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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
Document Reference
Pl C 1/463
Title
Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford; 25 Jul. 1724
Date
25 July 1724
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Has heard from the Mayor of Cambridge that Captain Bromley is supporting Sir Robert Clark; has heard from others that Mr Shepperd and Mr Partridge are also supporting them; reports the death of Richard Nickels the waggoner who was bringing timber back from St Neots; writes that it seems he fell off the carriage on to the road and that he was found by the other men with blood coming out of his mouth; adds that a surgeon attempted to bleed him but he died; remarks that he had a wife and four children who will be left destitute by his death.
Term
elections, Cambridgeshire 1724
death, accidental
medical conditions, head injuries
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA39086
Bromley; - (fl 1724); Captain
fl 1724
NA39076
Clarke; Robert (-1746); 2nd Baronet; MP for Cambridgeshire 1717-22; of Snailwell
-1746
NA39087
Shepheard; Samuel (-1748); Mr; MP for Cambridgeshire 1724-47; of Exning Suffolk
-1748
NA39088
Partridge; - (fl 1724); Mr
fl 1724
NA39089
Nickels; Richard (-1724); Mr; waggoner at Wimpole
-1724
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
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