| Content Description | Concerning the servants [at Welbeck Abbey] eating in the house; complains about the poor roads around Grantham and Leicestershire, and hopes he can avoid a trip to Grantham if Mr Cant gives the mayor and corporation 10 or 20 guineas to entertain themselves at dinner or supper.
Refers to a letter from Mr Jackson about the vouchers for 1738 and 1739 wanted by [Henry Scudamore Somerset, 3rd] Duke of Beaufort.
Goes on to discuss Lord Dupplin, Mr Rogerson the cook, and a meeting between Mr Lucas and Mr [Robert] Harley.
Postscript: Requests a list of tradesmen, marked up to show which ones that he and Lord Dupplin think have made exorbitant claims; mentions paying sums of money to the huntsman and Mr Brinboeuf; gives the total figure for servants wages at Michaelmas 1742 as £452.1.3. |