Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/532
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 24 Jan. 1726/7
Date	24 January 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that he has concluded the agreement to make William Holben tenant of Fairchild's farm for six years; mentions that William Gore discovered Captain Eversden and some others 'Coursing in the Wimpole Grounds'; writes that William Woodham and his son told Mr Gore that they were only there because they had business to discuss; requests orders as to 'the fat Heifer' and as to making buckskin breeches; writes that Hudson of Cambridge has offered to make them as he has done before; lists foodstuffs which are being sent. Letter dated 24 Jan. 1726/7.
Term	tenants, Wimpole
	crimes, poaching
	domestic affairs, servants, clothing

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39137	Holben; William (fl 1727-1731); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1731
NA38997	Gore; William (-1735); Mr; gamekeeper at Wimpole	-1735
NA39142	Eversden; - (fl 1727-1731); Captain; JP in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1731
NA39143	Woodham; - (fl 1727); Mr; son of William Woodham	fl 1727
NA39058	Hudson; George (fl 1724-1727); Mr; tailor of Cambridge	fl 1724-1727
NA39108	Woodham; William (fl 1725-1731); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Kingston Cambridgeshire	fl 1725-1731
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