Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/47
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire to [E. Harley] Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 8 June 1715
Date	8 June 1715
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that he and Mr Gace have been to Newark fair and collected about £400 from all but 3 or 4 of the tenants of Cottam [Cotham] and Sibthorpe; promised wood to those who paid to allow them to repair their wind-damaged homes; believes the rest of the tenants will pay their rents on his next visit; will give an account of this to Mr Cossen; encloses a bill for £500.
Term	building works, houses, repairs

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA38717	Gace; - (fl 1713-1730); Mr; rent collector and agent to 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1713-1730
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