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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 1/633
Title
Letter from William Wenman, Mansfield, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street near St James's, London; 19 Mar. 1728/9
Date
19 March 1729
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Encloses a bill on Samuel Smith for £400 [not present]; is pleased to report 'an Entire Victory over Birch in the Tryal at the Assizes'; adds that Birch has threatened to bring a retrial but that this is unlikely to happen once Birch's anger has abated.
Letter dated 19 Mar. 1728.
Term
legal cases, Birch v Sales 1729
accounts, Nottinghamshire
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA38894
Birch; John (fl 1722-1729); Mr; attorney and tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire
fl 1722-1729
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
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