Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/333
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 17 Mar. 1720/1
Date	17 March 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is hopeful that the business with the Duke of Norfolk will soon be completed; has heard that Mr Knight of Warsop (one of the Duke of Newcastle's men) 'is for reviving that Controversy ab't Gleadthorp'; explains that the matter was to have been decided by Mr Levinz and 'young Thornhagh' but that it never happened; writes that Mr Oliver Marten is to be asked for his opinion on the case and suggests that the Welbeck Abbey papers be found out; advises that Mr Marten look in Thoroton's 'Book of Nottinghamshire' and 'Dugdale's Monasticon' to find proof that Gleadthorpe was part of the abbey and not the parish of Warsop. Recipient identified by context; addressed 'My Lord'. Letter dated 17 Mar. 1720/21.
Term	disputes, property
Term	land, extra-parochial

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38960	Knight; Isaac (fl 1721); Mr; of Warsop, Nottinghamshire	fl 1721
NA38866	Howard; Thomas (1683-1732); 8th Duke of Norfolk	1683-1732
NA38844	Levinz; William (1671-1747); Mr; MP for Retford 1702-06 and 1708-10 for Nottinghamshire 1710-22 and 1732-43	1671-1747
NA38967	Thornhagh; - (fl 1721); Mr; the younger	fl 1721
NA38713	Marten; Oliver (fl 1713-1720); Mr; lawyer working for Edward Lord Harley	fl 1713-1720
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