Chippenham <1>
May 7th
Dear Sir,
I can pay over £750– to your account if you will be good enough to direct me how to remit it. I was very glad to see Lord Valletort <2> return to Plymouth but I have not seen the result of Mr Mundy’s <3> contest. –
I remain Yours Obliged
West Awdry
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. William Henry Edgcumbe, ‘Val’, 4th Earl Mt Edgcumbe (1832–1917), JP & Ld Steward of the Royal Household; WHFT’s nephew ‘Bimbo’.
3. William Mundy (1801-1877), politician, WHFT’s brother-in-law.