Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/394
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 10 Mar. 1722/3
Date	10 March 1723
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports John Bowron's news that the Arabian stallion has gone blind in one eye; describes the tree-planting undertaken by Mr Cole on the sides of the Upper Fish ponds; writes that the oat-planting in the Avenue has gone well due to the fine weather and that ploughing is about to begin; adds that Thomas Thornton is pleased with 'my Lady's Pad Mair' now that she is at grass rather than in the stable. Letter dated 10 Mar. 1722/23.
Term	animals, horses
Term	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38991	Bouron; John (fl 1722-1731); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1722-1731
NA39021	Cole; - (fl 1723-1735); Mr; gardener at Wimpole	fl 1723-1735
NA39014	Thornton; Thomas (-1731); Mr; servant to Lady Harley; dismissed through old age	-1731
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