Unclaimed Estates in East Sussex

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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129 estates found in East Sussex

John Barnes

Died: 29 September 2025 · Rye East Sussex

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John Bartlett

Died: 8 August 2025 · Brighton East Sussex

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Geraldine Prentice

Died: 17 January 2025 · Hastings East Sussex

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Philip John Young

Died: 18 December 2023 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Neil Marcus Fraser

Died: 10 November 2022 · Hove East Sussex

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Philip William George

Died: 15 August 2022 · Brighton Sussex

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Arthur Baker

Died: 12 May 2022 · Brighton Sussex

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Justin Andrew Goode

Died: 28 February 2022 · Brighton East Sussex

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Frank Goddard

Died: 29 January 2022 · Hove Sussex

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John Burt

Died: 21 December 2021 · Brighton Sussex

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Darren Lambert

Died: 20 December 2021 · Brighton Sussex

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David William Brook

Died: 16 September 2021 · Eastbourne Sussex

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Nancy Tippen

Died: 13 April 2021 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Daphne Marion Crosbie-Parish

Died: 3 April 2020 · Brighton East Sussex

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Cyril John Russell

Died: 25 January 2020 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Susan Gallagher

Died: 11 January 2020 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Julia Hertelendy

Died: 30 November 2019 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Rhonwyn Vida Campbell Jordaan

Died: 16 November 2019 · Etchingham East Sussex

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Edward Stephen Myers

Died: 4 May 2019 · Brighton East Sussex

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Aniela Moon

Died: 26 March 2019 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Christopher John Thompson

Died: 9 February 2019 · Brighton Sussex

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Thomas Corcoran

Died: 22 June 2018 · St. Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex

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David Michael Sarkies

Died: 4 May 2018 · Hastings East Sussex

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Bridget McNamara

Died: 21 April 2018 · Brighton East Sussex

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Yoritatsu Kanda

Died: 17 April 2018 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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David Cotes

Died: 8 March 2018 · Eastbourne Sussex

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Dorothy Edna Kimmin-Hart

Died: 15 February 2018 · Hailsham East Sussex

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Rosemarie Pugh

Died: 14 February 2018 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Robert Huxley Brown

Died: 30 July 2017 · Bexhill East Sussex

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Naomi Helen Wall

Died: 4 April 2017 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Linda Bulcraig

Died: 13 October 2016 · Brighton East Sussex

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Kitty Barker

Died: 10 April 2016 · Hastings East Sussex

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Kathleen Pamela Hope

Died: 25 October 2015 · Polegate East sussex

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David James Atkins

Died: 23 October 2015 · Newhaven East Sussex

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Richard Stimpson

Died: 23 September 2015 · St Leonards -on -Sea East Sussex

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Tito Hernandez Romero

Died: 26 May 2015 · Hove East Sussex

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Dorothy Warwick

Died: 23 May 2015 · Polegate East Sussex

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Martin Charles Pratt

Died: 29 January 2015 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Christopher Dean

Died: 14 November 2014 · Brighton East Sussex

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William Prince

Died: 4 September 2014 · Hove Brighton & Hove

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Janet Elizabeth Clinton

Died: 28 August 2014 · Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex

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Bettina Mary Rhodes

Died: 8 August 2014 · Saltdean Brighton and Hove

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Nicola Annette Godwin

Died: 1 August 2014 · Brighton Sussex

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Anne Bernadette Wright

Died: 27 June 2014 · Bexhill East Sussex

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Margaret Rose Hyland

Died: 13 April 2014 · Etchingham East Sussex

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Puvaneneran Markando

Died: 18 February 2014 · Hove East Sussex

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James Edward Ashworth

Died: 16 October 2013 · Polegate East Sussex

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Aiden Guy Hiraeth

Died: 27 September 2013 · Hove East Sussex

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Raymond Alan Wilkinson

Died: 16 June 2013 · Hastings East Sussex

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Gerda Sumray

Died: 4 May 2013 · Brighton East Sussexx

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Frasier Alegbeh

Died: 24 December 2012 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Ursula Christa Budd

Died: 19 December 2012 · Brighton East Sussex

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Kenneth Horowitz

Died: 25 July 2012 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Marie Antoinette Alias

Died: 12 April 2012 · Hove East Sussex

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Eduardo De Cavalho

Died: 30 September 2011 · Brighton East Sussex

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Christine Donovan

Died: 2 June 2011 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Babiak Mohsenin

Died: 1 June 2011 · Brighton East Sussex

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Phyllis Mary Grant

Died: 20 March 2011 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Annette Leona Bird

Died: 13 January 2011 · Brighton East Sussex

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Phillip Charles Crisp

Died: 26 September 2010 · Brighton East Sussex

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Terence O'Connor

Died: 17 May 2010 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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George Richard Drinkwater

Died: 14 February 2010 · Uckfield East Sussex

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Gordon Taylor

Died: 6 February 2010 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Angelo De Souza

Died: 22 December 2009 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Jeremy Graham Forrest

Died: 5 August 2009 · Brighton East Sussex

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Robert Smith-Simpson

Died: 28 June 2009 · Brighton East Sussex

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Barbara Johnson

Died: 21 June 2009 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Toni Wallis

Died: 19 June 2009 · Brighton East Sussex

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John Breen

Died: 9 January 2009 · Hailsham East Sussex

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Mohammed Amin Garba

Died: 25 December 2008 · Hove East Sussex

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Violet Ann Smith

Died: 22 December 2008 · Brighton East Sussex

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Kenneth John Hadler

Died: 6 September 2008 · St Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex

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John Albert Hayward

Died: 21 June 2008 · Battle East Sussex

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Samuel McKeown

Died: 17 May 2008 · Brighton East Sussex

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Madeline Gauthier

Died: 28 April 2008 · Hove East Sussex

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Marguerette Jones

Died: 20 April 2008 · Bexhill on Sea East Sussex

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Peter Nese

Died: 24 November 2007 · Hove East Sussex

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Brian Fallon

Died: 21 April 2007 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Jacqueline Deason

Died: 21 April 2007 · Hastings East Sussex

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Isabella Martin

Died: 15 December 2006 · Hove East Sussex

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Irma Koleszar

Died: 26 November 2006 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Gloria Ann Silverthorn

Died: 15 October 2006 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Margarete Whitehead

Died: 7 October 2006 · Eastborne East Sussex

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Edmund Wardle

Died: 26 April 2006 · Brighton East Sussex

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Margaret Kathleen Preece

Died: 17 April 2006 · St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Sheila O'Brian

Died: 16 April 2006 · Uckfield East Sussex

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Elizabeth Margo Francis-Price

Died: 27 January 2006 · Polegate East Sussex

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Mary Dora Hunt

Died: 19 January 2006 · Brighton East Sussex

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James Rajput

Died: 4 January 2006 · Eastbourne

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Rodney Thomas Brown

Died: 14 October 2005 · Brighton East Sussex

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Jack Barnett

Died: 15 May 2005 · Brighton East Sussex

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Leila Connell

Died: 5 May 2005 · Brighton East Sussex

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David John Rider

Died: 3 May 2005 · Hove East Sussex

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Margaret Lee-Ying

Died: 25 March 2005 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Jane Allen

Died: 17 October 2004 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Cecily Joyce Black

Died: 20 November 2003 · Worthing East Sussex

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Frederick Clarke

Died: 8 May 2003 · Portslade East Sussex

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Michael Marlow

Died: 12 February 2003 · Brighton East Sussex

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Stefan Harnisch

Died: 2 January 2003 · Brighton East Sussex

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Ronald Arthur Ladyman

Died: 22 October 2002 · Brighton East Sussex

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Walter Stevens

Died: 24 November 2001 · St. Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex

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Margaret Pillinger

Died: 24 November 2001 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Lionel James Marais

Died: 24 July 2001 · Newhaven East Sussex

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Othman Emil Kathib

Died: 29 May 2001 · Peacehaven East Sussex

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Doreen Ainsley

Died: 22 May 2001 · St Leonards on Sea East Sussex

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Eva Nash

Died: 1 February 2001 · Brighton East Sussex

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Ronald Hall

Died: 27 January 2001 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Karl Rennert

Died: 11 January 2001 · Brighton East Sussex

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Veronika Burke

Died: 5 January 2001 · Hove East Sussex

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Eileen Lashmer-Parsons

Died: 17 October 2000 · Brighton East Sussex

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Gordon Armstrong

Died: 10 October 2000 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Hilda Clarke

Died: 13 March 2000 · Brighton East Sussex

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Enid Evans

Died: 6 October 1999 · Brighton East Sussex

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Mary Eva Rogers

Died: 24 May 1999 · Hove East Sussex

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Joan Marion Shattock

Died: 28 April 1999 · East Sussex

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Sean Ryan

Died: 18 February 1999 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Wilhelmine Franzika Kitchen

Died: 24 August 1998 · Hastings East Sussex

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Giaconda Francesca Cowling

Died: 23 March 1998 · Hove East Sussex

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Maria Errath

Died: 24 February 1998 · Brighton East Sussex

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John William Anderson

Died: 9 February 1998 · Brighton East Sussex

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Mary Taylor

Died: 1 February 1998 · Peacehaven East Sussex

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Charles Day

Died: 9 January 1998 · St Leonard's on Sea East Sussex

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Marion Daly

Died: 24 December 1997 · Brighton East Sussex

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Agnes Veronica Homewood

Died: 1 October 1997 · Hove East Sussex

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Gwendoline Davies

Died: 14 August 1997 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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Ernest Philip Coult

Died: 2 January 1997 · Brighton East Sussex

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Anna Fabry-de- Neddy Nahas

Died: 16 December 1996 · Brighton East Sussex

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Margaret May Leahy

Died: 22 May 1996 · Brighton East Sussex

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William James Grant Barker

Died: 16 June 1974 · Eastbourne East Sussex

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About the Bona Vacantia list

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.