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Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Lovegrove – 19 Mar 1738
To Mr Wm. Lovegrove Ravensworth Castle March 19. 1737/8
Dear Sir
Yesterday we sent by the London Carryer our Vouchers to our Derwentwater Accot to the 31 December last in a Small Box Directed for George Liddell esqr. The Carryers name is Fryer Todd & he will be at the White Horse without Cripplegate on Saturday the 1 of next Month – Tho this letter is directed for the Col[one]l it is intended to be opend by you & is Committed to your Care, & w[ha]t Expence Accrues upo
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John King – 19 Mar 1738
To Mr Jno King Ravensworth Castle 19 March . 1737/8
Sir
We reced. yours of the 13 Inst & are sorry that the Tennants are so obstinate & will not pay. You had positive orders to sue John Thwaite Anth Scott & Thomas Jackson with out any delay & Lanc Penny was to be threatened, & to have a fortnight spareance or more, & if he will pay you in a reasonable time we desire he may be forbore, but as for the rest Lett the process goe on against them till they pay th
Letter – Hugh Boag to Lancelot Penny – 19 Mar 1738
To Lanc Penny Ravensworth Castle March 19. 1737/8
Mr Penny
I reced. yours of the 9 Inst & am sorry that you shoud delay paying your Arrear till you are sued I did indeed give Mr King orders to sue you if you did not pay in a Fortnights time or give assurance of your paying soon after, none of which I perceive you have done which occasions this expence to you.
Mr Walton & I have wrote to Mr King to forbear process against you provided you pay in a fortnights time or 3 we
Letter – Hugh Boag to Joseph Pearson – 19 Mar 1738
To Mr Joseph Pearson in Keswick Ravensworth Castle 19 March. 1737/8
Mr Pearson,
I have had a Letter from Lanc Penny Complaining of the hardships he has from King. You know that both you & lanc Penny desired only a Weeks spareance and he would pay and indeed of that Mr King writes us that he spared him a fortnight you yourselfe putt me upon sueing him because his circumstances are bad.
We perceive very well that you encourage the Tennants to withhold their Rents & despise
Letter – Nicholas Walton – 19 Mar 1738
To Mr Ben Shutt Ravensworth Castle March 19. 1737/8
Dear Sir
We were favoured with yours of the 11 inst last post, wherein you are so kind as to acquaint us with your having recd. our Quietus from Mr Hunter, wee would be glad to have it as soon as you can send it by a safe hand, tho’ unless each opportunity offer soon may lett it alone till the Col[one]l comes down, pray acquaint the Collonel that you have it & that we have desired you to shew it him if he Chuses it before y
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Wood – 31 Mar 1738
Fra Chaloners Bill on Wm Herron dated 11 March 1737 at a Month £40 9 6 1/2
Jefrey Everetts bill on Wm Everett dated 16 March 1737 at 24 days
Date 30 0 0
Thos Vickermans bill on Captn. John Cook dated 26 Do. 1738
at 10 ds date 110 0 0
Thos Hills bill on Thomas White dated 23 Do. 1737/8 at 30 ds date 53 0 0
Thos Millers bill on Jas Hill Junr dated 28 Do
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Simpson – 31 Mar 1738
To Mr Thos Simpson Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Sr
We were favoured with yours of the 25 of March Inst which is now before us, in answer to which, as Furnace is dead & the Action against Carrick thereby abated, we approve of your taking Councills opinion, before you prosecute that affair any further, and desire you may do so accordingly.
The prudent Steps you have taken to procure a release from Carrick to William Lee we are greatly oblidged to you for, as it intirely
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John King – 31 Mar 1738
To Mr John King Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Sr
We have represented to the Hospitall the case of Mr Jeferson of Cockermouth having sold and recd. for some Birch and Alder Trees cutt upon his arbitrary estate in the manner of Thornthwait and in answer thereto we are commanded to State a Case and lay it before Councel for an opinion whether the Tennants of that Estate have a right to cut down Timber at their will and Pleasure or not, and in case it is the opinion of Counsell t
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Westgarth – 31 Mar 1738
To Mr Thomas Westgarth Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Dear Sir
Since Mr Boag came from Keswick, we have laid before the Board of Directors for Greenwich Hospitall the offer you made to take the Waistes of Copper and Lead lying near Keswick, and they have impowered us to treat with you about the same. We are going to Alston to make a Pay, and will return to Hexham next Friday Evening, when we should be glad to see you at the Phenix at Mr Parkers, or if it be more convenient for
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 31 Mar 1738
To William Corbett Esqr Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Sir
We Recd. yours with the Boards Minutes of the 22d March Inst which we duly observe.
In pursuance of the Boards order of the 3d of Aug. last, relating the most necessary repairs on the Derwentwater estate amounting by computation to the Sum of £1160 – 8 – 2 we made agreements with Proper workmen, for the executing thereof, an Abstract of which you have Inclosed which we hope the Board will approve of, and we will
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Maule – 31 Mar 1738
To Mr John Maule Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Dear Sir
We recd. yours of the 25 of March Inst by which we are sorry to find the Accot. we made out disapproved of by Mr Hunter, as we are afraid so much time will be taken up in the Alteration and sending it down to us, that it will not be got done before the first passing of Accots. – we have no Manner of Objection to any method Mr Hunter Proposes, as the receipts and payments will be the same in whatever way it is done, bu
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 31 Mar 1738
To Wm Corbett Esqr Ravensworth Castle March 31. 1738
Sir
We were favoured with yours, and in answer you may depend upon having an Honest and Experienced borer sent to make Tryalls for Coal in your Estate at Westchester when ever we have your orders for it, in the meantime if you can get any information, what Prospect here is of Coale, it will be of use & in any thing that we can give our advise in be pleased to command us.
By next Post we will draw upon you for the two p[ar
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Hugh Boag – 6 Apr 1738
To Mr Hugh Boag Alston Moor 6 April. 1738
Dear Sr
As your Call to London was upon so short Notice, which prevented your having so particular an accot. of the State & Condition of the Lead Mines, in this Manner as you intended we take this first opportunity of acquainting you thereof in as particular a manner as the nature of the thing will allow of in this way.
At Thorngill there has been sev[era]ll Old Shafts opened in order to Discover the Condition of that Mine, which i
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Palloch and Snow – 14 Apr 1738
To Messrs Palloch and Snow Ravensworth Castle April 14th. 1738
– Goldsmiths wthout Temple Barr
Gent[leme]n
Your favour wou’d have been immediately answered with a remittance for the Interest due at Ladyday last to the heirs of Doctor Chamberlain but we then cou’d not get Bill, you have now herein Inclos’d as below two Bills and 3 prom[isor]y Notes amounting to One Hundred and Forty Eight Pounds Ten Shillings, which with the Allowance you are pleased to make, is in ful
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 14 Apr 1738
To Wm. Corbett Esqr. Ravensworth Castle April 14th. 1738
Sir
Inclosed I send you the Cash Accot. of Receipts and Payments for last Month on which there remains a Ballance of £1033 -14-7 ½ in favour of the Hospital. I have this Day Remitted Bills for £150 -0 -0 to Messrs Palloch and Snow in full of one Years Interest due to the Heirs of Doctor Chamberlin at Ladyday last. I have fixt the payment of £354 to Mr Constable the 27 Inst for one Years Interest on £5900 due also at Lady
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Mann – 14 Apr 1738
To Mr Man, Clerk of the Peace at Durham Ravensworth Castle April 14th. 1738
Sr
I had a letter by last Post which came to my hand only last night, from Mr Andrew Scott a Tennant at Scremerston near Berwick but in the County of Durham, acquainting me that he and the rest of the Tennants of Scremerston have been lately presented for not mentaining some of the high road which they are liable to mentain and keep in repair, now as my Letter came so late I had not an opportunity of waiting u
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Andrew Scott – 4 May 1738
To Mr Scott Ravensworth Castle May 4th. 1738
Mr Scott
The Clerk of the Peace for the County of Durham has stop’d all proceedings against you and the Tennants of Scremerston & I will take care to pay him what Charge has Accrued upon it, but as he injoyns me so I must you and the rest of the Tennants to get the Road imediately repaird if it is not done already. The Sooner you do it the better and the more it will oblige
Your most Humble Servt
Nich. Walton
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Jefferys – 4 May 1738
Ravensworth Castle May the 4th. 1738
Sr
Last Post brought me yours of the 28 of April last in answer to which I am sorry for the Death of Mr Gibson. His widow I have incerted in our rental in his Stead but before she is put into the Lease I must have the Concurrence of her Partners under their hands. I desire they will therefore Signify it to me by a Line & what you desire shall be done by
Sr Your most Hble Servt.
Nich. Walton
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Joseph Pearson – 4 May 1738
To Mr Pearson Ravensworth Castle May 4th. 1738
Mr Pearson
Last post brought me yours of the 26th Ulto, in answer to which the Farms late in the possession of Mr Wren must continue in the possession of his Successors for this Year, as they have not Legal Notice given them before the last Term nay I think you very much to blame in the Least to Countenance the under Tennant to hope for the Contrary. They shall be relieved from any Usage as soon as we see it necessary and can with Justi
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 5 May 1738
To Wm Corbett Esq. Ravensworth Castle May the 5th. 1738
Sir
I hope before this reach your hand , the Derwentwater Bill will have pass’d the two Houses of Parliament, otherwise I should not have given you the trouble of the Inclosed Agreements; which I have made for Building & repairing Housing, which is in the greatest necessity. You will observe the agreements are Conditionall & not binding unless they are approved by the Board.
You will Observe that all the Tennants r
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Robert Anderson – 6 May 1738
To Mr Robt. Anderson at Scremerston Ravensworth Castle May the 6. 1738
Mr Robt. Anderson
I am not a little Concern’d that any Dispute shoud happen amongst any of the Tenants in the Derwentwater Estate, which I perceive now is the Misfortune between you and Andrew Scott, to whom I apprehend you have given Warning to remove out of the House he is at present in at Whittsontide next I woud willingly in any Affair of this kind interpose, in Order to prevent all blood and Disputes amongs
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 12 May 1738
To Wm Corbett Esqr. Ravensworth Castle May the 12. 1738
Sr
Some time agoe the Board of Directors for Greenwich Hospitall were pleased to Order an Action to be brought against one Carrick for taking away by force a cow which had been Levyd and taken away from him by the Bayliff of Alston Manor and sold by him to one Furnace from whom the cow was taken by Carrick.
Carricks pretence for taking away the cow, was that she was taken without the manor, and therefore Mr Simpson thought
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Hugh Boag – 12 May 1738
To Mr Boag Ravensworth Castle May the 12. 1738
Sr
I reced. Yours of the 8 May Instant with a letter of Attorney from Mr Goodison Impowering me to Receive the Rents of some Housing in Newcastle, in which pray acquaint him that I will Do him all the service I can.
I have wrote to Mr Corbett this day a Copy of which I send you herewith so that I need say no more relating that affair: I Did not know that Mr Corbett was Marryd, for which reason I did not congratulate him upon
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 21 May 1738
To Wm Corbett Esqr. Ravensworth Castle May 21st. 1738
Sr
It is now the time of the year for setting the dues of Lead Ore w.thin the Mannor of Alston moore raised and to be raised from Christmas last to Xmas next, or which I thought proper to acquaint you, before they are advertisedto be sold as usual, in which you will please to give me proper directions.
Mr Airey delivered me his bill of Law charges to the 7 February last wch I wou’d have sent you before now, but that you wer
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Hugh Boag – 2 Jun 1738
Ravensworth Castle June 2nd. 1738 Sent Mr Hugh Boag the following Bills and Notes viz:
Edwd Shalletts Promisory Note to Wm Hart dated 26 April 1738 @40 days £85 0 0
Edwd Smiths Do. to Robt Noble dated 27 Do. at 40 days 100 0 0
Richd Atherlys Bill on James Harding dated 4 May 1738 at 30 days 27 5 6
Walter Kirbys do. on Eliz. Martin dated 10 Do. at 60 days 70 0 0
Robt. Hudspeths Do. on Tho. Young dated 18 Do. at 40 days 100
