Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/458
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 23 Jun. 1724
Date	23 June 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Notes that there is a payment of £592 11s 5d due from Mr Hayford and Rogers for Donston Woods [Dunston near Chesterfield?]; mentions that the hay crop is mediocre and the corn will be harvested early; adds that John Elsom's daughter has married a Mr Scrooby of Meldreth who is in the church.
Term	accounts, timber
Term	agriculture, crops

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38964	Hayford; - (fl 1721-1727); Mr; purchaser of woods from 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1721-1727
NA39082	Rogers; - (fl 1724); Mr; partner to Mr Hayford in Donston Woods	fl 1724
NA39083	Scrooby; - (fl 1724); Mrs; daughter of John Elsom; wife of Mr Scrooby of Meldreth Cambridgeshire	fl 1724
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