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To Mr Chris. Denton London
16 Dec 1758
Dr Sir
I rec[eiv]ed yours of the 12th inst & am very sorry you are still so much indisposed, but hope your next Lre will bring me a better acc[oun]t. Below is an Ans[we]r to yo[u]r lre as far as I can give it at this time & I will send you Copies or full Abstracts of the deeds you want as soon as I come at them. I am etc JR
Redburn is a Lease for Lives from Sherborn hospital
Lintzgarth id do. fm the B[isho]p of Durham
Kilhope & Welhope is do. fm do. wch you do not mention
Crook Oak - a small close, is an Assignm[en]t fm Mr Wharton to Sr.Wm.Blackett for 99 yrs,
pays an out rent of £4 a yr but I know not where the Assignment is.
The P[ar]tners[hi]p Mines wth Mr Bacon, is included in the Moor Ma[ste]r Lease of the Moors
& Wastes in Weardale fm the Bishop.
The 1/12 of Stella Coll[ie]ry is a Lease for Lives fm the B[isho]p. But the whole is renewed in the
name of Mr Lion[e]l Vane who is so much disorder'd that no Assignm[en]t of the shares can
be made by him But the original purchase of Sr. Wr's 1/12 th is in his study & some old
assignm[en]ts of it since that time.
The ho[use] in Hornsby Chair is a mortgage by way of Lease & Release for £919.12.3 fm Rob
Carr to Wm. Davison & Jno. Wilkinson, (Ex[ecu]tors of Sr Wm.Blackett the Fa[the]r) in
1714 But these deeds are in the hand of Mr Wilkinsons Ex[ecu]tors & I cannot yet come at
them. This house has never been let for above £20 or £21 a year.
Sidgate Closes are all freehold Except a small slip of Gro[un]d leas'd of the Corporation just
without the wall for a convenient entrance; wch it is not material to take notice of.
The Nuns Garden & Tenem[en]t thereto belonging is freehold & was purchasd by Mr Jno.
Wilkinson for Sr Wm.Blackett in 1724. But these deeds are in the hands of Mr Wilkinsons
ex[ecu]tors& cannot be got.
