John Barham

• General Notes
  • "John Barham was born late in the fifteenth century. He was an Iron-Master of Woodlands and Buttes in Wadhurst and was one of the first and most successful of the Sussex iron-masters. His assessments in 1541 indicate that he was one of the wealthiest inhabitants of Wadhurst at the time. His Will is recorded in London, dated June 19, 1553. His wife was Thomasyne and she is named in the Will along with John's brother Richard and Richard's wife, Alice. He purchased Barkley Mill on December 21, 1536. Settled reversion of Bengrede and other lands on his son, John, in 1547."

Details of John's family with Thomasyn Barham