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Letter – Edward Blackett to Alderman Sedgwick – 25 Jun 1714
Mr Alderman Sedgwick 25 – June – 1714
I reced yor Letter, & I doe assure you I never did or shall trouble myself, in my Sons Concerns, though I must own I take it very ill from any of my friends that would lend him money, without first acquainting me wth it & I wish they doe not finde to their own loss, I am
Sr Yor Friend to Serve You
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Van de Wall – 25 Jun 1714
25 June 1714
Sr
My Son John by my orders has writ several times to desire you’l send me his acct & my own, I am affraid you have not had yor Health well of late, whch must be the reason I have not heard from you, Soe pray send them by the very first post, as also the price currant of Lead; to give credit for three months, for I have a good quantity by me at present, I desire you’l get yor Lady to buy me a dozen of the best Indian Handkerchiefs that is to be had of the largest & b
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 29 Jun 1714
29 June 1714
Sr
By the return of my Coach, from Carrying my dear Jewel to my Lord Warringtons, I reced a very kinde Letter from him, So I hope you did not write to him, abt what you & I discoursed upon they got very well there, but the weather being so very Hot, that they have almost Spoild my whole Set of Horse, the best Horse of the sett they was forced to leave their, & my Servt thinks it will be unpossible for him to recover wch will prevent my waiting of my Lord Castle comes Soe
Letter – Peter Aram to Thomas Whitling – 1 Jul 1714
Tho Whitling July 1 1714
Sr Edward orderd me to Acquaint you that unless you come on Monday next, & stay till you finish all his worke that he will never pay you one farthing, nor Imploy you more I am,
Letter – Edward Blackett to Albert Silvertop – 1 Jul 1714
Mr Silvertop 1 July 1714
I perceive by yors of the 29, that Mr Crowley does not agree to the perticulars I sent you, of his rent am very positive it is right, & my nephew Blackets Steward receives the very same rent from him, I also perceive that Mr John Robinson makes no use of the Lime Kill, it is his own fault, I believe he tooke it for a term of years but am not positive, in a little time Shall send you a Coppy of Mrs Sarah Robinsons Lease wch her late Husband tooke som
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 1 Jul 1714
1st July 1714
James
I perceive by yors that Henry Tulip, did not meet you as you expected to make an end wth the Lead Carriers, wch I take very ill from him, however by this time I hope he has given you a meeting, & that you have made an End wth them wch I would very willingly have done, I hope you have Set on the Lead Carriers again, & agreed wth a man a Newburn to take an Account of the pieces, & pyleing of them, besure you receive the moneys of Mr Bentham & &
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 1 Jul 1714
1st July 1714
Honest Will
Am very glad you have made an absolute end wth Mr Grenwell, if Mr Cuth Wilson come to Newby, Shall exactly follow yor advice, & I thank you for it, I tell you now as I formerly always told you, to act in my Concerns for me, as if they were yor own, acquaint me whether any of the floods last Year did any damage to them, God knows you have had too fine weather for repairing yor Damms this Year I wish they was Soe done, that they wou’d put me noe Ch
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Booth – 2 Jul 1714
My Lord 2 July 1714
I recd the Honour of yors of the 25th wth very much satisfaction, giving me an acct of my dear Jewels coming Safe into yor LordShips family, where I am very sure She could be noe where Soe well, & Soe much to my own Satisfaction pray God Continue her health, & I hope She will be a Comfort, to all her relations;
Shall always take care to send yor Lordship a bill at Michms & Lady day for whats due to my dear Mitty, wth ten thousand thanks t
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 2 Jul 1714
[struck out: ‘Dear’] Honest Captain 2 July 1714
I reced a Letter from your Secretary by this post, wch I am much obliged to her for & desire a constant correspondence with her because I know you are not very fond of writeing,
I perceive my Horse is dead, & the rest of my Coach Horses here are little better, if they doe live wch I very much doubt, am sure they’l not be fit for Service this many months, Soe my Journey to the bath God knows is at an End, I am very Glad t
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Aislabie – 2 Jul 1714
Dear Sr 2 July 1714
I desire you’l doe me the favour, to buy me a pair of the Strongest & best Coach Geldings in the Town, you know my colour is black, & I designe them for the Wheel, & wou’d have them not above 5-or-6 Years old, & Shall not Stint you to any price, Soe they be extraordinary
I did send my dear little mitty to my Lord Warringtons abt 10-days agoe, in the very heat of the weather, & my Coach man being a very silly fellow, drove them soe fast
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 5 Jul 1714
Sr July 5 1714
Inclosed I return you my Lords Letter, Shall acquaint him by to morrows post, that you Inclosed it to me, & that I am very willing as soon as my Son rerurns from beyond Sea, to make the <H> £50 = £100 per ann[um], till her fortune becomes due & as we are all mortall In case I should die before his return She shall have £50 a year, out of Newby, till another Deed shall be Executed by my Son, of £100, a Year & the old Deed to be cancel’d or g
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 5 Jul 1714
5 July 1714
Mr Gray
I reced yors & I thank you for yor olives, you did very well, to draw off the one Halfe Hogsh[ea]d of White Wine, there is not a great Hast of sending it till the weather be cooler, & more water in the river, I wish you could buy me , as many H[e]art or duke cherryes as a little Basket will Hold, the last cherryes you sent me was but ordinary & very dear of 4d a pound, if you cannot fill the Basket wth H[e]arts or Dukes, send none, I am
Yor Assured Friend
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Lawson – 5 Jul 1714
July 5 1714
Sr
I perceive by yor Letter this day, that there is a proclamation comeing out, for the Seizing of Horses, I hope you are more afraid, then Hurt, however, I will give Security to the Lieutenancy that yo rs shall be furth comeing, at all times when there is occasion, & I hope they will not be so unmannerly as to refuse it, I doe not designe hereafter to keep any Stone Horses for they are nothing but trouble & dainger, considering how little I use them, & these I
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Booth – 6 Jul 1714
6 July 1714
My Lord-
I hope you reced mine of the 2d, & since Mr Pemberton Inclosed me yor Lordships, it surprized mr very much, I am sure I never designed the Deed, Should have been Soe drawn, for I have too great a Love for that dear Child to then to have her maintenance precarious & not what I always design’d her, I must own I never read any part of the Deed, only, that she was to have £100 a Year, [struck out: ‘till her fortune became due’], am very willing as soon
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Cuthbertson – 6 Jul 1714
Madam,
I perceive by my Boy that you’l want a Lodgeing room duering the Horse races
You may always depend, of a room in my House, & as long as you please duering my Lease my Family will be in Yorke at that time & I likewise expect my nephew Blacket & his Horses soe that most of the rooms & Stables will be taken up except that wch you have, pray acquaint Mrs Mashrother, that if any of the rooms, wch my Servts laid in, may be Serviceable to her, She may have them, wth a
Letter – Edward Blackett to Valentine Nelson – 6 Jul 1714
Sr 6 July 1714
I reced yor Letter of the 30th wth much satisfaction, being it brings me the good account, of the benefitt you have reced by the waters, I heartily wish the continueance of it, & that you may be perfectly in Health when you return, I had resolved on a day to sett forward, & Mr Thompson the vicar of Ripon was to goe wth me, but I much doubt whether I shall goe or noe, ab[ou]t 8 days Since I sent my dear little Mitty to my Lord Warrington, the weather being so
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 8 Jul 1714
8 July 1714
James
I perceive by yors of the third, that there is 580 pieces of Lead, brought from the Mill to the Halfe way, & that there is 50 more pieces taken from the mill by the Carriers & only one piece laying there, besure at noe time let any come from the Mill that you have not first seen weighed off, when all this Lead is sold I doe not expect any more of a long time, & that will be but a small quantity, when you see Mr Green besure always give my Service to him, Inclos
Letter – Edward Blackett to Richard Carr – 10 Jul 1714
July 10th 1714
Cozen Carr
I have made a resolution lately, not to stand Godfather to any Child, Soe & have denied two of my Best neighbours lately upon that account, Soe I know noe body can take it ill from me, wth my Service to yo[u]rself & Cozen Carr I am
Yor Assured Friend & Kinsman
For Mr Rich Carr
Merchant, Newcastle
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Lawson – 10 Jul 1714
10 July 1714
Sr
I reced yors perceive by yors that yor Coach Horses are gelt which I never heard before, I always did thought they had been Stoned Soe when you think there is any dainger may send them to Newby & they may shall run at Grass wth my own, with my most Humble Service to yor whole Family I am
Sr Yor most Faithfull Humble Servt
To John Lawson Esq at Bedale
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 10 Jul 1714
10 July 1714
Sr
Most Humblie pray when you write to my Lord, give my Service to him & acquaint him, that I will not by any means give him the trouble of sending a Schedule of my Dear Grandaughters goods, pray God Almighty She may live long, & Enjoy them all, there is three or four Boxes here, some old pewter, they shall be sent to Leeds when our Hay time is over, Mrs Milinton must let me know where they must be left in Town, & must order some there to take care of them, I
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Booth – 11 Jul 1714
11 July 1714
My Lord
I hope mine of the 6th came safe to yor L[or]ds[hi]ps Hand, & since Mr Pemberton acquainted me, wth the contents of a letter he reced from yor L[or]ds[hi]p, there is 3-or-4 Boxes here as also some pewter sowed up in a canvice cloth, they wch shall be sent, as soon as I hear from Mrs Millington, who will take care of them at Leeds, though I believe, as for yor Lordship sending me a schedule, I did not desire it, nor would I have yor Lords[hi]p by any means to give yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to Diana Blackett – 11 Jul 1714
11 July 1714
my dearest Jewell
I reced thy Letter wth much Satisfaction, am very glad you are in good Health, & likes Dunham soe well, I think the little time you have been there you have Improved yor writeing, & I hope in time you’l Improve in every thing else, besure you be very dutyfull to my Lord, & be mindfull of what the Ladys says to you, give my Service to my Lord & the Ladys & believe me always
My dearest Mitty
Yor most Affectionate Grand
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Aislabie – 11 Jul 1714
11 July 1714
Dear Sr
I am sorry to perceive by yors that you cannot light on a pair of right Geldings, that matcheth well, soe must be content till the fairs in the Spring, & I believe shall have occasion, for more than a pair, for I doubt there will not above one pair of my Horses be Serviceable again, am promised a sober Coachman out of Cheshire, Soe pray give yorself no further trouble that account, I heartily wish you a good Journey down, & believe me always
Intirely Yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 11 Jul 1714
11 July 1714
Honest Captain
I reced yor Letter, & am very glad that my dear Mitty is in good Health, & likes Dunham very well, She cou’d not be more glad to see her Grandpapa, then he wou’d be to see her, but patience must be had for a Year or two, if please God we both Live soe long
I writ to Mr Aislabie to buy me 4 Extraordinary good Geldings, & wou’d not Stick at any price, but he writes me he cannot light of any that matcheth as to maskes, or wou’d please wh
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 11 Jul 1714
11 July 1714
Dear Kitty,
I order’d yor Brother John, to write to you the last post, & to pay Mrs Buckeridge what he oweth her, & to take in his note, I believe it is abt £40, if you know where she lives, besure Send to her upon recept of this Letter, & acquaint her that I reced several Letters from her, otherwise She might have had her money long before this, I sent my dear Mitty into Cheshire abt a fortnight agoe in the very Heat of the weather & my Coachman being
