James Eversfield

James Eversfield
High Sheriff of Sussex
In office 1822–1822
Personal details
Born	1795 Catsfield, Sussex, England
Died	29 September 1826
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Horsham, Sussex, England
Nationality	English
Residence	Denne Park, Horsham
Education	Peterhouse, Cambridge

James Eversfield was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Sussex.

Baptised on 1 November 1795 in the church of St Laurence in Catsfield, he was the younger son of William Markwick, who later changed his name to Eversfield, and his wife Mary. On 15 June 1815 in the church of St James, Picadilly he married Mary (1795-1872), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and his wife Mary Sophia, daughter of John Foreman. In 1818 his elder brother died, making him heir to the family's extensive landholdings, which included the manor and mansion of Catsfield as well as lands in Pevensey, Ninfield, Mountfield, Battle and Bexhill.

He served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1822. Following the death of his mother in 1823, he sold the Catsfield property and moved to Denne Park outside Horsham. In 1825 he was one of the six proprietors of the Baybridge Canal at West Grinstead. Aged only 30 when he died, his will was proved on 13 Nov 1826.

He and Mary had three children:

His widow Mary in 1827 married Henry Tredcroft, becoming the mother of Edward Tredcroft and, widowed a second time, in 1847 married the Reverend John James Vaughan.

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