P113/1/1 - 2007 Lewesland Cottage and land
Summary
Lewesland, part of a freehold tenement of the manor of Camois Court, was not recorded in the earlier
court books and rentals. However, in 1799, when the land tax was redeemed, the land was claimed to
be part of a tenement of the manor of Camois Court part of which lay at Barcombe Cross (see
P113/19/3 TA 892). The holdings were both owned by John Cheesman and after his death, in 1836,
they were partitioned. This tenement Old House Land was sold to William Acton, and New House Land
at Barcombe Cross to John Constable (11).
The claimed relationship of the two holdings is difficult to reconcile with the record in the manor court
book but some evidence for the earlier common ownership of the land can be gleaned from the land
tax records. The Rev. Western, who was taxed for the land in 1790, was related to the Shirley family
who are recorded in the court books as the owners of the smaller landholding at Barcombe Cross.
The cottage dates to the late 18th century.
For other land owned by Acton in 1840 see Curd’s Farm P113/1 TA 1149
Manorial tenements
Quit rent
Freehold tenement of the manor of Camois Court
Old and New House land (11)
unknown
1803 merged with P113/1 Curds Farm in the ownership of John Cheesman
Owner
Tithe apportionment 1840
William Acton
Cottage and garden, barn, yard and land
field numbers
1089-1094, 1213-1215 (1)
Land tax 1840
Old and New House Farm - £19 12s 6d (2)
P113/1/1
2007 Lewesland Cottage and land
Manorial tenements
Freehold tenement of the manor of Camois Court
Old and New House land
1803 merged with P113/1 Curds Farm newly purchased by John Cheesman
1836 this tenement partitioned to form New House Land P113/19/3 see TA 892
Owners
<1796-1797
Thomas Walsingham Western
tenement partitioned into two parts (moieties)
of Rivenhall, Essex and his
trustee William Bullock of
Lincoln’s Inn
one moiety
1. William Currie of East
one moiety shared into three parts – the latter
Horsley, Surrey
two stated to have been inherited from Ann
2. Philip Anstruther and his wife Countess of Marchmont formerly Ann Western
Ann, of Guernsey
3. Lady Diana Scott
1797-1836
John Cheesman
1796 acquired a moiety of the tenement from
Thomas Walsingham Western
1797 acquired a moiety in three parts from
(a) William Currie of East Horsley, Surrey
(b) Philip Anstruther and his wife Ann, Guernsey
(c) Lady Diana Scott (41)
1836 John Cheesman deceased
partitioned to form P113/19/3 TA 892
Sold by Nathaniel and Henry Guy trustees for
John Cheesman to John Constable)
1836-1853
William Acton
1836 admitted
1853 sale for £1500 to Henry Blackman, with
Curd’s Farm P113/1 (TA1149)
1853-1853+
Henry Blackman esq. of Lewes
1853 admitted (3)
Tenants
<1780-1780+
James Coppard
<1790-1797
Mrs Coppard
1797-1836
Cheesman owner occupier
1836-1840+
Howell and Reed (2)