| Great Shoesmiths Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1914 | The Barhams of Shoesmiths in Wadhurst by R.G. Fitzgerald-Uniacke, B.A., F.R.S.A. ⇒ p. 110 |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 75 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1523 | History | Great Shoesmiths | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Great Shoesmiths - 245 acres - takes its name from a family assessed in the Subsidy Roll of 1523 and 1575. | |||||
| 1622 | History | Great Shoesmiths | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The house [Great Shoesmiths] seems to have been bought in 1622 from the Fowles of Riverhall by a John Barham, great grandson of the first possessor of Great Butts, who married a Dunmoll. He died in 1639 leaving all his property in Wadhurst and Frant to his second son, John. This John married at Frant, Elizabeth, daughter of his cousin, Nicholas of Great Butts, and died aged 31, leaving one son and one daughter. The son succeeding to this property, on coming of age, owned also Buckhurst and Snape Wood. He married Lucy, daughter of John Chauntler. Their only son died in infancy and their only daughter at the age of 16. In this last sorrow, and under the " growing influence of his wife," he executed deeds conveying to her power to dispose of both his real and personal Estate, to the prejudice of his near relations at Great Butts and Riverhall. Her will [of 1716 and proven 1727] bequeathed Shoesmiths, then in occupation of her second husband Puxty and W. Clarke, to G. Courthope of Whiligh and another : " to hold after decease of my said husband in trust for G. Eagles of Uckfield." | |||||
| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | Shosmiths | ||
| 1752 | History | Shoesmiths | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Eagles lived at Shoesmiths till his death in 1752. By this time, it is said, he had squandered the property and he left it to three neighbours - A. Courhope of Horsmonden being one - as trustees, to sell what remained, and to pay his debts, reckoned at £7,000. And so in 1753 it was sold to Charles Pratt, Esq., who rose from being Attorney General in 1758 to be Lord Chancellor and Earl Camden | |||||
| 1785 |  | South Front of Shoesmiths, the property of Charles Lord Camden, watercolour (18.2 x 26.3cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 21 (no. 34) | |
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Great Shoesmith | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Great Shoesmiths | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; employs 6 people; occupation FARMER | John Gude Wenman | Great Shoesmith | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Sarah Wenman [Smith] | ||||
| Daughter | Mary Gude Wenman | ||||
| Son; occupation SCHOLAR | Frederick George Wenman | ||||
| Son; occupation SCHOLAR | Richard Gude Wenman | ||||
| Servant; occupation: dairy maid | Ann Austin | ||||
| Sister-in-law; occupation: annuitant | Mary Smith | ||||
| Servant; occupation Housemaid | Mary Ann Weeks | ||||
| Servant; occupation: waggoner | John Weston | ||||
| c 1875 | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Shoesmiths | |||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Isaac Hoadley, M, Head, married, age 22, born Mayfield, employs 5 men and 3 boys; occupation: farmer | Isaac Hoadley, farmer | Shoosmiths Farm | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Fanny Hoadley, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Ticehurst | Fanny Hoadley | ||||
| Fanny Hoadley, F, Daughter, age 3 m, born Wadhurst | Fanny Hoadley | ||||
| Ellen Pomfret, F, Servt, single, age 16, born Wadhurst; occupation Domestic Servant | Ellen Pomfret | ||||
| Albert Doust, M, Servt, single, age 18, born Lamberhurst; occupation: farm servant | Albert Doust | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thomas Wallis, M, Head, married, age 32, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer | Thomas Walliss, farm labourer | Shoosmiths Cottage | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Mary Ann Wallis, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Waldron | Mary Ann Wallis [Weaver] | ||||
| George Wallis, M, Son, age 9, born Frant; occupation: scholar | George Wallis | ||||
| Mary Ann Wallis, F, Daughter, age 6, born Wadhurst | Mary Ann Wallis | ||||
| Abraham Wallis, M, Son, age 4, born Wadhurst, handicap: imbecile | Abraham Wallis | ||||
| Thomas Wallis, M, Son, age 3, born Wadhurst | Thomas Wallis | ||||
| Harry Wallis, M, Son, age 6 m, born Wadhurst | Henry Wallis | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | George Pomfret, M, Head, married, age 62, born Wadhurst; occupation Farm labourer | George Pomfret | Shoosmiths Cottage | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Hannah Pomfret, F, Wife, married, age 57, born Wadhurst | Hannah Pomfret | ||||
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