Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/303
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Wimpole, Cambridgeshire; 4 Oct. 1717
Date	4 October 1717
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he missed Mr Walter as he was with Robin Banks and did not know he had come; refers to the good work on Clipston Park fence, which Palmer believed will last 7 or 8 years; adds that any escaping deer are liable to be taken by the gamekeepers in the adjoining forest who 'are not much your Friends'; offers to make sure the remainder is mended more cheaply; reports on the progress of the leading work on the work at Welbeck and states that the rooms should be inhabitable in about a week; is going today to help Mr Soresby with his accounts, and will call in on the Court Leet at Mansfield on the way; is awaiting instructions as to payment of the £675 'for the Dukes yeares interest'.
Term	accounts, Nottinghamshire
	estate business, Clipstone
	estate business, fence-building
	building works, Welbeck Abbey

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA28969	Walter; Peter (c.1663-1746); Mr; M.P.; moneylender and agent for nobility	c.1663-1746
NA38791	Banks; Robin (fl 1715-1719); Mr; rent collector for Edward Lord Harley	fl 1715-1719
NA38749	Palmer; Charles (fl 1714-1723); Mr; keeper of Clipstone Park	fl 1714-1723
NA38755	Soresby; William (fl 1714-1749); Mr; rent collector lessee and wood agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1714-1749
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