Ravs Castle 20. April 1739
To Mr Jams. Wood
Sir
Inclosed I send you seven Bills on accot. of the Derwentwater Estate Amounting to Twelve hundred pounds as follows viz.
Mr Benja. Greives dated 13 Inst pyable to myself or order at
24 days on Mr John & Thomas Simpson &c for £460
Mr Wm. Stows dated 11th Inst payable to Mr Saml <Ancrum> or
order at 20 days on Mr Wm. Heron £20
Do’s Dated the 14th Instant payable
Ravs Castle 20. April 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sr
I recd the Boards Minutes of the 14th Inst and Observe the Contents thereof.
I have recd this Month from Sev.l Ten[an]ts of the Derwentwater Estate about £2400 – and this day sent Mr James Wood Deputy Treasurer of the Hospital Bills for £1200 – for the use of the said Hospital, and shall send more as soon as I can gett Bills. I am
Sr, Your very Hble Servt
Hugh Boag
PS I hope you will forward the Tena
Ravs Castle 20. Apr. 1739
To Mr Nich. Walton
Dr Sir
I have Sent Mr Wood this Day Bills for £1200 – as you will see by the Copy of mine to the Board of this day. Inclosed Also a Copy of a Memorandum I have made of Mr Salters Progress in his Assaye, which are very poor, he can make no Lead, I think of any thing, we are Going to Try to Smelt in the Furnace this day our selves but am afraid the Experiment will be too late to lett you know this post.
I recd yours with the Board
Ravs Castle 20. April 1739
To Mr John Paltock
Sr
I have this Day sent a Bill to Mr Walton my Partner for the Interest due to the Heirs of Doctor Chamberlain due ladyday last, and I hope he will waite of you in a day or two and Transact that Matter with you in Person. I am
Sr Yr hble Servt
Hugh Boag
Ravs Castle 21. April 1739
To Mr Bunting
I Desire you may give it out and Publish it in the Barony that whosoever takes any Coales of Mr Teasdale and Mr Westgarth shall not nor need not Expect any favour of the Hospital or us and I Desire you will give us a List of their Names. These two men are Robing the Hospital of their Coales. I have recd. the Horse and I think him a Dear Pennyworth and I am afraid the Gentleman will think he is both too old and little, but I shall be Silent now
Ravs Castle 21. April 1739
To Mr Shaftoe Downs
Dear Sir
I recd Yours Relating Matthew Brown. I Doe Remember when I Raggd him and told him that you would Sell your Coales as Cheap as any, but then I also doe Remember that I took it to be such as was fitt fa [sic] Lime Burned or you Sold others at 2 ½ d but I know nothing abt. Saying he might goe where he pleased, that is Notorious. As to Animating the Tenants we Joyntly wrote Mathew Brown and gave it under hand that if he did n
Ravensworth Castle May 1st. 1739
To Mr Thos Simpson
Sir
Inclosed is the Attorney Generalls opinion about Keswick Fines &c, I mean a Copy of it, for your perusall, I have also sent a Copy of it to Mr King who I have desired may Waite of you to Consider the properest time for keeping a Court as we have noe Orders.
You & he will Consider whether it is proper to keep a Court Leet at the first, if it is proper, the Courts I presume will be within a Month of Easter and if y
Ravensworth Castle May 1st. 1739
To Mr Jas King, atto. at Law
Sir
Inclosed is a Copy of the Att. Generals opinion as to Keswick fines for your perusall, and as we have now Orders to keep a Court I desire you will prepare & doe what is necessary for holding one, as I thought you might not be acquainted with the nature & Customs of this Court at first, I desire that you will Wait upon Mr Simpson (to whom I sent another Copy) & Consult with him of the proper time, &
Ravensworth Castle 1st May 1739
To Mr Joseph Pearson in Keswk
Mr Pearson
I have recd the Attorney Generalls Opinion upon the fines with Order for keeping Courts. I have wrote this day & sent a Copy to Mr Simpson and Mr King from whom you will soon hear I hope.
The Atto. Generall is of opinion that there is a fine due upon the Death of the late beheaded Lord. I hope to see you soon pray my Service o Mr Grave. I am Yours &c Hugh Boag
Mr Walton has not gott from Lo
Ravensworth Castle 11th May 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
Inclosed is 4 Affidavits made by four Severall persons in relation to the Dispute likely to happen between Mr Blackett & the Hospital, about high Stublock Colliery, as also an Eye Map of the Colliery & Common in dispute for the Boards better Information. The Affidavits are Originals, and therefore Care shoud be taken of them as they will be wanted if there is a Tryal; Mr Blacketts Lessees are working now in the Grou
Ravensworth Castle 13th May 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sr
Inclosed is a fyfth Affidavit about the rights the Hospitall have to high Stublock Colliery for the Boards further Information.
Yesternight ended the Commission about Ra. Redhead the late Bayliff. They have Examined 67 Witnesses on the Hospitalls Side ag[ains]t him, & he has not had one Witness Examined on his Side but Mr Aynesley. The Witnesses against him I believe have Come up to what they said upon the Enquiry, &a
Ravs. Castle 13th May 1739
To Mr Jno. King Attorney at law
at Brampton near Carlisle Cumberland
By B <Boldeye>
Mr King Sir
I reced. yours of the 7 Inst & I am very Glad you have advised with Mr Simpson & that you have putt the Courts to a long a day as the 30 May – I or Mr Walton will attend or perhaps both. I have given Mr Thompson the admittances to gett printed – 5 Dozen I intend.
Would it not be well for you to come down to Hexham to Mr Bunting, who
Ravensworth Castle May 18. 1739
To Mr Ben Skutt
Dear Sir,
Inclosed I send you three bills amounting to nine hundred and seventy Pounds upon Mr Boags & my Accot. & I desire you will pay them to Mr Mannock Strickland, with Twenty Pounds in Cash in full of one Years Interest on Twenty Thousand Pounds due to Lord Peters out of the Derwentwater estate at Ladyday last. You will please to charge the £20 in Sir Henry Liddells Accot. as paid on Mr Boags Accot. and mine. Inclosed y
Ravensworth Castle May 18. 1739
To Mr Maule
Dr Sir
Yours of the 10th of May Inst is now before me in which I observe you have again Spoke to Mr Hunter in relation to the manner in which he proposes to have the Accot. for last year made out, & I find he is still desirous of having the Arrears Incerted upon the face of the Accot. – I must Confess I cannot see what end it will answer, or of what use it will be, as a list of Arrears woud Answer the same end Separate; however
Ravensworth Castle May 18. 1739
To Mr James Wood
Dear Sir
I have Inclosed sent you a Certificate shewing what money was remitted you in the last year out of the Rents & Profitts of the Derwentwater Estate, but I find I cannot Certifie that the £1000 was not reced. by you till January as the Bills which make it up were all due before that time – Mr Maule must I apprehend be able to give you such a Certificate as you want to shew that the £1000 was not reced. till januar
Ravensworth Castle May 25: 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sr
Inclosed we send you our Cash accot. for last Month, on which there Remains a Ballance of £1023. 7. - ¼ in favour of the Hospital. We have since remitted £1000 to pay Lord Peter’s his Interest due at Lady day last.
The Court Baron is appointed to be held at Keswick the 30th of this Month for Admitting the Tenants, as Tenants to his Majesty, and we propose both to attend to receive the Arrears of Rents and Fines. At
Ravensworth Castle 27th May 1739
To Mr R<Leck> Attorney at Law, Morpeth
Sir
I have Examined James Stewatts Accot. & find it just as I gave it you & there was as follows viz.
From Mart[inma]s 1734 being the time we Comenced Rec. to Mayday 1736 the
time we left it was one year & a halfe at £4 A year £6
Deduct arrears <Jan.y> 19th 1735/6 as by <R.eceivers> 2
Remaine £4
Rav Castle June 8. 1739
To William Corbett Esqr
Sir
We acquainted you the 25 May last that the Court Barron was to be holden at keswick the 30th of that Mo. for admitting the Customary Ten.ts at wch place we attended & found the Tennants much averse to the paymt. of a generall fine having fee’d a Councell to attend on their behalf wch made the busyness very troublesome. This we were appriz’d of & in order that we might be prepared to make a defence we took Mr Simpson wit
Rav Castle 12th June. 1739
To Doctor Cockburn
Sir
I have this day drawn on you for £9.9 – payable to Mr Benja. Skutt one Month after date for what I pd for the Gelding I sent you. I hope he proves well. I shall be sorry if he does not.
I am suspicious he does not please you as I have not heard from you, since you reced. him, however I hope to hear. I did as much as I could to get him for the £9.9.
Mr Walton got safe down abt a month since and desires his Sincere Complemn
Ravensworth Castle June 15th. 1739
To Wm Corbett esqr London
Sir
Inclosed herein I send you our Cash Accot. for last Month. in wch there is a Ball. in our hands amounting toe one hundred & Fifty Pounds three shillings and sixpence three farthings for wch we are accountable to the Hospital.
The Blank Leases & those signed by the General Court are not yet come to our hands, but we have wth Dificulty found out where they are the Carryer having left them at Durham instea
Ravensworth Castle June 16th. 1739
To Thos. Watson esqr at Greendon Rigg
Sir
We recd. yours this day dated 12th Inst. in favour of Mr R Anderson who we are very ready to Oblige in any thing where we reasonably can & know it in our power, not only at your Request but upon his own acct.
The Estate at Scremerston was Lett in London & according to the Agreemt. everyone must Enjoy, unless it is by a private agreemt. amongst the Tennants now as this Agreemt. wth. the Tents
Ravensworth Castle June 19th. 1739
Dr Sir
We have recd. all the Leases which were Sign’d at the last General & the Counterparts filled up, but we observe the words relating to the Tennants grinding their Con at Woodhall Mills is not taken out of those which lye at great distance from it as was agreed upon.
Such of them as are so Circumstanced as to lye without the Barrony of Langley or Manour of Wark will never Sign a Lease wth that Covenant, therefore it must be taken out
Ravensworth Castle June 22d. 1739
To Wm. Corbett Esqr Pay Office
Sir
Inclosed herein we send you agreements we have made with Several Workmen, Amounting in the whole to two Thousand & Ninety two pounds three shillings & Eightpence for repairing Housing and new building Housing on the Derwentwater estate, which we hope the Board will Approve of. This work will be all Finished this Sum.r & is the Bulk of the Repairs to be yet done on the estate.
We have recd. the f
Ravensworth Castle June 22d. 1739
To Mr Jno. Maul, at Greenwich
Dear Sir
We rced Yours of the 16 Inst by last post & the Copy of the Survey along with it, and we will acquaint the Board of our Receiving it &c
We are sorry for the Loss of poor Mr Willock your Clerk & wish sincerely (if it had pleas’d God) he ha liv’d for he seem’s to understand your Business well, we are glad you have gott one & hope by his Application &c he will Answer your purpose
Ravensworth Castle June 29 1739
Mr Wm Radley
Sir
We Reced. yours of the 25d Inst. last post, by which we observe the Boards directions in regard to the Leases which have been omitted <....> in the Covenant relating to Wood Hall Mills before they were signed by the generall Court – The Tennants will have a great objection to the Commission[er]s part having that Covenant, alltho’ if it is Eraised in their own before Execution wee cannot see they are Suferers or can be