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Document ReferencePl C 1/445
TitleLetter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, Lord Harley [later 2nd Earl of Oxford], Dover Street, London; 3 Mar. 1723/4
Date3 March 1724
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionHas ordered Mr Godfrey and William Emerson not to collect any rents during his short absence from Wimpole; is sending a pork but warns that it will not be very good because she had had piglets; has left instructions for what is to be done while he is away; writes that the elder Mr Kimpton is to take over his son's farm at Kingston, as the son is to become a horse courser.

Letter dated 3 Mar. 1723/24.
Termestate business, Wimpole

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA38970Godfrey; William (fl 1721-1725); deputy agent at Wimpolefl 1721-1725
NA39009Emerson; William (fl 1722-1725); Mr; deputy agent at Wimpolefl 1722-1725
NA38992Kimpton; Edward (fl 1722-1727); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Kingston Wood Cambridgeshirefl 1722-1727
NA39057Kimpton; - (fl 1724); Mr; son of Edward Kimpton; butcher of Gamlingay Cambridgeshirefl 1724
NA38705Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpolefl 1713-1738
NA1047Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-17241689-1741
Places
CodeSet
PL35791/Kingston/Cambridgeshire/England
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