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1928	Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein ⇒ p. 293; p. 300

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1741	History			The Catts Inn	Our Village
	The Catt's Inn (known until 1740 as the Catt House) - This house, the largest on the east side of the Square, together with Catt's Farm and Catt's Corner at Town Row, derive their name from a family which now have no representatives of that name in Rotherfield, but which appears in the Manorial Rolls as far back as 1296. It has been variously spelt as le Kat, Cach, Cat and Catte. First as the Catt House and then as the Catt Inn the house is frequently mentioned in the rate books from 1741 onwards, but neither then nor now has it been in the possession of the Catt family. from Our Village, written and published by The Rotherfield History Research Group in 1979

1741 to 1748		Occupation Owner	Francis Hutchison	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1748 to 1756		Occupation Owner	Richard Hutchinson	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1756 to 1759		Occupation Owner	Margaret Hutchinson	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1760 to 1766		Occupation Owner	John Farmer	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1766 to 1775		Occupation Owner	Aaron Winton	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1775 to 1786		Occupation Owner	William Champs	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1786 to 1795		Occupation Owner	William Pain	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1795 to 1808		Occupation Owner	Henry Bedwell	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1808 to 1809		Occupation Owner	Samuel Maplesden	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

1840		Occupation Owner	James Wickens, shopkeeper	The Catts Inn	Pullein's Rotherfield

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Beer shopkeeper	James Wickens, shopkeeper	The Village [Catts Inn]	1851 Census Rotherfield, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Frances Wickens [Turner]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	James Wickens, master bricklayer
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	Obediah Wickens, innkeeper and farmer

7^th Apr 1861	Census	James Wickens, beerhouse keeper and farmer, M, Head, married, age 51, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: beerhouse keeper and farmer, 4 acres	James Wickens, beerhouse keeper and farmer	Catts, Village	1861 Census Rotherfield and Crowbouough, Sussex
7^th Apr 1861	Census	Frances Wickens, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Withyham, Sussex	Frances Wickens
7^th Apr 1861	Census	James Wickens, M, Son, single, age 19, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son	James Wickens
7^th Apr 1861	Census	Obediah Wickens, M, Son, age 13, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son	Obediah Wickens
7^th Apr 1861	Census	William Barns, M, Lodger, single, age 17, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer	William Barns
7^th Apr 1861	Census	George Martin, M, Lodger, single, age 17, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer	George Martin
7^th Apr 1861	Census	William Waghorn, M, Lodger, age 10, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: farm labourer	William Waghorn
7^th Apr 1861	Census	Josiph Foster, M, Lodger, widowed, age 62, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: lathe render	Josiph Foster

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Obediah Wickens, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, employs 4 men and 1 boy; occupation Innkeeper and Farmer	Obediah Wickens, innkeeper and farmer	Village Inn	1881 Census Rotherfield, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Jane Wickens, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Hartfield	Jane Wickens [Kember]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	James Wickens, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield; occupation Scholar	James Wickens
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Frances Wickens, F, Mother, widowed, age 69, born Groombridge	Frances Wickens [Turner]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Michael Taylor, M, Lodger, widowed, age 80, born Asburnham; occupation Thatcher	Michael Taylor
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Samuel Stapley, M, Lodger, single, age 45, born Mayfield; occupation Farm labourer	Samuel Stapley

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