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1. Detailed notes on Lacock church by Charles Henry Talbot, including mention of the memorial to William Henry Fox Talbot and alterations to the memorial of Sir John Talbot. Also includes an attached photograph of the Lady Chapel and the Sharington monument. Undated.
2. 20 Aug 1894 Letter from Malcolm Low to Charles Henry Talbot enclosing copies of the admon of Captain William Ivory, will of Anne Ivory and admon of Sir John Ivory. Letter describes Ivory family links mentioned in Anne Ivory's will.
3. Caption for a coat of arms of Parr.
4. Notes on the architectural history of Lacock Abbey by Charles Henry Talbot (rough copy of the paper in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1905).
5. 1891-1910 Letters between Charles Henry Talbot and William Gilchrist Clark, mostly from Charles Henry Talbot talking of history and findings.
6. Notes on water power from the stream.
7. 20 Nov 1877 Letter from Walter Jones to Charles Henry Talbot acknowledging receipt of the book "English Etymologies" as a souvenir of Charles Henry Talbot's father.
8. Various pages of notes including notes on William Godwyn; on ornamental angels; the chancel roof of the church; canon Jackson's notes; the cemetery; on the Land Tax Reform Commission; church charities.
9. 1896 Note to the Wiltshire Notes and Queries on the heraldry of the Hungerfords.
10. 1895 Draft letter to the editor of the North Wiltshire Guardian about allotments.
11. Copy of the narrative entries in the handwriting of Mrs John Shakespeare in her memorandum book, now in the possession of her grandson, Reverend Francis Thackeray, 1893. Mentions various family events.
12. 6 Aug 1946 Letter from Owen Morshead, librarian at Windsor Castle, to Matilda Talbot about the portrait of Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox and its comparison with a picture at Lacock.
13. Notes on the evidence for the endowed chapel at Lackham, and extracts from documents relating to it from 1308-1410 and undated.
14. Part of Charles Henry Talbot's diary of 1911.
15. Calculation of watts per unit (incomplete).
16. Agenda paper for the Wilts Hillary quarter sessions, 1909.
17. Various notes on licences and publications.
18. 19 Aug 1878 Letter from J E Jackson enclosing a letter from Sharington (not found), with notes by Charles Henry Talbot on Sir Ralph Sadler and his descendants.
19. Note on Robert of Gloucester being rector of Lacock when Stephen Langton was archbishop of Canterbury, with three other notes on the arms of Sir Francis Lawley and other items.
20. Photograph of a fragment of cross, found at Lacock Abbey.
21. "Friendship today" by Alice B Masters. |