Bargain and Sale SAS-B/555 20 Mar 1640 These documents are held at West Sussex Record Office Contents: By Henry Strudwicke of Bealehouse in Kerdford, yeoman, to William Wase junr. of Dotchett, co. Bucks., gent., - for £850 - of a messuage, 2 barns, one staule, 20 acres of arable land, 40 acres of pasture land and 11 acres of woodland, sometime divided into 7 closes called Broadefeild, Netherpighell, Overpighell, Littlehull, Gretumfeild, Smalefeild, and Dermamfeild, but since divided into 12 closes Also a meadow called Longemead containing 8 acres (except one acre thereof in the East part of the said meadow); all the premises being called Bealelands in Kerdford [Kirdford]. Signature, Henry Strudwicke, seal and tag gone Witnesses:- Thomas Payne, William Mose, Henry Strudwicke of Cruch lande, Henry Strudwicke of Hillsgreene, George Edmonds

Title:Quitclaim Reference:Add Mss 10,205 Description:From (a) Richard Stringer of Petworth, mercer, assignee of William Alderton, son and heir of William Alderton, late of Kirdford, tanner, dec'd., to (b) Henry Strudwicke of Beal House, in Kirdford, yeoman, brother and heir of William Strudwicke, dec'd., son and heir of William Strudwicke, dec'd., son and heir of William Strudwicke, late of Idehurst in Kirdford, yeoman, dec'd., of interest inBay or pond head of a hammer forge and iron work called Idehurst Hammer in Kirdford, 'to that height that it shall quarre penne and flow in level water from the said bay to the lower end of the great mead to a post near the river at the upper end of Linfold orchard and overflow as much of Linfold as the said penning shall cover with water; and the fishing in the same waters of Linfold Farm as the penning shall cover from the tail of the said hammar pond to the lower end of the said great meade at the upper end of the said orchard Recites that William Strudwicke, the grandfather, stood seized of Linfold Farm and the above property, at his death Recites his last will and testament, 31 May 1584, by which he excepts the above property from no. 2, and bequeaths it to his heir Recites difference of opinion over the wording of the exception, and a change in the course of the water. (a) quitclaims any interest in the property to (b) in settlement of any dispute Witnesses: Henry Strudwicke, Edmond Springall and John Stringer