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Letter – Nicholas Halhead – 15 Nov 1762
Sir Wm Blackett intitled to the Lead Mines in Weardale by virtue of a Lease for 3 Lives & a Lease for 26 years. He made his Will wherein he says he was possessed of them as things foreign to This and devised them to <True heirs> to pay £77,000 to Guy’s Hosp then his funeral Exps & Legacies & Debts To ye use of his illegit. Dau[ghte]r Eliz. Ord or Blackett With various Remainders over then in case of no heirs to Sir Wr. for Life More Remds. to Sisters (or their Hrs. Eliz. Mar
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 15 Nov 1762
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn
London Newcastle 15th November 1762
Sir/ I have barely time to write you by this days post that I am just come from Durham & have got the new lease for Years & given Mr Halhead Sir Wr’s notes wch no doubt will be in Messrs Hoars & Cos hands very soon. I was at Durham the last week but the person with whom Mr Halhead had left the Lease was fm home. I think whe
Letter – Henry Richmond to Francis Blake – 23 Nov 1762
To Francis Blake Esq at Tillmouth Newcastle 23rd November 1762
near Berwick
Sir/ Mr Wm Robson, Sir Wr Blackett’s Steward at Wallington, will be at Mrs Humphreys in Tweedmouth on Wednesday & Thursday Senight & if you pay him the £193.5s.0d for the 200 p[iece]s of Sr Wr’s Lead his rec[iep]t shall be your discharge the same. You will please to pay him in money for <schotch> notes will be of no use either to him or me.
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 27 Nov 1762
To Mr Hunter Dukesfield Newcastle 27 November 1762
Sir/ Joseph Angus & John Angus junr Have been here today abt. Woodcroft Farm wch the old man wants to be clear of at Mayday next & recommends his 2 sons as tenants for the same in a Lre they brou[gh]t me. But as we have not agreed upon the Terms, it is proper that you acquaint the old man that he must keep the Farm till Mayday 1764. They agreed to give the £90 a yr, &
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bacon – 3 Dec 1762
To John Wm Bacon Esq Newcastle 3 December 1762
at Newtoncap
Sir/ I desire you will please to order your proportion of Weardale rents for the last yr to be p[ai]d before the Partnership pay is fixed, for we shall then want the money, the Acct. sent you sometime ago is just & right, & if there is any doubt abt. it, Mr Rutter may inspect the p[artne]rs bill when he pleases. HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Churchwardens – 8 Dec 1762
To the Churchwardens
of St Andrews Newcastle 8th December 1762
Gentlem[e]n/ Monday the 30th inst. Being appointed for the distribution of Sir Wr Blackett’s usual charity, I desire you will ticket one hundred & fifty poor people of your parish & bring them all together to Sir Walters exactly at Eight o’clock that morning. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Churchwardens – 8 Dec 1762
To the Churchwardens
of All Saints Newcastle 8th December 1762
Gentlem[e]n/ Monday the 30th inst. Being appointed for the distribution of Sir Wr Blackett’s usual charity, I desire you will ticket two hundred & fifty poor people of your parish & bring them all together to Sir Walters exactly at 10 o’clock that forenoon. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Churchwardens – 8 Dec 1762
To the Churchwardens
of St.Nicholas Newcastle 8th December 1762
Gentlem[e]n/ Monday the <20th inst.> Being appointed for the distribution of Sir Walter Blackett’s usual charity, I desire you will ticket one hundred & fifty poor people of your parish & bring them all together to Sir Walters exactly at one o’clock that afternoon. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Churchwardens – 8 Dec 1762
To the Churchwardens
of St. Johns Newcastle 8th December 1762
Gentlem[e]n/ Monday the 30th Being appointed for the distribution of Sir Wr Blackett’s usual charity, I desire you will ticket one hundred & fifty poor people of your parish & bring them all together to Sir Walters exactly at 2 o’clock that afternoon. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 10 Dec 1762
To Mr I Hunter Newcastle 10 December 1762
at Dukesfield
Sir/ As to the Coalpits Farm I shall write you in a post or two, as I expect to see Mr Robson soon.
As to Woodcroft it lies so separate fm Sir Wrs Agents that it wo[uld] be well if it was let to a good Tenant at £90 a Yr certain for 15 or even or 21 Yrs with such encouragements as you mention namely the building a draw kiln the Tenant leading th
Letter – Henry Richmond to Christopher Johnson – 11 Dec 1762
To Mr Chris[tophe]r Johnson Newcastle 11 December 1762
Att[orne]y at Law in Durham
Sir/ I shall be much obliged to you if by the return of the post, you can inform me where Mr Thos Clerk, who was a Clerk or secretary to B[isho]p Chandler the last Yr or 2 of his Life, is to be found; if Living. Or if Dead, how we can be certified he is so. I am etc HR
Letter – Edward Stewart to Nicolas Walton – 14 Dec 1762
Copys of the following Deeds & papers viz.
35.Edw.1. No 1. Inquisition
Oct 47 Edw.3 it No.1. Inquisition
29 Sept.1661. B. No.1. Lease from F.Radcliffe to Sr Cuth. Heron
Miscellaneous Papers No.4. A note out of some antient Record ———-
This & all other antient Records relating Tyndal or Wark shoud be searched for & Copys thereof taken & sent & in the meantime a Copy of this note may be sent
No. 13 Instructions for the Bailiff
18 Aug 1671. No.26. A paper
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Ellis – 21 Dec 1762
To Mr Richd Elis Newcastle 21 December 1762
Hexham
Sir/ Inclosed you receive back the duplicate of your rental of Hexham Lands etc due Mayday 1761 signed by me as I have found the same Right. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 24 Dec 1762
To Messrs Plumb & Brown Golds[mi]ths Newcastle December 1762
Forster Lane London
Sirs/ I have this day sent you by Matt Lee the London Carrier a p[iec]e fine silver Bullion weighing 702 ounces; wch I desire you will place to Acct with Sir Wr Blackett as usual at the Markett price & advise me of your Rec[iep]t of the same.
My Father joins in wishing you many happy years. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Rutter – 26 Dec 1762
To Mr Wm Rutter junr Newcastle 26th December 1762
in Westgate
Sir/ Inclos’d is a copy of the Bill for uniting the 2 Leases of Wear[dale] mines as it is now settled & wch Sir Wr Blackett bid me send to Mr Bacon. I think you talked of getting to Newtoncap tomorrow & therefore beg you will take the trouble of it. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 28 Dec 1762
To Mr Thos Maughan at Newhouse Newcastle 28th December 1762
in Weardale
Sir/ I am very sorry for the Loss of Breckonside & learn nothing can be done to recover her. I heard of the accident from Mr Rutter before I got your Lre [letter]. I find they will be eagerer than ever to have Harnishow set on. But we will talk further upon that subject when I see you wch I hope will be on Tuesday the 11th of next month, the day fixed as I wrote for receiving mon
Calculations – Thomas Marshall – 1 Jan 1763
An Answer to two Accounts delivered at the same time to the Lord Bishop of Durham by Sir Walter Blackett Baronet, One of them said to be of all the Ore gotten in Weardale under the two Leases, the Latter has from the former, between 1st. Day of Janry 1749 and the 1st. Day of Janry 1762, being twelve Years; Together with the Cost of the said Ore; Dated the 28th. day of March last past & Signed by Mr. Peareth & Mr. Walton And the Other intitled in Substance much the Same and making the Yea
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Ellis – 8 Jan 1763
To Mr Rich[ar]d Ellis at Hexham Newcastle 8th January 1763
Sir/ Sir Wr Blackett’s Benevolenc[e] makes him always ready to releive those who are in want, & therefore he desires you will send me a List of such persons in Hexham & its neighbourhood as may by the severe season, if the frost continues any time be reduced to Distress, & then I shall give you directions conformable to what he has impowered me to do, in the mean time you wil
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Robson – 8 Jan 1763
To Mr Wm. Robson at Wallington Newcastle 8th January 1763
Sir/ Sir Wr Blackett whose Goodness is always active in the times of publick distress apprehending we have as severe a Frost here as they have in London & fearing the continuance of it will bear hard upon some of his tenants & poor neighbours ab[ou]t Wallington, writ to me last post to send to you for the names of such poor neighbours & tenants as may want immediate assistance &
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 11 Jan 1763
To Mr I Hunter at Dukesfield Newcastle 11 January 1763
Sir/ I have recd the pay bills safe & desire you will acquaint Mr Salkeld so & thank him for his trouble for filling them up. I am very glad, in making the agreement with Walton that you left yourself at Liberty in Case of Old Angus’s irresolution or rather artifice of wch I was always apprehensive; & you will see with some reason, by the Lre I sent you by his 2 sons
Letter – Henry Richmond to Messrs Rutter – 14 Jan 1763
To Messrs John, Matthew & Henry Rutter Newcastle 14 January 1763
Sirs/ I have directions to send for a Writ against you upon your promissory note to Sir Walter Blackett unless you come & pay me directly what is due upon it. You know you have had more indulgence than is ever granted by any other Landlord to way going Tenants and you know also, that what was promised in November last has been entirely forgot by you. I am sorry I have occasion to write
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Ellis – 5 Feb 1763
To Mr Richd Ellis Hexham Newcastle 5th February 1763
Sir/ I have been informed, since my Lre on Tuesday that a subscription is set on foot in Hexham for the relief of the poor there & in the neighbourhood. If so I desire you will contribute ten Guineas for Sir Walter Blackett, either in that Way or such other as you judge better, & place the same to his Acc[oun]t; as I know it will be agreeable to him. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Dixon – 14 Feb 1763
To Mr John Dixon Att[orne]y at Law Newcastle 14th February 1763
in Durham
Sir/ I recd a Lre from Sr Wr Blackett inclosing me a copy of the petition, wch you have sent to Parliament, for the division of Bulbeck Common. Sr Walter tells me you are the solicitor for the Bills & being desirous of having a Copy of it, directs me to apply to you for one. I shall be glad thereof to receive one as soon as convenient to you & am etc
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Hutchinson – 2 Mar 1763
To Mr Wm. Hutchinson Attorney at Law Newcastle 2nd March 1763
Bernard Castle
Sir/ I reced your Lre of the 27th ult[im]o; but sho[ul]d be glad to know the nature of the dispute wch occasions the Inquiry you therein make.because such information wo[ul]d better enable me to write to Sir Walter Blackett’s mine stuard, that buys the wood wanted for his Leadmines; & so to give you a more satisfactory ans[we]r to your Lre than I can at presen. I am etc
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 3 Mar 1763
To Mr Thos. Maughan Newcastle 3 March 1763
at Newhouse
Sir/ I find there is likely to be a Law suit between certain p[er]sons claiming under Mr Robt. Blakeston Bowes of Bradley, & some others & an enquiry has been made of me abt. the wood bou[gh]t at Bradley, how much was paid for it & how the payments can be proved. I see that Mr Bowes was p[ai]d all the money, by us, except the last sixt
