CONVEYANCE

GEORGE LAWRENCE [per attorney] to LAWRENCE HISLOP

Date of entry of document: 19^th October 1842

Date within document: 19^th May 1841

 

Persons Mentioned	Places Mentioned
George Lawrence Esq of Wiltshire [seller]	Weston Favell Estate in part of Trelawny that was formerly St James
George Lewis Esq of Hanover [attorney to G Lawrence]	Harman’s Valley
Lawrence Hislop Esq of St James  [Buyer]	Gale’s Valley
Doctor Fowler former owner of neighbouring land	Wakefield Estate
Miles Toppin  & Col. James Lawrence former owners of neighbouring land	York Estate
Mr James Shawe former owner of neighbouring land	Hacton Pen
Jacob Morgan former owner of neighbouring land	Queen of Spain’s Valley Trelawny
John Libert Junior former owner of neighbouring land	Cock pit Hills
William McDonald former owner of neighbouring land	Martha Brae
Mr John Stenton former owner of neighbouring land	Chatsworth in St James
Catherine Harding  former land owner	Industry Estate
Edward Morant, Henry Dawkins & Samuel Long landowners	Spring Vale Pen
Thomas Harding & Isaac Bernard Harding defendants in Chancery case brought by Catherine Harding	Content Estate
John Gray of Industry Estate	Drayton
William Atherton former owner of neighbouring land
John Sterling of Content Estate
John Fowler Esq former owner of neighbouring land
David Shaw Esq former owner of neighbouring land
Alexander Longlands former owner of neighbouring land
Lemon Lawrence Lawrence former owner of Drayton
John & Wm Mowatt Esqs former owners of neighbouring land

 

Precis:-

 

In this document George Lawrence of  Wiltshire in England sells Weston Favell Estate to Lawrence Hislop of St James for £6,500. He is not present and the document is signed on his behalf by his attorney in the Island, George Lewis.

Weston Favell Estate appears to consist of seven separate pieces of land in that part of Trelawny that had previously been St James. They are near Harman’s Valley and adjacent to, and in one case part of,  15,000 acres held by the Crown for allocation to ‘newcomers’. The pieces are as follows:-  300 acres, 256 acres, 264.5 acres, 81 acres, 23 acres, 593 acres and 146 acres.

There is a detailed and very complicated description of land ownership adjacent to each property. In most cases the descriptions relate to ‘former’ owners for some reason. As with all these deeds it must have been a nightmare to ascertain the exact boundaries of each piece of land and no mention is made of any annexed plans.

 

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 [On the front of the folded original}

Dated the 19^th day of May 1841

Lawrence George per attorney to Hislop Lawrence   -   Conveyance of Western Favell Estate &c &c

Ent 14 Nov 1842                                                                                 Entrd 19^th Oct 1842  [initials]

Robert …….  CVJ                                                                                Jamaica SS  Entered the office of

                                                                                                                Enrolments 19^th Octr 1842

                                                                                                                Lib 853 Fol 19 [initials & signature]

 

[On the back of the document}

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

                                                                Richd Turnbull

 

Received the day and year first within written of and from the within named Lawrence Hislop Esquire the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred Pounds Sterling Money being the consideration Money within mentioned to be paid by him to

                                                                                                George Lawrence

                                                                                                By George Lewis his attorney

Witness

                Richd Turnbull                                                                                    £6,500 - -

 

 

Memorandum this nineteenth day of May Annoque Domini 1841 personally appeared before me Richd Turnbull the subscribing Witness to the Execution of the within written Indenture or Instrument in Writing and made Oath that he was present and did see the within named George Lewis as the attorney of the also within named George Lawrence sign the name and affix the seal of the said George Lawrence and as and for the act and deed of the said George Lawrence deliver the same for the purposes therein mentioned                                                                            HW Plummer

 

[Attached to the top left hand corner of the document with a large rusty pin]

Jamaica SS

                I do swear that I have counted the words and figures contained in the annexed Conveyance, find the same to contain Fourteen lawful sheets & one hundred and fifty five words over, to the best of my reckoning

                                                                                R Purdie

Sworn before me

This 27^th August 1842

J  ……  [Signature & initials]

 

[The main document]

Jamaica SS

This Indenture made the nineteenth day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One Between George Lawrence of Cowsfield in the County of Wilts of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England Esquire by George Lewis of the Parish of Hanover in the County of Cornwall and Island aforesaid Esquire his true and lawful attorney in the Island duly constituted and appointed of the one part and Lawrence Hislop of the Parish of St James in the County of Cornwall and Island aforesaid Esquire of the other part  Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of Six thousand Five Hundred Pounds Sterling Money to the said George Lawrence through the hands of George Lewis his attorney aforesaid in hand well and truly paid at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents by the said Lawrence Hislop the receipt whereof and that the same is in full for the absolute purchase of the inheritance in fee simple in possession of the Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereinafter described he the said George Lawrence by the attorney aforesaid doth hereby acknowledge and of and from the same and every part thereof doth equit release exonerate and for ever discharge the said Lawrence Hislop his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and also the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereinafter conveyed for ever by these presents he the said George Lawrence by the attorney aforesaid hath granted bargained sold aliened reversed released enfoeffed and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alien reverse release  enfoeff convey and confirm with the said Lawrence Hislop his Heirs and Assigns All that Plantation or Sugar Work lying and being in that part of the Parish of Trelawny formerly called of St James commonly called or known by the name of Weston Favell consisting of three several pieces or parcels of Land following that is to say All that piece or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the said Parish of Trelawny and formerly in the Parish of Saint James aforesaid in at or near Harman’s Valley(being part of fifteen thousand Acres vested in His Majesty for the use of New Comers) containing Three Hundred Acres be the same more or less and butted and bounded to the East on a rocky hill and the Antigua road to the North formerly on Doctor Fowler now on Gale’s Valley & Wakefield Estates to the west formerly on land of Miles Toppin and Colonel James Lawrence now on lands belonging to York Estate - - - - -and to the south on lands formerly belonging to Mr James Shawe now on Hacton Pen - - - - - -and also all those Two Hundred and fifty six Acres of Land be the same more or less situate at or near a place called Queen of Spain’s Valley in the said Parish of Trelawny and formerly in Saint James aforesaid being a part of the said Fifteen Thousand Acres of Land vested in the Crown for the use of New Comers butting and bounding north formerly on Jacob Morgan now on Weston Favell Estate - - - - - south formerly on James Shaw now on Hacton Pen - - - - -East formerly on John Libert Junior now on Weston Favell Estate - - - - - and west formerly on Jacob Morgan now on Weston Favell Estate - - - - - and also all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in Trelawny formerly in the Parish of Saint James aforesaid containing Two Hundred and Sixty Four Acres and one half of an acre to the same more or less being a part of Three Hundred Acres of  Land patented by the said John Libert   Junior butting and bounding on Cock pit Hills West formerly on Mr James Shaw Jacob Morgan and William McDonald now on Hacton Pen and Weston Favell Estate and South formerly on Mr John Libert and Mr John Stenton now on Hacton Pen, York Estate --- - - - save and except thereof a certain piece or parcel of land conveyed by Catherine Harding to Edward Morant Henry Dawkins and Samuel Long containing Twenty three Acres And also all that Penn Piece or Parcel of Land containing Eighty One Acres be the same more or less situate near Martha Brae in that part of the Parish of Trelawney formerly called Saint James mentioned in the pleadings in a certain cause lately depending in the High Court of Chancery in this Island in which Catherine Harding were the complainant and Thomas Harding and Isaac Bernard Harding and others were Defendants And also all that Twenty Three Acres of Land situate in the Parish of Trelawny aforesaid formerly in the occupation of Edward Morant Henry Dawkins and Samuel Long being formerly part and parcel of a Plantation called York and having the said Plantation on the North and West parts thereof butted to the South on Weston Favell Plantation and East on the King’s highway leading from Weston Favell to Martha Brae aforesaid and also all that piece or parcel of Land and premises situate in the said Parish of Saint James aforesaid commonly called or known by the name of Chatsworth containing Five Hundred and Ninety Three Acres butting and bounding North part on Lands formerly in the possession of John Gray Esquire of Industry Estate now in the possession of Spring Vale Pen  - - - - - -- - - part on Land formerly belonging to William Atherton Esquire and part on Land formerly belonging to John Sterling Esquire of Content Estate on Land formerly belonging to John Fowler Esquire and also part on William Atherton Esquire and part on Land formerly belonging to David Shaw Esquire South on land formerly belonging to the said David Shaw and West part on Land formerly belonging to Alexander Longlands and others part on Drayton formerly the property of Lemon Lawrence Lawrence and part on Land formerly belonging to the said John Sterling And also al that piece or parcel of Land situate in the said Parish of Saint James containing One Hundred and Forty Six Acres butting and bounding North on the Fifteen Thousand Acres line East and South Easterly formerly on John and William Mowatt Esquires South and South Westerly on David Schaw and West on Lemon Lawrence Lawrence Esquire or howsoever otherwise the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises may be butted bounded known distinguished or described with the appurtenances and all Houses Outhouses Edifices Erections and Buildings whatsoever thereon erected and built standing and being and all ways paths passages waters water courses Wells and Wells of Water ponds ponds tanks rivers streams rivulets woods underwoods trees timber trees hedges ditches fences enclosures lights Easements profits privileges commodities Emoluments advantages hereditaments rights members and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof  or as appurtenant thereto or to or with the same or any part thereof now or at any time heretofore had held used occupied possessed or accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or of any part thereof and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents issues profits and produce thereof  Respectively and all the Estate right title Interest Use trust possession property benefit claim inheritance and demand whatsoever either at Law or in Equity of him the said George Lawrence of in to or out of the same To have and To hold the said Estate pieces or parcels of land hereditaments and appurtenances with all and Singular other the premises hereinbefore described and hereby granted and conveyed or intended so to be with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances with the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Lawrence Hislop  his heirs and assigns for ever and to and for and upon no other uses trust end intent and purpose whatsoever And the said George Lawrence by his attorney aforesaid for himself his heirs executors administrators and assigns doth hereby covenant promise and agree with and to the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs and assigns in manner and form following that is to say that he the said George Lawrence at the time of the sealing and delivery of these presents is rightfully seized in his demesne as of fee in his own right and to his own use of the said Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereby granted and conveyed or otherwise assured or intended so to be of a good sure perfect and absolute Estate of inheritance in fee simple in possession without any manner of condition power of revocation or limitation or any other matter or thing whatsoever expressed or implied which can or may revoke determine alter charge incumber or prejudicially affect the same in any manner whatsoever and also that for and notwithstanding any act deed matter or thing whatsoever the said George Lawrence now hath in himself full power and lawful and absolute authority to grant bargain sell and convey the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereby granted and conveyed or intended so to be unto and to the use and behoof of the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs and assigns in the manner aforesaid and according to the true intent and meaning of these presents And further that he the said Lawrence Hislop and his heirs and assigns shall and lawfully may from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enter into and upon and have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereby granted and conveyed or otherwise assured or intended so to be with their and every of their respective rights members and appurtenances and to have hold receive and take the rents issues and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and behoof without any lawful let suit hindrance molestation disturbance interruption claim or demand whatsoever of from or by him the said George Lawrence his heirs or any other person or persons whomsoever now or at any time hereafter lawfully or equitably claiming any Estate right title charge or interest at Law or in Equity into or out of upon or respecting the said hereditaments and premises from through under or in trust for him or them  or any or other of them and that free and clear and freely and clearly and absolutely discharged and exonerated and otherwise by and at the exchange[? Paper damaged] of the said George Lawrence and his heirs Executors or Administrators defended protected and indemnified of from and against all former and other gifts grants bargains sales releases settlements mortgages demises leases contracts devises Will conveyances Assurances descents uses trusts limitations Estate rights and title of or to dower remainders reversions judgements decrees recognizances Statutes Extents Executions Sequestrations legacies portions annuities rents of all kinds forfeitures rights of Entry and causes thereof and all and Singular other Estates  rights titles Interests charges and incumbrances whatsoever which at any time or times heretofore or at any time or times hereafter shall or may be made created executed committed occasioned or suffered by him the said George Lawrence or any other Person or Persons whomsoever And moreover that he the said George Lawrence and all and every other Person or Persons now or hereafter rightfully claiming or to claim any Estate right title or interest at Law or in Equity of in to out of upon or respecting the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises hereby granted and conveyed or otherwise assured or intended so to be or any part thereof under or in trust for him or them or any or other of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter at the reasonable request and at the proper costs and charges of the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs and assigns make do acknowledge levy suffer execute and perfect or cause and procure to be made done acknowledged suffered executed and perfected all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable acts deeds conveyances and assurances matters and things in the law whatsoever for the further better more perfectly and absolutely granting conveying confirming and assuring the said Sugar Estate pieces or parcels of Land hereditaments and premises and the possession reversion and inheritance of the same with their and every of their respective rights members and appurtenances unto the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs and assigns as he the said Lawrence Hislop his heirs Executors Administrators and assigns or their counsel learned in the Law shall lawfully and reasonably advise devise or require In Witness Whereof the said George Lawrence by his attorney the said George Lewis hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and Year first above Written

George @ Lawrence

By George               Lewis his attorney