Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/429
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 16 Jan. 1723/4
Date	16 January 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Lists payments of land tax and wages to various workmen; describes a conversation with Mr Wortham the tallow chandler about his payment; advocates paying Mr Pedley the maltster what he is owed as soon as possible as he is ill and is not likely to survive; mentions that Lundy's Farm has been let by Sir George Downing. Letter dated 16 Jan. 1723/24.
Term	accounts, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39049	Wortham; - (fl 1724); Mr; tallow chandler for Lord Harley in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724
NA39050	Pedley; - (fl 1724); Mr; maltster for Lord Harley in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724
NA39051	Downing; George (c.1685-1749); 3rd Baronet; MP of Gamlingay Park Cambridgeshire; founder of Downing College Cambridge	c.1685-1749
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