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Document ReferencePl C 41/12/1-2
TitleLetter from Ignatius Stanley, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire to [W. Bentinck] 2nd Duke of Portland, with estimate; 15 May 1756
Date15 May 1756
Extent2 items
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Content DescriptionEncloses an estimate of the new building, which is what the Bishop of Asaph when at Welbeck gave him orders to make and send to the duke; explains why it has taken longer than he wished it to; describes the advice he gave Lady Oxford concerning the building work; explains that the countess agreed and that he applied to her to undertake a half of the carpentry work, which she agreed to; asks the duke for the same privilege that the countess gave him for his sons; describes the limitations on his power to protect the countess.

Estimate for £3293 6/-, exclusive of what has been spent already.
Termestate business, Welbeck

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA11968Drummond; Robert Hay- (1711-1776); Archbishop of York; Bishop of Asaph 1748-1761; Archbishop of York 1761-1776; brother of T. Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoul1711-1776
NA1048Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford1694-1755
NA1046Bentinck; William (1709-1762); 2nd Duke of Portland1709-1762
NA35695Stanley; Ignatius (-1771); Mr; carpenter; employed by 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Portland-1771
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PL3/Nottinghamshire/England
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