There are currently 129 unclaimed estates in East Sussex on the UK Bona Vacantia list, with dates of death ranging from 1974 to 2025. The most common surnames are Brown, Barker, Taylor, Clarke, Barnes. If you believe you may be related to one of the people listed below, you could be entitled to claim their estate under the rules of intestacy.
129
estates
1974–2025
years of death
125
distinct surnames
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John Barnes
Died: 29 September 2025 · Rye East Sussex
John Bartlett
Died: 8 August 2025 · Brighton East Sussex
Geraldine Prentice
Died: 17 January 2025 · Hastings East Sussex
Philip John Young
Died: 18 December 2023 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Neil Marcus Fraser
Died: 10 November 2022 · Hove East Sussex
Philip William George
Died: 15 August 2022 · Brighton Sussex
Arthur Baker
Died: 12 May 2022 · Brighton Sussex
Justin Andrew Goode
Died: 28 February 2022 · Brighton East Sussex
Frank Goddard
Died: 29 January 2022 · Hove Sussex
John Burt
Died: 21 December 2021 · Brighton Sussex
Darren Lambert
Died: 20 December 2021 · Brighton Sussex
David William Brook
Died: 16 September 2021 · Eastbourne Sussex
Nancy Tippen
Died: 13 April 2021 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Daphne Marion Crosbie-Parish
Died: 3 April 2020 · Brighton East Sussex
Cyril John Russell
Died: 25 January 2020 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Susan Gallagher
Died: 11 January 2020 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Julia Hertelendy
Died: 30 November 2019 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Rhonwyn Vida Campbell Jordaan
Died: 16 November 2019 · Etchingham East Sussex
Edward Stephen Myers
Died: 4 May 2019 · Brighton East Sussex
Aniela Moon
Died: 26 March 2019 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Christopher John Thompson
Died: 9 February 2019 · Brighton Sussex
Thomas Corcoran
Died: 22 June 2018 · St. Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex
David Michael Sarkies
Died: 4 May 2018 · Hastings East Sussex
Bridget McNamara
Died: 21 April 2018 · Brighton East Sussex
Yoritatsu Kanda
Died: 17 April 2018 · Eastbourne East Sussex
David Cotes
Died: 8 March 2018 · Eastbourne Sussex
Dorothy Edna Kimmin-Hart
Died: 15 February 2018 · Hailsham East Sussex
Rosemarie Pugh
Died: 14 February 2018 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Robert Huxley Brown
Died: 30 July 2017 · Bexhill East Sussex
Naomi Helen Wall
Died: 4 April 2017 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Linda Bulcraig
Died: 13 October 2016 · Brighton East Sussex
Kitty Barker
Died: 10 April 2016 · Hastings East Sussex
Kathleen Pamela Hope
Died: 25 October 2015 · Polegate East sussex
David James Atkins
Died: 23 October 2015 · Newhaven East Sussex
Richard Stimpson
Died: 23 September 2015 · St Leonards -on -Sea East Sussex
Tito Hernandez Romero
Died: 26 May 2015 · Hove East Sussex
Dorothy Warwick
Died: 23 May 2015 · Polegate East Sussex
Martin Charles Pratt
Died: 29 January 2015 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Christopher Dean
Died: 14 November 2014 · Brighton East Sussex
William Prince
Died: 4 September 2014 · Hove Brighton & Hove
Janet Elizabeth Clinton
Died: 28 August 2014 · Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex
Bettina Mary Rhodes
Died: 8 August 2014 · Saltdean Brighton and Hove
Nicola Annette Godwin
Died: 1 August 2014 · Brighton Sussex
Anne Bernadette Wright
Died: 27 June 2014 · Bexhill East Sussex
Margaret Rose Hyland
Died: 13 April 2014 · Etchingham East Sussex
Puvaneneran Markando
Died: 18 February 2014 · Hove East Sussex
James Edward Ashworth
Died: 16 October 2013 · Polegate East Sussex
Aiden Guy Hiraeth
Died: 27 September 2013 · Hove East Sussex
Raymond Alan Wilkinson
Died: 16 June 2013 · Hastings East Sussex
Gerda Sumray
Died: 4 May 2013 · Brighton East Sussexx
Frasier Alegbeh
Died: 24 December 2012 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Ursula Christa Budd
Died: 19 December 2012 · Brighton East Sussex
Kenneth Horowitz
Died: 25 July 2012 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Marie Antoinette Alias
Died: 12 April 2012 · Hove East Sussex
Eduardo De Cavalho
Died: 30 September 2011 · Brighton East Sussex
Christine Donovan
Died: 2 June 2011 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Babiak Mohsenin
Died: 1 June 2011 · Brighton East Sussex
Phyllis Mary Grant
Died: 20 March 2011 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Annette Leona Bird
Died: 13 January 2011 · Brighton East Sussex
Phillip Charles Crisp
Died: 26 September 2010 · Brighton East Sussex
Terence O'Connor
Died: 17 May 2010 · Eastbourne East Sussex
George Richard Drinkwater
Died: 14 February 2010 · Uckfield East Sussex
Gordon Taylor
Died: 6 February 2010 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Angelo De Souza
Died: 22 December 2009 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Jeremy Graham Forrest
Died: 5 August 2009 · Brighton East Sussex
Robert Smith-Simpson
Died: 28 June 2009 · Brighton East Sussex
Barbara Johnson
Died: 21 June 2009 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Toni Wallis
Died: 19 June 2009 · Brighton East Sussex
John Breen
Died: 9 January 2009 · Hailsham East Sussex
Mohammed Amin Garba
Died: 25 December 2008 · Hove East Sussex
Violet Ann Smith
Died: 22 December 2008 · Brighton East Sussex
Kenneth John Hadler
Died: 6 September 2008 · St Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex
John Albert Hayward
Died: 21 June 2008 · Battle East Sussex
Samuel McKeown
Died: 17 May 2008 · Brighton East Sussex
Madeline Gauthier
Died: 28 April 2008 · Hove East Sussex
Marguerette Jones
Died: 20 April 2008 · Bexhill on Sea East Sussex
Peter Nese
Died: 24 November 2007 · Hove East Sussex
Brian Fallon
Died: 21 April 2007 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Jacqueline Deason
Died: 21 April 2007 · Hastings East Sussex
Isabella Martin
Died: 15 December 2006 · Hove East Sussex
Irma Koleszar
Died: 26 November 2006 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Gloria Ann Silverthorn
Died: 15 October 2006 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Margarete Whitehead
Died: 7 October 2006 · Eastborne East Sussex
Edmund Wardle
Died: 26 April 2006 · Brighton East Sussex
Margaret Kathleen Preece
Died: 17 April 2006 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Sheila O'Brian
Died: 16 April 2006 · Uckfield East Sussex
Elizabeth Margo Francis-Price
Died: 27 January 2006 · Polegate East Sussex
Mary Dora Hunt
Died: 19 January 2006 · Brighton East Sussex
James Rajput
Died: 4 January 2006 · Eastbourne
Rodney Thomas Brown
Died: 14 October 2005 · Brighton East Sussex
Jack Barnett
Died: 15 May 2005 · Brighton East Sussex
Leila Connell
Died: 5 May 2005 · Brighton East Sussex
David John Rider
Died: 3 May 2005 · Hove East Sussex
Margaret Lee-Ying
Died: 25 March 2005 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Jane Allen
Died: 17 October 2004 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Cecily Joyce Black
Died: 20 November 2003 · Worthing East Sussex
Frederick Clarke
Died: 8 May 2003 · Portslade East Sussex
Michael Marlow
Died: 12 February 2003 · Brighton East Sussex
Stefan Harnisch
Died: 2 January 2003 · Brighton East Sussex
Ronald Arthur Ladyman
Died: 22 October 2002 · Brighton East Sussex
Walter Stevens
Died: 24 November 2001 · St. Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex
Margaret Pillinger
Died: 24 November 2001 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Lionel James Marais
Died: 24 July 2001 · Newhaven East Sussex
Othman Emil Kathib
Died: 29 May 2001 · Peacehaven East Sussex
Doreen Ainsley
Died: 22 May 2001 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex
Eva Nash
Died: 1 February 2001 · Brighton East Sussex
Ronald Hall
Died: 27 January 2001 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Karl Rennert
Died: 11 January 2001 · Brighton East Sussex
Veronika Burke
Died: 5 January 2001 · Hove East Sussex
Eileen Lashmer-Parsons
Died: 17 October 2000 · Brighton East Sussex
Gordon Armstrong
Died: 10 October 2000 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Hilda Clarke
Died: 13 March 2000 · Brighton East Sussex
Enid Evans
Died: 6 October 1999 · Brighton East Sussex
Mary Eva Rogers
Died: 24 May 1999 · Hove East Sussex
Joan Marion Shattock
Died: 28 April 1999 · East Sussex
Sean Ryan
Died: 18 February 1999 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Wilhelmine Franzika Kitchen
Died: 24 August 1998 · Hastings East Sussex
Giaconda Francesca Cowling
Died: 23 March 1998 · Hove East Sussex
Maria Errath
Died: 24 February 1998 · Brighton East Sussex
John William Anderson
Died: 9 February 1998 · Brighton East Sussex
Mary Taylor
Died: 1 February 1998 · Peacehaven East Sussex
Charles Day
Died: 9 January 1998 · St Leonard's on Sea East Sussex
Marion Daly
Died: 24 December 1997 · Brighton East Sussex
Agnes Veronica Homewood
Died: 1 October 1997 · Hove East Sussex
Gwendoline Davies
Died: 14 August 1997 · Eastbourne East Sussex
Ernest Philip Coult
Died: 2 January 1997 · Brighton East Sussex
Died: 16 December 1996 · Brighton East Sussex
Margaret May Leahy
Died: 22 May 1996 · Brighton East Sussex
William James Grant Barker
Died: 16 June 1974 · Eastbourne East Sussex
When someone in England or Wales dies without a will and without known relatives, their estate passes to the Crown. The Government Legal Department publishes a list of these unclaimed estates — the Bona Vacantia list. If you can prove you are a blood relative of someone on the list, you may be entitled to claim their estate.
Claims can be made up to 30 years after the date of death. FindMyLegacy is a free service that helps you search the list and understand your potential entitlement.
Data sourced from the UK Government Legal Department Bona Vacantia Division. This service is for information only — always seek independent legal advice before making a claim.