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Condition Good, some missfolding. Unusual 1842 letter / Envelope from Charles Bailey to G. Lampard of Winchester re meeting Lord Sherborne re the fine of not to me more than £1100 - £1085 and his Lordship has instructed me (Charles Bailey) to offer ultimatum of £1,200. to top of letter it states copy letter and was posted to himself with brown 2d stamp with black Maltese Cross cancellation and 2 post stamps, one Chester JU(LY) 27, 1842. from to Charles Bailey, 5 Stratford Place, London, but looks like posted in Chester. But again may have been posted to his son also called Charles Bailey. Also top of letter states copy, but posted to himself, maybe he posted the copy to confirm? Or was from Charles Bailey to his farther son From the Net; Charles Bailey (1796-1858), Son of Charles Bailey (c.1767-1855) of Haywood Cottage, Nynehead (Somerset) and his wife Mary, Nynehead (Somerset), 17 April 1796. Assistant to his father (whom he succeeded in 1820) as land surveyor and agent to Nynehead estate (Somerset); in independent practice from 1824 as a land agent and surveyor; from 1838 at 5 Stratford Place, Marylebone. In the 1830s, he gave evidence to Parliament on agricultural improvement and the review of the tithe system. He undertook a wide range of functions, including the design of buildings (such as the Popham's Hospital almshouses in Wellington (Somerset), the inclosure of lands, the surveying of roads and tramways, and the mapping and sale of estates. He made published proposals for the commutation of tithes (an idea which was later taken up by Government) and appeared before Parliamentary committees as an expert witness. From 1838 he had an office in London, and at his death he was described as 'for many years the confidential steward of several of the nobility'. By 1841 he had made enough money to purchase a farmhouse and land in a fine position on the coast of north Devon known as Ley Barton, and a few years later he built a new house there, quite probably to his own designs, which he renamed Lee Abbey also more confusing there was Charles Frederick Bailey(1836-1919). Elder son of Charles Bailey (1796-1858) Educated at Harrow and Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1855). He continued his father's practice as a land agent and surveyor for some years, and was also a practising conveyancer with Bailey, Norman & Browne of Spring Gardens, Westminster (Middx), solicitors (retired c.1875). JP (from 1869) and DL (from 1900) for Devon. He supported a number of charities: founding the Lynton Cottage Hospital in 1873; was President of the Lynton Society of Good Fellowship and Horticultural Society; and paid the rents of some 30 elderly poor people each year. and was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, wood carver, and sea fisherman. He inherited Lee Abbey from his father in 1858, and enlarged the property by the purchase of the Wooda Bay estate at auction in 1900; his purchase allowed him to prevent the further development of that estate. At his death, his real estate passed to his nephew, Charles Henry Bailey. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003651
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