| Description | 1. 6 postcards of Thann, and one of Budleigh Salterton. 5 are blank and 2 were sent to Miss Talbot.
2. 27 May 1952 Letter to Matilda Talbot from Paul Methuen from Corsham Court, about his wife's health.
3. 10 Jul 1952 Letter to Matilda Talbot from C Newman, Manor Farm, Lacock, thanking her for sending a book on religion for children to Christopher (possibly his son).
4. Undated letter to Matilda Talbot from Vera Wetherel, mentioning a recording about Lacock and the Pageant.
5. 30 Oct 1951 Letter in French to Matilda Talbot from Rene Bernier.
6. Undated letter to Matilda Talbot from Sysbert B Flack (Robert Flack on the envelope) from Sea Island, Georgia, USA, about a friend, Anne Read, who will be going to Lacock.
7. 6 May 1955 Letter to Miss Talbot from Cynthius Colville who refers to his Hungerford ancestry and Queen Mary's visits to Lacock. He is politely refusing to come to Matilda's party.
8. May 1954 Bulletin for April 1954 from the London Healing Mission, a selection of prayers and a booklet called "Seeing their faith" for intercessors.
9. Undated letter, possibly in Hungarian, to Mrs Ubanabna.
10. 17 Apr 1952 Letter from (Amirian) to Mrs Ubanabna, possibly in Hungarian (not the same writer as the previous letter).
11. Bulletin for May 1954 from the London Healing Mission, with a prayer as an appendix and their message of the month to intercessors at the autumn convention 1954.
12. 25 Feb 1945 Letter from Lord Esher at the National Trust to Matilda Talbot asking to display the manuscript of the Magna Carta at Lacock Abbey rather than sending it away to London.
13. 22 Feb 1945 Copy letter from Matilda Talbot to Lord Esher telling him that she is worried about the safekeeping of the Magna Carta and has contacted Lord Greene, the Master of the Rolls with the intention of presenting the Charter to the Nation; Lord Greene preferring the Magna Carta to be exhibited in the British Museum.
14. 26 Feb 1945 Letter to Miss Talbot from Lord Esher still hoping that Lord Greene will agree that the Magna Carta should be kept at Lacock Abbey.
15. 3 May 1945 Letter to Miss Talbot from Lord Greene about the possibility of taking delivery of the Magna Carta by a representative of the British Museum.
16. 31 May 1945 Letter to Miss Talbot from Lord Greene thanking her on her decision to give the Magna Carta to the British Museum.
17. 24 Jun 1945 Letter to Miss Talbot from Lord Greene mentioning the safe arrival of the Magna Carta and leaving Matilda to arrange for the temporary return of the manuscript to Lacock.
18. Undated letter from Lord Greene to Miss Talbot enclosing a newspaper cutting about the Magna Carta and some decisions needing to be made concerning Lord Esher.
19. 6 May 1945 Letter from Miss Talbot to Lord Greene, partly written in ink and the rest in pencil, about the Magna Carta.
20. A page of calendar dated January 1950 and showing a photograph of Lacock Village. Inside the folded page: a Christmas paper napkin, a letter to Lord Methuen dated 26 Apr 1938 from the department of entomology at the British Museum, a song sheet entitled "London at Sea", a leaflet marked Mrs Burnett Brown and Miss Talbot about the Bristol Diocesan Gazette, and a piece of paper with notes on part of a building.
21. 6 May 1945 Letter from Matilda Talbot to Lord Greene, telling him about the Abbey, village and Manor Farm having become the property of the National Trust as well as the future opening up of the house to the public. |