Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/705
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 6 May 1731
Date	6 May 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has instructed William Pluckrose to ride to London with the horses and the furniture; mentions that Mr Sandys and his Lady are to stay at Shingay; reports the death of Alderman York, the attorney's father, and adds that Mr Smith the corn merchant is to replace him; writes that Mr Pridmore is sick with a fever and that Charles's cough has not improved; suggests that the hen house at the Grange be tiled with pan tiles instead of re-thatching it.
Term	appointments, local government
Term	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
NA12519	Sandys; Samuel (1695-1770); 1st Baron Sandys; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1742-1743	1695-1770
NA39286	York; - (-1731); Mr; alderman of Cambridge?	-1731
NA39287	Smith; - (fl 1731); Mr; corn merchant; alderman of Cambridge?	fl 1731
NA38950	Pridmore; John (fl 1718-1731); Mr; supervisor of repairs and rebuilding at Wimpole and Down Hall	fl 1718-1731
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