Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/627
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street near St James's, London; 17 Feb. 1728/9
Date	17 February 1729
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that Mr Wright has advised him not to proceed against 'the Villain Vernon' because of a number of mistakes in the pleadings drawn up by Mr Whitehead, Mr Bootle and Mr Agar; adds that Vernon has absconded anyway so nothing can be done until the Essoin Day; writes that he has heard that at the next Assizes Birch is planning to intimidate the witnesses defending the tenant Thomas Sales. Requests that the earl asks Mr Levinz to be at the Assizes; mentions that he has not found a tenant for John Marlow's farm at Norton because the applicants are concerned about its state of repair; hopes that Marlow can be prevailed upon to mend it. Letter dated 17 Feb. 1728.
Term	legal cases, Vernon 1729
	legal cases, Birch v Sales 1729
	leases, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39033	Marlow; John (fl 1723-1729); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Norton Nottinghamshire	fl 1723-1729
NA39067	Wright; - (fl 1724-1729); Mr; attorney of Sheffield	fl 1724-1729
NA38887	Whitehead; William (fl 1726-1730); Mr; attorney	fl 1726-1730
NA39228	Bootle; - (fl 1729); Mr; attorney	fl 1729
NA39229	Agar; - (fl 1729); Mr; attorney	fl 1729
NA38872	Vernon; Thomas (fl 1717-1729); Mr; tenant of the church in the manor of Mansfield	fl 1717-1729
NA38894	Birch; John (fl 1722-1729); Mr; attorney and tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1722-1729
NA38897	Sales; Thomas (fl 1728-1729); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1728-1729
NA38844	Levinz; William (1671-1747); Mr; MP for Retford 1702-06 and 1708-10 for Nottinghamshire 1710-22 and 1732-43	1671-1747
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