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Document Reference	Pl C 1/482
Title	Letter from John Cossen, Wimpole, to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Dover Street, London; 5 Feb. 1724/5
Date	5 February 1725
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that he has taken £2 from Markham and Angier for their taking wood from the grounds of Kingston Wood and explains that this is lenient but that Markham is still asking for mercy claiming that other people have done the same; is waiting for instructions to kill the best cattle which are getting fat in the Grange yard; expresses his great satisfaction at the news of the safe arrival of 'my good Lady' [Henrietta Countess of Oxford] and Lady Margaret [later Duchess of Portland] from 'the Bath'; adds that William Pluckrose is riding the 'one ey'd Pad' on Saturday. Letter dated 5 Feb. 1724/5.
Term	estate business, Wimpole

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA39104	Markham; - (fl 1725); Mr; tenant of Mr Kimpton in Kingston Cambridgeshire	fl 1725
NA39102	Angier; - (fl 1725); Mr; schoolmaster at Kingston in Cambridgeshire	fl 1725
NA1048	Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford	1694-1755
NA1079	Bentinck; Margaret Cavendish (1715-1785); Duchess of Portland; née Cavendish-Harley; dau. of 2nd Earl of Oxford; m 2nd Duke of Portland 1734	1715-1785
NA39047	Pluckrose; William (fl 1724-1735); Mr; servant at Wimpole working with horses	fl 1724-1735
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