Chippenham ^<1>
14 March 1842

Dear Sir,

I enclose a Certificate which you should send to M^r Spencer ^<2> the Registrar as soon as your son ^<3> has been Xtned. in order that he may add the name in his Register –

I think I have arranged with Haywards Brother to take Wick Farm ^<4> at M^r Munday’s Valuation, as being allowed £50 from the first Years Rent – I shall be able to say positively in a day or two –

I remain dear Sir Your obliged Serv^t
West Awdry

The Head Master of Harrow School and M^rs Wordsworth ^<5> request the Honor of M^r H. Fox Talbot’s Company at the Harrow Speeches, on the first and on the last Wednesday In June and July. at one o’clock. Harrow May 4 1842

H.F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey

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Notes:

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

2. A registrar at Harrow School.

3. Charles Henry Talbot (1842–1916), antiquary & WHFT’s only son.

4. The brother of Thomas Hayward (b. 1783), tenant farmer, Wick Farm, Lacock.

5. Christopher Wordsworth [the younger] (1807–1885), Headmaster of Harrow & Bishop of London, and Susanna Hatley Wordsworth, née Frere.