Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/343
Title	Letter from Francis Knight, Clipstone, to John Cossen, Norton; 4 May 1721
Date	4 May 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has heard that Mr Hayford has bought the wood at Barlow; refers to the original proposal that his uncle and the others should buy all the wood in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at a fixed price; mentions iron 'which must Lye in stock'; threatens to move his family away and writes 'I'll not stay any Longer than whilest they can get another agent'.
Term	woods, sales of
Term	employment, resignation from

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38964	Hayford; - (fl 1721-1727); Mr; purchaser of woods from 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1721-1727
NA38965	Knight; Richard (fl 1720-1726); Mr; of Herefordshire Esq.; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Carburton Forge etc.	fl 1720-1726
NA38968	Knight; Francis (fl 1721-1723); Mr; Lord Harley's agent at Clipstone Nottinghamshire	fl 1721-1723
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738