In 1426 Fagger, described as ‘of Hamsey’, acquired a messuage, six acres of arable land and an acre of meadow there. He was a member of juries at Lewes in October 1424 and January 1431, on each occasion testifying about the confiscated goods of a fugitive thief.
It was probably this William Fagger who served as bailiff of Steyning for two terms, and who purchased property in the borough. When acting as a juror at a coroner’s inquest held in Steyning in March 1436, that William was said to have come ‘from a neighbouring township’. Following his death, which occurred before January 1466, his son and namesake did homage for four burgages at Steyning.