Chippenham ^<1>
1^st Sept^r 1835

Dear Sir,

As I understand from my Son ^<2>, that a Deputation must be regist’red by the Clerk of the Peace, in order to make it available against Poachers &c – I send it herewith for your signature – & if you will be good enough to return it by the Bearer – it shall be forwarded to M^r Swayne ^<3> –

One Witness will be sufficient –

on the other side I send you a Copy of the Agreement w^ch Tho^s Hayward ^<4> signed, with me yesterday, for renting the Deputation – I thought best, that the Father should be the Person responsible to you on this occasion–

I am Dear Sir Y^r Obliged Sev^t
W. H. Awdry

P. S.
I send M^r Provis’ ^<5> Parcel, by Bearer –

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(Copy)

W^m Henry Awdry ^<6> (as Agent for W^m Henry Fox Talbot Esq) agrees to let, and Tho^s Hayward of Wick Farm ^<7> agrees to take for his Son James Hayward, the Deputation or right of shooting and fishing over the Manor of Lacock in the County of Wilts – for One Year from this time – and the said Tho^s Hayward agrees to pay the said W^m H. Fox Talbot for the same, the Sum of Twenty Pounds –

Dated the 31^st day of August 1835

signed

W. H. Awdry Thos Hayward

W. H. F. Talbot Esq

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Notes:

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

2. West Awdry (1807–1892), solicitor, Chippenham.

3. John Swayne, Clerk of the Peace for Wiltshire.

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

5. John Provis, geologist, Chippenham.

6. William Henry Awdry (1778–1847), solicitor, Chippenham.

7. Wick Farm, Lacock, Wiltshire.