The Revd Hy Phillpotts Durham Newcastle 31st October 1820
Sir
I am by this morning’s post favoured with your letter of yesterday’s date; and if I have not referred to the estimation of Value of your Tythe Ore & the deductions you had made therefrom, it was because in our conversations I had before urged that it could only be upon Compo[sition]s with the Bishop and Rector for the Lot & Tythe Ore that the Weardale Mines could be worked to advantage by the Lessee; and also that
The Revd Henry Phillpotts Durham Newcastle 2nd Novemr 1820
I am favored with your letter of yesterday’s date; and that I may Contribute by every means within my power to promote an Agreement between you and Col Beaumont, I do not object to your shewing, the Statement which I delivered to you, to Mr Fenwick, who I shall be happy to meet here [struck out: tomorrow] this evening if it suits his convenience to come. – The words you impute to me respecting the Dean & Chapter’s Mine
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Newcastle 3 Novemr 1820
Madam
By yesterdays post I transmitted to you copies of Letters to & from Mr Phillpotts & now have the Honor to send annexed Copy of another received from him this morning. Mr Fenwick cannot be expected here before tomorrow and what will be the result of our interview, coming from Mr Phillpotts, is difficult rightly to conjecture. – The Cash Acc[oun]t and Lead Sales for last month are drawn out; and also the Reports for Allenheads
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Newcastle 4 Novr 1820
Annexed is copy of a Letter from Mr Phillpotts del[ivere]d to me this day by Mr Fenwick; and notwithstanding the reliance which Mr Phillpotts professes to <repose> in Mr Fenwick, I did not find that the latter was invested with the least power to conclude, upon any terms, an Agreement. I however entertain hopes We shall at last bring this evasive and unreasonable Gentleman to terms. I found Mr Fenwick the very opposite of his Employer fai
Newcastle 10 Novemr 1820
Mrs Beaumont Bretton.
Mr Fenwick called yesterday afternoon for the first time since Saturday, and came unauthorised by Mr Phillpotts to Conclude any Agreement. – He was sent, no doubt, to sift and draw me into a new project on which to negotiate, by intimating that Mr Phillpotts might be induced to accept 4000 G[uinea]s for the Tyth[e] of Your Ore, provided the produce of the Lead Company’s was given up to him; - to this – I gave a decided negative
Newcastle 11 Novemr 1820
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall.
Mr Fenwick has been here this day, authorized by Mr Phillpotts to accept £5000 p Annum certain Rent during the Bishops Life for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope; and I have told him that I am not empowered to accede to so unreasonable a proposition. – Mr Fenwick is again to see Mr Phillpotts and endeavor to persuade him to reduce his demand to £4500 so as to come nearer to my offer and lessen the difficulty that stands in the way to
N[ew]Castle 14 Novr 1820
Revd Hy Phillpotts College Durham.
I have this morning rec[eive]d your Letter of yesterday’s date informing me, that you accept the certain Rent of £4500 per ann[u]m during the present Bishop of Durham’s Incumbency for your Tythe Ore in the parish of Stanhope; and having by this days post received authority from Col Beaumont to exercise my discretion in the matter, I hereby on his behalf agree to the same, the payments to be made quarterly as stated in
Newcastle 14 November 1820
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall.
The immediate departure of the Post only gives me time to say that I have rec[eive]d your Letter of yesterday; and have concluded an Agreement with Mr Phillpotts for his Tythe Ore during the Incumbency of the present Bishop of Durham for £4500 a Year! – I am etc
T W Beaumont Esqr M.P. Newcastle 15 Novemr 1820
107 Pall Mall - London. –
In this and another cover I beg to transmit the Quarterly Report of the State of Allenheads and Coalcleugh Lead Mines; and to inform you that the treaty with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope is concuded, by an Agreement to pay him for it £4500 a Year, during the present Bishop of Durhams Incumbency.
I am etc MM
Newcastle 23rd Novemr 1820
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall.
By the Telegraph Coach which goes from hence to Leeds to morrow morning, I have forwarded to Col Beaumont’s address the Lease and Indenture with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope, to be signed by you and Col Beaumont and afterwards to be returned to me. – the Lease to be retained in this Office & the Indenture to be delivered to Mr Phillpotts. –
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Three Boxes of Spar from Weardale wei
Newcastle 25th Novemr 1820
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall
I have given you Credit in my Cash Acc[oun]t for £15 of Reed & Co’s Notes rec[eiv]ed in your Letter of the 16th inst. – The water at Coalcleugh is somewhat abated, sufficient to see a little more into the Vein, but not enough to form any correct opinion as yet of its probable productiveness. Respecting the <day> Level suggested by Wm Crawhall to be driven from the side of West Allen River. I beg to observe it is the
General Report of Mines &c Nov. 1820
Alston Moor
Rampgill Mine No change deserving of notice has occurred at this Mine since last Report. The Level driving by Jno Milburn &c continues, as it proceeds to open out poor Ore Workings, but which however as there is now little other expense upon this Mine, is leaving a tolerable profit.
Rampgill Sun Vein since the letting the Partnership (M Bull &c) contrary to all expectations has met with a small string that is ex
Messrs Rundell & Co Ludgate Hill Newcastle 25th Novemr 1820
Advising of having sent pWaggon a Pce Silver of 1224Oz -21 inst MM
Revd Henry Phillpotts Durham Newcastle 9th Decemr 1820
I herewith enclose £1125 being the amount of 1/4th of a Years Composition for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope due to You on the 10th inst from T R Beaumont Esqr. You will be pleased to return me an acknowledgement for the am[oun]t specifying the nature of the Payment etc
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£155 - ,, - ,, Cheque on Reed & Co
970 - ,, - ,, Arkindale Co
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Newcastle 14 Decemr 1820
I Griffiths Esqr Durham.
Having this day on behalf of Col Beaumont agreed with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope during the present Bishop of Durhams Incumbency, provided Mr Philpotts continues so long Rector; I will thank you to proceed with the Agreement for a Lease to be signed by the Respective Parties. - The terms a certain Rent £4500 a Year to be paid quarterly. Viz on the 10 December, the 10 of March, the 10th of June & the 10th of September
Messrs Rundell & Co London Newcastle 10 Janry 1821
Advising a pce of Silver 1421Oz pWaggon this day MM
N[ew]Castle 12 Janry 1821
Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall.
Transmitting Cash Acc[oun]t & Lead Sales for Nov[embe]r; also QuarterlyReport of Weardale Lead Mines for <..> last Quarter. – MM
N[ew]Castle 15 Janry 1821
Sir R C Glyn Bt & Co Bankers – London
Remitting 3 Bills value £7921 – 15 – 7 for Col Beaumonts Acc[oun]t. – MM. –
N[ew]Castle 15 Janry 1821
Mrs Beaumont
Bretton Hall. – Advising of having made the above Remittance MM
Newcastle 18 Janry 1821
Mrs Beaumont & T W Beaumont Esqr Bretton Hall
Transmitting to each the Report of the State of Allenheads & Coalcleugh Lead Mines for last Quarter MM
Newcastle 6 Febry 1821
Mrs Beaumont & T W Beaumont Esqr London
Do – the Report of Weardale Lead Mines for last quarter MM
Feb 9th 1821
I beg leave to enclose a summons I have just recd for your attendance as Foreman of the Grand Jury at the Newcastle Assize ... In case a tenant should offer for the Abbey and grounds would you allow him to let the long room for a ball room and for other public occasions. The drainage by the Fenwick tenants and others is going on to a considerable extent and answers to my most sanguine expectations. I expect to remove to Bywell in a week or ten days. Some of the young Pointers a
Robert Stagg Esq Newcastle 10th Febr 1821
Melmerby Hall Penrith
D[ear] Sir
Above I beg to hand you the Statement of Balance due from the Govr & Co for Ore raised in Weardale to the 30th Sept last. – You will observe by the inclosed that we have deducted 1/13th in our Calculation, from the quantity of your last years produce to the 31st Oct[obe]r; in order to assimulate the periods, and to bring the proportion of the produce, Of the Governor & Co & Col B[eaumon]t, a
Newcastle 12th Febry 1821
Mrs Beaumont 35 Portman Square. London.
Transmitting Cash Acc[oun]t & Lead Sales for Decem[be]r and January last. – MM
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell London Newcastle 17th Febry 1821
Advising of having sent a pce Silver of 1796Oz pWaggon this day MM
Feb 25th 1821.
I expect in a few days to let a part of the Abbey if not the whole of it and the grounds. I shall remove the best shrubs to Bywell for the present. … you do not <…> where the Pinis [pineapples] in the Stove at Bywell is to be sent … and I understand from the gardener they will not keep.