Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/499
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe [to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 20 Dec. 1725
Date	20 December 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Encloses a bill for £200 on Samuel Smith [not present]; writes that the Vicar of Mansfield, Mr William Mompesson, wishes to be nominated as a Commissioner of the Land Tax for Nottinghamshire; adds that he [Wenman] requested the same so as to form a partnership against others who would wish to increase Lord Harley's tax burden. Recipient identified by comparison with other letters in the same series; addressed 'My Lord'.
Term	appointments, financial
	taxation, land tax
	accounts, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38770	Smith; Samuel (-1751); Mr; brother of Abel Smith; of Woodstreet and London	-1751
NA39114	Mompesson; William (c.1698-c.1737); Rev.; Vicar of Mansfield 1722-1737; son of Rev. George Mompesson	c.1698-c.1737
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