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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 2 Dec 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton Grays Inn London Newcastle 2 Dec 1757 Dr Sir last night I got back f[ro]m Hexham, where a great many witnesses have been examined on both sides & the Referees are to make their award before the 23d of next month. In the draft of the affid[avi]t you have sent me down, I am to swear that Sir Wr. has actually paid the sums there mention'd ; in my former affid[avi]t I believe I have done so, wch I desire may be returned, as no use has been made of it & I desi
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 2 Dec 1757

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his House in St James's Street London Newcastle 2 Dec 1757 Hon. Sir Mr Scott & I got back from Hexham last night. A great many Witnesses have been examined on both sides, & if yo[u]r witnesses have proved before the Arbitrators what they s[ai]d to us on their Examination the Copyhold[ers] within the Manor of Hexham have had an uninterrupted enjoym[en]t of all the gro[un]d in dispute for time immemorial, But on the other side I find by Mr Colling
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Daniel Lascelles – 6 Dec 1757

To Danl. Lascelles Esq. MP. in Mincing Lane London Newcastle 6 Dec 1757 Sir Inclosed you receive Jos. Airey & Co's bill on Vere Glyn & Hallifax for Three hundred & seventy nine pounds fifteen shillings wch when p[ai]d will discharge the 1/2 y[ea]rs intr[es]t on the £21700 due to you f[ro]m Sr. Wr. Blackett the 14 day of Aug last Wch Bill I desire you will advise the receipt of & am etc JR To Messrs Vere Glyn & Hallifax, London Newcastle 6 Dec 1757
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 6 Dec 1757

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his house in St james's Street London Newcastle 6 Dec 1757 Hon. Sir Inclosed is Peareth & Sorsbie's bill on Freeman & Stainbanks for £300 wch I desire you will please to advise the receipt of. Mr Silvertop says he took your 1/2 of Garesfield farm of me at £5 a y[ea]r advance. The truth is as follows. That when the other tenants at Winlaton were advanced f[ro]m Mayd[a]y 1755 he & I had some talk on the Exchange ab[ou]t his farm whe
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Blackett – 6 Dec 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton in Grays Inn London Newcastle 6 Dec 1757 £60.0.0 Sir Twenty days after date pay Chris. Blackett Esq. or order Sixty Pounds value received of Sr. Edwd. Blackett Bart. & place the same to acct. as p[er] advice from, Sr. your etc JR To Chris. Blackett Esq. in York Buildings London Newcastle 6 Dec 1757 Dr Sir Above you have a bill for £60 wch I rec[eiv]ed today of Mr Jno. Blackett to remit to you, wch I desire you will advise the receipt of. I hope
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Richard Ellis – 9 Dec 1757

To Mr Richd. Ellis at Hexham Newcastle 9 Dec 1757 Sir My son says the Copy of yo[u]r last acct. was return'd you certified a long time ago, so I hope you will find it among yo[u]r papers - On the 25 Sept 1756 I rec[eiv]ed of Messrs Walton & Boag £101.16.8 for 8 yrs fee farm rent due Mich. 1755 & allowd him out of the farm £15 for Landtax, wch is placed to acct. of Hexham estate - The Receipt you gave me for 13.8.3 p[ai]d Rt. Allgood will be sent to London next post, inst
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 10 Dec 1757

To Chris. Denton Grays Inn London Newcastle 10 Dec 1757 Dr. Sr. I herewth return you my W. Kenton acct. wth my Affid[avi]t thereon for wch I p[ai]d Mr Widdrington £2 wch you will charge in yo[u]r bill -- As to the Affid[avi]t ab[ou]t Hexham Division &c I have no scruple abo[u]t making it because I know Sir Wr. has allowd all the money & I beleive his Agents have p[ai]d it accord[in]g to their vouchers, but there is an Article of 66.4.6 rep[ai]d by the Com[missione]rs being an ove
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 17 Dec 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton in Greys Inn London Newcastle 17 Dec 1757 £33.17.0 Twenty days after date pay Messrs Carr Ibbetson & Co. thirty three pounds seventeen shillings value reced of Lady Blackett and place the sam to acct. as advised by, Sir, Your etc JR To Messrs. Carr Ibbetson & Co. at the Queens Head Ludgate hill London Newcastle 17 Dec 1757 Srs Above you receive a bill for £33.17.0 to discharge the inclosed Note, wch I desire you will give a receipt on & return
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 17 Dec 1757

To Messrs Plumbe & Browne Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London Newcastle 17 Dec 1757 Sirs I have this day drawn a bill on you for £100.0.0 payable to Mr Chris. Denton or order 20 days after date, wch please to honor & place to acct. with Sir Wr. Blackett -- The last P[iece] of Silver I sent you at 5s 9d an ounce comes to 191.9.6 wch is £0.4.6 more than you make it in your Lre of the 10th inst. I desire you will please to signify if you find it to be so. & am etc JR
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 17 Dec 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton in Grays Inn London Newcastle 17 Dec 1757 Dr.Sr. Above is a bill on Messrs Plumbe & Browne for £100 wch I desire you will place to my acct. & advise the receipt of. & this day I have drawn a bill on you for £33.17.0 pay[a]ble to Messrs Carr Ibbetson & Co. at 20 days wch I have placed to the Credit of your acct. I am etc JR PS For advertising Potto Estate £ s d In the Newcastle Courant 8 times will be 1 1 0 In the Newcastle
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Richard Ellis – 20 Dec 1757

To Mr Richd. Ellis at Hexham Newcastle 20 Dec 1757 Sir Agreable to your Lre of the 17th I have p[ai]d Mr Cuthbertson & Mr Douglas the feefarm rents, wch with a receipt for George Carr & my receipt to you for £106.5.41/2 on acct. of Hexham lands will make up the money due to Mr Michl. Harbottle for Corn deliver'd to Coalcleugh as below, £268.14.4 & I have given Mr Harrison the four receipts to exchange with you for that sum to discharge his pay bill. I am etc JR £
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 23 Dec 1757

To Mr Chris. Denton Grays Inn London Newcastle 23 Dec 1757 Dr. Sir I herwth return you my Affid[avi]t with Schedules of what sums have been paid on acct. of Gunnerton Hexham & Shilden Divisions wch I hope will be satisfactory & my Bill payable to Mr Chris. Blackett wch are placed to your acct. I am not at all surprised at what you say abo[u]t Jeffreys & P[ar]tners; its my opinion you'l find it nothing but shuffling & that they'l sign no bond at all. I am very
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Thomas Haggerston – 27 Dec 1757

To Sr. Thos. Haggerston Bt. at Haggerston by Belford Newcastle 27 Dec 1757 Sir By Sr. Wr. Blacketts order I have wrote to Messrs Burns his tenants at West Ord to pay you the two y[ea]rs Castle rent you say is due to you at Mich[aelm]as last being £3.6.8 a y[ea]r out of wch the Landtax is to be allowed as below. I do not know when Sr. Carnaby died so that if there sho[ul]d not be two full y[ea]rs due to you, you will be pleased to adjust the difference wth Mr Haggerston. I am etc JR
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Samuel & James Burn – 27 Dec 1757

To Messrs Saml. & james Burn at West Ord near Berwick Newcastle 27 Dec 1757 Sirs Sr.Wr. Blackett desires you will pay Sr. Thos. Haggerston two y[ea]rs Castle rent according to the inclosd receipt, who will order his Steward to call on you for it & that you will pay him yearly 3.6.8 always deducting the Landtax & it will be allow'd you out of your rent, there are some Arrears of this rent due to Mr Haggerston, but I do not know what they amount to, so he must settle Them h
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to George Silvertop – 5 Jan 1758

To Mr Geo. Silvertop at Stella Newcastle Twefth day 1758 [5 Jan ?] Sir Without entring into Reasoning or Argument I desire the present rent of Twenty pounds may be paid to next Mayday, & from that time Thirty pounds a year to the Expiration of the lease you had from Sr. Edwd. Blackett wch I take to be Ten Years. I am etc W[alte]r Blackett [marginal note:] NB Mr Silvertop agrees to this Rent as p[er] his lre 8 Jan.
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 6 Jan 1758

1758 Jan 6 Advised Messrs Plumb & Brown of a p[iece] of silver wt. 6661/2 Oz. sent them this by Fryer Todd the London Carrier. JR
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 10 Jan 1758

To Mr Chris. Denton Grays Inn London Newcastle 10 Jan 1758 Dr Sir Inclosed are 2 bills as above for £200 wch I desire you will advise the rec[eip]t of & when p[ai]d place to my acct. - Sr. Wr. & Lady Blackett set forw[ar]ds yesterday morning. Her Ladys[hi]p will want £100 soon after she gets to Town wch I desire you will pay her & take her rec[eip]t as below, but she will not call upon you for the money till my bill for £150 becomes due. PS. I find by Mr Geo. Lisle that
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 13 Jan 1758

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his ho[use] in St james's Street London Newcastle 13 Jan 1758 Hon Sir I herewith inclose Mr Perrotts Opinion & Letter. The Case is stated f[ro]m Mr Ellis's extract from the court rolls at Anickgrainge. He says he beleives Ovingham is a Court Leet as well as Anickgrainge, & as one Leet cannot be within another it is strange how Kirkheaton comes to answer to Ovingham. The Kirkheaton tenants say they have always served on the jury at Anickgra
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 20 Jan 1758

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his ho[use] in St james's Street London Newcastle 20 Jan 1758 Hon Sir Wm. Baptist of Allanheads has p[ai]d £5 into the hands of Mr C. Hunter & begs the favour of y[ou]r intr[es]t to procure his discharge. I rec[eive]d a Lre last post f[ro]m Mr Cross to send a Doe to Mr Wade; but as I had no Ord[e]r f[ro]m you ab[ou]t it I have given for ans[we]r what J. Laidler tells me, th[a]t the season is so far advanced there is not one in the park fit to k
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 22 Jan 1758

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. at his ho[use] in St james's Street London Newcastle 22 Jan 1758 Hon Sir I find L[or]d North[umber]land's Bailif was with the Kirkheaton tenants this day senight to summon them to go to Mr Scott & th[a]t the ans[we]r they gave him was they did not know any business he hd with them; & what it co[ul]d be I cannot imagine unless he thought he co[ul]d prevail on them to attorn to his Ldsp [Lordship]. But Mr Robson has been with them & they al
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 24 Jan 1758

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. in St james's Street 24 Jan 1758 Hon Sir I saw Mr Collingwood on Saturday, who seem'd to resent Mr Ords behaviour so far as not to join in any Award on worse terms than mentioned in your proposall but yesterday he told me upon the Exchange that he could not see how they could avoid making an Award, so that I presume it is done, & I doubt with the loss of all the Ground in Dispute upon the Testimony of two persons, who all the Country says have perjur
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 27 Jan 1758

To Sir Wr. Blackett Bt. MP. London Newcastle 27 Jan 1758 Hon Sir I presume all the Writings of the late Sir Wm. Blacketts estate have been delivered up by Messrs Lascelles & must be in Mr Denton's hands, & in Bundle 8 are the Patents & Grants mentioned in the Abstract I sent up; f[ro]m wch may be clearly seen whether Kirkheaton is now within the Manor of Anickgrainge or not I think Mr Denton told me he wo[ul]d send down all those writings to be placed in your study, wher
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 27 Jan 1758

To Mr Chris. Denton London Newcastle 27 jan 1758 Dr Sir Yesterday Sr. Edwd. Blackett desired me to receive £100 for yo[u]r use, wch I have placed to your acct. I presume you have all the Writings belonging to the late Sir Wm. Blackett's estate that were given up by Messrs Lascelles; & in Bundle No. 8, it appears by the Abstract, are all the Letters Patent & Grants f[ro]m the Crown to Sr. Jno. Forster &c f[ro]m wch may be seen whether Kirkheaton now belongs to the M
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to James Lamb – 31 Jan 1758

To Mr Jam. Lamb at Haggerston Newcastle 31 Jan 1758 Sir I rec[eiv]ed yours & agreable thereto have given directions to Mr Burn to pay the Castle rent due to Sir Thos. Haggerston, deducting only £1.1.0 for Landtax as you would have it; for Sr. Wr. Blackett will not chuse to enter into any dispute with Sr. Thos. for 2s 4d tho: if I understand the meaning of the word proportion in the Act of Parliam[en]t he ought to have it allowed. I am etc JR
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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Samuel & James Burn – 31 Jan 1758

To Messrs Burns at Berwick Newcastle 31 Jan 1758 Sirs In my Lre dated 27 Dec I desired you to pay Sr. Thos. Haggerston two y[ea]rs Castle rent due Mich. last & to deduct £1.3.4 for Landtax, but his Stew[ar]d writes me that he will not allow any Landtax for more than the even pounds, so that the deduction for Landtax is only to be £1.1.0 & the money to be p[ai]d him is therefore £5.12.4 wch I desire you will pay & take his rec[eip]t for £6.13.4 in the manner mentioned in my
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