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Unsuccessful counterclaimant for compensation for enslaved people on Madey's estate in Grenada as a creditor in respect of legacies under the will of Michael Scott. Of Henrietta Street Garden, Middlesex, but not otherwise identified.
Both Thomas Norris (of 7 New Square, Lincoln's Inn) and his fellow counterclaimant John Wright (of 6 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden) were members of the Committee of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain in 1838.
T71/880 Grenada claim no. 691 (Madey's Estate).
The Catholic Directory and Annual Register (London, 1838) p. 173.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£3,718 17s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant (Legatee)
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6 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'John Wright', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640649 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
