Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/752
Title	Letter to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire; 28 Dec. 1734
Date	28 December 1734
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Thanks him for his last letter; is touched that 'the D & her Grace' [the Duke and Duchess of Portland] have accepted the small gift; reports that Miss Western and her husband are to be prosecuted under 'the Statute of the 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar.', so that the husband can expect five years in prison and the fortune will pass to the next of kin during their lives; refers to a letter received from Alderman Nutting; has heard from Crump that everyone at Bulstrode is well; is glad that 'my Lady' [Henrietta Countess of Oxford] likes Bath; sends greetings from Mr Dahl. Writer unidentified; letter unsigned.
Term	social news

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
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
NA1046	Bentinck; William (1709-1762); 2nd Duke of Portland	1709-1762
NA39330	Western; - (fl 1734); Miss; subject of a scandal	fl 1734
NA39065	Nutting; Thomas (fl 1724-1735); Mr; mayor and alderman of Cambridge	fl 1724-1735
NA39331	Crump; - (fl 1734); -; servant	fl 1734
NA1048	Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford	1694-1755
NA39332	Dahl; - (fl 1734); Mr	fl 1734
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741