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Of Wigan [County of] Lancaster, trustee with Richard Humber (q.v.) and Thomas Flockton (q.v.) awarded half the compensation for Shickle's Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica; probably a lawyer.
T71/915 Clarendon claim no. 350A & B; T71/1379 Clarendon no. 350 A & B. A James Bancks is shown as an Attorney of Wigan in articles of clerkship signed in 1822, Ancestry.com UK Articles of Clerkship 1756-1874 for John Shaw [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,255 12s 4d
Awardee (Trustee)
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'James Bancks', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46459 [accessed 16th April 2024].
