Minns, Daniel. 73. Born at Oldlands House, 12 March 1806. Baptised at Maresfield. My Father Benjamin Minns (dead) was bailiff for Mr. Robert Holford of Oldlands. When I was 16 my father apprenticed me to a carpenter at Brighton where I remained 5 years. Then I came to Uckfield for 3 years, then I went to Buxted Place under Lord Liverpool about 2 years, then I went back to Uckfield 2 years, then I went to work for Mr. Benham (dead), the owner and occupier of Puxty Farm, Buxted, for about 2 years. Then I went into Kent for about 2 years, then I came back to Buxted to take the house I now live in and have now occupied it 44 years and have worked as a carpenter and have worked about on most of the properties in the neighbourhood.

I remember that when I lived at Oldlands we used to have brakes and litter from the Forest every year. While I was at Uckfield, Mr. Holford (dead) gave up farming and let Oldlands to my Father who used it till his death [and] then my brother John had the farm till Mr. Nesbitt bought the property. I constantly went to Oldlands to see my Father from the time I returned from Brighton till his death. He always had litter and brakes from the forest every year till his death. I used to see them in the yards and I used to help him load them on the forest and unload them in the yard. I know that my brother also had them every year; I used to see them in his yard.

I know Hendall Farm. When I first remember, Trill (dead) was the tenant and I believe Warnford succeeded him a short time. I do not know whether they had litter. They were out of my way. William Wheatley (dead) came after Warnford (dead). Then Lord Liverpool had it in hand for a time till his death. Then Gardner hired it for some years and died there, then his son carried it on for several years and then Mr. Wood, the present tenant, took it. Wheatley and Lord Liverpool used to have litter regularly from the Forest. I used to know because the teams had to pass my house from the Forest. I am not sure about the Gardners or Mr. Wood having any. I do not remember noticing their teams with it.

Bebbingford Farm belonging to Lord Liverpool, and now to Colonel Harcourt, lies a little lower down our road than Hendall. When I was a boy Day (dead) used the farm. I was a friend of his boys and used to be over there a good deal and I know he had a great deal of litter from the Forest. I used to see it in the yards and see his teams carrying it in from the Forest.

Mr. Simes (dead) was the tenant of it when I first came to live in my present house. He was succeeded by Farrant and now Baker. I have not noticed any of them having litter.