1709 11 15 : To do list and draft letter

Update on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:58PM by Petra Mitchinson

15 Nov 1709. TO DO LIST AND DRAFT LETTER. Bundle 5, Doc 26. 31 cm x 19 cm. Folded in half. All in Jeffrey BECK’s handwriting. Direy Novr 15 1709 —————————- £ 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUTTON Charge 26 – – ————- ————- Mr LALAYEDELL [?] 8 0 ————- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Penrith Novr – 15 1709 Speake to John TURNER about the Carrage of the Girthwebb and the pot of Red Deer the acc./ and what I owe him for Carrage Get Chris~ PHILIPSON to Sine the asommpt [?] for Rabbets Writ or speake to Mr RUD about comeing to Eden hall of Thursday next Speake to Mr FETHERSTONEHOUGH about SUTTON Speake to Geo SANDERSON about Corl LEIGH 5 7 0 Speake to Stepen NELSON about his fine of 3 : 3 : 4 Speake to Wm COLLINSON about the acc of Rabbets Speake to Abraham STOOKS about the John headed steare & his money or to any that will buy him Inquire for a farmes for oud GIBSON farme Thomas JACKSON to be Bayliffe of Edenhall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hon~ble Sr I had but the news lately of yor great losse wee liveing so remote in Cumberland itt was a great surprise to me being all The Lady in the world I had the well wishes of, but alas yor Just sorrows for so Good a Lady must be yond my comprehencion I can onely wish I pray God they may be sanctified to you I shall not truble yor honr now I shall pray leave to tell yor honr I shall I should be ungratefull If I did not own and accknoldde that the busness I am now Imployed in was in a good measure I [?] hopes through yor honrs Recomendation and I hope yor honr & my honble master will now owne that what At [?] 2 years I have been Concerned I have made more of the Estate then my prdesessors did in 3 4 I can only ad tom [?] my Jour [?] that I shall be very well Reidy to serve yor honr in any thing I can do in this County & pray comand Sr yor most obliged W and hum~ sert 19 m J BECK