Barbados 270 (Lear's Plantation)

Parliamentary Papers p. 325.

T71/895: claim by Sir Francis Ford. Counterclaim by the Earl of Lichfield, Rt. Hon. Anne Margaret Viscountess Anson, Thomas William Coke, of Holkham, Norfolk, and Sir George Anson  Kt, a Lt-Gen in HM's army, for £5000 (charged by the marriage settlement of Sir Francis Ford, dated 21/01/1785), £2000 (charged by indenture, dated 25/04/1808) and several other sums not yet ascertained. Counterclaim also from Edward Anson, of Bentley Hall, Stafford (Staffordshire) for £1000 by Bond and £1500 for the arrears of an annuity granted on 05/06/1802. Counterclaim from the Daniels, of Mincing Lane, as mortgagees, dated 29/04/1809, for £9923 14s. The counterclaim was admitted. Sir Francis Ford replicated the Earl of Lichfield and Rt. Hon. Anne Margaret Viscountess Anson, and admitted the Daniels.

T71/553 p. 231: 319 enslaved persons were registered in 1834 on Lears by James Crichlow, attorney to Sir Francis Ford.