Letter – Peter Mulcaster – 23 Dec 1787

       Farnacres 23rd December 1787



Present: Messrs Peter & James Mulcaster and Mr Thomas Temperley



       Messrs James Mulcaster and Thomas Temperley upon being asked whether a clear Account of all Lead Ore raised within the Manor of Alston Moor could be made out in any one year ending upon the 12th Day of May, are clearly of opinion that according to the present mode of working Lead Mines within the Manor of Alston Moor (which cannot without a great Inconvenience & Loss be altered) such account could not be made out without computing Quantities, and that more greatly the settling of Accounts under such a Circumstance could not be otherwise than attended with Uncertainty.

       Upon their being asked what time of the year would be most proper for settling the above mentioned Accounts, they were also clearly of opinion that the 29th Day of September being the usual Day in each year on which the respective Lead Mine Adventurers settle their Accounts would, and will at all times, be the most proper time for settling the Accounts for the Lead Mines. 

The Several Adventurers to be allowed Fourteen Days for drawing all the Ore which shall have been worked to the 29th Day of September, and Fifty Six Days from the 29th of September for the compleating of the washing of all the Lead Ore which shall have been raised to the last mentioned time.  

       Witness		Thomas Temperley	Peter Mulcaster		James Mulcaster