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Saturday 29th November Had interviews with several Tenants in the morning, respecting repairs wanted at their Farm Buildings and drainage done to their ground by the late Flood etc, some of which Mr Hunt had gone Westward to examine. Mr Peacock of Esphill waited upon me, & expressed great mortification at being confined to continue that Farm so much against his inclination & contrary to the promise by which alone, he says, he was induced to sign an Agreement. Besides the Farm being too high rented it is out of the neighbourhood which he has been accustomed to & in which his family is settled. He lost his Wife since coming there & seemed very unhappy. I find that he would like much to take Newtonhall Farm which is 14 Miles eastward from his present residence & very near to a Farm occupied by his Son. He is a man of Substance and would be a good Tenant for Newtonhall. Knowing that Mr Lee of Land Ends wishes to have a Farm near himself for his Son, it occurred to me, that if the good House at Esphill would induce him to give a good rent for it, the Commissrs might be inclined to set Mr Patrick at liberty for Newtonhall & thus both would be accommodated. I wrote to Mr Lee before leaving Haydon Bridge to suggest the arrangement & asking him to let me know if he should be inclined to set upon it. There is no chance of Esphill being held through the Lease at the present Rent & we could not have a better Tenant than Mr Lee. I returned home by Woodhall Mill & Highwood having something at each place to attend to.
