Record

Document Reference	Pl C 63/8
Title	Letter from John Powell; n.d. [1774-1778]
Date	1774-1778
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to legal proceedings in Chancery started in 1761 by the late [2nd] Duke of Portland; the dispute related to a legacy owed by the executrix of Lord George Bentinck to the Duke; writes that costs incurred by Lord Digby should have been paid by the present [3rd] Duke a number of years previously; explains that the bill was erroneously charged to the account of Earl Ferrers (the owner of estates mortgaged to Lord Digby); requests payment of the sum to himself as executor of Henry [Fox], Lord Holland. Date estimated from internal evidence; possibly 1778 because part of an '8' can be seen on the damaged edge of the paper. See sections Pl F3/3 and Pl F5/9 for mortgages and litigations involving Powell, the Portlands and the Fox and Digby families.
Term	financial affairs, legacies
Term	legal cases, Portland v Bentinck 1761
Condition	Fragile

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1046	Bentinck; William (1709-1762); 2nd Duke of Portland	1709-1762
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809
NA33919	Bentinck; George (1715-1759); Lord; son of 1st Duke of Portland	1715-1759
NA41872	Digby; Henry (1731-1793); 1st Earl Digby; 7th Baron Digby 1757-1790	1731-1793
NA11899	Fox; Henry (1705-1774); 1st Baron Holland; Paymaster General 1757-1765	1705-1774
NA41874	Powell; John (-1783); Mr; of the Pay Office Whitehall	-1783
NA36165	Shirley; Washington (1722-1778); 5th Earl Ferrers; succ. 1760; Vice-Admiral	1722-1778