Document 54, p 5
| informed Mr Heron that he the Clerk of the peace woud the next Day | ||||
| give Mr Heron the final Resolution of the Justices in Writing- and | ||||
| accordingly in the Evening of the next day Mr Heron received the following | ||||
| Letter from the Clerk of the peace* | ||||
| "Dear Sir" | ||||
| "As you was under the necessity of Leaving Morpeth before" | ||||
| "the Magistrates assembled there for the Christmas Sessions had" | ||||
| "Come to any Resolution, touching Mr Errington’s proposal" | ||||
| "grounded on Mr Smeaton’s estimate of the Supposed Repair of" | ||||
| "Hexham Bridge I beg to acquaint you, that the same was this" | ||||
| "Morning, taken into consideration, and after a very full candid" | ||||
| "and free Discussion of the Subject in all points of View the" | ||||
| "Bench which was very numerous were unanimously of Opinion" | ||||
| "that they could not accept such proposal and also that they" | ||||
| "could (as Trustees for the public) be only justified in calling" | ||||
| "upon and if Occasion compelling Mr Errington to rebuild" | ||||
| "and maintain Hexham Bridge according to the terms of his" | ||||
| "Contract with the County of Northumberland." | ||||
| "I shall by to morrow’s post acquaint Mr Errington with the" | ||||
| "above Resolution of the Bench and request him to perform his" | ||||
| "Contract with all proper Expedition and in the mean time I thus" | ||||
| "make you as his Friend and Law Agent acquainted therewith" | ||||
| "that no time may be lost in the County which his Managers" | ||||
| "may make use of for furthering the completion of the Magistrates" | ||||
| "Resolution and of his own Contract- I am &c" | ||||
| Jno Davidson | ||||
| NCastle 8 o’Clock Evg 15 Janry | ||||
| 1784 | ||||
| so that the Justices after having put Mr Errington to the Expence of procuring | ||||
| Mr Smeaton to take a Journey to Hexham to make his Estimate and after | ||||
| having by the Clerk of the peace required Mr Heron to come prepared to the | ||||
| Sessions with full powers to make a Compromise dismissed the Subject with | ||||
| Threats of Prosecution-and these Threats were carried into Execution an | ||||
| Action at Law was brought upon the Bond and Judgment obtained thereon | ||||
| and executed | ||||
| and an Eligit* issued ⁁ against the Estates and Effects of Mr Errington which | ||||
| in the Court of Chancery | ||||
| obliged him to file his Bill ⁁ and an Injunction was obtained-upon | ||||
| hearing the Cause the before mentioned Issue was directed | ||||
| The Penalty in the Bond was computed as follows £ | ||||
| Money to be paid to Mr Errington for the Bridge 5700 | ||||
| for the Road 400 | ||||
| for old material 3000 | ||||
| £9100 | ||||
| But the old materials were not worth anything like £3000- it was a | ||||
| Computation made at Random by the then Clerk of the peaces Deputy who is | ||||
| since dead with a view sufficiently to cover this value |
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Note: Draft Case to the Court of Chancery, p 5
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