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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
Document Reference
Pl C 1/430
Title
Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 21 Jan. 1723/4
Date
21 January 1724
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Has received Mr Wall the apothecary's bill for £30 2s 8d; reports that heavy rain has come through the sash windows at the front of the house; writes that it is Mr Pridmore's view that the puttying was not done properly, and adds that nothing can be done until there is some dry weather; mentions that the teams are taking hedgewood to the tenants' lands, and that he is working on William Jekins' account; asks that the cloths around the calf and pork being sent to London be sent back.
Letter dated 21 Jan. 1723/24.
Term
building works, Wimpole, window repairs
domestic affairs, provisions
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA39052
Wall; - (fl 1724-1727); Mr; apothecary of Cambridge
fl 1724-1727
NA38950
Pridmore; John (fl 1718-1731); Mr; supervisor of repairs and rebuilding at Wimpole and Down Hall
fl 1718-1731
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
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