| Description | 1. 12 Mar 1891 to Rosamond Talbot from Charles Henry Talbot. Heavy snow drifted under roof and damp has come through several ceilings. Has ascertained that Sir William Sharington's second wife was the sister of Sir Francis Walsingham.
2. 20 Jan 1892 to Rosamond Talbot from Charles Henry Talbot discussing his research into the abbesses of Lacock.
3. 28 Jul 1911 from E C Hunt enclosing some prints and he hopes to take even better pictures if he visits the abbey again.
4. 23 Dec 1913 to Charles Henry Talbot from Helen Shakespear enclosing a photograph of a miniature of her grandfather.
5. 1 Mar 1912 Receipt from Wilts County Council for 1 shilling for Lacock Parochial Register.
6. 19 Jun 1914 Cuttings from Notes and Queries section, Wilts Times (3). Two of a letter about the Chippenham postmaster and a riot in Chippenham, 1672. Other about old names for local pastures.
7. Cuttings about publishing of "The Life of a Travelling Physician". Dorset County Hospital accounts for recent fundraising Bazaar. "L'Art de Bien Manger" article in French, by Thomas Grimm.
8. Cuttings: 3 about domestic items; 2 about the removal of Rey Bridge, 1907; letter by Charles Henry Talbot to Wilts Times about an article on Queen Elizabeth's visit to Bath 1574; Ball in Florence to celebrate birth of Prince of Wales; article about Wilton Assizes AD1281, Wilts Times, mentions Ela, Abbess of Lacock, accused of unjustly dispossessing Master Walter Gifford of common pasture. Letter from Charles Henry Talbot to Wilts times 24 Aug 1907 about an article about Sir William Sharington.
Undated letter to Strangways from William Gell demonstrating effect of different pens, 2 thumbnail sketches of trees. |