Morning Chronicle 21 February 1807
"SALES BY AUCTION.
Freehold Estate, and Mines, Devon and Cornwall - By Messrs. SKINNER, DYKE and Co. on Tuesday, the 24th, instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Garraway's, in one Lot, by Order of the Assiguee of Mr. James Simpson, under the Act For the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
ALL his Right, Title, and Interest in a FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate in the parish of Mary Tavey, about four miles from Tavistock, in the county of Devon, called a Wane, or Warne 'Sydenham, containing 150 acres of land, with a farm-house and. out-buildings, in the occupation of George Maunder, on lease, at sixty-five pounds per annum - Also the valuable Copper and Tin Mines under the same, with the dues and a moiety of the.Mines and dues arising frorm the Glebe Lands. A Freehold moiety of a Mine called Brimsibatch, ln the Parish of Brentor, near Tavistock, with the dues. Also Shares of several Mines, and dues arising from Mines, in the Parishes of Mary Tavey, Brentor, Calstock, St. Neott's, Walkhampton, and Buckland, in the counties of Devon and Cornwall; several Tin-bounds and sets, called White Works, Mill Mead; and Vitifer Tin Mines, on the forest of Dartmoor. Also Shares in the Devon Mining and Devon Metal Companies, and a moiety of the profits arising from smelting of tin at Tucker's Smelting-house, in the. County of Devon. The Estate may be viewed, and printed particulars had of Mr. Flindall, printer ,Truro; Messrs, Trewman's, printer, Exeter; at the Bedford-inn, Tavistock; of.Messrs. Weston, Solicitors, Fenchurch-street, London ; place of Sale; and of Messrs. Skinner, Dyke and Co. Aldersgate-street, London."
"SALES BY AUCTION.
Freehold Estate, and Mines, Devon and Cornwall - By Messrs. SKINNER, DYKE and Co. on Tuesday, the 24th, instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Garraway's, in one Lot, by Order of the Assiguee of Mr. James Simpson, under the Act For the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
ALL his Right, Title, and Interest in a FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate in the parish of Mary Tavey, about four miles from Tavistock, in the county of Devon, called a Wane, or Warne 'Sydenham, containing 150 acres of land, with a farm-house and. out-buildings, in the occupation of George Maunder, on lease, at sixty-five pounds per annum - Also the valuable Copper and Tin Mines under the same, with the dues and a moiety of the.Mines and dues arising frorm the Glebe Lands. A Freehold moiety of a Mine called Brimsibatch, ln the Parish of Brentor, near Tavistock, with the dues. Also Shares of several Mines, and dues arising from Mines, in the Parishes of Mary Tavey, Brentor, Calstock, St. Neott's, Walkhampton, and Buckland, in the counties of Devon and Cornwall; several Tin-bounds and sets, called White Works, Mill Mead; and Vitifer Tin Mines, on the forest of Dartmoor. Also Shares in the Devon Mining and Devon Metal Companies, and a moiety of the profits arising from smelting of tin at Tucker's Smelting-house, in the. County of Devon. The Estate may be viewed, and printed particulars had of Mr. Flindall, printer ,Truro; Messrs, Trewman's, printer, Exeter; at the Bedford-inn, Tavistock; of.Messrs. Weston, Solicitors, Fenchurch-street, London ; place of Sale; and of Messrs. Skinner, Dyke and Co. Aldersgate-street, London."
This advertisement continued to run all the way through 1807 in various wordings. The last one being printed in the December 31st edition of the Exeter Flying Post.
Exeter Flying Post 26 February 1807
"To FARMERS and GRAZIERS.
AN Enclosure of considerable, extent, of some of the best grazing land on Dartmoor, sufficiently watered, and well sheltered, being completed, STOCK will be taken in, for the whole of the season, at the following prices:
Horned Cattle: Two-years old and upwards 12s. per head.
Yearlings …..................................................l0s. ditto.
Mares and Colts ….......................................20s. ditto.
Horses …......................................................15s. Ditto.
Sheep at …....................................................10s. per score.
Application to be made to Mr. Richard Badcock, at Prince Hall, on Dartmoor aforesaid.
N. B. A herdsman will reside on the inclosure to take care of the flock. Dartmoor, 20th Feb. 1807"
"To FARMERS and GRAZIERS.
AN Enclosure of considerable, extent, of some of the best grazing land on Dartmoor, sufficiently watered, and well sheltered, being completed, STOCK will be taken in, for the whole of the season, at the following prices:
Horned Cattle: Two-years old and upwards 12s. per head.
Yearlings …..................................................l0s. ditto.
Mares and Colts ….......................................20s. ditto.
Horses …......................................................15s. Ditto.
Sheep at …....................................................10s. per score.
Application to be made to Mr. Richard Badcock, at Prince Hall, on Dartmoor aforesaid.
N. B. A herdsman will reside on the inclosure to take care of the flock. Dartmoor, 20th Feb. 1807"
Here we see another Dartmoor farm offering summer grazing on the moor.
Morning Post 12 December 1807
"Ship News
Part of the new prisons near Prince Town, Dartmoor are reported ready to receive prisoners of war, and it is supposed a body of prisoners will march from Mill Prison to occupy those prisons that are ready for their reception, about the middle of January, 1808. The soldiers who are to guard them, it is said, will have temporary barracks in the Petty Officers apartments for the present."
"Ship News
Part of the new prisons near Prince Town, Dartmoor are reported ready to receive prisoners of war, and it is supposed a body of prisoners will march from Mill Prison to occupy those prisons that are ready for their reception, about the middle of January, 1808. The soldiers who are to guard them, it is said, will have temporary barracks in the Petty Officers apartments for the present."
Early accounts by French prisoners of Dartmoor being a 'Un vraie Siberia' probably stem from being placed at the mercy of Princetown's 'challenging' climate in the middle of January. Mill Prison refers to the prison near Millbay Barracks in Stonehouse, Plymouth.