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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners medical conditions were recorded and it shows Henry was blind in one eye, the result of a shooting accident when he was at Eton 171 . In July 1861 Henry Caldwell bought back the land at Reybridge 172 that Fredrick Montagu had sold to George White 30 years previously (see above page 14). As was seen earlier the mortgage to the land had been acquired by John Deverell in 1832. In 1850 he had released the mortgage to Thomas Watson and John Hunt who had also gained title to the land. It was from Watson and Hunt (and two others) that Henry Caldwell bought the land, for a total of £370 173 The land is named as part of Mill Mead and had formerly 5 and now 6 tenements belonging formerly to one ancient and decayed messuage and tenement and barn and piece of land of 16 luggs in Reybridge. Thomas Abdy Fellowes, who had been Frederick Montagu’s attorney was still working for the Lackham estate, and was given the use of the land for the lifetime of Henry Caldwell. He was also connected to the previous owners of Lackham, the Rookes as he was married to Captain Rooke’s daughter Eliza Sophia. Canon Jackson records, in his notes 174 a statement of accounts for the restoration of the parish church at Lacock dated March 1862 175 , and this includes a comment that " The above is exclusive of the Sum expended upon the Lackham Aisle : the entire cost of which was defrayed by B Caldwell Esq of Lackham House". 171 Sydenham, HAH (1908) Biographical list of boys educated at King Edward VI Free Grammar School Bury St Edmunds from 1550 – 1900 172 W&SHC 663/27 173 £200 for the freehold and £170 for the leasehold. 174 Jackson, JEJ Mss ibid 175 By J[ames] Paley, vicar and Henry Godard Awdry / Edward Barton, Churchwardens 59
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners This was just a month before Louisa Esther Caldwell married William Martin Powell there, in April 1862 176 . It is noted that Henry Powell, William Martin’s father, was in the same regiment as Capt. FW Rooke’s father, whether the two families knew each other is unknown but it is possible. William and Louisa lived in Lyndhurst in Hampshire for over 20 years and had 2 sons and 2 daughters 177 . Louisa died 24 March 1908 in the New Forest There is a another marital connection between the Rooke family and the Caldwells; in July 1873 Alfred Wallace Rooke, one of the sons of the Rev John Rooke and his wife Jane Marcon and therefore a cousin of William Wallace Rooke, married Sophia Louisa Caldwell of Farleigh Hungerford 178 . This was after the Caldwells had sold Lackham, but shows that there were links between the families. In 1864 the local paper 179 noted that A M Caldwell of Lackham chaired a meeting of the Lacock Farmers Club on Thursday March 24th - the speaker was the Mayor of Calne, J D Bishop, who spoke on Potato culture. AM was Berney Caldwell's son although no other details are known of him. The only son known for certain is Ralph, who appears in the 1871 census when the Caldwells were living at Monkton Farleigh 180 , and 176 Jackson Mss 29 Apr 1862 Wm Martin Powell late Capt. Inniskillin Dragoons younger son of the late Henry Weyland Powell of Fontlease Herts to Louisa elder daug Henry Berney Caldwell Esq. of Lackham The Times reported (Thursday, 1 May 1862, p.1) On Tuesday, the 29th April, at Lacock, by the Rev. Arthur Bloomfield, William Martin Powell, late Captain Inniskilling Dragoons, youngest son of the late Henry Weyland Powell, of Foxlease, Hants, to Louisa Esther, eldest daughter of Henry Berry Caldwell, Esq., of Lackham House, Hants. 177 Henry Martin, Edward Wayland Martin, Clarissa and Mary Grace Powell 178 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rodjcraig&id=I7753 179 Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette March 31 st 1864 180 When the Caldwells were living at Monkton Farley Henry Caldwell submitted evidence to the Commission on Agricultural employment. Commission on the employment of Children, Young Persons and Women in Agriculture (1867) Second Report (1869) p258 60
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