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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
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
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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
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