Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/740
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's, Dover Street, London; 10 Jun. 1733
Date	10 June 1733
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has heard from 'my Lord' [2nd Earl of Oxford] that he will be coming to Wimpole; expects to hear more about provisions other than the order to kill a mutton; writes that Edward Dusal has suffered a painful cold; mentions that there has not been much rain so there will not be a big crop of hay; adds that Dusal seems keen to leave his farm if the earl will allow it; expects the new tenant at Waller's farm, James Cole, to die of the fever he is suffering from; wishes the earl a good journey.
Term	estate business, Wimpole
Term	tenants, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA39271	Dusal; Edward (fl 1731-1733); Mr; servant at Wimpole	fl 1731-1733
NA39309	Cole; James (fl 1733); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 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