The Weald - People history and genealogy

Catharine Pullein was born in London 12 August 1853 to Edmund and Alice Pullein. On the death of her father in 1870 she and her cousin Frederick moved to Sussex to live with their uncle Frederick Howard Pullein at Renby Grange. She established her reputation as a historical researcher and author when she published "The Pulleynes of Yorkshire" in 1915 which traced her family roots back many centuries and included Maria Pulleyn's marriage to Guy Fawkes. By 1927 she was living in the Manor House at Rotherfield where she produced and published "Rotherfield: The Story of some Wealden Manors".. This work remains today the most authoritive work on the history of Rotherfield.

Catharine died at the Manor House, Rotherfield on 8 June 1936

Date	Type	Information	Source

12^th Aug 1853	Born	At Great Coram Street, in London	London Metropolitan Archives

28^th Oct 1853	Christened	At Bloomsbury St George in the Parish of Camden Town, London	London Metropolitan Archives

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	At Renby Grange in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Catherine Pullein, F, Niece, single, age 27, born Middlesex	1881 Census Rotherfield, Sussex

1915	Published	The Pulleynes of Yorkshire

1928	Published	Rotherfield: The Story of some Wealden Manors

8^th Jun 1936	Died	At The Manor House in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Probate Registry

27^th Jul 1936	Will proven	London; Effects: 15,907 11s 3d	Probate Registry

Date

Type

Information

Source

12^th Aug 1853

Born

At Great Coram Street, in London

London Metropolitan Archives

28^th Oct 1853

Christened

At Bloomsbury St George in the Parish of Camden Town, London

London Metropolitan Archives

3^rd Apr 1881

Census

At Renby Grange in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Catherine Pullein, F, Niece, single, age 27, born Middlesex

1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

1915

Published

The Pulleynes of Yorkshire

1928

Published

Rotherfield: The Story of some Wealden Manors

8^th Jun 1936

Died

At The Manor House in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Probate Registry

27^th Jul 1936

Will proven

London; Effects: 15,907 11s 3d

Probate Registry

The ancestral pedigree of Catharine Pullein

m: c 1810

b: c 1790

b: 8^th Feb 1809 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 5^th Apr 1809 The Cathedral, Manchester
d: 20^th Nov 1809

b: 6^th Jul 1812 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 6^th Jun 1813 St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d: 10^th Jan 1874

b: 24^th Apr 1814 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 3^rd Jul 1814 St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d: 10^th May 1870

b: 17^th May 1817 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 18^th Jul 1819 St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d: 5^th Jun 1891

b: 1^st Oct 1818 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 18^th Jul 1819 St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d: 11^th Dec 1897

Grandfather record

Edmund Pullein

m: 29^th Oct 1845 The Cathedral, Manchester

Alice Jones

b: 24^th Apr 1814 Smedley, Yorkshire
ch: 3^rd Jul 1814 St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d: 10^th May 1870

b: c 1820

Catharine

b: 12^th Aug 1853 Great Coram Street, London
ch: 28^th Oct 1853 Bloomsbury St George, Camden Town, London
d: 8^th Jun 1936 The Manor House, Rotherfield, Sussex

Parental record