Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/750
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas; 20 Oct. 1734
Date	20 October 1734
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Encloses a draft [map?] of the farm which used to be tenanted by John Norman [not present]; discusses the Sowden Hill Closes and the location of the piece of land which it is proposed to fence in for ploughing; has not been able to find 'the book of the Contents of Wimpole gro[un]ds' but located the map in the Corner Room; writes that heifers need to be got to eat the grass and straw at Norman's farm and at Kingston Wood; suggests that Mr Hubbert be asked to buy heifers for calving; adds that cattle are cheap so letting farms is proving difficult.
Term	livestock, cattle
Term	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39080	Hubbert; - (fl 1724-1734); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1724-1734
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