Codringtons
C.M.Codrington
I'm sorry, I meant to acknowledge your note but have not been keeping up with correspondence lately. Thank you.
I'm familiar with the Warner's(2) role as attorney's to various Cods during and prior to that period. I copied that letter as it had an interesting legal opinion in it, which was critical to Sir Willy's status in the case regarding Christopher III's bequest of a moiety of Barbuda to the SPG(society for the propagation of the Bible in Foreign parts)which he contested on the basis of his having inherited a portion from the estate of his father John.
The opinion was that in a Co-partnership such as that existing between Chris II and brother Col John(died circa 1685)there was no "right of Survival" ie that the surviving partner subsequent to the death of the other holds the assets of the partnership en toto and the heirs of the decedent
have no claim....
This was contrary to Sir William's understanding, and contrary to his Father's will and intent.
In subsequent testimony, including that of one of the Willoughby's, it became apparent that the brothers (co-partners) had intended that each party hold full inheritable right in their particular share. This was demonstrated (according to Willoughby's affadavit)by their exchanging of individual handfulls of dirt followed by an oath which Willoughby states took place between the brothers on Barbuda.
It is very unclear why Chris II's son Christopher III(benefactor of Cod College, Barbados d: 1710) deliberately negotiated a clear Crown lease in his own name in 1705 and on what basis he was allowed to do so. If one is inclined to suspect the character of Sir William's cousin, it seems likely he did so to assure his own clear title with a characteristically cavalier lack of consideration for his cousins. Since Sir William and his brother John were minors in England at the time it is very likely CCIII heard nothing that would persuade him his cousins had a claim. Another view is that he did this to assure clear title to the island until his cousins were of age as Cod title to the island was the subject of continuous rancour with certain elements on Antigua who resented the very decided advantage it provided them in victualling and other things like ah....interisland "trade" etc.(here you may read profit!!!) this Rancour still manifests itself in the constant debate over the !
validity of Antigua's claim to the governance of Barbuda(a good example showing why planter history really is part of the "Peoples" History)
In any case, too bad Warner did not elaborate on the basis of his legal opinion....From other documents it seems clear that Sir William and his subsequent heirs eventually hammered out a settlement which essentially preserved his control of the island while compensating the SPG for some legitimate portion resulting from the elder cousin's will. Most likely this related only to that part clearly Christopher's by virtue of his own father's inheritable share and thus would suggest Sir William accomplished a qualified victory on the issue.
In any case the SPG did not receive the settlement money til 1758, 20 years after Sir William's death!!!!!
The lesson here is that when you read all these wills with bequests and annuities do not for a moment beleive they were actually paid out as originally stated in the wills....In nearly every case at some point down the line there was a renegotiation and settlement which in most cases reduced the real value of the original bequest....even for people not fighting over entire islands!
Cod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hpw...@aol.com [mailto:Hpw...@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:50 AM
> To: chri...@bellsouth.net
> Subject: Codringtons
>
>
> Chris, I sent this to another address @village.ios.com- listed on the
> Caribbean surname site I believe. Will try this new address.
>
> Hello Chris,
> I think you may be interested an offering on this site.
> http://www.autographs.demon.co.uk
> Of course you may already know it. In the menu on the left, you'll see
> Overseas Travel — If you click on that you'll get a page-scroll down to
> Barbuda, and you'll find a description there of a letter addressed to Sir
> William Codrington from Sir Thomas Warner about a search for a Title to
> Barbuda. I couldn't cut and paste unfortunately.
> It is a letter for sale, and I thought you might be interested in
> having a
> look- a might pricey at 375 pounds, but history and family are
> one thing some
> people spend money on.
> Helen Wentworth
> Sandwich, Mass.
> USA
>
Terry Roberts
Enjoy your writings very much, look forward to many more.
Have you seen these before?
1/ NAVARINO:-
The battle of Navarino was fought between a combined fleet
of British, French and Russian ships against a combined force of Turkish &
Egyptian vessels on 20th October 1827. The British Squadron was
commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington.
2/ A street names Southwark Street on the south bank of the River Thames, there used to be a building named Codrington House, it was used by the National Small-bore Rifle Assn for many years before they moved to Bisley in Surrey.
Regards Terry
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Hi Helen;
Gregory Richard Kearney-Lawson
where are you located? Vancouver,Canada?
Just asking.
Thanks,
Gregory
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Terry Roberts
If I were in Vancouver I would be out enjoying the open air,
alas I am located in the wet and cold deepest County of Essex England.
Wish I were in WI.
Regards Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Richard Kearney-Lawson
[mailto:gkearne...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 16 July 2000 23:34
To: CARIB...@rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: Codringtons
Gregory Richard Kearney-Lawson
Do you know of any Lawson's ?
The ones from my family originated from Scotland I believe.
Alexnader Lawson and Margaret Stone, went to Jamaica in the early part of
the century and then my great garandfather Aubrey Alexander came to Costa
Rica.
Thanks.
Lic.Gregory Kearney-Lawson.
>From: "Terry Roberts" <trob...@lineone.net>
>Reply-To: CARIB...@rootsweb.com
>To: CARIB...@rootsweb.com
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Terry Roberts
Sorry but Scotland is the northern end of the British Isles whilst I am in
the very south. Why not join the Scots e-group?
scots-...@egroups.com just put subscribe in the subject bar.