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- John BarhamAbt 1502 - 1555
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Barham |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt Birth? |
Abt 1499 |
Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England |
| Birth? |
Abt 1502 |
Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England |
| Marriage |
1532 |
Wadhurst, Sussex, Englandto Thomasyne _____ |
| Death? |
19 Jun 1555 |
Wadhurst, East Sussex, EnglandButtes Wadhurst |
| Burial? |
Aft 19 Jun 1555 |
Wadhurst, East Sussex, EnglandButtes Wadhurst |
OF WOODLAND AND BUTTES IN WADHURST: Grant 1521
Purchased Barkley Mill December 21, 1536. Settled reversion ofBengrede and other lands on his, John, will dated 5/1/1551, Proved 6/19/1555.
Birth record about 1500 and 2nd son of Nicholas.
Gloucester Furnace, the largest iron manufactory in Sussex was principally in the parish though partly in Wadhurst. Its occupiers were residents in Wadhurst and intimatly connected with that parish. The centuries since, it was worked by the Barhams of Buttes, William Benge Esq. of Faircrouch in Wadhurst rebuilt the works and made them the most extensive of any in this part of the kingdom.
John also owned Brookland Forge in Frant which he purchased from Humphrey Lewknor, Esquire, by deed dated 10 Feb 1521 with Barkley Mill and Verredge Forge on the borders of Frant and Wadhurst.
1543. The Subsidy indicated John Barham was by far the wealthiest inhabitant of Wadhurst.
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