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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739
Document Reference
Pl C 1/661
Title
Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 2 Jul. 1729
Date
2 July 1729
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Encloses a certificate of the repayment of £22 paid by Mr Vaughan to Mr Knipes [not present]; lists the servants' horses which are at grass; asks if the earl wants the chapel windows cleaned as well as the others; writes that Samuel Jackson is bringing a buck, a mutton, 15 lb of butter and some garden things.
Term
animals, horses
domestic affairs, provisions
estate business, Wimpole
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA39059
Vaughan; - (-1729); Mr; servant to 2nd Earl of Oxford
-1729
NA39048
Knipes; John (fl 1724-1729); Mr; saddler at Wimpole
fl 1724-1729
NA39125
Jackson; Samuel (-1736); Mr; servant at Wimpole
-1736
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
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