Record

Document Reference	Pl C 27/11
Title	Letter from John Cleaver, Carburton, Nottinghamshire to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 7 Mar. 1779
Date	7 March 1779
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has told the groom that the horses that are called Lord E[d]ward [Bentinck]'s are his [the duke's] and that he had kept them for the Lord; will settle wages; encloses Mr Nicolson's letter [Pl C 27/12] with one from each of the Mr Browns; is concerned about the expense of the Colliery as he knows there is just one small seam, although realises that if it could be taken without great expense it would be profitable to the tenants; gives details of some of the costs involved in repairing the Mill.
Term	collieries, Nottinghamshire
	mining, coal
	animals, horses

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1095	Bentinck; Edward C. Cavendish (1744-1819); Lord; 2nd son of 2nd Duke of Portland	1744-1819
NA32355	Cleaver; John (-1779); Mr; steward to 3rd Duke of Portland 1771-79	-1779
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809