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Letter – Westgarth Forster to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 28 Nov 1792
Novr. 28th 1792
Sir,
I received your letter in regard to the workmens paying to the Clergyman at Allenheads every workman at Allenheads & Coalcleugh pays 5sh shilling Each man & Labouring Boys 3sh shillings Each & there is some Hundreds of the men that lives 15 or 20 Miles from the Chapple & comes & works their work for the week & goes back to their own Homes every week so they have no benefit from the Chapple in the least & such as lives about the place t
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Mark Skelton – 29 Nov 1792
Mr Skelton Esqr Newcastle 29th Novr 1792
Birthwait Hall near Wakefield Yorkshire
D[ea]r Sir Your favour of the 15th inst I recieved, the late very alarming Disturbance amongst the Seamen of this Port prevented me answering it so soon as I otherwise would have done, Matters have been accommodated between them & the Ship Owners & peace is restored for the present but how long we may rema
Letter – Messrs Walker & Co to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 4 Dec 1792
To Thomas Beaumont Esq.
Sir
Having good reason to suspect the impartiality of Mr Blackett in the distribution of the WB Lead, we beg leave to trouble you with a few remarks for your consideration, which we hope will convince you we do not deserve the treatment we have met with from Mr B., either as your Agent or as a private individual.
In the course of 7 Years we have taken WB Lead to the Amount of about £170,000.
If we had been put upon a footing with other buyers we w
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Nicholas Ruddock – 5 Dec 1792
Farnacres 5th Decem[be]r 1792
Dear Sir
I have taken the first opportunity of considering the intended application of the Hexhamshire & Allendale Proprietors to the Lord of the Manor. I think it w[oul]d be impossible or nearly so, and certainly be attended with great expence & hazard if practicable to perambulate the Boundaries at this Time of Year; and therefore I w[oul]d not ask Mr Beaumont to give any directions for that being done immediately as I think the Month of
Letter – Joshua Straker to Farrers & Atkinson – 6 Dec 1792
Messrs Farrers & Atkinson Newcastle 6th Decr 1792
Lincoln Inns Fields
London
Gentlemen Mr Blackett was favoured with your Letter of the 29th ult in Ans[we]r to which he desires me to inform you that he cannot find any Counterpart or Copy of a Deed of Gift to Blackett Midford, & is of opinion that a Bond has been given by the late Sir W Blackett to him for £200.
Inclosed you have a Bill on Messrs
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Mr Deness – 8 Dec 1792
<Sd> Deness Esqr sent under cover Newcastle 8th Decemr 1792
to the Right Honble The Earl of Pomfret
Easton Towester Northamptonshire
Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 3d Inst & observe the Contents _ I perfectly agree with you that it would be for the interest of the principal Lead Proprietors that a Communication should be Kept up amongst them for the purpose of supporting the price of Lead, it has been my endeavour to ac
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Beatson – 14 Dec 1792
Mr John Beatson NewC[astle] 14th Decr 1792
Cinderhill near Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir Inclosed you will recieve a Bill drawn by Sir MW Ridley Cookson & Co at Forty days dated this day for £43-17 being in full for a pack of Bends sent to Mr Beaumont Lead Mines at Allenheads.
Please to Advise me on your Receipt of the same. I am etc J.E.B
£43-17
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 15 Dec 1792
Thomas Richd Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 15th Decr 1792
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Sir I lately received a Letter from Messrs Walkers & Co of Rotherham inclosing a Paper Containing a Number of Charges against me, which they inform me was a Copy of that sent to you.
I must confess that I was very much surprised at the Contents of it, & that it has given me some uneasiness being Conscious of not having gi
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Walker – 15 Dec 1792
Messrs Walkers & Co Newcastle 15th Decr 1792
Rotherham Yorkshire
Gentlemn Your Letter of the 4th inst with a Copy of yours to Mr Beaumont Containing a variety of Charges against me of Partiality in the disposal of the WB Lead came safely to hand, & I hope I have fully Answered them to the Satisfaction of Mr Beaumont to whom I refer you.
I must Confess that I was not a little Surprized at the
Chancery Bill – Thomas Richard Beaumont – 18 Dec 1792
[Cover of document:]
In Chancery Beaumont Esq and <uxor> vs Bosville and <others.>
<..> Bill to Perpetuate the Testimony of the Wit[nesse]s to the Will of Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. dec[ease]d
Mr Richards 2 G{uin]eas to settle
Ingrossed on 2 skins 11th Dec. 92 and Bill Filed 18th Dec 1792
Hatton Garden
In Chancery
To the Right Hon[ora]ble the Lords Commissioner for the Custody of the Great Seal of Great Britain
Humbly Complaining shew unto your Lordshi
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 18 Dec 1792
Thos Richd Beaumont Esqr NewC[astle] 18th Decr 1792
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
D[ea]r Sir I wrote to you on the 15th inst to which I refer you, & I now inclose you a Bill drawn by Ridley Cookson & Co on Castell & Co at 40 days dated this day for £3000 & another Bill drawn by Walkers Fishwick & Co on Walkers Maltby & Co at 2 Months dated the 6th inst for £2000 making together £5000 the
Letter – Joshua Straker to Arthur Mowbray – 20 Dec 1792
Mr Mowbray Sherburn Durham Newcastle 20th Decr
Sir Mr Alderman Blackett desires me to write to you on the part of Thos Richd Beaumont Esqr Executor of Sir Thos Blackett Bart who holds a Tenement at Redburn by Lease for three Lives under the Master & Brethern of Sherburn Hospital, two of which being expired; Mr Blackett is desirous of putting in two at this time, & will be glad if you will inform him as soon as convenient, what Fine you will take for a Renewal of that Lease,
Letter – Anthony Watts to Mark Skelton – 22 Dec 1792
Dear Sir
Hatton Garden 22d. Decr. 1792
Beaumont agt. Bosville <Voy.>
I herewith send you the Bill herein together with the Ansr. of Dr. De Chair and <...> and also the Ansr. proposed for Mrs. Bosville’s Signature but who thro her Sons interference in the Business seems the most litigious party, in short after I had Ingrossed her Ansr she objected to sign the same and then wished to do as Dr. De Chair and Wife had done and sign a similar Ansr. to theirs, I accordingly drew
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Augustus Browne – 26 Dec 1792
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 26th Decem 1792
Forster Lane London
Sir Yesterday I sent you by Jackson & Jennings the London Carriers a piece of fine Silver Containing 1450 1/2 Ounces which I desire that you will place to Account with Thomas Richd Beaumont Esqr at the Markett price & advise me on your Reciept of it I am etc J.E.B
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 5 Jan 1793
Thos R Beaumont Esqr NCastle 5th Jany 1793
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Sir Inclosed you will receive four Bills as under Amounting to £6900 the Receipt of which you will be pleased to Acknowledge _ I imagine that you have Received a letter from Mr John Widdrington of this place & I understand that himself & Co decline the transacting your business in the Banking way for the future, in the manner that
Letter – E. Walker to Mark Skelton – 6 Jan 1793
Sir,
Inclosed are the two Papers which I return. Sir Thomas Blackett gave me both a Mortgage & a Bond for the security of my Money (£14,500.-) They are dated Nov: 7. 1781: And if you please to look into the Register Office at Wakefield, I believe you will find an account of the Premises.
Sir,
Your humble Servant
E. Walker
Kirk. Ello
Jan: 6. 1793
[on verso:]
Mr Skelton Attorney at Law/ Birthwait Hall/ Barnsley
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 10 Jan 1793
Bretton Jany. 10th 93
Dear Sir
In a letter from Mr. Widdrington he says, “We have fully considered the Business and finding that to continue it in the way it has been carried on of late would on the whole be very disadvantageous to us we have come to the final determination to decline it for the future.” As I do not know what sums of money have been lodged in their Hands from time to time, nor how long it has been continued, nor what they mean by referring to the manner the Bus
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 13 Jan 1793
The following Letter sent by Mr Alderman Blackett to be forwarded to Colonel & Mrs Beaumont. Bretton 8th November 1808 MM
T R Beaumont Esq Newcastle January 13th 1793
Dear Sir
I am favored with your Letter of the 10th instant and observe the contents.
It never has been the custom during the possession of the Lead Mines by the late Sir Walter Blackett and Sir Thomas Blackett for a running Account to be kept with the Bank but as the Bills on London at 60 days wer
Letter – Benjamin Gott to John Skelton – 17 Jan 1793
Mr Skelton Leeds Jany 17. 93
Sir,
I am engaged to pay for an estate 2000£ in Cash <&> 4000£ in Bill at sigt or a Banke Note to which I must beg the favour of you to conform – the other 4000£ in any way most agreeable to you.
With respect to the Pews in Thornhill Church I was informed they did not belong to the Estate in Flockton that Thornhill Church had been <new pav’d> <Mr. R> was at the <.....> of these which induced me to dispose
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Gosling – 18 Jan 1793
Messrs Gosling Bankers Fleet Street London Newcastle 18th Jany 1793
Gentlemn Inclosed you will recieve a bill drawn by Ridley Cookson & Co on Castell & Co at 30 days dated this day for £225- -; being One Quarters Composition Rent for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due the 11th inst to The Revd Mr Hardinge from Thomas Richd Beaumont Esqr Ex[ecut]or of Sir Thos Blackett Bt deceased.
Please to advise me on your Reciept of the bill and acquaint Mr Hardinge wi
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 22 Jan 1793
Thos R Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 22nd Jany 1793
Bretton Yorkshire
Dr Sir This Morning I rec[eiv]ed a letter from Mr Widdrington acquainting me that the Bank, after having fully considered the Matter, do not see any reason to alter their Opinion & therefore beg leave to decline the business on the terms proposed & they have wrote to you to that purpose _ Please to acquaint me whether you would have any application to
Letter – Anthony Watts to Mark Skelton – 25 Jan 1793
Dr. Sir/
Hatton Garden 25th Jany 1793
The Parcel containing the <Re..> to Mr. Lee was sent on the 21st Inst. from hence, which I hope you have Reced. If not, I trouble you herewith to inform you the same was sent as above directed to be left at Mrs. Ropers Barnsley as usually done, Mrs. Bosvill’s Ansr. Is not yet come in but I hourly expect it, And will send the Interrogatories and Comm[issio]n as soon as possible.
I Remain Dr. Sir
Your very hble Servt.
Anth J Watts
[o
Letter – John Bell to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 27 Jan 1793
Sir Hexham Abbey 27th Janury 1793
With this I send you my Cash Accot for the Half Year ending 31st of Decem. last and also a Copy of that for the Current half Year as far as the Same is advanced
I have mentioned to one of the Gentlemen who wrote you respecting the Riding of the Boundary your Intention of being in the North sometime before that Business can be proceeded with considering the Situation of the C
Letter – Joshua Straker to Arthur Mowbray – 31 Jan 1793
Arthur Mowbray Esqr Sherburn near Durham Newcastle 31st Jany 1793
Sir I wrote to you some time ago in Answer to your letter of the 2nd Instant and I have expected to have heard from you for some time past respecting the Renewal of the Lease of Redburn, and as Mr Blackett is desirous of having this business settled you’ll please to inform him the terms for a Renewal of that Lease I am etc J.S
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Simond & Hankey – 5 Feb 1793
Messrs Symond & Hankey NewC 5th Feby 1793
Merchants London
Gentlemn Inclos’d you will recieve a Bill drawn by Ridley Cookson & Co on Castell & Co at 20 days dated this day for £250 being One Quarters Rent Charge due to John Trevelyan Esqr the 1st Inst.
Please to advise me on your Receipt of the Bill & inform him of the same.
