Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/255
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Mansfield, to William Dixon at his chambers in Lincoln's Inn, London; 13 Aug. 1716
Date	13 August 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Urges him to send the order for the injunction by return of post; refers to the desire of 'her Grace' [Duchess of Newcastle] to 'make the Country too hot to hold me'; pleads with Dixon to persuade Mr Auditor Harley to procure the help of Mr Digby of Mansfield Woodhouse and Brigadeer Sutton of Edwinstowe; does not trust the 'Remedyes of getting redress for such Acts of Injustice'.
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
NA1146	Harley; Edward (1664-1735); 2nd son of Sir Edward Harley	1664-1735
NA38788	Digby; John (1668-1728); Ranger of the Deer at Clipstone Park 1707-?, Verderer of Sherwood forest 1709-?, MP for Newark 1705-8 and East Retford 1713-22	1668-1728
NA27265	Sutton; Richard (1674-1737); Mr; M.P. Newark 1708-10 and 1712-37	1674-1737
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA38711	Dixon; William (fl 1713-1718); Mr; lawyer working for Edward Lord Harley	fl 1713-1718