Publications
Dr Hain's epitaph, by Ann Williams, published December 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 8, article, pp.379-381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508841] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Dr. Edward Haines (1674-1708), apothecary, married Sarah Ride in 1700 and they had three children
Midhurst: a stepping stone to Canada, by Ann Williams, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.284-286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:In the 1820s Eli Frederick Astridge and his brother Charles moved to Midhurst. All the Sussex Astridges are descended from these two bothers. One of these descendants was Joseph Samuel Astridge who married Louisa Bridger in 1883 at Midhurst and four of their eight children emigrated to Canada.
Rudgwick's Early Bells and Bellringers, by Ann Williams, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.361-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]
Preview:"Sire lett us ring agayne and let us goe all to Chichester together" said Rudgwick resident, John NALDRETT in 1639 - but more of that anon.
There were bells in the tower of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick in 1521 when Humfrey LONGERSTE of Rudgwick left four pence 'to the bellys' in his will. Interestingly in 1545 Ellen KNIGHT of Rudgwick left money in her will for "the new bell".
Rudgwick's tower was built in the early 1200s and bells may have been installed soon after. Church bells of the period hung mouth-down and, with the aid of ropes and levers, were made to swing through small arcs, the bells sounding as the clappers struck the sides of the bells - the bells were not necessarily in tune with each other.
There were bells in the tower of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick in 1521 when Humfrey LONGERSTE of Rudgwick left four pence 'to the bellys' in his will. Interestingly in 1545 Ellen KNIGHT of Rudgwick left money in her will for "the new bell".
Rudgwick's tower was built in the early 1200s and bells may have been installed soon after. Church bells of the period hung mouth-down and, with the aid of ropes and levers, were made to swing through small arcs, the bells sounding as the clappers struck the sides of the bells - the bells were not necessarily in tune with each other.