At our AGM it was suggested we might find it interesting if we wrote about some of the families who inter-married into the Lindfield family. Being something of a mongrel myself, I welcomed the suggestion as I do think these contemporary families add colour and interest to our Lin(d)field line. They also tell us much of what life was like in those far off days. Continue reading The Avery Connection
Thomas Cole of the 10th Hussars
My great great great grandparents ELIZABETH LINDFIELD and THOMAS COLE, a widower, were married at St Nicholas Church, Brighton on the 31st December 1816. He was described in the Parish Register as belonging to the 10th Regiment Hussars. She had been baptised at Preston in 1792 and was about fourteen years his junior. The marriage seems to have been something of a formality as they already had a daughter JANE who was baptised in July 1813 and another child was on the way. Continue reading Thomas Cole of the 10th Hussars
Longshot Vol 3, No. 1
The L.O.N.G. Library, by Alan Lindfield
Thomas Cole of the 10th Hussars, by Rosemary Milton
Notes and Queries
The Avery Connection, by Mary Offer
West Sussex Protestation Returns, by Malcolm Linfield
Harry Linfield of Sullington, by Malcolm Linfield
A Family Business, by Peggy Champ
Roots and Cuttings, by Alan Lindfield
Ralph Parkinson Linfield: an Update, by Malcolm Linfield
Two Years On, by Malcolm Linfield
Front Cover: This picture of Harry Linfield of Sullington was probably taken between 1870 and 1875 and was discovered by Joan Ham in an album of old photographs belonging to Emily Carew Gibson of Sandgate. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the West Sussex Record Office. An article about Harry appears on page 29.
Longshot Vol 2, No. 2
Sussex Coroners’ Inquests, by Malcolm Linfield
John Linfield of the Gordon Highlanders, by Alan Michael Linfield
Somerset House Wills 1858-1920
The Storrington Linfields & their Poor Relations of Sullington and Washington (1791-1861) Part 1, by Eric Linfield
The Lin(d)fields of Suffolk, by Malcolm Linfield
The St Catherine’s Index, by Alan Lindfield
GRO Death Records, by Alan Lindfield
The 1851 Census Project, by Alan Lindfield
Beneath a Granite Mountain, by Alan Lindfield
The St Catherine’s House Index
In the Index of Births Registered at St Catherines House from 1837-1937, I included some analysis of the records, 1947 in number, which feature in the index. The results of that analysis may be of interest to readers of Longshot. Continue reading The St Catherine’s House Index
Researching our Military Ancestors
In the previous issue of LONGSHOT a suggestion was put forward that some research should be done on the various Lindfield)fields who down the years have served in the armed forces. This immediately caught my attention, since I was already interested in this field as a result of my plans to research the army career of my great-grandfather, who served during the second half of the 19th Century. In the light of this wider interest in our military ancestors, I have therefore broadened the scope of this research to include other members of the family who have served in any of the armed forces and whose military documents can be traced. Since my immediate period of interest was in the Victorian Army, this seemed the logical starting-point for this new project. Continue reading Researching our Military Ancestors
Sussex Probate Records
In the last issue of Longshot, I promised to produce a list of all the Lin(d)field probate records which are kept at the West and East Sussex Record Offices. Well, here it is! I have endeavoured to compile an index of all the known wills, administrations and inventories relating to the county of Sussex, so I have also included the PCC records kept at the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane. Eventually, we will have copies of all these documents in the society archives; those we hold at present are marked with an asterisk, and I am slowly (perhaps I should say very slowly!) making transcripts of each and every one of them. There is a good chance that I may have missed out something completely, although my intention is to provide a comprehensive collection of everything available. Please get in touch if you know of any omissions. I should also mention that I am only dealing here with records up to 1858, before the Court of Probate Act established a Principal Probate Registry in London when all probate matters were removed from the jurisdiction of the Church. Continue reading Sussex Probate Records
Letter from America
When I was a boy, my father showed me an old letter to my great grandfather, Frederick Caesar Linfield. I was intrigued as the envelope was addressed to Hon. F C Linfield. My father explained that his grandfather had been a Member of Parliament and presumably the writer of the letter thought that was how he should be addressed. Continue reading Letter from America