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A Furnace at Ewhurst, by R. O. Pook, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, article, pp.18-19, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560] Download PDF
Abstract:JOHN POOKE, yeoman, of Battle, Sussex, who made his will on 31st March 1610, was obviously a wealthy man as he was able to leave roughly £200 each to five sons, in addition to his tenement, barn and property with his farming stock and plant which he left to a sixth son. John's grandfather had been a farmer at Ninfield and when he died in 1558 he had left an estate worth £25 and land at Ninfield to his sons. As a child, John had almost certainly inherited lands and property at Whatlington and Sedlescombe from his uncle William who had died without issue in 1565 and whose estate had been valued then at £51.