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Journal entry – John Grey – 31 Mar 1834
Monday 31st
Heard from the Secretary of the Rail Way Co that they agreed to purchase the Wood in Capons Cleugh by valuation, which will be an accommodation to us & I hope no inconvenience to them, as they have occasion for much for their own use. I had occasion to go today to Alnwick to meet some parties respecting a trust affair which remained unsettled when I left the Country and rode up in the evening 25 Miles to Millfield Hill.Â
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Apr 1834
Tuesday 1st April
Attended the exhibition of the Border agricultural Society at Kelso, of which I was one of the first promoters & most successful competitors; & where being no longer a Candidate for Premiums, I had been solicited to be a Judge for Awarding them.  The exhibition of Stock, Seeds and implements, as well as the respectability and intelligence of Farmers on the Borders, form rather an unfavourable contrast with those on the Tyne. After the Show we dined a Party of
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Apr 1834
Wednesday 2nd
Passed the day at Milfield Hill, with my eldest Son & some of the younger children. Having a Son of Sir Jn Sinclair & some Agriculturalists from the north with us, examining his farming & Stock.Â
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Apr 1834
Thursday 3rd
Attended the Agricultural Show of Glendale Ward, at Wooler, where I had so often presided, & where I again found myself in the Chair, surrounded by a multitude of old friends. a great quantity of superior Stock was exhibited for Sweepstakes of all kinds & for sale. The market for fat Cattle & Sheep, is rather on the decline. Heard today from Mr Fenwick of his intention of meeting the Scremerston Tenants at Belford on tuesday next respecting the answer to the cla
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Apr 1834
Friday 4th
Heard from Mr Johnson that he had appointed Mr Walton to value Capons Cleugh Wood on the part of the Rail way Co. I wrote to him to suggest that to prevent any delay which might arise from a difference of opinion between Mr Walton & Mr Parkin, they two had better take a third man with them at the first, as Umpire, provided the proceeding should obtain the sanction of the Board. Rode to Scremerston & looked over Mr Thomsons extensive farm. He complains of the great lo
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Apr 1834
Saturday 5th April
At six o’clock went to the Quarry and met the undertaker whom I found to be an old acquaintance, that had once had been employed to do some work upon my property in that neighbourhood & of whom I entertain a bad opinion. His apology for having given in to Mr Hogarth so inadequate a tender, was, that he expected, as it was the Hospitals doing, the men would be allowed their weekly wages and it would not signify whether the Job could be completed for the sum or not.
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Apr 1834
Monday 7th April
Heard from Mr Parker that he & Mr Crawhall had fixed the price of Lead for the bygone quarter at £16.10…. I hoped from the late advances the average for the quarter would have been rather higher than that, as I know some parties who sell by the average of the whole year, I shall try to discover how our prices agree with theirs. Taking my Son with me, I rode across the Country to the Spindlestone Estates, examining the draining at Outchester now finished, which I ha
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Apr 1834
Tuesday 8th April
Examined the new flooring, Spouts etc which had been done at Waren Mill, but as the Work is not finished, deferred making the allowance for it till the next rent day. Mr Nairn carries on a great business here with great spirit, & I trust with benefit to himself, as it certainly is to the neighbourhood. These Mills were formerly worked entirely by Water, but from the draining of the County generally & especially of two bogs to the west Three fourths of the work i
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Apr 1834
Thursday 10th
Was engaged with various Letters and accounts, which had accumulated in my absence. Walked out afterwards to see what had been done in cutting the foundations and drains for the new House, to examine the state of the Dam at Dilston Mill, & see the Road Surveyor respecting the Walls he is building along the sides of the new Road, the Coping of which I did not consider to be sufficient without being pointed with Lime, which he agreed to. Received from Messrs Murray an es
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 10 Apr 1834
Private. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Corbridge April 10th 1834
Sir
On the receipt of Major Graham’s note, desiring me to make enquiry respecting a suitable person for a Head Gamekeeper, I applied to Mr Dickinson, our Moor Master at Alston, knowing that part of the country to be a nursery for Poachers & Keepers.  By the letter which I have the honor to enclose from him, you will see the account he gives of a person whose qualifica
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Apr 1834
Friday 11th
Examined with Benson the Plan he has prepared of a small but compact farm house, & the Estimates received for building it, which will altogether Cost about £230. The old house is found to be so bad as to be incapable of repair. Rode through Highwood & Westwood Farms , & proceeded to Coastley for the purpose of fixing up on the cheapest & mode convenient situation for build a Turnip house & some Pig Styes. Also to look at & advise the Tenant as to the
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Apr 1834
Saturday 12th April 1834
Rode over the Farms in Hexhamshire to look into some draining & the dressing of some old & ruinous hedges, with the hope of restoring them to the condition of useful fences. And especially to examine the ruinous stone fences at Gairshield, for the purpose of deciding which of them it will be prudent to abandon & which it will be necessary to rebuild. The stormy winds of this season have rendered the farmhouse scarcely habitable, having shaken & o
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Apr 1834
Monday 14th April 1834
Heard from the Rail Way Co. that they had agreed to my Proposal that the Wood to be cut in Capons Cleugh should be valued jointly by Mr Walton on their part & Mr Parkin on ours, they two having the power to appoint an umpire if they think fit. I expect that the value of the wood will be £200 or upwards. Heard also from Mr Beaumonts Agent that he had paid to my Credit £94.7.11 for Andw Thorburn & £53.6.9 for Mark Maughan, on account of their carriage of
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Apr 1834
Tuesday 15th April
Settled with Mr Parkin the accounts for fitting and planting at Cowey Sike or Grindon Hill & for thinning the Plantations in Hexhamshire. Mr Green the Architect having come from Newcastle, we met the Contractors at Dilston & in compliance with their fancy, witnessed the depositing a newspaper & some insignificant Coins & laying the first Stone of the house by my boy Charles, which was concluded by three Cheers & my ordering some Ale for the Workmen i
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Apr 1834
Wednesday 16th April
Received a Petition to the Commissioners for Reduction of Rent from Thomas Watson of Lees, & Mr Pickering of Woodhall Mill, which I herewith send. [accompanied in the margin by faint pencil annotations which appear to say ‘Watson <former> rent £388 <……> to 288 Pickerings former 277 <….> 190 Rejected’] Their farms have been let upon reduced terms from May Day next. Also an application from the tenants of Throckley, praying to be allowedÂ
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Apr 1834
Thursday 17th April 1834
Received another Petition to the Board signed by a number of Tenants, complaining of hard times & a reduction of Rent. Finding that a quantity of Bottles & Crucibles, with some Spirits of Salts, Potass etc are occupying an apartment at Langley Mills which the Lessees wish to have possession of, I proposed to them to buy the whole  But they only offered £5, which seems very little for the number of Articles, although the expense of packing & removin
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Apr 1834
Friday 18th April 1834
Heard from Mr Stephens that he had completed the delivery of Duty Ore for the last Quarter, to Messrs Wilson & Co. The whole Quantity weighed have been 674 Bings, & the duty upon it 105 Bings and 1/2 a Cwt.
Had by appointment an interview with the Lessees of Stublick Colliery & a long discussion arising out of an application which had been made to them on the part of Mr Beaumont’s Agent, to supply him with Coals for Smelting, in case of his rentin
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Apr 1834
Saturday 19th April 1834
Sent the Moor Masters Reports along with my Journal and other papers to the Board. The Tyne being remarkably low, I took the opportunity of examining to the foundation all the Wears & Works that have been made & found them quite safe, the only effect of the Winter floods having been to cut into the sandy Soil near the top of the Banks, where the slope was not sufficient & the surface very loose. I trust that this source of expense to the Hospital &am
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Apr 1834
Monday 21st
Having applied to Mr Wailes to know if he could give me any information as to the ground of Hind’s refusal to quit the premises at Dilston & having heard from him that no agreement sanctioning his continuance till Martinmas was ever entered into, and that Mr Wailes never knew if such a deviation from the general practice of the Estates, I thought it proper to send Hind a notice in writing that his persisting in holding the premises after May Day would be followed by an act
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Apr 1834
Tuesday 22nd
Was engaged till four oclock in examining the various kinds of Stock exhibited - in deciding upon their respective merits & making up the Award of Premiums, afterwards dined in a party of 150 & spent a pleasant evening making acquaintance with several Proprietors as well as farmers in the district.Â
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Apr 1834
Wednesday 23rd
Rose at 5 and left to Carlisle, looking in my way home, at the commencement to build the farmhouse at Whitechapel. Mr Howden, the builder, had begun to work Stones from a piece of rock so near the turnpike as to occasion inconvenience & perhaps danger. His object was to get to the stones without breaking much ground & its a situation which would occasion little leading to the tenant. I warned him of the blame he might incur & that if any damage should arise, t
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Apr 1834
Thursday 24th
Went to Coupland Castle to attend the funeral of its owner which was rendered the more melancholy that that of his wife had only preceded his own by six days. He was cut off in the prime of life, at least in his 47th Year. We were of the same age & had been friends and neighbours from our youth, acting together in many public capacities. I could not therefore refuse to comply with his dying request, that I would act as a Trustee & Guardian of his Children, giving
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Apr 1834
Friday 25th
Passed the day at Milfield Hill. Having received the Boards Minutes of the 2nd Instant, wrote to inform Mr Thomson that they had given the fullest consideration to the case in dispute respecting the price of Coals delivered to him by the Lessees of Scremerston Colliery & could not interfere therein. And to Mr Hogarth, in answer to his petition for a reduction of Rent, that the only relief that can be granted him is, that the farm should be valued & relet.  Saw the M
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Apr 1834
Monday 28th
A day of constant rain which will please the farmers & give me an opportunity of writing Letters & bringing up my work in doors. The Tenant of Allerwash Mill came to me by appointment as I wished to be assured if he could obtain any security to give me, for the payment of Arrears & rent due at May Day next, as if not, I must take means before allowing him to quit, to get as much as possible from his effects.  He did not bring anyone along with him for that purpo
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Apr 1834
Tuesday 29th
Rowell of the High Barnes, came to the Office as I had requested with a relation who has a considerale [sic] Farm in the neighbourhood, to give their joint security for the payment of £800 to be accepted according to the Boards Minute, in full of Rent Arrears due by the Rowells. But as the sale of their Farm stock is to take place on the 7th May, I thought it better to take their engagement to pay over to me all Cash and Bills which they may receive, & to give me their j
