EVANS

(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862, Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying In re... Anchor Wyke... we found it the opposite side of the Thames to Runnymede - A glorious old tree it is!... the woman at the lodge found the gardeners wife who found the gardener's son to take him, he encloses a sprig... what the little berry looking things are I don't know but there were no ripe berries upon it... plucked within 5 hours of this present writing... the house is nothing - from its appearance there might have been half a dozen such since the old yew was planted, he mentions the recent owners, As respects Henry VIII whatever the place might have been in his time it is now a very snug one for saying soft things to soft women in - the boy told me the yew is 1100 years old, 4 sides 8vo., Boveney Court, Windsor, 10th October