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Letter – Edward Blackett to Nicholas Fenwick – 1 Nov 1714
Mr Fenwick & Compn Dt
having occasion for two hundred pounds I desire you will send me bills for the same at 20 days after date assoon as conveniently you can, as for the remainder shall not have not present occasn for it. I hope before this the Rest of my lead is in the Cellar, if not pray order J
J Mewburn and James Clark, to hasten the bringing of it to Newcastle , wth my service to yr self & partner
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 1 Nov 1714
1 9br-17
I have both writ & told you so often tht I would not have my Rents so Ill pd, tht I doubt I shall be forced to Imploy another to receive thm, I will allow only a month or five weeks at most after ye Rent day, and before you can be well hear another rent will be high due, I will never allow of such payments so upon recept hereof come to Newby tht we may sett the May day Rents straight & will Consider who shall receive the Martin[ma]s Rent for I would as soon have no re
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 4 Nov 1714
4 Novbr 1714
Mr Ward
I hope you’l be mindfull to meet Mr Wright at Bppton at the time Appointed wch I think is on Monday next, & whatsoever Agreemt you make <I ll> will perform I am now positively resolved to let 150 a year at Mulwith so I desire you’l endeavour to get me a Tennant you it is as pretty a Farme as any In Yorkeshire, & if any of yor Acquaintance has occasion for such a Farme they cannot <. specd> thm selves better, wn you return from Bppton p
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 4 Nov 1714
4 Novbr 1714
James
Am glad to perceive by yors if Mr Fenwick has promised to weigh off the Lead in a little Time, besure you fail not to speak to the Newburn Wherrymen, & let thm know at their perrill they do not bring down the Lead wth all possible speed order the case of glass to be ship’d in any Hull vessel directed for Mr Alderman Fenwick mercht in Hull to be sent to Sr Yorke for Sr Edwd Blacket besure you see glass writ on the Top of the Box wch will make the Watermen
Letter – Edward Blackett to Nicholas Fenwick – 4 Nov 1714
4-Novbr-1714
Gentlemen
Havin present occasion for 200 I desire you will not fail to send me p[er] first post the said sume in two Bills, payable to me or my order, at -15 or-20-days after date & you’l very much oblige
Srs Yr very Humble Servt
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 7 Nov 1714
Newby 7 9br – 1714
Dr Kitti
Am glad to perceive by yrs of the 4th tht you have got judgmt ag[ains]t Horton & in few days time should have execution against him, besure get the mony if possible for have no hopes to get any thing of mr Brumell, last week I sent you a <hhd> of ale, upon Receipt of this letter buy me a bushell of The Old Winter peermain, a bushel of Gden Pippens, & a bushel of glden Rennitts, take care they are well packed up wth straw, tht if any fr
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Dawnay – 9 Nov 1714
9-9ber-1714
My Lord
I Rec[eiv]ed ye Honr of yo r Lordps Letter I did hear If such a report was spread both at Ripon & in the North Rid, tht yr Ldsp had a pention of -500 p[er] Ann[um], but neither my self nor any other I believe ded give any Credit to it, & this morning have sent yr Letter by my son to Ripon to be perused by the Gentlemen their, so I heartily wish yr Ldsp success I am
Intirely Yr Ldsps Faithfull Humble Servt
For The Lord Downe
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Hodges – 9 Nov 1714
9-9ber-1714
Sr
I rec[eiv]ed the favour of yr Letter & can Assure you tht I have no moneys at Newby only wts necessary to pay me own worke people,I own I have a small sume at London as also some moneys at Newcastle wch will bedue to me for rents in a short time, mr Ridsdale never spoke one syllable to me abt what you write & If it were in power to serve you might freely demand –
Sr Yr Faithfull Humble Servt
For Henry Hodges Esqr
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Norton – 11 Nov 1714
11 9br-1714
Sr
I am very sorry to hear that you have been very ill of late I hope this severe Fitt, will make you be more Carefull of yr self, & not Ride to late at nights, but always to go home wth day light, will Engage you will not have such severe Fitts of the Gout, as you formerly have had, if you’l follow my advice, will take care that Chris Almond have the -10- at St Andrew day as you desire wth my most Humble service to yor Lady I am
Most Affectionately Yr
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 11 Nov 1714
11-9br-1714
Mr Ward
I perceive you have been at Bppton wch I thank you for, if mr Wright come to Newby shall make him welcome, but does soly referr that Affair to yr own managemt
The Agreemt wch mr Place & I made abt his Damm is dated the 3d day of Sept-1703, to pay me -4-Guineas yearly, payable at Martins & May day as long as his sd Damm shall stand & be Continued, so it is - 11-years gone you may soon see wt you have collected of it, for my own part I do n
Letter – Edward Blackett to Ralph Loraine – 11 Nov 1714
11-9br-1714
mr Loraine
I perceive by yrs of the -4th that you are Indebted to Harry Tulip £55 wch I believe is more then yor -10-Tun of Lead comes to, I had a Letter last post from Newcastle, who – complains mightily of the w[eigh]t of it, so you will Imagine I will Expect to have it made good, both as the wt of the Carriage & the Lead, get w[ha]t Lead you can made agt Christmas, & order as much of the dead Heaps as possibly they can to be smelted agt that time. shall
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 11 Nov 1714
James
I perceive from yrs that the wherrymen has brought down -560- peices & will bring down the remainder on Monday or Tuesday next, wch will be glad to hear Confer[m]d, I perceive that mr Fenwick has weighed of 300 peices, & is much concerned at the Ill weight, it is much more my loss, he pays for no more thn what he has, so upon recept of this Letter write a chideing Letter to mr Loraine abt the weight & order him to acquaint the smelters that smelts the waste to make bet
Letter – Edward Blackett to Diana Blackett – 14 Nov 1714
To My Dearest Dear little Mitty 14-9br-1714
I am very glad to perceive by yr Letter, tht you are in good Health, pray God long continue it to you, I writt to my Lord since he came to Dunham, but I doubt the Letter miscarried because I have not heard from his Ldsp since, all yr Acquaintance here are very well, Crispins Doctor, is here at prsent , & gives his duty to you both, give my Humble service to my Lord & his Family, wth my blessing to my Dearest Dear little Mitty, from
Letter – Edward Blackett to Robert Fairfax – 14 Nov 1714
14 No: 1714
Dear Sr
Am very Glad to perceive by yrs tht you Enjoy yr Health so well Considering you must be in a daly Hurry for my own part, I have not been very well, never since I lost my dear Wife, but I hope my wintering in Yorke, & following my doctors advice, may receive benifitt by thm I cannot walk above 50 yards in the Garden, but must have a Chair sett by mem for walking though it be but little, brings me such pain in my Back, tht I am not able to stand, but as soo
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Tulip – 15 Nov 1714
15 9br 1714
Honest Harry
Shall take care of loraines letter wherein he own he is indebted to you £55: there is the greatest complaint at Newcastle of the weight of the lead wch came down last Sumr, both what was made of the slags & waste Oar so both Loraine & thm tht drasses the dead heaps shall make my loss good in the weight [struck out: ‘or it shall be deducted out of their pay’] before they have any pay, upon Recept of this letter let me know how many pieces of l
Letter – Edward Blackett to Ralph Loraine – 15 Nov 1714
15 9br [1714]
Loraine
I writ you the 11th wch I doubt not came is of hand, since I Recd a letter from Mewburn who writes me tht the lead tht came down last summer is the worst weight tht can be imagined both tht wch was made of the slaggs & waste Oar, & if you & thm tht owns the waste dose not make extraordinary wt betwixt [now] & Christmas you will come much short of what you think will be yr due, besides it is very likely may be the occasion of putting off the p
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Mowbray – 18 Nov 1714
newby 18th 9br 1714
Honest mr Mowbray
I am very much obliged to you for the favour of your letter of the th and I have so great an opinion of your honesty that I am willing to refer the leting of followfields lead mines locly to you self, so what bargain or agreemt you make with the undertakers shall perform, so pray <acq> the partners that you have prevailed wi<th> me to take a 7th in lead at Newcastle
There ought to be a Clause in the lease to oblige them to kee
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 18 Nov 1714
18 9br 1714
Mr Ward
Pray fail not to be here at the time appointed and bring with you that man who you told me would make a good tenant for mulwith [struck out: ‘farme’], also bring with you all or most of my Rents
I shall be obliged to buy a great quantity <skay> with any kind rememberance to your self and family
I am your Assured friend
I have heard nothing from mr Wright as yet since I recd your lettr
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 18 Nov 1714
Newby 9br the 18
James
Am glad to perceive by yor that all my lead is not anoely broug[ht] down but weiged of t’is the word weight by much of any that I ever had brought to Newcastle will make thm that’s concernd make not onely the weight good but allow me both in the Carrage and Wherry hire what is thought reasonable when I make a pay at fallowfield which will be at xmas
acqt me by the first post what the wherry men and Carrage hire will come to for we shall have ver
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 25 Nov 1714
25 9br – 1714
James
I perceive by yrs of the 20th as also by mr Fenwick tht the lead was was most shamefull weight, I wondr you should write me so foolishly tht I may depend on four times as much over weight, as wanted in the last if so no man can carry a pigg of lead it will be prodigiously heavy, I do not doubt but none but they will make good wt yt is according to agreemt , but I will make thm allow oer a fother wt is too little for the lead wch was weighd off last to mr fenwick
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mr Dixon – 25 Nov 1714
25 9br 1714
Mr Dixon
pray acqt me whether a letter came directed to you for mr George Mowbrayat Allen heads & if you send it wth a safe hand, pray order H.,Tulip to send me over such a servt as he sent me last, I wd have him a strong lusty Young fellow, & the sooner he sends him the better, let me know what number of pieces their lays at the mill both lorains, lead & what is made of the waste & you will oblige ordr harry Tulip to pay post due both for this letter
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Booth – 25 Nov 1714
My Lord
Am very glad to perceive by yr lordships letter tht mr Rook will be Knight of yr County without any trouble, or much charge I can assure yr Ldship it is not so here for here great opposition & vast Sumes of mony spent in every little bourough more then has been known in the memory of man, all here are very Humble Servts to yr Ldship and family, wth my blessing to my Dr little Missy I am
Yr Ldships most faithfull & Obt Huml Servt
Letter – Edward Blackett to Deal Postmaster – 30 Nov 1714
Newby Nover 30 1714
Sr
this day I perceive by the Evening Post that on the 24 Past a ship Called three sisters Capt. Reakes Comder from new Englan, came into your Port, I desire you’l doe me the favour to acquaint me how I may direct a leter t the Sd Capt, I have a son that Com[m]ands <the> Phenix man of war, and would Gladly hear if they heard any thing of the ship or whither the Capt was in good health &c. He did Carrey Generall Nicolson to Annoplis Royall in novia
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 30 Nov 1714
Newby 30 Novr 1714
Honest Capt
I am glad to perceive by yours that mr Booth wil be Chosen as one of yr Knights for your County without much charge or opposition tis in this County much otherwise for there are severall of my neighbouring boroughs that will Cost the Candidates 1000 a man at the least So you may Imagine that they sing o bejoy <for> both day & night as for my own part I have not being two miles from newby but once since my horses came out of Cheshire I a
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 2 Dec 1714
the 2 10br 1714
James
I am well satisfyd by yrs of the 27 tht you do not yet understand what the weight of my lead is, for you saY there are severall pigs wch are 2 or 3 stone over weight, wch I am very sure is not so, & to satisfy you, you shall see the lead weighed at the mill, before the pay, there will be above 300ps & not one of thm I am sure will not come nigh yr weight, my agreemt wth the workmen is tht the weight shall be 12 stone each piece at least, you write me
