West Wood

It appears likely that the Hunt family were mortgagees of the estate. Thomas Wolley was also the nephew of Edward Hunt the elder and cousin of Thomas Hunt, Rowland Hunt, and Edward Hunt the younger.

It appears likely that the Hunt family were mortgagees of the estate. Thomas Wolley was also the nephew of Edward Hunt the elder and cousin of Thomas Hunt, Rowland Hunt, and Edward Hunt the younger.

It appears likely that the Hunt family were mortgagees of the estate. Thomas Wolley was also the nephew of Edward Hunt the elder and cousin of Thomas Hunt, Rowland Hunt, and Edward Hunt the younger.

It appears likely that the Hunt family were mortgagees of the estate. Thomas Wolley was also the nephew of Edward Hunt the elder and cousin of Thomas and Rowland Hunt.

Shropshire Archives, Document Reference: 552/27/15 System Reference: X552/11/4/1 Date: 1786 Description: 1) Agreement, 2 Sep 1786 1 Thomas Wolley of Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, esq 2 Edward Hunt the younger heretofore of London, thereafter of the Island of St Vincent, merchant [now of Lille in French Flanders, merchant] 3 Edward Hunt the elder of Oundle, co Northampton, esq 4 Thomas Hunt of Oundle, esq Attached: declaration as to accruals 2) Enclosed: copy of Thomas Wolley's power of attorney empowering Rowland Hunt of the Island of Dominica, merchant, and Robert Gordon and Herbert Palmer Cox of St Vincent, merchants, to take possession of the Westwood and Rodrigues plantations in St Vincent and the Mount Eolus plantation in Dominica and to manage them for Wolley's benefit. 3) Mortgage by lease and release, 1&2 Sep 1786: Principal property and parties as above. Slaves enumerated by name. Lease of possession attached with attestation by Thomas Wright, Lord Mayor of London 4) Mortgage by lease and release, 1&2 Sep 1786: As the preceding item, but registered in St Vincent 5 Dec 1786.

Thomas Wolley was shown to have been mortgagor of three estates on Dominica and St Vincent, including Westwood on St Vincent, in 1786, and in his will proved in 1800 he left unspecified property in Dominica and St Vincent to his wife Judith.