Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/638
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe [to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 26 Mar. 1729
Date	26 March 1729
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that his fit 'held me 6 hours in Violent Burning'; has taken some bark for it and has been told to keep taking it for a week; had put the fits down to tiredness and stress brought on by attending 'to yor Lo'ps affaires against such a Sett of Villaines'; encloses a bill on Mr Samuel Smith for £500 [not present], got from Mr Gace; expects to send £150 or £200 collected by himself the following week. Will save some money for Mr Winn's chief rent and discusses how Mr Winn will account for it; intends to send full details 'of Birch's Roguery' in relation to the tenant Sales when he is well; discusses the characters of Mr Athorp of Nottingham and Clay of Chesterfield who were the earl's counsel in the matter; adds that Birch's lawyers Mr Danvers and Mr Cuthbert have expressed their disgust at his behaviour. Refers to 'the Villainous attempt upon myself' and asks that the earl writes to Mr Levinz in order to receive his description of the affair; lists the witnesses called by Birch, and the members of the Grand Jury. Recipient identified by comparison with other letters in the same series; addressed 'My Lord'.
Term	legal cases, Birch v Sales 1729
	legal cases, Birch v Wenman 1729
	accounts, Nottinghamshire
	medical conditions, fits

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38770	Smith; Samuel (-1751); Mr; brother of Abel Smith; of Woodstreet and London	-1751
NA38717	Gace; - (fl 1713-1730); Mr; rent collector and agent to 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1713-1730
NA38851	Winn; Rowland (fl 1719-1730); Mr; recipient of a fee farm rent from Norton Nottinghamshire	fl 1719-1730
NA38897	Sales; Thomas (fl 1728-1729); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1728-1729
NA39237	Athorp; - (fl 1729); Mr; attorney of Nottingham	fl 1729
NA39238	Clay; Cecil (fl 1725-1729); Mr; attorney of Chesterfield	fl 1725-1729
NA38894	Birch; John (fl 1722-1729); Mr; attorney and tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1722-1729
NA39239	Danvers; - (fl 1729); Mr; attorney	fl 1729
NA39240	Cuthbert; - (fl 1729); Mr; attorney	fl 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