Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/428
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 15 Jan. 1723/4
Date	15 January 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has heard of Lord Harley's safe arrival at London from William Pluckrose and John Knipes who brought the horses back; reports that he spent a night at the Red Lyon in Cambridge the previous week paying bills and cash to various people; mentions that Messrs Timbrel and Phillips have been staking out the ground for the new buildings at Kings College, and that he will hear from them about the timber when he is back in Nottinghamshire; has paid the servants' boardwages, but adds that Thomas Thornton has gone back to the Tigar Inn; wishes to know how much Mr Twibell has paid John Knipes so that he can pay him the rest the following week. Letter dated 15 Jan. 1723/24.
Term	accounts, Harley
Term	building works, Kings College Cambridge

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
NA39048	Knipes; John (fl 1724-1729); Mr; saddler at Wimpole	fl 1724-1729
NA39037	Timbrel; - (fl 1723-1724); Mr; purchaser of timber from Lord Harley	fl 1723-1724
NA39039	Phillips; - (fl 1723-1724); Mr; purchaser of timber from Lord Harley	fl 1723-1724
NA39014	Thornton; Thomas (-1731); Mr; servant to Lady Harley; dismissed through old age	-1731
NA38831	Twybell; John (fl 1717-1724); Mr; rent collector for Edward Lord Harley	fl 1717-1724
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