Heytesbury Jany 15 1823

My Dear William,

I send you on the other side your quarterly accounts to Christmas; as also your timber account, which we are now enabled to close. Whatever may remain of the account after paying for your repairs at Tytherington will be applicable to building your wall, which becomes more necessary every year. Before however we begin this wall, it will be absolutely necessary to cut down all the large trees of the avenue bordering the road, which you formerly marked. (I believe there are 35) they are for the most part dreadfully maltreated by the storm, half their heads gone and some of the stems much shattered: - some of them also are evidently defective & I do not imagine that on an average they will fetch even 6£ each – we calculated them I remember at 10£ each. The whole will however stand another year. When cut down, their places will be filled with young trees; which we hope will grow very rapidly under shelter of the wall.

Yours ever affectionately

C: A: à Court

P.S. Southleigh Woods are relet to ……… Thring, as yearly tenant, on the same terms as before. A years notice on either side in case of a wish to be off the bargain. Chandler will declare off or on, at Lady Day next.