| Content Description | Writes that this letter will be brought to him by Mr Ingman, who is an esteemed surveyor and valuer of land and who valued the duke's estate at Grantham; Ingman will tell Woodhouse what passed between the duke and Lord William Manners today and how it happened that Mr Pickering became the referee rather than Mr Comyn; he wil also tell Woodhouse that the duke wishes for a partition so that he might be able to break into the estates of the Duke of Rutland and Lord Granby which adjoin Welbeck and may in time take control of all of it; Ingman will give Woodhouse any information he needs before the 'reference' which will be held in Mr Pickering's chambers and at which the duke would like Woodhouse to be present, although he would like to see him beforehand, preferably on Monday morning. |