Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Aug 1833

Saturday 3rd August 1833

Received an order from the Railway Company for £151:3:6 due to the Hospital on Account of the allowances for damage, made to the Dilston Tenants, also information from the Board that £1000 had been ordered to be repaid to my Credit, through Sir R Carr Glynn & Co to Sir M W Ridley & Co.  

       Wrote to Ridley Bigge & Co desiring that they would order £300 to be paid to the Bank of England to Mr Hooper and £176:13:2 to Mr Bicknell.

       Wrote to Mr Todd informing him of the Board’s decision respecting his Arrear; and to Mr Weatherly respecting his Salary and a small debt due to the Hospital by a person in Berwick , which he was to try to obtain.  Was engaged in the Office from 9 till 2 o’ clock.  Rode to Dilston Park Farm to arrange with the tenant about bringing Slates from NCastle to cover the Stable, & some other matter connected with his farm.  Afterwards travelled all the Woods on that side of the Estate, where some bark is collected & a good deal of Larch cut down.

       Mr Hunt was for two days in the beginning of the week in Langley Barony, looking after draining railing young Fences etc and has been since at Whittle, Newtonhall, Fourstones, Woodhall & wherever any Work is going on.

       Mr Gipps, the Vicar of Corbridge is anxious to establish a School in this hitherto neglected parish, and in soliciting a subscription from the Commissions begs me to hand to them a List of the Present subscribers, together with the value of their respective properties, as rated in the Church of Assessment, which I herewith forward.