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Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 23 Dec 1763
To Mr Jno Bell at Newcastle 23rd December 1763
Mr Ellis’s in Hexham
Sir/ Inclosed I return you the draught of your Bond and the Letter of Attorney, with such alterations as appear to me to be proper and as will be agreeable to Sir Walter Blackett. It is unnecessary to insert a power of distraining in the Letter of Attorney because by the statu[t]e every Bailiff Steward or Agent of any Landlord etc has that power given
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 31 Dec 1763
To Sir Walter Blackett Bart MP Newcastle 31st Decr 1763
in half moon street Piccadilly
London
Hon[our]d Sir On the 22nd inst. I received the Thousand Pounds for your Bond to Mr Byne, & have charged the same in my Cash Acct; & included are Peareth & Sorsbie’s two Bills, as below, for one thousand pounds: which I desire you will please to advise the receipt of.
Nobody says any thing to me yet about Kenton, or ab[ou]
Letter – Henry Richmond to George Douglas – 2 Jan 1764
To Mr Geo Douglas, Plumber in Berwick Newcastle 2nd Janry 1764
I am very sorry you sent me Sterlings bill on Milburne in part of your rent; for I indorsed it to our bankers and now it is not accepted; & therefore will be returned protested, with charges & interest besides discredit – pray let me hear immediately what is proposed to be done by Mr Sterling & you in this matter. I am etc.
H Richmond
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 10 Jan 1764
To Sir Walter Blackett Beamont M.P. Newcastle 10th January 1764
In Halfmoon Street Picadilly London
Honourable Sir Your part of the partnership Pay bills which I received last Week, amounts to 2764.4.5 ½ ; and as the money for this Pay must be kept ready, to wait Mr. Bacon’s motions, I think it would not be advisable to pay the 600 for the purchase of Mollersteads out of the Residue of your present Cash, Lest these should be a want for nece
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 14 Jan 1764
To Mr William Alvey Darwin Newcastle 14th January 1764
In Grays Inn London
Sir I received your Lre of the inst inclosing me a London Bank bill for fifteen pounds ; wch I have placed to your credit in the accts. between us I have therein made you d[eb]tor for the fourteen pounds fourteen shillings & four pence w[hi]ch I this day paid to Isable Richardson for the Balance of the Acct of her sons wages on Board the Ar
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Hutchinson – 14 Jan 1764
To Mr. William Hutchinson Newcastle 14 January 1764
Attorney at Law Bernard Castle
Sir I wish Mr Bowes had desired any Gentleman of the Law to call upon me at first it wo[ul]d have saved much trouble at once have made the matter more intelligible than by Lre. As to the 170 wch you now inquire after, the note of it appears to be Mr Bowes’s own writing but the Receipt is Mr Maughans writing who is Grove Stewa
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 15 Jan 1764
To Mr Isaac Hunter or Mr Isaac Hunter jun[io]r Newcastle 15th Jan[ua]ry 1764
At Dukesfield
Sir You will observe by the Newcastle papers that a Meeting is appointed (I don’t know by whom) to be held at Stanhope on the 25th inst for the Freeholders etc having right of Comon on the Moors in Stanhope Bailiwic to sign then consent to a bill to be presented to Parliam[en]t for inclosing and deciding the same. You know Sir W[alte]r Blackett is interested
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 1 Feb 1764
To Sir W[alte]r Blackett Bt. MP in Newcastle 1 Febry 1764
Halfmoon Street Picadilly London
Hon[ou]rd Sir. My Bro[the]r tells me Ald[erma]n Simpson will let you have a thousand pounds at 4 & q[uarter] p[er]C[en]t & inclosed is a bond for it, which if you please to execute, & return, I will receive the money & charge it in my Cash acco[un]t & apply it as you direct. I have not yet heard any thing from Dr Shar
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Sharp – 4 Feb 1764
To The Revd Dr Sharp
At Hartburn Newcastle 4th Febry1764
I received a letter lastnight from Sir W[alte]r Blackett in wch he directs me to get an article prepared for the purchase of Mollersteads agreeable to the conditions insisted upon by Mr Thirlwell for it : but before I speak to Mr Dodds who I understand is Mr Thirlwells Attorney abo[u]t this matter I shall be glad to know, i
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Hutchinson – 6 Feb 1764
To Mr Willm Hutchinson Attorney Newcastle 6th Febry 1764
at Law at Mr Joseph Hayes’s in
the Bailey Durham
Sir I recd your lre requiring my attending the Com[mission]n at Durham this week in the Cause between Mr Bowes & Mr Loftus & have waited till this morning expecting to hear as you said I would from George Wood about the chaise; but as I did not hear from him I sent this morning after him & find he has failed in his business and is now in priva
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 7 Feb 1764
To Sir W[alte]r Blackett Baro[ne]t MP Newcastle 7th Febry 1764
Half Moon Street Piccadilly London
Hon[our]ed Sir The proprietors of the bottle houses here will make no opposition by what I can learn to the Importation of 500 or even a thousand doz[e]n of champagne in French bottles, provided the Importation is confined to the port of London ; otherwise a great opening will be given for Fraud & smuggling, to the prejudice of the manufactory as we
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 12 Feb 1764
To R[ichar]d Wilson Esq[uir]e at Leeds Newcas[tle] 12th Febry 1764
Inclosed is Joseph Kings bill on Frazer & Wharton for Two hundred & Sixty nine pounds, Eighteen Shillings & Sixpence: being the balance of my acco[un]t of West Kenton Rents due Mayday last. of which acco[un]t I have herewith sent you two parts, one signed by me, the other I desire you will sign & return ; & that you will please by the return of the post, to advise me of the Receipt
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 14 Feb 1764
To Sir Walter Blackett, Baro[ne]t MP Newcas[tle] 14th Febry 1764
In Halfmoon Street Picadilly London
Hon[ou]rd Sir I have received the thousand pounds of Mr Simpson for your Bond & have charged it in my Cash acco[un]t.
That Messrs Peareth & Sorsbie have of late years been the principal purchasers of your lead has been owing to the War: wch turned that trade chiefly into the hands of Merchants in London for whom they are concerned & it has
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Robson – 14 Feb 1764
To William Robson Newcas[tle] 14th Febry 1764
At Wallington
Sir I am sorry to hear of George Pringle’s Death. I am afraid Sir Walter will be a Sufferer by him, notwithstanding you have so good an acco[un]t of his stock. You have certainly done right in dispatching Mr Liddel & Mr Laidler to secure all that can be come at. You know he has paid no Rent & therefore owes £225 for a year and a halfs’ Rent due Martin[m
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 15 Feb 1764
To Sir Walter Blackett Baro[ne]t M.P. Newcas[tle] 15th Febry 1764
In Halfmoon Street Picadilly London
Hon[ou]rd Sir Mr Peareth says the 5d a Chald[ron] is a Duty which the Town of Newcastle has taken time imemorially of every Person who exports Coals; unless he is free of this Town, or of the Cinque ports or certain other ports to the number of 26 in all. & that it is for the Conservatorship of the River. As to the Tickett money he says it is
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 15 Feb 1764
To Richard Wilson Esq Newcas[tle] 15th Febry 1764
At Leeds
Sir I find by the Gazette wch came here last night that a Comission of Bankrupt is awarded against Frazer & Wharton on whom Joseph King drew the Bill I sent you. I have seen him this Morning & if you have not sent the Bill to London he desires you will return it to me.& he will give me either another Bill or Cash as you choose. If the Bill should be gone to Lon
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Fenwick – 17 Feb 1764
To John Fenwick Esq[uire] in Newcaqs[tle] 17th Febry 1764
Roberts’s Place York
Sir I received your lre of the 13th inst[an]t requiring Sir W[alte]r Blackett to pay you Five hundred pounds on the 12th May next in part of his & Mr Peareth’s joint Bond to you for
£2000.
I have not yet heard from Sir W[alte]r to whom you say you have wrote about it, but I make no doubt the money will be ready. Only in the mean time I think it proper
Letter – Thomas Wentworth to Diana Bosville – 22 Feb 1764
Bretton Feb. 22d 1764
Dear Dy
You may not think me Serious enough, but I can not take things in so serious a light as you seem to do, You are present & I at a Distance, that may make some Difference, However to speak my Plain Opinion, it seems to me that Mr &Mrs D.r have in their minds to endeavour to make a Cat's Paw of you to insinuate that they can not be easy in their Minds, except I will see 'em & be thoroughly reconcild to 'em, which will
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 24 Feb 1764
To Mr John Bell at Mr Rich[ard] Ellis’s Newcas[tle] 24 Febry 1764
In Hexham
Sir I am sorry that Allendale petty tithes cannot be at the old Rent of £100 a year. I do not see any reason for it except the Scarcity of Fodder last Spring has lessened the number of lambs, calves etc. But tho[ugh] the old Tithes may have suffered by that calamity there is now a better prospect for new ones. Seven pounds a year is a great abatement, without any a
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Robson – 24 Feb 1764
To Mr William Robson Newcas[tle] 24 Febry 1764
at Wallington
Sir I am very glad you are so much better; & glad to find you think Sir Walter will be no loser by George Pringle. I do not see that you have had more than two sums of me last year ; to wit £300 on the 17th May & £250 on the 19th Nov[embe]r. I am very much afraid Sir W[alte]r will suffer by Anth[on]y Hunter & George Browne. the former owes £3
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Sleigh – 25 Feb 1764
To William Sleigh Esq[uire] Newcas[tle] 25 Febry 1764
at Stockton
Sir I thank you for your favour of the 23rd inst[an]t. I find thereby that Lead has been sold at Stockton proportionably with other ports as well as this. At this port about 8000 p[iece]s have been sold lately at £14.5.0 p[er] Fother for the Comon sort & £14.10.0 for the refined. But I made a stop yesterday & refused to sell 1000 p[iece]s of
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bacon – 29 Feb 1764
To John William Bacon Esq[uir]e Newcas[tle 29 Febry 1764
At Newton cap near Durham
Sir In June last I gave Mr Rutter the usual Acco[un]ts of your proportion of Weardale Rents, for the year 1762, amounting to £126.9s.3d ; & desired he would let me have that money in a month or two : Because I was satisfied you would choose to reimburse Sir W[alte]r Blackett as soon as you knew what your proportion came to. As I have spoke to Mr Rutter
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 29 Feb 1764
To Sir Walter Blackett Baro[net] M.P. Newcas[tle] 29 Febry 1764
In half moon Street Picadilly London
Hon[our]d Sir Inclosed is one part of the Article for the purchase of Mollersteads, wch I have just got from Mr Dodds. Mr Fawcett has perused & approved of it ; & if you please to execute it before two witnesses & return it, I shall exchange it for the other part which Mr Dodds says Mr Thirlwell has executed & left w
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 29 Feb 1764
To Mr William Alvey Darwin Newcas[tle] 29th Febry 1764
Grays Inn London
Sir Inclosed is Bell Cookson & Co Bill for two hundred & twenty pounds as above; wch I send you on acco[un]t of the quarterly payments made & to be made by you in London for Sir W[alte]r Blackett before 1st April next. I desire you will place the same to Sir W[alte]r’s acco[un]t & send me by the return of the post the usual Receipt for this Remittance wch
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 3 Mar 1764
To John Bell at Newcas[tle] 3rd March 1764
Hexham
I see by this days news paper that there is an Estate at Anick, now in possession of Geo[rge] Rochester, To be sold and that the Coll[ie]rys and other Royalties under the same are also to be sold along with it. I desire you will consult Mr Ellis and let me have his and your Opinions whether the owner of this Estate has a Right to the Royalties, for it is within
