Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/782
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Mr [William] Thomas at the Earl of Oxford's, Dover Street, London; 28 Mar. 1736
Date	28 March 1736
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has paid the £25 to Isaac Newman which was mentioned in a letter from Mr Rawlins; has also given the letter about Stephen Hawks' lease to Mr York; writes that the doctor intends to cut George Tailby's side in two further places; refers to sheep being swept away in the floods in Essex; writes that Mr Norman and John Handley had sheep of theirs at the salt marshes and; Mr Norman is going there with Robert Pate to bring back any that are left. Details the arrears still remaining to be paid by Thomas Eversden and Francis Austin; writes that they will not grow many crops and many of their sheep have died so is sure they will not be able to pay their rents.
Term	leases, Wimpole
	medical treatment, surgery
	rents, arrears of
	livestock, sheep
	weather, floods

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39358	Hawks; Stephen (fl 1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1736
NA39144	York; - (fl 1727-1736); Mr; attorney for 2nd Earl of Oxford; of Cambridge	fl 1727-1736
NA39186	Sandys; - (fl 1727-1741); Dr; medical practitioner near Wimpole	fl 1727-1741
NA39363	Tealby; George (-1736); Mr; old servant at Wimpole	-1736
NA39071	Newman; Isaac (fl 1724-1736); Mr; painting contractor at Wimpole	fl 1724-1736
NA39365	Rawlins; - (fl 1736); Mr	fl 1736
NA39041	Norman; Joseph (fl 1723-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford at Arrington Cambridgeshire	fl 1723-1736
NA39171	Handley; John (fl 1727-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1727-1736
NA39313	Pate; Robert (fl 1733-1739); Mr; bailiff at Wimpole	fl 1733-1739
NA39350	Eversden; Thomas (fl 1735-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1735-1736
NA39155	Austin; Francis (fl 1727-1736); Mr; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	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
NA38810	Thomas; William (fl 1715-1742); Mr; steward for the 2nd Earl of Oxford's Marylebone estate	fl 1715-1742