Record

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

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