Quarter Session Courts were held at major towns in Sussex - four times a year in its western half and four times a year in its eastern half. They dealt with a multitude of crimes and matters of local administration. Of the latter, these included relief of the poor, settlement certificates, removal orders, bastardy orders, vagrancy, and apprenticeship disputes. In the western part of Sussex, courts were held at Chichester, Midhurst, Arundel, Horsham, Petworth and Steyning.
Contained within the Quarter Sessions Order Books (QO/EW4) held at the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) are many cases that relate to Angmering. A high proportion of these are Removal Orders, some moving people from our village, but others returning people to Angmering if it was their place of "settlement". Some of these relate to people moved to Angmering after a period in a "House of Correction". Other cases relate to the relief of families whose main breadwinner was away with the militia, or was an ex-soldier wounded during service in the militia and unable to work.
Below is an index of 93 cases extracted from the Sussex Quarter Sessions records where Angmering has some relevance (a few being only indirectly - perhaps as the master of an apprentice or as a relation). If anybody wishes to investigate any of the people/cases further, they may interrogate the Order Books at ESRO. Alternatively, the Editor of this website (see Contacts) may be able to assist where this in impractical.
NAME |
YEAR |
CATEGORY |
Alderton |
1739 |
Removal |
Barnard |
1722 |
Apprentices |
Billigshurst |
1741 |
Removal |
Bisshopp (Bishop) |
1794 |
Removal |
Blunden |
1718 |
Apprentices |
Boley (Bowley) |
1691 |
Removal |
Bowley (Boley) |
1691 |
Removal |
Brookeman |
1672 |
Bastardy |
Buckwell |
1711 |
Apprentices |
Buckwell |
1726 |
Poor Relief |
Bunn |
1701 |
Removal |
Burchell |
1792 |
Removal |
Burcher |
1728 |
Removal |
Buster |
1772 |
Removal |
Caiger |
1764 |
Removal |
Carey |
1796 |
Removal |
Caudler |
1758 |
Removal |
Cheal |
1752 |
Removal |
Clements |
1767 |
Removal |
Cole |
1685 |
Removal |
Cole |
1772 |
Removal |
Collins |
1718 |
Apprentices |
Coote |
1726 |
Poor Relief |
Coote |
1752 |
Removal |
Cooter |
1758 |
Removal |
Cucknell |
1703 |
Removal |
Cuckney (Cucknell) |
1703 |
Removal |
Dammer |
1752 |
Removal |
Drewett |
1724 |
Removal |
Duffield |
1707 |
Removal |
Fibbins |
1800 |
Removal |
Foster |
1758 |
Removal |
Geale |
1690 |
Removal / Correction |
Grant |
1773 |
Correction |
Greenfield |
1687 |
Removal |
Greenfield |
1752 |
Removal |
Greenfield |
1773 |
Removal |
Grevatt |
1755 |
Removal |
Guile |
1733 |
Bastardy |
Hedger |
1776 |
Removal |
Hill |
1733 |
Bastardy |
Hills |
1762 |
Removal |
Hines |
1737 |
Removal |
Holcombe (Halcombe) |
1793 |
Removal |
Holden |
1684 |
Apprentices |
Holland |
1722 |
Apprentices |
Hollands |
1734 |
Removal |
Hopkins |
1794 |
Removal |
Hunsham |
1785 |
Removal |
Hunt |
1707 |
Removal |
James |
1663 |
Removal |
Juden |
1772 |
Removal |
Juden |
1800 |
Removal |
King |
1800 |
Removal |
Langford |
1728 |
Removal |
Manning |
1670 |
Settlement |
Manning |
1684 |
Militia |
Miles |
1732 |
Removal |
Mitchell |
1759 |
Removal |
Mitten |
1688 |
Removal |
Mitten |
1689 |
Removal / Correction |
Money |
1701 |
Removal |
Nowell (Knowll) |
1693 |
Removal |
Pannett |
1686 |
Removal / Correction |
Payne |
1672 |
Bastardy |
Peachey |
1734 |
Removal |
Pinke |
1727 |
Vagrant |
Piper |
1776 |
Removal |
Pratt |
1702 |
Removal |
Price |
1702 |
Complaint |
Pullen |
1774 |
Removal |
Purdy |
1778 |
Removal |
Puttocke |
1735 |
Removal |
Roach |
1711 |
Apprentices |
Roach |
1711 |
Removal |
Robinson |
1770 |
Removal |
Roe (Row) |
1715 |
Removal |
Rudman (Redman) |
1771 |
Removal |
Ruff |
1764 |
Removal |
Simmonds |
1773 |
Removal |
Sims |
1707 |
Removal |
Smart |
1774 |
Removal |
Smith |
1789 |
Removal |
Smith |
1796 |
Removal |
Streater |
1703 |
Removal |
Tayler |
1692 |
Removal |
Tillyer |
1702 |
Complaint |
Tyllier (Tillier) |
1713 |
Poor Relief |
Tyllier (Tillier) |
1714 |
Poor Relief |
Waterman |
1711 |
Removal |
Weeks |
1793 |
Removal |
White |
1794 |
Removal |
Wilson |
1793 |
Removal |
Wilson |
1794 |
Removal |
Wright |
1711 |
Apprentices |
Wright |
1711 |
Removal |