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Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Sep 1833
Saturday 28th September
Rode down the Tweed to Berwick. The clean fallows, the neatly harvested fields & full crops of Turnips free from weeds in this well cultivated district, form a contrast very unfavourable to the exhausted condition & inexpert management of the southern parts of the County. I met the Gentlemen engaged in the Scremerston Arbitration & urged them to come to a decision without farther delay or admitting of any interference of the interested parties. This they
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Key – 28 Sep 1833
Tho[ma]s Key Esq London Sep 28 1833
I beg leave to hand you Invoice of your last purchase of Ordinary refined Lead ch/w. Depend upon it the Market will advance and that £14-10 and £15 will be obtained for common and Ref[ine]d in a very short time. We are still selling Litharge at £15 but it must also advance.
BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 29 Sep 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co
I am in receipt of your favour of the 26th inst advising the receipt of £292-6s-9d from Messrs Grace & Freeman and payment of the same to Mr B[eaumon]ts credit with Glyn & Co. I note your sale to them of 2000 p[iece]s refined Lead at £14-10 and await your further instructions upon it.
I conclude I am to ship it as usual, charging as usual for the Keel dues and Commission.
I also note your sale of 3000 p[iece]s Slag Lead 1/2 refined 1/2 ordinary t
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Oct 1833
Tuesday 1st October
Received a letter from Mr Hodgson on the subject of the proposed road up the Derwent, containing a list of subscriptions, which letter is herewith forwarded to the Commissioners. Set out early in the morning & drove to Corbridge. This being quarter day, wrote to Mr Brandling & Mr Wailes & inclosing Checks for their pensions.
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Oct 1833
Wednesday 2nd October
Lead Ore
Received Mr Stephens statement of the Quarter produce of the mines. The quantity weighed over being 5509 Bings of which the Duty Ore to the Hospital is 973 Bings. I have not yet heard from the Lessees of Langley Mills, of their having appointed anyone in the place of the late Mr Crawhall, to meet Mr Parker for the purpose of determining the average price of Lead.
Dean and Chapter Rents
Received a Letter from Mr Hudson of the Dean Chapter Office,
Letters – Hugh Pattinson to John Hodgson – 2 Oct 1833
Blaydon Lead Works Oct 2nd 1833
In reference to the matter on which you received my opinion on the 30th ult viz whether it will suit Mr Beaumont to sell 2000 tons of Ore besides the 1000 Tons now under treaty and if so what description of Ore should be offered and what price. I beg to lay before you the following observations.
I am of the Opinion that it would suit Mr Beaumont very well to sell 2000 tons of Ore provided the purchaser will take the description of Ore which
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Oct 1833
Thursday 3rd October
Newlands & Whittonstall
In the morning met Mr Hunt at Greymare Hill & spent the whole of the day in traversing the farms and woodlands in the district, especially examining Sproats Farm, with a view to the away going Crop of the present tenant, & the conditions of its future management. And Newlands Town farm for the same purpose, as well as with a view to its annexation to the Haugh Farm. Returned to Corbridge in the evening leaving Mr Hunt to look afte
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 3 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay hodgson & Co London Oct 3rd 1833
In ans[wer] to your letter of the 28th & 30th ult you will see by the enclosed return of Stock at Blaydon that we are enabled to deliver Messrs Maltby Son & Co the whole of their last purchase of 5000 p[iece]s and have given them an Order for delivery of same. They are now shipping their purchase of Slag Lead for Petersburgh via Hull, as no Ships from this Port will take Lead for the Baltic after the month of Sept. Messrs W
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 3 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London Newcastle Oct 3rd 1833
I am in receipt of your letters of the 27th28th& 30thult and have the pleasure of forwarding Mr Pattinsons Report upon the Lead Ores. You will observe that he now thinks we ought not to sell any unrefinable Ore under £9-10 a Ton, whereas in his letter of 11th Sept he states “My opinion is that Mr B[eaumon]t should not on any account have less than £3-10 in a Bing” which would be £8-15 a ton. I suppose the diffe
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Oct 1833
Friday 4th October
Wark Rents
Wrote to Mr Johnson informing him that the Estates of Whittle & Newton are not to be disposed off [sic]. Finding by a letter from Mr Jay accompaning the Boards minutes today that the Duke of Northumb. has accepted the conveyance of Wark upon the conditions stipulated for in Mr Hoopers letter, one of which conditions is that his Grace is to receive all rents from & after the 12th of May last, it follows that the rents due at May Day last, but not yet
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Oct 1833
Saturday 5th October 1833
Heard from Mr Fenwick, Colliery Viewer, that he had written to Major Johnson & Mr Thomson informing them of the price at which he considered the Coals for burning Lime, should be charged to the Tenants. Wrote to Mattw Bell Esq MP soliciting his attention to two years Arrear of rent due by him to the Hospital for Moors in the Barony of Wark. Rode to Shawhouse to fix with Armstrong the prices at which he is to do the Roofing at Newtonhall, to obtain his signa
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 5 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London Oct 5th 1833
I have duly received your letter of the 2nd inst advising Sale of 1500 p[iece]s selected refined Lead to Mr Th[oma]s Thompson Cattley at £14-10. Mr Abbott his Agent at this place applied to me a few days ago to make this Purchase for him, and 1000 p[iece]s for himself; but as our Stock of selected refined Lead did not exceed 1445 p[iece]s at that time as you will see by our Return of the 30th inst. I refused to sell under £15 – Whe
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Storr & Mortimer – 5 Oct 1833
Messrs Storr & Mortimer 13 New Bond Street Oct 5 th 1833
I have duly received your letter of the 3rd inst and in answer have to observe that since Messrs Finlay & Hodgson have been appointed Mr B[eaumon]ts Agents in London I have consigned the Silver to them at the Bullion Office for which they are now obtaining 5s/6d an ounce in cash on the day of sale. BJ
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Oct 1833
Monday 7th October
Rail Road
Wrote to Mr Walker Agent of the Railway Company inclosing a Copy of the Account for the repair of Snokoe road, informing him that I considered £13.0.0 as the proportion of the expense which ought to be borne by the Company & requesting him to pay that sum.
Mr Bicknell / Wark
Received a letter from Mr Bicknell together with an Agreement respecting a purchase of Wark by the Duke of Northumberland containing Blanks to be filled up according to
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Oct 1833
Tuesday 8th October
Stublick Colliery Stock
Wrote to Mr Shield of Stublick respecting his payment for the moveable Stock at the Colliery according to valuation.
Rode out on the Tyne Banks to the Workmen & proceeded to Hexham expecting to have an answer from Teasdale, Tenant of Dilston Hall Farm, respecting his ability to obtain security for his Arrear of Rent, which I did not receive, & met Mr Hunt with the view of proceeding to examine Allerwash & other farms, but the da
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Oct 1833
Wednesday 9th October
Heard from Mr Fenwick informing me that he had seen Mr Leadbitter, but that he could not prevail upon him, on account of the delay that had occurred, to allow the transfer of Wark to the Duke, to take place on the 12th of May last as intended and as I urged him if possible to effect, because the Hospital would derive greater benefit from the interest of the purchase money than from the rentals during the interval. Mr Leadbitter proposes the 23rd Nov as the time of
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Samuel Parker – 9 Oct 1833
Sam[ue]l W. Parker Newcastle Oct 9th 1833
I have not received any amount from Mr Hodgson or our London Bankers of any Payment on your Acc[oun]t on the 1st inst. According to our agreement, you were to have paid Cash on that day £5260. 15.9 which was due on the 1st Sept last. BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to William Ferry & Co – 9 Oct 1833
Messrs Ferry & Co Gateshead Oct 9th 1833
I beg to refer you to my letter of the 16th Sept and have to request that you will favour me with the am[oun]t of you’re ac[coun]t for WB Litharge or a cheque by tomorrows post.
BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 9 Oct 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson London Oct 9th 1833
I have duly rec[eive]d your esteemed fav[ou]r of the 7th inst and credit your Acc[oun]t with £416..9..5 paid to Mr B[eaumon]ts aredit with Messrs Glyn & Co. The net proceeds of a piece of fine silver weight 1564 Ounces.
The Sale of 3000 p[iece]s Slag Lead to Messrs Maltby & Co is certainly remitted in my return of last Months Sales but is accounted for in the return of Stock. Please to rectify the omission. I yesterday fo
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Oct 1833
Thursday 10th October
In consequence of a fall from my horse when returning home after dark last night, & my present suffering from bruises, headache & sickness, I am unable to proceed on the inspection of the farms today, as I had fixed with Mr Hunt.
Teasdale
Old Teasdale having wearied out his connections with helping him, & finding no security for the payment of his Arrears has brought a resignation of his farm at May Day next, imploring the forebearance of the Commi
Letter – James Graham to John Grey – 10 Oct 1833
Private Cowes 10th October 1833
Dear Sir,
I am informed that the agreement with Mr McAdam as Surveyor of the Turnpike Roads under the Alston Trust expired in November. I have always been led to believe that the bargain made with him was improvident, that his Services been of a doubtful Character and that the allowances to him and to his Assistants have been continued on an extravagant Scale. If the bargain be open in November, the Time has arrived, where it would be expedient ca
Letters – George Backhouse to Finlay & Hodgson – 10 Oct 1833
Finlay & Co 10th Oct 1833
By the usual conveyance I forward you to the Bullion Office a piece of fine Silver weighing 1498 Ozs which you will please attend to on arrival.
I have the pleasure also to inform you that I have sold to Walkers & Co this day 1000 p[iece]s Slag Lead at £13..15s/- per f[odde]r this will be all of the ord[inar]y Slag. Mr Johnson has laft this today to be in readiness to attend a meeting of the Inhabitants of Stanhope, at that place tomorr
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Oct 1833
Friday 11th October
Tools etc at Meldon
Heard from the Woodman at Hartburngrainge that he had applied to Mr Cairns of Meldon, pursuant to my direction for the ladder, bore rods & other articles belonging to the Hospital, but that he had refused to give them up. Wrote to Mr Cairns to ask the Ground of his refusal - saying that if he chose to pay for them by valuation, he might keep them, but not otherwise. He has the reputation of being a respectable man but I find that many respec
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Oct 1833
Saturday 12th October
Elrington
Rode to Highside to see the Repairs ordered there, which are done now, except the Slates laying on. Proceeded by Bagraw & Langhope to Elrington which I examined minutely. This Farm contains a good deal of rough pasture, which is capable of considerable improvement, with a good portion of turnip & barley Soil. The present tenant occupies along with it, a small farm adjoining belonging to Mr Tweddell, the Corn from which he thrashes at Elr
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 12 Oct 1833
Messrs Grace & Freeman London Oct 12 !833
Above I hand you Invoice of 300 p[iece]s Lead shipped on Board the Miner Capt[ain[ Sim. Mr Hodgson has advised me of your purchase of 2000 p[iece]s Refined Lead which we can ship at any time on receiving your instructions. BJ
