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The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family There may be evidence that the new house was built by 1794; in Devizes there is another map, dated 1794 that also clearly shows the new house but the route of the canal follows the river to Chippenham, not the more easterly route with the branch canal to the town that is shown in the earlier map and which was the course actually built. Fig. 26 Map of the proposed canal dated 1794 388 ** Because of this the reliability of the dating of this map is questionable and it is not felt that a date of 1794 for the existence of the new house can be definitely made. 388 W&SHC Map 140 V p58 “A plan of the Wilts and Berks canal with links to the Thames and Severn Canal” by W Fowden 1794. Redrawn for this work by TP from the original 96
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family At the same time as the new House was being built James was made Treasurer of the Trustees of Maud Heath’s Causeway, a post that he held until he died. He was elected Treasurer at the meeting held at “the house of John Mansell the Younger, known as the Dumb Post in the parish of Bremhill “ on 23 June 1794, when he received the balance of £104 17s 5 1 / 2 d. At this meeting the Trustees “thought fit and agreed” to give £50 towards the cost of repairing the bridge at Kellaways, this “being greatly out of repair" and they directed Mr Montague [sic] when the said reparation and amendments of the said Bridge shall be completed by the Parishes of Langley Burrell and Kellaways aforesaid to pay the same out of the monies that shall be then in his hands to the Surveyors of the said Parishes when application shall be made to him for the same 389 His accounts record that he paid this £50 out on the same day........ There are no entries in the Montagu bank accounts 390 that mention Maud Heath’s Causeway trustees; James did not open an account in his own bank for them. James was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1795-1796 391 and in November 1795 he was called upon to organize a meeting of the county to “consider of an ADDRESS to his MAJESTY in consequence of the late, outrageous and savage offence offered to his person.”, which he duly set up for November 25 th in Devizes 392 . No less than 6 lords signed this request. 389 W&SHC 3448/2/1 390 Accounts p67 ff 391 Jackson, Rev JE (1857) The Sheriffs of Wiltshire” WAM III p232 392 Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette 19 Nov 1784 vol 57 no 1795 p2 col d We take the liberty of troubling you with this Letter to request that you will be good enough to call a Meeting of the County as soon as convenient to consider of an ADDRESS to his MAJESTY in consequence of the late, outrageous and savage offence offered to his person. We are, Sir, Your very humble and obedient servants 97
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