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Letters – Joseph Richmond to William Darwin – 30 Nov 1759
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn London Newc 30 Nov 1759
Inclosed is Airey &c bill on Messrs Vere Glyn and Hallifax for 225£ which I desire you will place to my acct and advise the receipt of and when Mr Vernon calls upon you pay Lady Mansels ½ yrs annty due 10th last month and when I receive the rest I will give you 6s for it and advise you thereof. I desire the reciept may be made recd of Sir Wr Blackett by my hand and you will witness it, that it may be a proper voucher to my
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Richard Wilson – 4 Dec 1759
To Rich..d Wilson Esq at Leeds Newc 4th Dec 1759
Sir
The Ponteland turnpike peple having wro[ugh]t the quarry in Lowthians farm have opened ano[the]r place in Wm Kings farm adjoining the bounder hedge between Kenton and Newbegin. I am offered £5 a year for the Quarry by a mason who agrees to pay all damage that may be done the tenants and I have this day got a person of judgement to view the quarry who will try the nature of the stone and will let me know in a few days w[ha]t rent she
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Plumb and Brown – 7 Dec 1759
To Messrs Plumb and Brown Goldsmiths Foster lane London Newc 7th Dec 1759
I have this day drawn a bill on you for 150£ payable to Robt Shafto Esq on order 20 days after date, wch please to honour and place to Sir W blacketts acct and when if some is paid I think the balance that will remain in your hands will be 4£ 12s. 11¾. I shall be glad to know by a line whether you make it so
I am... etc JR
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Daniel Lascelles – 7 Dec 1759
To Danl Lascelles in Mincing Lane London 7th Dec 1759
Sir
Inclosed is a bill as above for £379.5s. 0d to discharge the ½ years intrest on Sir W Blackett's mortgage due 26th Aug last which I desire may be placed accordingly and that you will please to advise me on the receipt hereof Iam etc JR
No 6118 Newcastle 8th Nov 1759
£379.15.0
At fifty days date pay to the order of Messrs Peareth and Sorsbie three hundred and seventy nine pounds fifteen shillings
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Richard Wilson – 7 Dec 1759
To Richd Wilson Esq at Leeds Newc 7th Dec 1759
Sir
You herewith receive Joseph Willm King's bond for three hundred pounds asgreable to your directions, wch I desire you will please to advise me on your receipt of You also receive inclosed an acct how I have settled with Messrs Kings for their last Mayday rent and how your bill on Mr Thos Wilson &c for £21 13.2 has been apply'd wch please to return me signed and if you require it I will send you a duplicate ------ Mr
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 8 Dec 1759
To Mr Collingwd Forster Attern at Law Alnwick 8th Dec 1759
D[ea]r Sir
I recd your Lre of the 3rd inst wch I defer’d answering till I co[ul]d see Mr Robson who is now here, he says he does know the name of the Ring net stand marked B in his own plan, which you receive inclosed. So that I know of no way to get it but by writing to Mr Ian Bunn of Berwick who farms Sir Wm Fishery, wch I desire you will be pleased to do As to your draft wch I return you inclosed I do not doubt but it
Letter – Joseph Richmond to William Jeffreys – 8 Dec 1759
To Mr Wm Jeffreys Attorn at Law Berwick 8th Dec 1759
Sir
I recd your Lre of 30 ult. I am sorry to find you still in the complaining strain when I hoped matters had been settled to your satisfaction. For my part I am much a stranger to the affair so must refer you to Mr C Forster for an ans[we]r who Sir W Blackett desired to enquire into the matter. I am etc. JR
Letter – Joseph Richmond to John Fenwick – 9 Dec 1759
To Mr Fenwick at Roberts' Place Bootham Barr York 9th Dec 1759
Sir
I have a Lre this post from Sir Wr wherein he orders me to aquaint you that he is willing to continue your money at a quarter P.C advance intrst from the 12th May next. He will be in the country very soon and if you do not think this sufficient he will write you a Lre himself to confirm it I am etc JR
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Johnson – 18 Dec 1759
To Mr Chrst Johnson Attorny at Law Durham 18th Dec 1759
D[ea]r Sir
Mr Wilkinson promised me the other day he wo[ul]d write to you to deliver up Sir Wr Blacketts writings in your custody and Sir Wr being now here desires to have them before he returns to London wch will be in about 14 days, for we really are at a stand for want of them on an affair of consequence. I will therefore be obliged to you for a line fixing the time when you will send them hither or may I come and receive the
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 21 Dec 1759
To Mr Colling.wd Forster Attorn. At Law Alnwick 21st December 1759
Sir
You receive herewth copies of the agreement Mr Bulman made for the Coll'ry in the Threap Gro[un]d. The originals are in the hand of Mr Rd Lisle. You see there is no grant of any particular ways and if Mr Bulman promised any ways he had no right to himself. That, as I mentioned in my last can be no obligation upon Sir Wr. The inclosures I believe have all been made since the colliery was let, but Mr Robs
Letter – Walter Blackett to John Fenwick – 22 Dec 1759
To Jno Fenwick Esq at Roberts Place Near Boothams Gate York 22nd December 1759
Sir
I was prevented from witing to you so soon as you desired to inform you that I was ready to continue the 2000£ at the rate of 4 & a quartr P.Cent from the 12th of May next but find that Mr Richmond hath writ to you to that purpose, if you are willing to continue the money upon those terms till further notice for either party I shall readily agree to it I am
Yr hble svt
Wr Blac
Letter – Joseph Richmond to William Darwin – 28 Dec 1759
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin December 28th 1759
Sir
I have received your letter of the 22nd inclosing Mr Vernons receipt for 225£ which I have placed to your account. I send you inclosed John James and Mathew Lee the London Carriers two notes for 1000£ each, which I desire which you will place for Sir Walters acct and advise the receipt of and next week I shall send you by the carrier if I cannot meet with a bill at a short date 1 or 200£ more This money Sir Walter says is to be pai
Letter – Walter Blackett to Bishop of Durham – 28 Dec 1759
To The Rt Revd and Hon the Bp of Durham (Nb Honble should be before Rt Rev?) London
NewC 28 Dec 1759
My Lord
Being informed that your Ldshp hath granted a lease to Mr H Wilkinson of all the mines in the inclosure and parks in the parishes and parks of Stanhope and Wolsingham I cannot but take the earliest opportunity of representing to you that I have a lease of the same liberties, wch lease was renewed 29 Aug 1746 and hath above 7 years to go wch my agent Mr Darwin in Grays Inn
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Richard Wilson – 29 Dec 1759
To Rich. Wilson Esq in Leeds Newc 29 Dec 1759
Sir
Inclosed is copy of an article for the quarry in Wm Kings farm wch Mr Thos Gunn agrees to, but it is understood by him and me as a proposal only for your approbation and liable to any objections you think proper to make; if you approve of it you will please to sign and return a counter pt either on a stamp or otherwise as you think proper . You have below the price of Glass at this place and I think if comon glass may do very well,
Letter – Henry Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 1 Jan 1760
To Mr Collingwd Forster Attorney at Law Newcastle 1st Janry 1760
Alnwick
Sir
We were much surprised to find by Mr Burns lre to you, that upon the best enquiry he co[ul]d make he cannot find that that Mr Kettleby has more than one ring net stand in Sir Wr Blacketts liberty of Ord and that even Mr Todd, who I understand is employed for Mr Kettleby knows of no more than one.
I was at Wallington on the 28th ulto when I talked this matter over with Mr William Robson before Sir Walter
Letter – Joseph Richmond to William Darwin – 4 Jan 1760
To Mr Willm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn 4th January 1760
London
Sir
By Sir Walters direction I send you inclosed Jos Airey and Comp[any] bill on Messrs Vere Glyn and Halifax for one hundred and fifty pounds wch I desire you will place to Sir Walters acct and advise receipt of. You must also charge to Sir Walters acct what you paid for the articles sent to be executed by Col Clavering and your trouble in attanding him and I desire you will send me a note of it that you may get the mone
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 6 Jan 1760
To Sir Walter Blackett Bt at Wallington 6th January 1760
Hon[oure]d Sir
I wish you wo[ul]d be pleased to desire Sir Ed Blackett to meet you here some time before you go to London and bring his steward Mr Armstrong with him in order that you may come to some resolution about the cottages at Winlaton wch is a matter of consequence that ought now to be settled. The tenants look upon them as Customary Estate and convey and dispose of them at their pleasure tho' they were origina
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Plumb and Brown – 8 Jan 1760
8 Janry 1760 Advised Plumb and Brown of 2 ps fine silver sent them by Fryer Todd on the 5 inst weighing 1142 ounces and a half JR
Letter – Joseph Richmond to William Robson – 8 Jan 1760
8 Janry 1760 Wrote Mr W Robson that I desired he wo[ul]d contrive to be in town before Sir Wr went for London otherwise the 3 leases for the Fenwick tenants vizt Mr Hunter Geo Brown and Dodds and Dixon co[ul]d not be filled, the p[ar]cells and the rents being so uncertainly expressed in the articles that we could not understand them JR
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 15 Jan 1760
To Mr Collingwd Forster Attorney at Law, Alnwick 15th Janry 1760
Dr Sir
I have shewn your lre of yesterdays date to Mr Robson who says that part of Sir Wr Blacketts Estate where Mr Kettlebys (two) ring net stands adjoin is now called Middle Ord, as you will see by his plan, wch you have. But this name of Middle Ord is only a modern name given to this farm when it was let to Thomas Thompson. That it consists of land antiently called West Ord and East Ord, now laid together, but mos
Letter – Joseph Richmond to Richard Wilson – 15 Jan 1760
To Rd Wilson Esq at Leeds 15 Janry 1760
Sir
Mr Thos Gunn has been with me today desiring to know if you accept of his proposal at the quarry, for he says this is the time for his hiring his men and therefore waits your answer, tho I find he has had some men at work already in baring her and hopes you will allow him to win some stones before the rent commences. I am &c JR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Caleb Hunter – 16 Jan 1760
To Mr Caleb Hunter at Allendale 16th Janry 1760
Sir
Sir Walter having secured Mr Harrisons report and examined the bearer orders that you discharge John Spark from working any longer at Allenhead as he appears to have been the ring leader of the late tumult, and if he give any further disturbance you are to get a warrant to carry him before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with according to law, As for the other two Sparks and Robinson if they will acknowledge their fault and prom
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Cross – 18 Jan 1760
To Mr John Cross at Leeds 18th Janry 1760
Dear Sir
I have received your letter of the 14th inst with your receipt for sixty pounds for the half years payment due from Sir Walter Blackett the 24th ulto and Mr Robson being here yesterday I paid him 18£ agreable to your order, and I have sent you by Warburton the carrier the remaining 42£ which I hope will come safe to hand , I have also you by him a small parcell containing a Deed which Sir Walter desires you will forward to Par
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 25 Jan 1760
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin, Greys Inn, London Newcastle 25th Janry 1760
Sir
By Sir Walter's direction I have I have sent by Lee the London Carrier this Day three Trunks directed to you, wch Sir Wr desires you will take care of and says he will write you about them soon. You need not pay the carriage of them, only let us know that you receive them safe and we shall pay the Carrier when he returns hither. The 3 keys belonging to these trunks are sent by Mr Ridley's butler direct
Letter – Henry Richmond to Christopher Johnson – 25 Jan 1760
To Mr Chris. Johnson Attorney at Law in Durham 25th Janry 1760
Sir
I was talking to you when here, that as the house in Hornsby Chair was burnt down, Sir Wr Blackett must soon sell on or rebuild but he can do neither till he obtains a declaration of trust from Mr Wilkinson, whom I have spoke to by Sir Wrs directions and he says if you will prepare one he will execute it when he comes to Durham wch I suppose you will be able to do fm the schedule of the deeds, that you have, there be
