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Letter – Edward Blackett to William Wilson – 8 Nov 1710
S[i]r
Am obliged for favour of your letter of the twelth past I desire you will buy me fifteen Couple of Cod and five Couple of Ling, and give them to the bearrer who will pay you what you are in disburse for them, with A thousand thancks to you I am S[i]r your obliged humble servant
If your occations Calls to this part of the Countrey I should be glad to see you at newby the bearer will inform you what number of fish S[i]r Tho will have ocation for
For Mr Wm Willson at Whit
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 8 Nov 1710
Honest Wm
I perceive by yours Capton <the Fogles> faint I hartaly wish him better fortune the latter p[ar]t of your letter surprises me much for my servt mewburne was att newby the other day who desired to have Wm Armstrong lease to draw Another by it onely <the> Increase forty shillings a yeare more rent soe certainely he was not in earnest you cannot Certainely Imagine that I will let whitsheals farme for the same rent I lett itt to your father for I had much rather have yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Sharp – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
Dear S[i]r
Am very glad to hear that you got well to your Lady I wishing you all the happiness Imaginable here is no news in these parts only that an acquaintance of yours at Newcastle Mr Alderman Eden died on Saturday last all this family are much your humble servts & I am S[i]r
Most Affectionately yours
For Mr John Sharpe Esq Member of Parliam[en]t at Mr Charles Hosiers in Gold Street near Cheapside London
pray send me the evening <post> instead of
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Denniston – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
S[i]r
I rec[eive]d your letter & as for Mr Benson I have no Manner of Acquaintance with him Mr Aislaby is now with me & perceive by him that he does not Designe to Continue the Admiralty & tho he should he tels me it does not lie in his way to give any manner of preferm[ent] to any one that is worth Accepting I beleive in a very little time he will have an other Imploym[en]t & then perhaps it may lie in his way to do you a kindness & then you shall not wan
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
Dear Kitte
I perceive by yours that the bill I sent you is Accepted but you write me Excepted which is nonsense you must be carefull to write better English for if any one had brought you a bill And you had written Excepted it would have been a great reflection upon you I have given you Cr[edit] for the money you paid Mr Jekyl he sent me much more paper then I bespoke I wish the hopps & the other things you sent me come safe for I can hear nothing of the arivall of the 2
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Blackett – 8 Nov 1710
Oct 8
Dear Jacke
I rec[eiv]ed yours on the 4 which surprisd me very much I would not by any means have you to have the least thoughts of marriage till you have many more years on yr back & be in a Condition to Maintaine a wife tis true w[ha]t you write me that you are but the 3d son but if you consider the Idle life your Elder brother lives & the hazard your second brother runs at sea, that in all probabillity you will Heir the Estate so I charge you upon my blessing to o
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Field – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
S[i]r
I have severall small parcels of good shipt on board the Sarah Tho Fairweather master for hull as allso on board of the Violet John Wood master for the same place tis a long time since the goods were shipt & hearing nothing of them am afraid of the worst so pray Inquire for them & give a line to S[i]r
Your most obliged servt
For Mr John Feild Merch[an]t in Hull
pray when the ships arive foreward the goods to yorke
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 9 Nov 1710
October 9
James
I perceive by yours that Mr Featherstone & his partners have no occasion for the Cellar as allso that you acquainted my Cosen Simpson with it however fail not to wait on my Cosen Wilkinson & let him know that seeing the partners has no occasion for it shall Continue it no longer only I Desire that the small no of peices of Lead that I have in the Cellar may lie there till next I can conveniently Dispose of them
I Rec[eive]d your Bill for £25 &
Letter – Edward Blackett to Captain Burton – 10 Nov 1710
November 10 1710
S[i]r
I Dined with <Cornel ...ly> the other day & Discoursd him fully about what I told you of I perceive he does not designe to part with it til he get a Capts Commission for his son in the same regiment I am
Your very humble servt
For Capt Burton at Leeds These [presents]
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Dawks – 10 Nov 1710
Nov 10
S[i]r
Pray go & Inquire at Hurts Coffee house near sumerset house water gate in the strand for Mr Smirke & he will pay you for your Newspaper you sent me I designe for London this winter so you need not send me it down til I Returne into the Countrey I am
Your humble servt
For Mr John Dawcks
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 13 Nov 1710
Nov 13
Honest Will
I have writ you 2 or 3 letters lately Concerning Whitsheilds but has rec[eive]d no answer as yet which I wonder at I perceive by a letter from Mewburne that he is offerd above £15 & Expects more rent so in short if your son will give 14 he shall have it so let me hear from you by the first post that neither the ten[an]t nor my self be Disapointed do not offer me a farth[ing] less for Mewburne can have more rent from 2 several men who are very honest & able m
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 15 Nov 1710
Dear Kitte
I perceive by yours that Alderman Eden was D[ebto]r to you seventy odd pounds If it had been twenty times as much it had been very safe for Im Inform’d he died very rich
Am sory my Lady blacket should under vallue her self soe much as to marry so mean a man as Thompson is I Dare answer before this time she has rued it sufficiently
My Nephew blacket was with me at Newby when I rec[eive]d your letter he told me he was not surprisd to hear it allwayes beleiveing
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Benson – 15 Nov 1710
Mr Benson
Ive Returned you the Collectors letter & pray when you see him give my humble service & thanks to him if the Comissioners had given me Liberty I should not have made use of it for have made a tryal of the Barley it is so bad it will not make malt I am in haste
Your [struck out: ‘humble’] servt
For Mr John Benson officer of Excise in Ripon
Letter – Edward Blackett to Richard Speight – 15 Nov 1710
Honest Mr Spite
I thank you for your kind offer about my horse tis not only that horse but all the rest of them are much of the same Condition so I Designe to turne farrier my self & try what I can with them I wish you could recomend a sober and understanding Coachman to me against the spring & youl oblige very much
Your assured friend to serve you
For Mr Spite <burro> at his house in Yorke
I was in hopes of seeing you at Newby
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mr Armistead – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15 1710
Mr Armistead
I am mightily obligd to you for Inquireing me out good drie barley shall send my servt tomorrow to see it & in case you go from home leave word where he may see it & you[l] very much oblige
your assured friend to serve you
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15 1710
S[i]r
I rec[eive]d yours with my book am very sorry to hear that your old Distemper is come upon you againe but I hope both your good health & your neices will be restored in a little time which this family heartily wishes
S[i]r The Wine apples & other goods which I orderd from London is not yet Arrivd & am Afraid of some misfortune for Mr Aislaby had several hundred trees sent from London which came safe to yorke in 14 dayes & mine has been sh
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15 1710
Honest Jacob
I Rec[eive]d yours on the 13th but this day which should have been with me the post before I thanke you for the good news you sent me & I heartily wish it may continue both for the undertakers advantage and my own
My workman Frost has done very foolishly but I doubt not but Captaine Harcourt will release him you did mighty well in telling him you would get him another man & Inclosd is a letter to Willm Lowes to acq[ain]t him that he gave h
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15
Honest Will
I perceive one of my workemen at Fallowfeild very foolishly listed him self under Capt Harcourt & my steward promisd him to get him another man in case he would release him I perceive you got him a man so I Desire you will acq[ain]t him that that man was in Liew of My workeman that Listed himself so I hope he will release him I am in very great haste
Your assured fr[iend]
Letter – Edward Blackett to Captain Harcourt – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15
S[i]r
I perceive by my steward at Fallowfeild that one of my workemen Benjamin Frost has Listed him self under you he is an Extrordionary good workeman it Will be a very great Loss for me to part with him besides he has a wife and famiy which will be a Charge to me in case you take him I must own your great Civility to my steward Mr Peart & when you come into yorkeshire shall be mighty glad to see you at Newby which is the Direct Road to London If I may be serviceable to you
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 15 Nov 1710
Nov 15
S[i]r
I rec[eive]d your letter with the Inclosd my nephew came to Newby & staid with me 2 or 3 Dayes so I had a oppertunity to Discourse him fully about his Concernes I beleive that in case Mr W will serve him no other must be concernd but who he pleases for he has a most Extrordionary opinion of him I would not have you Depend upon any thing more then you have from him If you doe Ime afraid youl be disapointed however I think it would not be amiss if you writ him a letter a
Will – Christopher Walton – 15 Nov 1710
In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Walton of Ayl=Towne in the Parish of Kirkhaugh & County of Northumberland yeoman, being of Good & perfect Remembrance do make and Ordaine this my Last Will & Testament in manner and forme following. First I committ my Soul into the Hands of God my Creat[o]r hoping assuredly Through Christ Jesus my Redeemer to Obtain full & free Remission of all my Sins and my Body to the Earth of which it was made to be bury’d at the Discretion of my Exec[
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 16 Nov 1710
Nov 16
James
I rec[eive]d yours on the 4th & I perceive Mr Wilkinson would have half a years notice about the Cellar I should think 3 months notice was very sufficient and so you may tell him acq[uain]t me when you paid him the last rent Am glad Mr Brummel can recamend a fit person to view <and> vallue my woods I beleive will <Armstrong> should understand the vallue of them as well as any man whatsoever so you may likewise have his Judgement of them on the otherside you
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Garforth – 17 Nov 1710
S[i]r
I rec[eive]d yours & had got a little before a h[ogshea]d of Claret from Yorke the h[ogshea]d of White w[ine] which I Desird the postmaster of Burrowbridge to buy for me cost me £15 but was not worth £5 all people that tasted it said it was 2 parts in 3 syder & indeed had the very same taste shall have occasion for a h[ogs]h[ea]d of white in a little time & shall desire Mr Gowland to taste yours & I hope you will make me a good Mends for that h[ogs]h[ea]d I had of you
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Thompson – 17 Nov 1710
S[i]r
I have got the bill taxd at Durham for the Bishopbrick recovery & assoon as my son goes to London which I hope will be next week or any other safe hand that goes sooner shall send it up to my friend at London to have the other recoveries taxd the Court at Durham did not at all Concerne them selves in your fees thats Chargd but let them stand as they were nor doe I beleive you will get any thing thats worth nameing by it tis your friend the Attorney above as Ime Informd that has the
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Colton – 17 Nov 1710
Nov 17 1710
S[i]r
I had the favour of your letter by my servt, & had ownd the rec[eip]t of it long before this but have not been well of late
Before the fifteen hundred pound was taken up of my Lady Hewley, she was made acqu[ain]t[e]d upon what acct it was, & that it could not be conveniently paid in for some time, which her Ladyship was very willing to agree to, for I would not have put my self to the Charge in giveing such security, & to have the moneys reca
