Tyringham, nr Newport Pagnell (Buckinghamshire)
Built 1st Jan 1793 £40,623
Grade I country house rebuilt by Sir John Soane for William Praed c.1793-1797. Praed's rebuilding of Tyringham was intended to be funded in part by the sale of Praed's Jamaica property, the sale of which fell through in 1807. Soane was repaid the outstanding amount of £13,000 only in 1817, 25 years after work had started.
Gillian Darley, John Soane: an Accidental Romantic (Yale, 1999) pp. 106-112.
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Architect
John Soane
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Current owner
Not known
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
