Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/305
Title	Letter from William Wenman, the Dove in Katherine Street in the Strand, London, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Wimpole, Cambridgeshire; 7 Nov. 1717
Date	7 November 1717
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has paid £325 on Lord Harley's account to Sir Robert Child; is to see Mr Walter about 'the Duke [of Newcastle]'s Interest money'; mentions that Mr Soresby asks the favour of a doe from Wimp[o]le for Richard Marples. Transcribes a draft letter 'to the Dean' [Matthew Brailsford, Dean of Wells] for approval: informs him that 'my Lord' is to speak to Mr Cossens about the wood.
Term	accounts, Harley
Term	gifts, deer

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38748	Child; Robert (fl 1714-1730); Sir	fl 1714-1730
NA28969	Walter; Peter (c.1663-1746); Mr; M.P.; moneylender and agent for nobility	c.1663-1746
NA38755	Soresby; William (fl 1714-1749); Mr; rent collector lessee and wood agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1714-1749
NA38941	Marples; Richard (fl 1717); Mr; merchant of St Paul's Vestry London	fl 1717
NA38852	Brailsford; Matthew (-1733); Dr; Dean of Wells 1713; Rector of Hollingbourne in Kent 1694-1733	-1733
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
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