To Mr Crowe Newcastle 2d Mar 1733
Sir
Inclosed you receive your Acc[oun]t for the last year w[hi]ch I hope you will find right,
I desire you will examine it pr first opportunity w[hi]ch will be doing me a service, for my own
Acco[un]ts for the last year are now under examination, & cant be settled till the Aldn or you sign me the Inclosed w[hi]ch is the only unstated Acco[un]t, I am in want of, your dispatch therefore in this affair will much oblige Sir yrs etc J R
To Mr Denton Newcastle 8 Mar: 1733
Dr Sir
I have rec[eiv]ed yours of the 2d inclosing a Copy of the agreem[en]t proposed between Mr Ord & the Cred[itor]s of West Kenton, In answer thereto, if the rest concerned come in, to that proposalls Mr Blackett will do so too, & according both, he, & Mr Clarke has signed an order upon the Dra[f]t you sent me, for you to sign the originall. I suppose Mr Allgood will also sign it when he comes to Town, & then it shall be sent yo
To Mr Greive Attry at Law in Alnwick March 8 1733
In answer to your Favour of the 25th past, I rec[eiv]ed your Memorand[u]m left me when last in Town & forwarded it to Mr Denton. As to my Writing to Mr Cook or his attorny, its what I have no direction to do & I cannot think it would have any Effect upon them. I am
Yrs etc J R
To Mr Cuthb[er]t Ogle Newcastle Mar 8th 1734
The Arrears of Rent for Ord Estate being grown very large & Mr Blackett having very great Occasion for Money at the time orders me to acquaint you that he desires & expresses you wont fail of letting him have four hundred pounds in part thereof against the 20th ins for w[hi]ch sum he has drawn upon you then payable at my Office & commands me to Advise you thereof, who am etc J R
To Mr Denton Newcastle Mar 12 1733
Dr Sr Inclosed is a Copy of Mr Blacketts Bill signed by him. Wee can meet with no opportunity of sending the other copy by a Person that sees Mr Blackett sign it, & Mr Clarke thinks theres no necessity of sending a messenger on purpose if you have any Reason to think it will be required one may be sent away by the Return of the Post. I fancy the Serv[an]t that bro[ugh]t up the petition is coming home. If not, pray dispatch him as soon as you ha
To Mr Peart Newcastle 14 Mar: 1733
On Receipt hereof Mr Blackett orders you to go over to Dr Watts at Wolsingham & consult with him, & others of the principall Parishioners about the Grove that Mr Hutchinson is now working near the Boundary of that Parish, w[hi]ch he says is in the Parish of Eggleston, but Dr Watts insists is in the Parish of Woolsingham. He has got 15 or 20 Bings of Oar as I am informed this Day & if he should be allowed to do that in Mr Blacketts Liberty
To Mr Denton Newcastle 26th Mar 1733
Inclosed is a bill for 20 w[hi]ch Mr Allgood desired me to send you on Mr <Witheringtons>
acco[un]t. You have likewise inclosed Mr Pre Bernardeaus bill on Messr Simonds for four hundred pounds due 29th inst. I desire you will apply £200 of the said bill in paym[en]t of Capt Midfords last half years annuity, & send me his bill or Receipt for it, the remaining £200 please to let remain in your hand till further notice, & pray favour me
Mr Peart Newcastle 26th Mar 1734
I desire you will send down to Mr Dalton two pounds weight of Oar from the undermentioned
Groves, & let the parcells be marked what grove they belong to, the Reason is, he <re..> [=refined?] all Rookhope lead last year & it produced full 8 Ounces in a Fothr w[hi]ch is well worth looking after when wee have no better work. Therefore I want to be satisfied whether it is one or more groves that produces the silver, or whether they are all
To Messr Cook & Abell Newcastle the 5th April 1734
Sirs
On the 30th ultm I drew on you for the sum of forty Pounds payable at 30 days to Gilpid Lawson Esq or order & this day I have drawn on you in two bills as below for the sum of three hundred pounds, of which I desire your acceptance & that you will place the same to the Credit with the late Sir Wm Blacketts Ex[ecu]tors I am Sirs Yor most h[um]ble servant JR
£200 payl to Mr Henry Allison or order at 40d date
To Mr Allgood at Rideing Newcastle 9th April 1734
Sir
Please to let me know whether Mr Bacon’s lease of his lead milne is finished & <who> the fine agreed on is, for having an Acc[oun]t now to settle with him for wood bought by Jno Armstrong & for his proportion of Weardale Rents. I shall have mony to pay out unless that fine is charged in Acc[oun]t, w[hi]ch should have been paid 8 or 9 years ago for I believe its so long since the old lease expired w[hi]ch you may rem
To Mr Denton Newcastle 9th April 1734
Dear Sir
I have before me yours of the 30th ulto. What can I say to Mr Nicholas Widdons its certain the £7 odd has been paid by Sr Wm as appears by a stated Acco[un]t of the £65000 & if the Remainder was not deducted in the Acco[un] of the £12000 mortg[ag]e w[hi]ch Mr <Hathons> Accot gives no light into, the Trustees must give an order for the paym[en]t of it. I will endeavour to get you such an order the first time they meet togeth
To Mr Jos: Peart Newcastle 16 Apl 1734
Sir
I rec[eiv]ed yours w[i]th the samples of Ore w[hi]ch shall be tryd w[i]th all expedition. I want very much to know w[ha]t passed between Dr Watts & you ab[ou]t Hutchinsons Grove in order to lay the same before Mr Blackett, therefore write me very fully thereon on receipt hereof & give your (own) Opinion. I have spoke to Mr Kennedy about his Grove & told him wee must discharge his workmen. His answer was Mr Blackett may (do it) w
To Mr Denton Newcastle 19th April 1734
Dr Sir
I have yours of the 13th with Capt Midfords receipt etc & repeat my Request as to Cuth: Ogle with whom I fear Mr Blackett will have some trouble, if he be not a sufferer by him, for he is far behind with his Rent, has neglected most of the conditions of his lease, & I doubt no security was given for their Performance. According to the Acco[un]t you sent me Mr <Manner’s> Debt & Costs amount to £499.12.2 ½ of which
To Mr Denton Newcastle 21st April 1734
Dr Sr
This day Mr Blackett told me of the Acc[oun]t w[hi]ch is to be paid the 1st May & said he would write you by this Post to desire you would endeavour to get the mony in London, & draw upon him for it here, where bills are not to be got for any Sum. As you say you want to draw for £200. I hope you will be able to make it £400 without any unreasonable premium, since you may draw at sight if ought can be (saved) thereby, but 15 or 20 d
To Mr Armstrong Newcastle 16th May 1734
I have just now rec.d yours of the 9th setting forth the Practice of applying to other uses the choicest of the wood bought for the Use of the Groves only. I am sensible of the ill Consequences that may attend it, I therefore desire & take upon me to commission you for the future, not to suffer any Person whatsoever to cut or meddle w[i]th any wood intended for the Groves till he produce you an order in writing from Mr Blackett, Mr Allgood o
To Mr Denton Newcastle 25th May 1734
Dear Sr
I have yours of the 14th & hope Mr Blackett has given you directions to endeavour to make Mr Groce & the rest that want money of him easie till he can remit it them, for at present I can raise none. About the middle of next Month he proposes I believe to send you at least £500 w[hi]ch I suppose he has told you. I received a letter last week from Mr Joye for the last half years Intrest, w[hi]ch I cant yet get a shilling of. All tr
To Mr Denton Newcastle 31st May 1734
Dr Sr.
We are told that Mr Carr has formed a petition against Mr Blackett upon the Acco[un]t of his giving two Plates to our Races, as you will see by the News paper Inclosed, wch its
Insisted upon (its) Contrary to the Act 7th Wm 3d, as being advertised after the Test of the Writt, the first Advertisement was I believe after the Date of the Writts, but the Plates were given the 4th Aprill before the Writts were out. The thing seems a Me
To Cha: Joye Esqr Newcastle 31st May 1734
Sr. I received yours of the 16th & am sorry I cant yet return you the last half Years Interest. I am doing all I can towards it but the times are so bad w[i]th Tenants that wee are forced to give ours very great Indulgence, who cant pay their last Martinmass Rent till they have had the advantage of the Fairs next Month. A little more of your Indulgence as to this half year, will I doubt not be made amends for by a quicker paym[en]t of the
To Mr <Brinsdon> in Durham Yard London Newcastle 7th June 1734
Sir
I have put on Board the Greyhound Thos Allaley Master four Hampers directed for you containing Eighteen dozn & eight Bottles of Burgundy, w[hi]ch Mr Blackett ordered me to return you it not being to his likeing, & desires you’l advise him when it comes to hand. I am
Srs Yrs etc J.R.
To Mr Xpher Denton Newcastle 7th June 1734
Sir.
Inclosed is a State of the Case with the King of Denmark, the amount brought down to 1731, & a Schedule of what papers wee have relating to that affair, by w[hi]ch you will see it has been sollicited in almost every Reign without obtaining any Satisfaction & I therefore doubt wee are likely to receive none now, I hear nothing from Mr Greive, only Mr Steele has received a letter from him desiring the Execution against Cook may b
To Mr <Armorer> Newcastle 9th June 1734
Sir
Yesterday Mr Bulman was here, & showed Mr Steele & me, a Division Deed made in 1619
of the Ground & Royalty in Dispute between Morton, & Unthank executed by the then top Gentlemen in the County w[hi]ch wee look upon to be a good Deed, & for further Satisfaction he is willing to have it laid before any Council. It appears thereby, that Unthank is Intitaled to two fifths & Morton to three fifths of the Collie
To Mr Denton Newcastle 11th June 1734
Dr Sir
Inclosed is Mr Abr[aha]m Dixons bill on Mr Jno Still for the sum of two hundred
& twenty pounds, w[hi]ch I desire you will advise the Receipt of, & mention that it is to pay Mr Groce so much due to him from Mr Blackett, so that your l[ett]re may be a Voucher to me for so much money. I hope this will make all Matters easy for the present, for times are so bad, that there’s no money stirring for any thing here. I received
To Mr Harry Hopper Newcastle 12th June 1734
Sir
If Dr Watts will be at home on Friday the 28th of this Month, I will call upon him at Wolsingham by Ten a Clock that morning in order to consult whats to be done with regard to the Grove now working by Mr Hutchinson. I desire he will against that time try what Result he can bring the Landholder to, for tho. the Bp, I believe will lend us no assistance Mr Blackett will defend his Rights, if the Dr & Landholders will enter into
To Wr Blackett Esqr Newcastle 16th June 1734
Honrd Sr
Nothing materiall has offered since my last, here has been the least company I ever saw, few of the Northumb[erlan]d Gentlemen being at the Races. Your two Plates were carried from the Towns hall, & attended by a few friends that thought fitt to go out with them without any Invitation, so that there was not the least Noise or bustle about <th..> w[hi]ch would have been Inavoidable if you had been in Town, & I
Mr Peart Newcastle 18th June 1734
I rec[eiv]ed yours with March account which runs very high, the Oar got in that, & the former
Qua[rte]r costs Mr Blackett more than he can sell it for, for lead now is not worth more than £12 & I don’t believe any Body will give that for a large Quantity. All the lead wee have got down this Year is unsold, & no body will buy at any price, you must therefore shorten your hand, & what will not work at 22s or 23s a Bing all charges