UCL

Knowsley Park

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Thomas Vings
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Thomas Vings
1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
Thomas Vings
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
William Henry Grano

The estate appears to have remained under mortgage to the vendor in this period.

Associated Claims (1)

Dominica 238A & B (Knowsley Park)
£1,104 2S 3D

Estate Information (6)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 46(Tot) 33(F) 13(M)  
[Name] Knowsley Park Estate  
 

Return of George Titre and Thomas Vings, joint owners. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. St. Paul.

 
T71/339 229-231
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 45(Tot) 29(F) 16(M)  
[Name] Knowesley Park  
 

Returned by Thomas Vings, owner. St. Paul .

 
T71/350 174 - 175
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot) 30(F) 17(M)  
[Name] Knowsley Park Estate  
 

Return of Thomas Vings, deceased owner; returned by Andrew S Ruse as executor. St. Paul.

 
T71/358 136
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot) 28(F) 23(M)  
[Name] Knowsley Park  
 

Returned by William Henry Grano, owner; the enslaved were purchased from A S Ruse, executor of Thomas Vings; another return for this estate is found on pp 118-119 returned by A S Ruse. St. Paul.

 
T71/359 111-112
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot) 29(F) 22(M)  
[Name] Knowsley Park  
 

Returned by W H Grano; includes a full return of the enslaved; the entry is by his surname rather than the name of the estate. St. Paul.

 
T71/361 230 - 232
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 60(Tot) 33(F) 27(M)  
[Name] Knowsly Park Estate  
 

Return of Wm. Henry Grano, owner. The entry is returned by the owner's surname rather than the name of the estate. This entry includes the names of enslaved children's mothers. 13 enslaved people were 'received from the division of the estate of Widow Belair'; one person was a 'gift by Dr. Laurent Krauss' will'. St. Paul.

 
T71/363 97-98