Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/79
Title	Letter from William Wenman, London to [E. Harley] Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Wimp[o]le, Cambridgeshire; 22 Sept. 1715. Imperfect
Date	22 September 1715
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has answered Mr Soresby's enclosed, with directions to pay the post fine; adds that Mr Gace will do the same for Lincolnshire; mentions that he has told Soresby that Matthew Webster has been so long in prison that he may be persuaded to comply; comments that Mr Bristowe has written to Mr Dixon about fixing bail for himself; encloses a letter from Mr Cossen [not present] with an account of his progress with the wood; has only had one letter from Harley since he left Wimp[o]le, but hopes that all the bills arrived safely.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38755	Soresby; William (fl 1714-1749); Mr; rent collector lessee and wood agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1714-1749
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA38708	Bristowe; Thomas (fl 1713-1719); Mr; agent to Edward Lord Harley	fl 1713-1719
NA38801	Webster; Matthew (fl 1715); Mr	fl 1715
NA38711	Dixon; William (fl 1713-1718); Mr; lawyer working for Edward Lord Harley	fl 1713-1718
NA38739	Gace; Joseph (fl 1714-1717); Mr; steward of the Duke of Newcastle and Edward Lord Harley in Lincolnshire	fl 1714-1717
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