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Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 14 Nov 1820

Newcastle 14 November 1820 Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall. The immediate departure of the Post only gives me time to say that I have rec[eive]d your Letter of yesterday; and have concluded an Agreement with Mr Phillpotts for his Tythe Ore during the Incumbency of the present Bishop of Durham for £4500 a Year! – I am etc

Letter – Martin Morrison to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 15 Nov 1820

T W Beaumont Esqr M.P. Newcastle 15 Novemr 1820 107 Pall Mall - London. – In this and another cover I beg to transmit the Quarterly Report of the State of Allenheads and Coalcleugh Lead Mines; and to inform you that the treaty with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope is concuded, by an Agreement to pay him for it £4500 a Year, during the present Bishop of Durhams Incumbency. I am etc MM

Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 23 Nov 1820

Newcastle 23rd Novemr 1820 Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall. By the Telegraph Coach which goes from hence to Leeds to morrow morning, I have forwarded to Col Beaumont’s address the Lease and Indenture with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope, to be signed by you and Col Beaumont and afterwards to be returned to me. – the Lease to be retained in this Office & the Indenture to be delivered to Mr Phillpotts. – Cwt st lbs Three Boxes of Spar from Weardale wei

Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 25 Nov 1820

Newcastle 25th Novemr 1820 Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall I have given you Credit in my Cash Acc[oun]t for £15 of Reed & Co’s Notes rec[eiv]ed in your Letter of the 16th inst. – The water at Coalcleugh is somewhat abated, sufficient to see a little more into the Vein, but not enough to form any correct opinion as yet of its probable productiveness. Respecting the <day> Level suggested by Wm Crawhall to be driven from the side of West Allen River. I beg to observe it is the

Report – Robert Stagg – 30 Nov 1820

General Report of Mines &c Nov. 1820 Alston Moor Rampgill Mine No change deserving of notice has occurred at this Mine since last Report. The Level driving by Jno Milburn &c continues, as it proceeds to open out poor Ore Workings, but which however as there is now little other expense upon this Mine, is leaving a tolerable profit. Rampgill Sun Vein since the letting the Partnership (M Bull &c) contrary to all expectations has met with a small string that is ex

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 9 Dec 1820

Messrs Rundell & Co Ludgate Hill Newcastle 25th Novemr 1820 Advising of having sent pWaggon a Pce Silver of 1224Oz -21 inst MM

Letter – Martin Morrison to Henry Phillpotts – 9 Dec 1820

Revd Henry Phillpotts Durham Newcastle 9th Decemr 1820 I herewith enclose £1125 being the amount of 1/4th of a Years Composition for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope due to You on the 10th inst from T R Beaumont Esqr. You will be pleased to return me an acknowledgement for the am[oun]t specifying the nature of the Payment etc MM £155 - ,, - ,, Cheque on Reed & Co 970 - ,, - ,, Arkindale Co 1125 - ,, - ,,

Letter – Martin Morrison to I Griffiths Esqr – 14 Dec 1820

Newcastle 14 Decemr 1820 I Griffiths Esqr Durham. Having this day on behalf of Col Beaumont agreed with Mr Phillpotts for the Tythe Ore of Stanhope during the present Bishop of Durhams Incumbency, provided Mr Philpotts continues so long Rector; I will thank you to proceed with the Agreement for a Lease to be signed by the Respective Parties. - The terms a certain Rent £4500 a Year to be paid quarterly. Viz on the 10 December, the 10 of March, the 10th of June & the 10th of September

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 10 Jan 1821

Messrs Rundell & Co London Newcastle 10 Janry 1821 Advising a pce of Silver 1421Oz pWaggon this day MM

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 12 Jan 1821

N[ew]Castle 12 Janry 1821 Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall. Transmitting Cash Acc[oun]t & Lead Sales for Nov[embe]r; also QuarterlyReport of Weardale Lead Mines for <..> last Quarter. – MM

Letter – Martin Morrison to Glyn & Co – 15 Jan 1821

N[ew]Castle 15 Janry 1821 Sir R C Glyn Bt & Co Bankers – London Remitting 3 Bills value £7921 – 15 – 7 for Col Beaumonts Acc[oun]t. – MM. –

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 15 Jan 1821

N[ew]Castle 15 Janry 1821 Mrs Beaumont Bretton Hall. – Advising of having made the above Remittance MM

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 18 Jan 1821

Newcastle 18 Janry 1821 Mrs Beaumont & T W Beaumont Esqr Bretton Hall Transmitting to each the Report of the State of Allenheads & Coalcleugh Lead Mines for last Quarter MM Newcastle 6 Febry 1821 Mrs Beaumont & T W Beaumont Esqr London Do – the Report of Weardale Lead Mines for last quarter MM

Letter – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 9 Feb 1821

Feb 9th 1821 I beg leave to enclose a summons I have just recd for your attendance as Foreman of the Grand Jury at the Newcastle Assize ... In case a tenant should offer for the Abbey and grounds would you allow him to let the long room for a ball room and for other public occasions. The drainage by the Fenwick tenants and others is going on to a considerable extent and answers to my most sanguine expectations. I expect to remove to Bywell in a week or ten days. Some of the young Pointers a

Letter – Martin Morrison to Robert Stagg – 10 Feb 1821

Robert Stagg Esq Newcastle 10th Febr 1821 Melmerby Hall Penrith D[ear] Sir Above I beg to hand you the Statement of Balance due from the Govr & Co for Ore raised in Weardale to the 30th Sept last. – You will observe by the inclosed that we have deducted 1/13th in our Calculation, from the quantity of your last years produce to the 31st Oct[obe]r; in order to assimulate the periods, and to bring the proportion of the produce, Of the Governor & Co & Col B[eaumon]t, a

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 12 Feb 1821

Newcastle 12th Febry 1821 Mrs Beaumont 35 Portman Square. London. Transmitting Cash Acc[oun]t & Lead Sales for Decem[be]r and January last. – MM

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 17 Feb 1821

Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell London Newcastle 17th Febry 1821 Advising of having sent a pce Silver of 1796Oz pWaggon this day MM

Letter – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 25 Feb 1821

Feb 25th 1821. I expect in a few days to let a part of the Abbey if not the whole of it and the grounds. I shall remove the best shrubs to Bywell for the present. … you do not <…> where the Pinis [pineapples] in the Stove at Bywell is to be sent … and I understand from the gardener they will not keep.

Letter – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 4 Mar 1821

Mr Beaumont. March 4th 1821 The Pinis with a couple of woodcocks sent in by Matthew Lee were sent off directed to you in Pall Mall on Tuesday last ... the two mills at Bywcll .. for entire different purposes ... the High Mill being for the sole purpose of making flour and pearl barley and the low mill for making oatmeal. There is not any room in the high mill to place a pair of stones to ground oatmeal without building and the low mill is as I before stated now standing in

Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 5 Mar 1821

Mrs Beaumont Newcastle 5th March 1821 Portman Square London Madam I am duly honored with your letter of the 2nd Inst and having determined to withdraw your Acc[oun]t from Sir F Blake Reed & Co Bank in June or July next, it will be my business, at a proper time to give them Notice of your intention. – Mr Wilson Rector Of Wolsingham has been applied to, previous to <commencing> the contemplated Level of Pikestone, to know the terms he would accept for his Tythe Ore.

Letter – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 23 Mar 1821

Mr B. March 23rd 1821 In case you should visit Northumberland soon I think it would be better to defer the alteration of the Bywell mill until you have seen it … I have sent a brace of woodcocks sent in by the Bywell gamekeeper. He has applied to me for a gun, not having one of his own, you will have the goodness to say if he is to have one.

Letter – Martin Morrison to John Griffiths Esqr – 24 Mar 1821

John Griffiths Esqr Solicitor - Durham Newcastle 24 March 1821 Informed that a Trial in search of Lead Ore is making at Black Bank situated below Wolsingham and the same being Copyhold and in the parish of Wolsingham, I take the liberty of mentioning the circumstance to you, in order if an Error exists contravening Colonel Beaumonts rights as Lessee under the Bishop of Durham,that the Trial in question may forthwith be stopped. – I am etc MM

Letter – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 1 Apr 1821

Mr B. Bywell April 1st 1821 I have removed my family to Bywell to enable me to attend [struck out: closely] to the enclosure now going on ... There is a <....> Engine and a great number of leather pipe for extinguishing fires which they value at £35 ... has suffered one of the young dogs to get away from him whilst hunting them and worry another sheep.

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 2 Apr 1821

Newcastle 2 April 1821 Messrs Rundell & Co London. – Adv[isin]g of having sent a pc of Silver of 968 Oz pWaggon 28 Mar MM Newcastle 11th April 1821 Messrs Rundell & Co London Ditto of 1584Oz pWaggon

Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 7 Apr 1821

Mrs Beaumont Newcastle 7th April 1821 35 Portman Square London Madam In two other Covers I beg to transmit Cash Acc[oun]t & Sales of Lead for last month; and in this, a letter from Mr Geo Crawhall, by which you will have the satisfaction to find, that the Bargains have commenced without interruption on the part of the Workmen. To the wholesome severity exercised on the last occasion, may be attributed the present peaceful progress of the Agreements for the ensuing Quarter.
The Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers Project aimed to celebrate and discover the heritage of the Dukesfield Arches & lead carriers' routes between Blaydon and the lead mines of Allendale and Weardale. A two year community project, it was led by the Friends of the North Pennines in partnership with Hexhamshire and Slaley Parish Councils and the active support of Allendale Estates. It was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the generous support of other sponsors. Friends of the North Pennines: Charity No:1137467