Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/733
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to William Thomas, addressed to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 8 Feb. 1732/3
Date	8 February 1733
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has received letters from Thomas and from Mr Cuttle; will send details of the poor recipients of 'my Lords Charity' by the next post; writes that Mr York was with him and some servants when they distrained Mr Abbis's goods from Kingston Wood and took his sheep to Wimpole; when orders were given to milk the cows so that they could be driven away Mr Abbis began to cry and agreed to give a bill of sale for payment of his arrears and his next rent. States that he has now left the farm but his servants are continuing to tend the crops; the sale will take place on Lady Day; adds that Joseph Pain has viewed Mrs Baron's farm and that he has not spoken with him about Kingston Wood for a while. Describes the conditions on which James Coale of Caldecot would agree to take Waller's farm and the offer which he [Cossen] made in return; adds that there was no agreement; suspects that he is playing Cossen off against Captain Hagar who has also offered him a tenancy; gives details of the state of health of 11 servants and neighbours. Letter dated 8 Feb. 1732/3.
Term	tenants, Wimpole
	estate business, distraints
	rents, arrears of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39113	Cuttle; Godfrey (fl 1725-1736); Mr; servant to 2nd Earl of Oxford in Dover Street	fl 1725-1736
NA39144	York; - (fl 1727-1736); Mr; attorney for 2nd Earl of Oxford; of Cambridge	fl 1727-1736
NA39183	Abbis; Thomas (fl 1727-1734); Mr; tenant of Kingston Wood Farm Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1734
NA39308	Pain; Joseph (fl 1733); Mr; potential tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1733
NA39309	Cole; James (fl 1733); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1733
NA39176	Hagar; - (fl 1727-1733); Captain; landowner in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1733
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA38810	Thomas; William (fl 1715-1742); Mr; steward for the 2nd Earl of Oxford's Marylebone estate	fl 1715-1742