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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Joseph Pearson – 6 Oct 1739
Ravensworth Castle October 6. 1739
To Mr Joseph Pearson
Sir
I send this to acquaint you that one or both of us will be at Keswick on Wednesday Evening next. & that I hope you will be prepared with an Accot. of what Estates ought do [suit] to the Courts at Keswick that they may be added to the Call. I mean such Gentlemens Estates which lye without, and are not Tennants within the Mannours. The Tenants will I hope all be Ready with their Rents and Fines & the Land Re
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 6 Oct 1739
Ravensworth Castle October 6. 1739
To Mr Corbett Esqr.
Sir
I was att Alston receiving the Small Rents Due on Michaelmass Day last, when the Agents (Mr Harrie & Mr Simpson) belonging the Company of Mine Adventerours came there in order to View the mines Advertized to be lett.
They came there on Thursday Evening & the moormaster Attended them on Saturday to Such of the mines as they had time that Day to view & they were to view the rest the Monday follo
Letter – Hugh Boag to William Corbett – 19 Oct 1739
Ravensworth Castle Oct 19th. 1739
To Wm. Corbett Esqr. at the Pay Office
Sir
Inclosed you have our Cash Accot. for Last month by which it appears there is a Ballance in favour of the Hospital of £183.9.4 ½
We are but just return’d from Keswick so cannot say any thing about it, till next Post only this that we have reced. almost all the Rents & Fines & will be able to send into the Treasurers hand Bills for about £1000 next Post. I am for Mr Walton &
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Wood – 20 Oct 1739
Banknote No.133 dated 6 June. 1739 on demand £20
John Gasharths bill on Sam. Chambers dated 13 Oct 1739. £31
Thos. Gasharths Do on Lease & Clement dated 13 Do. £30
John Teasdales Do on the Lead Company dated 15 Do. £700
Ben. Grieves Do on Jno. & Thos.Simpson & Co. Dated 17 Do. £300
Nicho.Waltons Do on Ben.Skutt. dated 20 Do. £19
£1110
Ravensworth Castle
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Maule – 20 Oct 1739
Ravensworth Castle Oct 20. 1739
To Mr John Maule
Sir
Some time agoe we Sent you a Draught of our last Years <General> Accot. as also the p[ar]ticulars thereof as they were Refer’d to in the Said Accot. which you never acknowledged the Receipt of and as we would be glad to hear of your having done Something towards the Settling of it we give you the trouble of this to desire you will let us know what progress is made in it & we Earnestly desire you will forward it a
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 20 Oct 1739
Ravensworth Castle Oct 20. 1739
To Wm. Corbet Esqr.
Sir
Last Post we Sent you our Cash accot. for the Month of Sept last and thereby acquainted you had received the greatest part of the Rents & fines at Keswick & Thornthwaite & that we wou’d Send this post a Sum in bills to the Treasurer this day wch. is Accordingly done to Mr Wood his deputy in bills amounting to Eleven hundred pounds.
The Tennants woud have gladly laid hold of any agrement to have Clear
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 2 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle November 2d. 1739
To W Corbett Esqr.
Sir
We recd. yours of the 18th October last with the Boards Minutes of the 17 of the same which wou’d have been answ[e]rd Sooner had we not been abroade receiving the rents and arrears of Derw[entwate]r Estate & holding Courts at Newlands Haydon bridge & Wark which prevented us.
In Obedience to the boards Command, we send you Inclosed The form of a Tacknote, as they were formerly Granted by the Derwe
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Wood – 2 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle Nov 2d. 1739
To Mr James Wood
Sir
We had the favour of yours of the 25 Ulto. Acknowledging the Rec[eipt] of ours of the 20 preceeding. with bills for Eleven Hundred pounds & this day we have Inclosed you herein One bill drawn by Mr Ra. Fetherston upon Sr. Francis Child & Company dated this day for one Thousand pounds more On accot. of the Rents & proffits of the Derwentwater Estate. we hope these remittances Come Seasonably & are with our
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Airey – 2 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle November 2d. 1739
To Jno. Airey Esqr.
Sir
Joseph Ramshaw has Orders to Send in to Ramshaw Grove what Grove wood we had occasion for, & I believe before Christmas (when the money will be paid) there will be £40 or more due him which shall be taken care of for you. There will be Likewise Something due to him for Carriage of Lead.
Mr Boag or I will Call tomorrow and pay your Years Sallary due in Last July therefore pray Order the Court Seale to
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Mannock Strickland – 2 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle November 2d. 1739
To Mr Mannock Strickland
Sir
We had the favour of yours of the 27 Ulto. last past in ans[we]r to which we begg Leave to Observe that at the time when the £1000 was paid you for Lord Peters Int[erest] you had not produced any Testimonial of Lady Cathrine Radcliffes being alive and that was the reason why it was not paid you alltogether which we apprehend was the Substance of that Lett[e]r which you’ve latly seen.
We have had O
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 2 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle Nov : 2 : 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr.
Sir
We Recd your favour of the 26 Octo. last and shall acquaint you further about the lead mines when we have seen the Lease wch is not yet come to our hands.
The Oates in the Country are very ill got this year having a very wett harvest and good Old oates are at this place 14s per Quarter we having Deferrd buying any till we have your further Commands for by the prices of Corn in the puplick papers they seem to be Cheaper
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Richard Horne – 2 Nov 1739
Rav. Castle Nov : 2 : 1739
To Mr Horne
Dr Sr
We received your kind favour of the 18 Oct last for which among other favours we retuen you thanks.
As the Lease is not come to our hands yet we cannot say any more about the Lead mines till we see it & we Expect to see it as soon as it comes out of Scotland we have wrote Mr Corbett Something to this purport this day
Oates are here (we mean old ones) at 14s per Quarter by Reason of the Excessive rains we have had this Harves
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 2 Nov 1739
Rav. Castle 2d Nov 1739
To Mr Wm Radley
Sir
We have recd. both yours of the 22d & 27 Ult. & shall here answr Them as far as we can.
As to the Covenant Relating the Tenants Grinding at Woodhall mill you may let it go as it is printed if you Cannot alter it to answer with the minutes we have sent you for Each Lease where it is Expressly mentioned wch Mill each Tennt. shou’d be bound too; & where to none it is expressly they to be bound to no mill, but to grind the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Simpson – 3 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle Nov 3 : 1739
To Mr Thos. Simpson
Sr
We have received a Letter from Mr Radley who is Solic[itor] to the Hosp Acquainting us that he has orders to prosecute Mr Jefferson of Cockermouth for Cutting down and Selling Timber from the mannour of Thornthwaite & desiring to know his Christian name, place of aboade & what quantity of each Species of Timber he Cutt down and sold & in what wood or part of the Mann’r the same Grew when it was begun to be Cutt
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 3 Nov 1739
Rav. Castle November 3 : 1739
Sir
Last post we wrote you in Regard to the Covenant for grinding att Woodhall Mill and Intended to have Inclosed you a Copy of the memorandum which we have put upon the back of the Commission.rs part of such and we were obliged to altering Counterparts before they were signed; but we are afraid the memorandum was not Inclosed you. We have therefore on the other side sent you not only the mem.um but the Covenant as it stands in the Counterpart. If ther
Lease – Nicholas Walton – 8 Nov 1739
Lease from the Com[mission]ers to Mathew Thompson of Dilstone Of One 3d part of the Tenement or farmhold with the Appurt[enances] Called or known by the name of Dilstone Demesn now in the poss[ess]ion of the s[ai]d Matthew Thompson Consisting of One third part of the severall fields Closes or Parcels of ground hereafter mentioned (that is to say ) between Towns in four Parcels East field, Middlefield, West field, Ducket Close, Bank , East Banks, a Sewparate Part of East banks, Old Garden, &
Letter – Thomas Simpson to Nicholas Walton – 10 Nov 1739
Penrith Novr. 10th 1739
Sir
I happened to be abroad when your Letter reach’d Penrith but I went to Keswick yesterday as you desired and on the other side have sent such Instructions as I hope will be sufficient for an Information agst. Mr Jefferson. Mr Pearson will Swear that he has heard Mr Jefferson own his selling the Oak trees to Mr Bowers. Hester Kind who is Exec[u]trx of Wm Miles will prove the sale of the Birch Trees to her Testator & has promised to procede as the Bond M
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Radley – 13 Nov 1739
Rav. Castle November 13 : 1739
To Mr Radley
Dear Sir
I was very glad to hear the 54 Leases are Signed at the last generall Court, as we have great Want of them, for there is Sev[era]ll Tenants Threaten and some have actually given up their Farmes for want of em. I desire you will therefore hasten them down that we may gett them Executed to prevent further damage. We have the particulars ready for a Number more which will be sent next Fridays post to Mr Corbett – pray forward
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Edward Carlisle – 16 Nov 1739
Rav. Castle Novr 16 : 1739
To Mr Carlisle
Sir
Mr Winshop has demanded of us a small Rent of 16s6d as due out of the derwentwater Estate, which we have refused the payment of till we coud be inform’d from you of what kind this rent is. We apprehend it to be a farmrent, & that it was not Claimed at the time of the forfiture by which it became forfited to the Crown as several other fee farm Rents did which we have been directed not to pay. What we desire is that you wil
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 16 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle Novr 16 : 1739
To William Corbett Esqr
Sir
We reced yours with the Boards Minutes of the 7 Inst wch we duly Observe, & as soon as the Affidavittsare finished relating the Amerciments made in the manour of Wark, they shall be sent You.
Inclosed we send you Particulars for filling up Twenty five Leases more & begg you will forward them with all speed, as allso the 54 which are signed pray hasten down as the tenants are very uneasie & some are like
Letter – Hugh Boag to William Radley – 23 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle 23rd November 16 : 1739
To Mr William Radley at Greenwich
Sir
We recd yours of the 17th Inst & observe that you are right as to the names of the persons that are Mr Blacketts Lessees & who worke or has given Direction to worke in the Hospitals Liberty at High Stublick Colliery, They are or may be said to be Gentlemen, Viz Thus Abraham Teasdale of Hexhamshire in the County of Northumberland Gentleman, Thomas Westgarth of Allondale in the same County Gen
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Richard Horne – 23 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle 23 November 1739
To Mr Rich. Horne
We reced yours of the 17 Nov Inst and are surprised at the Impudence of Pigg after we have Repeatedly told him that John Atkinson has a writing under Sr Fran. Radcliff & the late Ld Derwentwaters hand shewing that they acknowledged hee had Leases but makes no particular Mention of their Comencem.t or Determination
Mr Walton of the 11 Dec 1736 when I was at London writes concerning them thus to me vizt.
‘John Atkin
Letter – Nicholas Walton to William Corbett – 24 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle Novr. 24 1739
To Wm Corbett Esqr
Sir
Inclosed we send you our Cash Acct. for Last Month by wch There appears to have been in our hands at the end thereof £1066:2:11¼ but you will be please to observe we have since Remitted Mr Wood £1000 & out of what we have Recd. since & what we are in Expectation of receiving we hope to make a Remittance in a weeks Time of £700 more. We have Likewise Recd. the moor masters Accot. of mines not at work & the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Wood – 30 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle November 30th 1739
To Mr James Wood
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you Mr Ralph Fetherstons bill on Sir Fra.Child for Seven hundred Pounds dated this day & payable 28 days after date wch is all that I believe we shall trouble to remitt you within this Year on Accot. of the Rents & profitts of the Derwentwater Estates. This bill will be due & pay’d within the Year, so that we can give you a Certificate wch will correspond with your Books.
My Complime
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Maule – 30 Nov 1739
Ravensworth Castle November 30th 1739
To Mr Maule
Dear Sir
We received the favour of your long expected Letter, acknowledging the Receipt of our generall Accot. and papers relating it for the last Year and are much obliged to you for the repeated assurances you give us of your good offices to forward the Settling it. Pray as it is so near the End of the Year, would it not be as well to make out, this Year & the last together, I apprehend it would save Mr Hunter trouble, &am
