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One of the most famous iron-masters of England was Ralph Hogge of Buxted who cast the first English iron cannon at Buxted in 1543. He was assisted by Peter Baude, a French brass-gunfounder of Houndsditch. The name Hogge is assumed to be the same as Huggett in the local couplet:
Ralph Hogge probably had several foundries in the neighbourhood and in 1581 he built the Hogge House, Buxted, recording his name and the date in the form of a cast-iron rebus over the door. | |
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| Date | Type | Information | Source |
| c 1525 | Born | Estimated date | |
| 1543 | History | Buxted The Beautiful | |
| One of the most famous iron-masters of England was Ralph Hogge of Buxted, who, according to the Victoria History of Sussex, cast the first English iron cannon at Buxted in 1543. He was assisted by Peter Baude, a French brass-gunfounder of Houndsditch. The name Hogge is assumed to be the same as Huggett, according to a local couplet on the event that has reaped more fame than it merits. “Master Huggett and his man John They did cast the first cannon.” | |||
| 1574 | History | Buxted The Beautiful | |
| Ralph Hogge probably had several foundries in the neighbourhood for he is described as of Marshalls, Maresfield, about 1574. | |||
| 1580 | Married | Margaret Henslow at St Bartholomew Parish Church in the Parish of Maresfield, Sussex | Buxted The Beautiful |
| 1581 | History | Buxted The Beautiful | |
| On the north side of Hogge House is a cast from plaque with a hog in relief upon it and the date, 1581, underneath. This is a rebus on the name of the great iron founder who built the house and no doubt lived in it till his death in 1585. | |||
| December 1585 | Died | In the Parish of Buxted, Sussex | Buxted The Beautiful |
| 13th Dec 1585 | Buried | At St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex | Buxted The Beautiful |
| 1588 | History | Buxted The Beautiful | |
| Three years afterwards [1588] the house [Hogge House] was sold by “Thomas Hog of Buxstedd to James Burgess” and the deed of conveyance (dated 30th Elizabeth) bears this endorsement:“In this house lived ralp Hog who at the then furnace at Buxted cast the first cannon that was cast in England.” | |||
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