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2664 - Talbot family of Lacock

1 - Estate

2 - Household

3 - Family

1 - Talbot family

2 - Davenport family

3 - Feilding family

4 - Other

1 - Pedigrees

2 - Correspondence

1 - Letter to unknown [her uncle] from Eliner Bromley about a deed of entail made by George Bromley, and other legal matters.

2 - Papers concerning the East India Company of Messrs Raisin and Chardin, in French.

3 - Letters, in French, relating to the Chardin family. Henry Davenport's first wife was Marie Lucie Chardin.

4 - Letters and other items concerning rents in London and other matters.

5 - Letters to and from members of the Ivory and Talbot families and others.

6 - Various papers relating to the Davenport family and Prideaux Sutton.

7 - Two letters of recommendation of Dr William Hallifax for the post of Minister at Aleppo. Licence for same (parchment document in Latin).

8 - Papers relating to Captain Haselwood.

9 - Letters and accounts to Robert Raworth and the owners of the ship Essex concerning the sale of opium by Walter Keir.

10 - Accounts and other papers belonging to Robert Heriot deceased.

11 - Various advertisements and letters for members of the Davenport family.

12 - Letter from William Stevenson and John Maubert to Samuel Feake regarding the property of Henry Davenport in the East India Company, and a query about whether they still had "tubs of china". Also concerning accounts.

13 - Letters, accounts and a will concerning Robert Heriot of the East India Company.

14 - Letters and some accounts between Henry Davenport and others, mostly James Harvey, relating to the death of Thomas Ivory and related financial affairs.

15 - Letters from Lord North, Prime Minister, and others, chiefly relating to the Payne family.

16 - Photocopies of letters to and from Lady Caroline Lamb and others.

17 - Letters to and from Lord Lansdown about the promotion of John Jones in India, finally receiving a post of acting ensign under Sir Archibald Campbell. Includes an extract of a Fort St George military letter.

18 - Letters to various individuals.

19 - Letters to Amelina Petit de Billier from members of the Feilding family, a separate note, and an early will of Amelina.

20 - Miscellaneous letters.

21 - Letters to William Gilchrist Clark-Maxwell.

22 - Documents relating to the Clark-Maxwell family.

23 - Various correspondence between the National Trust and Alexander Burnett-Brown about visitors to Lacock Abbey and other matters.

24 - Letters and notes concerning the anniversary commemoration of John Ivory Talbot's commemoration of the newly built Great Hall in 1755.

25 - Letters to Alexander Burnett-Brown.

26 - Letters to Alexander Burnett-Brown about Lacock estate matters.

27 - Letter from P S Stokes to Katherine Burnett-Brown thanking her for her hospitality, and enclosing two copies of "Notes and Queries": 1 Dec 1945 on the armorial glass at Lacock; 9 Feb 1946 on the shields of Bonham and Croke; the shields of Sharington and Seymour.

28 - Correspondence between Anthony Burnett-Brown and others concerning the 750th anniversary celebrations at Lacock Abbey.

29 - Documents relating to the exhibition by the National Gallery of Art in Washington called "Treasure houses of Britain". Anthony Burnett-Brown loaned a chair to the exhibition.

30 - Correspondence between Anthony Burnett-Brown, the National Trust, County Archivist and others about family and monastic history, paintings, exhibitions and historical notes.

32 - Correspondence between Anthony Burnett-Brown and others on history of Lacock and related families, with articles and a report on conservation at Lacock Abbey.

33 - Correspondence between Anthony Burnett-Brown and Timberlaine Properties about a sculpture of William Henry Fox Talbot at Greenways Business Park, Chippenham. Includes details of the sculptor, Greta Berlin, and arrangements for the unveiling ceremony.

34 - "Short Talks" contract signed by Anthony Burnett-Brown and a letter from the BBC to Anthony Burnett-Brown asking him to sign the contract. The contract concerned an interview for "The Building Blocks of Science", discussing William Henry Fox Talbot.

35 - Letter from Graham Heard of the National Trust to Anthony Burnett-Brown concerning the links between the Fox Talbot Museum and the "Ikons Centre" project, with a draft agreement and some information about the project and the ways in which the Fox Talbot Museum is contributing.

3 - Diaries and journals

4 - Accounts

5 - Legal

6 - Politics and public office

7 - Patronage and societies

8 - Research notes

9 - Photographs, prints, sketch books and music books

10 - Recipe books

11 - Newspaper and magazine cuttings

12 - Miscellaneous

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