| Content Description | Writes that the bark from Cock Glode has sold for a high price, and that he hopes to make money from the place by cutting and selling in pieces rather than all at once; mentions that his father-in-law's death has forced him to forgo his trip to Stockwith, but adds that the ship's master will let him know when the timber for London can be loaded and sent off, and at that point he will draw up the timber account; discusses the cost of cutting cordwood in Mansfield Woods and adds that some men have been injured as it is dangerous work; reports the burial of Mr Thornhagh the elder who died at Osberton at the age of nearly 80; has instructed William Emerson to collect some rents as he is not there [at Wimpole] and as the labourers need to be paid. |