Chepstow (Monmouthshire)
Purchased 30th Nov -0001 | Occupied 1st Jan 1753 - 1st Jan 1784
Estate near Chepstow. Soane's Piercefield House was built 1785-1793 in a brief interval between ownership by the Morris family (1740-1784; inherited by Valentine Morris in 1753) and Nathaniel Wells (q.v.) who bough the estate in 1802.
Simon D. Smith, 'Slavery's Heritage Footprint: links between British country houses and St Vincent plantations, 1814-1834', in Madge Dresser & Andrew Hann (eds.) Slavery and the British Country House (2013) pp. 57-68, at p. 62.
Now derelict.
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Modified?
Yes
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Details of modifications
Landscaped by Robert Owen Cambridge for Valentine Morris after 1753. |
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Architect of modifications
Robert Owen Cambridge
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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.
