The home side's £1 million summer signing opened teh scoring inside 18 minutes after some sloppy midfield play from the visitors.
Iain Hume doubled their lead beating the offside trap well, rounding keeper Pilkington and sliding the ball into an empty net.
Notts winger Myles Weston was replaced by Lawrie Dudfield at the break after picking a slight hamstring strain. The 19-year-old played a good 45 minutes truobling the Foxes defence but unfortunately picked up a knock, although it doesn't look too serious.
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Adam Tann rattled the woodwork moments later failing to reduce County's deficit.
Despite defeat, Notts can take a look of postivies from today's game against a side two divisions their superior.
Thommo's team played some great on the floor football with the midfield three working hard for each other in a system that looks as if it could work.
At times County were by far the better side but just lacked that killer instinct in front of goal.
Adam Tann paired up well with Hunt at centre-back which is promising bearing in mind the long-term injury to club skipper Mike Edwards.
With Matt Somner and Spencer Weir-Daley also out for the trip, the travelling Notts fans can take a lot away from the game despite the disappointing scoreline.