Dicker family of Buxted, Sussex - an overview

Surname origin
'Place-name near Hailsham, Sussex'.  
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5

Henry ater Dyker 1296 Subsidy Roll Sussex.  
The surnames of Sussex by Richard McKinley. Leopard's Head Press. 1988. 0 904920 14 3.

Dicker 'Ten or tenth' from the value of the land - ten rods (dickers) of iron.  
The Place Names of Sussex by Judith Glover. Batsford. 1975. 07134 2853 8

Lucy DICKER married Thomas HELMSLEY on 6th March 1764 at Buxted (both otp).  
From the 1992 IGI a Lucy DICKER was baptised on 2nd February 1743 at Buxted the daughter of James Crust and Susanna Dicker.  
A further entry in the IGI links Lucy Dicker to spouse Thomas Helmsley about 1743 so this could be the right one.

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