1761 - 20th Feb 1835
Resident, owner of Retreat Pen, St Andrew Jamaica. He claimed for the compensation for Retreat Pen, but subsequently died: the award was made to Bartholomew Ibbott Williams, his executor, but the beneficiary was Mattocks' nephew, also William Mattocks, of Mansergh High, near Kirby Lonsdale (q.v.).
Monumental inscription in St Andrew's parish church, Jamaica, gives William Mattocks dying 20/02/1835 age 74.
Will of William Mattocks of Saint Andrew, Surrey [Jamaica] proved 13/06/1840. The will, made 03/10/1829, had been entered in Jamaica 07/04/1835. Under the will he instructed £140 be spent on his gravestone and a building over his grave, and left £500 to his nephew John Armistead near Caton Green near Lancaster. The rest of his estate was bequeathed to his nephew William Mattocks of Mansergh near Kirby Lonsdale.
James Henry Lawrence-Archer, Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date… (London, 1875) p. 259.
PROB 11/1929/284.
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£3,041 17s 4d
Deceased claimant successful (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
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1809 [EA] - 1835 [EY] → Owner
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1839 [EA] - → Previous owner
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Uncle → Nephew
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William Mattocks of Mansergh High was the residuary legatee of William Mattocks of Retreat Pen, St Andrew Jamaica....
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'William Mattocks of St Patrick's Vale and Retreat', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644181 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
