Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/420
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 26 Sep. 1723
Date	26 September 1723
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Requests a receipt, for the wood account, for the enclosed bill for £100 from Brigadier Sutton [not present]; reports the completion of most of the 'Iron Gates and Ornaments...in the great Court'; adds that the roadway from Jekins House is finished and that the lane 'from the Timber Yard at the Grange along the Brick Wall towards the Parsons house' is proceeding well; mentions that he has mended a hole in the pipe taking water from the Spring Pond to the cistern; refers to two gallons of mushrooms sent from Nottinghamshire.
Term	building works, Wimpole, Great Court
	estate business, Wimpole
	domestic affairs, provisions

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA27265	Sutton; Richard (1674-1737); Mr; M.P. Newark 1708-10 and 1712-37	1674-1737
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