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Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Wood – 10 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 10th. 1741
To Mr James Wood
Dear Sir
This Serves only to convey you in the Bill on Mr Benj. Skutt for One Thousand Pounds dated this day and payable Twenty Eight days after date, which is on Accot. of the Rents & Profits of the Derwentwater Estate. Bills are not to be come at, without paying a large Premium, & had I not this Opportunity by Sir Henry Liddells Banker I know not how we Should be able to remitt you the Hospitals Money, our Complim
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 17 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 17. 1741
To William Corbett Esqr
Sir
We received yours with the boards Minutes of the 29 Apr last which we will have a due regard to. & hope to give you a full Answer to that part relating the Amble Estate in a post or two.
Those Tennants who refuse to Sign their Leases are such as are Apprehensive their Farmes are two dear, and give that as a reason for their Refusal. These Farmes we believe are pretty nearly lett to the Value, but we do
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. 22d May 1741
To Mr Wm Radley
Sir
We reced. your favour of the 14th Inst And as to the Draughts of Throckley & Scremerston Colllierys. The former we have not yet got from the Tenants Attorney who has had it perusing & the latter you have inclosed this day to Mr Corbett. & The Draught for Brockenhaugh Colliery you Surely had but we will Send you fresh Instructions as soon as we can as its Mislaid.
As to Bidding for the Wood we have Endev
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Joseph Pearson – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. 22d May 1741
To Mr Joseph Pearson
Sir
We have had an Accot. from the Exchequer that some persons are Cutting down wood as fast as possable upon the Derwentwater Estate in Cumberland. If you have Suffer’d any such thing to be done you ought to be laid in Irons for it, for many times we have discharged you from Suffering any such practice, & if this be true its the last time ever youl have any thing to do with the Estate besides we hope the Court of E
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 22d 1741
To William Corbett Esqr
Sir
On the other side is your Accot. of Oats & Two firkins of Butter Sent by our Order amounting to Thirty Seven Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten Pence for which N Walton has drawn a bill on you this day payable to Mr James Wood at 28 days date. & at the bottom of the Accot we have Signd the Recet. of the Money by the 1st Draught. There is 5s you will please to observe charge for laying on. board a former quant
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 22d 1741
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
In Obedience to the Boards Commands of the 29th April last we begg leave to Observe, that from the best Information we can gett with regard to the Amble Estate, it Appears That the Tennants have not payed any Rent for about three years, & for this reason that no Person has called upon them for those Rents during that time. That the last Person the Tenants payed Rent to, was one Mr Jeremiah Hunter of Newcastle Hostma
Letter – Nicholas Walton – 22 May 1741
To the right honourable the Lord Comissioners of his Majesty Treasury The Memorial of the most noble Charles Duke of Richmond & honourable James Brudenell Esqr. Sheweth
[in margin:] Lease & Release of 18 & 19 Jany 1716
That the honourable William Radcliffe Esqr. Uncle of the late James Earl of Derwentwater by Indentures of Leases & releases made between him of one part & Ralph Radcliffe of London Merchant of the other part in Consideration of £3500 conveyed to Ralph s
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Wood – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 22d 1741.
To Mr Jas Wood
Sir
Herein you will receive three bills Amounting to Five hundred & Sixteen pounds five shillings & Eleven pence halfpenny, on Accot of Rents & profitts of the Derwentwater Estate. the P[ar]ticulars as Under which pray Acknowledge your recet. of from
Yrs &c Walton & Boag
Revn Fetherstons bill on Sa Child Esqr &Co dated 22 Inst @28d £100
N Walton Do on Wm Bell Esqr dated 22 Do at 28 da
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Bell – 22 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 22d 1741
To Wm Bell Esqr at Greenwich
Sir
The 3d of this Month we Sent M[r] Corbett a Coppy of a Charter party Bill of Loading of Coales and an. Invoice of 104 Ch[alde]rs of main Team Coales Newcastle Measure in the Ship Thomas & Eliz of Scarbrough John Wilkinson Master, which by the Minute of the 9 May Inst at a Meeting at Greenwich the Board acknowledged the recet. of & that the <Sev[era]l> papers were ordered to be d[elivere]d to you.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Airey – 29 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 29 1741
To John Airey Esqr.
Sir
We desired Mr Bunting to Come down & acquaint us this day with what further Steps have been taken in regard to the Colliery at High Green and as we find you have taken his Information & have likewise acquainted Mr Radley with the Steps which have been taken, we Intend only to Mention the Affair to the Board this day, & refer to Yours to Mr Radley & we desire you will from time to time acquaint him with w
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 29 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 22d 1741
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
John Reid Esqr. to whom we lett the Colliery at high Green for one year commencing at Mayday
1741 had peaceable possession given him of the Pitt injoyed by James Dodds’s Widdow the late Tennant the <2d> Inst but Since has not only been put out of possession of it, but is refused the possession of the other part of the Coll[ier]ry [used] by other Freeholders; by one Mr Mattw Robson the Tenn[an]t of Greenhaugh C
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Maule – 29 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 29th 1741
Mr Maule
Dear Sir
We reced. yours of the 23 May Inst with Mr Woodhouses letter and the State of our Accot. abstracted for the year 1738 & 1739 & to the 30 June 1740, in which we observe, no material differences — That of the passing fees for 1738 to June 1739 is we observe brought forward to June & is called £49-12-1 ½ in all but you will please to observe that £18-18-0 of it has been pay’d to Mr Hunter for the passing fe
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Mark Aynsley – 31 May 1741
Ravensworth Castle. May 31st: 1741
To Mark Anesley Esqr.
Dear Sir
Mr Reed of Chipchase as one of the Tennants of Greenwich Hospital has had most Intollerable Abuse from one Mr Matt. Robson & Severall others, who have Invaded the Right of the Hospital, Farmed by Mr Reed in which we must defend him — The Case will appear to You at large, by an Information, which is drawn to be Swore to by our Bailiff, as alsoe what Methods we are advised to pursue by Mr Grays Opinion, wh
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 5 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle. June 5. 1741
To William Corbett Esqr.
Sir
Herewith we send you a Rentall of the Derwentwater Estate as let at Mayday 1741, as Also our Cash Accot. on which there is a Ball[ance] of Four hundred & fifty seven pounds thirteen shillings & a farthing in fav[our] of the Hospital. We have Fraighted another Ship which is now Load[ing] Coales for the Use of the Hospital & in a post or two you will have the Invoice &c
We are Sir Yrs &
Letter – Thomas Fenwick to William Corbett – 5 Jun 1741
A Coppy of Mr Thomas Fenwicks Letter to Wm Corbett Esq.
Sir
As I spent some part of the summer at Hexham, nigh which a part of the Derwentwater Estate lyes, so I have observed that the Game of all kind is very much destroy’d in those Grounds; I apply’d to your agents here to recommend a person to be gamekeeper of that part of the estate near Hexham; but they said it would be better for some neighbouring Gentleman to recommend it. I therefore take the Liberty to acquaint you that ‘t
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Joseph Pearson – 7 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle. June 7. 1741
To Mr Pearson at Keswick
Mr Pearson
Your Letter of the 25 May last came to hand in Course and it would have been Sooner Answered but that we have been pretty much engaged of Late.
With regard to the Resentment you Shew upon Receiving our last, we have nothing further to say, than Such kind of behaviour verry ill becomes you & in Case a proper Representation of it is made to the Hospital, you will probably have reason to be Sorry f
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 7 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle. June 7. 1741
To Mr Radley
Sir
Your Letter of the 4 Inst is Just come to hand acquainting us that Mr Smith has made a further bidding for the Cumberland Woods & that one Mr Hall for Some Client of his has bidd £4200 I have just time to run over a state of these two proposalls or biddings to Shew without regarding the damages of ground by the Wood continuing longer upon it by Mr Smiths bidding than the Others, & if I am right it appears that Mr Hal
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Rudd – 9 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle. June 9. 1741
To Lawyer Rudd
Sir
One of Your [sic] Tennants whose name is Rowland Graham upon a part of the Derw[entwate]r Estate, near Balmbrough Castle has Occasion for about Forty foth[er]s of Stones for building a Limekilln for the use of his farm, which he says it would be a Convenience to gett at Balmbrough Castle. He has desir’d us to make Application to you Sir, for the Liberty which we now begg leave to doe, & hope you will be so Obliging a
Letter – Hugh Boag to William Radley – 9 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle 9 June 1741
Sir
Inclosed is the parcells for 3 separate leases for Langley Castle viz. Edw Brown, George Thompson, & Matthew Brown. Each of them at £25 a year . The Reason why these parcells were not sooner sent was that they disagreed among themselves but now they have agreed, please therefore to get them filld up and sent down by the first that come.
I am for Mr Walton & Self Sr. Your Hble Servt H Boag
The P[ar]ticulars of the field
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 9 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle. June 9 1741
Sir,
We have freighted another ship of about 200 tuns burthen to bring a loading of coales for the use of Greenwich Hospital which is now lying loaden in the River Tyne, but by reason of the impress for seamen, cannot proceed on her voyage, the Master having lost all his men. What we have therefore to desire is that you will with all convenient speed procure a Navy Protection (as we are told a common protection will be of no use) & that you wi
Letter – Hugh Boag to William Radley – 23 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle , June 23d. 1741
To Mr Wm Radley, Atorney at Law, Greenwich
Sir
I rec[eive]d you favour of 13th inst. And have inclosed the Draft of Brokenheugh Colliery which I hope will come safe.
As to the Woods cannot tell what to say we have used our Endevour to Spirit up the bidders, but whether any more will be bid or not we are not certaion but hope their will and to be sure the longer they are kept open we have the better chance, so as it but consist wth
Indenture – Robert Bolton to Nicholas Walton – 23 Jun 1741
This Indenture made the Twenty third day of June in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith (and so forth) And in the year of our Lord 1741 Between The Right Worshipfull Robert Bolton Doctor of Laws Dean & the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Carlisle of the one part And Nicholas Walton and Hugh Boag of Ravensworth Castle in the County
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 30 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle June 30th, 1741
Sir
Herewith you will receive the draught of Throckley Colliery Lease which Mr Browell has Examined & Alterd into Such a Shape as he will sign it and in no Other. The words which are Scored under being to be left out, and those marked to be in lieu thereof, both with red ink. You will please (before this is Ingrossed) to lay it before the Board for their Concurrance, and the Sonner it is dispatched the better with regard to the Int[erest] of
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 30 Jun 1741
Ravensworth Castle, June 30th 1741
To William Corbett Esq.
Sir
Herewith we send you the Invoice of [61] Newcastle chalders of coales ship’d on board of the Stephen and Jane of Scarbrough Captn Hill Master amounting to £46. 3. 7 ½ and we likewise inclose you the bill of Loading & Charter party. The ship saild on Friday last and we hope will be safe wth you at or about the time which this reaches your hands and we doubt not but the coales will be to content, being the
Letter – Hugh Boag to William Corbett – 10 Jul 1741
Ravensworth Castle July 10, 1741
To William Corbett Esqr.
Sir
Inclosed is our Cash Acct. for Last Month by which you will Please to Observe there is a Balance due from us to the Hospital of £510.16.10. We have this day sent Mr Wood a bill on Mr Bell for the last Loading of Coales amounting to £46.3.7 ½ payable 14 days after date on Acct. of the Rents of the Derwentwater Estate.
We have recd. The Boards Minutes of the 1st July Inst & that […] Observe their
