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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
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
gifts, deer
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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
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