Ravensworth Castle 30th June 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr, Broad Street, London
Sir
Inclosed is an Accot. of the proceedings at the Courts held for the Manners of Castlerigg Derwentwater & Thornthwaite Consisting of 12 sheets from page 1 to the 45. for the Boards perusall viz:
Castleriggs and Derwentwater Manour.
From Page the 1st to the 3d & part of the 4th is the Call of the Court and for what Tenaments they Enjoy
Part of the 4 & 5th pages is an Accot. of
Ravensworth Castle 8h July 1739
To Mr James Wood at Tower Hill, London
Dear Sir
We were Favoured wth yours of the 18th June last wch would have been answered in Course but that Mr Boag has been Ill for about 10 days, & N. Walton has had the Malencholly loss of a Brother, wch we hope will together be sufficient reason for an excuse.
The money Remitted by us stands as below, for wch you have a Certificate Inclosed Including the £1000 sent in November last, The £70 not b
Ravensworth Castle 9th July 1739
To Mr Ra Archbold in Alnwick
Sir
I reced. yours of the 2d Inst. & observations you say abt. getting a P<er>son for Examining into the Affair of the Dukes Agents Complaints abt. the <Gooses Crook>, tho I am of Opinion that I can find such a Pson in your Neighbourhood if should have occation for such one, & one that would doe it very honestly.
Mr Elder did Sugest to me w[he]n last at Newcastle that we had done wrong & th
Ravensworth Castle July 13th 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
We have drawn out the parcells of Each farm for filling up Fifty four Leases of farmes on the Derwentwater Estate with the Rents Per Ann. time of Comencement, Terme of years, & all other pticulars which Mr Radley required: which we Send you Inclosed as also an abstract thereof. That part which Relate to the Tenants grinding at Woodhall Mill must be altered in all such as we have remarked and every Tenant must Covenant
Ravensworth Castle 17 July 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
Inclosed is our cash Accot for the Month of June last on which there is a Ballance in our hands amounting to One Hundred & fifteen pounds four shillings & Tenpence in favour of the Hospital.
Inclosed is also our Quarterly Contingent Accot. for three Months Ending 31 March las for the Boards Approbation amounting to £58:2:1. We should have sent it sooner but we have been so Hurryed with the Keswick Courts, And th
Ravensworth Castle 20 July 1739
To Mr Radley Attorney at Law
Sir
We sent to Mr Corbett the 13th Inst. the Pcells for 54 Leases wch we Expect are delivered you before this for your Speedy filling up so many Leases. we are preparing more wch shall be sent as soon as we can.
In those sent we desire that you will please to mind & make the following Alterations Viz: In the Leases for Middleton Hall , Peter <Stamp> & Wm. <hughes> Ten.ts. instead of Wooler Parish
Ravensworth Castle July 27th 1739
To Mr Jno Maule at Greenwich
Dear Sir
We were favoured wth yours of the 19th Inst. in due Course with our Quietus wch also came safe; & for your care of wch we are much Oblidged to you & return you herewith our hearty thanks.
As to the forming our Accot. for last year it may be any shape Mr Hunter pleases, but we would by no means have it end the 30th April last, it is now preparing the 31st December last & will be sent you
Ravensworth Castle 28 July 1739
To Mr Jno Newelt at Naward Castle near Carlisle
Sir
We reced. Yours of the 10th inst. but being since that time much from home could not answr. it sooner, so hopes youle Excuse us in point of times.
As to the right Mr Drydon pretends to have upon Grindon Common by Vertue of Mosshemell estate we doe not justly know, but we have always been Inform’d he had none, & we believe he has no Antient Title deeds that mention any. We have also been
Rav. Castle July 31st 1739
Sir
In pursuance of the boards Commands we advertiz’d the Winning of Scremmerston Colliery to be Lett, & after Continuing it in the Newcastle papers Sev<eral> weeks we recd. the following proposals Viz:
Mr Amos Barnes propose to drive a fair & suficient levell from the Sea banks, to link Stapple Shafte find all timber, Carry in air & find Work Utensills, for Carrying on the said Work & Compleating the same ready for Coale Work
Ravensworth Castle Augt. 3. 1739
To Mr Joseph Pearson
Mr Pearson
We have information that in the Estates in your Neighbourhood belonging to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospitall, Severall Persons have of late, and now Continue, to Cutt down Timber & Carry off the same without having a right so to doe, in so much that the Neighbouring People think the offenders will soon Claim as good a right to it as the King himself. We know of no Such practices & hope there is no gr
Ravensworth Castle August 10th 1739
To Wm.Corbett Esqr. at the Pay Office, Broad Street
Sir
Inclos’d herein we send you an Affadavit made by Mr Radleys Directions by the P.sons Concerned in Valueing the Several Woods on the D[erwentwat]er Estate wth an Abstract of the Sds. valuation Annexed thereto, an accot. of the Several Mines in the D[erwentwat]er Estates not at worke at Midsum.r last wch Reverts to the Hosp. & also the accot. of the Mines at Worke under the Lease Gran
Ravensworth Castle August 12th 1739
To Mr Wm Radley at Greenwich
Sir
I recd yours 4th 5th Aug Inst wth a Copy of the Case relating the Intrusions into High Stublick Colliery, & the Attorney Generals opinion thereon upon wch Mr Boag and I have had a Consultation with Mr Airey, who is of Opinion as we are that it is most proper to file an Information on the Equity Side of the Court of Exchqr. for an Accot. of what Coales have been wrought , & for an Injunction to sta
Ravensworth Castle Aug 12th 1739
To William Corbett esq.
Sir
Mr Boag & I wrote you last post & Inclosed you several papers, which I hope will come safe, but the Conting[ent] Accot. of payments being a Long one could not be gott Copy’d in time, wch occasions my Troubling you with this wch incloses it, & our Cash accot. for last Month on wch there is a Ball.ce of Two Hundred & Eighty pounds on shilling & Elevenpence in favour of the Hosp. The Conting[en]t Acc
Ravensworth Castle Aug 20th 1739
We wrote you the Ninth Inst and Inclosed you Mr Johnson and Mr Buntings report on the Complaint relating to the Cutting and Carrying off Timber belonging to the Derwentwater Estate, Since which Mr Pearson the Bayliff at Keswick Informes us that in the Demesne Woods of Keswick no Timber of any kind hath been cutt down Except some decayed Oakes for building a Sheephouse for the Tenant of Goosewell which we orderd and approved off, as being very pr
Ravensworth Castle 20th Aug 1739
Mr Pearson
We reced. Yours of the 8th Inst about the Woods and are glad you can say and affirm there is no Wood Cutt at Keswick except those dead trees you mention, & we saw that was for building the Hogghouse and we Earnestly desire that you will keep a Watchfull Single eye over those Woods and permitt no man upon any pretence to Cutt the Least Twigg there without a Direct order for so doing.
We are Sorry to find you give us such a Confused Ac
Ravensworth Castle Sept 3 : 1739
Sir
We have made an agreement with Mr Thomas Stokoe for winning Scremmerston Colliery and the Directors have ordered an Article to be Drawn, to be sent for their perusal and approbation which I desire you will order to be Done so as we may send it away next Frydays Post, which O hope you may be able to doe from what follows.
Mr Thomas Stokoe of Bryans Lepe in the Parish of Tanfield and County of Durham Agrees Effectually to Winn the Colliery C
Ravensworth Castle Sept 7: 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr.
Sir
We recd. Yours with the Boards Minutes of the 29th Aug last and a Copy of the Minute relating Mr Jefferson Cutting down Timber in the [Manor] of Thornthwaite dated the 22 March 1737/8.
It is a very great Surprize to find this Order of the Board of the 22 March 1737/8 unexecuted and we are in great Concern to find we have neglected any of their Commands and more Particularly so, as we can give no other reason f
Ravensworth Castle Sept 7: 1739
To Mr Simpson at Penreth
Sir
The Common Runn of Bussiness we apprehend has been about Par, or we should have heard something of the Copy of our Grand Indenture, which the Directors Impatiently want a Sight of; if therefore the Common run is over, Pray send it with all possible Expedition to us Carefully, as the Board think it was not necessary to Spend so much time in the Copying of it.
As the Court at Keswick is to be holden the 11th and
Ravensworth Castle 11. Sep 1739
To Mr John Maule at Greenwich
Dear Sir
This will bring you Safe we hope our Generall Accot. for last year made up in the same forme as it was the year 1737 with the addition only of one Collum Viz. No4 being the Total of the Arrears & Rents put together. The P[ar]ticulars of Each Article in the Inclosed on the Credit Side, is likewaies drawn out and will be sent you Next post with a P[ar]ticular Accot. of all the Arrears that are due at
Ravensworth Castle Sep 11 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
This Serves only to Inclose you our Cash Accot. forlast Month on which there is a Ballance of Five Hundred & Thirteen Pounds ten Shillings & Eight Pence halfe penny in favour of the Hospital & we are, Sir
Your most Obedt. Hble Serts
Nich. Walton Hugh Boag
Ravensworth Castle Sep 16. 1739
To William Corbett Esqr
Sir
We reced. yours with the Boards Minutes of the 8 Inst which we duly Observe, in Answer to which the advertizement for letting the Lead Mines has been published two Weekes in the Newcastle Journall instead of the Newcastle Courrant the former being the More Universall paper & we thought it Needless to Incert in both. Mr Thompson who publishes the Newcastle Journal has orders to print off 1,000 Copys of the ad
Ravensworth Castle Sep 16th. 1739
To Mr John Maule
Dear Sir
Inclosed under anolher Cover we Send you the P[ar]ticulars of the Paym[‘en]ts made by us on the Derwentwater estate Accot. Numbered from 1 to 10 as they Stand in the Accot. & likewise herein you have Inclosed the Succeding numbers to 14 Inclusive and the Accot of Arrears as they Stand in the s[ai]d Accot. which we doubt not but you will find right.
We earnestly begg you will gett this affair settled w
A State of the case between the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital and the Tenants of Thornthwait
The Tenants of the Manor of Thornthwait in Com[itatus] Cumb[erland] formerly belonging to the Earl of Derwentwater and now under the Direction of the Govern[or]s of Greenwich Hospital Hold their Customary or Tenant right Estates there by the payment of reasonable Arbitrary Fines upon the Death of the Lord Called General Fines and upon the Death or Alienation of the Tenants called Droppin
Ravensworth Castle Sep 21. 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr.
Sir
Inclosed herein I send you a State of the Case of the Tenants of Thornthwait, as it was Drawn up by the Court keeper, with Mr Greys Opinion thereon, which we gott from him only last Wednesday. ~ we are to be at Keswick to Receive the Rents and Fines the 11 & 12 October next, and to hold another Court there, and at Thornthwait. If therefore there is anything which Directors are pleased to think proper for us to doe
Ravensworth Castle Septem 25th 1739
To Mr Corbett Esqr. At the Pay Office Broad Street
Sir
We recd the Board’s minutes of the 19th inst wth the inclosed draughts of Mr Stokoes agreement for winning Scremerston Colliery wch we shall get ingrossed & executed.
We shall strictly observe & comply wth the Board’s order of this date & shall be ready to shew and inform Mr Harries & Mr Simpson the Mine Adventurers Agents all the insights & Informatio