Publications
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.
Preview: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.
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.