Record

Document Reference	Pl C 38/7
Title	Letter from Thomas Fox, 'Knarsbrough', to John Lucas, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London; 16 Dec. 1716
Date	16 December 1716
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Apologises to the [1st] Duke [of Portland] for the irregular accounts of free rents in the forest of Knaresborough; explains that he does not know what allowance he should have, and consequently finds it impossible to give an accurate account until Mr Dewbery's is settled; hopes to come to London in the spring and to settle all of the money; refuses to come in the winter because of the difficulty of the journey.
Term	estate business, Yorkshire
Term	accounts, Yorkshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1044	Bentinck; Henry (1682-1726); 1st Duke of Portland; 2nd Earl of Portland; cr. 1716; styled Viscount Woodstock 1689-1709	1682-1726
NA40742	Dewbery; William (fl 1707-1716); Mr; receiver general of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Portland	fl 1707-1716
NA40743	Fox; Thomas (fl 1715-1719); Mr; collector of rents at Knaresborough	fl 1715-1719
NA40443	Lucas; John (fl 1714-1759); Mr; of the Inner Temple; agent to the Dukes of Portland	fl 1714-1759