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Document Reference	Pl C 1/252
Title	Letter from William Wenman to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], at Mr Morley's house at Gestingthorpe near Halstead, Essex; 19 Jul. 1716
Date	19 July 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that an injunction in Chancery has stopped the trial at the Nottingham assizes, and has removed the worst threat from 'her Grace' [Margaret Duchess of Newcastle]; writes that Mr Lee's son will not go to Essex after all; adds that an attempt by the Duchess to prevent Lord and Lady Harley from distraining tenants who did not pay their rent has been thrown out of court.
Term	legal cases, Duchess of Newcastle 1716
Term	disputes, family, Harley family and Duchess of Newcastle

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA592	Holles; Margaret (1661-1716); Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne; née Cavendish; dau. of 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; m 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1690	1661-1716
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741