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Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk London
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Letters to Philip Case from Sir Charles Peyton at London, Twickenham, etc., about his Grimston estate, his urgent need for money in advance of his rents, the conveyance of Smith's farm in Grimston to Case, 1753, and further angry appeals for money.

Includes:(5) Sir Charles Peyton, Maeslough, to John Peyton: will do all he can to help him but does not know how his wife's friends will oblige him now she is dead; asks what he wants to do - as a young man himself, will not presume to advise...

Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk

Lord Townshend, Rabley, to Philip Case: will be at Raynham to execute the exchange deeds and intends to stay for the winter; if Lord Exeter wishes to sell his own life interest in the reversion the two could be sold together; they should not be confined to Norfolk inhabitants but be advertised in some of the London papers; if Case has any scruples about selling the reversion it would be kind and ingenuous to tell him so, and he will find someone in London to do the business for him.

Lord Exeter was the husband of Horatio Walpole's daughter Letitia.

George Townshend; 1724-1807; 1st Marquess Townshend of Raynham, soldier, politician

Sir John Turner, Pall Mall, to Philip Case: thanks for his advice and his 'tender & genteel' manner of introducing it; was unable to meet unreasonable terms of Sir Thomas Gooch to pay off the mortgage, and ejectments were served; asks if there is any way to keep Gooch out of possession to give Turner time to raise the money.

Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk

Sir John Turner, Pall Mall, to Philip Case: as requested, is appointing Robert Overman, a kinsman of Case's brother's wife, as tide waiter at Wells; nothing has happened about the ejectments; thanks for Case's letter of advice but is surprised he didn't write sooner, and that his objections to his want of proper economy should be made immediately upon his income being considerably augmented; wishes to discuss 'conduct of a certain person'.

Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk

Sir John Turner, Pall Mall, to Philip Case: will undertake the management of the Turnpike Bill with great pleasure; appointment of Tobias Sporne to place as coal metter at Lynn; with draft letter from Case about order from Treasury for an account of the profits of the places of the three patent officers of the customs of Lynn, Wells and Wisbech for last three years.

Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk

Letters to Philip Case from John Ambrose, Hungerford Park, Berks, asking for particulars of Sir John Turner's Cheriton estate in Gloucester which is for sale, and letter from Sir John Turner about value of the estate which came to him on his marriage with Frances Neal in 1746; with particulars of the estate.

Philip Case; 1712-1792; alderman, attorney, controller of customs; King's Lynn and Great Fransham, Norfolk

Thomas Walpole, London and Paris, to Philip Case, principally about the Lynn election: 'we seem waked from a Lethargy and forced into an uphill game', 16 Oct; hire of private lodgings in Lynn, Dec 1767; charitable donations not to be confined to the voters, 4 Jan 1768; misbehaviour of Sir John Turner's supporters, 23 Jan; with copy letters from Case, including advice to join with Crisp Molineux if Lord Orford approves, 11 Jan 1768

Including copy letter from Briggs Cary [? to Walpole] advising that tickets have been given to the inferior freemen by the friends of Mr Molineux and Sir John Turner entitling them to beef, flour, coal, etc., and the lateness and method of distrib...

Walpole family; 1678-; Baron Walpole of Wolterton, formerly Earl of Orford (second creation)

Thomas Walpole, London, to Philip Case: Lord Orford and Mr Molineux have had a conference at Euston about the latter's being brought into parliament at the first opportunity; Lord Orford exceedingly warm on the behaviour of some of his old friends at Lynn; he is now broke with the Turners and determined the collectorship should be put into other hands; a representation is to be drawn up for the duke of Grafton as to the collector's misconduct towards the town; election of Wilkes for Middlesex may have consequences 'if it is too seriously treated'; asks Case to look out for an estate for him in Norfolk. With copy reply from Case

Walpole family; 1678-; Baron Walpole of Wolterton, formerly Earl of Orford (second creation)

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