28 Feb 1817. THOMAS HAMILTON’S ACCOUNT FOR RENT AND EXPENSES. Bundle 65, Doc 80. Two pieces of paper. The large one measured 39 cm x 32 cm, folded in half to make four pages. Several holes along file fold. Crumpled edges with two large holes near outer edge. Dirty and damp stained on outside. The smaller was folded inside the first, measured 19 cm x 7 cm, and contains a short summary of the account in the large paper. C 145 R 100 Thos. HAMILTON Blff Sundries £ 11 ~ 1 ~ 11 ——————————————- Feby 28th. 1817 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1816 Thos HAMILTON to Sir Philip MUSGRAVE Bart Dr To one years Lords rent due at Martinmas last for the Manners of Hartley Kirkby Stephen Soulby great and little Musgrave £ s d and Bleatarn 165 18 10½ ——————————- Paid and for Work done as follows to Mr. DIXON 75 – 0 – 0 April 6 Son 2 days and man one sawing through strings and door Checks and planing the same and puting up through strings for Parlor loft at Hartley law Mill at 3s – 3d 0 – 10 – 0 8th To 2 days son and 2 days Man laning up stair Case and lofting Parlor loft at Law Mill 0 – 13 – 0 15 To one day son and one Man makeing and Hanging door at Law Mill 0 – 6 [ ] To a new wendow Frame for Blandsis which was rotten and Blown out it is a sliding frane 0 – 5 – 0 I paid for glasing Do new glass 0 – 2 – 3 May 23 To a new Wainscot Door of Foregne fir for James SAWER Parlor 0 – 15 – 0 To a pair of new Bands and Croks for Do 0 – 2 – 6 To 2 new Closet doors and framing one for Parlor the other for Kitchin with shilocs 0 – 11 – 0 To a new Sash for Parlor penting it two times over for James SAWER 0 – 15 – 0 To one day self fitting up all Closets and penting Do and Hanging Parlor Door and penting 0 – 3 – 3 To anew two light Window for back Kitchon & nails 0 – 4 – 9 To self one day and half at Heaning Setting out Wood and Marking it for 1600 Spiles for Water Works 0 – 4 – 0 June 26th to self makeing and fitting up two half doors and Hanging the same at Hartley Law Mill 0 – 2 – 6 Augt 23 To 4½ foot of 2 Inch Plank for repairing John HARINSON Threshing floor at Fauld at 6d 0 – 2 – 3 To workmanship and large nails for the floor 0 – 1 – 0 Sepr 7 Son with Horse and Cart Carring up a Cart Load of Planks to Ladfoot to prope to Roof and for scafoding 0 – 1 – 0 Son most part of a day proping the Roof and Stable 0 – 2 – 0 ————————- 80 – 1 – 0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £ s d Brought over 80 – 1 – 0 paid for a post letter from Mr GRAVE to accquint all Sir Phillips Tenants to appear at Appleby to pay the fines 0 – 0 – 7 paid for a post letter from Mr GRAVE a bout some bad Bank of England notes he had recd of the fines 0 – 0 – 7 Paid for a Post letter from Mr DIXON a bout the farmers paying their half years rent on the 5th of October 0 – 0 – 7 To a Box for a Brace of Birds for Sir Philip 0 – 1 – 0 To Self and Son shewing Castle Farm to Persons 0 – 5 – 0 Paid Jonathan ALDERSON for 3 days Watching game 0 – 7 – 6 [ ] Self a Journey to Brough to Chuse a fir Log for [Si]r MUSGRAVEs Burial Place in Kirkby Stephen Church 0 – 1 – 0 [D]ec 15 To 2 day self and one Son Working at the Burial place repairing the Monement and plaining and prepairing the great Beem to suport the Roof 0 – 9 – 9 Expences in geting up the great Beem 11 Men 0 – 5 – 0 Paid for Scraping washing and cleening the Monement makeing it reedy for Penting 0 – 1 – 6 Paid for Pent and Oyl for the Monement 0 – 2 – 6 Self penting it half a day 0 – 1 – 6 To Lime for footing the Monement round and Plaster 0 – 1 – 3 Paid Arthur HASTWELL for glasing and repairing the Leads of the Burial place as by recept √ 1 – 8 – 0 Paid Mr BIRD is Stip end in lew of Corn Tithe for little Musgrave as by Receipt √ 5 – 1 – 4 Paid Mr ROBINSON his Stip End out of Bleatarn Rents as by receipt √ 4 – 16 – 0 Paid David HAMILTON for a large Stirup of Iron to Suport a Beem in the Roof of the Burial place as by receipt √ 0 – 7 – 0 Paid David for another Stirup to suport a Rib that was broke 0 – 2 – 6 To 20 foot of 1¼ Inch stuff saw into Bredths to suport nail a gainst all the Beems on both side to nail the laths to 0 – 6 – 8 I was two days self penting all the Balistrades and Wainscot in Church 2 times over 0 – 6 – 0 ————————- 94 – 6 – 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ £ s d Brought forward 94 – 6 – 3 To a ferigne fir Beem and sole tree to suport Wainscot and Balistrades 5 Inch by 3 sq 20 foot long 0 – 10 – 0 To a new Wainscot Door strong Checks for Do 0 – 10 – 0 To a pair of large Hinges H L to Hang the door 0 – 1 – 6 To Self and Son makeing reedy and puting up all the Wainscot and Balestrades and fitting up door in all 1 – 1 – 0 Paid for Cleening the two large gothick Windows 0 – 1 – 6 To Self grinding some Coulering of amber and Spanish white for all the Window Jaumbs and Mullins and penting them all over 0 – 3 – [ ] To 2 days Son and 3 HENDERSON Cutting down some wood and sawing and fitting up Elizabeth DAVIDSON stable at Soulby 0 – 15 – [ ] To Bailiffs Salery for one year for Collecting } all Sir Philips Lords rent within is Maners of } √ Hartley Kirkby Stephen Soulby great and little } 10 – 10 – 0 Musgraves and Bleatarn } Paid Richard LOADMAN for 3 pair of Bands and Croks for Hartley Law Mill as by Recept √ 0 – 5 – 7 John LAMBERT Bill for Wood and Carrage for the great Beeam deliverd at Kirkby Stephen for the repair of the MUSGRAVE Burial place in order to suport the Roof √ 5 – 10 – 6 Arrear of Lords rent returned in the Maner of Bleatarn for 1816 Mr MORGITSON for his Bleatarn Estate √ 1 – 8 – 6½ Thomas TEASDALE for his Estate at Soulby √ 0 – 5 – 111/ —————————- 115 – 14 – 10 1 – 14 – 6½ The whole years Lords rent —————————- is 165 – 18 – 10 114 ~ 0 ~ 4½ Paid work done and disbursed 115 – 14 – 10 —————————- due to Sir Philip 50 – 4 – 0½ 1 – 14 – 6½ 1817 —————————- Feby 28th 51 ~ 18 ~ 6½ Sattled [signed] Thomas HAMILTON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Particulars of Bill Self & Son Labour &c 11 . 1 . 11 √ Self 1 yrs. Wages 10 . 10 . 0 √ Cash pd July 75 . 0 0 Sundry Bills viz. £ s d √ Rd. LOADMAN ~ 5 . 7 √ Ino. LAMBERT 5 . 10 . 6 √ D. HAMILTON ~ 7 . 0 √ Mr. ROBINSON 4 . 16 . 0 √ Mr BIRD 5 . 1 . 4 √ A. HASTWELL 1 . 8 . 0 —————- 17 ~ 8 ~ 5 Balance 51 ~ 18 ~ 6½ —————————- £ 165 ~ 18 ~ 10½ 1 yr. Rent 165 ~ 18 ~ 10½ —————————-