e Pi'.rcofield. two mlUs wst of Cliepstoir, was ion? the property of the W;iltera family till The year 17;;'J whea it w:i.s »• Id ti> Coi mi. 1 Murrn. futlieruf Vaieiitiue Morri.s, \L^»,.y who after- ■.vardd posdc8-ed it and T.) who<c tasle and liii-^rality it is indebted for it-, rliiof artitlci:)! lieuiiti.'s and ii \ li.u;,' I'-itablish d celebrary. -- •• Ue miie-iof Eii^^iaud aad \V;Ui'S," by Kev. J. Kvaiis a'.id J. Itriro'.i, \'<\. ii., \\. \:.i.

d KUjiiiitid r.udl'iw. E^i , r.oadjn, priiiteil f )r .V. Millar (page 73) and D. IVown, both in Strand, aaU J. Ward ri C jrahill, ilDUCCI.

THE TOWX OF WEST FARMS. 45 -J

Timbs in his account of Pontepraet (Pomfret) castle, says : "In this i.vtle. Colonel Morris struck the first silver coin of Charles II., who was 'ii)cu:nicd here directly after the death of his father."'*

Wiiile resident in the West Indies he purchased a lovely estate on the hand of Barbadoes and was member of the Council of that island. In i^;4, an expedition having been fitted out against the Spanish possessions in those parts, a commission of colonel was sent to him by the Protector Cromwell; but when the fleet arrived at Barbadoes in 1656, *'he prized himself at so high a rate" that he demanded a present of 100,000 weight of sugar to pay his debts, before he would consent to accompany the fleet. He finally, however, consented and was present at the reduction of Jamaica; after which he returned to Barbadoes, and is iaid to have been interested in the purchase of St. Lucia in 1663. He, now openly professed the principles of the Quakers, and as one of their prominent members entertained tlie celebrated George Fox, at his seat near Bridgeto\\7i, when he visited Barbadoes in 167 1, and signed the addresses to the Governor and Legislature complaining of the persecution to which the Friends were subjected. 'Mr.