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EAP1013/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003678263
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003678263
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105039442.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1013/1
- Title:
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, St Vincent
- Scope & Content:
-
The Eastern Caribbean Court, St Vincent, has custody of numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the colonial administration of the island. The earliest records date from 1763, when St Vincent became a British possession. Among the documents are Deed Books, wills, powers of attorney, administrations, other legal records, land grants, and governors' incoming and outgoing correspondence.
This collection contains 3 series of multiple volumes and 3 standalone volumes:
- EAP1013/1/1: Deed Books 1774-1857 [20 volumes]
- EAP1013/1/2: Power of Attorney 1789-1880 [14 volumes]
- EAP1013/1/3: Secretary's Record Book 1812-1813 [1 volume]
- EAP1013/1/4: St Vincent Marriages, Baptisms and Burials Register 1765-1820 [1 volume]
- EAP1013/1/5: Wills 1800-1835 [3 volumes]
- EAP1013/1/6: Unknown French Volume [Power of Attorney 1789-1800] [1 volume].
Custodial history: The records at the Eastern Caribbean Court House have been kept there since they were first compiled. The earliest records date from 1763. Custody of these records lies with the Legal Registrar of the Court House.
Arrangement: The Deed Books, Wills and Power of Attorney documents were compiled systematically by the Colonial Secretary or Registrar of Saint Vincent from 1763 onwards. They have been deposited ever since their creation in the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Kingstown, Saint Vincent. Custody of these manuscript records lies with the Legal Registrar at the court house. The physical collection is divided into two locations. Some of the Deed Books, and all of the Power of Attorney and Will volumes are in the Court vault: here, in terms of the present physical storage, there is no system of arrangement, the documents being stacked in a cramped vault, without curation. A substantial number of the Deed Books are now held in the St Vincent National Archive (though remaining in the ownership of the Court): here, they are well looked after and the volumes arranged in chronological order within the arhive's repository.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Wills, deed books and powers of attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003678263", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP1013/1: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, St Vincent" },{ "id" : "036-003678264", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1: Deed Books 1774-1857" },{ "id" : "040-003678265", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/1: Deed Book 1774-1775" },{ "id" : "040-003678266", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/2: Deed Book 1783-1784" },{ "id" : "040-003678267", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/3: Deed Book 1785" },{ "id" : "040-003678268", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/4: Deed Book 1789-1790" },{ "id" : "040-003678269", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/5: Deed Book 1796-1797" },{ "id" : "040-003678270", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/6: Deed Book 1798" },{ "id" : "040-003678271", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/7: Deed Book 1806" },{ "id" : "040-003678272", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/8: Deed Book 1807-1808" },{ "id" : "040-003678273", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/9: Deed Book 1813-1814" },{ "id" : "040-003678274", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/10: Deed Book 1839-1840" },{ "id" : "040-003678275", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/11: Deed Book 1840-1841" },{ "id" : "040-003678276", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/12: Deed Book 1841-1843" },{ "id" : "040-003678277", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/13: Deed Book 1842-1843" },{ "id" : "040-003678278", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/14: Deed Book 1842-1843" },{ "id" : "040-003678279", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/15: Deed Book 1843-1844" },{ "id" : "040-003678280", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/16: Deed Book 1844-1845" },{ "id" : "040-003678281", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/17: Deed Book 1845-1846" },{ "id" : "040-003678282", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/18: Deed Book 1846-1849" },{ "id" : "040-003678283", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/19: Deed Book 1856-1857" },{ "id" : "040-003678284", "parent" : "036-003678264", "text" : "EAP1013/1/1/20: Deed Book 1857-1858" },{ "id" : "036-003678285", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2: Power of Attorney 1789-1880" },{ "id" : "040-003678286", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/1: Power of Attorney 1802" },{ "id" : "040-003678287", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/2: Power of Attorney 1806-1808" },{ "id" : "040-003678288", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/3: Power of Attorney 1809-1810" },{ "id" : "040-003678289", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/4: Power of Attorney 1813-1814" },{ "id" : "040-003678290", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/5: Power of Attorney 1819-1821" },{ "id" : "040-003678291", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/6: Power of Attorney 1820-1829" },{ "id" : "040-003678292", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/7: Power of Attorney 1822-1838" },{ "id" : "040-003678293", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/8: Power of Attorney 1829-1836" },{ "id" : "040-003678294", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/9: Power of Attorney 1838-1843" },{ "id" : "040-003678295", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/10: Power of Attorney 1844-1846" },{ "id" : "040-003678296", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/11: Power of Attorney 1845-1865" },{ "id" : "040-003678297", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/12: Power of Attorney 1847-1852" },{ "id" : "040-003678298", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/13: Power of Attorney 1852-1861" },{ "id" : "040-003678299", "parent" : "036-003678285", "text" : "EAP1013/1/2/14: Power of Attorney 1874-1880" },{ "id" : "040-003678300", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/3: Secretary's Record Book 1812-1813" },{ "id" : "040-003678301", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/4: St Vincent Marriages, Baptisms and Burials Register 1765-1820" },{ "id" : "036-003678302", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/5: Wills 1800-1835" },{ "id" : "040-003678303", "parent" : "036-003678302", "text" : "EAP1013/1/5/1: Wills 1800" },{ "id" : "040-003678304", "parent" : "036-003678302", "text" : "EAP1013/1/5/2: Wills 1806-1811" },{ "id" : "040-003678305", "parent" : "036-003678302", "text" : "EAP1013/1/5/3: Wills 1830-1835" },{ "id" : "040-003678306", "parent" : "032-003678263", "text" : "EAP1013/1/6: Unknown French Volume [Power of Attorney 1789-1800]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003678263
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP1013/1/1 : Deed Books 1774-1857
EAP1013/1/2 : Power of Attorney 1789-1880
EAP1013/1/3 : Secretary's Record Book 1812-1813
EAP1013/1/4 : St Vincent Marriages, Baptisms and Burials Register 1765-1820
EAP1013/1/5 : Wills 1800-1835
EAP1013/1/6 : Unknown French Volume [Power of Attorney 1789-1800]
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- 032-003678263
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1013/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 50,181 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP1013-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1774
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1774-1880
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 13.15463
- Longitude (Decimal):
- -61.22106
- Latitude (Degree):
- N 13°9’17”
- Longitude (Degree):
- W 61°13’16”
- Place of Origin:
- The island of Saint Vincent in the Caribbean
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP1013 "Digitisation of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St Vincent, 1785-1865" project.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from project holder Dr Andrew Pearson, June 2020 (accession record EAP1013/1)
- Arrangement:
- The Deed Books, Wills and Power of Attorney documents were compiled systematically by the Colonial Secretary or Registrar of Saint Vincent from 1763 onwards. They have been deposited ever since their creation in the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Kingstown, Saint Vincent. Custody of these manuscript records lies with the Legal Registrar at the court house. The physical collection is divided into two locations. Some of the Deed Books, and all of the Power of Attorney and Will volumes are in the Court vault: here, in terms of the present physical storage, there is no system of arrangement, the documents being stacked in a cramped vault, without curation. A substantial number of the Deed Books are now held in the St Vincent National Archive (though remaining in the ownership of the Court): here, they are well looked after and the volumes arranged in chronological order within the arhive's repository.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP1013/1 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. It created digital copies of records located at the High Court Registry, St Vincent (vault); St Vincent National Archives..
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Department of History, Brunel University; St Vincent High Court Registry; St Vincent National Archive.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the High Court Registry, St Vincent (vault); St Vincent National Archives.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)