Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/756
Title	Letter to from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas; 5 Jan. 1734/5
Date	5 January 1735
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports the distribution of charity to the poor on Christmas Eve; writes that last Thursday [2 Jan.] a dinner was hosted for the tenants and their sons with malt liquor to drink, which went very well; discusses the terms which Thomas Easy of Stowe has demanded for taking Pain's farm and the answer which he [Cossen] gave; describes Easy's circumstances and character; adds that John Norman is also keen on taking the farm for his son who is to marry the daughter of a rich man; writes that heavy rain has flooded the Fens but that the pumping mills are working well; adds that Charles Gunter's old condition has returned and his legs are very swollen. Letter dated 5 Jan. 1734/5.
Term	leases, Wimpole
	tenants, Wimpole
	celebrations, New Year
	weather, rain

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39335	Easy; Thomas (fl 1735); Mr; prospective tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire; of Stowe	fl 1735
NA39140	Norman; John (fl 1727-1735); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1735
NA39336	Norman; - (fl 1735); Mr; son of John Norman	fl 1735
NA39090	Gunter; Charles (-1735); Mr; brewer candle and soap maker at Wimpole	-1735
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