Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Jan 1835

Thursday 22nd January



Having heard from Mr Fenwick several days ago, that the Duke of Northumberland’s Solicitor required a particular description of each parcel of Property to be conveyed in the Manor of Wark, its contents & boundaries, with the names of the owners of each adjoining property, I requested Mr Dickinson to make search for the Plans that would as I expected, afford the information.  Finding this morning that he had not yet been able to supply the necessary information, & anxious that no further delay should be occasioned in this too long protracted affair, I changed the route which I had intended to take and ride as far as Wark to see Mr Storey the late Bailiff, & gained as I hope as many particulars as may satisfy the Duke’s Solicitor, although in such a number of Plots & Proprietors, it is not possible to say that no change of Property has taken place, or may now be under negociation, to render this very particular and unusual description, even now incorrect.  This occupied the whole day, & caused me a long ride after dark through the Ice and Snow.