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William Fermor

Parents:

• Birth: William Fermor was born in 1541 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Baptism*: William Fermor was baptized on 2 June 1541 at St Denys, Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle.
• Marriage*: William Fermor married (?) Fulwer circa 1560 at England.
• Anecdote*: In Pullein's book it is stated: "the pedigree taken from the Harleian MS., 1562, fol 89 merely says "William Fermor of Walsh in the parish of Retherfeld married to his first wife ...... daughter of ........ Fulwer but had no yssue".²
• (Witness) Will: William Fermor is mentioned in the will of Alexander Fermor Esq dated 18 December 1581 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.²
• Marriage*: William Fermor married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of George Scott, circa 1590 at England.
• Anecdote: According to Pullein's book, Elizabeth was the daughter of George Scott of Congerhurst [Conghurst] in Hawkhurst in county Kent, and the widow of ....... Ordium.³
• Marriage*: William Fermor married Margaret Squier, daughter of William Squier, on 6 August 1596 at All Saints, Hastings, London, England, Margaret a widow married as Margaret Barlowe.³
• Will*: William Fermor left a will made on 28 March 1601 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.^4,5
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of William Fermor, Gent of Hastings, 1601
  (TNA: PROB 11/100/108)
  Made: 28 Mar 1601
  Proved: 19 Jul 1602
  In the name of God Amen the Eighte and twentithe day of March in the yeare of our lord god one thowsande six hundred one and in the three and Fortith yeare of the Raigne of our most gracious Soveraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth of England Frannce and Irelande etc I William Fermor of Hastinge in the countie of Sussex gent beinge at this tyme full of payne and sicknes in my body but of good and sounde memory (god be glorified for yt) do make and ordayne this my testamente and last will in manner and forme followinge First I bequeath and commit my soule unto allmighty god my maker and Creator and to his blessed sonne Jesus Christe my onely Redeemer by whom and whose death onely and by none other meanes or merittes I hope to have salvacion and to be partaker of the ioyes and blisse of heaven and my bodie to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried neere unto my wiffe in the Church of Allhallows in Hastinge aforesaid (yf conveniently yt may be) or els where yt shall please god and myne Overseers hereunder named And touchinge that porcion of worldly goodes which yt pleased allmightie god of his greate goodnes to bestowe uppon me (farre unworthy thereof) I do give and bequeathe thereof unto the poore people of the Towne of Hastinge fortie shillinges of lawfull Englishe money to be distributed to them at my buryall twentie shillinges and within one yeare nexte after other twentie shillinges at the discrecion of the Maior and the most discreete Inhabitantes of either of the parishes of the said Towne Item I do bequeathe to the poore people of the parishe of Rotherfeilde in Sussex fortie shillinges to be paid the one halfe within one quarter of a yeare nexte after my decease and the other halfe within the seconde yeare nexte after my decease and to be distributed by my brother Nicholas Fermor (yf he shall then be dwellinge there) and by fowre other of the most discreete Inhabitantes of the parishe where they shall thincke most neede Also I bequeathe unto the poore people of the Towne of Lewes twentie shillinges viz to the poore of the parishe of Allhallowes in Lewes tenne shillings and to the poore of the residue of the saide towne tenne shillinges to be paide within the first yeare after my deathe to be distributed in Allhallowes by fower the most discreete personns of the same parishe and the residue by the Constable of the said towne where and to whome they shall thincke most neede Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Dorothie Miles one newe featherbed and a bolster which is in myne howse at Rotherfeild which shee already claymeth to be her owne Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Pailor my saide sisters daughter the somme of twentie shillinges to be paide to her owte of my landes either at the age of eighteen yeares or daie of her marriage which shall first happen Also I will that Margaret nowe my wiefe shall have and take to her owne use and behoofe all such monie goods chattells debts and other things as were hers at the tyme when I marryed her except one featherbed and a bolster with the things thereunto belonging nowe in my chamber at Staple inne in London Also I will that my side wiefe shall have the use and occupying of all my howseholdstuffe and implements of howshoulde whatsoever which I have in my now dwellinge howse in Hastinge dureinge her liefe (yf she continue widdowe so longe) and after her decease to remaine and belonge to my children Bridget Farmer and Alexander Fermor by equall porcions provided always the standerds to remaine to the saide howse and yf it shall happen my saide wiefe to marry againe then I will that shee and hee with whome shee shall so marrie shall become bounden with two sufficient suerties with them to myne Overseers in double the value of the saide howshouldstuffe to satisfie to my saide two children at the tyme of her deathe all the saide ymplements of howshoulde and howseholdstuffe or the verie value thereof in money as the same shalbe apprised after my deathe at the choise and election of my saide children (yf they shall then be of full age) or of those that shall then be governors of them yf my said children shall then happen to be under their severall ages of one and twentie yeares but yf they shall refuse so to be bounden then ymmediatlie after the saide marriage had this my devise thereof to her to be utterly voide and then the use and occupacion of the said howshouldstuffe and ymplements of howshold to be to my other two children William Fermor and Anne Fermor to be equallie devided betwene them Also I doe will and bequeath to Armiger Barlowe Thomas Barlowe and Marie Barlowe the children of my nowe wiefe either of them fortie shillings to be paid to the said Armiger and Thomas owte of my landes when they shall come to their ages of fower and twentie yeares and to be paide to the saide Marie owte of my landes when shee shall come to the age of one and twentie yeares or the daie of her marriage which shall first happen Item I will and my mynde and desire is that Margerie (sic) my wiefe shall yf shee will have the custodie educacion and bringing upp of my two children William Fermor and Anne Fermor untill such tyme as my daughter Anne Fermor shall come to the age of fowertene yeares yf shee wilbe ruled and ordered by my said wiefe and that my saide wiefe shall so longe remayne unmarryed but yf she will not be ruled and ordered by my saide wiefe then my will is shee shalbe otherwise placed at the discretion of my Overseers or the most parte of them for her better education & bringing upp and in consideracion thereof I doe will and devise to my saide wife for and towards the charge of fyndeing apparrellinge and bringing upp of my saide daughter Anne yearelie during so longe tyme as shee shall by virtue of this my will keepe finde apparrell and bring upp my saide daughter Tenne poundes of lawfull monie of Englande to be paide to her by myne overseers owte of my said landes quarterlie at the feasts of the Annunciacion of the blessed virgin Marie the Nativitie of Sainct John the Baptist Sainct Michaell the archangell and the Nativitie of our lord god by even porcions And for my sonne William my mynde is my saide wiefe shall have the educacion and bringing up of him so longe tyme as myne Overseers or the moste parte of them shall thinck good and that shee shalbe allowed and paide by them for the same so much monie quarterlie owte of my landes as they in their discretion shall thinck fit and convenient Item I doe will and devise that the residue of the yearely proffitts and revenues of my landes tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances in Rotherfeild which shalbe more and over and above that which by this my will I have or shall devise to be yearely paide owte thereof shalbe yearelie levied and taken upp by my said Overseers hereunder named and Fortie poundes yearelie thereof ymployed to the onely use and behoofe of my saide daughter Anne Fermor untill such tyme as the somme of two hundred Fifty poundes be thereof fullie levied and received which saide yearely somme of Fortie poundes as the same shalbe to her use received I will shalbe from tyme to tyme imployed and disposed to the best use and commoditie that maye be for my saide daughter Anne at the discretion of myne Overseers or the most parte of them the which two hundred Fifty poundes with the proffitts & increase thereof I doe whollie give and bequeathe unto my daughter Anne to be paide unto her at the tyme of her marriage or within one whole yeare then next followinge after (yf shee shall marrie with the good likeing of my saide Overseers or the most parte of theme and of William Skott gent my brother in lawe her uncle) Item I will that yf my said daughter Anne shall happen to departe this liefe before she shall come to the age of one and twentie yeares or be marryed then I will give and bequeath the saide two hundred Fifty poundes to my sonne William Fermor Item I give and bequeath to Margaret my wiefe all my howses and landes in Hasting to her already not assured to hold to her and also to her assignes dureinge the tearme of her liefe and after her decease to remaine to Alexander my sonne and his heires for ever yet nevertheless yf my saide wiefe shall thinck good with the good likeinge of myne Overseers or the most parte of them to sell my saide howse and tenements in Hastinge or anie of them for her better benefit and proffitt and the proffit of my saide sonne Alexander then I doe give and devise unto my saide wiefe full power and authoritie to sell all the saide howses and tenements in Hastinge in Fee simple fee tayle or otherwise at the will and pleasure of him or them that shall so buye them notwithstanding the remayneder before devised unto my saide sonne Alexander Provided always and with this condicion that then my saide wiefe doe put in sufficient securitie and bonde in double the value unto myne Overseers or the most parte of them to have the whole value of the said howses and tenements so sold to the use of my saide sonne Alexander after her decease Item I further give and bequeath unto my saide wiefe one Annuitie of six poundes tenne shillings yssueing and goeing owtt yearlie owte of one Inne called the Kings head and certain tenements in the olde change in London to holde to her her Exeuctors and assignes during the continuance thereof Also I give and bequeath unto my saide wiefe all myne estate of one lease of certain march which I holde of Simpson Leonard Esquire and Ladie Margaret Dakers his wiefe within the parrish of Herstmonceuz in Sussex Item I further will and bequeath unto my saide wife yearelie tenn poundes to be yssueing owte of my saide landes in Rotherfeild to hold to her dureinge the tearme of her liefe naturall to be paide to her by myne Overseers quarterlie at the feaste of the Annunciacion of our Ladie Sainct Marie the virgin Sainct John the Baptiste Sainct Michaell the Archangell and the Nativitie of our Lord by even porcions untill my sonn William Fermor shall come to his landes by vertue of this my will And whereas I have before in this my will given unto my saide wiefe one Annuitie of six poundes tenne shillings yearely in London and one Lease of a marshe in Herstmonceuz by estimacion worthe fower poundes yearelie more than the Rent Nowe when it shall happen the saide Annuitie of six poundes tenne shillings yearelie in London to cease and be expired then I give and bequeath further by this my will unto my said wiefe owte of my said landes at Rotherfeild six poundes tenne shillings more yearely to be paid her quarterlie as aforesaide dureing the tearme of her liefe naturall And when it shall happen the said Lease of marche in Herstmonceuz to be expired and ended then I further give unto my saide wiefe owte of my said landes at Rotherfeild three poundes tenn shillings more yearelie dureing the tearme of her naturall liefe to be paide her quarterlie as aforesaide And yf after such tyme as my saide sonne William shall come to his landes the saide Annuitie or yearlie legacies before devised to my saide wiefe anie of them or anie parte or parcell of anie of them shall happen to be behinde unpaide by the space of fowertene daies after anie of the Feastes in which it owght to be paide that then and so often it shalbe lawfull for my said wiefe and her assignes to enter into my saide landes at Rotherfeild or anie parte thereof and to distreine and the distresses there so had & taken lawfullie to leade beare carry and drive awaye and it to deteine and keepe untill the saide Annuities or yearelie legacies or so much of the same as then shalbe behinde shalbe to the said Margaret my wiefe or her assignes fullie contented and satisfied Item I give unto my sonne Alexander Fermor and my daughter Bridget Fermor either of them one hundred poundes apeece of lawfull money of Englande to be paid them by myne executrix at theire severall ages of one and twentie yeares or at their daie of marriage which shall first happen and I will my saide wiefe shall have the proffitts and use of the same in the meane space towards their educacion and bringing upp Provided that if anie of them happen to die before theire severall ages of one and twentie yeares or daies of marriage aforesaide then I give thone halfe of the saide hundred poundes to him or her so devised unto my said wiefe and thother halfe to him or her then survivinge and if it shall [happen] both my saide children to die before theire severall ages of one and twentie yeares or daie of marriage then I give one of the saide hundred poundes unto my wiefe and thother hundred poundes unto my sonne William Fermor and my daughter Anne Fermor equallie to be devided betweene them Further I give and bequeathe unto my saide sonne Alexander thirtie three poundes six shillinges eight pence to be paide unto my wiefe for him owte of my landes at Rotherfeild assoone and ymmeditatlie after that the legacie of my daughter Anne Fermor shalbe levied and paide owte of my saide landes and the same then to be paide unto him at his age of one and twentie yeares And if it shall happen my saide sonne Alexander to die before he cometh to the age of one and twentie yeares then I will that the saide legacie of thirty three poundes six shillinges eight pence shall remaine wholly to my sonne William Fermor Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne William Fermor and my daughter Anne Fermor all my howsholdstuffe at Rotherfeild equallie to be devided betwixt them (the standerds of the howse onelie excepted) the which I give whollie unto my sonne William Fermor Also I give unto my saide sonne William all my bricks shingles and sawed bords which I have nowe remayninge at Rotherfield and my will and desire is the shalbe imployed as speedily as maie be towarde the repaireinge of the dwellinge howse and buildings Also I give unto my saide sonne William two litle featherbedds and two bolsters with all that belongeth unto them which is in my chamber at Staple Inne in London Also I give unto my saide sonne William all my bookes and other things necessarie for him which I have in my said chamber at Staple Inne in London and in my studdie there And if it shall happen my saide sonne William to departe this liefe without yssue male of his bodie lawfullie begotten before he come to the age of thirtie yeares then I will and bequeathe that all my landes at Rotherfeild shall remaine unto my son Alexander and to the heires of his bodie lawfullie begotten and then I will that the saide Alexander shall paie or cawse to be paide unto my daughter Anne Fermor in further augmentacion of her porcion owte of my saide landes three hundred poundes to be paide within fower yeares next after the deathe of my saide sonne William and to my daughter Bridget Fermor in augmentacion of her porcion xxxiiitie vis viiid to be paide within five yeares next after the deathe of my saide sonne William and paying and dischargeing all other such legacies guifts and devises as I have given and bequeathed owte of my saide landes And for lacke of heires males of my saide sonne Alexander of his bodie lawfullie begotten then I will and bequeath that all my saide landes at Rotherfeild shall remaine unto my brother Henrie Fermor and his heires for ever and then I will that my brother Henrie Fermor and his heires shall paie or cawse to be paide unto my daughter Anne Fermor in further augmentacion of her legacie fower hundred poundes and to my daughter Bridget Fermor in augmentacion of her legacie two hundred poundes and alsoe that hee and his heires shall discharge and paie all other such guifts legacies and devises which I have given owte of my saide landes Item I nominate and appointe Henrie Farmor gent my brother William Scott gent my brother in lawe William Parker clerke my brother in lawe my cozen William Fowle gent my cozen William Wood and my nephew Isaack Bridges to be my Overseers of this my last will and testament and I doe give full power and authoritie unto my saide Overseers to demise let and sett all my saide landes at Rotherfeild except my woodland called Skadeland which I would in noe wise should be let at their wills and pleasure or at the will and pleasure of the moste parte of them and to take upp the Rent yssues and proffitts thereof and to ymploye them from tyme to tyme unto the performance of such legacies bequests and devises as by this my will I have given willed and devised and for the more ease of my saide Overseers in executing the premisses my mynde and will is that my said Overseers shall have power and authoritie to choose of themselves (f they shall so thinck good) such two or one as they shall thincke fitt to devise set and let from tyme to tyme as neede shall require my saide landes and tenements and to take upp the yssues revenues and proffitts thereof the residue of my saide Overseers or some two of them whereof the saide William Parker I will to be one (yf hee be then liveing) to take sufficient securitie of those partie so to be assigned to take upp the saide proffitts and revenues to make a true accompte unto the residue of my Overseers or the most parte of them once every yeare untill such tyme as my sonne William shall come to his age of fower and twentie yeares or yf my sonne William shall die without yssue male before he come to the age of fower and twentie yeares then untill such tyme as my sonne Alexander shall come to his age of fower and twentie yeares provided always and my will is that Edmund Terry Edmund Knell William Snatt and Edmunde Hoodeley iunior my nowe Fermors shall not be put from the occupacion of the saide landes which they nowe hould of me yf they list to continue the occupyinge of the same untill my sonne shall come to the full age of fower and twentie yeares abovesaid they paying their Rent and Keepeinge their covenants agreed uppon unless the most parte of myne Overseers shall see greate cawse to the contrarie And I doe will and give power and authoritie hereby to the residue of myne Overseers which shall not be ymployed aboute the letting and takeinge upp of the proffitts and revenues of my saide landes to take once in every yeare at some conveniente tyme and place by them to be appointed an Accompte and reckoning of them so appointed to receive the revenues of my saide landes and uppon such Accompte so had to receive of him or them the remaynder of the proffitts thereof over and above such legacies as I have before by this my will given and bequeathed and the same so received to imploye to the bringing upp or other best behoofe of my saide sonne William as they in their discreciosn shall thincke good And my will is that my saide Overseers or the moste parte of them shall take good bandes and securities in the name of my sonne or in the name of such other as they shall thincke good for the iust and true payement of such somms and the proffitts and increase thereof as they shall imploy anie waie to his use and benefitt Also I will that of such stocke and porcion of monie of the proffits & yssues of my landes or otherwise as shall remaine and belonge from yeare to yeare and from tyme to tyme unto my saide sonne William I will that my Overseers or moste parte of them shall allowe and paie unto my sonne William or them that shall have the educacion and bringing up of him somuch as they in their discretion shall thincke meete and convenient for his reasonable mainteynance and educacion in such honest facultie and course of liefe as hee shall bend himself unto and that he my saide sonne William shall have noe power nor authoritie to take upp anie proffitts of my lades himselfe untill he come to the full age of fower and twentie yeares aforesaide and then and ymmediatlie after my will and desire is that my saide Overseers shall yeld unto my sonne a iust and true reckoning and Accompte of all such Rents yssues and proffitts of my landes as they or anie of them have to shall receive by virtue of this my will or of the ymployment and bestoweing thereof and to cawse payement to be made of all such monies as shalbe founde anie ways to be due unto him And my will ys that none of my forenamed Overseers shall take to farme my saide lands or anie parte thereof nor retaine in his hands anie of the proffitts or revenues of the same longer than untill such tyme as hee hath yearelie given up his Accompte thereof unto the residue of myne Overseers Item I further give and bequeathe unto my sonne William Fermor one salte of sylver guilte one flat boll of sylver percell guilte and one golde ringe with a redd stone in it And I give and bequeathe further unto my daughter Anne Fermor one flat boll of silver parcell guilte and two gold Rings which were her owne mothers Item the residue of all my goods and chattells not given nor bequeathed my debts paide my legacies performed and my funerall charges discharged I wholly give unto Margaret my loveinge wiefe whome I make my sole executrix of this my last will and testament Item I give to my saide wiefe all the fynes which shalbe taken of William Alchorne my Coppieholder and of the heire of Nicholas Alchorne an other of my Coppieholders or their heires for their severall admittances to their severall coppyholds which they hold of my Mannor of Welth Also I give unto her all such provision for howskeepeinge which I have reserved of my tenants at Rotherfeild uppon the Leases of their landes which to hold of me to hold to her untill such tyme as my said sonne William shall come unto the age of fowre and twentie yeare Item yf anie dowts scruples ambiguities shall happen to arise aboute this my will or anie thinge therein conteyned then my mynde and desire is that for the avoiding of controversies and sutes in the lawe the same shalbe hearde decided and determined by my saide Overseers of the more parte of them accordinge to my true meaneinge and by such other learned counsell as they in their discretion shall call unto them Item moreover I give and bequeath unto Margaret my wiefe aswell all my Rents due by my Fermors and tenants for my lande at Rotherfeild at the feaste of the Aunnunciacion of our Ladie last past before the date hereof as also all the same Rents of the same landes which shalbe due at the feaste of Sainct Michaell tharchangell next after the date hereof to be levied and paide her by myne Overseers above named shee findeing and keepeinge at her owne costs and charges my son William and my daughter Anne dureinge the tearme of one whole yeare next after the date hereof Item I give unto myne Overseers abovenamed or the most parte of them full power and authoritie when they by their discretion shall thincke fitt to cut down of my woods called Skadelands somuch thereof as they shall thincke fittest to be cut downe and the same to sell to the best profit they can to the use of my saide sonne William and the monie thereof comeinge to imploye to the best use and advantage they maie in their discretion to the use and benefitt of my saide sonne William and to take sufficient bonds that the same may be paide to him at the full age of fower and twentie years or sooner yf they doe or the most parte of them shall soe thincke good In witnes that this is my verie true and last will and testament and that I revoke and renounce all other wills whatsoever heretofore made which I doe declare before the witnesses hereunto named I have to theis seaven sheetes of paper conteyninge all my said last will and testament setto my sealle and them severallie subscribed with myne owne hande theis beinge witnesses Martyn Life Richard Life John Lunsford William Parker James Michell William Fermor
  
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  (Transcribed by Rosie Ansell, May 2019.)
• Death*: William Fermor died in 1602 at All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England^B.⁶
• Burial*: William Fermor was buried on 2 April 1602 at All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England^B, "gentleman and jurat."^6,7
• Probate: His estate was probated on 10 July 1602 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Isaac Burgess

Parents:

• Baptism*: Isaac Burgess was baptized on 15 August 1572 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Burgess and Silvester Fermor.
• (Witness) Will: Isaac Burgess is mentioned in the will of Alexander Fermor Esq dated 18 December 1581 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.²
• Marriage*: Isaac Burgess married Ann Button on 6 July 1602 at Buxted, Sussex, England^B.³
• Anecdote*: The following document shows that Isaac Burges ended up with his father's property called "The Brooke":
  Title: Cancelled settlement (defeasable lease for 5 years at a shilling)
  Date: 31 Oct 1615
  ESRO: AMS 6917/1/2/19
  Description: Isaac Burges of Rotherfield, yeoman, with his brothers Thomas Burges and John Burges of Rotherfield, yeomen messuage called The Brooke and 300 acres in Rotherfield and Buxted recites: feoffment by their father John Burges of The Brooke of the reversion of the estate on his death to IB, subject to his payment of £66 13s 4d to each of his brothers
  the deed to be void and cancelled on the payment at The Brooke by IB to TB and JB within six months of their father's death W: John Hosmer the writer, George Burges, John Butcher cancelled by cutting; endorsed: receipt by TB and JB to IB; 'these are things which passed betwixt my grandfather and his sons Isaac, Thomas and John B'
  Custodial History: SAS/LB 18.
• (Witness) Marriage License: Isaac Burgess witnessed the marriage licence of Mary Fowle and Alexander Fermor Esq on 7 June 1617 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England; Alexander, gentleman of Rotherfield; Mary Fowle daughter of Anthony Fowle Esq. Sponsors: Isaac Burgess, gent of the same parish.³
• Anecdote: Title: Gift of chattels
  Date: 18 Oct 1651
  ESRO reference: AMS 6917/1/1/2
  Description: Isaac Burges of Isfield, yeoman, to his cousin John Burges, only son of his brother John Burges of Isfield, deceased
  all his household stuff at his house called The Brooke in Rotherfield, 'as bed-steddles, tables, forms and furnaces... shelves, boards and planks', all his husbandry tackling and his apple-mill at Brook House
  sealed and delivered to IB's wife Ann in trust for JB, and a pewter dish delivered in token of possession of the rest
  Witnesses: Thomas Chatfield, William Peckham the younger Custodial History: SAS/LB 23.
• Death*: Isaac Burgess died in 1653 at Isfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Isaac Burgess was buried on 7 March 1653 at St Margaret, Isfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴

Sidonye Burgess

Parents:

• Baptism*: Sidonye Burgess was baptized on 6 March 1574 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, Note: 6 Mar 1574/75.¹
• She was the daughter of John Burgess and Silvester Fermor.

Ann Button

• Marriage*: Ann Button married Isaac Burgess, son of John Burgess and Silvester Fermor, on 6 July 1602 at Buxted, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Married Name: As of 6 July 1602, her married name was Burgess.

Joan Rigford

• Marriage*: Joan Rigford married John Burgess, son of Ralph Burgess and Joan (?), on 30 September 1578 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹

Thomas Burgess

Parents:

• Baptism*: Thomas Burgess was baptized on 21 May 1592 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Burgess and Joan Rigford.
• (Witness) Will: Thomas Burgess is mentioned in the will of John Burgess dated 24 January 1605/6 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.^2,3

John Burgess

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Burgess was baptized on 1 April 1583 at St Denys, Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Burgess and Joan Rigford.
• (Witness) Will: John Burgess is mentioned in the will of John Burgess dated 24 January 1605/6 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.^2,3

Joan (?)

• Marriage*: Joan (?) married William Fermor, son of John Fermor, circa 1500 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1500, her married name was Fermor.
• Death*: Joan (?) died in 1540 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Joan (?) was buried on 15 June 1540 at St Denys, Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, "widow of William the Elder."¹

(?) Fulwer

• Marriage*: (?) Fulwer married William Fermor, son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle, circa 1560 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1560, her married name was (?) Fermor.

Elizabeth Scott

Parents:

• Elizabeth Scott was the daughter of George Scott.
• Marriage*: Elizabeth Scott married William Fermor, son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle, circa 1590 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1590, her married name was Fermor.
• Anecdote*: According to Pullein's book, Elizabeth was the daughter of George Scott of Congerhurst [Conghurst] in Hawkhurst in county Kent, and the widow of ....... Ordium.¹
• Death*: Elizabeth Scott died in 1594/95 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Elizabeth Scott was buried on 16 February 1594/95 at All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England^B, 1594/95.¹

Anne Fermor

Parents:

• Baptism*: Anne Fermor was baptized on 24 January 1590/91 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Fermor and Elizabeth Scott.
• Marriage*: Anne Fermor married Alexander Elliott, son of John Elliott, on 2 December 1613 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B.^2,3
• Married Name: As of 2 December 1613, her married name was Elliott.
• Death*: Anne Fermor died in 1623 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Anne Fermor was buried on 19 August 1623 at St Dunstan, Mayfield, Sussex, England^B, "wife of Alexander."⁴

William Fermor Esq.

Parents:

• Baptism*: William Fermor Esq. was baptized on 27 October 1592 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• He was the son of William Fermor and Elizabeth Scott.
• Marriage*: William Fermor Esq. married Alice Williams circa 1612 at England.¹
• Anecdote*: William and Alice had no children.¹
• Death*: William Fermor Esq. died in 1614 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: William Fermor Esq. was buried on 17 April 1614 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, Given as the 18th Apr 1614 in Pullein's book but 17th in SFHG burial index. Need to check original.^1,2
• Anecdote: See Pullein for a transcript of a long entry in the Rotherfield manorial court held on 9 Apr 1616. William died without issue and the manor of Walsh passed to his only (half) brother Alexander Fermor (baptised 1599 at Hastings).¹

Margaret Squier

Parents:

• Margaret Squier was the daughter of William Squier.
• Marriage*: Margaret Squier married William Fermor, son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle, on 6 August 1596 at All Saints, Hastings, London, England, Margaret a widow married as Margaret Barlowe.¹
• Married Name: As of 6 August 1596, her married name was Fermor.

Bridget Fermor

Parents:

• Baptism*: Bridget Fermor was baptized on 5 May 1597 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Fermor and Margaret Squier.
• Marriage*: Bridget Fermor married John Oliffe on 26 October 1618 at All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England^B.²

Alexander Fermor Esq

Parents:

• Baptism*: Alexander Fermor Esq was baptized on 8 January 1598/99 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.
• He was the son of William Fermor and Margaret Squier.
• Marriage License: Alexander Fermor Esq and Mary Fowle obtained a marriage licence on 7 June 1617 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England, Alexander, gentleman of Rotherfield; Mary Fowle daughter of Anthony Fowle Esq. Sponsors: Isaac Burgess, gent of the same parish.¹
• Marriage*: Alexander Fermor Esq married Mary Fowle, daughter of Anthony Fowle, on 12 June 1617 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.²
• (Witness) Will: Alexander Fermor Esq is mentioned in the will of John Baker dated 16 October 1623 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.³
• Will*: Alexander Fermor Esq left a will made on 18 December 1662 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of Alexander Fermor of Rotherfield, 1663
  (TNA: Prob 11/310/438)
  Made: 18 Dec 1662
  Proved: 20 Mar 1662/63
  In the Name of God Amen The Eighteenth day of December in the fowerteenth yere of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second ... And in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand Six Hundred sixty two I Alexander Fermor of the parish of Retherfield in the County of Sussex esquire being sicke in body but of // good and perfect memory thankes be to Almighty god and calling to remem-brance the uncertaine estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yeild unto death when it shall please god to call doe make constitute ordaine and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following revokeing & annulling by theis presents all and every testament and testaments will & wills heretofore by me made ... And first being penitent and sorry from the bottome of my heart for my sinnes past most humbly desireing forgivenesse for the same I give and committ my soule unto Al-might god my Saviour and Redeemer ... And my body to bee decently buryed without any pompe or state by mourning of otherwise in the middle Space of Retherfield Church six foote deepe under the greate blewish marble stone where many of my ancestors and predecessors have bin formerly buryed according to the rights and ceremonies of the protestant Church of England with the booke of common prayer whereof I am a member And now for setling of my temporall estate and such goods Chattells and debts as it hath pleased god favor above my defects to bestowe uppon me / I doe order give and dispose the same in manner and forme following That is to say First I will that all those debts and duties as I owe in right or in conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shalbe well and truely contented and paid or ordayned to be paid within convenient tyme after my decease by my executor hereafter named To whome I give and bequeath the rest and residue of my goods Chattells money debts oweing me Jewells leases and plate whatsoever unbequeathed in this my will and testament My debts Legacies and funerall Charges being first truely paid performed delivered & discharged I fully and wholly give and bequeath unto my now only sonne & heire William Fermor whome I doe appointe constitute and ordaine to be executor of this my last will and testament Item I give and bequeath unto my said two daughters Mary and Margarett Fermor soe much houshold stuffe of myne at or in Walshes house to furnish them a chamber to the full and true value of one hundred markes of lawfull money of England of what kinde or narture soever they please To have the same of as it shall be indifferently and did-creetly apprized by the apprizers of my goods after my death And by the iudgement approbacion and advise of the overseers of this my last will & Testament surely and willingly without the denyall murmuring of gayne-saying of the executor or executors of this my last will and testament to bee delivered them within one quarter of a yeare or sooner if possible the same may bee with conveniency done next after my decease by my executor without imbeazeling or grumbling thereat And I desire the same may continue remaine and stand and be in my said house after a duplicate thereof is made till conve-niently they can transport and carry the same away elswhere or any other truncks wearing apparrill plate or goods of their owne formerly given by me or their mother my deare and welbeloved wife or of any other goods or lynnen given or to be given them or my daughter Lappe by this my last will and testament according to my sonnes many former promises made to me to the effect of all above said Item I give and bequeath to my three daughters Elizabeth the wife of Walter Lappe Cittizen and mercer of London, Mary Fermor and Margarett Fermor // aforesaid all and every parcell of my lynnen whatsoever fine or course as sheetes pillow-beers cubbord clothes Table clothes napkins towells shirts neckeclothes bands Cuffes Childebed lynnen my dammaske mantle and other mantles to be equally devided betweene them three my said daughters (except my two best suites of table dyaper and damaske with all the napkins Towells and Cubbord clothes sutable belonging to the same suites which I give and bequeath to my grandchilde Alexander Fermor, to be delivered to my three daughters to be laid up by them carefully without usage or imbeazling to the sole use and benefitt of the said Alexander to be delivered to him by them or the survivours of them at his age of twenty and one yeares Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Marie Fermor for the care and paynes shee hath taken with mee in thro my late sicknes my pockett watch if I doe not deliver and give the same to her in my lyfe tyme Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchilde Alexander Fermor my greate best guilte baskett hilted Sword with the greate buffe Belte and my best Turkish Semiter hanger with the buffe girdle buckled with silver buckles with the appurtenances belonging to the same Item I give and bequeath to my now five houshold servants if they live with me at the tyme of my death to each of them tenne shillings a peece to be paid them which are of age within one yere next after my decease And to them which are not of age at their severall ages of one and twenty yeares Item I give fiftie shillings to the poore people of the parrish of Retherfield which receaved dole money of Mr Large and my Selfe at or before this Christmas now coming according to the proporcion they severally then receaved And the remainder thereof to be distributed amongst others of the poore that then receaved noe dole money which said fiftie shillings I will shalbe delivered by my executor to Mr Large and the over-seers of the poore of Retherfield to bee by them distributed and paid with one yeare next after my decease Item I give and bequeath to my executor my best gold ring with my Cote of Armes engraven thereon Alsoe I give & bequeath to my welbeloved brother Anthony Fowle esquire my ring of gould given me by my sister Anne Barlowe widdowe Alsoe I give and bequeath my ring with a Toadstone thereon sett to my true friend Mr John Large of Retherfield Minister Item I give and bequeath to my loveing sonne in Lawe Mr Walter Lappe my wedding round Ring desireing that my sonne Lappe will after his death and after the new melting and moulding thereof suffer the same ring to come be and remaine to his sonne Alexander Lappe my god-sonne Item I earnestly desire and as much as in me lyeth appointe & nominate my said loving brother Anthony Fowle esquire my said true friend Mr John Large and my said Loving sonne in lawe Mr Walter Lappe to be over-seers of this my last will and testament and to be at the apprizing of all my goods and chattells nowe in the house and uppon the ground when they shall be apprized and Inventaries by some discreete and Judicious neighbors which I desire may be within a quarter of a yeare next after my decease Item I desire my welbeloved sonne William Fermor my executor my said three daughters and grand-childe Alexander Fermor to be ordered guided and directed by my said overseers and the survivors or survivor of them concerning anything in this my will according to the discrecion direction and advise of my said overseers That there may aryse noe sutes in lawe trouble or malefacion among them And if any sutes or differences in lawe or otherwise (which god forbid) should aryse betwixt them or any of them That then the same be agreed arbitrated and decided by my said overseers ... remembering our Saviour Christs legacie and will to his disciples I will that yee love one another Item whereas there is two coppices of myne to be felled this winter in Fordbrooke Farmes and Inch Reedlands by Nicholas Ongley and his partners called // The Lodge field wood and Ford brooke Coppice together with underwoods and alsoe the underwoods now upon the said farme to be cutt in the next winter 1663 And in the Spring following I will order and appoint that all sommes of money as they shall growe due from them or any of them for the said woods and under-woods and for the Brush and Spray ariseing out of all the said woods in both the said yeares and Springs shalbe paid to sold and receaved by my said executor for and towards the true payment of my debts legacies and other disbursments mencioned or fitting to be paid in this my last will and testament And the monyes soe to be due and receaved for the same to be added and annexed to the Inven-tary of this my will and testament and my said executor to be answerable an accomptable for the same moneyes aswell as for any other foods or chattells whatsoever of myne which shall come to his custody and possession This is the last will and testament of me Alexander Fermor of Retherfield in the County of Sussex esquire concerning the disposeing and selling of divers messuages lands and tenements not formerly selled and disposed of by me lying in the parrishes of Retherfield Mayfield and Buxted in the Countie of Sussex First I give and bequeath grannt and confirme to my welbeloved and well deserving daughters Mary Fermor and Margarett Fermor and to their heirs forever All that my Capitall Messuage and Tenement lyeing in the parrish of Mayfield aforesaid called or known by the name of Hunts ... And alsoe all the buildings barnes Stables gardens Orchards and Courts Closes and backsides with Thappurtenances to the said messuage or tenement adioyning or belonging or therewith all letten used or enjoyed And alsoe all those severall peeces or parcells of land meadowe pasture and woodground with thappurtenances to the said messuage or tenement belonging ... called or knowne by the names of the two acres the kitchin field the hay Lodge field the meadow the broad-field the Popes the Motters Godwell Coggers Greves Sheepe Coates Hill & Pooke Lands alias Pooke Lane or by whatsoever other name or names ... conteyning in all by estimacion fower score and tenne acres be it more or lesse now in the occupacion of Henry Lord Loughborrough or of Francis Eaton gent or their ... assignes And my will intent and meaning is that my wel-beloved friends Mr John Haughton and John Newnham yeoman of Mayfield now and formerly trustees in trust of all the lands abovesaid for me for the sole use and benefit of me and my heirs And for and to such uses and directions and appointment as I shall by my last will and testament lymitt order & directe And that alsoe my sonne William Fermor esquire according to his Covenants under his hand and seale doe within one yeare after the death of me Alexander Fermor Joyne with the said Mr John Houghton and John Newnham in one or more deeds of conveyance for the sure selling of all the lands aforesaid according to my desire intent and meaning In as full ample and large manner as learned Counsell shall advise and directe in upon and unto the said Mary Fermor and Margarett Fermor their heirs & assignes for ever To have and to hold the same ... to them and their severall heirs severally by moyeties meets bounds and divisions & not by joynt tenancies ... And if they have no heirs of their bodyes begotten then I desire them that they will suffer the same lands aforesaid to remaine come and discend to the right heires of the body begotten of William Fermor aforesaid my sonne namely to Alexander Fermor my grandsonne and to his heires forever Item my will and meaning is That my heires and executors deliver or cause to be delivered unto my said daughters Mary // and Margarett Fermor all the deeds and other documents which concerne the same And all Charters plotts and measurements of land Court Rolles etc. which is now in my Custody or shall come into the hands of my said executor at any tyme hereafter within three monethes next after my decease with the boxes wherein they now are or shalbe ... which in any manner or wise concerne the said messuage or tenement and the Lands abovesaid ... called Hunts aforesaid together with a true examined coppy of this my last will and testament Item I give grante and confirme unto Mary Fermor my said daughter for her better maintenance and livelyhood dureing her naturall life one yearly rent charge of five pounds by the yeare of lawfull money of England ... to be ... paid to her out of all those my lands whatsover lying in the parrish of Rether-field called ... Inchereed lands and Foordgrooke Farme Lands with thappurtenances ... now in the occupacion of Arthur Marchant and William Sparrowe ... To have and enjoye ... the said yerely rent of five pounds ... unto the said Mary Fermor and her assignes for and dureing the naturall life of the said Mary Fermor payable ... uppon the feast dayes of thannunciacion of the blessed virgin Saint Mary next ensuing the date of theis presents And the feast of Saint Michaell tharchangell .. by even and equall porcions which shall first happen after the decease of me ... or within thirty dayes next after eyther of the said Feasts at or in the principall Church porch of the Parrish Church of Retherfield right to enter the said property to distraine if payment not made Similar annuity of £5 to be paid to daughter Margarett out of the same property and under the same conditions // ...
  Item whereas I Alexander Fermor did eyther secondo, tertio, or quarto Regis Carolis primi or in one of them yeares surrender into the hands of the Lord or Lady of the Mannor of Framfield by the acceptance of the Steward or his deputy one parcell of bond Coppyhould land de virgata de Greenhurst alias Grove-hurst (as I take it) one barne then thereupon newly built one orchard called the three acres with thappurtenances contayning by estimacion six acres ... And alsoe one building called a Forge thereupon likewise built withall and singuler the appurtenances usually called little Buxted forge to the use of me Alexander Fermor for and dureing the whole terme of my naturall life, and after my decease to such uses as in my last will & testament in writeing should be by me mencioned and declared And for default of such declaracion ... to the use of the right heires of me ... forever I doe hereby in order to the said Surren-der give confirme and grannte all the above copyhold property to Alexander Fermor my grandchilde the eldest sonne of William Fermor esquier now my only sonne and heire And if it will stand in law by the custome of the said Mannor and the Jurisdiction there-of ... That then my will intent and meaning is And then I give bequeath confirme and grante All the said Coppyhold lands for want of heires males of the said Alexander my grandchilde ... To my sonne William Fermor and his heires males forever Item I give and bequeath all the utensills Forge tooles Iron plates hammer Beame Wheeles scales weights whatsoever belonging to and with the said forge mencioned and fixed in a Scedule to the forge Lease to the said Alexander Fermor ... Item I give ... to my said grandchilde Alexander Fermor ... all those my Forge lands lyeing in the parish of Mayfield which I purchased of William Bishop gent and Anne his wife now in the occupacion of Nicholas Ongley and for want of heires ... to my Sonne William Fermor and his heires ... Item I give ... all other the Forge Lands parcell heretofore or now of Foordbrooke Farme or of // Inchreed lands together with the wayes through the same with the water Layes Ponds and all other commodities and easements for the benefitt of the well-goeing of the said little Buxted Forge and the occupiers thereof together with one indenture of Lease made to Nicholas Ongly now the ymediate tennants of the said Coppiholde landes Forge house Coalehouse and cole places and all other the said Lands as aforesaid to them granted by the said Indenture yearly at the rent ... of twenty seaven pounds per annum to my grandchild Alexander Fermor and his heires ... with all easements commodities and benefitts and for want of heires ... to William Fermor my sonne ... and I doe hereby ... appoint my sonne William Fermor to re-ceave all the rents ... dureing the minoritie of the said Alexander over and above the said allowance and paternall alimony of his father to him which I hope will bee in a most fitting manner as to his eldest sonne, and with the same rents and paternall allowance to educate nurture and bring up at free Schooles or other good private Schooles at one of the Universities Innes of Court in the profession of Divinity Physicke or common Lawes of theis Realmes as hee shalbe most fitting for in his capacitie ... And for his better educacion & to further him in a godly life and Studies I give and be-queath unto him the said Alexander my two best Bybles the one in English the other in Latine all my bookes of Divinity Physicke and Lawe And that hee may have some knowledge in other the liberall sciences I give and bequeath unto him all other my bookes and manuscripts excepting six of my best prayer bookes which I give to my three daughters and except my written booke in folio of Phisi-call and Surgery Receipts (recipes) which I will shall remaine and bee as in the first and second leafe thereof mencioned for every one of my Children to have a Coppy to take out if they please And I will that a duplicate of all my said bookes to be made the one to be lefte with my said executors the other with one of my overseers or daughters to be carefully kept for my said grandchilde and the said bookes to be lefte with my executors to be delivered unto him as he shall want them in his minority without Lending spoyl-ing misusing or imbeazeling the same or any of them, to be delivered fully to him at his full age of twenty and one yeares Alsoe whereas I am willing to leave unto my said sonne and grandchilde Alexander Fermor a considerable estate to live by and maintaine himselfe in that rancke and quality I have bredd him, and my said grandchildre wherein I desire he should live after him soe I am willing to have my debts and legacies in the first place well and struel satis-fied and paid by him, Therefore I doe hereby give ... to my said sonne William Fermor my executor for and towards the true and iust pay-ment of my debts First to be paid and discharged out of the yerely rents & profitts of all my lands whatsoever not herein formerly disposed of called Inchreed Foordbrooke Farme Lands and the Coppice together with a small tenement in the occupacion of Robert Marchant To have and to hold the said lands etc. dureing his naturall life with liverty for liberty for him and his assignes to cutt down any tymber thereon for the necessarie repayring of any the messuages barnes and houses Bridges Cutts fludgates and Sluces thereon built whatsoever And after my debts soe payd & discharged // Then I give ... after my sonne William Fermors death all the said lands aforesaid to my grandchilde Alexander Fermor and to his heirs ... And for default of such heires ... to my sonne William and his heires forever And my will and meaning is That the disposall of all the Lands to him and his sonne next above mencioned shall not be preiudiciall or voyd to my two daughters Mary and Margarett Fermor concerning the Annuities given them ... Neyther shall be priudiciall to my grandchilde Alexander Fermor ... And lastly revokes former wills and confirms the present one And in further testimony hereof have to the same sett my greatest Seale And to every Sheete thereof sub-scribed my name being seaventeen sheets of paper the day and yeare first above written Alexander Fermor ... in the presence of us William Ovenden John Baker Thomas Snatt William Snatt John Dannton
  Probate: London, 20^th March 1662 (English style) by the oath of William Fermor, son and executor.
  (Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 21^st April 2022 for Geoffrey Barber.)
  
• Death*: Alexander Fermor Esq died in 1662/63 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁵
• Burial*: Alexander Fermor Esq was buried on 26 February 1662/63 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁵
• Probate: His estate was probated on 20 March 1662/63 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Nicholas Fermor

Parents:

• Birth*: Nicholas Fermor was born circa 1560 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle.
• Marriage*: Nicholas Fermor married Katherine Wood circa 1582 at England.
• Anecdote: Pullein states that Nicholas Fermor married a lady named Katherine Wood, the source not stated but previous paragraphs referred to a pedigree from a Visitation 1663-4. The will of her husband indicates that she was a widow when she married Nicholas, and that she had a son Robert Coleman, so perhaps Wood was her maiden name.²
• Anecdote*: Title: Deed poll feoffment (Latin)
  Date: 2 Nov 1598
  ESRO: SAS/AB/188
  Description: John Tyndall, of Hellingly, yeoman, Richard Weller and Thomas Newenham, of Mayfield, yeoman, to Nicholas Fermor, of Rotherfield
  1 messuage at Clackham Street in Rotherfield
  2 cottage, barn, garden, and 2 piece of land with lane adjacent, one of which is called Smalhouse Mead and the other the Strake (6 acres)
  3 2 pieces of land called the Homett and the Bresons (6 acres) in Rotherfield lying together at the highway (W: between Maynards Gate and Treblers Green; S: towards land called the Church Croft; E: land of Edward Lucke part of the manor of Hall; N and E: to meadow of Edward Chesman and garden of Jasper Alchorne
  Recites deed of gift or feoffment (25 Feb 1597) from John Howell and John Lucke.
• (Witness) Will: Nicholas Fermor is mentioned in the will of William Fermor dated 28 March 1601 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.^3,4
• Will*: Nicholas Fermor left a will made on 27 April 1620 at Waldron, Sussex, England^B.⁵
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of Nicholas Fermor, Gentleman of Waldron, 1622
  (TNA: PROB 11/139/168)
  Made: 26 Jan 1621
  Proved: 13 Feb 1621/22
  In the name of God amen: The seaven and twentith daye of Aprill in the yeare of the Raigne of oure sovereign Lorde James by the grace of God of England Frannce & Ireland kinge defendor of the faithe &c the eightenth and of Scotland the three and fiftithe I Nicholas Fermor of Waldron in the Countye of Sussex gent in healthe and perfect remembrannce (thanks be given to Allmightie God doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner & forme followinge Firste I bequeathe my Soule to Allmightie God my Maker & by and throughe the deathe of Jesus Christe my only Savioure and Redeemer I hope to have remission of all my Synnes and to enioye the kingdome of God my heavenlye father And my body I comytte to the Earthe decentlye to be bu-ried in some Churche or Churcheyeard where it shall please God that I shall end my lyfe Item I will to the Poore people of that Parishe where I shall happen to departe this lyfe Three poundes To be distributed to them at my Funerall Item I will and bequeathe unto Katherine my wief my two blacke heifers with white faces one Bedsteed that standeth in the Kitchin Chamber in my howse in Clackham streete, one Featherbed, one Coverlett, one white Rugge, twoe Blancketts, twoe Bowlsters one payre of Pillowes, twoe payre of Pillowcoats eighte payre of Sheets parte of the best sorte and parte of the other sorte, sixe Tableclothes, parte of the best sorte and parte of the other sorte, one dosen of Table napkins one greate ioyned Cheste, one Chest of Bourdes that was her firste Hus-bands, one other Chest of Bourds, twoe Boxes of the best to laye Lynnen in, one little Brasse pott, one little brymde brasse Posnett Three dozen of Pewter parte of the best sorte and parte of the other sorte One Iron Kettle, one Spitt & other things, such as shee with some of my overseers shall thinke meete for hir to use towards her Howsekeepinge And whereas I have by my Deed indented grannted one annuitie of Seaven pounds yearlie to my sayd wief owte of my // Howse and Land in Clackham streete in Retherfield duringe her lief my will & mynde is yf yt please her that shee shall have the use and occupacion of the sayd Howse and Landes in respect of her sayd Annuytie after my deceasse for her owne use to dwell in and occupie soe longe as shee shall keepe herself sole and unmarried uppon this condicion that my sayd wief shall keepe the reparacions of the sayd Howse, Barnes, Hedges, Ditches, Fences, and Inclosures as they are nowe kept and re-payred from tyme to tyme as often as neede shall requier And it shalbe lawfull for my sayd wief yearelie in seasonable tymes of the yeare to toppe and take three Cords or Wood of the topps of the Oakes groweinge uppon the sayd Lands and the sayd Woodes and Spraye that shall come of the sayd three Cords of Wood to spend it in the sayd Howse Item I give to my sayd wief Twelve poundes yearlie beinge the Rent of my Corne myll in Retherfield to be payde unto her soe longe as shee keepeth herself sole and unmarried halfe yearlie as the Rent shall growe due by my Lease letten to William Cooke of my sayd Mill Item I farther will & be-queathe to my sayd wief Twenty marcks in monye To be payde within one moneth after my decease Provided allwayes that if my sayd wief shall clayme any Dower or Thirds oute of the Landes that I purchased of John Colvill lyenge and beinge in the Parrishe of Waldron And oute of the Howse and Landes that I purchased of Edwarde Longley lyenge & beinge in Retherfield that then shee shall loose & forfeyt all the Legacies before to her given and bequeathed And I will that my Executor shall paye her Fourtye shillings in full satisfaccion of all the sayd Legacies within halfe a yeare after her sayd Clayme Item I alsoe give unto my said wief one graye nagge which shee useth to ryde on The saddle, brydle, and all other furniture belonginge to the same Item I give to Walter Fermor sonne of my sonne Herbert Fermor and to his heires forever my Howse and Landes in Clackham streete in the sayd parishe of Retherfield after the decease of my sayd wief with all & singuler thappurtenances thereunto belonginge Item I will and bequeathe unto Robert Cole-man my wiefs sonne Eighte poundes to be payde within one yeare next after my decease Item I give and bequeathe unto Walter Fermor sonne of Harbert Fermor my sonne the Lease of my Watermyll in Retherfield with all commodities thereunto belonginge after the decease of my sayd wief the yeares that then shalbe unexpired in the sayd myll And if it shall happen the sayd Walter Fermor to departe this lief without heires male of his bodye lawfully begotten Then my will is it shall remayne unto Nicholas Fermor his brother and to his heires dureinge the contynuance of the sayd Lease Item I give & bequeathe unto the sayd Walter Fermor and to Nicholas Fermor his Brother To either of them Fiftye poundes a peece To be payde within one yeare next after my decease to my Overseers And to be by them putt oute to proffitte for the sayd Children untill they shall come to their severall ages of Fower and twenty yeares And then to be payde to them within the increase and proffitt that shall arryse thereof Item I give and bequeathe unto Franncis Leonard my sonne in Lawe Twenty shillings to be payde within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and bequeathe unto Margaret the daughter of Herbert Fermor my sonne the Somme of Fiftie poundes of lawfull monye of England To be payde to my Overseers within one yeare next after my decease And to be putt oute to proffitte for the sayd Margarett towards her bringinge up to learninge And to be payde to her when shee shall come to the age of Fower and twenty yeares Item I will and bequeathe more unto Catherine my wief the one halfe of one peece of Clothe that is nowe William Glasyers of Waldron aforesayd gent Item I will & bequeathe unto // the wief Judith the wief of Franncis Leonard my daughter) six yardes of the sayde Clothe to make hir a Petticoate and a Wastcoate And twenty shillings in mony Item I give and bequeathe unto Philadelphe daughter of Franncis Leonard my sonne in lawe Item I give and bequeathe unto Nicholas the sonne of Franncis Leonard my sonne in lawe all suche Goodes and Howshouldstuff as nowe is in or at my Howse in Waldron where the sayd Franncis my Sonne in lawe nowe dwelleth Item I give and bequeathe unto Dorothie the wief of Samuell Leasie my daughter Twenty shillings of lawfull mony of England To be payde within one yeare next after my decease The residue of all my Goodes and Chattells not before given and bequeathed (my debts and Funerall expenses beinge discharged and my Legacies well and iustlie payde and delivered accordinge to the trewe meaninge of this my will) I will and bequeathe unto Harbert Fermor my Sonne whome I make executor of this my last will and Testament And I doe verye kyndelye intreate my loveinge Cosyns Mr John Frenche of Chittingleigh my Cosyn John Maynard of Watlinge and my cosyn Nicholas Stapley of Chittinglye to be overseers of this my last Will and Testament And I will and bequeathe unto everie one of them Three poundes six shillings and eighte pence To be payd to them by my Executor within six monethes next after my decease towardes theire paynes to be taken aboute the execucion of this my last Will and Testament Provided allwayes and my mynde and Will is that if my sayd sonne Harbert Fermor at any tyme after my decease shall goe aboute by any wayes or meanes or in any sorte or manner to alter this my present Will or to doe or procure or suffer to done any acte or acts devise or devises which shall or maye in any respecte frustrate make voyde alter or change this my sayd Will or any thinge or matter therein conteyned to that end intent and purpose that this my sayd will shall not in every respect take effect and be well and iustlie performed accordinge to my trewe meaninge That then and soe soone as he or they shall practize devise or goe aboute to frustrate and make voyde this my will as aforesaid Then my Will is that my sayd sonne Herbert Fermor shall forfeitt and loose the whole benefitt of this my last Will and of everie Legacye and benefytte therein conteyned & therof shalbe whollye excluded and debarred forever And I will that Walter Fermor sonne of my sayd sonne Herbert Fermor shall take and enioye the whole benefitte of everie Legacie before given and bequeathed to my sonne Herbert Fermor afore-sayd And I will that my overseers or any twoe of them shall take the whole benefitt of everye Legacye before given unto my sayd Sonne Herbert Fermor to the use of the sayd Walter Fermor and his heires forever and to see him to be broughte up to learning untill he shall come to the age of one and twentye yeares And at his age of fower and twenty yeares to make him a reasonable accompte of suche Benefitts and proffitts as shall belonge unto him And I will that my overseers shall paye unto Herbert Fermor my sonne Fourtye shillings oute of the proffitts that shall come and belonge unto the sayd Water Fermor by this my will within one yeare after that the sayd Herbert Fermor shall foreytt his sayd Legacies as aforesayd in full sarisfaccion of all his righte tytle and interest to all my Goodes and Chattells whatsoever Nicholas Fermor This is the last will and Testament of me the beforenamed Nicholas Fermor published, declared sealed and subscribed in presence of Robert Coleman John Michell and William Byshoppe the xxvith daye of Janurarie anno Domini one thowsand six hundreth twenty one I Nicholas Fermor did reviewe this my will and have confirmed the same accordinge as it nowe standeth interlyned and at some place raced (erased?) In wittnes whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of Robert Colman William Bishopp Richard Twyner his marke. / Nicholas Fermor ./
  Probate: London, 13^th February 1621 (English style) by the oath of Herbert Fermor, son and executor.
  (Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 22^nd April 2022 for Geoffrey Barber.)
  
  
• Death*: Nicholas Fermor died on 28 January 1621/22 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Nicholas Fermor was buried on 31 January 1621/22 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, (gentleman.)^2,6
• Probate: His estate was probated on 23 February 1621/22 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Dorothy Fermor

Parents:

• Birth*: Dorothy Fermor was born circa 1557 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle.
• Marriage*: Dorothy Fermor married (?) Miles circa 1580 at England.²
• (Witness) Will: Dorothy Fermor is mentioned in the will of William Fermor dated 28 March 1601 at Hastings, Sussex, England^B.^1,2

Alice Williams

• Marriage*: Alice Williams married William Fermor Esq., son of William Fermor and Elizabeth Scott, circa 1612 at England.¹
• Married Name: As of circa 1612, her married name was Fermor.

Alexander Elliott

Parents:

• Baptism*: Alexander Elliott was baptized in 1584/85 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B, Alexander ELAT.¹
• He was the son of John Elliott.
• Marriage*: Alexander Elliott married Anne Fermor, daughter of William Fermor and Elizabeth Scott, on 2 December 1613 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B.^2,3
• Marriage*: Alexander Elliott married Constance Hepden, daughter of Goddard Hepden, on 27 April 1624 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B, marriage also recorded at Burwash.
• (Witness) Will: Alexander Elliott is mentioned in the will of John Elliott dated 13 August 1632 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴
• (Witness) Will: Alexander Elliott is mentioned in the will of John Elliott dated 11 June 1639; Only mentioned in the Rotherfield court records. Actual will does not survive.
• Will*: Alexander Elliott left a will made on 18 January 1658/59 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B.⁵
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of Alexander Elliott, yeoman of Mayfield, 1660
  (TNA: PROB 11/302/553)
  Made: 18 January 1658/9
  Proved: 11 December 1660.
  In the name of God Amen I Alexander Elliott of Mayfield in the County of Sussex yeoman being not well Of body but of good and perfect memory (Thanks be to God) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it hoping assuredly that it Shall rise again at the last day in and through the meritts of my Saviour Jesus Christ. And my body to be buried in the little Chancel of the parish Church of Mayfield in good and decent manner by the discretion of my executors hereinafter named. Item I give unto the poor people of the said parish of Mayfield four pounds of lawful money of England to be paid to them within 20 days after my decease by my Executors Item I give unto my daughter Mary Hartredge of Penbury widow Twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executors, And I give unto her the said Mary Hartridge more Fifty pounds unto her within two years after my decease. Item I give unto Mary Hartridge my Grandaughter five pounds to be paid unto her within one whole year after my decease by my Executors,
  Item I give unto all my Grandchildren that my son John Elliott hath one pound tenn shillings to buy every one of them a silver spoon. Also to all the Children of my son Alexander Elliott one pound ten shillings to buy everyone of them a silver spoon, Item I give unto the now servants of my son Alexander Elliott, Thomas West Thomas Furminger Thomas Mills and Elizabeth Gellatt Five shillings to each of them to be paid to them within one year after my decease,
  Item I will and ordain my son John Elliott and Alexander to be my sole Executors whom I give all the residue of my goods and household stuff,
  This is the last will and testament of me the said Alexander Elliott senior which I ordain, ratify and confirm And have Set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty eight. Alexander Elliott In the presence of H Hepden Ben Newington Alexander Parkham,
  Proved at London 11 December 1660 by Alexander Elliott the son and one of the Executors. Power reserved to John Elliott.
  (Judy Venables, June 2005.)
• Death*: Alexander Elliott died in 1660 at Mayfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Probate*: His estate was probated on 11 December 1660 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.
• Anecdote: At the Rotherfield manorial court held 23 Jan 1665/66, Alexander's eldest son & heir John Elliott was admitted to his many properties.⁶

Katherine Wood

• Married Name: As of circa 1582, her married name was Fermor.
• Marriage*: Katherine Wood married Nicholas Fermor, son of Alexander Fermor Esq and Elizabeth Fowle, circa 1582 at England.
• Anecdote*: Pullein states that Nicholas Fermor married a lady named Katherine Wood, the source not stated but previous paragraphs referred to a pedigree from a Visitation 1663-4. The will of her husband indicates that she was a widow when she married Nicholas, and that she had a son Robert Coleman, so perhaps Wood was her maiden name.¹
• (Witness) Will: Katherine Wood is mentioned in the will of Nicholas Fermor dated 27 April 1620 at Waldron, Sussex, England^B.²

Herbert Fermor

Parents:

• Birth*: Herbert Fermor was born circa 1590 at England.
• He was the son of Nicholas Fermor and Katherine Wood.
• Marriage: Herbert Fermor married Mary (?) circa 1614 at England.
• (Witness) Will: Herbert Fermor is mentioned in the will of Nicholas Fermor dated 27 April 1620 at Waldron, Sussex, England^B.¹
• (Witness) Admon: Herbert Fermor witnessed the admon of Walter Fermor dated 28 December 1631 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Marriage*: Herbert Fermor married Elizabeth Baker on 27 August 1639 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.²
• Death*: Herbert Fermor died in 1647 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Herbert Fermor was buried on 2 April 1647 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.³

Mary Fowle

Parents:

• Birth*: Mary Fowle was born circa 1595 at Sussex, England.
• She was the daughter of Anthony Fowle.
• Marriage License: Mary Fowle and Alexander Fermor Esq obtained a marriage licence on 7 June 1617 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England, Alexander, gentleman of Rotherfield; Mary Fowle daughter of Anthony Fowle Esq. Sponsors: Isaac Burgess, gent of the same parish.¹
• Married Name: As of 7 June 1617, her married name was Fermor.
• Marriage*: Mary Fowle married Alexander Fermor Esq, son of William Fermor and Margaret Squier, on 12 June 1617 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.²
• (Witness) Will: Mary Fowle is mentioned in the will of John Baker dated 16 October 1623 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.³
• Death*: Mary Fowle died in 1646 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴
• Burial*: Mary Fowle was buried on 3 October 1646 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴
• (Witness) Will: Mary Fowle is mentioned in the will of Anthony Fowle dated August 1647 at Newick, Sussex, England^B; (TNA: PROB 11/201/617.)

Anthony Fowle

Parents:

• Baptism*: Anthony Fowle was baptized on 1 December 1567 at St Denys, Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of Anthony Fowle and Margery Sherlock.
• Marriage*: Anthony Fowle married Margaret (?) circa 1593 at Sussex, England.
• Marriage*: Anthony Fowle married Elizabeth Porter on 8 May 1606 at St Michael Wood St, London, England.²
• Anecdote*: The marriage record states: Elizabeth BAKER married Robert FOWLER [FOWLE] on 8 May 1606 at St Michael Wood St, London, “Robert a gent of Rotherfield, Elizabeth widow". This is considered to an error in the parish register, and should be Anthony Fowle. Elizabeth was the widow of Robert Baker, so perhaps that is the cause of the error. The will of John Baker of Rotherfield, proved 1625, provides the proof that his widowed mother, Elizabeth Baker, married Anthony Fowle.
• (Witness) Will: Anthony Fowle is mentioned in the will of John Baker dated 16 October 1623 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.³
• Will*: Anthony Fowle left a will made on August 1647 at Newick, Sussex, England^B: (TNA: PROB 11/201/617.)
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Not transcribed yet.
• Death*: Anthony Fowle died in September 1647 at Newick, Sussex, England^B, at age 79.
• Burial*: Anthony Fowle was buried on 8 September 1647 at St Mary, Newick, Sussex, England^B, "Esquire."⁴
• Probate: His estate was probated on 15 September 1647 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Ursula Longley

Parents:

• Birth*: Ursula Longley was born circa 1535 at Sussex, England.
• She was the daughter of George Longley.
• Anecdote*: Ursula's maiden name of Longley is taken from the reference in her husband Alexander's will of 1558 where he names his father-in-law as "George Longlye".
• Married Name: As of circa 1555, her married name was Farmer.
• Marriage*: Ursula Longley married Alexander Farmer, son of Robert Farmer, circa 1555 at Sussex, England.
• Anecdote: Alexander Farmer died in 1558 and his will makes no reference to any of his own children, so it is assumed that he and Ursula had no surviving children.
• (Witness) Will: Ursula Longley is mentioned in the will of Alexander Farmer dated 23 January 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B; Note: 23 Jan 1558/59.¹
• Marriage*: Ursula Longley married Bartholomew Pusane on 12 February 1559 at Frant, Sussex, England^B, Note: 12 Feb 1559/60. The marriage does not say that Ursula is a widow.²
• Married Name: As of 12 February 1559, her married name was Pusane.
• Anecdote: Bartholomew Pusanna was buried at Rotherfield on 27 Nov 1583.³
• Married Name: As of 23 November 1585, her married name was Kent.²
• Marriage*: Ursula Longley married Henry Kent on 23 November 1585 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, Ursula PUSANNA.²
• Anecdote: The following extract comes from a book written by R. F. Hunnisett entitled Sussex Coroners' Inquests 1558--1603 and may be connected to the family of Alexander Farmer and Ursula Longley:
  21st. August 1588. Rotherfield, Sussex. Magnus Fowle, county coronor. Jurors: John Midelton, John Coper, alias Palar, John Staplee, John Hider, George Longely, John Gowldsmyth, Robert Ryvers, Stephen Hosmer, Daniel Philtnersse, Christopher Hilles, Henry Kent, JamesTayler, Richard a Jeames.
  On 7th. July [1588] Ursula Farmer late of Rotherfield, Sussex, 'spinster', gave birth to a live female child at Rotherfield, Sussex and immediately afterwards she and her mother, Alice Farmer of Rotherfield, Sussex, ' spinster' murdered the child, Ursula throwing her with both hands into a well containing water whence she immediately died and Alice being feloniously present aiding and abetting her. They were delivered up to the assizes and both pleaded not guilty and were aquitted: they had no chattels and had not fled. They were therefore released.
  Perhaps Alice Farmer, the mother mentioned above, was related to Alexander?
  It does illustrate the lengths that people would go to avoid the stigma and consequences of having illegitimate children.⁴
• Death*: Ursula Longley died in 1608 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Ursula Longley was buried on 12 June 1608 at St Denys, Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, "widow."⁵

Alexander Farmer

Parents:

• Birth*: Alexander Farmer was born circa 1530 at Sussex, England.
• He was the son of Robert Farmer.
• Anecdote: Alexander has been placed in this tree as the son of Robert Farmer primarily because his will (made 1558/59) mentions brothers George, Adam and Thomas while Robert Farmer's will (made 1546) mentions sons Thomas, Adam, George and Alexander.
• (Witness) Will: Alexander Farmer is mentioned in the will of Robert Farmer dated 1 June 1546 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Marriage*: Alexander Farmer married Ursula Longley, daughter of George Longley, circa 1555 at Sussex, England.
• Anecdote*: Alexander Farmer died in 1558 and his will makes no reference to any of his own children, so it is assumed that he and Ursula had no surviving children.
• Death*: Alexander Farmer died in 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Will*: Alexander Farmer left a will made on 23 January 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B: Note: 23 Jan 1558/59.²
• Will/Adm Transcript*: WILL - Alexander Farmer 1558/9 (Made: 23 Jan 1558/59, Proved: 16 Feb 1558/9)
  (ESRO: PBT 1/1/4/194A)
  In the name of god Amen the xxiiith daye of Januarii in the yere of our Lorde god m vc Lviii I Alexander farmer of Rotherfeld beyng sicke in bodye but whole of mynd & pfyte in Remembraunce Do make this my testament and last wyll after the maner and forme folloyng ffyrst I bequethe my soule to Allmyghtie god my maker and Redemer in whome I trust to have Salvation And my bodye to be buryed in the churche yarde of Rotherfeld aforesayde ffyrst I wyll to george farmer my brother all my Rayment Itm I wyll to Adam farmer my brother vis viiid the whiche is in the hands of Thomas Longlye of Rotherfelde also I wyll to vii children of my brother thomas farmer viis Itm I wyll to vii childre of my father in lawe george Longlye iis iiiid The Resydew of all my moveable goods not gyven I gyve and bequethe to Ursula my wyfe whome I mak my sole executrix of this my testament and last wyll To thys beyng wytnesse Thomas farmer adam farmer george farmer & george Longlye wth others
  S[uma] I[urii] …………. xiili xiiis viiid
  Ext in Ecolia pochiali de Marsfeld xvio die Februarii Anno Dni 1558 p exec ad valorem [eiusdem] iurat
  (Above paragraph: Sum Sworn: £12 13s 8d; Exhibited in the parish [school?] of Maresfield on the 16th day of February AD 1558/59 by the executor [who swore to the value of the same?])
  (Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 4th March 2017 for Geoffrey Barber.)
• Probate*: His estate was probated on 16 February 1558 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England, Note: 16 Feb 1558/59.
• Anecdote: The following extract comes from a book written by R. F. Hunnisett entitled Sussex Coroners' Inquests 1558--1603 and may be connected to the family of Alexander Farmer and Ursula Longley:
  21st. August 1588. Rotherfield, Sussex. Magnus Fowle, county coronor. Jurors: John Midelton, John Coper, alias Palar, John Staplee, John Hider, George Longely, John Gowldsmyth, Robert Ryvers, Stephen Hosmer, Daniel Philtnersse, Christopher Hilles, Henry Kent, JamesTayler, Richard a Jeames.
  On 7th. July [1588] Ursula Farmer late of Rotherfield, Sussex, 'spinster', gave birth to a live female child at Rotherfield, Sussex and immediately afterwards she and her mother, Alice Farmer of Rotherfield, Sussex, ' spinster' murdered the child, Ursula throwing her with both hands into a well containing water whence she immediately died and Alice being feloniously present aiding and abetting her. They were delivered up to the assizes and both pleaded not guilty and were aquitted: they had no chattels and had not fled. They were therefore released.
  Perhaps Alice Farmer, the mother mentioned above, was related to Alexander?
  It does illustrate the lengths that people would go to avoid the stigma and consequences of having illegitimate children.³

Edward Farmer

• Birth*: Edward Farmer was born circa 1475 at Sussex, England.
• Marriage*: Edward Farmer married Margaret (?) circa 1500 at England.
• Anecdote*: Edward and Margaret may have had a son Bartholomew. There is an administration for Bartholomew Femer in 1558:
  Admon – Bartholomew Fermer 1558
  (ESRO: PBT 1/1/4/170A)
  Admon: 1558
  Rotherfield
  Bartholomew Femer dying intestate
  George Fermer tanner [sic] William Fermer trugger his brothers
  having [sworn] to administer… [can’t make out the rest].
  (Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 4th March 2017 for Geoffrey Barber)
  The only reason to link Bartholomew to Edward is through the naming of brothers George and William, and William's occupation of trugger which links Bartholomew's and George's admons.
  Bartholomew is listed here as a son as an aid to future research. See details on his page for the full reason for this speculation.¹
• (Witness) Anecdote: Edward Farmer was a witness: Bartholomew is probably the son of Edward and Margaret Farmer because:
  1. Bartholomew's brothers George and William are named in his administration after his death in 1558 (see below). Their occupations are tanner and trugger respectively.
  2. It is speculated that Edward Farmer had a son George (see admon for George Farmer 1558) because George inherited a property that belonged to Edward Farmer; the assumption being that George was Edward's son & heir (however, it is also possible that Edward was an uncle and not the father). The information is found in the Rotherfield manor court held 22 Oct 1559 (at the time of George's death) notes that "At this court it is found by the homage that George Farmer who held 17 acres formerly Edward Farmers died as siesed & there falls a heriot a red hoved cow which has been delivered, that George Farmer is his eldest son & next heir & is 15 years old & now he comes & asks admittance & gives of relief 5/- etc."
  3. The admon of this George Farmer 1558 does mention a William Farmer and gives his occupation as trugger.
  4. Analysis of surviving Farmer wills and admons does not show any other obvious link.²
• Death*: Edward Farmer died before 1539 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.

George Farmer

Parents:

• Birth*: George Farmer was born circa 1510 at Sussex, England.
• He was the son of Edward Farmer and Margaret (?)
• Anecdote: The father of George Farmer is speculated to be Edward Farmer because George inherited a property that belonged to Edward Farmer; the assumption being that George was Edward's son & heir. However it is also possible that Edward was an uncle, and not the father.
  The information is found in the Rotherfield manor court held 22 Oct 1559 (i.e. at the time of George's death) and states: "At this court it is found by the homage that George Farmer who held 17 acres formerly Edward Farmers died as siesed & there falls a heriot a red hoved cow which has been delivered, that George Farmer is his eldest son & next heir & is 15 years old & now he comes & asks admittance & gives of relief 5/- etc.¹"
• Marriage*: George Farmer married Gadys Cornish on 26 October 1543 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B, George FARMOR and Gadysh CORNYSHE.²
• Death*: George Farmer died in 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B. Probably 1558/59. Death confirmed at the Rotherfield manor court held 22 Oct 1559 (see above).¹
• (Witness) Admon: George Farmer witnessed the admon of Bartholomew Farmer dated 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.³
• Admon*: Administration of George Farmer was granted on 20 March 1558 at Rotherfield, Sussex, England^B.⁴
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Administration of the goods of George Farmor granted to Godicia, relict
  John Bocher shingler William Farmor trugger and William Akent wheelwright
  parish of Rotherfeld [fealty]
  [Exhibited] in the nave of the parish church before [rev.?] Bartholomew Apley of Maresfield 20th day of March anno 1558 by John Bocher [aforesaid] administrator to the value of the [said] inventory
  (Transcribed by Claire Wickens, 5th March 2017 for Geoffrey Barber.)