| Content Description | Letter is being brought by 'young' Charles Palmer, along with 'the fattest Stag in this Country', from Clipston Park; refers to the bad winter which has decimated the deer population at Welbeck; has asked the tenants to pay their Michaelmas rents next week, but anticipates trouble from 'her Grace' [Margaret Duchess of Newcastle]; requests that Mr Digby and Brigadeer Sutton be asked to help him out; has allowed Sir Gervase Clifton a venison warrant; asks if he might also allow Mr Soresby a buck.
Recipient identified by context; addressed 'My Lord'. |