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John Richardson of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne Gentleman aged fifty or xx upwards being sworn and examined deposeth as follows To the first Interrogatory this saith that he knows Robert Loraine George Marshall Robert Dixon Elizabeth Pantoune Christopher Fawcett Thomas Hall and George Emmerson Defendants in the Title of there Interrogatories named and hath known them for some time past but doth not know the Complainant To the third Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he hath looked upon the Deed or Parchment Writing produced and shown to this Deponent at this the time of his Examination marked with the Letter ( M ) being an Indenture Tripartite bearing date the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty eight and made or mentioned to be made between Francis Smedley of the first part George Pantoune a Gentleman of the second part and Thomas Hall and George Emerson Cheesmongers of the third part Saith that the same Deed was signed sealed and delivered by the said George Pantoune Thomas Hall and George Emerson in the presence of John Lloyd Gentleman since deceased and this Deponent And saith that the seveeral names or Characters George Pantoune Thos Hall and Geo Emerson set or subscribed as Partys thereto and the seve<..> manner or Character Jno Richardson John Lloyd set or indorsed as Witnesses to the Execution thereof are the proper Setting and Hands writing of them the said George Pantoune Thomas Hall George Eme[rson: corner missing] John Lloyd and this Deponent respectively Jno Richardson
TNA C 12/311/ 5 & 6 Chancery Case Pantoune v Loraine. This case, centred on the ownership of the Blackhall Lead Smelt Mill in the in the years around 1750, was brought by William Pantoune in 1755, contesting the will of his brother George Pantoune. The defendants were Robert Loraine, George Marshall, William Soppitt, Robert Dixon, Elizabeth Pantoune ‘Wife of the said Complainant’, Christopher Fawcett esquire and George Emmerson. George Pantoune died in 9th February 1749/50 in Jonathan Hilton's Inn at Alston. His will, made just before death, appointed George Marshall & William Soppitt as his inheritors but holding his property, lead mines at Alston, Blackhall Mill and High Shield estate in trust. However William Soppitt signed all his rights across the George Marshall. This seems to have been under pressure from Robert Loraine who took over and administered all of the property, taking care to say he was agent for George Marshall. Robert Loraine or his wife Mary later gained possession of all of the property. Richardson was a witness on the part of the Defendants Thomas Hall and George Emmerson, his deposition taken ‘Taken at the House of John Ward know by the name of the Queens Head’ in Newcastle by William Rudd and Thomas Gyll Esquires and William Clover and Joseph Lazenby Gentlemen John Waters
