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:
Killner, Edward. Living at Forest Row. Laborer. Born at Horsted Keynes, aged 84. Father died when about 4 years old and Mother brought me to East Grinstead. When about 13 years went to live at Brambletye, under Master Weller, went with his team. Lived there about 3 years.
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| Edward Kilner | m: 15th Mar 1761 St. Giles Parish Church, Horsted Keynes, Sussex | Mary Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1740 | b: c 1740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jenny | William | Edward | Richard | John | Mary | Elizabeth | Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c Jun 1761 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 19th Jul 1761 St. Giles Parish Church | b: 1763 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 27th Feb 1763 St. Giles Parish Church | b: 1765 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 13th Jan 1765 St. Giles Parish Church | b: 1767 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 15th Jan 1767 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1768 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 16th Oct 1768 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1770 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 30th Sep 1770 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1773 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 17th Jan 1773 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1775 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 7th May 1775 St Swithin Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Kilner | m: 27th Sep 1789 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | Elizabeth Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1765 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 13th Jan 1765 St. Giles Parish Church | b: c 1770 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: Oct 1789 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 18th Oct 1789 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1794 West Hoathly, Sussex ch: 16th Feb 1794 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1795 West Hoathly, Sussex ch: 25th Oct 1795 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1797 West Hoathly, Sussex ch: 30th Jul 1797 St. Margaret's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Kilner | m: 8th Dec 1816 Worth Parish Church, Worth, Sussex | Elizabeth Elliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1795 West Hoathly, Sussex ch: 25th Oct 1795 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1799 Worth, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1817 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 23rd Nov 1817 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1819 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 23rd May 1819 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1822 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 25th Aug 1822 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1825 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 6th Mar 1825 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1827 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 8th Jul 1827 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1829 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 28th Jan 1829 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1833 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 25th Aug 1833 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1835 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 31st May 1835 St Swithin Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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