To Walter Trevelyan Esqr at Nettlecombe near Taunton
Somersetshire Newca[stle] 15th Novemr1768
Sir
I have received your Letter of the 8th instant inclosing Thos Towills bill on George Rutt for Ten pounds payable by your Indorsement thereon, to your Servant William Leaver or his Order. he is now at Wallington; but I will, as you desire let him have Money for this bill, as soon as he comes hither and endorses
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newca[stle] 18 Novr 1768
Sir
I have received by the Hexham Carrier a Box containing two pieces of Silver from Dukesfield Refinery; one weighing four hundred & ninety five ounces & the other Five hundred & fourteen ounces.
I hear Mrs Hunter is bro[ugh]t to Bed of a Son; I hope she and he are doing very well. I give you joy on the occasion & am etc HR
To Mr Duffield at Wallington Newca[stle] 19th Novemr 1768
Sir
I have sent you by Thos Thompson the pentagrapher; which I don’t doubt but you will receive safe. I am etc HR
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths Foster Lane London Newca[stle] 19th Novemr 1768
Gentlemen
I sent you yesterday by Matt Lee, the London Carrier, a box containing two pieces of fine Silver; the weight of w[hi]ch is below. I desire you will place them to Acco[un]t with Sir Walter Blackett, as usual, at the Markett price & advise me on you receipt of them. I am etc HR
ounces
one piece qty 495 at p[er] oz
the other qty 514 at p[er] oz
To Sir Wr Blackett Bt at Wallington Newca[stle] 20th Novr 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I have sent by the bearer the Deeds relating to the Exchange between Mr Errington and You and also the Deed for the purchase of the Wood on delivery whereof either the Money or some Security for it must be given you by Mr Errington. The Money that I have paid on this Acco[un]t is £59 18s 3d to the Com[missione]rs & £1 11s 6d to Mr Wilson for the Carriage of
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 20th Nov. 1768
I reced. your Letters, as also all the Receits which were wanting by Mr. Labourne, by whom, I was much concerned to find you had been so very ill, however I hope this will meet with you as well as can be expected and that you will soon be perfectly well.
As you propose coming down to the place, with the first piece of Silver, I should like that might be when Mr. Smeaton, and I are here together, and I will give you notice as
To Mr Ralph Heron at Hexham Newca[stle] 29th Novr 1768
Sir
As Mr Errington has desired to have your bill relating to the Exchange of lands at Hallington for Lands at Anick grange I think it would be right, as you propose, to mention to him the Money that Sir Wr Blackett has expended on that Acco[un]t which is as follows vizt to the Com[missione]rs for their fees and expences £59 18s 3d to Mr Wilson for Carriage of the deeds to promf
To John Hudson Esqr at Bessingby near Burlington Yorkshire Newca[stle] 30th Novr 1768
Sir
Inclosed is Barthw Kents note and receipt for the Carpet; which I paid him with the £6 18s 0d you left me for that purpose.
Lady Trevelyan desired me to take of her £1 4s 9d which you paid on her Daughters Acco[un]t and to remit it to you; & I have paid, by Mrs Hudson’s desire £4 10s 0d for some Cloth got of Mr Airey: so there is due to me £3 5s 3d which you may if you please send m
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 30th Novemr 1768
Sir
I have received your Letter of the 26th inclosing me Mr Savage’s receipt for four hundred & ninety five pounds for the half year’s int[e]r[es]t due from Sr Wr Blackett on the 6th of this Month and have given your Acco[un]t with me Credit for the Same. You will probably get franks now from Sir Walter; but if you should direct any more Letters with the word “free” as was
I propose to the Honourable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital to take a Lease from them for Seven, Fourteen or Twenty one years from Michs. 1768, of all their Dues of Lead Ore which shall be raised in the Manor of Alstone Moor and to pay for the same as hereaftermentioned Viz
To fix the Price of Lead at the Standard or rate of Fourteen Pounds Seven Shillings and Six Pence the Newcastle Fodder, and at that price to pay for the Ore at the rate of Two Pounds thirteen Shillings PBing and
To Mr Ralph Forster at Wallington Newca[stle] 3d Decemr 1768
Sir
Here is a Boat come from Burlington for Sir Walter w[hi]ch I wish you would contrive to get conveyed to Wallington; and the sooner the better, as it lyes exposed in our River to Accidents.
It is but a Small one, the length being 17 feet 4 in & the breadth 6 ft 6in. I think all the farms at & near Wallington belonging to Sir Walter, lye in Hartburn Parish except Cadwell
To Mr Ralph Heron at Hexham Newca[stle] 4th Decemr 1768
Sir
I received your Letter yesterday inclosing me Mr Erringtons Note to Sr Wr Blackett for four hundred & Seventy pounds for the Wood on the ground at Anick grange which he got from Sir Walter by exchange & which Money is not payable I see till the 1st April 1770. I am etc HR
To Mrs Hudson at Besingby near Burlington Yorkshire Newca[stle] 5th Decemr 1768
Mad[a]m
I received the favour of your Letter acquainting me that you had sent a Yawl for Sir Wr Blackett. It came hither on Saturday, & I hope to get it conveyed safe to Wallington in a few days.
Please to acquaint Mr Hudson that the Sacks which the Malt came in are returned, directed to him, in a Ship called the Endeavour, Thos Chapman Mas[te]r bound to Scarborough.
My Wife begs leave t
To Mr Darwin Grays Inn London Newca[stle] 5th Decer 1768
Sir
I have received your Letter inclosing me Mr Glover’s receipt for One hundred & forty pounds & Mr Saml Freeman’s receipt for one hundred & forty pounds; both which sums were due on the 27 Novemr last from Mr Wilson for the half Year’s int[e]r[es]t of the Mortgage on E[as]t Kenton: and I have given your Acco[un]t with me Credit for the Same. As to the £1 6s 8d f
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t MP in
Half Moon Street Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 6 Decemr 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
Inclosed is a Rental of Wallington as it stood at Mayd[a]y last & a List of Annuities payable during your pleasure; both which I send according to your order.
The present Tenants of Woodcroft have an Article for 15 Years from Mayday 1762. I told Mr Isaac Hunter about their management; but he thinks they are not doing any
To Mr Darwin Grey’s Inn London Newca[stle]7th Decemr 1768
Sir
I received your Letter that Sir Walter desires me to acquaint you what is done about the Conveyance of East Kenton. On the 21st of Septemr I gave the dra[ugh]t of it, as it had been settled by Mr Banks and you, to My Brother to be engrossed; not apprehending any thing further was to be done. But he objected to the Mode of it and wrote to Sir Walter that some hazard would attend
To John Hudson Esqr at Bessingby
Near Burlington Yorkshire Newca[stle] 7th Decemr 1768
Sir
I received the favour of your Letter inclosing me your bill on Mr Darwin for three pounds five shillings & sixpence being three pence more than my disbursement. & inclosed is the Bill I paid Mr Airey on Mrs Hudson’s Acco[un]t. I beg my Compliments to her and Mr Trevelyan & am etc HR
Part of Mssrs. Walton & Smeatons Letter of 7th Dec 1768 to Mr Ibbetson
In our Letter of 15th June we acquainted the Board that we found it necessary to Build an House and Stable for the Mill Agent at Langley Mill and inclosed an Estimate for that purpose amounting to £117.3.10, as also for Repairing an Old Peat House Estimated at £18.5 2 amounting in the whole to £135.9......for which Expenditure we afterwards had an Order of Board; but during the time we were carrying on these
To John Westgarth Esq at Unthank near Stanhope Weardale Newca[stle] 8th Decemr 1768
Sir
I received your Letter of the 26 of last Month desiring that John Pringle may have a house at Redburn for his Father and Mother. I have spoke about it to Mr Robt Allgood, to whom Sir Wr Blackett has let the whole Farm; but he begs to be excused a Compliance with that request, because the Father’s having a house there wo[ul]d give a pretence to the Son, who he says has been a bad Neighbour, to h
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London Newc[astle[ 10th Decr 1768
Gentlemen
I have drawn a bill on you for five hundred & ninety Eight pounds five shillings & seven pence half penny payable to Richd Wilson Esqr or order Thirty days after this date; w[hi]ch I desire you will accept, and when paid place to Account with Sir Walter Blackett Baro[ne]t. And I have this day sent you, by David Jackson, the London Carrier, a piece of fine Silver containing five hun
To Richd Wilson Esqr Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 10th Decemr 1768
Sir
Inclosed I send you two parts of my Rental of your Estates at Kenton, for the half year ending Mayd[a]y last; & also my bill on Plumb & Browne for five hundred & ninety Eight pounds five shillings & seven pence half penny for the balance of it. You will please to advise me, by the return of the post, of your receiving this Bill; and to sign and return me one part of
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 11 Decem 1768
Sir
I am sorry Sir Walter is to be so great a Loser by Mrs Bell and also the distress that the Seizure must occasion to so large a family I am sorry for that too but cannot tell how to depart from the positive directions that Sir Walter gave before he went to London in this Matter. You who are upon the Spot and see all the Circumstances of the Case and know Sir Wrs goodness in so ma
To Sr Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t MP
Half Moon Street Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 11th Decr 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I have sent to Mr Steels to go by the Fly that sets out to morrow morning a parcel sealed and directed to you containing the duplicate of the Settlement in 1753 & Copies of the fines and recoveries relating to it. Also the Assignment of the two terms by Mr Allgood and chief Baron Ords minutes concerning the Title of Ord Estate
To Mr Robert Sorsbie in Love Lane East Cheap London Newca[stle] 12th Decem 1768
Sir
I received your Letter of the 15th Ult[im]o & am sorry for Mrs Eden’s death – there was a Year’s Allowance of Twenty one pounds due to her at Mich[aelma]s last, which her representative may have by calling for upon Mr Wm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn.
Mr Sorsbie may also have a Year’s Allowance of Twenty one pounds that will be due to her on the 24th instant by calling upon Mr Darwin fo
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t MP Half Moon Street
Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 14th Decem 1768
Hon[oure]d Sir
Inclosed I return the Letter from the Mayor of Berwick & others, proposing an Act to be got this Sessions for improving the Fisheries in the Tweed. The Suddenness of their proposal creates a Suspicion of it, as there will not be time for the other proprietors to consider the Matter so well as, no doubt,