Writing his Will in November 1749 Richard Bristed of Warbleton, gent, gave to Benjamin Bristed son of his brother James Bristed the use of his farmlands and a share of his stock, corn, hay, husbandry, farm equipment and lands called Crawle farm, Blackhouse land, and Tyhouse marshland.
On 14 October 1757 Robert Balcombe the elder of Southover, butcher, sold a messuage in Southover for £110 to Benjamin Bristed of Warbleton, yeoman, and his brother James Bristed of Warbleton. Benjamin died intestate and on 7-8 November 1785 James Bristed of Warbleton, gent, sold the property for £210 to John Fuller of Lewes, butcher... 3
Writing his Will in March 1774 James Bristed of Warbleton, gent, bequeathed to his son Benjamin Bristed his house and garden in Rushlake Green in Warbleton.
In 1775 Benjamin Bristed was co-executor and a residuary legatee of his father's Will.
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