Bibliography - Sue Coward (  - 2015)
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The road to nowhere, by Sue Coward, published June 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 6, article, pp.210-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The mystery of Samuel James of Dorset

Thomas James, Minister of the Gospel, 1660-1734, by Sue Coward, published 2002 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14795]

Here, there and everywhere, by Sue Coward, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.292-299) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Aylwin/Allwin family traced back to Peter Aylwin (1758-1833) who married Mary Enticknap in 1781 and had more than ten children.

The churches of Elsted with Treyford cum Didling, by Sue Coward, published September 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 3, article, pp.99-103) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508836] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Was she really the rat catcher's daughter, by Sue Coward, published June 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 6, article, pp.255-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508839] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An historical narrative of the family of David James (1737-1788) and Sarah Todman (1742-831) married in 1769 at Eastbourne. Their family tree is shown including their grandson James James (1818-1875), rat catcher, and his daughter Jane James Baigent as shown in the 1851 census

A spot of luck, by Sue Coward, published March 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 1, article, pp.17-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508985] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

More research established that Thomas James (born c.1660), parents unknown, was an orphan and had been raised at Petworth by his mother's chosen guardian, her childless sister, the widow Frances Gibbs.

From High Brooms to Hammer, by Sue Coward, published December 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 4, article, pp.159-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508988] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Commentary on Ruth Smith's memories contained in Another Look at Lynchmere linking the Hammer brickworks at Lynchmere with the High Brooms brickworks near Tunbridge Wells

One John Todman, by Sue Coward, published December 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 8, article, pp.396-400) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508993] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Dating back to the 16th century the West Sussex TODMANs were law abiding yeomen; farmers, butchers and maltsters, recorded as going about their daily business. Needless to say, with a few exceptions, most TODMAN men married young local girls, produced large numbers of offspring and gave their children the some names time and again.
My William TODMAN married Mary GREVATT at Lodsworth in 1741, who by then was aged 33. William and Mary had four daughters; I descend from Sarah, the eldest, who married David JAMES at Easebourne in 1769. On 19 August 1734, Mary's father, John GREVATT senior of Vining in Easebourne, made his will leaving his daughter Mary a freehold property called Baldrude, consisting of a house, barn and other buildings, with eight acres of land, mainly coppice, situated in North Ambersham, near Easeboume, described as being "now in the possession and occupation of use John GREVATT and one John TODMAN". For many years I've toyed with the notion that my William TODMAN and the John TODMAN who occupied Baldrude most be related. Presently part of the homestead of Overnoons, Baldrude was within the portion of North Ambersham finally absorbed into the parish of Lodsworth in 1916.

Where there's a will, by Sue Coward, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.312-317) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

For many years I'd known that Ann GREVATT, baptised at Easebourne in 1710, became the wife of Augustine OLDER, but only because she is described as such in her father's will dated 1734. I always intended to take a closer look at the family but my connection is somewhat convoluted through Ann GREVATT's sister Mary marrying William TODMAN at Lodsworth in 1741, two years after their father John GREVATT had died. I have to confess I'd done little, beyond tracking down a copy of Augustine's will., when a new member of SFHG registered an interest in the son, also Augustine, who was baptised at Fernhurst in 1734. Recorded as Austin HOLDER, he married Phoebe FOSTER at Tillington in 1759.

The copyhold of Broad Stone and Perry Garden in Easebourne, by Sue Coward, published 2012 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 80, article, p.31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/80] & The Keep [LIB/500504]

The Ratcatcher's Daughter, by Sue Coward, published March 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 1, article, pp.26-30) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508850] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I enjoyed all the speakers at last year's (2011) SFHG Conference but have to confess it was John Titford's "Barking up the wrong tree" that struck a chord with me. Forgive me for repeating myself but I draw attention to an article, published some six years ago, which was based on JAMES' family stories passed down to me by to father and aunt from their grandfather, Robert, who died in 1917. Aptly titled "Was She Really the Ratcather's Daughter?", my original article was published in the Family Historian Vol 16, No 6, in June 2005.

The Binsteads of North Mundham and Australia, by Sue Coward, published 2013 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 81, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/81] & The Keep [LIB/507838]

An Etherton Legacy, by Sue Coward, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.248-250) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I have a small BARBER twig on my JAMES family tree! The baptism details for Jane BARBER of Bury, recorded in 1690, are 'Born May 13 Barber Jane daughter of William of Triphill decd and Jane his wife'. William BARBER married Jane MILLS at Coldwaltham in 1683 and at Coldwaltham six years later, on 13 September 1689, William BARBER of Triphill was buried. On 15 March 1693/4 his widow, Jane, married again, this time to Robert JAMES of Fittleworth. Jane must have been aged thirty nine and things may not have gone according to plan. Their marriage licence is dated 15 March, as is the curate's entry in the Funtington Parish Register where he states that their marriage actually took place in St Mary's Hospital in Chichester. Jane and Robert JAMES went on to baptise two daughters, Dorothy at Bury on 3 July 1694 and Elizabeth at Coldwaltham in 1696. Jane JAMES, nee MILLS then BARBER, was buried at Bury in 1715.
Jane's daughter, Jane BARBER, must have been thirty five when she married Edmund ETHERTON, a Husbandman of Storrington, at Fittleworth on 31 October 1725. On 27 July 1726 their son Edmund was baptised at Storrington. Various records (1) confirm that Edmund, son of Edmund ETHERTON, was an apprentice Smith in Chichester by the autumn of 1742. His Master was Edward FROST of Rumboldswick and the apprenticeship was to last for five years. Edmund would have been a qualified Blacksmith by the time he was twenty one.

The mystery of Henry Gadd and the Earnley windmill, by Sue Coward, published 2014 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 82, article, p.27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/82] & The Keep [LIB/508014]

Who Are You Mr James?, by Sue Coward, published September 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 3, article, pp.116-119) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508853]

I've spent many hours researching my own JAMES family who, for hundreds of years, are recorded as tenant farmers, wheelwrights, blacksmiths and victuallers living in West Sussex and Surrey. I had always wondered if there was a connection with the JAMES who were buried at East Grinstead but the time never seemed right to explore the issue until the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills became freely available on Ancestry.

A spot of Covert research, by Sue Coward, published 2015 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 83, article, p.33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/83] & The Keep [LIB/508996]