Record

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

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