Reference2664/1/2G/12
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TitleLetter, accounts, rent sheets and bills mostly relating to the Lacock estate and its history.
Description1. 1816 Letter addressed to His Royal Highness Prince Saxe-Coburg, London, from John Gilbert, Chester. Mentions two enclosed compositions by him (not enclosed) and a watchpaper cut out by his daughter, Clarissa Sarah Gilbert.
2. Undated handmade book used by child to practice writing.
3. 1866 Plan of the manor of Lackham and Pewsham when it was for sale by Hoggart.
4. 1826 Leaflet for the sale of two seats or pews in the gallery of the parish church of St Leonards, Bridgnorth.
5. Copy of a letter in French from Lord Nelson to Joseph Bonaparte, and half a sheet in old French to Henry IV with Amelina's name on the reverse.
6. 1826 Bill from John Baker for hardware.
7. 1838 Letter from Hammersley & Co to Lady Elizabeth Feilding enclosing a stock receipt.
8. Notes on Talbot family history including a copy of 1613 inscription to Thomas Talbot, his wife and their children; a history of Salwarpe Mill.
9. Sketch of a window, unidentified.
10. 1767 List of names of tenants in the town, Forest Lane, Naish Hill and Reybridge and Notton, Lacock.
11. Torn letter from W R King regarding a mortgage on the Belton estate.
12. Account book listing bills owing and paid and monies received since the death of Reverend Doctor Davenport in 1781. Separate sheets show 1821-1823 rents; 1782 bonds and bills paid by Mrs Davenport; 1787-8 house account.
13. 1822-1831 accounts (Awdry solicitors).
14. Recipes, all in French. No indication of who collected them.
15. Notes of Naish Hill and the tenant there.
16. Pen and ink drawing of 2 women, one with a child in arms, a man carrying a fiddle with a child on his back.
17. Description of church of Salwarpe, including patrons and incumbents from 1268 to 1767, an appendix in Latin. Also a history of Sedgeberow and the arms and monuments in the church and the patrons and incumbents from 1236 to 1734.
18. 1787 map of Wiltshire.
19. 1797 Draft lease of Home Farm, White Sowberry and other pieces of land from William Talbot to Isaac Fussell.
20. Note of title to The Grove in Lacock.
21. Lists of deeds in parcels not included.
22. 1767 Act for vesting part of the estate of John Talbot the younger Esquire, settled upon his marriage, in trustees, for raising a further sum of money for discharging debts and incumbrances.
23. 1787 Act for discharging diverse manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, belonging to Sir Edward Bayntun Rolt baronet, and Andrew Bayntun Rolt Esquire, from a certain limitation contained in an indenture of release.
Date1766-1866
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