| The Rectory [a.k.a. Dowland Manor] Mayfield Road Rotherfield |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 127 |
| 1928 | Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein ⇒ p. 148; p. 149; p. 150; p. 153; p. 154; p. 163; p. 321; p. 334 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 13th Nov 1259 | History | The Rectory [a.k.a. Dowland Manor] | Pullein's Rotherfield | ||
| Richard de Clare, Lord of Rotherfield, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, granted to the in-coming rector, John de Chishulle, to hold the same messuage, building and woods in Rotherfield that had been held of the Earl by the receding rector Henry de Reydon for life | |||||
| 17th Mar 1342 | History | The Rectory [a.k.a. Dowland Manor] | Pullein's Rotherfield | ||
| Extract from the Nonarum Inquisitions - "the rector of the Church hath a capital messuage with curtilage and four hundred acres of land and wood whereof the Church is endowed which are yearly worth 66s 8d" | |||||
| before 1556 | History | The Rectory is the Manor house of Dowlands Manor | Lower's Sussex | ||
| The Rectory is the Manor house of Dowlands Manor presented by Wm. Dowland, who several centuries ago endowed the Church with this Manor, the demesne of which was 366 acres. The glebe is now estimated at 110 acres. | |||||
| 16th Sep 1675 | History | The Manor of Rotherfield rectory, called also Dewlands or Dowlands | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| The Manor of Rotherfield rectory, called also Dewlands or Dowlands A perfect terrier of glebe [OED: a piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income] land and of all estates and buildings belonging to the rectory of, and manor of the rectory of Rotherfield, within the diocese of Winchester [a mistake for Chichester according to Pullein], archdeaconry of Lewes, and deanery of Pevensey, taken the 16th day of September, 1675, and delivered up to the Right Rev. Father in God, Ralph Lord Bishop of Chichester, at his first visitation held at Lewes, Sept. 24th. an. 1675. The manor house wherein the rectors had usually, and where the present rector, Mr Winter [Vinter], now resides, with a barn, stable, wood-house, and a malt-house thereto adjoining, which said manor called Dowland manor, was long since given to our church of Rotherfield by Mr. Wm. Dowland, together with all the royalties belonging to the said manor, and also three hundred and sixty-six acres and a half of his demesne land, which still belongs to the said rectory, and called now the glebe lands, and are situate and lying as followeth:-
The lord's rent payable yearly from the several copyholders is in the whole £2 0s 9d of quit rents. Signed, George Vintner [Vinter], Rector of Rotherfield John Hormsley, John Lockyer, Churchwardens | |||||
| 1785 |  | From the hill above the Rectory House, Rotherfield by Samuel Grimm and James Lambert (The Burrell Collection) | The Rectory [a.k.a. Dowland Manor] | The Burrell Collection | |
| Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794), artist, was born in Switzerland, studied in Berne and Paris before moving to Covent Garden, London in 1768. Besides his work as a commercial engraver and watercolour painter he is best known for some 2,500 commissioned watercolurs of antiquities, historic buildings and landscapes in the British Library (MSS 15537-48). Throughout the 1780s he toured Sussex, sketching churches, monuments, castles, abbeys and houses of the gentry James Lambert, senior, (1725-1788) and his nephew James Lambert, junior, (1744-1799) were both landscape painters living in Lewes, Sussex. Between them they produced over 600 items, ranging from pencil sketches to large oils. William Burrell (1732-96), antiquary, was born in Leadenhall Street, London, educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He became Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester Dioceses, M.P. for Haslemere and a Commissioner of Excise. From 1780 he employed Samuel Grimm and the Lamberts to make drawings of all the notable antiquities and important houses in Sussex, which he bequeathed to the British Museum in his will. for more information refer to Sussex Views by Walter H. Godfrey and L.F. Salzman and Sussex Depicted by John Farrant, both published by the Sussex Record Society. | |||||
| 1785 |  | Rotherfield Church from the Turnpike Gate at Mark Cross, watercolour (18.2 x 26.5 cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | The Rectory [a.k.a. Dowland Manor] | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 23 (no. 38) | |
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Parsonage | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Parsonage | ||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Robert Gream, M, Head, age 64; occupation Rector | Reverend Robert Gream, rector of Rotherfield | Rectory | 1841 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Maria Gream, F, [Wife], age 57 | Maria Gream | ||||
| Helen Gream, F, [Daughter], age 27 | Helen Ommanney [Gream] | ||||
| Nevell Gream, M, [Son], age 23 | Nevill Gream | ||||
| Mary Gream, F, [Daughter], age 21 | Mary Anna Gream | ||||
| Katherine Gream, F, [Daughter], age 19 | Katharine Anne Gream | ||||
| Caroline Gream, F, [Daughter], age 17 | Caroline Dorcas Oddie [Gream] | ||||
| Henrietta Gream, F, [Daughter], age 15 | Henrietta Antrobus [Gream] | ||||
| Octavius Ommanney, M, age 23; occupation Agent | Octavius Ommanney | ||||
| Thomas Mackenzie, M, age 17; occupation: independent | Thomas Mackenzie | ||||
| George Donovan, M, age 17; occupation: independent | George Donovan | ||||
| Charles Hibbert, M, age 17; occupation: independent | Charles Hibbert | ||||
| Charles Moon, M, age 21, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Charles Moon | ||||
| Servant | Frederick Blake | ||||
| David Payne, M, age 28, born Sussex; occupation: servant | David Payne | ||||
| Eliza Knowles, F, age 27, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Eliza Knowles | ||||
| Sarah Edwards, F, age 23, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Sarah Edwards | ||||
| Hester Short, F, age 16, born Sussex; occupation Servant | Hester Short | ||||
| 1851 | Green, Rev. Robert; occupation: rector of Rotherfield | Reverend Robert Gream, rector of Rotherfield | Rectory | Post Office Directory | |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head, widowed; occupation: rector of Rotherfield | Reverend Robert Gream, rector of Rotherfield | Rectory | 1851 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Daughter | Sarah Ann Gream | ||||
| Daughter | Mary Anna Gream | ||||
| Daughter | Katharine Anne Gream | ||||
| Daughter | Henrietta Antrobus [Gream] | ||||
| Grand-son | Lewis George Gream | ||||
| Servant; occupation Footman | Thomas Winborn | ||||
| Servant; occupation: housemaid | Fanny Brooman | ||||
| Servant; occupation: servant | Elizabeth Cole | ||||
| Servant; occupation Housemaid | Ann Allcorn [Type] | ||||
| Servant; occupation Cook | Sarah Hoath [Bennett] [Type] | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: pauper | James Cole, farm labourer | Rectory Cottage | 1851 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Wife | Katherine Cole [Streeter] | ||||
| Grandson; occupation: scholar | Obed Cole | ||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | Edward Bligh, M, Head, married, age 32, born London, Middlesex; occupation: rector and farmer of 115 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy | Edward Bligh, rector and farmer | Rectory | 1861 Census Rotherfield and Crowborough, Sussex |
| Isabel Bligh, F, Wife, married, age 29, born Birling, Kent | Isabel Bligh | ||||
| Lodowick Bligh, M, Son, age 6, born Dover, Kent | Lodowick Bligh | ||||
| Roalind Bligh, F, Daughter, age 3, born London, Middlesex | Roalind Bligh | ||||
| Mary Ann Woodly, F, Servant, married, age 46, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: cook and housekeeper | Mary Ann Woodly | ||||
| Jane Rowlands, F, Servant, single, age 38, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire; occupation: lady's maid | Jane Rowlands | ||||
| Martha Wiles, F, Servant, single, age 35, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: housemaid | Martha Wiles | ||||
| Harriet Ashdown, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Leybourne, Kent; occupation: kitchenmaid | Harriet Ashdown | ||||
| Fanny Dobson, F, Servant, single, age 27, born West Malling, Kent; occupation: laundry maid | Fanny Dobson | ||||
| Caroline Langridge, F, Servant, single, age 34, born Woolwich, Kent; occupation: nurse | Caroline Langridge | ||||
| Emma Collins, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: nurse maid | Emma Collins | ||||
| John Pilcher, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Minster, Kent; occupation: footman | John Pilcher | ||||
| Samuel Wool, M, Servant, single, age 26, born Worplesdon, Surrey; occupation: coachman | Samuel Wool | ||||
| George Owen, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: groom | George Owen | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Alfred Child, M, Head, married, age 42, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: rector of Rotherfield | Alfred Child, rector of Rotherfield | Rectory | 1871 Census Rotherfield and Crowborough, Sussex |
| Louisa C Child, F, Wife, married, age 36, born London, Middlesex | Louisa C. Child | ||||
| Ella M Child, F, Daughter, age 8, born Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire | Ella M. Child | ||||
| Ivia B Child, F, Daughter, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Ivia B. Child | ||||
| Herbert A Child, M, Son, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Herbert A. Child | ||||
| Jane R Johnson, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Westminster, Middlesex; occupation: nurse | Jane R. Johnson | ||||
| Hannah Kember, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: under nurse | Hannah Kember | ||||
| Charlotte Eyles, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Baulks Hill Chute, Wiltshire; occupation: cook | Charlotte Eyles | ||||
| Fanny Stallwood, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Shiplake, Oxfordshire; occupation: parlour maid | Fanny Stallwood | ||||
| Sarah A Luxford, F, Servant, single, age 21; occupation: housemaid | Sarah A. Luxford | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Robert G Hunt, M, Head, married, age 25, born Marnhull, Dorset; occupation: farm labourer | Robert G. Hunt, farm labourer | Rectory Cottage | 1871 Census Rotherfield and Crowborough, Sussex |
| Tabitha Hunt, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Hinton St Mary, Dorset | Tabitha Hunt | ||||
| George A Hunt, M, Son, age 8m, born Rotherfield, Sussex | George A. Hunt | ||||
| Thomas Owen, M, Boarder, single, age 23, born Shenley, Hertfordshire; occupation: domestic groom | Thomas Owen | ||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Rotherfield Rectory | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Robert G. Penny, M, Head, married, age 43, born Lincolnshire; occupation Curate of Rotherfield | Robert G. Penny | Rectory | 1881 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Elizabeth T. Penny, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Wiltshire | Elizabeth T. Penny | ||||
| Augusta Essen, F, Serv, single, age 19, born Germany; occupation: housemaid | Augusta Essen | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Alexander M. Bean, M, Head, married, age 46, born Scotland, occupation: gardener | Alexander M. Bean, gardener | Rectory Cottage | 1881 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Maud Willy, F, Neice, age 14, born Middlesex; occupation Scholar | Maud Willey | ||||
| Maria Willey, F, Neice, age 12, born Middlesex; occupation Scholar | Maria Willey | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Frederick Wildman Goodwyn, M, Head, married, age 41, born Calcutta, India; occupation: rector of Rotherfield | Frederick Wildman Goodwyn, rector of Rotherfield | The Rectory | 1891 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Ethel Zoe Goodwyn, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Oxford, Oxfordshire | Ethel Zoe Goodwyn [Thompson] | ||||
| Zoe Eleanor Goodwyn, F, Daughter, age 3, born Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire | Zoe Eleanor Goodwyn | ||||
| Dorothy Zoe Goodwyn, F, Daughter, age 3 months, born Rotherfield, Sussex | Dorothy Zoe Goodwyn | ||||
| Betsy Ann Leak, F, Servant, single, age 36, born New Leake, Lincolnshire; occupation: nurse | Betsy Ann Leak | ||||
| Ada Harriet Heathcote, F, Servant, single, age 28, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; occupation: cook | Ada Harriet Heathcote | ||||
| Annie Barnes, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Barnsley, Yorkshire; occupation: house parlourmaid | Annie Barnes | ||||
| Dinah Foord, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: housemaid | Dinah Foord | ||||
| Elizabeth Curtis Sitch, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Ingatestone, Essex; occupation: nurserymaid | Elizabeth Curtis Sitch | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Thomas Oram, M, Head, married, age 36, born Ditchling, Sussex; occupation Gardener | Thomas Oram, gardener | The Rectory Cottage | 1891 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Olive Oram, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Maresfield, Sussex | Olive Oram [Fox] | ||||
| Thomas Henry Oram, M, Son, age 10, born Ditchling, Sussex; occupation Scholar | Thomas Henry Oram | ||||
| George Frederick Oram, M, Son, age 7, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar | George Frederick Oram | ||||
| William Edward Oram, M, Son, age 3, born Rotherfield, Sussex | William Edward Oram | ||||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Rectory | ||
| 1904 |  | The Rectory, Rotherfield | Private collection | ||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Francis Weldon Champneys, M, Head, married 14 years, age 55, born Wendover, Berkshire; occupation: clerk in holy orders | Francis Weldon Champneys, clerk in holy orders | Rotherfield Rectory, Rotherfield | 1911 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Edith Champneys, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Blackheath, Kent; occupation: helper in work | Edith Champneys | ||||
| Lucy Parker, F, Servant, Single, age 29, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: cook | Lucy Parker | ||||
| Fanny Ellen Billings, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Cliffe-At-Hoo, Kent; occupation: parlourmaid | Fanny Ellen Billings | ||||
| Alice Eliza Billings, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Cliffe-At-Hoo, Kent; occupation: house maid | Alice Eliza Billings | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | George Scrase, M, Head, married 40 years, age 60, born Chailey, Sussex; occupation: gardener | George Scrase, gardener | Rectory Cottage, Rotherfield | 1911 Census Rotherfield, Sussex |
| Hannah Scrase, F, Wife, married, age 62, born Buxted, Sussex | Hannah Scrase | ||||
| George Scrase, M, Son, single, age 38, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer on farm | George Scrase | ||||
| William Walter Scrase, M, Son, single, age 19, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: carter general | William Walter Scrase | ||||
| William Arthur Harman, M, Boarder, single, age 16, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: house lad | William Arthur Harman | ||||
| 1928 |  | Dewland Manor in 1675 by Catherine Pullein | Rectory | Pullein's Rotherfield | |
| 2001 | Today | The Rectory | |||
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