Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/529
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 17 Jan. 1726/7
Date	17 January 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Describes what he plans to do to drain water off the stones in the Court; mentions the progress of the negotiations to let Fairchild's farm to William Holben of Croyden and discusses Holben's demands; lists the foodstuffs to be sent on the Royston waggon. Letter dated 17 Jan. 1726/7.
Term	tenants, Wimpole
	domestic affairs, provisions
	building works, Wimpole, drains

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39137	Holben; William (fl 1727-1731); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1731
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