Catalogue description Documents concerning complaints against Richard Woollaston, Secretary of the Commissions of the Peace under Lord Cowper

Letter from William Ashurst, J P to Lord Cowper, 23 October 1717, about the putting out of Mr Rand from the commission for ?the City, because of his joining with a Mr Fuller, another J P, in suppressing plays, which had offended Mr Woollaston [see letter to John Fuller from Woollaston in DE/P/F57], and also referring to Woollaston borrowing money from several Justices; letter from Richard Woollaston to Lord Cowper defending himself against assorted charges, enclosing copies of depositions from various people in support of his case, c October 1717

[For further material relating to Woollaston, see letter from John Dennis to Lord Cowper complaining about Woollaston obtaining money by tricks, 16 March 1720/1, in DE/P/F54; letter from Woollaston to Fuller in DE/P/F57, 19 April 1717, relating to the suppressing of playhouses; and letter, also in DE/P/F57, Woollaston to Lord Cowper further refuting allegations against him.]