Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/743
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's, Dover Street, London; 28 Apr. 1734
Date	28 April 1734
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that William Pluckrose is to spend Tuesday in riding to Dover Street with 'Horses, saddles and Furniture'; mentions that there have been some showers which have been good for the crops; asks for the permission of 'his Lordship' [2nd Earl of Oxford] to pay the £100 which he has collected at Wimpole. Passes on a request from Charles Gunter to spend some time in Herefordshire as he has been unwell; adds that soap-making makes him feel worse; mentions that Mr Nixson and Mr York both owe money; writes that all the servants except the maltster have been sent away from Kingston Wood.
Term	domestic affairs, provisions
	estate business, Wimpole
	rents, arrears of

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
NA39090	Gunter; Charles (-1735); Mr; brewer candle and soap maker at Wimpole	-1735
NA39007	Nixson; Thomas (fl 1722-1736); Mr; workman and tenant at Wimpole	fl 1722-1736
NA39321	York; - (fl 1734); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1734
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