1781 - 1856
Committee of the lunatic Elizabeth Phipps, and in that capacity awarded in 1843 the compensation for a group of enslaved people in St Andrew Jamaica.
T71/865 St Andrew no. 359; Letter to Commissioners 10/6/1843 from Joseph Wright saying the Rev Charles Gostling Townley of Ilchester Place North Brixton had been made committee of Elizabeth Phipps' estate.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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University
Oxford (Merton) [1798-1802 ]
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Occupation
Clergyman
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Religion
Church of England
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£339 9s 2d
Awardee (Committee)
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Ilchester Place, North Brixton, London, Surrey, London, England
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Rev. Charles Gostling Townley', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630489 [accessed 8th November 2024].
