Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/735
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas; 22 Feb. 1732/3
Date	22 February 1733
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Still has no definite word from Joseph Pain about taking Kingston Wood Farm and there are no other prospective tenants; suggests that it would be better to let it to a good tenant at a reduced rent than to allow a bad tenant to run it down and accumulate arrears as Kimpton and Abbis did; passes on a message from Mr Merry the butcher who wishes to be paid his £250; discusses the provision of water to Waller's farm and suggests building a small reservoir; mentions the low prices of corn and cattle. Letter dated 22 Feb. 1732/3.
Term	tenants, Wimpole
	estate business, Wimpole
	rents, arrears of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39308	Pain; Joseph (fl 1733); Mr; potential tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1733
NA39310	Merry; - (fl 1733-1736); Mr; butcher for 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1733-1736
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