Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/329
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Norton [to Edward Harley, Lord Harley, later 2nd Earl of Oxford]; 4 Mar. 1720/1
Date	4 March 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that he has made a visit to Barlow Woods, and as Haslam had gone to Chesterfield was able to make a rough survey; transcribes the account; writes that he found Haslam in an inn in Chesterfield and informed him that 'he had converted too much of the wood to white cole contrary to any Orders he ever rec'd from me'; ordered him to convert the rest to cordwood; has dismissed one of Haslam's 'favrite Workmen' for asking for too much money; claims that Haslam has paid all the money to Mr Bellamy and refuses to account for it; mentions his thoughts as to the boundary fence between 'the 2 Parks' and to the disturbance caused to Mr Isaac Knight by the dispute over Gledthorpe Grange. Recipient identified by context. Letter dated 4 Mar. 1720/21.
Term	woods, Derbyshire
Term	disputes, property

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38959	Haslam; Joshua (fl 1721-1723); Mr; woodsman and gamekeeper at Barlow woods Derbyshire	fl 1721-1723
NA38832	Bellamy; - (fl 1718-1721); Mr	fl 1718-1721
NA38960	Knight; Isaac (fl 1721); Mr; of Warsop, Nottinghamshire	fl 1721
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741