Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/403
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Grantham, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 4 May 1723
Date	4 May 1723
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is writing to Mr Godfrey and William Ratford concerning Lord Harley's business and has left money with Mr Godfrey to pay for certain expenses; has spoken to Mr Emerson in person; refers to Lord Harley's donation of Bibles and Common Prayer Books for the poor of Wimpole and Arrington; has paid £28 4s 2½d to Mr Gill and heartily approves of his four year old strong beer; has inspected Jekin's house and has ordered him to take down the ramshackle eastern end and to clear some room for the erection of a new building; writes that the new building will have 'clay walls and Brick underpinning and a Thatch'd Roof'.
Term	estate business, Wimpole
	building works, houses, rebuilding
	charity, donations of religious books

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38970	Godfrey; William (fl 1721-1725); deputy agent at Wimpole	fl 1721-1725
NA38971	Radford; William (fl 1721-1723); Mr; agent connected with Lord Harley's woods	fl 1721-1723
NA39009	Emerson; William (fl 1722-1725); Mr; deputy agent at Wimpole	fl 1722-1725
NA39029	Gill; - (fl 1723); Mr; brewer for Wimpole	fl 1723
NA39030	Jekins; William (fl 1723-1727); Mr; tenant on the Wimpole estate	fl 1723-1727
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