Record

Browse this collection	This entry describes an individual archive record or file. Click here to browse the full catalogue for this collection
CONTENT WARNING	OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE This catalogue and the archives it describes contain highly offensive and oppressive language. Some of the language has been included in the catalogue description to publicly reflect the attitudes of the time the records were written.
Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D504/121/1/4
Title	Attested copy of the Official Colonial will of William Heathcote of the colony of Demerary, planter ['owner' of enslaved African people]
Date	2 Feb 1811-21 Aug 1856
Description	Original will made 2 February 1811, Examined 21 Aug 1856 Including bequests relating to Stone Cliff House Estate [Stancliffe, Darley Dale], unsettled accounts with William Neilson, payments to Joanna Hopkinson "a free coloured woman" [Black woman], the manumission of 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] and legacies to his family
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Client of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors
Archive Creator	Stancliffe Estates Company Ltd
Privacy Notice	Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
Format	Document
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Ethnic groups
	Abolition of slavery
	Social reform
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Resistance to oppression
	Probate
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM

Related Names

Name (click for further details)

Add to My Items

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Collection Highlights

Useful Links