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Robert Fry's Will "To my daughter Mary Hannah [wife of my nephew Thomas Fry] my Manor of Walshes otherwise Sipsies with its rights privileges immunities and appurtenances. And also my capital messuage or Mansion House called Walshes with the cottages, barns, stables, outbuildings, farm lands, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging in the parish of Rotherfield containing by admeasurement 307 acres, 2 roods and 12 perches now in tenure or occupation of John Moon his assigns or undertenants.
And also all that my messuage or tenement called Brookhouse, with the cottages …….. called by the several names of Brookhouse, Kitches, Kiddersash, Pickpale, Grimes, Fordbrook, Croft and Jumbers, containing by admeasurement 346 acres, 2 roods and 30 perches in parishes of Rotherfield and Buxted now in tenure or occupation of Joseph Wickens.
To hold the same to the said Mary Hannah Fry and her assigns during her natural life I appoint as trustees to preserve the estates during her life John Moon of Walshes farm aforesaid, and Richard Owen Stone of Mayfield, gentleman. And after her decease those estates shall be equally divided among her children. If only one survive that one to take the whole. If there be no issue, my brother John Fry of Mayfield gentleman shall take those estates for his life. And from his decease to be equally divided between his three sons John Fry the younger, Robert Fry the younger and the said Thomas Fry and their several heirs and assigns for ever.
I give to each trustee £100. To the poor of Rotherfield £70 to be distributed on S. Thomas the Apostle's day next following after my decease. £5 apiece to each servant in my service at my decease. All residue, livestock etc I give to my daughter Mary Hannah Fry."
proved 21st May 1814

7^th August 1815

Birth of a son

Robert Burges in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

29^th December 1821

Birth of a daughter

Mary Jane Burges at Rother House in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

2nd marriage

Thomas Fry

m: 20^th Jun 1695 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex

Mary Cripps

b: c 1665

b: c 1675

b: 1697 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 10^th Aug 1697 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jul 1754 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 10^th Jul 1754 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1700 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 8^th Aug 1700 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jul 1770 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 9^th Jul 1770 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1702 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 15^th May 1702 St. Dunstan Church
d: Mar 1738 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 10^th Mar 1738 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 1702/03 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Jan 1702/03 St. Dunstan Church
d: Feb 1710 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 13^th Feb 1710 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 1705 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 31^st Jul 1705 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jun 1786 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 1^st Jun 1786 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

Great-
Grandfather
record

John Fry

m: 30^th Mar 1736 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Hannah Burges

b: 1705 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 31^st Jul 1705 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jun 1786 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 1^st Jun 1786 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 1708 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 29^th Jan 1708 St. Denys Church
d: 5^th Feb 1780 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 5^th Feb 1780 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 1737 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 18^th Apr 1737 St. Dunstan Church

b: 1738 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 12^th Jul 1738 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jun 1813 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 11^th Jun 1813 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 1741/42 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 27^th Jan 1741/42 St. Dunstan Church
d: Aug 1746 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 12^th Aug 1746 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

b: 30^th Mar 1747 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 21^st Apr 1747 St. Dunstan Church
d: 17^th Jan 1814 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 24^th Jan 1814 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Grandfather
record

Robert Fry

m: 20^th Dec 1790 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Mary Brook

b: 30^th Mar 1747 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 21^st Apr 1747 St. Dunstan Church
d: 17^th Jan 1814 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 24^th Jan 1814 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1763
d: 3^rd Dec 1791 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: After 3^rd Dec 1791 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Mary Hannah

b: 1791 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 10^th Dec 1791 St. Denys Church

Parental
record

Thomas Fry
gentleman

m: 31^st Dec 1811 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Mary Fry

b: 1791 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 27^th May 1791 St. Dunstan Church
d: Sep 1827 Walshes, Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 18^th Sep 1827 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1791 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 10^th Dec 1791 St. Denys Church

Robert Burges

Mary Jane Burges

b: 7^th Aug 1815 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 17^th Jan 1816 St. Denys Church
d: May 1866 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 26^th May 1866 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 29^th Dec 1821 Rother House, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Jan 1822 St. Denys Church
d: 23^rd Nov 1827 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 8^th Dec 1827 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Family
record