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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
Letter – Edward Blackett to Leonard Bentham – 20 Nov 1710
Nov 20 1710
Mr Bentham
Tis a very long time since I rec[eive]d a Letter from you I Desire you will let me hear from you by the first post & acq[uain]t me how Cattle rules with you as allso all manner of Corne I have not heard from Mr Loraine this long time let me know whether he & his men keeps close to their worke at the slag harth & tel him I take it ill that he never writes me an acct how they proceed as allso w[ha]t Quantity of Lead they have made since he was last paid
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 20 Nov 1710
Nov 20 1710
Honest Will
I am very glad to perceive by yours on the 15th that you have Disposd of the Mill & will Armstrong Consents so you may Make him a Lease at your own Conveniencey I am Likewise very well satisfied that your son is my ten[an]t for Whitsheilds & I heartily wish him much benefit by his farme acq[ain]t me whether Mr Ridleys workmen are come to any <qts> or noe & w[ha]t opinion they have of it for I heartily wish them success I am
Your assured
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 23 Nov 1710
Nov 23
James
I perceive by yours on the 18th that you could not find Mr Wilkinson make it your Endeavour to find him when you are in towne & tell him that a Quarters notice is sufficient but if he & the rest of the undertakers will pay their proportions Am willing to continue it their being at present great hopes of good worke at Fallowfield for Jacob about a Week agoe wrote me thus these comes to acq[ain]t you with the good news that we have cut a vaine with a cross cut
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Pickering – 30 Nov 1710
S[i]r
Inclosd you have the attorneys bill for Bishopbrick Land Taxd by the Prothonotary at the Court at Durham I Desire you will spare for no Charge or paines to get the bill for the Northumberl[and] Estate taxd as moderately as possibly can & w[ha]t Charge you are at shall be very thankfully repayd by S[i]r
Your obliged humble servt
For Mr Pickering at his C
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 30 Nov 1710
November 30
Honest Capt
I rec[eive]d yours on the 11th am very sorry for the Ill success you had at your Election, however patience must be had
have rec[eive]d your Noble present for which I thanke you Am sorry you should put your self to the trouble & Charge, you may remember you gave me one last year but by the Care less[ness] of my servts it was Quite spoild my wife has given them a great Charge in their Care of this & I Doubt not but it will prove Extrordionar
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 30 Nov 1710
Nov 30
S[i]r
Am very glad to perceive by yours that my godson is in so hopeful a way of recovery I wish I could give you so good an acct of my Daughter Blacket whom I look upon to be in a very Dangerous Condition I Designe to have have Doctor Johnson to Drane her <Corne> & send it to Mr Aislable to take Dr Ratclifes opinion for Ime sure if care be not taken she cannot possibly live many months
I have sent you a cask of my Apples which I beleive you will not appr
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 30 Nov 1710
Nov 30
Honest Jacob
I was very well pleasd to read your letter by the first post Informe me how many fathom this vaine lies from any other part of the field that was formarly wrought where they got ore as allso w[ha]t fathom of Levell they may have when the came to the vaine also acq[uain]t me how many washers you have at the Dead heaps & w[ha]t progress Mr Loraine makes let all my lead lie at Fallowfeild but w[ha]t the undertakers will have lead for that I can best reckon with the
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 30 Nov 1710
Nov 30
James
I perceive by yours that my Cosen Wilkinson is willing to Discharge me of the lead Cellar give my service to him & tell him that if the undertakers will contribute for their proportion I will continue it which I think will be much for their Advantage & seeing that fallowfeild is likely to prove Extrordionary well I think you have best take the key from Atkinson & let his house assoon as possibly you can to one that will keep all which will be an advantage to them I c
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 30 Nov 1710
Nov 30
Honest Capt
Since my last which went under cover to my lord Warrington my Dear Daughter Blacket has been very Dangerously Ill & continues so that the Phisitians Dispaires of her life she puts all this family into great Consternation my poor wife is so mightily concernd that she Dispairies of any Consolation or Comfort in case her poor Daughter dies she Desires youl give Mrs Millington leave to come to Newby when our servts comes for her they were orderd to goe as this day bu
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 1 Dec 1710
Decem 1
Dear Kitte
I had no Oysters came by the last carrier & them you formarly sent was so bad & the Carriage so dear so shall not give you the trouble to send any more I wonder you give me no acct whether you see my Lady Blacket since she married & If she gave you & your sisters gloves Your poor sister Blacket is so weak that the Docters Dispaires of her life which makes all this family in very Mellancholly condition, my poor wife never to be comforted in case she lo
Letter – John Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 2 Dec 1710
Mr Featherstone & Reay Rotterdm 2 decemr 1710
Make Dr for goods f2062:12
Since my last none from you, on the other Side Invoice of goods In P Harrison John Lilly & Richd Jefferson, they all Sailed last Thursday or Fryday, hope were so wise as stay for the Yarmouth Convoy wch Sailed Fryday last, but here is a report in Towne that the above mentioned Masters wth 12 or 14 more Sailed without Convoy, cannot write with any certainty, for tis but a rep
Letter – John Blackett to Edward Anderson – 2 Dec 1710
Mr Ed Anderson Ditto
Make Dr for flax f305:8
Sr Since my last none from you, above Invoice of 4 Matts in Philip Harrison hope will be wth you Soon he Sailed Thursday or fryday last, Suppose wth the Yarmouth Convoy, flax continues dear, will not be cheapr till about Christmass when our cold Weather Generally begins & then the country people brings most of their flax to Market, about that time is always cheapest, Rynsbr Tow dear
