Record

Document Reference	Pl C 2/426
Title	Letter from Samuel Marriot, Morpeth, to Robert Harley MP, Lincoln's Inn, London; 1 Jul. 1756. Imperfect.
Date	1 July 1756
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Considers that the only way to find out whether there is coal under the Oldmoor estate is to sink a pit; agrees with the Duke of Portland's decision to rebuild the bridge over the Blythe rather than to exchange land with Mr Meggison; will shortly be able to report the state of Mr Carrick's business. Letter is damaged, with text loss.
Term	estate business, Northumberland
Term	bridges, repairs to

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39637	Meggison (fl 1756-1758); Mr; landowner in Ogle Northumberland; of Whalton	fl 1756-1758
NA1046	Bentinck; William (1709-1762); 2nd Duke of Portland	1709-1762
NA39630	Carrick; Robert (fl 1756-1758); Mr; bankrupt of Northumberland	fl 1756-1758
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
NA18798	Harley; Robert (c.1706-1774); Mr; brother of 3rd Earl of Oxford; fought Leominster election against Capel Hanbury	c.1706-1774