Record

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

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