Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/401
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 28 Apr. 1723
Date	28 April 1723
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has heard of Lord Harley's safe arrival at Ware from Thomas Kettlewell; was in Cambridge when he heard that the Purbeck stone for Lord Harley had arrived at Lyn; will arrange transportation with Mr Nutting of Lyn, at whose yard the ship has arrived, but asks for detailed instructions as to the process and as to what exactly is to be done with the stone in the Front Court by the next post; adds that 'Mr Pilgrim of Trinity College the Greek Professor preach'd and din'd with Sr James [Thornhill]'.
Term	building works, Wimpole, Front Court
Term	building materials, stone

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39024	Kettlewell; Thomas (fl 1723-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1723-1735
NA39025	Nutting; - (fl 1723); Mr; shipyard owner of King's Lynn	fl 1723
NA39026	Pilgrim; Thomas (-1760); Professor; Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Cambridge 1712-1726	-1760
NA10335	Thornhill; James (1675-1734); Sir; painter and M.P.	1675-1734
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