Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 308
Title	Draft of a letter from R. Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford] to John Birch, Garnstone, Herefordshire; 19 Sep. 1691
Date	19 September 1691
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Offers advice in a lawsuit; says that he is related to one of the 'persons concerned'; wishes to attempt an accommodation in this matter and has relayed his intention to his father; suggests that Birch 'make your future life easy, and avoid those troubles'.
Term	disputes, legal, Sir Edward Harley v John Birch

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1139	Harley; Edward (1624-1700); Sir; eldest son of Sir R. Harley; Governor of Dunkirk 1660-1661	1624-1700
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29013	Birch; John (fl 1691); Mr; Lord R. Harley's schoolmaster	fl 1691