Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/469
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 9 Aug. 1724
Date	9 August 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that there is no news of any opposition to Sir Robert Clark; writes that Mr Pridmore has supervised the painting of the windows in an attempt to keep out the rain; undertakes to press on with the work at the reservoir now that the pipes and sluices are down; has been spending much time in the ploughing of parts of the Avenue for the sowing of oats and grass; adds that Mrs Cole, wife of the gardener, is very ill.
Term	building works, Wimpole, painting
	building works, Wimpole, reservoir
	elections, Cambridgeshire 1724

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39076	Clarke; Robert (-1746); 2nd Baronet; MP for Cambridgeshire 1717-22; of Snailwell	-1746
NA38950	Pridmore; John (fl 1718-1731); Mr; supervisor of repairs and rebuilding at Wimpole and Down Hall	fl 1718-1731
NA39092	Cole; - (fl 1724); Mrs; wife of the gardener at Wimpole	fl 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