Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/595
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Down Hall; 3 Nov. 1727
Date	3 November 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has paid the orders for £30 5/- to Mr Saunders; reports the death of Jabez Conder caused by a horseback collision with a cow; states that he was thrown hard to the ground but was able to ride to Lotton; he was bled but died soon afterwards and was buried in Croyden; adds that the horse and cow have been forfeited on the orders of the coroner. Writes that the pregnant maid at Parson Metcalfe's in Toft was threatened with being taken before the Justices, upon which she claimed that the parson's man was the father; mentions that Widow Conder wishes to become tenant of the farm for the sake of her 13 year old son; sends a pheasant with Flanders and has also sent woodcocks and a doe.
Term	accidents, death through
	crimes, fornication
	medical conditions, pregnancy
	domestic affairs, provisions

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39151	Saunders; - (fl 1727-1731); Mr; surveyor to 2nd Earl of Oxford	fl 1727-1731
NA39075	Conder; Jabez (-1727); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	-1727
NA39201	Conder; - (fl 1727-1731); Mrs; widow of Jabez Conder; possibly later married Mathew Hinckin	fl 1727-1731
NA39202	Conder; - (c.1714-); Mr; son of Jabez Conder	c.1714-
NA39203	Metcalfe; - (fl 1727); parson of Toft Cambridgeshire	fl 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