Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/593
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Down Hall; 30 Oct. 1727
Date	30 October 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has agreed with the under-sheriff to pay the £100 10/- post fine to him or to Alderman Pike next time he [Cossen] is in Cambridge; for accounting purposes, asks to be sent an order for the payment of £20 5/- given some months previously to Mr Saunders for his surveying work; mentions a conversation with Brand's wife about the provision of collars of brawn for the earl; sends some woodcocks with Henry Flanders, and will send a pheasant 'for my Lady'.
Term	accounts, Wimpole
Term	domestic affairs, provisions

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39198	Pyke; Joseph (fl 1727); Mr; alderman of Cambridge	fl 1727
NA39151	Saunders; - (fl 1727-1731); Mr; surveyor to 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1727-1731
NA39061	Brand; - (fl 1724-1727); Mr; supplier of brawn to 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1724-1727
NA39193	Flanders; Henry (fl 1727-1728); Mr; servant at Wimpole	fl 1727-1728
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