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Anne Warden, fædd(ur) um 1739, skírð(ur) 22 oktober 1739, Cuckfield, West Sussex, dó 1806, Cuckfield, West Sussex,
grafin(n), Cuckfield, West Sussex
(dánaraldur kannski 67 ára).
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Giftist
Francis Jefferson, fædd(ur) 1706, dó fyrir 4 apríl 1793 [Athugasemd 1-1].
Giftist 28 nóvember 1803, Brighton, East Sussex - St. Nicholas,
Thomas Scutt, fædd(ur), Brighton, East Sussex, skírð(ur) 18 ágúst 1769, Brighton, East Sussex, dó 21 september 1852, Aldwick Villa, Pagham, West Sussex,
grafin(n) 29 september 1852, Pagham, West Sussex - St. Thomas à Becket
(dánaraldur kannski 83 ára), Clerk / Reverend [Athugasemd 1-2].
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| [Only child of Michel Warden and heir to Cuckfield Place; her right to inherit was disputed in Chancery case by Charles Langdon and Anthony Nott, two descendants of the eight heirs named in the original Deed of settlement by Charles Sergison in anticipation of the marriage of Thomas Warden (Sergison) and Mary Pitt. They claimed that she was not born in wedlock; her mother, Sarah Dean had been a "common servant" at Cuckfield Place and Ann had been born ten months before her parents wedding. Michael Warden (Sergison) claimed that he and Sarah Dean had contracted a previous secret marriage in the Fleet Prison, and although they were never able to produce any evidence to support this claim, Ann's right to inherit was confirmed. When Michael did in 1784, Anne became Lady of the Manor and Dame of Cuckfield Place and her husband, Francis Jefferson, took the name Sergison and was an active "squire" of Cuckfield. After his death in 1793 she married the Rev Thomas Scutt in 1804, but the marriage ended within a year in a deed of separation under which Dame Ann allowed her husband £1,000 a year. She had an income of £8,000 a year in rents, and was able to support her two spendthrift sons, Warden and Francis Sergison, and save for herself a private fortune of £17,000. Her will dated 27 October 1806 left all her property in trust to executors William Sewell, Nehemiah Winter, Thomas Granger and Joseph Buckeridge, with the interest on her capital divided between her two sons for their joint lives; to the survivor during his life and after their decease to transfer the estate in trust to any of their surviving children. The will does not mention her daughter Ann, wife of the Rev. William Pritchard, from whom she was estranged, even though she was the only one to have children. Her private fortune was to go to her son's children (if any) and it was in pursuit of this that her son Francis connived at the deception practised by his wife to obtain a baby (see Chancery case of 1820 which proved the illegitimacy of his daughter Harriet). Maisie Wright, A Chronicle of Cuckfield, revised edition, 1991, p128.] [Anne Sergison was one of the wealthiest landowners in Sussex at this time with an income of £8,000 a year from her rents, and she insisted that her previous husband and her son-in-law both took the name Sergison, as well as Thomas Scutt.] [Whitehall, December 23, 1803. [The London Gazette 1803]. The King has been pleased to grant unto Thomas Skutt, of Cuckfield Place, in the Parish of Cuckfield, in the County of Sussex, Clerk, during the natural Life of Ann his Wife, (late Ann Sergison, Widow and Relict of Francis Sergison, late of Cuckfield-Place aforesaid, heretofore Francis Jefferson, deceased, and only Daughter and Heir of Michael Sergison, formerly Michael Warden, Esq; also deceased,) His Royal Licence and Authority, that he may assume and take the Surname of Sergison, and also bear the Arms of Sergison, in Compliance with a Covenant contained in the Deed of Settlement made on his Marriage with the said Ann Sergison, Widow, bearing Date the Twenty-fourth Day of November last ; such Arms being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms, and recorded in the Heralds Office : And also to order, that this His Majesty's Concession and Declaration, be registered in His College of Arms, otherwise to be void and of none Effect.] |
| Occupation/Seat: Esq.of York, of Cuckfield Place, took name of Sergison 1784. Public Office: High Sheriff of Sussex 1786, J.P., founder of Ouse Navigation Co. |
| [He matriculated at New College, Oxford April 27 1789.] [Sussex Advertiser - Monday 28 April 1800. To be sold by Auction, by Verrall & Son, At the Bear Inn, in the Cliff, Lewes, on Tuefday, the of May, at fix the evening, in Two Lots. Lot 1. All that good Dwelling Houfe and Premises, with about two acres, exceeding good meadow land adjoining, delightfully fituate clofe to the turnpike road at Blackboys, in the parish of Framfield, in the occupation of Mr Thomas Scutt. Lot 2. About fix acres, of rich Meadow Land, about half a mile from the houfe. N.B. Great part of the above premises were lately new, and are very defirable for a Boarding School, being very roomy, healthy fituation, and having every neceffary convenience, viewed, and further particulars had, of Mr. John Bannister, Wheelwright, at Blackboys; or of the Auctioneer, Cliff, Lewes.] [Fri 15 May 1807, Kentish Gazette, Kent, May 7, at St George's, Hanover Square, the Rev. Tho. Scutt, Brighton, to Miss M. White, youngest daughter of Joseph White, esq. Cheshire.] [[Deeds. FILE - HOVE:46(later 48) Brunswick Square - ref. AMS5945/4 - date: 1807-1870. By virtue of a power of appointment in the settlement on his marriage with Mary daughter of Joseph White of Old Bond Street esq, 5 & 6 May 1807, Thomas Scutt of Brighton clerk conveyed to William Lambert of Portland Street, Brighton stonemason and William Furner of Brighton gent his trustee a house built by Lambert on the west side of Brunswick Square (on land contracted to be sold to Thomas Cooper and Charles Lynn of Brighton builders for £333 6s 8d) on 29 Jul 1825; Cooper and Lynn received the balance of the £600 purchase price (4/1).] [Inherited Wick Farm from his father Thomas. FRC Prob11/2162/871 bought Clapham Estate, Litlington, in 1830 & left it to his son, Rev. T S (curate in Edburton, St. Andrews 1807). [Hampshire Telegraph, Monday 21 February 1825. It is said that that Mr. Baring and Mr. T Kemp, gave only £60.00, instead of one hundred thousand pounds, for the Wick Estate, to the Rev. Thomas Scutt.] [25/11/1852. Son T W S of Clapham House & his son Thomas. Daughter Mary, wife of Revd. Edward Boughton Johnson. Tombstone in St.Thomas A'Becket Church, Pagham. "The Rev Thomas Scutt MA who died April 21st 1852 aged 83 years. Enter not into judgement with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shall no man living be justified".] [Ann Sergison was previously married to Francis Sergison.] [By his will of 30 Aug 1847, Thomas Scutt bequeathed his property in Hellingly to William Furner, Edmund Joseph Furner and George Philcox Hill in trust; he died on 21 Sep and the will was proved in PCC on 25 Nov 1852.] [Sussex Advertiser, Tuesday 25 November 1851. POLEGATE. The rent audit of the Rev. Thomas Scutt was held at the Horse and Groom, Polegate, on Thursday last, on which occasion a party of nearly 40 sat down to excellent dinner, served up in superior style by Mr Clare the host. Mr. Hills, of Brighton, presided as the steward of the Rev. Mr Scutt. and a liberal percentage was deducted from the rents.] [Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 31 May 1853. Whereas the Reverend Thomas Scutt, late of Clapham House, and Brighton, the county Sussex, did by his Will bequeath to his Trustees therein named certain sums of money upon trust thereout to pay and discharge all or any or such one more the debt or debts which might be due and owing from his son Thomas White Scutt, at the time of his the said Thomas Scutt's decease, as the said Trustees should, their discretion, think proper, with a view therefore to the exercise such discretion, all persons having any claim against the said Thomas White Scutt are requested forthwith to send the particulars of their respective claims, stating the date and nature of the security (if any) held by them respectively to Messrs. W. H. and C. J. Palmer, 24, Bedford Row, London, or to Mr. Hill, No.1. Pavilion Parade, Brighton. Dated this 23rd day of May, 1853.] [T S - 83yr., abode: Aldwick Villa, Pagham. He lived in West Street 16 and later 77.] [Dundee, Perth, & Cupar Advertiser - Tuesday 05 October 1852. At Aldwick, Bognor, on the 21st ultimo, aged 83, the Rev. Thomas Scutt. The deceased was formerly the owner of the Wick estate, which he sold to Baron Goldsmid for a very large sum. He died worth £150,000.] |