Maiden Erlegh (Berkshire)
In Burt's will, he mandated the completion of landscaping at Maiden Erlegh under the direction of 'Mr Q. Richmond of Paddington.' Earlier, Capability Brown had visited and a preliminary survey had been undertaken by Brown's man Griffin. The estate was sold to Edward Golding, in whose ownership Repton appears to have made further plans.
Stephen Daniels, Humphry Repton, Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England (London: Yale University Press 1999) p. 256; Burke's Landed Gentry (1879) Vol. I p. 655.
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Modified?
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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.
