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Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Oct 1833
Saturday 12th October
Elrington
Rode to Highside to see the Repairs ordered there, which are done now, except the Slates laying on. Proceeded by Bagraw & Langhope to Elrington which I examined minutely. This Farm contains a good deal of rough pasture, which is capable of considerable improvement, with a good portion of turnip & barley Soil. The present tenant occupies along with it, a small farm adjoining belonging to Mr Tweddell, the Corn from which he thrashes at Elr
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 12 Oct 1833
Messrs Grace & Freeman London Oct 12 !833
Above I hand you Invoice of 300 p[iece]s Lead shipped on Board the Miner Capt[ain[ Sim. Mr Hodgson has advised me of your purchase of 2000 p[iece]s Refined Lead which we can ship at any time on receiving your instructions. BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 12 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London Oct 12th 1833
I am in receipt of your fav[our] of the 8th & 9th inst. By referring to your Book in which the Stockton List were copied you will find the return for the month of Jany 1832 under date of the 1st Feb and that all the returns are dated the 1st of the following Month. The return for Nov I now send you which will complete your set.
Mr Pattinson will go up next week and ascertain the exact stock of Lead the Duke of Clevela
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Oct 1833
Monday 14th October 1833
Engaged in the Office writing several letters and arranging accounts and plans wanted to carry with me to the northern Estates. Afterwards went to Thornton Quarry Farm to inspect its condition with reference to the away going Crop & covenants. Found some part of it in foul condition and some not of course, but that is not to be altogether imputed to the present tenant, who has only been in it three years, & found it in a very deranged state. Nothing can b
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Oct 1833
Tuesday 15th October 1833
Howick
Left Corbridge in the morning & drove to Howick 50 miles to dinner. Some Fields of Corn are still unhoused in the high parts of the Country, although the fall of last night has given the venerable Cheviot a cap of Snow - an indication I fear of an early Winter.
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Oct 1833
Wednesday 16th October
Spindleston Estate
Drove by the Coast Road from Howick to Glororum, passing through that farm & then inspecting those of Spindleston, Warren, Outchester & Chesterhill, upon which I found that my Son has been engaged all the forenoon in looking over the grounds & taking down the state of the tillage, having previously given him directions to meet me there for the purpose. In this district generally, the harvest has been good, the quality of the grain be
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 16 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London Oct 16th 1833
I have rec[eive]d your letter of the 14th inst and have to correct my statement of the weight of the Pieces of Silver advised of us the 30th ult. It should have been 2109 1/2 ounces and not 2119 1/2 as stated. Mr Knox is busily engaged in the Lead Accts and will return you a report of his proposals by this days post. I meet Mr Donkin tomorrow upon the <Sales> Acc[oun]ts.
BJ
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Oct 1833
Thursday 17th October
Went by Wooler, there being a large Sheep Fair there, where a great deal of business was done, though the sales were not so brisk as previously, & proceeded to Millfield Hill, this being the last great fair in this district for the autumn, I purposely fixed the Belford rent for the Tuesday following, & probably it had better be understood that that that is to be the day for receiving the Autumn Rents in future.
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Oct 1833
Friday 18th October
Scremerston Town Farm
Drove in the morning 15 miles to Scremerston & walked over the extensive & well cultivated farm of Mr Thomson which is at once the largest and the best managed of any belonging to the Hospital. Mr Thomson unluckily was not at home but my Son found the Steward and obtained from him the state of the tillage.
Inland Pasture Farm
We then went over to Mr Hogarths farm, though not quite so highly farmed as the other is yet in a regular
Letter – James Graham to John Grey – 18 Oct 1833
To John Grey Esq Alston Trust Octr 18th 1833
[in a different hand] <Qu..> 22nd Octr
(Copy)
Private Cowes 18th October 1833
Dear Sir,
I have derived the greatest satisfaction from the perusal of your letter. The Principle which you announce as regulating your conduct in the very important and responsible situation which you fill, and the objects, which you have in view, are precisely such as I anticipated from your high Character, and such as I should have desired
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 18 Oct 1833
Corbridge Oct 18th 1833
Sir
I have the honor of your letter on the subject of the Alston road trust, & am much gratified to think that all which I have done in respect of it, is in strict accordance with the views & suggestions it contained.
I discovered, soon after entering upon my present office, how deeply the Hospital was interested in that concern, & how enormously the debt upon it had accumulated, which led me to investigate the whole of the transactions of the trust
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Oct 1833
Saturday 19th October
Continued the examination of Scremerston. The Colliery lands are in a productive state, having a large supply of dung & small lime from the Kilns. I observed a deviation from the Covenants, by growing tares upon a field in lieu of grass, for feeding the underground Horses, but being cut as a green Crop & the land well wrought and manured after it, I do not consider it any injury. The clearing out of the old sea Level is likely to be very troublesome. Tw
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 19 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London Oct 19th 1833
I have duly received your esteemed fav[ou]r of the 15th & 17th inst, the former advising the sale of two pieces of fine Silver and the payment of the net Proceeds to Mr B[eaumon]ts credit at Glyn & Co am[ountin]g to £561..5..0. The letter advising the Receipt of Cheque from Mr W[ilia]m Parker for Lead and Interest am[ounti]ng to £1646..7..10 which will be carried in due course to his credit.
Mr Parker stands fur
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 19 Oct 1833
Messrs Grace & Freeman Chelsea Oct19th 1833
Mr Hodgson informs me that I may ship your last purchase of 2000 p[iece]s refined Lead at any time. I will thank you to inform me what number of pieces you wish to be shipped in one Bottom. BJ
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Oct 1833
Tuesday 22nd October
Left home early & reached Belford between 10 & 11 o’clock. The accompanying Sheet, being a copy of that upon which I recorded the transactions of the day, will show the sums received & the remains remaining. Pringle did not appear at all. He is to receive, as the award for damages, against the Colliery £319 which sum I suppose he intends to pay over for Rent, but the Arrear after that, including a half years Rent becoming due in November, will amo
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Oct 1833
Wednesday 23rd October
Wrote to Mr Atkinson, who had not sent the rent of Lorbottle Tithes, begging him to pay it to my account with Ridley & Co - and other Letters. Spent some time in going over his grounds with Lord Grey, but left before dinner & drove to Rothbury 18 miles to sleep.
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Oct 1833
Thursday 24th October
Drove to Corbridge in the forenoon & was engaged during the day in answering Letters & with the accounts. I have an application from a public body who have £100,000 to invest & are desirous to know if the Commissioners are inclined to sell property to such amount.
[marginal note: ‘I hope sincerely we shall sell no more.’]
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Oct 1833
Friday 25th October
This being the day appointed by Mr Fenwick to hold the Court at Haydon Bridge , I went in the morning to meet him there, & found a large concourse of people assembled. Many suits were tried for the recovery of small debts and some for encroachment and trespass. Where so respectable a jury can be obtained, one cannot but regret that so cheap & efficient a mode of procuring justice should be limited to the small sum of 40s. I returned to Corbridge in the e
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Oct 1833
Saturday 26th October
Went in the morning to see what progress had been made at the embankment in Widehaugh during my absence & the success of the attempt to bring some additional springs into Mr Leadbitter’s reservoir, which I had begun before going to the North. Although not yet completed, it is evident that it will greatly increase the supply, & at a cost not much exceeding £10. Engaged the remainder of the day in office business, various Letter & other matters having
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 26 Oct 1833
Grace & Freeman Chelsea Oct 26th 1833
Above I hand you Invoice of the weight of 300 P[iece]s of Ref[ine]d Lead shipped as above, the first delivery of your Purchase of 2000 P[iece]s of Mr Hodgson on 26th of Septr last
I expect to ship 600 P[iece]s in two vessels next week of which you shall be duly advised.
You may rely on every attention on my part both as to the quality of the lead and expence of shipping the Freight of lead to London never varies being always charged
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Oct 1833
Monday 28th October
I received this morning a proposal from Stokoe & Rewcastle for leave to erect a Saw Mill, by their paying a ground rent of £8 a year upon the Hospitals property on the Devils Water. The sum offered is too small to form any inducement to allow of such an erection. The only one would be in the advantage which might attend it, in the disposal of the surrounding Wood, of which there is a great quantity. I shall take an early opportunity of examining the situatio
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Oct 1833
Tuesday 29th October 1833
This being the great Fair at Newcastle which is of considerable importance to the Tenantry in this district, I mounted my Horse at 6 o’clock and rode down to the Hill near the Town 17 miles, to see how things were going on, & was glad to find that Cattle went off briskly at good prices. I tried to persuade some of the Farmers from the northern parts of the County who have large flocks of Sheep to feed upon turnips, to come & buy the turnips of our tena
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Oct 1833
Wednesday 30th October 1833
Returned from Newcastle by Throckley, examining the state of the Colliery there. The piece of Coal cut into, continues good & though the demand is limited I hope it may repay the Lessees in time for their unsuccessful attempts. Came to Whittle to see the building in hand, which in another week will be covered in & finished. Proceeded to Corbridge.
Just before leaving Belford in the evening of the 22nd the Tenant of Outchester applied to me re
Journal entry – John Grey – 31 Oct 1833
Thursday 31st October 1833
After dispatching certain matters in the Office and consulting with Mr Parkin as to the Trees necessary for planting the Ground left vacant by the falls of Wood in Dipton Plantation & other places this season, I took a long ride over the Estates of Whittonstall & Newlands, examining all the works finished or in progress, which may be brought to account at the ensuing Rent day. The Tenants in that District, who as a body, are in my opinion, of the most re
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Nov 1833
Friday 1st November.
Took a round to see the Drain for bringing an additional supply of Water into the Reservoir at Dilston North Farm, & the repairing of the road over Snokoe hill, upon which I have employed some old men at low wages, who otherwise would at this season come upon the Parish. The alteration of buildings at the Park Farm, which has nearly concluded and which has made a great improvement to the Farm Offices at a small expense - and the raising of the embankments in Wideh
