TALBOT3124

Chippenham ¹
1^st Sept^r 1835

Dear Sir,

As I understand from my Son ², that a Deputation must be regist’red by the Clerk of the Peace, in order to make it available against Poachers &c – I send it herewith for your signature – & if you will be good enough to return it by the Bearer – it shall be forwarded to M^r Swayne ³ –

One Witness will be sufficient –

on the other side I send you a Copy of the Agreement w^ch Tho^s Hayward ⁴ signed, with me yesterday, for renting the Deputation – I thought best, that the Father should be the Person responsible to you on this occasion–

I am Dear Sir Y^r Obliged Sev^t
W. H. Awdry

P. S.
I send M^r Provis’ ⁵ Parcel, by Bearer –

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(Copy)

W^m Henry Awdry ⁶ (as Agent for W^m Henry Fox Talbot Esq) agrees to let, and Tho^s Hayward of Wick Farm ⁷ agrees to take for his Son James Hayward, the Deputation or right of shooting and fishing over the Manor of Lacock in the County of Wilts – for One Year from this time – and the said Tho^s Hayward agrees to pay the said W^m H. Fox Talbot for the same, the Sum of Twenty Pounds –

Dated the 31^st day of August 1835

signed

W. H. Awdry Thos Hayward

W. H. F. Talbot Esq