| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. STC_1756_00 |
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St. Christopher |
| Case Name Long |
Jackson Brown v Henry Sharpe, George Maxwell, Henry Lascelles, Lord and Lady Cranstoun, William Cranstoun and Brown Cranstoun, the latter two by Henry Sharpe, as next friend, Anthony and Elizabeth Hodges, Jeremiah Hodges, and Anthony Hodges |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [322] p.344 (13 Aug. 1756 – 8 June 1757) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.274–275, 329, 497–504, 515–516: PC 2/105/274–275, 329, 497–504, 515–516 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 21 Feb. 1756 |
Participants |
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Brown (Browne), Jackson, esquire, appellant (son of Jeremiah Browne) |
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Browne, Elizabeth – see Hodges, Elizabeth |
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Browne, Jeremiah, deceased (father of Jackson and Elizabeth [now Elizabeth Hodges], uncle of Sarah, grandfather of Frances Payne) |
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Browne, Sarah (niece of Jeremiah Browne) |
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Cranstoun, [James], lord, of Cranstoun [co. Roxburgh], respondent (husband of Lady Cranstoun, father of William and Brown) |
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Cranstoun, [Sophia, née Brown], lady, respondent (wife of Lord Cranstoun, mother of William and Brown) |
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Cranstoun, Brown, esquire, respondent (son of Lord and Lady Cranstoun) |
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Cranstoun, William, esquire, respondent (son of Lord and Lady Cranstoun) |
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Hodges, Anthony (1), respondent (husband of Elizabeth, father of Jeremiah and Anthony [2]) |
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Hodges, Anthony (2), respondent (son of Anthony [1] and Elizabeth) |
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Hodges (née Browne), Elizabeth, respondent (wife of Anthony [1], daughter of Jeremiah Browne, mother of Anthony [2] and Jeremiah) |
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Hodges, Jeremiah, respondent (son of Anthony [1] and Elizabeth) |
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Huddlestone, George |
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Lascelles, Henry, respondent |
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Maxwell, George, respondent |
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Payne, Frances (granddaughter of Jeremiah Browne) |
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Sharpe, Henry, respondent (next friend of William and Brown Cranstoun) |
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Thomas, George, governor of the Leeward Islands |
Description |
Land/inheritance. |
Disposition |
Reversed. |
Notes |
The appellant’s and respondents’ printed cases are summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:117-118 (view). |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Jackson Browne v Henry Sharpe, George and Sophia Maxwell, William and Browne Cranstoun, and Anthony, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, and Anthony Hodges) |
| Counsel | C. Yorke; C. Pratt |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.152r–154v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 19 May 1757 with lengthy manuscript notes. Extensive additional manuscript notes and underlining) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1757; no manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Jackson Browne v Henry Sharpe, George and Sophia Maxwell, William and Browne Cranstown, and Anthony, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, and Anthony Hodges) |
| Counsel | Al. Forrester; K. Evans |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.155r–160v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 19 May 1757. No manuscript notes; minor underlining. Followed by several pages [f157r–160v] of manuscript counsel notes) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1757; 19 May added by hand; no manuscript notes) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | A will (dated 18 Nov. 1755) of a Jeremiah Browne of St. Christopher, not viewed, but likely the Jeremiah Browne in this appeal, can be found at The National Archives, PROB 11/818/423, last visited 3/1/2017. | ||
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