The Codrington collection, 1704-1898
The Codrington collection, 1704-1898
Collection: The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950 Volumes The Codrington collection, 1704-1898
Codrington College has a history distinct from the work of the SPG and, moreover, distinct from the management of the Codrington estates. Christopher Codrington, who died in 1710, bequeathed the SPG two plantations in Barbados “to maintain a convenient number of professors and scholars”. Bishop William Fleetwood in London viewed the gift as a foundation for a college devoted to the education of black children. In Britain, there were plans drawn up for the proposed college and the first stone was laid in Barbados in 1717, with funds coming from the two plantations. It was not until 1745, however, that the College opened under Thomas Rotheram and established itself as a grammar school for white boys only. This was far from the intention of the College as it was originally conceived. It was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when John Hothersal Pinder was appointed catechist, that the religious education of black children began at Codrington. The funds from the two estates were not sufficient and the school had closed by 1775. When it reopened in 1797 under Mark Nicholson, College President for the next 24 years, the SPG had renewed pressure from public groupings in Britain to take a more active part in the Christianising of enslaved children. In 1824 William Hart Coleridge was appointed the first Bishop of Barbados. Coleridge was anxious to improve education. Under his guidance, the scope of educational policies widened extensively. Thus, in 1830 he opened a new Codrington College for the purpose of training candidates for the ministry. The old grammar school was continued, as the Lodge School, and with the coming of emancipation, more efforts were made to educate black children and to build schools for the newly emancipated. Far from the intention of the original College, the founding of the grammar school served as best to help establish a 'gentry' in Barbados. On the other hand, the problem of gaining recruits for the theological college was to prove grave. Thus, whilst the schools in Barbados flourished, Codrington College fell on hard times after 1887 and only the celebration of the SPG bicentenary in 1901 revived its fortunes. Arthur Henry Anstey was appointed principal and proved a great success; after 1955 the Community of the Resurrection took over the running of the College. By the twentieth century, the SPG and Codrington College had become a meaningful institution in terms of life on the island.
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Agents' papers: Marmaduke Trattle, London
Contents: C/WI/COD/131: Accounts of sales of sugar at London, 1784-1804. - C/WI/COD/132: Accounts of sales of sugar at London, 1804-1831. - C/WI/COD/133: Various accounts, 1800-1831. - C/WI/COD/134: Invoices of goods...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1784-1840
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod8a
Accounts, 1710-1840
Contents: C/WI/COD/152: Estate accounts, 1710-1712. - C/WI/COD/153: Estate accounts, 1713. - C/WI/COD/154: Estate accounts, 1719. - C/WI/COD/155: Estate accounts, 1720. - C/WI/COD/156: Estate accounts, 1721. - C/WI/COD/157: Estate accounts, 1722....
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1710-1840
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod7
Agents' papers: Thomas Daniel & Sons, Bristol
Contents: C/WI/COD/127: Accounts of sales of sugar at Bristol, 1785-1846. - C/WI/COD/128: Correspondence of Daniel & Sons to SPG, 1801-1846. - C/WI/COD/129: Various accounts, 1794-1838. - C/WI/COD/130: Invoices of goods...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1785-1846
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod8
College : new status, 1824-1898
Contents: C/WI/COD/106: General correspondence re new status, 1828-1829. - C/WI/COD/107: Codrington College Council minutes, 1829. - C/WI/COD/108: Correspondence & reports of Rev. J.B. Pinder, Principal, 1829-1835. - C/WI/COD/109: Application, correspondence...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1824-1898
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod6
Building the College, 1713-1728
Contents: C/WI/COD/17-25 & 146.
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1713-1728
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod2
Catechists and chaplains, 1714-1848
Contents: C/WI/COD/62: Testimonials to Rev. Joseph Holt, 1714-1715, signed by many inhabitants of Barbados. - C/WI/COD/63: Appointment of Charles Love as catechist, 1716. - C/WI/COD/64: Correspondence re Thomas Wilkie, catechist,...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1714-1848
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod3
The school, 1745-1842
Contents: C/WI/COD/78: Letters from Rev. Thomas Rotherham, 1745-1751. - C/WI/COD/79: Letters from Joseph Bewsher, 1741-1749, including a printed advertisement, 1748. - C/WI/COD/80: Letters from William Bryant, 1746-1749, including: correspondence re...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1745-1842
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod4
Estate management, 1711-1845
Contents: C/WI/COD/26: Papers re Rev. Alex Cunningham, 1717-1720. - C/WI/COD/27: Correspondence from John Smalridge, Attorney, 1722-1728. - C/WI/COD/28: Draft letters from SPG to Barbados, 1722-1724. - C/WI/COD/29: Copy papers of...
Collection:The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950Date:1711-1845
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:72276cod5
