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Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 10 Dec 1833
Private
Corbridge Dec 10th 1833
Sir
I feel myself very much obliged by your kind information & advice reflecting the election of a Surveyor for the Alston Turnpike in a proper choice of whom, the interest of the trust & the accommodation of the public are so deeply connected.
I must however state that Mr R Hodgson’s information is incorrect as to my having expressed any intentions to advance the election of Mr C Hodgson upon your recommendation of him, however agreeable it wo
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Dec 1833
Wednesday 11th December 1833
Being most anxious to proceed to let the farms now at liberty, I proceeded to make a round of those to the west ward, most of which I had taken opportunities to examine & value, since the time they were given up, taking Mr Hunt with me, that he might be acquainted with the covenants & ready to advise with or instruct respecting any new fences etc, to be hereafter made, which I find very useful. I may be here proper for me to explain to the Board, why I
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 12 Dec 1833
Finlay Hodgson & Co London Dec 12th 1833
I am favoured with your letter of the 9th and 10th inst advising the Payment of £1000 to Mr B[eaumont]s credit at Glyns & Co on account of Bills rec[eived] from Cox Payser & Co.
I am glad you have effected a Sale to Locke & Co and have induced them to take one half of the ref[ine]d Lead of the Ordinary quality. I fear you will not be able to make your Sales generally in this proportion but it is very desireable whe
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Locke & Co – 12 Dec 1833
M[essrs] Locke & Co London Dec 12th 1833
At Mr Hodgsons request, I beg to inform you that the estimated value of the 10,000 P[iece]s of WB Lead you have purchased of him will be £4044-10-
BJ
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Dec 1833
Thursday 12 December
After settling matters with the foregoing Tenants, & writing out their Agreements, I went with Mr Hunt to Esphill, to point out to him some fences to be removed, occasioned by the new Road cutting the fields at angles. Then went to Elrington which was let for the present year at £300, to Mr Lambert the tenant of Elrington Hall, a man of property although his brother, the late tenant of East Elrington could not continue in his lease. On their agreeing to becom
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Dec 1833
Friday 13th December
Received a Letter from Mr Grace respecting a claim which he has against the Hospital on Account of a Survey which he was ordered to make of a line of Road, in no way beneficial to the property of the Hospital that I can see, but to which Mr Brandling was a Subscriber, in his capacity as stated of Receiver. I shall forward the Letter to the Board. Had also a long conference with Mr Wallis, who has examined all the Limestone on the Allerwash Estate, of which there is
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Key – 14 Dec 1833
Thos Key Limehouse Dec 14th 1833
Your letter of the 3rd inst was not forwarded to me for some days or you should have heard from me sooner. I am glad Messrs Grace & Co have so willingly met the error in the invoice. I am advised by Mr Hodgson of your having purchased of him 3000 P[iece]s Ordinary Ref[ine]d Lead, and at the same price Viz £15 p[er fodder. Mr Crawhall called upon me yesterday and I then stated to him in that we would not deliver any selected refined Lead before th
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 14 Dec 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London
I am favoured with your letter of 11th inst advising the receipt of £1542-14 from Mr W[ilia]m Parker and payment of the same to Mr B[eaumon]ts credit at Glyn & Co. On the <annexed> sheet I send you a statement of our stock of Lead at the Blaydon and the Mills by which you will see that there is a considerable deficiency to meet our present sales. There will however be little difficulty in effecting it before the purchasers require the deliver
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Dec 1833
Saturday 14th December
I had this morning a meeting with Dodd the tenant of Thornbrough Limestone Quarry & Farm. His present rent is £233. He offers only £170. I valued the land at £110. He reckons it only worth £100 & the Kiln worth £70. Finding that the offers when he took it excepting his own, ranged from £182 to £150. I conclude that his present offer is not very deficient, & if he will give £180, think he ought to have it.
Rode to Hexhamshire to
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 15 Dec 1833
Corbridge Dec 12th 1833
Sir
I am sorry to say that the accounts I hear of Mr C. Hodgson are by no means favorable to his appointment by the Alston Trustees. Mr <Maunslay> informed me that he has been dismissed, or the determination of it, has resigned the Surveyorship of the road from Carlisle to Hesket, as also that from Carlisle on the Newcastle line, and is likely now to be dismissed from his situation of Bridge Surveyor from incompetency. You may perhaps have heard
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Dec 1833
Monday 16th December 1833
Had a meeting with Green, tenant of Corbridge Town Farm, part of which has been sold to Sir Edward Blackett. The remainder I valued at £160 which he agrees to give, which is at the rate of three Pounds an Acre, exclusive of waste, land etc, a high rent in these times considering that it is subject to Tithes, and yet I am not sure that had it been offered to the public, a still higher rent might not have been promised by someone owning a small tenement in Corbridge
Letters – George Backhouse to Finlay & Hodgson – 17 Dec 1833
Messrs Finlay & Co Dec 17 1833
Inclosed I hand you Reads unpaid Acceptance bearing Mr Keys Endorsement value as under-
Bill 20 .. ..
Costs .. 19 .4
To which I will thank you to do the needful.
I am Sir GB
P.S. As this Bill was transmitted through you I prefer its taking the same course back to direct transmission to Mr Key.
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Dec 1833
Tuesday 17th December
Mr Brandling, I am informed by the Bank has paid in £50 to my Credit. I suppose for the right of Shooting for the two years previous to this. Mr Reay to whom I had offered the Corf Rods has examined all the woodlands on this part of the property. Some of the rods are good & some of little value, he has however agreed to clear them all off at 6d per bundle of 60 rods, he incurring every expense of cutting and carriage - our Woodmen counting the bundles from t
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Dec 1833
?Wednesday 18th December
I had sent Mr Hunt yesterday to attend a Sale of Mr Pearson’s effects at a place 20 miles westward, that he might obtain payment of the Fee Farm Rent due to the Hospital from that property, which he effected, engaging that I should meet him at Haydon Bridge this morning, where also he had to collect the rents of certain cottages due in November last. But was detained, first by Mr Blackburn, who came to signify his acceptance of the farm of Wooley, which he had
Letter – James Graham to John Grey – 18 Dec 1833
Wetherby 18 Decr 1833
Dear Sir
I fear from your account that the objections to the appointment of C. Hodgson are unimpeachable & I am the last person who would wish to advocate his claims when his want of merit is established.
I gladly gave my consent to the new mode of letting the Hospital Farms: all the reasoning against the former practise is unanswerable & my confidence in you justifies the adoption of private Bargain in the place of Public Tenders. Tha
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to William Ferry & Co – 19 Dec 1833
Messrs W[ilia]m Ferry & Co Gateshead Dec 19 1833
Above I hand you renewed Invoice of 12 Casks WB Litharge due in bank 1st Sept :- Cash and bearing Int[erest] at 5 per cent from that date. I will thank you to send a c
Cheque or call and discharge the Am[oun]t in the course of the present week.
BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Robert Chance – 19 Dec 1833
Rob[er]t Lucas Chance Esq Birmingham Dec 19th 1833
I beg leave to call your attention to the Amount due from you to the Ex[ecutor]s of the late Mrs Beaumont amounting to £620-19-7 due the 30th June 1831. You will oblige me by stating when we may expect it to be paid. BJ
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Dec 1833
Thursday 19th December 1833
Robert Hunter of Newlands Town Farm came to give me a Pro[missary] Note at three months for his Arrears of £35 in which he is to be joined by his Brothers. Andw Thorburn also came and tried every manoeuvre to obtain the ploughing of land to which he considers himself intitled, but I do not, on the ground that having exceeded his quantity of Corn in former years with impunity, he must hold with less this year, as I will not allow him to sew the same land a seco
Letters – George Backhouse to Mr Emerson – 20 Dec 1833
Dear Sir 20 Dec 1833
Herewith you have a quantity of forms for making out the Statement of the Stock of Lead on hand at Blaydon to the close of last week. Two of which you will be kind enough to fill up & forward here every Monday Morning.
Please inform me tomorrow what q[uantit]y of Ref[ine]d Slag Lead you have at present on hand.
Yours Sir GB
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Dec 1833
Friday 20th December 1833
Heard from Mr Thomson of Scremerston stating that in these times, he could not hold on his farm and wishing to have a meeting with me respecting it. Wrote in reply, that his taking a journey to see me wd avail him nothing. That the Commissioners had uniformly, since my coming here, declined reducing rents when applied for, except upon a relinquishment of the Lease. That it was too late of taking the resignation of such an extensive farm as his for this season
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to John Stagg – 21 Dec 1833
John Stagg Esq Stockton Dec 21 1833
I was prevented answering your letter yesterday being absent from Newcastle.
We have but 450 Pieces Refined Slag Lead but can make of 500 next week which I shall be glad to sell to you at £15.10 per fod[der]. 500 Common at the same price and 1000 P[iece]s Ref[ined] at £16 per fod[der]. These are our present prices and I believe the prices of the Company and Duke of Cleveland I shall be glad to have you’re am[oun]t by return of post or I have a
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Dec 1833
Saturday 21st December
Rode in the morning to the west farm at Fourstones to inspect a wet grass field which I thought would be improved & increased in value by being drained, ploughed out & limed & then restored to grass,, conferred with the tenant who undertook to do so, marked out the line of drains & advised him respecting its management. Proceeded to Allerwash to assist the tenant in managing the rotation etc conformable to the new covenants of the ensuing lease, bu
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 22 Dec 1833
Finlay Hodgson & Co London
I Have duly received your letters of the 13th. 17th. 18th. And 19th: inst advising the receipt of the following sums-
£ S D
1833 Dec 13th 2 Pieces fine Silver 834 18 8
“ 16th Grace & Freeman 293 4 0
“ 19th John Locke & Co 3943 7 6
“ “ 1 Piece fine Silver 440 1 0
£5511-11. 2
& all the Payment of t
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Dec 1833
Monday 23rd December
Arranged the covenants of Farms that are advertized to let, giving a written statement of them & plan of each farm to the persons appointed to show them to the Public. Fixed with Mr Parkin the kinds of trees suitable to plant at Throckley, which as well as the Thorn Quicks for fencing, I wrote for to Fallas of Gateshead desiring them to be sent to Mr Stephensons’s care the very respectable tenant there. I also wrote to him, desiring that they might be preser
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 24 Dec 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London 24th Dec 1833
I have duly received your letter of the 21st inst and have now to advise of having sent by Jackson & Co Waggon to your address as usual a piece of fine Silver weighing 1523 1/2 ounces. Mr Stagg to whom I offered 500 P[iece]s Ref[ine]d Slag at £15-10 per fod[der], declines it at that Price and offers £15 for 500 P[iece]s Common and 500 P[iece]s Ref[ine]d Slag which I have of course declined. BJ
