TALBOT8726

Chippenham
14 July 1863

Dear Sir,

I will inform M^r Whatman of your absence in Scotland – The Summons was properly left open under a late Act of Parliament which makes Service by post legal and no time is fixed for service on a Special Juror – provided the Summons reaches its destination – The Fire Insurance Office allowed you £6: 13: 7 for the damage sustained at the Abbey according to John Gale’s ¹ Valuation –I presume you did not send M^rs Banks a Cheque for the dinner she provided on your Son’s coming of age – Please to send it thro’ me (when convenient) as I advanced it to her when she paid her rent – The Amount was £15· 11· 0 – The Gladstones ² wish to carry out their late Father’s wishes of building the Parsonage House on their own Land, where he had staked it out, – if this can be carried out they will not require to site on the Common – The difficulty arises from the property being strictly entailed on the Son who is a minor – but I think the Ecclesiastical Com^rs have powers sufficiently comprehensive –

I am Dear Sir Your’s [sic] obliged
West Awdry.