Mongewell Jan: 10th 1799
Mowbray,
You must certainly press a general Inclosure as far as your Majority on the 14th will enable you to go. But if it should fail you must in my name consent to a partial inclosure rather than none, for even that will be attended with it’s benefits. If success attends the first experiment I have no doubt of the plan’s being adopted afterwards. But in my opinion it will be advisable to propose to the Commoners, if they object to the general Inclos
Grove 11th Jan 1799
Dear Sir
I am desired by Mr Paris the Gentleman who married my sister & the head of the House of Paris, Warre, Harvey and Co the great Russia House to request you will give him a line to Grove to say at what price you are selling your Lead and the terms of Sale. They send a great quantity of Lead every year to Russia, not less than Fourteen or Fifteen thousand Pounds worth, Which at present they get at Hull, and the greatest part of it Blackett Lead, by be
Messrs. Read Lucas & Reads Sheffield NCastle 11 Jany. 1799
Mr Blackett duly rec[eiv]ed your l[ett]er of the 8 Inst. inclosing 11 Bills Am[oun]t £360.6 . as you advise & which are passed to y[ou]r Credit above you have an Invoice of a P[iec]e fine Silver sent you this day by Jno. Pickersgill the Leeds Carrier, which you will please place to Account with T R Beaumont Esq. as usual. Mr Blackett will inform you about the Test Bottoms in a few day
We whose Names are hereunto subscribed having in consequence of being deputed by the Proprietors of Lands within the Parish of Stanhope, at a meeting held at Stanhope in the County of Durham on the 14th January 1799 to consider of a compensation to be made to the Rector of Stanhope in lieu of the Tithe of the Lands that are about to be divided, and of certain other Lands called the old Inclosures within the said Parish. Having maturely considered the same are of Opinion, that a clause sho
You are desired to state to the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the Amount of the Land Tax charged annually on the premises, comprehended in your Lease from them, and also to inform them, whether you contracted for the redemption of the said Land Tax, previously to the twenty fifth of December 1798.
January 15th 1799.
Sherburn, 16th Jany 1799
My Lord,
On the 14th. at Stanhope the Meeting was well attended, Mr Tweddell in the Chair, and he took a very active part. Mr Williamson also attended, and gave the measure the fullest Support. Not any Thing on that day was done with the Rector as to the Tithe, save fixing a Committee on Behalf of the proprietors to propose Terms (a Copy of their proposal I send herewith). The Rector came to durham today in hopes to have met Mr. W: at the quarter Se
Sherburn 16th Jany 1799
Sir
I dare say Mr Bell will have informed you what passed at the meeting in Weardale on the 14th. Instant. I was in hopes you would have been pleased to have directed Mr Emmerson or some other one of Coll. Beaumonts Agents to have given the Bill support indeed I felt a little on the occasion when I was informed that Mr Bell had been desired to acquaint them that they were not at liberty to say one word on behalf of the Coll. The effect was, they in conseq
Sherburn 16 Jany. 1799.
Sir
I daresay Mr. Bell will have informed you what passed at the meeting in Weardale on the 14th Instant. I was in hopes you would have been pleased to have directed Mr. Emmerson, or some one of Coll. Beaumonts principal Agents, to have given the Bill support, Indeed I felt a little on the Occasion, when I was informed that Mr. Bell had been desired to acquaint them, that they were not at liberty to say one Word on the behalf of the Coll. – the effect
Leeds 17th January 1799
Mr John E Blackett
Sir, In consequence of your last letter to Mr Wm Lee which I saw I request you will inform me whether the price of lead you quoted of £17.10 is on long credit as the last quotation from Hull was £16.10. 3 or 2 mo[nths] and truly it is in your power to serve me better than any of the merchants there. From the connection of my own punctuality I expect you will serve me the most liberal terms & under this presumption. I shall have the
Messrs. Wheeldon Webster & Co.. Derbys Newcastle 17 Jany. 1799
On board the Phosphorus Capt. Crabtree are shipped for you 33 casks Lith. weight 10 Tons, according to your request of the 9th Ult. - the Invoice & weight of each Cask you have below. It would have been sent you sooner had there been a Ship ready. The present Price of Lith is £18 P[er] Ton. I am etc T. C.
Messrs. Gosling Bankers Newcastle 17 Jany 1799
London
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Surtees Burdon & Co. on Barclays & Co. at One Month dated this day for Two Hundred & Twenty Five Pounds, being for One Quarter’s Composition for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Leadmines due the 11th Inst. to the Revd. Henry Hardinge from Col Beaumont - Please to advise me on your receipt of the Bill & inform Mr Hardinge of t
Messrs Drummond. NCastle 17 Jany 1799
Bankers London
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Surtees Burdon & Co. on Barclays & Co. at 40 Days dated this day for Two Hundred & Thirty One Pounds Five Shillings, to pay One Quarter’s Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Leadmines due the 26th Feb. next to my Lord Bishop of Durham from Col. Beaumont Please to advise me on your Receipt of the same
I am e
Copy of a letter from John E.Blackett Esq
Newcastle 18th. Jany 1799
Sir
Since my annexed Letter to you I have been favord with your Letter of the 16th Instant, I have been so much indisposed as to confine me to the House ever since I had the pleasure of seeing you until this Morning, when I saw Mr Williamson and Mr Bell called on me; had I been in Health I would certainly have attended the Meeting, but in that case I could not have acquiesced in the question of a division with
Sir Henry Wilson Newcastle 18th January 1799
Chelsea Park London
Sir Your favour of the 20th Ult. acknowledging the Receipt of the Bill for £1200 . . was duly received by which I observe that you accept of the notice of the remaining sum due on Sir Thomas Blacketts Bond & Mortgage to the late Mr William Wilson, being paid off on the 8th August next; you will please to inform me at what place the payment is to be
Arthur Mowbray Esq. Newcastle 18 January 1799
Durham
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Mess. Surtees Burdon & Co. on Messrs Barclays & Co. at One Month dated this day for Seventy Five Pounds One Shilling & Two Pence being in full for half a Y[ea]rs Rent due from T. R. Beaumont Esq. the 1st Feby next to the Lord Bishop of Durham for the Office of Moor Master of Weardale, with 1s/2d for Acquit [an]ce of Duty
Mr Thomas Emerson NCastle 19 January 1799
Newhouse, Weardale Durham
In a letter that I had from Mr Mowbray he appears to be hurt that nothing was said by you at the Meeting in favour of the Division, which he said caused it to be thought that Col Beaumont was not Friendly to the measure & requested me to write to you & set that matter right, I acquainted him that in case of there being an express Clause in the Bi
Col Beaumont NCastle 20 Jany. 1799
MP Portman square London
D[ea]r Sir I wrote to you the 13th Inst to which give me leave to refer you. Mr Williamson who attended the Meeting in Weardale respecting the Division informs me that great opposition was made by the small Free & Copyholders to the Division of the Commons of Stanhope & Bollihope, tho’ the principle Proprietors were for the Division taking place no o
Sherburn 21. Jany. 1799.
My Lord
Herewith I send a Copy of Mr. Blacketts Answer to my Letter of which I sent your Lordship a Copy - & also a Copy of a printed Letter I yesterday received from The Dean & Chapter as one of their Lessees. I have by the Post Remitted Five Hundred pounds to Messrs Drummonds, to be passed to the Credit of your Lordship’s Accompt.
I am My Lord Your Lordship’s very much obd. ob. Hble Servant
Arthur Mowbray
The Honbl. &am
Mr Archb[ol]d Paris. Newcastle 21st January 1799
No. 7 New Bond Street, London
Sir, I am favoured with your letter of the 17th Inst, & observe the Contents - I have within these few Months sold a very considerable quantity of Lead to the London Houses of great respectability at £17 P[er] F[odde]r half refined, & half Common, payable in Bills on London due in six Months from the Day of the sale, a great part of whi
Mr William Tweedale Bretton Near Wakefield Yorkshire
[up to first 10 lines missing, cut out] I have continued to pay I. Littlewood since I saw you at this place. I don’t perceive that any thing has been paid by the Overseers of Rexborough on her Account for some time by Mr Straker’s papers, the only one that I have seen relating to it is a Copy of a letter to Mr Noble, (a Copy of which you have on the other side) & if nothing has been paid since, the Arrears now due will be in all
Newhouse Jan 23 1799
Sir,
I should have wrote you last week relative to the Meeting at Stanhope but I expected Mr Williamson would have informed you of the particulars of the said Meeting -- It is said if the Intended Division get forward, that Colonel Beaumont will not have the priviledge of discovering and Working Veins by hushing, should that be the case, he should not be deprived the liberty of hushing Wastes as it is not only the best way of working them, but also does leas
Jan 25th 99
My dear Sir
I have very great pleasure in informing You that Mrs Beaumont has this Morning presented me with a Son, I have great Satisfaction in saying that both She & the dear Babe are as well as can be expected. I will be much obliged to You to let it be inserted in the Newcastle papers. I send you a letter from Mr Hind, he is determined not to loose sight of any opportunity of offering himself. Mrs Beaumont unites with me in best respects to Yourself & Mrs Collin
Threepwood 25th January 1799
My Lord,
I trust your Lordship will have the goodness to excuse my addressing you on the subject of the proposed Division of the Commons and Stinted Pastures in the Parish of Stanhope in Weardale, in which Division being a considerable Proprietor, I crave leave to express a due sense of the various advantages the Proprietors generally are likely to experience from Your Lordships indulgence and liberality of Sentiment, not only towards Enfranchising th
Dear Sir,
I had an opportunity of seeing Mr Blackett soon after my return from Stanhope and stated to him that it was intended to secure to Col. Beaumont his right as Lessee of the Bishop of Durham to work the lead mines in the stinted pastures & stinted moors without paying any damages for spoil of ground, and I also suggested to him that, as it appeared to me that a very considerable number of the persons interested in the division at present kept aloof merely from want of knowing
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Stanhope Feby 4th 1799
Dear Sir,
I take the liberty of forwarding to you a Copy of two Questions that I sent to Mr Williamson together with a Copy of his Answer from which it will clearly appear, I trust, that I could not consistently with prudence, or as an honest Trustee for my Successors, consent to partial Allotments, or to a partial Sale of Tithes even for an equivalent in Land
I am, Dear Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
H. Hardinge
To Mr Sc