Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/548
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 26 Feb. 1727
Date	26 February 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Encloses a receipt for a £100 order on Francis Child and Partners [not present]; has exchanged cash and a £100 order with Mr Finch; refers to the garden account drawn up by Mr Cole and requests instructions as to an extra £30 owed to John Pamphlin which Mr Bridgeman wants added; writes that the woman servant does not wish to leave Francis Austin to work at the Grange Farm after all; suggests that Norman's sister from Arrington be employed instead; mentions Mr Streke's thoughts on how long it would take to get the hounds ready; discusses the terms of John Bouron's lease of the Tigar Inn; has paid the wages to William Pluckrose who is now working in the gardens. Letter dated 26 Feb. 1726/7.
Term	domestic affairs, servants, Wimpole
	accounts, Wimpole
	leases, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38981	Francis, Child and Partners; bankers
NA39147	Finch; - (fl 1727); Mr	fl 1727
NA39021	Cole; - (fl 1723-1735); Mr; gardener at Wimpole	fl 1723-1735
NA39150	Pamphlin; John (fl 1727); Mr; workman at Wimpole	fl 1727
NA38958	Bridgeman; Charles (-1738); Mr; landscapist	-1738
NA39155	Austin; Francis (fl 1727-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1736
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
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
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