Publications
Bridging the gap - almost?, by Paul Collins, published September 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 3, article, pp.135-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The search for William Wimble the father of Joseph Wimble baptised in Crowhurst in 1731. Joseph married Elizabeth Edmunds and their daughter Mary married John Collins in Bexhill on 8 December 1785.
Scrag Oak (Snape) Furnace, by Paul Collins, published 2003 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 23, article, pp.27-28, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506570] Download PDF
The date of construction of the furnace at Scrag Oak is not known. Previously known documentary references date from 1629 when John Barham of Shoesmiths was indicted for carrying iron sows from Snape and Coushopley furnaces to Verredge Forge, without laying down cinders, in the summer of 1628.
The surviving papers from a case heard in Chancery around 1621 add further insights into the operations at the furnace in the early 17th century. The case relates to a dispute between John Barham of Scrag Oak and his brother David. The original complaint by David Barham seems not to have survived, but John's reply and more interestingly the questions put to witnesses and their responses do. From these it seems that the furnace was for 'some many years' occupied by William Barham, the elder brother of John and David. William had died intestate at the end of 1616 and administration was granted to John and David in 1617.
The surviving papers from a case heard in Chancery around 1621 add further insights into the operations at the furnace in the early 17th century. The case relates to a dispute between John Barham of Scrag Oak and his brother David. The original complaint by David Barham seems not to have survived, but John's reply and more interestingly the questions put to witnesses and their responses do. From these it seems that the furnace was for 'some many years' occupied by William Barham, the elder brother of John and David. William had died intestate at the end of 1616 and administration was granted to John and David in 1617.
The Wimble Family of East Sussex, 1570-1720; iron founders, farmers, brickmakers and smugglers, by Paul Anthony Collins, published 1 October 2003 (68 pp., Dancing Elk Publications, ISBN-10: 0954615204 & ISBN-13: 9780954615208) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Bridging the gap: a postscript, by Paul Collins, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.350-351) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:More information on William and Susan Wimble
In search of a beginning, by Paul Collins, published June 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 2, article, pp.59-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508986] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The search for the ancestry of Ann Wenham (1767-1826) who married William Pankhurst at Hollington in 1793 and had a family including, Elizabeth, born 1807 and baptised at Ewhurst.