| Description | 1. Undated extract of agreement, concerning £12,000. Mentioned are John Talbot the elder, Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam, Richard Long of Rood Ashton, John Baker of Hartlebury.
2. Draft deed between John Talbot junior and senior and Busby Mansell and John Stone concerning Naish Hill Moors, Inn Wood, Wheeler's Coppice, Naish Hill Farm and Nethermore Farm
3. 2 Feb 1761 Letter from John Talbot junior to James Harding proposing a mortgage on his estate.
4. 10 Feb 1761 Letter from Samuel Martyn to James Harding regarding the lands included in Mr Talbot's mortgage for £4000. Also refers to the mortgage to Mr Annesley.
5. 9 Apr 1761 Letter from Samuel Martyn to James Harding: referring to opinion of Mr Wilbraham on the abstract of Mr Talbot's title and mortgage from Mr Annesley.
6. Notes of a marriage settlement between John Talbot junior and Elizabeth Stone.
7. Extract from act of parliament on the marriage settlement between John Talbot and Elizabeth Stone. Includes memorandum of notes and questions on the settlement and lands let to John Bullock and Ambrose Hunt split between those in and not in the act of parliament.
8. Valuation of various farms.
9. 7 Jun 1766 Letter from Samuel Martyn to James Harding. John Talbot wishes to raise a further £6000 and offers Mr Harding first refusal.
10. 14 Jun 1766 Letter from John Talbot to James Harding enclosing half a year's interest. Mentions his widower status and mentions the only possible objection to the proposal is that he is "too sensible of the conveniences of a single life ... to venture a change of condition".
11. 20 Jun 1766 Letter from Samuel Martyn to James Harding: he will wait on him the following week.
12. 11 Nov 1766 Letter from John Talbot to James Harding sending the half year's interest. He is unhappy that he has to send these payments to Mere and asks that he can send them to London.
13. 22 Nov 1766 Letter from Samuel Martyn to James Harding: he needs certain legal documents held by James Harding before he can proceed with the act of parliament for Mr Talbot.
14. 24 Nov 1766 Draft letter from James Harding to Samuel Martyn: he intends to apply to Parliament to mortgage his estate. He also has told Mr Talbot that he is content to advance him a further £6000. In reply to Samuel Martyn's request, he cannot send the documents to London.
15. 15 May 1767 Security listing farms and their values, and a valuation of lands on mortgage to Mr Annersley.
16. 1 Oct 1767 Letter from J Bickering for Mr Wibraham to James Harding regarding mortgages.
17. 6 Oct 1767 Letter from J Pickering enclosing an abstract of Mr Talbot's title, with the abstract enclosed.
18. Extract from marriage settlement
19. R Wilbraham's opinion that Mr Harding may advance £4000 to pay off Mr Annesley upon a proper transfer of the mortgage to Mr Harding.
20. Questions asked of to Mr Martyn regarding the act of parliament.
21. Valuation of coppices and woodlands.
22. Undated list of tenants with their annual rent.
23. 27 Jun 1716 Copy deed of purchase of the capital messuage or mansion house of Salwarpe with appurtenances, barns, stables etc in Worcestershire, and the demesne lands of Salwarpe (listed), and demesne lands in Lacock (listed) from the trustees of Sir John Talbot to John Talbot. Parties: Charles Duke of Shrewsbury, Richard Earl of Scarborough, William Longueville of the Inner Temple, London, and Thomas Gibson of London, gent; Dame Anne Ivory, widow and relict of Sir John Ivory late of Ross, Ireland, Right Honourable Barbara Viscountess Dowager de Longueville, relict of Right Honourable Henry late Lord Viscount de Longueville, and Gilberta Talbot spinster, the three daughters of Sir John Talbot late of Lacock, deceased; John Ivory Talbot of Lacock, eldest son of Dame Anne Ivory. |