Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/375
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Norton, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 11 Apr. 1722
Date	11 April 1722
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he has had a visit from Mr Hayford the younger and has agreed the payment due for the Derbyshire woods; adds that Mr Hayford has sent the money himself; describes the 'bason and canal' in course of construction at the Duke of Norfolk's [Worksop Manor]; notes that the method of acquiring water for it has yet to be decided but that 'it will be very Grand'.
Term	woods, sales of
	woods, Derbyshire
	gardens, landscape gardening, Worksop Manor

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38964	Hayford; - (fl 1721-1727); Mr; purchaser of woods from 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1721-1727
NA38866	Howard; Thomas (1683-1732); 8th Duke of Norfolk	1683-1732
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