Friends of Hastings Cemetery
AQ K02
In
Loving Memory of
Caroline
The Beloved Wife of
John Henry Mastin
Who died January 29th 1888
Aged 52 years
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Also
of the above
John Henry Mastin
Who entered into Rest
July 10th 1889
Aged 52 years
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Be not gone from memory or from love
But come to our Father's home above
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Sleep on thou loved and lost one, sleep
Beneath the quiet sod,
With faith and hope and prayer
We give thee up to God
JOHN HENRY MASTIN, Deceased.
Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Vic., cap. 35,intituled " An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees."
NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of John Henry Mastin, late of Holmesdale Gardens. Hastings, in the county of Sussex, Draper, deceased (who died on the 10th day of July, 1889, and whose will was proved by Julius Fontaine Mastin, the Son of the said deceased, and James Joseph Symonds, the executors therein named, on the 29th day of August,1889, in the District Registry of the Probate Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at Lewes), are hereby required to send in the particulars, ……….The London Gazette 27/9/1889
Mastins was a general drapers, occupying Nos 7, 8, 9 and 10 Breeds Place as well as the adjoining No 1 Castle Street.
The business was founded in 1872 by John Henry Mastin and it remained the leading family business in the town until it closed in 1969.
Mastins Major Fire -
A disastrous fire hit Mastin Brothers, the large drapers and general furnish shop at 7-
may have been the biggest ever faced by the volunteer brigade. Business was at a standstill for some time afterwards.
About 1910 Julius Mastin became the sole proprietor. He later turned the business into a limited liability company. The store was remodelled in 1928, with a new façade of arcade windows, 100ft long. after it closed in 1969 it stood empty until 1972 and was then demolished.
