Hogg Manuscripts

The manuscripts consist of three volumes of transcripts, with a few original documents, concerning Durham cathedral, city and county (Hogg MSS 1, 2, 4) and a letterbook (Hogg MS. 3) in which Hogg wrote copies or drafts of his own outgoing letters, 1771-76. The letterbook records primarily his business affairs, both his own purchasing and his work for those who employed him as an agent, but is also a rich source of information on local personalities and contemporary events and social life. The transcripts are concerned largely with the government of Durham City, with 17th and 18th century land surveys, enclosures and tithe disputes, and with revenues and other matters of the Dean and Chapter.

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• Hogg 1: Transcripts largely of 12th-18th century documents relating to the government of Durham city.
• Hogg 2: Transcripts of 12th-18th century documents relating to the Dean and Chapter, city, and palatinate of Durham.
• Hogg 3: Letterbook of Thomas Hogg's outgoing letters, 1771-1776.
• Hogg 4: Transcripts of enclosure awards, rentals and other documents, chiefly 16th-18th century, largely relating to Dean and Chapter property in Durham city and the Billingham area. Includes several documents relating to Greatham Hospital, Co. Durham.

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Presented by Thomas Jefferson Hogg of Norton, 1907.

Available online at online catalogue

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