Henley-on-Thames (Buckinghamshire)
Built 1st Jan 1680
1680s country house, ascribed 'possibly' to Wren, built by William Freeman on the site of an old manor house on the estate he had purchased at Fawley. Freeman's nephew and heir to his English estates John Freeman formerly Cooke developed the pleasure gardens, and John Freeman's son Sambrooke Freeman remodelled the house and significantly altered the grounds using Capability Brown.
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Current owner
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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.
