Bickleigh (Devon)
Built 1st Jan 1760
Large country house overlooking the River Tavy, reportedly built in 1760 on an existing earlier house, and refronted in 1907-1909. If the date is correct, then the building was done by James Modyford Heywood. The house was sold at his death to Sir Manasseh Lopes.
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Current owner
Private owners
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
