Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/688
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 9 Feb. 1730/1
Date	9 February 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to malt being provided by Edward Danns for the brewing; mentions that there is some confusion over whether Widow Conder has married her servant Mathew Hinckin of Croyden; discusses the financial situation of Widow Conder and her son, and what would be left to pay the rent were she to leave and were her son to demand his share; writes that William Holben will not take Handley's farm unless a new barn is built; will send mutton, butter, turkeys, partridges and a hare with Samuel Jackson. Letter dated 9 Feb. 1730/1.
Term	tenants, Wimpole
Term	domestic affairs, provisions

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39273	Danns; Edward (fl 1731); Mr; maltster for 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1731
NA39201	Conder; - (fl 1727-1731); Mrs; widow of Jabez Conder; possibly later married Mathew Hinckin	fl 1727-1731
NA39274	Hinckin; Mathew (fl 1731); Mr; servant and possible 2nd husband of Widow Conder; of Croyden Cambs.	fl 1731
NA39202	Conder; - (c.1714-); Mr; son of Jabez Conder	c.1714-
NA39137	Holben; William (fl 1727-1731); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1731
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