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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
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 May 1835
Tuesday 12th May
Rode over the Estate of Thornbrough, examining the Farms and Woodlands. Looked over Mr Parkin’s valuation of Wood set off for the Saw Mill Company and others. Sent him to the Market at Hexham to collect accounts due for Wood. Mr Hunt is daily engaged at present in measuring at Work and preparing such accounts as will have to be allowed on the rent days.
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 May 1835
Wednesday 13th
After dispatching Letters, took a long ride through the Farms of Wooley, Aydonshields, Salmon Field, and Gairshield in the Shire, examining draining and various matters. At Rowleyhead I found that an old Cow house which had been long in a precarious condition, had at last fallen entirely down, the rotten Wood in the roof having given way and sent all the Walls out, which were merely Clay and Stones, and quite incapable of improvement. Had there been anything about it wor
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 May 1835
Thursday 14th
Went to Newcastle for the first time by the Rail Way - saw Mr Fenwick respecting several Leases which I gave him to prepare. Desired him also to remind Major Johnson’s Assignees of the necessity of discharging their debt to the Hospital, which they paid only in part. Their apology is that the Colliery is doing nothing & that they have not been able to dispose of any of the Ships yet. Applied to the Rail way Agent for payment of the allowances due to the Dilston Ten
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 May 1835
Friday 15th May
Had a long interview with Mr Forster on matters connected with the several Collieries. The terms of Brokenheugh and Allerwash to be settled between the outgoing and incoming Tenants, the arrangement for keeping an account of, and a proper check of the over workings at Stublick and other places, that they may be ascertained and paid for in the rent days, and the state of Throckley Coal. Mr Forster then proceeded westward to meet the different Lessees of Collieries a
Journal entry – John Grey – 16 May 1835
Saturday 16th May 1835
Mr Forster returned today and having settled matters with the former and present Lessees of Brokenheugh, as to their respective conditions, furnished me with statements of the workings at the several Collieries, which I herewith send showing that the quantity of Coal wrought and sold at Brokenheugh from April 18th to September last falls short of the quantity allowed by 6761 Fothers and 3 Bolls. There is a heap of Coals yet at Bank, which by his Agreement, h
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 May 1835
Monday 18th May
Rode to Newtonhall in the morning and met Mr Benson to look over the state of the Buildings & fix upon what repair is necessary on Mr Jobling entering to the Farm.
There is not much required, and the late Tenant having occupied it only for four years and at a high rent, cannot reasonably be made answerable for delapidations [sic] of buildings, though I must oblige him to put the fences into repair.
Returned to Shaw House and was engaged in settling
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 May 1835
Tuesday 19th May
I inspected several Woodland Fences which require repair, the stone Walls having gone much to decay. Passed some time with the Workmen at the riverside, and caused the Banks which have now been brought to a proper slope to be planted thickly with cuttings of the dwarf Willow in hopes that it may be the means of securing the sandy soil from being broken by the lash of the River when high. Examined the part of the Embankment in Widehaugh which was so hastily repair
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 May 1835
Thursday 21st
Set out at six o’clock and rode over several Farms in the West part of Langley where there are some matters requiring my attention, among others the state of the Woodland Fences adjoining the burn that passes Langley Mills. It is unfortunate that any thing bringing in such a revenue as the Lead should be so injurious to the vicinity of its manufacture. The Smoke from the Mills alighting on the Fields has a most pernicious effect both upon the herbage and the hea
Journal entry – John Grey – 23 May 1835
Saturday 23rd May 1835
Informed Mr Fenwick that Robinson of Needlesshall who managed to evade the payment of his Arrears to the Hospital by employing parties to buy in his Stock at a low price when sold under a levy of distress, is carrying on his Farm as formerly, though his Goods are in another persons name, & desired him to make a second attempt to obtain payment. Wrote to Mr Beaumonts Agent desiring to be informed whether some persons who have commenced digging Coal in one of the
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 May 1835
Monday 25th
Prepared papers etc for going to Alston, made search among all the Plans in the Office for some relating to the Mining district which I wished to carry up with me. Attended to the operation on the Rivers Banks.
Tuesday 26th May
Attended a Meeting of the Alston Road Trust at Hexham. Received a report of the state of the suspension Bridge over the Tyne, which proves not to be in so bad a condition as I feared. The main timbers are sound, but the platform
Journal entry – Henry Peacock to John Grey – 26 May 1835
Esp Hills 26th May 1835
To the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital
Gentlemen,
Having had a Bullock killed in consequence of having drank the Water from Langley Smelt Mill, I am induced to apply to you for remuneration, which I am satisfied you will grant, when I state the particulars under which the accident happened, and which are as follows –
The Wall which separates my pasture from th
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 May 1835
Wednesday 27th
Rode to Stublick, Nilstone Rig & Harsondale, having some matters to look after at each. At the latter place, the Road to the Farm buildings lies through a moorish piece of Land, & having never been formed or laid with Stones is nearly impassable. The tenant will lead the materials and it will be necessary to spend a few pounds in improving the road not only for the use of the Farm, but of the Wood on that estate, which is now of sufficient growth, & a consider
