Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/450
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to William Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's in Dover Street, London; 2 Jun. 1724
Date	2 June 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Wishes Mr Thomas to show the letter to 'my Lord'; reports that Newman the painter has worked on the dial board above the stables, the windows in the chapel, and some other windows in the house; adds that Newman is now waiting for some coloured paint from London; cannot carry on with the work at the reservoir until the sluice is in place; has instructed some workmen to cut the grass in the Whaddon part of the Avenue; wishes to know whether to build a brick head to the reservoir as advocated by Mr Morley or an earth one; adds that Mr Warren is working on the jack in the kitchen and that Thomas Nixson is making preparations for hanging the iron gates in the stable court.
Term	building works, Wimpole, painting
	building works, Wimpole, reservoir
	building works, Wimpole, stable court

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA39071	Newman; Isaac (fl 1724-1736); Mr; painting contractor at Wimpole	fl 1724-1736
NA38838	Morley; John (1656-1732); Mr; of Halstead; land jobber; adviser to 2nd Earl of Oxford	1656-1732
NA39072	Warren; - (fl 1724); Mr; ironworker at Wimpole; died before 1735	fl 1724
NA39007	Nixson; Thomas (fl 1722-1736); Mr; workman and tenant at Wimpole	fl 1722-1736
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA38810	Thomas; William (fl 1715-1742); Mr; steward for the 2nd Earl of Oxford's Marylebone estate	fl 1715-1742