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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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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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 December 2024].
