Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/706
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 9 May 1731
Date	9 May 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reminds the earl that a baker called John Bangley of Caxton bought some wood from Kingston Wood in 1721 but left without paying and could not be found; writes that he has now been discovered living on Little Queen Street in Bloomsberry; urges the earl to follow up his debt of £3 13s 4d. Mentions that 'Old Rachel of Arrington' has died; describes how her neighbour found her collapsed on the floor and got her into bed where she recovered for a while; writes that he himself passed by and gave her some money upon which she prayed for the earl and countess and her neighbours but died that afternoon; sends butter and things from the garden and proposes to send veal and mutton later.
Term	woods, Cambridgeshire
	domestic affairs, provisions
	debts

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39288	Bangley; John (fl 1721-1731); Mr; baker of Caxton Cambs. and later of Little Queen Street Bloomsbury	fl 1721-1731
NA39289	-; Rachel (-1731); -; of Arrington Cambridgeshire	-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