Publications
Henry Chatfield, by D. J. W. Piper, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, article, pp.16-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
A Chatfield Sampler, by C. L. Bourton, published March 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Chatfield's Computerised, by Colin Chatfield, published December 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 8, article, pp.299-300) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Chatfields, Computers &c., by Colin Chatfield, published September 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 6, article, pp.227-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
A Family Tragedy, by James A. Funnell, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, p.268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of John Grover of Newick following his marriage to Sarah Chatfield in 1822.
The Chatfields of Ditchling, by John Howes, published March 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 1, article, pp.3-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508842] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The CHATFIELDs of Sussex are a large family and many SFHG members can probably count a CHATFIELD in their family tree. Like many Sussex families, over the centuries the CHATFIELDs were at every level of society from the lowest agricultural labourer to gentlemen as well as a baronetcy. While most of the family branches were members of the established church, some preferred to adopt the Baptist faith. This leads to problems for the family historian. Baptists were suppressed by the established church especially its the 17th and 18th centuries and so vital records, especially births, christenings and burials were either not recorded in formal registers or inconsistently at best. A greater number of marriages were recorded. presumably to assure their legality but even here records are not consistent. To develop family trees it is therefore necessary to turn to other documents. Frequently adherence to a non-conformist religion was not stated specifically but certain patterns emerge that may suggest that a family was non-conformist. Such was the case with my own CHATFIELD ancestors and particularly my seven-times great-grandfather John CHATFIELD and his children, one of whom, Jane is also my ancestor.