Record

Document Reference	Pl C 27/20
Title	Letter from John Cleaver, Carburton, Nottinghamshire to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 13 May 1779
Date	13 May 1779
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Thanks the duke for his letter; encloses the best account he can of the money due to the tradesmen; has not included the servant's wages and board wages in this account; cannot do this exactly until know what has been paid in London, but has asked Mr Fletcher to make out the best account he can; is setting out for Mansfield to collect everything relating to Lindhurst farm; will then go to Newark where he will receive rents; will try to do all that the duke directs when he returns home; has received a draft from Mr Nicolson for £400; had sent duke a complete account of what Nicolson has given him before and also what is due to the Duke of Devonshire.
Term	accounts, Nottinghamshire
	estate business, Nottinghamshire
	financial affairs, wages

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA40370	Nicolson; John (fl 1779-1785); Mr; agent for the Duke of Portland's Cumberland estates	fl 1779-1785
NA11894	Cavendish; William (1748-1811); 5th Duke of Devonshire; succ. 1764; styled Marquess of Hartington until 1764	1748-1811
NA40031	Fletcher; Thomas (fl 1779-1785); Mr; of Whitwell surveyor and agent	fl 1779-1785
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