| Description | 1. 18 Mar 1901 Letter from C Ruddle, Durrington Rectory, Salisbury about a will of John Huddersfilden, Receiver of Amesbury. It probably gives a clue to the DKD below the credence in Amesbury Church. The will was made in 1528 and not found until 1545 and mentions Lady Amesbury and Lady Kyngston and Richard Mathews. The will talks about a ring to the Lady Amesbury and a gold ring to Lady Kyngston; it appears that these three were the executors. Makes further statements about the will and its contents.
2. 23 Mar 1901 Letter from C Ruddle about the history of "My Lady of Amesbury" - he talks about the history and a will and what various words and names mean.
3. 1 Mar 1901 Letter from the F T Hibgame to the rector at Lacock, saying that in the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club 1890-1 there is an interesting account of Lacock Abbey giving the connection of that church with the Sharington family. In Norfolk near the town of Holt is a small village named Sharington founded by John de Sharington some time in the 14th century. Asks whether this John is also the founder of the family and whether it is in reality a Norfolk family. Says that he thinks there is brass to a priest of the name in Sharington Church. He is looking for some kind of information to confirm his opinion.
4. 11 Apr 1901 Letter from F T Hibgame, thanking him for his reply to the letter requesting information about the Sharington family. The brass in Sharington Church evidently commemorates a certain priest of the place and he believes there are no monuments to any members of the family there. Since both aisles of the church were pulled down in the early part of the last century and the monuments destroyed, some to the Sharington family may have been amongst them. He has just read the interesting "Notes on Lacock Abbey".
5. Feb-Mar 1880 Notes by Charles Henry Talbot including of the sending of some sample Talbot types sent to William Henry Fox Talbot; notes on the relation between William Sharington and Sir John Thynne; possibility of a chimney being made at Lacock or at a local quarry; note of the vicar of Seagry visiting and talking about architectural remains of a religious house and the connection with Bradenstoke; notes on William Henry Fox Talbot's varied interests including literature, photography and the railway negotiations; talks of the transactions with the Marquis de Bafans in 1844; Fox Talbot's patents.
6. 3 Mar 1901 Letter from A Schomberg, Seend, about a letter written by Charles; asks if anything is known about the manor of Seend and if Olive or Grace Sharington inherited it; discussion of an inscription of Queen Eleanor.
7. 15 Mar 1901 Letter from Basil Edwards at the Rectory, Ashleworth, Gloucester, to say that an old pupil has offered money towards the restoration of Ashleworth and would Charles be prepared to give further aid.
8. 26 Mar 1901 Letter from Harold Brakspear with an estimate for proposed work at Lacock Abbey.
9. 7 Mar 1901 Copy letter to Mallett's of Bath from Charles Henry Talbot about some work done at Lacock, some of which he is not satisfied about: a stain was applied to the tallboy without his consultation, and the same with the round table which has been coloured too much; also the fretwork of the clock has been lost as they thought it was cardboard so of no importance, but the substituted ornament was no compensation for the loss of the original clock.
10. 10 Mar 1901 Copy letter to Mallett's from Charles Henry Talbot about a clock taken to them for restoration and repair that had then been ruined by them taking away the fretwork. He was not happy with the replacement provided; the clock was rare and valuable and had now been completely altered.
11. 8 Mar 1901 Letter from Mallett's about part of the old clock taken to them for repair. The thin wood pierced fretwork had been removed and replaced with cardboard: clocks of that age would not have had wooden fretwork but Mallett's offer to do the work for free. |