| Content Description | Encloses letter from Mr Soresby [not present]; writes of the fury of the duchess against those tenants who have paid their rent to Harley; explains that as the number of arrests are increasing, he can no longer afford to file special bail and argues that they need to find others to post bail for the tenants; encloses a letter of Mr Gace's in which he gives an account of his successful receipts [not present]; has written by this post to Mr Monk to send up the £250 Mr Gace paid him, which he will pay into Robert Child, so that Harley can draw on it for the £340; explains that what he wrote to Harley about the duke's account was only the form of the receipt the duke is to give; asks that they send him the account he left for their perusal at Wimpole.
Gives the names of those who were arrested at Chesterfield, for whom he and William Thomas filed special bail before Judge Tracey; gives the charges of the militia on Harley for Stafford, Derby and Nottinghamshire; subjoins the form of an order to Sir Robert Child to pay the duke £340. |