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John Gage, esq and his son William Gage, and George Assheby and his son John Assheby, for the settlement by GA on JA and JG's daughter Eleanor
Lands in Harefield, Middlesex, to the yearly value of £6 13s 4d over all charges
JA to settle on Eleanor all lands that he should therafter inherit or buy to increase Eleanor's jointure to £13 6s 8d
JG and WG to pay John Assheby £100

John Gage, esq and William Gage, esq to Robert Thetcher of Tarring St Clere
JG and WG's manor called Toryng Seyntcler with all the demesne lands, rents and services, except the advowson of the church, the homage of free tenants held by knight service, wards, marriages of the free tenants
Liberty reserved to hold courts from three weeks to three in the said manor.

Richard Guldeford, kt, controller of the king's household, with John Gage of Burstow, Surrey, gent; JG to marry RG's daughter Philippa
RG to pay to JG £200, to be secured by a grant of a rentcharge of £66 13s 4d out of his great marsh called Guyldefords Merssh (in the parish of Rye deleted) with a bond by four persons to be agreed
RG to 'bear and pay the costs and charges of the apparell of Philippa the day of the said marriage and also the costs and charges of the dinner and supper at the same day'; JG to settle manors and lands on Philippa to the yearly value of £40

Richard Guldeford, kt and John Gage, esq, to declare the uses, by way of jointure for RG's daughter Philippa and wife of JG, of a recovery in Trinity term 1502 made by RG, Edmund Dudley, esq, Thomas Islay, esq, Richard Saunder, John Assheherst, Harry Saunder, John Fenner [recte Fermer - see SAS/G21/8] and John Jurdan against JG of the manors of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire and Heighton [St Clere], Sussex, of the value of £40 and much more

John Gage, kt, vice-chamberlain of the king, and Christopher Baynham, kt and his son and heir George Baynham, esq; GB to marry JG's daughter Cecile
Mutual covenants by the fathers to apparel Cecile and George on the day of the marriage 'in such seemly manner as shall appertain to her and his degree'.
The manor of Abinghall, Gloucestershire, and Bickerton, Herefordshire, to be granted as the jointure of Cecile; other lands in Gloucestershire mentioned, including Ruardean, Bokenor, Harthyll, Bledeyslowe, Newland, Staunton, Hewelsfield, Hathweys and St Briavels

By Christopher Baynham, kt and George Baynham to John Gage, kt in £666 13s 4d for performance of covenants in SAS/G21/5

Christopher Baynham, kt (son and heir of Alice Denys, late the wife of Thomas Baynham, kt and daughter of William Walwyn, esq) and his son and heir George Baynham to Henry Guldeford, kt, John Gage, kt, William Kyngeston, kt, Antony Poyntz, kt, John Baker, gent, recorder of London, Henry Browne, esq (son and heir of Matthew Browne, kt), John Guldefrod, esq (son and heir of George Guldeford, esq), Nicholas Poyntz, esq (son and heir of AP), and Edward Gage and James Gage (sons of JG)
The manors of Abinghall, Gloucestershire and the capital messuage or site of the manor of Bickerton in Bickerton, Herefordshire

Richard Saunder of Charlwood in Surrey, gent, at the request of John Gage, kt to William Fitzwilliam, kt, Henry Guldeford, kt, Anthony Browne, kt, Henry Browne, esq, John Shelley, gent, Edward Belyngeham, John Guldeford, Richard Bray, Stephen Rootis and Thomas Pellond
The manor of Heighton [St Clere], which RS (with Edmund Dudley, esq, Thomas Islay, esq, John Assheherst, Harry Saunder, John Fermer and John Jurdan, all now dead), recovered against JG, then esquire, in Trinity term 1502
Thomas Alye and Edmund Standen attorneys to deliver seisin.
W: John Parker, gent, George Darell, John Staple, John Coby, Richard Blynkynsop, Thomas Penherst

William Bysshe of Burstow and William Smyth of Burstow, yeoman, to John Gage, kt, Henry Guldeford, kt, Anthony Broune, kt and Henry Broune, esq
A piece of ground 69' x 33' with a house thereon in the southeast corner of the churchyard of Burstow

John Gage, kt, William Pelham, kt and Christopher More, gent, to William Fitzwilliam, kt, Anthony Browne, kt, Henry Browne, esq, John Shelley, gent, Edward Belyngeham, John Guldeford, Richard Bray, Stephen Rootis and Thomas Pellond in trust for JG and his wife Philippa
Two messuages, two tofts, 25a of land in Firle and Heighton late Thomas Algar, in which they (with John Guldeforde who released 31 May 1532 and Richard Guldeforde, John Rote and Thomas Polsted, now dead) were enfeoffed by Henry Coby and Thomas Thatcher to the use of JG, 5 May 1521 [for which see SAS/G4/43]
Edmund Standen and William Balarde attorneys to deliver seisin

John Gage, kt with John Parker of Willingdon, esq; JG's son and heir Edward Gage to marry JP's daughter Elizabeth Parker
JP to pay JG £200 and EG and Elizabeth £50
JG to settle upon EG and Elizabeth lands to the yearly value of 40 marks, and on Elizabeth lands to the value of 20 marks over and above the 40 marks.
JP to pay JG £20 towards the apparell of Elizabeth and JG covenants 'to apparell as well the said Edward as the said Elizabeth meet and convenient at and for the said day of marriage'

John Gage, kt to his son and heir Edward Gage and his wife Elizabeth, in pursuance of a contract with John Parker, esq
The manor of Burstow, Surrey, and all messuages and land belonging in Burstow, Horne, and Nutfield, Surrey
W to seisin: John Parker, Nicholas Pelham, esq, Christopher Sakevyle, gent, John More of Wivelsfield, Richard Esterfyld, Maurice Welles, Richard Bray steward of the court of Nicholas Burstowe, John Smyth, William Smyth, John Bray, William Byssh, Thomas Gylmyn, William Cowper, John Chart, 15 Oct 1539

John Gage, kt to John Peckden, William Crent (Grent on livery of seisin)
1 The manor of Heighton [St Clere], which William Fitzwilliam, kt and others lately had to the use of JG and his wife Phillippa by demise of Richard Saunder of Charlwood, 16 May 1530
2 Two messuages, two tofts and 25a of land in Firle and Heighton sometime of Thomas Algar, which JG (with William Pelham and Richard Guldeford and others) had to the use of JG by sale of Henry Cobye and Thomas Thetcher, 5 May 1521
3 Lands purchased from John Bolney of Bolney, esq, and also 13a 1½r lying dispersed in West Firleand 13a 3r in Smythforland in West Firle; and all lands and common in Compton in West Firle which JG acquired of John Bolney, with a carrying or drove way across land of John Bolney called the East Gardeyne to part of the lands between the East Gardeyne and the Downs which JG also acquired of John Bolney by charter, 12 May 1532
4 The manor of Hosiers and all messuages belonging in West Firle which JG purchased from Giles Fynes, esq, 4 May 1532
5 Lands in West Firle late purchased from John Selwyn late of Alfriston: Alcotts (3a), Herst (5a) and 2a of pasture between JG's lands called Tynacres, a linck (1a) by charter of 20 Nov 1527
6 Lands called Peverells in Exceat [in Westdean] late purchased from Thomas West, kt, Lord 1a Ware, 4 Jul 1536
W to seisin: Thomas Pellond, Nicholas Virgo, Robert Jakes, Richard Frengh, John Ballard, John Thomas the younger, Thomas Colvyle, Thomas Thomas, William Crouche, William Bonwyk, Richard Alwerk, Isabel Tompsett, widow, Richard Thetcher, 7 Jul 1537

John Peckdene and William Crent to John Gage, kt and his wife Philippa, and JG's heirs
Manors lands acquired as SAS/G21/13
W to seisin: Thomas Pellond, Nicholas Virgo, Robert Jakes, Richard Frengh, John Ballard, John Thomas the younger, Thomas Colvyle, Thomas Thomas, William Crouche, William Bonwyk, Richard Alwerk, Agnes Alwerk, widow, Isabel Tompsett, widow, Richard Thetcher, Richard Colvyle, Richard Joyner, Robert Ballard, John Thomas the elder, John Yong, William Rolf, John Homewood, who re-attorned tenants to JG and PG, 7 Jul 1537

John Guldeford of Benenden, Kent, kt to John Gage, kt for performance of covenants in deeds of even date between JG, John Baker, kt and Edward Gage, esq, and JG

By the king informing the keeper of Sodbury Park, Gloucester that he had given to Lady Guylford 'the holder' a buck in summer and a doe in winter to be taken yearly; Windsor Castle

Anthony Poynes, kt, and his wife Joan, late the wife of Richard Guldeford, kt, deceased, to Master Thomas Larck, clerk, and Henry Guldeford, kt
A tenement with window closet or prospect into the church of the Blackfriars next Ludgate, with all other chambers, kitchens, store-room, larder, cellars, solars and other buildings of office and with a waterduct leading into the said kitchen and garden and other places hitherto in the tenure of RG within the close or cloister of the Friars in London, leased to RG and Joan for 40 years at 8 marks by Morgan Johns, STP, deceased, then prior of the house of Friars Preachers next Ludgate, London and the convent, 31 Jan 1506
Assignment with the licence of the prior and convent of 12 Feb 1522, to the use of TL for life and to his executors for a year and a day after his decease, then HG to permit Joan, if alive, to have and hold the tenement to her own use for life
W: John Poynes, esq, John Wynde, gent; 21 Feb 1522

Richard Hurdman to Anthony Poynes, kt, for rent of a great place at Lamberts Hill due to the chamber of London at 29 Sep and 25 Dec 1529

Of William Botrye of London against Anthony Poynis, kt, for black cloth delivered to named servants 1515-1532 received from Sir George Morland, 18 Jul 1532 and 19 Nov 1532

John Babham to the use of Margaret [Plantagenet], Countess of Salisbury, to John Gage, kt for all evidences and writings (listed in detail) concerning the manor of Aston Clinton otherwise Aston Chercy, and land in Buckland and Wendover, Buckinghamshire, lately sold by JG to the countess

With particulars of items delivered to Nicholas Poyntz esq, son and heir of Anthony Poyntz, kt, and John Poynts, gent

Nicholas Poyntz, esq, to Jane Guldeford, widow, for £40 for the farm of Berton Hundred and Sodbury, Gloucestershire due to the king

Nicholas Poyntz, esq, son and heir of Anthony Poyntz, kt and John Poyntz to Jane Guldeford, widow, for silver plate listed in SAS/G21/22-23 delivered to them

A small roll

Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, esq, one of the executors of his father Anthony Poyntz, kt, to AP's widow Jane Gyldeford

Jane Gyldeford late wife of Anthony Poyntz, kt, deceased, and his son, heir and executor Nicholas Poyntz, esq
The manors of Elkstone and Stanshawes, Gloucestershire by way of dower and for the sale to Jane of half AP's goods, plate and household stuff in her dwellinghouse of the Black Friars of London or elsewhere in the city of London or the suburbs

Nicholas Poyntz to Jane Gyldeford for performance of covenants in SAS/G21/30

Nicholas Poyntz to Jane Gyldeford, for life
A close of pasture in Stanshawes in Gloucestershire, occupied by John Packer of Wapley
In consideration of her acceptance of the manors of Elkstone and Stanshawes, Gloucestershire; rent, a red rose 'if it be lawfully asked'

Nicholas Poyntz to Jane Guldeforde (by Humphrey Bollonde, gent) in part payment of £200 due under deed of 14 May 1533

Nicholas Poyntz to Jane Guldeforde, half as part of the £100 for which he has sold her the moiety of her goods in her house in the London Blackfriars, valued at £180

Thomas Parry 'servant unto Master Nicholas Poyntz esquier' to Jane Guldeford (by Humphrey Bowland, gent)

Nicholas Poyntz (autograph) to Jane Gyldeford (by James Fauset)

Jane Gyldeford and Nicholas Poyntz, kt, for the delivery by JG of all the household stuff at the manor place of Hill in Gloucestershire, which she was to have the use of for life and then to leave it to NP under deed of 14 May 1533

Thomas [Cranmer], archbishop of Canterbury, by authority of the king to John Gage, kt and William Pennystone, kt as executors of the will of Jane Guldeforde, of the need to exhibit an inventory or any further account; subscribed: Thomas Argall

Edward Gage, kt and Elizabeth Copley, widow of Roger Copley, kt; EG's son and heir John Gage to marry RC and EC's daughter Margaret Copley
EC to pay EG 700 marks (200 marks on the day of marriage and the residue a year later at the mansion house of EG's brother Robert Gage, esq at St Mary Overy, Southwark
EG to convey lands to the value of £50 a year to JG and Margaret.
EG to find for the said John and Margaret and their children and three of their men servants and one of their women servants in his house convenient meat, drink and lodging, with convenient allowance and finding for their horses and geldings (for themselves one horse or gelding and for every of their men servants one horse or gelding and for one of their women servants one horse or gelding)

Of Elizabeth Copley of Gatton, Surrey, to Edward Gage, kt in 1000 marks for performance of covenants in SAS/G21/40

Edward Gage, kt and John Thatcher, esq; JT's son James Thatcher to marry EG's daughter Mary
W: Anthony Mountague, Robert Pentress, Thomas Palmar, John Coppley

Of Edward Gage, kt to John Thatcher of Priesthawes in Westham for performance of covenants in SAS/G21/42-43 (cancelled)

By John Thatcher to Edward Gage, kt

Of Thomas Stradlyng to the articles of Edward Gage, kt, 27 Sep 1566, concerning a marriage between Edward Stradlyng and EG's daughter [Agnes]; includes valuation of TS's mansion of West Place and manors in Coity and Coychurch, [Glamorgan]

Edward Gage, kt and Thomas Stradlinge of St Donats, Glamorganshire, kt; TS's son and heir Edward Stradlinge has married EG's daughter Agnes, for providing a jointure for Agnes in lands in Glamorgan
W: Edward Stradlynge, Anthony Gage, Thomas Mawndvyll, clerk

Of Thomas Stradling, kt to Edward Gage, kt for performance of covenants in SAS/G21/47

Thomas Stradling to Edward Gage, kt for £200 in full satisfaction of £500 due 'to me for the marriage of his daughter to my son'

John Thetcher of Westham, esq with Edward Gage, kt; JT's son and heir James Thetcher, gent, has married EG's daughter Mary
1 The house place and site place of the manor of Mersham with land (details) in Fairlight and Pett, occupied by Matthew Terrye by lease for 17 years, 1 Jun 1561
2 The Reches in Pett, let to John Taylor and Edward Terrye at will
3 3a And part of Gatfylde Marsh in Pett, let to William Bedell
4 Phillips Land (50a) in Fairlight, let to Robert Drinker for 21 years
5 Motes Land in Failight, let to William Hornbye
6 20a Marsh, part of The Fother, let to Hugh Carter
7 Gardeners Hill and other land (details) in Westham, let to Thomas Wood for 21 years from the death of Stephen Bert
8 Land called John Harrys, The Dene Wyshe and Spon Fyelde in Ringmer and Laughton, let to John Levinge for 7 years
9 20a, Part of the More Park in Ringmer, let to John Aptot for 21 years
10 Tenement and 4a meadow called the Den Howse in Ringmer, let to Henry Tester for 21 years
11 Clarkes Lands (10a) in Laughton, let to Richard Warde at will
12 Chambers Wyshe otherwise Clarkes Wyshe in Laughton, let to William Page at will
13 Sundry pieces of land called Groveland, Ambrose Land and Pewrege in Hellingly, let to William Reve for 21 years, 18 Aug 1560
W: John Fawkenor, William Grynt, Thomas Churchar, John Fawkener

John Thetcher to Thomas Parker, kt, Edward Gage of Little Horsted, esq, Anthony Gage, son of Edward Gage, kt and Thomas Rootes of Hailsham, gent
Premises mentioned in SAS/G21/50
W to seisin: Robert Drinker, George Wetheres, Robert Tokey, Thomas lewkenour, Matthew Terrye, and attornment by RD and MT, 20 Aug 1567

John Thetcher to Edward Gage, kt in part payment of £500 due for a marriage between JT's son James Thetcher and EG's daughter Mary Gage; £12 of the sum received in a bargain of wood

By John Thetcher to John Gage of West Firle, son and executor of Edward Gage, kt

Anthony Kempe of Olantigh, Kent, esq to John Gage 'brother of my wife Margery' in part payment of £216 13s 4d given by JG 'of his mere good will and liberality' over and above £500 given by the will of her father Edward Gage, kt

By John Thetcher of Westham, esq, to John Gage, esq, executor of his father Edward Gage, kt, by the hand of his brother Thomas Gage

John Gage of uses declared in a settlement (Anthony Kempe, James Thatcher and Edward Gage of Bentley [in Framfield] trustees), 4 Jul 1580, concerning the manors of Heighton St Clere and other manors (named) in Sussex and Surrey
W: George Cotton, Francis Eyerman, Christopher Johnson, Thomas Gildredge, Thomas Bawcom

W: Thomas Gilderege, Henry Collins, Henry Cruse

John Gage, esq of uses concerning the manor of Earsham otherwise Hailsham declared by deed of 20 Feb 1585

John Gage, esq, to John Carril, kt, and Henry Guldeforde, esq
A yearly rent of £26 13s 4d issuing out of all his manors and lands in Firle from his death until his niece Elizabeth Gage, daughter of his brother Thomas Gage, esq, deceased, should attain the age of 22, the rent to be employed towards her maintenance
W: Francis Eyerman, Henry Collins, Henry Cruse
Endorsed: Elizabeth Gage was born on [24 Aug] 1585

John Gage of Firle, esq to Elizabeth Gage, daughter of Robert Gage of Haling [in Croydon, Surrey], esq, deceased, for life
Of an annuity of £10 issuing out of all JG's messuages and lands in Firle
In consideration of her great care and paines in the education and bringing up of John, Elizabeth and Mary Gage, children of Thomas Gage, esq, deceased, and of her continuing among the children until they are married 'or otherwise disposed of'

John Gage of Firle, esq, to Anthony Rooper of Eltham, Kent, esq and Richard Hoskins of the Middle Temple, London, gent, in trust
The manors of Heighton St Clere, Hosiers, Eckington, Ersham, Bestnover, Exceat, Friston, Ranscombe, Maresfield and Shovelstrode
W: John Guilderedge

John Gage of Firle, esq, Anthony Rooper of Eltham, Kent, esq and Richard Hoskins of the Middle Temple, London, gent, with Edward Gage of Wormesley, Hereford, esq and Walter Hendley of Maidstone, Kent, gent
The manors described in SAS/G21/61
W: Thomas Knight, Edward Cropley, Francis Yate, Thomas Brand, John Bawcombe

Henry Guldeford of Hempsted in Kent, kt and Edward Gage of Bentley [in Framfield], esq (surviving executors of John Gage of Firle deceased, uncle of John Gage of Firle, esq), with the consent of John Gage; JG to contract a marriage with Penelope Trenchard, widow of George Trenchard the younger, kt, and daughter of Thomas [Darcy], Lord Darcye of Chichester
W: Richard Hoskyns, William Thomas, servant to Henry Guyldeford, kt, Francis Yate, John Bawcombe, John Guilderedge, Richard Cooper; John Southcot (to EG), 27 Jun 1611

Edward Gage, esq and Walter Hendley against Anthony Rooper and Richard Hoskyns the manors named in SAS/G21/61

Elizabeth Kitson of Hengrave, Suffolk, widow and Thomas Darcy, esq, son and heir apparent of Thomas [Darcy], Lord Darcy of Chich and TD the son's sister Penelope Trenchard, widow, and John Gage of Firle, esq; JG to marry PT for the provision by JG for PT of manors and lands to the yearly value of £400 and after the death of JG and his uncle George Gage, of marshlands near Pevensey of the yearly value of £100
Rents arising from the manors of Lychett Matravers, the capital messuage and demesnes of Wolverton and Little Barton, Dorset brought into settlement by EK
W: Robert bacon, William Forster, Francis Yate, Richard Hoskyns

John Gage, esq and Elizabeth Kitson, widow, Thomas Darcy, esq, Penelope Trenchard, widow, and John Hobart, kt to declare the uses by way of jointure for PT of the manors named in deed of 20 May 1611 (SAS/G21/62)
1 The manors of Exceat and Friston with lands called Exceat, South Court, Friston and Crowlink, occupied by John Abrooke and John Fletcher
2 The manor of Shovelstrode [in East Grinstead]
3 Marshland (described) near Pevensey Bridge, occupied by Henry Tichborne, Daniel Questeed and George Gage the elder, esq
Reserved: Shovelstrode Woods (54a late occupied by John Cumber and 56a by Stephen Faulkner) now in coppice; JG covenants to new build a convenient dwelling-house on the site of the manor of Shovelstrode for PT should she survive him

Mary Darcye with Thomas [Darcy], Lord Darcye, John Gage and his wife Penelope and Mary Darcye to Henry Smyth of Cressing Temple, Essex, esq, and William Smythe of Cressing Temple in respect of a payment of £1000 part of the proceeds of the sale of Oakford Fitzpayne, Dorset
W: John Guilderedge, John Clarke, John Dybbley

John Gage of Firle, esq, to Henry Bedingfeild of Oxborough, Norfolk, kt, and William Thursby of Bocking, Essex, gent
An annuity of £20 charged on a farm (64a) occupied by John Younge, before William Susan; a farm and 51a, 3a meadow and land called Hollapfeild, occupied by William Earle; and the houses, buildings, barns and stables on them, all in Ripe
W: William Cobbes, John Daniell, Roland Mather, S Railton
Cancelled by cutting

George Rivers, kt, Thomas Ravenscrofte, esq and Francis Poulton, esq, deputies of Thomas [Howard], Earl Suffolk, Lord High Treasurer, and Fulk Greville, kt, chancellor of the exchequer, to Edward Gage, Walter Hendley, Anthony Rooper and Richard Hoskyns for alienating the manors of Exceat, Ranscombe, Bestnover and Shovelstrode without licence

John Gage of Firle, esq and Edward Guildeford, esq, son and heir of Henry Guildford of Taplow, Buckinghamshire, kt, Edward Gage of Bentley, esq and John Thetcher of Priesthawes [in Westham], esq, in trust
Maresfield Park, Maresfield Mills, Maresfield Ponds and Maresfield Farm, occupied by William Crowe, esq and David Midleton, gent, Battes Farm and New Purchase occupied by the executors of Anthony Gouldsmith and Chauntrie Lands by Richard Taylor, clerk
For Penelope Trenchard, now wife of JG, as part of her jointure in lieu of the manor of Shovelstrode [in East Grinstead], under a power in the settlements of 20 May and 28 Jun 1611
W: William Cobbs, William Cooke, Walter Rhetorick, Roland Mather, John Burges

John Gage of Firle, Anthony Rooper, John Thetcher, Richard Hoskins and Edward Gage, Walter Hendley and John Gilderidge of Firle, gent, revoking of old uses in various manors and creating new ones

John Gage, bt, and Edward Guildeford, John Thetcher and Edward Gage revoking former uses and declaring the use to be for JG
W: John Fines, Richard Hoskyns, Christopher Herbert, John Guilderedge, John Meeres, Edmund Brooke, Thomas Taylor, James Rootes, Martin Hore, William Barnes, Roger Parkinson, John White

John Gage, bt, Edward Guildeford, John Carrill and John Thetcher revoking the uses declared by deed of 9 Feb 1624 of the manors of Heighton St Clere, Hosiers, Ranscombe, Eckington, Compton Berwick otherwise Berwick St Johns, Lamport, Bestnover, Exceat, Friston, Maresfield and Shovelstrode, and the manor of Hedgecourt in Surrey

John Gage, bt, with Edward Guildeford, esq, son and heir of Henry Guildeford of Hempsted, Kent, kt, John Carrill, esq, son and heir of John Carrill of Warnham, kt, John Thetcher of Priesthawes [in Westham], esq, Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham, Kent, esq and Edward Smyth, gent, son and heir of George Smyth of Sandhill [in Framfield], esq
The manors mentioned in deed of 5 Jun 1629 (SAS/G21/77); reserving the hundred and manor of Alciston and the manor of Earsham otherwise Hailsham and lands in Hailsham, marshlands in Pevensey and Hooe (named and including Great and Little Dungeons) and Standen Farm in East Grinstead, occupied by Thomas Baucombe
In favour of JG's son and heir Thomas Gage, and his sons John, Edward and Henry and any other issue he might have

By John Gage as SAS/G21/79 with libery of seisin in Sussex and Surrey

Francis Petre, esq, second son of Thomas Petre of Cranham, Essex, esq, deceased and his wife Elizabeth, and John Gage, bt, and his daughter Elizabeth Petre, wife of FP, declaring the uses of a deed of 1 Oct 1621 as a jointure for EP of the manor and advowson of Cranham

George Gage of Drury Lane, Middlesex, esq, John Stradlinge of St Donats, Glamorgan, kt, and bt, and Edward Stradlinge of St Donats, kt, to Augustine Belson of Brill, Buckinghamshire, esq and Edward Smith of Sandhill [in Framfield], gent
1 Annuity of £80 10s for 45 years and 5 months granted to James Thetcher of Priesthawes [in Westham], esq and Richard Carye of the Inner Temple, gent by John Gage, esq, deceased and charged upon the manor of Heighton St Clere and lands in West Firle, 30 Nov 1594, and assigned (details) to JS and ES, 5 Dec 1624
2 A rent of £13 6s 8d out of certain iron mills in Maresfield, vested in GG, JS and ES
W: Lewis Sharpe, William Cubbidge
Endorsed: statement by John Gage that the sums were due to his cousin GG as heir to his father, JG's uncle Edward Gage, and acknowledgement that his is liable for their payment; 6 Jun 1633

John Gage, bt, to John Thetcher, Thomas Pordage, Augustine Belson and Edward Smith under a power reserved in deed of 23 Jun, 5 Chas I of an annuity of £100 issuing out of the manors of Bestnover [in Pevensey] and Ranscombe [in South Malling]; voidable by JG's payment of 5s

John Gage, bt, to Lewis Tresham of Leveden, Northamptonshire, kt and bt; JG's daughter Frances Gage to marry LT's son and heir William Tresham, esq
Marsh ground in Pevensey and Hooe, viz 11a late in occupation of Robert Hencott and then of Thomas Hilder, part of the Great Dungeons (26a) late in occupation of Francis Cumber and then of Edward Chauntler; the Lesser Dungeons and Dungeon Salts (22a) in occupation of Nathaniel Tompkins; the Twenty acres (27a) in occupation of John Langley; South Locklands and Nether Locklands (23a); Molesmarsh and Wildmarsh (27a); a messuage called Joyes House and lands (3a); Groveland (4½a); Collards (3a); Joyes Marsh (8a); four closes called Jurdens (14a); a close called Cotten Rowe (3a); three closes called Wovers (7a); Saltmarsh (13a); Fackham Lands (23a); a close called Stocks (7a); all the last named being in Hailsham occupied by John Bodle; Ershams and Cockshoots Closes (60a) in Hailsham occupied by Nicholas Bodle and Thomas Bodle
W: Melitus Halward, Richard Humfryes, Robert Raworth, Fosbrooke Stretton, Aubrey Batherne
Endorsed: receipts by LT from JG's executors for £1000, 4 Nov 1634 and £500, 30 May 1635

Lewis Tresham of Leveden, Northamptonshire, kt and bt with John Gage of Firle, bt; for the retention by JG of £500 of the £1000 marriage-portion of his daughter Frances Gage with LT's son and heir William Tresham, esq, to be paid when LT has purchased the reversion of the manors of Liveden and Churchfield, then in the Crown, to be settled upon Frances Gage
W: Melitus Halward, Richard Humfryes, Robert Raworth, Fosbrooke Stretton, Aubrey Batherne
Endorsed: receipt for £500, 30 May 1635

Francis Petre, esq, second son of Thomas Petre of Cranham in Essex, esq, deceased, and his wife Elizabeth to John Gage, bt and FP's wife Elizabeth Petre, JG's daughter
The manor and advowson of Cranham
For EP for life
Recites: former transactions and settlements; doubts concerning the validity of FP's execution of a settlement when under age, 4 Jan 1631

Penelope Gage, widow of John Gage of Firle, bt, to his executors (John Thetcher, esq, Thomas Pordage, eqs, Augustine Belson, esq, Edward Smyth, gent and Thomas Roper, gent)
The manors of Exceat and Friston, with Southcourt and Crowlink
For PG's life; her jointure not amounting to £500; voidable by JG's heir Thomas Gage, bt, on achieving his majority

Lewis Tresham, kt and bt, to John Thetcher and Augustine Belson and Thomas Roper of London, esq, executors of John Gage, bt
Marshlands in Pevensey and Hailsham, mortgaged to LT by JG, 17 Jun 1633 (SAS/G21/88)

Thomas Gage, bt, John Thetcher, Thomas Rooper, Thomas Lethbridge of Clifford's Inn, gent, and Richard Lyson of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, gent
The manor of Earsham otherwise Hailsham and a messuage and lands called Joyes House, Fackham Marsh, Hoggebroke, Joyes Marsh, Earsham, Crochers, Croker Rowe, Jordens, Joyes Lands, Grovelands, Collards, Henhards, Mill Downe, Maunders Crofte, the Hayle, and Hastings Land in Hailsham (naming occupiers)

Thomas Gage of Firle, bt, and John Thetcher, Augustine Belson, Edward Smith and Thomas Rooper declaring the uses under deed of 15 Mar 1641 (SAS/G21/95)
The manor of Shovelstrode [in East Grinstead] occupied by Robert Pickering, Standen Farm [in East Grinstead] occupied by William Worger and the manor of Hedgecourt in Surrey occupied by Richard Thorpe

Thomas Gage, bt to Francis Sellwyne of Friston, esq, William Thomas of Westdean, esq, and Robert Pickering of East Grinstead, gent, in trust to pay TG's debts
The manors of Maresfield, Heighton St Clere, Hosiers, Ranscombe, Eckington, the capital messuage called Firle and other estates (details, naming occupiers)
Term to commence on TG's death at a peppercorn rent.

Thomas Gage, bt and Robert Pickering, William Thomas and Robert Shoobridge of Uckfield, gent, Richard Acton of Chalvington, yeoman, and Richard Alchorne of Alciston, yeoman, to declare the use of a fine and recovery acknowledged and suffered by TG and his wife Mary, William Harvey, kt, and his wife Penelope in Hilary term 1648
TG's reversion on the death of his mother Penelope Harvey of lands in Maresfield, Exceat and Pevensey, Ripe and East Grinstead (details, naming occupiers)

Robert Pickering, gent, querent, and William Hervie, kt, and his wife Penelope and Thomas Gage, bt and his wife Mary, deforciants, of 2 messuages, 3 barns, 2 gardens, 130a of land, 20a of meadow, 200a of pasture and 60a of wood in Maresfield, Exceat, Pevensey, Ripe and East Grinstead

Thomas Gage, bt, Edward Guldeford, son and heir of Henry Guldeford, kt, John Carrill, John Thetcher, Augustine Belson, Edward Smyth and Thomas Rooper with John Chamberlayne of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, esq, Henry Fermor, esq, son and heir of Richard Fermor of Somerton, Oxfordshire, kt, and Edmund Plowden, gent, grandchild of Francis Plowden the elder of Plowden, Shropshire, esq and Robert Pickering of East Grinstead, gent and Aubrey Batherne of Firle, gent; TG has married JC's daughter Mary
Estates in Sussex (details, naming occupiers)

Thomas Gage, bt, William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, kt, and his wife Penelope Hervey, TG's mother, John Chamberleyne and Thomas Dyke of Horeham [in Waldron], kt, William Thomas of Westdean, esq and Robert Pickering of East Grinstead, gent, in trust
The manors of Exceat and Friston and lands called Southcourt and Peverells in Exceat and lands in Pevensey and Maresfield (details)
To raise £4000 for portions for TG's daughters Frances, Mary and Catherine Gage and for TG's unborn child
Attached: final concord, Michaelmas term 1648

Thomas Gage, bt, to Charles Chambrelan of London, woollen draper
The manors of Exceat and Friston with Southcourt and Peverells in Exceat, Crowlink in Friston and marshlands in Pevensey, theretofore occupied by Henry Tichborne, Daniel Quester and George Gage, parcel of the manor of Bestenover; the manor of Maresfield and lands belonging; all which manors were settled by John Gage, bt, deceased upon his wife Penelope for her jointure and were then held by William Herevey, kt in the right of his wife Penelope for her life
W: Robert Pickering, Robert Sterlinge, William Coe

Thomas Gage, bt, revoking uses declared by deed of 15 Mar 1641 of the manors of Shovelstrode and Hedgecourt and declaring new uses

Thomas Gage, bt, declaring the uses of the residue of his estate which by his will of even date he had given to Francis Selwyn of Friston, esq, John Belson, son and heir of Augustine Belson of Brill, Buckinghamshire, esq, and Walter Everenden of Jevington, gent

Mary Gage, widow Thomas Gage, bt, declaring the uses of the manors of Shovelstrode and Hedgecourt and marshlands in Pevensey and the manor or farm of Charleston in West Firle and Selmeston in regard to £5000 to be raised for TG's children Frances, Mary, Katharine, Elizabeth, Henry and Joseph Gage

Thomas Gage of Tilton, Sussex, esq and his wife Frances Gage, one of the daughters of John Plumpton, of Plumpton, Yorkshire, esq, deceased, John Carrill the younger of Harting, gent, and John Greene of Holborn, St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, gent and John Lynn of St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, and John Lloyd of St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, gents, to lead the use of a fine of the capital mansion house of Bentley [in Framfield] and lands (named), marshlands in Hailsham called Rush Marsh, a messuage called Sharpes and lands (80a) in Framfield and Little Horsted and several fields in Ripe (bounds); the manor or farm of Tilton and lands (209a); New Marsh (30½a) in Hailsham; Homestall Marsh (32a) and Deanes (20a) in Hailsham; the manor, farm of Towland otherwise Townland in Woodchurch, Kent, the mansion house of Benchill in Woodchurch and Kenardington, Kent
The deed refers to a settlement made on the marriage of TG with his former wife Ann Gage, and Henry Gage his only son by the said Ann Gage

Thomas Dyke of Horeham [in Waldron], kt, to Henry Goring of Highdown, Sussex, esq, John Caryll the younger and Thomas Pellat of Bignor Park, of the trust of the manors of Exceat and Friston and Southcourt and Peverells and lands in Maresfield and Crowlink vested in him as surviving trustee under deed of 1 Nov 1648 (SAS/G21/105) Penelope Harvey being lately dead

John Gage of Firle, bt to John Woolfe of London, gent, of the manors of Heighton St Clere and all his other manors in Sussex (named) for the purposes of a recovery

Charles Yate of Buckland, Buckinghamshire, bt, and his wife Frances, with the consent of Henry Goringe of Burton, bt and his wife Mary, to Augustine Belson and Walter Evernden of Sedlescombe, esq
The share of FY (one of the four daughters of Thomas Gage, bt, deceased) of £4000 directed to be raised by deed of 1 Nov 1648, upon the manors of Exceat and Friston and other lands, such share to be subject to Mary Goring's power of appointment

John Gage, bt, to Henry Goring of Highdown, Sussex, esq, John Caryll the younger and Thomas Pellat of Bignor Park
Estates conveyed 1 Nov 1648 (SAS/G21/105) and assigned to HG, JC and TP 14 Jul 1662 (SAS/G21/112)
In trust to pay debts, listed in schedule

John Gage of Firle, bt, with Henry Goring, bt, Edmund Plowden of Shiplake in Oxfordshire, esq, John Caryll the younger of Goodwood, Francis Bagshaw of the Middle Temple, esq, and Mary Middlemore, only daughter and heir of Robert Middlemore of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, esq, deceased; JG to marry MM
A messuage and farm called Orrells Farm in West Firle occupied by William Eaton to be settled on MM in lieu of dower

John Gage of Firle, bt to Charles Wilsford and John Woolf of London, gents
All his manors and lands in Sussex (details) except New Wood in Alciston and Selmeston sold by JG's father Thomas Gage, bt, deceased to Richard Alchorne, The Bishops Brookes in Southerham and Beddingham sold by TG to Thomas Walker, The Dean, Landfeilds and The Frith in Eckington and Ripe sold by TG to John Reynolds and lands in Chalvington, parcel of the manor of Eckington, sold by TG to Richard Acton

John Gage of Firle, bt, son and heir of Thomas Gage of Firle, bt, deceased concerning the portions covenanted by TG to be raised for his sisters and younger brothers, 1 Nov 1648, and acknowledging to have received a full account (details) from his mother Mary (then wife of Henry Goring, bt) and approving of her appointment, by SAS/G21/124, replacing the portion of his brother Joseph Gage with an annuity

Henry Goring of Burton, bt and his wife Mary, formerly the wife of Thomas Gage, bt, revoking the trust created by TG by deed of 20 May 1654, for raising £1500 for his son Joseph out of the manors of Hedgecourt [in Surrey], Shovelstrode [in East Grinstead] and Charleston [in Firle], and substituting an annuity of £100

John Gage of Firle, bt, to Charles Wilsford and John Woolf of London, gents, and John Caryll the younger of Goodwood, esq and Francis Bagshaw of the Middle Temple, esq, in trust
A messuage or farm called Charleston Farm and all lands belonging in West Firle, in the tenure of Alexander Alchorne and Richard Alchorne
To hold according to the trusts declared in a settlement of 9 Mar 1664

John Gage of Firle, bt, assenting to the payment to [his mother] Mary Goring [widow of Thomas Gage, bt] of the sum of £2000 being part of a sum of £4000 to be raised upon the manors of Exceat and Friston in pursuance of a lease for 99 years to Thomas Dyke, bt and others, [1 Nov 1648 - SAS/G21/105] for the benefit of TG's daughters Frances Gage (then the wife of Charles Yate, bt) and Mary Gage (then the wife of Anthony Kempe, esq) Catherine Gage and Elizabeth Gage, (the shares of Frances Yate and Mary Kempe having been assigned to Augustine Belson and Walter Everenden for the benefit share of Mary Goring or as she should appoint), and also of £666 13s 4d two-thirds of the share of Elizabeth Gage deceased
Endorsed: receipt by Mary Goring and Henry Goringe for £2000

John Gage of Firle, bt, to William Rooper of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, esq and Thomas Pellet of Bignor, gent
Messuages and farms called Wakemans Farm, Filkses Farm, Harmans Farm, Bennets Farm, Thorpes Farm, the Warrens Farm, Dudeneys Farm, Overyes Farm, Shovelstrode Farm and Fairlight Farm; a water cornmill called Hedgecourt Mill and the forge or iron-mill called Woodcock Hammer in Godstone and Horne, Surrey and East Grinstead and Worth, Sussex.
In trust to pay JB's younger brothers Henry Gage £30, and Joseph Gage, until 21, £30, and thereafter £100 a year, remainder in trust for JG

John Gage of Firle, bt to Sackvile Greave of Firle, esq and Thomas Pellett of Lewes, gent
Messuage and farm called Shovelstrode in East Grinstead occupied by William Lusher
As security for the payment by JG of £22 during the life of his sister Mary Kempe, wife of Anthony Kempe of Slindon, esq

Catherine Gage, one of the daughter of Thomas Gage of Firle, bt, deceased, by his wife Mary, to Augustine Belson, John Belson and Walter Everenden
Her share of £5000 out of the rents and profits of the manor of Shovelstrode and lands in Pevensey and Hooe and elsewhere, in pursuance of deeds poll by TG, 29 May 1654 (SAS/G21/108)

Catharine Gage, one of the daughters of Thomas Gage of Firle, bt, deceased, to her mother Mary Goring, Augustine Belson, John Belson and Walter Everenden and also to her brother John Gage of Firle, bt
Her share in the surplus of the rents and profits of TG's manors and lands accruing during JG's minority

Catharine Gage to Henry Goring, John Caryll and Thomas Pellett and also to [her brother] John Gage, bt
Her share of £4000 raised out of TG's manors according to a settlement of 1 Nov 1648 and £333 6s 8d her portion of the share of a deceased daughter wherewith her mother Mary Goring was pregnant at the time the deed was made

John Gage, bt to his sister Katherine Gage of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, spinster the manor of Hedgecourt, Surrey

Mary Goring of Burton, widow of Henry Goring, bt, with the consent of Augustine Belson and the other trustees of her former husband Thomas Gage, bt, to their daughter Katherine Gage, sister of John Gage, bt, of £1100 remaining due of £2000 to be raised under deed of 1 Nov 1648 and other deeds

John Gage, bt and his wife Mary, only daughter and heir of Robert Middlemore of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, esq, deceased, and Edmund Plowden of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, esq, John Caryll the younger of Goodwood, esq and Francis Bagshawe of the Middle Temple, esq
Lands (described in detail) in Edgbaston in Warwickshire and Kings Norton, Yardley and Norfeild, Worcestershire, which descended to MG on the death of her father RM

Charles Yate of Buckland, Berkshire, bt, Anthony Kempe of Slindon, esq, and his wife Mary (one of the daughters of Thomas Gage of Firle, bt deceased), TG's daughter Catherine Gage of [blank] and Mary Goring of Burton, widow, to Henry Goring, John Caryll, Thomas Pellatt and John Gage, bt in respect of all monies to be raised for the portions of TG's younger daughters under settlement of 1 Nov 1648

John Gage of Firle, bt and his wife Mary to Francis Bagshawe of the Middle Temple, London, esq and Edward Gastrell of Slapton, Northamptonshire, esq
The manors of Edgbaston and Oulton, Warwickshire, and all lands belonging in Knoll, Bicknell, Solihull, Studley, Ipsley, Morton, Birmingham, Aston, Kings Norton, Yardley and Norfield, mortgaged for £4000 to Edward Atkins, kt, one of the barons of the exchequer, 5 Dec 1679
In trust to pay the mortgage

John Gage, bt, to Francis Bagshawe of the Middle Temple, London, esq and John Bagshawe of Culworth, Northamptonshire
The manors of Alciston, Hosiers, Eckington otherwise Ripe, Maresfield, Compton Berwick otherwise St Johns, Bestnover, Friston, Exceat, Shovelstrode and Ranscombe
The manor of Hedgecourt, Surrey; the hundreds of Alciston and Compton Berwick otherwise St John
Stearneash Farm (133a) occupied by John Lulham, in Hellingly
Abbotts Wood otherwise Lingnash (241a)
Alciston Coppice (20a) occupied by Nicholas Dobson
Deane Lands (92a coppice or woody ground) in Ripe otherwise Eckington
Farm called the Three Hursts (50a) in Firle late occupied by Richard Alchorne deceased
Lands in Firle occupied by Sackville Graves, John Shoobridge and John Betts
The manor or farm of Charleston (296a) late occupied by Richard Alchorne deceased
Exceat Farm occupied by John Tutt
The manor or farm of Crowlink and Friston (365a) occupied by Robert Adams
Marshlands (100a) in Pevensey occupied by Alexander Elliott
10a Of marshland in Pevensey late occupied by Walter Everenden, esq, deceased
Several farms and lands in Maresfield occupied by Nicholas Berrey, Richard Bonner, clerk, John Newnham and John Heath
Shovelstrode Farm in East Grinstead (244a) occupied by William Luscher
Farms occupied by Jeremiah Johnson, John Wakeman and others in East Grinstead and Worth
419a In Worth and East Grinstead
Plashett Park (300a) in Ringmer
150a Of wood grounds and coppice in Ringmer
In trust to pay debts in schedule (Edward Atkins, kt, £4000; Mrs Catherine Gage, £2000; Joseph Gage, annuity of £100; Thomas Pellat, £100; William Cubbadge, Edgverton, [?recte Edgbaston], Warwickshire, gent, £200)

Katharine Gage of Sherborn, Oxfordshire, spinster, by the direction and consent of her brother John Gage, bt, to Francis Plowden of the Middle Temple, London, esq
Mortgage of the manor of Hedgcourt, 13 Aug 1672
Endorsed: memorandum of receipt of principal from William Goring, bt, trustee for Thomas Gage, bt; W: Anthony Englefyld, Cotton Plowden, Francis Biddulph, 16 Mar 1703

Walter [Aston], Lord Aston, Baron of Forfar in Scotland, to John Gage, bt, son and heir of Thomas Gage, bt and Mary Goring, widow of William [recte Henry] Goring, bt and before of Thomas Gage, bt
£2000 Paid by JG £1000 by MG, agreed to be paid to WA in the settlement on his marriage with TG and MG's daughter Katharine, made between WA, Katherine Gage, and James Symeon, bt, Henry Gage, esq, Joseph Gage, esq and Francis Gage, esq, 3 Jun 1686
W: [Elizabeth Nevill lady] Abergavenny, John Yate

Acceptance by Edward Eightacres and his wife Joan from the lords
A Yard and a half of land called Monkeland, with 5a of land from demesne lands at Southwichedyke towards the North; and another croft of land called Colgettres lying to the way called the Sarre to the West; Also two half yards of land, one called Northotes and the other John Alys; quitrent, 37s 4d, heriot and performing the office of the bedellship when chosen and common suit of court
Court of David Owen, kt and Andrew Wyndesore, esq

Admission of Thomas Alce on the surrender, in extremis, of Joan Eightacre, widow, made in the presence of John Seygar, vicar of Beddingham, Stephen Barbour, John Alse, Richard Leney, John Howell, John Walker and John Baydon
A yard and a half of land called Monkland with 5a of land from demesne lands at Southwiche dyche towards the N and another croft of land called Colgetires which lies at the way called the Sorre towards the West; two half yards of land, one called Northouses and the other John Alse

Death of Thomas Alls; John Alse, younger son and heir aged three years, admitted in the person of his mother Agnes Alse, to whom his custody was committed
A yard and a half of land called Monkeland and 5a of land at Sowthwythdyche and a croft called Golgatters lying to a way called the Sarre to the W; two half virgates of land one called Northhowse and the other John Alses; messuage and half a yard of land late of John Tary
Heriots, 3 oxen, price £3 13s 4d

Surrender by John Alys the elder to the lord, William Morley and his heirs, in exchange
A messuage with a yard and a half of land late Edward Eyghtacres and another messuage and a yard and a half of land sometime Fryes otherwise Easterfyeld in Beddingham
To the intent that WM would re-grant the first messuage and a yard and a half of land and another messuage together with a yard and a half of bondland; in consideration of which surrender WM re-granted the first messuage and a yard and a half of land and another messuage and another yard and a half of land to JA, quitrent 37s 4d and other services as before; no fine this time because the said surrender was for and in consideration of an exchange with the lord

John Heves of Beddingham, husbandman, to Thomas Walker of Beddingham, yeoman for good title, free from incumbrances and for further assurance of 4a of land in Bedingham and Tarring Nevill (2a in Beddingham Mershe to lands of William Reynolds, E, John Alce, S, the common sewer, W and lands of John Roots, gent, N; the other 2a lying at the Horways to John Alce, E and N, Christopher Howell, S and the Norways, W), conveyed by JH to TW by deed of even date
W: Peter Towner, John Barunden, Thomas Carew, scrivener, William Foster

John Heve of Beddingham, husbandman with Thomas Walker of Beddingham, yeoman, for the defeazance of a bond by TW to JH, 25 Jan 1590, on payment of 10s yearly in the church porch of Beddingham for 12 years on 29 Sep
W: John Farncombe, John Wates

Thomas Tarry of Alfriston, husbandman and his father John Tarrye of Alfriston, husbandman, to William Walker of Beddingham, yeoman
For further assurance of a house and one yarde of copyhold land in Beddingham called Tarres occupied by Robert Erle and Richard Chile at farm, sold by TT and JT to WW
No witnesses

Admission of Thomas Alse, only son and heir of John Alse deceased
Messuage and a yard and a half of bondland in Beddingham late Edward Eightacre's; messuage and a yard and a half of bondland sometime Frye's otherwise Easterfeild
William Newton, steward

Thomas Oliver of Lewes, gent, to Thomas Alce of Beddingham, yeoman
One acre of land in Beddingham occupied by TA, late the inheritance of Robert [Bertie], Earl of Lyndsey late deceased
W to livery of seisin: William Esen, Richard Alse

Admission of Thomas Alice, eldest son and heir of Thomas Alice deceased, to customary lands and tenements called Fryes and Eightacres in Beddingham, surrendered by TA the father to the use of himself for life, remainder to TA the son, he to pay his father's debts, 1 Aug 1657

17 Jan 1670, 4 Oct and 25 Oct 1670
Surrender by Richard Bishop of a barn and a yard of customary land late Alses called Cookes to the use of himself and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs in tail, and their admission, 17 Jan 1670
Death of Richard Bishop, 4 Oct and admission of his only son Richard Bishop age 6 months, born since his death, and grant of custody to his mother Elizabeth, 25 Oct 1670
Endorsed: Walkers, at the Ley in Beddingham

Formerly pinned together

Thomas Pellatt, gent, querent, and Thomas Harrison and Anne his wife, Thomas Walker and Katherine his wife and Elizabeth Harrison, deforciants of 2 messuages, 4 barns, a dovehouse, 3 gardens, 2 orchards, 110a of land, 20a of meadow, 50a of pasture and 2a of wood in Beddingham and West Firle

Surrender by Mary Carr, widow, and Robert Carr, clerk of 2a 3r of meadow called Church Garden parcel of a tenement called Dyers, and re-grant to MC Hannah wife of Robert Carr, and their daughter Alice Carr, for their lives and the life of the longer liver; Thomas Henshawe, steward

Admission of Richard Page of Wartling and James Carter of Ringmer, devisees in trust under the will of Thomas Alce of 4 Mar 1675
A messuage, barn, garden and a yard and a half of customary land called Fryes and Eightacres in Beddingham (7a of arable in the Comps; 5a arable lying together called Short Butts; 2a arable at the Ley adjoining land of Anne Stone, widow, N, 3a arable lying together in the Narroway; 4a 1r in Stockmarsh; 1a in Black dick and 2a called Greenecrofts), with common of pasture for cattle and sheep
Surrender to the use of Elizabeth Hocombe otherwise Anstie, spinster, who was admitted. John Raynes, steward

Richard Page of Wartling, yeoman, and James Carter of Ringmer, yeoman (devisees in trust for sale under the will of Thomas Alce of Beddingham, yeoman deceased) to Elizabeth Hockam otherwise Ansty of Amberly, spinster
1 1a of land in Beddingham late purchased by TA of Thomas Oliver, gent [23 Jul 1650: SAS/G22/9]
2 Two crofts of land in Beddingham called the Beane Garden and Daniells (1½a)
W to livery of seisin: John Holland, William Upperton, William Page; John Crouch

Admission of John Michell on surrender by Elizabeth Hocombe otherwise Ansty a messuage and a yard and a half of land called Fryes and Eightacres in divers parcels and places in Beddingham late Alce
John Raynes, steward

Admission of Ann Pupp, widow, under a conditional surrender on 29 Jan 1691, by Ann Stone, widow, in default of payment of £52 10s
A messuage, barn, and half a yardland at the Ley in Beddingham late the land of James Piper and then in the tenure of John Holland the elder
Surrender by AP to the use of Richard Hollands of Beddingham, who was admitted Thomas Medley, steward

Thomas Isted, gent, querent, and Samuel Younge and Ann his wife, deforciants, of 2 messuages, 2 barns, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 45a of land, 30a of meadow, 30a of pasture, 11a of fresh marsh and common of pasture for 120 sheep in Beddingham

Admission of Peter Gard of Lewes, gent for life and his only daughter Margaret Gard on the out-of-court surrender (29 Jun 1695) by Thomas Gower
A messuage, barn, garden and half a yard of customary land containing 8a 1r in Beddingham late of John Gower his kinsman; half a yardland containing 8a late of Robert Gower his grandfather, quitrent 12s
Thomas Medley, steward

John Michell of Shipley, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth, Thomas Holcomb of Cuckfield, yeoman, Thomas Uwins of Cuckfield, yeoman, and Thomas Dendy of Itchingfield, yeoman, in trust
1 A messuage, barns, buildings, lands etc called Perryers and Outlands otherwise Owlands (60a) in Shermanbury and West Grinstead, occupied by Richard Worstfold, (to a lane from Partridge Green to Shermanbury church, N and E, land called Reeds and Great Duskins, also N and land called Bynebrook and other lands called Outlands, S)
2 1a In Beddingham purchased by Thomas Alce of Thomas Oliver, gent, and two crofts in Beddingham called Beane Garden and Daniels (1½a), purchased by EM whilst sole as Elizabeth Hockham of Richard Page and James Carter
W to copy: Edward Virgoe, John Browne, 11 Apr 1720; Thomas Charles Medwin, attorney, Horsham and his clerk William Nelson, 21 Feb 1781

John Dwite, querent, and Alan Karr and his wife Katherine and William Wiggene and his wife Elizabeth, deforciants a messuage, dovehouse, garden, 50a of land, 15a of meadow and 25a of pasture and a moiety of a messuage and garden in Beddingham, South Malling and the Cliffe near Lewes

Admission of Mary Hollands, widow and devisee for life under the will of Richard Hollands, 21 Mar 1727, with remainder to his cousin William Hollands of Bishopstone
A messuage, barn and half a yard of land belonging in the Ley in Beddingham, late James Piper
Thomas Attree, steward

Admission of William Washer of [South] Heighton, yeoman, under a conditional surrender by Richard Bishop, in default of payment
Messuage, barn and a yard of customary land called Leylands in the Ley of Beddingham late Walker; another yard and a half of land in Beddingham, theretofore Alce; half a yard of land in Beddingham late Earl; a barn and a yard of land in Beddingham called Cooks late also Alce'; 5a of land called Church Land late Earle
Thomas Attree, steward

Admission of William Washer under a conditional surrender by Richard Bishop deceased in default of payment of £168
A messuage, barn and a yard of customary land in Beddingham formerly Rows and sometime Gurrs

Surrender and Quitclaim on 20 Jun last by Richard Bishop to William Washer of [South] Heighton
The customary lands and premises mentioned in copy of 27 Mar 1728 (SAS/G22/26)

Admission of Thomas Lipscombe, second son of Thomas Lipscombe of Iford, shepherd, cousin of Mary Hollands, widow
A messuage and ½a of land in Beddingham of which MH died seised
Custody of TL, a minor, granted to his father Thomas Lipscombe
John Watts, steward

Admission of John Haywood of Beddingham, tailor, on the surrender of John Puddock
A tenement, orchard and garden part of a customary estate and half a yard of land late Jones, before Barber, quitrent by apportionment 4d
John Watts, steward

Thomas Washer of Seaford, youngest brother and heir of William Washer
Tenement as SAS/G22/26 of which WW died seised

Admission of Thomas Washer of Seaford, youngest brother and heir of William Washer, and TW's son Thomas Washer
A messuage, barn and one yard of customary land in Beddingham of which WW died seised

Admission of John Martin of Burwash, ironmonger, nephew and devisee under the will of Nicholas Merchant, to a messuage with barn and garden and half a yard of customary land (8a 1r) in Beddingham late Gards, quitrent 11s 6d

Admission of Richard Baker of Denton, shepherd, under a conditional surrender by Richard Baker, in default of payment of £104 to a barn, a yardland in Beddingham late John Baker, quitrent 21s and 1 hen

Surrender by Thomas Washer the elder and Thomas Washer the younger
Messuage and one customary yardland called Leylands at the Ley in Beddingham late Walkers; yard and a half of customary land, late Alces and half a yardland late Earles and a barn and one yardland called Cooks late Alces; 5a called Church lands late Earles; all the estate of William Washer deceased and before Bishop in Beddingham, quitrent in the whole 54s 8d, one cock and one hen
A messuage, barn and one customary yardland late Thomas Alce's, quitrent 17s and one hen.
A tenement or cottage called Willowbyes, a garden and orchard near the church late Nicholas Younges, quitrent 18d
Admission of TW the elder, TW the younger and his wife Mary to the use therein declared

Admission as SAS/G22/35 of Thomas Washer the elder and Thomas Washer the younger and Mary his wife
A messuage, barn and one customary yardland in Beddingham to various uses

John Martin of Rodmell, carpenter, to James Cooper of Denton, farmer
A messuage or messuages, tenement or tenements in Beddingham called The Sound Farm
W: Abraham Record, Thomas Cooper
Endorsed: receipts for £50, £50 and £200, Feb 1754

Surrender by John Martin of Rodmell, yeoman, to the use of James Cooper of Denton, yeoman, of a customary messuage, barn and half yard of land containing 8a 1r late Gards, quitrent 11s 6d; and half a yard of customary land containing 8a late also Gards, quitrent 11s and one hen; admission of James Cooper
Surrender and quitclaim of the same premises by Peter Marchant of St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, sawyer, only son and heir of Peter Marchant of Beddingham, yeoman deceased, the only brother and heir of Nicholas Marchant of Beddingham deceased; 8 Oct 1765

Peter Marchant of St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, sawyer, only son and heir of Peter Marchant of Beddingham, yeoman deceased, the only brother and heir of Nicholas Marchant late of Beddingham deceased, to James Cooper of Bishopstone, yeoman
Copyhold messuage and lands devised by NM's will of 30 Nov 1740 to his nephew John Martin, who was admitted tenant and surrendered to JC, 19 Apr 1754; which premises were claimed by PM as heir of Nicholas, it not being clear that Nicholas ever surrendered to the use of his will
W: William Michell, Thomas Farnes

James Cooper of Bishopstone to Alexander Carr of Bishopstone of a customary messuage and tenement, barn, garden and one yardland in Beddingham late Gards, held of the manor of Beddingham

For fees of [William] Michell as steward of the manor of Beddingham, received by William Attree

Endorsed: memorandum by Alexander Carr that the fine set by the steward Mr Brooks was reduced by £8 8s on his petition to the lord

Thomas Washer at Seaford, 30 May 1758; Mary Washer at Alfriston, 1 Mar 1771; Thomas Washer, gent, bailiff of Seaford, 27 Mar 1775 and William Washer, gent, Seaford, 27 Mar 1784

Samuel Evers of Shermanbury, gent, to Thomas Carr of Beddingham, gent
1a Of land and two crofts (1½a) in Beddingham (as before)

Samuel Evers to Thomas Carr for £408 6s 2d for the purchase of copyholds called Fryes and others, held of the manor of Beddingham

Original Surrender by Edward Jarvis to the use of Thomas Carr of Beddingham, gent, of a windmill and a small piece of ground on which the mill is built containing in length and breadth 10 rods in Beddingham, quitrent 6s 8d.

Admission of Thomas Carr, gent, the only surviving son and heir of Alexander Carr, gent
A messuage and a customary yardland at the Ley in Beddingham before Walkers and formerly Terrys, quitrent 17s
Customary messuage, barn and half a yard of land late James Cooper's before Martins, quitrent 11s 8d.
Half a yard of land also late Coopers and Martins, quitrent 11s and one hen.
A messuage, barn and 1 yardland containing 17a at the Ley in Beddingham, late Collen's before Young's, and before Gower's, quitrent, 18s 5d and one hen.
A toft and 7a in Beddingham also late Collen's before Young's, before Rowe's and formerly Alce's, quitrent 10s 6d and one hen.
A messuage, barn and a reputed yardland in Beddingham late Pankhursts and before Baker's, quitrent 21s and 1 hen.
A messuage, barn and 1 yardland called Leylands at the Ley in Beddingham late Washers before Walker's.
1½ Yardlands late otherwise Washer's and before Alce's.
Half a Yardland late Washer's before Earle's.
A barn and 1 yardland called Cooks late Washer's before Alce's.
5a Called Churchlands, late Washer's before Earle's combined quitrents 55s 8d and 1 hen and 1 cock.
A messuage, barn and 1 yardland, quitrent 5s in money and for work and services, 12s, late Washer's before Alce's.
A tenement or cottage called Willebys, a garden and orchard in Beddingham near the church, late Washer's before Nicholas Young's, quitrent 18d.
Surrender by TC to the use of his will; fines £216 10s

Admission of Thomas Carr on the death of his father Alexander Carr
A messuage, barn and 1 yardland late Washer's and before Bishop's quitrent 10s.
A messuage, barn and half yardland at the Ley in Beddingham late Durrant's, before Holland's and Piper's, quitrent 4s.
A messuage, barn, garden and 2½a late Holland's before Heavers and Yokehurst's, quitrent 3s.
A messuage, barn, garden and ½ yardland containing 7a late Neeves before Beach's, Row's and Inskip's, quitrent 4s 9d.

John Gage, bt to Sir Henry Guildeford of Taplow, Buckinghamshire
A capital messuage called Halles, with barns, stables and 90a of land in Beddingham.
W: Richard Hoskyns, Roland Mather, John Burges

John Gildridge of Firle, gent, Melitus Halward of London, gent and Thomas Brewer of St Clement Danes, Middlesex, gent, and Richard Hoskyns of the Middle Temple, London, gent
A capital messuage called Halles and 90a of land in Beddingham, granted to MH by John Gage, bt, Henry Guildford, kt, Edward Smythe, John Meeres of Alciston, John Hart of Ringmer and JG, 2 Apr 1629
W: Henry Tyndale, John Burges, Edward Bawcomb

Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham, Kent, nominating and appointing his youngest son William Pordage, of the said Thomas and Margaret his wife, to be entitled to a contingent interest in
Capital messuage and lands called Halls in Beddingham
According to the uses declared after the death of Dorothy Guildridge according to a settlement made by John Guildridge of Firle, gent for the advancement of the children of his two sisters, Anne Collins, widow, and Margaret Webb, widow, 20 Jun 1629

Surrender out of court by John Petit, clerk, and his wife Faith, 21 Sep 1635
A messuage or tenement with barn and half a yard of customary land in Beddingham
To the use of Faith for life, remainder to Joan Earsey only daughter of Frances Earsey of Falmer; conditional on the payment by Joan to Ruth Walker, daughter of Thomas Walker and Elizabeth his wife of £30 in the porch of Beddingham church
William Newton, steward

Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham, Kent, esq, to Thomas Walker of Beddingham, yeoman
Capital messuage called Halles, with the pigeon house, barns, stables, orchards, gardens and closes belonging and 90 acres of land in Beddingham occupied by TW

Thomas Walker, querent, and Thomas Pordage, esq, and his wife Ann, deforciants of a messuage, two barns, a dovecot, two gardens, one orchard, 60a of land, 10a meadow, 20a of pasture, 2a of wood in Beddingham

Thomas Harrison the elder of West Firle, gent, Thomas Harrison the younger and Ann his wife, Thomas Walker of Beddingham and Elizabeth his wife and John Meeres of Alciston, gent; TH the younger has married Ann, daughter of TW
1 Messuage, buildings, barns, stables and land in West Firle, occupied by TH the elder, late Jeffery Widger
2 Messuage, buildings, dovehouse, barns and lands in Beddingham occupied by TW, lately purchased of Thomas Pordage
Declaration of trusts mentions The Lower Layne, arable, 14a 3r 10p; Wyres Pitt, 1a 2r 15p; Lower Nevell, 2a 2r 12p; Gardiners Pasture, 4a 1r 23p; Upper Lane, arable, 11a 0r 23p; Stocke Brookes, 5a 2r 33p, Wildwish and Colemans, 5a 2r 15p

Edward Smith late of Sandhill in Framfield, gent, and Thomas Harrison of West Firle, gent, at the request and by the appointment of Thomas Pordage to Thomas Walker of Beddingham, yeoman
Capital messuage called Halles and 90a

Thomas Harrison of Seaford, gent, to Thomas Walker of Beddingham, yeoman
Lower Nevell, 2a 2r 12p; Gardiners Pasture, 4a 1r 23p; Upper Lane, arable, 11a 0r 23p; Stocke Brookes, 5a 2r 33p, Wildwish and Colemans, 5a 2r 15p
W: Henry Shelley, Thomas Pellatt, Stephen Elphicke

Alan Carr of Glynde, clerk, and his wife Katharine, John Torlesse of Clifford's Inn, London, gent, and Henry White, citizen and haberdasher of London
Messuage, buildings, dovehouse and 79a of land in Beddingham, bought of Thomas Pordage and 12a called Bishopps Brookes in South Malling, which KC's father Thomas Walker of Beddingham left to her heirs in tail by his will of 27 Dec 1676

Henry White against John Torlesse, gent, of a messuage, dovehouse, 2 gardens, 50a of land, 15a of meadow and 25a of pasture in Beddingham and South Malling

John Torlesse, gent, plaintiff, and Alan Carr, clerk, and Katherine his wife, deforciants, of a messuage, stable, two barns, one dovohouse, one garden, one orchard, 50a of land, 18a of meadow and 25a of pasture in Beddingham and South Malling. Before Thomas Medley and Henry Johnson, gents, by commission
Copy examined 1 Apr 1820

Of a messuage called Halles otherwise Potmans in Beddingham, owned and occupied by Alexander Carr, 1626-1692

Fragment

Alan Carr and his wife Katherine to Henry Johnson of Glynde, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth
Messuage and land in Beddingham, bequeathed to KC by her father Thomas Walker
W: Isaac Butler, Thomas Hammond
Used as a cover for other deeds

To wife Catherine, certain specified furniture and the use of household goods at discretion of executor; residue of personal estate to son Thomas, who is appointed executor.
Reversion expectant on the death of wife Catherine of a messuage called Potmans, with barns, buildings and 79a in Beddingham, and Bishops Brooks in South Malling, which were the estate of her father Thomas Walker, to son Thomas Carr charged with £5 yearly to son Bedford Carr for life and £5 to son Alan Carr for life, such payments to begin after wife's death; also charged with the payment of £100 to testator's daughter Catherine within six months after the death of her mother, if she should be single or married with the approbation of the executor. If she should marry with one Cane, then she should have only £5

To son Alexander Carr all his messuages lands in Beddingham and South Malling and elsewhere; to wife Hannah £5 yearly charged upon the messuages and lands, over and above the jointure already made to her
Residue to John Newington of Ripe, yeoman, and William Crawley of Beddingham, who are appointed executors
Wife to occupy messuage and lands during the minority of son Alexander on conditions.
Executors to take into their own hands one silver watch, one silver cup, one silver tobacco box and four silver salts to keep the same for son Alexander on his attaining 21.

Alexander Carr of Beddingham, yeoman, only son and heir of Thomas Carr of Beddingham deceased, the eldest son of Alan Carr of Glynde, clerk, to Richard Stanford of Preston, yeoman, and Thomas Rogers of Kingston, yeoman (executors and trustees of the will of John Stanford of Rodmell, yeoman)
Messuage or tenement called Halles otherwise Potmans and 79a in Beddingham

1626-1692 received from Alexander Carr, to be re-delivered on payment of mortgage money; with copy

Richard Stanford and Thomas Rogers to Alexander Carr, on payment of the mortgage money of the mortgage term created deed of 20 Sep 1761 (SAS/G22/69)

As SAS/G22/71, with receipt by mortgagee (name excised) for £500

Edward Robert Raynes, clerk, vicar of Beddingham, by direction of the commissioners for the redemption of Land Tax, to Thomas Carr of Beddingham, gent
1 5a Of arable land (N: road from Glynde to Beddingham Church: E, W, S: land of TC)
2 1a In Beddingham Marsh (E, W, N: an old branch of Glynde Sewer; S: a new cut
3 1a in Stock Marsh (W: the river Ouse; E, N, S: land of TC)
All being part of the glebe lands of the parish of Beddingham

Richard Isted, gent, against Thomas Isted, gent, with Richard Elphick as vouchee, of 10a of fresh marsh in Beddingham

Robert Sackville of Bolbrook [in Hartfield], Lord Buckhurst, eldest son and heir of Thomas Sackville, earl of Dorset, with George Curson of Croxall in Derbyshire, kt and George Ryvers of Chafford in Kent, kt
1 The manor of Berwick otherwise South Berwick and New Inned Marsh with the adjoining salts in Pevensey, occupied by George Phillipes of Tenterden in Kent, gent, late John Harte of Ringmer and Thomas Stone of Framfield
2 The manor of Brambletye in East Grinstead, Wootton Farm [in Folkington] in the rape of Pevensey occupied by [blank] Garnett (late part of the possessions of William Shelley of Michelgrove, esq, attainted of treason), the rectory of Ringmer occupied by Edward Gage of Bentley [in Framfield], esq [?recte the Langworths], the rectory of Framfield occupied by Arthur Langeworth, his wife Rose and son John [?recte Edward Gage], the rectory of Alfriston occupied by James Thatcher, esq and a messuage and land called Sherwoodes in Withyham, late occupied by [blank] Holembie, widow, deceased
In trust for RS for life, remainder (1 above) to his second son Edward Sackville, esq, in tail male, remainder to RS's eldest son Richard Sackville, esq, remainder to RS's daughter Cecily Sackville; (2 above) to RS's second son Edward Sackville in tail, remainder to RS's right heirs
W: William Twynyho, George Sheppard, Thomas Haddon, Henry Smyth

Edward Sackville, kt to [Henry Howard], Earl of Northampton, Thomas [Howard], Earl of Arundel and Surrey and William Howard of Naworth in Cumbeland
1 Manor of South Berwick with lands in Berwick, Hailsham and Selmeston
2 Manor of Brambletye in East Grinstead
3 All ES's other manors and lands in Sussex
4 Manor or farm of Cowden in Kent
5 All ES's other manors and lands in Ashurst, Kent
6 Manor of Temple Brewer in Lincolnshire
7 All ES's other manors and lands in Lincolnshire
8 Manor of Wootton [in Folkington], occupied by William Crowe
9 Sherwoodes Farm in Withyham
10 Parsonages of Ringmer, Framfield and Alfriston
11 Manors and lands called The Vine Garden (40a marsh and two gardens) and pieces called The Millbancke and The Osyer Platt (7a)
W: Thomas Whatman, Thomas Robinson, John Scatliffe

Richard [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, and his brother Edward Sackville, kt to Agnes Austen, wife of John Austen of Alciston, yeoman
A house and 7a in Arlington, quitrent 20d
W: Thomas Brooke, Thomas Myddlemore, John Inkersall, William Gyles, Thomas Gibson, Edmund Lyntott

Richard [Sackville], Earl of Dorset and his brother Edward Sackville, kt with William Levett of Winton in Alfriston, mason
1 One wist of land at Winton, sometime Russell, quitrent 10s 8d
2 Cottage containing a house and 1a 1r at Winton, quitrent 4s
W: Thomas Brooke, Thomas Myddlemore, John Inkersall, William Gyles, Thomas Gibson, Edmund Lynott

Thomas Whatman of the Inner Temple, London, esq and Thomas Brooke of the Middle Temple, London, esq, Edward Lynsey of London, esq and Thomas Robinson of London, gent and Richard [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, and his brother Edward Sackville, kt
The manor of Berwick, 100a called New Innings in Pevensey and land called The Pickhay and The Broad in Hellingly
W: Christopher Woad, Edward Underwood

Edward Sackville of Berwick, kt to John Herne of Lincoln's Inn, Mx, esq
The rents of assize of the manor of Berwick.
W: Richard Amherst, Robert Eldred

Edward Sackville, kt to his brother Richard [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, Richard Amherst of Gray's Inn, esq and Edward Lindsey, esq
The manor of Berwick
Recites: fine levide by Thomas Whatman of the Inner Temple, esq and RS's servant Evan Edwards, gent, Trinity term 1623
W: Evan Edwards, Francis Hewes, Adam Bradford

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset and his feoffees to George Strode and William Strode of London, merchants
The manor of Berwick
W: Evan Edwards, John Wrighte, Roger Richardson

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset and his feoffees to George Strode and William Strode of London, merchants
The manor and advowson of Berwick, 100a called New Innings in Pevensey and land called The Pickhay and The Broad in Hellingly
Recites: outstanding leases of the properties
W: Henry Compton, Thomas Shirley, Richard Rosseter, William Whittle, William Smyth, Thomas Myddlemore the younger

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset and his feoffees to George and William Strode of London, merchants
The quitrents of Berwick manor purchased by GS and WS of John Herne (to whom they were mortgaged and forfeited), 6 Nov 1629
W: Oliver Alan, Thomas Oliver, Richard Isted, John Turpin, Christopher Nevill, William Bowles

George Strode of Westerham in Kent, esq and William Strode of Barrington in Somerset, esq, to Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset
1 The quitrents of Berwick manor, sold to GS and WS by John John Herne, 6 Nov 1629
2 The manor of Berwick, motrgaged to GS and WS 20 Feb 1627
GS and WS covenant that ES may redeem the property by the payment of £3500
W: Christopher Nevill, William Bowles, Oliver Alan

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, with George and William Strode of London, merchants to John Nutt of Berwick, clerk
1 The manor and advowson of Berwick
2 The capital messuage of Berwick occupied by Nicholas Dobson at £294 under a 21-year lease of 12 Feb 1630
3 100a Called New Innings in Pevensey
4 Land called The Pickhay and The Broad in Hellingly
W: Benjamin Scarlett, Anthony Roberts, John Payne, Henry Compton, Robert Foster, J White; W to seisin: Nicholas Dobson farmer of Berwick, Richard Austen, Edward Dodson, John Pellett, 25 Jul 1632

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, George Strode and William Strode to Edward Reynes of Lewes, gent, and James Brooke of Alfriston, gent
To give seisin of the manor of Berwick to John Nutt of Berwick, clerk

Edward [Sackville], Earl of Dorset to John Nutt of Berwick, clerk
The equity of redemption in the manor of Berwick and property mortgaged by SAS/G23/12
Attached: receipt by ES for the purchase-price of £5050 from John Nutt of Mays in Selmeston, clerk; W: George Parkyns, Vincent Williams, Richard Rosseter; 18 Nov 1647

John Nutt of Mays in Selmeston, esq, and his wife Ann and his son and heir Thomas Nutt to Thomas Parker of Ratton in Willingdon, kt and William Thomas of Westdean, gent
1 The manor of Oldland with a furnace, iron-mill and watermill in Buxted and Maresfield
2 A Messuage and farm in Ripe occupied by John Reynolds
3 Land in Northiam and Beckley occupied by John Sharpe
4 64a Called Badbrookes in Selmeston
5 16a Called Ballaredes Downe in Selmeston with the messuage and 1a called Badbrooke Acre near the church in Selmeston Street, once part of the land belonging to Mays
6 20a Called the Vine Lease in Selmeston, occupied by JN, once part of the land belonging to Mays
7 Messuage, malting-house and adjoining land called The Tie in Alfriston, occupied by Richard James, maltster
8 Capital messuage called Mays House where JN lives with Mays Lands occupied by JN and William Blaker
9 The manor of Earby in West Rounton, Yorkshire, purchased by JN from William Russell, kt and his son Francis Russell as collateral security for Mays
10 The manor of Berwick

Between Thomas Parker, kt and William Thomas and John Nutt and Ann

Thomas Dyke of Horham in Waldron, bt and his wife Philadelphia to Thomas Newdigate of Lewes, esq, and Thomas Shelley of Lewes, gent, in trust
1 Farm and lands called Endlewickes, Chawhams, Moorehill and Harwoods (220a) in Arlington and Wilmington, occupied by Nicholas Dobson, purchased by PD's father Thomas Nutt of Sir John Stapley and Henry Shelley
2 A moiety of the manor of Berwick, Mays House, Berwick Windmill, Little Lulhams in Ripe and other lands in Selmeston
Endorsed: delivered by Chatfield Turner's executor to J[ohn] H[oper], 16 Feb 1808

Anthony Bramston of Skreens in Roxwell, Essex, and his wife Katherine (one of the daughters of Thomas Nutt of Lewes, kt, deceased) with Richard Parker of Jevington, esq and John Bramston of Ashdon in Essex, gent, in trust
1 Messuage and land in Northiam and Beckley occupied by John Reynolds
2 Moiety of the manor of Berwick and other land as SAS/G23/18, naming occupiers
W: Bridger Dyke, Frances Kidder, John Harris

Anthony Bramston of Skreens in Roxwell, Essex, and his wife Katherine (one of the daughters of Thomas Nutt of Lewes, kt, deceased) with his son and heir John Bramston, esq to Anthony Bramston and others to Robert Coleman of Furnivalls Inn, London, gent, John Freman of Colchester in Essex, gent and Thomas Bramston of Writtle in Essex, gent
Moiety as SAS/G23/19 naming occupiers

John Freeman and Thomas Bramston against Robert Colman

Anthony Bramston of Skreens in Roxwell, Essex, and others to Thomas Dyke of Horham [in Waldron], bt
Moiety as SAS/G23/19, naming occupiers

By Thomas Dyke of Horham [in Waldron], bt, to Anthony Bramston of Skreens in Roxwell, Essex, esq for £3000
Endorsed: release by AB's son and executor Thomas Bramston, 2 Mar 1728

John Toke, esq, Henry Campion, esq and Thomas James, esq v Thomas Dyke, bt and his wife Philadelphia
Two barns, a stable, 50a land, 30a meadow and 150a pasture in Arlington and Wilmington

Thomas Fuller of Warbleton, gent to Thomas Streatfeild the younger of Sevenoaks, gent;TS to marry TF's daughter Philadelphia
Mortgage for £2000 of a moiety of the manor of Berwick and other property by Thomas Dyke of Horham [in Waldron], bt, to TF, 22 Apr 1704; 12 Sep 1716
Endorsed: release by Philadelphia Streatfeild, widow, on payment by Thomas Dyke, bt; 10 May 1729

Of term created by a mortgage of 1705 (SAS/G23/25) by Joseph Danvers of Swithland in Leicestershire and his brother John Danvers, executors of John Danvers of Precot in Oxfordshire, esq, deceased) to John Lade of Southwark in Surrey, esq in trust for the purchaser Thomas Dyke of Horham [in Waldron], bt
Endorsed: assignment by JL to TD to extinguish the term; 2 Mar 1728

John Toke of Godington in Kent and Henry Campion of Danny [in Hurstpierpoint], esq (executors of Thomas Dyke of Horham in Waldron, bt) with the consent of Lewis Stephens, clerk, archdeacon of Barnstaple in Devon and his wife Philadelphia, John Cockman of Aylesford in Kent, doctor of physic and his wife Elizabeth (TD's two daughters) to TD's son and heir Thomas Dyke of Horham in Waldron, bt the manors of Berwick and Sheldown; other property of which TD the father died seised
Reserved: manor of Langley and leasehold property already sold

Thomas Dyke of Horham [in Waldron], bt to John James of East Grinstead, gent and John Ward of the Inner Temple, esq
Moiety formerly belonging to TD's mother Philadelphia, daughter of Thomas Nutt, kt, of the manor of Berwick, Mays Hous ein Selmeston and other property

Thomas Dyke of Horham in Waldron, bt, to William Levett of Alfriston, miller
½a, Part of The Little Hill near Wicklands in Alfriston where a windmill was lately erected at the cost of WL's father James Levett
W:James Evelyn, Thomas James

Thomas Dyke of Horham in Waldron, bt, to Thomas Fuller of Berwick, husbandman piece of waste in the manor of Berwick already enclosed by TF where he has built a small messuage and a hog-pound (E (12 rods) The Appleton; W: road; N, S (2 rods), being somewhat broader in the middle)
To be held as a freehold tenement of TD's manor of Berwick by a quitrent of 2s, heriot of £1 1s and 2s relief
W: Edmund Parson, John James

Prepared for Mr [George] Strode on his purchase, based on the rents reserved on leases of the demesnes; suggestions for timber for repairs and documents to require to be handed over; includes a list of demesne fields, a copy of the rental of the manor, valuation of Nicholas Dabson's farm and other demesne leases, surveys of demesne fields by Henry Compton, kt, Sackville Turner, esq and Thomas Robinson, servant to Edward Sackville, esq, 6 Nov 1611, and as now let by Mr Brooke, 1625

With 797a in Berwick, Arlington and Alfriston, to be sold 14 Jul 1804, with draft; calculation of the value of the farm and of the proceeds of enfranchising all 19 copyhold tenements of the manor of Berwick

Concerning Mr Willard's land in Hailsham and Hellingly, 1711-1796

Concerning monies not accounted for by Benedict Winchcombe, esq, sheriff from Michaelmas 9 Jas I to 10 Jas I

William Throckmorton, kt and bt, and John Vaughan esq, executors of the will of Thomas Bamham, esq against William Hall of Newland, Gloucestershire, gent on a bond for £20

Benedict Winchcombe of Noke, Oxfordshire, esq in regard to a debt of £600 from Jeffery Cooke and riotous entry into lands in Brittenden in Stanlake, 12 Aug 1616

William Wintour indemnifies Benedict Winchcombe from the covenants in a conveyance of even date by BW and Benedict Hall, esq, to Richard Fermor, kt, George Huntley, kt, WW and John Winchcombe

John Farmer, gent, son of John Farmer of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, esq, and Mary Hall, daughter of William Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, esq, deceased, to Edward Morgan of Pencoed, Monmouthshire, esq and Henry Hall of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gent, of 17 bonds listed in annexed schedule

Robert [Bertie], Earl of Lindsey, lord chamberlain and high constable of England, at the instance of his wife Elizabeth, to Henry [Montagu], Earl of Manchester, lord privy seal, and George [Manners], Earl of Rutland, to the use of EL
£650, of which £250 was paid as a gratuity by Thomas Pelham, kt, purchaser of manors belonging to EL which were sold to pay RL's debts
W: Henry Pelham, Edward Skipwithe, Oliver Alan, Robert Cuffe, Ch Rollinsun, Ed Cockerell
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/46

Benedict Hall, esq, nephew and administrator of the estate of Thomas Hall of Newland, Gloucestershire, of the administration of the estate and his discharge by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/47

Edward Perkins of Pilstone, Monmouthshire, gent, and Mary Hall, spinster, one of the younger daughters of Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire concerning the portions of eleven of the younger children of Benedict Hall
Recites: conveyance by BH to EP and Henry Hall of all his messuages, lands, rents, profits in trust for raising portions and maintenance of eleven of BH's younger children Ann, Mary, Cecilia, Elizabeth, Frances, Catherine and Barbara, John, William, Edward and Francis, to hold to EP for 15 years, paying BH and his wife Ann a rent of £250 for the maintenance of themselves and their eldest son Henry Benedict Hall
EP agrees with MH to pay the profits of the properties to his father William Perkins for the benefit of MH and the rest of the younger children, EP being allowed £40 a year for his pains in managing the trust
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/48

Of the High Meadow estate on the marriage of Henry Benedict Hall, esq, son of Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, esq and Frances, daughter of John Fortescue of Salden in Buckinghamshire, kt and bt

Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, esq to his son Henry Benedict Hall
Recognizance or statute in £600 acknowledged to BH before the sheriffs of Gloucester by Thomas Freame of Nether Lipyat, Gloucestershire, esq, 7 Oct 1641
Appointment of HBH as attorney for its recovery
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/49

John Hall, receiver of the revenues of the duchy of Lancaster in Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, appointing his brother Edward Hall of High Meadow, gent, as his deputy
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/50

Thomas Colt of St Paul Covent Garden, gent and Henry Hall of High Meadow in Gloucestershire, esq
Discharge of a fourth part of a fifth part of the manor of Kinthorp and other manors, lands and tenements in Yorkshire, formerly the inheritance of James Scudamore, conveyed by BH and TC to George Hill and Thomas Kenyon, 2 Feb 1674, from a judgement recovered by TC against Scudamore for £1600 in Michaelmas term 1655
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/51

Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/52

George Penrodock of Hale, Hampshire, esq and his sister Elizabeth Penrodock, to Seymour Bowman of Lincolns Inn, esq and Robert Hatchman of London, gent
A moiety of a yearly payment of £26 8s granted by Robert Vyner of London, kt and bt, to their brother Charles Penrodock of St Paul Covent Garden, gent, 23 Feb 1678, a proportion of a rent charged on the excise, granted to Vyner by the crown, 30 Apr 1677
Recites: will of CP making GP and EP his executors, 18 Sep 1678
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/53

Edward Read, bt, sheriff of Oxfordshire to Samuel Toovey of Wormesly, Oxfordshire, gent
Goods of Elizabeth [Nevill], dowager Lady Abergavenny, appraised in attached schedule, seized under a writ of fieri facias at the suit of William Turton
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/54

Samuel Toovey of Wormesly, Oxfordshire, gent to Joseph Gage of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, esq
Goods of Elizabeth [Nevill], dowager Lady Abergavenny, sold to ST as SAS/G24/20 and to him on a seizure at the suit of John Dobinson, 7 Aug 1686
Endorsed: consent of EN's administrator Ralph Sheldon, 22 Jan 1694
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/56

By [Henry Somerset], Duke of Beaufort, of Henry Benedict Hall as a deputy lieutenant for Gloucestershire, with copy attached of letters patent appointing HS as lord lieutenant
Formerly also listed as SAS/G24/55

John Gage of Firle, bt and Edward Mostyn of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, bt and Mary Stanley, sister of Roland Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire, bt; JG to marry MS
Her share of Lodge Farm in Essex to be settled by MS
The manor of Lackford and Farnham St Martin in Suffolk to be settled by JG
W: Elizabeth [Nevill, lady] Abergavenny, Robert brent, William Copage

Thomas Gage of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, esq, with Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Gloucestershire, esq and his only child Benedicta Maria Theresa Hall; TG to marry BMTH
A diamond necklace, earrings and plate given to her by TG, and the furniture of her own chamber and closet

John Mathewe of High Meadow, Richard Bufford, John Seymore and Richard Wenlok to Henry Hall of High Meadow
A croft of land and pasture in Newland within the Forest of Dean (in breadth between the road from High Meadow towards Staunton and the gore of John Teylowe called the Dyngyll Pytte on one side and the grove of John Bunyop and HH's land called Shitwiche on the other side; in length from John Teylowe's grove called Byrtesgrove otherwise the Dyngyll Grove and the Toofyldes Grove to the land of James Moore vicar of Newland)), which the grantors had jointly with other lands and tenements by grant and feoffment of John Teylowe, 30 May 1515
W: Thomas Hygyn, Thomas Byrtt, Thomas Wade

John Teylowe of High Meadow to Henry Hall of High Meadow
Croft in SAS/G24/25
W: John Hyggyn, John William, Thomas Wade

John Teylowe of High Meadow in Newland to Henry Hall of High Meadow
Croft in SAS/G24/25
Appointment of Walter Dull and William Carpentar as attornies to give seisin
W: John Hyggyn, John Williams, Thomas Wade, Thomas Hyggyn, Thomas Byrtt

William Teylowe of Tetbury to Henry Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
Croft in SAS/G24/45
Subscribed in English: an exception is made by William Teylowe above written to Harry Hall that he shall not claim no manner of title to a messuage lying in High Meadow within the parish of Newland neither to Dyngillfild neithr to Towfildes which lands was jointure to Alice Teylowe his mother

John Whytson and Alice Whytson, daughter and heir of William Whytson, to Henry Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
A messuage with garden adjoining and a parcel of waste land of the land of John Teylowe annexed, in High Meadow (in breadth between the tenement and garden of John Smyth and land of John Teylow and the road from Colford towards the church of All Saints of Newland on all sides)
Quitrent of 12d and heriot to Alexander Beynam, kt
W: Peter ap John, John Hygyns, William Dull, John Mathew, Richard Buffard

John Watkyn of High Meadow [in Newland] and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Agnes Jorden, to William Hall of High Meadow
A barn with a parcel of land adjoining in Newland and parcel of land in Staunton called Pytacre, (in length and breadth to the road from Staunton to High Meadow, the house of Thomas Hyet, land of James Moore, vicar of Newland, and land and messuage of JW on every side)
W to livery of seisin: Thomas Brytt, William Yerley, Richard Jordan, John Rosse, Richard Tylar

John Watkyn and his wife Elizabeth to William Hall
Premises as SAS/G24/30

Edward Norton, son and heir of Richard Norton of Churchend, deceased, to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
A piece of land in The Clowre (in length and breadth between land of Thomas Youan, land of Richard Bufford, land of the heir of John Birnell, land of the heir of John Smythe of Stanton on all sides); rent to EN one red rose if demanded
W: Christopher Frend, Walter Dull, Richard Bufford, James Birtt, Henry Higyns

Thomas Dey of Newland to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
Nine pennyworth of rent from a messuage in Colford in the Forest of Dean late of William Tailor and formerly known by the name of Farre and heriot when it should happen; which messuage Richard Acourte and his wife Joan hold in her right of TD by the said rent and services
At Colford

Christopher Laurence of Breme in Newland, son and heir of John Laurence deceased, William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
Yearly quitrents and services for messuages and lands held of CL, as follows:
1 John Forde for a messuage in Breme, 8d and heriot
2 Christopher Frynde and Thomas Mathew, two messuages and meadow in Breme, 18d, heriot and relief
3 Christopher Beynam, kt, a messuage in Breme, 2d, heriot and relief
4 The heirs of Thomas Pyrry, a messuage in Breme, 6d, heriot and relief.
5 John Griffith, a messuage in Breme, 6d, heriot and relief
6 John Robert, a meadow at Breme, sometime of Sir Alexander Beynam, 2s.
7 Richard Palmer, a meadow in Myllyngs Lane adjoining to Swathill Lane, 6d, heriot and relief.
8 The heirs of William Helder, the site of a messuage with meadow adjoining in Myllyngs Lane, 3d.
9 The heirs of John Mathewes of Heymedow, a meadow in Myllings Lane, 10d, heriot and relief.
W: Richard ap Rees, parish priest of Newland, Richard Marten parish clerk of Newland, John Wytson, Thomas Hynam

John Whitson of Clowrewall, son and heir of John Whitson the elder deceased, to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
A parcel of land and meadow in Shutgrove at Clowrewall in Newland (between lands of the heirs of William Skyner, Christopher Beyham, kt, William Tylar, the heirs of Philip Hopar, the heirs of John Wall and John Robert on every side), with a way leading to the parcel of land used from ancient time
W: John Elly, Thomas Harwy, Edward Norton

William Hall of Newland, gent to Andrew Yersley of Newland
A parcel of pasture or arable land called Lytle Edyng Wall in Newland (between land of William Wyrerall, S and land of the heirs of John Stanton, N)
W: William Chachmayde, John Dryver, Robert Fowler; Thomas Hygons, Richard Wade, John Weler, Richard a Monyth, Hugh ap Powell

Thomas Norton of Staunton to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
Two parcels of land in Staunton (one in Shobley between land of WH, Andrew George, Christopher Frynde and TN and the way from Staunton to High Meadow on every side; the other in The Clowre between land of the heirs of Richard Ewan and land of WH); which TN had jointly with Walter ap Baddam since deceased by feoffment of William Smyth of Staunton
W: Master [Roger] Wynter, chaplain, Andrew Waldyn, John Norton, Hugh ap Powell

John Elly of Newland, yeoman, to William Hall
For payment of £31 3s 4d at Candlemas day 1535 upon a mortgage by John Elly to William Werall the younger, Edward Cachemayde and Thomas Hygyn of all his lands in Newland and Staunton except a grove called Bowyars Grove, to the use of William Hall
W: Master Roger Wentur, priest of St Nicholas chancel of Newland, William Weralle, gent, John Sladye, Richard Sergaunte otherwise Sowemaker

John Elly of Newland, yeoman, to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
Lands, meadows, groves and an annual rent of 2s in Newland and Staunton (details) which WH has by the feoffment of William Werall, gent, Edward Cachemayd, gent and Thomas Hygyn of Staunton, yeoman, 19 May 1537
W: William wyrawll, Edmund Bekemly, William Suteley, John Hestod, Thomas Hygyn, gents

Edward ap Adam late of Stuanton and his wife Joan, one of the daughters of Richard Horner, to William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland]
A messuage, barn and garden adjoining in High Meadow in Staunton (between the road to Staunton, the messuage and garden of Andrew Dale and the messuage and land of Mori ap Hoell on all sides)
W: Thomas Hygon, Walter Dull, Richard Taylar, William Masse
Endorsed: this deed is of the decayed toft and barn which William Wud holdeth by lease

John Hentlond of Wollaston, Gloucestershire, yeoman, kinsman and heir apparent of Joan Mathew of Clowrwall in Newland, widow to William Hall of High Meadow in Newland, gent
Three parcels of land at Clowrwall (one in length between land of More a Powell on one side and land of John Wall on the other and between land of Thomas Kere of London, wherryman (whiriman) and land of Christopher Beynam, kt and the land of WH; the second piece in the Common Field between land of the heirs of John Wall and land of Henry Dull, Christopher Beynam and Harry Percie on all sides; the third at Cradocks Hole in breadth between land of WH on one side and the road from Clowrwall to Stowe on the other side)
W: Master Arnold, squire, Master Brane, squire, John Gowrthe, Hugh Grefyth, Harry Elly

William Hall of High Meadow [in Newland] to Edward Norton
A barn and orchard in the Lower Street at Churchend in Newland adjoining WH's messuage and barn; four pieces of land at Churchend (bounds)
Conveyance by EN to WH to be void on payment of £22 10s 8d

Leonard Colman, his wife Elizabeth and Agnes Jencekes, daughters and heirs of John Jenckes of Bristol, fishmonger deceased, to William Hall of Newland
For observance of convenants in deed of 27 Jul 1543

Christopher Frend of Whitecleve to William Haull
A piece of land and a grove next the Holouewaye in Newland (between land of Edmund Cheachmay and of Richard Ewan on one side and between the grove of William Werraull and William Heulyng on the other side and between land of William Werraull called Barneheld and the cloth mill of the heirs of Richard Ewan called the Touckmill and between land and mill of Robert Elly and William Heulyng on all sides)
W: John Quarr, vicar of Newland, Edward Bell, Roger Foorde, cantarista in the parish of Newland

Before William Stempe, esq, at Didbury, Gloucestershire, on the death of William Hall of Newland, gent
A messuage and 10a of land 4a meadow and 6a pasture in Clowerwall, occupied by Hugh Gryffeth, granted to Thomas Butler and William Brydgeman to the use of WH and Julian Nurse and the heirs in tail, 12 Nov 1541;
Three tofts, 400a of land, 100a of meadow, 100a of pasture, 10a of wood, 20a of furze and heath in High Meadow, Ashrudge and Stanton, Gloucestershire, and two messuages, a barn, toft, 100a of land, 40a of pasture, 20a of meadow, 10a of wood and 16a of furze and heath in Clowerwall, Chyrchyn and Colford, Gloucestershire
Two messuages, two barns, 3a of meadow and one orchard in Churchyn and Whytcleve
One messuage and garden, 100a of land, 10a of meadow, 8a of pasture, 6a of wood in High meadow and Stanton
Six messuages, six gardens, four orchards, 200a of land, 40a of meadow, 30a of pasture and 40s rent in High Meadow, Churchyn, Clowerwall, Colford, Breme and Stanton
A barn, 10a of land, 15a of pasture and 10a of meadow in Colford and a pasture in Breme
20a of land, 6a of meadow, 20a of pasture in Asheryche
30a of land, 16a of meadow, 20a pasture and 20a wood in Asherudge
WH died 1 Aug 1545; his heir is Christopher Hall, aged 23 on 2 Feb 1546

Thomas Harison of Sutton by Seaford, gent, and his eldest son and heir John Harison to Thomas Medley of Barcombe, gent
1 Capital messuage and malthouse, stable and 30a, with 7a of meadow land in Firle Wish, the Nacorns and Charney and 4a of arable land in the common field or laine called Twytoune, late occupied by William Ballard
2 14a Of meadowland called Hildersland; 13a meadow, part of Snakeham otherwise Small Wish; 1a in the Long Sparke, 1a in Sparke Croft; 1a of pasture called Millers and ½a called Mylands, both in that part of Twytoun recently enclosed by James Rowe; Hurstcroft, 2a; 1a in the Mooreland field of Sackville Graves, esq; ½a in the same; 1a meadow, in Northern Brooke; 2a 1r in the Great Sparke; two pieces called The Mooreland (6a); 4a in Northerne Brooke; 1 cowleaze containing 1½a in Keeburgh; occupied by Thomas Gower, late John Colvill
3 2a 3r In the common moorlands, occupied by John Bett
All in West Firle and late the lands of TH's parents Thomas Harison, gent and his wife Elizabeth
Stephen Elphicke of Seaford, gent, attorney to deliver seisin

Thomas Medley of Southover to John Gurr of Ranscombe in South Malling, yeoman
Premises in SAS/G25/1
Endorsed receipt for purchase-money includes copyhold recently purchased by TM from [blank] Yokehurst

John Gurr of Ranscombe in South Malling, yeoman, to Richard Barnard of Lewes, gent
Premises in SAS/G25/1

Richard Barnard and John Gurr to Thomas Waterman the younger of Ashford, Kent, gent; part of the portion of RB's daughter Susannah on her marriage with TW

Thomas Waterman and John Fryer of West Firle and his wife Mary (only daughter and heir of John Gurr deceased) to William Gage of Firle, bt

Bequest to Elizabeth the wife of William Maskall 'my late servant' of a rent of £70 charged on his estate; recital that WG had a mortgage for £435 on a farm and lands in Firle occupied by William Fryer; he forgives all interest due to the date of his death and devises to William Maskall's daughter Mary Maskall all interest to grow due until she attains 21 or marriage, when he gives her the principal money of £435

Francis Poole of Lewes, bt, and Lancelot Story of Chelsea, Middlesex, esq (surviving devisees in trust under the will of William Fryer) and Elizabeth Mascall of West Firle, widow, (only sister and heir of William Fryer) to EM's daughter Mary Mascall of Firle, spinster
The messuage and land in SAS/G25/1

Mary Mascall of Firle, spinster, to Francis Poole, bt and Lancelot Story, esq, of the property in SAS/G25/11-12 as indemnity against the legacies and debts of her uncle William Fryer

Mary Maskall of Firle, spinster, to John Lancaster of Herstmonceux, gent property in SAS/G25/11-12

Thomas Mockett of West Firle and his son Richard Mocket
1 A messuage in West Firle called the Woolpack
2 Three pieces of land (20a) called Pickfield (E, N: Thomas Gage, bt), Bushiefield (W: land of Thomas Gage bt called The Wishe and lands of Edward Hide), The Five Acres (W: Thomas Gage, bt; S: Parsonage Lands; E: land formerly Thomas Oliver, gent)
3 A croft of pasture (7a) and a barn, stable and close in the street of West Firle to TM for life, remainder to RM

Mary Maskall of Firle, spinster, John Shelley of East Dean, riding officer of HM Customs, Nicholas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent and Richard Mockett of Firle, yeoman; MM to marry RM
Messuage and land in SAS/G25/1-16

Endorsed: shown to William Cuckow the younger at the time of his examination in chancery for the defendants in Robert Plumer and others v Richard and Mary Mockett

Richard Mockett of Firle, gent, eldest son and heir of Thomas Mockett, to Nicholas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent, in trust
His remainder of the messuage and lands in SAS/G25/17
Endorsed: shown to William Cuckow the younger at the time of his examination in chancery for the defendants in Robert Plumer and others v Richard and Mary Mockett

[By John Lancaster of Hertmonceux, mortgagee] that £40 of the £240 secured on Miss Mary Maskall's land [by SAS/G25/14-15] belonged to John Mates of Herstmonceux, and note of payments of interest to him, 1752-1757

1682-1711, Purchased by Thomas Gage, bt, from Henry Gage, esq in 1711

Confirms settlement of copyhold land at Alciston on wife Mary for life with remainder to son John Wood

John Medhurst of Hastings, jurat, and his wife Mary to John Vallance of Alciston, yeoman
Messuage, two barns and 49a in Alciston
Attached: licence to JM and MM to let; manor of Alciston, 5 Oct 1716

Memorandum of a fine of £42 on John Wood's admittance to several tenements, 28 Apr 1729, with receipt by George Briggs for William Gage, kt and bt, endorsed, 27 Sep 1729

Elizabeth Walter of Southover, widow and administratrix of Robert Walter of Lewes, gent, his eldest son Drew Walter of Hurstpierpoint, gent, his youngest son Richard Walter of Southover, apothecary and his daughter Elizabeth Walter of Southover, spinster, to Thomas Hammond of Cliffe, gent and William Hammond of Cliffe, gent
Messuage, barns and 49a in Alciston, copyhold of the manor of Alciston, occupied by John Gurr

Mary Dann of Herstmonceux, widow to John Newman of Willingdon, farmer copyhold messuage and land in Willingdon

William Hammond of Cliffe, gent and John Gurr of Alciston, yeoman
A messuage, two barns and 49a in Alciston

Dorothy Hammond of Mayfield, spinster to Samuel Boys of Alciston, yeoman
A messuage, two barns and 49a in Alciston

Admission of Henry Freeman of the Cliffe near Lewes, mercer, as devisee under the will of his aunt Dorothy Hammond to a copyhold messuage and lands in Alciston, 17 tenements in the borough of Tilton

Admission of James West of Alciston, yeoman, on the second proclamation of the death of his father John West
A cottage, garden and orchard called Wickershams in the borough of Tilton in Alciston, quitrent 4d

William Wheeler (as administrator of Sarah Wheeler, deceased) and Lucy Wheeler to Henry Freeman of a legacy under the will of their aunt Dorothy Hammond of Mayfield, spinster, charged on Alciston farm, 20 Oct 1766
Attached: receipt by Francis Weller to Henry Freeman for a legacy to his wife Katherine Weller in the will fo her aunt Dorothy Hammond, charged on Alciston Farm; 18 Jul 1767

Admission of Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage to lands (30a) called Uptons otherwise Relfes in West Firle, quitrent 16s, on the death if his uncle William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage

Admission of Richard Newman the younger of Alfriston, butcher, on surrender by Henry Freeman
Tenements as SAS/G26/9 late Dorothy Hammond

By Henry Freeman of Cliffe, grocer, to Richard Newman the younger of Alfriston, butcher, on surrender as SAS/G26/13

Admission of Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage to a messuage and land in Framfield (details) on the death of his uncle William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage

Admission of Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage on the death of his uncle William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage to a wist of land (20a) at Tilton in Selmeston, quitrent 5s

Licence to Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage to let his copyholds

Admission of William Newman, aged 3, on the death of his father Richard Newman, and appointment of his mother Sarah Newman as guardian
Tenements as SAS/G26/9, late Dorothy Hammond

1650-1654, of part of Ludlay Farm in Selmeston (Bockland-Rochester)

Robert Rochester of Selmeston, gent, son and heir of Robert Rochester of Selmeston, gent, deceased, Anthony Trumble of Hailsham, gent, Nicholas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent (the son and heir apparent of Thomas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent) and Mathias Callicott of Selmeston, gent, and Jane Eversfield of Eastbourne, spinster, (youngest daughter of Nicholas Eversfield of Charlton in Steyning, esq, deceased); RR to marry JE
1 The manor of Ludlay; the capital messuage and manor house called Ludlay and lands called the Wish (10a), Gosse Croft and Little Barnefield (22a), Little Wood and Three Corner Field (15a), 18a of woodland, the Homefield, East Marle and Two fields under the Coppice (38a); all in Selmeston
2 Three pieces of land called the Place Fields (22a) in Jevington; four pieces called the Hides otherwise the Mowley Fields (37a) in Willingdon

Nicholas Gilbert, gent, and Mathias Callicot, plaintiffs against Anthony Trumble, gent, of the manor of Ludlay and a messuage, a dovecote, two gardens, 80a of land, 20a of meadow, 50a of pasture, 20a wood, 40a of furse and heath and common of pasture for all beasts in Selmeston, Jevington and Willingdon

Charles Rochester of the Inner Temple, London, gent (eldest son of Robert Rochester of Jevington, gent, deceased, the eldest son of Robert Rochester of Selmeston, gent and his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wiliam Markwick of Jevington, gent, deceased) to Thomas Parham of Horsham, gent and Henry Lawton of Lincoln's Inn, Mx, esq
Land called The Comp with a barn (10a) in Selmeston; the Three Hams (40a) in Selmeston and The Bakes (27a); occupied by Thomas Newington; The Comp (7a), the Bakes Croft (3a) the Lowlands otherwise the Old Lands (6a meadow) and the Pight (10½a), occupied by George Stephens, all in Selmeston
W: John Michell, J Wentworth

Charles Rochester to John Steyning otherwise Cowper of Rudgewicke, miller
The Comp (10a), the Three Hamms (40a), the Bakes (27a) and the Pight (10½a), occupied by George Stephens, in Selmeston
W: Thomas Parham, Nicholas Gilbert
Endorsed: receipt for interest by Mary King to CR, paid by Austen Coom; 11 Nov 1735

By Thomas Willard, steward of the manor of Ludlay, of entries from the court rolls concerning Harts and Petfields in Selmeston (Pagden; Elphick-Dobson, 1575-1711)

Mary king of Rudgwick, widow, sole executor of the will of Joan Steyning otherwise Cooper, one of the executors of her husband John Steyning otherwise Cooper, and administratrix with the will annexed of John Steyning during the minority of Arthur Butcher the other executor, by direction of Charles Rochester, to Catherine Rochester of Lewes, spinster
Mortgage of 16 Jun 1726 (SAS/G27/7)
Endorsed: further advance of £500; 28 Sep 1745

Richard Rideout of Framfield, gent, Nicholas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent and Nicholas Willard of Ovingdean, gent, and Richard Rideout the younger of Lewes, gent, and Elizabeth Payne of Lewes, widow of Richard Payne, esq; RR the younger to marry EP
1 Capital messuage with malthouse and 69a in Framfield, therefore the estate of John Evernden, gent, and since of Walter Evernden and purchased by RR of WE's son Anthony Evernden
2 Messuage or tenement called Gowers with barn and 8a; lands called West Leeds (9a) and Meadow Leeds (12a); and the Outer Ockland (11a) all in Selmeston
3 Farm and 70a called Stroodland with Stroodland Wood (40a) in Little Horsted
4 Moiety of 200a called Keymer Park in Keymer, occupied by Michael Monk
5 Messuage and 50a called Wellbrook Farm in Mayfield, occupied by Wiliam Waghorne and Stephen Igglesden

Jane Rochester of Jevington, widow, to her son Charles Rochester of St Andrew, Holborn, by Robert Rochester
Her life estate in the manor of Ludlay, the capital messuage and manor house called Ludlay; land called the Wish (10a); the Cosse Croft and the Little Barnfield (22a); the Little Wood and Three Corner Field (15a); 18a of woodland; the Homefield, East Marle and two fields under the Coppice (38a); Pierces Field (5a); all in Selmeston

Charles Rochester of St Andrew, Holborn, gent, to John Howard of the Middle Temple, gent
The manor of Ludlay and premises in SAS/G27/12

Nathaniel Trayton, gent, demandant, against John Howard, gent, tenant, and Charles Rochester, gent, vouchee, of the manor of Ludlay, a messuage, two gardens, 30a of land, 30a of meadow, 30a of pasture and 20a of wood in Selmeston

Nicholas Gilbert, steward
Endorsed: notes of receipts of quitrent, 1747-1748

Charles Rochester of St Andrew Holborn, Mx, gent to Elizabeth Newnham of Jevington, spinster, for payment of £100
Endorsed: receipts for interest by EN, 1746-1751, by Richard Oswin, 1753-1766; and for principal and interest paid by CR's executrix Oliver Eversfield to John Wade, trustee of the marriage settlement of EN and Richard Oswin, 28 Aug 1766

Charles Rochester of St Andrew Holborn, Mx, gent to John Newnham of Jevington, maltster, for payment of £200
Endorsed: receipts for interest by EN, 1746-1751, by Richard Oswin, 1753-1766; and for principal and interest paid by CR's executrix Oliver Eversfield to John Wade, trustee of the marriage settlement of EN and Richard Oswin, 28 Aug 1766

Charles Rochester of Wannock in Jevington, gent, lord of the manor of Ludlay otherwise Selmeston-Ludlay, to Ann Pankhurst of Chalvington, widow, and Thomas Balcomb of Framfield, farmer, in consideration of the surrender of a former lease and £10
A piece of waste ground (40 yards) near a place where the common pound formerly stood in the street adjoining ground called the Middleham in Selmeston, with liberty of running or grazing two hogs upon the waste ground between the Upper Ham gate and Cotes Land in Selmeston, with the messuage thereon erected and the garden as then enclosed
W: Samuel Caldicott, John Stephens

Catherine Rochester of Lewes, spinster, by direction of Charles Rochester to Robert Plumer of the Cliffe near Lewes, grocer
Mortgage of 16 Jun 1726 (SAS/G27/7), assigned to Catherine Rochester 16 Jun 1736 (SAS/G27/10)

Charles Rochester of Epsom, Surrey, gent, to James Plumer of the Cliffe near Lewes, gent
Capital messuage and manor house of Ludlay and lands called the Wish, Little Wood and Three Corner Field, 18a of woodland, the Homefield, East Marle and two fields under the Coppice, occupied by CR and John Driver
W: William Michell, Richard Rideout the younger

To be buried in the parish church of Jevington near his late wife
£100 To be laid out in a monument for him and his wife
To sister Sophia Jefferys an annuity of £50
All copyholds of the manors of Jevington, Willingdon and Jevington Rectory and all freehold and leasehold premises in Jevington, Willingdon and Folkington to sister Olive Eversfield, charged with the annuity to Sophia Jefferys
To Olive Eversfield the manor of Ludlay and the capital messuage and farm occupied by John Driver; also a barn and farm occupied by John Stevens and Ludlay Coppice and all other lands in Selmeston, subject to the payment of £200 charged thereon to [blank] Plumber and [blank] Plumber and £300 on two Bonds to Richard Oswin and his wife Elizabeth and £50 to Henry Gibbs and his wife Martha and £50 legacy; to hold to Olive for life, remainder to cousin Richard Rideout subject to a legacy of £500 to Elizabeth wife of Richard Oswin
Gifts to servants and poor of Jevington, Willingdon and Folkington and £20 to put servant boy James Piggott out apprentice

Robert Plumer, with Olive Eversfield of Guildford, spinster, and Richard Rideout of Lewes, esq, to James Markwick of Catsfield, esq
Mortgage of the manor of Ludlay, 18 Nov 1752 (SAS/G27/22-23)

James Markwick of Catsfield, esq, that the £500 advanced in respect of SAS/G27/25 was the money of Olive Eversfield and his name stood in trust for her

Wife Elizabeth, brother the Rev John Rideout
To his brother and nephew Charles Gilbert: share of a house called Green Dragon Court in Southwark; also fields and land in Lewes St Peter and St Mary Westout, in trust for sale; reference to Richard Pain esq, late husband of RR's wife
Lands in Framfield, Little Horsted and Selmeston and the manor of Ludlay after the death of Olive Eversfield to trustees for brother John Rideout for life, then to nephew Richard Rideout for life and his heirs in tail male, with a gift over to Charles Gilbert and his heirs in tail, contingent remainder to sister Susan, wife of Nicholas Gilbert of Eastbourne, gent, and kinswoman Mary the wife of Dr Lane, whose maiden name was Dobell

James Markwick at the request of Olive Eversfield and John Rideout, of Lewes, clerk (only brother and heir of Richard Rideout of Lewes, esq deceased) to Robert Plumer of Cliffe, esq
Mortgage of 18 Nov 1752 (SAS/G27/22) as security for £800 (£500 the amount of the mortgage and £300 charged to Richard Oswin and his wife)

Robert Plumer, Olive Eversfield of Southampton, spinster and John Rideout of Lewes, clerk to Elizabeth Norton of Lewes, widow, as security for £2300 of the mortgage of 16 Jun 1726 and 18 Nov 1752

By Olive Eversfield and John Rideout, clerk to Elizabeth Norton, to secure SAS/G27/29A
Endorsed: receipts for interest, 1777-1817

John Dixon Dyke of Lullingstone Castle, Kent, bt to Mark Fielder of Dartford, Kent, gent
Farm at Higham in Kent; messuage and Aylehurst Farm in Chiddingly and Waldron, (50a) occupied by Thomas Ashdown; High Farm in Ripe, messuage and 56a occupied by William Shoesmith; messuage, farm and lands in Selmeston (17a) occupied by Mary Alchorn, widow; Birchell Farm in Hellingly (10a) occupied by Thomas Smith

John Dixon Dyke, bt to Mark Fielder
Premises as SAS/G27/30, with additional security on lands in Essex and a deed poll of Mary Henley of Dartford concerning it

William Deedes of Hythe, Kent, esq, John Toke of Goddyngton, Kent, esq, John Dixon Dyke and his wife Philadalphia Payne Dyke, and Thomas Dyke, esq to John Bean of Litlington, esq
1 That capital messuage or mansion and place called Mays House, lands called Mays Lands and two closes called Ballards Down, all in Selmeston formerly occupied by Thomas Newington, afterwards of William Piper and late of Joseph Piper
2 Lands in Selmeston formerly in the tenure of Thomas Vine and afterwards of John Alchorne and John Mannington
3 Messuage or tenement or toft where a messuage formerly stood a farm in Selmeston occupied by Thomas Goldsmith
All occupied by Matthew Mannington and, with copyholds called the Corner Field (8a), occupied as one farm called Mays farm and the Selmeston lands

John Dixon Dyke, BT and his wife Philadelphia Payne, John Fuller of Lewes, butcher, and his trustee Thomas Harben of Lewes, banker, and John Bean of Litlington, esq
1 A toft where a messuage stood called Badbrooks or Badbrooks Farm in Selmeston (65a)
2 Mays Farm in Selmeston
1 In trust for JF, 2 in trust for JB

John Bean, esq and John Fuller, plaintiffs, John Dixon Dyke, bt, and his wife Philadelphia Payne Dyke deforciants, of a messuage, two tofts, two barns, two stables, two gardens, two orchards, 30a of land, 60a of meadow, 175a of pasture, 2a of land covered by water and 2a of rushes in Selmeston; before Thomas Williams and John Williams, gents, by commission, 25 Jul 1786

John Bean of Clapham in Litlington, esq to Winifred Cossum of Hastings, spinster
Mays House and Farm in Selmeston

John Bean of Clapham in Litlington, esq, to Francis Whitfeld, Benjamin Comber, Joseph Molineux and Richard King of Lewes, bankers
Capital messuage called Mays House and farm, in Selmeston (details), 172a 1r 15p according to a map by Thomas Marchant in 1780

John Bean to John Ingram of Chailey, gent
Mays House and farm
To hold to such uses as JB should by deed appoint, and subject thereto to the use of JI for the life of JB to the use of JB

Winifred Cossum of Hastings, spinster, by direction of John Bean to Richard Watts of Lewes, gent in trust for JB
Term created by mortgage of 6 Jun 1789 (SAS/G27/35)

John Bean to John Gorringe of Charlston in Westdean, yeoman, and William Pennington Gorringe of Westham, yeoman
Mays Farm and Selmeston lands

Francis Whitfield, Benjamin Comber, Joseph Molineux and Richard King of Lewes, bankers with John Bean to Josias Smith of Lewes, gent
Mortgage of 29 Sep 1792 (SAS/G27/36-37) as security for £4000

John Bean, Charles Gilbert of Lewes, esq and Robert Hawes of Warbleton, esq to John Ingram of Chailey, esq, in trust
Mays House and Farm and Selmeston lands
With covenant to surrender copyholds, to secure to CG and RH £2550 16s 4d, the balance due on a judgment obtained by them in Michaelmas term 1797 against JB for £6000

Elizabeth Miller of Ripe, widow to Thomas Fuller of London, doctor in physic, and Richard Pilbeame of Wivelsfield, yeoman, in trust
A moiety of pieces of land (30a) called Lancty and Crookfield in Selmeston, and of 60a in Selmeston; all lately purchased of John Hamon, citizen and draper of London, by Richard Acton of Chalvington, yeoman deceased, and were bequeathed by his will to his two younger daughters EM and Ann Plumer, wife of James Plumer
To hold to EM for life, remainder to Elizabeth Plumer and Susan Plumer (two daughters of Thomas Plumer of Ripe, gent, deceased, son of James Plumer of Ripe, gent) and their heirs in tail
W: Edward Virgoe, Richard Heath

Thomas Fuller of Sevenoaks, late of London, doctor in physic, and Richard Pilbeame of Wivelsfield, yeoman, to Elizabeth Plumber and Susan Plumer, two daughters of Thomas Plumer (as SAS/G26/34)
Moiety of lands in Selmeston as SAS/G27/47
W: John Whitney, Henry Novice, Edward Virgoe and Thomas Marten

John Spence of South Malling, esq to John Haws of Berwick, clerk
The moiety of lands called Lancty in Selmeston (9a) late the estate of Elizabeth Miller and conveyed to JS by John Page and his wife Susan, one of the daughters of Thomas Plumer deceased

John Hawes of Berwick, clerk, to William Hawes of Berwick, gent
Moiety as SAS/G27/52
W: Edmund Parson, Richard Read

With names and acreage of fields; endorsed: Mr Figg's admeasurement

Including quitrents, the capital messuage and land occupied by John Driver and a farm occupied by John Stephens; details of buildings

Surrender by Thomas Arnold to the use of Henry Cosens and his wife Agnes of a messuage late called Algers Tenement, and their admission

Samuel Monger of West Firle, husbandman, administrator of the estate of Thomas Monger of Fokington, deceased, to Nicholas Morrell of Ringmer, husbandman and his wife Mary, Edmund Nill of Rotherfield, husbandman and his wife Elizabeth, and Thomas Peirce of Ringmer, husbandman and his wife Susan

Ann Line, relict of Samuel Line of Pevensey, clerk, and Elizabeth Widger of Westham, spinster (daughters of Robert Widger of Westham, yeoman, deceased) to William Yoakeherst of West Firle, husbandman
A messuage with orchard (1 rood) at Wick Street in West Firle (W: land of John Revett; E: house of Josias Colvill; N: road from Tanners Bridge to Horne Ashe in Wick Street); other land (details)

John Young of West Firle, bricklayer, to Thomas Hills of Glynde, husbandman
For performance of covenants in deeds of even date

Mary Murrell of Ringmer, widow, to John Young of West Firle, bricklayer
A feather bed, bolster, coverlet, two blankets, one bedstead; with proviso for redemption within ten days after her decease

John Young of West Firle, bricklayer, to William Heath of Alciston, husbandman messuage in Wick Street as SAS/G28/3, assigned by William Yoakhurst to WY, 5 Aug 1679 (SAS/G28/47)

John Savage, citizen and grocer of London, as attorney for Philip Benham of London, tailor, to John Young of West Firle, bricklayer
£5 in discharge of bond by WY to PB of 1 Sep 1670

John Savage, citizen and grocer of London, to John Young of West Firle, bricklayer

Admission of Richard Clerke aged 7½ as son and heir of Thomas Clerke
Tenement, barn and 9a in separate parcels in West Firle (details)
Appointment of Samuel Barrey as guardian

Surrender of Edward Cosins of a messuage called Algers Tenement in West Firle occupied by John Newe to the use of John Vine of West Firle, gardener, and his admission, and surrender to himself and his wife Elizabeth Vine and the survivor

By Edward Cousins to John Vine (by the hand of Thomas Morgan) for the purchase money of £25

Seal torn off

Conditional surrender for £84 by Andrew Tasker to the use of John Blackman of Barcombe, clerk
Two pieces of land (9a) called Great Sharp Ridge in West Firle near lands of William Gage, bt called the Great Wish, quitrent 6s 4d and 2a in Warkwish near Morelands Bridge, quitrent 2s; 2½a at Westrate and 1a in the Nacorne and 3 roods in the Moreland and a small piece in Saltacre near More Stile and one Cowlease, quitrent 3s 4d late the estate of John Mountague, gent.

Mary Barnden of West Firle, widow and Elizabeth Coats of West Firle, widow to Samuel Young of West Firle, mason
To pay £42 secured by a conditional surrender of even date

Samuel Younge of Firle, mason, to Mary Young of Firle, widow
To find, provide and allow MY good, wholesome meet competent and sufficient meat drink washing lodging wearing apparel and all other necessaries suitable to a person in her state and condition of life

Edward Newton of London, gent, to Samuel Younge of West Firle, mason
Of five pieces of land (the Chauntlers Field (5a; E: land of Sackvill Graves; S, W: the Hunger Lands; N: William Gage, by); a parcel of meadow (2½a) called the Jolly Coops (N: road from Firle to Selmeston; S, W: the common fields called the Twytown; E: The Hoppers of Thomas Browne, gent); 2a arable and ½a in the common fields of West Firle above the drove (W: a pasture field late of Vinalls widow; S: Sackville Graves; N: William Gage)
The rent payable at the house of John Holmwood in the Cliffe

Samuel Young of Firle, husbandman, to Henry Bean of Lewes, carpenter
To secure £60 on conditional surrender of Great Sharp Rides (details), copyhold of the
Manor of Amies otherwise Levetts in Firle

Conditional surrender for £60 by Samuel Young to Henry Bean
Great Sharp Rides (details)
Endorsed: receipt for principal, 26 Oct 1728

Samuel Young of Firle, husbandman, to John Seamar of Westmeston, yeoman
To secure £100 on conditional surrender of Great Sharpe Rides and other lands (details)

Customary tenement called Algers held of the manor of Hosiers to his wife Joyce

Samuel Young, farmer, of West Firle, that on 9 Apr 1743 his house was unfortunately set of fire by his tenant that dwelt therein and burnt to the ground, damage £50; commended by William Gage, the churchwardens, overseers and inhabitants
Endorsed: list of five subscribers, including William Gage, [Thomas Pelham-Holles] Duke of Newcastle and Henry Pelham, esq

Surrender by William Beard of a messuage and several closes of land to the use of Samuel Young, who was admitted. Richard Gilbert, steward.

Summary of the title of Robert Picknall to 11a called The Gores (Butler-Beard-Picknall, 1715-1759)

Admission of William Cleaver (aged 9) younger son of Thomas Cleaver deceased, to 11a in Alciston and eight pieces of customary land commonly called the Common Field, Horshoe Furlong, Short Furlong, Brambridge Furlong, Chequer Acre, Wish Furlong, Parsonage Furlong and 1a Westwele, containing 16a and pasture for 40 sheep sometime of John Cleaver, quitrent 28s of which TC lately died seised WC's mother Winifred Cleaver appointed guardian

Surrender by Samuel Cleaver and Elizabeth widow of William Cleaver to Elizabeth Norton of Lewes, widow, and her admission
Tenements as SAS/G28/29

Surrender by Thomas Morris of Heathfield, farmer, of a cottage and garden in the borough of Alciston late Sergeants and before Readers to the use of Samuel Boys, and his admission and surrender to his will

James Nanfan of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, gent, only son and heir of Thomas Nanfan of Barnards Inn, London, gent, the second son of George Nanfan of the Middle Temple, esq, by his wife Mary, formerly Mary Prior, to Henry Barney Mahew of Barnards Inn, gent, in trust
A messuage and 16a of arable land in the common fields of Alciston and pasture for 90 sheep

By Richard Gregory, gent against Henry Barney Mahew gent, James Nanfan and his wife vouchees

Surrender by Mary Murrell, widow, of a messuage in the village of West Firle, quitrent 4d, to the use of Robert Pierce, and his admission

Surrender by Martha Clements, widow, formerly Martha Vinall, spinster, of a messuage and 1a in Alciston late Vinalls once Brabons and before Welloughbys, quitrent 2s to the use of John Vinall of Alciston, husbandman

Admission of William Henry Benge of Lewes, cousin of Elizabeth Norton, widow, to a messuage and 10a of customary land and eight pieces called the Common Fields as SAS/G28/28; surrender to John Hawes of Selmeston, gent

By William Henry Benge to John Hawes for covenants in SAS/G28/36

Surrender by John Hawes of a messuage and lands as SAS/G28/36, to the use of William Ridge and his admission

Of William Ridge to pay £400 mortgage owing to Nicholas Gilbert and Charles Gilbert and the purchase-price of £335 to John Hawes for SAS/G28/38A;
Endorsed: receipt by John Hawes, 15 Feb 1791

Admission of William Towner on the death of Sally Towner (late Stanford, spinster) late the wife of John Towner, to a messuage and shop and ½a in West Firle late George Stephens and before Noakes, quitrent 4d

Admission of William Towner on the death of Sally Towner (as SAS/G28/39) to ½a in the Pitlands in West Firle lately part of a tenement of John Vinall called New Elm.

Surrender by Thomas Duly to William Ridge and by John Vinall to William Ridge

Surrender by Richard Newman to Miss Ann Pierce and Francis Pierce of a messuage in the village of West Firle which he had with John Ellman as executors of Robert Pierce

Surrender by William Stevens to the use of William Ridge of Alciston of 12½ bullock leases and 36½ sheep leases on Berwick Common, hitherto appurtenant to the lands of William Stevens on the surrender of Thomas Harben

Surrender by Samuel Boys of a cottage, garden and 1 rood in Alciston late Morris before Sergeant, Readers and Roffs to the use of James Duly.

Admission of Henry Walker, only son of Henry Walker deceased, to a wist of customary land in West Firle, quitrent 9s 9d.

Between Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage and Henry Walker for the purchase of copyhold as SAS/G28/45A

William Ridge of Alciston; two messuages, barn and farm in Alciston, £3 8s 0d; bullock and sheep leases upon Berwick Common, £1 10s

William Yokehurst of Firle, husbandman, to John Younge of Firle, bricklayer
Messuage, backside and orchard (1 rood) at Wick Street in West Firle (W: lands of John Rivett; E: house and lands of Josias Colville; N: road from Tannersbridge to Horne Ash), occupied by John Rowe, late the lands of Robert Widger
W: Thomas Hills, James Rowe
Endorsed: JY to pay ½d quitrent to John Gage, bt; reservation of right of way (details) by WY

John Young of West Firle, bricklayer, to Thomas Hills of Glynde, husbandman
Premises described in SAS/G28/47
W: William Yoakhurst, Thomas Hore, James Rowe
Endorsed: assignment to William Grover of Glynde, husbandman, in trust for William Heath of Alciston, husbandman; 1 Feb 1682

John Young to Sarah Pinson of Selmeston, spinster
Premises described in SAS/G28/47
W: Thomas Isted, Thomas Elyott

Samuel Young, son of John Young of West Firle, bricklayer, to his father for seven years
W: Richard Elles, John Sayer

Joseph Yoakherst of Cliffe, miller, to John Grover of Cliffe, cordwainer
1 3 Roods of pasture ground in West Firle, adjoining to leashold messuage referred to below (E: land late Zacharias Smith, clerk, deceased; W: John Rivett)
2 ½a Of meadow in a field called Milelands in West Firle (E: Tanners Bridge; S: road; N: land of John Gage, bt)
3 ½a Of meadow in Milelands (W: land of John Gage, bt; E: land of Sackvile Graves, esq; S: road)
All (with others) demised by Ann Line, relict and widow of Samuel Line of Pevensey, clerk, deceased, and Elizabeth Widger of Westham, to William Yoakhurst of West Firle, husbandman, for 999 years at a peppercorn rent, 5 Aug 1679, and were since come to his only son and legatee JY
W: John Hodge, Jo Reynolds

Joseph Yokehurst to Thomas Beard of the Cliffe, grocer
Premises as SAS/G28/51
W: Robert Hammond the younger, Martha Gallett

Thomas Beard of Cliffe, grocer, to Samuel Young of West Firle, yeoman
Premises as SAS/G28/51
W: Thomas Beard the younger, John Plumer

Mary Young of West Firle, widow to Samuel Young of West Firle, mason
All the goods, chattels, household goods, quick and dead stock in and about her dwellinghouse and land in West Firle, in consideration of a bond by SY (SAS/G28/15) to provide for her for life, meat, drink, washing, lodging, wearing apparel and all other necessaries
W: John Michell, Thomas Attree, Richard Stephens

James Lane of Westerham, Kent, baker, and James Baker the younger of Godstone, Surrey, innholder, guardian to JL's wife Ann (the only daughter, heir and executrix of Joseph Ward of West Firle, yeoman, deceased) to Samuel Young of West Firle, yeoman
23a Of land, 3 cowleases in West Firle, late the estate of JW, and all other AL's other land in West Firle, except a messuage and ½a then made into a garden called the Crown, and 1a in Twy Town in West Firle
W: Henry Ade, Thomas Hammond

Robert Peirce of, gent, to John Peirce of West Firle, butcher
A messuage or tenement with barn and close in West Firle on the S side of the street from Firle church to Glynde, called Collins.
1a In the Cant, to lands of Sir William Gage, bt, S and late Richard Payne, esq, and then of John Holmwood, N.
½a and ½r In the Shiplong Furlong, to lands formerly of Sir Edward Mountague, W, formerly Thomas Young and then of Thomas Chowne, E.
1/3a of meadow in the Charne Eye, to the Ritch, W, late John Ockenden, NE and late Stephen Hilder and then of Sir William Gage, SW.
1a In Barbars Sharp Ride
3a In Hungerland
1a In the Spick (later Spike), to lands late of Stephen Hilder, S and late John Gurr and then of William Fryer, N.
½a In Twytowne, to late Thomas Ballard, E and late Jacob Awood, W.
A cowlease in the common Cowlease of West Firle.
W: William Michell, Thomas Foord

To wife Elizabeth, leasehold messuage, barn, close and 2a of land in West Firle and a copyhold messuage, barn and 7½a in West Firle, for life or widowhood, then to son William Young.
To sons John Young and Samuel Young and daughter Elizabeth Young 20s a piece.
To daughters Ann, Susannah and Mary, £10 a piece at 21, charged on leasehold and copyhold premises
Gifts of thread sheets and flaxen sheets to daughters.
Residue of personal estate to wife for life or widowhood and then to son William Young. Executor, John Mockett of West Firle, yeoman.

Surrender by Edward Murrell and Mary Murrell to the use of Thomas Munger of West Firleof a croft of land (1a) near Andrews Well occupied by Thomas Tealing and 5 roods in the Milwards in Firle in the tenure of Samuel Young, and admission of Thomas Munger
Rent apportioned: Thomas Munger, 1s and Edward Murrel and Mary, 4s being the remainder of the quitrent of 5s by which their copyhold premises were held. Nicholas Gilbert, steward.

Ann Peirce, daughter of Thomas Cheesman of West Firle, weaver, deceased, to TC's daughter and executrix Elizabeth Chessman
£30 Legacy given to AP by the will, 28 Aug 1756

John Ansell of Lewes, yeoman, to George Picknall of Tarring Neville, farmer
1 1a In the Common Brook in West Firle called the Wish in Long Furlong (to lands of Lord Gage, N, George Beach, E, Thomas Chowne, S and Joseph Marten, W)
2 ½a In the same furlong (to land late of Henry Mercer, N, Joseph Marten, E, Thomas Chowne, S and Richard Mockett, W)
3 Three swarves of land in the same brook (to Joseph Marten, E, to Longfurlong, W and Ollive, N)
4 1a In the common brook called the Nacon (to a ditch which separated the Wish and Nacon, E, Thomas Chowne, S, the Reach, W and Lord Gage, N)

Edward Blackman of Southover, innholder, to James Kenyon of Willingdon, cordwainer
A messuage and garden late occupied by William Dunton, since of Grace Briggs and then of Richard Taylor, and a small slip of ground lying without the garden on the N side bounding straight from the NW corner of the house along close by a barn of John Ansell adjoining there and from thence straight on to the length of the said garden; also a way or passage into the close of John Ansell adjoining to the messuage; all in West Firle (S: a garden of William Vine occupied by John Ansell; N: the barn and close of John Ansell)
W: William Raynes and Chatfield Turner

Power to executors to sell any part of messuages and lands; the income to be applied to the maintenance and education of two daughter, Ann and Frances; undisposed messuages and lands to the two daughters
To brother-in-law Thomas Stephens of West Firle, yeoman, all wearing apparel (except buckles, buttons and linen).
Residue of estate to two daughters; if they should die under 21 without issue, all the residue to brother-in-law Thomas Stephens and his wife Mary for life, then to their children equally
RP's housekeeper Elizabeth Dunstone to have the use of the brewhouse chamber and kitchen chamber and the brewhouse of his messuage in West Firle occupied by Richard Bull and part of the garden (specified) and the use of the drying yard for life
Executors, Richard Ellman the elder of Glynde and Richard Newman the elder of Alfriston
A codicil gives certain bed furniture to Elizabeth Dunstone; 5 Dec 1776

James Moor of the Cliffe near Lewes, butcher, to William Young of West Firle, and yeoman
Pieces of arable land in the common laine of West Firle and one other piece enclosed, 20a 3r in all, occupied by WY, part of lands purchased by JM of Richard Mockett of West Firle, gent, and his wife Mary for the term of their lives
W: William Wheeler

James Kenyon of Willingdon, cordwainer, to Thomas Cheesman of West Firle
A messuage and garden and slip of ground as SAS/G28/62-63, late occupied by Richard Taylor and then of George Geer
W: Chatfield Turner, Edward Luxford

Thomas Cheesman of West Firle, pedlar, to Ann Pierce of West Firle, widow
Messuage, garden and slip of ground as SAS/G28/66-67
W: Chatfield Turner, Edward Luxford

Concerning the title of property settled by Samuel Durrant and his wife Ann, 21 Jan 1751, its descent to his son Samuel Durrant, deeds of 1 and 2 Feb 1791 and his ability to make a good title to Mr H Fisher; endorsed with memorandum for SAS/G28/70-71

Stephen Weller of Ringmer, servant to Samuel Boys of Ringmer, gent (administrator of his graandmother Ann Pierce of Firle, widow, and one of the sons her only child Ann wife of Thomas Weller of West Firle, yeoman, who died in her mother's lifetime), by direction of Thomas Cheesman of Heathfield, cordwainer, to Thomas Dewly of Lewes, gent in trust for TC messuage, garden and slip of ground as SAS/G28/66-67, mortgaged by TC to Ann Pierce the elder, 3 Oct 1782 (SAS/G28/68)
In trust for TC

Thomas Cheesman of Heathfield, cordwainer, to John Boxall of Lewes, bricklayer and his trustee John Fisher of Lewes, gent
Messuage and garden occupied by TC, late George Geer and before Richard Taylor, with a slip of ground in West Firle (E: road; W: garden of George Geer; S: garden of William Vine; N: a barn and close of John Ansall)

John Boxall of Lewes, bricklayer and his trustee John Fisher of Lewes, gent to William Young of West Firle, yeoman
Messuage and garden as SAS/G28/71-72

All real estate and the residue of personal estate to wife Ann for widowhood charged with an annuity of £4 to father-in-law John Cheesman on a mortgage
On death or re-marriage of wife, if daughter Ann should be under 21 William Stanford of Exceat in Eastdean (sic), gent, and Thomas Stapsfield of Lewes, gent, to be guardians of daughter Ann.
In case of death of Ann without issue, real and personal estate to nephew Robert Peirce, son of brother John Pierce, charged with legacies to niece Mary Pierce, daughter of brother John, brothers Thomas, Richard and Arthur Peirce and sister Ann Humpheries, all to be paid when Robert should be possessed of the estates of testator's grandmother Mary Stephens be then dead, otherwise within three months after her decease. Executrix, wife Ann.

Samuel Young of West Firle, yeoman, son and devisee of John Young of West Firle, bricklayer, to Henry Burges of Glynde, wheelwright
Messuage with backside, garden and orchard (1 rood) at West Streete [recteWick Street] in West Firle, leased by William Yokehurst to JY for 999 years, 5 Aug 1679
W: Roger Thompson, Thomas Norris
Endorsed: house in Wick Street

Admission of William Young, youngest son and devisee of Samuel Young's will of 17 Feb 1759, to a messuage, barn, garden and closes of land as follows:
2a Arable; 3a arable adjoining the barn; ½a of meadow in the Great Wish (W, S: demesne lands; E: land of Robert Peirce); heriot a cow, £4.
And surrender by WY to the use of his will

Surrender by Thomas Munger to the use of William Young of a croft of 1a near Andrews Well in West Firle, late part of the lands of Edward Murrell and his wife Mary; also 5 roods in the Millands in West Firle
And admission of WY and surrender to the use of his will

Of Charles Gilbert to William Young for heriot and stewards' fees for SAS/G28/77-78A

To sister Elizabeth Gagg of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, widow, messuage in two tenements with garden land belonging in West Firle, copyhold of the manor of Hosiers
To the widow of testator's late wife's brother Cornelius Steel deceased £30. Children (named) of Benjamin Steel late wife's brother.
To Mary Ansell of Firle, spinster, (sister of John Ansell of Firle, glover); Sukey wife of John Chilton of Lewes, upholsterer, late Sukey Stephens, spinster
William Heasman of Price, carpenter, of London; (late Elizabeth Stiff of West Firle, spinster): Barbara Burt the wife of William Burt of Firle, labourer; Helen Jones, spinster, lately a servant in Lord Gage's family; Hannah Pibbeth now a servant in Lord Gage's family; housekeeper Elizabeth Joiner, spinster
Executors: John Batman lately butler to Lord Gage, and Anthony Morris of Ranscombe [in South Malling], yeoman, £10 10s each
Residue to sister Elizabeth Gagg
Codicil gives £5 to William Clarke, a labourer in Lord Gage's family, 18 Nov 1794

Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage to William Young of West Firle, yeoman
2a 3r 5p Called The Burgh Field late Dornfords in West Firle

Admission of Elizabeth Gagg of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, widow, as devisee under the will of William Hall (SAS/G28/79), 3 Jun 1794, to a messuage called Algers otherwise Algers Tenement in two dwellings with the garden and appurtenances in West Firle, late Heasmans before Vines and Cosins and formerly Rowes, quitrent 12d
Surrender by EG to the use of Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage

Grant by [Henry Gage], Viscount Gage, lord of the manor, to William Young of West Firle, yeoman, of a messuage called Algers otherwise Algers Tenement with garden at West Firle late Gegg's before Hall's before Heasmans, quitrent 12d
Admission of WY and surrender to the use of his will

Of John Hoper to William Young for fees for SAS/G28/82A and negotiating purchase

Ann Peirce and Frances Peirce of West Firle, spinsters, (only children of Robert Peirce of West Firle, butcher deceased) to William Young of West Firle, yeoman
Messuage with a barn and close in West Firle called Collins on the S side of the street
From Firle church to Glynde, with land as SAS/G28/56 of 26 Apr 1740

On three messuages, two barns and 27a of land in West Firle belonging to William Young

Receipted voucher of Richard Bristed to Samuel Young for wood, 4 Jan 1764; of John Langridge to John Young for carpenter's work, 1769-1771; account of Josias Smith to Messrs Picknal and Young for conveyance, 17 Dec 1803; scraps of accounts c1800

Surrender by Agnes Hale of three cottages containing 5½a of land in Winton [in Alfriston] to the use of her husband Stephen Hale, and admission of Stephen and Agnes; Giles Fenys, steward

Presentment by Edward Jefferie and William Levett the younger, two customary tenants of a surrender by John Brooke, gent, of four cottages, with barn and bondlands in Berwick sometime Chapmans and afterwards Tindalls to the use of his son Thomas Brooke, gent; admission of TB; fine for each cottage 6d and 6d each for heriot. Thomas Whatman, steward

Richard [Sackville], Earl of Dorset and his brother Edward Sackvill, kt, to James Brooke of Winton in Alfriston
1 3½ wists of land in Winton which JB had by descent from his father John Brooke, and he from his father James, every wist containing 16a and certain brooklands belonging and pasture for 50 sheep for every wist upon the common down, the wists lying in several parcels and paying several quitrents amounting in the whole to 33s 1¼d
2 Messuage, barn and 3½ other wists of land in Winton with the brooklands belonging and pasture at the same rate, sometime Combers, quitrent 37s 4d
3 Messuage, barn and ¾ of a wist in Winton late Stones, with brooklands and sheep pasture, quitrent 7s 4¼d
4 Two cottages in Winton sometime Hales containing a messuage or dwellinghouse and 3½a of land, quitrent 6s
5 Cottage called Knolls in Winton containing a messuage or dwellinghouse and a garden, quitrent 4d
6 Cottage in Winton containing a house and 2a of land, quitrent 16d
7 Three other cottages in Berwick sometime Chapmans, quitrent 7s, 3 hens, 18 eggs and herding money 10½d
8 Three waste cottages, two paying 2d each and the third 3½d
JB to hold by the ancient quitrents paying on surrender, alienation and admittance or death, 1d fine and 1d heriot each tenement, and for any of the said cottages 6d fine and 6d heriot according to the ancient custom of cottages
JB to be at liberty to set up, pull down, suffer to decay, alter or change any house or buildings without any forfeiture, also to cut down or ridd up all or any timber, woods and to carry his corn, grass, hay, straw or compost whither he should please
No forfeiture except for felony, treason or escheat by death without heirs, as in the case of freeholds; and if forfeited for felony or treason, the lords will re-grant, charging no more than three years' value
No retention by the lords or grant of lands during minority of heir
Tenant at liberty to sue in the king's court at Westminster or elsewhere for any matter concerning his holdings
The lords to hold a court twice a year (times stated) at the manor house at Berwick for the acceptance of surrenders, presentments
The steward not to take any greater fees than the following, viz, for every entrance 12d; for a copy, 2s; for the examination of a woman, 5s and for a recovery, 10s.
If the lords should make default in holding a court, the tenant might keep a court and appoint a steward, and everything done should be as valid as if done by the proper steward
W: Thomas Brooke,Thomas Myddlemore, John Inkersall, William Gyles, Thomas Gibson, Edmund Lyntott

Surrender by James Brooke of two cottages in Winton sometime Hales, quitrent 6s; one cottage in Winton, quitrent 16d; one cottage in Winton called Knole, quitrent 4d; and three cottages in Berwick sometime Chapmans, quitrent 7s, 3 hens, 8 eggs and 10½d for herding money; regrant to JB to be held according to SAS/G29/3
Thomas Brooke, deputy steward for Thomas Whatman, steward

Surrender by James Brooke and regrant of a messuage, barn and 3½ wists, quitrent 37s, to hold according to SAS/G29/3

Surrender by William Walker of ¾ of a wist of land (12a) in Winton [in Alfriston] sometime Chucks and re-grant as SAS/G29/4

James Roots of Farlight, esq to James Brooke of Winton in Alfriston, gent
20a 1 Rood arable in several parcels in the common laines or fields of Wington, with pasture for 60 sheep on the common down of Winton and 2a of brookland in Winton
W to deed and livery of seisin: Thomas Brooke, Edmund Lyntott, Thomas Vaughan, William Page

Admission of James Brooke, gent, on surrender by William Walker to ¾ of a wist of land (12a) in Winton [in Alfriston], sometime Chucks, quitrent 7s 3½d and other lands in Winton sometime Peakes, quitrent 3s 8d; Thomas Whatman, steward

Robert Haffenden of Tenterden, Kent, gent, and his wife Margaret and John Elphick of Eastbourne, mercer, and his wife Elizabeth to John Brooke of Alfriston, gent
Messuage, barn, garden and 10a freehold lands in the common laines of Winton in Alfriston occupied by JB and Edward Curle
W: Thomas Cruttenden, Josiah Hawkesworth, Robert Spiller

Admission of John Brooke, only son and heir of James Brooke, gent
1 8a At Weeke Street in Arlington late John Elphicke, sometime Edward Walker, quitrent 2s 1d
2 Messuage or cottage, barn, yard and 3a adjoining in Berwick late Thomas Brooke, esq, and sometime Levetts, quitrent 4s, 1 hen and 6 eggs and 3½d herding money, late Summers
3 1 Rood at Raddle Bank in Winton [in Alfriston] late Badgants, quitrent 2d
4 A wist of customary land called Putland Wish (30a) in Arlington late Jefferays, quitrent 10s 10d
5 Cottage in Winton, quitrent 16d
6 Two cottages in Winton late Hales, quitrent 6s
7 Other cottage in Winton called Knolls, quitrent 4d
Charles Goodwyn, steward

Admission of William Nowell of Berwick, clerk, on surrender by Mary Sanders of Wadhurst, spinster, of a tenement and 23a of land formerly Gyles and late Badgant; tenement and 23a all in Winton in Alfriston, with 125 sheep leases on Winton tenant down in Berwick, late occupied by James Newman, after the death of Elizabeth Badgant late the wife of Edward Badgant of London, grocer deceased; six heriots; Charles Goodwyn, steward

Surrender by James Brook the elder, eldest son of John Brook of Battle, gent, deceased, and James Brook the younger,eldest son of James Brook the elder, to the use of Thomas Adams of a cottage and 3a called Sumners in Berwick, quitrent 4d; a cottage in Winton called Walnut Tree, quitrent 1s 4d; 1 rood at Raddle Bank, and other lands as in deed of 1 Jun 1618 (SAS/G29/3); admission of Thomas Adams and recovery against him by Richard Sheppard, with James Brook the younger as vouchee
Admission of Richard Sheppard and surrender by all parties to James Brooke the elder who is admitted.

Elizabeth Wade of Ripe, spinster, to Thomas Adams of Alfriston, maltster
Messuage and croft (1a) in Winton in Alfriston, theretofore in the tenure of William Worger (N, E: land Badgant; S, W: land of James Brook)
W: James Williamson, Thomas Shadwell, Henry Davis

James Brook the elder of Lewes, gent, eldest son and heir of John Brook of Battle, gent, deceased, his eldest son James Brook the younger of Lewes, and Richard Russell of Cuckfield,clerk, son of Richard Russell of Dallington, clerk, deceased, to Thomas Jenkin of Hailsham, gent and Mathias Caldicott of London, gent
1 A messuage and 30a in the common laines of Berwick, and Alfriston, with 4a of meadow belonging to it, occupied by James Newnham, later the estate of John B
2 A messuage, barn, malthouse and 60a in Dallington or Ashburnham, occupied by William Morris, purchased by RR, deceased of [blank] Leeds, widow, and Philip Drinker
1 Above to JB the elder, 2 above to RR

James Brook the elder of Lewes, gent to his son and heir James Brook
Piece of meadow called Chapmans (3a)
W: Mathew Blaklock, Thomas Hammond.

James Brook the elder of the Cliffe near Lewes, gent to James Brook the younger of Lewes,gent
1 Messuage, barn, garden, closes in Alfriston; with 10a of freehold land in the common laines of Winton, theretofore the estate of Robert Haffenden and his wife Margaret and John Elphick and his Elizabeth
2 20a In the common laines of Winton and 2a of brookland and common of pasture for 60 sheep, purchased of James Rootes, esq
3 All other the freehold messuages of JB the elder in Alfriston
W: Mathew Blaklock, John Michell

Admission of James Brook the younger, son and heir apparent of James Brook the elder gent, on his surrender
A messuage, barn and 3½ wists in Winton, before Combes, quitrent 37s 4d; ½ a wist (8a) in Winton late Pains, quitrent 5s 6d and a cottage and 3a called Sumners in Berwick

James Brook the elder of Lewes, gent,and James Brook the younger of Alfriston, gent, to Thomas Lucas the elder of Chiddingly, yeoman
1 A messuage, barns, garden closes and buildings in Winton in Alfriston and 10a of freehold land belonging in the common laines or fields of Winton, theretofore the estate of Robert Haffenden and his wife Margaret and John Elphick and his wife Elizabeth, purchased by John Brook deceased and devised by him to JB the elder
2 20a Freehold land in the common laines of Winton, with common of pasture for 60 sheep on the common down of Winton, purchased by James Brook father of John Brook of James Rootes, esq
3 3a Of meadow in Berwick (S: demesne of the manor of Berwick; E: Berwick Pond; N: copyhold cottages of JB the elder; W: land of William Allen)
W: Henry Miller, William Richardson

Court of the Hon Spencer Compton
Admission of Thomas Lucas the younger on surrender by James Brook, gent, to 5a called Petlands occupied by James Newman, quitrent 7s 6d; Thomas Willard, steward

Admission of Thomas Lucas the younger of Chiddingly, yeoman, on the surrender of James Brook the elder and James Brook the younger
1 Customary cottage and 3a called Summers in Berwick, quitrent 4s, 1 hen, 6 eggs and 3½d for herding money
2 Three separate cottages in Berwick sometime Chapmans, quitrent 7s 6d, 3 hens, 8 eggs and 10d herding money
3 A cottage in Winton late Knowles, quitrent 4d
4 Two cottages in Winton sometime Hales, quitrent 6s 6d
5 1 Rood of land at Raddle Bank in Winton late French, quitrent 2d
6 A messuage, barn and 3½ wists in Winton Street sometime Combes, sometime separate tenements, quitrent 37s 4d
7 A messuage, barn and ¾ of a wist in Winton sometime Stone, quitrent 7s 11¼d
8 3½ Wists in Winton once separate tenements, quitrent 23s 1¼d
9 ¾ Of a wist (12a) in Winton late Walkers, quitrent 7s 3½d
10 ¼ of a wist in Winton late Peakes, quitrent 3s 8d
11 ½ a wist (8a) in Winton late Pains, quitrent 5s 3d
12 ¼a in Winton late Payne, quitrent 24d
13 A croft in Winton called Couples (½a), quitrent 4d
14 A cottage in Winton called Hampers Cottage, quitrent 1s
Thomas Jenkin, steward

William Swaine of Wannock in Folkington, gent, and his wife Elizabeth (the only daughter and heir of Robert Pettitt of Hellingly, gent, deceased, the cousin and devisee of Robert Pettitt of Sleeches in Buxted, gent, deceased) and James Brooke of Willingdon, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth, Thomas Lucas of Winton in Alfriston, yeoman (son and heir of Thomas Lucas of Chiddingly, yeoman deceased) and William Alchorne of Selmeston, gent
1 Capital messuage called Sleeches with malthouse, two barns, stable, hayhouse and 64a in Buxted, formerly purchased by RP the elder of John Sleech
2 Messuage and garden called Pick-read (½a) in Buxted, formerly purchased by John Pettitt of Mary Cook and William Cook
3 Messuage, garden, yard, orchards, closes and 7a called Hooke Beech in Buxted, formerly purchased by RP the elder of Edward Kilner
4 Barn, stall, closes and 70a formerly called Turfelands otherwise Turkelands and then Bridgfield, Barnfield, Lower Curle, Upper Curle, Lower and Upper Sixteen Acres, the Two Little Coppices, the Long Butlettfield, the Martletts and the Burchett Fields in Buxted, formerly purchased by RP the elder of Joan Rogers, widow, and Thomas Rogers and his wife Mary
5 Two pieces called Castland Field and Castland Coppice (16a) in Buxted, formerly purchased by RP the elder of John Burgess
6 Messuage, yard, closes and 5a called the Lunsfords, the Tibbs Garden and the Mill Penns in Rotherfield and Buxted, formerly purchased by John Pettit of Abraham Vinall
7 Three pieces of marshland called Newbridge Marsh (15½a) in Pevensey, formerly purchased by RP the elder of Edward Holmwood
8 5a Of marsh called Four Acres in Pevensey formerly purchased by RP the elder of John Hammond
9 Winton Farm in Alfriston and Berwick (details), purchased by TL the elder from JB the elder and JB the younger [in 1709: see SAS/G29/22-23]
1-8 above in trust for ES, 9 above in trust for TL
W: Anthony Trumble, William Stretton, Thomas Worge, Henry Miller and Henry Hammond

William Alchorne, querent, and William Swaine and Elizabeth his wife, James Brooke and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants, of 4 messuages, 2 cottages, 6 barns, a watermill, 5 gardens, 5 orchards 120a of land, 40a of meadow, 60a of pasture, 10a of wood, 20a of furze and heath, 20a of fresh marsh and common of pasture for 60 sheep in Alfriston, Berwick, Pevensey, Buxted and Rotherfield.
Warranty against the heirs of Elizabeth Swaine and James Brooke.

Storor Addams of Arlington, yeoman (nephew and devise of Thomas Addams of Alfriston, maltster), to Thomas Lucas of Winton [in Alfriston], gent
Messuage and croft at Winton, leased by Elizabeth Wade of Ripe, spinster, to TA, 12 Sep 1706 (SAS/G29/15)
W: John Coppard and Matthew Caldicott

In a settlement made by Thomas Dyke, bt, on his marriage with Ann Blewet, widow, only child of Percival Hart, esq of the manor of Berwick, reserving power to TD to enfranchise copyholds held of the manor, 2 May 1728

Thomas Dyke of Lullingstone, Kent, bt, lord of the manor of Berwick, to Thomas Lucas of Alfriston, gent
1 Lands to which Thomas Lucas was admitted on 20 Sep 1710 (SAS/G29/25)
2 3a Of freehold in Berwick, quitrent 2s 8d
3 Copyhold messuage, barn, garden and 1¼ wists of land once Frenches and late Adams in Winton, quitrent 13s 4d
4 Customary messuage, barn and 4a called Petlands in Winton, late Adams, quitrent 2s 8d
5 16½a in Winton and 2½a of Brookland being 3 tenements formerly Gyles and late Adams, quitrent 10s 8d
TD also sold to TL all the elm trees standing between TL's wall and fences near to his mansion house in Winton occupied by John Earl and the highway there
Reserved: payment of a peppercorn yearly an acknowledgement that the lands were held freely of the manor
W: John Earl, John Thayer; livery of seisin by TD's attorney John Thayer to TL in the presence of Nathaniel Hamlen and John Earle, 22 Oct 1745

Surrender by Thomas Lucas of Alfriston, gent, of 5a of copyhold land called Longcrofte at Winton in Alfriston to the use of his will

To be buried in the churchyard of Alfriston. To friends John Lucas of Barcombe, gent, and Thomas Attree of Newick, gent, all freehold and copyhold messuages, lands upon trust for son Robert Lucas for life with power of appointment to his wife for life, to Robert's children, with contingent remainder in trust for testator's daughter Mary, the wife of Thomas Washer and her children
Legacies to kinsman Richard Lucas and aunt Elizabeth Lucas
To wife Dorothy for life all household goods; to poor of Alfriston and Chiddingly, £5 each parish
Executors: John Lucas and Thomas Attree
Residue to be applied in the purchase of manors, lands to be settled upon the trusts before declared.
Codicil settling freehold lands called Deanlands (42a) in Ripe, purchased of Ann Dobson and Richard Bishop since instructions for will; gift of £1 1s a piece to kinsmen John Brown of Sharpitts in Hellingly and the Rev Thomas Brown of Litlington; 9 Oct 1750

Admission of Robert Lucas, esq, gent, only son and devisee of Thomas Lucas deceased to 5a of customary land called Petland; George Worge, steward

Admission of Mary Washer, wife of Thomas Washer, (only sister of Robert Lucas deceased) to 5a in Winton in Alfriston, quitrent 7s 6d according to the will of her father Thomas Lucas; Joseph Acton, deputy steward

Admission of William Washer, only son of the body of Mary Washer (formerly Mary Lucas, daughter of Thomas Lucas) by Thomas Washer, to 5a in Winton in Alfriston called Petlands; Joseph Acton, deputy steward

Admission of Jane Washer and Susannah Washer (infant daughters of William Washer deceased) under a deed of settlement dated 20 Aug 1746 made between Thomas Lucas, then of Alfriston, yeoman (since deceased) and his wife Dorothy, Thomas Washer and his wife Mary (only daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lucas) and Thomas Swaine of Bishopstone, gent, and Richard Alchorne of Alfriston, apothecary, to 5a of customary land called Pickham late Dorothy Luca's and before Wade's, near Monkin-pin near Wilmington, quitrent 3s 6d
Also to a messuage, barn and 4a of meadow or pasture called Scraces in Wilmington, late also Dorothy Lucas's and before Wade's, quitrent 4s and one hen.
Also to 4a called Pickfield near Thornwell late Mary Washer's and before Woodham's and Coleman's, quitrent 2s.
Also to 4a called the Warren late also Mary Washer's and before Woodham's and Coleman's, quitrent 2s.
And also by virtue of the will of their great-grandfather Thomas Lucas, to 5a called Pickham which William Washer held to him and the heirs of his body
Custody granted to Joseph Gouldsmith, gent, testamentary guardian appointed by the will of William Washer; Joseph Acton, deputy steward

Admission of William Washer (only nephew and heir of Robert Lucas deceased) to ½a wist of land in Winton late Pettitt's, the north half of a barn and ½a rood of customary land with the house erected thereon late Pettitt's, of which RL died seised Charles Gilbert, steward

William Washer of Seaford, esq, to William Attree of Brighton, gent and John Ellis of Gough Square, St Dunstan in the West, London, gent
1 Messuage where John White dwelt at Winton in Alfriston, 5 barns, a pigeon house, 2 stables, buildings with garden, orchard and 260a of land and common of pasture on the Tenant Sheep Down for 580 sheep and for 4 bullocks in the Cowleaze in Alfriston and Berwick
2 Pieces of meadow and pasture called Deanland (40a) in Ripe, occupied by John White
3 Messuage in two dwellings occupied by Richard Full and Edward Miller in Winton, with garden belonging
4 Messuage and blacksmith's shop in Winton occupied by Thomas Duley, with a stable and garden
5 Messuage and garden in Winton occupied by Henry Lower
6 Messuage, yard, garden and orchard and 8a of meadow or pasture in Chiddingly

To wife Jane, £100
To friend Joseph Gouldsmith of Seaford, esq, all plate, linen, books and household goods, to allow wife the use for her life or widowhood, then to be sold and proceeds divided between two daughters, Jane and Susannah; residue to John Gouldsmith on trust for sale; proceeds to be invested, as to £1500, income to wife for life, then to the two daughters; remainder for the benefit of the daughters
Executor: John Gouldsmith

Admission of Susannah Washer (a minor), youngest daughter of William Washer, to ½a wist of land late Pettit's, the north part of a barn and ½a rood of customary land late Pettit, of which WW died seised; custody to Joseph Gouldsmith of Seaford, esq

Jane Washer of Seaford, spinster, eldest daughter, one of the co-heiresses and devisee of William Washer, esq deceased, (the only son and heir of Thomas Washer of Seaford, esq, deceased), Hezekiah Wyche of Salisbury, Wiltshire, wine merchant, and Thomas Frampton of Leadenhall Street, London, grocer, and Henry Barney Mayhew of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent; HW to marry JW
JW covenants that within twelve months after Susannah Washer should attain 21, the share JW under the wills of her father and grandfather should be settled on the trusts of the settlement

Admission of Richard Hamlin as devisee of Nathaniel Hamlin's will of 1 May 1754 (under the name of Richard commonly called Richard Hamlin, the natural or reputed son of NH's brother Richard by Mary Willett, spinster) to three-fourths of a wist of land in Winton in Alfriston; a barn and 1 wist of customary land containing 16a; 1a of fresh marsh in Winton late Adams's; 2 crofts of customary land containing 4½a at Week Street in Arlington sometime Ockendens and late Banks', quitrent 1s; of which NH died seised

Admission of Jane the wife of Hezekiah Wyche of Salisbury, wine merchant and Susannah Washer, spinster, to tenements in SAS/G29/46, of which Richard Hamlin died seised, under his will of 27 Sep 1788; Charles Gilbert, steward

Surrender by Storer Adams and his wife Joan to the use of Thomas Lucas, gent
1 Messuage, barn, garden and orchard in Winton in Alfriston
2 4a Of meadow enclosed called Pettlands in Winton, quitrent 2s 8d
3 16½a Arable dispersed in the common laines in Winton
4 2½a Of marsh land in Winton
All late of William Gyles, comprising three separate tenements, quitrent 10s 8d.
5 Messuage, barn, garden and 1¼ wists in Winton late Frenches, quitrent 13s 4d.
Admission of Thomas Lucas and surrender to the use of his will

Admission of Elizabeth wife of William Wymarke of Alfriston, cordwainer, as devisee of her father William Levett's will of 9 Oct 1710, to a wist of land in Winton purchased of WL's brother Richard Levett, with half a barn lying to the north and ½ a rood of land with a building thereon, surrendered by WL, by the acceptance of Nathaniel Elphicke and Thomas Ranger, two customary tenants, 8 Feb 1693; William Shadwell, steward

To son William Clutton all freehold and copyhold messuages, farms and lands in Berwick, charged with an annuity of £30 to testator's daughter Elizabeth Clutton, spinster
To son the Rev John Clutton all marshlands, part of Greengoat marsh in Pevensey, charged with an annuity of £10 to daughter Elizabeth if she and John decide to live separately. To daughter Elizabeth, £50. Household goods to be divided between son John and daughter Elizabeth equally. Residue to son John
Executors, sons John and William

Surrender by William Clutton, gent
1 Barn and 1½ wists of customary land (27a) in Berwick theretofore William Levett's, quitrent 15s
2 9a Reputed for ½a wist in Berwick late Levett's, quitrent 4s 6d
3 ½a wist (10a) in Berwick formerly George Washer's, quitrent 5s
Two parcels (5a) in Ridgewish and the Warners Field in Berwick late Levett's, quitrent 2s 2d
5 Messuage, barn, orchard and 9a in Berwick late Walker's, reputed for three cottages, quitrents 12s, 3 hens and 18 eggs and 10½d for herding money, one of the tenements being called Warners Field (3a)
To the use of Thomas Harben of Lewes, banker, subject to an annuity of £30 to WC's sister Elizabeth Clutton, spinster, for life; 5 heriots; admission of TH and his surrender to the use of his will

To a messuage and customary lands at Berwick, comprising a deed of the above date between Thomas Harben and his partners Thomas Flight and Banister Flight of Lewes, bankers, at Lewes called The Lewes Bank, Samuel Shergold, Thomas Scutt, Stephen Rice and John Rice, then partners with TH as bankers at the bank at Brighton called The Brighton Bank, and with TH as bankers at the bank called The Horsham Bank, and the said John Langham, and others named as trustees for the several parties; in consideration that TH was indebted to the three several firms for monies advanced to the banks on his separate account and others, and that he was unable to pay, TH covenanted to surrender and assure to the trustees his freehold and copyhold manors and lands

Thomas Harben of Seaford, late of Lewes, banker and his trustees (named) to William Stevens of Alfriston, mercer
Copyhold as SAS/G29/51

Admission of William Stevens and surrender to the use of his will
Copyhold as SAS/G29/51

John Colynne of Beddingham to Richard Cotmote, kinsman and heir of Isabella Thomas, daughter and heir of Richard Cotmote of West Firle deceased
4a Of land in West Firle (1a in a place called the Twytoune, to land of John Stopham, E, Bartholomew Collynne, W and the other 3a in the Hale to land of Edward Bolney, S and N), sometime of Henry Page, which JC lately had by demise of Andrew Elese, Richard Fayreher and Richard Yong, along with Simon Holford deceased
At West Firle

Richard Cotmotte, valet de chambre of William [Warham] archbishop of Canterbury, to John Thetcher the elder of Beddingham
1 9a Of arable land in West Firle (4a in a croft called Popesfeild between land of John Ballard, N and the king's highway, S; and another acre in the Twytoune between land of John Stopham, E and Bartholomew Collyne, W and the other 3a in the Hale between Edward Bolney, S and N, sometime of Henry Page; and another acre in Estlangland between Adam Barnden, S and John Ballard, N)
2 An acre of meadow in Noverwyssh (between John Ballard, W and John Ranger, E)
Which JT lately had of RC by deed of 8 Dec 1520

John Thetcher of Selmeston, yeoman, to Thomas Parson the elder of Cliffe near Lewes, cutler
10a In West Firle (4a in Popesfield, to the highway from West Firle to Lewes, S and W, land of John Reames in the Uplonglandes, N and lands of Margaret Barrenden joining to Eastlonglands, E; 1a in the Eastlonglandes, to lands of Margarett Barrenden, S, John Reames, N, the highway, E and the Uplonglands, W; 3a called the Hale bounding on all sides to lands of Edward, Lord Mountague of Boughton; 1a in the Twitoune, to lands sometime of John Stopham, E and lands sometime of Bartholomew Collen, W; 1a of meadow in the Noverwish, land of Alice Wood, widow, E, John Reames, W and the demesne lands of the manor of Preston Poynings, N and S)
W to deed and livery of seisin: Francis Rowe, Thomas Arcoll, Thomas Reames, John Brooker and Robert Gower

Thomas Parson, querent, and John Thetcher and his wife Ann, deforciants, of 10a of land in West Firle

Thomas Parsons of Cliffe near Lewes, yeoman, to John Colvill the younger of West Firle, yeoman
Land as SAS/G30/131
W: Thomas Harison, Thomas Barnden, Gilbert Lambert

Thomas Fray of Warbleton, yeoman, and John Colvill of Wilmington, yeoman, (executors of John Colvill of West Firle, yeoman deceased) and his eldest son and heir Thomas Colvill, to John Colvill youngest son of John Colvill deceased
6a Of freehold land in West Firle purchased of Thomas Parsons
W: Robert Raynes, John Wade

John Colvill of West Firle, yeoman, with William Hamper of West Tarring, yeoman; JC has married WH's daughter Sarah Hamper
Three pieces of land in West Firle as SAS/G30/136
W: James Graves, Walter Graves, James Rowe

John Colvill of Horsham, mercer, to Robert Hamlin of Alfriston, butcher
6a In West Firle as SAS/G30/136
endorsed: receipt of RH's executors Richard Hamlin and Nathaniel Hamlin for £207 15s 6d for mortgage money and interest, 28 Dec 1714

John Colvill of Horsham, mercer, to Robert Hamlin of Alfriston, butcher
On conditional surrender of copyhold messuage and 20a held of the manor of Preston Poynings

To wife Elizabeth, freehold lands in Preston Poynings in Firle containing 8a and a customary messuage and 22a in Firle in the tenure of Edward Crampe; wife appointed executrix and residuary legatee

To cousin Richard Bridger, one of the sons of uncle, George Bridger, and to Elizabeth Peircy, widow, sister of the said Richard, £50 each. To cousin Colvill Bridger, eldest son of cousin Harry Bridger £100. To cousin Elizabeth Spratley, wife of Joseph Spratley of Guildford, butcher. Cousin John Charman, brother of Elizabeth Spratley. Cousin Robert Balchin and Henry Balchin, sons of cousin Margaret Balchin, widow.
To cousin Charles Bridger and his heirs three fields of land called Cobbetts otherwise Cobbets bridge field, Clapperfield and Hopp garden field, containing 16a in Horsham, occupied by Charles Cowper, lying on the N side of the river or stream called Horsham River and the osier plot or orchard adjoining and falmonger's yard; all purchased of Catharine Bridger....... Residue to cousins Harry Bridger and Charles Bridger, who are appointed executors.
Codicils dated 5 Jan 1741; 30 Oct 1742 and 6 Apr 1744.
Copy examined by Charles Gilbert and Thomas Farnes, 12 Mar1760

Harry Bridger of New Shoreham, merchant, and Charles Bridger of Portslade, gent (residuary legatees under the will of Elizabeth Colvill, widow), to Thomas Stephens of West Firle, yeoman
6a Of land in three parcels in West Firle

Robert Lamb of Arlington, carpenter, to Thomas Parris of West Firle
Messuage and smith's forge (whereupon a barn formerly stood) and ½a of land in West Firle (S: copyhold land of Richard Reade, before of Humphrey Row; N: road), late Thomas Hide and before his brother Edward Hide

To nephew John Pettit of West Firle, blacksmith, messuage in West Firle where TP dwelt, charged with an annuity of £10 to TP's wife Sarah; household furniture to be divided between TP's wife and John Pettit

William Baker of West Firle, husbandman to John Cheesman of West Firle, weaver a messuage, garden yard and gaterooms in West Firle (S: road from the parish church to Glynde; N: a tenement of William Vine; W: customary lands of Joseph Ward deceased; E: the street to Smallbridge)

Admission of Robert Burton of West Firle, carpenter, on surrender by George Beach, to a copyhold messuage, barns, half a close and orchard in Wick Street in West Firle, quitrent ½d. Nicholas Gilbert, steward

John Cheesman of West Firle, weaver with his son and heir Thomas Cheesman of West Firle, cordwainer and William Watts the younger of Glynde
A messuage containing three rooms on the ground floor, one chamber and one garret with and out-house and garden, purchased of William Baker
JC covenants with WW to stand seised in trust for TC

George Domford of St John, Southwark, Surrey, mariner to Robert Burton of West Firle, carpenter
A messuage or tenement, garden, orchard (1 rood) at Wick Street in West Firle, (E: a lane called Cant lane; S: lands late Thomas Medley and Richard Paine; W: a cottage called Coby's cottages; N: Wick Street), late part of the estate of George Beach deceased sometime of Benjamin Wood, Joseph Yokehurst and William Yokehurst
W: Joseph Hilton, Simon Osborne, John Grover

Robert Burton of West Firle, carpenter to George Stephens of West Firle, yeoman
Messuage in Firle as SAS/G30/151, occupied by John Stephens

John Cheesman of Firle, weaver and his son Thomas Cheesman of Firle, cordwainer to
William Trangmer of Folkington messuage in Firle as SAS/G30/146-147, 3 Jun 1730

To wife Elizabeth a messuage in his own occupation containing 1 rood in Wick Street in West Firle, for life and after her decease to son Edward, subject to the payment to each of his other sons, John and Robert, of £5

Ann Boys of Lewes, widow, to Nicholas Wisdom of Bromfield, Kent, husbandman
A small parcel of land (one rood) at Wick Street in West Firle (S: Hooks Field; W: Hook Lane; E: an orchard of John Wisdom; N: a messuage late William Gage, bt)

Elizabeth Burton of Firle, widow of Robert Burton of Firle, carpenter, and her son Edward Burton of Firle, carpenter, to George Stephens of Firle, yeoman
A messuage with freehold land in Wick Street in West Firle (E: Cant Lane; S: land late Thomas Medley and Richard Paine; W: Coby's Cottage; N: Wick Street)

John Burton and Robert Burton of Firle, carpenters, of receipt from George Stephens of Firle, yeoman, of the legacy of £5 each given by the will of Robert Burton, 25 Apr 1752, charged on a messuage in Wick Street which GS purchased from Elizabeth Burton and her son Edward Burton

Thomas Cheesman of Firle, cordwainer to Elizabeth Cheesman of South Malling, spinster
A messuage in West Firle (S: road from the parish church towards Glynde; N:tenement late William Vine; W: land late Joseph Ward; E: the street leading to Smallbridge), late in occupation of William Baker and then of Thomas Cheesman

Elizabeth Cheesman of South Malling, spinster, to Ann Peirce of Beddingham, widow, in trust for EC
mortgage of 25 Jun 1767 (SAS/G30/160)

William [Gage], Viscount Gage with Henry Duly of West Firle, thatcher
1 12 Rods of ground, part of ground called the Hop-garden in West Firle (N: a house and garden of Catharine Clark and Lord Gage's lawn; E: the remainder of the Hop-garden; S: the pond called the Hop-garden pond; W: lane leading to Smallbridge),
2 A piece of ground in West Firle granted to HD for 350 years by William Farncomb and Samuel Pratt,14 Feb 1767 [for which see SAS/G31/193]
1 to HD, 2 to WG

Thomas Stephens, plaintiff, and John Alcorn and his wife Elizabeth, defendants, of pasture for 2 cows, 3 young beasts and 5 sheep in West Firle

John Alcorn of Hamsey, husbandman, and his wife Elizabeth (late Elizabeth Ansell one of the sisters and co-heiresses of Richard Ansell, son of Richard Ansell who was one of the brothers of John Ansell formerly of West Firle, fellmonger deceased) and Mabel Brown of Hatton Street, St Andrew Holborn, London, spinster, (the other of the co-heiresses of Richard Ansell the son, being the only child of George Brown and Mary his late wife deceased, who was the other sister of Richard Ansell the son), George Stephens of Bentley in Framfield, yeoman, eldest son and heir of Thomas Stephens of Preston in West Firle, yeoman, and Alexander Carr of Bishopstone, gent (executors and trustees of Thomas Stephens) with Richard Ellman the younger of Glynde, yeoman
Common of pasture for three cows on the Cow Leaze otherwise The Burg in Firle recites: contract for sale by JA, EA and MB to TS; fine levied in term 1778; death of TS; contract for sale by his executors to RE

Thomas Cheesman of West Firle, pedlar, to George Geer of West Firle, cordwainer
messuage in West Firle (S:road from the parish church towards Glynde; N: tenement late of William Vine; W: land late Joseph Ward; E: the street to Smallbridge), occupied by GG, late Thomas Cheesman

By George Geer of West Firle, cordwainer, to John Ellman of Firle, yeoman for £100 of the premises as SAS/G30/166-167, described as a messuage, shop, garden, yard and gaterooms

Surrender by John Vinall to the use of John Pollard of West Firle, carpenter, of a messuage, garden and at or near New Elm in West Firle, the remainder of a tenement consisting of a messuage barn and half a wist of land called New Elm; quitrent 3s
Admission of John Pollard and his surrender to the use of his will; J Hoper the younger, deputy steward

To wife, Mary (formerly Mary Mantle) for life a small piece of land called the Hop Garden with the cottage, stable,garden in West Firle, remainder to Thomas Stephens of West Firle, yeoman, in trust for sale, the proceeds to be divided equally amongst all the children then living, of his first wife Mary Duly. All money, goods and personal effects to his wife Mary Duly, sole executrix
W: Thomas Dewly, John and Thomas Cheesman

William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage to Thomas Weller of West Firle, bricklayer 27 Rods of ground on part of which a messuage and buildings have lately been erected in West Firle (W: WHG's lawn; N: 3 roods belonging to WHG where a barn formerly stood; E: road called Heighton street; S: a house and garden belonging to WHG, then occupied by William Burt)

To Elizabeth Ledger, wife of Thomas Ledger of Broomfield, labourer, a messuage or tenement in Broomfield for life, remainder to John Ledger son of Thomas Ledger, with contingent remainders to the other children of the said Thomas and Elizabeth Ledger
All messuages and lands in Sussex, freehold and copyhold, to Nicholas Wisdom, son of testator's nephew John Wisdom, and Richard Wisdom, son of nephew Nicholas (the before mentioned fathers being two of the sons of testator's brother John Wisdom of Glynde)
Executors, John Crisps of Broomfield, Kent, yeoman, and John Owlett of Leeds, Kent, yeoman, and they to act as guardians to John Ledger during his minority.
Endorsed: sketch pedigree of the Wisdom family

Gives two pieces of copyhold land in West Firle, held of the manor of Heighton St Clere, to his son Henry Walker for life, then to two grandsons, Henry Bray and William Dodson, subject to payment of an annuity of £10 to testator's daughter-in-law, Susannah Walker, wife of son Henry for her life. To two daughters, Elizabeth Walker and Ann Walker, a messuage and piece of ground containing 1½a in Arlington and 10a of marshland called Castlewish near Friday Street in Westham.
Also to the said two daughters, the capital messuage called Cobbs, with barns, stables, gardens and 60a of land &c in Arlington, mentioned in a deed dated 24 Feb 1783, between the testator and Abraham Langham of Hailsham deceased, bring a deed to lead the use of a Fine of the said lands. To HW's daughter Mary Dodson, wife of William Dodson of Hellingly, 14a called Profits in Hailsham, (bounding to the highway from Hailsham to Willingdon, W, the common highway from Hailsham towards Pevensey, E and lands formerly of William Thomason, gent, and lands formerly of Allen Kenchley, S) formerly the property of John Bodle and late of Mrs Sarah Lamb; subject to payment of £20 to each of the five children of testator's late son John Walker, namely, Gideon, John, Martha, Mary and Ann.
Also to Mary Dodson £500. To testator's seven grandchildren, Henry, Martha, Elizabeth, William, John, Mark, Barbara, children of late daughter Martha Bray, £500 to be equally divided.
Endorsed: HW died 31 Oct 1795

Admission of Thomas Wisdom of Whitchurch, Dorset, Youngest son of John Wisdom, the only brother of Nicholas Wisdom, to a messuage, barn and garden in West Firle, of Which NW died seised

William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage with George Stephens and Thomas Stephens
1 2½a Of freehold land in Crowmear Furlong in West Firle late in the possession of John Holmwood and since of James Burt, and then WHG (ESWN: Thomas Chowne)
2 3a Late John Holmwood since James Burt and then WHG, in a field called The Petland in Petland Furlong (S: land late Words, then John Cheesman's; W: Thomas Chowne; N: late George Sayers and then Ann Picknal; E: diverse land)
3 1a Late of William Gage bt and then WHG in a field called Twytown in a foreland called Broad furlong (S: land late of John Fryer and Richard Mockett; W: Glynde Bridge Turnpike; N: land of John Fryer then Richard Mockett; E: late Words then John Cheesman called the Dead Acre)
4 3 Roods of copyhold land held of the manor of West Firle, late Blundings and then of Thomas Stephens in Shornwell Furlong (E, W: land late Burt)
5 1½a Copyhold of the manor of Preston Poynings late Ballards in Shornwell Furlong (W: land late Burt; E: TS late Blundings)
6 ½a Copyhold of the manor of West Firle in Shornwell Furlong, late Blundings (W: land of GS late Ballard; E: land late George Sawyer's then Ann Picknal)
7 1a Copyhold of the manor of Preston Poynings in Midland Furlong late Ballard's then of George Stephens (W: land late Robert Pierce and then Richard Mockett; E: late Blunding)
8 1a Copyhold of the manor of West Firle in Midland Furlong late Blunding (W, E: GS late Ballard)
9 1a Copyhold of the manor of Preston Poynings in Midland Furlong, late Ballards (W: land late Blunding; E: late Burt)
10 ½a Copyhold of the manor of West Firle in Midland Furlong, late Friend (W: land late Burt; E: land late Lees then of John Pierce)
1-3 To GS and TS, 4-10 to WHG
Endorsed: memorandum that 2 above is part of 5a in the Petland formerly James Burt, purchased by Lord Gage from his devisees Richard Mockett and William Burt, and thought to be freehold; it now appears that the 5a were copyhold of the manor of Amies otherwise Levetts; 24 May 1786

William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage to George Stephens and his son Thomas Stephens
1 3a In a field called the Purchase in West Firle (E: the Spring Ditch; N, W, S: Thomas Chowne)
2 2a In Petland Lain in Petland Furlong (W: road from New Elm to Glynde Turnpike; N, S: late Pierce and then Mockett; heading E: Cant Furlong)
3 1a Copyhold of the manor of West Firle in a common field called Twy Town in West Firle bounding to lands late Burt's then Lord Gage's, E and W, to Shornwell otherwise Hoppers furlong, N and Lord Gage, S.
4 1a Copyhold of the manor of Preston Poynings in Twytoun, to lands late Blundens and then of Thomas Stephens, E, late Burts and then of Lord Gage, W, Lord Gage, S and Shornwell furlong, N.
5 1a Held of the manor of Preston Poynings in Twy Toun, to late Burt's and then Lord Gage's, E and W, Shornwell furlong, N, and Lord Gage, S.
The last two acres being late the estate of Blunden and then of George Stephens.
6 ½a Copyhold of the manor of West Firle, in Twy Toun, to lands late Burt's and then of Lord Gage, E, Lord Gage, S and heading to Shornwell furlong, N; late Blundens and then of Thomas Stephens.
1-2 To GS and TS, 3-6 to WHG

William Hall [Gage], Lord Gage to Thomas Stephens of Firle, yeoman
1 A piece of arable land (4a, by measurement 3a 0r 16p) in the West Furlong of the Petlands in West Firle (N: land of TS; S: John Mockett), lately purchased by WHG, with other hereditaments, of Thomas Cheeseman of Lewes, gent
2 2 Roods of arable land (1r 21p) in the Hungerland Croft in West Firle (E, W: TS) part of a farm called Hosiers Farm belonging to WHG
Copyholds of the manor of Preston Poynings:
3 2a (Measurement, 1a 2r 23p) in Dornwell Long Furlong, South End, in West Firle (N: Thomas Chowne; S: TS)
4 2 Roods (1r 26p) in Dornwell Long Furlong, North End (N: TS; S: late Burgess)
5 1a (3r 7p) in The Wistes in Firle (E: TS; W: Thomas Chowne)
Formerly Richard Mockett, purchased by WHG (inter alia) of Alexander Carr, gent, constituting the tenement described in Alexander Carr's surrender as 3a 3r, quitrent 8s 6d
6 2 Roods (1r 24p) in Dornwell Short Furlong (W: Thomas Chowne; E: 12 below)
7 2 Roods (1r 26p) in Dornwell Long Furlong, North End (S: TS; N: 4 above)
8 Burgess' Croft or the Hunts Hag (1r 32p)
Formerly Ann Burgess, purchased by WHG from Alexander Carr as part of a tenement quitrent 10s 10d
9 1a 1p, The eastern part of a piece of land formerly Martins (1½a) in the Lower Laine, West Furlong (E: TS)
10 2a (1a 2r 16p) In the Lower Laine, East Furlong (N, S: TS)
11 2a (1a 3r 12p) In the south part of the Plutts (E, W: TS)
12 2a (1a 2r 18p) In Dornwell Short Furlong (E: The Hedge; W: 6 above)
13 1a (3r 13p) In Dornwell Long Furlong, North End (N: Thomas Chowne; S: TS)
Formerly Joseph Martin, purchased by WHG (inter alia) of Alexander Carr and were part of a tenement formerly Joseph Martin, quitrent 16s 11d
TS to surrender to WHG:
14 2 Roods (1r 32p) late George Stephens, before Mary Stephens, formerly Friends in the furlong next the fields Troy Town (N, S: WHG, late Picknall)
15 1 Rood (35p) late Blunden in the furlong next the fields Troy Town (N: formerly Stephens, lately purchased by WHG from Alexander Carr; S: late Hopkins)
16 3 Roods late of George Stephens, formerly Friend, in Lampool Furlong, Troy Town (W: WHG late Burt; E: 17 below)
17 2 Roods (1r 20p) late Blunden in Lampool Furlong (W: 16 above; E: late Hopkins)
18 2 Roods (1r 14p) late of George Stephens formerly Friend in Lampool Furlong (W: WHG late Durnford; E: late John Ansell)
19 1a (2r 2p) Late George Stephens formerly Friend in Lampool Furlong (W: late John Ansell; E: WHG late Thomas Cheesman)
20 2 Roods, late George Stephens and formerly Friend, in Hoopers Furlong Troy Town (E: WHG late Mooney; W: 21 below)
21 2 Roods late Blunden in Hoppers Furlong (E: 20 above; W: WHG late Burt)
22 2 Roods late Blunden in Hoppers Furlong (E: WHG purchased from Alexander Carr, late Stephens; W:30 below)
23 1a 2r (1a 29p), As to 2 roods (the east part), late of George Stephens formerly Friend the remaining acre late Blunden, in Shufflers Furlong Troy Town (W: WHG; E: WHG late Cheesman)
24 1a (2r 34p) Late George Stephens and formerly Friend in Shufflers Furlong (W: WHG late Picknall; E: WHG late Burt)
Being held of the manor of West Firle, the part described as late of George Stephens and formerly Friend being part of a tenement held by a quitrent of 5s 10½d, and that described as late Blunden being part of a tenement of William Blunden, quitrent 7s 0d
25 2a In Hoppers Furlong Troy Town (E, W: WHG late Burt)
26 2 Roods in Hoppers Furlong (E: WHG late Burt; W: late Picknall)
27 1a 2r in Shufflers Furlong (W: late Hopkins; E: WHG)
28 1 Rood in the Upper Westfield (E: WHG late Picknall; W: The Hedge)
29 1 Rood in the Lower Westfield (W: WHG lately purchased of Alexander Carr, formerly Stephens; E: The Hedge)
Part of a tenement called Worgers and Pagens otherwise Packons, the whole tenement being part of New Elm farm, late of George Stephens, held of the manor of Preston Poynings, quitrent 16s
30 1a 2r Late Durrant in Hoppers Furlong (E: 22 above; W: WHG late Cheesman; part of a tenement late Durrant comprising 4a 3r held of the manor of Preston Poynings, quitrent 4s 6d

Admission of Thomas Stephens on the surrender of William Hall [Gage], Lord Gage to tenements 3-13 in SAS/G30/180; surrender by Thomas Stephens to the use of his will

Thomas Stephens of West Firle, yeoman, to William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage
1 1a Freehold in the East Laines
2 4a Called Popesfield
3 1a In the brook called the Noverwish
4 Freehold messuage and garden (1 rood) in Wick Street, late his father George Stephens deceased, before Burton
5 2½a Freehold in Crowmear Furlong, formerly in the possession of John Holmwood, afterwards of James Burt and Lord Gage (ESWN: WHG, late Thomas Chowne, esq), conveyed in exchange by WHG to GS and TS, 11 and 12 Mar 1772 (SAS/G30/175-176)
6 3a In a field called the Purchase (E: the Spring Ditch; N, W, S: WHG, late Thomas Chowne)
7 2a In Petland Furlong in the Common Laine called Petland (W: road from New Elm to Glynde Turnpike Road; N, S: land late Pierce and then Richard Mockett; heading E: the Cant Furlong)
6 And 7 above conveyed in exchange by WHG to GS and TS, 12 and 13 Oct 1772 (SAS/G30/177-178)
8 4a In the West Furlong of the Petlands (N: TS; S: John Mockett), formerly Thomas Cheesman
9 2 Roods in the Hungerland Croft (E, W: TS)
Conveyed in exchange by WHG to TS, 30 and 31 Aug 1787 (SAS/G30/179-180)
10 A messuage in the street of West Firle late George Stephens, occupied by John Banks(10, 11 Sep 1790)

John Ansell of West Firle, fellmonger, and his wife Dorothy, Thomas Stephens and his wife Mary to William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage
1 3 Roods (2r 27p) in the furlong next the fields Troy Town in West Firle (N, E: land of Hopkins; S: WHG; heading W: Lampool Furlong)
2 3 Roods (2r 20p) in Lampool Furlong, Troy Town (E, W: WHG; S: the Hoppers Furlong; N: the fields)
3 (1r 14p) In Lampool Short Furlong Troy Town, to WHG on all sides

William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage, plaintiff, and John Ansell and his wife Dorothy and Thomas Stephens and his wife Mary, deforciants, of two messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 20a of land, 20a of meadow, 20a of pasture in West Firle

Henry [Gage], Viscount Gage to Francis Gosling of Fleet St, London, esq, and John Wilmot of Bedford Row, St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, one of the Masters in Chancery, in trust
Land purchased as SAS/G30/182-183 10 and 11 Sep 1790

Between William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage, Seymour Mundy of Hungerford in Berks, attorney, Thomas Alexander of Popinjoys Farm in Hungerford and Broomham near Devizes, Wilts, and John Hoper of Lewes, attorney, concerning WHG's renting of the copyhold estate of TA's stepson John Hopkins, and dispute with TA concerning the rent; includes letter from Sm to WHG describing his client TA as 'a smuggler and a most infernal fellow', 2 Dec 1782, and lease of the property to WHG during the minority, 10 Aug 1787

Includes copy register entries from 1750, letter from George Ashley, Ramsbury, Wilts (for Hannah Alexander) to Lord Gage, 10 Dec 1779, estimates of acreage; correspondents include James Hall, Hungerford (with details of the ill-treatment of John Hopkins by his step-father and mother), Hannah Alexander, Elm Down near Ramsbury, Deadman and Atherton, Hungerford, [Henry Gage], Lord Gage (trying to prevent a visit by Hopkins and his friends to Firle 'and the probability of their rising very much in their demands should they view the situation of the property' [for which see SAS/G30/29A], J C Michell, Brighton, John Hoper, Lewes, Walter Acton, Hastings; See30/23-30/35 ante

Includes letters from W Hall concerning measurements and Mr Newton's address valuation, 1795; letters from Clifton Wheat, Norman Court, Hampshire, including his intention to breed Southdown Sheep and request for a purchase on his behalf by the Firle bailiff; cash account for purchase, Aug 1799

Concerning the proposed purchase of Nanfan's estate at Alciston by Mr Ridge

William Hencott of Glynde, husbandman, and his son Francis Hencott of Brighton, butcher, to John Ranger of West Firle, husbandman
1 A messuage, garden, yard and gaterooms occupied by JR in West Firle (S: road from the parishchurch of West Firle towards Glynde; N: tenement and garden of Thomas Ball; W the customary lands of Thomas Yonge and his wife Margaret; E: the street leading to Smallbridge)
2 1a Of arable land in Twyetown in West Firle
W: (to deed and livery of seisin) John Stark andJohn Weller

Thomas Sawyer of West Firle, carpenter, to his son and heir George Sawyer of Firle, carpenter
A house, barn, orchard and garden (½a) in the street of West Firle
TS and his wife Alice to be at liberty to occupy that part or moiety of the house which they then lived in and a moiety of the barns and orchard for their lives
W: Sackvile Graves, John Jenner

James Lane of Westerham, Kent, baker, with JamesBaker the younger of Godstone, Surrey, innholder, guardian of JL's wife Ann (who was only daughter and heir of Joseph Ward of West Firle, yeoman deceased) to Samuel Young of West Firle, yeoman
23a Of land and 3 cowleazes in West Firle, late the estate of JW, late occupied by James Simmonds, except a messuage, barn and ½a called the Crowne; also called the Croune. Also 1a in Twy Toun
W: Henry Ade, Thomas Hammond

Jane Manfeild of Hamsey,widow (only sister and their of John Swanne of West Firle, yeoman deceased),her only son Edward Manfeild of Hamsey, yeoman, Thomas Harding of Glynde, labourer, and his wife Joan (widow of John Swanne),and Edward Hide of West Firle, husbandman, to John Rowe of West Firle,yeoman, and James Rowe of Staplehurst, Kent, clothier, (the two younger sons of John Rowe of Beddingham, yeoman deceased)
Three small pieces of meadow (2a) in several places in West Firle, late JS and before of JohnJones deceased (1½a called the Honycombe E: copyhold house, close, garden and land of AnnAlcock, widow, late EM; S: road; N: the Sparkes; 1a more called Cavescroft-E, N: lands of Richard Alchorne late Ockendens called Pastures Croft; S, W: land of Thomas Arnold called Caves Croft;½a, the residue, in the Upwish-N: land of George Colvill; S: Joan Susan; E: The Cubergh; W: land of John Colvill called the Pickfield)
W: Edward Raynes, Joseph Raynes, John Carpenter, Sackvile Graves and Humphrey Rowe attached: letter of attorney by the vendors to John Raynes of Clifford's Inn, gent to give seisin

James Baker of West Firle, husbandman, and his wife Ann to Nathaniel Jeffery of Glynde, yeoman, and his wife Mercy
1½a in the Common Hunger Lands(W: land of John Gage, bt, deceased; E: late Mary Joanes)
2 1 Rood in the Hoopoole otherwise Homefield(E,W: Thomas Arnold)
3 ½a meadow in the Broadwish(E: late John Gage, bt; W: Sackvill Graves deceased)
4 1 rood in Broadwish(N: late Mary Joanes; SE: Moses Sicklemore)
5 ½a in the Nacorne (S: Thomas Medley, gent; N: late Thomas Arnold)
6 2½ cowleazes(2½a of pasture)in the Common Cowleaze of West Firle

Thomas Browne, gent, Edward Combes and Nathaniel Jeffery and Mercy his wife, querents, and Henry Snooke, clerk, and his wife Mary, James Purse, clerk, and his wife Ann, Richard Styles and his wife Ann and James Baker and his wife Ann, deforciants
3 messuages, 1 barn, 1 stable, 3 gardens, la of land, 2a of meadow and 2½a of pasture in Lewes All Saints, Lewes St Michael and West Firle

Henry Snook of Ringmer, clerk and his wife Mary, James Purse of Jevington, clerk, and his wife Ann, Richard Styles of Brighton, cooper, and his wife Ann, and James Baker of West Firle, yeoman,and his wife Ann, Thomas Browne of Lewes, gent, Edward Combs of Lewes, tailor, and Nathaniel Jeffery of Glynde, yeoman, and Nancy his wife
1 A messuage in two dwellings and a small garden occupied by Rebecca and Elizabeth Eager and Richard Hollibone in Lewes All Saints, purchased by TB of HS and his wife Mary and JP and his wife Ann
2 A messuage, stable, garden and backside in Lewes St Michael, purchased by EC from RS and his wife Ann
3 Lands in West Firle as in SAS/G31/6-8 purchased by NJ of JB and his wife Ann
4 A messuage, barn and ½a in West Firle (S: copyhold land of Richard Reed before of HumpheryRowe; N: road), of which JB and his wife Ann are seised in tail
W: Samuel Whalley, Samuel Isted, John Apps

Herbert Knight of Herstmonceux, yeoman, and his wife Ann to Mary Oliver of Lewes All Saints, widow a barn and 5a belonging in Wick Street in West Firle, part of a tenement called Wenhams late Rivetts occupied by James Graves, gent
W: Hendry Coby, Thomas Willard, John Crowhurst

Richard Page of Wartling, yeoman, and his wife Mary, John Bish of Hailsham, gent, and his wife Eleanor, John Huckstepp of Hailsham, gent and Herbert Knight of Herstmonceux, yeoman, and his wife Ann and John Rickman of Herstmonceux, mercer, and Mary Oliver of All Saints, Lewes, widow
1 A messuage, barn, buldings and 42a of land in Wartling and Herstmonceux in the tenure of RP (W: land of Edmund Calverly and Samuel Barton, gents; S, E: Matthew White, gent; N: John Grintt), late Eleanor Huckstep, widow, deceased, mother of MP, EB and JH
A barn and 6a in Wick Street in Firle, part of a tenement called Wenhams, late Rivetts
1 To RP and MP and the survivor, 2 to MO
W: Henry Coby, Thomas Willard, John Crowhurst

John Rickman and Mary Oliver, querents, and Richard Page and Other (as in last deed), deforciants, of a messuage, 2 barns, 25a of land, 10a of meadow and 20a of pasture in Wartling, Herstmonceux and West Firle

Recovery by Richard Mockett of Alciston, yeoman, and his wife Mary, to the use of themselves for life, remainder to their son Richard Mockett
1 Messuage at The Forge Gate in Alciston and a parcel of land adjoining called Cobbles containing 3a, quitrent 22d
2 5a In the borough of Tilton,rent 3s 6d (1a in Gray Furlong in Tilton Laine; 2a at Hemsted Hill, adjoining land of Henry Gage, esq, and 2a lying to the road from Alciston church to the Forge Gate, called the Spring Croft)
John Fryer of Telscombe tenant, Henry Lloyd, gent, demandant, who surrendered to the use of RM and MM with remainder to their son Richard Mockett
Thomas Medley, steward

Admission of Robert Pierce, son, executor and devisee of the will of John Pierce, gent, of 4 Mar 1724
1 A messuage, barn and two wists of customary land and lands called Homeland Field and Wellfield, with a parcel of land lying under the hill in the Tenant Laine (8a 3r) and 6a called Stanford's Field in West Firle, late JP and before Ballards (being two separate tenements), rent 11s 3½d
2 A messuage, barn, garden and two wists of customary land (20a) in West Firle, comprising (9a); Greenfield (5a); the Wish (3a); the common (6a); a croft adjoining the messuage (3a); Longefurlong, late Colvills; rent (being two separate tenements) 14s 6d. Four heriots
Surrender by RP to the use of his will. Edward Medley, steward

Thomas Mockett of West Firle, gent, with his eldest son and heir Richard Mockett of West Firle
1 Messuage in West Firle called the Woolpack and 20a of land, comprising: the Pickfield (E N: land late Thomas Gage, bt); the Bushiefield (W: land late of Thomas Gage called the Wish and land late Edward Hide); the Five Acres (W: late Thomas Gage; S: Parsonage Lands; E: Thomas Olliver, gent); pasture crofts in three crofts (7a; E: late Thomas Gage; S: Thomas Harrison, gent; N: Thomas Ball oterwise Arnold and lands called Barbors)
2 7a In West Firle (S: land of Thomas Gage; E: Sackvill Graves, gent; N: Thomas Ball otherwise Arnold; W: road to the Totnors)
3 15a In West Firle
4 Barn, stable and close in the street of West Firle, adjoining the house of Edward Ockenden in which John Piecre dwelt
In all 50a, occupied by John Pierce, Richard Read and Tm, formerly the estate of Edward ockenden, since Alexander Alchorne and late of Robert Pierce, who devised to TM annotated, c1780, with names of new owners

To niece Ann Tamplin, wife of Richard Tamplin of Danehill, mercer; and nephew William Winton, son of SM's brother William Winton, a copyhold messuage and land in West Firl held of the manor of Heighton St Clere, occupied by Thomas Moppet and Widow Nickenson

Admission of Ann Tamplin and William Winton as devisees under the will of Sarah Marchant
1 Messuage, barn, garden, orchard and 1a called the Longcroft at Heighton Street in West Firle
2 Three pieces called the Bramblings (9a)
3 The Guestlings (2a)
4 The Common Field (5a) late George North's, quitrent 11s 5¼d
5 Lands called Hollingdales Garden, 168ft late also George North's rent 1d. Surrender by Richard Tamplin and his wife Ann and William Winton and William Welfare and his wife Catharine to the use of William Hall [Gage], Lord Gage, lord of the manor. J Hoper, steward

By Richard Tamplin and William Winton the younger to Lord Gage for £600, the purchase money for copyholds

Richard Tamplin of Danehill in Horsted Keynes, mercer, and William Winton the younger of Horsted Keynes, yeoman, to William Hall [Gage], Lord Gage on surrender as SAS/G31/20

William Welfare the elder of Horsted Keynes, yeoman, and his wife Catharine of an annuity of £8 charged by the will of her sister Sarah Marchant on copyholds surrendered as SAS/G31/20

Death of Thomas Mockett
A messuage, barn and two wists of customary land; Homeland Field and Wellfield and 6a lying under the hill in the Tenant Laine, late Robert Pierce, before John Pierce, two several tenements, quitrent 11s 3d and other lands as SAS/G31/17
Admission of TM's son Richard Mockett as devisee under his will of 6 Apr 1755, charged with an annuity of £30 to TM's widow Mary and also legacies and debts William Michell, steward

Death of Mary Whiting, spinster
Messuage, barn, garden, orchard and 12a of land at New Elm in West Firle, formerly Wades
Admission of Edward Hartfield (only son and heir of Edward Hartfield deceased, the only surviving son of Edward Hartfield who married Mary Whiting the only sister of MW's father Richard Whiting)
Surrender by Edward Hartfield the grandson to the use of Thomas Cheeseman of West Firle, cordwainer, and his admission
Quitclaim by John Simmonds and his wife Sarah
Conditional surrender by Thomas Cheeseman to Edward Hartfield for £200

Surrender by Richard Read
A messuage in the village of West Firle with barn, gardens, yards and 4a of land belonging late his father Read, once Rowe and before Norton and formerly Bance, quitrent 2s
To the use of Thomas Stephens of West Firle, yeoman; his admission
Nicholas Gilbert, steward

Surrender by John Vinall to the use of Thomas Munger of West Firle, yeoman
Barn and 5a 1r, near New Elm in West Firle (part of a tenement and ½ wist called New Elm) late his father William Vinall and formerly Susan, quitrent 8s 10½d
Quitrent apportioned, Thomas Munger, 5s 4½d; John Vinall, 3s; George Stephens (½a), 6d

By Thomas Munger of Harting, mariner, to John Pollard of West Firle, carpenter, of a legacy of £100 given by the will of his cousin Ann Munger of West Firle, charged upon land in SAS/G31/28 which she devised to her mother Ann Munger for life and then to her uncle Thomas Stephens, who subsequently died during the life of Ann Munger the mother, then the wife of JP; W: Richard Watts, Ann Watts

Admission of Ann the wife of John Pollard (late Ann Munger, widow) as devisee under the will of her daughter Ann Munger, spinster, to a barn and 5a 1r of land near New Elm

John Pollard of West Firle, carpenter, and his wife Ann with [William Hall Gage], Viscount Gage
1 All their land in Troy Town (37 p) in West Firle
2 1r 19p In the furlong under Totnore in West Firle (W: the road from New Elm to the hill; E: land of Thomas Chowne, esq; S: John Mockett; N: land of JP and Ann)
Confirmation of the exchange by [the reversioner] Walter Stephens of West Firle, yeoman, so far as he was interested, 9 May 1787

Admission of Walter Stephens to the reversion, expectant on the death of Ann the wife of John Pollard, to a barn and 5a 1r of land at New Elm as SAS/G31/28 to which he claimed to be entitled as youngest son and customary heir of Thomas Stephens
Surrender to the use of William Hall [Gage], Viscount Gage, lord of the manor

John Pollard of Firle, carpenter, to Henry [Gage], Lord Gage
£100 legacy given by Ann Munger, spinster, to her cousin Thomas Munger and charged upon copyhold lands in West Firle, now purchased by HG and the legacy assigned by Thomas Munger to JP

Thomas Monger of Hastings, mariner, and John Pollard of Firle, carpenter, to Henry [Gage], Lord Gage
Barn and land as SAS/G31/28-35
On payment of legacy after the death of Ann the wife of JP, the life tenant
Attached: certificate of baptism of Thomas Munger son of Stephen and Rachel Munger at Eastbourne, 27 Jan 1760; Herbert Jones, curate

Parchment, cut off at the foot

Admission of William Hall [Gage], Lord Gage on surrender by Thomas Stephens
1 1a In the common fields called Troy Town (E: land late Blunden and then TS; W: WHG, late Burts; S: WHG)
2 ½a In Troy Town (E: WHG late Burt; S: WGH; N: Shornwells Furlong otherwise Hoppers Furlong)