In this series of letters Lyttelton Poyntz Meynell writes mainly to William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire largely concerning money owed to him through interest on joint life bonds or repayments of loans; some of the receipts of payment are included in this series too.
There is one letter to Lord James Cavendish in which he writes asking for his money back immediately. A draft of a reply is included inside this letter (CS1/184.0).
To William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, he writes concerning: payment due from his joint life bond and interest on the bond; losing at play and needing the money owed to him; wanting to know when he will receive the £12,000 he was promised before Lady Day; giving notice to the 3rd Duke of what Meynell is owed and when; his need to know when the 3rd Duke will pay the money owed upon the bond so that he can pay Mr Alleyne [relative of his wife]; his preference to be in a state of hardship than further argue with the 3rd Duke over a point; sending Mr Oliver to wait on the 3rd Duke [for money owed]; his refusal to agree to the 3rd Duke paying off the joint life until the bond is discharged; his annoyance at being let down in the past when the Duke has promised to call and not come; not seeing the Duke at Marylebone as had been agreed; the Leicestershire estate; his wish to receive his £10,000 remaining upon a bond at a date set by the Duke as the Leicestershire estate is to be sold; his request for £1,100 owed by the Duke to be paid to Mr Henry Jernegan, banker in Russell Street who Meynell borrowed from in order to cover the debt owed to him by the Duke; his gratitude to the Duke for offering to pay some money which Meynell writes should be directed to Mr Thomas Docksey of Snelston, Justice of the Peace; a request for his money to be paid to him in full so that he can pay back money borrowed from Lord William Manners and another; his wish to have kept to the loan out to the 3rd Duke on lower interest terms had it not been for needing the money himself now; a request for the 3rd Duke to pay back as much money as he can manage that is owed to Meynell, to Captain Brown; a request to transfer "the principal" [bond] to his sister who he is indebted to, who would make it up to £8,000-£9,000 on easy terms; money he owes to Mr Edward Troley; eight hundred guineas payable to James Stephens, Meynell's servant in London; his belief that he can rely upon single or double votes from at least one hundred people; the bearer [James Stephens or John Heaford] being sent to town on business and then returning to the country to collect £840 owed to Meynell by the 3rd Duke; the 3rd Duke meeting with false friends in Derbyshire and Meynell's reassurance that he is not one of them.