Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/56
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire to [E. Harley] Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], St James's, London; 29 June 1715. Imperfect
Date	29 June 1715
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Encloses a bill for £500 on Mr Samuel Smith which he hopes arrives safely; finds many tenants in Kirkby who have become insolvent, and fears that this will affect the arrears and whether they can hold onto their fixtures or not; will try to get good tenants in the place of bad ones, but emphasises that some are so badly rack-rented that it is difficult to get good tenants to pay the present rent; thinks that continuing with poor tenants and getting no rent will be more of a loss to Lord and Lady Harley than making abatements.
Term	tenants, problems with
Term	rents, Nottinghamshire
Condition	Partially indecipherable

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38770	Smith; Samuel (-1751); Mr; brother of Abel Smith; of Woodstreet and London	-1751
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