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During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks:
Turner, James. 65. Tenant of Lampool Farm (103 acres), Maresfield, belonging to Lady Shelley, for 14 years past. Succeeded Richard Ray, now at Marshalls. I was born at Nutley. When I was a lad between 11 and 12 I went to work for Mr. Le Blanc at Pippingford for over 5 years. When I was 17 I went to live with my uncle John Wood at Charlwood Farm, Fletching, (Shelley's) as carter for 5 years. Then I came back to my Father for about 2 years, and sometimes cut litter on the Forest. I then went to manage a little farm belonging to the Widow Lewry who also used some land called Gotlands belonging to the Shelleys for 17 years. then I took Shovelstrode Farm at East Grinstead for 7 years. then I came to Lampool.
When I worked at Pippingford I used to go daily backwards and forwards to Mill Brook where my Father lived. I used to see people taking litter including my uncle James Wood who had Marlpits Farm adjoining the Forest near Nutley, my Father for his farm on the Forest adjoining Mill Brook, William Osborne for Hill House Farm near the Nutley Inn Farm, William Barnes who had the Nutley Inn and Farm, Humphrey who had Clapwater Farm, Verrall who had Blackwenn (he had a deal of litter) and Wheeler of Masketts.
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William Turner | m: 2nd Apr 1782 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | Elizabeth Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1760 d: Nov 1793 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 22nd Nov 1793 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: c 1760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth | William | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: Sep 1782 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 22nd Sep 1782 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1785 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 20th Mar 1785 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Aug 1839 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 11th Aug 1839 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Turner farmer | m: 30th Apr 1806 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | Jane Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1785 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 20th Mar 1785 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Aug 1839 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 11th Aug 1839 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1784 d: Mar 1841 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 21st Mar 1841 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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b: 1807 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 29th Mar 1807 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1809 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 13th Aug 1809 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Mar 1810 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 2nd Mar 1810 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1811 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 17th Feb 1811 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1813 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 10th Jan 1813 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1814 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 18th Dec 1814 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1818 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1818 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1821 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 16th Sep 1821 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1825 Maresfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Turner farmer | m: 28th Feb 1840 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex | Mary Lewry | 2nd marriage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1814 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 18th Dec 1814 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1802 Tunbridge Wells, Kent ch: 14th Mar 1802 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Miller | Jane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: Sep 1840 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 27th Sep 1840 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1845 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 19th Jan 1845 St Bartholomew Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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