advertisement – Henry Richmond – 9 Sep 1763

WHERAS THREE PIECES of LEAD, which were marked WB, and were the property of Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. were stolen, some Time between the 1st Day of August last, and the 2d Day of this Month, from that Part of Crook Oak Common, in the Parish of Shotley, which adjoineth to the House of John Sidell, Lead carrier: Now, this is to give Notice, that whoever shall give Information to the said John Sidell, at Crook Oak aforesaid, or to Mr Henry Richmond, in Newcastle upon Tyne, of the Person or Persons that stole the said Lead, so that he, the, or they, can be convicted of the same, shall, on such Conviction, receive a Reward of TEN POUNDS from Sir Walter Blackett.

Sept. 9, 1763