CH/20/44/3

CH/20/44/3

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Items 12 to 78

1802-1867

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Items 12 to 78: the second "sub-bundle". 12. July-August 1802. Three copy letters on a single sheet of paper which has been labelled "Copy to Mr Strong re Clarendon". The first is dated 25 July 1802 from Shrivenham; there is no signature and the addressee is identified only as "Sir". It refers to "the Dean & Chapter", "Mr Boucher our Chapter Clerk" and "my absence from Salisbury". The letter refers to "the Grant of the Clarendon Park Estate to Col Bathurst's Ancestors" and relates to the entitlement to the tithes on the estate. ("The Grant to which you allude from the Crown was made to its great favourite the Duke of Albemarle"). The second letter is headed "Mr Strong's Answer" and is dated 7 August from Tytherley; William Strong says he will visit Colonel Bathurst at Clarendon Park - "I shall have an opportunity then of showing him your letter as well as mine to you". The third letter is dated 12 August from Tytherley Cottage: "I have seen Col Bathurst and laid before him the Grant and our Correspondence"; "as far as he can judge . . . the Title of the Dean & Chapter to the Tithes of Clarendon appear to be in the Church prior to Charles the 2nd as stated by you, & with which he is satisfied". 13. 23 March 1802, from Salisbury, signature possibly "B Colton" (Barfoot Colton, Canon Residentiary 1788-1803) annotated "Copy to Strong" in pencil. A letter about the calculation of the value of "the Tythe of the woods of Clarendon". 14. 17 June 1802, from Tyhtherley Cottage, signed William Strong, to "The Revd Mr Colton, Close, Sarum". A letter about entitlement to tithes on the Clarendon estate. "On my reading over the Grant of the Clarendon Estate since I came here" Strong seems to say that "All and Singular our Tythes" were also granted originally to the Duke of Albemarle. "How to reconcile this with the right Claimed & Exercised by the Dean & Chapter I am really at a Loss". 15. Undated note relating to an application by a Mr Baker for renewal of a lease on 40 acres "valued by Mr Webb in 1805 at £70-17-8"; unclear signature. 16. Undated "Sketch of Answer to Mr Strong"; unsigned. Appears to be a draft of the first letter or copy letter in (12) above. 17. 12 August 1802, from Tytherley Cottage, signed "Wm Strong" and addressed to "The Revd Mr Colton, Close, Sarum". The signed version of the third copy letter in (12) above). 18. 7 August ("July" crossed through) 1802, from Tytherley Cottage, Sarum, signed "Wm Strong" and addressed to "The Revd B Colton, Shrivenham. The signed version of the second copy letter in (12) above). 19. 31 March 1802, from Great Ormond Street, signed "Wm Strong" and addressed to "The Rev B Colton, Close, Sarum". "I have received a Letter from Col Bathurst who directs me to say that the fine stated in your last letter for the Renewal of the Lease of the Clarendon Tythes he will be ready to pay . . . some where about the first of May". 20. Undated, probably about 1838 (see (26) below) postmarked Moreton in Marsh, signed Robert Abraham Ford, addressed to Archdeacon William Macdonald. "in July last I wrote to you, as Communar, to consult you on the propriety of repairing the Vicarage House at Stourpayne & enlarging the same and also to pull down the old tythe Barn and to build up in lieu a new stable & Coach house. To this proposal you kindly gave your cordial assent on behalf of the Chapter, & I immediately wrote to Mr Alford your Chapter Clerk to prepare the necssary papers". (J L Alford was Chapter Clerk, 1835-1858). The rest of the letter is a complaint about delays caused by the Chapter Clerk: " I am extremely sorry to be under the necessity of complaining of the conduct of any official. but Mr Alford's behaviour upon this occasion has been so extraordinary that I am painfully constrained to represent his conduct to you". 21. 18 March 1842, from George Edward Anson (1812-1849), Private Secretary to HRH Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace, to "The Very Reverend the Dean of Salisbury". "I have lost no time in laying before Prince Albert the Address from the Dean & Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury and I am commanded by His Royal Highness to return the warmest thanks for their congratulations upon the happy event of the birth of an Heir Apparent and the convalescence of Her Majesty the Queen". Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) was born 9 November 1841. (See also item 35 below). 22. 13 July 1848, from [W W ?] Tatum, The Close, to Archdeacon William Macdonald, Communar. A note of acknowledgment and thanks for "a ten pound Wilts and Dorset note" contributed towards the stipend of the Curate of St Martin's. 23. 18 September 1805. "Amount of the Abstract of the Survey and Valuation of the Rectory . . . of Saint Martin's in and adjoining the City of New Sarum". Endorsed "Valued by me, Francis Webb". 24. Undated. A schedule apparently calculating land tax. "Cannings" is mentioned but there is no other reference to or identification of any specific property. 25. 22 March 1843 from Edward Wilson, Whitchurch [Canonicorum?]. A note of acknowledgement and thanks for £20 "on a/c of Marshwood School". "I can only say, if you should be able to afford me £5 more, it would be very acceptable . . . But I know your resources are not infinite". 26. 13 July 1839 from Robert Abraham Ford, Little Rissington, Moreton in Marsh, to Archdeacon Willaim Macdonald. "a year ago I troubled you on the subject of my Vicarage of Stourpayne" (see (20) above). He says that after the Dean and Chapter "promptly acquiesced" to his proposals "to enlarge the Glebe premises" he "Immediately put the business in Mr Alford's hands" but "he never stirred a step", following which "I troubled you again". Then Ford "removed the business from his [Alford's] office", following which "After 4 months hard work, [Alford] now discovers that the peculiarity of Stourpayne is not altered by the late Acts, but that the Dean & Chapter are still the Ordinary" (presumably a reference to the various acts promoted by the Eccleiastical Commssioners in the 1830s). Ford continues, "The inclosed Commission requires your Chapter seal, & if you could oblige me by having it affixed . . . you will really be doing me an act of charity. The builder has every thing prepared & has wanted his money for some time". The letter ends with a request that "you will not put the Commission into Mr Alford's hands" for fear of "another year's delay". Oval seal in red wax, 21mm x 24mm, with heraldic motif. 27. 13 June 1863 from C King, Stratford-sub-Castle to Archdeacon William Macdonald, on notepaper embossed with a cartouche enclosing the initials "CK": "You were kind enough to say that you would make enquiries as the whether the Dean & Chapter intend to give their annual donation". "The illness in the parish, the effect mostly of damp, has been greater this year than I have ever known it to be since I have been here, so that your present would be very acceptable in the shape of coal". 28. 18 January 1853, receipt signed by C King for £9 from Archdeacon William Macdonald, being the gift of the Dean and Chapter "to the poor of Stratford Sub Castle for the year 1853". 29. 21 October 1852, receipt signed by C King, Stratford-sub-Castle, for a cheque for £5 "on account of Stratford School"; on notepaper embossed with a cartouche enclosing the initials "CK". 30. 8 January 1853. "Received of the Ven Archdeacon Macdonald on account of the Dean & Chapter, twelve pounds 10". Signed J Clements, no address. 31. 6 January 1853, from [W W ?] Tatum, The Close, to "The Revd The Communar". A note of acknowledgment and thanks for a cheque for £9-14-2 being a contribution by the Dean & Chapter to the stipend of the Curate of St Martin's Parish. 32. 8 February 1824, from Mr Boucher, Thornhill House, Shaston (or Shaftesbury) to Archdeacon William Macdonald. A letter about the sources and destiny of various sums of money. The writing is not clear but the following are mentioned: Canon Hume, the Communar, [Mr Herne ?], the Matron's College, Bowood, Melksham, Mr Awdry. "Mr Hayward put into my Hands a Memorandum which I think you gave him". "The new Canon will be aware of the amount of the payment on his Election - being £74-18-0 including the Vicars Ringers [illegible] & Officers of the Church. Hayward will divide it to save trouble, paying the Chapter portion . . . to save the Canon the Trouble of running the Gauntlet . . . My Fees & [Expenses?] are also included". Lastly: "It is not Mr Webb's advice that stops Mrs Salisbury's Renewal, I know". 33. 17 April 1837, from William Dalby,Vicar of Warminster, to J L Alford, Chapter Clerk. Part of an ongoing discussion between William Dalby and the Dean & Chapter about "the Augmentation of the Vicarage of Warminster" and the funding of the "Chapel of Ease, Christ-Church, in the parish of Warminster" now that it has become "a perpetual Curacy". The Chapel itself had received "Endowment money from Queen Anne's Bounty. But it has no residence for its Minister". Dalby proposes that both he and the Dean & Chapter make grants and investments to secure the necessary funding for both the vicarage and the chapel. Warminster postmark; oval impressed seal in red wax, 22 x 18 mm, with heraldic motif. 34. 19 March 1831, from Mr Boucher, Thornhill House, Shaston (or Shaftesbury) to Archdeacon William Macdonald. (Labelled, in another hand,"About the Recorder of the Close"). "I beg leave to say . . . that it appears by the words of the Charter for the Close that the Appointment of a Recorder is by the Bishop and Dean & Chapter conjunctively, & the usage has conformed to that, although not literally; the Dean & Chapter have always nominated the Recorder on any Vacancy, & certified such Nomination to the Bishop, & upon his Approval the Chapter have made the Appointment". "Mr [Ball?] . . . desired to resign the Office - but the late Dean prevailed on him to allow his name to remain and be joined with mine, it being requisite for one of the two to be a Barrister . . . It was by the particular Desire of the Dean & of the Chapter that I was named to enable me to act as occasion required as a Magistrate of the Close & I accepted the Honor but without the Stipend". Boucher goes on to explain the process that the Dean & Chapter should follow "when the Chapter have names a successor to Mr [Ball?], as I undertsand an Application has been made". The letter ends with some unconnected observations: "I shall be at Salisbury a few Days previous to the Potterne Court"; "I attended my Duty at the Dorchester Assizes . . . but have not been quite so well since"; "Imber is in the Gift of Lord Ilchester unless he sold the Patronage with the Estate of [Farmer Maton?]. Shaftesbury postmark; circular impressed seal in red wax, 23 mm diameter, with heraldic motif. 35. 18 March 1842, from [illegible] at Clarence House to "The Very Reverend the Dean of Salisbury". "Having had the honor of submitting to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent the Congratulatory Address from the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury , upon the joyful event of the Birth of the Prince of Wales, I am commanded by Her Royal Highness to convey . . . the expression of Her Royal Hignness's heartfelt thanks". The Duchess of Kent was Queen Victoria's mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861); Prince Albert Edward (Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII) was born 9 November 1841. (See also item 21 above). 36. 5 February 1840, unsigned letter addressed only "Dear Sir" from "Sarum". "I am very much obliged to you for writing to me confidentially about Winterbourne Dauntsey". The letter is about comparing "Mr Marsh's lease with older ones". What appear to be clauses from a lease or leases relating to Winterbourne Dauntsey are copied, in a different hand, on a separate sheet. 37. 8 January 1848, from Louisa Wise, "Ide near Exeter" to Archdeacon William Macdonald. "I enclose a bill on Messrs Coutts & Co for £19-10-0 payable ten days after sight being one years Ground Rent and Land Tax, due to the Dean & Chapter of Sarum Mich[aelmas] and Xmas last for the Estate of Peniston which I shall thank you to acknowledge receipt of." "Our tenant" has a request about gates and is asking for permission to take down two trees which are "inconveniently situated". 38. 3 March 1847. "Mr Bennett presents his compliments to Archdeacon Macdonald and begs to acknowledge the receipt of a cheque for £15, the Donation of the Dean & Chapter to the repairs of Maddington Church". 39. 26 January 1848. Receipt signed A T Corfe for £25 from Archdeacon William Macdonald. (Arthur Thomas Corfe was Organist, 1804-1863). 40. 30 December 1832, from Mr [Bouther?], Thornhill House, Shaston (or Shaftesbury) to Archdeacon William Macdonald. "I have heard nothing further here respecting the Renewal of the Lease of Clarendon. Mr [Dames?] of Abbey Milton has resolved to renew his Lease of the Tythes of [Helton?] & Application will be made . . . when Mr [Ley?] the Steward next comes to the Abbey". "The Chapter on Wednesday will, I presume, appoint the Time of Election of a porter . . . the Right of Appointment is in the Chapter, though the Dean has been in the Habit of recommending the Person, becasue I presume, the porter and his Vergers claim a Right to Board at the Deanery whenever the Dean is resident there. The Duties of the Office are no where specified that I have ever seen in any Chapter Book, but when the porter is admitted he takes the presented Oath . . . It will be requisite for him to have a Grant of the Office and Seal to entitle him to the House & perquisites." "The Qualification of a person for the Office are such only as the Chapter shall deem requisite for the discharge of the Duties of the Office of a Porter, & the Care of all the Gates of the Close". "I have at last received an answer from the Precentor promising to pay the percentage on the Renewal of his Lease of Westbury on his Return to London." Fragment of an impressed seal in red wax with heraldic motif. 41. 3 March 1867, from a bricklayer or builder of Winchester Street, to J L Alford, Chapter Clerk. "I beg you will excuse me troubling you but having since I commenced in business lost the work of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum and as there is a sum of money due to me as the Executor of my late mother . . . amounting to £25-18-8¹_/2 I will as briefly as possible lay the circumstances of the case before you . . . I do not wish (if possible) to cause the slightest unpleasantness to any person concerned in the matter, but at the same time I wish a settlement of the account with as little delay as possible". The letter explains the origins of the amount due, part of which dates from 1840. Fragment of an impressed seal in black wax. 42. February 1845. Printed request to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury from E A W Taylor of Bradford, Yorkshire, publisher of The Lyra Ecclesiastica, for a subscription payment of £2-2-0. 43. 9 April 1844, from J R Fisher, Salisbury, to Archdeacon William Macdonald. An estimate for repainting the College of Matrons; "I am inclined to believe the expense of painting the whole will range from 32 to 35 £". The College had last been painted in 1828. 44. 4 November [no year], from Stafford Brown, Derry Hill Parsonage, Calne; acknowledgment and thanks for "the cheque to Derry Hill on the part of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum for 10£". Also thanks for information about "the publication of banns"; "I much value the counsel and intercourse of my superiors in experience and authority". 45. 11 July 1842, from Francis Attwood; receipt for £36-14-6 "in discharge of our Bill for Business relating to the Renewal of the Lease of West Alvington Rectory". 46. 11 July 1842, from Francis Attwood, The Close, to Archdeacon William Macdonald; the covering letter for item 45 above. 47. 18 July 1810. Memorandum of a meeting attended by Charles Talbot (Dean), William Douglas (Canon Residentiary and Precentor) and Thomas Henry Hume (Canon Residentiary and Treasurer). "That the Monies paid by the Communar on account of the Chapter having by their tacit consent been deposited by him in the Bank of [Boroles?] Ogden and Wyndham which has recently stopped Payment, It was resolved that he shall be exonerated of all responsibility for any Sum so deposited and any actual loss occasioned by the above stated Bankruptcy. In future Monies to be deposited at Hoare's." The sum involved appears to be £549. 48. 8 January 1834, from from Mr Boucher, Thornhill House, Shaston (or Shaftesbury) to Archdeacon William Macdonald. A letter about tithes and leases in Melksham, Erlestoke and Potterne. "The Lease of Melksham Parsonage includes the Tythes of Earlstoke . . . which have for a long Period been granted by an under Lease to the proprietor of Earlstoke . . . The Application for a separate Lease is very reasonably made . . . but I beg leave to say that it is a Matter requiring much Consideration & the good judgement of the Chapter . . . At Potterne In have aften been applied to for Consent to divide some Copyholds & I have generally resisted . . . ". Lastly, "I have just heard of the Loss of poor Mr Canon Hume". Thomas Henry Hume, son of John Hume (Bishop of Salisbury, 1766-1782), Canon Residentiary and Treasurer (1806-1834) had died on 6 January 1834. Irregular circular seal applied in red wax, no identifiable legend or motif. 49. undated, from J R Fisher to Archdeacon William Macdonald. A note stating that "The Balance of the Account for 1849 is £755-16-2" with some other information about a sum of £23-10-0 and a request for an advance of £500. 50. 16 November 1840, from William Roopes Ilberts, Horswell House (postmarked "Kingsbridge") to Archdeacon William Macdonald. "Mr Cross has been in Cornwall since I had the pleasure of meeting you . . . it is not in my power to say what his intentions are . . . I do not think that the parties can be in a position to come to terms until the value of the Marydole tythes in Malborough is settled, for which purpose the Commissioner adjourned the Meething until . . . January". Ovall seal imprssed in black wax, 27 x 23 mm, heraldic motif. 51. 29 March 1845, from E A W Taylor of Bradford, Yorkshire, to Archdeacon Wiliam Macdonald. "I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Post Order for £2-2-0 for Lyra Ecclesiastica from the Dean & Chapter of Salisbury" (see item (42) above). Fragments of a seal impressed in red wax. 52. 26 Mar 1845, from the London Sacred Music Warehouse to Archdeacon William Macdonald. A receipt for a bank draft of £5-12-0; signed by Alfred Novello (1810-1896; founder of Novello & Company, music publishers). A "Penny Red" postage stamp affixed. 53. 17 Apr 1844, to Archdeacon William Macdonald. Apparently a contact note relating to the purchase of stocks or shares for £300. 54. 28 Jun 1833, from [David?] Attwood of The Close, Salisbury, to Archdeacon William Macdonald. Covering letter for a copy of "the abstract sheet of the Survey and Valuation of Melksham". Seal impressed in red wax. 55. 24 Nov 1847, from J L Alford to Archdeacon William Macdonald, about "the draft lease of [Peniston?]" and other business. Impressed seal in red wax; a "Penny Red" postage stamp affixed. 56. 4 Dec 1847, from J L Alford, about a bank draft for £330-7-4, being mainly for "the Renewal of [Peniston?]. 57. 20 Jul 1847, from J L Alford to Archdeacon William Macdonald, attaching an " Extract" which documents the payment to the Dean and Chapter of £750 "on account of the Fine payable to them by Sir J W Awdry" (Sir John Wither Awdrty, 1795-1878); If it will be equally convenient it would suit Sir J W Awdry rather better to delay the payment of the remaining £300 for a month or two longer". Broken seal imprssed in red wax. 58. 13 Oct 1847, from J L Alford. "I find by Inquiry at the Bank this morning that Sir J Awdry's Remittance of £321-11-10 was received some days since". Also refers to a payment of £111-0-0, the detail of which is too faded to be legible. 59. 29 Sep 1847. Letter headed "Melksham Renewal"; "We have this day directed the . . . Bank . . . to pay to the Account of the Dean & Chapter of Sarum . . . £321-11-10. Signed "Jn Awdry" and another, illegible. 60. 18 Dec 1839. Letter from J L Alford to W Foster, 8 Lloyd Saquare, Pentonville, London, requesting a reply to his letter of 5 Dec. "If the Settlement of the renewal be deferred much longer the Chapter will require interest". Seal with heraldic motif impressed in red wax. 61. 16 Feb 1808. Letter addressed to "Rev Mr Hume, Salisbury" from John Bryant at Abbotsbury about amounts due to the Dean and Chapter in respect of Abbotsbury Farm. 62. Undated document headed "Upton & Granby". Apparently about the Church's rights in relation to land and property in Dorset. Abbotsbury is mentioned. People mentioned include "Robertum Episcopum" (although no Bishop of Salisbury in the nineteenth century was named Robert); "Will Hikks"; "Rich Latemer"; "Johannis Hebbkynd"; "Roberti Ranlyn"; "Nicholai Lathemer"; "Johannis Harriss"; "Roberti Spender"; "Johannis Hawkyns"; "Ricardi Glanvile"; "Williielmi Grentham"; Edwardi Shirburn"; "Rob Parham": "[Walthiai?] Drake"; "Roberti Pouchmete"; "Rudolpho Belton". About three quarters of the text is a list of parcels of land and property; the sheep and ther animals of Abbotsbury are mentioned. 63-68. A series of six letters from Robert Shittler, originally Curate of Melcombe Horsey, to Archdeacon William Macdonald, 18 Feb - 14 Jun 1842, with copies of letters to and from J L Alford, Chapter Clerk, all relating to his appointment as Vicar of Alton Pancras. In the first letter, 18 February 1842, he says he has "been 26 years in this diocese, and 25 in this curacy, from which, in conseqence of the death of the Incumbent, I am about to be removed"; if granted the living of Alton Pancras, he would be "quite willing, and prepared, to build a parsonage there, there being none at present, and to make it my residence". The letter of 29 March expresses his thanks that "a presentation to the Vicarage of Alton Pancras was . . . .ordered in my favour". Letters of 14 and 22 June relate to the land on which the proposed parsonage might be built. (Robert Shittler DD is recorded as the first resident incumbent of Alton Pancras; he built the Glebe House and National School there). Five of the letters bear impressed wax seals and have "Penny Red" postage stamps affixed. 69. 13 Mar 1845, pre-printed note with manuscript additions from Thomas Chappell, 30 New Bond Street: "Dr Wesley's Cathedral Service is now published . . . and . . . on your favouring me with the amount of your Subscription . . . your copy will immediately be forwarded." 70. Letter addressed from Thornhill House, Stalbridge, signed H Boucher (Rev Henry Boucher); no addressee, but associated with the letter at (71) below, so probably to Archdeacon William Macdonald. Date unclear but possibly "Jan[uary] 7 [18]38". "In reply to your letter just received I have only to repeat the solemn assurance I gve you some years ago that any book, paper & parchment in the custody of my late Father not being his private property . . . were at that time transferred by me to the proper parties & with as little delay as could reasonably be expected after so extensive a search. I therefore know nothing of any documents relating to the Widows' College. Jan[uar]y 20. Since writing the above, I have explored the contents of many chests & a closet, to see if perchance any private memoranda of my Father's would throw light upon the subject of your inquiries, but entirely without success. In fact he scarcely ever committed any thing to writing except his accounts & occasionally the draft of a letter. P.S. Mr Hayward is the most likely person I can think of to afford you information about the College." 71. 23 May 1838. Letter from "Blandford" signed H Boucher (Rev Henry Boucher) to Archdeacon William Macdonald. "Some while ago you apprized Mr Brodie that the Church had still a claim against my late Father's estate, in respect to the Matron's College. At that time we were quite ready to pay the residuary amount at the legacy office, with the single exception of not having yet recieved from Mr Alford his bill against the deceased for charges in a lawsuit. Now I am most anxious to pay my residuary amount without further delay, & there is no obstacle in the way of me doing so besides this one, that we are still unprovided with the amount & particulars of the claim to which I have referred above. May I then beg as a favour that you will have the kindness to urge Mr Alford to make out that Bill at once. Every representation to him by me , through Mr Hayward, has been quite vain. My Father has now been dead nearly two years." Fragments of a seal impressed in red wax. 72. 12 May 1842. Letter with the salutation "My dear Mr Dean" and signed Arthur [Paine?], from Warminster. "You were kind enough to say that you would at Whitsuntide name the matter of our peculiar position here as to the Chapter property". "I would urge with the chapter, that the Parish is important and quite the agricultural capital of this part of the County". There are references to "Parsonage Farm" and to property held by Lord Bath, to "trustees" and "principals", "the Bath subscription" and "a considerable debt". "I would earnestly solicit any contribution the chapter can afford". 73. 20 Sep 1840. Letter to Archdeacon William Macdonald from Ralph [illegible] at Exeter. About the filling of "Vacancies" of some kind; reference to "the Election in usual order of Mrs Bartholomew". 74. 20 Jan 1843. Letter to Archdeacon William Macdonald from Francis Attwood, The Close, Sarum. About issues arising from "what passed between us this morning on the Subject of the Stratford timber". "I sent my report to Mr Alford - I take it for granted that report was laid before the Chapter - and I cannot forbear to express to you that I feel much hurt that by their rejection of it and repudiation of my proceedings as their accredited Surveyor the Chapter should have given occasion for supposing that I had not their Confidence". "I beg to assure you of my respect for the Chapter both Collectively and individually but . . . in this matter they have not acted . . . with that Consideration which . . . any old and faithful servant deserved". 75. 21 Jan 1843. Letter to Archdeacon William Macdonald from Francis Attwood, The Close, Sarum. " I cannot sufficiently express how deeply I feel the kindness and consideration which you have evinced towards me in taking so much trouble to explain a matter which you are not individually concerned but which nevertheless was the source of much vexation to me". Another letter about the Stratford timber and how Attwood resents that "the Chapter should treat my Labour so roughly". "I suspect that the unpleasantness to individuals . . . arose from Mr Waters having unfortunately made his application for the timber to me . . . he ought to have applied directly to the Clerk himself". A letter from Waters is enclosed "that you may see it". 76. 25 Jan 1842. Copy of a letter to Francis Attwood from Francis Cross about financial arrangements in connection with a lease. 77. [10?] Jul 18[56?]. Letter to Archdeacon William Macdonald from J R Fisher, Solicitor, acknowledging receipt of a draft for £500. 78. 28 Jul 1851. Letter to Archdeacon William Macdonald from J L Alford, thanking him for a cheque for £24-11-6; reference to a payment of £60 by "The Lessee of Whitchurch". "I regret to find that you have not yet recovered from your indisposition". Broken applied seal in red wax, "Penny Red" postage stamp affixed.