Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Richard Master – 12 May 1790

By - gregpfinch12 May 1790
Document Type: Letter
Date: 12 May 1790
Correspondent: John Erasmus Blackett
Recipient: Richard Master
Archive Source: NRO 672 E 1E 5
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Richard Master Esqr & Co                                                                     NC  12 May 1790



Gentlemen	Inclos’d you will receive a Bill drawn by Eden Ridley & Co on Castell & Co at One Month dated this Day for £212-10; being Three Months Composition Rent for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due from Sir Thos Blackett Bart to the Lord Bishop of Durham, the 11th ins[tan]t _ Please to acknowledge the Rec[eip]t of the Bill & send me the usual Receipt.                                                                                                            I am etc  J.E.B





£212-10-                                                                                Newcastle Bank 12 May 1790

One Month after Date Pay to the Order of John Erasmus Blackett Esqr Two

Hundred & Twelve Pounds ten Shillings   Value recieved

                                          For Sir J Eden Sir M W Ridley Cookson Widdrington & Co

To Messrs Castell Powell Sumner & Co                                                                           Thos Gibson

No 16786    London                            Pay the Contents to the Order of 

                                                             Richd Master Esqr & Co Value in Acct

                                                             with the Lord Bishop of Durham

                                                                                                          John E Blackett

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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