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Title
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Old Accounts of the Manor of Wingfield on the Island of St. Christophers (ms. cover title).
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Author
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Jeaffreson, Christopher, 1650-1725, Jeaffreson, Christopher, 1699-1749
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All Contributors
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Jeaffreson, Christopher, 1650-1725 (Author), Jeaffreson, Christopher, 1699-1749 (Author)
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Place of Origin
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East Cambridgeshire (England), St. Kitts and Nevis
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Date
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1675-1735
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Series Heading
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M3. Jeaffreson, Christopher, fl. 1675-1749 (d. before 7 June 1749).
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Geography
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Antigua, Barbuda, Leeward Islands (West Indies), Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Kitts
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Subject
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Financial records -- Saint Kitts and Nevis, Wingfield Manor (Saint Kitts and Nevis), West Indies -- History -- 17th century
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Notes
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First line: Old Accounts of the Manor of Wingfield on the Island of St. Christopher [Cover Title], Probably written in Dullingham, England, Original digital object name: bei-m003h, Hough and Hough notes: Old Accounts of the Manor of Wingfield on the Island of St. Christophers (ms. cover title). Codex account book bound in vellum, marbled endpapers. Some dampstain. 1 leaf, leaves [1-7] excised, 8-58, [6], 7 blank, [1], 1-9, [1] leaves with ms., 82 blank leaves. Interleavings include receipts; calculations; building plans; "a Copy of Sr. Wm. Stapletons Grant of 1685 the use of the Old Road River with permission to build Mills & Indego works & & &" (1p. ms.); "1685 Resceived of Capt. Athy this Book on ye 12th of November 1685 By me Christopher Jeaffreson" "This Schedule and Award Made on the 27 of August 1685 between Capt. Chrisr Ieaffreson and Ensign Edwd Thome" (ms., 20p., 30.2 cm.); Inventory of Wingfields 29 July 1685 by Lt. Zachariah Rice Lt Francis Kerie (docket title); "Copy of the Act of the Genll. Council & Assembly of the Leeward Jslands touching Comrs. & an Agent for the said Jslands./ for Capt Jeffreyson" (docket title (ms., 4p., 29.2 cm.; St. Johns, Antigua, 8 Nov. 1690); "...An Act for appointing Cõmrs. and an Agent to Negotiate and Mannage the Affaires of the Leeward Jslands as also for setting a Fund for the defraying the Expence & Charge of such Negotiation & procureing of divers necessaries for the Use and benefit of said Jslands..."
