Probate (PCC) of the will (8 Jun 1695) and codicil (22 Apr 1697) of William Board...

Confirms his wife Joan Board's life estate in a messuage and farm called Sugworths (100a in Cuckfield, with 20a in Lindfield and 4a in Ardingly), occupied by John Sturt; messuage called Lullings and The Gores (30a) and the North Part of Handly in Cuckfield, occupied by Richard Willard, messuage and 80a called Handly with 30a called Sugworths in Cuckfield, occupied by Robert Chatfield, with the tithes

Bequeaths those farms, the manor of Newick and Chailey, and the manor of Uphill with messuages and land in Uphill, Weston super Mare, Bledon and Oldington in Somerset to kinsman John Board the elder of Lindfield, esq, Walter Burrell of Lindfield, gent, and Walter Gatland of Cuckfield, yeoman, in trust to raise portions for his daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and Joan Board, remainder to his son William Board; legacy to the son of his son Richard Board, deceased

Bequeaths messuage and 87a called Floods in Hurstpierpoint, occupied by William Weeks, and a barn and 24a called Awell in Ardingly, occupied by Edmund Davey, to his daughter Susannah Board

Hove Library Accession 680; West Sussex Record Office AMS17394