Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/351
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Norton, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 17 May 1721
Date	17 May 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that he discovered some 'coopers ware' in Yorkshire and had a man arrested, who then 'made his escape by breaking out at a chamber window'; the constable has been ordered to catch the man and bring him to the next quarter sessions; reports a conversation with Mr Hayford about the cordwood which he has purchased; writes that he has arranged to meet the Sibthorp tenants later in the month to take accounts of what wood they need.
Term	estate business, Nottinghamshire
	crimes, theft
	crimes, abscondment from custody

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38964	Hayford; - (fl 1721-1727); Mr; purchaser of woods from 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1721-1727
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