Chippenham <1>
22 June 1836
Dear Sir/
I have this morning received a Letter from Mr Finch's<2> Solr requesting to be furnished with the particulars of Mr Attwoods Valuation of the Living of Fisherton <3>- will you have the goodness to send me by the Bearer this Valuation? Of course you would only give the particulars of the Property &c with its estimated annual value -
I am Dear Sir Yours faithfully
West Awdry.
H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. Possibly Charles Finch, who ran a lunatic asylum in a large house at Fisherton Anger; the Finches were an old established family in the area.
3. Fisherton Anger, Salisbury, Wiltshire. WHFT had inherited the advowson (the right to present a new Rector to St Clement's Church) from his father, Davenport Talbot, and held it until 1849. The new Rector would enjoy the income and assets of the living, including the Rector's house. St Clement's was demolished in 1852 and parts of it were incorporated into the new St Paul's Church. See also Doc. No: 03322.