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Mines to be sold on 11th. Jany. 1791
Lot 1 Wolfcleugh Whesenhope Fell These Mines may be worth a Trial
Bleaberry Cleugh
Straith head Burnhope Fell These Mines not worth working
Green Groves unless by Ton-tale
Hasley Gill
Scraith head
Lot 2 Grove Rake
Foulwood or Linz Garth Cleugh These Mines worth a Trial and <lies>
<Barkshaw meadow> in Rookhope Fell
Longhouse or Cowhaugh In Kilhope Fell. Mines not worth
Cowford working unless by Ton-tale
Lot 3 Harley Shaw Bollihope Fell These not worth working unless by
Shafts Will Ton-Tale
Heavy Cleugh
Crawley in Stanhope Fell [as for others in Lot 3]
Berry Cleugh in Swinhope Fell
Lot 4 Farneycleugh Middlehope Fell Not worth working unless by TonTale
Scar Sike [ditto]
Coleberry Ireshope Fell [ditto]
Ireshope Burnfoot Now working
Lot 5 Breckon sike Burtry Ford Fell These Mines worth a Trial
Greenfield [ditto]
Broadmea Sedling Fell [ditto]
Bogus Will Crawley Fell Not worth working unless by TonTale
Greenwell [ditto]
Lot 6 Pudding Thorn Heathery Cleugh Fell Not worth working unless by
Pikestone Wolsingham Fell TonTale
Bole Hill Sedling Pasture [ditto]
or Greenhills [ditto]
Stone Peak Middle Blackdean Pasture [ditto]
New Meadows Easter Blackdean Pasture [ditto]
Sr. Wm. Blackett to treat for <Shanewalls> &c and for Lot and Tithe Ore
Lessees to surrender in 20 Days on Tender of 5d.
Sr. Wm. to indemnify the Lessees against the Rent in the Lease
Lessees to carry up Levels and if any Vein be discovered coming or going from the Levels
Lessees to have ? of the Ore
If any Discovery happen to be a Vein belonging to Sr. Wm. that has been wrought by the old
Man and can be gained without the Lessees Levels Sir. Wm. to have the Ore
Lessees to have the Benefit of Sir Wms. Levels
Sir Wm. to have the Benefit of the Lessees Levels.
Lot 1 - put up at £200
Sr Tho Blackett 203, 215, 225, 235, 250, 270
Ben: Worship 210, 220, 230, 240, 262.10.0,
Lot 2. - put up at £200
Sr. T Blackett 210, 230
Ben Worship 220.10.0,
Lot 3 - put up at £200
Sr. T Blackett £210, 230, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 320, 330, 350, 360
Ben: Worship £220.10.0, 240, 255, 265, 275, 285, 315, 325, 335, 355
Sr. TB 370, 380, 390, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470, 480, 490
B.W. 365, 375, 385, 395, 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 465, 475, 485
Sr. TB 500, 525, 535, 545, 555, 565, 580, 600, 640
B.W. 495, 505, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 585, 630
Lot 4 - put up at £200
Robt. Harris Coope £205, 215, 225, 250, 260, 300, 315
<Sr. TB> …………
Ben Worship £210, 220, 230, 255, 265, 305
Lot 5 - put up at £500
Sr. T Blackett £550, 650, 700
Ben Worship £600, 655
Lot 6 - put up at £200
Sr. <T>Blackett £205
Ben: Worship £
[Notes of total sums:]
270
230
640
205
700
2045
315
2360
672/A/34/96. Sales notes, including individual bids for the various auction lots in John Bell’s hand, presumably of the non-Blackett share of the ‘Partnership mines in Weardale’. These were lead mines which the Blacketts had shared with others since the 1690s, an arrangement they inherited from Sir William Blackett II’s purchase of the Weardale moormastership from Humphrey Wharton in 1692. For its origins see Ian Forbes, ‘Charles Paulet, Weardale's forgotten mining entrepreneur and the origin of Weardale's partnership mines’, Friends of Killhope newsletter, 90, 2017. Mention of Sir Wm Blackett in the list of terms under the lot list appears to indicate these are old partnership terms perhaps dating from the 1692 moormastership purchase, for in 1791 Sir Thomas Blackett was the owner
