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:
Martin, George. 27. Down Street Farm, Fletching. Farmer. My Father John Martin (dead) used Down Street Farm, 98 acres (Lord Sheffield), also Fairhasell Farm, 62 acres, in Fletching and Maresfield (Sir S. M. Wilson) and I was born there and have lived there all my life.
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| John Martin farmer | m: 8th Nov 1829 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | Mary Helmsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1804 Maresfield, Sussex d: 29th Nov 1874 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 29th Nov 1874 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1808 Fletching, Sussex d: 19th Feb 1896 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 19th Feb 1896 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1830 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 29th Aug 1830 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1833 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 3rd Nov 1833 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: 26th May 1835 | b: 1836 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 17th Jul 1836 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1840 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 31st May 1840 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: 28th Oct 1913 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 28th Oct 1913 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 2nd Feb 1850 Fletching, Sussex d: 31st Mar 1915 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 31st Mar 1915 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Martin | m: c 1875 | Ann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 2nd Feb 1850 Fletching, Sussex d: 31st Mar 1915 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 31st Mar 1915 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1851 Fletching, Sussex d: 14th Oct 1917 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 14th Oct 1917 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | Ernest | Lucy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1876 Fletching, Sussex | b: 1877 Fletching, Sussex | b: 1880 Fletching, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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