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Document number: 7263
Date: 16 May 1856
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: AWDRY West
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 11th February 2013

Chippenham <1>
16 May 1856

Dear Sir,

I have paid £ 600 Ì to your Acct at the Melksham <2> Bank – I will look out the Agreement made between yourself & Captn Rooke <3> in 1840 – and also the pact of the Right of Water which was executed in 1835 for 50 Years – at a Rent of £ 3 Ì 3 Ì 0 pr Ann [illegible] and let you know how the proposed Sale of Lackham may affect you.

I am dear Sir Yours obliged
West Awdry


Notes:

1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.

2. Melksham, Wiltshire: market town near Lacock, 2 miles S.

3. Captain Frederick William Rooke (1782–1855), of Lackham, Wilts.

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