Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/359
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Norton, to Edward Harley Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 9 Aug. 1721
Date	9 August 1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Expresses gratitude for the warrant for a buck; wishes to be allowed to stay at Welbeck to supervise the 'converting of timber'; mentions Mr Percival's arrival and advises that the work 'had better be left alone til harvest be over' because of the difficulty in finding cheap labour at that time.
Term	estate business, Welbeck

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38961	Percival; - (fl 1721-1723); Mr; agent connected with Lord Harley's woods	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
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741