Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/473
Title	Draft letter [from Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford] to [John] Cossen; n.d. [c.1724]
Date	1724 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends instructions from 'your Lady' [Henrietta, Lady Harley]; wishes him to dismiss Thomas Thornton from her service; stresses that it is because of his great age and is to allow him to spend his last years in peace as a reward for his years of devoted service; allows him an annuity of £8 to be paid quarterly, and a payment of £5 for a suit of clothes. Writer identified by context and handwriting. Date estimated by comparison with other letters in this series and by its being found with other letters from 1724.
Term	domestic affairs, servants, old age
Term	employment, retirement from

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1048	Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford	1694-1755
NA39014	Thornton; Thomas (-1731); Mr; servant to Lady Harley; dismissed through old age	-1731
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738