P113/58 - Handlye Farm and land
Summary
Two of the tenements, Mills (copyhold) and the messuage and 20 acres (freehold), were merged
from before 1687. The free tenement is also described as a messuage (dwelling) and 20 acres
which suggests that there were two dwellings on this land. The present house must be the
messuage associated with the principal tenement ‘Handley messuage, barn, garden and orchard, 30
acres’. The other, associated with ‘Handley Common 20 acres’ cannot be certainly identified, but
since all the tenements had been merged by 1825 when the land at Pound Corner was sold it is
possible that the cottage on that land was the missing messuage (see TA 1104-1107).
These tenements were all created when Handlye Common was enclosed by agreement in 1574
(23). The entire holding associated with Handlye farm is referred to as Handly als Wellshutts in
1734 (6), and an early 19th century map of the land describes it as Mills and Wellshutts.
Handlye Farmhouse was built in the 17th century possibly by John Earle or his predecessor. It was
extensively extended about 1650.
Manorial tenements
Quit rent
Two copyhold one free tenement of the manor of Barcombe
Handley messuage, barn, garden, orchard 30 acres
copy 9s 0d by
apportionment
1715 acquires two tenements merged by 1687 (5)
Mills at Handley Common, barn 25 acres
copy 9s 0d
Handley Common, messuage 20 acres
free 9s 0d (3)
Owner
Tithe Apportionment 1840
Sir George
Handley Farm house and garden, yard, orchard and land - 87a 0r 35p
Shiffner Bt
field numbers
1097, 1102, 1103, 1108-1129, 1133-1145, 1152-1154 (1)
Land Tax 1840
Sir George Shiffner Bt (late Earles) £20 10s 0d (2)
P113/58
Handlye Farm and part adjoining land
Manorial tenement
Handley messuage, barn, garden, orchard 30 acres 1102/3, 1108/15, 1122/29 - 31.0.06 acres
1734
Wellshutts
<1825
Partitioned to form enclosure at Pound Corner (see P113/19 TA 1104) quit rent
by apportionment 9s 0d
Owners
<1687
Richard a Moore
<1687-1707
John Earle of Ripe (5)
1707 mortgage William Earle junior a relative
John Earle deceased heriot ox.
1707-1734
William Earle the younger
1707 admitted and surrender to will.
1715 acquires P113/58a and b
Mills at Handley Common, barn 25 acres
Handley Common, messuage 20 acres
1734 deceased.
1734-1752
William Earle of Barcombe
1734 admitted and surrender to will with other
only son
land (see P113/23 TA 163)
1754 mortgage Edward Lucas of Barcombe
yeoman £208
(1803 Ann Lucas and W L Shadwell mortgage
redeemed)
1752 William Earle deceased heriots valued at
£16
1756-1774
Charles Earle youngest son
1756 admitted by mother Mary who admitted as
guardian, with land as above
1774 surrender to George Earle heriots valued
at £6 6s 0d.
1774-1780
George Earle
1774 admitted subject to mortgage and
surrender to this tenement only
1778 mortgage Walter Woodham of Lullington
gent £260
1797 Mary Newman of Willingdon motgage
1780-1803
George Earle eldest son 5
1803-1819
George Wickens of
Barcombe yeoman
1819-1825
Samuel Bosanquet Esq of
Lombard Street and Godin
Shiffner Esq of Mark Lane.
1825-1825
Charles Hanson Esq of
Chancery Lane
Benjamin Ellis
1825-1825
1825-1842
Sir George Shiffner Bart of
Combe Place Hamsey
1842-1859
Henry Shiffner
1859-1864
The Rev Sir George Shiffner
1864-1864+
The Rev George Croxton
Shiffner
<1790-1800+
<1810-1810+
<1820-1820+
<1830-1840+
redeemed
1780 George Earle deceased, heriot ox valued
at £7.
1780 admitted by probate, Guardian John
Cheesman of Barcombe yeoman,with other
tenements (see P113/26 and P113/36)
1796 surrender to will
1803 surrender to George Wickens, heriot horse
valued at £8 8s 0d.
1803 admitted to this tenement alone and
mortgage John Ellman of Glynde gent £1000
1819 mortgage redeemed
1819 John Wickens surrenders to Samuel
Bosenquet and Godin Shiffner £1550, heriot
horse valued at £8 8s 0d.
1819 admitted by Charles Brookbank gent
1825 Godin now of Caen, surrender to Charles
Hanson
1825 estate settled
1825 Sir George and Henry Shiffner Esq eldest
son surrender to Charles Hanson
1825 admitted, with P113/58/1
1825 admitted and with Charles Brocklebank
and George Henry they surrender to Sir George
Shiffner
1825 admitted
Partition to form ‘Pound Corner’ (see P113/19/1
TA 1104)
1842 death presented
1842 admission
1859 death presented
1859 admitted
1864 death presented
1864 admitted
1894 admitted to the reversion of the two first
tenements.
Tenants
Thomas Wickens
Thomas Wickens
owner/occupier
Thomas Wickens
Henry Guy
P113/58a
Land adjoining Handlye Farm
Manorial tenements
Mills at Handley Common, barn 25 acres
<1687 acquires P113/58b
Handley Common, messuage 20 acres
Owners
<1622
William Rootes.
<1622
William Coby
<1622
Henry Heaseman
<1655
Robert Crayford of Barcombe 1655 lease to Francis Heasman
clerk
1655-1691
Francis Heasman
<1687 acquires P113/58b
Handley Common, messuage 20 acres
1691 surrender lease to Robert Crayford, heriot
cow.
1691-1714
Robert Crayford of Barcombe
clerk.
1714-1715
Catherine Crayford widow
exor and George Goring of
Barcombe Esq
1691 admitted
1692 mortgage Francis Heasman yeoman £30
and in his tenure.
1699 mortgage Henry Johnson of Glynde gent
and wife Elizabeth £220, in tenure John
Parsons.
1699 surrender to uses.
1702 mortgage Henry Johnson as before and
redeemed
1704 mortgage Henry Johnson as before and
sredeemed
1714 Robert Crayford deceased, heriot horse
1714 admitted.
1715 Catherine and son William surrender to
William Earle, heriot 20s 0d.
Merged with P113/58 Handlye Farm.
P113/58b
Land adjoining Handlye Farm
Manorial tenement
Handley Common, messuage 20 acres
1649
31 acres.
Owners
<1649
Plumer
<1649
William Rootes of Barcombe
sale to William Coby (43)
<1649-1649+
William Coby of Southover
gent.
<1687-1691
Francis Heasman.
merged with P113/58a.