Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/712
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 13 Jun. 1731
Date	13 June 1731
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is grateful for the earl's kindness to the tenant in reducing the rent of Kingston Wood Farm by £40 p.a.; writes that because of the severe drought he is considering ordering the hay to be brought in; warns that there will be shortages; expects the barley and pea crops to be bad; adds that in the Fens there are few crops, and that the price of cattle is going down; mentions that Mr Sandys passed through Shingay and did some business but has now gone to Chippenham; undertakes to do his best 'to get Mondys to pay Mr Wortham'.
Term	economic affairs, low prices
	agriculture, crops, bad
	rents, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA12519	Sandys; Samuel (1695-1770); 1st Baron Sandys; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1742-1743	1695-1770
NA39295	Mondys; - (fl 1731); -	fl 1731
NA39296	Wortham; - (fl 1731); Mr	fl 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