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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 1/308
Title
Letter from William Wenman to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Wimpole, Cambridgeshire; 28 Nov. 1717
Date
28 November 1717
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Reports a chance meeting with Mr Walter, who asked him to get in touch with the Duke [of Newcastle]'s secretary Mr Forbes about the receipt; writes that he told Mr Walter that he was under orders to deal only with him, and that he asked Mr Walter to inform him when the receipt was signed; wishes to speak to Lord Harley about an Act of Parliament.
Term
accounts, Harley
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA28969
Walter; Peter (c.1663-1746); Mr; M.P.; moneylender and agent for nobility
c.1663-1746
NA487
Holles; Thomas Pelham- (1693-1768); 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; also 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. 1756
1693-1768
NA38948
Forbes; - (fl 1717); Mr; secretary to the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne
fl 1717
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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