Billinghurst Settlement Certificates 1671 – 1795
Below is a list of certificates given to Billinghurst between 1671 and 1795 (originals preserved in the West Sussex Record Office under WSRO PAR.21/32/1)
All dates are rendered in New Style plus details of wife and children are listed together with the parish from which they came.
SURNAME |
FORENAME |
OTHERS |
OCCUPATIONS |
DATE |
PLACE |
WSRO |
Pavie |
William |
( Bond) |
Shoemender |
19/11/1671 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Sone |
John |
(Bond) |
~ |
01/10/1677 |
Sullington |
21/32/1 |
Venn |
Thomas |
Wife & Children (Bond) |
~ |
26/11/1677 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Hutchins |
Ann |
Wid (Bond) |
~ |
27/12/1686 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Mukkeridge |
John |
(Bond) |
~ |
09/01/1687 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Penfold |
John |
Wife Mary (Bond) |
~ |
27/04/1687 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Turner |
William |
Poor (bond) |
~ |
14/07/1690 |
Broadwater |
21/32/1 |
Elvye |
Jane |
Sick & Lame ( Sister of Mary wife of Edward Bennett of Billingshurst |
~ |
20/08/1690 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Etherton |
Thomas |
( 2 copies) |
Tailor |
26/07/1691 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Mercer |
Thomas |
Poor ( bond - allowed at Sessions with Wife & Children ) |
Weaver |
05/10/1691 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Burrell |
Thomas |
Wife Elizth |
~ |
25/11/1700 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Sanderson |
John |
Wife Jane |
Carpenter |
19/02/1701 |
St Ives, Hunts |
21/32/1 |
Field |
John |
Wife & 3 Children |
~ |
07/01/1703 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Comper |
Abraham |
~ |
Tailor |
14/04/1704 |
Dorking, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Foyce |
Richard |
~ |
~ |
28/01/1705 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Warnett |
John |
Junr, Wife Mary |
~ |
14/06/1708 |
Subdeanery |
21/32/1 |
Parkhurst |
Abel |
Wife Mary; Mary & Edward |
~ |
01/11/1708 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Wood |
William |
Wife & Family |
~ |
10/01/1709 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Russell |
Benjamin |
Wife & 4 Children |
~ |
21/07/1711 |
Lewes St Michl |
21/32/1 |
Shoulder |
John |
Wife Elizabeth; John |
~ |
01/01/1713 |
Henfield |
21/32/1 |
Westbrooke |
William |
~ |
~ |
14/08/1714 |
Woking, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Tasker |
John |
~ |
~ |
20/01/1716 |
Balcombe |
21/32/1 |
Whiting |
John |
Wife Jeane |
~ |
05/03/1716 |
Pembury, Kent |
21/32/1 |
Puttuck |
John |
Wife & Family |
~ |
27/10/1723 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Garton |
John |
Wife & Family |
~ |
10/11/1723 |
Itchingfield |
21/32/1 |
Bransden |
Matthew |
Wife & Children |
~ |
27/11/1723 |
Warnham |
21/32/1 |
Dobson |
John |
Wife Mary; Mary |
Sawyer |
28/03/1724 |
Lindfield |
21/32/1 |
Ederton |
William |
Wife & Family |
~ |
29/03/1724 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Page |
Thomas |
a bastard son of Hannah, Wife of Joseph Page Junr |
~ |
26/09/1726 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Haselden |
William |
Wife Ann & Family |
~ |
31/12/1727 |
Worth |
21/32/1 |
Batchelor |
John |
Wife & Family |
Husbandman |
04/09/1729 |
Newdigate,Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Perkins |
Henry |
~ |
Cordwainer |
19/10/1730 |
Arundel |
21/32/1 |
Palmer |
Nicholas |
Wife Abigail |
~ |
04/07/1731 |
Hartfield |
21/32/1 |
Langley |
Edward |
Wife Mary; William,Edward & Mary |
Labour |
09/04/1734 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Holland |
Richard |
Wife Mary; Richard, Phillip,Bathia & George |
~ |
13/09/1735 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Lander |
Nathaniel |
Wife & Chidren |
~ |
03/06/1739 |
Kirdford |
21/32/1 |
Haraden |
Edward |
( Wife Jane mentioned in earlier removal order ) |
~ |
29/09/1740 |
Petworth |
21/32/1 |
Chasemer |
Thomas |
yngr, Wife Sara; Sara |
Labour |
04/10/1740 |
Wonersh,Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Marsh |
William |
Wife Mary; William & John |
~ |
28/02/1741 |
Wonersh,Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Baker |
John |
( Wife Mary; John, Mary, Elizth & Ann mentioned in earlier removal order ) |
~ |
30/03/1741 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Heward |
Thomas |
Wife Mary |
~ |
16/04/1741 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
More |
John |
Wife Sarah & 3 Children |
~ |
04/04/1742 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Phineas |
Robert |
Wife Martha; Dinah |
~ |
27/09/1743 |
Lyminster |
21/32/1 |
Holden |
James |
Wife Hannah; Sarah, Martha,Ruth |
~ |
05/02/1744 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Clark |
John |
Wife Ruth; Jane |
~ |
30/06/1745 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Cooper |
Richard |
Wife Ann |
~ |
14/10/1745 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Stone |
John |
Wife Mary; John |
~ |
22/02/1746 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Grinsted |
Richard |
Wife Elizth; Jane,Elizth,Mary & Sarah |
~ |
26/03/1748 |
Horsham |
21/32/1 |
Snashall |
Richard |
~ |
~ |
10/06/1749 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Carter |
Cornelius |
Wife Elizth; Thomas |
~ |
16/03/1750 |
Southover |
21/32/1 |
Holden |
Mary |
Wid |
~ |
02/04/1750 |
Henfield |
21/32/1 |
Peskett |
William |
~ |
~ |
02/04/1750 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Peskett |
Richard |
~ |
~ |
02/04/1750 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Harwood |
Henry |
~ |
~ |
20/11/1751 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Garton |
John |
Wife Sarah |
~ |
14/02/1754 |
Ifield |
21/32/1 |
Elliott |
Thomas |
Wife Jane; Jane |
~ |
22/03/1755 |
Itchingfield |
21/32/1 |
Linfield |
Edward |
Wife Sarah; Hannsh 10, Mary 8,Ann 5, Richard 3, William 10mths |
~ |
06/03/1756 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Roberson |
Richard |
Wife Ann; James, Mary |
Labour |
11/04/1756 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Pirson |
Richard |
Wife Mary |
~ |
11/08/1756 |
Godalming,Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Farhall |
William |
Wife Mary |
~ |
27/08/1759 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Lassiter |
William |
~ |
~ |
20/11/1759 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Cover |
James |
Wife Jane |
~ |
06/01/1760 |
Dunsfold, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Streater |
William |
Wife Sarah |
~ |
30/03/1760 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Voice |
Robert |
Wife Elizth; Luke, Ann, Martha, Sarah & Mary |
~ |
07/04/1760 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Vickers |
Timothy |
~ |
~ |
08/04/1760 |
St Andrew,Chichester |
21/32/1 |
Stirt |
Edward |
Wife Rachel; John,Sarah, Rachel & Leah |
Husbandman |
15/08/1760 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Botting |
Henry |
Wife Mary; Richard, Sarah |
Husbandman |
15/08/1760 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Knight |
Thomas |
Wife Betty |
~ |
14/11/1760 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Charman |
John |
Wife Elizth; Michael |
~ |
09/11/1761 |
Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Wheeler |
John |
Wife Leah; Ephraim, Zilpah,Zephaniah all under 8 |
~ |
28/11/1765 |
Capel, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Knight |
Reuben |
Wife Christian; Reuben c6 |
~ |
04/01/1766 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Marsh |
Sarah |
Singlewoman |
~ |
06/04/1767 |
Wisborough Green |
21/32/1 |
Gravet |
Thomas |
Wife Susanna; Thomas, Ann & Susanna |
~ |
02/08/1767 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Michell |
John |
Wife Avis; Elizth, John both 6 |
~ |
03/04/1768 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Knight |
William |
~ |
~ |
04/04/1768 |
Itchingfield |
21/32/1 |
Lawrence |
John |
Wife Elizabeth |
~ |
30/10/1768 |
Alfold, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Smart |
Charles |
Wife Ann; Sarah, Susanna, Ann |
~ |
08/01/1769 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Joy |
Sarah |
alias Dibble under 1, dau of Sarah Joy of Dorking, Singlewoman |
~ |
16/08/1770 |
Dorking, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Southon |
Abraham |
Wife Betty |
~ |
30/09/1770 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Older |
James |
Wife Ellen; Jane & Ellen |
~ |
27/11/1770 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Greenfield |
John |
Wife Sarah; William,James,John,George,Thomas & Sarah |
~ |
??/02/1771 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Barnard |
Jacob |
Wife Elizth; Jane |
~ |
30/04/1772 |
Arundel |
21/32/1 |
Etherton |
James |
Wife Martha; Milly,William & Richard |
Husbandman |
19/03/1774 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Edwards |
Henry |
Wife Eliz;James |
~ |
21/05/1775 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Woodhatch |
John |
Wife Mary |
Carpenter |
17/12/1775 |
Rudgwick |
21/32/1 |
Brooks |
John |
Wife Sarah |
~ |
15/10/1775 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Parker |
Henry |
Wife Jane;William,Daniel,Elizabeth & Anne |
~ |
24/01/1776 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Saires |
John |
Wife Mary; Thomas 7, John 8mths |
Husbandman |
11/02/1776 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Page |
Richard |
Wife Ann |
~ |
12/02 1776 |
Leigh, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Hopkins |
Edward |
Wife Hannah; John 14, Edward 3, Frances 11, Sarah 10 |
~ |
01/04/1777 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Gates |
Elizabeth |
Wid |
~ |
20/04/1777 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Stringer |
William |
Wife Mary |
~ |
03/05/1777 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Slaughter |
Richard |
Wife Hannah |
~ |
16/01/1778 |
Wiggonholt |
21/32/1 |
Randall |
Mark |
Wife Elizth |
~ |
01/11/1778 |
Beeding |
21/32/1 |
Scutt |
John |
Wife Elizabeth; William 18mths |
~ |
17/10/1779 |
W Chiltington |
21/32/1 |
Wady |
William |
Wife Sarah; Jane 9, Mary 7, Arthur 5, Elizabeth 3 |
~ |
14/02/1780 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 |
Harwood |
Richard |
Wife Jane; Henry 8, Edward 3, Edmund infant |
~ |
12/11/1780 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Haybittle |
Henry |
Wife Ann |
~ |
04/02/1787 |
W Grinstead |
21/32/1 |
Streeter |
John |
Wife Mary; Jemima c2, Jeremiah infant |
~ |
21/01/1788 |
Wisborough Green |
21/32/1 |
Grevatt |
John |
Wife Sarah; Sarah infant |
~ |
16/01/1790 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Burchell |
John |
Wife Sarah; William 11, Mary 6 |
~ |
16/01/1790 |
Pulborough |
21/32/1 |
Gibson |
Joseph |
Wife Mary;Sarah 8, Ann 6 |
~ |
13/02/1790 |
Itchingfield |
21/32/1 |
Hawkins |
James |
Wife Hannah; Sarah 12, Ann 10, James 9, Phila 7, John 4y8m, Adam 1y8m |
~ |
11/02/1790 |
Wisborough Green |
21/32/1 |
Geall |
Thomas |
Wife Mary |
~ |
02/04/1791 |
Slinford |
21/32/1 |
Bashford |
Si |
Wife Sarah; James 7, Sarah 5, Mary 3, John 1 |
~ |
13/06/1792 |
Sompting |
21/32/1 |
Batchelor |
William |
Wife Ann; William 4, John 3, Thomas, 3mths |
~ |
16/07/1792 |
Leigh, Surrey |
21/32/1 |
Barnard |
William |
Wife Joannah; & 6 Children |
~ |
05/ 04/ 1795 |
Shipley |
21/32/1 | |