Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/437
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 7 Feb. 1723/4
Date	7 February 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is to order the 'Leather Pipes belonging the great Engine' to be oiled as per Mr Gray's instructions; reports that he has dismissed Francis Hutchins from his job as butcher since discovering that he had stabled his horse in the house next to the slaughterhouse and fed it hay belonging to Lord Harley; mentions the tardy payment of rents by the tenants; writes that part of the 'piling' at the fish pond has broken; hopes that Mr Kimpton will pay £150 to Lord Harley; mentions John Bowron's remarks on the health of the horses; is awaiting orders before going to Nottinghamshire. Letter dated 7 Feb. 1723/24.
Term	estate business, Wimpole
Term	employment, dismissal from

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39060	Gray; - (fl 1724); Mr; engine-mender	fl 1724
NA39063	Hutchins; Francis (fl 1724); Mr; butcher for Lord Harley in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724
NA38992	Kimpton; Edward (fl 1722-1727); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Kingston Wood Cambridgeshire	fl 1722-1727
NA38991	Bouron; John (fl 1722-1731); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1722-1731
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