Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 14 Apr 1758

Document Type: Letters
Date: 14 Apr 1758
Correspondent: Joseph Richmond
Recipient: Christopher Denton
Archive Source: NRO 672/E/1E/1
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To Mr Denton in Grays Inn London

14 Apr 1758

Dr Sir

	You herewith receive inclosed the particulars of Kenton Estate, & the Draft of the Conveyance you sent me, and under another Cover you receive by this Post as particular an account as you desire of the Trust Estate remaining unsold, taken from the several Stewards Rentals &c which you will put into a more regular method, but surely to insert all these particulars is unnecessary as the Tenants names, especially the Cottagers are changing every year. You know the Trust Estate is now the same as it was at Sir Wm. Blacketts death, except Wallin gton & Kenton to be deducted therefrom & Sir Walters purchases to be added thereto only the leases of jarrow & Gateshead fell Collieries with the Wayleaves & Steaths could not be got acrewed, as it appears by a Representation of the Case sent Mr Wilson the 17 Jan 1755. If its now necessary for Sir Walter to surrender his purchas'd copyhold Estates, you must send down a Lre of Attorney for that purpose, & may name Mr Wilkinson Kirsopp, & Mr Wm. Kirsopp of Hexham Gents. his Attorneys, or who else Sir Walter pleases. v. Paper annexed of the Estates.

	I find L[or]d North[umber]land is leaving no stone unturn'd to get into possession of Kirkheaton & that Lady Windsor is endeavouring to hold all Mrs Windsors Estates as trustee under a Term if no heir turn out, I verily beleive Sir Walter has a much better Right to Kirkheaton than either of them, but how to support it must be left to the Learned - Sir Walter brings back the Abstract you sent me of Q[ueen] Eliz[abeth]s grant to Sir John Forster, K[ing] James granted Kirkheaton Colliery to Halsay & Morgan, who sold it to Sir John Fenwick, Querie of whom did Sr. John Fenwick buy the Land Estate for he sold it to Cuthb[er]t Heron of whom Sir Richard Stote bought it, but Sir John received the Royaltie, or at least the Colliery, Querie also where is the Grant from K[ing] Charles about 1630 of the Manors of Hexham & Anick Grainge, & is Kirkheaton excepted therein.   I am etc   JR

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