Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/761
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's, Dover Street, London; 2 Sep. 1735
Date	2 September 1735
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has asked Mr York to draw up a draft lease for William Pluckrose's tenement which will be sent on when ready; reports that the gamekeeper William Gore has died after being blind for a few days; writes that no nurses could be found for him, even those who had had smallpox, so his old mother cared for him; writes that he had a wife and two small children; transcribes an account of the costs of the burial; adds that he was in debt and 'my Lord' [2nd Earl of Oxford] has often been known to bear the cost of funerals; intends to call in the rents on 2 October. Letter dated August in error: postmark reads '3 SE'.
Term	domestic affairs, servants, death of
Term	medical conditions, smallpox

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39144	York; - (fl 1727-1736); Mr; attorney for 2nd Earl of Oxford; of Cambridge	fl 1727-1736
NA38997	Gore; William (-1735); Mr; gamekeeper at Wimpole	-1735
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
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