. Potestas” with a note that this is in William Greenwell's hand
Spine title: “Gill's Spearman Durham”
Paper book, in parchment-covered pasteboards, 176f + 7f
ALL 18 [later 18th century]
Historical notes, mostly on Co Durham, mostly in the hand of James Allan, mostly blank
Inside front cover: bookplate of James Allan Darlington
Contents (other folios blank):
f.7r-9v Bibliography and extracts of documents and discussions of Bishop Hugh le Puiset (Pudsey)
f.10r-12r Commission to survey Co Durham lands in royal hands 1570
f.15r-v Notes of Gyll mss re le Puiset, and the duke of Bolton's charter chest re Bishop Holy Island; Beamish and Ouse Bridge bridge measurements from the Gyll mss; Durham toll booth embellishments 1752
f.17r-18r Notes on Bishops Hutton, Matthew, James, and Morton.
f.20r-21v Notes on Cowper's building work on the deanery 1748-1752 and Bishop Butler's work on Durham castle1752; coins found on Elevt Moor deposited in the cathedral library 1756; Farnacres chantry.
f.23r-v Elwick deed in Sir Edward Smith of Ash's deeds 1585; descent of Brancepeth manor.
f.25r-27r Durham city and county mps; Durham statistics; Burns's
History of Newcastle.
f.30r-31v Extracts from Burns's
History of Newcastle, Madox's
Baronia Anglicana and
Firma Burgi.
f.32v Notes on Cromwell's college at Durham.
f.33v Notes on Elton rectory.
f.34v-35v Notes on Bishop Crewe; Anthony Arrowsmith's lands forfeited; index of various Madox entries.
f.42v Notes of newspaper cuttings re coins.
f.46r-51r Notes of entries in
Biographia Britannica, Dugdale's
Baronage, Smolett's
History of England, Jacob's
Peerage,
Survey of
the Cathedrals of England.
f.68r-69r Notes from Spelman's
Glossary, Matthew Paris, Newbrigensis.
f.76r-78r Forfeited lands at Heighington and Cockfield; notes on entries in Selden's
Titles of Honor, Nicholson's
Historical Library, Rushworth's
Historical Collections; Durham monumental inscriptions from Le Neve.
f.79r-v Notes on Durham South Bailey rectory; Durham assizes note to add to Spearman.
f.81v-85v Quarter Sessions order re justices' wages 1696; list of Durham mps from Willis's
Not. Parliamt. with other notes therefrom on Durham; Wright's
Antiquities of Rutlandshire;
Fragmenta Antiquitatis; Eresby manor in Lincolnshire; Camden's
Britannia re Barnard Castle
f.86v Extract from Collins's
Peerage.
f.88r-91v Notes on Neasham, Sockburn, Stockton, Streatlam, Staindrop, Raby, Selaby, Gainford, Piercebridge, Heighington, Walworth, Sedgefield, Aycliffe, Haughton and Sadberge, Darlington.
f.92r-106r Notes for/from Hutchinson re Chester le Street, Gateshead, tenures, Stanhope, Sockburn, Bishop Auckland, Stanhope, Binchester, Bradley Hall, Staindrop, Raby Castle, Piercebridge, Stockton.
Paper book, in parchment covered pasteboards, 106f, covers and spine detached
ALL 19 [later 18th century]
Collections for an Account of Sherburn Hospital by George Allan
f.3-17 Commission to enquire of charitable uses of all colleges etc in the bishoprick of Durham 1593 with articles of enquiry and the resultant inquisition 1594
f.19-21 Collation of Michael Walton as a Thornley brother 1735 with Gilbert Spearman's subsequent monition to Wadham Chandler master, and similarly re William Brough 1736
f.22-23 Institution and testimonial for John Machon as master 1636
f.24-25 Grant of free-warren in Sherburn etc 1384
f.28-29 Release of common of pasture in Smallmor; bond of the abbot of Blancheland 1317
f.30-32 Collation of Wadham Chandler as master 1735 with mandate and certificate
f.33 Bishop Chandler's visitation 1735
f.35-37 Inventory of goods delivered to Thomas Rundle as master
f.37-38 Bishop Chandler's visitation and ordinances 1735
f.39-42 Ordinances and rules decreed by the bishop of Durham 1595
f.43-45 Bishop Crewe's visitation 1703
f.46-47 Collation of Henry Bolron as a Thornley brother 1693 and Edward Arrowsmith likewise 1711
f.48-53 Bishop Chandler's visitation 1735
f.54-57 Thornley brother's place 1682, 1679
f.58 Institution of David Miles to Bishopton
f.59-63 Mandate for John Machon as master 1636 with an inventory of stock delivered to him
f.65-66 Bishop Crewe's order re Machon's losses 1676
f.67-68 Recognizance of Robert Bellamy master for delivering the stock etc 1605
f.69 Collations to Sockburn vicarage of Thomas Wright 1570 & Francis Trollop 1572
f.71 Grant of lands in South Sherburn 1331
f.73-74 Commission to enquire into dilapidations of Sherburn 1429; grant of free warren in Sherburn etc 1384
f.75 Bishop Cosin's order concerning admitting only maimed seamen and soldiers 1666
f.77-108 Foundation charter; constitutions of the house of Sherburn; John Harpyn's charter re Ferry 1332; grant of the mastership to Alan of Newark 1404, Robert Gundislave 1507, Alan of Newark 1404; Bishop Langley's new ordinance or reform of the
hospital 1434
f.109 Grant of the mastership to Alan of Newark 1404 and Robert of Gundislave 1507
f.111-120 Durham Quarter Sessions re MPs 1666; proceedings in parliament re MPs for Durham 1667
f.122-132
An Account of the Proceedings in Parliament (1666, 67, and 68,) between Dr. Cosins then Bishop of Durham, and the Gentlemen Freeholders of the County Palatine of Durham, relating to their having Knights and Burgesses to servie
in Parliament. including a list of MPs 1673-1774.
f.133-142 Collation of Thomas Leghe to the mastership 1535, and likewise Ralph Lever 1577, and Valentine Dale 1585
f.143-144 Citation for Bishop Barnes's visitation 1585
f.145-147 Grant of the mastership to Robert Dykar 1501, Ralph Skinner 1559, and William Shaw 1623
f.147-150 Refusal of Bishop Barnes to institute George Swalwell to the vicarage of Kelloe 1580; appointment of Robert Hutton as master 1590
f.150-151 Grant of the next presentation to the vicarage of Bishopton 1541; lease of waste ground at Ebchester to the master Geoffrey Wren 1524
f.153-155 Act for the incorporation of Sherburn Hospital 1585
f.157 Allowances 1604
f.160-169 Visitation articles 1735
Paper book, 172f
Printed editions of the Sherburn documents are in ALL 13/5 & ALL 20
ALL 20 1774
Collections relating Sherburn Hospital in the County palatine of Durham. Shewing the Foundation thereof by Hugh Pudsey Bishop of Durham about the Year 1181, and what Alterations it has since undergone ... and several Charters,
Grants ... thereof, so far as can be collected from Registers ...
Inside front cover: bookplate of Thomas Dampier
f.1r Note by J[ames] Raine [Cathedral] librarian that the book was given to the cathedral library by Revd John Dampier prebendary of Ely cathedral, with details of his father Thomas Dampier dean of Durham and master of Sherburn etc, and was
received 22 May 1830; [two] playing cards with a list of the in-brethren of Sherburn Hospital 5 August 1776 detailing names (15) and ages (64-95).
f.1v Cathedral library bookplate and classmark M.V.65, with 53 pencil addition, all cancelled; note “There were no more than 50 Copies of this Book printed”
f.2r Note “Tho: Randall to the Revd: Dr. Dampier”
f.3r Frontispiece, west view of Sherburn Hospital engraved by J Bailey, 1771
f.4r Titlepage with vignette of the hospital seal; ms notes about leper hospitals
f.4v “Si qua videbuntur Chartis tibi Lector in isti, Sive obscura nimis, sive latina parum; Non meus est Error.”
f.5r-10v The life of Hugh Pudsey, includes an engraved plate of the charter of Pudsey to Durham City and papal confirmation thereof issued separately, engraved by Stephens from Christopher Fawcett's autograph 1774
f.10r-25v Masters of Sherburn Hospital description and list
f.26r-29v Foundation charter; composition for tithes ... 1204; grant of land at Witton-le-Wear c1260 and release of rent
f.30r-33v Constitutions of the house of Sherburn
f.34r-36v Release of common of pasture in Smallmor; bond of the abbot of Blancheland 1317; grant of lands in South Sherburn 1331; grant of free-warren in Sherburn etc 1384; grant of lands in Ebchester by John Neville 1384; grant of the mastership
to Alan of Newark 1404
f.37r Commission to enquire into the dilapidations of Sherburn 1429
f.38r-43v Bishop Langley's new ordinance or reform of the hospital 1434
f.43v-44v Collation of John Elles to the vicarage of Kelloe 1499; grant of the mastership to Robert Dykar 1501 and Robert Gundisalve 1507; (inserted) sketch of the life of Cardinal Wolsey with an engraving
f.45r-60v Lease of waste ground at Ebchester to the master Geoffrey Wren 1524; collation of Thomas Leghe to the mastership 1535; grant of the next presentation to the vicarage of Bishopton 1541; note of abuses in the hospital; collation of
Anthony Salvayn as master 1552; petition of Anthony Salvayn for an enquiry into a lease granted by his two predecessors as master 1557; commission of enquiry 1557; interrogatories 1557; depositions of witnesses 1557 by Ralph Crawe, William Todd,
Cuthbert, Thomas Mathew, Robert Hixon, John Leghe, and Thomas Batley
f.61r-66v Biography of Ralph Skinner master 1559; collation of Thomas Lever as master 1562; engraved vignette of Thomas Lever's memorial 1577; collations to Sockburn vicarage of Thomas Wright 1570 & Francis Trollop 1572; collation of Ralph
Lever as master 1577 and his biography; letters of institution of Nicholas Hilton to the vicarage of Sockburn 1579; refusal of Bishop Barnes to institute George Swalwell to the vicarage of Kelloe 1580; grant by Bishop Barnes of the next presentation
of the mastership to John Goldsmith and Henry Goldsmith 1582
f.67r-68v Act for the incorporation of [Sherburn Hospital] 1584, with an engraved tailpiece ornament
f.69r-86v Presentation of Valentine Dale to the mastership 1585, with a biography; dispensation of absence for Valentine Dale 1585; procuration of Valentine Dale 1585; institution and decree for Valentine Dale 1585; citation for Bishop Barnes's
visitation 1585, with a biography; re the presentation of Robert Bellamy to the mastership 1590
f.77r-86v Commission to enquire of charitable uses of all colleges etc in the bishoprick of Durham 1593 with articles of enquiry and the resultant inquisition 1594
f.87r-90r Ordinances and rules decreed by the bishop of Durham 1595
f.90v-99v Recognizance of Robert Bellamy master for delivering the stock etc 1605; Thomas Murray admitted as master 1607; collation of William Shawe as master 1623; institution, testimonial, mandate to induct and stock inventory for John Machon
as master 1636; John Machon master's petition to the king 1660; Bishop Cosin's order concerning admitting only maimed seamen and soldiers 1666
f.100r-v Bishop Crewe's order re Machon's losses 1676
f.101r-105r Thornley Brother's place: charter; certificate; collations 1682 & 1692; certificate of death, 1716, collation and monition, 1716;
f.105r-107v Quarterly accounts 1726; rental 1717; house expenses 1686
f.108r-109v Bishop Crewe's orders and rules 1703; order of Bishop Crewe re Dr Montague 1720
f.110r-111v Collation of Wadham Chandler as master 1735 with mandate and certificate
f.112r-121v Bishop Chandler's visitation 1735
f.122r-126v Ordinances and rules 1735
f.127r-132v Collation of a Thornley Brother and monition 1735, 1736; Robert Stillingfleet's master's bond 1738; collation of a Thornley Brother and monition 1744; Bishop Chandler's order 1748; schedule of goods 1748
(ms amendment from printed 1771)
Paper book, leather binding, blind stamped in gold on the outside and inside of the edges and on the spine, title panel “Sherburn Hospital”, 132f
Another copy: ALL 13/5
Further copies in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0119; SB+ 0117-0118; XLL 362 SHE; Add.MS. 1554; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1; Routh 56.C.1
ALL 21 1780
The forme of cury, a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of King Richard II, ... and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq. Illustrated with notes, and a copious index, or
glossary. A manuscript of the editor, of the same age and subject, with other congruous matters, are subjoined.
Imprint London : printed by J. Nichols, printer to the society of antiquaries.
Inside front cover: George Allan Darlington bookplate
Opposite title page: “There were only a few Copies of this Book printed by Mr Brander, & by him given to his particular Friends.”
Title page annotations: [Cathedral Library reference] I.VII.54, with pencil addition 42, all cancelled; “7 Revd: Mr: Pegge”; “Geo: Allan Darlington”.
Stuck to title page reverse: “London 6 May [17]80 Mr Pegge gives his compliments to Mr Allan, & desires his Acceptance of this Book. It will not be published, Mr Brander printing only some Copies, to be given to his
Friends. As Mr. P. has been concerned in revising it, Mr Brander has favoured him with a few Exemplars for him to distribute amongst his own Particulars”
With some ms annotations and additions, and some related newspaper cuttings inserted or affixed
Contents:
p.iii-iv. Letter from S. Pegge to Gustavus Brander.
p.i-xxxvi. “Preface to the Curious Antiquarian Reader.”
p.1-90. “The Forme of Cury.” [cookery], recipes I-[196].
p.91-112. “Ancient Cookery A.D. 1381”, recipes I-LVIII.
p.113-122. Hic incipit Servicium de Pissibus, recipes I-XXXIII, with an inserted folio of further recipes.
p.123-161. Index and Glossary.
p.162. Addenda.
p.163-188. Advertisement of rolls of provisions with prices temp Henry VIII.
Paper book, [i-iv] + i-iv + i-xxxvi + 1-188 + [i-iv], in half-leather marbled boards
ALL 22 [later 18th century]
Collection of printed tracts and reprints of George Allan re the bishop, dean and chapter and university of Durham, with an early 20th century list of contents
Inside front cover: “Presented September 1922, Ex Libris Archdeacon Watkins.”
p.1-4
The Episcopal Coins of Durham, and the Monastic Coins of Reading, minted during the Reigns of Edward I. II. and III. appropriated to their respective Owners. By Benjamin Bartlet, F.A.S. ---- 1778.
p.5-16, No.111,
The Order sett downe by the Right Honorable the Lordes of the Queenes Majesties Privie Counsell in the Northe Parts, betwene the Deane & Chapiter of Durham & theire Tenaunts, the 17th. Day of August, 19th. Year of
Queen Elizabeth 1577.
p.17-22, No.112,
The Certificate of the Commissioners appointed to survey the Manors, Lands, and Tenements of the late Dean and Chapter of Durham, by vertue of a Commission, grounded upon an Act of the Commissioners of England assembled in
Parliament, for abolishing of Dean and Chapters; returned into the Register Office of the Court of Chancery at Durham. 1st. October 1649.
p.23-34, No.113,
The Proceedings of the Dean and Chapter of Durham against their Rebellious Tenants before the King's Commissioners. 1661
p.35-36, No.115,
The Answer of the Dean and Prebendaries of Durham, setting forth the Reasons why they cannot possibly produce their Booke of Chapter Actes, as they were ordered by the Right Honourable the Lords of the upper House of
Parliament. Sans date, but probably about 17. April 1646.
p.37-40, No.117,
The See of Durham being vacant after the Death of John Sherwood Bishop, the King appointed William Richardson Master of the Mint at Durham: He gave Bond to the King in the Penalty of 200 l. with a Condition as under. (6 May 9.
Hen. VII. Anno 1494.)
p.41-44, No.125,
An Act of Parliament empowering Q. Mary to make Statutes for Cathedral and Collegiate Churches. 2d. April 1554
p.45-48, No.123,
Commission to hear and determine the Appeal of Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham, being deprived of his Bishoprick. 1. Sept. 1553.
p.49-52, No.129,
Licence to the Dean and Chapter of Durham to elect a Bishop on the Deprivation of Cuthbert Tunstall, 26 December 1560. The Queen's Assent for the Election of James Pilkington Bishop of Durham. 20. February 1561. Restitution of
the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Durham to James Pilkington, 25, March 1561
p.53-56, No.130,
Restitution of the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Durham (excepted in 1561) to James Pilkington Bishop, but still excepting the Manor of Norham and Norhamshire, 13 June 1566.
p.57-62, No.131,
James Pilkington Bishop of Durham desires Queen Elizabeth's leave to come up to London in September 1573. Lands detained from him, his Letter to Secretary Cecil, and State of the Bishoprick.
p.63-66, No.133,
Bishop Tunstall obtained from King Philip and Queen Mary a Grant of the Nomination Presentation and Collection of all the Twelve Prebendaries in the Cathedral Church of Durham to him and his Successors; which by the foundation
of Henry VIII. were in the Crown only reserving the Nomination of the Dean. (7 February 1555.)
p.67-78, No.134,
Licence to the Prior & Chapter of Durham to elect a Bishop on the Death of Robert Neville. 1 August 1457. The Pope's Letter to K. Hen.6. approving of Laurence Booth to be Bishop of Durham, at the Instance of Queen Margaret
Consort to K. Hen. 10 September 1457. Restitution of the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Durham to Laurence Booth Bishop, 18. October 1457. The King's Pardon to Laurence Booth Bishop, 7th July 1460. The King's Licence to Laurence Booth Bishop of
Durham to be absent from Parliament three Years, 15th April 1464. King Edward 4th. having seized into his hands the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Durham in the time of Laurence Booth Bishop, by his Writ of Supersedeas restores the Temporalities
again in Possession to the Bishop. 17th April 1464.
p.79-82, No.135,
Extracts from the Journals of the House of Commons, touching the College at Durham being converted into a University
p.83-86, No.118,
Exemplification of a Lease of the Salt Meadows and Tolls of the Town of Gateshead made from Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham to the Mayor and Burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne and their Successors, for the Term of 450 Years,
and Confirmation thereof by the Dean and Chapter. 1 & 2 Philip & Mary, 28 March 1554.
p.87-98, No.106,
The Recommendatory Letter of Oliver Cromwell to William Lenthall Esq; Speaker of the House of Commons for erecting a College and University at Durham and His Letters Patent (when Lord Protector) for founding the same, with the
Address of the Provost and Fellows of the said College to his Son Richard Lord Protector on the death of his Father. (incomplete)
p.99-102, No.?25,
A Particular of Lands belonging to the Bishop of Durham Sold by vertue of an Ordinance, intitled, An Ordinance for abolishing of Archbishops & Bishops within the Kingdom of England & Dominion of Wales, & for
settling their Lands & Possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Commonwealth, to be disposed of as both Houses of Parliament shall think fit & appoint. Exemplification of a Fine of Lands at Hurworth in the County of Durham levied in the
Court of Common Pleas at Westminster in the time of the Commonwealth of England. 1650.
p.103-108, No.?18,
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for appointing the Sale of Bishop's Lands for the Use of the Commonwealth in 1646. A Grant for Life to Queen Henrietta-Maria Consort to King Charles the first.
1626.
p.109-114,
Manors Held of the Bishop of Durham in Capite, by Knight's Service, and other Tenures, &c. A Pardon from Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham of a Trespass in purchasing Lands held of him in Capite without his Licence, 1, May
1430. A Fine of a Manor, Lands & Rent, levied in the Court of Thomas (Hatfield) Bishop of Durham before his Justices and Liegemen, 1370. The Indenture-part of a Fine levied in the Court held at Sadberge in the time of Robert Nevill Bishop of
Durham before his Justices. 27. Hen. 6th 1449. The Writ of Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham to adjourn the Sessions on account of the Plague. 15th Sept. 1416.
p.115-118,
Extracts from the Journals of the House of Commons, touching the College at Durham being converted into a University
p.119-120,
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for appointing the Sale of Bishop's Lands for the Use of the Commonwealth in 1646.
Paper items, bound up with additional blank pages, bound in full brown leather with black stamped decoration
Similar collections of his tracts are in Durham University Library Special Collections: SB+ 0117-0119; XLL 942.81 DUR/COU/ALL Copy 1 & 2; Routh 56.C.1
ALL Add 1 11 March 1651
Letter from Oliver Cromwell at Edinburgh to William Lenthall speaker of parliament: asking him to ensure that parliament may speedily consider Sir Arthur Hesilrigg's report on the proposed use of the houses of the former dean and chapter in
Durham “to erect a Colledge or Scoole for all the Sciences & literature”, as petitioned for by the mayor and citizens of Durham and “some gentlemen of the northern counties”.
With a paper box, lined with part of a printed text of a theological dicussion between Phila. and Theod, with a lid tied on with a leather thong, which formerly housed the letter, with an 18th century note describing the letter, and a typed note
about the letter's discovery in a box in the Chapter Office by Admiral Laybourne 19 June 1959, and a further typed note of the inventorying of the box in DCD Misc Ch 7123 m.10, all originally housed in a small wooden box with a brass plaque
“Letter of Oliver Cromwell” on the top, and a key
Paper, 2f, repaired with paper c.1970
