Posford

Eliza Posford was baptised in 1805, (Find My Past record says Holy Trinity Stowupland, but this church was not built till 1843 so presumbaly she was baptised in St Mary’s, Stowmarket). Eliza was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (late Boby) Posfiod

John Boby bought the Tithe Farm and in his will of 1815 he bequeaths it to his son Robert Boby named as “Tithe Farm” and was then in the occupation of John Boby’s widowed daughter Elizabeth Posford

1809 details of farm being auctioned

1809 sale of farm, tenant named as Thomas Posford (Bury and Norwich Post:10 December 1809}. Comprises 164 acres of arable, meadow and pasture land, just 1 ½ miles from Stowmarket. This farm was being auctioned with other lots from the Manor of Wickham Skeith