| Description | 1. 21 May from William Clark Maxwell thanking Charles for looking at his paper, expressing sorrow at the death of Brakspear, mentions death of Gladstone and that a recent exhibition of Shropshire Antiquities had included portraits of some Davenports of Davenport House and enclosing an extract from the catalogue which lists the portraits and their subjects: Henry Davenport; Mary Lucy, his wife, and their son Sharington Davenport; Mary Elizabeth daughter of Henry Davenport & Gratiana Rodd wife of Sharington Davenport, described by Beau Nash as "a Rodd that would flog them all".
2. 31 May from Reverend G Miller mentioning that he his grandfather, Sanderson Miller, knew Ivory Talbot, referring to a letter of Sanderson Miller to Bishop Lyttleton giving an account of a visit to Lacock to supervise the work going on there in 1854 and requesting a visit to Lacock Abbey.
3. Note on French chairs and a sofa which belonged to Louis XV1 "at a beautiful studio".
4. Note on portraits of Sharington Talbot and his wife Elizabeth and to a spare frame in dormitory with measurements.
5. Envelope marked "Memoranda from Mr Moulton's books including transcript of deeds and two notebooks, Dec 1897" containing an abstract from small manuscript book (name on cover Thomas Hale 1653) listing portraits.
6. 21 Feb 1898 Note from unknown person (Goddard of Clyffe Pypard?) concerning portraits. |