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Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Shute Barrington – 30 Oct 1797
Sherburn 30th October 1797
My Lord
Since I last wrote your Lordship Mr Lockwood has been at Durham when I made an Affidavit as to the proceedings at <Walkington>, which was examined by Mr Pearson, he also looked over Mr Lockwoods, and made some alterations. As I proposed, Lockwood had procured an additional Affidavit from the persons who purchased the Wood and obtained others from those who had formerly declared, drawn up in the <May> I observed, leaving out a great p
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Browne & Brind – 31 Oct 1797
Messrs Browne & Brind Newcastle 31st Octr 1797
Foster Lane London
Gentn I have drawn a Bill upon you payable to the Order of Surtees Burdon & Co at 30 days dated 30th inst for £803 being the Balance of your Accot for fine Silver with Coll Beaumont & which I doubt not that you will duly honor _ I observe what you say respecting the Cash Price of Silver & have mentioned it to our Refiners & hope the like
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Drummond – 1 Nov 1797
Messrs Drummond Newcastle 1st Novr 1797
Bankers Charing Cross London
Gentln Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co on Messrs Barclays & Co at Thirty days dated this day for Four Hundred & Sixty Two Pounds Ten shillings; being a half a Year’s Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Leadmines due 26th Inst to The Lord Bishop of Durham from Coll Beaumont. Please to advise me on your Rece
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to William Chayter – 2 Nov 1797
William Chayter Esqr Newcastle 2d Novr 1797
Pennithorn near Middleham Yorkshire
Sir I understand that it is the intention of the Minister to propose a Tax on Lead smelted at the Mill, or on the Ore at the Mine, & to subject it to the Excise laws, either of which Modes of taxing it will be very burthensome to the trade, as well as a great discouragement to the Mining Concerns in this Kingdom; Applications having been
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 2 Nov 1797
Colonel Beaumont Newcastle 2d Novr 1797
M.P. Portman square London
Dr Sir I am favoured with your Lre of the 29th inst inclosing your Lre to Mr Bell which I forwarded by post. Mr Tweddale called on me & I had some conversation with him respecting the buildings etc at the Abbey; its probable that he may stay there till Monday next to meet Mr Stephenson who goes thee on the part of Mr Newton, & when he has e
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 7 Nov 1797
Novr. 7th 1797.
My dear Sir,
On the other side I send You the Decision of the Business of Stackpool finally settled. I have the pleasure of both Your letters, & I sent Your enclosure to Mr. Couts. It would have given me very great pleasure to have had the Honor of attending at the <Veaders/ Recorders> Club, to have met some many of my Friends, but shall hope another time to be more successful. I have this morning seen Mr. Long at the treasury Mr. Rose being out, he inform
Letter – Diana Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 8 Nov 1797
Bretton Novr. 8th 1797
Dear Sir,
I am sorry to hear by Tweedale that it is on account of your Health you are now at Harrowgate, & hope you will receive much benefit, if you will not consider the Journey too long at this Season of the Year, it will give me great pleasure to see you at Bretton. I have two Young Ladies to introduce to your Acquaintance I think you have only seen my Boys; Col: Beaumont’s return is I fear uncertain tho’ he writes that he hopes to be with me i
Letter – William Chaytor to John Erasmus Blackett – 9 Nov 1797
Spennithorn 9th Nov 1797
Dr Sir
I have communicated the contents of your Letter to some of the Proprietors of Lead Mines and Mine Adventurers in this Country & have no doubt they will all be ready to join in any legal Measures necessary to prevent it possible any new Tax from being laid upon Lead ore at the Mines or upon Lead when smelted - To Tax the Ore according to weight before it is smelted would certainly be unequal or improper as some kinds of Ore will produce much more Le
Letter – Dorothy Newton to John Bell – 9 Nov 1797
Sir Newcastle 9th Novemr 1797
As Mr Blackett is absent and it is necessary for Coll. Beaumont to be informed in what way my Father (since his return home) proposes regulating his engagement for the Alterations at Hexham Abbey he requests of you to communicate it to Coll. Beaumont My Father would wish to complete the Carpenter Work as it is in his opinion, that in no stage it can be left off to Satisfaction
Letter – John Bell to John Erasmus Blackett – 10 Nov 1797
Sir Hexham Abbey 10th Novem. 1797
On Monday last Mr. David Stephenson was here taking a survey for Mr. Newton of the Carpenter and Joiner work and of the Timber and Deals used and <not> used and I presume the Report which Mr Stephenson has made has occasioned the Letter a Copy of which I have sent you on the other half Sheet and the Original I have forwarded to Cl Beaumont by this Post
Should you
Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Bishop of Durham – 13 Nov 1797
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s Favour of 30th Octr- reached me in the North, I deferred writing in Answer until I returned Home Yesterday; My last Letter to your Lordship of the 30th Octobr. will show that the People in Weardale continue anxious for a Division, and I think they ought to be attended to whilst in the Humour; the Stints as I observed are I imagine held in exclusive severalty because there are several Owners, as I have been told, that have Stints <who> have no Inland, and
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 14 Nov 1797
Novr. 14th 1797 –
My dear Sir,
Enclosed I send You a letter from Mr. Bell stating his Opinion about the work done at the Abbey, under the present situation of the Health of Mr. Newton I really think it would be much better to finally settle with him, as at present there does not appear any necessity for an Architect, and he never can be able himself to attend. I have wrote to Mrs. Beaumont by this Post. I hope that the dispute about Harehop Mine is getting forwards with.
I am my
Letter – David Stephenson to John Erasmus Blackett – 14 Nov 1797
Sir
On Saturday Evening Nov. 4th. I was informed by Miss Newton that her Father was so much recovered as to have a hope that he would be able in the Spring to attend to his professional engagements. As I purposed going to Hexham Abbey on the Sunday, she requested that I would see Mr. Newton before I went as he had expressed a strong desire to that purpose. I accordingly waited upon him when he mentioned to me his wish that I would undertake the Conducting the work he had contracted f
Letter – Diana Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 15 Nov 1797
John E. Blackett Esq., Bretton. November 15th 1797
Green Dragon, Harrogate
Dear Sir,
I yesterday received a letter from Mr. Bell enclosing the copy of one he had recd. from Miss Newton and which he informs me he had sent a copy of to you and also to Colonel Beaumont. By that letter it appears that Miss Newton has an idea that a contract had taken place, for she says ‘my Father does not propose Mr. Stephenson going as an Architect generally but merely to inspect that part of t
Letter – Shute Barrington to Thomas Bernard – 18 Nov 1797
Rendcombe Park Novr. 18. 1797
My Dear Sir,
I feel no hesitation in requesting a continuance of your friendly advice respecting a plan of inclosure, which from its magnitude & peculiar circumstances, must in many points differ from all other inclosures; & from its difficulties requires the exertion of such talents as yours. Among these difficulties the substitution of some equivalent in lieu of Tythe is not the least. To a fixed <pecuniary> payment; to Land solely, t
Letter – Joshua Straker to John Erasmus Blackett – 22 Nov 1797
Newcastle. 22nd Novr 1797
Sir
I was favoured with your letter of 17th inst. and communicated to Mr. Stephenson what you mention respecting the Work at Hexham Abbey, he has since seen Mr. Newton who is agreeable to have the business settled in the manner that Col. & Mrs Beaumont wishes and has chosen Mr. Stephenson on his part. Mr. S. informs me that Mr Newton is perfectly well in his intellects & that he is fully satisfied as to the Authority he has given him, so that i
Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Shute Barrington – 24 Nov 1797
Sherburn 24th Novr. 1797
My Lord,
The same Post that I recd. your Lordships Favour of 18 Inst. brought a Letter from Mr Pearson, informing me that the Walkington Business is determined against Jefferson, and that the Rule is discharged; this gives me Pleasure, Mr Wood must now be done.
I sent Mr Cleavers Answer to Mr Emm, some Days since, that he might inform your Lordship, and of his Opinion; Cleaver said as far as I can recollect (for I did not keep a Copy) that the Cop
Letter – Diana Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 26 Nov 1797
John E. Blackett Esq., Charlotte Square, Newcastle upon Tyne.
[cover note in JEB’s hand:] Mrs. Beaumont, 26th Nov. 1797. With copy of Miss Newton's to J. Bell of 8 Decemb
Bretton November 26th 1797
Dear Sir,
I have deferred answering your letter in hopes of Colonel Beaumont's arrival from London, and by a letter from him this m
Letter – Thomas Bernard to Shute Barrington – 29 Nov 1797
Foundling 29 Nov 97
My Lord,
I have felt some difficulty & diffidence in offering your Lordship my Sentiments upon a beneficial & proper Compensation to be given for Tythes. Every one agrees that they are an Impediment to the Agricultural Improvement of a Country, & (where disputes occur between the Clergymen & his Parishioners) extremely prejudicial to the Cause of Religion; but what unexceptionable Compensation can be made which shall always be commensurate to t
Letter – Thomas Bernard to Shute Barrington – 4 Dec 1797
Foundling 4 Dec 1797
My Lord,
I have not yet seen anything that appears to me to exclude your L[ordshi]p’s claim to an allotment out of the lim[ite]d Stints. all rights of Common are in some degree stinted; & the degree of the Stint makes no difference as to the Lord’s Allotm[en]t, if the common remains open & uninclosed. If indeed ground is inclosed (as may possibly be the case here) with an exclusive Right of Pasturage in certain individuals, & no right of so
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Diana Beaumont – 5 Dec 1797
Mrs Beaumont Newcastle 5th Decr 1797
Bretton Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Madam I had the honor of your Lre of the 26th Ulto which I should have sooner replied to, could I have brought Mr Newton to a point as to the mode of settling the business between you & himself, for untill that was done, it would be to little purpose having Mr Ebdon & Mr Stephenson to meet at the Abbey with different instructions. on
Letter – Shute Barrington to Arthur Mowbray – 6 Dec 1797
Mongewell Dec: 6th 1797
Mowbray,
A variety of employment, and many avocations, together with the want of Mr. Bernard’s opinion relative to the limited Stints (which I transmit herewith and desire may be returned) have hitherto delayed my Answers to your letter of the 13th ult.
The question respecting an unexceptionable compensation for Tithes, which shall always be commensurate to the contingent improvement of the Land, is replete with difficulty in common cases. That d
Letter – Shute Barrington to Thomas Bernard – 6 Dec 1797
Mongewell Dec: 6th 1797
My Dear Sir,
I feel in its full extent the difficulty of adjusting a fair compensation for the Tythes of Stanhope, from the magnitude of the inclosure and the singularity of its nature. You wish to know my sentiments as to the modes which you have suggested.
1.If it be certain that money has attained its summit of depreciation (of which question I acknowledge myself to be an incompetent judge) I shall then agree with you that there can be no object
Letter – Dorothy Newton to John Erasmus Blackett – 8 Dec 1797
As it is Coll. Beaumonts determination to take the Carpenters Work at Hexham Abbey out of my father William Newton's hands & as my Farher is willing to think that the work could be proceeded in as he has engaged, but as Coll. Beaumont will not come into any proposal he has made for carrying on & completing the said work, my Father in such case, can only give his approbation to Col. Beaumont's own plan of concluding it - under such certain circumstances as my Father has de
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 10 Dec 1797
Decr. 10th 1797.
My dear Sir,
Mrs. Beaumont had the Favor of Yours, and we should most certainly wish to have everything settled respecting Mr. Newton’s Business, as it would be impossible to continue him any longer in the carrying on the work, for should another illness seize him, and He should then not have arranged everything we should be then still worse. I am happy to say that Mrs. Beaumont & the Children are all very well. She unites with me in best Respects –
I am M
