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Reasons ag[ain]st sending the Derwentwater Writings to London
By looking into the Deeds written Boundarys &c. with the Courtkeeper —
The Receivers who know the Scituation Names Boundarys & other minute Circumstances of the estates may discover many things to the Advantage of the Estates.
In Case of any Dispute the examining the Deeds &c and comparing them with the Testimony of living Witnesses is of very material if not of the mast Consequence {deleted few words] Whenever those Deeds &c are to be produced in Evidence it must almost always be in this Country.
If these Deeds are to be kept in London upon every such occasion a person must be sent down on purpose to produce them.
New Evidence may be discovered near the Time of Tryal & there may be Occasion for otyher Deeds or Writings when there may not be time to send for them.
The Courtkeeper can give an Accot. how those Deeds were come at which can’t be so properly done after they are out of his poss[ess]ion.
[Annotated on cover:] Derwentwater Writings.
ZC/4/1/25. It appears to be a memo. by John Airey of reasons for delaying the delivery of the Derwentwater Deeds &c to the Greenwich Hospital Board in London - see letter from Airey to Everest, 25 June, 1753. The previous day’s date is used here.
