Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/800
Title	Fragment of a letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe; n.d. [1711-1724]
Date	1711-1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he has attended a meeting about the new mill built illegally on the Mansfield river and on Lord Harley's land; mentions that the opposing counsels were Mr Beecher and Mr Jonathan Clay; reports the proceedings [largely obscured by damage to the paper] Date estimated from Lord Harley's style of address; probably dated c.1723-1724 from references to the case in other letters in this series.
Term	disputes, property

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38773	Clay; Jonathan (c.1685-1724); Mr; attorney of Mansfield; steward of the Manors of Clipstone and Mansfield	c.1685-1724
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA39376	Beecher; - (fl 1720s); Mr; attorney	fl 1720s
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750