Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/380
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Norton, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 18 Aug. 1722
Date	18 August 1722
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports the death of Mr Digby after an operation for piles which went wrong; writes that he has sold timber and fence wood from Welbeck Park to Brigadier Sutton; remarks that the Duke of Norfolk is very pleased with his canal, but adds that all the workmen have left with still plenty left to do.
Term	timber, Welbeck
	medical treatments, surgical operations
	medical conditions, piles
	gardens, landscape gardening, Worksop Manor

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39000	Digby; - (-1722); Mr	-1722
NA38866	Howard; Thomas (1683-1732); 8th Duke of Norfolk	1683-1732
NA27265	Sutton; Richard (1674-1737); Mr; M.P. Newark 1708-10 and 1712-37	1674-1737
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