Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/439
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 11 Feb. 1723/4
Date	11 February 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Describes the clothes provided by the tailor for Thomas Thornton and costs each piece to a total of £5; adds that all the other servants who received clothes from London were asked to try them on while the tailor was at the house; lists the ones which do not fit properly; adds that a mutton and a pork are being sent to London. Letter dated 11 Feb. 1723/24.
Term	domestic affairs, servants, clothing

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39014	Thornton; Thomas (-1731); Mr; servant to Lady Harley; dismissed through old age	-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