Letters – Joseph Richmond to Richard Ellis – 9 Jun 1755

To Mr Richd.Ellis at Hexham

Newcastle 9th June 1755

Sir

I rec[eiv]ed your Lre by the Bearer of thiks & as to Mr Lowes's Money, if you can depend upon his paying it altogether at lamas I imagine Sr W[alte]r will be satisfied therewith, but we must have it then at the farthest on acct of the Leadmines pays, & if he will pay it sooner, it will be the better. Sr W[alte]r is in the North & I do not know that I shall see him here before our races, therefore whatever you think necessary to be done at the Abbey in the meantime I dare say he will have no objection to it. As to the tithes I cannot tell what to say about them, farther than that I think you must let them for a short time on the best terms you can; for the keeping them in hand I doubt wo[ul]d be a very troublesome thing. As to the ground converted to Gardening Sr W[alte]r when he considers it will certainly never suffer it to go any longer tithe-free, as by the opinions he has taken it is undoubtedly liable to pay. I desire you will send me what is necessary for Sr W[alte]r to sign with regard to the resurrender of Dalton estate. I am etc  JR