John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1815 April 28 Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in London to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 41)
1815 May 6 Letter from sister Ann in East Bergholt to J.C. in London:
"You mention coming down soon." (JCC I, p. 127)
1815 May 7 Letter from father in East Bergholt to J.C. in London: "we . .
. shall be truly glad to see you at Bergholt." (JCC I, pp. 127-
28)
1815 May Calls at Bicknell house in London before leaving for East
post -12 Bergholt, learns of Maria's mother's death on 12 May. (JCC II,
p. 140)
1815 May Visit to Suffolk from London. (JCC I, p. 128; see also JCC IV,
13-14 p. 41 and JCC II, pp. 140-41)
1815 May Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in London to J.C. in
13 or 14 London. (JCC IV, p. 41)
1815 May 21 Letter from J.C. in East Bergholt to Maria in London: "I find
my father uncommonly well, which has tempted me to begin
a portrait of him. . . . It promises to be quite the best that I
have done." (JCC II, p. 140; see also JCC I, pp. 7, 128)
1815 May ca.28 To London "after a stay of about a fortnight" at East
Bergholt. (JCC I, p. 128)
1815 May 29 Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in London to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 41)
1815 May 31 Farington records: "Constable called. He spoke of the death
of Mrs. Bicknell who he said had been for 10 years past in a
state of health tending to a decline & for a long time had
been incapable of exertion in Her domestic capacity. He said,
Her Father, the Revd. Dr. Rudd, now 82 years old, preached
at His Parish Church in Suffolk, a week after she died, and in
His Sermon represented the impropriety of long lamentations
on such occasions." (Farington XIII, p. 4634; see also JCC II,
p. 141)
1815 June 8 Farington records: "Constable called. He spoke of the
business He had been doing for Dawe." (Farington XIII, pp.
4641-42; see also JCC II, p. 141)