Chippenham <1>
Septr 2 3rd 1831
Sir,
I am requested to inform you that a party of your Friends will dine at the “White Lion Inn”, Chippm, on Thursday next, at 4 3 o’Clock, to celebrate the Coronation of their Majesties, Willm the 4th and his Queen Consort, <2> to which the honor of your Company would be highly esteemed. –
An Answer, by return of Post, will oblige
Your Monst Obdt And humle Servt
W Wicks
C. [sic] F. Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
C. F. Talbot Esqre
Lacock Abbey
31 Sackville Street
Piccadilly London
Notes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.
2. William IV (1765–1837), King of England 1830–1837, and his wife Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849) acceded to the throne on 8 September 1830.