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REGISTERS AND RECORDS deposited at EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE
PAR 292
1/1/1 Register of baptisms, marriages and burials 1621 -1730 in parchment cover, recovered on boards with brown paper.
1/1/2 Register of baptisms, marriages and burials 1730-1786 leather binding. At front, note that Revd Thomas Baker was inducted on 24 Feb 1777 and presented by the Rt Hon Lord George Germain. Description of churchyard marks giving names and length offence that they were responsible for 17 Nov 1772.
1/1/3 Register of baptisms and burials 1787 - 1812. Calf binding. At front, note that the volume was bought in Dec 1786 for £2 16s by Peter Polling, Churchward; that the Revd Thomas Baker was inducted on 24 Feb 1777 and presented by the Rt Hon Lord George Germain. At front note that a tick before names signifies that the duty of 3d had been paid.
1/1/4 Register of marriages and banns 1754-1813. Calf binding.
1/2/1 Register of baptisms Jan 1813-Feb 1846
1/2/2 Register of Baptisms Feb 1846 - Aug 1933 At front, correspondence concerning the renovation of a silver paten, 28 Sept 1911. Census totals for the ecclesiastical and civil parish, 1911.
1/3/1-1/3/7 Registers of marriages Jan 1813 - Apr 1989
1/5/1 Register of burials Feb 1813 - Dec 1868
1/5/1 Register of burials Jan 1869 - Sep 1992
At front, list of fees, Jun 1906. Note concerning the hedge in the new
churchyard, cl910. Newspaper cuttings of letters concerning the payment of fees
for the burial of non-parishioners, cl910. At rear, list of faculties for grave
spaces, 1964-89.
BUILDINGS
4/1 Deed poll by Augustus Eliot Fuller of Rosehill in Brightling, Esq
charging a portion of the rectorial rent-charge with the expense of the repairs
of the chancel of the Church in exoneration of the remainder of the rent-charge,
2 Sep 1847.
INCOME
6/1 Income of the benefice Apr 1919/Apr 1921.
OTHER RECORDS
7/1 Letter from Peter [Gunning] Bishop ofChichester ordering the repair of
the Churchyard fence, 22 Aug 1674.
7/2 London Gazette , 8 Aug 1845, 20 Aug 1845.
7/3/1 Parish magazine for Chiddingly and Laughton, Jan 1973.
7/3/4 Parish magazine for Chiddingly and Laughton, Sep - Dec 1976.
7/3/5-7/3/22 Parish Magazines for Chiddingly, 1977 - 94 (omitting Sep-Dec 1977, June 1978, Mar - Jul 1980, Jan, Feb. Apr - Jun 1981).
7/4/1 Chiddingly Festival programme, 22 Sep - 9 Oct 1994.
7/5/1 Chiddingly Church Guide, 1995.
P292/23/1 Certificate from John [Bucknor] Bishop of Chichester allowing the Revd Henry Bishop, of Chiddingly to be absent from the parish for two years 23 Apr 1807.
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS
P292/8/l Monthly totals of money disbursed Apr 1671 - Mar 1677
8/2-8/4 May 1817-Jun 1835
8/5 Overseers ledger Apr 1828 - Sep 1841
8/6 Receipts and vouchers 1706 -1829
CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS
P292/5/1 Assessment for church rate, [ca l660]
PAR 292/9 Disbursements, 1662 - 1777
CHURCHWARDENS' PROPERTY RECORDS
PAR292/10/1 Copy of an inventory and valuation of the contents of the poor
house, 17 May 1833
10/2 Letter from T.Stames, Laughton regarding the valuation of the parish cottages 18 Jan 1842
VESTRY
AMS5628/1/1 Vestry minute book Jun 1823 - Apr 183 Iwith pen and ink
frontispiece by Richard Lower, vestry clerk
PAR 292/12/1 Vestry minute book May 1831 - Apr 1862. At back: biographical note about Richard Lower
DW7B78/1-2 Vestry minute books Aug 1862 - Apr 1903
TITHE RECORDS
PAR292/21/1 Tithe map by Richard Lower of Chiddingly, 1839
21/2 Apportionment of the rent charge in lieu of tithes. 20 Sep 1843
21/3 Tenders submitted to conduct a valuation of the parish, 10-19 Octi 837
21/4 Letter from Mr Gladman to Robert Guy overseer, enclosing the valuation, 13 Feb 1838
21/5 Certificate of capital value 25 Jun 1889, with map referring to farms and parcels of land, defined by edging in red.
21/7/1 - 8 Tithe redemption certificates 1911 - 1936
AMS 5628
1/2 Details of tithes as redeemed [ca 1896]
1/3 Printed copy of tithe award with index 7 Oct 1839, 20 Sep 1843 Endorsed: Received from George Guy 6s 6d for this reference 21 Sep 1910
VESTRY MINUTES
P292/24/1 Manor of Laughton new grant to Samuel Holman of Chiddingly,
farmer, and David Guy of Chiddingly, farmer, 26 Jun 1767
24/2 Manor of Laughton grant to John Reeves of Chiddingly, yeoman 21 May 1811
24/3 Copy agreement between the parish officers of Chiddingly and Richard Gander of Chiddingly for Gander to lease for one year from 29 Sept 1835 at £12,19 Oct 1835
24/4 Notice of vestry meeting to be held at the Six Bells Inn on 8 Feb 1839 to consider the sale of parish property, 2 Jan 1839
24/5 Notice of vestry meeting to be held at the Six Bells Inn on 8 Feb 1839 after the liquidation of the mortgage to Richard Knight [etc], 2 Feb 1839
24/6 Notice of determination of lease of house, garden and field (the old poorhouse) to Richard Gander, 4 Apr 1839
24/7 Poor Law Commissioners order for convening parish meeting to consider the sale of property specified in 24/4 above, 27 Aug 1840
24/8 Printed poster advertising the private sale of parish property 8 Dec 1843
24/9 Poor Law Commissioners order to the treasurer of Hailsham Union to liquidate the debt of Richard Knight, 25 Feb 1845
24/10 Receipted bills and vouchers, Nov 1819 - Feb 1844
24/11 Lease for one year at 30s by Thomas Thunder of East Hoathly, to others (on behalf of the poor of the parish), 18 Feb 1696
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
PAR 292
26/1 Window tax assessment 24 May 1743
26/2 Drawing in pen and ink of Chiddingly Church, by James Lambert junior, of Lewes 1768
26/3 Chiddingly Society for prosecuting felons, thieves and persons receiving stolen goods, list of rules and resolutions [c l832]
28/1 Bills submitted for attendance of constables at quarter sessions, and barristers at Hailsham Nov 1938
29/1 Warrants to levy county rate and rate for Lewes House of Correction improvements 24 Nov 1838
P292/6/1 Warrants to levy county rate 19 Nov 1839 - 3 Jan 1842
6/2 Account of fees, allowances and expenses submitted by parish constables 12 May 1847-1 May 1863
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS
PAR 292/31 Disbursements 1659 - 1777
Accession number 6372 [not listed as at 25/3/98]
Overseers' accounts and vouchers 1841 - 3
Overseers' and churchwardens' correspondence and papers concerning returns of those liable for jury service 1842
Overseers' correspondence and papers concerning rating assessments, the appointment of parish officers, auditing the accounts and exemption from annual lunatic returns 1842
OVERSEERS' RATES
P292/7/1 - 7/11 May 1663, 1738-1856 includes some accounts
7/38-7/42 1858-1860
7/43 Oct 1735 includes accounts
REMOVAL ORDERS FROM PARISH
P292/9/1 -1/56 Settlement certificates 1696 -1800
P292/10/1 -10/86 Removal orders from Chiddingly parish 1696 - 1853
PAR 292/32/2/1 - 2/5 Removal orders from parish 1696 - 1837
P292/11/1 - 11/85 Removal orders to parish 1697 - 1863
PAR 292/32/3/1 - 3/6 Removal orders to parish 1692 -1838
P292/12/1 -12/8 Settlement examinations 1749 -1839
PAR 292/32/4/1 Settlement examination 1785
APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS
P292/13/1 -14/12 Apprenticeship indentures 1695 -1830
PAR 292/33/1 - 33/2 Apprenticeship indentures 1720 -1827
BASTARDY RECORDS
P292/14/1 - 14/4 Bastardy examinations 1727 - 1793
P292/15/1 -15/14 Warrants for the arrest of putative fathers of bastards 1749 - 1841
P292/16/1 - 16/13 Bastardy bonds 1710 - 1792
P292/17/1 - 17/23 Bastardy maintenance orders 1724 - 1831
PAR 292/34/4/1 Bastardy maintenance orders 1825
OVERSEERS' SETTLEMENT MISCELLANEA
P292/18/1-18/8 Letters and removal order concerning settlements
PAR 292/35/1 Other settlement records 1838
P292/19/1 - 21 Agreements; inventories of the workhouse and of household goods of various persons; lists of those eligible to vote 1832-1843, parish expenditure 1660 - 1832; persons qualified to serve as jurors 1839 - 1842, etc.
P292/37/1 List of the parish's writings in the keeping of Richard Miller [overseer 1659-1660] and John Miller, nd [cl700]
37/2 Register of children put out as apprentices or servants Apr 1743 - Mar 1816, with an account of the linen given to the poor from the workhouse 1770- 1780 and of the linen for the workhouse 1770-1776
37/3 Census of the parish, statistical returns 1831
37/4 Applications for inclusion in list of voters Aug 1832 - Jul 1839
AMS
5628/1/4 Census of the parish taken in 1821 by John Knight and Richard Lower
with annotations on later history to 1895
OVERSEERS' POST-1834 ACCOUNTING RECORDS
PAR 292/38/1 - 38/3 Post-1834 records of list of paupers, 1837; summons for
John and Robert Guy, 1838; Thomas Townshend for non-payment of rates 1838; bills
and vouchers 1835 - 1840
OVERSEERS' POST-1834 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
P292/20/1 - 20/4 Paupers relieved and money expended 1836 -1863, receipted
bills and vouchers 1839-1861
P292/21/1-21/4 Hailsham Union 1835 and other records 1838 - 1839
SURVEYORS' RATES AND ACCOUNTS
P292/22/1 - 22/9 Rates and accounts 1824 - 1863
AMS 5628/1/5 Bills and vouchers 1835 - 1850
PAR 292/40/1 Receipted bills and vouchers 1836 - 1840
REGISTERS
a) Transcript of Baptism Register prepared by prisoners in Lewes Gaol under
the direction of East Sussex Record Office, 1982, 20 pages and cover
FACULTIES
a) Faculty papers for Jefferay Monument, 1973-9 SACRISTY SAFE
b) 14 faculties for reservations of gravespace, 1938-64 WEST PORCH TOWER SAFE
c) List of faculties for grave spaces 1964-89 East Sussex CRO PAR/1/5/2
d) Reserving additional grave space for Mr and Mrs N.G.Guy, March 1938 and request from Mary Guy to purchase plot for grave, September 1937
Correspondence and plans. West Sussex CRO EP 11/27 3 8/41
e) Reserving grave space for Miss Emily Ann Guy. Correspondence and plans September 1938. West Sussex CRO EP 11/27 38/116
f) Removal of remains of Hattie Cora Richardson for interment in mausoleum. July 1913. List of fees payable at Chiddingly Church Correspondence and plans West Sussex CRO EP 11/27 4084
g) Richardson family vault, outside S doorway for Herbert Richardson of Hilders Court, Chiddingly, May 1943. Correspondence with plan of vault by A.Trill, builder. East Hoathly West Sussex CRO EP II/27 43/19
h) Repair wooden flooring. New stove at rear with foundations. Plans, Architect E.E.Bowden, 17 Buckingham St Adelphi, London WC2. Correspondence and plans. August 1937 West Sussex CRO EP II/27 37/99
i) Removal of font to new position below tower so as to provide extra seating. Correspondence and plans, February 1894 West Sussex CRO EP IV27 4192
j) To extend sanctuary, re-lay slabs with additional black and red tiles, enlarge altar. New altar rails, architect Manning Robertson, 50 Norfolk Square, London. Remove wooden structure around pulpit, re-position font by North entrance. Install boiler and Grundy Hot Air System. Correspondence and plans, October 1916 West Sussex CRO EP IV27 3790
k) New heating system, Gosden & Lambert, engineers, Hailsham. Correspondence and plans, March 1926. West Sussex CRO EP/27 2497
1) Replace oil lamps with electric light. Replace hot air system with hot water heating. Fred T.Wordly, electrical engineer, 33 Norman Road, St Leonards. Correspondence and plans, September 1925. West Sussex CRO EP II/27 2490
m) 3 pairs oak doors for NW and S entrances to Church, architect H. Milbum Pett FRIBA, 9 Brunswick Square, Hove, November 1947. Correspondence and plans. Inscriptions to be carved on middle rail: N door: In memory of Colonel Alan Richardson VD of Alanmead, Chiddingly 17th April 1942. S door: In memory of Robert and Annie Daintree and of their grandchildren, George and Margaret Wilkinson 1948. West Sussex CRO EP II/27 364
n) Additional inscriptions to the War Memorial of names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war. Correspondence and plans, October 1947. West Sussex CRO EP IV27 365
o) Reserving a double grave space for George and Gertrude Milne. Correspondence and plans, July 1949. West Sussex CRO EP IV27 366
p) New choir and priest stalls of prime English oak. Correspondence and plans, architect H. Milbum Pett FRBA, 101 Western Road, Brighton, Correspondence and plans, 1949-51. Inscription on panel of priest's stall: These stalls are erected in memory of Louisa Elizabeth Rowe, 1880-1934. West Sussex CRO EP IV27 367
q) Electric heating system. Correspondence and plans. August 1954 West Sussex CRO EP IV27 368
r) Reserving grave spaces for the Misses Mabel and Ethel Bennett. correspondence and plans. September 1956. West Sussex CRO EP IV27 369
s) Faculty for seat in Churchyard, 1969 CHURCHWARDENS
t) Faculty for moving the font to the tower and erecting additional Seating in its place, 1874 East Sussex CRO PAR 292/4/1
u) List of faculties for grave spaces 1964-89 East Sussex CRO PAR 292/1/5/2
v) Faculty for erection of new screen and removal of pew 17 Aug 1961 WEST PORCH TOWER SAFE
OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND REFERENCE
Beevers, David, and others. Sussex Churches and Chapels. Brighton, Royal Pavilion, 1989.
Couchman, J.E., Sussex church plate (Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol 55, p 160, 1912)
Elphick, George, Sussex Bells and Belfries, 1970
Esdaile, Katharine, English Church Monuments, 1510-1840 Batsford, 1946.
Horsfield, T W., The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex. Lewes, Baxter, Sussex Press, vol 1, p 357, 1835. Wood engraving of Jefferay monument and Jefferay arms.
Huxford, J.F., Arms of Sussex Families. Chichester, Phillimore 1982
Jefferay family, p 102-3 French family, p 188-9
Bromfield family, p
254-5
Jackson's Hallmarks, Pocket Edition, edited by Ian Pickford, pub. The Antique Collectors' Club 1991
Lambarde, F., Coats of Arms in Sussex Churches (Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol 70, 1929, p 152-4)
Bells Daniel-Tyssen, A., The Church Bells of Sussex (Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol 16, 1864, p 205)
Arms of Chiddingly families [diagram] (Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol 14, 1862, p 232)
Jefferay Monument {Sussex Family Historian, vol ll, p63, 1955)
Lower, M.A., Parochial History of Chiddingly (Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol 14, p 207-52, 1862)
Mosse, H.R., The Monumental Effigies of Sussex (1250-1650). Second ed., 1933. p 47-52
Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: Sussex. 1965.
Pilbeam, Norma, James Pilbeam ofChiddingly -Mercer (Sussex Family Historian, vol 9, p 127-31, 1952)
Sobey Tom, The Proud Jefferays of Chiddingly. (Sussex Life, vol 16, Jan 1980, p 38-9)
Hatchments: Summers, Peter, Hatchments in Britain, vol 5, Kent, Surrey, Sussex
SAC = Sussex Archaeological Collections:
Arms of Chiddingly Families (SAC, vol 14,1862, p 232)
Couchman, J.E., Sussex Church Plate (SAC, vol 55.1912.pl60)
Daniel Tyssen, A., The Church Bells of Sussex (SAC, vol 16,1864, p 205)
Lambarde, F., Coats of Arms in Sussex Churches (SAC, vol 70, 1929, PI 52-4)
Lower, M.A., Parochial History of Chiddingly (SAC, vol 14. 1862, p 207-52)
Sussex Family Historian, vol 9, p 127-31,1952 vol 11, p63.1955
A Transcript of the Parish Registers of Chiddingly, Co. Sussex, Containing Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, 1605-1812 Transcribed by Michael J. Burchall, Brighton, 1975
Victoria County History, vol 2,1907, p 250, 339-40, 354
The old church registers and records are now deposited in the East Sussex County Record Office (ESRO) in Lewes and other records in West Sussex County Record Office in Chichester. This record has been sponsored by The Uckfield Decorative and Fine Arts Society.
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