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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Jonathan Hilton – 24 Jan 1771
To Messrs Jona. and Joseph Hilton Farnacres 24th January 1770
Gentlemen
We reced. your report of the Lead Mines and Observe the Contents.
Joe said nothing about Hartside Colliery when he was last here; pray let us know what is doing & done at the Levell for, laying the Coal dry which was last found & how you go in otherwise.
We inclose a Paper showing the Dues wch. were wanting at Langley Mill after finishing the Carriage in 1769 & are
You
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 25 Jan 1771
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 25th January 1771
I reced. your Letters of the 1st & 5th instant & think the Governor and Companys Agents have behaved very civily upon our late application; I also think you have acted prudently in taking Joseph Wilkinson, and hope you will find him worthy of being continued. The last Cake of Silver Weighed 473 3/4 Ounces and was a very pretty clean looking piece as I have seen. By one of the Assays it shd have been 446
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Watson – 25 Jan 1771
To Mr William Watson at Sunderland Newcas. 25 Janry 1771
by Durham
Sir I am sorry for the Accident that has happened to you & wish you a good recovery of it,
As to the Accot. of your Ore, I know nothing of it: but when Mr Maughan comes to Town, which I expect will be soon, I shall ask him about it. If it is right I shall get him to sign it, and then I shall send it to you with a receipt upon it for you to sign and retu
Letter – Henry Richmond to Douglas Lambert & Foster – 28 Jan 1771
To Messrs. Douglass Lambert & Forster at Newcas. 28 Janry 1771
Gentlemen I desire you will pay Mr John Grey Thirteen pounds Ten shillings: being Sir Walter Blackett’s proportion of the Money to be raised at ninepence in the pound Rent towards defraying the Expence of an Application to parliament for an Act to regulate the Fishing in the River Tweed. Take Mr Greys Receipt for the Money on this Order & Sir Walter Blackett will allow yo
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Grey – 28 Jan 1771
To Mr John Grey, Attorney at Law Newcas. 28 Janry 1771
in Berwick upon Tweed
Sir I have sent you on the other Side an Order on Messrs. Douglass Lambert & Forster for thirteen pounds ten shillings for Sir Walter Blacketts proportion at nine pence in the pound Rent of the Sum to be raised for defraying the Expence of the Application to parliament for an Act for regulating the Fishing in the Tweed. I am etc HR
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Newham Nicholson – 28 Jan 1771
To Mr Newham Nicholson. Farnacres 28th January 1771.
Mr Nicholson
I have examined all the Castings and find them right, or so nearly so, that they dont require being altered except the last Quantity delivered to Edw. Mosley Esq & Co. which as I have taken it down, is as follows
Decr 28th Edwd Mosley Esq & Co L 600 43 fo 3 cwt 3 qtr at 14 2/8 £613 5 10 1/2
By our casting we make it £615 5 10 1/2
you will let me know how it should be and I will set it rig
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Jan 1771
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 28th January 1771
In examining your last operation for December I find by the Quantity Smelted your stock of Cowhill & Cross Vein & Old Cowslitts and Cowslitts Cross Vein shd be 3bings 3 cwt whereas it is only 3.2.
The stock 24th November 82 6
Smelted in Operation ending 29 December 79 3
Remains 3 3
But if there was real
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Jan 1771
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 28th January 1771
Since writing you yesterday I have weighed the Bullion and find it answers exactly to yoru Weight which is 701 ¼ oz. I have also weighed the Assays the one weighs 2 7/80 grains & the other 2 5/80 grains the average of which is 2 6/80 grains so that supposing we had worked up to the Assay the Cake of Bullion including what is in the Litharge laid by to be wrought over again, should have come to 778 3/4 Ounces
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 29 Jan 1771
To Mr Thos. Maughan at Newhouse omitted Newcas. 29 Janry 1771
in Weardale
Sir I have received a Lre [letter] by this Nights post from the Bishop of Ely late Bishop of Chester that he was confirmed Bishop of Ely on the 22nd instant & then ceased to be Rector of Stanhope. So you will from the Receipt hereof take Care to distinguish the Ore that is severed from the Veins from what may be be (sic) got hereafter in order that the Rights
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 30 Jan 1771
To Mr Darwin - Greys Inn London Newcas. 30th Janry 1771
Sir Inclosed are two Bills drawn by Bell & Co. on Glyn & Compy.; one for £100 & the other for £500 - the former is to enable you to pay Mrs Ann Lilly so much in part of Sir Wr. Blacketts bond to her for £200 as you wrote Sir Walter she desired he would do.
You will place this Bill to Sir Wrs Credit & send me a receipt for it to be a voucher to my Accot. ment
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 1 Feb 1771
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 1st February 1771
Sir
Your letyter of the 26th ulto I recd by last Tuesdays Post and have this day drawn upon you for £143.2.2 being the amount of 473 ¾ ounces of silver bullion at 6s ½ d p oz. I made the weight one penny weight more than you and had so fixed it in our Lead Mill accounts.
I beg my best respect to Mr and Mrs Smeaton as also yourself and family; Mr Smeaton must be so obliging as excuse my writing as I am just now set
Letters – Godfrey Bosville to John Wentworth – 1 Feb 1771
Dear Sir,
Your servants coming over was a lucky circumstance to me as it eas’d me of all that trouble of getting over [the] Stag hounds w[hic]h has hung so long upon my mind; I have sent you two couple, and I hope they will answer; I coud [sic] have sent them a year ago if I had known of anybody to trust them with. I desire likewise your acceptance of a new invented Machine to bleed horses; it appears to be very well contrived for [the] purpose. I am obliged to you for [the] map of New
Letter – Henry Richmond to Francis Laidman – 2 Feb 1771
To Mr Fras. Laidman Surgeon in Newcas. 2 Febry 1771
Morpeth
Sir Inclosed is a Copy of a Letter from Captn. Roddam to Sr Wr. Blackett in answer to what he wrote in behalf of your Son. Sir Walter bid me send it to you that no time might be lost. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Bishop of Ely – 2 Feb 1771
To The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ely Newcas. 2nd Febry 1771
in Downing Street, London
My Lord I laid before Sir Walter Blackett the Letter which your Lordship did me the honour of writing to me, & he proposes waiting upon your Lordship when he gets to Town, which he set out for this morning. I beg leave to wish your Lordship Health in the See of Ely, and as many years as your Predecessor. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 4 Feb 1771
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn Newcas. 4th Febry 1771
London
Sir I received yours of the 31st Ulto. inclosing me Mr Trevelyan’s bill on me for Forty Pounds, payable to you or Order, at Sight; wch. I have placed to our Acct. & to balance this Article I here inclose you Bell Cookson & Cos. Bill on Glyn & Hallifax for Forty Pounds; which you will place accordingly and advise me so. Mr Tevelyan should have wrote me about t
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Hill – 4 Feb 1771
To Mr Thomas Hill at Blackwell Newcas. 4 Febry 1771
near Darlington
Sir Sir Walter Blackett will be obliged to you if you will send him a Dozen hams & a Dozen Hogs Cheeks as soon as you can conveniently - the last were very good. The payment for them may be made as usual by Mr Darwin, or by your drawing a Bill on me; as you please. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 5 Feb 1771
To Sir Wr Blackett Bart. M.P. in Half Moon Street Newcas. 5 Febry 1771
Piccadilly, London
Honrd. Sir I hope you are well after your Journey.
Since you left this place I have been Considering, as well as I can, what offer you can in prudence make the new Rector for a Lease of his Tithe Ore: & am convinced the old Composition of Three hundred Guineas a Year, is the utmost. The Bishop of Ely can tell him, if he pleases, that after draw
Letter – Henry Richmond to George Douglas – 7 Feb 1771
To Mr George Douglass Newcas. 7 Febry 1771
in Berwick upon Tweed
Sir Mr Forster & Mr Bell propose being at Tweedmouth on Tuesday Evening the 26th of this Month; of which I desire you will acquaint the other Tenants & I hope you and they will be well provided with Money to pay your Rents to Mr Bell whose Receipts for what you pay him shall be your Discharge. I hope you will be able to pay him the Years Rent for the Coll
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 8 Feb 1771
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths Newcas. 8th Febry 1771
in Foster Lane London
Gentlemen I have this day sent you by Matt Lee the London Carrier, a piece of fine Silver containing Eleven hundred and ninety seven ounces & a half which I desire you will place to Account with Sir Walter Blackett, as usual, at the Market price & advise me on your receipt of. I am etc HR
1197½ oz at p oz
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 8 Feb 1771
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newcas. 8th Febry 1771
Sir I have this day received by the Hexham Carrier a piece of Silver from Dukesfield Refinery, the Weight of which is Eleven hundred and ninety seven ounces & a half & am glad Coalcleugh Ore continues to yield so well - but I think you have taken off too large a piece at once. If it had been in two pieces it wo[ul]d have been more manageable, & the risk less, tho it seems to
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 8 Feb 1771
To Sir Wr Blackett Bart. M.P. in half Moon Street, Newcas. 8th Febry 1771
Piccadilly, London
Honrd. Sir I wrote on the 5th instant my Thoughts as to the Treaty with the new Rector. & since have received your Letter of the same day from York, on that Subject; & still think you should not be tied up if you can help it, to pay him £315 a year, while Rector of Stanhope: because if a War should happen, or Thos. Hepple die, or the Bishop of Du
Report – Richard Wetherall – 9 Feb 1771
Extracts from the Award made upon the Division of Bulbeck Common bearing Date the ninth day of February one Thousand seven hundred and seventy one executed by Samuel Marriot of Okerland in the County of Northumberland Gentleman Thomas Forster of the City of Durham Gentleman Ralph Hutchinson of Baxter Wood in the County of Durham Gentleman Thomas Gibson of Stonecroft in the said County of Northumberland Gentleman and Cuthbert Hunter of Medomsley in the said County of Durham Gentleman.
And W
Letter – Jonathan Hilton to John Cleaver – 11 Feb 1771
A Copy of a Letter sent Mr. Cleaver 11th Feby. 1771
Sir,
Inclosed you have a Copy of Greengill & Peatstackhill Paybills from Michos. 1769 to Michos. 1770 as also the Cash Account between you & me & the Estimate of expences to compleat the Tryals in this Manor, the reason the Pays was so late of making was the Miscarriage of a Letter from Mr. Lavie. We have opened the Borehole shift & cleared the Sludge & Deeds out of Bacon level & shall begin laying in the Wago
Letter – Jonathan Hilton to Germaine Lavie – 11 Feb 1771
A Copy of a Letter sent Mr. Lavie 11th Feby 1771
Sir,
Inclosed you have paybills for Stanhope Burn Lead Mine Repairs of the Smelt Mill & Alston Moor Lead Mines as also by my Cash Account and an Acct of the Proffits of Stanhope Burn Lead Mine from Michs 1769 to Michs 1770. Greengill West End was let to Hush at Michs 1767 for the Term of 5 Years to seven Partners at £1.1 p Bing & in May 1768 they all gave up the Bargon Except one Joseph Winsgill so I hierd a Man to Join in Part
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 15 Feb 1771
Mr Mulcaster Farnacres 15th February 1771
Since receiving the three Assays you last sent I have tryed their Weight and find the Lead from whence they were taken is Refineable Viz The Test Bottom Lead now at the Mill, and 325 Cwt pieces of Mr Wilkinsons Lead, which proves richer than before.
I send you herewith an Account showing what Quantities of Middle Cleugh and Sun Veins Ore were paid Carriage for and also showing the Quantities delivered each Carrier taken from Mr
