Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 981
Title	Letter from Edward Morris, to Robert Harley [1st Earl of Oxford], Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire; 31 Jan. 1715/6
Date	31 January 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Concerns Mr Dawnay and Mr Foley, candidates for the upcoming parliamentary election; states that the Duke of Newcastle has discharged several tenants in Aldborough for supporting these men; asks what Harley wishes him to do; refers to the actions of the late duke and the Dowager Duchess. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	estate business, tenants, treatment of
Term	elections, Aldborough 1716

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA487	Holles; Thomas Pelham- (1693-1768); 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; also 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. 1756	1693-1768
NA488	Holles; John (1662-1711); 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1694, 1st Duke of second creation; also 4th Earl of Clare	1662-1711
NA29798	Foley; Paul (-1739); Mr; M.P. Aldborough 1713-5 and Weobley Feb.-Jun. 1715	-1739
NA29799	Dawnay; John (1686-1740); Mr; M.P. Aldborough 1713-5 and Pontefract 1713-6	1686-1740
NA592	Holles; Margaret (1661-1716); Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne; née Cavendish; dau. of 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; m 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1690	1661-1716
NA29800	Morris; Edward (fl 1716); connected with Aldborough election	fl 1716
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724