Title:
Sir
First name:
James
Middle name:
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Last name:
Eyton
Aliases:
Eyton, James
Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
Religion:
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Social background:
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Primary outcome:
Gentry
Political Affiliation:
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Political Offices Held
No Information
Bankruptcies
No Information
Geographic experiences
No Information
Internal migrant:
Don't know
Foreign born:
Don't know
Supplier to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Philanthropy:
Yes
Sir James Eyton's Gift - Leatherseller's Company was registered 17/05/1966 and removed (ceased to exist) 24/03/2003, https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/247992/governance
Plantation owner:
Don't know
Sources:
PROB 11/622/472
E.g. for the Caribbean, ADM 106/572/357 (30/04/1703); for North America, Letter Book of Samuel Sewall p. 410 (21/05/1711).
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (4)
Birth
Date:
1640
Location:
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Death
Date:
1728
Location:
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Burial
Date:
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Location:
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Memorial details:
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Christening:
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Knighthood:
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Baronetcy:
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Peerage:
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Occupation:
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Universities
No Information
Inns of Court
No Information
Military training
No Information
Imperial positions
No Information
Apprenticeships
No Information
Livery company affiliations
No Information
Other business activities
No Information
Was slave trading profitable:
Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty:
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate):
£10,000
Occupation:
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Town/City:
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Courts:
PCC
In the will of Sir James Eyton made 01/05/1726, he left his wife Dame Elizabeth Eyton £3000 placed upon mortgage upon the lands and estates late of Sir Henry Hubbard and now in possession of Richard Berney Esq., £700 in South Sea bonds, £300 owed by Richard Berney, £1000 subscription in the stock of the South Sea Co. for life; £1000 in the Million Bank for life; 44 shares in the company known as the Whipp Company for life; and the lease of the house at Mortlake and 1/3rd of the Sun Coffee house in Tridneedle [sic] St. for life. He left his daughter Sarah Bunbury, wife of William Bunbury, £2000 of East India Co. stock then worth £3000, and £1000 subscription in the annuities of the South Sea Co. He left to his granddaughters legacies as follows: to Sarah £310 of East India Co. stock, and £200 from the South Sea Co. stock after the death of her grandmother; to Elizabeth £300 in Million Bank stock, and £200 in South Sea Stock after her grandmother's death; to Eleanor £400 in Million Bank stock and £200 in South Sea stock after her grandmother's death, together with the 44 shares in the Whipp Company; to Mary £300 in Million Bank stock and £200 in South Sea Co. stock after her grandmother's death; and Isabella £300 in Million Bank stock and £200 in South Sea Stock after her grandmother's death. He left £30 to St Thomas' Hospital and gave £25 to the Leatherseller's Company, on condition that each year at Whitsuntide it gave £1 to the churchwardens of Bangor Isycoed to buy bread for the poor of the parish. After further monetary legacies of £30 and the bequest of his land in the Isle of Ely to his son-in-law William Bunbury he left his residual estate to his wife Elizabeth.
Legacies
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