James Eversfield

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James Eversfield
High Sheriff of Sussex
In office
1822–1822
Personal details
Born1795
Catsfield, Sussex, England
Died29 September 1826
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Horsham, Sussex, England
Residence(s)Denne Park, Horsham [1]
Education Peterhouse, Cambridge

James Eversfield was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Sussex.

Life

Baptised on 1 November 1795 in the church of St Laurence in Catsfield, he was the younger son of William Markwick, who later changed his name to Eversfield, and his wife Mary. [2] On 15 June 1815 in the church of St James, Piccadilly he married Mary Crew (1795–1872), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and his wife Mary Sophia Foreman, daughter of John Foreman. [3] In 1818 his elder brother died, making him heir to the family's extensive landholdings, [4] which included the manor and mansion of Catsfield as well as lands in Pevensey, Ninfield, Mountfield, Battle and Bexhill.

He served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1822. Following the death of his mother in 1823, he sold the Catsfield property and moved to Denne Park outside Horsham. In 1825 he was one of the six proprietors of the Baybridge Canal at West Grinstead. Aged only 30 when he died, his will was proved on 13 Nov 1826. [5]

He and Mary had three children: [6]

His widow Mary in 1827 married Henry Tredcroft (1788-1844), becoming the mother of Edward Tredcroft, and, widowed a second time, in 1847 married the Reverend John James Vaughan (1809-1881), son of Sir John Vaughan.

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References

  1. "Denne Park - Horsham". parksandgardens.org. 31 December 1604.
  2. "James Markwick" . familysearch.org. England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975. Catsfield, Sussex, England. 1 November 1795. Item 3; FHL microfilm 1,067,146. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. "James Eversfield and Mary Crew" . familysearch.org. England Marriages 1538–1973. Saint James, Westminster, London, England. 15 June 1815. FHL microfilm 1,042,319. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. Berry, William (2007). County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hampshire. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. p. 155. hdl:2027/njp.32101007240102.
  5. "Appointment of new trustees (of the will of James Eversfield)". The National Archives. 28 December 1849. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 194.
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