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Here I arrived last night, & having written to Pricemildew in his
hands as this has done, but that the delay has taken place because he was hurt &c – . Price thinks he is unwilling to offend
Dausey. However it is now brought to this point, that if he does not directly write to you & take proper measures, nothing is
to be done but to get rid of him & place the business in other hands. If you find it necessary to do this, my friend Mr Browne
desires me to offer his services; – he has but lately settled in Ludlow but as he is a man of xxx good fortune, &
has bought probably the best house in the town, any <a> Lawyer whom he might recommend would feel as well
disposed to discharge his duty under his inspection, as Lloyd seems inclined to neglect it – from fear of the Squire.
At Taunton I found that my aunt Mary is likely to save property to the
amount of 4 or 500£ out of the wreck, – consisting of cottages & land bought after the will was made, & falling to her by
the peculiar tenure of Taunton Dean.r T. Southey I believe has sold ten acres belonging to the
Fitzhead property, which he had no right to sell, that having been entailed on me, – this however remains to be seen. There has
been a great deal of villainy on the part of old Simon Oliver,
I had a note from Perceval to inform me of Tom’s promotion.xx I took occasion to express <a hope> that he might xx one day have an opportunity of proving
himself worthy of such patronage &c – hinting at the same time at his former services.
We go from hence on Monday to Sir Edd
Littletons for two or three days, & from thence to Llangedwin, unless Heber be at Hodnett (in which case we shall probably halt with him on the way) or unless the King
I got a copy of the Decretals of Gratianrs Hill, xxx xxxx the Man & his brother are too
young to receive any messages of love.