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(Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 6) ( Bk. Index )
Based principally on the 1679 terrier or survey at WSRO Acc 4149
Derived from the longer article published in 2004.
Page Index
1. Maps and Terriers and the 1679 Survey
During the 17th century the Westbrookes were of some substance in the locality, as the principal tenants of the Bishop of Chichester at the manor house in Ferring. It seems certain there were two generations of William Westbrooke, occupying the house around about the Civil War and afterwards through to the new century.
But the younger William Westbrooke was more than that, for he also had the post of Steward to several other manors in the vicinity, in particular Kingston and East Preston owned by the Palmer family of Somerset, and Angmering owned by Cecil Bishopp Bart. of Parham House. The Palmer family of Somerset should not be confused with the related Palmer family that had owned Angmering, and built New Place. They sold Angmering to Bishopp in 1615, but descendants remained in the village as freeholders and tenants of Bishopp, as mentioned later in this article.
The steward kept manor rolls and rentals for his lord, in which the holdings of tenants were recorded, with their rents and other dues, and their traditional areas. But this gave very little idea of what the farms, and manor itself, represented as a whole. Today, Ordnance Survey maps are the automatic resource employed for showing the extent of land attached to anything from a house to a National Park, but three centuries ago cartography was still in its infancy.
Reasonably accurate estate maps began to appear in the 1570s. Such map-makers as Christopher Saxton producing some of the earliest. Locally the earliest map of which I am aware is that by George Randall, in 1621, with the manor farm at Ferring drawn recognisably correctly. Another early map should be that of Littlehampton by William Cootham, in 1633, but it has been lost and only the schedule of farms survives. It was a another century before the art fully flowered with such as Yeakell and Gardner working on the Goodwood Estate. While, coming home, there are the excellent maps of Wick, East Preston and Kingston, by Samuel Wilkinson 1759. Sadly there appears to be nothing for Angmering until the New and Old Place maps circa 1773, by an unknown map-maker, and the Bishopp estate map of 1814, in which most of Angmering south of the downs is covered.
It will be realised therefore that any estate or manor survey, made in the 17th century, had to be in a different form. This was the written terrier, from the Latin meaning a book of land. A perfectly logical process in which the names of tenants, conditions of occupancy, rents, estimated area of farms, together with a more or less detailed description of the plots and crofts involved, was set out in writing. A method that would be quite feasible today with modern farms, which are more or less compact areas of largish fields.
In 1671 William Westbrooke was called upon to compile a terrier, "courtbook of survey" for Peregrine Palmer and his manors of East Preston and Kingston. To assist him he had juries of villagers from each manor who should have known their lands intimately. Fortunately both manors are very small, and with most of the lands in East Preston inclosed as crofts of land, the terrier for this place was relatively short and easy to compile. However, Kingston was very different, and set him the problems he would soon be facing at Angmering on a larger scale. Most of Kingston, apart from the manor farm, was still in large open arable fields, divided into small medieval style selions or strips, each of which had to be listed and located.
Had maps been common the Steward might have been able to visualise his survey in this overall form, but as it is each plot was presumably visualised separately. Had he known the Cootham survey he might have the inspiration to number the common field plots sequentially, so fixing them clearly in their location. As it is, each plot was described in the traditional way, merely by reference to the name of the common field and furlong, and in relation to neighbouring plots. But the number of selions was so great that error and omission was almost inevitable. It has been possible to create a map for the two manors, for 1671, but only because the 1759 estate map survives providing a layout of farms not too far removed from that in 1671.
The 1679 Survey of East and West Angmering
The Steward took on the Angmering survey in virtually the same way as in 1671. The primary difference being that Angmering incorporated the old East and West manors, and also Ham, Barpham, and numerous small outliers of other manors such as Poling. There is also the problem that a fair quantity of land and houses were owned by freeholders, such as Thomas Palmer of Angmering, with nothing in the way of quit rents payable to Bishopp, and therefore these lands were not directly listed. Indeed it was mainly the directly owned leaseholds of Bishopp, and copyholds, which the survey was concerned with. Most minor freeholds paying only a nominal quit rent were ignored. Ham was not included at all being owned by Gratwicke.
Nor were East and West manors entirely compact areas in separate parts of the parish, but some tenancies were very intermingled in the common fields south of the village, and in the houses of Angmering Street.
"East Angmering The Presentments of the Homage there sworn at a Court of Survey holden for the Mannor of East Angmering part of the possessions of the Right Worshippful Cecill Bishopp Barronett on the Tenth day of October 1679 from thence and kept by adjournment on several days after by Will Westbrook Steward there"
For the present day local historian there is one other insurmountable difficulty, in the decayed condition of the East Angmering terrier, with several pages fragmentary. Several major farms are therefore largely lost, or can only be reconstructed by inference where plots are mentioned contiguous to other farms.
West Angmering alias Ecclesden, is ostensibly complete, comprising 35 tenancies of all sorts and sizes, from copyholds to freeholds, and cottages to extensive farms. Its alias of Ecclesden is confusing in that it did not any longer include the vast farm belonging to what is now called Ecclesden Manor, but did include all land east of that. It also included New and Old Place farms in the west of the village, and Angmering Park.
East Angmering therefore included most other land, south of Barpham but excluding Ham. Some 45 tenants shared this manor, with a greater part of the population. Its principal leasehold the large Avenals farm in the east of the village.
Most of the ‘messuages’ or principal houses were farmsteads, at least in part. Those with minimal land may often have rented from others, or had trades as well. No doubt there were a few merchants and other occasional professions, and an inn or simliar hostelry. There is no indication that the house in the vicinity of modern day Lamb Inn was other than a normal residence. There are many houses that did not belong to Bishopp, as lord of the manor, but these do not appear in the survey.
Customs
One of the most important supplementary items in the Westbrooke survey of 1671, for Kingston and East Preston, was the summary of Customs claimed by the manor tenants. These were long held rules under which they held lands and rights limiting the lord's mandate. Such matters as fines and heriots paid when a tenant died and property changed hands, the widow's "bench" or right to her husband's property while she lived, and forfeiture of property if neglected. In Kingston these rules prescribed how many cattle could be turned on the common arable after harvest, to pasture.
Customs for East Angmering in 1665, have been found, but as yet none for West Angmering. Only the rights to put cattle out on the common at Swills, north of Ecclesden Common, and to use growing timber on their lands are mentioned. Although, the exception made that they could not use oak or elm, meant the principal trees of the district were reserved to the lord's use. But it may be suspected he gave permission to use them for repairs, when petitioned in the manor court. This leaves a lot unsaid in other matters.
"Eastangmering Customes and Comons
Item wee present That all the tennants of Eastangmering ought to have Comon for all manner of Cattell whatsoever if they tend the same upon the Harrow way from Coldharbor Gate to Harmorpot Gate And alsoe from Dopoles Lane Gate to Swills Barne Gate And alsoe Free Libertie with Carts Horses and Carriages and all other Cattell to drive and Carry to Parke Lane And alsoe free liberty to Cutt Furzes upon the aforesaid Harrowway and Comons And that there is noe woods upon the wasts
Item wee present that the Tennants of East and Westangmering ought to have all woods and underwoods whatsoever growing upon theire Coppyhold Lands (Except Oake and Elme)"
What then of a right to put cattle out on the other arable commons after harvest?
One thing this does imply is that Ecclesden Common was probably only usable by the tenants of Ecclesden and West Angmering. Few enough of the inhabitants of Angmering, even then.
2 West Angmering alias Ecclesden
2.1 Ecclesden
Such a large and dispersed manor as West Angmering, cannot be described in total, and so its various geographical parts are dealt with individually. As may be seen this could have some historical significance in the evolution of the 1679 manor.
Ecclesden Maps 1 and 2
For convenience, this reconstruction relates only to those lands, stretching from Ecclesden Common in the north through Ecclesden Manor east of Cow Lane, down to the boundaries of Kingston well south of the Littlehampton Road. For the uninitiated, Cow Lane is the present day path west of the Angmering bypass. The topography of this large tract has changed since 1679 but not so as to lose its main features.
This part of Angmering falls into four fairly distinct areas, if we ignore the dreadful intrusion of recent motorways into the landscape. There is Ecclesden Common on land that falls from the old Arundel road south to Ecclesden brook. Then Ecclesden Green on rising ground, with its one remaining farmhouse on the western ridge of Highdown, carrying on south to the former mill and chalk pit. [Map 1] From there the hillside slopes down to the Littlehampton Road in a tract of what is still largely farmland. Finally, south of the road, is that wedge of arable between East Preston and Kingston once known as the Lakes of Ecclesden. [Map 2]
Ecclesden Common and Ecclesden Green
Map 1
Ecclesden Common abuts the east side of the present day motor racing circuit, and even in 1679 appears to have been much the same area. The survey does not list it specifically, no doubt because it was common waste land, used by the manor tenants to gather furze for fires, and as rough grazing. It should also be realized that Water Lane did not exist, east of Dappers Lane, until early in the 19th century, before which time Ecclesden stream ran through secluded and quiet water meadows. Between these meadows and the Common there is still a band of arable fields, with the Common Field Lane midway. These crofts, in various tenants hands, had intriguing names like, Breach, Alder Croft, Merrifield and Parsons Field. To the west of the common was Avenals farm in East Angmering, occupied by Thomas Upperton, and to the east Patching Furzefield.
Rising from the south side of the stream and meadows, there is still the vestigial outline of Ecclesden Green, and running south-west from it the banks and hedgeline of Ecclesden's Highway to Angmering, really an extension of the High Street that only survives on the west side of Ecclesden Manor and is now renamed Ecclesden Lane. Around this village green there were the scattered cottages and farmhouses of the hamlet. At least six dwellings close by, although only one survives, the Richard Penfold farmhouse, Upper Ecclesden. A lane runs south from the Green past the farmhouse to where ruins of the Sara Ingram farmstead was recently demolished, and replaced, with possibly also a cottage not mentioned by the survey.
There is another small wedge of land west of the Green, between the stream and old Highway or Ecclesden Lane. This Highway now terminates at a point north of Ecclesden Manor where a hedgeline runs north, and this marks the line of Swans Lane which headed off towards the water meadows where there is now a vast motorway.
Enclosed by the Collins, West Croft and Harmwood, a block of land called the Rodges of Ecclesden belonged to and included the manor house. It is evident that here and elsewhere the 1679 boundaries of this large farm were the same as in the 19th century, further south adjoining Cow Lane and including the major part of the Lakes of Ecclesden. The survey makes no mention of owner or tenant, and it is only from the 1671 survey of Kingston that we know it was owned by John Baker, and something of the history of this house and farm may be read in another part of this book.
West of the Swans
[Map 1 does not locate these crofts]
Unexpectedly there was another corner of Ecclesden west of Swans Lane, largely covered by the present bypass, which included several crofts and cottages. Apart from Hollands Mead by the stream, these are lost within Chapel Field on later maps. The lost crofts include Ferns Crofts, occupied by William Palmer and Richard Penfold, and the Leares by John Haslen. In the same location were two houses belonging to Thomas Pannett and Edward Rickes.
It is tempting to try and move these houses west to where the Spotted Cow Inn is today, but their description as being adjacent to Swans Lane is proof enough of their being another portion of the decayed village of Ecclesden.
Apart from this four or so acres, and Hollands, the area west of Swans was part of the Avenals or Avenells farm, in East Angmering manor.
The Common Arable Fields of Ecclesden
Map 1
There is a lane and footpath on the south side of Ecclesden Manor, which continues due east to Highdown, and will be familiar to many dogs taking their owners for a walk. This path runs along a bank which is all that is left of the great cliff that stood above an ancient beach, before the sea retreated, and in the survey is called Port Bank. Barring the alarming sight of ships sailing overland, the alternative meaning for Port is evident, as Town Bank and way, or perhaps it perpetuates the memory of Kingston as a small port visible in the distance.
North of Port Bank were the first of the common open fields of the manor, West Hill, Middle and East Hill, and Sheeplands to their north. Another footpath to Highdown branches off the Port Bank way, next to the present large chalk pit and mill which did not exist in 1679, and continues past a small pit, which did then exist but has been filled in, at the boundary between West and Middle Hill. Here we come across one of those peculiarities of old surveys and land measure, that can easily confuse the unwary. West Hill of nearly 16 acres comprised about 20 selions or strips, running north to south, averaging less than an acre each, but in the survey they totalled about 20 acres. On this part of the coastal plain it is virtually certain that any field measured in customary acres will only be three quarters that in statute measure. The Saxon acre was that small.
Map 2
On the southern slopes of Highdown below the Port Bank, a great arable breadbasket was largely in the hands of Ecclesden Farm or Manor, in the survey referred to as Ecclesden Farm laines, which would seem to have been a Sussex name for fields. Nothing of the layout of this farm is known apart from its overall boundaries. All of the Bishopp land was on the east side against the Ferring boundary at Hangleton Lane. Directly below Port Bank these lands were divided between the three main open fields of Ecclesden, prosaically called East, Middle and West Common, and indeed the hedged boundaries of the commons could still be seen in recent years.
Reconstruction of these fields with all the selions, or strips, in their correct location is very problematical, but has been achieved for West Common, with some confidence. It appears to be complete in having 30 selions aligned East to West, as in the other fields, and almost 38 acres in aggregate area.. However, as is expected, the statute area of the field was just over 26 acres, which tends to confirm use of the customary acre by the survey. It is unfortunate that the surveyor did not provide his own estimate of total common field areas.
It is very unlikely that the distribution of selions amongst the tenants had been inherited from very ancient times, for the redistribution of lands by the Manor was an occasional custom. In the West Common eight tenants of various sorts had their strips well distributed, William Palmer with his eight down to Mary Huling with only one. To illustrate, Palmer had the 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 27th, and 29th strip from the north, ranging in extent from half an acre to as much as three acres customary.
Hangleton and The Lakes
Map 2
Further down at the angle of land between Littlehampton Road and Hangleton Lane, there was a combination of enclosed crofts and Butts. The name butts signifying a sort of awkward corner between common fields. In all some thirty acres. It appears likely these several plots were later reassembled as shown on maps of the 19th century. Mary Huling had her house by the road and west of it John Strong had his, but neither can be positively identified with a house that existed there in the 19th century.
South of the road the final area making up Ecclesden proper, was the strangely named Lakes of Ecclesden, as if the farmers were ploughing in a marsh. There were, and still are, ponds and a stream to the Kingston boundary, and the clue is in that, the name lake may have come from the old word for a stream. Thus, land by a stream. Most of this belonged to Ecclesden Manor Farm, and the only two crofts it did not own were in the north-east corner, belonging to the same John Strong as already mentioned.
Farms and Houses in Ecclesden
Map 1 and 2
In this part of Angmering, namely Ecclesden Green and Hangleton, there were therefore ten houses and one cottage in the Bishopp estate. The survey provides no evidence for other dwellings, apart from Ecclesden Manor, but the existence of a freehold cottage or two is not beyond question, the environs of Ecclesden Common waste in the north is a possible location for these. Tenants are named for the listed houses, but this is no proof of occupancy. Either house, land, or both could be sub-let, and where manorial tenants had more than one house sub-letting is certain.
The one great farm was that of the Manor House itself, although owned by the Baker family, and no longer part of the manor.
Remaining manorial tenants had crofts about their houses, and also many and often tiny strips in the commons there. Thomas Pannatt had more plots than his number of acres, 5 acres as estimated, and others had almost as many as their acreages, Edward Rickes with 9 acres, John Haslen 30 acres, Sara Ingram 33, Mary Huling 38 acres. Of these smallholds only John Strong at Hangleton had a good compact farm of 24 acres.
Three larger farms at Ecclesden combined crofts with common. William Young [2/1] with 16 acres of crofts by his house, but the rest of his 40 acres in the Ecclesden open fields in some fourteen plots and strips, and Richard Penfold some 18 acres enclosed but the rest in common field strips [6/1].
William Palmer with his 62 acre copyhold, [5/1] had the largest farm in Ecclesden, apart from the former Manor House, but it was in complete contrast to it as a common field holding. Several crofts totalled about 20 acres, with the other 40 acres in some 35 strips, spread between commons near his house down to those in the far south of Ecclesden above Hangleton.
What kind of husbandry was practiced did not concern the survey, and lack of manorial records closes that avenue. The main source of information is therefore probate inventories taken when people died. These indicate that most Angmering husbandmen had mixed arable and animal farms, with arable dominant, which is barely a surprise in a coastal plain parish south of the downs.
What the inventories demonstrate is that there were probably fewer active farmers than tenancies, as given by the Survey, with widows and others sub-letting smallholdings.
On the other hand, in 1721, John Edsaw died in possession not only of Ecclesden Manor Farm but other land as well, and therefore had at least 180 acres of arable, with unaccounted pasture for around 200 sheep, and some 100 cattle including his teams of oxen. In due proportion he needed two waggons and other husbandry tools and vehicles.
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Refer to the Tithe Maps 1839 in another part of this book for tithe notations T299 etc.
and maps with houses located, perhaps built later than 1679.
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Map 1
The map does not locate all these houses exactly, the survey is not accurate enough.
Ecclesden Manor, owned by John Baker, possibly with its own cottages, and owing no quit rent or other dues to Cecil Bishopp. Described as Ecclesden Farme.
2/1 William Young leasehold house east of the Green possibly at T299a
William Young holdeth allso of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease One Messuage One barne and forty acres of Land lying in Ecclesden heretofor Longs but now parcell of the Demesnes of this mannor bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne Orchard Gateroome and two Plotts of ground adjoining containing by estimation One acre are bounded by Ecclesden green on the North A plott of land of Wm Palmer gent on the East and by the Highway on the West
Lands 40 acres in Ecclesden
Lease terms not stated £15 pa
Was Longs now demesne
In 1737 William Druat
3/1 Thomas Knight, no house only a leasehold orchard by the brook, rent not stated
Thomas Knight holdeth by Lease for yeares allso One Orchard and plott of ground lying in Ecclesden containing by estimation One rood of land bounded by Ecclesden brook on the North, East and West and by the Lands of John Haslen on the South
Lands Orchard in Eclesden ¼ acre
Lease, rent not stated
In 1737 not stated
4/1 Susan and John Wise copyhold cottage with no land, near to the Penfold house, 1s rent.
Susan wife of John Wise [lease for yeares deleted?] copy of lives Thomas and Mary their children One Cottage and Garden plott lying in Ecclesden bounded by Ecclesden Lane on the North and East the Lands of the Lord called West Croft on the South and by the Lands of Richard Penfold on the West
Lands none - Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? 1s rent probably heriot ?
In 1737 Capt Palmer?
5/1 William Palmer life copyhold house, probably near the stream east of the Green.
William Palmer gent holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life only by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 12th Sbr 11 Car [gap] One Tenement being a Messuage and barne and Sixty Two acres of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house and barne and gateroome and three feilds adjoining containing by estimation fifteen acres are bounded by the Lands of Richard Penfold and Ecclesden brook on the North, Lands belonging to Ecclesden farme called the North downs on the East and the Lands of the Lord in the occupation of William Young on the South and West
Lands 62 acres in Ecclesden
Coyhold from 12th Sept 1659 rent £3 heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In 1737 William Druett
6/1 Richard Penfold copyhold house evidently at T300 Upper Ecclesden
Richard Penfold and Alice and Mary Penfold his Two daughters hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the first day of November 1673 One Tenement being a Messuage Garden Orchard Barne and forty acres of Land lying in Ecclesden bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house Garden Orchard barne and Gateroome and one feild thereunto adjoining containing by estimation two acres are bounded by the Highway on the East Ecclesden Green on the North the Lane leading to Angmering on the West and by a feild of Wm Palmer gent called Griniers on the South
Lands 40 acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from 1st Nov 1673 rent 53s 4d heriot £3 or bb fine at will
Fine paid £40
In c1737 Mr Charles Grom [Groom]
7/1 John Haslen copyhold house probably at T274 by the highway west of the Green
John Haslen holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor in the right of Grace his wife for the Terme of her naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being a Messuage One barne One Orchard One garden and Thirty acres and an half of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne garden Orchard and one plott of ground adjoining containing by estimation One acre and an half are bounded by Ecclesden brook and Dinches garden on the North the Highway on the East and South and by the Lands of Richard Penfold called Tylers on the West
Lands 30 ½ acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? rent 20s 8d heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Ingram
8/1 Sara Ingram copyhold house south of Green probably T290 Upper Hangleton
Sara Ingram widdow and Edward her sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall Lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement
being One Messuage One barne One garden One Orchard and Thirty Three acres and an half of Land
lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne garden Orchard with a Hemp plott and two feilds of Land adjoining containing together by estimation five Acres are boundede by the Lands of the Lord in the Occupation of Wm Young on the North a field of Wm Palmer gent called Horsecroft on the East The Highway there on the West and the lands of the Lord in the Occupation of Wm Young and the lands of John Haslen on the South
Lands 33 ½ in Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? rent 40s heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Ingram
9/1 Mary Huling copyhold house west of Green near the stream
Mary Huling Widdow holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor forthe Terme of her naturall life by Copy of Court Roll bearing date the Tenth day of Aprill 1674 One Tenement being One Messuage
One barne One Orchard and Sixteen acres of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne Orchard and One Small Croft of Land theeunto adjoining containing together by estimation One acre and bounded by Ecclesden brook on the North and West and by Ecclesden Green on the East and the Highway there on the South
Lands 16 acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from 10th April 1674 rent 16s heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid £20
In 1737 ?
14/1 Mary and Edward Rickes copyhold house in T344
Edward Rickes holdeth in the right of Mary his wife of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of her naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being One Messuage and Nine Acres of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say)
The house and One plott of ground adjoining by estimation half an acre is bounded by a Croft of John Haslens on the North and East the Highway on the South and lands belonging to Avennells farme on the West
Lands 9 acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? rent 36s 8d heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Ingram
15 /1 Thomas Pannett copyhold house in T344 east end of Angmering High Street.
Thomas Pannett holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being One Messuage One barne One Orchard and five Acres and an half of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) the house barne Orchard and Two Crofts of Land thereunto adjoyning contain by estimation One acre and an half are bounded by the Lands of Wm Palmer gent on the North and Swans Lane on the East the Highway on the South and the Lands of John Haslen called Leares on the west
Lands 5 ½ acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? rent 50s heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In c1737 William Druett
16/1 Richard Young copyhold land, no house
Richard and William Young hold of the Lord of this Mannor by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] for the Terme of their naturall lives successively One Tenement being One acre and half of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (viz) One Small Croft of Land by estimation half an Acre is adjoyning to the Highway on the West and North Lands of Wm Palmer gent called Griniers on the East and the Rodge on the South
Lands 1 ½ acre in Ecclesden
Copyhold from ? rent 10s heriot 6d
Fine paid ?
In c1737 William Druett
Map 2
10/1 John Strong copyhold house by Littlehampton Road
John Strong and Mary his wife and Edward their Sonn hold of the Lord of this
Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Thirteenth day of October 1671 One Messuage Two Barnes and fifteen acres of Land lying in Ecclesden butted and bounded as followeth (viz) The house and barnes and three acres of Land thereunto adjoining are bounded by the Highway there on the South by a certain feild called the Week furlong on the West by a certain feild called the Butts on the North and adjoining to a feild of the Widdow Huling on the East
Lands 15 acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from 13th Oct 1671 rent 15s heriot bb
Fine paid £7
In 1737 ?
11/1 John Strong copyhold land, no house
Allso the same John Mary and Edward Strong hold of the Lord of this Mannor for
the Terme of their naturall lives by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Thirteenth day of October 1671 One Tenement being nine acres of Land called Willshires lying in Hangleton and bounded as followeth (viz) Six acres and an half being two Crofts inclosed are bounded by the Highway leading from Hangleton to Preston on the North by one acre of the Widdow Hills land on the East and by certain Lands called the Lakes on the South and West
Lands 9 acres in Ecclesden
Copyhold from 13th Oct 1671 rent 9s heriot bb
Fine paid £5
Was Willshires?
In 1737 ?
32/1 Mary Huling another property, a house by Littlehampton Road.
Mary Huling widdow holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for Tenn thousand years bearing date the one and twentieth day of July 43 Elizabeth granted by Sir Thomas Palmer Knight to John Huling of West Angmering yeoman One Tenement being one Messuage one barne one garden and two and twenty Acres of Land lying in Ecclesden and bounded as followeth (That is to say) the house barne garden and one croft of Land adjoyning containing by estimation five acres situate and lying in Hangleton are bounded by the Lands of John Strong on the North and west and the Highway on the East and South
Lands 22 acres in Ecclesden
Leasehold 10,000 years from 20th July 1601 rent 21s 3d heriot 40s
Fine paid ?
In 1737 ?
Note: A full transcript of the survey, with full details and descriptions plot by plot, has been made.
2 West Angmering alias Ecclesden
2.2 West Angmering
Maps 3, 6 and 7
Turning now to the other parts of the 1679 Survey relating to West Angmering alias Ecclesden, it is immediately clear that a distinction has to be made between Ecclesden proper, and the rest of the manor, separated from Ecclesden by the body of East Angmering. As its name implies West Angmering was in that part of the village, and in origin Ecclesden must have been a distinct entity in the extremity of the parish, east even of East Angmering manor. [Map 3] There was a mingling of the manors in that broad area of commons south of the village, but whether this was an evolutionary outcome, or original, is a large question. Possibly even here, the manors once had fairly distinct blocks to themselves.
Albeit, in 1679 West Angmering occupied that entire part of the parish, north of Ham, from the church through Old and New Place across the road to Pryors Farm, and beyond that the whole of Angmering Park below Barpham, all but a small wood which was in East Angmering. Part of this may strictly have belonged to Ecclesden in origin, rather than the original West Angmering. Rather more oddly, it also occupied most of a small triangular "island" site within East Angmering, encompassed by The Street, Water Lane, and Weavers Hill, but excluding the Pigeon House. This site included several well known cottages all of which have been lost in recent history and memory. [Map 7]
Arising from that, another remarkable feature of Angmering history, is that although a preponderate part of the parish was owned by West Angmering and Ecclesden, if this had been Angmering in entirety, we would be dealing with a decayed village. In the 16th century the Palmer family evidently turned out most of their villagers in what became New Place farm; and in Ecclesden proper a slow process of decay ended in the 19th century with barely a handful of cottages and a farmhouse surviving, besides Ecclesden Manor itself. Yet, while East Angmering prospered, its church was abandoned and only West Angmering church today serves the parish.
West Angmering – The Steane.
Map 7
Beginning with this island outlier of West Angmering, a triangle of common and crofts, amounting to little more than 8.25 acres in the Tithe Map computation, but naturally more by customary measure.
The Survey provides invaluable assistance in identifying the houses, by making a special note of West Angmering dwellings within East Angmering. All but one of these can be placed in the Steane, only Weavers Cottage being just outside. Nevertheless, a general rule has to be applied that, a house shown on the c1840 tithe map, may only be on the same general site as a house in 1679.
If the survey can be trusted, some eight strips running north to south were occupied by five tenants. Disconcertingly one of these was Henry Blaxton, with an East Angmering farm, but these two plots may in some way have become attached to that farm although originally in the West manor.
The first house belonging to West Angmering that can be reasonably identified was occupied by Henry Ellyot, but the description manor house is lined through as though incorrect, and later sources refer to it as the Court House. A factual title, it may be assumed, indicating where the manor court was held. [1/1 tithe 368] It is believed to be the small cottage set back from the road next to Commerce House.
Beyond that to the west, Nicholas Cheesman and wife had what can be identified on old photographs as the thatched Rose Cottage. Well known in anecdotes. [12/1 - T368]
Opposite Saddlers, a small farmhouse called Yew Trees, later owned by Sayers, was in 1679 occupied by John Sturt, together with its barn and other buildings. [23/1 - T370]
The most well known cottage of them all stood at the corner of the Square. Bunnes, named quite literally as being where John Bunn lived. [24/1 - T373]
It does not seem likely that Eachways was included in this Steane outlier, and reading the Survey there is some indication that Water Lane was bifurcated at that point, with a lane on each side of that house. However there was a cottage behind, of no known name, and this is the last of the Steane cottages. Occupied by William Adams with the Street on three sides. [18/1 - T375]
Most to be remarked about the Steane is not that it was accounted to be in West Angmering, but the lands occupied by its various householders were situated in the common fields south of the village, which otherwise would have been East Angmering territory. Otherwise West Angmering tenants had their holdings quite distinctly in that place, and Ecclesden tenants quite distinctly in their eastern part of the parish.
As Skeet surmised, the house called Bunnes may be associated with John Bune one of the complainants in the court case. His descendant, also named John, had this house in 1679. [24/1]
In total, the Steane tenants of West Angmering occupied a reputed fifty-seven acres, a few acres of which were in the Steane but mostly in the commons south of the Street.
Notes for the commons south of the village will be found in the East Angmering section.
West Angmering - The Brooks
Map 3
The Survey, when all the pieces and plots are put together, confirms fairly certainly that West Angmering proper constituted that vast extent of arable, woods and pasture, from Black Ditch in the south through New Place and Pryors, to Angmering Park itself. Most of this freehold in the hands of Shelley of Michelgrove.
Next to the Black Ditch, the brooks pasture and large fields directly north of it, where the Roman Villa lies buried, is known today as Church Farm. It was not so then, for this is the one part of West Angmering which was altered by the Inclosures early in the 19th century. The brooks themselves were in a number of pastures, usually separated by drainage ditches, as another form of common field. Nothing is stated about the brooks along the main Black Ditch stream, running down from the Decoy, without much doubt these being in the hands of Shelley and Old Place farm.
All the occupiers of common pasture were under West Angmering manor. The difficulty in reconstructing the survey arises from freeholders who were not paying quit rent to the manor lord, therefore did not have their plots included in the survey. Thomas Palmer and Thomas Oliver had plots in the brooks, but not in the survey, presumably freehold. The other interesting freeholder was the church, or Rector, but here there is the help of glebe terriers of about the same date. Two glebe plots can be placed, [110/..] together with those of six villager tenants of the manor, and two freeholders, with at least fourteen pastures in all. Just one large pasture lay on the Ham side of the stream, south of the present churchyard, extending along the road with the path to Ham through it.
West Angmering - Common Field
Map 3
Still today there is a footpath which acts as a short route for walkers from Rectory Lane to Poling. In the past it was rather more significant as the lane giving access to West Common, its route marking the north boundary. Is it only coincidence that the boundary near Black Ditch curves nicely around the Roman Villa site as if it had always been known to locals, perhaps it was known when the common was first laid out.
In the 19th century the common measured 78 acres, and probably over 100 acres in 1679 by customary measure, the exact figure being unknown as the survey is defective. In general the selions or strips would have run north to south, but even in the 17th century many of these had been gathered together so as to create large unenclosed plots of many acres each. The west part was in just 3 plots, with 25 customary acres and 19 statute. The larger section in some fourteen plots of varying size which are difficult to locate exactly. Here again Thomas Palmer had a couple of freehold plots, not listed in the survey, and two more plots were glebe belonging to the church. [110/..]
Perhaps the most unexpected finding is that, at the extreme east end, against the lane adjoining what is today Fletchers Recreation Ground, was the site of a dwelling. The house and barn of Robert Jordan.
The other surprising feature is that the entire common was occupied by only four tenants, including Palmer, besides the glebe. This contrasts markedly with the minute subdivision of the Ecclesden common arable fields.
West Angmering - Church and Farmsteads
Map 3 and 6
Today the old environs of the church have been lost in a welter of housing, particularly the west side. In 1679 a churchyard that extended only a few yards south of the porch, was surrounded by two crofts, with the churchyard north boundary extending west to the West Common boundary. What is now Grey Barn is centrally placed against Rectory Lane, in the croft on that side, a small enclosure adjoining is now occupied by the Rectory garden, and against that a lane led south by the Common field with the Robert Jordan house the other side. On the north side of Rectory Lane, a modern name created when the Rectory was built, the end house was what is now called Church Farm.
The southern croft was one of the glebe fields until the inclosures, named the Hempshires, although whether it was often used for that crop is speculative. [110/2] Estimated at five acres but as usual less. The other main croft to the north was the site of Richard Penfold's farmhouse, with its barns and buildings, but was unlikely to have included Grey Barn. Richard also had his house at Ecclesden, which raises the question of where he lived. The small enclosure west of that was later an orchard, and in 1679 occupied by William Adams.
Here a slightly annoying deficiency in the Survey, makes it appear that nothing else occupied the area. But other lists of minor cottages and places, fill in some gaps. What is now the Vestry built by Gratwicke in 1853, was very likely the site of "Redmans" cottage, built before 1614, and owned by several generations of shoe makers.
All that can presently be said of the houses north of Rectory Lane, is that William Adams was tenant of "Church Farm" although the survey as usual does not grace it with a name. Here again, as with many manorial tenants, having several tenancies and houses to his name the term tenant may not mean occupier. Directly east of this farmstead and its buildings, was the old West Angmering Vicarage House with its croft and herb garden. When did this decay away, and disappear? It seems rather perverse to have abandoned this residence next to the church which survived, in favour of distant East Angmering Parsonage, although we may suppose it was a superior building.
Assuredly there were houses at the east end of Rectory lane, but the Survey only mentions land there owned by Thomas Palmer and occupied by John Sturt. In due course they should be traced, as freeholds in West Angmering.
West Angmering - Old and New Place and Angmering Park
Map 3 excluding the Park
One other farmstead was close by, Old Place, just to the north from Rectory Lane where there is indeed still a farm but not the ancient house. At that time, this farm was quite separate from New Place, and had its own tenant of Sir Charles Shelley the freeholder. Had he not been paying some small quit rent to Bishopp for his vast estate in Angmering, nothing would appear in the Survey about these lands. As it is the descriptions are deficient, and although fields are named they do not comprise all that made up Old Place and the other farms. Fortunately there is an estate map detailing them, made a hundred years later, and nothing suggests there had been significant changes in that time.
There is one conundrum. Descriptions of the West Common plots, speak of Thomas Palmer owning land to the north suggesting those enclosures laying a little west of Old Place. It is conceivable that a vestige of the old Palmer farm was not taken over by Shelley until later. The notional area of Old Place in the survey at 170 acres was certainly short by any form of measure.
However, the description is such that the boundaries between Old and New Place were the same as in 1773. Apart from the Thomas Palmer question, Old Place included all the fields north of West Common, including the western brooks, up to and including The Steyne or Stean [T158] which bordered the Decoy, and on the east side of the lane, Coney Burrow or Berry Field [T241]. Was this the site of a cony or rabbit warren in more ancient times?
New Place therefore extended north of that, including the decoy ponds and woods, and at a more realistic 150 acres. In addition there was an area of 40 acres west of New Place house, comprising six fields, called the Breach. This had evidently been a common waste in the early 16th century, and figured in a dispute with Thomas Palmer when he ousted the villagers of West Angmering from their lands in the neighbourhood.
Shelley's estate did not end there, he also had the Woodhouse farm east of the stream that feeds the decoy. A corner of Angmering extending towards Poling Corner, in customary measure given as 60 acres. This continued as a distinct farm through until the 19th century.[T138-150]
North of the present A27, an ill defined area of woodland that would have included a large area of Poling detached from the main parish, called Butlers and Hammers also belonged to Shelley. It was bounded by Hammer Pot, where the inn is, to the Dover lane west of that. It is still named on maps as Butlers and Hammerpot Copse. A cottage belonging to Richard Ockenden was very likely situated by the main road here, but various other cottages would have belonged to the Shelley farms without mention by the Survey.
However, the greatest Shelley acquisition in area, although the Survey refrains from any estimate, was Angmering Park, the "major part" was all it had to say. Completing the park, in the northwest corner, was a peculiar outlier of East Angmering manor, at Smiths Wood. This least changed part of Angmering, extends from the Dover north into the woods at Barpham, and is directly contiguous to his then estate and mansion at Michelgrove in Patching.
A few cottages adjoining the main road north of New Place and Woodhouse, were still owned by Bishopp. These are not at all well located, and at present their identity may be left undecided. Thomas Walls and Edward Hoare each with copyhold cottages.
West Angmering - Pryors
No Map
North of the A27 and west of the previously mentioned Butlers, is where the Priorslease farm was and is, or as the Survey had it Pryors Lease. Today the house is gone and only a few barns mark the spot. Adjoining it were several other plots of lands in various hands, and cottages at Charloe.
Owned by Humphrey Gratwicke of Ham, this notionally 50 acre farm was crossed out of the Survey, evidently because Bishopp found he had no quit rent or other dues from Pryors. In the 19th century it still occupied much the same area, although the old boundaries are ambiguous [T110 - 118, 129 - 133]
Other parts west and south of Pryors, were fairly well divided amongst genuine tenants of Bishopp. Richard Jordan with his 30 acres Charloe [T234-5]. Willaim Adams, Cheesman and others with the remaining crofts.
Thomas Pledge and John Stemp had cottages by the road at what later came to be called Naked Boys, with between them the house of John Bowley. Since no cottages in this vicinity have survived, it is speculative that they can be identified with cottages there in the 19th century.
Houses and Farms in West Angmering
Maps 3, 6 and 7
The 1679 Survey was of land rather than houses, and it is undoubted that a number of cottages and houses did exist which owed some form of rent to Bishopp, which were not mentioned. That is quite apart from many freehold houses that he was not concerned with.
The Shelley estate, had its principal messuages of Old Place, New Place, and Angmering Park House, and the Decoy Cottage is know to be old. His Park and farms required a variety of cottages to serve them, from gamekeepers to ordinary labourers, although some Angmering villagers may have worked for the estate.
Farms in West Angmering exhibit almost as great a contrast as possible, although Angmering Park was in origin presumably a game or deer park rather than the farm it had become by the time of the survey.
Other great farms were those owned by Shelley in West Angmering. It has to be assumed New Place had been created in the early 16th century, when Palmer ousted the villagers. Old Place, as its name implies, would have been the original Manor Farm, perhaps not always so extensive, but an integrated unit of enclosures in the way usually be found with the principal leasehold farm in manors.
All other holdings, or combinations under the same tenant, were well under half that size or less. From 66 acres down to single crofts, for those who had any land. Of these Shelley owned Woodhouse of 60 customary acres, and Gratwicke owned Priors Lease of 50 acres, both integrated units with no common field strips.
Otherwise the farms were in some significant part common field based, although usually including crofts adjacent to the house. Robert Jordan with 66 acres, half of which was at Charloe, and although the other half was in the West Field south of Old Place, it had the advantage of being in large blocks rather than strips. William Adams had the same advantage, with most of his 40 acres in blocks within this Common. And so again for Riichard Penfold, far his Rectory Lane farm of 29 acres.
Five other tenancies also based in West Angmering were quite small, and all of the commonfield type, with scattered selions in the open fields of central Angmering. Henry Ellyot, 32 acres, Richard Adams 18, John Gibbs, John Sturt and Nicholas Cheesman each around 8 to 9 acres.
What kind of husbandry was practiced did not concern the survey, and lack of manorial records closes that avenue. The main source of information is therefore probate inventories taken when people died. These
indicate that most Angmering husbandmen had mixed arable and animal farms, with arable dominant, which is barely a surprise in a coastal plain parish south of the downs.
Houses in Ecclesden proper have already been listed, those in West Angmering in the Survey are listed below, with their location on the c1840 Tithe Map, as accurately as can presently be calculated. Present road names are used in some instances.
It is again emphasised that the named manorial tenants may not have been the resident occupiers.
Map 6
The Steane
23/1 John Sturt copyhold house Yew Trees by Steane [T370]
John Sturt holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Second day of October in the 23rd yeare of the Reigne of the late
Sovereigne King Charles the first One Tenement being One Messuage Barne and Eight Acres of Land lying in West Angmering and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne Garden and Orchard containing together by estimation One Acre of Land adjoyned to the Lands of Wm Adams on the North the Little Stean common feild on the East the Highway on the South and Lands of John Bunn on the West
Lands 8 acres in Steane etc
Copyhold from 2nd Oct 1647 rent 23s 4d heriot 40s fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 Martin Chisman
24/1 John Bunn copyhold cottage Bunnnes by Steane [T373]
John Bunn in right of his wife and James their Sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall Lives Successively by Copy of Court Roll bearing date the Seventh day of
Aprill 1676 One Cottage and garden lying in West Angmering adjoyning to the Lands of John Sturt on the East and South and the Street of Angmering on the North and West
Lands none - Steane
Copyhold from 7th April 1676 rent 3s 4d heriot 10s fine at will
Fine paid £5
In c1737 Richard Penfold jun
18/1 William Adams copyhold cottage behind Eachways by Steane [T375]
William Adams holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Second day of Aprill 1680 One Cottage and Garden lying in West Angmering and adjoyneth to the Street on the North, East and West,
Lands none - Steane
Copyhold from 2nd April 1680 rent 5s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £2
In 1737 ?
Rectory Lane
n/a Vicarage House north of Rectory Lane [T394]
Freehold belonging to Rector
19/1 William Adams of Barpham copyhold house Church Farm House in Rectory Lane [T395]
William Adams [ a note above line says - of Barpham Wick] holdeth of the Lord of this for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being One Messuage one barne Two garden closes and forty acres of Land lying in West Angmering and bounded as followeth That is to Say The house barne and two garden plotts adjoyned to the Lands of Sr Charles Shelley Barronett on the North and West the Vicaridge house on the East and the Highway on the South
Lands 40 acres in West Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent £4? heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 William Knowls
31/1 Richard Penfold copyhold house south side of Rectory Lane [T397]
Richard Penfold and Mary and Alice his two daughters hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 13th Feb 23 Car secdi One Tenement being One Messuage Two Barnes One Carthouse One garden and twenty nine Acres of Land lying in West Angmering and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barnes, carthouse garden and two acres of Land adjoyning by the Hempshires on the South the Lands of Wm Adams on the West and by the Highway on the North and East
Lands 29 acres in West Angmering
Copyhold from 13th Feb 1671 rent 20s and 10s [two tenancies] heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £55
In c1737 Thomas Grom
17/1 Robert Jordan copyhold house east end of West Common [T449]
Robert Jordan holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being One Messuage One Barne One Garden and Sixty Six Acres of Land lying in West Angmering Poling and Hamm and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house and barne and garden adjoyneth to the Way Leading to the West Common feild on the North the Driftway on the East and South and the West Common Feild on the West
Lands 66 acres in West Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 40s heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In 1737 William Knowls
35/1 Sir Charles Shelley freehold house Old Place [T451]
Sir Charles Shelley Barronett holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor to him and his heirs One Messuage four barnes one stable one Orchard and one garden called Angmering Old Place with severall feilds arrable meadow and pasture and parcells of land called by the names of the forty Acres, fifty Acres, Stean feild, Dell feild, Old gardens, Cony berry feilds, seven and twenty acres, and the Eighteen acres containing in all by Estimation Eightscore and tenn Acres or therabouts and lye intirely together and are bounded by the west common feild on the South the Highway leading to Arrundell on the East Angmering new Place Land and the Breach on the North and the Stream Dyke on the West
Lands 170 acre at Old Place WA
Map 7
The Steane east to west
29/1 Robert Pannatt copyhold cottage Weavers Cottage in Water Lane [T261]
Robert Pannatt [blank] his wife hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their
naturall Lives Successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date [blank] One Cottage and Garden situate in West Angmering and compassed round by the Highway
Lands none
Copyhold from ? rent 2s heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Gile
21/1 John and Richard Gibbs copyhold house in Steane north of The Street [T364]
John and Richard Gibbs hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall Lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Tenth day of October 1679 One Tenement bring One Messuage One barne One Garden and Nne Acres and an half of Land lying in
West Angmering and bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house barne garden and one plott of ground adjoyning and two acres in the Little Stean common feild are bounded by Highway on the North and South ny Lands of John Bowley on the East and lands of Richard Adams on the West
Lands 9 ½ acres in Steane etc
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 6s 8d heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Homer
1/1 Henry Ellyot leasehold house Court House in Steane [T370]
"The Mannor house together with [first words lined through] two garden plotts One Barne and the Gateroom situate and adjoyning to the Street of West Angmering and sixteen acres of land bounded as followeth (that is to say) by the lands of Richard Adams John Bowley and John Gibbs on the North and East by the High Street on the South and the Lands of Nicholas Chalk on the West"
Lands: 16 acres total in Ecclesden, Steane EA, and WA.
Lease for small number years, rent not stated
Was Barnards
In 1737 Richard Penfold snr
12/1 Nicholas Cheesman copyhold house Rose Cottage in Steane [T368]
Margarett the wife of Nich Cheesman and Martin Chalk her brother doe hold for the terme of their naturall lives succesively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the fourteenth day of October 1673 One Messuage and garden and Seaven acres and an half of Land bounded as followeth (That is to say) The house and Garden plott are bounded by a certain common feild called the Little Stean on the North The Lands of the Lord late Barnards on the East the Highway on the South and the Lands of John Sturt on the West
Lands 7 ½ acres in Steane etc
Copyhold from 14th Oct 1673 rent 6s 8d herriot 30s or bb
Fine paid £10
In 1737 ?
13/1 Richard Adams copyhold land No house in Steane
Richard Adams holdeth for the Terme of his naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll
bearing date the 2nd day of Aprill 1680 One Tenement being a barne Gateroome and Eighteen acres of Land bounded as followeth (That is to say) The Barne and Gateroom and three acres of Land adjoining bounded by the Highway on the North and East the Lands of Robert Crossingham on the South and the lands of Hugh Penfold on the West
Lands 18 acres in Steane etc
Copyhold from 2nd April 1680 rent £4 6s 8d heriot £3 or bb
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Homer
Not on Street Maps
Partly on Map 3
30/1 John Martin copyhold cottage at Harroway [T91]
John Martin and Sara his wife holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for their lives by coppy of Court Roll dated 5th Sber 1670 One Cottage and Garden adjoyning to the Highway [near Harroway gate - inserted] Leading from Patching pond towards Arrundell on the East South and West and the Lands of John Drewitt on the North
Lands none - West Angmering
Copyhold from 5th Sept 1670 rent 1a heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid 20s
Was Robert Pannett and Mary his wife
In c1737 ?
20/1 Richard Ockenden copyhold cottage Green Lodge east of Pryors farm [T174]
Richard Ockenden and Elizabeth his daughter and Richard his sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the
fourteenth day of October 1673 One Cottage and Plott of ground by estimation one Acre lying in West Angmering and adjoyning to the Highway leading towards Arrundell on the East, South and West and the Lands of Sr Charles Shelley Barronett on the North
Lands 1 acre in West Angmering
Copyhold from 14th Oct 1673 rent 2s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £5
In c1737 John Wakham
22/1 John Stemp copyhold cottage south of Pryors [T126]
John Stemp and Margaret his wife and Thomas their sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Tenth day of October 1679 One Cottage and Garden plott by estimation Three Roods of Land lying in West Angmering and adjoyneth to the Highway leading towards Arrundell on the South and West a feild of Robert Jordans called Charloe on the North and the Lands of John Bowley on the East
Lands ¾ acre in West Angmering
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 1s heriot 2s fine at will
Fine paid £3
In c1737 Thomas Hall
25/1 John Bowley copyhold house south of Pryors [T125]
John Bowley in the right of Mary his wife holdeth of the said Mannor for the Terme of her naturall life by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date [blank] One Tenement being one Messuage and Garden and Two acres of Land lying in West Angmering and bounded as followeth (viz) The house and garden adjoyne to the Highway Leading towards Arrundell on the East and South to the Lands of John Stemp on the west and to a feild called Charlehoe on the North
Lands 2 acres in West Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 12s heriot ?
Fine paid ?
In 1737 heirs of William and Marry Mathews
28/1 Thomas Pledge copyhold cottage south of Pryors [T124]
Thomas Pledge and Elizabeth his wife and Thomas their sonn holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 21st of Aprill 1671 One Cottage and Garden situate in West Angmering and adjoyneth to the Highway Leading towards Arrundell on the East South and West and to Lands of Wm Adams on the North
Lands none - West Angmering
Copyhold from 21st April 1671 rent 2s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid 30s
In 1737 ?
34/1 Humphry Grattwick gent freehold Pryors Lease [T115]
Humphry Grattwick gent holdeth One Tenement being a Messuage barne garden and five Closes of Land thereunto belonging and adjoyning called Pryors Lease containing together by estimation fifty acres lying in West Angmering and bounded by the Highway on the North and East the Lands of the Lord in the occupation of Henry Blaxton and Lands of Wm Adams called Newell on the South and a feild of Robert Jordans called Charlehoe on the West
Lands 50 acres in West Angmering
Freehold rent 1s [note non infra manor]
In 1737 ?
26/1 Thomas Walls copyhold cottage south of road near Woodhouse Map 3
Thomas Walls, Elizabeth Hopkins and Sara Silvester hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives successively by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Tenth day of October
1679 One Cottage and garden situate in West Angmering and adjoyneth to the Highway Leading towards Arrundell on the North, East and West and Lands of Sr Charles Shelley Barronett on the South
Lands none - West Angmering
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 1s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid 25s
In 1737 ?
27/1 Edward Hoare copyhold cottage south of road near Woodhouse Map 3
Edward Hoare [blank] hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date [blank] One Cottage and Garden situate in West Angmering and adjoyneth to the Highway leading to Arrundell in the North, east and West and Lands of Sr Charles Shelley Barronett on the South
Lands none - West Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 1s heriot? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Wakham
35/2 and 3 Sir Charles Shelley freehold house New Place [T182] Map 3
Allso one other Messuage called Angmering New Place together with two barnes one
stable one Orchard One garden and severall peices or parcells of Arrable and pasture Land therunto adjoyning and belonging containing by estimation One hundred and fifty Acres or therabouts called by the severall names of Little Hyde, great Hyde, Horse feild, Coppice feild, poundfeild, Hogbrook and Ashclose which lye intirely together and are bounded by Old Place Land on the South the Highway Leading towards Arrundell on the East and North and the Breach Land on the West
Lands 150 acres at New Place WA
35/3 Allso Six other feilds of Arrable and pasture Land called the Breach Land containing to gether by estimation forty Acres are bounded by Newplace Land on the East the High way leading towards Arrundell on the North, Old place land on the South and by wood-house grounds and poling farme lands on the West
Lands 40 acres Breach WA
35/4 Sir Charles Shelley freehold house Woodhouse [T142] Map 3
Allso One Messuage one barne one garden and orchard called Woodhouse with severall
feilds and closes of Arrable Meadow and pasture Land containing by estimation Sixty Acres which lye intirely together and are bounded by the Highway Leading towards Arrundell on the North Newplace Land on the East Lands belonging to poling farme on the South and poling fair place ground on the West
Lands 60 acres Woodhouse WA
35/5 and 6 Sir Charles Shelley woods and Park
Allso certain Arrable pasture and woodlands called the Butlers containing by estimation [blank] and certain other lands therunto adjoyning containing by estimation [blank] called Harmers are bounded by Harmers pott Lane on the East Angmering park on the North the Highway leading towards Arrundell on the South and the Lane leading from Angmering park towards the decoy on the west
Lands ?acres Butlers WAAllso the major parte of Angmering park
Lands ?acres Angmering Park WA
In realistic terms, what was named East Angmering, might be called Central Angmering. It was the filling in a parish sandwich, with Ham and West Angmering on one side, and Ecclesden on the other side. The greater part of the village was contained in this manor, principally centred on the High Street, and northwards around the site of East Angmering church, through to the Swillage area where Norfolk House is today, and including Avenals, by then if not originally the demesne or manor farm.
It comprised, in the south, a block containing the West or Town Field and East Field, located between what is now Station Road and Cow Lane, next to the Angmering bypass. From the crofts and gardens of the Street in the north, to old Worthing Road in the south. Ignore the A259 and railway, which cut through these erstwhile common fields, the ancient south boundary of the manor and parish is that ancient road which crosses the railway at Roundstone, and continues west through to Station Road south of the railway station.
The second great block of land comprised an area north of the High Street, from Arundel Road almost to Ecclesden Manor and also to the east side of the Motor racing Circuit. It extends north to the old Arundel to Worthing road that has recently been cut off by the A27 route.
Finally, the northern block of the manor is an area centred on Norfolk House. From Hammerpot to Selden Lane, and north to a lane which runs west from Longfurlong through the Dover and on to Crossbush.
The only small exclusion is the Steane, a small outlier of West Angmering north of the Street, in that triangle of land west of Pigeon House.
Another slightly unusual feature is that Avenals is at the eastern extremity of the manor, whilst East Angmering parish church was at the western extremity. It was more usual for the lord of the manor to establish his manor house and church near to each other, and often together. Here hangs a large question about how the manor evolved. Comparison may be made with West Angmering church quite close to Old Place and with the site of its vicarage house adjacent.
To clarify matters about roads and lanes in East Angmering, their names were altogether more vague and changeable than today. Highway was a general name for all parish maintained roads, in addition to which there were footways and greenways. Old Worthing Road was called Preston Lane. Hamm Lane was our Station Road. West Lane our Roundstone Lane, and East Lane is now Cow Lane. Angmering Street was indeed that, but in those days extended through the village north into Arundel Road, at least where the houses were situated. Weavers Hill, in the few instances when mentioned, was merely the Highway. Water Lane, in one instance, was called Stream Lane. Running north from it Dappers Lane had the variation Dapples Lane. Then there was the Highway to Arundel, in the north. Finally at Hammerpot a lane north was probably Fox Lane, with Park Lane at the boundary of Angmering Park
Concentrating on what did exist in 1679, according to the Survey, a reconstruction must take unified areas of the manor one at a time.
The Steane
Map 6 and 7
This small area is easily disposed of since most of it was in West Angmering. Only that section bordering Weaves Hill belonged to East Angmering. Of three houses that existed in the Survey two still remain, the Pigeon House and Cressingham. [39/1 61/1]
The house that has been lost belonged to Richard and John Gibbs, together with around nine acres of land. The site is still largely vacant, directly east of Pigeon House in that small angle of meadow between Weavers and the Street. [64/1]
Pigeon House itself was a freehold, and is remarkable, not only in being one of the truly medieval buildings of the village, but as one of few named houses - a "Messuage and Garden called Pigeon House" and owned by Walter Elphick. Here we can be fairly certain this gentleman was not resident, but lived at Petworth. Only sixteen acres of land belonged to the property, other parts having been sold off, and only a much larger estate would have justified building this large farmstead, or its owner having a lucrative trade or business.
Cressingham Cottage was accounted a house, but with only eight acres of land, part of which was in the croft north of the farmstead, extending through to Water Lane. The core of this building survives within a greatly extended house, in 1679 tenanted by Sara Older and Sara Crossingham.
That the major part of the Steyne or Steane was in West Angmering may have derived from a manorial machination in the 16th century. John Palmer acquired his manors and then ousted tenants from lands near his future residence at New Place, after which they were given other properties in lieu. The evidence in the case is not clear, but it is conceivable they were partly recompensed with lands in East Angmering manor, and were rehoused at the Steane. It is notable that the houses there were copyholds.
Avenals the Malt House and Swillage
Map 4 and 7
On the other side of Weavers Hill from Pigeon House, crofts extended across towards Ecclesden Manor, along the Street, including what is known as Chapel Field. An undefined part of the field has already been mentioned as taken up by crofts and cottages in Ecclesden, but the eastern part is altogether more vague. If houses existed in the Spotted Cow location they cannot be found in the Survey, partly due to the Blaxton part of the terrier being fragmentary.
Henry Blaxton may have been the leaseholder of Malt House, although it would thereafter have become a freehold outside the manor. [81/1] Nearby, Henry Mourton had a freehold house, and this may be identified as the former Pear Tree Cottage, now Wayside Cottage, but in that case its farmland had become detached. [46/1] Certainly, a few years later, Thomas Adams had a lease of Pear Tree farm. The only present reason for locating these two houses there, is because their descriptions fit to the highway and Avenals farm.
For all that can be gleaned from the Survey Avenells farm, leased to Thomas Upperton, was much as it would be until recent years. [76/1] It occupied that narrow belt of land between Dappers Lane and Ecclesden Common, and south of the Ecclesden stream most of the land between Swan Lane and Weavers Hill, apart from the Malt House area. In the north Avenals occupied much of the Swills area, apart from the Poling and East Preston outliers, and a few fields in the hands of Blaxton and others. Not enough of the Swills is covered by what remains of the Survey to be exact. Cottages would also have been situated in the Swills hamlet but nothing is recorded of them.
Avenals farmhouse still exists close to Ecclesden stream, at the end of old Water Lane, amongst its meadows bordering Weavers Hill. The great pity is that none of the fields are described, with their old form of names, and not even the area of the farm as a whole is estimated, although the Survey is damaged from this point onwards. What rent and leasehold terms there were are lost, but a few years later Peter Penfold was paying £50 rent each year for the tenancy. This was fairly modest for the size of holding, but certainly more than the few pounds being charged for the manor farm at East Preston early in the century.
Lopdells and Conyers
Map 4 and 6
This part of Angmering was situated between Dappers Lane and Arundel Road on the west. The site of East Angmering church is at the south end behind Church Road or Bakers Row, [120/13] and a few fields and woods survive at the north end, where a Poling parish outlier was, south of which is St. Margaret's Primary School.
All of this section appears to have been East Angmering manor territory, together with its houses, but with some freeholds at the north end which cannot be readily identified. The school is sited in two fields that were church lands in the glebe terrier of 1663. [120/12]
South of that, the most substantial block of land, now residential estate, was Lopdells and Stile Field occupied by Thomas Palmer as freehold and leasehold. [51/1 Below that Church Fields were held by Steadman Breden on a long lease making them virtually freehold. [53/1] Two widely separated Chantry Fields, owned by Hugh Penfold, owed no quit rent or other dues to the manor.
The only houses that existed belonged to the manor as copyhold, leasehold, and freeholds, with perhaps one house not subject to it. Together with their gardens and crofts, these began about where the Lamb Inn is today, and continued through Church Road, and then north along Arundel Road to the vicinity of Lansdowne Way.
A Thomas Carter cottage and Elizabeth Sturt house would seem to have occupied sites largely taken up by the Angmering Cottage and Lamb Inn buildings today. [63/1 58/1] Just to the west of that is the well known and ancient Conyers to Little Avenings group in Church Road, which have an involved history. Hugh Penfold and Thomas Rogers held the houses as they existed in 1679, much of this row of buildings being built and rebuilt many times. Conyers was the croft adjoining owned by Thomas Rogers, lending its name to the house. [43/1 69/1] The only other house in Church Road was Blaber Cottage, with then or later a blacksmith forge, but this place is uncomplicated in having John Blaber as its eponymous tenant. [75/1]
Directly behind Conyers is the site of East Angmering church, on land several feet higher than Church Road. [120/1] To the west of the site there were then open gardens, where the present library and former Older's School was built soon after the Survey was made. North of these is Church House, which John Stone owned but as two former houses. [41/1 42/1]
Modern houses and roads now occupy the croft and cottage site tenanted by John Bunn. This had the interesting name of St Mary Hold, a name which may hold a few secrets of interest. [71/1] Apart from various farm and other buildings there is another gap before coming to the ancient buildings recently used as a butcher's shop, but at that time a house and barn owned by John Pratt.[37/1] Some way beyond that a William Pratt, brother or some other relative of John as may be, had his cottage as the last of the dwellings in this Street part of the village.[72/1]
There was though, just one old house in Dappers Lane, on the west side. It is just possible it had recently been built, as a long leasehold owned by Edward Morman. Such are the tenuous clues provided by the descriptions that more information is needed in order to be certain.
Poling in Angmering
Map 6
Curving around the present parish church and churchyard, from the lychgate through to the Village Hall, was that strange little outlier of Poling parish, which was yet in East Angmering manor. In the main a meadow owned by Joan Penfold, but at the lychgate end two cottages.
Richard Ludbitter with his copyhold cottage at the north end. [70/1] Immediately south of it Joan Chambers with a presumably superior leasehold house. [59/1] At a later date the occupants had the trades of blacksmith and wheelwright, conveniently at the village crossroads.
Thomas Palmer and Inclosure
Map 5
It is remarkable that of many large landowners or occupiers in West Angmering and Ecclesden only Humphrey Gratwicke and Charles Shelley held their lands in blocks outside the common fields. In East Angmering there were many smallholds attached to houses, but of large scale farms, apart naturally from the manor farm at Avenals, only Thomas Palmer is outstanding as an owner with entirely inclosed lands. Thomas owning the large block that has been mentioned at Stile Field and Lopdells, and another large area called Mill Fields on the east side of Station Road, this including his farmstead in The Square now sadly gone. [50/1] He also had rather more obscure fields adjoining Old Place farm.
Here a little speculation is in order, employing knowledge of what was happening elsewhere locally. Thomas was a member of that family which had only sixty or so years previously sold the two manors to Bishopp. Giving up the manors was not giving up all ownership of land in Angmering, and this farm represented their surviving stake in the village. It is the complete lack of any selions in the open common fields that may be significant, with the family taking that measure which is known to have been employed in Kingston, namely "inclosure by agreement".
This form of inclosure took place in the manor court, with a major landowner "agreeing" to exchange his strips in the common field with various other tenants. Managed in such as way that his strips were gathered together in one furlong division of the common, which would then become his own field. By this argument, in the 16th centuries Mill Field, Lopdells, and Stile Field, were common field furlongs which in about 1615 Messrs Palmer inclosed for their own future use, although they later moved away from Angmering so far as can be determined.
After the considerable land transactions of the family round about 1600, creating long leaseholds and freeholds in the manors, a long period of stability ensued under Bishopp of Parham. Although the common fields of Ecclesden were inclosed gradually, this was mainly due to farms being integrated, with the unused farmsteads allowed to decay. It was not until the 19th century that any more substantial change took place in East Angmering, when what remained of the open fields were inclosed totally.
The Street South Side
Maps 6 and 7
The problems with reconstructing Angmering in 1679 become manifest with the two commons south of the village, not only in themselves, but also with respect to the numerous houses and cottages in the Street, which made up much of the former settled area. Many of these houses, or their successors, survive, and there is a danger that one may be mistaken for another in such a way as to distort any history of the village that may be written
It is not too difficult to identify most of the major enclosures, by their names, acreage, and curtilage descriptions. Gardens and farmsteads, so called "gates," were so small and densely spaced, that with the Surveyor omitting to name neighbouring houses, error is possible. The additional complication is that several houses were not owned by Bishopp, and are not referred to in any way. It is, for instance, likely that a house existed on the corner of the Square which became the Red Lion Inn, and further east no doubt Richard Sturt had another house at Cottrells, but these lands were of no interest to Bishopp. It does also appear likely they had been attached to the Palmer farm at Mill Fields adjoining, and not to any Bishopp lands.
South of this was indeed the Mill Field owned by Thomas Palmer, and the farmhouse to this was on the east side of the Square, where are now shops. It can just be made out on old photographs as a barn like building, named the Rosary. [50/1]
First of the cottages owned by Bishopp in the Street, was that of Edward Monk east of Cottrells. This site is better known for Barracks Yard, that double row of cottages facing each other across a courtyard. [67/1]
Past that and the Rose and Crown Cottages, do not appear to have been built. The site occupied by the barn and croft of Nicholas Chalk, with some five acres of land in common field strips nearby.
Richard Sturt and then Robert Crossingham had the next two cottages or houses, without any lands attached to them. [45/1] Honey Lane is next to these giving access to the Common Field and through to East Preston . Past which was the Parsonage, with its large gardens, or as we know it today Syon House. [120/1]
A small croft then intervened, before John Roberts' cottage called Jinmans, with its three acre smallhold. Evidently this was at the site of Bow Cottage. [60/1]
There is little doubt about Chants Cottage, an excellent timber framed building, held by Henry Blaxton as the farmhouse to the substantial Chalks farm - a previous tenant - by lease from Bishopp. "House barne stable gates and backside", although its widely distributed crofts and strips cannot easily be placed due to the damaged terrier or survey of 1679. [79/1]
John Gibbs and John Grenfield occupied the last two of the Bishopp properties in the Street, freeholds with a few acres each. [38/1 47/1] But Weavers and Brocketts were the last houses before Roundstone Lane, and perhaps both of these were owned by Hugh Penfold. Was one of these the Constables farm and house said by the Survey to be part of the manor of West Preston?
Allso parte of the Mannor of West Preston lyeth in the circuitt of this Mannor being a Messuage and fifteen acres of Land called Constables now Hugh Penfolds
In the whole extent of West Town Common, only two other houses are likely to have existed, the Old Mill House in Station Road, although the Survey makes no mention of it, and William Oulder's cottage within his compact farm, soon afterwards taken over as school charity land.
West Common the Enclosures
Map 5
Not unnaturally the enclosures created at some distant period, were located against the roads on the west and south. As already said Thomas Palmer owned the Mill Fields south from the Square, where Mill Road is today. Then another field called Earthpitt, slightly modified when the common was inclosed in the 19th century, was divided between Thomas Olliver and Hugh Penfold. Old Mill Cottage stands at the boundary between Mill and Earthpitt Fields.
The Angmering School is more or less at the north end of what was then the William Oulder farm, but was then imminently to become School Charity Land to fund the first Angmering school at the present library. A bungalow by the road is on the site of his farmstead. [44//1
North of Preston Place in East Preston, now cut through by the road and rail, an involved group of enclosures belonged to Olliver Weekes. Wash Beetle Croft, Stonefield and Loaves amongst the names. [48/..]
From there, east along the Worthing Road, the main crofts were: Gratwicke of Ham with the Irishes. Weekes again with his Charles Dell, and another small croft by Roundstone Lane. In between a small open field furlong called Charles Dell or Charles Oak, and presumably all that was left after Weekes had inclosed his part. One of the many glebe selions of the parish was in this furlong, others were scattered about the main open field.
Rather isolated between the Oulder farm and Irishes a small enclosure, later to be attached to the School Land, belonged to West Angmering tenants, John Sturt and Richard Adams. [23/3 13/12] Another outlier of that manor also belonged to Richard Adams, a croft north of the common in the angle between the Street and Roundstone Lane.
West Common the Open Field
Map 5
Otherwise, all of the West Town Common would seem to have been in open fields strips, in several furlongs. With the survey being damaged and many freehold selions not being described, reconstruction of the main open field in detail is almost impossible.
The open field did in fact include what is referred to as the South Common, no doubt a substantial remnant of what had been an entirely separate open field. Otherwise there was Stone Furlong towards the west side, a Middle Furlong, and East Furlong next to Roundstone Lane. But even then the open field was less in area than that inclosed.
Scattered about the open field, East Angmering parish had some nine strips of various sizes as glebe. These were of course gathered together with others from West Angmering, when the common was inclosed in the 19th century, and the Middle Furlong became one great glebe enclosure south of the Parson's house.
A number of selions in various parts of the open field belonged to West Angmering manor. The Steane householders. No particular pattern or concentration for these can be discerned.
East Common and the Pound
Map 5 and 7
Only two houses in the Survey were located in the whole East Common area, between Roundstone Lane and Ecclesden at Cow Lane, and these stood close together near the Street. Thomas Olliver with a farmstead and twenty acres called Bacons, [36/1] and Henry Blaxton with the Poundlands and his lands of that name. [78/1] The interesting matter is that Poundlands evidently occupied that strip of land directly against the Street, north of the present Pound garden. Present day Pound House might rather be identified with Bacons, having sixteen of its acres in enclosures around it.
Otherwise, most of the enclosures or large blocks of this common were at the south end, extending from what is today Roundstone in the west to the new roundabout in the east. Of particular note is that the croft where the Inn and caravan park is today was then part of Oulder's school land, only exchanged so as to move to the main block of this farm in the 19th century Inclosures. [44/2]
Even more notable is the Nine Acre field north of that, where are now nurseries. This was owned by Weekes and may be identified as the field which belonged to Madehurst manor, according to the Survey. One of the two parts of Angmering parish which did not belong to East Angmering manor.
Allso parte of the Mannor of Madhurst lyeth within the Circuitt of this Mannor being part of the Lands of Olliver Weekes Esq called the nine acres
East from Roundstone were the fields belonging to Mary Baker, of East Preston, called Pigeon House land, because they had been purchased by the family from the Pigeon House owner only a few years previously. [40/1]
Finally to the east, a small strip owned by Oulder, then another larger strip owned Joan Penfold and lastly a Walter Elphick field of six acres, still a part of Pigeon House farm. [39/2]
Logically enough the open field that took up most of the area, centrally between Bacons and Roundstone, was divided into East and West Furlongs. Here again the large number of small strips, many of them missing from the Survey, makes reconstruction a thankless task. None of these were glebe belonging to the church, but several selions distributed about the field, belonged to West Angmering manor, tenanted by the Steane householders.
Angmering in Goring and West Preston
All there is left to mention is the two farms belonging to East Angmering, and yet outside the parish. In the way that other manors had land in Angmering parish.
The exact location of these houses and lands has not been determined, but Richard Sturt occupied six acres and a house in West Preston, as a copyhold. While John Whittington had his copyhold house and six acres in Goring.
Houses and Farm in East Angmering
Maps 4 to 7
Farms in East Angmering were in the usual range of sizes for a local common field manor. Avenals the manor farm the one major player, at well over 200 acres although not stated.
Many of the cottages and houses had no land attached to them, some of their owners and occupiers being tradesmen, but a few were wealthy businessmen, such as John Stone of Church House who was a merchant. A few landowners or tenants had several houses and farms, such as Henry Blaxton with Chants and the Pound.
Not everyone lived in Angmering or depended on the farms their. Walter Elphick had Pigeon House with its sixteen acres, but was a gentleman of Petworth. Mary Baker with twelve acres had her home and land in East Preston. As already mentioned Thomas Palmer, although possessing a large set of farms in the village lived it seems at Peppering. Steadman Breaden with twenty acres, had his home probably in Rustington.
William Oulder was certainly of Angmering, on his neat 35 acre farm, but also had lands at Kingston and probably Ham. While Oliver Weekes had two holdings of some seventy acres plus other private land, Hugh Penfold only tenanted nine acres, but had other houses in the Street and substantial lands as his own.
Small scale husbandmen included Sara Older with eight acres, Richard Gibbs with nine but also a similar farm in West Angmering. Nicholas Chalk a mere five acres, and Richard Adams with a ten acre lease. Finally Henry Ellyot occupied nineteen acres, but also another sixteen in West Angmering.
That only leaves the up and coming Olliver family. Thomas owning twenty nine acres in the Survey, but destined to be a substantial farmer in due course. He died in possession of Kingston Manor Farm in 1687, his inventory confirming his extensive holdings, with 145 acres of land under corn, together with numerous cattle and well over a hundred sheep. A two waggon enterprise, besides other farm appliances.
Although the location of East Angmering houses are shown on the map and are related to tithe map notations of c1840, these sites vary from virtual certainty to mere probability based on inadequate descriptions. Even then, there is no guarantee that any house that existed in the 19th century was the same house as in 1679, with rebuilding a common occurrence.
Modern or recent names of houses seldom existed in early days.
Map 4
52/1 Sir Charles Shelley bart. freehold land in Angmering Park called Smiths Wood [North of Map]
Sir Charles Shelly Barronett holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor to him and his heires Certain Lands lying in Angmering Parke called Smiths Wood towards
the North West Corner of the said park containing by estimation [blank] acres of Land
Lands ?acres in Angmering Park EA
Freehold rent 8s 6d - worth £25 pa
In 1737 ?
53/1 Steadman Breaden long lease 10,000 years Churchfield
Stedman Breaden holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for Tenn Thousand
years granted from Sr Thomas Palmer Kt the twentith day of October in the yeare of our Lord Christ 1608 One Tenement being Twenty acres of Land inclosed called Churchfeild with the appurtenances and tenements lying in East Angmering bounded by the Lands of Tho Palmer Esq on the North by certain lane called Dapples Lane and the Lands of Hugh Penfold on the East by the lands of the said Hugh Penfold the Streame Lane and the Lands of John Gibbs and Thomas Charles als Rogers on the South and by Lands of the Lord William Edwards and John Bunne on the West
Lands 20 acres in East Angmering
Leasehold for 10,000 years from 20th Oct 1608 rent 8s
In c1737 Cattern Compton
56/1 Edward Morman long lease cottage in Dappers Lane [T215] "Woolvins"
Allso Edward Morman holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for One thousand
years granted by Sr Thomas Palmer Kt the 25th day of March Anno 13 Jacobi Regis One Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering bounded by the Lands of Hugh Penfold on the North and by the Highway there on the East South and West
Lands none - East Angmering
Leasehold for 1,000 years from 25th March 1615 rent 6d
In c1737 Elizabeth Chase
77/1 and 2 Richard Adams leasehold land
Richard Adams holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for [blank] year Two acres of Land bounded by the Lands of Tho Olliver on the North by Avenells farm on the East and South and by Dapples Lane on the West Allso one other parcell of Land being by estimation Eight acres bounded by Avenells ....
Lands 10 acres - East Angmering
Leasehold from ? rent ?
In c1737 John Holmwood
Map 5
40/1 Mary Baker freehold land was Pigeon House land
Allso Mary Baker Spinster holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the
said Mannor to her and her heirs for ever One Tenement being Twelve acres if Land heretofore parcell of the aforesaid Lands called Pigeon House land bounded by the Lands of Olliver Weekes Esq on the North and East by Preston Lane on the South and by Lands late William Oulders on the West
Lands 12 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent 6s
Was ?In c1737 ?
44/1 William Oulder freehold house in Station Road [T523] Olders
Allso William Oulder holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor
to him and to his heirs for ever One Tenement being a Messuage and Thirty five acres of Land with the appurtenances lying and being in East Angmering aforesaid bounded as followeth (viz) One feild inclosed containing by estimation Thirty two acres bounded by the Lands of Joane Penfold widdow called the Earth pitt on the North by the West Common feild the Lands of John Sturt and certain Lands of Humphry Grattwick gent called Irishes on the East by the Lands of Olliver Weeks Esq on the South And by the High way leading from Angmering to West Preston on the West
Lands 35 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent 8s
In 1737 Free School Land
48/1 and 49/1 Olliver Weekes freehold land not named
48/1 Allso Olliver Weekes Esq holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor One Tenement being Twenty three acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering and bounded as followeth
Lands 23 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent 8s
In c1737 Mr Mounther49/1 The same Olliver Weekes holdeth allso of the Lord of this Mannor One Tenement being Twenty nine acres and three Roods of Land lying and being in East Angmering and bounded as followeth
Lands 29 ¾ acres in East Angmering amended to 41 ¾ acres
Freehold not stated - rent 24s 2d
In 1737 ?
54/1 Thomas Olliver long lease 10,000 years Earthpitt
Allso Thomas Olliver holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for Ten thousand
years granted by Sr Thomas Palmer Kt the Tenth day of July in the three and fortieth yeare of the Raigne of our Late Soveraigne Queen Elizabeth One Tenement being nine acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering parcell of Earthpitt feild bounded by the Lands of Thomas Palmer Esq on the North by the West Town feild and the Lands of Hugh Penfold on the East and South and by Hamm Lane on the West
Lands 9 acres in East Angmering
Leasehold for 10,000 years from 10th July 1601 rent 4s 5d
In 1737 ?
55/1 Hugh Penfold long lease 10,000 years Earthpitt
Allso Hugh Penfold holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for Tenn thousand years granted by Sir Thomas Palmer Kt the Tenth day of July Anno xxxxiij Eliz One Tenement being nine acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering parcell of Earth pitt feild bounded by the Lands of Thos Olliver parcell of the said lands and the Lands of Thomas Palmer Esq on the North and by the Common feild and other Lands of the said Tho Olliver on the East by Hamm Lane on the West and by Lands late William Oulders on the South
Lands 9 acres in East Angmering
Leasehold for 10,000 years from 10th July 1601 rent 4s 5d
In 1737 ?
68/1 Edward Monk copyhold land
Allso the same Edward Monk holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme not shown on map
of his naturall life by coppy of court roll bearing date the [blank] One other Tenement being one acre of Land lying in the East feild in East Angmering bounded by the Land of John Gibbs on the North and by the Land of Hugh Penfold on the Southt abutteth agt the East Lane on the East and the Lands of Oliver Weekes Esq and John Sturt on the West
Lands 1 acre in East Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 4s heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In 1737 ?
80/1 Henry Ellyot leasehold land not shown on map
Henry Ellyot holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for yeares Nineteen Acres of land lying and being in East Angmering (being parcell of a Coppyhold Tenement late Barnards, lately fallen into the Lords hands [also 16 acres in WA as before listed]
Lands 19 acres in East Angmering
Leasehold from ? rent ?
Was Barnards
In 1737 ?
Map 6
Houses in The Street
36/1 Thomas Olliver freehold house in the Street called Bacons [T339] Pound House
Imprimis Wee present that Thomas Olliver holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of his said Mannor to him and heis heirs for ever One Messuage or Tenement Two Barnes
One stall one stable and Twenty acres of Land with the appurtenances called Bacons situate lying and being in East Angmering abutted and bounded as followeth (viz) Sixteen acres thereof doe adjoin unto the house and barnes and is bounded by the Lords Lands called pound land [on the north deleted] and by other lands of the said Thomas Olliver called Lythiers on the [east deleted] North by the East Lane on the East by the East Townfeild on the South And by the West Lane on the West
Lands 20 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent ?
Was Bacons?
In c1737 Thomas Olliver?
38/1 John Gibbs freehold house in the Street [T426] Old Well
Allso John Gibbs holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of his said Mannor
to him and his heirs for ever One Tenament being a Messuage and two acres and an half of Land situate lying and being in East Angmering aforesaid with the appurtenances bounded as Followeth (viz) One acre thereof adjoyneth to the said Messuage and is bounded by the Lands of John Greenfeild late Skiners on the East by
the West Town feild on the South and West and by Angmering Street on the North
Lands 2 ½ acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent 2s
In c1737 Ann Wintter spinster
39/1 Walter Elphick freehold house at Steane [T356] Pigeon House
Walter Elphick gent holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor
to him and his heirs for ever One Tenament being a Messuage and Garden called Pigeon House and Sixteen acres of Land thereunto belonging with the appurtenances situate lying and being in East Angmering aforesaid and bounded as followeth (viz) The House and Garden bounded by Lands late William Oulders on the North by the Lands of John Gibbs on the East by Angmering Street on the South and the Little Steane
on the West
Lands 16 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent 9s
In 1737 Mrs Moarse
45/1 Robert Crossingham freehold house in the Street [T420] Ivy
Allso Robert Crossingham holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said
Mannor to him and to his heirs for ever One Tenement being a Messuage and backside bounded by Angmering Street on the North and East and by the Lands of Richard Sturt on the South and West
Lands ½ acre in East Angmering
Freehold rent 1d
In c1737 Sarah Knowls
46/1 Henry Mourton freehold house at Malt House [T351] Wayside Cott
Allso Henry Mourton holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor
One Messuage garden backside and Orchard containing by estimation half an acre lying in East Angmering bounded by Avenells farme and the Lands of the Lord in the Occupation of Henry Blaxton on the North East and West and Angmering Street on the South
Lands ½ acre in East Angmering
Freehold rent one peppercorn
In c1737 John Ingram house Richard Penfold jun
47/1 John Grinfeild house in the Street [T429] Old House
Allso John Grinfeild holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor
to him and his heirs for ever One Tenement being a Messuage barne and five acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering and bounded as followeth (viz) The Messuage and barne and one plott by estimation one acre and an half are bounded by the Lands of Hugh Penfold on the East the lands of
John Gibbs on the west by the Street on the North and by the west Town feild on the South
Lands 5 acres in East Angmering
Freehold rent ?
In c1737 Richard Penfold snr
60/1 John Roberts copyhold cottage in the Street [T423] Bow Cott
John Roberts and Mary his wife and John their sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor
for the Terme of their naturall lives and the life of the longest liver of them by Coppy of Court roll bearing date the Tenth day of October 1679 One Cottage and Garden called Jinmans lying in East Angmering and three acres of Land lying in the West Feild of East Angmerng with the appurtenances bounded as followeth (viz) The Cottage and Garden biunded by the Lands of the Lord in the occupation of Henry Blaxton on the East and West adjoyning to Angmering Street on the North and to the Glebe Land on the South
Lands 3 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 3s 4d heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £8 10s
In 1737
61/1 Sara Older and Sara Crossingham copyhold house at Steane [T361] Cressingham
Allso Sara Older Widdow and Sara Crossingham hold for the Terme of their naturall lives by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One messuage One barne with a backside and Eight acres of Land thereunto belonging situate lying and being in East Angmering and bounded as followeth (viz) The house backside and three acres of Land thereunto adjoyning is bounded by the High way on the North and East by the Lands of Walter Elphick Gent on the South and by the Little Stean common feild on the West
Lands 8 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 8s heriot 6d fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 Richard Crossingham
62/1 Richard Sturt copyhold cottage in the Street [T419] Thorpe
Allso Richard Sturt and Mary his wife hold for the Terme of their naturall Lives by
Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the xvijth of October 1676 One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering bounded by Angmering Street on the North by Lands of Robert Crossingham on the East and the Lands of Nich Chalk on the South and West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold from 17th Oct 1676 rent 6s 8d heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid 30s
In c1737 Richard Penfold
64/1 Richard and John Gibbs copyhold house at Steane [T354] No name known
Allso Richard and John Gibbs hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of
their naturall lives by coppy of court roll bearng date the tenth day of October 1679 One Tenement being a Messuage barne Garden and nine acres of Land lying in East Angmering boundede as followeth (viz) The Messuage Barne and garden bounded by the Lands of Sara Older Widdow on the North by the Highway there
on the East and South and by the Lands of Walter Elphick gent on the West
Lands 9 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 15s 2d heriot 1s fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Homer
65/1 John and Richard Gibbs copyhold cottage Water Lane [T258] No name known
Allso the same John and Richard Gibbs hold of the Lord of this Mannor by coppy of court roll bearing date the Tenth day of October 1679 for and during the Terme of their naturall lives One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering and is bounded by the Lands of Steadman Breden called Church Feild on the North by the Highway there on the East and South and by the Lands of Thomas Charles als Rogers on the West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold from 10th Oct 1679 rent 2s heriot 4s fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 Elias Hachen
66/1 Nicholas Chalk copyhold land in The Street near Barrack Yard
Allso Nicholas Chalk holdeth during the life of Thomas Paine and after to Margarett
his daughter and Martin his sonn for their naturall lives by coppy of court roll bearing date the xiiijth of October 1673 One Tenement being a barne a plott and five acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering bounded as followeth (viz) The barne and plott adjoyning bounded by the Highway on the North and by the backside of Richard Sturt on the East by the West Towne feild on the South and by the Lands of Richard Sturt and Edw Monke on the West
Lands 5 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from 14th Oct 1673 rent 3s 4d heriot 30s or bb fine at will
Fine paid £10
In c1737 Martin Chisman
67/1 Edward Monk copyhold cottage in the Street [T416] Barrack Yard
Allso Edward Monk holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his
naturall life by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering bounded by Angmering Street on the North by the Lands of Nich Chalk on the East and by the Lands of Rich Sturt called Cotterills on the South and West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold fromm ? rent 6s 8d heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 Thos Clemens
76/1 Thomas Upperton the Manor House called Avenells farm leasehold [T265] Avenals
“Demesne Lands parcel of the Mannor of East Angmering The Mannor house called Avenells farme is a fair house situate in the parish of East Angmering in the county of Sussex which with the Lands therunto belonging are the greatest parte of the Demesne Lands of this Mannor being now in the Occupation of Thomas Upperton and doe lye intire [Incomplete survey]
Lands ? acres Avenells in East Angmering
Leasehold [assumed] rent ?
In 1737 ?
78/1 Henry Blaxton freehold house [in T342] Near Pound House
Henry Blaxton holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for [blank] years a Certain Messuage and Lands called Poundland lying in East Angmering aforsaid bounded as followeth (viz) The Messuage and Garden Plott bounded by the Highway on the North and West by the Lands of Tho Olliver on the South and East
Lands ? acres in East Angmering
In 1737 ?
79/1 Henry Blaxton leasehold house in the Street [T424] Chants
[Blaxton probably] [Fragment has William Drewett noted in margin possibly a later tenant not the 1679 tenant] aforesaid bounded as followeth (viz) The house barne stable gates and backside by the High way on the North, The Lands of John Gibbs on the East The Common feild on the South and by the Glebe land and the Lands of John Roberts on the West
Lands ? acres - East Angmering
[Leasehold ?]
In c1737 Wiliam Drewett?
81/1 Henry Blaxton leasehold house in the Street
Henry Blaxton holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for years [...]
Barne Stable with the Gates and Backside and Lands thereunto belonging [...]
Lands ? acres - East Angmering
Leasehold from ? rent ?
In 1737 ?
120/1 Parsonage House freehold [T422] Syon
Map 7
Houses in The Square and Arundel Road mainly
37/1 John Pratt freehold house in Arundel Road [T389] Aberdeen House
Allso we present that John Pratt holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of
his said Mannor to him and his heirs for ever, One Messuage barne and garden situate in East Angmering aforesaid with the appurtenances bounded by the Lands of William Edwards on the North by the Lands of John Bunn on the East and South and by Angmering Street on the West
and hee payeth rent by the yeare
Lands none - East Angmering
Freehold rent 1s
In c1737 Mr John Thorncom of Arundel
41/1 and 42/1 John Stone two freehold houses in Arundel Road [T386, 387] Church House
41/1 Allso John Stone holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor to him and his heirs One Tenement being a Messuage and Garden with the apputenances lying in East Angmering bounded by other Lands of the said John Stone late Sturts on the North by East Angmering Churchyard on the East and by Angmering Street on the South and West
42/1 Allso the same John Stone holdeth freely of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor to him and to his heirs for ever One other Tenement being also a Messuage and backside with the appurtenances adjoining to the aforesaid Messuage on the South and bounded by the Lands of John Bunn on the North by East Angmering Churchyard on the East and by Angmering Street on the West
Lands none- East Angmering
Freehold rent 6d and 6d
In c1737 John Edmunds
43/1 Hugh Penfold freehold house Church Road [T383] Avenings-Conyers
Allso Hugh Penfold holdeth in Reversion after the death of his Mother of the Lord of this Mannor as of the said Mannor freely to him and his heirs for ever One Tenement being a Messuage Backside and Garden with the appurtenances situate in East Angmering aforesaid and bounded as followeth (viz) The Messuage and backside by East Angmering Church yard on the North by Angmering Street on the East and South And by the Lands of Thomas Charles als Rogers on the West
Lands none- East Angmering
Freehold rent 2s 8d
In c1737 George Pallmer
50/1 and 51/1 Thomas Palmer freehold house in the Square [T408] Rosary
50/1 Allso Thomas Palmer Esq holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor One Tenement being a Messuage and barne and forty acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering called the Mill Feild and the South Feild bounded by the Highway there on the North and West by the Lands of Richard Sturt called Cottrills and the Common Feild on the East by the Lands of Joan Penfold widdow and Thomas Olliver called Earthpitt Feild on the South
Lands 40 acres in East Angmering
Freehold not stated - rent ?
In c1737 John Edmunds
51/1 Allso the same Thomas Palmer holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor One other Tenement called Style Feilds being Two closes with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering containing by estimation [blank] acres bounded by the Lands of the Lord in the occupation of Richard Adams and a close of Hugh Penfolds on the North by Dapples Lane and the Lands of Stedman Bredon called Churchfeilds on the South and by other Lands of the said Thomas Palmer called Lopdells on the West
Lands ? acres in East Angmering
Freehold not stated - rent ?
In c1737 Mr Woodham
57/1 Joan Penfold long lease 10,000 years of land
Allso Joan Penfold Widdow holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for Tenn
thousand years granted by Sr Thomas Palmer Kt the Tenth day of July in the 43th yeare of the Raigne of Queen Elizabeth One Rood of Land late parcell of the wast in East Angmering bounded by the Highway there on the North East and South and by her Garden on the West
Lands ¼ acre in East Angmering
Leasehold for 10,000 years from 10th July 1601 rent 1d
In c1737 John Barnard
58/1 Elizabeth Sturt long lease house in The Square [T379] Angmering Cottage
Allso Elizabeth Sturt holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for ten thousand years granted by Sir Thomas Palmer Kt bearing date [blank] One Tenement being a messuage backside and one plott of ground with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering containing in Length forty feet in breadth Twenty two feet or thereabouts bounded by the Lands of Thomas Charles als Rogers on the North by the Lands of Thomas Carter on the East and by the Street there on the South and West
Lands none - East Angmering
Leasehold for 10,000 years from ? rent 6d
In c1737 John Barnard
59/1 Joan Chambers long lease house east of churchyard [T177P] "Griffins"
Allso Joan Chambers Widdow holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor by Lease for [blank] thousand years granted by Sr Thomas Palmer Kt One Tenement being a house and backside with the appurtenances lying in Poling bounded by the backside of Richard Ludbitter on the North by the Highway there on the East by the Lands of Joan Penfold on the South and by the Viccaridge Land of West Angmering
called the Hempshires on the West
Lands none - East Angmering
Leasehold for ?,000 years from ? rent 4s
In c1737 John Grant
63/1 Thomas Carter copyhold cottage in The Square [T379] Angmering Cottage
Allso Thomas Carter Anne his wife and William their sonn hold for the Terme of their naturall lives by coppy of court roll bearing date the [blank] One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances situate in East Angmering bounded by the Lands of Thomas Charles als Rogers on the North by Angmering Street there on the East and South and by the Lands of Eliz Sturt on the West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 2s 6d heriot ? fine at will [rent 2s heriot 6d?]
Fine paid ?
In c1737 Mr Palmer
69/1 Thomas Rogers copyhold house in Church Road [T383] Avenings-Conyers
Allso Thomas and Richard Charles als Rogers hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Term of their naturall lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 13th of October xxiij regina Car. 1671 One Tenement being a house and garden with three acres of Land thereunto belonging called Conyers situate in East Angmering bounded as followeth (viz) The house and Garden bounded by East Angmering Church yard on the North by the close of Hugh Penfold on the East and by the Highway there on the South and West
Lands 3 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from 13th Oct 1671 rent 20s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid 50s
In c1737 Richard Crossingham
70/1 Richard Ludbitter copyhold cottage east of churchyard [T176P] "Lidbitters”
Allso Richard Ludbitter and Elizabeth his wife and John their sonn hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives by Coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 6th sbr 1669 One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden and half an acre of Land with the appurtenances bounded as followeth (viz) The Cottage and Garden bounded by the Highway there on the North and East by the Garden of Joan Chambers Widdow on the South and by West Angmering Church yard on the West
Lands ½ acre in - East Angmering
Copyhold from 6th Sept 1669 rent 3s 4d heriot 6d fine at will
Fine paid £4
In 1737 ?
71/1 John Bunn copyhold house in Arundel Road [T388] Not named
Allso John Bunn holdeth of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of his naturall life by coppy of Court Roll bearing date [blank] One Tenement being a Messuage barne and four acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering and bounded as followeth (viz) The Messuage barne and three acres of Land thereunto adjoyning bounded by the Lands of John Pratt and Wm Edwards on the North by the Lands of Stedman Breaden called Churchfeild and the Lands of Thomas Charles asl Rogers called Conyers on the East by East Angmering Churchyard and the house and garden of John Stone on the South and by Angmering Street on the West
Lands 4 acres in East Angmering
Copyhold from ? rent 7s heriot ? fine at will
Fine paid ?
In c1737 John Edmands
72/1 William Pratt copyhold cottage in Arundel Road [T253] Not named
Allso William Pratt, Mary his wife and John his brother hold of the Lord of this Mannor
for the Terme of their naturall lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the 14th of Oct 1673 One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden with the appurtenances lying in East Angmering bounded by the Lands of Thomas Palmer Esq called Lopdells on the North by the Lands of the Lord called poundland on the East and South and by Angmering Street on the West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold from 14th Oct 1673 rent 4s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £5
In c1737 John Edmands
75/1 John Blaber copyhold cottage in Church Road [T382] Blaber
Allso John Blaber and Sara his wife hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall Lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the fourteenth day of October 1673 One Tenement being a Cottage and Garden withn the appurtenances situate in East Angmering bounded by the Garden of Hugh Penfold on the East by Angmering Street on the North South and West
Lands none - East Angmering
Copyhold from 14th Oct 1673 rent 6s 8d heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £3
In c1737 Sarah Ford
West Preston and Goring
73/1 Elizabeth and Richard Sturt copyhold house in West Preston
Allso Elizabeth and Richard Sturt hold of the Lord of this Mannor for the Terme of
their naturall lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the fifth of Aprill 1672 24 Car One Tenement being a Messuage and garden and six acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in West Preston and bounded as followeth (viz) The Messuage and Garden are bounded by Preston Street on the South by the Lands of Thomas Charman on the West by Preston North feild on the North and by the Lands of Mr Charles Smith late John Madehursts on the East
Lands 6 acres in West Preston
Copyhold from 5th April 1672 rent 2s heriot bb fine at will
Fine paid £3 10s
In c1737 William Adams
74/1 John Whittington copyhold land in Goring
Allso John Whittington and Mary and Sara his two daughters hold of the Lord
of this Mannor for the Terme of their naturall lives by coppy of Court Roll bearing date the Tenth day of Aprill 1674 One Tenement being six acres of Land with the appurtenances lying in Goring bounded as followeth
Lands 6 acres in Goring
Copyhold from 10th April 1674 rent 8s heriot £3 or bb fine at will
Fine paid £6
Was John Whittington
In c1737 Mr John Leavett
Map 1
North Ecclesden from Ecclesden Common to Highdown footpath at
Portbank
The layout of fields is based on the 1839 Tithe Map and will not be exact
Map 2
South Ecclesden from Highdown footpath at
Portbank to the Lakes of Ecclesden
The layout of fields is based on the 1839 Tithe Map and will not be exact
Map 3
West Angmering
from New Place
to Black Ditch
The layout of fields is based on the 1839 Tithe Map and will not be exact
Map 4
East Angmering
from Hammerpot
to The Street
The layout of fields is based on the 1839 Tithe Map and will not be exact
Map 5
East Angmering
from The Street
to Worthing Road
The layout of fields is based on the 1839 Tithe Map and will not be exact
Map 6
Street Map
The Square
The houses and buildings are as in the 1839 Tithe Map
Map 7
Street Map
The High Street
The houses and buildings are as in the 1839 Tithe Map
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