My dear Sir
Your letter, <1> dated 25th, which came by the post this morning, has surprized & hurt me; for tho’ when I saw Mr Simpson <2> on Sunday morning he did not expressly state that the £500 a year Jointure had been finally accepted he did however intimate that he entertained no doubt at all but that it wod be deemed satisfactorily <sic> & if I had thought otherwise I surely wod not have left Derby till the point had been finally arranged. I left it however with the firm conviction that the £500 must & wod have been accepted & be considered liberal. Perhaps after all it is best as it is, for if I had assented to the 600£ a year it might have been considered that I was driving a bargain, tho’ nothing cod be farther from my Intention, & by your conceding it, it becomes an act of kindness & grace on your part. It is not for me to make any further remark on the subject, tho’ I shod certainly have been rather satisfied had the Jointure remained 500£ a yr.
In all other respects the Settlement on your part was approved, but Mr Simpson has not yet sent me the particulars of the intended Security for the young Ladys fortune – however the Trusts & purposes of that Settlement were definitively settled & approved of by him on the behalf of her Family
I send you a copy of the Particulars of the Lands that Mr Awdry suggests as the Substitute for Nash Hill <3> & Woods, to which I see no objection – but be pleased to say wher you approve of them.
I am Dr Sir
Yours faithfully
W R King
Serjeants Inn Fleet St
30 Novr 1832
<enclosure>
| Rent | |||||
| Pinnells Mill, House & Close of Land (Pasture) – Richard Perkins <4> Tenant | 47– | 0– | 0– | ||
| Two closes of Pasture Land near the | 34 – | 15 – | 0– | ||
| Two Ditto Ditto – near Wick Lane called Ashleys, abt 5 acres – Same tenant | 15 – | 0– | 0– | ||
| One Arable field called Cockley near Wick Lane about 5 acres, Richard Knott <6> Tenant | 12 – | 10 – | 0– | ||
| One Pasture field called Folly Ground near Wick Land abt 5 acres, John Banks, Tent | 20 – | 0– | 0– | ||
| One Arable field near Wick Lane – about 3 acres – | } | 24 – | 5 – | 0– | |
| One Ditto Ditto 4 ½ Acres – | |||||
| One Pasture Ditto – 1– Acre – | |||||
| One Arable field abt 3½ Acres – | |||||
| One Pasture Ditto – 2 Acres near the Corsham Road – | |||||
| John Harding tenant, held with the Red Lion Inn | |||||
| £153 – | 10 – | 0– | |||
W. H. Fox Talbot Esqr
Markeaton
Derby
31 Sackville St
London
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts
Notes:
1. Letter not located.
2. Mr Simpson, Francis Mundy’s solicitor.
3. Nash Hill, also Naish Hill, a hill and farm 1 mi NE of Lacock, Wiltshire.
4. Richard Perkins is also listed as a tenant in 1826.
5. George Baily is also listed as a tenant in 1826.
6. Richard knott is also listed as a tenant in 1826.