Parish of wadhurst

Nicholas Walldon of Frant, labourer, to the churchwardens and overseers

against the costs of Katherine Walldon (daughter of David Walldon late of Wadhurst, husbandman), apprenticed to NW by deed of even date

Richard Gilbert (son of William Gilbert of Wadhurst, labourer) to Thomas Golding of Wadhurst, yeoman, and wife Hannah

Samuel Puxty (son of John Puxty of Wadhurst, husbandman) to William Laker of Wadhurst, tailor, and wife Mary

William Foster (son of William Foster of Wadhurst, deceased) to Francis Comber of Wadhurst, yeoman, and wife Ann

Jane Cramp (daughter of Thomas Cramp of Wadhurst, labourer) to Nicholas Brisenden of Wadhurst, ropemaker, and wife Elizabeth

Duplicate of PAR 498/33/5

Thomas Parks (son of Mary Parks of Wadhurst, deceased) to George Butler of Tonbridge, Kent, brickmaker, and wife Dorothy

Agreement by Thomas Wells as PAR 498/33/9 to take Richard Fissenden for £7

Richard Fissenden (son of Jarvice Fissenden late of Wadhurst, deceased) to Thomas Wells of Lingfield, Surrey, clothworker

Thomas Wells of Lingfield, Surrey, clothworker, bound in £14 to acquit the parish of any further costs concerning Richard Fissenden

John Foster (son of William Foster late of Wadhurst, labourer, deceased) to William Wheeler of Wadhurst, cordwainer

Jane Kitchenham (daughter of John Kitchenham of Wadhurst, glover) to Margaret Graybon of Wadhurst, widow

Richard Beale (son of John Beale of Wadhurst, shingler) to John Weston the elder of Wadhurst, yeoman, and wife Alice

William Budd (son of William Budd of Wadhurst, collier) to John Stevenson of Wadhurst, ropemaker

Joseph Barham (son of Mary Barham of Wadhurst) to Thomas Bauldock the younger of Wadhurst, carpenter

Thomas Budd (son of Thomas Budd of Wadhurst) to John Dickenson of Brenchley, Kent, yeoman

endorsed: receipt for £1 by Thomas Bowyer (for JD) to John Steevenson (by Edward Chapman); 24 Apr 1707

William Budd (son of Thomas Budd of Wadhurst) to John Lamb of Lamberhurst, Kent, yeoman

Francis Botten (son of Richard Botten) to Samuel Wallis of Wadhurst, bricklayer

Constance Read of Wadhurst to William Spurland of Wadhurst, yeoman, and wife Ruth

James Godden of Wadhurst to Joel Godden of Brenchley, Kent, hoop-maker

John Godden of Wadhurst to James Godden of Halling, Kent, wheelwright

Hannah Goacher (daughter of Ann Goacher of Wadhurst, widow) to William Kichenham of Eastchurch, Kent

William Fowler of Chart Sutton, Kent, with the consent of his uncle John Tanner of Horsmonden, Kent, husbandman, to Edward Baldock of Wadhurst, tailor

Jane Jackson of Wadhurst to John Jackson of Cranbrook, Kent, gunsmith

William Colven of Wadhurst to John Newington of Wadhurst; husbandry

Christopher Hawkins of Wadhurst to John Smith; husbandry

James Clerk (son of Thomas Clerk of Lamberhurst, husbandman) to John Swift of Wadhurst, cordwainer

Peter Drawbridge (son of Thomas Drawbridge of Cranbrook, Kent, husbandman) to Benjamin Brown of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, weaver

For a promissory note relating to this indenture, see PAR 498/31/17

Thomas Swift (10 years) of Wadhurst to John Luck the younger of Wadhurst; husbandry

William Rogers (12 years) of Wadhurst to James Rogers of Maidstone, Kent, netmaker

Job Burgis of Wadhurst to William Hodge of Hadlow, Kent, cordwainer

of Wadhurst as a servant-boy to William Mepham of Rotherfield

Thomas Wallis (son of Samuel Wallis of Rotherfield, mason, lately deceased) to Thomas Wallis of Wadhurst, mason

Thomas Chantler (son of Edward Chantler of Wadhurst, husbandman) to Thomas Cooper of Wadhurst, cordwainer

alleges her fellow servant John Venner to be the father

alleges that a 'large tall man with black hair' had carnal knowledge of her on the road between Wadhurst and Frant

alleges Richard Bevington, hoopshaver late journeyman to John Mercer of Wadhurst, cooper to be the father

alleges William Wachers, servant to Mr Nokes of the lodge in Etchingham or Burwash to be the father

alleges that Joseph Ballard of Salehurst, husbandman had carnal knowledge of her, and also since 12 weeks ago William Bayliff of Salehurst, but that she already knew Joseph Ballard to be the father

alleges her late master John Wood of Wadhurst to be the father

alleges William Prosser, journeyman saddler, to be the father of the male bastard delivered on 18 Aug 1735 at Wadhurst and baptised William

acknowledges that she was delivered of a bastard daughter seven years ago in Tonbridge, Kent

alleges that Nicholas Stapley of Wadhurst is the father of her bastard son born in Wadhurst on 28 Dec 1746

alleges that Thomas Freeman of Wadhurst is the father of her bastard daughter born on 2 February 1748

alleges that Joseph Puxty of Wadhurst is the father of her bastard son born on 28 Dec 1756

alleges Robert Rutley of Lamberhurst, servant to Mr Beecher to be the father

alleges that Peter Francis of Lamberhurst, furnaceman, is the father of her bastard daughter born at the barn of Charles Morland of Wadhurst, inn-holder, on 6 May 1764

alleges that John Izzard of Wadhurst, labourer, is the father of her bastard son born on 17 Sep 1766

alleges that John White, ostler at the George Inn in Lamberhurst is the father of her bastard son called John born on 13 Mar 1768

alleges William Cooper of Ticehurst, blacksmith to be the father

alleges that Joseph Selling of Marden, Kent, cordwainer is the father of her bastard daughter born at her father's house on 15 Nov 1769

alleges that Henry Cox late of Frant is the father of her bastard daughter born at Wadhurst poorhouse on 11 Feb 1770

alleges John Hawkins late servant to John Arkcoll of Wadhurst, yeoman, to be the father

alleges that Thomas Rudge late of Wadhurst, servant is the father of her bastard son born at John Stiles' house in Wadhurst on 25 May 1778

alleges John Rogers of Wadhurst to be the father

who has named Edward Coomber of Pembury, Kent, labourer, as the father of her bastard son born at Wadhurst workhouse on 14 Apr 1779; the constables to bring EW and EC to the house of Timothy Mills in Maresfield on 6 Sep 1779 to be examined and to make defence

alleges Martin Reuben of Yalding, Kent, labourer is the father

alleges that Peter Wallis of Wadhurst, bricklayer is the father of her bastard daughter born on 11 Dec 1779

alleges that William Stone of Wadhurst, labourer is the father of her bastard son born on 27 Apr 1779

alleges that Edward Relfe late of Marden, Kent, footman and gardener to Mrs Coke of Marden, is the father of her bastard daughter born at Thomas Hickmott's house in Wadhurst on 18 Nov 1780

alleges that Harry Upton of Wadhurst, husbandman is the father of her bastard son born at Wadhurst workhouse on 18 Oct 1781; order to the constables of Loxfield Pelham hundred to bring HW and HU to the Chequers, Maresfield on 7 Jan 1782 to be examined and make defence

alleges that Henry Weller late of Marden, Kent, labourer is the father of her bastard son born at Stephen Wibley's house in Wadhurst on 14 Feb 1788

Missing 12 Jun 1989; probably not allocated

alleges Thomas Gabriel of Frant, labourer to be the father

alleges George Shorthouse late of Milkhouse in Cranbrook, Kent, soldier to be the father

alleges that William Berrey of Lamberhurst, labourer, is the father of her bastard daughter born at Charles Waghorne's house in Wadhurst on 4 Jan 1791

alleges John Sargant of Ticehurst, farmer to be the father

alleges that John Stiles of Wadhurst, labourer is the father of her bastard son born at Benjamin Mepham's house in Wadhurst on 4 Jan 1792

alleges that John Wickham of Wadhurst, labourer is the father of her bastard son born at Samuel Sivyer's house in Wadhurst on 26 Oct [1791]

alleges Joseph Peck late of Horsmonden, Kent to be the father

Endorsed: this examination to be kept as private as possible on advice of Mr Alderton

alleges John Standen of Mayfield, miller to be the father

alleges that William Henley of Brenchley, Kent, servant, is the father of her bastard son born at William Akehurst's house in Wadhurst on 11 Oct 1792

for his bastard son Richard delivered 15 Jun 1739 to Elizabeth Sellen of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Rose Humphry of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Sarah Baldock of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Ann Tanner

for Sarah Bowyer's bastard daughter

as the father of the bastard son of Sarah Lamkin of Wadhurst, born 17 Sep 1766

for the child to be born to Mary Clifton of Wadhurst

for the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Foster of Wadhurst, born at Wadhurst poorhouse on 11 Feb 1770

for the child to be born to Mary Rogers of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Ann Weston of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Mary Woodgate of Wadhurst, late of Ticehurst

for the bastard daughter of Mary Vigor of Wadhurst, born at Thomas Vigor's house in Wadhurst on 7 Apr 1779; the constables to bring MV and WG to the house of Timothy Mills in Maresfield on 6 Sep 1779 to be examined and to make defence

for the bastard daughter of Susannah Baytop of Wadhurst, born on 11 Dec 1779

for the bastard son of Elizabeth Rogers of Wadhurst, born on 27 Apr 1779

for the bastard daughter of Sarah Bennett of Wadhurst, born at William James's house in Wadhurst on 5 Nov 1780

for the child to be born to Elizabeth Underdown of Wadhurst

for the bastard son of Ann Bourne, born at Wadhurst poorhouse on 6 Dec 1782

for the bastard son of Susannah Baytop of Wadhurst, born at Wadhurst poorhouse on 28 Mar 1788

Endorsed: William Peck paid £1 2s for 11 weeks' maintenance to 11 Jul

for the bastard son of Mary Whibley, now resident at Brenchley, Kent, born born in Wadhurst on 14 Feb 1788

for the child to be born to Ann Baldock of Wadhurst

for the child to be born to Rebecca Wash of Wadhurst

for the bastard daughter of Sarah Swift of Wadhurst, born at Charles Waghorne's house in Wadhurst on 4 Jan 1791

for the child to be born to Sarah Baldock of Wadhurst

for the bastard son of Ann Sivyer of Wadhurst, born at Samuel Sivyer's House in Wadhurst on 26 Oct 1791

for the child to be born to Rebecca Wash of Goudhurst

for the child to be born to Ann Humphrey of Wadhurst

for the bastard son of Elizabeth Davies of Wadhurst, born at Richard Jeffry's house in Wadhurst on 16 Sep 1794

Richard Brissenden of Wadhurst, ropemaker bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as father of the bastard son of Dorothy Baldock of Wadhurst, spinster

John Stevens of Buckhurstwood in Wadhurst, yeoman with his father Edward Stevens bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Joan Tompkin of Wadhurst, spinster now servant to John or Edward Stevens

George Swift of Wadhurst, husbandman, with John Swift of Wadhurst, husbandman, bound in £40, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Elizabeth Waters of Wadhurst, widow

Thomas Ivells of Wadhurst, glazier and his father John Ivells of Wadhurst, glazier bound in £40, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Anne Funnell of Wadhurst, spinster

John Couper of Brede, husbandman bound in £40, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard child of Mary Botten of Wadhurst

by John Couper of Brede, husbandman

his leasehold messuage or cottage on the waste in Brede, held by a lease for 99 years, occupied by John Couper and Thomas Catt, and the legacy of £10 given to his wife by her grandfather [blank]Little and payable to her at 21 by [blank] Friend of Udimore, widow

unless he maintains the bastard of Mary Botten

Thomas Stroaker of Mayfield, husbandman, with John Watts of Mayfield, yeoman and William Foster of Mayfield, husbandman bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charge, as the father of the bastard son of Ann Hyland of Wadhurst

Richard Newnham of Speldhurst in Kent, salesman, with Matthew Calverly the younger of Tonbridge in Kent, carpenter bound in £40, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Elizabeth Longley of Wadhurst, widow

John Yeomans of Wadhurst, yeoman, with Nicholas Yeomans of Cripplegate, Middlesex, hop merchant bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Constance Hoakens of Wadhurst, spinster

Thomas Marten, with Seaborn Marten and George Tilby all of Yalding, Kent, husbandmen, bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Mary Colegate of Guestling, singlewoman, born in Wadhurst

Richard Winch of Ticehurst, yeoman bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Mary Vallance of Goudhurst, Kent, singlewoman, born at Wadhurst

William Underdowne of Ticehurst, husbandman, with [his brother] John Underdowne of Lamberhurst, husbandman bound in £50 to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Jane Yeomans of Ticehurst, born in Wadhurst

when William Underdowne, on reaching 21 years, executes a bond to indemnify the parish, and pays £5 towards the charges of keeping the child

John Yeomans of Wadhurst, yeoman and Nicholas Yeomans of Cripplegate, Middlesex, victualler bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges of the bastard child of JY's daughter Jane Yeomans of Ticehurst, born in Wadhurst, of which William Underdowne of Ticehurst, husbandman, is the father

Missing at 12 Jun 1989

Richard Wickham the younger of Wadhurst, cordwainer, with his father Richard Wickham the elder of Wadhurst, cordwainer bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Elizabeth Pratt of Wadhurst, spinster

Endorsed: receipt for £1 12s 0d for the lying-in of EP; 6 Jan 1732

Richard Hollibone of Rodmell, thatcher, bound in £50, to pay for the upkeep of Ann White (3 years) daughter of Richard White of Wadhurst, a blind man

Ann Colchin of Wadhurst, spinster bound in £40 to pay 6d a week towards the upkeep of her bastard son

John Wood of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Mary Kine of Wadhurst

Agreement by John Wood and Edward Kine of Wadhurst, yeomen, to indemnify the parish of the costs of the bastard son of Mary Kine, one of EK's daughters, of which JW is the reputed father

Thomas Spice of Hawkhurst in Kent, broadcloth weaver, with his son Thomas Spice of Cranbrook in Kent, broadcloth weaver, bound in £20 to pay £10 for the bastard son of Elizabeth Sellen of Wadhurst

Thomas Johnson of Goudhurst, Kent, husbandman, with his father William Johnson of Goudhurst, Kent, yeoman bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges as the father of the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Reeves of Wadhurst, born on 3 Aug 1749

For a promissory note and account, see PAR 498/31/10

Thomas Walter the younger of Wadhurst, husbandman, with his father Thomas Walter the elder of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges as the father of the child to be born to Mary Maynard of Wadhurst

John Easton of Hastings, late a servant and now a ship-pinmaker, with his mother Ann Easton of Burwash, widow bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Ann Vigor of Wadhurst, spinster

James Fry of Wadhurst, labourer with his brother Daniel Fry of Pembury, Kent, gardener, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Lucy Weller of Wadhurst (widow of Abraham Weller of Wadhurst, husbandman)

Robert Rutley of Lamberhurst, husbandman, with his father Thomas Rutley of Lamberhurst, collier, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Elizabeth Stiles of Wadhurst, singlewoman

Thomas Pettitt of Wadhurst, husbandman, with his father Joseph Pettitt of Wadhurst, yeoman, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Ann Botten, daughter of Thomas Botten of Wadhurst, miller

John Townsett the elder of Eastbourne, yeoman and maltster, bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to his late servant Mary Rumsley of Wadhurst, daughter of John Rumsley of Hailsham, labourer

John Eaton as the father of Thomas, bastard son of Sarah Bellingham; to be paid to Joseph Knowles at the Tiger at Masons Hill near Bromley, Kent

John Chatfield of Frant, miller, with his son Walter Chatfield of Frant, miller, bound in £40, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Stiles of Wadhurst

Edward Chapman of Wadhurst, husbandman, as the father of the child to be born to Elizabeth Latter, with £2 towards her lying-in

William White of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £50 to acquit the parish of any charges for the child to be born to Frances Lingham of Wadhurst, daughter of John Lingham of Winchelsea, husbandman, 'no discovery made of the reputed father'

Nicholas Barham of Wadhurst, wheelwright, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, for Isaac Barham, base-born son of his daughter Elizabeth Barham by Isaac Tompsett of Ticehurst, one of the sons of John Tompsett of Whiligh in Ticehurst, yeoman, deceased

William Apps of Cousley Wood Street in Wadhurst, mason bound in £40 to pay 1s 6d per week for the child to be born to Elizabeth Brissenden of Wadhurst, singlewoman

William Cooper of Milkhurst Street in Cranbrook, Kent, blacksmith, bound in £20, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Sarah Baldock of Wadhurst

Thomas Pettitt of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £200, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Jemima Reed of Wadhurst

As PAR 498/34/3/38

William Gurr the younger of Wadhurst, farmer, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Mary Vigor, daughter of Thomas Vigor of Wadhurst, butcher, born on 7 Apr 1779

Robert Baker of Yalding in Kent, carpenter, with his father William Baker of Yalding, Kent, carpenter bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Mary Rogers of Wadhurst, born at the poorhouse

Peter Wallis, with his father Thomas Wallis of Wadhurst, mason, and uncle Peter Wallis of Wadhurst, mason and glazier, bound in £50, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Susannah Bateup, daughter of Thomas Bateup of Wadhurst, cordwainer, born on 11 Dec 1779

John Edwards Maynard of Mayfield, gentleman bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Sarah Buss, one of the daughters of Elizabeth Buss of Wadhurst

William Brattle to William Weller at Lewes to pay £2 immediately and a further £4 within a month of the delivery of the child of Mary Hawkins of Wadhurst

Endorsed: receipts by Edward Lambert, churchwarden, Jun 1780

Elizabeth Rogers of Wadhurst to indemnify the parish against her base born son (father William Stone) until £3 3s 0d has been paid at 18d per week

As PAR 498/34/3/45

Edward Young of Addington in Kent, miller, with George Young of West Peckham, Kent, miller, bound in £200, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Sarah Bennett, daughter of George Bennett of Wadhurst, husbandman, born at the house of William James in Wadhurst on 5 Nov 1780

Thomas Pettitt of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £150, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Jemima Read, widow of Fullagar Read of Wadhurst, wheelwright

Stephen Barrow of Cousley Wood in Wadhurst with his mother Hannah Barrow (widow of Stephen Barrow of Cousley Wood in Wadhurst, yeoman) bound in £100 to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the child to be born to Elizabeth Underdown of Wadhurst

Thomas Stiles of Wadhurst, servant-man, that his master John Noakes of Wadhurst may pay £1 10s from his wages to Jacob Underhill for the lying-in of his daughter Ann Underhill and to pay 1s a week for two years, then 18d a week

George Lovell of Heathfield, husbandman, bound in £150, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Mary Midmore of Wadhurst, singlewoman

Thomas Pettitt of Wadhurst, yeoman bound in £100, to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard daughter of Jemima Read, widow of Fulgar Read of Wadhurst, wheelwright. born on 11 Jan 1786

Thomas Pierce of Linton, Kent, husbandman, has paid £2 4s 0d for the lying-in and to appear at the next sessions and abide by any order concerning the bastard son of Esther Stevens of Wadhurst, singlewoman

Thomas West the younger of Salehurst, yeoman, bound in £200 to acquit the parish of any charges, as the father of the bastard son of Ann Baldock of Wadhurst, born at the house of William Fuller at Cousley Wood Street in Wadhurst on 4 Mar 1789

father of the bastard son of Elizabeth Longley of Wadhurst, widow, born 11 Aug 1719; to pay 26s 10d and 18d per week, EL to pay 6d per week

father of the bastard son of Rose Humphery of Wadhurst, born 19 Aug 1764; to pay 6s 0d maintenance and 1s per week, RH to pay 6d per week

father of the bastard daughter of Susannah Sievyer, born at the poorhouse in Wadhurst 30 Apr 1779; to pay £2 18s towards the lying-in and 1s per week, SS to pay 6d per week

father of the bastard son of Elizabeth Rogers of Wadhurst, born at Samuel Smith's house in Wadhurst 27 Apr 1779; to pay 18d per week, ER to pay 6d per week

See PAR 498/34/4/3

the father of the bastard son of Susannah Baytop, born at the poor house in Wadhurst, to pay 10s and 2s per week, SB to pay 6d per week

father of the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Skinner of Wadhurst, born at Wadhurst workhouse on 15 Aug 1793; to pay £4 16s towards the lying-in and 2s per week, ES to pay 6d per week