Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/613
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 26 Jun. 1728
Date	26 June 1728
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends Samuel Jackson with a buck and with the key to the library; writes that he sent Mr Streke to meet Sir Mathew Decker and his Lady and three daughters at Royston; describes the route they took through the park to Wimpole; writes that Sir Mathew and his family were given a tour of the house and were very pleased, especially with the chapel and the library; adds that he did not want to see the gardens; lists the amounts of money given by Sir Mathew to various servants. Writes that Mr Jeffreys and his family have arrived at the parsonage; mentions that he has heard that Mr Jeffreys is to take a benefice at Ashwell in Hertfordshire; suggests that the pad Monkey ought to be retired or destroyed because of his bad eyesight; adds that Mr Hurrell wishes to have the old pad Buckskins for his workmen.
Term	animals, horses
	tourism, country houses
	appointments, ecclesiastical

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39125	Jackson; Samuel (-1736); Mr; servant at Wimpole	-1736
NA39138	Streke; - (fl 1727-1735); Mr; dog-keeper and gamekeeper at Wimpole	fl 1727-1735
NA39008	Jeffreys; Francis (fl 1713-1731); -; Rector of Wimpole since 1713; Vicar of Ashwell Hertfordshire from 1728	fl 1713-1731
NA39103	Hurrell; - (fl 1725-1734); Mr; of Cambridgeshire	fl 1725-1734
NA19001	Decker; Matthew (c.1679-1749); Baronet; M.P. and merchant	c.1679-1749
NA39217	Decker; Henrietta (c.1679-1759); Lady Decker; née Watkins; wife of Sir Matthew Decker	c.1679-1759
NA39218	Fitzwilliam; Catherine (-1786); Viscountess Fitzwilliam; dau. of Sir Matthew Decker; wife of 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam of the Irish Peerage	-1786
NA39219	Talbot; Henrietta M. (-1747); Mrs; dau. of Sir Matthew Decker; 1st wife of the Hon. John Talbot	-1747
NA39220	Crofts; Mary (fl 1728); Mrs; dau. of Sir Matthew Decker; wife of William Crofts of Saxham Suffolk	fl 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