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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 1/546
Title
Letter from [Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, to Mr [Cornelius] Farr; 25 Feb. 1727
Date
25 February 1727
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Encloses queries relative to the proposed Act of Parliament [not present]; reports the death of Lady Anne Holles, who has bequeathed a legacy of £5,000 to his [Lord Oxford's] wife.
Writer identified by context and handwriting; signed 'O'.
Letter dated 25 Feb. 1726/7.
Term
financial affairs, legacies
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1048
Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford
1694-1755
NA39154
Holles; Anne (-1727); Lady
-1727
NA1047
Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724
1689-1741
NA38750
Farr; Cornelius (fl 1700-1727); Mr; steward to Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and 2nd Earl of Oxford; of Chesterfield
fl 1700-1727
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