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Thomas Hall of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne Tallow Chandler Aged Fifty Four years and upwards being Sworn and Examined by Vertue of an Order of the Honourable Court made in this Cause bearing date the Seventh day of July last past Deposeth as follows To the first Interrogatory saith he hath seen the Complainant William Pantoune and knows the Defendants Robert Loraine and George Marshall and has so known for some Time last past To the Second Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he knew George Pantoune late of High Sheel in the County of Northumberland Gentleman Deceased And did so know him for about a year before his Death And saith he hath heard he died at Alston in the County of Cumberland but at what Time he doth not know To the Twelfth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he knew William Soppitt in the pleadings named and saith he did know the said William Soppitt before the death of the said George Pantoune But did not know the Defendants Robert Loraine and George Marshall or either of them till after the Death of the said George Pantoune And saith he doth not know whether the said George Pantoune was or was not any way of Kin to the Robert Loraine George Marshall and William Soppitt or any of them To the Twenty Sixth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he doth not remember that at any time since the Death of the said George Pantoune he hath heard the said Defendants Robert Loraine George Marshall William Soppitt or any of them or any other person or persons by Name Say and Declare any thing relating to the Real and personal Estate which the said George Pantoune died seized and possessed of Interested in or Intitled unto or to whom the same or the Beneficial Interest thereof belonged after his Death save and except what Appears from a Copy of the Will of the said George Pantoune which this Deponent hath heard read And Save that he hath heard that he died intitled unto an Estate at High Sheel in the County of Northumberland and that he knows that he died intitled unto One half of Black hall Mill in the pleadings mentioned And save as herein after is mentioned. To the Twenty Seventh Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he doth not Remember at any time since the Death of the said George Pantoune to have heard the Defendants Robert Loraine George Marshall and William Soppitt or any of them or any other person or persons say or declare any thing relating to the Will of of the said George Pantoune or what was intended by the said George Pantoune either in respect to the making any person of persons Trustee or Trustees in his said Will or in respect to any other Matter or thing concerning the said George Pantounes Will or his Estate or Affairs save as before and hereafter is mentioned. To the Twenty Ninth and Thirtieth Interrogatories this Deponent saith that not long after the Death of the said George Pantoune as this Deponent Remembers there was a Discourse twixt the said Defendant George Emerson and the Complainant William Pantoune in the presence of this Deponent concerning some Agreement to be made in relation to the said George Pantounes Estate and Effects but what passed in particular this Deponent doth not Remember nor can set forth And saith he doth not know whether any person or persons did at any Time after the Death of the said George Pantoune make any offers of paying any Money to the Complainant William Pantoune in case he would Release his Right Title and Interest in and to the said George Pantoune Real and personal Estate to any person or persons. To the Thirty fifth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that some time after the Death of the said George Pantoune the Defendant George Marshall sent a written Order to this Deponent and Defendant George Emerson to Transact the Affairs and settle the Accounts with the said Robert Loraine relating to the Lead Mill in the pleadings mentioned on the behalf of the Defendant George Marshall as this this Deponent remembers and believes To the Thirty Sixth Interrogatory this Deponent saith that the Defendant George Marshall some time after the Death of the said George Pantoune did at the House of the said George Marshall at Wall Town in the County of Northumberland say in the Hearing of this Deponent that by the Will of the said George Pantoune He was intitled unto the Lead Mine in the pleadings mentioned or to that effect. To the Thirty Seventh Interrogatory saith that he believes that since the Death of the said George Pantoune very little profitts have Arisen from the said Mill But saith he believes from the Tenor of the Will of the said George Pantoune And the above mentioned Order that in Case any profitts had Arisen or should how after Arise they would have belonged to the said George Marshall Thos Hall
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. Hall’s deposition was taken on behalf of the complainant William Pantoune ‘at the House of Peter Blenkinsopp Seituate in the North Bailey in the City of Durham’ by William Budd and Thomas Gyll Esquires William Lowes and Joseph Lazenby Gentlemen John Waters
