tto TiMeMRl. 



In 1681, Captn. CHRISTOPHER CODRlNGTON, was 

 member of Assembly for St. John's. 



One meets in these records copies of deed srelating 

 to property other than that situate in Barbados. For 

 instance, a deed of Sale by Edward Turner of ye 

 Middle Temple, grantee of 1,000 acres of land in ye 

 island of Antigua, in America, from the Right Hon'ble. 

 James, Earl ot Carlisle, after reciting a lease dated 20 

 Jany. 1647, from the said EDWARD TURNER to JOHN 

 Clarke of St. Alban's in ye County of Hertford, deceased* 

 and John OuRY, of the Island of Barbados, planter, of 

 the said 1,000 acres, conveys the same to WlLLIAM 

 Clarke. 



And this : 



1654, 20 Ffeb. — John Denny conveys to Robert 

 MarGETTS and Wm. Smith, his house in ye Cittie of 

 Westminster, and Gardens adjoyning unto the Mulberie 

 garden, unto * * * and commonly called and known 

 by ye name of Goring's House. 



Deeds and other papers executed by absentee proprie- 

 tors are not uncommon, amongst them is one dated : — 

 i6S9, J3 06t.— By which Captn. Wm. Jarman of ye Island of Mount- 

 serrat, conveyed to Captn. Henry Fford, a plantation in Christ Church, 

 joining lands of Anthony Howsum, Philip Haddock, Lawrence Price, 

 Stephen Wiseman, ]eofery BuUer.— Also a lease dated 2 Sep. 1653, of 

 10 acres in St. Michael, by Thomas Rawdon, of Hoddesdon in Hertford- 

 shire and Dame Elizabeth Rawdon, relift of Sir Marmaduke Rawdon, 

 of Hoddesdon. The Rawdon family are frequently mentioned. Sir 

 Marmaduke Rawdon, had greatly assisted the Earl of Carlisle with 

 money. 



1658, 6 July. — Indenture between Peter Legay and Isaac Legay of 

 St. Clave Hart Street, London, Merchants, and Robert Hooper of Lon- 

 don, Esq., recites conveyance by Hooper to Legay of plantation in 

 satisfaction of debts, due by Robert Hooper and Martyn Bentley, of the 

 Island of Barbados, Merchants, conveys plantn. of 205 acres in St. 



