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:
Young, William. Fincham Farm, Hartfield. Farmer. Born on the farm 29 August 1834. Baptised at Hartfield. Fincham now consists of the old Farm House and 23 acres. It belonged to my father Henry Young. I have lived on it all my life except 7 years from about 17 to 24 when I was in Woolwich Arsenal, coming home every few months.
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| Edward Young | m: c 1780 | Mary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1760 | b: c 1760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hannah | Thomas | Edward | William | Mary | Henry | John | Michael | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1782 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 7th Jul 1782 St. Mary's Church | b: 1783 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Jan 1784 St. Mary's Church | b: 1785 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 10th Oct 1785 St. Mary's Church | b: 1787 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Jul 1787 St. Mary's Church | b: 1790 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 2nd Apr 1790 St. Mary's Church | b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1795 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 13th Apr 1795 St. Mary's Church | b: 1797 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 9th Aug 1797 St. Mary's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Young | m: c 1824 | Sophia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1794 Hartfield, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary | Henry | Susan | John | William | James | Betsey | George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1825 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 3rd Apr 1825 St. Mary's Church | b: 1829 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Feb 1829 St. Mary's Church | b: 1830 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Aug 1830 St. Mary's Church | b: 1832 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Mar 1832 St. Mary's Church | b: 29th Aug 1833 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1833 St. Mary's Church | b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1837 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Feb 1837 St. Mary's Church | b: 1841 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 27th Jun 1847 St. Mary's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sophia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1827 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Apr 1827 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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