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The Blaker Society
Squire,
William Blaker of Cuckfield, Sussex, was assessed to the Lay Subsidy of that
County in the year 1327.
Note that no other Blaker appears in either the Rape of Lewes or the Rape of
Bramber in this subsidy, nor in the lay subsidies of these Rapes levied in 1296
or 1332.
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On 3 January, 1394/5, John Blakere de Schullegh (Shelley in Lower Beeding,
Sussex) conveyed by deed to William Haselyng of Cuckfield, the subfee of a
croft of land containing three acres, lying in the parish of Cuckfield.
A copy of this deed, printed in the book "Searches into the history of the family
of Blaker of Sussex," can be scanned and forwarded to you if you wish, but
the deed contains no other useful information other than describing the
location of the land and the several owners thereof.
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Please tell me what you mean by "a local historian"; from a Canadian point of
view, England, and Sussex, are spilling over with historians.
The Blaker book, written by W. C. Renshaw, barrister, and author of a number
of genealogy and family history books about families related to him by
marriage or otherwise, is available in a slightly fuzzy photocopy if you would
like to see it, and of course you would be entirely welcome to use its contents
