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CUCKFIELD

The Lewes Archdeaconry probate calendars have:

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Joan (Blaker) Butcher

Arthur’s will includes bequests to William and Anne Butcher, son and
daughter of Richard Butcher of ‘Barlcombe’, and to his grandchild Margaret
Butcher. Richard married at Cuckfield in 1601:
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[1601] Aug. 3 Rychard Bochor to Johanne Blaker
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No other Butcher entry appears in the printed Cuckfield registers, so doubtless
the couple settled in Balcombe, about 5 miles north of Cuckfield. There is no
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will or administration for a Richard or Joan Butcher of Balcombe in the Lewes
Archdeaconry calendars. Balcombe parish registers have survived from 1539
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onwards. There is no Butcher of Balcombe will or administration in the Lewes
Archdeaconry probate calendars 1601 to 1660.

Elizabeth (Blaker) Kidd

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Richard and Elizabeth married at Cuckfield in 1613:

[1613] Jul. 11 Richard Kid to Elsabeth Blaker.

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These children were baptized there:

[1614] Dec. 4 Dorithy d. of Richard & Elsabeth Kyd.
[1619] Oct. 10 Elizabeth d. of Richard Kidd.

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with this burial:

[1617/8] Mar. 9 Infant d. of Richard Kidd dying immediately after birth.

Arthur’s will refers to the daughter Dorothy. Elizabeth, born shortly after his
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death, died in 1628:

19 We need a copy of this
20 p. 99
21 no marriage licence at Lewes or Chichester
22 in Buttinghill hundred, and Lewes archdeaconry
23 Has any search been made of these?
24 p. 104
25 pp. 19 and 24
26 p. 104
27 p. 157