Chilton, Hungerford (Berkshire)
Built 1st Jan 1800
Country house, built for John Pearse c. 1800 by Sir William Pilkington. Pearse had commissioned and built an earlier house by Sir John Soane 1789-1793 which he demolished on completion of the new house.
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Architect
Sir William Pilkington
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Current owner
Private owners
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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.
