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Cousin and heir-at-law of Hannah Landell (q.v., who had inherited Coldingham estate from her father in 1819). William Landell instituted a Chancery case against his aunt Margaret Landell (q.v.), who was awarded all of the compensation money. Possibly the same William Landell awarded compensation for St Thomas-in-the-East 157.
T71/885 St Thomas-in-the-Vale claim no. 151 (Coldingham). T71/1606 letter from J.W. Bromley about a Chancery case for the recovery and apportionment of compensation money as instructed by William Landell, heir-at-law of Hannah Landell.
W.H. Dunbar, Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (Edinburgh, M. Anderson, 1837) pp. 231-234.
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£1,104 19s 6d
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Landell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1674721524 [accessed 5th May 2024].
