During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks:
Buckman, John. Living under Mr. Thompson at Ashdown Park. 60 Age 75 or 76. Born at Quabrook. Baptised at Bolney. My father and grandfather worked at Holly Hill from the time I first recollect. I have lived all my life in Hartfield parish. I went to service when I was 11 years old. For 2 or 3 years before that I did odd work for Colonel Young at Holly Hill, not on Snow's Hole.
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| 1st marriage | John Buckman farm labourer | m: 18th Aug 1832 St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex | Jemima Burley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1804 Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1815 Maresfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emily | Job Burley | Harriet Ann | Abigail | Andrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1833 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 27th Jan 1833 St. Mary's Church | b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 15th Mar 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1837 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 5th Nov 1837 St. Mary's Church | b: 1840 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 5th Apr 1840 St. Mary's Church | b: 1843 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Nov 1843 St. Mary's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd marriage | John Buckman farm labourer | m: 28th May 1861 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | Ann Crowhurst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1804 Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1821 Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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