1st Aug 1836 | 83 Enslaved | £1945 16s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 327.
T71/899: claim from John Trent etc., devisees in trust to the estate of Harrison Walker Sober [?] (deceased), of St Peter, by their attorney Edw. Thomas. Counterclaim from the Daniels as judgement creditors, and from Harrison Padmore.
See also Barbados claim no. 4366 for John Trent.
T71/1611: letter, dated 01/12/1835, from Harrison Padmore, solicitor, 2 Oxford Villas, asking about the counterclaim process, and stating that he had written since to Lord Glenelg with a counterclaim, claiming £2000 legacy.
T71/1592: the rules were depatched to Harrison Padmore, 2 Oxford Villas, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 09/05/1834.
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Barbados
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Claim No.
4925
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Estate
Ashton Hall
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Contested
Yes
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Beneficiary deceased (Tenant-for-life)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Trustee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Barbados 4925 (Ashton Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1055 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
