Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/384
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 16 Oct. 1722
Date	16 October 1722
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to brick work on the wall on the east side of the great Court which has been suspended due to the ill health of Mr Nixson; writes that water from the spring at Arrington is flowing well into the canal in Conders Meadow; believes that a larger canal or basin could be made and could be seen 'from the hall door'; mentions that Mr Jeffreys' composition tithes have not yet been paid, and that Mr and Mrs Emerson have gone to Essex.
Term	building works, Wimpole, Great Court
Term	gardens, landscape gardening, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39007	Nixson; Thomas (fl 1722-1736); Mr; workman and tenant at Wimpole	fl 1722-1736
NA39008	Jeffreys; Francis (fl 1713-1731); -; Rector of Wimpole since 1713; Vicar of Ashwell Hertfordshire from 1728	fl 1713-1731
NA39009	Emerson; William (fl 1722-1725); Mr; deputy agent at Wimpole	fl 1722-1725
NA39010	Emerson; - (fl 1722); Mrs	fl 1722
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