Calculations – Nicholas Halhead – 1 Oct 1760

Document Type: Calculations
Date: 1 Oct 1760
Correspondent: Nicholas Halhead
Archive Source: DUL CCB B 182 121
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A Calculation of the Yearly Value of the Lead Ore got within the Inclosures and Parks including the Common Pastures, in Weredale, upon an Average of fourteen Years 1746 & 17<59> inclusive, being the Time <...........> the Lease thereof, over and above the <Benefit> to the Lessee from his Composition for the Rector of Stanhope’s Tenth, which his possession of the Lease of the said Ore has procured him.



Ore got, according to the Extracts sent by Mr Richmond, with which he has proposed to compare the Books & Pay Bills.



                               Bings [Horse]

In Great Slitt Vein            9819  1 1/2

Prydale                        1317  0 1/2

The Billing                      74  2 1/2 

                              11212  0 1/2

	

The Rector’s 1/10 after the 

    Bishop’s 1/9 is deducted    996  2 1/2



                              10215  2 @ 50s p Bing is [£]25538 11 3



[First calculation as described in Notes]

Cost according to the same Extracts



Pay Bills Great Slitt         13375 17  7 1/2

          Prydale              2080  8  9 1/4

          Billing                90 12  4 1/2

                              15546 18  9 1/4



Wood & contingencies if not     560 12  1 1/2

   Included in the above charge 

   <@> 1s pr bing                              



Proportion of the composition   295     6

    paid to the Bishop

                              16402 11  4 3/4

Total Value of the 14 Years    9136  3  7 1/4

The Value of One Year           652 11  8





[Second calculation as described in Notes]

Cost according to the same Extracts



Great Slitt in the Pay Bills  13375 17  7 1/2

      Wood & contingencies     2661 15  1

                              16037 12  8 1/2



Prydale                        2080  8  9 1/4

Billing                          90 12  4 1/2

                              18208 13 10 1/4



Proportion of the composition   325  9  6

    paid to the Bishop

                              18534  3  4 1/4

	

Total Value of the 14 Years    7002  7 10 1/4

The Value of One Year           500  3  5



	

                                     Bings

a The whole Quantity of the Ore got  11211 0 1/2

  The Bishop’s 1/9 thereof            1245 2 1/2

  Remainder                           9965 2

  The Rector’s 1/10 whereof            996 2

b

Supposing the whole Quantity of Ore got    63000

under the Moor Master’s Lease for the sd. 

Last 14 Yrs. to be only 4500 Bings pp Ann: 

tho The real Quantity it is believed has 

been Considerably greater than That 

                                                           £    s  d 

The Bps 1/9 Lott Ore wd be                  7000 @ 50s   17500  0  0

The Bps Rent of 20s for Duty Bing, or 1/9 part,           1245 12  6

within the Inclosures & Parks as above, being

The Produce of the Bps Lott for the 14 Yrs. wd. be       18745 12  6



Then Say

If 18745.12.6, the Produce of the Bps Lott for 14 Yrs. , Requires £4900, the Composition pd. For the same @ £350 a Yr. What will 1245.12.6, the produce of the Bps Rent of 20s Duty Bing within the Inclosures & Park, require.

<Answer .......  …..> will be £325 ,, 9 ,, 6.





[Another variation of the same calculation given on a separate sheet:]

                                     Bings

a The whole Quantity of the Ore got  11211 0 1/2

  The Bishop’s 1/9 thereof            1245 2 1/2

  Remainder                           9965 2

  The Rector’s 1/10 whereof            996 2

b

Supposing the whole Quantity of Ore got    70000

under the Moor Master’s Lease for the sd. 

Last 14 Yrs. to be only 5000 Bings pp Ann: 

tho The real Quantity it is believed has 

been Considerably greater than That 

                                                           £    s  d 

The Bps 1/9 Lott Ore wd be                  777 @ 50s    19444  7  6

The Bps Rent of 20s for Duty Bing, or 1/9 part,           1245 15  0

within the Inclosures & Parks as above, being

The Produce of the Bps Lott for the 14 Yrs. wd. be       20690  2  6



Then Say

If 20690.2.6, the Produce of the Bps Lott for 14 Yrs. , Requires £4900, the Composition pd. For the same @ £350 a Yr. What will 1245.15.0, the produce of the Bps Rent of 20s Duty Bing within the Inclosures & Park, require.

And the Answer will be £295.0.6
Undated memorandum but the content appears to tie the calculations in to information supplied by Joseph Richmond to the Bishop’s agent, Nicholas Halhead at Auckland Castle in early September 1760, leading to further correspondence between them. A date of 1st October is used here. There are two slightly different versions of the same memo, which differ insofar as the ‘wood and contingencies’ calculation is higher in one than the other. Richmond confirmed the second in his letter to Halhead on 2nd September 1760. The revised portion is included as a separate section within the transcript.

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