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Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Aug 1834
Saturday 16th August 1834
Having written some time ago to the Party to whom I had given permission to bore for Coal at Hartburngrainge, requiring that they should acquaint me with the result of their experiment, & whether they intended to conclude it by making an offer for working the Coal, or to relinquish it, & leave me at liberty to treat with another party, two of them came over today. They have found Coal on the East side of the Estate which might be worked, but the Sale, the
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Aug 1834
Monday 18th August
A rainy day throughout & unfavourable for the Harvest, most of the Corn is still in the Fields hereabouts. Went over the Plans of several of the Farms with Mr Hunt which have been intersected by Roads & Railways to try to make out the measurements of the Fields as they are now left, & arrange the course of rotation to be prescribed in a new letting, also marking out new pieces of Land which might be planted without lessening the value of the Farms in which t
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Aug 1834
Tuesday 19th
Having occasion to go to Newcastle I took the opportunity of giving Mr Fenwick instructions respecting the preparation of certain Farm Leases, & also put into his hands the Agreement executed by the Commissioners for a Lease of Dilston Mill, to Mr Ridley Hall, for 15 Years from May last, guarding him as to maintain clauses for the maintaining of Machinery, Water courses etc. Having found a Memorandum in the Office of certain articles of Machinery belonging to the Hospital,
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Aug 1834
Wednesday 20th August
I received today applications from two of the most extensive occupiers of the Hospitals Lands, to be released from their engagements - Messrs Thomson & Hogarth of Scremerston. They are undoubtedly both too high rented in present times, and Mr Thomson especially, whose Farm is in a high state of cultivation, have expended upon it a large amount of unredeemed capital. If these Farms are to be valued and relet this season, I should be glad to be informed in good
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Aug 1834
Thursday 21st August
Wrote to Mr Forster sending him a Copy of Mr Fenwick’s report of Throckley Colliery & recommendation of the Terms on which it should be let, which were acted upon although no Lease appears to have been made hitherto. Also a Copy of Messers Bones’ application for leave to work the Splint Coal upon the Fell, & to be allowed three years to make up their short Workings, which proves that they are in Arrear, & not in advance, with their quantity.
Drove
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Aug 1834
Wednesday 27th August
Having remained since Thursday night at Gilsland, receiving all necessary communications & answering Letters daily, the Carlisle & Newcastle Mails passing by Dilston & near to Gilsland, I set out on Wednesday morning, entered upon the Hospitals Property at Whitechapel, passed through several of the Farms on the North Tyne. Stopped at Haydon Bridge to see the Building in the Yard, went to Woodhall Mill, which is now undergoing repair & nearly complete
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Aug 1834
Thursday 28th
Little had occurred in my absence the farmers being much engaged with Harvest & the Sportsmen on the Moors. The last week has been very rainy & most unfavorable for the Grain, most of which is yet abroad in the Fields to the Westward of this place. I am glad to have received £300 from Pringle of Scremerston, which just came in time to prevent my sending an order of Seizure upon his effects. He is still upward of £90 in Arrear of the Rent payable last Spring,
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Aug 1834
Friday 29th August
I received today a Proposal for working the Coal at Hartburngrainge from the party by whom the Boring was lately made. They offer a Rent of £20 Per Man for each Hewer employed. The Rent to commence when the Colliery comes into regular working. The Wood used in the sinking, which would be little, & some Cottages to be supplied by the Lessors. They give no idea of how many Men’s work they would be likely to sell, but I imagine that the demand might not exceed t
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Aug 1834
Saturday 30th August
Directed the Bankers to remit £2000 to the Cof the Commissioners with the Bank of England on the 10th of next Month, & informed Mr Paine of my having done so. Wrote to Matthew Bell Esq. M P informing him that as the transfer of the Manor of Wark to the Duke, would not take place until the 22nd November ensuing, the Rent for the Right of Shooting on Hareshaw Common would be due to the Hospital up to that period. The Rent for last Season is still unpaid. I
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Sep 1834
Monday 1st September 1834
Heard from Mr Burnett that he would instruct Mr Bainbridge, Solicitor at Alston, to prepare the Conveyance of the Tithes of his Property in Alstonmoor. Rode to Fourstones where I inquired into the state of the Colliery & Lime Works with respect to their short Workings. They have still a good deal to make up for, though not so much under the head of Lime, as appears by their accounts, because they are in the habit of giving larger measure to the County Ca
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Sep 1834
Tuesday 2nd
Seeing a Meeting of the Gateshead Road Trustees advertised, I wrote to the Clerk reminding him to get an order for the payment of £15, stipulated for, in giving up the old Public House, & also the sum awarded as compensation for damage done to the Tenants of the Haugh & North Farms, calling his attention too to the making a piece of branch Road which they engaged for, as at present & during the Summer, my small piece of Grassland has been laid open to trespass
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Sep 1834
?Friday 5th September
Reached Dilston by Mail at nine, found various Letters & matters to attend to in the Office. Received reports of their proceedings from Benson & Parkin, the latter had sold another Lot of Wood to the Lessees of the Saw Mill, which, now that it is fairly established, will I trust, realise the expectation I formed of it, in giving us a pretty regular market for our Fir Wood in its neighbourhood. Received an application from Major Johnson, to be allowed a cert
Journal entry – John Grey – 6 Sep 1834
Saturday 6th September 1834
Intended going through the Farms in Hexhamshire today but the incessant rain prevented me, as all work out of doors must be suspended, & the Men occupied in repairing the Buildings driven home. Attended to various matters in the Office, & among other Letters, wrote to Mr Ord of Whitfield, who is likely to be Chairman at the ensuing meeting of the Turnpike Road Trustees at Alston, requesting his attention to their undertaking to renew the instalments pay
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Sep 1834
Monday 8th September
Another day of heavy & incessant rain, putting a stop to outdoor employments, protracting the Housing of the Corn, which now must sustain great injury & preventing my going over the Farms which are to be let this autumn to arrange their course of management. Every thing this year has a tendency to depress the Rents of Corn Lands very much & unluckily a great deal of the Hospitals property will in all probability have to be relet. The choice however is be
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Sep 1834
Tuesday 9th September 1834
I heard today from Mr Johnson that the Directors of the Rail Way were desirous to adopt the line at Allerwash which would interfere with the Mill, and desiring first to know when compensation would be required for the old Buildings, by the Hospital. I Inclosed him a Copy of mine of the 4th of August, addressed to Mr Walker, another Agent, but which seems never to have been laid before the Directors, containing a Copy of Mr Bensons Valuation of those buildings, a
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Sep 1834
Wednesday 10th September
Received from Mr Fenwick the Draft Leases for the Saw Mill & Plots of Ground for Wood Yard & Public House, to be granted to the same party. Supplied some deficiencies & gave him the account due by Stephenson for Throckley Quarry, which he had promised, after being threatened, to pay to him. Gave permission to Mr Ritson, Mason to get Stones in Coastley Dean, for building a Wall for the Railway, he paying 1 1/2d Per Yard of Wall, for Quarry leave, &
Journal entry – John Bones to John Grey – 10 Sep 1834
To the Right Honorable and Honorable the Com. of Greenwich Hospital
The humble Petition of John Bones of Throckley North Farm Sheweth
That the Father of your Petitioner in November 1827 Purchased from your late Receivers the Lease of Matthew Robson the late Tenant of this Farm for the sum of Five Hundred and Fifteen pounds to enter upon the 12th May 1828 - the said Matthew Robson having failed upon the Farm, and the £515 was paid to the Receivers
That the Farm was a
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Sep 1834
Thursday 11th
The protracted state of the Harvest & suspension of other occupation upon the Estates, gave me the opportunity of accepting an invitation from Lord Althorp to spend a farming day or two at his place in Notts, although I declined the former part of it which was to attend his Agricultural meeting near Northampton on account of the distance. I took the Sale of the celebrated Stock at Studley in my way, where I met many breeders and Agriculturalists, English, Irish & Ame
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Sep 1834
Saturday 13th
That from Mr Forster on the subject of the Hartburn Coal, I have the Honor to forward to the Board , along with the two proposals for working it, to which his Letter refers. I agree with him in thinking that Crile would be the best Tenant, but am of opinion that if he would give £50 certain Rent, for the work of three Men, finding his own Houses, and at the rate of £20 a Man for each above that number, the Board would do well to let him make trial of the Coal, as the Land
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Sep 1834
Monday 15th September
Left Wiseton & passing through Doncaster, full of agitation at the commencing Races, proceeded to Leeds to inform myself of the state & prospects of the Woolen Manufactures, which are closely connected with some important departments of Agriculture, & was glad to find them very good indeed. Little progress has been made in the Harvest, the last fortnight & even in Yorkshire a good deal of Barley & Beans still out in very bad condition, of those ki
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Sep 1834
Wednesday 17th
Was engaged all the day in attending to business in the Office, transactions with Mr Hunt & Mr Benson, writing Letters etc. Finding that the Cylinder in Dilston Mill which was known to be bad, but which it was determined it would work as long as it would, had entirely failed, I found it necessary to write to inform Murray of it, who had taken the dimensions that he might be prepared for such an event, & to direct him to proceed in making a new one. Having received
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Sep 1834
?Thursday 18th
Mr Murray luckily came here this morning & I got him to examine the state of Dilston Mill, which I expected had been very good, as it had undergone a repair not long ago. He found the frame of the Cylinder good but the Wire Sheets entirely worn out. This I expected, but to my surprize, he showed me the wooden Cogs of a large Wheel which must have been made of unseasoned Wood, as they are quite loose & working out of Gears all round, endangering the safety of the oth
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Sep 1834
Friday 19th September
Set out in the morning to have a long day among the Farms to the West of Haydon Bridge, but being met by a rain which soon wet me through & the appearance being bad, returned. The Weather cleared at noon, and being anxious to get on with an examination of the Farms that are given up, I rode to that of Newtonhall which is only five miles off, & walked over every Field with the Plan in my hand, writing down my valuation & remarks as I went & making up m
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Sep 1834
Saturday 20th September
Set out for the Western Estates. Went through the Farms of Esphill, Langley Castle & the Deanraws to Lough Green, where the old Stables & part of the Barn having fallen through Age & decay, we are rebuilding them, & adding a small Hovel, which was much wanted. Returned to traverse the Farms of West & East Land Ends, met Mr Hunt afterwards at Haydon Bridge with the Plans of the Railway from thence to Westwood near Hexham & disposing of our
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Sep 1834
Monday 22nd September 1834
Rode to Whittonstall and proceeded to examine & value the Farms of Greymare Hill, High Field & Newlands West Farm, which I just accomplished before dark. Slept in that neighbourhood & on
Tuesday 23rd
Sending my horse forward, began at seven o’ clock, and going through each Field, examined the Mill Farm, Newlands Haugh & Town Farms. Whittonstall Hall Farm & a part of Lawsons Farm, when the evening coming on, so that I could not see
