Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre

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
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