. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. irst George Courthope ofWhiligh; he was a minor, aged 16, in 1597, under theguardianship of his maternal uncle, William Courthope,of Buckling Hill in Wadhurst, gent, (will dated 18th 43 Add. Ch., 31,140. Add. Ch., 31,156 {Dorso). THE BARHAMS OF SIIOESM1THS IN WADHURST. 127 May, 1625), as we learn from an entry on the Court Rollof Mayfield Manor. David Barham built the older portion of the presenthouse at Snape, in 1617. He married at Frant, 30thDecember, 1622, Helen, daughter of William Fowle, ofLightlan
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. irst George Courthope ofWhiligh; he was a minor, aged 16, in 1597, under theguardianship of his maternal uncle, William Courthope,of Buckling Hill in Wadhurst, gent, (will dated 18th 43 Add. Ch., 31,140. Add. Ch., 31,156 {Dorso). THE BARHAMS OF SIIOESM1THS IN WADHURST. 127 May, 1625), as we learn from an entry on the Court Rollof Mayfield Manor. David Barham built the older portion of the presenthouse at Snape, in 1617. He married at Frant, 30thDecember, 1622, Helen, daughter of William Fowle, ofLightlands in Frant, Esquire, by whom he had, withother issue, a son David, baptized at Wadhurst, 3rdJune, 1629, who was presented as heir to his fatherscopyhold lands at a Court of Bivelham Manor, 26thApril, 1644, his eldest brother, William (who succeeded,by custom of the manor, to the freehold lands ofMaplesden, in Wadhurst, and Mapesden, in Ticehurst)being appointed guardian during his minority. David Barham, the elder, was Churchwarden ofWadhurst in 1621. He died 18th February, 1643-4, as. we learn from his curious iron tomb-slab in the SouthAisle of Wadhurst Church (see illustration). Thearmorial bearings, beneath the inscription, are those ofhis mothers family, the Courthopes of Whiligh—Silver a/esse azure between three stars sable—while the initials 128 THE BARHAMS OF SHOESMITHS IN WADHURST. and date, in the two lozenge-shaped compartments, referto his daughter-in-law, Anne, wife of Mr DavidBarham, who was buried loth January, 1688-9. The other memorial slab, to u Ann Barham, thedaughter of David Barham of Snape, gent, is note-worthy for having, in addition to her paternal coat ofarms, a second shield (presumably that of her mothersfather), bearing a cheveron between three (?) eagles headserased, which may perhaps suggest a clue to her mothersparentage. This Ann Barham was baptized at Wadhurst, 10thAugust, 1655, and was buried there 21st May, 1675; theentry of her burial is
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