Catalogue description Archive of the Newnham and Shelley families of Maresfield Park

Property in Ashdown Forest, Beckley, Buxted, Crawley, Fletching, Framfield, East Grinstead, Hailsham, Heathfield, Horsted Keynes, Maresfield, Newick, Rotherfield, Twineham, Uckfield, Worth, also in Huntingdonshire and London; manorial, settlements, mortgages, grants of annuities, wills and probates, Acts of Parliament, correspondence

1-30 Marshall's Farm, Maresfield and Fletching; 1805-1874

31-55 Snatts (6a) part of Hungerhatch and since known as Cave's Fields, Fletching; 1755-1873

56-63 Messuage, garden and piece of land near the pond in Maresfield, held of the Manor of Maresfield and later enfranchised; 1813-1816

64-77 Messuage and garden in Maresfield Street, Maresfield; 1722-1851

78-103 Black Venn Farm, Maresfield and Fletching; 1772-1851

104-116 Messuage and 30r in Maresfield, held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1819-1882

117-150 Piltdown Nurseries (14a) in Maresfield, formerly held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1775-1884

151-163 Messuage and land (31a) near Lamport Green, Maresfield; 1773-1827

164-177 The Tinkers (15a) in Maresfield; 1727-1855

178-187 Cophall Farm (2a), Maresfield, held of the Manor of Duddleswell; 1591-1883

188-199 Little Buxted Mill, Upper and Lower Grey Birchetts, Wildland Wood, and other lands mainly in Rotherfield, also Manor of Buxted; 1598-1712

200-221 Lodge Lands (50a) at Waterhills Brook, Rotherfield; 1622-1740

222-277 Hilders otherwise Treblers and land called Culverdens, Rotherfield; 1574-1754

278-287 The Mansion House, Longcroft otherwise Longmead, Smallgroves, The Budletts, Sheep Pen Field, Moorcroft, Wards Mead, Cocks Garden, Six Acres, Well Croft and Four Acres, Rotherfield; 1606-1756

288-295 Messuage and lands called Town Row, Rotherfield; 1672-1676

296-299 Messuage and premises, late a slaughter house, next to the churchyard, Rotherfield; 1680-1715

300-310 Milk Lodge Farm, Rotherfield; 1661-1704

311-340 Messuages, lands and premises called Castle Hill, Steep, Argos Hill, Garden Lands and Frylands Mead in Rotherfield and Mayfield; 1587-1707

341-352 Messuage, land and premises at Maynards Gate, Rotherfield; 1568-1686

353-359 Messuage and farm called Franklyes in Rotherfield, and a messuage and farm called Luckhurst Crouch in Mayfield; 1631-1691

360-368 Harts House, Rotherfield; 1673-1723

369-379 Knights Place and Dengate Land, Rotherfield; 1615-1683

380-391 Adams and Readings, Rotherfield; 1570-1677

392-394 Messuage and lands called Upper Scivers, Croft, Heathfield, Lower Scivers Croft and Mill Hole, Rotherfield; 1682

395-412 Messuage, land and premises (1a) called Bonnetts and Bachelands on Rotherfield Hill, Rotherfield; 1516-1747

413-441 Duplocks Farm (40a) near Shortbridge and Piltdown, Fletching, held of the Manor of Barkham, and a few acres of freehold called Shortbridge Farm; 1801-1878

442-478 Little Streetfields Farm (20a), Fletching, Fords Green (3a), Maresfield, house and land (2a) at Pricketts Hatch, Maresfield held of the Manor of Duddleswell; 1751-1871

479-512 Alchorns (40a), Old Lands (40a) and Harwoods (50a) sometimes referred to as Allchins and Bowyers, Maresfield and Fletching; 1713-1815

513-524 Allgates (80a) in Horsted Keynes, Manor of Newnham otherwise Courtland (160a) in Maresfield and Fletching, land (90a) in Worth, land (20a) in East Grinstead, marshlands called Lubbershalls (27a) in Hailsham, Sharpes (50a) in Newick, Manor of Lavourty, Gatehouse Farm (61a) in Maresfield, and other properties of the Newnham family; 1688-1777

525-540 Kennets (40a), Southland otherwise Coppingfield (20a), Hammers (6a) and other small parcels and tenements, Maresfield; 1711-1778

541-560 Horwoods and Chaines (50a) in Fletching, Perry Land (20a) in Twineham, Gotlands (13a) and Hugletts (3a) in Maresfield, Brians Wood in Fletching, and other dispersed lands; 1566-1759

561-573 Coppice ground called Chantry Serle or Chancery Soyle (30a), Maresfield; 1716-1771

574-604 Deeds and various papers relating to Kennets (40a) in Maresfield, Manor of Newnham otherwise Courtland (156a) in Maresfield and Fletching, Manor of Knell (1511a) in Beckley, The Batts in Maresfield, Pippingford estate in Ashdown Forest and other dispersed lands all part of the sussex estates of John Shelley, bt and John Newnham, esq; 1582-1827

605-624 Chelworth Farm (109a) in Fletching and Maresfield, Rowlands (24a) and Pilchers (20a) in Maresfield; 1750-1768

625-630 The Chantry (6½a) and other premises, Maresfield; 1681-1770

631-643 Manor of Newnham otherwise Courtland (150a) in Fletching and Maresfield, with other dispersed lands in East Grinstead, Hartfield, Worth, Horset Keynes, Newick, Maresfield, Fletching, Hellingly and Hailsham; 1632-1769

644-661 Normans (14a) and land (50a) at Lampool Green, Maresfield and Inholms (4a), held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1647-1745

662-673 Haywards (20a) and Hunts (12a), Maresfield; 1654-1728

674-691 Gaters otherwise Hirsts, Stylelands (22a), Fodgers otherwise Fowlers Field (4a) in Maresfield and Fletching and other small parcels held of the Manors of Maresfield and Duddleswell; 1577-1714

692-701 Courtlands Farm (104a) in Maresfield and Fletching, Dairyhouse Farm and Marchants (63a) in Maresfield, Yokehurst (40a) in Fletching, White Hart Inn and land (2a) in Crawley; 1748-1760

702-707 Innholmes (4a), Maresfield, held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1744-1827

708-717 Sweet Mine Pitt (5a) near Nutley, Maresfield, Chelworth Gate (½a) in Fletching, both held of the Manor of Maresfield, premises and land (16a) and Smalls (16a) in Fletching held of the Manor of Horsted Keynes Broadhurst; 1726-1770

718-728 The Chantry (6a) and woodland called The Chantry Serle (28a), Maresfield; 1648-1697

729-745 Nowers or Mowers (10a) near Piltdown, with an abstract of title to the Manor and advowson of Maresfield; 1674-1849

746-817 Hellwood Farm (90a), formerly part of Hungers Hatch, Snatts and other lands; 1703-1870

818-823 The King's Arms, Maresfield; 1807-1848

824-832 Cottage and land (5a) at Nutley, Maresfield, held of the Manor of Duddleswell; 1782-1857

833-836 Cottage and garden (6r), Maresfield, held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1813-1873

837-839 The Gardener's Arms and land (20r), Maresfield; 1817-1863

840-842 Two pieces of land, formerly part of the demsene of the Manor of Rottingham otherwise Marsahalls, and now part of Maresfield Park, Maresfield; 1840

843-856 The Mounds (3½a), also a messuage, stable and chaise-house with land (4a), formerly a butcher's shop and slaughter house, south side of Maresfield Street, Maresfield; 1648-1849

857-861 Exchange of lands (c1000a) in Maresfield and Fletching between Mrs B H J Pechell and Sir S M M Wilson; 1860-1900

862-872 Advowson of the rectory of Maresfield, the main Maresfield estate with successive mortgages, also lease of land (14a) for the formation of the Maresfield Gunpowder Company Limited; 1849-1874

873-886 Priors Farm (15a) with part of Bottles and Pounds Croft, Maresfield, formerly held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1910-1967

887-897 Rounds with house and land (1a) on Fords Green, Maresfield, held of the Manor of Maresfield; 1751-1872

898-919 Milwards and The Nowers (20a) in Maresfield and Fletching held of the Manor of Maresfield, cottage and land (1a) on Piltdown Common held of the Manor of Barkham; 1698-1877

920-922 Gatehouse Farm (60a), Maresfield; 1793-1829

923-943 Water corn mill and boring wheel pond near Ashdown Forest, Maresfield, held of the Manor of Duddleswell; 1768-1892

944-946 Land (2a) at Dodds Bank next to the boring wheel pond, Maresfield, held of the Manor of Duddleswell; 1894

947-960 Gunpowder mill, late the Maresfield Patent Gunpowder Company Limited (wound up in 1859), Maresfield; 1844-1872

961-980 Dairyhouse Farm (55a) and Marchants (8a), Maresfield; 1732-1752

981-985 Justice's Copyhold, horley and copyhold (50a), Maresfield; 1690-1697

986-1022 Pimpernells (65a) with Haywards Down (10a), Stroods (8a), Blackhouse Land and Moses, Maresfield and Fletching; 1550-1702

1023-1026 Holfords (60a) near Pricketshatch, Fletching; 1679-1704

1027-1029 Woodground (20a) near Poundsley Furnace in Buxted, Wordens and Cotteridge (14a) in Framfield, land part of Harlings Farm in Framfield and Uckfield, also a messuage called Poundsley and land (62a) held of the Manor of Framfield; 1692

1030-1044 Hoppers, Hornland, Butlers and Tylt (90a), Worth; 1635-1697

1045-1050 South Reed (12a), Buxted; 1618-1705

1051-1071 Lease including plots of ground in Arundel for the improvement of the Borough, and the Prebend of Ferring, mortgages by John Newnham and Sir John Shelley including the Ashdown, Pippingford and Mitchell Grove estates with reference to Acts of Parliament and numerous trusts; 1757-1806

1072-1081 Sherman Reeds, Birchet and Lodgeland (40a), Buxted; 1703-1767

1082-1085 Messuage or tenement (6a) in Mayfield; 1747-1772

1086-1094 Down Reed and Nether Reed (7a), Stockland (9a), house and land (6a) all in Mayfield, with various deeds relating to Newnham estates in Huntingdonshire and London; 1646-1794

1095-1110 Manor of Barnes otherwise Goodmans Fields in St Botolph without Aldgate, Whitechapel and Stepney, Manor of Wardboys in Huntingdonshire, Ashdown Forest estate, conveyances, mortgages and partitions following Acts of Parliament for the settlement of the Newnham estates; 1751-1829

1111-1164 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Maresfield; 1580-1815

1165-1200 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Fletching; 1391-1772

1201-1208 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Mayfield; 1604-1733

1209-1215 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Newick; 1625-1779

1216-1222 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Heathfield 1617-1703

1223-1226 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in Rotherfield; [temp Hen 7]-18th cent

1227-1240 Various and detached deeds in chronological order of properties in East Grinstead, Maresfield, Burpham, Fletching and Chithurst, London, Essex, Kent, Surrey; 14th cent - 1822

1241-1254a Bonds; 1516-1778

1255-1262 Wills; 1620-1760

1263-1357 Manor of Duddleswell admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1631-1875

1358-1387 Manor of Maresfield admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1607-1865

1388-1418 Manor of Courtland otherwise Newnham admissions, surrenders, enfranchisements and some court rolls and rentals; 1606-1867

1419-1421 Manor of Barcombe admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1738-1815

1422-1451 Manor of Barkham admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1554-1876

1452-1463a Manor of Rotherfield admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1499-1860

1464-1470 Manor of Sheffield admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1758-1875

1471-1471a Manor of Newick admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1864-1875

1472 Manor of Tarring Peverell admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements; 1875

1473 Bundle of five decayed and illegible copies of court roll

1474-1491 Settlements; 1679-1832

1492-1514 Mortgages and associated papers; 1778-1856

1515-1526 Grants of annuities; 1777-1820

1527-1535 Other documents including grantof naturalisation, 1573, Manor of Maresfield presentments, 1739-1836, insurance; 1573-1836

1536-1541 Acts of Parliament; 1776-1810

1542 Letters concerning the sale of race horses to Ireland and the difficulties in receiving payment; 1821-1830

1543-1551 Wills; 1736-1833

1552-1584 Stray leases, settlements, mortgages, abstracts of title; 1647-1892