Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/478
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 19 Jan. 1724/5
Date	19 January 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he has made a written agreement with Joseph Norman for his three-year tenancy of Gills farm; adds that Norman has found a tenant for Smiths farm for Sir George Downing; gives an account of monies owing to various tradesmen; assures the earl that he pays the bills as soon as he receives the money to do so; adds that 'The Walk centring wth the Sumer House is planted and the Trees secured from the Deer'. Letter dated 19 Jan. 1724/5.
Term	leases, Wimpole
	gardens, Wimpole
	accounts, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39041	Norman; Joseph (fl 1723-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Arrington Cambridgeshire	fl 1723-1736
NA39051	Downing; George (c.1685-1749); 3rd Baronet; MP of Gamlingay Park Cambridgeshire; founder of Downing College Cambridge	c.1685-1749
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