Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/805
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Mr [John] Cossen; Jun. n.y. [1724-1736]
Date	June 1724-June 1736
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends Mr Pawson's case on the other side; asks that it be given to 'my Lord' for his consideration. 'John Pawson's Case': States that an arrear of £40 was paid by the old tenant of Clipston Warren, Robert Spencer, on his entry; also that he spent £100 in building a house and went into debt as a result; mentions that Lord Oxford allowed Spencer to be paid £90 by John Pawson on his entrance; writes that Pawson was lent the money by Sir Thomas Hewett. Suggests that Pawson's rent may be increased when the money is paid off; adds that Pawson owes the earl for wood sold him by Cossen but that he is financially strapped because of the expenses of moving into the Warren; asks that he be allowed some time to pay the wood account; adds that the earl could let the Warren to someone else at a higher rent because of the improvements made by Spencer. Date estimated from the 2nd Earl of Oxford's style of address; possibly dated 1724 from other references to John Pawson in this series of letters.
Term	tenants, Clipstone
	estate business, Clipstone
	debts

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39377	Spencer; Robert (fl 1720s); Mr; tenant of the Clipstone Warren Nottinghamshire	fl 1720s
NA39085	Pawson; John (fl 1724); Mr; tenant of Clipstone Warren Nottinghamshire	fl 1724
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA62437	Hewet; Thomas (1656-1726); Sir; of Shireoaks Nottinghamshire; knighted 1719; Surveyor-General of the Office of Works	1656-1726