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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:
Heaver, Edward. First rate witness. Pretty robust. Aged 76. [Born] on 30 January, 1802 at the house in the Hindleap Warren. Baptised in East Grinstead.
When I was about 8 or 10 years old my father William Heaver was tenant at Plaw Hatch Farm, about 100 acres at that time. The owner was then Major Marsacks. He sold to Blunt, he to Allison, he to Harrison and he to Arbuthnot. I worked with slight intervals till 26 or 27 [years old]. Then I lodged a short time at Plaw Hatch at Quabrook and did odd work for about 10 years. Then worked at Hammerwood for Mr. Meggins for about 10 years, living during the greater part of the time at Forest Row before I left to work with a little farm of 16 acres near the turnpike at Forest Row belonging to Dr. Collins of East Grinstead which I farmed about 7 or 8 years and I then took Leggs Heath Farm which I have held for about 26 years. The first occupier of Leggs Heath I remember was old Payne who owned it. After him I think his son William had it for a year or two. He was succeeded by a Mr. Holford, then a Mr. Flint, then Gardner, then I.
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1st marriage | William Heaver | m: 28th Nov 1797 Ifield, Sussex | Hannah Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1778 Speldhurst, Kent | b: c 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary | Edward | Jane | William | Ann | Sarah | Eliza | Henry | b: 1798 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 6th Jul 1798 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 30th Jan 1802 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 12th Mar 1802 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1807 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1807 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1811 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 31st Mar 1811 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1812 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 2nd Dec 1812 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1814 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 22nd May 1814 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1816 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1816 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1819 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 3rd Oct 1819 St Swithin Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | Elizabeth | Hannah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 31st Mar 1799 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 18th May 1800 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1804 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 8th Jun 1804 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1809 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 19th May 1809 St Swithin Parish Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward Heaver | m: c 1827 | Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 30th Jan 1802 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 12th Mar 1802 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1807 East Grinstead, Sussex |
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