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Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Mar 1834
Saturday 22nd March
Rode from Lambton to Newcastle, expecting to find Mr Foster there & to have some conversation with him, but did not meet with him. I heard of another Viewer there, exceedingly likely for our purpose, but he is employed in a Colliery in which I suspect some connections of Major Johnson are concerned, & should that be the case, however respectable the person may be, as he will be expected to inspect the Workings at Scremerston, it is better to avoid the possibili
Letter – Thomas Dickinson to John Grey – 22 Mar 1834
Spency Croft. Alston
22nd March 1834
John Grey Esq
Sir
In reply to your enquiry for a Gamekeeper, I take the liberty to name George Wallace as a proper person, he is a single Man, 29 Years of Age, near 6 feet high, of sober, industrious habits, and of good character - from the enquiries I have made I understand he is a pretty good Shot, is capable of training Dogs & destroying Vermin. At present he is employed by the London Lead Company as under keeper at 15/- a week wages,
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Mar 1834
Monday 24th March
Had several matters to attend to, & letters to write. Engaged Mr Davison, whom I had formerly selected as Teacher of a School under my direction at Milfield, to come to that at Deanraw at May Day, by the desire of a Committee of the Inhabitants who have obtained a promise of £10 a year towards it, from the Trustees of the Haydon Bridge establishment. I trust the youth upon our Estates in the quarter will be benefited by the appointment.  Heard from my Son reporti
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Mar 1834
Tuesday 25th March 1834
This being a Cattle Fair at Hexham, I attended it to see how things were selling, taking the opportunity to see several of the Tenants on various matters and of delivering to them the Agreements for their farms as returned from Greenwich with the Commissioner’s signatures. The Rowells of Thornbrough Highbarns, whose arrears accumulated there and at Newtonhall, together with the rents of the former up to May Day next, will amount to £985-.-. inform me that they h
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Mar 1834
Wednesday 26th March
Mr Coulson the Tenant of Coastley came to the Office and paid £50, enquiring if the Board had not signified any intention of striking off some part of the Arrears which had been accumulated upon a farm so decidedly over rented. I told him that I had no orders on the subject, but hoped he would find means of reducing the amount before entering upon a new Lease. There is no doubt that he took the farm at a rent which it was not possible to make of it. He spoke of s
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Mar 1834
Thursday 27th March
Having had Notice from the Secretary of the Railway Company that they wished the line through Capons Cleugh to be set out & the Wood which might be in the way of it to be cut down, I sent Mr Parkin along with their Agent yesterday to ascertain what quantity of wood must be cleared for the purpose, & find from him today, that owing to the steepness of the Bank a great deal of ground must be taken up to obtain the necessary slope, and that besides the full grown ti
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Mar 1834
Good Friday
Filled up Cheques for the salaries & Pensions due on the 31st. wrote several Letters & made arrangements for my absence while on the Northern Estates, providing the Accounts & Stamps necessary for the Rent Day at Belford.
Mr Dickinson went yesterday to the Office at Hexham to get a Stock of Stamps for the approaching Rents, but could not yet obtain payment for the old Stamps that were called in, amounting to £13.5.3 which I hoped would have been allowed. Mr T
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Mar 1834
Saturday 29th March
Went early to Hartburngrainge & found the boring for Coal which I had sanctioned, not so far advanced as I anticipated. The Metal which the Workmen had got into indicated the vicinity of Coal, but as yet they have not touched the Seam. I examined all the Woodland along the Northern boundary of the Estate which consists of a Bank, in many parts very steep, bounded by a Stream. Some parts of the Wood are thriving & good & much improved by having had the under
Journal entry – John Grey – 31 Mar 1834
Monday 31st
Heard from the Secretary of the Rail Way Co that they agreed to purchase the Wood in Capons Cleugh by valuation, which will be an accommodation to us & I hope no inconvenience to them, as they have occasion for much for their own use. I had occasion to go today to Alnwick to meet some parties respecting a trust affair which remained unsettled when I left the Country and rode up in the evening 25 Miles to Millfield Hill.Â
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Apr 1834
Tuesday 1st April
Attended the exhibition of the Border agricultural Society at Kelso, of which I was one of the first promoters & most successful competitors; & where being no longer a Candidate for Premiums, I had been solicited to be a Judge for Awarding them.  The exhibition of Stock, Seeds and implements, as well as the respectability and intelligence of Farmers on the Borders, form rather an unfavourable contrast with those on the Tyne. After the Show we dined a Party of
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Apr 1834
Wednesday 2nd
Passed the day at Milfield Hill, with my eldest Son & some of the younger children. Having a Son of Sir Jn Sinclair & some Agriculturalists from the north with us, examining his farming & Stock.Â
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Apr 1834
Thursday 3rd
Attended the Agricultural Show of Glendale Ward, at Wooler, where I had so often presided, & where I again found myself in the Chair, surrounded by a multitude of old friends. a great quantity of superior Stock was exhibited for Sweepstakes of all kinds & for sale. The market for fat Cattle & Sheep, is rather on the decline. Heard today from Mr Fenwick of his intention of meeting the Scremerston Tenants at Belford on tuesday next respecting the answer to the cla
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Apr 1834
Friday 4th
Heard from Mr Johnson that he had appointed Mr Walton to value Capons Cleugh Wood on the part of the Rail way Co. I wrote to him to suggest that to prevent any delay which might arise from a difference of opinion between Mr Walton & Mr Parkin, they two had better take a third man with them at the first, as Umpire, provided the proceeding should obtain the sanction of the Board. Rode to Scremerston & looked over Mr Thomsons extensive farm. He complains of the great lo
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Apr 1834
Saturday 5th April
At six o’clock went to the Quarry and met the undertaker whom I found to be an old acquaintance, that had once had been employed to do some work upon my property in that neighbourhood & of whom I entertain a bad opinion. His apology for having given in to Mr Hogarth so inadequate a tender, was, that he expected, as it was the Hospitals doing, the men would be allowed their weekly wages and it would not signify whether the Job could be completed for the sum or not.
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Apr 1834
Monday 7th April
Heard from Mr Parker that he & Mr Crawhall had fixed the price of Lead for the bygone quarter at £16.10…. I hoped from the late advances the average for the quarter would have been rather higher than that, as I know some parties who sell by the average of the whole year, I shall try to discover how our prices agree with theirs. Taking my Son with me, I rode across the Country to the Spindlestone Estates, examining the draining at Outchester now finished, which I ha
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Apr 1834
Tuesday 8th April
Examined the new flooring, Spouts etc which had been done at Waren Mill, but as the Work is not finished, deferred making the allowance for it till the next rent day. Mr Nairn carries on a great business here with great spirit, & I trust with benefit to himself, as it certainly is to the neighbourhood. These Mills were formerly worked entirely by Water, but from the draining of the County generally & especially of two bogs to the west Three fourths of the work i
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Apr 1834
Thursday 10th
Was engaged with various Letters and accounts, which had accumulated in my absence. Walked out afterwards to see what had been done in cutting the foundations and drains for the new House, to examine the state of the Dam at Dilston Mill, & see the Road Surveyor respecting the Walls he is building along the sides of the new Road, the Coping of which I did not consider to be sufficient without being pointed with Lime, which he agreed to. Received from Messrs Murray an es
Letter – John Grey to James Graham – 10 Apr 1834
Private. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Corbridge April 10th 1834
Sir
On the receipt of Major Graham’s note, desiring me to make enquiry respecting a suitable person for a Head Gamekeeper, I applied to Mr Dickinson, our Moor Master at Alston, knowing that part of the country to be a nursery for Poachers & Keepers.  By the letter which I have the honor to enclose from him, you will see the account he gives of a person whose qualifica
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Apr 1834
Friday 11th
Examined with Benson the Plan he has prepared of a small but compact farm house, & the Estimates received for building it, which will altogether Cost about £230. The old house is found to be so bad as to be incapable of repair. Rode through Highwood & Westwood Farms , & proceeded to Coastley for the purpose of fixing up on the cheapest & mode convenient situation for build a Turnip house & some Pig Styes. Also to look at & advise the Tenant as to the
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Apr 1834
Saturday 12th April 1834
Rode over the Farms in Hexhamshire to look into some draining & the dressing of some old & ruinous hedges, with the hope of restoring them to the condition of useful fences. And especially to examine the ruinous stone fences at Gairshield, for the purpose of deciding which of them it will be prudent to abandon & which it will be necessary to rebuild. The stormy winds of this season have rendered the farmhouse scarcely habitable, having shaken & o
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Apr 1834
Monday 14th April 1834
Heard from the Rail Way Co. that they had agreed to my Proposal that the Wood to be cut in Capons Cleugh should be valued jointly by Mr Walton on their part & Mr Parkin on ours, they two having the power to appoint an umpire if they think fit. I expect that the value of the wood will be £200 or upwards. Heard also from Mr Beaumonts Agent that he had paid to my Credit £94.7.11 for Andw Thorburn & £53.6.9 for Mark Maughan, on account of their carriage of
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Apr 1834
Tuesday 15th April
Settled with Mr Parkin the accounts for fitting and planting at Cowey Sike or Grindon Hill & for thinning the Plantations in Hexhamshire. Mr Green the Architect having come from Newcastle, we met the Contractors at Dilston & in compliance with their fancy, witnessed the depositing a newspaper & some insignificant Coins & laying the first Stone of the house by my boy Charles, which was concluded by three Cheers & my ordering some Ale for the Workmen i
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Apr 1834
Wednesday 16th April
Received a Petition to the Commissioners for Reduction of Rent from Thomas Watson of Lees, & Mr Pickering of Woodhall Mill, which I herewith send. [accompanied in the margin by faint pencil annotations which appear to say ‘Watson <former> rent £388 <……> to 288 Pickerings former 277 <….> 190 Rejected’] Their farms have been let upon reduced terms from May Day next. Also an application from the tenants of Throckley, praying to be allowedÂ
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Apr 1834
Thursday 17th April 1834
Received another Petition to the Board signed by a number of Tenants, complaining of hard times & a reduction of Rent. Finding that a quantity of Bottles & Crucibles, with some Spirits of Salts, Potass etc are occupying an apartment at Langley Mills which the Lessees wish to have possession of, I proposed to them to buy the whole  But they only offered £5, which seems very little for the number of Articles, although the expense of packing & removin
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Apr 1834
Friday 18th April 1834
Heard from Mr Stephens that he had completed the delivery of Duty Ore for the last Quarter, to Messrs Wilson & Co. The whole Quantity weighed have been 674 Bings, & the duty upon it 105 Bings and 1/2 a Cwt.
Had by appointment an interview with the Lessees of Stublick Colliery & a long discussion arising out of an application which had been made to them on the part of Mr Beaumont’s Agent, to supply him with Coals for Smelting, in case of his rentin
