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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
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Apr 1835
Saturday 18th April 1835
Set off early to Wark where I met Mr Storey the Bailiff of that district and went over with him the parcels of land & allotments described in the Draft Conveyance to the Duke which I had carried with me to compare with Plans on the spot. The descriptions seem to be all correctly given. We then proceeded five miles northward to Bellingham where I wished to examine the Glebe Land, the Incumbent having written to me expressing his Fears that the current w
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Apr 1835
Monday 20th
Mr Forster who had been viewing the Collieries in the West in the end of last week, had an interview with the new Lessees of Brokenheugh Coal & Allerwash Lime on Saturday & got their signatures to an Agreement extended upon the conditions on which those works were proposed to be let, which Agreement he left with me to compare with their original proposal as accepted by the Board & which I forwarded along with other agreements for Farms, to Mr Fenwick, that he m
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 Apr 1835
Thursday 23rd
Returned by a morning Coach to Dilston, attended to Letters & Office business. Mr Bones of Throckley having obtained the securities which I required for the years Rent, was allowed to remove the distress from his premises & dispose of his Stock. The Lessee of Throckley Quarry having intimated by message his intention of quitting it, I applied for a written relinquishment, as I have another person ready to take it, but this he declines at present to give. On t
Journal entry – Henry Gipps to John Grey – 24 Apr 1835
Corbridge 24 April 1835.
My dear Sir
I take the liberty of requesting you to lay the following statement before the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital.
By the grant of £18 pr annum which they were kind enough to make me a year or two ago and the subscriptions of individuals a National School has been established & is at this time in full & beneficial operation in this place but the number of scholars is temporarily limited to sixty from the totally in
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Apr 1835
Friday 24th April
Rode to Hexham to get Cash from the Bank Agent to send by Coach to the Moor Master, as Imprest, proceeded to look over the Farm of Highwood which the Tenant is to quit at May Day, who thinks it hard that he should have to pay for putting the Threshing Machine in repair. Went forward through the several Farms of Fourstones and Allerwash to look into some matters connected with the progress of the Railway & the change of Fences & Water courses in those Farms in conse
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Apr 1835
Friday [sic; Tuesday meant] 21st April
Mr N Walker, Lessee of the Brick Kiln came to inform me that he had discovered a Seam of superior Clay for making Fire Bricks in a Field in the Hospitals Farm at Corbridge which he wished to be allowed to use in small quantities to mix with the other clay for that kind of Bricks for Fire Places etc. I agreed to allow him to dig a Pit of it, on satisfying the Tenant for any trespass and paying the Hospital £4 a year, as a consideration for the
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Apr 1835
Saturday 25th
Received a Letter from the Revd Mr Gipps, Vicar of Corbridge, soliciting assistance on building a School at Corbridge, which Letter I am requested to lay before the Commissioners. I regret to remark that in Corbridge many of its inhabitants are poor, ignorant & profligate & that any attempt to elevate them in morality & intelligence deserves encouragement. To contribute the Wood for the Building, as Mr Gipps suggests, would be an easy mode of assisting it, for th
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Apr 1835
Monday 27th April 1835
Went with Mr Benson to fix upon the alteration of the Farm House and old buildings at Dilston High Town. The Tenant wishes to have something more done to the House than I had thought necessary, on which account if it should exceed the sum included in the year’s estimate, he is to pay the surplus himself. Returned the Agreements for Mineral Grants to the Moor Master to deliver to the Parties, requesting him to obtain their signatures to similar copies of
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Apr 1835
Tuesday 28th April
Engaged in the Office. Went through all the Woods of the Park & the Devils Water, to ascertain their condition, want of dressing, state of Fences etc, occupied all the afternoon in arranging Papers, which have been squandered in various places, & depositing them in the Drawers of the new Office, which I have taken possession of today. The Clerk’s Office will also be ready to be occupied in a few days.
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Apr 1835
Wednesday 29th
Rode over to Whittonstall in the morning & passed the day in looking after the state of the farms & sundry repairs there & in Newlands, where I met Benson & fixed upon proceeding with the intended repairs at Fairle and the building a Smiths House at Whittonstall. Examined Newlands Park Wood and a Quarry from which, being in a very retired spot, I had been informed that a Mason formerly employed on the Hospital’s Estates, had taken and sold stones wit
Journal entry – John Grey – 30 Apr 1835
Thursday 30th April
Received Mr Weatherley’s answer to my application for information respecting the Scremerston Railway and transmitted it with the Plans found in the Office & a Copy of the Entry in the Cash Book and the receipt for money paid to parties from whom a portion of the line had been purchased, the Conveyance Deed for which, is likely to be at Greenwich. No part of the line has been sold off, and the branch leading from the present pit to the Sea Banks, which does
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 May 1835
Friday 1st May 1835
A stormy day - chiefly occupied in Office business. Went over the accounts due for Wood with Mr Parkin giving him a List of debts to collect, writing to some parties myself, and enclosing to Mr Fenwick the accounts of long standing, due by persons who pay no attention to my Letters, requiring him to take proceedings against them.
Fixed the Rent receipts in the following Order and prepared an Advertisement accordingly. Shaw House - the 18th Instant; Hayd
Journal entry – John Grey – 2 May 1835
Saturday 2nd May 1835
Rode Westward through the Farms of Highwood and Coastley. At the latter was pleased to see the good effect of draining done last Autumn in a wet Field that is now dry and looks promising for a crop of Corn, inspected some draining that is now on progress and surveyed the other Farms and woodlands in the Coastley district. The fences on that Estate are generally very bad, consisting of banks of earth with here and there a thorn growing. This is the consequence of
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 May 1835
Monday 4th May
Communicated with the Moor Master and several tenants on Hospital business. Mrs Thomson of Glororum remitted me her rent in full & begged to be allowed to sink a Well & place a pump in it, which she states she omitted to point out to me when there, but considers to be extremely necessary. Informed her, that I could not sanction any Works the necessity of which I could not judge of, any more than their expense, but if she thought it would be if such advanta
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 May 1835
Tuesday 5th May
Informed the Bankers of the Rent days being fixed that they might be in attendance. Also wrote to Mr Storey requesting him to use his endeavours to bring forward the Tenants in the Wark district, as this would likely be the last payment from them to the Hospital, and I am anxious to get quit of Arrears which after this time, must be put into the hands of the Solicitor to obtain. In compliance with the Secretary’s instruction, wrote to Mr John Orpeth informing him of hi
Journal entry – John Grey – 6 May 1835
Wednesday 6th May
Passed some time with the Workmen on the Shore of the Tyne, where some parts of the breast work of stone that is shaken at the foundation, requires to be strengthened by a row of long piles driven in front of it, which is a slow process. In other parts, it can be done at a cheaper rate by fixing branches of the Trees & large Stones so as to intercept the Gravel, and form a bank by the action of the Water. If the Land to be protected were not so valuable, one would
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 May 1835
Thursday 7th May
Took a long ride through Langley Barony visiting Esphill, Langley Castle, Land Ends and Lees Farms. Mr Lee has built a very good Cottage at Land Ends, towards which he is allowed £20. The new Road towards Lees Farms Offices is newly completed, returned to Haydon Bridge and crossed over to Millhills where a repair of the Reservoir & Threshing Machine is going on, the former had become nearly useless from the great deposit of Gravel occasioned by the steep asce
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 May 1835
Friday 8th May
Had a consultation with Parkin upon supplying a quantity of Wood to the Hexham Saw Mill and Railway companies. We shall get the latter to take some Beech off our hands, which it is difficult to dispose of. I am convinced now that I shall be able to sell much more Wood this year than I reckoned upon in the annual Estimate but so long as there is abundance of it at maturity I think it well to take advantage of the market which is offered by the new Works in the District.
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 May 1835
Monday 11th
I have had difficulty in obtaining the rent from the Lessee of Throckley Quarry and was obliged to employ Mr Fenwick lately for the purpose. As he is an idle fellow and not likely to do any good I thought it best to get rid of him, and have at length procured his relinquishment of the Contract, through Mr Stephenson of Throckley. I have in consequence, made an agreement for the Quarry with a party likely, as I expect, to make a better use of it, subject to the approbation o
