Record

Document Reference	Pl C 2/418
Title	Copy draft letter from Robert Harley and James West, London, to Samuel Marriot; 29 Apr. 1756
Date	29 April 1756
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Commiserates on the misfortune of Mr Carrick's bankruptcy; takes no responsibility for Marriot's debt as the business was transacted entirely between Carrick and Marriot; insists that the £1,025 16s 4½d be reimbursed to the Duke and the estate. Draft approved by [William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of] Portland.
Term	financial affairs, bankruptcy
Term	debts, Samuel Marriot

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39630	Carrick; Robert (fl 1756-1758); Mr; bankrupt of Northumberland	fl 1756-1758
NA1046	Bentinck; William (1709-1762); 2nd Duke of Portland	1709-1762
NA18798	Harley; Robert (c.1706-1774); Mr; brother of 3rd Earl of Oxford; fought Leominster election against Capel Hanbury	c.1706-1774
NA12220	West; James (1703-1772); Mr; Joint-Secretary of the Exchequer 1741-1762; M.P. St Albans 1741-1762 Boroughbridge 1768-1772	1703-1772
NA39386	Marriot; Samuel (fl 1749-1760); Mr; steward of the Duke of Portland's Northumberland estates; rented Hebron Shield Hill farm from the duke	fl 1749-1760