Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/282
Title	Letter from William Wenman, St James's, to Ralph Gowland, Durham; 1 Jan. 1716/7
Date	1 January 1717
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Advises that money in hand and that in arrears should be kept apart for the executors; writes that Lady Frances Spencer [later Countess of Carlisle] has been appointed as sole executrix of the will of 'Her Grace' [Margaret Duchess of Newcastle], but that due to the complexities of the debts and charges she may not take on the burden. Letter dated 1 Jan. 1716.
Term	legal business, wills, Margaret 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
NA38719	Howard; Frances (-1742); Countess of Carlisle; née Spencer dau. of 3rd Earl of Sunderland; wife of 4th Earl of Carlisle	-1742
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA23896	Gowland; Ralph (-1728); Mr; agent of 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 2nd Earl of Oxford in Northumberland	-1728