I have just started to trace the ancestry of my 6x gt-grandmother, born Catherine BARHAM of Snape, Wadhurst. In 1721 she married William Waterhouse at Wadhurst. The same year, David BARHAM sold Snape, the family's ancestral home, from where the Barhams controlled most of the local iron industry. I presume David would have been Catherine's brother or father - can anyone help with any early BARHAM history; I'm well aware of the link with Reginald Fitzurse, one of the murderers of Thomas Becket

just thought id mention that i live at snape and there are lots of things relating to the barhams round there. there is a large piece of sandstone in like a secret garden bit with a carving on that says 'lady barham' its like a memorial thing and is very beautiful.