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PlC - Correspondence in the Portland (London) Collection, and Papers of W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1664-1809
- 1 - Correspondence relating to the Harley estates based at Wimpole and Welbeck (1707-39), with various earlier enclosures; 1664-1739

Document Reference	Pl C 1/763
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 14 Sep. 1735
Date	14 September 1735
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that 'all the fat Wether sheep that was known to be bad' have been sold; adds that 100 sheep are fattening up including 40 which grazed in the Park and 60 which were in the Whaddon Avenue until Mr Streke was asked to move them; will kill one of them tomorrow to see how it is. Adds that 60 ewes from Norman's farm are also thought to be good although one which had stayed there and which was killed was thought by some to be 'touchd'; writes that Joseph Norman has 600 sheep at Arrington and will try to sell some at Braintree Market in Essex; adds that if they cannot be sold he will 'lay em in the Salt Marshes, said to be the only cure if the Taint be not far gone'. Will give Mr Cole some money for the gardeners' pay; has heard nothing from Mr Cotton of Caxton who was interested in the farm which used to be John Norman's; refers to the earl's thoughts on keeping 'the plowd Grounds and Sowden hills in hand' if a tenant for the whole lot cannot be found. Suspects a conspiracy among some of the tenants to demand reductions in their rents; will be spending almost all the spare cash in the next few days on taxes and other outgoings; will send William Pluckrose along with the lease for his tenement which has been drawn up by Mr York.
Term	livestock, sheep, mad
Term	estate business, Wimpole

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39138	Streke; - (fl 1727-1735); Mr; dog-keeper and gamekeeper at Wimpole	fl 1727-1735
NA39041	Norman; Joseph (fl 1723-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Arrington Cambridgeshire	fl 1723-1736
NA39021	Cole; - (fl 1723-1735); Mr; gardener at Wimpole	fl 1723-1735
NA39342	Cotton; - (fl 1735); Mr; of Caxton Cambridgeshire	fl 1735
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
NA39144	York; - (fl 1727-1736); Mr; attorney for 2nd Earl of Oxford; of Cambridge	fl 1727-1736
NA38705	Cossen; John (fl 1713-1738); Mr; wood agent later chief agent of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Wimpole	fl 1713-1738
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741

Places

Code	Set
PL36371	/Braintree/Essex/England
PL10557	/Wimpole/Cambridgeshire/England
PL328	/Cambridgeshire/England

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