Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/730
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 10 Sep. 1732
Date	10 September 1732
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Is sending the waggon with its goods to Dover Street; writes that Con is ill with a fever and asked for Dr Sandys to be sent for, who has not arrived yet; writes that the last letter was put in the penny post by some travellers at the Tigar so may be late. Refers to the lowness of the spring in the Park; adds that a pipe running from under the chapel to the cistern near the King's Hall has been leaking; has been advised by Mr Belcher to replace it with one more convenient to get to; suggests that the clocks in the house might be cleaned.
Term	building works, Wimpole, pipes
Term	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39186	Sandys; - (fl 1727-1741); Dr; medical practitioner near Wimpole	fl 1727-1741
NA39107	Belcher; - (fl 1725-1734); Mr; glazier/workman at Wimpole	fl 1725-1734
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