Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/416
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 23 Aug. 1722
Date	23 August 1722
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has arrived at Wimpole to find the harvest delayed and cut trees lying in the open; has set four teams of men on the task of moving the timber inside; mentions that the bean crop has suffered because the thistles had not been weeded out; writes that the chapel windows are being painted and that the King's Hall has been completed, and adds that Mr Pridmore's men are working on the new chapel stairs and the coach houses.
Term	agriculture, crops, Wimpole
	estate business, Wimpole
	building works, Wimpole, chapel
	building works, Wimpole, Kings Hall

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38950	Pridmore; John (fl 1718-1731); Mr; supervisor of repairs and rebuilding at Wimpole and Down Hall	fl 1718-1731
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