Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/494
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 7 Sep. 1725
Date	7 September 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has ordered Ned to kill a buck for Mr Pigot and Mr Nightingale on the earl's orders; adds that another buck will be sent 'for the Ladies Club'; reports that the oats planted in the great Avenue have been harvested; hopes that the crops at Kingston Wood will be brought in by the evening; explains that he has been busy speaking with Mr Morley; has sent a buck to London for 'my Lady' [Henrietta Countess of Oxford].
Term	agriculture, harvest
Term	gifts, venison

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39109	Pigot; - (fl 1725-1727); Mr; of Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire	fl 1725-1727
NA39110	Nightingale; Edward (-1750); Mr; JP; of Kneesworth Cambridgeshire	-1750
NA38838	Morley; John (1656-1732); Mr; of Halstead; land jobber; adviser to 2nd Earl of Oxford	1656-1732
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
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