Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/257
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Mansfield, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Wimpole, Cambridgeshire; 27 Aug. 1716
Date	27 August 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has attended the funeral of 'old Mr Gace'; has received Lord Harley's letters for Mr Digby and Brigadeer Sutton; reports that 'my Lady Dutchess' [Margaret Duchess of Newcastle] is at Welbeck and is furious about the tenants paying their rents to him [Wenman]; will send money to Sir Robert Child on Lord Harley's account when he has collected £500; is not planning on going to Derbyshire or Staffordshire until he receives the 'wood articles' signed by Mr Soresby but awaiting the signatures of Lord Harley and 'Mr Auditor' [Edward Harley]; is scornful of the comments made by the Duke of Newcastle's counsel Mr Stevenson in relation to an agreement.
Term	estate business, Nottinghamshire
	accounts, Nottinghamshire
	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
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
NA38748	Child; Robert (fl 1714-1730); Sir	fl 1714-1730
NA38755	Soresby; William (fl 1714-1749); Mr; rent collector lessee and wood agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1714-1749
NA38919	Stevenson; - (fl 1716); Mr; counsel to the Duke of Newcastle	fl 1716
NA38920	Gace; - (-1716); Mr	-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