hi mark,sorry i took so long in getting back.as you know i am a relation of walter noble do you fit in the family tree any where?
any way i was looking at the records office for west sussex when i came across this collection,THE SERGISON ARCHIVES in it was this item.its called TITHES OF CROUCHFIELDS OR ROUGHFIELDS AT ANSTY CROSS.(THIS IS IN CUCKFIELD).
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CATALOGUE NO SERGISON MSS 2/14/1
TITLE CONVEYANCE(LEASE AND RELEASE,LEASE MISSING)IN CONSIDERATION OF £60FROM(A)WILLIAM CLUTTON OF CUCKFIELD GENTLEMAN,TO (B)RICHARD NOBLE OF ST.NARY AT HILL,CITY OF LONDON,ESQUIRE,AND(C)SAMUAL LANCASTER OF ST MARY AT HILL,CITY OF LONDON,BRANDY MERCHANT.(TRUSTEE OF THE SAID RICHARD NOBLE)
DATE 23RD MARCH 1807
DESCRIPTION TITHES OF CORN,GRAIN AND PULSE ARISING OUT OF THE FARM,LANDS AND HEREDITAMENTS CALLED CROUCHFIELDS OR ROUGHFIELDS AT ANSTY CROSSIN CUCKFIELDS(18A),IN OCCUPATION OF WILLIAM BROOKER,WHICH SAID FARM WAS CALLED FIELDS OR SHOULDERS AND WAS FORMERLY THE ESTATE OF SARAH,WIFE OF (A),AND NOW WAS THE ESTATE 0F(B),AND WHICH SAID TITHES WERE PART OF A PORTION OF TITHES CALLED THE CHURCH PORTION.
BY THIS DEED, THE SAID TITHES WERE CONVEYED BY (A) TO(B),AND HIS ASSIGNES,FOR THE TERMOF HIS NATURAL LIFE,AND AFTER THE DETERMINATION OF THAT ESTATE IN HIS LIFETIME,TO THE USE OF (C),AND HIS HEIRS,DURING THE NATURAL LIFE OF (B),IN TRUST FOR(B),AND HIS ASSIGNES ,AND THEREAFTER TO THE USE OF (B),HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNES,FOREVER.
WITNESSES SAMUAL WALLER AND WILLIAM MORSEE.
I BELIVE RICHARD WAS EITHER THE FATHER OF WILLIAM AND HENRY ALFRED AS HE WAS A VERY WEALTHY PERSON AS TO HOLD LAND DOWN IN CUCKFIELD AND TO LIVE IN LONDON.BIT OF A SPECULATOR MAYBE AFTER HE DIED THE LAND WAS SPLIT BETWEEN WILLIAM AND ALFRED.AND HORACE IN THE END HAD THE LOT.BUT WALTER I BELIVE WAS BORN IN LONDON HE IS ONLY SAYING WHERE HE WAS ON THE CENSUSES OF 51 ,61 ,HE REMAINS A BIT OF A MYSTERY.BY THE WAY HIS SON EDWARD IS MY MOTHER,S FATHER.
