Richard,
In 1764 a group of men led by Cuthbert Readshaw, fromRichmond in Swaledale, were working the East Blackcraig or Craigton lead mine whichis 9½ km north of Wigton. It is highlylikely that Readshaw knew Townsend.
Mike Gill
On Thursday, 13 August 2015, 16:09, Richard Vandewetering <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear colleaguesI am slowly proceeding in my attempt to write a biography of Chauncy Townsend (sometimes Townshend) --I now have a title "The Adventurer: the Life of Chauncy Townsend (1708-1770); or, a Tale of Political Intrigue, Miscegenation, Grand Enterprise, Spiritual Awakenings, Imperial Strategy, Family Crises, and High-Seas Privateering". In the past members of this list have helped me (thanks particularly to Keith Nicholls, Ian Spensley and Paul Reynolds), and I hope that you can help again. In July, while at the National Library of Wales, I came across a single reference in a single letter (not by Townsend) to Townsend's mines in Scotland (the Powis letters: Powis I 3064 10 May 1760). I was completely surprised to come across this. No more information is given. Townsend was involved with lead and coal mining in Wales, and copper mining in Cornwall. (possibly relevant related facts: he served as MP for Wigtown Burghs 1768-1770; he was related to the Oswalds; his son Joseph attended University of Edinburgh in 1762-3). Have you come across references to Townsend in Scotland? could you suggest authoritative books on 18th c. Scottish mining?
Yours Richard VandeWetering
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