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:
Chapman, Alfred. Aged 63. Farmer and dealer. Farms Mount Pleasant in Maresfield. Bought it about 19 years [ago]. It is copyhold of Duddleswell Manor. Never farmed before he bought it. When he was 10 years old worked as carter boy for Mr. Jarvis of Crowpits Farm, Buxted, (and] stayed with him 5 years and then worked for Mr. Norman, Pounsley Mill Farm, Buxted, for 13 years and then took to dealing on his own account............. Since he purchased Mount Pleasant he built a house about 14 years ago and about a year afterwards built a cottage and a lean-to.
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| Joseph Chapman | m: 22nd Apr 1802 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex | Sarah Winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1780 | b: c 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | William | Sophia | James | Joseph | Hannah | Alfred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1804 Buxted, Sussex ch: 15th Jul 1804 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1807 Buxted, Sussex ch: 3rd Jan 1808 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1809 Buxted, Sussex ch: 12th Nov 1809 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1811 Buxted, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1811 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1813 Buxted, Sussex ch: 6th Jun 1813 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1815 Buxted, Sussex ch: 29th Oct 1815 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1818 Buxted, Sussex ch: 14th Jun 1818 St. Margaret's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Chapman | m: 27th Mar 1845 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex | Louisa Clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1818 Buxted, Sussex ch: 14th Jun 1818 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1827 Lindfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sally | Henry | William Richard | Alfred | Albert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1846 Buxted, Sussex | b: 1848 Buxted, Sussex | b: Jun 1850 Buxted, Sussex | b: 1860 Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1862 Maresfield, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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