Archive of the Holman family of [Hailsham?]

Manorial documents relating to the manor of Chalvington with tenements in Chalvington, Berwick, Chiddingly, Folkington, Hellingly, Selmeston, Waldron and Westdean

1-141 Court rolls and court books; some early rolls include courts for the manors of Bowley, Claverham and Chiddingly; 1333-1924

142-208 Minutes and stewards' papers, 1782-1896

209-214 Court roll for Westdean with Charlston, 1481-1483; note concerning Claverham, c1630; notice by the lord to the reeve of Chalvington, with the opinion of William Newton in the case of a negligent reeve, 1636; extracts concerning Knowles tenement, 1589-1627; papers concerning tenements, 1628-1695

215-243 Rentals, c1440-1872

244-311 Account rolls; some early rolls relate to the manor of Claverham; 1277-1501

312-335 Other documents including: grant of free warren in Oxfordshire, Essex and Sussex to Andrew Sackville, 1347; charters of Crockersland in Hailsham 1415; leases of the parsonage of Chalvington with accounts, 1531-1533; arbitration bond and manumission of John Selwyn of Friston, gent, 1541-1542; IPM of John Bray, 1542; extract from Endlewick Rental concerning Chalvington, 1564; letter offering Chalvington to Thomas Trayton for £600, 1624; inventory of Robert Falconer, 1626; escheator's certificate concerning Thomas Trayton, 1639; exchequer decree in Trayton and Thomas v Sackville Hospital, 1636; case in the Court of Wards re Richard Sackville Earl of Dorset, 1625-1640; account of the rents and profits of the manor, 1764-1765; notice of allotment to the lord of the manor under the Laughton Enclosure Award, 1815; accounts of fines, reliefs and heriots, 1785-1835; miscellaneous papers, 17th century; appointment of steward by Martin Robert Holman of Hailsham, 1925