George Goring ¹

  General Notes:

George was Baptized about the 5^th Feb^ry. 1645 and Married 2 Wives viz. the first was Eliz^th. the Daughter of M^r. John Newnham by whom he left Issue One Son named George who is ye Gentleman [?] now Claims the Balneth Estate as next Heir Male to ye last S^r. W^m. Goring.

The aforesaid George Goring's 2^d. wife was Elizabeth the Daughter of M^r Mill by whom he left Issue One Son named John now living at Barcombe.

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The aforesaid Thomas Goring by his last Will and Testament dated about the 8^th. of June 1667. Did Give and Devise the Mannor of Barcombe [?] To the aforesaid George Goring his Nephew Eldest Son of the aforesaid John Goring his Brother.

[An Acc^t. of M^r Goring's Title to the Manor of Balneth] ²

  Events

• Residence: Ades, Cinder Hill, Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4HP, GB.

• Manorial Estate, 1669-1714, Balneath Manor, Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4AP, GB. ^{2 3} Balneath (or Balneth) formed part of the possessions of St. Pancras Priory at Lewes until the Dissolution. It was perhaps identical with the land which William de Warenne granted to the priory about 1095, being his demesne land 'from Beuehorne (Bevern) Bridge to Cheagele (Chailey) from the east road to the road beside the Bridge of Hamwde', which seems roughly to correspond with its present situation. The tenants of this manor had to carry 600 cartloads of wood yearly to the priory from Homewoodand Balneath Wood.

After the Dissolution Balneath, with the other possessions of the priory, was granted first to Thomas Cromwell in 1538, and later, in 1541,to Anne of Cleves for her life. The reversion of the manor was granted in 1552 to Sir William Goring, who died in 1554. His son Sir Henry obtained possession of it, and Balneath remained in the Goring family without a break until the end of the 19th century, being purchased from them about 1900 by Sir William Grantham, K.C., from whom it descended to his son William Wilson Grantham, esq., V.D., K.C., J.P.

• Will, 28 Nov 1676. ⁴ In the Name of God Amen I John Mill of Pulborough in the County
of Sussex Clerke sick and weake in Body but Thanks be to God of sound
and perfect Mind and Memory doe in Order to the setting and disposing of such
Goods Chattells and Estate as it hath pleased God of his great mercy to blesse
mee withall make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner
and forme following That is to say In the first place I bequeath and surrender my
Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator putting my sure trust and
confidence in him that through the meritts and mediation of my ever blessed
Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to obteine pardon and forgiveness of
all my sinnes and to enioy everlasting blisse and happines amongst his blessed ?presence
and Angells in his eternall and everlasting Kingdome of Heaven And as for
my body I will and dispose thereof to the Earth to be decently buryed in that
Chappell in Pulborough Churchyard wherein the family of the Mille are for
the most part buryed by my Executors hereafter named Also I give and bequeath to
the poore of the Parish of Pulborough aforesaid Fyve Pownds of lawfull money
Also I give and bequeath to the poore of the Parish of West Grinsted in the said
County of Sussex the sume of Fyve Pownds of like awful money
To be paid and distributed amongst them within Two Monethes next after my
decease Also I give and bequeath unto my deare and loving wife Hester Mill all
my Goods and Houshold stuff and furniture which is now in my dwelling house being
the Parsonage House in Pulborough aforesaid and all the Corne in the Barnes
and all the stock of Cattell and Hoggs now being in and upon the Grounds
and Gleab Lands of and belonging to the Parsonage of Pulborough aforesaid.
Also I give and bequeath unto my Two Nephews Thomas Pellatt of Lewes in

the County of Susex Esquire and Ralph Mill of Gretham in the said County
esquire The sume of Three Hundred and Fyfty Pownds of lawfull money of England
Three Hundred Pownds whereof is now placed out at interest by Mr John Spencer
of Dorking in the County of Surrey To be by them put out at interest for the best benefitt
and increase that may be made thereof upon Trust and Confidence nevertheles that
they the said Thomas Pellatt and Ralph Mill shall well and truly pay or cause to
be paid unto my said deare and loving wife Hester Mill all the interest money
profitt and increase of the said Three Hundred and Fyfty Pownds growing or
arising? for and during the terme of her naturall life And from and after her decease
sall pay and dispose of the said Threee Hundred and Fyfty Pownds to such person and
persons and to and for such uses intents and purposes as my said deare and loving wife
Hester Mil shall in and by her last Will and Testament direct order and appoint
And this I declare to be in lieu and satisfaction of a Bond gyven by mee upon my marriage
with her Conditioned to leave her Three Hundred and Fyfty Pownds Also I give and
bequeath unto my loving brother Richard Mill of Hardham in the said County of Sussex
Gent the sume of Two Hundred Pownds of lawfull money of England To be paid
unto him within One yeare after my decease And whereas I have heretofore purchased
the next Presentation of and to the Parsonage of West Grinsted in the said County
of Sussex whensoever the same shall happen to become next void I doe hereby give
devise and bequeath and dispose thereof unto my said Two Nephews Thomas Pellat and
Ralph Mill to the intent that they shall sell and dispose thereof for the best benefitt
and advantage they can make thereof for the raising of moneys for and toward the
performance of this my last Will and Testament Also I give and bequeath unto the
Parish of Pulborough to be by my Executors hereafter named paid and deposited
into the hands of the Churchwardens of the Parish Church of Pulborough within
Six Monethsafter my decease the sume of Fyve Pownds of lawfull money of
England to be by the said Churchwardnes paid out and disposed of for and towards
the repairing fitting and making that Chappell adioyning to the Parish Church of
Pulborough aforesaid which was formerly belonging to Mr Onley A vestrey for
the use and benefitt of the said Parish of Pulborough in Case the Owners and
Proprieters thereof shall and will thereunto their consent and agreement But if the Owners
or Proprietors thereof shall refuse to permitt the said Chappell to be made a
vestrey or if the said Churchwardens shall refuse or neglect to fitt and prepare it
for that intent and purpose Then my Will and meaning is that the said Legacy of
Fyve Pownds hereby by mee given for that intent and purpose shall ceae and
be absolutely void and not at all be paid Also I give and bequeath unto my Neece
Hester Garrett One hundred Pownds of lawfull money of England if my personal
Estate will thereunto extend and be sufficient after the payment of all the Legacyes
in and by this my last Will and Testament given and bequeather Also I give and
bequeath to my Godson John Searle the sonn of my wife's sister Searle Twenty
Pownds of lawfull money of England to be paid and disposed of for the biding him
an Apprentice to some Trade Also I give to every one of my Nephews and Neeces
which are the sonnes and daughters of my owne brothers and sisters and to every of
theire respective husbands and wyves and to every of theire respective Children One
Broad? Twenty Shillings Peece And I give to my Godson Ralph Mill sonn of my Nephew
Ralph Mill of Gretham a Two and Twenty Shillings peece of broad Gold over and
beside his Legacy herein by mee before given to him Allsoe I give to every one of my
servant now dwelling with mee Tenn shillings a peece All which Legacyes last menconed
my Will and meaning is shall be paid within One month next after my decease And
of this my Will and Testament I make and Constitute my said Two Nephews Thomas
Pellatt and Ralph Mill the elder full and whole Executors desiring them to see the
same in all points fulfilled and performed so farr as my personall Estate will there-

unto extend And for theire paynes to be susteyned herein I give and bequeath unto
them Tenn Pownds a peece In witnes whereof I have to this my last Will and
Testament conteyned in this sheete of Paper sett my hand and seale this Eight and
Twentyth day of November In the Eight and Twentyth yeare of the Raigne of our
souveraigne Lord Charles the second over England &c King Anno Domini 1676
Jo: Mille Signed sealed and published and declared by the above named John Mille
to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of Griffyth Williams George
Goring John Roberdes

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

• Will, 22 Mar 1708/09. In the Name of God Amen I George
Goring of Barcombe in the County of Sussex Esqr being in good health & of
perfect mind & memory (Almighty God be praised therefore & for all other his
great mercies& blessings to me) Yet knowing by certainty of death & uncertain
ty of the time when doe make & declare this my last will & Testament First
& Principally I yeild & consigne my poore & precious Soule to Almighty
God my heavenly Father stedfastly beleiving through the meritts of Jesus
Christ my blessed Saviour & Redeemer to obteyne full pardon and remission
of all my sinns And I committ my body to the Earth from Whence it came to bee
decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix & Executors herein
after named And touching such worldly goods & Estate as God in his mercy
hath lent mee I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give and
devise All that my Messuage where I now dwell with the Barnes Stables Gardens
Closes Outhouses & other buildings with the appurtenances thereunto belonging containing
one acre or thereabouts And alsoe All those foure pieces or parcells of land with an
Orchard & Milking close thereunto adjoyning conteyning together by estimation
Fourteen acres & an halfe Abutting & bounding to the Queens highway leading
from Barcombe Church to Camois Court green on the East, to a parcell of ground
called Churchfeild on the South, to A mead called the Church mead on the West, & to
A land called Douseland? on the North, late the lands of …. Beecher & before
Combers And also All those three pieces or parcells of land called the Churchfeild
with the green Close lying before the Messuage aforesaid conteyning together by
estimation Eleven acres more or lesse lying & adjoyning to the aforesaid lands
late Beechers & before Combers on the East & North to a lane leading from Barcomb
Church to Cobb greene on the South, & to the lands of Thomas Earle on the West All which
lands & premisses are situate lying & being in Barcombe aforesaid & are now in
Geo Goring

my owne occupacon, To my deare wife Mary Goreing & her assignes for & during
the terme of her naturall life And imediately from & after here decease To my youngest
sonne John Goreing & his assignes for & dureing the terme of his naturall life And
from & after his decease To his first sonne of the body of the said John Goreing
lawfully to bee begotten & to hs heires Males of the body of such first sonn lawfully
yssuing And for want of such issue To the second son of the body of the said John
Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & to the heires Males of the body of such second soon
lawfully yssuing And for default of such yssue To the third son of the body of the said
John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & the heires Males of the body of such third
sonne lawfully yssuing And for default of such yssue To the fourth fifth sixth & all &
every other son & sonnes of the body of the said John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten
severally successively & respectively one after the other in order & ^^ as they shalbee
in seniority of age & priority of birth, & the severall heires Males of his & their severall
& prospective body lawfully to bee begotten the elder of such sonnes & the heires Males
of his or their bodys And for default of such yssue To the heires female & females of
the body of the said John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & the heires of her or their
bodys lawfully yssuing And in default of such yssue To my eldest sonne George
Goreing his heires & assignes for ever And whereas I have surrendered A Copyhold
Messuage with the Barns buildings & lands thereunto belonging commonly called or known
by the name of Shaws & Crowchfeilds conteyning by estimacon Fourscore acres more
or lesse with the appurtenances situate lying or being in Chailey in the said County of Sussex
adjoyning to the lands of Sir Thomas Mansell Barronet called the Old Parke on the East
& South, to the Queens highway leading from Markstakes Common to Newick Church
on the West & to the lands of John Carpenter on the North, holden of the Mannor
of Allington in the County aforesaid & now in the tenure of John Weller his under
Tenants or assignes To the use of my laast Will Now in pursuance thereof I doe
hereby give & devise the said messuage lands & premisses with th'appurtenances
To my said sonne John Goreing & his assignes for & dureing the terms of his
naturall life And imediately from & after his decease To the heires Males of his
body lawfully to bee begotten And for default of such yssue To the heires female
of his body lawfully to bee begotten & the heires of the body or bodys of such
yssue female lawfully yssuing And in case my said sonn John Goreing shall dye
leaving no yssue of his body lawfully begotten Then I give or devise the said
Copyhold Messuage Lands and Tenements with th'appurtenances thereunto belonging
To my loveing friends James Plumer & Francis Langford of Chailey aforesaid Gent
their heirs & assignes for ever To the end intent & purposes that they or the
Survivor of them or their heires of such Survivor shall within one yeare next
after the decease of the said John Goring my sonne without yssue of his body
sell & dispose of the said Messuage lands & premisses for the best price &
most money that can be made thereof And my will & mind is & I doe
hereby give & bequeath the money arising by such sale To my Granddaughters
Mary Martha & Elizabeth Goreing daughters of the said George Goreing my
sonn, to Mary & Barbary Godly daughters of my late sonn in Law John Godly
Gent & to the daughter or daughters (not exceeding three) of my daughter Mary
now Wife of John Egles Gent to bee equally divided between them. And for
my personall Estate I dispose thereof as followeth Item I give to the poore
of the parish of Chaily Forty shillings to bee paid & distributed amongst them within
one moneth next after me decease at the discretion of my Executrix & Executor
hereinafter named. Item I give & bequeath unto my said sonn Georg Goreing
& to my said daughter Mary Egles five pounds A piece & to my daughter
in Law Elizabeth now wife of my said donn Georg Goreing & to my said sonn in
law John Egles & to my sonne in Law John Smith Clerk Four pounsa A piece All
which last mentioned Legacies soe given & bequeathed as aforesaid shalbee
paid unto each of them within three moneths next after my decease Item I
give unto the aforesaid Mary Martha & Elizabeth Goreing & to Thomas Godly
& the said Mary & Barbary Godly my Grandchildren Twenty shillings A piece
to buy them Rings in remembrance of mee Item I give & bequeath unto the
said Mary my wife the use of my Coach & Coachhorses & all & singular my
Goods & household stuffe plate linnen woollen pewter brass Bedds & bedding & all
other utensills & implements of household whatsoever in or about belomging to
my now dwelling house situate in Barcombe aforesaid for & dureing the
terme of her naturall life And from & after her decease I give & bequeath
All & Singular my said Goods household Stuffe plate linnen woollen pewter
brasse Bedds bedding & all other utensils & implements of household To the
said John Goreing All the rest residue & remainder of my Goods Chattells
ready money arrears of Rent bills bonds mortgages Leases & personall
Estate whatsoever (my debts Legacies & funerall expences being first paid
& discharged ) I give & bequeath unto my said wife & sonn John Goreing
whom I does hereby make ordaine constitute & appoint Executrix & Executor
of this my last will and Testament And my further will and meaning is
& I doe hereby likewise make & appoint my said loveing friends James
Plumer and Francis Langford Overseers of this my last will desireing
and requesting them to bee aiding and assisting to my said Executrix &
Executor in the due performance hereof & I doe give unto each of them
Twenty shillings to buy the Rings in remembrance of mee And I doe
hereby Revoak & make void all former will or wills by mee at any
time heretofore made & doe declare this to bee my last will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have to a Labell at the top of this my will affixed my
Seale & to each halfe sheet or side hereof being five in number have sett
my hand this two & Twentieth day of March One Thousand seven hundred
& Eight ………. .Anne nunc Regine Magne Britannico &c octavo

Signed sealed published & declared by the saidr
George Goreing the Testator as & for his last will &r
Testament in the presence of us who all subscribed ourr
names as witnesses hereunto yn his presencre
Tho Medley
Edwd Medley
William Rootes

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

• Probate, 29 Jun 1719, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. 29 die mensis Junii Anno 1719 fuit Johannes Goreing Gent Executor
huius Testamenti Cui Commissa fuit Administratio
et Onus Executionis ejusdem (Maria
Goreing alti de Executoribus demortua)
P Nos

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

George married Elizabeth Newnham, daughter of John Newnham and Rose Coleman, on 21 Dec 1669 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB.¹ (Elizabeth Newnham was born before 2 Mar 1647/48, baptised on 2 Mar 1647/48 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB,¹ died before 23 Apr 1675 and was buried on 23 Apr 1675 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB ¹.)

George next married Elizabeth Mill, daughter of Henry Mill and Rebecca Rycraft, on 8 May 1677 in Greatham Parish Church, Brook Lane, Greatham, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 2ET, GB.¹ (Elizabeth Mill was born before 1 Sep 1657, baptised on 1 Sep 1657 in St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Church Lane, Fittleworth, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 1HL, GB,¹ died before 1 Jul 1684 and was buried on 1 Jul 1684 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB ¹.)

George next married Mary on 13 Aug 1690 in St. Mary Magdalane's Church, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 7RN, GB. (Mary died before 29 Jun 1719 and was buried in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB.)