Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/243
Title	Letter from Jonathan Clay, Mansfield; 2 Jun. 1716
Date	2 June 1716
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Gives instructions as to a case the Duchess of Newcastle v. 'you' which he has heard of from Mr Launder; has acted on behalf of two woodcutters arrested by Thorpe; comments on Thorpe's actions against Mr Cozens, who is accused of offending 'Her Grace'; asks the recipient to advise Mr Cozens to draw up an account of the wood; gives his opinion on the question of the common right of the people of Calverton in Sansom Wood.
Term	legal cases, Duchess of Newcastle 1716
	disputes, family, Harley family and Duchess of Newcastle
	estate business, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38741	Thorpe; William (fl 1714-1716); Mr; agent to Edward Lord Harley; sometime working for the Duchess of Newcastle	fl 1714-1716
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA592	Holles; Margaret (1661-1716); Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne; née Cavendish; dau. of 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; m 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1690	1661-1716
NA38917	Launder; - (fl 1716); Mr	fl 1716
NA38773	Clay; Jonathan (c.1685-1724); Mr; attorney of Mansfield; steward of the Manors of Clipstone and Mansfield	c.1685-1724