Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/498
Title	Memorandum sent by William Wenman, Mansfield; 6 Dec. 1725
Date	6 December 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Memorandum relating to a lease of land in the Vicars Close in Mansfield, leased from the church as copyholders of the manor of Mansfield; gives details of the lease of the land to Thomas Vernon for 39 years commencing at Lady Day 1717; the assignment of the lease to John Birch to secure £150 between 1722 and 1724; the surrender of the lease at Michaelmas 1724 and subsequent lease of the same to John Morley Esq. in trust; refers to encroachments made by Thomas Vernon. Letter from William Wenman at the end of the memorandum referring to 'this unaccountable fellow' and his interference with the mending of the dam head at the mills.
Term	leases, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38872	Vernon; Thomas (fl 1717-1729); Mr; tenant of the church in the manor of Mansfield	fl 1717-1729
NA38894	Birch; John (fl 1722-1729); Mr; attorney and tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1722-1729
NA38838	Morley; John (1656-1732); Mr; of Halstead; land jobber; adviser to 2nd Earl of Oxford	1656-1732
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750