Letter #4

Sunday 22 January 2012
To Cassandra, from Rowling, "I am glad to hear so good an account of Mr Limprey and J. Lovett." - Jane Austen, Thursday 1 September 1796

Deirdre Le Faye says, "Limbrey, Mr (Not 'Limprey' as JA wrote.) Probably Mr John Limbrey of Hoddington House, Upton Grey, Hants; or possibly a member of the Limbrey-Sclater family, who lived at Tangier Park, near Manydown, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."

Mr. John Limbrey is associated with Hoddington House, Upton Grey, Hants and Tangier Park, near Manydown during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Limbrey's also have an association with the Mathews. Anne Mathew was James Austen's first wife.

Hoddington House is listed for sale. Here is a link to see this beautiful estate and information about it. If you have an extra 20,000,000 pounds silver you might check into it.

http://www.william-montgomery.com/properties/hoddington.htm

                                                               Hoddington House

 This picture is looking into Tangier Park. It is the best I could find. If you squint you can see a building.

Harris Bigg-Wither, the man who proposed marriage to Jane Austen, moved from Manydown into the adjacent Tangier Park in 1831, two years before he died. His son, Lovelace, inherited Manydown and later bought Tangier Park.

 The only thing I can find of J. Lovett, Mr. John Lovett, esq., of Overton, Hants, is a listing for an obituary stating he died at Lambeth in his 82nd year. He was "late of Polhampton-Lodge, Overton, Hants."

Polhampton-Lodge is now a stud stable.

                                          Polhampton Stud Stables, picture by Colin Bates
Below is a link the site said I had to include to use this picture, so, I did.

Polhampton Stud Stables (Colin Bates) / CC BY-SA 2.0

I hope you had a great day!
Downton Abby tonight!!
I am very affectionately yours,
Terrie