Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/658
Title	Letter from William Wenman, Edwinstowe, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street near St James's, London; 7 Jun. 1729
Date	7 June 1729
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Warns the earl that Mr Page is to present him with a petition from the 'best' people of Mansfield asking for permission to build a workhouse; adds that the proposed spot is near the Bull Inn on the Nottingham road; supports their proposal; states that the number of poor people is increasing and that the workhouse method is already being tried in Nottingham; hopes that Lady Margarett has recovered 'from that fatal Distemper'.
Term	Poor Law, workhouses
Term	medical conditions, ill heath, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38886	Page; - (fl 1729-1730); Mr; brother-in-law of William Whitehead	fl 1729-1730
NA1079	Bentinck; Margaret Cavendish (1715-1785); Duchess of Portland; née Cavendish-Harley; dau. of 2nd Earl of Oxford; m 2nd Duke of Portland 1734	1715-1785
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741