Also a Sunte Close in Haywards Heath! Gordon Smith (8479) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Clark" <southwick@eml.cc> To: "'Diana & Graham Stevens'" <diagram@iinet.net.au>; <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] Words in a Lindfield Will > There is a "Sunte Avenue" and a "By Sunte" to the west side of Lindfield, > north of Haywards Heath town centre, both roads running roughly east from > Portsmouth Lane. This may indicate where the original Sunte House was. > > Try searching on Google Maps http://maps.google.co.uk/ which also has an > arial photo. > > Ian C > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diana & Graham Stevens >> Sent: 11 May 2008 06:32 >> To: sfhg@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [SFHG] Words in a Lindfield Will >> >> I am reading the 1593 will of Richard FAIREHALL. It says he >> lived at Sunt in Lindfield. I can't find a place with this >> name, does anyone have any suggestions please? >> >> There is also a strange word I can't track down. Richard is >> making provision for his grandson John Cox's legacy if one of >> the trustees (Edward Cox) dies: >> >> "The Residue of the said twenty pounds which shall then >> remayne to be paid unto him the said John Cox at suche tyme >> as he shall accomplishe the age of one & twenty yeares And >> my will is that yf the said Edward Cox happen to dye within >> the said parine?, then the said Edward Hall ..." >> >> The 'par' is clearly written (though the writer uses the >> normal abbreviation for 'par' in other parts of the will, for >> instance in parish), the rest of the letters are a bit >> ambiguous. Any suggestions? >> >> This is the first will I have read where the glass in the >> windows of the house is specifically mentioned as a legacy. I >> wonder how valuable glass was in 1593? >> >> Best wishes to all from Diana in Perth, Western Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >