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1. 10 Nov 1893 and 24 Jan 1894 Letters to Charles Henry Talbot from Malcolm Low: one about Olive Sharington: her will, her mention in John Talbot of Salwarpe's will, and the Stapleton family among other things. Second letter is about William Henry Fox Talbot and includes an extract from the Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol XXIII on William Henry Fox Talbot, and extracts from magazines for William Davenport Talbot's obituary, and the marriage of Captain Talbot to Lady Elisabeth Fox-Strangways.
2. Bundle of notes by Charles Henry Talbot on history of house, estate and ancestors as well as some more recent rents: includes extract from the Bath Journal on the sale of Old Bowden House; draft note to the secretary of the Charity Commission about the Local Government Act; notes that John Talbot junior did not know the age of his father in 1776; notes on windows at Lacock built by Sharington; notes on Thomas Gainsborough and portraits of Martha Davenport and John Talbot; various notes on paintings; notes on the lady chapel in Lacock church; Henry Sharington and Anne Paget's marriage; notes on Martha Talbot and William Davenport's marriage and the death of Sir John Talbot; notes on various miniatures; age of Lady Grace Mildmay; marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Sharington Talbot, at Worfield in 1665; family tree from Sir George Bromley to Henry Davenport the elder; notes on an old survey mentioning Lacock; Victor Sederbach and Batty Langley; notes on the porch house roof; Alderman Robert Paget; first court of William Henry Fox Talbot as an infant; notes on a John Moore; plan of the possible construction of the tower vaulting; John Ivory Talbot's account book; card to CHT from "AS" on John Sharington; notes on the Strogg family; notes on the roof of the south aisle at Lacock Church; notes on work done in the chancel; manor of Trowbridge; notes on William Talbot; notes on mention of manors in the Domesday Book; deeds; baptisms; extract of a document concerning the appointment of Charles Henry Talbot as a trustee for John Gilchrist Clark and Matilda his wife; Sharington Talbot's death in a duel.
3. Notes, not all by Charles Henry Talbot, referring to pictures at Lacock Abbey 1902.
4. Notes on rents received at Lacock in 1873.
5. Notes on R Jones who was in service from 1903.
6. Bundle of notes by Charles Henry Talbot on estate rents and measurements. Includes notes on maps; list of rents that CHT could take himself; poor rate assessment and collection act (copy of notice to overseers); measurement of yard at the old tanyard and others; notes on the acreage of Fry's farm; James Fry's rents; John Edwards' rents; Stow Ground; various notes on rents; notes on an advert for the Wiltshire Times, on trespassers in Inwood; rents that CHT should not take himself.
7. Two pamphlets on the proposed memorial to William Henry Fox Talbot in Lacock church.
8. Notes on the institution of Robert Stapleton in 1616.
9. Lists, possibly by Matilda Gilchrist-Clark, including ornaments belonging to the author's mother, things given to the author when young, Mrs Gilchrist's ornaments, marriage presents, and a list of plated articles.
10. Notes by Charles Henry Talbot on rents to Michaelmas 1874.
11. Pages from the "Annals and antiquities of Lacock Abbey" concerning Ela's resignation and death, lists of abbesses and the survey of 1535, with note to Mr Talbot from Mr Nichols on the first page 6 Feb 1835.
12. 26 Feb 1906 Letter to Charles Henry Talbot from Harold Brakspear enclosing a tracing of the foundations found to the west of Lacock Abbey kitchen.
13. 1892-1912 Letters from Charles Henry Talbot to William Gilchrist Clark-Maxwell, mostly about the cloister alterations.
14. Catalogue of early British pictures sold by Christies, 22 March 1918. Includes pictures from Lacock Abbey, property of Miss Talbot: a portrait of Martha Davenport by Gainsborough, portrait of Henry VIII by Hornebolt, and the Bath of Bathsheba by N Knupfer.
Pamphlets reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine written by William Gilchrist Clark and Charles Henry Talbot:
15. Pamphlet on unpublished documents relating to the arrest of Sir William Sharington in January 1549 (William Gilchrist Clark).
16. Pamphlet on the customs of four manors of the Abbey of Lacock, written in 1902 (William Gilchrist-Clark).
17. Pamphlet on the fall of the Wiltshire monasteries, written in 1896 (William Gilchrist Clark, 2 copies).
18. Pamphlet on the existing structure of Lacock Abbey, 1869 (Charles Henry Talbot, annotated, not from WANHS).
19. Pamphlet on the gravestone of Albert de Chaz, written in 1895 (Charles Henry Talbot, 2 copies).
20. Pamphlet on Lacock Church, written in 1896 (Charles Henry Talbot).
21. Pamphlet on recent discoveries at Lacock Abbey, written in 1896 (Charles Henry Talbot, 2 copies).
22. Agreement between the Abbess Johanna de Montefort and the convent of Lacock, and Sir John Bluet, Lord of Lackham, concerning the erection of a chapel of our lady adjoining the abbey church of Lacock, 1315, translated by Charles Henry Talbot in 1876 (2 copies).
23. Correspondence between Charles Henry Talbot and Arthur Schomberg and Richmond Herald, relating to arms and pedigrees of the Walsingham and Sharington families, 1891-1893.
24. List of abbesses at Lacock, 1240-1539.
25. 16 Oct 1872 Report from James Coleman, heraldic and genealogical bookseller, on a Talbot deed.
26. Notebook belonging to Charles Henry Talbot on court books and court rolls, surveys, architecture, William Sharington and deeds, written in 1886.
27. Note by Charles Henry Talbot on the design of the Great Hall at Lacock, and the possibility of the designer being Sanderson Miller. Also extracts by Charles Henry Talbot from Sanderson Miller's letters, sent to CHT from Reverend George Miller, vicar of Radway, on the Great Hall, letter dated 29 June 1898. 28. Extract April 1754.
29. Piece of wallpaper for the Cloister dining room, with note explaining it.
30. Corrections by Charles Henry Talbot of Harold Brakspear's article on Bewley Court.
31. 1764 Two extracts: one from a schedule of properties belonging to the Abbey estate, and one on names of fields and other information taken from the schedule of properties.
32. Three pieces of paper with lists of leases in 17th and 18th centuries by Charles Henry Talbot.
33. Notes on dates of early history of Lacock, not by Charles Henry Talbot.
34. 1874 page from a catalogue of John Waller, bookseller, relating to the charter of 1322 for Lacock Abbey to build a small chapel.
35. 1891 Extracted paper on monumental inscriptions of Lacock Church by Arthur Schomberg.
36. Copy of the gravestone of Albert de Chaz, formerly at Farley Priory and now at Lacock Abbey.
37. Notes on Lacock Abbey by Charles Henry Talbot, read 27 Sep 1890.
38. Paper on Lacock Abbey by Harold Brakspear, communicated to the Society of Antiquaries 1900. |