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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Esther Allgood – 16 Jan 1757

To Mrs Allgood at Rideing to be left at Mr Winship's in Corbridge 16 Jan 1757 Madam The Corpora[tio]n of Newcastle are applying to Parliam[en]t for an Act to oblige all Butter Buyers to bring it to the Cross in order to be weighed & examined, wch is likely to meet with some opposition, tho the same is apprehended to be for the public benefit. I am ordered by Sr.Wr.Blackett to make you his Complim[en]ts & to desire if you have any old papers or Mem[oran]dms relating to the Butt
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Letter – Walter Blackett to Joseph Richmond – 18 Jan 1757

You are to continue to pay the Revd. Mr Dawson & Mr John Cross forty pounds a year to each in half yearly Payments, you are to pay the Revd. Mr Wm Armstrong twenty Guineas a year for five years in half yearly Payments towards the Education of his Son, You must also pay Mr. Wm. Ward of Morpeth any Sum not exceeding Seventy Pounds towards repairing the Elsden Turnpike, & the Treasurer of the Carlisle Road any sum he shall ask for, not exceeding two hundred Pounds to repair & finish the
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Richard Harrison – 18 Jan 1757

To Mr Richd. harrison at Coalcleugh 18 Jan 1757 Sir The dispute about the boundary between the Manor of Hexham & the Manor of Whitfield is to be refered this summer to the determination of two Gent[leme]n here. So that we shall want all the best Evidence can be got to prove our bounder. The most material thing that we want to prove is, that the three Manors of Alston, Whitfield & Hexham all join at the long Cross, wch all the old Evidence were very clear in; But Mr Ord I take it
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 25 Jan 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton in Grays Inn London Newcastle 25 Jan 1757 Dear Sir I rec[eiv]ed your [letter] of the 20th inst; & the receipt therew[i]th sent me for the £22.14.4 is very sufficient; But I still want the rec[eip]t for Jane Randolphs £19.4.0 Mr Chris. Blackett will set forward for London on Saturday next on horseback; & by him I shall send you as follows Mr Stansfields Mortgage deed for £20000 Sr.W[illia]m.Blacketts bond to Edwd. Ord & the
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 22 Feb 1757

To Sr.Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his house in Curzon Street London 22 Feb 1757 Hon Sir The Cart with broad wheels wch you ordered to be made by Mr Chas. Steward, he says cannot be finished in less than ten days; when it is done shall make the experim[en]t you direct & acquaint you with our observations upon it. But f[ro]m all the informations I can gather f[ro]m the most judicious persons in the matter, broad wheels 4 inches or 41/2 inches will be no further hards[hi]p on persons leading
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 25 Feb 1757

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. London 25 Feb 1757 Hon Sir I am informed th[a]t L[or]d Carlisle hs ordered Mr Nowel to acquaint the tenants of the late Mrs Windsors Estate at benton that he expects they will pay their rents to him as L[or]d of the Manor & th[a]t he will indemnify them ag[ain]st all other Claimants; If his Lords[hi]ps pretensions are well founded; the question is, whether you have not as good a title to the Estate at Kirkheaton, where you have the coll[ie]ry reserved; but w
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Thomas Street – 1 Mar 1757

To Mr Thos. Street Confectioner in Old Bond Street London Newcastle 1 March 1757 Sir Inclosed is an acco[un]t of what Sweetmeats Sr.Wr.Blackett will want to be here by the last of this Month; wch I therefore desire you will forward in time by the Carrier & give me Notice when they are sent away. The bills for sweetmeats sent hither at Xmas last come to £29.11.3 You may put those then sent, & these now ordered into one bill & give it to Sr. Wr. who will order it to be paid. I
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Wiliam Dawson – 8 Mar 1757

To The Rev[eren]d Mr Willm. Dawson at Yaxley to be left at Mr Palmer's Surgeon in Stilton Huntingdonshire Newcastle 8 March 1757 Sir I rec[eiv]ed your Lre of the 23rd past, & agreable thereto I send you inclosed my Bill on Messrs Plumbe & Browne Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London for Twenty pounds payable Twenty days after date; wch I desire you will advise the receipt of by the return of the post, & acknowledge it to be for Sir Wr. Blacketts half y[ea]r allowance due the 24
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 8 Mar 1757

To Messrs Plumbe & Browne Goldsm[i]ths in Foster Lane London 8 March 1757 Sirs Yesterday I drew two bills on you; one for £100 payable to Aubone Surtees Esq. or order 20 days after date, & the other £20 payable to the Revd. Wm.Dawson or order 20 days after date, wch I desire you will honour, & place to Sr.Walter Blackett's acct. I am etc JR
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 11 Mar 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton London Newcastle 11 March 1757 Dr Sir I have sent you by the post under 3 covers 14 vouchers for money p[ai]d on acco[un]t of Hexham Division in 1756 wch makes the whole money p[ai]d to this time come to £1034.16.6 as below; & I shall finish my Affid[avi]t & send you by tuesday's post at furthest. I asl pardon for writing you that I wanted Lady Mansels receipt for I rec[eiuv]ed it in yo[u]r Lre of he 29th Jan & have placed it to your acct. I am etc
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 15 Mar 1757

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his house in Curzon Street London Newcastle 15 March 1757 Hon Sir The new Cart with 6 inch wheels was finishd on fryday last, & we have made sev[era]l tryals wth it & find th[a]t it is as easily drawn with two horses when full laden, on all sorts of ground, hard & soft, uphill & downhill, as any Carts with narrow wheels carrying the same burden; & as to one horse carts it is generally allowed th[a]t wheels 4 inch & /2 broad will be as
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 15 Mar 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton in Greys Inn London 15 March 1757 Dr Sir I herewith inclose you my 2nd affid[avi]t & the plan of Lamberts house, wch I wish may be of any service to Sir Wr. As to the rec[eip]ts taken by Mr Ellis for Gunnerton & Hexham divisions I hope you will be able to prevail with the Master to admit them, for it will not be possible I doubt to get them in any other form. Sir Wr. has allowed all the sums mencond [mentioned] in those rec]eip]ts to Mr Ellis as paid on acct o
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 15 Mar 1757

To Messrs Plumbe & Browne Golds[mi]ths in Foster Lane London 15 March 1757 Sirs I have drawn a bill on you today for £250 payable to Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. or order 20 d[ays] after date, wch you will please to place to Sir Wr's acct. When this bill & the two bills advised you of the 8th inst. are p[ai]d the ball[an]ce remaining in yo[u]r hand I make to be 2.17.5 3/4 if this agrees with your books I desire you will advise me thereof & then I think there will be no Occasion
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 22 Mar 1757

To Sr.Wr. Blackett Bt. London Newcastle 22 March 1757 Hon Sir Mr Peareth says th[a]t as the Guild & Sessions will not be till the 18th & 20th April yo[u]r being here on the 15 or 16th will be in time sufficient; for the Comon Council may be properly held on fryday the 22nd. I presume you do not incline to have many Country Gents at this Guild so th[a]t the two long tables & the drawing room may take in all the C[ompan]y necessary to invite. I wrote sometime ago to Mr Street to
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 25 Mar 1757

To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield 25 March 1757 Sir Y[ou]r Lre of the 21st I am satisfied will not do with regard to y[ou]r incident charges of £12.16.0. For when I am asked w[ha]t they are for, what can I say? they are so much higher than any other Stewards who have far more business to go about, th[a]t I am certain they will be struck off your acct. unless you send me a particular how they arise. Mr Peart & Mr C.Hunter do not charge half w[ha]t you do, & they always mention the O
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 25 Mar 1757

To Sir W[alte]r Blackett Bt. MP. at his house in Curzon Street London 25 March 1757 Hon. Sir Mr Ellison cannot find anything at Ravensworth th[a]t gives any manner of Light with regard to Mrs Gunter's claim further than th[a]t old Mr Fenwick of Stannerton, Mrs Gunters Grandfather married a Daughter of Sir Fra. Liddel; but how Sir Francis was any way related to Sr.Richd.Stole does not appear. Mr Ellis says the Kirkheaton tenants answer to Anickgrange court & do suit & serv
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 29 Mar 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton Grays Inn London 29 March 1757 Dr Sr I return you herewith inclosed & under another cover by this post, the notes you sent me in your Lres of the 15th relating to Hexham Division, w[hi]ch I hope will now pass muster, & you receive inclosd a certificate of w[ha]t the improvements are by the division of Gunnerton Hexham & Shildon (viz. £340 a year) so th[a]t I hope no objection will be made to the allowing Sir Wr. the money he has laid out. I rec[eiv]ed t
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 8 Apr 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton, Grays Inn London 8 April 1757 Dr Sir I have rec[eiv]ed y[ou]r six ticketts & given your acct. credit for six Guineas if they cost any more pray let me know. I expect shortly to be ready with my W.Kenton acct. for the half y[ea]r ending at Mart[inma]s last, & am endeavouring to get something of Mr Beaumont, who promises me £100 before Mayday. I presume I cannot send up the acct. till you send me down Jane Randolphs rec[eip]t for her last dividend, as I cann
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 13 Apr 1757

To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield 13 April 1757 Sir You say Mr Salkeld, when you sent him to inspect the Mils, br[ough]t you a bad acc[oun]t of Mr Lee. but you do not say whether he was very sick or very drunk. I presume it to be the latter & therefore another Clerk must be looked out for, & as to his brother being employed in the wastes: why is he so if you think it contrary to Sir Wrs intrest. It is your province to regulate these matters as to letting all bargains & not to l
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to John Beaumont – 15 Apr 1757

To Mr John Beaumont 15 April 1757 Sir In your Lre of the 6th of March you wrote me you would certainly pay part of your arrears for Kenton wayleave, before Mayday. for which Reason the Gentlemen concerned have allowed me to keep my accounts open till that Time to see what money you pay, I think it right therefore as the time draws near to remind you of it, & to acquaint you that I beleive it will be your intrest to pay up the whole £300 at once if you possibly can, if not, I hope you
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Revd Moises – 15 Apr 1757

To The Revd. Mr Moises London 15 April 1757 Sir Sir W[alte]r Blackett desires the favour you will please to enter Mr Leake as a Sizer in what college in Cambridge you judge most proper. He sets forward in the Coach on Monday first for London & will wait on you with a Lre f[ro]m Sir Wr. as soon as he comes to town. You will please to let Sir Wr. or me know w[ha]t money will be wanted at present on this occasion & it will be ordered to be p[ai]d to you, or as you shall direct by the
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 19 Apr 1757

To Mr Denton 19 April 1757 Dr Sir I have rec[eiv]ed your Lre of the 14th, but Sir Walter can't find here any of the three Receipts you mention for money paid Mr Stowel, Mr Martin & Mr North, but whether he has them in London he does not know. When Mr Darwin was here he took all the Receipts that Sr. Walter ever delivered to me for money paid by him on the Trust account, but whether any of the receipts you want were among them I can't tell for I kept no acct. of what I deliver
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to John Peart – 21 Apr 1757

To Mr John Peart at Newhouse Newcastle 21 April 1757 Sir I rec[eiv]ed your letter of the 18th about Scraithhead & Pikestone, & have communicated it to Sir Wr. who is willing to let them on such terms as you & Mr Bacons think proper. But there is about 3 years to go in the old tack, & you cannot let a new Tack till the old one is expired or given up. The people who were with me offer to take Scraithhead at 30s a Bing wch Sir Walter will agree to if approved of by Mr Bacon &a
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 26 Apr 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton Grays Inn London 26 April 1757 Dr Sr Since my last I have rec[eiv]ed Mr Ellis's acct. for the y[ea]r 1756, in wch I observe an Article charged for some woody gro[un]d bought for the use of Hexham Tine Mils, wch he had omitted to charge in his accts for the y[ea]r 1755. this P[iec]e of Gro[un]d lays near Dilston park, is not let, but is reserved for a spring of wood for the use of the Mils solely & therefore ought to be charged to the trust Estate, as those in
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 30 Apr 1757

To Sir W[alte]r Blackett Bt. MP. at his house in Curzon Street London Newcastle 30 April 1757 Hon. Sir Capt[ai]n Lambert left this place on thursday senight & Wm. Fenwick, with the other recruits, marched the day before for Norwich. I learn from Dr Lambert that the Captn had said, upon some Application made to him for Fenwick's discharge, that it was not at all in his power; & that Tho. Fenwick was but a weak soldier, yet, as on acct. of his profession he wo[ul]d be useful
The Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers Project aimed to celebrate and discover the heritage of the Dukesfield Arches & lead carriers' routes between Blaydon and the lead mines of Allendale and Weardale. A two year community project, it was led by the Friends of the North Pennines in partnership with Hexhamshire and Slaley Parish Councils and the active support of Allendale Estates. It was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the generous support of other sponsors. Friends of the North Pennines: Charity No:1137467