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Letter – Thomas Wentworth Beaumont to Charles Babbage – 7 Mar 1835
Mr Beaumont presents his compliments to Mr. Babbage and is extremely sorry that he is unexpectedly prevented the pleasure of waiting upon him this evening. Mr. Beaumont entirely agrees though reluctantly with the opinion of Mr. Babbage that any Periodical for the advancement of <truth> without reference to any Party would have little favour from the Public. He is most anxious that the cause of Poland should be undertaken in some literary work, but he regrets that he can see no fair prospec
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Mar 1835
Saturday 7th March
After attending to the Workmen at the Embankment, rode to the high point of Thornbrough Estate to look at some draining that is going on & to mark our some more, but found the Snow too thick in that part of the Country for the latter operation. Wrote to my Son directing him to inform the several Tenants in the Estates of Scremerston & Spindleston that I should meet them at Belford on the 7th of April to discuss their Rents. Desiring him also to have the Roads &
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Mar 1835
Monday 9th March
Heard from Mr Crawhall that he would not advance upon his offer of £25 for the infield of Eadsbush, but in meeting him afterwards at Hexham & driving a bargain with him, he consented to give £26, to wave [sic] any claim to the allowance of Lime made to the Tenants in the Shire & to take the Buildings as they are, being bound to keep & leave them in repair, which is equal to £28 a year & more than would have been obtained, besides having a Tenant with wh
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Mar 1835
Tuesday 10th March
Had another meeting with Mr Isaac Johnson about the Lot of Wood No.5 in Newlands Park Wood. He formerly only offered £220 but today, getting him up to £240, I thought it well to let him have it. It is a fair price in these times. He is to be allowed until the 20th March 1836 to cut & remove it, giving the joint promissory Note of Mr Burnett of Ovington and himself for payment of the whole sum at that time. Made up the Estimates for the present year &
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Mar 1835
Wednesday 11 March 1835
A heavy rain in the night & the melting of Snow on the high grounds, brought down a considerable flood in the Tyne. I went with some anxiety to see its effects upon our unfinished job at Widehaugh, & found that it was making some impression upon the South point of the breach which we had not yet reached, but though it might cause a little more labor, the damage would not endanger the safety of the embankment. We had fortunately got the worst part made pre
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Mar 1835
Thursday 12th March
The day being good, rode through the Farms of Elrington, Lough Green, Vauce & Lees, at each of which some work is going on that I wished to see, or some request for new fences has been made by the Tenant, which I wished to examine into - some of which I found necessary and some that might be deferred. Alighted at Haydon Bridge after being six hours on horseback & walked through the Wood at Threepwood to see the ground from which Mr Tweddle’s man had cut som
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Mar 1835
Friday 13th March
Another good day, a great part of which I passed among the parties of Workmen, employed in obtaining & placing the Materials at the Embankment, & among those planting the waste Quarries at Dilston New Town.
Mr Dinning brought me a receipt from Mr Fenwick showing that he has paid to him £48/16s for Wood, which account I had put into Mr Fenwick’s hands, & wished me to sell him some Scots Firs. I directed Mr Parkin to let him have some of those
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Mar 1835
Tuesday 17th
Took the Estates of Throckley & Whittle in my way from Newcastle. At the former place the repair of the Mill is completed & its business resumed. The Colliery doing better than the last time I visited it, but still its operations are of trifling account. I expected that Mr Forster would have viewed and reported upon the different Collieries by this time, but had a letter from him informing me that he had been confined by ill health, but hoped to come up in a fortnig
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Mar 1835
Wednesday 18th March
Sold Mr Walton for Mr Beaumont’s Mines a Lot of Wood on the Banks of the Allen for £215, which is £4 below the valuation, but it is a fair price, the Ground being very steep & the Wood difficult to remove - also a small Lot of Scots Firs in Dipton Wood for £45… being together £260 - for which he gives a Pro:[missory] Note payable in January next. The Wood to be cut & cleared away in March 1836. Rode through the different sets of Men planting & mend
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Mar 1835
Thursday 19th March
Examined with Mr Green, the Architect, the state of the new House & various things necessary for its completion. Had some Tenants respecting matters connected with their farms. Went to examine and direct the mode of planting some Thorn hedges – but no occurrence of moment that requires to be recorded.
[small note bound in to the volume at this point reads:]
Look at the Minute Book of 1834 – the small one, and ascertain on what day John Rice was plac
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Mar 1835
Friday 20th March
Agreed with the Tenants of Rawgreen & Turfhouse, to take the Eadsbush Allotments between them at the rent of £9…. each, the former for 15 years and the latter for 20 to correspond with the terms of their respective Farms. They taking upon themselves the repair of the Boundary Fences and such as it may needful to keep up, without expecting any allowance from the Hospital. I send the Agreements for the Boards Acceptance. That for Eadsbush has not been returned
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Mar 1835
Saturday 21st March 1835
Rode through all the Ground in Dipton Fell that had just now been finished planting, to examine the work & see that all the pits are filled up, also to see if anything can be done to improve the Roads through the Wood by which the Timber is conveyed away, which the late wet weather has rendered in many parts almost impassable.
I received from Mr Birkett, the Incumbent of Ovingham a list of the subscribers to the Gallery to be erected in the Paris
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Mar 1835
Monday 23rd March
Was informed by Mr Fenwick that the Assignees appointed under Johnsons Bankruptcy had signified their intention of discharging the Rent & Arrears due by him, but hoped they would have the same allowance as to time, as was given to the rest of the Tenantry. To this, I informed Mr Fenwick that I saw no objection, so long as they acknowledged their liability and were punctual in their payments - and requested that the account for which the Extent had been issued, (£116
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Mar 1835
Tuesday 24th March
Attended a Meeting of the Road Trustees at Corbridge and proposed certain improvements which were adopted. Met Mr Parkin to determine some arrangements about the Woodlands & attended to routine business of the Office. No occurrence of importance.
Wednesday 25th March
Attended a Fair at Hexham where I met many of the Tenants, Agents of the Railway & other parties with whom I had business. The sale of Cattle was exceedingly dull & the prices low.
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Mar 1835
Thursday 26th March
Replied to Mr Bicknells enquiries respecting the situation & description of certain portions of the Manor of Wark. Also to Mr LeJoyts queries concerning the rental of Throckley Colliery & Bone’s Arrears connected with it.
Sent Mr Hunt to measure & mark off the ground Awarded as a Limestone Quarry for the use of the Proprietors of Grindon Common at Carstones, having found that they have been working Lime Stone in the Hospitals private propert
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Mar 1835
Friday 27th March 1835
Received a Memorial from Michael Pigg who is an old Tenant of the Hospital, with a request that I wo’d forward it to the Commissioners. The statements it contained are true. He is an industrious Man who has made a strong endeavour to get through the depressed times & is in my opinion deserving of some consideration. Was engaged with various accounts in the Office & afterwards among the Workmen in different parts of the Estates. Also with Mr Lee, the
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Mar 1835
Saturday 28th
Sold the Lot of Wood in Hartburngrainge Banks to Mr Robert Hedley for £130. The Wood to be removed according to the usual conditions. £100 to be paid on the 31st January next, & the remainder in the Month of March 1836 - for which payments he is to give a Pro[missary] Note. This is the worst Lot of Wood I have had to do with, or hope to have again, containing a great portion of old, bad beech which will hardly repay the cost of cutting & removing. The only othe
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Mar 1835
Monday 30th March 1835
Received the Petition of George Stokoe tenant of the Blacksmith’s Shop - Public House & ground at Whittonstall praying for an allowance of Rent for present year. His rent has been certainly high, but I fear the management of the House has not been very exemplary. Received also a List of subscribers to an improvement in the road leading from Hexham to the Shire, with a view to obtain £5 from the Hospital, which as they have a good deal of property in t
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Apr 1835
Wednesday 1st April
Went early to Hartburngrainge, looked over the Farms and walked through the newly planted grounds - found one of the fences so insufficiently made that I caused it to be improved before being paid for. The planting is well done and the planting young Trees got from Wooler, the best we have had this season. I found that the Men who took the Coal have removed their apparatus & declined working, but not being within reach, I could not see them to ascertain the cause
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Apr 1835
Saturday 4th
Went with my Son over the Scremerston Estates, examining the Estimates he had got for building the Stone wall by the Sea side, on the Inland Pasture Farm & the two Cottages, & agreed with the Parties whose Proposals were the most eligible. Also examined the piece of new Road, some draining in the Town Farm & the general cultivation. Was glad to find that the reduction of Rent has given a fresh stimulus to the exertions of Messrs Thomson & Hogarth, who are bu
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Apr 1835
Tuesday 7th
Received the Rents at Belford, settled various accounts for Work and paid the balance to the Bank Agent from Alnwick as usual. The receipt was better than I expected, Mrs Thomson of Glororum having been disappointed of some money, begged for three weeks to make it up.
There is an evident improvement in the state of her farm & fences. The Agent under the Assignees of Major Johnson gave me £500, being all that the Colliery had produced, leaving me to settle
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Apr 1835
Monday 13th
Travelled to Newcastle, not being able to see Mr Fenwick in the evening waited upon him on the morning of
Tuesday 14th
Found that he had received £55 of the Debt due by Dinning for Wood & that he had hoped of obtaining the remainder by degrees without having recourse to extreme measures.
Informed Mr Fenwick that I had received £500 from the Executors of Major Johnson, in part of Rent Arrears and learnt that he had obtained from them an undertaking f
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Apr 1835
Wednesday 15th April
The Clerk of Deliveries returns the quantity of Ore weighed over in the Quarter ending the 1st Instant at 600 Bings, the duty Ore from which is 96 Bings. There has been yet little weather for washing Ore this season, which accounts for the smallness of the return. Had an interview with Bones the Tenant of one of the Throckley Farms respecting his quitting it at May day next, & as the time is so near at hand, communicated directly with the Secretary on th
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 Apr 1835
Thursday 16th April
Sold the Lot of Wood No. 5 in Dipton Plantation to Handcock & Son for £237.10. the money to be paid on 25th March 1836 and the Wood cut & cleaned off on the usual conditions. Received Mssrs Parker & Crawhalls return of the average value of Refined Lead for the last Quarter at £18.5. per Fother, which is a great improvement upon the price of the former year. Rode to Throckley, examined Bones’ Farm and reported upon it & Mr Stephenson’s Offer at
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Apr 1835
Good Friday 17th
Have Frost and Snow. Received from the Moor Master the returns of the Men employed in the different Mines in the Manor of Alston. Sent Mr Hunt to execute a Warrant of Distress on Bones’ effects, & put a person in possession of them, hoping that it may put him upon finding security for his rents, rather than allow them to be brought to the hammer. Received a List of the principal Subscribers for building a Bridge near Morpeth, to which as it is on the Road le
