Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/492
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 4 Apr. 1725
Date	4 April 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he will send the required number of horses with William Pluckrose; has received £300 from Mr Kimpton most of which is livestock; lists the animals on the farm and accounts for rents and other payments; states that he still owes £513, part of which will be paid on the sale of some wheat which Mr Brown has trusted him with; writes that the men working at Kingston Wood 'will observe directions and manage so (I hope) as Yr Lordship will be no looser by keeping the Farme in hand'; adds that Mr Kimpton has left the farm.
Term	accounts, Wimpole
	estate business, Wimpole
	livestock

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
NA38992	Kimpton; Edward (fl 1722-1727); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Kingston Wood Cambridgeshire	fl 1722-1727
NA38985	Brown; - (fl 1722-1725); Mr; steward and agent on the Wimpole estate	fl 1722-1725
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