Hadleigh & Daws Heath Woods; 17th & 18th Centuries

Woods Lying in Hadleigh; 18th Century use

Kay Moore

Useful signage for Pound Wood.

Graham Cook

Coxhall Wood 1579-1876-1977

D Hurrell

Tithe: St James  {transactions for fallen timber for bundles}
: that upon the 21st of May Anno 1659, S.A. Bull Rector of Hadleigh agreed with
Tho: Crouder & Ric: Parrett of Thundersley (who had that year bought the fall of
Temple Wood) to sell them the tyth ostrey* of that part of the wood within the parrish
of Hadleigh at 5 shillings the load as it lay in the wood unbound, for which I
then received ten pound down : the remainder to be paid at Michaelmas next.
Recieved more of Thomas Crouder and Richd Parrett fifty shillings in full of all
accounts for the tyth of Temple Wood for the yeare above said.
This I testify under my hand: Samuel Bull

Received Anno 1660: the summe of fifty shillings for the tyth of a wood going under
the name of the poorse wood of Rayleigh but specified in the Earle of Warwicks
writings to ly in the parrish of Hadleigh: the tyth I sold to Mr Gabriel Martin of London
woodmonger who bought the fall of that wood that year.
This I testify under my hand: Samuel Bull
*ostrey = Hostelry (the fallen timber would have been tied into bundles to make
faggots to light the hostelry fires).

Woods lying in Hadleigh.  {Transactions for timber to be felled}
Coxall Wood being fifty acres fell’d by Mr Merrifield 1737
Mar: Bullock Thicket, five acres fell’d by Mr Knight 1744
Golden Leezes — eight acres fell’d by Mr Carpenter 1744
Temple Wood thirty five acres fell’d by Mr Knight 1745
A wood which Mackerel fell’d, about one acre is now stubble
Pound Wood fell’d by Mr Johnson in the year 1753
part in Hadleigh nom [number] of acres 18 and one pch (perch)
Mr Daltons Wood laying Pound Wood 4 acres 21 pch
fell’d by Mr Donier 1756