Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/348
Title	Letter [from Edward Harley, Lord Harley, later 2nd Earl of Oxford] to [John] Cossen; 13 May 1721
Date	13 May 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Asks him to settle the business with Mr Knight and reminds him that 'all the dispute will be ab't cordwood'; orders that the trees on Billbery Hill in the park not be cut down until the winter; asks when Cossen will arrive at Wimple [Wimpole]; agrees that the tenants at Cottam and Sibthorpe can have timber and writes that Mr Wenman and Mr Gace know what is needed. Writer identified by context and handwriting; signed 'H'.
Term	woods, sales of
Term	timber, Nottinghamshire

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38965	Knight; Richard (fl 1720-1726); Mr; of Herefordshire Esq.; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Carburton Forge etc.	fl 1720-1726
NA38704	Wenman; William (-1750); Mr; secretary and agent to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and the Earl and Countess of Oxford	-1750
NA38717	Gace; - (fl 1713-1730); Mr; rent collector and agent to 2nd Earl of Oxford in Nottinghamshire	fl 1713-1730
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738