As noted within the previous chapter, in early 1813, Mary’ together with her daught’rs Lydia & Katherine removed to Southwell where they took a roomy house & started protecting a school, for which that they had 10 day students at £10 a yr every & three boarders, together with the 2 Miss Grays, (daughters of my cousin Eliz. In 1754 he married Mary Marshall, the one daughter of Gervase Marshall, Sacristan or Receiver General (what would be known because the Treasurer right this moment) on the Minster. In the morning a Sanctus & commandments of mine have been put up by Mr Becher the vicar normal & one of the residentiaries, who seeing me with my brother, thought I might be the composer of them. Marsh continues the account of his visit; ‘Having talked about to the latter that I had the score of a service of mine in D. which I co’d go away behind me, sho’d the choir feel inclined to have it on their books, he informed me that if I wo’d let him have it, he wo’d himself copy it in 2 or three days time, which he accordingly did, both morning & evening service, however with out the Creed, which they did not sing at Southwell.
This being my last day here, I at my Sister’s request accomodated her with £100 principally on account of an unexpected demand of that sum past what she had anticipated to have been known as upon in the direction of the additional rooms made to the house she now lived in, which had thrown her much behindhand, & rendered her unable to discharge a number of the payments that had been long owing by her. The above account is almost unbelievable. The feedback made here seem to suggest that Mary had not yet moved into the Old Palace after the lease of her first home had expired, however had rented one other, perhaps Westby House, talked about above. Mary was certainly in no place to purchase such a property, nor John Marsh on her behalf, as evinced later, but was she, maybe, in a position to lease it for a brief period? However, unless further evidence involves gentle, this has to remain as pure conjecture. What isn’t certain is whether the home that Mary Williams rented for her faculty was, the truth is, Westby House or, perhaps, another property owned by the Hodgkinson family in West Gate.
She due to this fact hinted that if I co’d advance this cash the cost might be secured to me by a mortgage of the house. On at the present time one other letter from her was forwarded to me by my brother through which she talked about that she had the opinion of 2 gent’n of Southwell, of ample judgement who had got a builder to examine the house, who stated it was not value repairing, however with the materials, he wo’d construct a brand new home on the location, for £600 in order that for £1050 (to say nothing of the additional expences of ending, painting, papering, conveyances & mortgage) she wo’d after expending that sum have a house worth only 6 or 700£ & this, strange to say, she was suggested to accede to by her Southwell friends, who observed that if she co’d not get money for the first purchase, the remaining £600 is perhaps borrowed on the safety of the home. On the following morning I looked in on the cathedral & touched the Organ afterwards, & known as with my brother on Mr Bristoe, the vicar, who, when my brother Henry was right here, called on him, supposing it to be me. Here I referred to as at Mr Heath of Beeston’s warehouse, wishing to talk with him respecting the giving up of the lease of the home my Sister had lived in at Beeston, of which there were nonetheless 5 years to come back, however not being ready to fulfill with him, I known as, at my Sister’s want, on her good friend Mr Alliott, Dissenting minister, who promised to endeavour to settle the matter with the Landlady, who demanded a sum for repairs, by means of premium for giving up the lease.
The rationale my nieces weren’t additionally of this social gathering was as a result of Mr Heathcote had fallen in love recently with Rebecca & made her a proposal, which they each being very young, & she not feeling a mutual attachment for him, she had rejected, notwithstanding which my Sister wished to shew him each sort of respect. A few of the interviewees have taken this as a chance to only talk about their favourite titles of all time, which is fine, however I really thought-about the prospect of being alone with these things for the rest of my life. Rest would be advantageous. I, on Tuesday the ninth set out on my journey.’ Leaving his spouse again at house, he travelled by way of London, Stamford and Newark where he once extra played on the ‘magnificent organ, put up some years in the past in that massive & fantastic church, by England on my recomendation.’ After taking some dinner on the Inn he ‘took a stroll thro’ the city, during which I met with a Gig at one of the Inns, with a boot for luggage, which having employed, a lad afterwards drove me to Southwell (eight miles) in about an hour, the place I arrived before 6. & found only my Sister at house, my nieces & the younger ladies being all gone for an extended walk.
