Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/514
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Down Hall; 8 Sep. 1726
Date	8 September 1726
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Lists the foodstuffs sent 'in the Pedds'; reports 'a terrible fire at Wilbraham' which destroyed John Clench's house, causing £3,000 of damages, and seven farmhouses; states that a woman had been heard earlier issuing threats; adds that John Clench 'voted for Yo'r Lordship'.
Term	fires, house
Term	crimes, arson

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39126	Clench; - (fl 1726); Mr; of Wilbraham Cambridgeshire	fl 1726
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