76 THE DIARY OF EDWARD I3AGSHAW. 



An accont of my concerns in y e North in Mr. James Dales 

 hands August 20 ; 1715 : 



£ s. a. 



My estate at Fishburn (Co. Durham) let to Martin Dun for 30 o o 



My estate at Moresley let to William Hall for II 10 o 



There is in Mr. Middleton's hands 200 o o 



In George White's hands 55° ° ° 



The yearly income of my Land comes to 41 10 o 



The yearly interest of my money w ch lies there comes to 37 o o 



In all £79 O o 



I have an Annuity for ninety-nine years of £50 per 

 annum, No. 1 144, Cecill Warburton, Esq., Contributor. 



I have an Annuity of £30 per annum for ninety-nine 

 years, No. 740, S r Joseph Jekyll K nt Contributor." 



It would thus appear that Mr. Bagshaw had a private income, 

 of about ,£230 a year, but which would at times be considerably- 

 exceeded, owing to the interest paid, and the South Sea Stock. 

 In August, 1 7 16, we find him increasing his stock in the South 

 Sea Company by ,£1,000. There is no further entry until 1720, 

 and in that year he seems to have been persuaded to sell both his 

 estates and his annuities in order to make further investments in 

 that fatal bubble. 



"January : A. D. 17IJ : I sold my 2 estates in the North, 

 Fishbourn and Mooresly — My estate at Fisburn in y e 

 Conty of Durham for ^955 



My estate at Moorsley at y e Price of ^345 



In all .£13°° 



May 12 th 1720: I sold an Annuity of fifty pounds a year at 



29 years purchase at ;£l45° 



May 13 th : I sold another annuity of thirty pounds a year at 29 



years purchase at £%1 Q 



£2330 

 May 19 : I lent Mr. Mulcaster of St. James, Gent, three 

 thousand pounds for half a year, for which he has advanced 

 me half a year's interest, seventy-five pounds. I have his 

 Bond for y e payment of it on y e 28 of November ; and three 

 thousand pound Southsea Stock as security." 



