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East Sussex Window and House Tax Assessments 1747 by Roger Davey
published by Sussex Record Society in 2006

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Content

Preface
Ashburnham		1
Battle		2
Beckley		3
Bexhill		4
Bodiam		5
Brede		6
Brightling		7
Burwash		8
Catsfield		9
Chiddingly		10
Crowhurst		11
Dallington		12
Etchingham		13
Ewhurst		14
Fairlight		15
Fletching		16
East Grinstead		17
Guestling		18
East Guldeford		19
[Hastings] Castle		20
Heathfield		21
Herstmonceux		22
Hollington		23
Hooe		24
Icklesham		25
Iden		26
Lindfield		27
Mayfield		28
Mountfield		29
Ninfield		30
Ore		31
Peasmarsh		32
Penhurst		33
Pett		34
Playden		35
Salehurst		36
Sedlescombe		37
Ticehurst		38
Udimore		39
Wadhurst		40
Waldron		41
Warbleton		42
Wartling		43
Westfield		44
Whatlington		45
Withyham		46

	No. of Lights	£	s.	d.
BRIGHTLING

(Sums for houses with ten or more windows include 2s 0d for House Tax; 2s 0d assessments are for House Tax only)

Fuller, John, Esq	58	3	0	0
Burrell, The Rev Mr	34	1	16	0
Fuller, Mr Stephen	43	2	5	0
Newington, Mr Samuel	33	1	15	0
Atkins, Mr John	19		16	3
Little, Mr James	19		16	3
Wood, William	19		16	3
Pelling, Joseph	18		15	6
Westone, William	18		15	6
Baker, William	18		15	6
Cruttenden, Joseph	18		15	6
Freeman, Thomas	16		14	0
Wickham, William	15		13	3
Attwood, John	14		9	0
Venice, John	14		9	0
Sandhurst, Peter	11		7	6
Bills, widow	11		7	6

Houses with less than 10 lights

Freeman, Thomas			2	0
Stace, William			2	0
Sandhurst, Samuel			2	0
Craft, Edward			2	0
Basby, Farn.			2	0
Pont, John			2	0
Relf, John			2	0
Allen, George			2	0
Crouch, William			2	0
Dann, John			2	0
Lawrance, Edward			2	0
Cleaver, Samuel			2	0
Bus, Thomas			2	0
Backer, John			2	0
Axell, Isaac			2	0
Bus, Edward			2	0
Venice, Isaac			2	0
Chins, Thomas			2	0
Axell, John			2	0
Bourn, Thomas			2	0
Dray, John			2	0
Whaterus, Thomas			2	0
Nash, Robert			2	0
Wicks, Thomas			2	0
Cruttenden, Sarah			2	0
Morris, Edward			2	0
Russell, widow			2	0
Holman, Robert			2	0
Noaks, Thomas			2	0
Dunke, John			2	0
Jarvice, Thomas			2	0
Axell, Richard			2	0
Relf, William			2	0
Craft, John			2	0
Freeman, John			2	0
Tippet, James			2	0
Tippet, John			2	0

	TOTAL	21	1	0
Collectors & Assessors:

William Wickham, Edward French

Appealed off August 11 1747:

Crouch, William 2s. 0d.

Allen, George 2s.0d.

Index -
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

Abergavenny, The Rt Hon George, Lord	17
Ackhurst, John	40
Ackhurst, Thomas	40
Ackhurst, William	40
Adams, John	9
ditto	36
Adams, Mr	12
Adams, Robert, poor	8
Adams, William	8
Aderson, Richard	42
Ades, Robert	36
Ades, Thomas	37
Adshed, John	3
Adshed, Thomas	3
Afins, John	4
Akehurst, Edward	24
Akehurst, Thomas	8
Akhurst, Stephen	22
Akhurst, Thomas, Cruches	40
Akhurst, Thomas, late Briants	40
Akhurst, William	22
Albons, Thomas	40
Alchorn, Thomas	28
Alderton, John	36
Alexander, Edward	44
Allcock, John	43
Allen, George	7
Allen, James	16
Allen, Thomas, empty	8
Allen, Walter	2
Allen, William	46
Allin, John	27
Allwood, Mr Nicholas	41
Alphy, Mr	38
Alterton, William	2
Amos, Thomas	42
Andrewes, Robert	31
Andrews, John	16
Anscomb, William	17
Apes, Edward	6
Apes, Thomas	21
Appes, late, empty	40
Apps, Benjamin	3
Apps, Charles	1
Apps, Edward, cottage	38
Apps, Edward, &	23
Apps, James	40
Apps, John	11
ditto	30
ditto	40
Apps, William	11
Apsley, Esq and	28
Apsley, John, esq	41
Arkcoll, Thomas, sr	22
Armatage, William, Clarks	12
Armtige, John, jr	1
Armtige, John, sr	1
Arnade, Thomas	21
Arnold, John, poor	16
Arnold, William	16
Asby, John	2
Ashburnham, Sir William, bart	18
Ashburnham, the Rt Honble the Earl of	1
Ashcroft, John	1
Ashdown, John	41
Ashdown, Nicholas	28
ditto	37
Ashdown, Nicholas, for Ashdown's	28
Ashdown, Richard	22
Ashdown, Thomas	44
Ashdown, William	41
Ashdown, William, poor	28
Ashenden, James	2
Ashmore, -	2
Aslen, John	18
Atkins, Mr John	7
Attey, Robert	32
Attree, Ann	16
Attwood, John	7
Attwood, Nicholas	42
Attwood, Thomas	40
Austen, Martha	17
Austen, Mr Clement	8
Austen, Richard	17
Austen, Thomas	8
Austen, William	17
Austin, William	3
Austin, William, jr	3
Avan, John	3
ditto	31
ditto	32
Avard, Peter	36
Avary, Thomas	4
Avery, Anthony	22
Avery, Edward	43
Avery, John	1
ditto	38
Avery, Mr	14
Avery, Mr James	42
Avery, Mr Samuel	42
Avery, Samuel	1
Avery, Samuel, for Thomas Summerses	1
Avery, William	36
ditto	42
Avis, John	46
Avis, William	46
Awcock, James	16
Awcock, John	16
ditto	16
Awcock, William	16
Axell, Isaac	7
Axell, John	7
Axell, Richard	7
Ayles, William	16