Record

Document Reference	Ne S 90
Title	Letter from William Pierrepont to [John Holles], 2nd Earl of Clare, Clare House, Drury Lane [London]; 24 Feb. 1651
Date	24 February 1651
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to the business of determining the year's purchase of a lease from Retford for the lands in Kirton [Nottinghamshire]; feels troubled by this matter; hopes that the price he has gained is satisfactory; if not, he wants the letter burnt and for him to be excused from setting the price. Endorsed with 'Mr William Parpoint [Pierrepont] ye 24 of Feb. 1651 Marquis Dorchesters lease at Kerton [Kirton]'.
Term	estate business, leases, Kirton (Nottinghamshire)
Term	estate business, conveyances, Kirton (Nottinghamshire)

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA7950	Pierrepont; William (c.1607-c.1679); Mr; M.P. for Nottinghamshire 1654-1656; son of 1st Earl of Kingston upon Hull; brother of Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess of Dorchester	c.1607-c.1679
NA970	Holles; John (1595-1666); 2nd Earl of Clare; of Haughton Notts; M.P. East Retford 1624-26; succ. 1637	1595-1666

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