TALBOT1587

August 29^th
Boxwell Court
Wotton Under Edge
Gloucestershire

My dear Henry

I have today received a letter from M^r Bathurst¹ the Executor of my Aunt Davenport,² stating that M^r Awdry ³ had applied to him for a painted glass window which she left to be placed in Lacock Church.⁴ M^r Bathurst cannot tell who received it when the rest of her furniture was sold - I have never seen it since her death & am sorry to say I can give no information respecting it. I am glad to hear you are intending to reside at Lacock as our present abode is within 18 miles of Chippenham ⁵ I flatter myself you may perhaps come this way & I am sure Arthur ⁶ will be most happy to see either yourself or Lady Elisabeth & your Sisters ⁷ I believe you are not a Sportsman or the Game which abounds here might perhaps tempt you.

Y^rs very sincerely
M.A. Shakespear

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^re
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts