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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 1/766
Title
Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's, Dover Street, London; 4 Oct. 1735
Date
4 October 1735
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Wishes to know the orders of 'my Lord' [2nd Earl of Oxford] as to the usual distribution of charity at Christmas; also requests the earl's opinion on the seemingly excessive demands made by Mr Peck as to the rebuilding of gates; is sorry that James Langran is to be found in the same farm in Arrington by which 'my Lord is so great a looser'.
Term
tenants, Wimpole
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA39323
Peck; James (fl 1734-1735); Mr; distrained tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire
fl 1734-1735
NA1047
Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724
1689-1741
NA39346
Langran; James (fl 1735-1736); Mr; of Arrington Cambridgeshire
fl 1735-1736
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
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