The Place-names of Sussex, Burleigh Arches Hundred: Lindfield has: Sunte House 1522 SAC 50, 64, Sunt 1583 SAC 19, 41, Soontland 1591 SRS 14, 222, Sunt al Huntespark 1594 SRS 14, 89 SAC = Sussex Archaeological Collections. SRS = Sussex Record Society. Bartholomews (1943) has: Sunte House, East Sussex, 1 mile North of Haywards Heath. Judy Excell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana & Graham Stevens" <diagram@iinet.net.au> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 6:32 AM 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 >