| Moses [a.k.a. Sweethaws] Farm Sweethaws Crowborough Common Crowborough |
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| 16th Dec 1667 | Sold | Moses [a.k.a. Sweethaws] Farm | |||
| Thomas Coe of Brasted sold to Richard Mose of Rotherfield "All that messuage or tenement called or known by the name or names of Bassetts otherwise Beadles. Together with all the barns stables edifices buildings gardens or appertaining containing by estimation 3 roods and 15 perches of land more or less. And also one little piece of land lying at the head of the said barn taken and divided from the said close containing by estimation half an acre and 8 perches of land more or less. And also several other pieces or parcels of land arable meadow and pasture by estimation 21 acres formerly in the occupation of Robert Mallion or his assigns and were situate lying and being in Rotherfield aforesaid and abutted and abounded to the Kings Highway leading from Adams to Crowboro' Common towards the West to the lands then formerly of Humphrey Fowle Esquire and then of Sir John Shelley towards the West to the woodlands there called the Sweet Hawes towards the North to the woodlands there called the Scrotts towards the East and adjoining to the Kings Highway leading from Redbridge to Adams towards the South together with and including a field called Adams" | |||||
| 1678 to 1734 | Sold | Moses [a.k.a. Sweethaws] Farm | |||
| In 1678 Richard Mose's Will leaves Bassetts otherwise Beadles to Anne Mose and Patience Mose who sell to William Coe of Rotherfield in December 1699. Charity Coe inherits the premises from her husband and remarries a James Lintoff. In June 1734 James and Charity Lintoff sell Bassetts otherwise Beadles but excluding the field called Adams to James Burges. | |||||
| 14th Apr 1744 | Inheritance | Moses otherwise Bassetts | Pullein's Rotherfield | ||
| Extract from James Burges Will: "To my grandson James Bridger, son of my daughter Mary, wife of John Bridger, that messuage, barn and lands called Moses otherwise Bassetts containing by estimation twenty six acres in Rotherfield now in occupation of William Page, except the field called Adams for ever. And if he die then to my granddaughter Mary Bridger her heirs and assigns for ever ... "Proved 1744. | |||||
| 1745 to 1812 | Owner | Moses [a.k.a. Sweethaws] Farm | |||
| James Bridger, having survived his grandfather, died at a very early age a bachelor and intestate whereupon his hereditaments [Moses otherwise Bassetts] descended and came to his 2 sisters Mary Bridger and Martha Turk And upon the decease of Mary Bridger her half part descended and came to her only surviving son Edward Paige. And Martha Turk in her last will and testament dated 14th October 1809 and proved at Lewes 27th January 1812 did give and devise her half part of [Moses otherwise Bassetts] unto her nephew Edward Paige | |||||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Moses Farm | ||
| 1815 to 1889 | Owner | Moses [a.k.a. Sweethaws] Farm | |||
| In 18th April 1815 Edward Paige sells Moses otherwise Bassetts or Beadles to Henry Kenward for £550. On Henry Kenward's death in January 1848 the property passes to his wife Mary Kenward who married William Birch at the parish Church of Cranbrook in Kent in August 1849. Mary Birch died on 3rd February 1881 when the property passed to Philadelphia Henley until her death on 27th March 1889. The property was inherited by Henry Turner who sold it to Isabel Spedding of Brundholme Tunbridge Wells for £850 on 6th June 1889. | |||||
| 26th Feb 1839 |  | Henry Kenward (occupier and owner) | Henry Kenward, farmer | Barn Yard etc., Buildings (0 acres 0 roods 39 perches) plot 3982 | Rotherfield Tithe Map |
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | George Homewood, M, Head, age 43, born Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | George Holmwood, farm labourer | Moses | 1841 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Mary Homewood, F, [Wife], age 54, born Sussex | Mary Holmwood | ||||
| George Homewood, M, [Son], age 16, born Sussex | George Holmwood, master smith | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | George Holmwood, farm labourer | Moses | 1851 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary Holmwood | ||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | George Homewood, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | George Holmwood, farm labourer | Moses | 1861 Census Rotherfield and Crowborough, Sussex |
| Mary Homewood, F, Wife, married, age 74, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Mary Holmwood | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Thomas Brooman, M, Head, married, age 31, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 24 acres | Thomas Brooman, farmer | Moses | 1871 Census Rotherfield and Crowborough, Sussex |
| Naomi Brooman, F, Wife, married, age 29, born Framfield, Sussex | Naomi Brooman [Waters] [Pollard] | ||||
| Luther Brooman, M, Son, age 8, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Luther Waters | ||||
| Owen Brooman, M, Son, age 6, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Owen Waters | ||||
| Emma O Brooman, F, Daughter, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Emma Oprah Brooman | ||||
| Eliza Manktelow, F, Servant, age 13, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general servant | Eliza Mankellow | ||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Moses Farm | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | James Bishop, M, Head, widowed, age 54, born Buxted; occupation: farm labourer | James Bishop, farm labourer | Moses | 1881 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| John Bishop, M, Son, single, age 19, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer | John Bishop, general labourer | ||||
| Mary A. Bishop, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Rotherfield; occupation: housekeeper | Mary Ann Taylor [Bishop] | ||||
| George Bishop, M, Son, age 10, born Rotherfield; occupation: scholar | George Bishop | ||||
| Mercy Bishop, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield | Mercy Elizabeth Ann Bishop | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | John Walters, M, Head, married, age 46, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farmer | John Walters | Moses Farm | 1891 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Harriet Walters, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Harriet Walters [Harman] | ||||
| Christans Walters, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Christans Walters | ||||
| Ann Walters, F, Mother, widowed, age 73, born Buxted, Sussex | Ann Walter [Watson] | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | William Frost, M, Head, married, age 44, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: cowman (in charge of private dairy farm) | William Frost, farm labourer | Moses Farm, Jarvis Brook | 1911 Census Crowborough, Sussex |
| Edith Mary Frost, F, Wife, married 20 years, age 47, born Withyham, Sussex | Edith Mary Frost | ||||
| Alfred Frost, M, Son, single, age 22; occupation: labourer on farm | Alfred Frost | ||||
| Edith Frost, F, Daughter, single, age 15; occupation: general servant | Edith Frost | ||||
| Ada Frost, F, Daughter, single, age 14 | Ada Frost | ||||
| 2001 | Today | Sweethaws Farm | |||
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