TALBOT2486

My dear Sir

Your letter, ¹ dated 25^th, which came by the post this morning, has surprized & hurt me; for tho’ when I saw M^r Simpson ² on Sunday morning he did not expressly state that the £500 a year Jointure had been finally accepted he did however intimate that he entertained no doubt at all but that it wo^d be deemed satisfactorily <sic> & if I had thought otherwise I surely wo^d not have left Derby till the point had been finally arranged. I left it however with the firm conviction that the £500 must & wo^d have been accepted & be considered liberal. Perhaps after all it is best as it is, for if I had assented to the 600£ a year it might have been considered that I was driving a bargain, tho’ nothing co^d be farther from my Intention, & by your conceding it, it becomes an act of kindness & grace on your part. It is not for me to make any further remark on the subject, tho’ I sho^d certainly have been rather satisfied had the Jointure remained 500£ a y^r.

In all other respects the Settlement on your part was approved, but M^r Simpson has not yet sent me the particulars of the intended Security for the young Ladys fortune – however the Trusts & purposes of that Settlement were definitively settled & approved of by him on the behalf of her Family

I send you a copy of the Particulars of the Lands that M^r Awdry suggests as the Substitute for Nash Hill ³ & Woods, to which I see no objection – but be pleased to say whe^r you approve of them.

I am D^r Sir
Yours faithfully

W R King

Serjeants Inn Fleet St

30 Nov^r 1832

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		Rent
Pinnells Mill, House & Close of Land (Pasture) – Richard Perkins 4 Tenant		47–	0–	0–
Two closes of Pasture Land near the v Vicarage abt 10 acres – George Bailey 5 Tenant		34 –	15 –	0–
Two Ditto Ditto – near Wick Lane called Ashleys, abt 5 acres – Same tenant		15 –	0–	0–
One Arable field called Cockley near Wick Lane about 5 acres, Richard Knott 6 Tenant		12 –	10 –	0–
One Pasture field called Folly Ground near Wick Land abt 5 acres, John Banks, Tent		20 –	0–	0–
One Arable field near Wick Lane – about 3 acres –	}	24 –	5 –	0–
One Ditto Ditto 4 ½ Acres –
One Pasture Ditto – 1– Acre –
One Arable field abt 3½ Acres –
One Pasture Ditto – 2 Acres near the Corsham Road –
John Harding tenant, held with the Red Lion Inn
		£153 –	10 –	0–

W. H. Fox Talbot Esq^r
Markeaton
Derby
31 Sackville St
London
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts