| Description | 1. 21 May 1955 Newspaper cutting about the commemoration event at Lacock.
2. May 1955 Letters from various attendees to Matilda Talbot thanking her for the party.
3. 11 May 1955 Letter from Henry Hanham to Matilda Talbot to say his brother, who had been invited by Matilda, had died on 30 Apr.
4. Letters from various invitees to Matilda Talbot accepting invitations.
5. Name cards for the event.
6. Lists of probable guests at the 1755 event to commemorate the hall.
7. 31 Oct-24 Nov 1954 Letters from Peter Summers of the Kingswood School providing cards with names of suggested guests following his research.
8. Notes on the commemoration, with a written account of the ceremony, a list of the guests invited and who they represented, and who accepted and refused invitations, as well as a seating plan.
9. Invitations to people returned to sender.
10. Rough seating plan.
11. Address cards noting the guests at the original commemoration, their descendents and, for most, notes on whether or not they replied to accept the invitation.
12. 6 Feb 1958 Letter from Mount Edgcumbe to Matilda Talbot about family history, including a newspaper cutting from the Times of 1858 of the selection of George Selwyn as the first Bishop of New Zealand.
13. Extract from H Ellis "Original Letters" about women speaking in a vulgar French tongue.
14. "Communion with God", a printed medieval piety.
15. Pedigree of the Bruce family from the 3rd Earl of Cardigan.
16. List of food items bought by Matilda Talbot.
17. Notes on inscriptions written in Lacock Abbey.
18. Note on Sir Gilbert Talbot, his dates and office.
19. Pedigree from Ezekiel Dickinson of Bowden through four generations.
20. 2 Nov 1954 Letter from Robert Cooper to Anthony Burnett-Brown confirming he is not one of the descendants of the Cooper family of Trowbridge.
21. 19 Nov 1954 Letter from Audley to P G Summers of Kingswood School about the possibility of his family's coat of arms being one of the ones at Lacock.
22. Sample invitation.
23. 1 Nov 1954 Letter from Francis Walker to unknown, possibly P G Summers, confirming he is a direct descendant of Sanderson Miller.
24. Family trees written to work out representatives.
25. Menu for the commemoration.
26. Letters from various invitees to Matilda Talbot declining invitations. |