| Description | 1. 8 May 1881 from C Stuart-Menteth apologising for a delay in visiting Lacock.
2. 3 Jun 1881 from H Wansborough apologising for a delay in responding and also for a misunderstanding in previous correspondence which he hoped would not prevent Charles from standing as a trustee of the late Mr Fussell's charity.
3. 12 Sep 1881 from Mr Kennedy regarding Matilda Talbot's whereabouts, whether any will had been found and if pecuniary matters were settled.
4. 28 Aug 1886 from Canon Jackson concerning architectural matters and Chapman's work at Longleat and Lacock where for some reason his work was paid for by Sir John Thynne's steward. Sir John Thynne was the owner of Longleat.
5. 29 Aug 1887 from West Awdry confirming that he and Mr Stock were to visit to a cottage in Lacock to see what repairs were needed.
6. 30 Aug 1887 from the Ernestine Edgcumbe asking if some friends of his could visit Lacock Abbey.
7. 31 Aug 1887 from West Awdry regarding Mr Stock's interest in a cottage.
8. 1887 Appeal on behalf of the widow and children of the late Wiltshire author Richard Jefferies from C C Osborne, honourary secretary of the appeal, and an extract from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal regarding the appeal together with his obituary
9. 1889 Pamphlet "The Great Social Question: A Discussion on the Propriety or Impropriety of the Doctrine of Artificial Prevention of Childbirth Being a reply to the Hon. & Reverend A T Lyttelton's paper on NEO-MALTHUSIANISM by the Reverend A E Whatham".
10. 18 May 1889 from Mr Middleton Ashmay, Honorary Secretary of the Bath Photographic Society, agreeing to accept a portrait of Charles.
11. Mar 7 1890 Envelope containing miscellaneous notes.
12. 24 Sep 1890 from William Gilchrist Clark confirming his arrival on 29 September and that on the way he was to stay at Bromfield Vicarage with one of his greatest friends at Cambridge, Selwyn recently returned from 18 months as the Private Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon Sir Arthur Gordon.
13. 27 Sep 1890 from William Gilchrist Clarke confirming the date and time of his arrival at Corsham by train, the restoration of the church at Bromfield in Shropshire and that he had visited the fortified house at Stokesay.
14. 12 Jan 1891 from William Gilchrist Clark outlining details of Sir William Sharington's three marriages from a notice accompanying his portrait. Anthony Maskelyne is shortly to produce the first batch of abstracts and that he will send Charles specimens of the abstracts for comment and possibly be able to produce illustrative evidence from the loose deeds at Lacock.
15. 4 Nov 1895 from Mrs A Talbot asking for permission to visit Lacock Abbey.
16. 17 Nov 1893 from Malcolm Low enclosing two photographs of prints from an original portrait in the possession of Reverend Francis St John Thackeray, of his great grandfather William Davenport (one of which is still in the envelope) and one of his great grandmother, Mary Davenport (not in the envelope) and asking questions about family history.
17. 30 Dec 1895 from William Gilchrist Clark on whether to accept an invitation to write a chapter on the monastic history of Wiltshire for a forthcoming book.
18. 22 Jul 1898 from E Louisa P Strode enclosing rough sketches still in the envelope of Leuchars Church.
19. 19 Dec 1899 from H Snowden Ward thanking Charles for his sympathetic letter but Mrs Ward was still unable to travel; agreeing that the plates in possession of Brooker should be given to the South Kensington Museum.
20. 4 Feb 1900 from H Snowden Ward regarding the Henry Fox Talbot memorial fund and using the centenary of his birth to publicise the fund.
21. 9 Feb 1900 from H Snowden Ward thanking Charles for his kindness on a recent visit to Lacock and enclosing cuttings from the Westminster Gazette and the Times regarding the centenary of the birth of William Henry Fox Talbot and his memorial fund.
22. 7 Nov 1905 from George E Brown, editor of the British Journal of Photography, thanking Charles for his letter and noting his wish to see anything calling for a reply.
23. 18 Jul 1907 Cutting from the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette of a letter from Charles Henry Talbot regarding the Lacock Medical Officership.
24. 11 Dec 1907 from Herbert Mildmay thanking Charles for information supplied regarding the chimneys at Apethorpe Hall and discussing whether they had been copied from those at Lacock Abbey and also whether William Haliday was ever Lord Mayor.
25. Envelope marked and containing "Memoranda-Oct 1908".
26. Envelope marked and containing "Mems. Dec. 1908". Newspaper cutting about the Corsham Parish Council meeting.
27. Empty envelope marked received 11 Mar 1912 from Mrs Stanton.
28. 19 Mar 1916 from Frederic Harrison asking to visit Lacock Abbey.
29. 21 Mar 1916 from Frederic Harrison confirming the arrival of himself and Lord Roseberry at Lacock Abbey at 2.30pm on Saturday 25 March and that he would bring with him a copy of "Sutton Place" which contains striking examples of Tudor Gothic under the influence of the Italian Renaissance.
30. 27 Mar 1916 from Frederic Harrison thanking Charles for his hospitality on his visit to Lacock Abbey and that there was no hurry in returning his copy of "Sutton Place" as he would call to collect it when he was next in the neighbourhood.
31. 12 Jun 1916 from Frederic Harrison asking for Charles to send him by parcel post the copy of "Sutton Place Memorials" that he had left at Lacock Abbey for perusal as due both his and his wife's illnesses they were unable to visit Lacock to collect it. |