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:
Taylor, Edward. 79. Born at Plumpton, 4 March 1800. Baptised at Plumpton. Good memory so far as his evidence goes. When I was 20 or 21 my Father moved up to Strood Farm, Buxted, which he farmed for 14 years. After that he acted as Bailiff for the owner Mr. Molineux for some time. Then he hired Spring Gardens. I have cut litter ever since I came to this neighbourhood. I remember the bounds by Kings Standing. I and John Allchorn broke into them and cut the litter. There was not enough litter outside so we cut that. I think also we broke in because of a dispute about turf cutting. I cut litter for Strood for my Father, Mr. Molineux, Benham's and Dadswell, Barnsgate, Ned Dadswell, Alfred Dadswell.
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| 1st marriage | Edward Taylor farm labourer | m: 16th Feb 1822 St. Peter's Church, Chailey, Sussex | Jane Walder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 4th Mar 1800 Plumpton, Sussex | b: 1802 Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | Martha Anne | Henry Edmund | Sarah Ann Elizabeth | William | Albert Jesse | Timothy | Ephraim David | b: 1826 Buxted, Sussex ch: 28th May 1826 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1831 Buxted, Sussex ch: 22nd May 1831 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1833 Buxted, Sussex ch: 3rd Nov 1833 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1836 Buxted, Sussex ch: 6th Nov 1836 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1839 Buxted, Sussex ch: 26th May 1839 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1842 Buxted, Sussex ch: 9th Jan 1842 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1845 Buxted, Sussex ch: 3rd Sep 1845 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1849 Buxted, Sussex ch: 25th Feb 1849 St. Margaret's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1828 Buxted, Sussex ch: 12th Oct 1828 St. Margaret's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd marriage | Edward Taylor farm labourer | m: 3rd Feb 1851 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex | Ruth Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 4th Mar 1800 Plumpton, Sussex | b: 1810 Buxted, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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