Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/471
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 16 Aug. 1724
Date	16 August 1724
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports the instructions he has given Charles Gunter the new brewer; writes that he discovered James Kelly removing some items of his from a cupboard in the bakehouse and from the old pantry; mentions that they had an altercation over the key to the bakehouse which Kelly claimed he had bought and for which he had never been reimbursed; writes that Kelly refused to give back the key, upon which he [Cossen] took off the lock and insisted he take that too; remarks that Kelly was seen in the Tigar that evening with people who were 'part of the Cause of his Misfortune in loosing Yr Honors service'; work is continuing at the reservoir; has sent the pistols from his room with William Pluckrose.
Term	employment, dismissal from

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39090	Gunter; Charles (-1735); Mr; brewer candle and soap maker at Wimpole	-1735
NA39028	Kelly; James (fl 1723-1724); Mr; servant at Wimpole	fl 1723-1724
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
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