Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Dec 1834

Thursday 4th December



Having now got all of the Workmen out of the new House, except the Plasterers, with Fires lighted in some of the Apartments to accelerate the drying of the Walls, I was occupied most of the day in planning, levelling & laying out the Garden & Shrubbery, with the drive from the old road to the front, where the inequality of the Ground gives abundant room for disposing of all the rubbish that has been left from the building.  The approach & Ground will be very neat, after having some Trees & Shrubbery in suitable situations.  Received the Moor Masters Account & Vouchers, & a letter from Mr Bainbridge which I forwarded to the Secretary for the consideration of the Commissioners respecting the matters to which it refers, & also the Leases & Counterparts of Spency Croft & Nursery Ground & a Draft Lease of a Mining Grant to the Governor & Co. as settled upon, as I understand by Mr Taylor & Mr Hooper about two years ago, & which the Company have now called for.  Mr Bainbridge does not say whether he has submitted this Draft to the inspection of the Moor Master or not.   But as his plans of the Manor show the different Mining Grants it would be proper that he should have the opportunity of examining & comparing the boundaries described & set forth in each Lease with the plans to prove their correctness.