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Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Jan 1834
Thursday 17th January
Received the Boards Minutes & wrote several letters to Parties referred to therein. Also to persons who are offerers for farms, with whom I wished to have explanations. Bargained with Mr Hedley for the Hartburngrainge Lot of Wood at £80, which is exactly Mr Parkin’s calculation, & I conceive it to be a correct one, as the purchaser showed me his which was £76. He is to pay £40 in a fortnight, & to give a Bill for the remaining £40 payable in Mar
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Jan 1834
Friday 18th January
Had interviews with several of the successful and unsuccessful candidates for farms, which it is unnecessary here to detail. Rode up to Fourstones to look at the situation of a piece of rock for which application has been made for the purpose of quarrying into blocks for the rail way. It is very near the road & the working of it would be attended with little damage, should the Stone prove of a suitable quality of which I shall have to report hereafter. I then
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Jan 1834
Saturday 19th January
Settled with Mr Storey his Salary & Gratuity as directed. Rode into Hexhamshire to look over the farms & obtain information respecting some Offers for those lately advertized. Directed the Woodman there to get some assistance in thinning the young Plantations, which are ruinously thick, and ought to be done before the Spring. Set out a new fence to divide a field in two, at Staples, for the purpose of getting the Land into a suitable course of tillage - t
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Jan 1834
Monday 20th January 1834
Wrote to Mr Fenwick desiring him to make application to Mr Pringle of Borewell for payment of his rents, and in default to threaten him with distress of his goods, as he has failed to keep his engagements with me repeatedly & disregards his covenants in the management of his farm. Having heard nothing yet from Armstrong, the highest bidder for Whitley Mill, I inclosed another letter for him to Mr Fenwick, asking him to send it out by a messenger, that I might ob
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Jan 1834
Tuesday 21st January
Bell, whom I had informed, when he previously came to inquire, that his was the highest offer for Aydonshields & Mirehouse & would likely be accepted, came to the office to enquire into the account of Crop to be sown by the present tenant, the quantity of land for fallow etc. He complained with reason of the condition of Mirehouse & the small quantity of manure upon both places, & was very urgent that a part of the allowance for lime, should in this in
Letter – James Graham to John Grey – 21 Jan 1834
Copy Admiralty 21 January 1834
Dear Sir
I have received a Letter from Mr Hodgson of which I enclose you a Copy, together with the Copy of my answer. I am sorry that any serious misunderstanding should have arisen between you in consequence of my sending to You his first Letter, which perhaps I did hastily, but certainly with no intention of making mischief. I should be very glad to hear that the difference was amicably arranged, and eventually forgot
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Jan 1834
Wednesday 22nd January
Received from Greenwich the Agreement with the Duke of Northumberland for the sale of the manor of Wark & immediately examined all the Plans & documents I could find, to obtain information as to the situation of the allotments of Thorngrafton & the manner in which they are now connected with the farms & occupied by the tenants of the Hospital. This is a subject which I have never before thought it necessary to investigate & in which I have felt n
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Jan 1834
Thursday 23rd January 1834
I prepared to set out at an early hour this morning, to inspect Thorngrafton Allotments & ascertain how far the interests of any of the Hospitals Tenants were involved in the working of the mines or Quarries below them, but after waiting for some hours, was obliged to abandon the intention, as riding to such a distance against a storm of wind and rain was not likely to secure the object. I received a letter from Mr Bigge, as Chairman of the Morpeth Dispensar
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 23 Jan 1834
Corbridge, nr Newcastle. Jan 23rd 1834
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st Instant, together with copies of one addressed by Mr Hodgson to you & your reply to it.
I cannot but express regret & surprise that Mr Hodgson should have again made my conduct subject of remark to you, or should have thought it necessary to obtrude upon your attention a matter which was strictly personal between us. And I regret it the more that
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 23 Jan 1834
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co Jan[uar]y 23rd 1834
I duly received your letter of the 20th inst Messrs Grace & Freeman Statement of Ac[coun]t is correct, and I have given them credit for £4904.3 and £13.1.7 Discount- together the Bal[ance] of purchase of 2000 Pieces on the 24th June last. I also give them credit for £20-13-4 due to myself for shipping charges. I sh[oul]d wish this sum to be taken out of Mr B[eaumon]ts Ac[coun]t and I will request Batson & Co to debit themsel
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Jan 1834
Friday 24th January 1834
I went with Benson to examine the Ground for the site of the intended house at Dilston, with a view to ascertain the expense of Garden Walls etc, but as it would be desirable, in case of the road bring altered, to place the House a little farther to the South than was intended, until that is settled, the exact extent of such walls cannot be determined. It may not however be of great consequence to ascertain the cost of all such appurtenances, if it were even possi
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Jan 1834
Saturday 25th January 1834
Set out early & rode by Fourstones, Allerwash etc to Grindon Hill- looked through the repairs of the Buildings there- proceeded to Grindon & taking the Tenant along with me, rode over the whole of that farm & Beamwham, both in Mr Woodmans occupation. These are in a high situation & very properly almost entirely laid to grass. I was glad to see the excellent effect produced by the cheap mode of sod draining adopted here last summer, & well execu
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Jan 1834
Monday 27th January
Settled the Accounts for the repairs of the Mill & the Miller’s house & Offices at Newlands & received a payment from Bones of Throckley, hearing from him a long list of grievances and difficulties respecting the quantity of Water which it has cost him so much to overcome in the Pit, & the impossibility of collecting money from the farmers, in both of which, I believe, there is much truth. Received & communicated to the Board Armstrong’s reason
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Jan 1834
Tuesday 28th January
A dismal day of rain, everybody kept within doors. Engaged in writing letters, & Office business - conferred with Benson on the buildings at Whitechapel, Lees & other places, which must be undertaken this year, as to the most economical arrangement & mode of execution, as well as the probable cost that the Board may be informed upon it. At two, the Tyne having risen higher than I ever saw it before, I walked round the embankments to ascertain their con
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 28 Jan 1834
Private. Corbridge Jan 28th 1834?
Sir
I have received from an acquaintance at Hull a newspaper which I take the liberty to send to you, that you may be aware of the vulgar attack that Mr Hutt has made upon the management of the Hospitals property , & of that which he threatens to make upon yourself in particular on the subject of the Merchant Seamen’s sixpences. Among other mistatements or falsehoods
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Jan 1834
Wednesday 29th January
Went to Thornbrough to see the extent of land that had been covered by the Tyne in yesterdays flood & consider of the practicability & cost of securing it, but as yet there was too much water standing in the low ground to ascertain it. Went forward to Shaw House & informed the tenant that unless he could take means to reduce the Arrear standing against him, I feared some other steps must be taken by the Hospital. He engages to bring me some money ere l
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Jan 1834
Thursday 30th January 1834
The flood having entirely subsided, I spent most of the day in examining along with Harle, who manages the embankments, the effects it had had upon them and the Shores. The former have sustained no damage, but what was occasioned by some runs through Mole holes, which having been marked at the time of the flood, a man today has remedied. In another respect the flood has done us a kindness, for by leaving its mark along the side of the embankment, it has shown
Letter – James Graham to John Grey – 30 Jan 1834
Copy / Private. Admiralty
30th January 1834
Sir,
I am obliged to you for calling my attention to the Speech of Mr Hutt at Hull: It abounds in exaggeration and mistatements which will shrink into their proper proportions when we come to the promised discussion in the House of Commons. I am satisfied you will do your Duty, regardless if all malevolent attacks, to which your Condu
Journal entry – John Grey – 31 Jan 1834
Friday 31st January
Met Mr Pearson this morning, Surveyor of the Gateshead Roads, upon the Ground at Dilston Bank to point out to him what I considered the best arrangement for uniting the two branch roads upon that part of the property with the new part of turnpike, so as to be at once convenient for the occupiers of the farms & the public, and a saving of Land to the Hospital. He agreed that the Plan I proposed was the best & most complete if carried on by the Hospital, throug
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Feb 1834
Saturday 1st February 1834
Went to Newcastle to see to some matters there, & put into Mr Fenwick’s hands a list of Fee Farm Rents due to the Hospital from parties residing in the Eastern parts of the County, who cannot be expected to come here to pay them, or even to come to Newcastle for the purpose, as the sums are small, were I to fix a day to meet them. I saw therefore no means of obtaining them, but to ask Mr Fenwick to apply for and receive them whenever the parties might call
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Feb 1834
Monday 3rd February 1834
Received the Boards Minutes of the 20th & 29th Ultima and made the several communications required by them, also informed the Parties whose tenders for farms had been accepted. I then passed some time among the Workmen, repairing the damage done by the late floods, to the Banks of the Tyne, contriving the best & cheapest mode of obtaining materials for securing them. Then went to examine the Ground where Walker & Bones propose to burn bricks, on the Pa
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Feb 1834
Tuesday 4th February 1834
Had a meeting with some of the accepted Tenants for the Farms respecting their Covenants etc. Rode to Newtonhall Farm & then through Thornbrough to examine the success of some draining which I had marked out at the former, & at both places to look to the culling & dressing of some old Hedges under my directions, with the hope of restoring them. No particular occurrence today, requiring notice.
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Feb 1834
Wednesday 5th February
Was engaged in the Office making Estimates of the probable outlay for Building, hedging & draining for the present year, & the rental according to the reduction of those farms recently let, of which a statement was forwarded to the Board. Rode afterwards to inspect the work at the Embankments & the planting on Dipton Hill, on my return in the afternoon found Mr Pringle from Scremerston who paid me £300 of the Arrear due by him at May Day last, leaving
Journal entry – John Grey – 6 Feb 1834
Thursday 6th February
After various interruptions & causes of detention in the Office, I set out for Haydon Bridge where I have appointed to be to receive Proposals for the planting at Grindon, which I let at the very low price of 5/. per thousand for making the Pits. The putting in of Trees I prefer to have done by our own Woodmen, hoping that they may be more attentive in selecting the different kinds of Trees for the varieties of Soil most suited to each & also in collecti
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Feb 1834
Friday 7th February
Went out as soon as I could see & traversed Spency Croft Farm, which Mr Dickinson has held for 17 years at the rent of £100 and which is one of those included in the list to be reduced from May day last. Most of those in Alston which were entered to at the same period, have been reduced one third or more. As a mere Farm, I question that it would now let for £70, the Poor’s rate amounting to £22 a year upon it. But Mr Dickinson is willing to take it upon leas
