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167	Burials					2			4	7	21	28	38	43	18	6

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Published	Title, author and references
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 212
1902	Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 324

Historical records

1263 to 1288		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Walter	St. Mary's Church

1288		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Robert de Brom	St. Mary's Church

1319 to 1325		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Robert de Brom	St. Mary's Church

1325 to 1336		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William de Hikelyng	St. Mary's Church

1336 to 1337		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Master Walter	St. Mary's Church

1337		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Thomas de Gaumull	St. Mary's Church

1337 to 1340		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Stephen Lupard	St. Mary's Church

1340 to 1341		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John de Malton	St. Mary's Church

1341 to 1344		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William Pigot	St. Mary's Church

1344 to 1349		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William Mugge, M.D.	St. Mary's Church

1349 to 1353		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John de Saxton	St. Mary's Church

1353 to 1358		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard de Ravensere	St. Mary's Church

1358 to 1369		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard de Bokelby	St. Mary's Church

1369		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Walbertus de Prago	St. Mary's Church

1369 to 1395		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Spicer	St. Mary's Church

1395 to 1406		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Thomas Wysbeche	St. Mary's Church

1406 to 1414		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard Alkryngton	St. Mary's Church

1414 to 1438		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Wyke	St. Mary's Church

1438 to 1442		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Neele	St. Mary's Church

1442 to 1443		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Farley	St. Mary's Church

1443 to 1480		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William Leech	St. Mary's Church

1480		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Plenty	St. Mary's Church

1480 to 1483		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard Payne	St. Mary's Church

1483 to 1509		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Burnett	St. Mary's Church

1509		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Gerard Burrell	St. Mary's Church

1509 to 1513		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Adam Facete	St. Mary's Church

1513 to 1516		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William Gibson	St. Mary's Church

1516		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Robert Chappell	St. Mary's Church

1516 to 1520		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Aslaby	St. Mary's Church

1520		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	William Fleshmonger	St. Mary's Church

c 1530		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	James Turbervyle	St. Mary's Church

1555 to 1572		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Bucke	St. Mary's Church

1572 to 1574		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	David Lewis	St. Mary's Church

1574		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Thomas Cooke	St. Mary's Church

1597		Occupation Vicar of Hartfield	William Maudsley	St. Mary's Church	Buckhurst Terrier

1609 to 1610		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Edward Topsell, A.M.	St. Mary's Church

1610 to 1622		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Bowman, S.T.B.	St. Mary's Church

1622 to 1640		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard Randes, S.T.B.	St. Mary's Church

1640 to 1641		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard Steward, D.D.	St. Mary's Church

1641		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	George Morley, A.M.	St. Mary's Church

c 1650		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Crayford	St. Mary's Church

1660 to 1672		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Thomas Barlow	St. Mary's Church

1672 to 1675		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Meinhard Shaw	St. Mary's Church

1675 to 1697		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Fielding, M.A.	St. Mary's Church

1697		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Grandorge	St. Mary's Church

1729 to 1735		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Thomas Smith, A.M.	St. Mary's Church

1735 to 1774		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Daniel la Pla, LL.B.	St. Mary's Church

1774 to 1781		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Henry Pont, M.A.	St. Mary's Church

1781 to 1807		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Edward junior Wilson, B.D.	St. Mary's Church

c 1790		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Barnabas Knell	St. Mary's Church

16^th Jan 1790	Death		Nicholas Streatfield	St. Mary's Church	Hartfield Burial Registers

1807		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Waller Hutchison	St. Mary's Church

8^th Jan 1807	Death		Martha Streatfield [Garrett]	St. Mary's Church	Hartfield Burial Registers

c 1810		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Lord Aston, M.A.	St. Mary's Church

1815 to 1830		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Samuel Slade, D.D.	St. Mary's Church

1^st May 1816	Death		Philly Streatfield	St. Mary's Church	Hartfield Burial Registers

18^th Jun 1828	Death		Richard Streatfield	St. Mary's Church	Hartfield Burial Registers

1830 to 1859		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	John Jowett	St. Mary's Church

1859 to 1891		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Edward Thomas William Polehampton, M.A.	St. Mary's Church

1867	Directory entry			St. Mary's Church	Post Office Directory
	The church of St. Mary is a neat stone structure with square tower and 6 hells, and high shingled spire: It has nave and south aisle, and front gallery : there are tablets to the Maitland, Swiney, Henniker and Jowett families, and a handsome memorial tablet, placed by the rector in memory of his brother, the Rev. Henry Polehampton, chaplain to the garrison of Lucknow, and killed during the siege of that place in 1857: the church has been reseated with open sittings, accommodating 300 people, one hundred sittings being free and unappropriated, and generally restored, at the cost of £1,000. A handsome organ of the value of £200. has also been presented hy C. Liddell, Esq., of Sandhurst. The register dates from 1697. The living is a rectory and vicarage, with the chapelry of St. Peter's annexed, yearly value,.£636 in the gift of the Earl De La Warr, and held hy the Rev. Edward Polehampton, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford.

1874	Directory entry			St. Mary's Church	Post Office Directory
	The church of St. Mary has a square tower and 6 bells, and high shingled spire, chancel, nave and south aisle: there are tablets to the Maitland, Swiney, Henniker, and Jowett families, and a handsome tablet, placed by the rector in memory of his brother, the Rev. Henry Polehampton, chaplain to the garrison of Lucknow, who was killed during the siege of that place in 1857: the church has been reseated with open sittings, and restored : a handsome organ, of the value of £200, was presented by C. Liddell, esq., of Landhurst. The register dates from the year 1697. The living is a rectory and vicarage, with the parochial chapelry of St. Peter's annexed joint yearly value £636, in the gift of the Earl De La Warr, and held by the Rev. Edward Polehampton, M.A., late Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		St Marys Church

1882	Directory entry			St. Mary's Church	Kelly's Directory
	The church of St. Mary is an edifice in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and a tower, with shingled broach spire, containing 6 bells: there are tablets to the Maitland, Swiney, Henniker and Jowett families and a memorial placed by the rector in memory of his brother, the Rev. Henry Polehampton, chaplain to the garrison of Lucknow, who was killed during the siege of that place in 1857, to whom also a western memorial window has been erected by his schoolfellows ; the stained east window was inserted by Colonel Maitland, in memory of General Maitland: the church has been re-seated with open sittings and restored: the organ was presented by C. Liddell esq. of Landhurst. The register dates from the year 1697. The living is a rectory and vicarage, yearly value £902, with residence, in the gift of the Earl De la Warr, and held since 1859 by the Rev. Edward Thomas William Polehampton M.A. late fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and chaplain to the patron.

1891		Occupation Rector of Hartfield	Richard Formby, M.A.	St. Mary's Church

1902				St. Mary's Church	Sutton's Historical Notes
	This Parish Church (dedicated to St Mary the Virgin) is beautifully situated on rising ground, and can be seen from a distance of many miles owing to the lofty tower and steeple, which give it the appearance of a miniature cathedral

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