Clayton & Cookson

Firm Details

People & Investments (2)

Partner

William Strickland Cookson

Name partner

Michael Clayton

Notes

London partnership, associated with the Clayton dynasty in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the latter was a precursor of Eversheds.

Clayton, Co. & Clayton was one of nine firms of solicitors writing to Lord Glenelg in 1836 to request that the books of the Slave Registry Office in James Street be moved to the Slave Compensation Office in Great George Street.

Sources

http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%22DT.CG%22)

T71/1603 Letter to Lord Glenelg received 29/07/1836.

Further Information

People of Interest

Francis Watt of Ottringham

1787 - 8^th Apr 1844

Yorkshire landowner.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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.

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