In line with Mrs Betty Arundel, of The Southwell Civic Society, what was the Hodgkinsons’ family house is now called Westby House, 50 Westgate. At latest seances, too, educated scientific observers have perceived the medium’s double (I now converse of mediums who are usually not fraudulent and who’re prepared to undergo experimental exams) partially or wholly dissociated from the medium’s bodily self. I function visiting Cheltenham in the beginning of July, to strive the advantage of the waters.’ Edward replied, saying, ‘I’ve been underneath the care of Mr Tuckwell, an eminent surgeon in Oxford, not for any bruises or wound, but for a succession of sores, which have spontaneously broken out in my right leg, and which he attributes to indigestion. In April 1818, John Marsh’s son, Edward Garrard, acquired a letter from his uncle William, in Southwell, saying, ‘My well being has been for a substantial time very indifferent. In July, John Marsh acquired a letter from his sister at Southwell, forwarded by his brother Henry, ‘giving a really dangerous account of our brother Will’m who was a lot emaciated, & co’d keep nothing upon his stomach, having for several weeks had no appetite, altho’ in the letter I obtained from him on the 12h. he wrote in pretty good spirits, & appeared to have hopes from a new prescription of Dr Storer’s, of Nottingham, he had then began upon.
I used to be there in Sept’r 1817. On the next evening Mr Heathcote came & joined my nieces & me in some sacred music etc. of which he sung a component & performed the accompaniments, which he steadily afterwards did while I staid, with sometimes the help of Mr Thompson, a very good bass singer, from the choir. On the next morning I performed my changeable double chants in E at church, & after morning service, played on the organ to my sister, nieces etc. & within the night My Thompson one of many lay vicars, got here to sing bass in some of the glees, with my nieces & me. The following day (Sunday the 14.) I went twice to the Cathedral, or Minster, where the Singers were sadly overpowered by the organist, Mr Spofforth, an previous deaf man, who, to make issues worse, used the Cornet besides the sesquialler in the full organ. On the next morning I regarded in on the cathedral & touched the Organ afterwards, & referred to as with my brother on Mr Bristoe, the vicar, who, when my brother Henry was here, referred to as on him, supposing it to be me. This being my last day right here, I at my Sister’s request accomodated her with £100 principally on account of an unexpected demand of that sum beyond 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 a lot behindhand, & rendered her unable to discharge some of the payments that had been lengthy owing by her.
My brother & I therefore staid & took our wine with her, which he often did at his own lodgings.’ It seems that William had now moved to Southwell completely, taking lodgings close to to his sister. Mr Becher, the vicar common, having known as on me, I on the following morning returned his go to & also referred to as with my brother & niece Rebecca upon Mrs & the Miss Plumptres, after which I walked up the East Thorpe hill, with my brother with whom my sister & I drank tea within the night & met a Mr Heathcote, a younger musician, the son of a clergyman there, who played to us upon a new piano-forte my brother had from Clementi’s in a very effective model having been currently in London, under Novello. John Marsh returned to Southwell in July 1819. ‘My Sister having at the begining of the year invited me to go to them at Southwell I put it off until the summer, which means to take the opportunity of going additional north, even as far as Edinburgh, which I had long wished to see. Here I referred to as at Mr Heath of Beeston’s warehouse, wishing to speak with him respecting the giving up of the lease of the home my Sister had lived in at Beeston, of which there were still 5 years to come back, but not being ready to meet with him, I referred to as, at my Sister’s need, 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 the use of premium for giving up the lease.
On the following morning we all went to see the House of correction that had been built beneath the superintendance of Mr Ian Becher son of the vicar normal, who accompanied us there.’ A House of Correction had, in fact, existed at Southwell since 1611, but by 1656 it was in a ruinous state and a brand new one was built. I nonetheless, with some borrowed linen, went within the afternoon, when I found an important enchancment in the choir, from a Mr Heathcote (he had met him on his last visit! We due to this fact had some tea by ourselves, after which we went out & met them, & on our return discovered my brother Will’m who was come, as common, to tea, & spend the evening with the family. Marsh continues the account of his visit; ‘Having mentioned to the latter that I had the score of a service of mine in D. which I co’d depart 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 & night service, but without the Creed, which they did not sing at Southwell.