Matilda daughter of John Crowhurst of Bexhill, builder, and Sarah (baptismal record)
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Writing his Will in May 1835 John Crowhurst of Bexhill, yeoman, named his daughter Matilda Crowhurst as a beneficiary.
In Dec 1835 Matilda Crowhurst was present at the marriage of her sister Sarah Crowhurst to Joseph Shoosmith in Bexhill Sussex.
At the time of the 1841 England Census Matilda Crowhurst, aged about 25, was with her father in Holyershill, Bexhill Sussex.
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Matilda Crowhurst of St. Faith's Green died aged 34 years (burial record).
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CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday last an inquest was held at the coroner's private residence (in consequence of indisposition,) on the body of Matilda Crowhurst, aged 34. Mr. Thomas Clayton was the foreman. It appeared that deceased, who was a native of Bexhill, in Sussex, had been lodging for about three weeks at a house in St. Faith-street, kept by a person named Fowle—the greater part of which time she had been intoxicated, particularly during the last week—on one day of which she drank a pint of brandy and a pint of gin ! On Sunday morning, at about nine o'clock, she was found lying on the floor in her bed-room in a state of intoxication. Dr. Chalmers was immediately sent for, who ordered a warm bath, but before they could get her into it she died. At the request of the jury, the inquest was adjourned till the next day to allow of a post mortem examination. Upon their re-assembling and hearing the evidence of Dr. Chalmers, they returned a verdict of "Died from excessive drinking."
South Eastern Gazette, 24 November 1846, p. 4
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