Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/234
Title	Letter from William Soresby to William Wenman, 5 May 1716, with reply; 8 May 1716
Date	5 May 1716
Date	8 May 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Asks that Mr Cosens be sent from Wimp[o]le to assist him; hopes to sell the wood in Staffordshire for £5 per acre, and will go there shortly; hopes to sell Linacre Wood for £13 per acre. Letter addressed 'Dr Sr'; recipient identified by context. Endorsed draft answer (8 May 1716): Writes that Mr Auditor [Edward] Harley advocates the immediate sale of the land and will send up draft articles for the sale. Remainder of letter is damaged, with text loss, leaving meaning obscure.
Term	land, sales of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA1146	Harley; Edward (1664-1735); 2nd son of Sir Edward Harley	1664-1735
NA38755	Soresby; William (fl 1714-1749); Mr; rent collector lessee and wood agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1714-1749
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750