Bibliography - Laughton, Wealden District, East Sussex
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Parish of Laughton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.351-353) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On the Ornamental Brickwork of a Tower at Laughton Place, built in 1534, by W. H. Blaauw, M.A., F.S.A., published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.64-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Laughton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.13-14, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Laughton, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

The Tower in the Marshland: Laughton Place, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1925 in Some of the Smaller Manor Houses of Sussex (Chapter V, pp.79-96, London: The Medici Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 42] & The Keep [LIB/502119] & R.I.B.A. Library

The Tower in the Marshland: Laughton Place, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1925 in Some of the Smaller Manor Houses of Sussex (Chapter V, pp.79-96, London: The Medici Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 42] & The Keep [LIB/502119] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Oak and Tan-flawing in Sussex, by Frederick Jones, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 4, article, pp.174-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The Early Days of the Sussex Pelhams, by G. E. Collins, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 6, article, pp.266-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The Laughton Pageant, by L. B. Smith, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.483-485) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Sussex and the U.S.A. 4 - Herbert Pelham, First Treasurer of Harvard College, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.357-369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The Pelham Vault, by L. B. Smith, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.370-372) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The Village of "The Buckle" - Laughton, by W. A. Pearson, published 1931 (Tunbridge Wells: Courier) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504855][Lib/502934] & East Sussex Libraries

Two Domesday Identifications. I "Estchingham" & II Eight Hides in Totnore Hundred, by J. S. Moore, published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, article, pp.263-265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Custumals of the Manors of Laughton, Willingdon and Goring, 1292-1338, by Arthur E. Wilson, published 1962 (vol. 60, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2276] & The Keep [LIB/500437] & West Sussex Libraries

Laughton: Study in the Evolution of the Wealden Landscape, by John Scott Moore, published 1 January 1965 (56 pp., Leicester University Press, ISBN-10: 071852019X & ISBN-13: 9780718520199) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502940] & East Sussex Libraries

The Origin of Newhaven and the Drainage of the Lewes and Laughton levels, by Peter Brandon, published 1971 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 109, article, pp.94-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2194] & The Keep [LIB/500320][Lib/506153] & S.A.S. library

Laughton Emigrants, by Stephen Starnes, published March 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 4, article, pp.101-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A letter & Passenger List from New Zealand, by Stephen T. Starnes, published June 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.116-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The letter was written by Stephen Starnes (1832-1913)

Saved by the Landmark Trust: Laughton Place, East Sussex, by Roger White, published 5 May 1983 in Country Life (vol. 173 no. 4472, article, p.1184, , 1186, 1190)

Burgess Family - Wheelwrights, by Kim Bayne, published June 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edmund Burgess (1709-1757) married Jane Long in 1759. Their descendants include many wheelwrights and covers the years 1709 - 1958 in the parishes of Glynde, East Hoathly, Laughton, Ringmer, Blackboys, and Framfield

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Hellingly, Chiddingly, Laughton,Warbleton, Heathfield, by June C. Barnes, published May 1989 (vol. 10, booklet, 104 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 187026410X & ISBN-13: 9781870264105) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11239] & The Keep [LIB/503432] & East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Hailsham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.35-43, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham district incl. Herstmonceux, Wartling, Hooe, Ninfield, Hellingly, Chiddingly, Laughton, Warbleton & Heathfield

Laughton - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.131-132, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Laughton Place: A Manorial and Architectural History, with an account of recent Restoration and Excavation, by John H. Farrant and Others, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.99-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

A Christmas Present with a Surprise, by David P. Hylands, published September 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 3, article, pp.109-110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The article tells the story of George Hylands (1726-1783) second marriage to Ann Durrant and covers the years 1726 - 1783 in the parishes of East Hoathly and Laughton.

Laughton - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.156, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Henry Turner, Brickmaker Master 1804-1872, by Pat Bracher, published 2002 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 32, article, pp.2-7, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506530]   Download PDF

Valuations for The Broyle Brickyard, Ringmer and Pound Land Brickyard, Laughton

Laughton Church chancel and other major church alterations in and around Lewes, East Sussex, c.1740-1810: the roles of architects and local craftsmen, by Sue Berry, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, article, pp.107-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Architectural history is preoccupied with the work of architects who are thought to be eminent and influential. This case study is of the influence of local craftsmen upon Georgian churches. It asks whether we over-estimate the influence of architects in the Georgian period and under-estimate the skills and impact of craftsmen. Similar work in other counties suggests that craftsmen certainly played a major role in the design of the churches. This small study suggests that they exerted a similar influence in Sussex. Due to the influence of Victorian and other later restoration work, much Georgian work has been lost. In this study, archival evidence is often the best source of evidence.

Tenants of Laughton Manor, by Jane Biggs, published June 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 2, article, p.93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508969] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 10 June 1543, Nicholas PELHAM, Lord of the Manor of Laughton signed an agreement between himself and Sir John GAGE, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the tenants of the Manor, regarding their Right and Title to Column of Pasture in the Vertwood alias Old Broyle.
Common of Pasture gave the tenants the right to graze their animals on the Common, to gather firewood from the woods (they were not allowed to chop the trees down or cut branches off, but could take any dead wood they could gather "by hook or by crook"), and to let their pigs into the wood in the Autumn to eat the fallen acorns, on payment of fees known as Pannage.
Part of the Vertwood had been enclosed by Sir William PELHAM, father of Nicholas, causing riots. (See my article 'At the Court of Star Chamber in Sussex Family Historian, June 2005). He had made a verbal agreement wills the tenants which was now formalised by a written agreement.

Laughton, All Saints - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.195-197, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Tomsetts of Laughton, by Clive Gwillam, published March 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 1, article, pp.24-26) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508850] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In 2008 I wrote an article about my TOMPSETT family tree entitled 'A tale of two Tompsetts' (Sussex Family Historian Vol 18 No 4 - December 2008). In it I used just one version of the numerous different spellings of the name. In this sequel to my earlier piece I have used various spellings of the family name, as these appear in the records.

Floral stars of the Drakensberg: Marchants Hardy Plants, Laughton, East Sussex, by Mark Griffiths, published 28 August 2013 in Country Life (vol. 207 no. 35, article, pp.42-46)