Sussex Reference and General Interest

The M.J. Burchall Collection

1774-1871 Sussex and Home Counties Directories & Poll Books

Sussex, A composite CD of ten previously issued mini-CDs of scanned pages from Sussex 1823-4 Pigot Directory; Six Home Counties 1851 Post Office Directory; Sussex 1851,1859, 1871 Post Office Directories; Chichester 1804 Seagrave Guide and Directory; Sussex Poll 1774 & 1832; Lewes Poll 1802-26; Brighton Poll 1847 & 1852. While Directories give a full flavour of a place at a certain time, Poll Books...

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Association Oath Rolls for Sussex and Cinque Ports 1696

Sussex, A full transcript of all the Sussex (and Cinque Ports) men who signed an Oath of Allegiance to King William III in 1696 following an attempted assassination. Men (over age 20) including clergy are listed in the place they signed, and only 5% signed by mark. Michael Burchall has transcribed all these signatures from the originals at the National Archives and he writes a full historical intr...

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East Sussex Bastardy Papers 1594-1845

Sussex, Chronological extracts from East Sussex Record Office by Michael J Burchall FSG, .pdf reader required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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East Sussex Removal Orders 1662-1862

Sussex, Approximately 10,000 East Sussex Removal Orders 1662-1862 transcribed from original records by Michael Burchall FSG, mostly at East Sussex Record Office, but also at West Sussex, Kent and Surrey Record Offices. Families are listed in both dispatching and receiving parish, .pdf reader required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates and Parish Apprentices 1575-1837

Sussex, Settlement Certificates and Bonds 1651-1834 and Parish Apprentices 1575-1837 transcribed from original records by Michael Burchall FSG, .pdf reader required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society. Also available as a compilation: See 'Settlement Certificates & Bonds' SSX-MJB32...

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Medieval Sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey 1066-1400

Sussex, A detailed historical study by Michael Burchall FSG listing all the Sheriffs and explaining their role. 138 pages. .pdf reader required. Fully referenced and searchable by name, place and subject. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Settlement Certificates & Bonds COMPILATION

A compilation of the two CDs 'Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates and Parish Apprentices 1575-1837' (MJB6) and 'West Sussex Settlement Certificates & Bonds 1658-1853' (MJB18) 0n one CD at a substantial cost saving of ?5.75. Please check the individual titles for a detailed description of their contents....

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Sussex Assizes 1625 - 1800

Sussex, Abstracts of 2718 cases tried between 1625 and 1800 at the higher Assize Courts held in Lent and Summer at Horsham (which had the county gaol from 1541), East Grinstead (a popular venue for Justices before turnpike roads) and Lewes. The CD complements the classic "Millennium of Facts of The History of Horsham and Sussex 947-1947 compiled by William Albery. It also includes a list of Burial...

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Sussex Church Court Deponents 1556- 1694

Sussex, The archives of the Sussex Church Courts are most interesting for local and family historians. Cases (known as Causes) could be brought by individuals or by direct summons from the court. Cases covered tithes, church repairs, pew allocation, probate, morality, matrimony, clergy responsibilities and even bewitching. Michael J Burchall FSG has extracted from the original records in West Suss...

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Sussex Convicts Transported to Australia 1789-1867

Sussex, Sussex Convicts Transported to Australia from 1789-1867 is extracted from the National Archives original records (HO11) and referenced to many subsequent secondary sources. The Introduction gives the history of transportation back to 1248. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Sussex Criminals and Victims 1761-1851 - COMPILATION

Sussex, A compilation of the 3 CDS of Sussex Criminals & Victims (MJB9, MJB10 & MJB11) on one CD at a substantial cost saving of ?11.75. Please check the individual titles for a detailed description of their contents....

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Sussex Criminals and Victims 1767-1799

Sussex, CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Nearly 15,000 persons are named and indexed. It is a word searchable .pdf file requiring Adobe Reader Ver.7 or later...

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Sussex Criminals and Victims 1800-1825

Sussex, A CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Over 30,000 persons are named and indexed. It is a word searchable .pdf file requiring Adobe Reader Ver.5 or later...

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Sussex Criminals and Victims 1826-1850

Sussex, Calendared CD extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG of Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth from records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict with the Punishment. It has many more cases than the two CDs covering earlier periods though the same price. The series has up to a quarter of a million n...

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Sussex Genealogical Centre 1979-1986

Sussex, including facsimiles of over 1600 typed pages of the 27 editions of The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, 10 Occasional Papers, and the 1986 Family History Annual. Compiled by Michael Burchall. Searchable pdf CD. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Sussex History 1870 by Mark Anthony Lower 2 volumes

Sussex, A 2 volume book scanned on to 1 CD, .pdf reader required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Sussex Lay Subsidy1552

Sussex, Transcribed by Michael J Burchall, FSG, from the original records in the National Archives, together with an Introduction and Surname Index as well as Search Instructions and Links to other Websites. Men (and a few women) are listed with their Assessment and Payment which is totalled for each Parish. This tax replaced the earlier relief in Edward VI's reign and was the fourth payment in 15...

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Sussex Nonconformists Registers

Sussex, Over 50 Sussex Nonconformist Chapel pre-1837 Registers - mainly baptisms and burials - transcribed by Michael Burchall from 1977. Set out in alphabetical order by place, then date. Full search facility for names, occupations and places. .pdf reader is required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Sussex Poor 1 1661-1800

Sussex, Full details of 8000 Quarter Session cases involving 20,000 people (criminals and victims, apprentices, bastardy, lunatics, settlement, workhouses, gaols, soldiers ..) from all nine Sussex venues. Transcribed and indexed by Michael Burchall FSG. Fully searchable. .pdf reader required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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Sussex Poor 1661-1850 - COMPILATION

A compilation ot the two Sussex Poor CDs (MJB15 & MJB16) on one CD at a substantial cost saving of ?5.75. Please check the individual titles for a detailed description of their contents....

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Sussex Poor 2 1801-1850

Sussex, Edited abstracts of all the poor law cases dealt with by justices at Quarter Sessions covering the whole county of Sussex for the period 1801-1850, following on Michael Burchall's earlier CD (BPS6). The Introduction outlines the changing statutes concerning the three major categories of vagrants: idle and disorderly persons, rogues and beggars, and incorrigible rogues. .pdf reader Ver.5 or...

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West Sussex Land Tax 1805

Sussex, Land Tax began in 1692/3 and was made permanent by statute in 1798. It was a tax on personal property including land, houses, shops, wharfs, woods, meadows, mills, tithes, glebes and salaries. Michael Burchall has been transcribing Land Tax Returns since 1973. The 1785 Sussex Returns have been published by Sussex Record Society, so Michael has chosen to abstract returns a generation on, fo...

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West Sussex Land Tax 1805 & 1815 COMPILATION

A compilation ot the two Sussex Land Tax CDs (MJB19& MJB20) on one CD at a substantial cost saving of ?5.75....

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West Sussex Land Tax 1815

Sussex, To celebrate the bicentenary, Michael Burchall has transcribed another annual Land Tax for West Sussex, following his previous one for 1805. Full details have been transcribed from digital copies of the handwritten returns at WSRO on over 300 pages and indexed with a useful historical Introduction. Since 1973 Michael Burchall has been transcribing Land Tax returns with other SFHG Members w...

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West Sussex Settlement Certificates & Bonds 1658-1853

Sussex, Transcribed fully and edited by Michael J Burchall FSG from the original records in West Sussex Record Office. They exclude the parishes now in West Sussex which were moved in 1974 from East Sussex, as these are included in the Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates and Bonds 1651-1834 CD. Pdf reader is required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society....

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