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PARISH OF WESTFIELD


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Reference PAR504
Former reference PAR504
Covering dates 1552-1993
Held by East Sussex Record Office
Archival history In 1937 a group of records of poor law administration was discovered in the tower of Westfield church and handed to Westfield Parish Council. After consulting the clerk of Battle RDC, the parish council clerk sent the papers to the Sussex Archaeological Society where they were repaired by the Revd Walter Budgen, the Society's Curator of Deeds. On 1 April 1957 (ACC 228) these records were among nine groups of parish records, acquired by the Society under various circumstances, which were transferred to ESRO as Diocesan Record Office; the Westfield records were listed as PAR 504/31-37. Were there evidence that the documents had been passed to the Parish Council as a conscious administrative act, they would have been transferred to its archive, P 504; since the chain of custody by the ecclesiastical parish was hardly broken, they have been allowed to remain in the parish archive.
Source of acquisition Transferred by the Sussex Archaeological Society on 1 April 1957 (ACC 228), and deposited by the incumbent and PCC, 2 May 1957 (ACC 231), 3 June 1975 (ACC 1869), 9 August 1994 (ACC 6404)
Creators Church of England, Westfield Parish, East Sussex


Contents:
Summary of contents:
INCUMBENT
PAR504/1/1 Early registers; 1552-1812
PAR504/1/2 Baptism registers; 1813-1938
PAR504/1/3 Marriage registers; 1813-1993
PAR504/1/4 Banns registers; 1833-1900
PAR504/1/5 Burial registers; 1813-1964
PAR504/2 Records relating to registers; 1726-1945
PAR504/6 Income of the benefice; 1615-1737
CHURCHWARDENS
PAR504/10 Property; 1893-1905
VESTRY
PAR504/12 Minutes; 1844-1894
STATUTORY DEPOSITS
PAR504/20 Inclosure award; 1810
CHARITY
PAR504/24 Recreation ground; 1891-1900
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
PAR504/31 Accounts; 1758-1834
PAR504/32/1 Settlement certificates; 1738
PAR504/32/2 Removal orders from parish; 1774-1821
PAR504/32/3 Removal orders to parish; 1742-1825
PAR504/32/4 Settlement examinations; 1742-1819
PAR504/32/5 Warrants to arrest absconded men; 1802-1818
PAR504/32/6 Other settlement records; 1817
PAR504/34/1 Bastardy examinations; 1757-1814
PAR504/34/2 Warrants to arrest putative fathers; 1774-1821
PAR504/34/3 Maintenance orders; 1761-1820
PAR504/34/4 Bonds; 1767-1768
PAR504/36 Militia; 1801-1811
PAR504/37 Other records; c1680


Expand   Incumbent: registers  PAR504/1  1552-1993
Expand   Incumbent: papers relating to the parish registers  PAR504/2  1726-1945
Expand   Incumbent: income of the benefice  PAR504/6  1615-1737
Expand   Churchwardens: property  PAR504/10  1893-1905
Expand   Vestry: minutes  PAR504/12  1844-1894
Expand   Statutory deposits: inclosure awards  PAR504/20  1810
Expand   Charities  PAR504/24  1891-1900
Expand   Overseers of the Poor: vouchers to account  PAR504/31  1758-1834
Expand   Overseers of the Poor: settlement records  PAR504/32  1738-1825
Expand   Overseers of the Poor: bastardy  PAR504/34  1757-1821
Expand   Overseers of the Poor: militia  PAR504/36  1801-1811
Expand   Overseers of the Poor: other records  PAR504/37  c1680


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