Papers of the British Records Association (West Indies)

Wills, probates, title deeds, etc. relating to estates in the West Indies,1815-1896.

Founded in 1932, the British Records Association exists to encourage and assistwith the preservation, care, use and publication of historical records.

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Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

Listed as no. 774 in Manuscript Collections in RhodesHouse Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library,1996).

No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.

The papers were initially deposited with the British Records Association asfollows:

• Pre-marriage settlement, Grenada, 1839, from A.F. & R.W.Tweedie, London
• Probate of John Groscourt, British Guiana, 1838, from the Departmentof Trade, Bankruptcy Headquarters, London
• Probate of William Rose, Jamaica, 1840, from Stileman, Neate &Topping, London
• Letters of administration and will, George James, Barbados, 1815, fromLee, Bolton and Lee, London
• Title deed, Antigua, 1829 and probate of Eliza Meertens, British Guiana,1867, from Godden, Holme & Co., London
• Title deed, St. Christopher, 1826, provenance unknown (received from thePublic Records Office, probably war salvage)
• Title deeds, Grenada, 1874-1896, from Farrar & Co., London
• Will of Anthony Cunyngham, St. Christopher, 1843, from Preston & Co.,London