Record

Document Reference	Pl C 1/813
Title	Fragment of a letter [from John Cossen] to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street; n.d. [1724-1736]
Date	1724-1736
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Mentions a distraint of outdoor goods which forced John Day and his brother Richard to be jointly bound for the payment of rent. Writer identified by context and handwriting. Date estimated from the 2nd Earl of Oxford's style of address and with reference to the dates of other letters in this series.
Term	estate business, distraints

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39378	Day; John (fl 1720s); Mr; brother of Richard Day; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1720s
NA39379	Day; Richard (fl 1720s); Mr; brother of John Day; tenant of 2nd Earl of Oxford in Cambridgeshire	fl 1720s
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