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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 1/524
Title
Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe [to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 4 Jan. 1726/7
Date
4 January 1727
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Asks for news of the receipt of an enclosed bill for £250 on Samuel Smith [not present]; mentions that Mr Bannister has 'set aside Vernon's Judgemt'; writes that Mr Thornhagh is doing some repair work on the house that used to be Sir Thomas Hewett's in order that he may be eligible for the £70; will send an account of what remains to be done when he leaves at Lady Day; requests to become tenant of the house, gives reasons why it would be convenient, and expresses his desire 'to be an entire Dependant on yo'r Noble Family'.
Recipient identified by comparison with other letters in the same series; addressed 'May it please your Lordship'.
Letter dated 4 Jan. 1726.
Term
tenancies, applications for
estate business, 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
NA38892
Bannister; Edward (fl 1723-1729); Mr; attorney of the Temple
fl 1723-1729
NA38872
Vernon; Thomas (fl 1717-1729); Mr; tenant of the church in the manor of Mansfield
fl 1717-1729
NA39133
Thornhagh; St Andrew (1674-1742); Mr; heir to Sir Thomas Hewett; of Osberton, Nottinghamshire; M.P. for Nottinghamshire
1674-1742
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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