Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/531
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 22 Jan. 1726/7
Date	22 January 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that Mr Hubbert has postponed ploughing up the Close because he fears he will not be able to pay his rent; writes that Mr Streke left with 'the Brace of Does' and has not returned; refers to John Bouron becoming tenant of the Tigar Inne; writes that he will be signing an agreement with William Holben for Fairchild's farm the following Tuesday. Refers to a plan to reorganise lands tenanted by John Field and John Norman which would allow the demolition of buildings obstructing the view of Whaddon Avenue; writes that Mary Green has applied for work at the dairy at the Grange and seems very suitable; states that she is a widow who has lived all her life around Hardstone, and 'promises to have no Gossipers come about her'. Letter dated 22 Jan. 1726/7.
Term	occupations and professions, dairymaid
	tenants, Wimpole
	occupations and professions, innkeeper
	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39080	Hubbert; - (fl 1724-1734); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724-1734
NA39138	Streke; - (fl 1727-1735); Mr; dog-keeper and gamekeeper at Wimpole	fl 1727-1735
NA38991	Bouron; John (fl 1722-1731); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1722-1731
NA39137	Holben; William (fl 1727-1731); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1731
NA39139	Field; John (fl 1727); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727
NA39140	Norman; John (fl 1727-1735); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1735
NA39141	Green; Mary (fl 1727); Mrs; dairymaid; of Hardstone Cambridgeshire	fl 1727
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