Record

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
Term	domestic affairs, provisions

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