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Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Jun 1834
Tuesday 24th June 1834
Rode to Throckley, where I found for the first time the Lessee of the extensive Quarry there, to whom I had written without effect, demanding payment of the Rent, & also an account of the number of Blocking Men employed by him, that I might know whether or not it agreed with the account which Mr Stephenson, our tenant at Throckley, was so good as to keep for me. He owned that this year he had employed a greater number than formerly, but complained, that he had l
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Jun 1834
Wednesday 25th June
Went over the Draft Lease for Farms, as directed to be adopted, with Mr Fenwick, who has undertaken to have copies printed upon plain paper, attending to the prints himself, to see that sufficient blanks are left in the proper places. These Copies of each Lease will serve as records & for reference in the Office here, & generally will satisfy the Tenants, they holding them for the same purpose. While it will be necessary to have one Copy on Stamp duty executed
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Jun 1834
T?hursday 26th June 1834
Had a meeting with one of the Rail way Agents respecting the claims of the Dilston Tenants, the amount of which is promised to be remitted in a few days. Went along the line towards Hexham to see the point at which they could be allowed to break into the bank for gravel, with the least injury. The Sheriffs Officer arrived & I sent some people with him to turn old Hind & his effects out of the House and let Teasdales family into it, who have lived since M
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Jun 1834
Friday 27th
I rode as far as Wark for the first time, saw the work which had been done under Mr Storey’s obliging direction, to secure the foundation of the Pound fold wall which had been undermined by the adjoining Brook, & the wall itself rebuilt. Called upon the Rev Mr Baggs to inquire into the nature of a complaint he had made to me by Letter respecting an encroachment he imagined had been made by persons using a part of the field.
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Jun 1834
Monday 30th June 1834
Being Quarter day, inclosed the several claimants Cheques for their Salaries & Pensions. A discovery was made some days ago that about 28 outside Deals which had been sawn from the Trees cut in Whittle Dean for flooring in the Public House at Throckley, had been stolen. There seemed some reason to suspect a Person call Bell at Ovington, & I even heard that they would be found in a certain out House belonging to him. I sent Mr Parkin early on Friday
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Jul 1834
Tuesday 1st July
Received a Memorial from Westgarth Forster, Author of a Treatise on Mining which I have heard is a useful Work, but proved an unprofitable one to him. I was introduced to the author at Alston, whose appearance indicates poverty. I forward the Petition to the Board.
[marginal pencil note:] I think the Hosp.l subscribed for several copies, which were doubtless charged in the Receiver’s account so can give no pension and I doubt whether we can give any sub
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Jul 1834
Wednesday 2nd July
Rode first to Whitechapel, three miles, Westward from Haydon Bridge, where the new farm House is roofed & will be soon fit to occupy. This is a substantial Job, of which all the work is well done, & does Howden credit. He is now going on with the Stables. Then to Lipwood & West Millhills, both occupied by good Tenants, & for this Country, well cultivated - but both, I regret to say, proposing to apply to be released, on account of the high Rents
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Jul 1834
Thursday 3rd July 1834
Received from the Railway Co. £63.6.6 being the amount of compensation for damage done to the Lands in Dilston due abt Mart[inma]s last. Received also the Moormasters Accounts & a Statement from the Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ore weighed over in the Quarter ending on the 31st Ultimo amounting to 294 Bings & 2 Cwts. The Duty received being 473 Bings & 18 Cwts which I am glad to say exceeds the quantity received in the corresponding Quarter of
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Jul 1834
Friday 4th July
I was called upon this morning by the Schoolmaster of Whittonstall for the half years subscription to the School there. The Subscription to this School by the Hospital is £15 a year, whereas to that of Deanraw & others it is £10. I am not acquainted with any particular claim which Whittonstall has to such preference, and having lately given a subscription of £35 to rebuild the School House, I shd think an annual subscription of £10 sufficient for a Teacher of
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Jul 1834
Saturday 5th July
Received some payments for Wood & settled accounts with Mr Parkin. Having made no discovery regarding the Deals stolen from Whittle Dean, I issued hand Bills offering a reward of £10 to any one giving such information as to lead to the conviction of the offenders. Was engaged with Mr Green the Architect who came to examine the progress of the House, which will soon be ready for the Roof. At noon Rochester’s wife came to tell me that he was more inclined t
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Jul 1834
Monday 7th July 1834
Mr Lee of West Land Ends came to complain of the extreme dearness of his Farm & offer a resignation of the Lease. I shall report upon the several applications of this kind, after having got a good many together, which will save the Board the trouble of attending to & replying to each separately Wrote to Mr Forster urging him to give his earliest attention to the view of the Hospital’s Collieries.
Rode to Whittonstall & examined the Farms t
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Jul 1834
Tuesday 8th July 1834
Received from Major Johnson the detailed account which I had desired him to send me, of the expense he had invested in cleaning out and making parts of the old Scremerston Water Level. It is an expensive concern, but I believe had become very necessary, and having been recommended by Mr Fenwick & directed to be done by Mr Hooper I presume Mr Johnson must have credit for the amount of the charges for above ground work are reasonable. I cannot well judge of that
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Jul 1834
Wednesday 9th July
Received £60 in payment for Bark from Dilston from Mr Ridley of Hexham. Prepared the Copies of some Leases by the Agreements formerly signed, that they might be submitted to the Parties, previous to being put upon Stamps, & examined with Mr Hunt the Plans of some Farms of which the measurement of the Fields cannot now be made out, owing to their having been intersected by new Turnpikes & Railways. Among them are the Farms of Dilston, Coastley, Woodhall &
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Jul 1834
Thursday 10th July
Received Mr Fenwick’s Letter respecting Mr Burnett’s offer for Tithes, which is herewith sent * [pencil annotation in margin: ‘letter not sent. JAL’] also one from Mr Charlton of Hesleyside, asking permission to obtain Stones for building the intended Bridge at Bellingham, from Hareshaw Common, to which I replied that as the Manor might probably be transferred to the Duke of Northumberland in a short time, a Grant of that kind could not be made with propriety unless
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Jul 1834
Friday 11th July
Received Messrs Parker & Crawhall’s Award of the price of Lead for the last Quarter, which they have fixed at £17.10 and wrote to the former acknowledging his Letter as well as my obligation for his attention to that matter & his services for the past twelve months, & begging that he would be so good as let me know what remuneration I should make him in return. Received Bensons report of certain Farm Buildings in Hexhamshire, where repair is wanted, whic
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Jul 1834
Saturday 12th July
Settled the Accounts for peeling Bark on the different Estates with Mr Parkin. The people employed complain that the price paid per Ton, is below what they can make Wages of, but I can afford them no more, as the price of Bark is also so low, that it leaves little after paying the expenses. Communicated with the Lessees of Langley Mills the Quarters Account for Ore, according to Messers Parker & Crawhalls Award of the price, & transacted other Office business
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Jul 1834
Monday 14th July 1834
Attended to & answered several Letters. Inspected the condition of the Dilston Farms, their Fences & management. Afterwards went over with Mr Hunt the Leases of the Farms entered to at May last, before delivering them to the parties & filling up the Counterparts on Stamp, comparing them with the Agreements originally signed by the Lessees. Received from Mr Fenwick the new form of Agreement & Conditions for letting Farms, which had been printed und
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Jul 1834
Tuesday 15th July
Attended a Meeting of the Alston Road Trustees at Hexham, called chiefly for the purpose of coming to an Agreement respecting the branch road to Bellingham & the Bridge proposed to be created over the Tyne there. The completion of this Line of Road formerly abandoned for want of Funds, although included in the Alston Turnpike Act, & now that the proprietors in this District have agreed to build the Bridge by Subscription the only thing which I thought it neces
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Jul 1834
Wednesday 16th July
Had a handsome Letter from Mr Parker expressing his willingness to meet Mr Crawhall as hitherto, to fix the price of Lead on the Hospitals Account, but declining to receive any remuneration for doing so. I conceived in making the proposal, that this would likely be the case, but thought that I should hardly be justified in occasioning an individual so much trouble without at least putting some compensation in his power. As it is, I must take some opportunity, when
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Jul 1834
Thursday 17th July
After attending to matters in the Office, I rode through the Farms of Highwood & Westwood to Coastley where I am trying to improve some boggy Ground by draining & to better some Land on a Hill side which is much too steep to be properly cultivated, put through a good following, for the purpose of being laid down to permanent Grass. I shall regret if poor Coulson cannot get on now with his Farm. He takes more pains & has better ideas of cultivation, than
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Jul 1834
Friday 18th July 1834
Being kept indoors by a rainy morning which is most acceptable to the Country, I take the opportunity of forwarding to the Board the resignation of Leases, or as they should more properly be, permissions for leave to relinquish Farms, at May day next from the following Parties.
Thomas & William Brewis of Hartburngrainge West Farm. These are respectable Tenants & little fault is to be found with their management, but the Land is generally cold & po
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Jul 1834
Monday 21st July 1834
Received the Boards Minutes of 20th July & attended to all the matters contained in them making the necessary communications to the Parties referred to. Received also Mr Snowball’s Letter to the Board applying to be released from the present Agreement for the farm of Fourstones & to be allowed to treat for the same by valuation. Mr Snowball is a Man of Property, but by no means a superior farmer, his Son who occupied Fourstones Farm died, & his Widow cont
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Jul 1834
Tuesday 22nd July
Rose early & rode to Milfield Hill 26 miles. The dear child whose illness caused my Journey, whom I had not seen since she was the picture of annimation, health & loveliness, expired on her Mothers knee, three hours [underlined] before I arrived!!! My occupation during the remainder of the week was not of a description to find a place in this Journal, nor had it any connection with the business of the Hospital farther than the receiving from & transmitti
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Jul 1834
Monday 28th July
Rode to Scremerston & looked over the Farms. Mr Hogarth had got the Quarry rubbish removed & the banks sloped in, so as to restore the Land to the Field in a condition to be cultivated, but as he was away from home, I have not an opportunity of ascertaining the cost, or of knowing some other matters which I wished to learn from him. I waited upon Mr Pringle, & expressed surprize & dissatisfaction that he should not have attended the Meeting appointed
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Jul 1834
Tuesday 29th
Examined into matters at Scremerston Colliery where I regret to find very little demand for Coals. The several Land sale Collieries in the neighbourhood having reduced their price very low, & being generally more favourably situated than this for Carting Coals to the North & West, & the attempt to make Scremerston almost exclusively a Sea Sale Colliery having in the present depressed state of the Trade & abundant supply, proved unsuccessful. I have great
