Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/727
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 31 Aug. 1732
Date	31 August 1732
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends three brace of partridges killed by William Gore; reports that a fire started in a corn barn on land belonging to the vicarage in Barrington and then spread to destroy the tithe barn which was owned by Trinity College Cambridge; acknowledges the receipt of orders from William Thomas; refers to the making of bricks for the bricklayers to use.
Term	fires, Barrington
Term	domestic affairs, provisions

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38997	Gore; William (-1735); Mr; gamekeeper at Wimpole	-1735
NA38810	Thomas; William (fl 1715-1742); Mr; steward for the 2nd Earl of Oxford's Marylebone estate	fl 1715-1742
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