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James Eversfield
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. 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. In 1818 his elder brother died, making him heir to the family's extensive landholdings, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Markwick
William Markwick (1739 – 6 April 1812), who took the name of William Eversfield, was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and a keen natural history, naturalist, known for his pioneering phenology, phenological observations recorded in Gilbert White's 1789 book ''The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne''. Many of his scientific writings remain unpublished, in some cases despite being submitted to the Linnean Society. Life William Markwick was the son of James Markwick of Catsfield and Mary Eversfield, who were married in Eastbourne on 10 June 1735. He was nominally admitted to the Inner Temple to study law in May 1758, and equally nominally educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in June 1758. However he neither practised as a lawyer nor took a Cambridge degree, choosing instead to live the life of an English country gentleman. His estate covered 1600 acres of Sussex around Catsfield Place, also called Church House. He ordered short and delicate sheep's fescue grass seed to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |