TALBOT1812

Chippenham ¹
23^rd March 1829

Dear Sir –

I do not think it would be desirable to let the Manor Yard – altho’ at present unoccupied – it might be a great convenience on some future occasion to have the use of it & the Rent of it for a Garden would be very inconsiderable – M^r Spenser has a large Yard attached to his House, a part of which might be converted into a Garden if he wishes it –

With regard to M^rs Edwards, ² I hear that she continues very ill, but she has not given any notice to quit & as she is a Person of Property, there can be no risk to you whatever may be the result of her illness – I believe she has always been assisted in the management of her Farm, by some Friends of her late Husband – who are respectable Farmers in the Neighbourhood & who will probably be her Executors –

I will endeavour to borrow the Act of Parliament relative to the Canal & bring it with me to the Abbey in the course of a few days – at the same time informing you of Hayward’s ³ observations respecting feeding the Meadow with Sheep only, which I will talk with him about in the mean time –

I am Dear Sir Y^r Obliged & Obed^t Ser^t
W. H. Awdry

W. H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey