The affair began before Dr Dunsford married, and that was in June 1844. (I had thought maybe Agatha didn't know he was getting married or had got married, but there's a notice detailng the marriage in the bristol Mercury, so if she didn't know about it before, she must have known after)
Matilda Crowdy's father was already dead when she married, but her mother was alive. However, mum died in December of the marriage year and there is a newpaper notice for that too. It says:
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On the 5th of December at The Hotwells, Clifton, where she had gone for the benefit of her health, Mary Anne, relict of the late William Crowdy Esq of Westrop House, Highworth Wilts.
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I do hope her Dr son-in-law didn't bump her off before news of his romantic links got back to her or her daughter? Perhaps she is the Westrop House ghost?