Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/708
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street near St James's, London; 26 May 1731
Date	26 May 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has paid £50 to Mr Hobart; writes that old Thomas Thornton has died after four months of helplessness; is sure the earl will not begrudge the slight overplus to his annuity spent in looking after him and on the funeral; reports Mr Neale's plans to build a corn mill in Mansfield Woodhouse on land given to his grandfather by Henry Duke of Newcastle. Suspects from his recollection of the deed that he should not be allowed to build such a mill; suggests that Mr Thomas be asked to look into the matter; is thinking of taking the waters at Scarborough 'for a Cholick Disorder in my Stomach' and asks to be spared for about a month.
Term	medical treatments, taking the waters
	mills, Nottinghamshire
	estate business, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39014	Thornton; Thomas (-1731); Mr; servant to Lady Harley; dismissed through old age	-1731
NA39290	Neale; John (1686-1749); Mr; the younger; son of John Neale of Mansfield Woodhouse; later of Eaton Bucks; buried at Tollerton Nottinghamshire	1686-1749
NA38810	Thomas; William (fl 1715-1742); Mr; steward for the 2nd Earl of Oxford's Marylebone estate	fl 1715-1742
NA38885	Hobart; Isaac (fl 1724-1742); Mr; steward for the Earl of Oxford's Derbyshire estates etc.	fl 1724-1742
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