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Letter – Thomas Bernard to Shute Barrington – 29 Nov 1797
Foundling 29 Nov 97
My Lord,
I have felt some difficulty & diffidence in offering your Lordship my Sentiments upon a beneficial & proper Compensation to be given for Tythes. Every one agrees that they are an Impediment to the Agricultural Improvement of a Country, & (where disputes occur between the Clergymen & his Parishioners) extremely prejudicial to the Cause of Religion; but what unexceptionable Compensation can be made which shall always be commensurate to t
Letter – Thomas Bernard to Shute Barrington – 4 Dec 1797
Foundling 4 Dec 1797
My Lord,
I have not yet seen anything that appears to me to exclude your L[ordshi]p’s claim to an allotment out of the lim[ite]d Stints. all rights of Common are in some degree stinted; & the degree of the Stint makes no difference as to the Lord’s Allotm[en]t, if the common remains open & uninclosed. If indeed ground is inclosed (as may possibly be the case here) with an exclusive Right of Pasturage in certain individuals, & no right of so
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Diana Beaumont – 5 Dec 1797
Mrs Beaumont Newcastle 5th Decr 1797
Bretton Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Madam I had the honor of your Lre of the 26th Ulto which I should have sooner replied to, could I have brought Mr Newton to a point as to the mode of settling the business between you & himself, for untill that was done, it would be to little purpose having Mr Ebdon & Mr Stephenson to meet at the Abbey with different instructions. on
Letter – Shute Barrington to Arthur Mowbray – 6 Dec 1797
Mongewell Dec: 6th 1797
Mowbray,
A variety of employment, and many avocations, together with the want of Mr. Bernard’s opinion relative to the limited Stints (which I transmit herewith and desire may be returned) have hitherto delayed my Answers to your letter of the 13th ult.
The question respecting an unexceptionable compensation for Tithes, which shall always be commensurate to the contingent improvement of the Land, is replete with difficulty in common cases. That d
Letter – Shute Barrington to Thomas Bernard – 6 Dec 1797
Mongewell Dec: 6th 1797
My Dear Sir,
I feel in its full extent the difficulty of adjusting a fair compensation for the Tythes of Stanhope, from the magnitude of the inclosure and the singularity of its nature. You wish to know my sentiments as to the modes which you have suggested.
1.If it be certain that money has attained its summit of depreciation (of which question I acknowledge myself to be an incompetent judge) I shall then agree with you that there can be no object
Letter – Dorothy Newton to John Erasmus Blackett – 8 Dec 1797
As it is Coll. Beaumonts determination to take the Carpenters Work at Hexham Abbey out of my father William Newton's hands & as my Farher is willing to think that the work could be proceeded in as he has engaged, but as Coll. Beaumont will not come into any proposal he has made for carrying on & completing the said work, my Father in such case, can only give his approbation to Col. Beaumont's own plan of concluding it - under such certain circumstances as my Father has de
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Diana Beaumont – 10 Dec 1797
Coll Beaumont (to be opened by Mrs Beaumont) Newcastle 10th Decr 1797
MP Bretton Wakefield Yorkshire
Dr Madam
Since I wrote to you I have received the inclosed from Mr Newton from which you will observe the claims that he makes on Col Beaumont, & how necessary that it will be that some plan of settlement between the Parties should be agreed to, before Mr Ebdon & Mr Stephenson go to the Abbey for the purpose of adjusting that matter, otherwise t
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 10 Dec 1797
Decr. 10th 1797.
My dear Sir,
Mrs. Beaumont had the Favor of Yours, and we should most certainly wish to have everything settled respecting Mr. Newton’s Business, as it would be impossible to continue him any longer in the carrying on the work, for should another illness seize him, and He should then not have arranged everything we should be then still worse. I am happy to say that Mrs. Beaumont & the Children are all very well. She unites with me in best Respects –
I am M
Letter – Richard Scruton to Arthur Mowbray – 11 Dec 1797
Dear Sir,
I could not meet with you on Saturday last, altho’ I frequently call’d at <Fairests>, I was told you were at Shotton’s. _
I attended the Meeting as advertised & communicated to the Persons who attended, the gracious Intentions of My Lord of Durham, to favour the Measure of a Division, which you had enabled me to do, & in Consequence only found one Sentiment amongst them _ The Inclemency of the Weather (which was beyond all description) occasioned the
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 13 Dec 1797
Coll Beaumont Newcastle 13th Decemr 1797
MP Bretton Wakefield Yorkshire
Dr Sir At my return from Hexham yesterday Noon I received your favor of the 10th inst & I am glad to hear that you found Mrs Beaumont & the Children all in good health. As I found there were only five of Mr Newtons joiners at work at the Abbey finishing the materials they had there, I postponed giving him, or them, a discharge untill
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 14 Dec 1797
Decr. 14th 97.
My dear Sir,
Mrs. Beaumont was favoured with Your Letter, I can’t conceive that Mr. Newton can claim in any degree that an Agreement was entered into, he produced a paper of Calculations but they did not in any degree tend to make any binding contract. I think You are perfectly right in discharging Mr. Newtons people both in Newcastle & Hexham, that things may be brought to some issue with him. Both Mr. Cockshutt & Mr. Cotton are alive & very well &
Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Shute Barrington – 14 Dec 1797
My Lord,
I duly received your Lordship’s Favor of the 6th Inst._ I have taken a Copy of Mr. Bernard’s Letter and herewith I return it.
The Proprietor of Lands in Weardale have had a Meeting at Chapel last Week (it was by Advertisement in the Newcastle Chronicle which I did not see) to take into Consideration the Propriety of applying for a Division, Mr Scruton an Attorney in Durham who has an Estate in Weardale told me he was desired by several other Proprietors to attend, an
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 15 Dec 1797
My dear Sir,
I have the Favor of your letter this Morning. It will not be convenient at present to let Tweedale go over to the Abbey but as the Business is to be referred to Mr. Ebden & Mr. Stephenson Mr. Bell can settle the matter with them two Architects, as it is a matter that lays between themselves in their professional line and as referees. As to the continuing of Smith the foreman of Mr. Newton to carry on the business I can’t see how that can be done, for as long as he continues
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to John Bell – 18 Dec 1797
Mr John Bell Hexham Abbey Newcastle 18th Decr 1797
Dr Sir In consequence of a Lre which I received from Mr Beaumont by the last post. I have wrote to Mr Newton, a Copy of which you have annexed; its probable that this notice will occasion Mr Stephenson to call on me, & as soon as a time is appointed for him & Mr Ebdon to meet at the Abbey, for the purpose of settling the business with you, you shall be informed of the same. As
Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Shute Barrington – 18 Dec 1797
Sherburn 18th Decr. 1797
My Lord,
I have fixed to meet the Committee of the Land Owners of Weardale at Wolsingham on Thursday the 28 Inst. as to the Division. I tho[ug]t it better to inform your Lordship of the day. Mr. Pearson talks of attending the Meeting; if any Thing further occur, I will be obliged by being informed, as I could wish to go prepared; I think I have them now in good Trim, and I wish to keep them so;_ I find they have thought of going to Parlia[men]t this Sessi
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 19 Dec 1797
Colonel Beaumont Newcastle 19th Decemr 1797
MP Bretton Wakefield Yorkshire
Dr Sir
I am favoured with your letters of the 14th & 15th in consequence of which I have sent Mr Newton a Discharge a Copy of which I enclose, & I likewise sent the same to Mr Bell to be delivered to Mr Newton’s foreman since which I have not heard from him, or Mr Stephenson, as soon as they fix a time for the meeting at t
Letter – Thomas Bernard to Shute Barrington – 19 Dec 1797
Tuesday Morn.
19 Dec 97
My Lord,
I have made a point of sketching as well as I could the outline of 2 letters this Morning, as with our Chapel, some appointments after it, & a dinner party at home, I thought I had little Chance otherwise of sending it you in time. One is an ostensible letter framed on the suggestions of last Night; the other containing private & confidential directions to Mr Mowbray on the subject; & both of them sent merely for Consider[atio
Letter – Shute Barrington to Arthur Mowbray – 21 Dec 1797
Cav: Square Decemr. 21st 1797
Mowbray,
I am so convinced that the inclosure at Weardale will add to the prosperity and plenty of the County of Durham, by the great quantity of Land which it must bring into cultivation, that it will have not merely my good wishes but (as far as I can go with propriety) my aid and assistance. I may not be able to assent to some things in an Episcopal Estate, which I might in what is merely my own private property. Not that I am aware of any difficu
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Browne & Brind – 26 Dec 1797
Messrs Browne & Brind Newcastle 26th Decr 1797
Foster Lane London
Gentln I have this day sent you by Jacksons & Potts the London Carriers three Pieces fine Silver Containing Three Thousand Six Hundred & Eleven Ounces (as under) which I desire that you will place to Account with Thos R Beaumont Esqr as usual at the Market Price & Advise me on your Receipt them
Letter – Arthur Mowbray to Shute Barrington – 26 Dec 1797
Sherburn 26th Decr. 1797
My Lord,
On Saturday last Scruton informed me that the Land-owners of Weardale had desired the meeting to be postponed for a few days, as they were not quite ready; this gives a little Time in Case any Thing occur.
I see no Hardship in Lockwoods paying Money that he received at Mayday last.
I am persuaded that some propositions will be made by the proprietors as to Parochial Schools, I gave the hint thro’ Scruton.
As your Lordshi
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 27 Dec 1797
Decr 27th 1797
My dear Sir,
From a letter sent me with the bankers account I find you had paid £15,000 and upwards into their hands, as the Pays will be made in May I trust we shall be able to make some sales which will put us in cash, otherwise I fear we shall be in an awkward Dilemma, for if these assessed Taxes go forward Money I fear will be very scarce. I see by the paper that Mr Brandling has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, & that his Son, has offered himself. I hope he will suc
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 29 Dec 1797
My dear Sir,
I have the Favor of Yours this Morning, and with respect to Mr. Herons Bill, I thought everything that had been done would have been settled previous to Sir Thomas Blackett’s Death, and as to anything that has occurred since, I concluded would have been settled by You, as to Mr. Wilson having been paid by me 200 Guineas, I can’t at this moment say how much he has received as I have not the Bankers account by me, but he has been employed as a professional Man & has paid for
Letter – Shute Barrington to Arthur Mowbray – 30 Dec 1797
Mongewell Decem. 30 1797
Mowbray,
In answer to the two material points on which you wish to have my opinion, I reply. 1. It will be much better that the proprietors of Lands in Weardale should consider what they will propose as the Allotment for tythes; an 8th, or (at the expense) a 9th would be the least that could be offered; and it would be sufficient. 2. A payment of nine years purchase, would amount to a very large sum; but whatever the compensation for my reversionary inte
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 30 Dec 1797
John Ibbetson Esqr Newcastle 30th Decemr 1797
Py 2 Jany 1798
Sir
On Thursday the 21st inst there was a Meeting at Haydon Bridge of the Commissioners appointed by two Acts of Parliament, one for the Division of Grindon Common in the Barony of Langley, and the other for the Division of Thorngrafton Common in the Barony of Wark, when Mr Walton had the satisfaction of being a Witness to the Execution of the General Awards for both Divisions, and they are now before the Clerk
Letters – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 6 Jan 1798
Thos R Beaumont Esqr MP Newcastle 6th Jany 1798
Bretton Yorkshire
Dr Sir
I am favoured with your letters of the 27th & 29th Ulto I have at length got the Newton’s to fix a day for Mr Ebdon to meet Mr Stephenson at the Abbey for the purpose of settling the business between you & Mr Newton, I have wrote to Mr Ebdon & if Monday 15th inst should suit him; he is to be with me on the Tuesday evening, it will be nece
