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:
Martin, William. 49. Wapsborn Farm, Fletching. At Down Street Farm with [?].
Hastwood Buxted
Colin Godman
Wapsborn
| John Martin farmer | m: 8th Nov 1829 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | Mary Helmsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1804 Maresfield, Sussex d: 29th Nov 1874 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 29th Nov 1874 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1808 Fletching, Sussex d: 19th Feb 1896 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 19th Feb 1896 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William | James | Emily | Maryann | George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1830 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 29th Aug 1830 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1833 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 3rd Nov 1833 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: 26th May 1835 | b: 1836 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 17th Jul 1836 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1840 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 31st May 1840 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: 28th Oct 1913 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 28th Oct 1913 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 2nd Feb 1850 Fletching, Sussex d: 31st Mar 1915 Fletching, Sussex bur: After 31st Mar 1915 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Martin farmer | m: Apr to Jun 1858 | Jane Fleet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1830 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 29th Aug 1830 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1832 Fletching, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Jane | William | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1861 Buxted, Sussex ch: 17th Feb 1861 St. Margaret's Church | b: 1862 Buxted, Sussex ch: 2nd Nov 1862 St. Margaret's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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