YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Bought with the income ofthe ALFRED E. PERKINS FUND Draum/ T/if T.Sen,tvoodA. From/ fhe, BtijSt JaJptureA ~bv J E Caretv. .En^aved' "hy IL.ScriA'en/. THE RIGHT HOHORABIE GEORGE OBRIEH", EAHX OE JEGH.EMONT , ¦^/ ''^V /-Px ^y 1 Pedigree. See DalL West Suss. 46. Tier. .arunuej . neya Hist, of Arundel, p. 192. 15. Thomas Fitzalan, his son, restored on the accession of Henry IV., Earl of Arundel ob. 1415, S. P. 16. John Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers, Earl of Arundel, his second cousin, by inheritance, ob. 1421. 17. John Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1435. 18. Humphrey Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1438: an infant. 19. William Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his uncle, by inheritance, ob. 1488. 20. Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1524. 21. William Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1543. 22. Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1580. His son died in his life-time. His eldest daughter, Joan, married Lord Lumley, and died, S. P. ; his youngest, Mary, became the wife of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. HOUSE OF HOWARD. 23. Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and Duke of Norfolk, by restoration of blood, 1581, by inheritance from his mother Mary, ob. 1595 ; convicted of high treason. 24. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, his son, restored in 1604, ob. 1646. 25. Hbnry Frederick Howard, Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1652. 26. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1638. 27. Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his brother, by inheritance, ob. 168.3. 28. Henry Howard, Duke '^of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1701, S. P. 29. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his nephew, by inheritance, ob. 1 732, S. P. 30. Edward Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his third bro ther, by inheritance, ob. 1777, S. P. 31. Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, fourth son of Henry Frederick, Earl of Arundel, by inheritance, ob. 1786. 32. Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Arundel, his son, by inheritance, ob. 1815, S. P. 33. Bernard Edward, present and twelfth Duke of Norfolk and thirty- third Earl of Arundel, and eleventh of his family, great grandson of Bernard, 2b HOWARD, Duke of Nobfolk. Jrms. Gu. on a bend, betw. six cross cross- lets, fitchee, ar. the augmentation of Flod- den. Crest. On a chapeau, gu. turned up erm. a lion, statant, guardant, with his tail ex tended, gorged with a ducal coronet, ar. as descended frora Thomas de Urotherton, fifth son of King Edward I.; anciently, on a chapeau, as before, apair of wings displayed, each charged with the arms of Howard. Qaarterings. 1. Gu. three lions, passant, in pale, or. a label, in chief, ar. for De Brotheeton, Earl of Norfolk. 4 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. 2. chequy,or.^nd^z.^^^^ Earl of Surrey eighth SOU of Henry Frederick, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Surrey and Norfolk, s. o"- ='"™'^X"^';^Ybukeof Norfolk! Baron Fitzalan Clune and Oswaldestre, Earl Marshal and hereditary Earl Mar- ^¦for''BR3,^Sf'toamVe and Gower. shal of England, Member of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, 5. Gu. a lion rampant, or. m i ^ . ..u./*^ . irtaj for J™"*!? ^"*.,^= ¦*'¦"'"• F. R. S., and S. A. His Grace was born at Sheffield in 1765; in 18?4 was ^Earl of Arundel. ' ?;Gu.toeeesiaiiops,ar. *¦""'"'""""• restored to the exerciso of his hereditary office of Earl Marshal. In 1829, 8. Barryof ten,a2°and Mfthree'chapiSs; after the CathoHc Disability Bill had passed, he took his seat in the Houseof ppr. for Grkystoke. •' * ,tt • i t-it t. j.1. cognixances. I. A white horse, holding in Lords, and was shortlv after sworn of the Privy Council. He married Elizabeth, his mouth a sprig of oak, fructed, ppr. ' <. .' ^tfeerppr^mctld.fr""'*"^ '"^°'' '° "*" third daughter and co-heir of Henry, Earl of Fauconberg, and has one son, Henry 3. A chapeau, erm. and gu. surmounted by ,^, ., -n i r ct a fret, or. and an acorn, leaved, vert. CharleS, lljaii 01 feurrev. 4. An oak leaf and acorn, ppr, charged with • i • a fret, or ^^ ^ ^ .^ ,. It would be presumptioii in the extreme to endeavour to condense within Supporters. On the dexter Bide, a lion, ar. ^ *¦ tr^7T^Z%'^p.^t£^ a few pages the biography of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, Their history Stir^ S gorged "Jrith™ ducarco^ronet forms not the least Interesting or valuable chapter in the records of England. Motto. Sola virtus invicta. " Virtue alone is Wo might refer the reader to scores of pedigrees of the family, and to dozens invincible." The mottos adopted by the ° r o .i ' ^m^iifi^t'^^s^^.^-s.'vM'^h of memoirs ofthe Dukes ; but it is unnecessary, as every peerage is evidence of laus actio ; and by Thomas Earl of Arun- ,,. , ¦» i., ttj. "ii ^ ^ i> xi_ • del, in 1640, the following was used in refer- their gpeatness, and everv historv ot distinguished nobles proclaims tneir praise. ence to his cognizances : the white horse, the white uon, and thetaibou-the last borne ^j^ q shall, therefore. Content ourselves with directine the attention or the reader in consequence of his marriage with the heir ' ^ *-' p<&S-J^.'™i?comSrp«rag™,vofrp.52. toDallaway's « Rape of Arundel," and the still more elaborate biographical Hist;ofArundei'.p.3.i '^' ' *™'^ ° sketchos of this illustrious family in Tierney's masterly production, entitled " History of the Castle and Town of Arundel. " We shall only add the following sketch of Thomas Howard, twenty-fourth possessor of the rape, and of his father, as encouragers of literature and the arts, from " Gough's British Topography," p. 74: — " Philip, Earl of Arundel, father of the noble collector, was the greatest antiquarian in Europe, except Ferdinand di Medici. Persecuted by the intrigues of a jealous court, to which his own father, the great Duke of Norfolk, had fallen a victim, he was preparing to retire from England and indulge his only ambition, the study of polite literature, when Elizabeth remanded him ; and not content with a heavy fine and imprisonment, had him tried for treason. Being unable to convict him of anything but popery, she left him to languish nine years in prison, where he sunk under her displeasure and his own austerity. Among the celebrated libraries of the age in this kingdom his was the completest in the anti quarian way. His son Thomas inherited his spirit and taste with better fortune. Too much of a patriot to be esteemed by James, too little of a parasite to cringe to his favorite, too honest and disinterested to have many friends in their parliaments, he could not attain to the seals after the great Bacon, who drew his last breath in his house at Highgate. In Charles's first parliament he was instrumental to the establishment of the fundamental privileges of the peerage • and the king seems to have observed his father's conduct towards him, advancing him to employments unimportant in themselves, or in which he was not left free to act. After presiding with unimpeached irapartialitv at the trial of the favourite rainister, as the storm of civil distractions gathered around, he retreated from a scene where moderation could not be heard, to pursue those studies to which he had always given the preference at home. The friend and patron of his learned contemporaries, he introduced the elegance and arts of Greece and Rome into this angle of the world • uperior to ambition, with abilities and revenues equal to its largest views. " Clarendon, without intending him so much honour, has drawn in his character the picture of an independent English nobleman. " William Petty, afterwards knighted, whom he sent into Asia in quest of ancient monuments, bought the Arundelian marbles of a Turk, who took them from the agent of the famous Peiresk, who had paid fifty pieces of "old for them and was afterwards thrown into prison and cheated of them. Petty lost one ship-load of his collections, and narrowlv saved himself. After the Earl retired to Italy, in 1641, many of these curious monuments, which lay at Arundel-Housei in the Strand, were stolen, or cut up by masons, and worked into houses. His grandson, when he pulled down Arundel House, made a present of 130 of them to the University of Oxford. They were ranged in the wall surrounding the courts of the theatre, marked with the initial letter of the donor's name, and a pillar erected with an inscription under his arms." CHICHESTER. The city and market town of Chichester is situated locally in the Hundred of Box and Stockbridge^ but has exclusive jurisdiction. It is within seven miles of the western extremity ' Hollar engraved a north and south prospect of Arundel House in 1646, and the Earl's monument at Arundel in Sussex. C. of Chichester.'] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 5 of the county. In a direct line it is about four miles and a half north of Pagham harbour, and five from the nearest part of the coast. Its distance from London is sixty-two miles S. W. by S. Seated on a gentle elevation in a fertile plain, it is nearly surrounded by the Lavant, a small stream which flows at its base, and is screened on the north and north-west by the somewhat distant and towering Downs, and occupies an area of 1,680 acres. Its latitude is 50° 50^ 11" ; its longitude W. from Greenwich, 46* 36". The gross population, in 1831, was 8,270. Of the antiquity of the town, no doubt can be entertained. That it was inhabited by the Belgic settlers before the invasion of Csesar, cannot be affirmed ; but that it was the first or second of the military cities founded by the Romans in Britain, has been demonstrated by a series of discoveries which have from time to time been making for upwards of the last century. By referring to Vol. I. pp. 41-44, the reader will find these discoveries mentioned in detail, and proving, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the scite of modern Chichester and of Roman Regnum, is identical ; that Cogidubnus was king of the Regni, and that he was legate of Tiberius Claudius Augustus in Britain. Subsequent to the departure of the Romans from Britain, and the arrival of Hengist and Horsa (German adventurers), Ella, with his three sons, Cymen, Wenceling, and Cissa, in as many ships, landed at a place, named after the first mentioned, Cymenes-ore, or shore, supposed to have been a locality now denominated Keynor, near to West Wittering. Cissa succeeded his father in ruling the conquered provinces ; the walled city of Regnum became the seat of his authority, and the name of the Roman station was sunk, and Cissa! s ceastre (Chichester) assumed its place. Ciss-bury is another enduring monument of Saxon prowess, and Romano- British inferiority. During the remainder of the Anglo-Saxon period, the history of Chichester is involved in obscurity.* Though able, in 893, to repel a piratical Danish expedition, headed by the enter- prizing free-booter, Hastings, yet no record of the district at that period is extant, and the first light afforded us is from the invaluable Norman survey, Doomsday, wherein it is mentioned amongst the vast possessions lavished by the Norman Conqueror on one of his favourite captains, Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Alencon. In that document it is thus described : — "In Chichester city, in the time of the Confessor, there were one hundred houses, deduct two and a half, and three crofts, that yielded forty-nine shillings within a penny. At the present period the city is in the custody of Earl Roger, and there are in the same messuages sixty houses more than at the former aera, and a mill of five shillings. The ancient rental was fifteen pounds: ten pounds to the king, and one hundred shillings to the earl. At the present period the estimate is twenty-five pounds, the produce thirty-five. Humphrey Flamen has here one house of ten shillings value." " Earl Roger," as he is generally called in Doomsday, had the gift of eighty-three manors in the Rapes of Arundel and Chichester, and four in Surrey. On obtaining this splendid grant from the Conqueror, the earl determined to build a castle within the city walls. At that period, as now, four streets intersecting each other, divided the whole space into four regions or quarters and the north-eastern quarter was appropriated to the castle and its precincts. 1 From the Saxon laws of Athelstane's reign we learn that Chichester had one mint there established. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. In the beginning of the reign of King John, three mints were established in Chichester ; two belonging to the king and one to the bishop. In the 46th year of the following reign a murage grant was obtained from the crovra by Richard Earl of Cornwall, authorizing a toll to be collected upon most articles of merchandize brought to the city, to repair the neglected and consequently dilapidated walls. Similar powers were obtained, and for the like purpose, in the reigns of Richard II. and Henry VI. The siege of Chichester by Waller's army, in the tempestuous times of Charles I., did not materially damage the walls, which, though gradually deteriorating since the last mentioned murage grant, have preserved in a great measure, their form and substance. Sixteen semi-circular towers are said to have once graced these walls. The tottering remains of some of these have been entirely removed ; but the walls which were cemented with hot lime thrown into the interstices of the stones, are for the most part in a state of excellent repair. Approaching to a circular form, their extent is about 2,500 yards ; their height not exceeding twenty feet to the parapet, and not above thirty to the top of the towers. The two public walks on the artificial mound of earth thrown up within the walls, contribute greatly to the beauty and accommodation of the town. They are planted with trees of the finest growth. The castles of Arundel and Shrewsbury were the favourite abodes, not only of Earl Roger, but of his successors. Chichester Castle, which was probably nothing more than a military strong hold, was by degrees neglected, and in the first year of Henry I., a writ was issued to Philip de Albini to superintend its complete demolition, which was then effected. No traces of it now remain but an artificial mount of moderate height. Of the military history of Chichester our notice will be very brief. Before the reign of Charles I. it was free from the troubles of war, but during the disputes between that unfortunate monarch and the parliament this city and the neighbourhood became the scene of military transactions. In 1642, Sir Edward Ford, the sheriff, with the loyal gentry of the county, invited Lord Hopton from the west, by assurances of raising a large force in Sussex. Chichester being a walled town, was fixed upon as their head-quarters. Whilst collecting resources, repairing the fortifications, and strengthening their position, they were surprised by the appear ance of Sir William Waller, who had been sent by the Earl of Essex to check their proceedings, and whose forces had been strengthened by several troops of horse, commanded by Colonel Morley and Sir Matthew Livesey, and immediately the siege commenced. " They within the town (says Clarendon) were easily reduced to straights they could not contend with ; for besides the enemy without, against which the walls and the weather seemed of equal power, and the small stock of provisions which in so short a time they were a ble to draw hither, they had cause to apprehend their friends would be weary before their enemies and that the citizens would not prove a trusty part of fhe garrison ; and their number of common men was so small that the constant duty was performed by the officers and gentlemen of quality, who were absolutely tired out • so that after a week or ten days' siege they were compelled, upon no better articles than quarter, to deliver that city, which could hardly have been taken from them, by which (with the loss of fifty or three score gentlemen of quality and officers of name, whose very good reputation made the loss appear a matter of absolute and unavoidable necessity) the king found that he was not to venture to plant garrisons so far from his own quarters, where he could not in reasonable time administer succour or supply." ^ ' Id the life of Sir William Waller, Kt., in "England's Worthies," &c., it is stated, " He took Arundel Castle in Sussex, also by storm, and all the armes and ammunition therein. He took the city of Chichester, likewise, with Sir Edward Ford, High Sheriffe of that county, for the king; a most desperate, malignant, bishop king, as bad as the worst Sir John Morley, together with the many prime commanders, and at least sixty other eminent officers, very many brave horses, about 400 excellent dragoones, with 300 or 400 foot souldiers." p. 48. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. The city was surrendered to Sir William Waller on the 29th of December, 1642. The organ of the cathedral was demolished, as also a large painted window fronting the bishop's palace : the ornaments in the choir were defaced, splendid tombs were beaten down, slabs and tablets pillaged of their brasses, and all the residences connected with the cathedral were plundered of every thing valuable, and the buildings nearly levelled with the ground. The churches of St. Pancras and St. Bartholomew were battered down, and many of the houses of the most respectable citizens who had been sent prisoners to London, were totally demolished, and many of the suburban houses were reduced to ashes. Sir William Waller made the Grey Friary House his head quarters, and the soldiers were quartered in the cathedral. The city remained in the hands of the parliament during the six years' contest which followed the siege. Algernon Sydney was governor in 1645. In 1647 an order was made by the par liament for the removal of the ordnance at Chichester to Arundel Castle, for disgarrisoning the city and demolishing the fortifications made since the troubles. This duty seems to have devolved on Sir Arthur Haslerig, who, with a party of the parliamentary forces, finished the work of demolition in 1647, or 1648. It is very evident that the majority of the inhabitants of Chichester were favourable to the parliament, and this was perhaps owing to the local influence of William Cawley, a republican of considerable wealth and political talents. He was horn in the parish of St. Andrew, in 1602. His father was an alderman ofthe city. When the royalists, in 1642, possessed themselves ofthe dty, Cawley, together with Edward Wiggens and Henry Chitty, captain of the trained hands, consisting of 200 men, forwarded a letter to the speaker of the parliament, stating, " that Sir Edward Ford, sheriff, had possessed himself of the city, and that Sir W. Morley was assisting." Upon which both of them were ordered to be impeached. In 1647 h^ became one of the representatives of the cit}"^ in parliament, and was intrusted with the political government of this division of the countv. After the death of the king he continued to exert all his influence in favour of the republican government ; and at the restoration was j,,,^^ g^. ^ ^^^^ erm.^'be'tw. three .wans- expressly excepted out of the Act of Oblivion. He eifected his escape to Bruges p«*g4e."^see^Ber?y"rsis"' Gen. p. as* Vl, , , , ,. J • i. TT- ¦ J • Tl 1 J J DaU Hist. Chichester, Appendix, No. 9. in Flanders, where he died in poverty. His son remained in England, and received money to confirm the grants made of his father's confiscated estates. Dr. John Cawley, archdeacon of Lincoln and rector of Kingston-upon-Thames, Oxfordshire, is supposed to have been the son of the last named, whose daughter was the wife of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Dr. Ralph Cawley, president of Brazen-nose College, who died in 1777, was of the regicide's family. In the alms-house founded by William, is preserved a small portrait, half-length, on pannel, with a laced collar, slashed sleeves, and having very dark eyes and com plexion. It is of the date of 1620, and consequently he was then only eighteen years of age.i The subjoined account of Chichester, marked with inverted commas, forms part of a MS. compiled by the Rev. E. Cartwright, and advertised by him for publication a few months before his death. It is confessedly abstracted from Mr. Dallaway's elaborate History of Chichester, the copyright of the History of the two Western Rapes having been purchased by Mr. Cartwright. The publisher of the present work bought Mr. Cartwright's MS., and the editor has made such alterations and additions to it as were deemed requisite to his purpose. Daily's Chichester, 93. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. « Religious HousES.-Upon the demolition of the castle in the north-east quarter of the "^J^' ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ given to the cathedral church by William De Albini, the third Eari of Chichester and Sussex with the m^^^^^^ of establishing there a hospital for poor and sick persons. This plan was superseded by the b-hopS'^^^^^ abou the year 1240, soon after the introduction of Franciscans or Grey Friars, placed three of that body the em. It is probable that the chapel, which contains 82 feet in length, 31 in breadth, and 42 in height, was -^^ted a J^^ expense ofthe last Eari ofthe family of De Albini: it is decidedly of that era The east window is a very a ge and beautiful specimen of Gothic architecture, with five distinct lights, and having withmside, tall insu ated pillars, which are filletted with flowered capitals. Near the altar were tombs, placed under ^^'^^^^'J^l Je suppression of monasteries it fell into the king's hands, and the whole scite of buildings was sold, in 1541, to the mayor and burgesses of the city. The chapel was then converted into, and is at present used as, their GuddhaU, for the public meetings of the city, the mayor's court of record, the county court, and the quarter sessions for the western division ofthe county.^ The priory-house, which was large and had a cloister, was then leased out by the corporation for a certain term of years. Sir Hutchin Williams (son of the celebrated law reporter, William Peere Williams), purchased a lease for 999 years. The lease was subsequently purchased by Vice- Adrairal Henry Frankland (before Cromwell, a lineal descendant of the Protector), and he removed every vestige of its ancient form, and converted it into a modern house containing many spacious apartments. On his death it was purchased by the Duke of Richmond, the present proprietor. After the siege of the city in 1642, Sir William Waller made this his head quarters. The paddock, inclosed by a terrace on the north and eastern wall ofthe city, contains about ten statute acres. The former has been completely renovated, with a modern front. " In the south-east quarter of the city, in the year 1228, Edmund Eari of Cornwall, then styling himself ' Dominus Civitatis Cicestriee,' founded a house of Dominicans, or Black Friars. Their bounds were enlarged by patent in 1281, at the instance of Queen Eleanor ; and by, another in 1380, they were enabled to receive, by gift or purchase, to the extent of ten acres, on which to erect a chapel, cloister, &c. It is uncertain whether this convent was then enlarged or rebuilt. After the suppression, the whole was granted to Edward Millet, to be held as the sixth part of a knight's fee. It appears that all the buildings were then taken down. The scite of conventual buildings has been lately sold to different proprietors. " In addition to these religious houses, near the West-lane was the hermitage of St. Cyriac. It was not unusual for such to be placed near the city gates or posterns. There still remains a subterraneous avenue (which was probably a postern leading to one of the towers on the ramparts), which leads underneath the city wall into Mr. Silverlock's garden ; and this was probably the abode ofthe hermit. Bishop Robert Rede granted, in 1304, to the hermit the power of selling an indulgence of forty days to his benefactors, for the repair of the chapel or oratory annexed to his hermitage ; but of the original foundation there is no account. " Civil Government. — The imposts already specified in Doomsday were paid to the king and the earl for protection ; and citizens became independent much sooner than the occupiers of land in the country. Added to this, the citizens were generally erected into a commonalty or corporation, with the privilege of electing magis. trates and a town council of their own ; of making bye-laws for their own government ; of building walls for their defence ; and of reducing all the inhabitants under a kind of military discipline, by obliging them to watch and ward, or, as it was anciently understood, to guard and defend their walls against all attacks, by night and day. They were exempted from suit to the hundred and county courts ; and all such pleas as should come among them (those of the crown only excepted) were left to the decision of their own magistrates. By granting them the farm of their own town, in fee, the king took away all ground of jealousy, either that he should oppress them by increasing the impost, or by appointing some other farmer. As the sovereign and Uie barons were perpetual rivals, those princes who were most opposed by them seem to have been most liberal in grants and immunities cities and borough-towns ; to most of which, as then established. King John was a munificent benefactor. " Concerning the commercial rights of the city of Chichester, ' the Merchants' Guild,' the most ancient and 1 The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the Western Division of the County are held here. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 9 important of them, it gained at a very early period ofthe Norman Conquest, if indeed it did not exist under the Saxon dynasties. This privilege secured an exclusive right of trade, and became indispensably necessary to the elective franchise, which was delegated to them in course of time, in consideration of the fee-farm rent. King Stephen confirmed this merchants' guild in the first year of his reign, and especially recites that it had been in usage in the time of his grandfather and uncles, kings of England. By King Henry III., all retailers who were not of the guild, were restricted from selling cloth. " The fee-farm rent due to the crown from the city of Chichester amounted to £32 before the reign of Edward II., when it was increased to £36, exclusive ofthe customs of wine, wool, &c. King John granted it in dower to his queen, Isabella. By Henry III. it was first granted from the crown to his brother, Richard Earl of Cornwall. In 3rd Edward II. it was transferred, with the possessions of Edmund Earl of Cornwall, to his favourite. Piers Gaveston, and his heirs ; but in the reign immediately preceding, it appears to have been included in the honour of Wallingford. It afterwards formed part of the dower of Joan, the mother of Richard II. Several annuities were charged on it to courtiers and royal nurses. After passing through various families it was purchased by the corporation, and is now extinct. " In 20th Edward III. the ancient right of view of frankpledge within the city, claimed by the dean and chapter, was released to the mayor and burgesses, through the mediation of the Earl of Arundel, upon an annual payment often shillings. " The privileges of the city, as they respect the county and jurisdiction of the sheriff, have, in several instances, been interrupted by counter claims. Upon a writ directed by Edward I. to tbe sheriff, to inquire where the county court may be held to the greatest advantage, the return made was, that there was no royal viil but Chichester within the county, and that it was the most proper place for that purpose. " Between Chichester and the town of Lewes contentions have anciently existed with respect to precedence, as to which was to be considered the county town. In 19th Henry VII. it was ordained that the shire court or sheriff's tourn, should be held alternately at Chichester and Lewes, and so it continues to this day. The assizes were held here during the reign of Edward I., and probably afterwards ; but the last assize held in the city was in 1748-9, under a special commission to try the seven smugglers of the Goudhurst gang, charged with murder. Till 1832 the place of election, either at Chichester or Lewes, for knights of the shire, depended upon the time when the sheriff's tourn happened for the county court. " The civil government ofthe city appears, like that of most ancient boroughs, to have consisted of a bailiff or prsBpositus, and certain burgesses who were of the merchants' guild. The high antiquity of the corporation is fully recognised in the charter granted 30th Henry VIII. : ' Cum de majori et civibus, a tempore quo non extat memoria, civitas Cicestrise corporata extitisset.' By the charter of James I. the present body corporate is esta blished and regulated. It consists of — " 1. The Mayor, who is annually chosen on Monday before Michaelmas day, either out ofthe aldermen, or those who have served the office of bailiff. On the Wednesday previously to the day of election, the mayor and aldermen meeting for that purpose, the former nominates two persons out of such as have been mayors or bailiffs ; which nomination, on the Friday following, when they meet again, is approved or rejected by the same meeting. If approved, it is determined by a ballot on the following Monday, which ofthe nominees shall be mayor for the following year ; if re;iected, another nomination of two persons must be made by the whole meeting. The mayor has the appointment of the portreeve and customer, who are the annual increase ofthe corporation. He is likewise the king's escheator, and clerk of the market. " 2. The Recorder, who is required to be well versed in the common law of the land ; and his Deputy, who has always been ofthe profession ofthe law, and presides in the absence ofthe principal. " 3. Aldermen, the number of whom varies, according to circumstances. They are such only as have served the office of mayor ; and he, with three others, annually chosen for that purpose, are justices of the peace, and exercise jurisdiction within the liberties of the city ; and three of them (whereof the mayor, recorder, deputy- recorder, or the alderman last mayor, must be two) have the power to hold a general court of quarter sessions C VOL. II, 10 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. for the city and its liberties. The court has, by charter, the power of inflicting capital punishment. A court of record is kept within the city at the Guildhall, on Monday in every week, in which pleas may be holden for any sum whatever. « 4. Bailiffs, who, with the portreeve and customers, and all who from time to time have served those offices, compose the common council. " 5. Town Clerk. " 6 and 7. Portreeve and Customer. " 8. The Coroner, who is elected by the corporation, and whose ofiBce is usually held by the town clerk. " The honorary oflice of High Steward has been ever borne by some nobleman of high rank. The late Duke of Richmond was, and the present Duke is, such steward. « Chichester has sent representatives to pariiament since 23rd Edward I., A. D. 1295. The right of election was in inhabitant householders paying scot and lot, or by admission into the corporation, or being made free of the merchants' guild ; the latter of which has been, at times, greatly abused for electioneering purposes, but now remedied by the Reform Act. The mayor is the returning officer. " The city is intersected by four principal streets, which are named according to the four cardinal points of the compass, to which they approximate. This, among other circumstances, aifords certain proof that the city is of Roman origin. The length of the North-street is 1,320 feet ; the South-street 907 feet ; the East and West streets, each 1,105 feet : the circumference of the whole, within the walls, being 6,963 feet. Its area is between 100 and 101 statute acres. The greater part of the parish of St. Pancras, situate in the east, and the whole of that of St. Bartholomew, in the west, are without the walls. " In the centre, where the streets intersect each other, stands the great market cross, one of the venerable ornaments of the city. It is now one of the very few buildings of the kind which has resisted the ravages of time and injury, or has been preserved from the encroaching demands of the modern rage for improvement. In 1 6th Henry VII. the dean and chapter and the mayor and burgesses sold to Bishop Edward Storey the vacant area of the intersection of the streets, for the purpose of erecting ' a crosse to the soocure and comforte of the poore people there ;' and the mayor undertakes, in the indenture executed on this occasion, ' not to interrupt nor trouble any of the poore people that shall thereafter stand or sell any chaflfre within the said crosse ; ne take no toll nor oder dutie of noo persone within the said crosse.' "It appears from deeds still extant, that the cross was finished abont the year 1500, but the name of the architect and amount of the expense, have not been discovered. It is of an octagon form, with an open arcade, and buttresses with finials at the angles ; and above the centre of each arch was placed a niche, which contained the efiigies of the founder, others of the bishops, and of St. George, the patron of the city-guild. When the parliamentary army, under Cromwell gained possession of the city, the effigies were torn down from the niches ; but that occupied by the founder was afterwards replaced by a bronze bust of Charles the First ; and a clock was given by Dame Elizabeth Farrington, as ' an hourly memento of her good will to this city.' A new market house in the North-street was built in 1807, and some time afterwards the arches of the cross were enclosed with rails of iron ; and the market place being thus removed, the cross was no longer applied to its original purposes. " Of modern public buildings applied to civil purposes, are — " The Council House. An ancient building of timber-frame, standing in the middle of the C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 1 1 North-street, being taken down, the present structure was erected in 173 1, at an expense of £1,189. " The Assembly Room, connected with the above, of which the interior was designed by Mr. James Wyatt ; being 60 feet in length, 38 feet 6 inches wide, and 24 feet high. Few pro vincial towns are accommodated with a public room of larger or more accurate proportions. "The Theatre, situated near the end of the South-street, was built in 1791, by a tontine subscription, and^the interior is neat and commodious. " The Market House, in lieu of the ancient cross, was erected, by virtue of an act of parliament, in 1807, fi'om a design by Mr. Nash, with a front in the North-street. The total expense was £1,522, exclusive of the produce of the houses on its scite. The sum was chiefly raised by the corporation, on the grant of annuities. " The parochial division possibly took place upon the establishment of the deanery in the twelfth century, at which period there were eight parishes within the walls, and two without. Those of St. Peter, near Gilden Hall, and St. Mary in Foro, have been consolidated with St. Peter the Great ; and that of St. Bartholomew, in the suburbs, was totally destroyed during the siege in 1642. The endowment of these benefices was originally, and now continues to be, extremely small ; and most of them have been long held by sequestration. " It is not known whether from a deficiency of piety or opulencei in the ancient inhabitants, but few provincial cities are supplied with churches which contribute to strict architecture. They are very diminutive, and of mean construction, and in few instances elevated above the roofs of the houses ; so that Chichester loses that combination of lofty buildings which, con nected with the cathedral church in many other cities, produces a picturesque effect. " St. Peter the Great. — This is the most populous parish, and is partly within the city, and partly extending to a considerable distance beyond the walls. Within the city it contains the close, the west and south west, and part of the south and east streets, including more than half the total space. The population, in 1831, was 4,579. The north transept of the cathedral, now the parish church of St. Peter the Great, resembles the opposite transept in point of dimensions : it has likewise a large window, but of plain architecture. Attached to it on the east is a chancel with a low roof, formed upon intersecting ribs, which have Norman mouldings. This, it is very probable, when the church was built, was designed for the chapter-house. Some antiquarians have attributed to this structure a date antecedent to the present building, and think that the cathedral was added to the original church of St. Peter, to whom it was dedicated before its first destruction by fire." In the cloisters of the cathedral, and within the precincts of this parish, are now reposing the remains of " good William Chillingworth," ' the great champion of Protestantism and ofthe Church of England in days of anarchy and confusion. Puritanic zeal was strikingly apparent throughout the distinguished career of the subject of this sketch : its genuine fruits followed him from England to France, from Douay to Sussex ; and when at last captured, in the castle of Arundel, by the pariiamentary forces under Sir William Waller, on the 9th of December, 1643, the animosity of his religious opponents still surrounded him ; and even when removed from thence to Chichester, and when his death had taken away poor Chillingworth from the influence of their anger, yet still the bigots of those days could not let him be buried in peace ; they with some difficulty complied with his request fo be buried in Chichester cathedral, but no presbyterian minister would perform the service. And yet when the Church of England Protestants were quietly and silently committing Chillingworth to the 1 We are indebted to C. W. Johnson, Esq., for the subsequent remarks on Chillingworth. c2 12 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. grave, — with no pomp save the presence of those who loved or revered hira in life,— with no pageantry save that of open and conscientious protestantism, — it was at that moment — a moment sacred even in the eyes of a ferocious New Zealander — that his theological antagonists ventured to insult the memory of Chillingworth and his mourning friends, by suffering a distinguished presbyterian minister (Mr. Cheynell i) to address the company assembled at his funeral, while the coffin was yet descending into the grave, with all the virulence of vulgar indignation, and with all the rancour of illiterate fanaticism. Cheynell met the party, whom he called the malignants, at the grave, with Chillingworth's book, " The Religion of Protestants a safe way to Salvation," in his hand, which he flung into the grave, " to rot with its author and see corruption, " after a speech, of which the following is a specimen : — " Howie, ye firre trees, for a cedar is fallen ! Lament, ye sophisters, for the master of sentences (shall I say) or fallacies is fallen ! Wring your hands and beat your breasts, ye antichristian engineers, for your arch engineer is dead, and all his engines buried with him! Ye daughters of Oxford weep over Chillingworth, for he has a considerable and hopeful project how to clothe you and himself in scarlet and other delights. I am distressed for thee, my brother Chillingworth: may his executrix say (alluding to his sister), very pleasant hast thou been unto me ; thy love was wonderful passing the love of father, husband, brother. Oh ! how are the mighty fallen, and the weapons, nay, engines, of warre perished ! Publish it not in the streets of Askelon that he who did at once batter Kome and undermine England — the Reforming Church of England — that he might present a reformation, is dead ; lest if you publish it you puKzle all the conclave, and put them to consider whether they should mourn or triumph. " William Chillingworth was born at Oxford, in October, 1602, and being admitted a scholar of Trinity College the 2nd June, 1618, or June 20th, 1620, he proceeded Master of Arts, and on the 10th of June, 1628, was elected Fellow of his College. It was about this time that he was converted to the Romish faith, and retired to Douay, from which faith, in about three years, he was converted by Bishop Laud, and again returned to Oxford in 1631, where he published a work in confutation ofthe Romish doctrines. From 1685 to 1687 he was engaged in his great work, — "The Religion of Protestants a safe way to Solvation." About this time his scruples with regard to the Thirty-nine Articles ofthe Church of England induced him to refuse some church preferment offered him by the Lord Keeper, Sir Thomas Coventry. These scruples are supposed to have been removed by his friend. Dr. Sheddon;** for being promoted on the 20th of July to the Chancellorship of Salisbury and the living of Brixworth in Northamptonshire, he subscribed to the Articles in the usual manner. Chillingworth was a zealous royalist ; was at the siege of Gloucester, in 1643, where he ordered the erection, and directed the operation, of some military engines for battering the walls of the town, something after the manner of the Roman " Testudines cum Pluteis. " Soon after this he accompanied Lord Hopton to Arundel Castle ; and the severity of the weather obliging him to remain there, he was in it when it was captured by the parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller, who sent the garrison to London prisoners ; but Chillingworth being too ill to travel so far was removed to Chichester. At Chichester Chillingworth was attended by his old opponent, Cheynell, the orator over his grave before alluded to, who treated him, it appears, much better than the benevolent feeling of his oration would promise. After his death, Cheynell published an account of his last day in a pamphlet, which it has been suspected was printed more to shew his zeal for the parliament than his dislike of Chillingworth's doctrines. It was the fate of Chillingworth to be calle'd all sorts of opprobrious names. He was alternately a Socinian, Heretic, Papist, Deist, Atheist, according to the several tastes of his revilers ; but time, which at last demonstrates the folly of most party questions, has at length suffered truth to prevail over the bitterness of party rancour, and 1 Dr. Cheynell was rector of Petworth and a Commis sioner for reforming the University of Oxford, where he usurped the office of Magaret Professor of Divinity and the Presidentship of St. John's College ; but at the restoration he was ejected, and died in 1665. There is no instance on record of a more cowardly, narrow- minded, and bigotted persecution than evinced by him on the occasion mentioned in the text. 2 Afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 13 " godd William Chillingworth's " name is now handed down from one generation to another as one of the worthies of England. Locke, in his thoughts concerning " Reading and Study for a Gentleman, " remarks :— " Besides perspicuity, there must be also right reasoning, without which perspicuity serves but to expose the speaker ; and for attaining of this I should propose the constant reading of Chillingworth, who, by his example, will teach both perspicuity and the way of right reasoning better than any book that 1 know ; and therefore will deserve to be read upon that account over and over again, not to say anything of his argument. Archbishop Tillotson described Chilling worth as ' the incomparable Mr. Chillingworth, the glory of this age and nation.' " " In this parish was born, August 24, 1591, William Juxon, of whom, and his various preferments previously to his becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, accounts are given in Wood's Athense, juxon. *¦ Arms. Or. a cross, gu. between four black. and various other biographical works. He attended King Charles I., to the scaf- ^'^^hti'^boit^eKlmpiesonh^fSi'^^' fold; and as a most eminent loyalist, has gained the praises of many bio- '^'d1^''fo. vii?'"' "'"¦'"'"""'"'• '''"""' graphers." The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 16/. 8s, 4d., in the patronage ofthe Dean and Chapter. The vicar is designated the Sub-Dean. The registers commence in 1558. " All Saints in the Pallant. — The parish of All Saints in the Pallant, occupies nearly the whole south eastern quarter of the city. This, like the city itself, is intersected by four streets, and had anciently a market- cross in the centre, the tolls of which were secured for the Archbishop of Canterbury, with other manorial rights, until Pagham, to which it was appended, was severed from the see, when they were granted to the mayor and corporation." The population, in 1831, was 288. " It has been supposed that the church in Chichester, mentioned in Doomsday, was this we are now describing, as having had a certain formation, and being attached to the peculiar jurisdiction of the church of Canterbury, to which Pagham now also belongs. " In this church, on the 25th November, 1745, was baptized William Hayley, Esq., for a sketch of whose life, see Felpham. " In this parish, in the garden of the late Colonel Brereton, is a quercus ilex of uncommon size and luxuri ance of growth. It was planted in 1763, and in 1815, measured at eight feet from the ground, eight feet seven inches in circumference, and the extremity of the lower boughs, which touched the ground, formed a circle of 156 feet." The living is a rectory. The registers commence in 1563. " St. Andrew. — The parish of St. Andrew includtes a part only of the East-street, behind which, on the north side, in a small area, the church stands. It appears to have been built in the reigii of Henry VII." The population, in 1831, was 7^9. " William Cawley, a sketch of whose life we have given, ante p. J, gave an eariy and substantial proof of benevolence in building here a receptacle for ten aged poor of both sexes, belonging to his native city ; the foundation of which was completed before his 24th year. " One of the best of our English lyric poets, William Collins, was born in Chichester on Christmas Day, 1720 or 1721. His family had been established here in the sixteenth century, as principal tradesmen. " The elegant biography of Dr. Johnson, the honourable mention made of him by his schoolfellow and friend, the late Dr. Warton, and Dr. Langhorne's life, prefixed to his poems, are well known to the general reader ; we need not, therefore, repeat a thrice-told tale. Collins died in 1756, in a house in the cloisters of the cathedral (anciently belonging to Mortimer Chantry, now the property of the Rev. William Holland), in his native city, and was buried in St. Andrew's church-yard. A beautifully chaste monument was erected to his memory in the cathedral, by voluntary subscription; It is one ofthe early productions of Flaxman. "He is represented as sitting in a reclining posture during a lucid interval ofthe afflicting malady to which he was 14 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. s,ibject, with a calm and benign aspect, as if seeking refuge from his misfortunes m the consolations "^ ^^^ f Xjpd fin his lyre and one of his best compositions lie neglected on the ground. Upon the pediment of the tablet are placed two female ideal figures, in relief, representing love and piety, entwined each in the arms of the other: the profile emblems of the genius of his poetry. Of those images and that tender melody which recall the memory of departed beauty and excellence, he was almost the unrivalled master ; or if he has found a sucessful competitor, it may be in the epitaph by which he is himself recorded."* " Ye who the merits of the dead revere, Who hold misfortune's sacred genius dear. Regard this tomb ; where Collins' hapless name Solicits kindness with a double claim. Tho' nature gave him, and the' science taught, The fire of fancy, and the reach of thought. Severely doom'd to penury's extreme, He passed in maddening pain life's feverish dream ; While rays of genius only serve to show The thick'ning horror, and exalt his woe. Ve walls that echoed to his frantic moao. Guard the true records of this grateful stone ; Strangers to him, enamour'd.of his lays. This fond memorial to his talents raise. For thia the ashes ot the bard require. Who touch'd the tenderest notes of pity's lyre ; Who join'd pure faith to strong poetic powers ; Who, in reviewing reason's lucid hours. Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest. And rightly deem'd the book of God the best." Hayley. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 41. 13s. 4 J., in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter. The registers commence in 1568. " St. Martin. St. Martin's parish contains St. Martin's (formerly Hog) Lane, where the church is situated. Having been long in a ruinous state, it was completely repaired and refitted at the expense of Mrs. Martha Dear, during her lifetime. The style may be denominated modern Gothic. The eastern window, containing some stained glass, and the arrangement and workmanship ofthe pews, which are of carved oak, have a very pleasing appearance, and reflect great credit on the liberal donor and her architect." The population, in 1831, was 315. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 1/. 6s. 8d., in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter. The registers commence in 1684. " St. Olave. — St. Olave's, the smallest parish and church in the city, is situate in the upper part of the North-street." The population, in 1831, was 280. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 41. 8s. 9d., of which the Dean and Chapter are patrons. In the parish register, which begins in 1642, are the foUowing entries : — " ' Aug. 7, 1764. John Smith, landscape painter, buried.' ' Sept. 22, 1776. Mr. George Smith, painter, buried.' " Authentic and interesting memoirs of the three brothers, whose genius in the art of landscape painting obtained for them a merited distinction in their native city, are prefixed to the last edition of ' Pastorals,' by G. Smith, and are from the classical pen of Dr. Sander, whose personal acquaintance with him and his family afforded an opportunity of relating facts, and whose elegant and judicious narrative is a tribute of esteem worthy of the memory of his friend. " St. Peter the Less. — The original church of St. Peter the Less, or Sub Castro, was taken down soon after 1229, and, as it was then stated that it had only two parishioners, they were transferred to the newly founded hospital of St. Mary ; soon after which time the present church in the North-street was established. It is extremely small, with a single aisle." The population, in 1831, was 356. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at IZ. 6s. 8d., in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter. The registers commence in 1679. " St. Pancras. — The parish of St. Pancras lies chiefly near the city, and the church is situate at a small distance without the East Gate. It consists of two distinct parts : one of them bounded by the north-east walls, West Sussex, I. 137. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 15 the parish of St. Peter the Great, and Portfield ; and the other within the manor of Kingsham and the parish of Rumboldswycke, in the latter of which is included a large suburb, called ' The Harnet.' " The gross population, in 1831, was 1,156. " During the siege in 1642, the church was nearly demolished, and was not rebuilt till 1750, when that pious purpose was effected by a liberal subscription. The church is particularly neat, with pointed windows and a low tower ; and no sepulture is permitted within. " At some distance from the church is the great cemetery, in which the dead from the several parishes, except those of St. Peter the Great and St. Andrew, are interred. It is on the north side of the king's highway, the scite ofthe Roman road, and was undoubtedly used as a Roman burial ground, which were always placed near the road side. This custom was continued by the Saxons ; and in 1240, Bishop Ralph Nevill built the chapel of St. Michael, which he endowed out of the rectory of Slinfold, but of which, though situate in this parish, there are now no remains. The cemetery is now called ' The Litton,' which is a corruption ofthe Saxon lick — a corpses and tune — a town ; i. e. the town of the dead. " In this parish is situated Kingsham, a royal residence, as its name imports. The name being Saxon, there is every reason to conjecture that it was a residence of the Saxon kings. Edward I. in the fourth year of his reign, resided here for some time, as it is evident from various letters and patents dated from thence. It was held for many centuries in capite of the crown, by the petit-sergeanty of presenting to the king, as often as he should come, a skein of thread for his cross-bow. " Early in the last century Kingsham House, carried by marriage, in the fifteenth century, into the family of Shelley, of Michelgrove, preserved much of its ancient form, and contained many spacious rooms, particularly one, in which there was a bay window with several escutcheons, bearing the arms of Sydney and their several alliances." The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 8/. 10s. JOd. The registers commence in 1559. " St. Bartholomew. — The church of this small parish stood without the West Gate, and was totally demo lished by the parliament army in 1642. A new church is now builtin its stead." The population, in 1831, was 296. The living is a vicarage, not in value. The registers commence in 1731. ^«'St. Peter juxta Gilden Hall and St. Mary in Ford. — The two parishes of St. Peter Juxta Gil den-hall and St. Mary in Foro, of which there are no remains of the churches, are now consolidated with St. Peter the Great. " The Gilden-hall, or, in modern acceptation, Guildhall, is described in the royal charter of donation by Richard II., A. D. 1394 (Reg. Episcop. E. p. 58), as situate 'between the cathedral church-yard on the north part, and the tenement of Richard Sexton on the south part,'i and was ' for the mansions, habitations, gardens and other easements of the vicars of the cathedral, according to the pleasure and disposal ofthe bishop.' Its situation must therefore have been near, or on the scite of, the vicar's close or college. The church of St. Mary in Foro is supposed to have been situated at the corner of the present East and South-streets, near the Cross, and was most probably demolished by the besieging army in 1643, when they fired their cannon into the city from the Broil Road. " The increasing population ofthe city, and the want of accommodation in the parish churches, more especially for the lower orders, induced the clergy and principal inhabitants to consider of means by which public worship, according to the doctrines of the Church of England, might be more generally administered and attended. " This plan, now happily effected, originated with Dean Sheriock, who, in 1723, made a proposal as ordinary of the city parishes, to the corporation, that an Act of Pariiament should be obtained for converting the chapel of St. Mary's Hospital into a church, for the service of the city at large, to which they acceded. But the dean. 16 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. upon further consideration, totally remodelled his scherae, and then suggested, that, bythe consent ofthe bishop and chapter, the six smaller parishes should be consolidated, and that one large church should be erected for the united parishes. But the corporation having consulted their fellow citizens, declared their unwillingness to consent to the demolition of the old churches, and the scherae, therefore, was at length abandoned. It remained for the present age to resume the plan ; and, under more favourable auspices, to complete it with a more judicious and satisfactory arrangement, without disturbing the ancient buildings. To effect this, an act of par liament passed, in 1812, for buiding a chapel at Chichester, of which the dean, canons residentiary, archdeacon, precentor, and mayor of Chichester, together with all subscribers of £100 and upwards, are constituted perpetual trustees. " The chapel, dedicated to St. John, which stands on the ancient scite of the Black Friars, not far from the East Gate, was consecrated in 1813. Both in its exterior and interior, erection and ornament, superior neatness and propriety will be found. It was designed and executed by James Elmes. The exterior of the edifice is of white brick, having porches, and a central entrance of Roman cement. The pulpits, pews, galleries, and free seats, are composed of American black birch, varnished. The campanile is in imitation, in part, ofthe Choragic monument of Lysicrates. Of the internal space, which includes an oblong octagon of eighty feet by fifty within the walls, the area set apart in open seats for the poor, and the gallery and aisles under them, will contain 900 persons sitting. With the money paid for the ground, the organ, &c., the whole expense exceeded £7,000. " Within the city are likewise several chapels, some of which have been long established, and respectably attended by Protestant dissenters ; the oldest is the Unitarian Chapel, situated in Baflin's Lane, near St. John's. General Baptist Chapel, without East Gate, the Harnet. Independent Chapel, in Chapel Street. Wesleyan Methodists, under the East Walls. Providence Chapel, in Chapel Street. Quaker's Meeting House. "Hospital of St. Mary. — In the north-eastern quarter of the city, in the parish of St. Martin, is situated the Hospital of St. Mary ; the original application of which, Ib said to have been for the reception of nuns, in 1 173. This foundation does not appear to have continued long. In 1229, letters patent was granted by Henry III., for the establishment of this hospital. The endowment was intended for a chaplain, (afterwards styled the master) and thirteen poor and decayed persons, to be chosen by the dean and chapter from the inhabitants ofthe city and neighbourhood. Its present establishment consists of a custos or warden, six women and two men. As the situation of this building is obscure, and no part of it is visible from any street, it is seldom visited by strangers. It is, however, one of the most ancient and interesting examples of ecclesiastical architecture in the kingdom. The chapel is divided off by a gothic screen. The length ofthe whole building, including the chapel, is 129 feet. The room, from the entrance to the chapel screen, is eighty-two feet long. The interior of the chapel is forty-seven feet six inches long, in which are stalls, stone subsellia and piscina, with a lancet window, resembling that of the Grey Friars. Attached to the lower part of the room are the cells ofthe sisters and brothers, which open into the refectory. The whole may be assigned to as early a period as the age of Edward I. " The fines issuing from lands, are divided between the custos and five of the poor, and the other inmates have rooms and a share of the rent of the hospital garden. " Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalen.— At the eastern extremity of the city boundary, stood the hospital for poor lepers, dedicated to St. James and St. Mary Magdalen. There were few large towns in England, near which such institutions had not been formed for the relief of a malady much more frequent formeriy than at present, but which was one ofthe most afflicting with which the human frame could be subject. In the eariy centuries it called forth the exertions of useful piety in very numerous instances. This establishment was made by Bishop Seffrid, in the reign of King Henry IL, who granted a pension from the exchequer, and a beech tree annually for fuel from Goodwood. The bishops composition consisted of a premium of ten shillings out of the archdeaconry of Lewes, half a hide of land in Colworth.i and four shillings from the lands of War arine Colworth is in the parish of Oving, between Chichester and Bognor. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 17 of Preston, eight cloth gowns at Christmas, and as many linen vestments at Easter, and one bacon hog at Christmas. The master was appointed, as at present, by the bishop. We believe that other lands are held under him of some value. It has become an entire sinecure. The scite was on the north side of the east road leading to Goodwood. The total dilapidation of the hospital was prevented by a late master, the Rev. William Walker, deceased, who affixed a tablet to the wall of the remaining building, now a cottage, to point out its former destination. On the authority of Weever and Fuller we place Thomas Bradwardine amongst the worthies of Sussex. The former says he was born at Heathfield, and the latter in the neighbourhood of Chichester. Hortfield, in Cheshire, has, by some, been deemed the place of his nativity. He was of Merton College, Oxford, where he proceeded Doctor of Divinity. He was not less distinguished for his profound mathematical knowledge than he was for his accurate and solid investigations in divinity, which procured him the title of " Doctor Profundus. " Chaucer, in his " Nuns' Priests' Tale, " thus alludes to him : — "But I ne cannot boult it to the bren. As can the holy Doctor Saynt Austin, Or Boece, or the Bishop Bradwardin. " He was confessor to Edward III., and attended that monarch in all his French wars, often preaching to the army, and mitigating the fierceness of his master's temper when he saw him either immoderately fired with warlike rage, or improperly flushed with the advantages of victory. His addresses to the army were calculated to restrain the insolent excesses which are too frequently the attendants of military success. So great were the virtues and eminent the piety of this man, that some writers of that time attributed even the signal victories which Edward gained to the holy character and prevailing intercessions of his chaplain, rather than to his own prudence and valour. The king was much attached to him, so that when the monks of Canterbury elected him, as well on account of his learning as of his modesty, innocence of manners, and unquestionable piety. Archbishop of that see, Edward refused to part with him. Another vacancy, however, soon after happening, the monarch yielded to the entreaties of the monks. He was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in 1349, at Avignon, where the Pope then resided. On his return to England, within six weeks of his consecration, he died at Lambeth, and was buried in the south wall of Canterbury cathedral. The following epitaph was inscribed over his tomb : — Doctor Doctorum Bradwardin hac iacet urna. Norma Pastorum laudabilis et diutuma, Qui inuidia carnit vitam sine crimine duxit. Et ex ore suo quicquid sit scibile fiuxit. Nullus sub sole est cui sic fuere omnia nota. Cantia nunc dole tristeris et anglia tola Voa qui et ttansitis, hie omnes atque reditis, Dicite quod Christi pietas sit promptior isti. " This amiable prelate was by no means adapted to a court, where his personal manners and character became an object of derision ; the best proof history can afford us of their excellence. Even when he was consecrated at Avignon, Cardinal Hugh, a nephew of the Pope, ridiculed the prelate by introducing into the hall a person in a peasant's habit, riding an ass, petitioning the Pope to make hira Archbishop of Canterbury ; but the jest was so ill relished, that the Pope and Cardinals resented the indignity, and frowned on the insolent contriver. Fuller, speaking of his reception at Avignon, says: — 'Here he was accounted somewhat clownish by the Romish court; partly because he could not mode it with the Italians, but chiefly because money being the generall turnkey to preferment in that place, he was merely advanced for his merit. ' " So little ambition, however, had he to acquire those distinctions which the majority regard as emblems of happiness, but which are too often found to be the causes of sorrow, that it was long before he could be per suaded to take the prebend of Lincoln when offered to him ; and when elected to be Primate of all England the dignity was conferred upon him without solicitation either of himself or friends. Bradwardine wrote several mathematical works, some of which were published at the close of the fifteenth century, or beginning of the sixteenth. His principal theological performance, " De Causa Dei, " against the Pelagean heresy, was edited from the MS. in Merton College library, by Sir Henry Saville, 1618, folio, with a biographical preface. Sir Henry informs us that this treatise was first delivered in lectures at Oxford ; and the author, at the request of the students of Merton College, arranged, enlarged, and polished them whilst he was chancellor of the diocese of London. As Bradwardine was a very excellent mathematician, he endeavoured to B VOL. II. 18 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. treat theological subjects with a mathematical accuracy ; and was the first divine, as far as I know, says Sir Henry, who pursued that method. Speaking of Pelagius, in the second book, he says, " Totus pene mundus, et timeo et doleo post hunc abiit, et erroribus suis favet, "— " I fear and lament that almost the whole worid has run after him, and favours his errors." " Bradwardine, therefore, " says Fuller, " undertook to be champion for grace and God's cause, against such as were not ' Defensores, sed deceptores, sed injlatores, sed pracipitatores liberi arbitrii, ' as Augustine calleth them ; and as the same father saith of Cicero, « dum liberos homines esse volunty faciunt sacrilegos. ' " "Whitby's Frbe School.— -In 1702,01iver'Whitby,sonof a canon residentiary of that name, founded and endowed a free school in this city for twelve boys (now by the improvement of the revenues, increased to twenty), with a yiew of qualifying them more especially for the sea service. The boys are to be natives, four of Chichester, and of the parishes of West Wittering and Harting, and elected by the trustees, as vacancies occur. A commodious house in the West Street, was purchased for the reception of the master and scholars. "Subscription Schools. — It is recorded, highly to the honour of Chichester, that, early in the last century, sixty- two poor children of both sexes were instructed by means of an annual subscription of lOOZ. This plan of imparting useful and religious knowledge to the poor was, at that period, by no means generally adopted. These contributions had been continued, and with the same good, though limited effect, when, in 1811, upon the improved scheme of elementary education, by Joseph Lancaster, a school-room of seventy feet in length, capable of containing 100 boys, was built by subscription. After which another, called a central school, has been instituted, upon the national plan of Dr. Bell. A house has heen erected for the accommodation of this school in a part of a field called the bishop's garden, adjoining to the cemetery before mentioned." Infirmary. — An infirmary has recently been founded here, which promises to be of the utmost utility to the western district ofthe county. For this establishment the public are mainly indebted to the unwearied exertions of J. Forbes,M.D. Chichester has, at different periods, been famous for the number of the gentry who dwelt within its walls, which comprised many ofthe county families. Araong them were the families — Ap Rhese, Blachford, Bowyer, Bart., Buckle of Rogate, Colbrond, Bart,, Cox, Cradock, Dee, Devenish, Knt., Donynge, Farrer, Gunter of Racton, Farington, Fletcher, Freeland, Hooker, Miller, Bart., Newton, Sandham, Stanley, Stoughton, and Williams, Bart., of the Grey Friars. " Manufactures and Trade. — Concerning the manufactures which, in the early centuries, were established at Chichester, we have not found any very satisfactory documents. It may, however, be surmised that the coarser kinds of woollen cloths were raade in the sixteenth century, because the town mill on the Lavant appears to have been so applied, and to have been leased to a Fuller by the corporation. " Among the names of city officers which occur most anciently is that of John le Nedeler. He was probably, as surnames were given in those days from trades and occupations, a vender of needles ; for Stowe states positively that the manufacture of them was not introduced into England before the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It certainly flourished soon after that period, in the parish of St. Pancras, to a considerable extent, and principally for the supply of retailers, who frequented St. James's fair, held in St. Pancras, and distributed them through this and the neighbouring counties. For the last seventy years no needles have been manufactured at Chichester. The last manufacturer was a man of the name of Scales. " In the reign of James I. an export trade from Chichester to Cork, in Ireland, was first attempted, and becarae so successful that it was the original source of the opulence of several of the principal families. It was by making malt of bariey brought from Norfolk and the eastern counties, and by brewing strong beer, both of which were sent to Ireland, where they were considered as luxuries, and were not at that time in general use, or the art of making them extensively known or practised. The many old malt-houses at present seen in Chichester denote the extent of the trade carried on. "Benefactions.— Three several benefactions have been made to this city : two of them are obsolete or contingent, but the third is of great value and importance. « The benevolent Bishop Sherburne established in his life-time a fund for certain charities ; and directed that whmeoer any superfuous money should arise, it shonld be distributed by the dean and four prebendaries, by him founded, who should select four maidens, daughters of the poorest citizens, and upon Whit-Mojpday in every year should give the said money to them equally to promote their marriage, in the presence of their parents; and that their names should be inserted m a parchment book.i ' It is not known whether any superfiuous monies do arise, but the intentions of the founder have not been exercised for many years. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 19 " The second is a donation of 1,800/., as a fund for a particular application in the town of Guildford, with a contingency ouly to the city of Chichester, bequeathed in 1702, by John Parsons, Gent. "In 1772 John Hardham, tobacconist and snuff merchant, of Fleet-street, London, devised the whole of his property, after the expiration of certain life-interests, to the city of Chichester, constituting the guardians and trustees of the poor-house the trustees of his bequest for ever. The heirs at law contested the legality of the legacy, but the Lord Chancellor Bathurst decreed respecting the devises, ' that the interest only of the property was left to them during their lives, and, after their decease, to the poor of Chichester for ever. ' The whole has now fallen in, and the principal sum, 22,282/. 15s. 9d., is placed in the 3 per cent, reduced stock. Those inhabitants only who live within the walls of the city partake of this benefaction; aud, therefore, those who live without the walls generally pay two more poor-rates than the former. " Markets and Fairs. — King Henry I. conferred on the bishops of Chichester the privilege of holding fairs upon eight days, and likewise of fixing, in the first instance, upon what festivals or eves they should be held, vnth all tolls arising from them. The suburb of St. James beyond the east gate, being parcel of the honours of Chichester and Arundel, two fairs were held there, the profits of which belonged exclusively to the earldom. " At present five fairs are held annually ; on St. George's day, April 23rd ; Whit Monday ; St. James's day, July 25 ; Michaelmas, October 11th ; and Sloe fair, on the eve of the feast of St. Faith, October 21st. The last mentioned was more peculiarly claimed by the Bishop, whose jurisdiction was paramount in the city and liberties for several days, both before and after it ; and upon its being proclaimed at tbe Canon-gate, at the entrance to the vicar's close and bishop's palace, a cession of authority was formally made to him by the mayor. " This fair is held in a field not far distant from the north- gate, called, from a tree which grew in it, Sloe-field ; and all tolls and profits incidental to it were paid to the bishop. Attached to the fair was a court of pie-poudre, at which all disputes at the fair were summarily determined. In 1807 the late bishop transferred the fair and its appendages, under the land-tax redemption act, to the corporation. " Two markets are held weekly, every Wednesday and Saturday, which are regularly and amply supplied with various articles of necessary consumption, " The corn market, when the trade of malting and exporting grain to Ireland was in its zenith, was more considerable than that of any provincial town in the south of England. Fuller, who wrote in 1660, remarks, that ' it is sufficient evidence of the plenty of this county, that the totle of wheat, corne, or malt, growing or made about, or sold in the city of Chichester, doth amount yearly, at a halfpenny a quarter, to sixty pounds and upwards (as the gatherers will attest) ; and the number of bushels we leave to be audited by better arithmetitians. So I was informed by Mr. Peckham, the recorder of Chichester.' Within the last twelve months, very extensive buildings have been erected in the East-street for the corn market. " The cattle market, held every alternate Wednesday, is second only to those held in Smithfield, London, for the number and value of cattle sold at one time. This extraordinary increase may be chiefly attributed to the victualling the navy at Portsmouth, in time of war, and supplying the great consumption at Brighton. " The Port. — The estuary called Chichester Harbour, has Thorney Island in its centre, Hayling Island on the west, Emsworth and Westbourne on the north, and Westwittering on the east and south. Towards the east, it branches into two ramifications or horns, one called Bosham Creek, and the other, peculiarly, Chichester Harbour, because the port at Dell Quay is situate upon its eastern shore. The distance from the city, which exceeds a mile, was considered by our ancestors as being detrimental to the extension of trade. In 1585, an act passed for bringing the haven of Chichester, by a new cut canal, to the suburbs ofthe said city, the provisions of which were never carried into effect. About the year 1824, a navigable canal was made to connect the harbour of Chichester with the river Arun ; and from this canal, near Donnington, a branch passes to the southern suburb of the city. " The present commerce, for which customs are paid, consists of exports, chiefly flour, for the west of England ; timber to Portsmouth and Devonport, for the navy ; malt to Ireland — which trade has much declined. Imports: — ^barley from Norfolk ; provisions from Ireland ; coals from Newcastle and Sunderland : and wool and wine from Spain and Portugal. " The following is a return of the shipping in the port of Chichester since 1786, when a register was first established by act of parliament. D 2 20 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. " At the interval of seven years. Date. 1786 ... 1793 ... 1800 ... 1807 ... 1813 ... No of Ships. ... 48 . ... 77 . ... 68 . ... 80 . ... 101 . Tons. 2128 4085 2771 3043 3602 Men. 143 273 186 213 337 « Poor.— An act of pariiament passed in 1753, having, among other objects, the relief and employment ofthe poor, by incorporating the parishes and establishing a house of industry, under due regulations, for their reception ; subject to the inspection and direction of guardians properly appointed. All the parishes both within and without the walls, and the district called the Close, are consolidated for this purpose. The guardians constituted by this authority are, the High Steward, Mayor, Recorder, and Justices ofthe Peace, besides thirty others of the ablest and most discreet inhabitants. From the several parishes they are annually elected on the Tuesday after Eastei; day, in the following proportions :— St. Peter the Great, thirteen ; St. Andrew, two ; St. Olave, two ; St. Peter the Less, two ; St. Martin, two ; Pallant, two ; St. Pancras, two ; St. Bartholomew, two. ' They are constituted a body corporate and. politic, who are to meet annually, and to elect a president and treasurer. The court must consist of the president and a certain nuraber of guardians, and no other rate may be levied for the relief of the poor ; and cash so levied must be certified to the raayor, &c. « The alms-house built by William Cawley in 1626, with two fields given by him, were applied to the general purposes of the act. Several additional buildings, including one appropriated distinctly for lunatics, have been made, and the whole regulation of the establishment is so conducted as to answer its beneficial intention." A Mechanics' Institute has for some years been established in Chichester, and has been supported, in a great measure, by the interesting and instructive lectures delivered by the Rev. J. Fullagar and others. A Literary and Philosophical Society has recently been founded, and apparently under the most favourable auspices. , " Cathedral. — William the Conqueror having ordered that all cathedral churches should' be removed from villages to cities (in consequence of which, that of Dorchester was removed to Lincoln ; that of Litchfield, to Chester; that of Sherborne, to Salitbury ; and that of Selsey, to Chichester), Lanfran, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, in a provincial synod, holden at St. Paul's, London, decreed that this ordering of the king should be followed as soon as possible. The Conqueror, soon after the battle of Hastings, having, with other large donations, conferred Chichester on Roger Earl of Montgomery, the earl, to facilitate the king's plan so far as regarded Chichester, gave all the south-west quarter of the city to Stigand, the first Bishop of Chichester, and the last of Selsey, whereon he might erect the new cathedral, a palace for himself, and residences for the clergy to be attached to the new church. Stigand began to make preparations for building, but was not able for want of money, of which the kingdom had been then much drained, to proceed in the work. The only religious edifice at that time in existence in the city was the ancient monastery of St. Peter ; and, in the abbey church of this monastery, the clergy are supposed to have performed their divine offices until the cathedral was erected.^ On the death of Stigand, Godfrey the second bishop, was equally incapable to proceed in the building as his prede cessor. After Godfrey's death, the see was kept vacant for three or four years through the rapacity of Rufus, for his emolument. In 1091 , Radulphus, or Ralph, was raised to it ; and Rufus being dead, and Henry I. succeeding to the throne, and being much attached to Ralph, this prelate was enabled, under his auspices, to commence the long protracted building. 1 The abbey church is supposed to have been the scite of the ancient Temple of Thor, built by Cissa, king of the South Saxons, whose residence was Regnum, now Chichester. The tradition is credible, as, after the con version of the Saxons to Christianity, many of their temples were converted into places of Christian worship. C. of Chichester.'] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 21 "At the close of the eleventh century, the foundations were laid, and the fabric probably completed,* with a roof of timber frame, which occasioned the great damage it sustained from fire in 1114. It appears that by a second fire, which occured in November, 1186, the whole building, together with the episcopal residence, was so far from having been entirely consumed, as to have retained the greater part of the original church ; the walls and arcades of which, were not dilapidated. After the second calamity, Seffrid the second, then bishop, about the year 1199, engrafted upon the remaining walls a new work, adapting it to the style and architectural orna ments peculiar to the age in which he lived. Seffrid, certainly had brought his cathedral, upon this amended plan, nearly to completion at the time of his death, in 1214. It consisted ofthe nave with its single aisles ; the centre arcade, with its low tower and transept ; and of the choir. It is chiefly remarkable as being one of the earliest examples of a stone groined roof. To these, great alterations and additions were made in the three succeeding centuries. " With respect to the exterior of the cathedral, it must be observed that few in England have so unfavourable a scite and elevation; in a very small area, surrounded by buildings, and placed in the centre of a parish church yard. The scite, however, has been lately improved by the partial demolition of the houses on the south side of the West-street, by which part of the cathedral, heretofore hid, is visible from the street : but still it is confined. The tower, with the lofty church spire, exhibits both magnificence and beauty ; and forms one of the most striking and agreeable features in a near or distant view of the city ; but is seen with inferior effect from any point within the immediate precincts. So great was the demolition of the external architecture by the fanatical army after the siege ; and the repairs which took place afterward were conducted with so little attention to exact restoration, that its present appearance fails, in comparison with the far greater number of the cathedrals of England. The fagade, or western front, originally consisted of a porch or small gallilee between two square towers, which has a double entrance divided by a pillar, bearing a flourished capital. The walls withinside are pannelled in quatrefoils ; and over the portal, within an elongated quatrefoil, is a mutilated figure of the « Salvator Mundi,' similar to that represented on the most ancient of the episcopal seals. This was undoubtedly the w^ork of Seffrid. There is every reason to conjecture that the lateral towers were part of the original church, at least as far as the second tier. In that facing the south, are four handsome specimens of the early Norman arch, while those in the third tier are ofthe long and lancet shape, pointed, and with filletted mouldings. These towers were probably finished with a parapet only ; on each of which, was formerly a small spire of framework and lead. In the plan of the city, engraved in the corner of Maiden's Mass, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the two small spires are represented. The northern tower was so much injured during the siege in 1642, that it fell a few years after. ' Now, though Seffride, (says the quaint Fuller) bestowed the cloth and making on the church. Bishop Sherburne gave the trimming and best lace thereto. I am sorry I can follow the allegory no farther, being now informed that it is not only seam-ript, but torne in the whole cloth, having lately a great part thereof fallen down to the ground.' In this state it continued till 1791 , when it assuraed its present heterogeneous form. The great western window being likewise demolished, the present window of nondescript architecture was substituted. At the end of the choir, above the eastern window, is another, of the description called the ' Catherine wheel,' formed by a central rosette, surrounded by six others ; and one sirailar, but of a more compli cated form, is placed over the Langton window, where it now remains above the roof. " From the floor to the top of the tower, is 133 feet ; from the base of the spire to the finial under the weathercock, is 138 feet ; the tower is 42 feet in diameter, and the base of the spire 32. A general similarity between the spires of Salisbury and Chichester has given rise to a tradition that they are the work of the same architect, which will not be substantiated upon examination. There is good reason to suppose that the addition to the tower, the spire, and the bell-tower, were began and completed in the course of about a century, from 1222 to 1337, by the munificence of Bishops Neville, Wych, St. Leofard, and Langton. 1 The whole of theensuing account, in turned commas, of the cathedral, is from Cartwright's MS., abstracted from Dallaway. 22 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. « Neariy parallel with the west end, at a few yards distance towards the north, stands a campanile, or bell tower, 120 feet high, and remarkable only for the massiveness of its walls. The upper ter is an octagon louvre with four detached turrets, exactly like those at the base of the spire, from which it is probable that it was erected at the same time, to receive the bells removed from the old tower. ^ ^ . ,, , « Upon entering the western porch a full view ofthe nave presents itself. It is formed by eigh arcades upon piers,flankedby half columns with half spheroid capitals and a cable moulding, under an upper and lower triforium °' "^^ BetweeTihe nave and the choir was the oratory of Bishop Arundel, built before 1477, which serves as a dividing screen, and supports the organ. It consists of three arches, those on either side having twice the width of that in the centre, the roof beautifully fretted, and the whole surmounted by numerous small niches, in which gilded statues of saints were originally placed. « When the chantries established in this cathedral were increased, separate oratones became necessary for the offices performed in them. On this account, eariy in the reign of Edward III., another aisle was added to those already built, and a communication was formed by arches and piers very thickly placed. The divisions of these aisles forthe reception of chantries have cross aisles, more or less ornamented, according to the endow^ ments. The whole area, now that the pews and obstructions are removed, extends beyond any, even of the largest cathedrals, and, by the frequent intersection of the arches, produces a novel and picturesque effect. " The north transept is appropriated as the parish church of St. Peter the Great, or more commonly called the subdeanery. « The south transept was lengthened, and a front wall, containing a very spacious window, was rebuilt by Bishop Langton, about the year 1360. It is a fine specimen of a variety in gothic architecture, then newly intro duced, and subsequently improved. There is reason to suppose that the lights or divisions were filled with stained glass before the irruption of the fanatical soldiery. Under this window, in a large recess, is Langton's tomb, with an effigy larger than life. " In this transept, facing the window, is the sacellum or shrine, which covers the tomb of St. Richard (Richard De La Wyche). The large crocketed finials of the three arches are in the highly embellished style first prevalent about the time of his canonization, for which ceremony it was prepared. Adjoining to it was a receptacle, now removed into the vicar's vestrj% in carved oak, resembling a stall or tabernacle, for the vestments or vessels used for the service of that particular altar. " On the east side of this transept is the sacristy, now used as a chapter-house, the arched roof and windows of which indicate the early era when the dean and chapter were first established by Bishop Ralph. " The treasury, on the west side of this transept, is a large vaulted room, now used as the vicar's vestry. In it are preserved some rude oak chests, with strong locks and bolts, for the purpose of containing treasure belonging to the church, of great antiquity, which are supposed to have been originally brought from Selsey. " Above that room was built, in the reign of Henry VI. , the bishop's consistory, which was fitted up for the trial of heretics. Behind the seats of the official and his assistants is a sliding door in the wainscot, concealing a room in which the prisoners were confined, and brought singly into the court. " The side walls of the south transept received an extraordinary embellishment from the munificence of Bishop Sherburne, in 1519. He employed a Flemish artist, Theodore Bernardi, who came to England, accom panied by his sons, to paint two pictures of large dimensions, upon oak panel, describing two principal epochs in the history of the church of Chichester, the foundation of the see of Selsey, by Ceadwalla, and the establishment of his own four prebends. To these are added a series of the bishops of Selsey and Chichester to George Day, 1543, and of the kings of England to George I. In their original state the two historical pictures possessed great comparative merit, the progress of the art in England being considered ; but having been defaced and damaged by the parliament soldiers, they were repaired, at the expense of Bishop Mawson, by an inferior artist, destructive of much of the original merit, excepting the mere outline and design. They will, nevertheless. Ck of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 23 be considered as a very singular specimen of the art of painting upon so large a scale, and peculiar to this cathedral. 1 " Bishop Seffrid's restored church terminated in the present choir. The stalls which were erected by Bishop Sherburne are eighteen on each side, of turned oak. Upon the friese over each of them is inscribed, in gothic text character, the naraes of the dignities and prebends to which they are appropriated ; and the whole are inclosed within the area formed by the central tower. The ancient episcopal throne having been destroyed in the civil wars, a new one was rebuilt and modernized by Bishop Mawson : this was removed in 1829, and another, agreeing in style with the ancient fitting up of the choir, has been substituted, at the expense of the late bishop. " At the eastern end ofthe fabric a beautiful chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and called the Chapel of Our Lady, was erected by Bishop St. Leofard in 1290, at an expense of 1,250 marks. It was richly embel lished, not only with the founder's tomb, but with shrines and altars. Having long remained in a state of ruin, about the year 1750 it was granted to Charles, third Duke of Richmond, as a mausoleum for his family. A spacious vault * was then sunk, over which, occupying the upper part of the ancient chapel, is the present chapter library. It now forms, with its original roof and windows, a very handsome gothic room, in which the dean and chapter meet on ecclesiastical affairs. " During the year 1829 some very important alterations were made, having for their object the restoration of the fabric, and the removal of those deformities which time and bad taste had occasioned. All the pews and other obstructions have been removed from the nave ; the low wall, with an embattled moulding, which Bishop Sherburne had constructed below the upper arches to conceal the rafters of the aisles, has been taken down. All the accumulations of white and yellow wash have been scraped off ; the choir has been lengthened by ^ctending the east end into the presbytery, and the screen behind the altar lowered ; the beautiful clusters of pillars at the east of the presbytery have been exposed, and the whole has been done with liberality and good taste. " Among the ancient monuments are the coffin-shaped slabs of black marble, now placed under two arches in the walls of the passage to Our Lady's Chapel, one of which is of Bishop Ralph, whose name is inscribed on it ; he died in 1125, and his monument, with a name, is one of the most ancient in England. Nothing, in our opinion, has contributed more to the beauty of the cathedral in the alterations lately made, than the removal of some of the tombs near the high altar to a more conspicuous place of the presbytery, opposite the entrance to the Duke of Richmond's vault. There are three marble monuments, and two table tombs : the former being of Bishops Grove, King, and Carleton ; the inscriptions on which are copied and translated in Mr. Daily's Chichester Guide, to which we refer the reader. " Against the south wall, in the south aisle, is Bishop Sherburne's tomb, erected during his life, with a re cumbent figure in marble of the bishop in his pontificals, and a Latin inscription in beautifully raised letters thus : " Non intres in judicium cum servo tuo Domine, Roberti Shurborne." Near to this tomb are placed in the wall, two very ancient pieces of sculpture : one representing Lazarus raised from the dead, and the other, Mary and Martha kneeling near the porch of the temple. These were discovered behind the stalls in the north side of the church during the late alterations. The episcopal tomb, originally an altar tomb, but now inserted in the north wall of the north transept, is traditionally of Bishop Richingale. " The table tomb of Bishop Arundel, under the second arch, on the south side of the nave, is now removed under the south-west tower. " In the Arundel chantry, now the additional north aisle, is a monument affixed to the wall, consisting of two I It is not very clear what part of the building was designed for the Chapter house. The probability is that the east end of the north transept, now the chancel of the subdeanery church, was intended for that purpose. * In this vault a stone has the inscription " Pomus ultima," which gave occasion to the following neat epi gram by Dr. Clarke, one of the Besidentiaries. Did he who thus inscribed this wall. Not read, or not believe. Saint Paul j Who says there is. where'er it stands. Another house, not built with hands ? Or may we gather from these words That house is not a house— for Lords ? 24 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iJ. of Chichester. tables and effigies, which appear to have been originally one, and insulated. The figures [are of the age of Edward III. The man has the sharp conical helmet and the chain gorget, and on his surtout the lion rampant ; such were worn by Richard Fitzalan, Eari of Arundel, in the early part of that reign, and to whom a cenotaph was erected in the chapel of Lewes abbey. It might have been brought here at the suppression, and then so divided for convenience of space. There is, likewise, a canopied monument of Caen stone richly sculptured, but of greater antiquity than the last, with a female figure, which was certainly intended for one of that noble family. « When the alterations were made in 1829, under the arches on each side of the choir, concealed by pews, were discovered four coffin-shaped tombs, having crosiers richly sculptured upon them. The tomb under the first arch in the north side contained a very interesting deposit. The bishop was placed in his episcopal robes, of which the gold fringe was very little injured. The pastoral staff appeared to have been covered with velvet, on the top of which was a croop of jet. This was bound to the staff by a gold band, with arabesque ornaments of dragons. On his breast was a silver chalice, gilt inside, with a solid gold knob under the cup, and standing on a short shaft, ornamented with leaves, which appear to have been stamped. The patten was of silver, with a gold border : in the centre of it was a solid gold plate about the size of a crown piece, on which was engraved a hand with the two fore fingers choated, and a crescent on one side, and a star with four radii on the other. His sandals had high wooden heels ; but the greatest curiosity was a large massive thumb ring— an agate, set in gold. This stone is called a Basilidian gem ; and the figure carved upon it has the head of a cock, the legs turned upwards, with feet resembling the heads of a snake, with a baton in one hand and a shield on his arm. It is known among antiquaries as the figure of Abranas Gallinaceus, and supposed to be an emblem of the Gnostics. Whether the bishop who wore this ring was infected with this heresy, or whether he used it as an antique, without attaching any importance to its emblem, must be left to conjecture. It was certainly of one of the earliest bishops, perhaps Stigand ; and the opinions of the Gnostics are said to have been common in Spain as late as the eighth century. " The other tombs contained fragments of robes and rings, of which one was a plain sapphire, and the other a square sapphire, with an emerald at each corner and one in the middle. " The exact mensuration of the cathedral is as follows : — " Nave — From the west entrance to the entrance of the choir, 151 feet long and 26 feet wide ; original aisles, 12 feet ; additional aisles, 14 feet; total internal width, 97 feet; vaulting of the nave, 61 feet 6 inches. " Transept — 129 feet long and 34 feet wide. " Choir — From the west entrance to the altar screen, 100 feet long and 26 feet wide ; aisles, 12 feet wide ; total internal width, 60 feet ; vaulting of the choir. 59 feet 2 inches ; under the great tower, 67 feet. " Presbytery — From the altar screen to the east window, 40 feet ; and from thence to the entrance of the library, 39 feet. " Library, or Chapel of Our Lady — 47 feet long and 21 feet wide. " Cloisters — West side, 84 feet long by 14 feet 6 inches wide ; south, 198 feet long by 10 feet 4 inches wide ; east side, 122 feet 4 inches long by 10 feet 3 inches wide. " Total external length of the church from east to west, 407 feet. " Spire— 271 feet. " The Bishop's Palace, Deanery, Vicar's College, &c.— The ancient episcopal palace is situate to the westward of the cathedral. From the discovery of a Roman pavement and coins it was, without doubt, originally erected soon after the cathedral church, upon the scite of a considerable Roman building and ; most probably upon that which formed part of the residence of Cissa. During the lapse of so many centuries its external form has been much varied. At present it consists of a spacious house, having two wings connected by an open corridor, and containing apartments well suited to the purposes of episcopal residence. The hall was anciently applied not only for the purpose of hospitality, but likewise for a judicial trial ; and there is an instance in the bishop's register where one Wm. Lewis, Prior of Sele, was summoned before the bishop in his palace hall (In aula sua infra palaticum Cicestrensis), to answer to a charge made against him. During the long occupation of this resi dence by Bishop Ashburnham, the palace was much dilapidated, and a very considerable sum was received of C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 25 his executors by his successor. Bishop Buckner, and applied, with a liberal addition of his own monies, to ren der the house fit for episcopal residence ; and his improvements were certainly dictated by judgment and taste. These alterations and improvements are recorded on a stone tablet placed against the wall in the corridor. The city wall, with its terrace, incloses eight acres of garden and pleasure ground, from which circumstance it gains the advantage of a suburban situation. " Several of the more ancient parts are retained in a state of perfect repair. The chapel is of the age of Henry III. The intersecting ribs of the roof are more complicated and numerous than in earlier specimens, but the windows are of a still later date. The door-case has a Norman moulding, and is circular. " The refectory, or great dining room, was remodelled by Bishop Sherburne. Few so perfect specimens are still preserved as of the timber ceiling of this room, which is painted in compartments with gothic scrolls, and the coat armour of William Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Lord De La Warr, of Halnaker ; Sir Henry Owen, of Midhurst; and Bishop Sherburne. " The entrance to the bishop's palace, from the South-street, leads through Canongate, which was repaired by Edward Moore, warden of Winchester College, and to which the manor of Canongate is annexed. It appears to have been built about the reign of Richard II. , and to have been conteraporary with the refectory of the Vicar's College. Another gatehouse, immediately communicating, contains the prison, anciently belonging to the bishop's jurisdiction, in which refractory clerks and heretics were confined, and by whom an officer, called Custos Palatii, was formerly appointed, with a salary arising out of the manor of the Broill. " The deanery is a handsome house in the style of the last century, and was rebuilt in 1725, by Dean Thomas Shirlock, afterwards Bishop of London, at an expense of 4,000/. The ancient deanery house extended to the city wall, and was partly built upon it. Two only of the residentiaries have houses, in one of which is a Norman arch with dancette mouldings of great beauty and antiquity. The precentor and treasurer have houses with spacious gardens ; that of the former is said to have been the residence of William de Albini, the fourth Earl of Arundel of that name, after the concession of one quarter of the city by his ancestors to the church. " The Close, or College Precinct, had formerly two arched gates communicating with the West-street, of which one only remains. The houses between them, on the south side of the Westrstreet, were held by lease under the dean and chapter from the 7th of King John. As the leases fall in, the houses are resumed by the dean and chapter, and pulled down so as to throw open the view of the cathedral from the West-street. " The prebendal free-school stands in the West-street, near the Close. The dwelling-house has been handsomely rebuilt, but the ancient school-room still remains, with little to interest the antiquary. Bishop Edward Story, in 1497, ^^^ ^^ founder, and with the most liberal views of extensive utility. In the preamble to his statutes, he states his motives to have been ob ignoratiam sacerdotum et raritatem ministrorum diocesios nostrts Cicestr., as a nursery for the clergy, and the education of all born within the diocese. He especially ordains that no gratuity should be offered to the master by the parents of the children, prtzter gracias ei datas, upon forfeiture of ten shillings to the dean and chapter for each offence. With his scholars he was required to officiate in St. Mary's Chapel (long ago destroyed), and to attend mass in St. George's Chapel ; ^ for these services, rich and curious vestments were bequeathed to him. The dean and chapter are enjoined to elect within thirty days after a vacancy ; and if the bishop should delay to collate the master so elected to the prebend of Heighley, he shall forfeit five pounds sterling to the dean and chapter, lands in Amberley having been granted to him on this condition. The most eminent scholar educated here, was the celebrated John Selden. The present master is the Rev. Charles Webber, Jun. The institution is of no use to the inhabitants of Chichester, though called a free-school. The master, it is said, is not bound by the statutes to teach his scholars anything beyond the Latin tongue, and no parent will confine the education of his child to such an attainment ; hence, that Near the cloisters, but now totally gone. VOL. II, 26 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iJ. of Chichester. which by the good bishop was intended for the advantage of the city, is by this defect rendered nugatory. Some years ago the dean and chapter, much to their praise, attempted to open the school for the reception ofthe citizens' sons, but were not seconded in their efforts by the inhabitants. « The Parochial Prebends anciently established in the church of Selsey, were transferred with the epis copal see to Chichester, and were considered as a distinct collegiate body, tobe assembled in chapter for council and aid of the bishop. The dean and other dignitaries were incorporated at the close of the twelfth century, by Bishop Seflrid the second, who delivered them a body of statutes for their future regulation. The chapter for meriy consisted of a dean, praecentor, chancellor, treasurer, two archdeacons, and thirty-one canons ; but Bishop Curteys, in the years 1573 and 1574, ordained that the numbers should be reduced to five, to be chosen from the prebendaries, of whom the dean was always to be one.i These have the administration of the affairs of the chapter, and share in the com rents and the fines incident to the renewal of leases. On the death of a residentiary, the dean and the three survivors, elect a successor from the prebendaries. The value ofthe deanery is estimated at 600/., and the residentiaries at 500/. a year. Three of the canons have houses attached to their offices, and most of the prebendaries have corps attached to their prebends, consisting of impropriate tithes, farms, and manors, held under lease either on lives, or for a term of years ; and eighteen dignitaries have stalls in the choir. There are some without any corps, and only a very small reserved rent. Four of the prebends were founded by Bishop Sherburne, which must be given to such as have been educated at either Winchester, Oxford, or New College. The deanery is in the gift of the crown ; the other dignitaries and canonries are in the gift of tbe bishop, except the prebend of Highly, to which the free-school is attached, and which is in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The term of residence is three months. Two of the residentiaries have houses, which are in the bishops' appro priation. The dignitaries and canons have preaching terms in the cathedral ; the best endowed have two terms, the others one, except the prebendaries of Middleton, Firle, Seaford, and Hempstead, who, on account of the smallness of value, are excused altogether. " In the fourteenth century it was deemed expedient that the ViOARs' Choral should be constituted as a col legiate body, who should lead a conventual life, having distinct lands allotted for their support, with a common seal and a principal, who should preside over them within their own walls. Such a college had been established at Hereford, which offered a model for this at Chichester. In no instance previous to their incorporation by royd charter, did their nuraber exceed twenty ; nor have we accounts of more than twelve after their regular establish ment. Their present number is only four, who are appointed by the dean and chapter. Although the patent of in corporation ofthe principal and vicars bears date 5th Edward IV. (1464), yet they had a house appropriated to their residence in 18th Richard II. (1395). The ancient guildhall in the South-street having been surrendered lo the crown in the foregoing year, it was granted in mortmain to the bishop, for the future residence of the vicars ; and additional buildings were then erected, with a certain degree of uniformity, and surrounded by a cloister, which was removed about fifty years since. The whole consists of the original refectory and dormitory, with the kitchen, now used for other purposes ; together with thirteen dwelling houses, in three of which the vicars reside, and is enclosed by a college gateway, according to ancient custom. " There are also, for the service ofthe church, an organist, four singing-men, and six choristers, who, with the vergers and bedesmen, complete the present establishment." With regard to the appointment of residentiaries in this church, we have to state some curious circum stances that arose about half a century ago, on the death of Dr. Hurdis, one of that body, on the 29th of March, 1 The following is a list of the prebends, alphabeti cally arranged : — In the Arehdeacomy of Chichester. — Bracklesham, Bury, Colworth, Eartham, Ferring, Fittleworth, Gates, Highley, Marden. Selsey, Sidlesham, Somerieigh. Thor ney, Waltham, Wisborough, Wittering, Ipthorn, Wood- home. Oving is attached to the prsecentorsliip. In the Archdeaconry of Lewes. — Firles, Heathfield, Hempsted, Hova-Ecclesia,Hova-Villa, Bishopshurst, Mid dleton, Sutton, Seaford. There are also four prebends founded by Bishop Sherburne, viz., Bursalis, Bargeham, Exceit, Windham. All the dignities and prebends except Highley and Barham are in the gift of the bishop. To these two the dean and chapter present, and the bishop collates. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 27 1784. On the 1st of August, 1784, the remaining four of the members chapter, in obedience to the statutes of the church, met in the chapter room for the election of a successor to Dr. Hurdis. At this election the Rev. C. Harward, the dean,^ and the Rev. William Webber, one of the residentiaries, voted for the Rev. John Buckner, prebendary of Eartham, one of the candidates, and the senior prebendary ; and the Rev. John Courtail, and the Rev. Combe Miller,^ the other residentiaries voted for the Rev. George Metcalfe, prebendary of Sutton, the junior prebendary. In consequence of the votes being thus equally divided, no election was made. On the 10th of October, the surviving members of the chapter again met, when another election took place, and each member voted for the sarae person for whom he had voted at the preceding chapter. In conse quence of the vacancy continuing, two ofthe parties, viz., Courtail and Miller, presented an appeal petition to the bishop (Sir William Ashburnham), as ordinary and visitor, thereby praying that he would be pleased to take cognizance of the matter, and proceed therein, according to law and the exigency of the case, as to him should seem meet. In consequence of this appeal and petition, the bishop, on the 4th of January, 1785, issued his citation or monition against the said four surviving residentiaries, to appear before hira in the library of the cathedral on the 12th January, 1785, to show cause why they had not filled up the vacancy, and why he, the bishop, by his power, ordinary and visitatorial, should not fill up the same, by reason that the right of so doing had devolved upon him for that turn, by default of the chapter in not filling up such vacancy in due time.* Accordingly, a special visitation of the bishop was held in the library on the day mentioned, on which occasion all the four members met his lordship, according to the monition issued by him, when the two petitioners and appellants, Courtail and Miller, stated to the court that they had been served with the copy of an order of the Court of Chancery, grounded on a petition filed by Harward and Webber, praying that the bishop might be restrained from proceeding to fill up the vacant residentiaryship, and the bishop being also served with a copy of such order, he adjourned the court to a further day. In their petition they state, among other things, that the cathedral church of Chichester is of royal foundation ; that there are no instances of any bishop of the see having ever claimed or exercised any right of filling up any vacancies of residentiary of the said church under any circumstances whatever ; that by the statutes of this church, no visitor is appointed, and that the king has alone the right, in case of the chapters not agreeing among themselves, to nominate and fill up the vacant office of residentiary. It does not appear whether the case ever came before the Court of Chancery, or, if it did, what was its decision. But the vacancy continuing, the bishop, in exercise of his visitatorial power, against which the other parties pro tested at a visitation or court held for that purpose, nominated and appointed the said Rev. George Metcalfe to be a residentiary, in the room of Dr. Hurdis ; whereupon the bishop issued his monition, directed to the dean and the three others members of the chapter, enjoining and commanding them to admit Mr. Metcalfe into residence as canon, and into receipt of the emoluments thereof. To this monition Mr. Courtail and Mr. Miller appeared, and declared their readiness to obey the episcopal mandate, but the two others refused. On this a monition was issued against them, to appear on the 16th of January, 1787, to show cause why they shonld not be excommu nicated for not obeying the bishop's mandate. Accordingly they appeared, when the dean addressed his lordship as follows : — 1 He was afterwards Dean of Norwich. 2 He was brother of Sir John Miller, Bart., and was afterwards Dean. * The petition set forth that the ancient statutes by which the cathedral church was principally governed, were made and given to the church in the time of Richard Curteys, Bishop of Chichester, in 1573 and 1574, and that by the 3rd and 6th articles of the said statutes of 1574 it is directed, that whereas the revenues of the cathedral are very small, and by reason of multitude of residen tiaries the profits being divided and dispersed into many E 2 hands, the old laudable hospitality is not, and cannot be, kept of any, whereby at this day is grown a contempt of that state. Therefore it is ordered that there shall be no more residentiaries after this time, viz., 1574, than four, besides the dean ; and that no residentiary, or other officer, or member of this church, belonging to the dean and chapter, shall be chosen to any place but on one of the four eve days therein mentioned, viz. : 10th of October, 20th of January, 2nd of May, and the 1st of August, or within three days after. 28 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \R. of Chichester. "My Lobd,— Mr. Webber and I have been served with your lordship's admonition to appear here before your lordship on this' day, to shew cause why we have not obeyed your lordship's mandate to admit the Rev. George Metcalfe, prebendary of Sutton, to be a residentiary, in the room of Dr. Hurdis, deceased, accomjianied with a declaration that, if we did not shew your lordship suflScient cause, and persisted in our refusal to admit the said George Metcalfe, or refused to attend, your lordship would proceed to excommunicate us. " We have now attended your lordship, as we did on the 12th of January, 1785, out of deference to your lordship's situation as bishop of this diocese, which we always wish to see respectable and respected ; but we do now, as we did then, humbly, but firmly, protest against your lordship having any visitatorial power or authority over us on this occa sion, or any right to appoint a member of our body. We conceive the right of filling up vacancies in oar body to be vested in ourselves, by the la-A's of the land. We know that it has always been so exercised, and we are much surprised that your lordship should now think of depriving us of our freehold and franchises, and set up an episcopal claim, of which there is not the smallest trace to be found in any of our records. " We are the more surprised that your lordship should have cited us to appear before your lordship as visitor on such an occasion as the present, as the promotion of Mr. Courtail (who, in an affidavit in the Court^ of King's Bench, has sworn that he verily believes there is not any particular visitor of this church to whom application can be made in cases of this nature), and especially that this step should have been taken in support of a claim which, on the appli cation of Mr. Metcalfe for a mandamus to admit him, the Court of King's Bench has already refused to support. " And your lordship must well know that the only instance of a bishop's interference in the appointment of a resi dentiary, was upon a reference of the body itself to Bishop Hare, expressly as an arbitrator; that Bishop Hare accepted it as such ; and that his arbitration was of no avail, until afterwards confirmed by the chapter. With such evidence, constant usage in our favour, and many other reasons we could advance, we are sure your lordship's mind is of too liberal a turn to blame us for supporting what, upon such grounds, we conceive to be our rights. Could we, however, have imagined that your lordship was still of opinion that it was proper for your lordship to support a claim, which none of your predecessors ever attempted, we should have hoped that your lordship would have been satisfied with urging it as a civil plea in a court of law, which alone is competent to settle such a question ; and would not have assumed to yourself the decision of your own cause. We should also have assured ourselves that your lordship's regard for the honour of the church would have prevented your lordship from threatening one who is next in dignity to your self, and another in a high situation in that church, with the heavy punishment of excommunication for not implicitly surrendering their rights to your lordship. " If we have formed a mistaken opinion concerning our rights, we must indeed submit to the charge of error ; but we trust that an honourable and steady prosecution of the question will not be deemed a sin in a christian and free country. "We cannot believe that in our circumstances such a conduct is in any view a spiritual offence, and still less that it can subject us, deservedly, to be deprived of the greatest comfort of our religion, or to be held forth to those whose souls are committed to our care, as ourselves unworthy to partake of the privileges and blessings of the holv communion. " We are astonished, therefore, that your lordship should have threatened us with such an anathema, and still more that this threat has appeared in publick without the smallest notice, and at a time, too, when we had the honour of being daily with your lordship, as we conceived, on a footing of friendly intercourse. " Such a proceeding has obliged us to fly to a court of justice for protection. We have applied to the Court of King's Bench for a prohibition to your lordship from proceeding as your lordship has threatened. The Court has granted a rule for your lordship to shew cause why the prohibition we have prayed for should not be granted ; and in the mean time directs your lordship to stay all proceedings. Our attorney, Mr. Johnson, is here present to serve your lordship with this rule. " Chalks Harward, Dean. " •^«««"'-2/ 10*A, 1787. " William Webber, Canon Residentiary.^" The gentleman who has furnished us with the above narration does not know whether the prohibition was heard or not ; but he supposes that it was, and that an issue Was directed to try the question between the par ties ; for it appears that a trial took place at the Sussex Spring Assizes, in 1786, in a case between John Buckner, clerk, plaintiff, and George Metcalfe, clerk, defendant, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein a verdict was given for the plaintiff, and a new trial between the sarae parties took place in the summer of that year ; and he concludes from the fact that Mr. Metcalfe was for raany years canon residentiary, and Dr. Buckner never was, tbat the verdict was confirmed, and the visitatorial right of the bishop on this extraordinary occasion, when he exer cised his power in favour of Mr. Metcalfe, was consequently confirmed also. In the course of this business a notice Was given to the bishop to produce the following records, which we state as well for the information ofthe public as for the benefit ofthe persons who on any future occasion may be interested in the matter. Books marked ' H. B. E. N. ; ' register of Bishop Read, from 1369 to 1414, marked 'R.;' register of From a MS. furnished by Mr, Dally, C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 29 Bishop Praty, from 1438 to 1441, marked 'E. ;' register of Bishop Edward Storey, from 1478 to 1502, two parts, marked < D. ; ' register of Bishop Sherburne, from 1508, first and sixth parts, marked ' C These were to be produced on the hearing before the chancellor, to show that the cathedral was of royal foundation. There is paid to the chapter, on the admission of a canon residentiary, fifty marks, viz. : twenty-five marks to sustain the fabric of the church, and twenty-five marks to the use of the chapter. The Treasuryship and Sextons. — The housed attached to this office is situate in the cathedral church yard, near to the palace chapel. This office is a perfect sinecure. The person filHng it has a stall in the cathedral, and is, therefore, one of the dignitaries of the church. The Rev. Thomas Francis Davison was the late, and the Rev. H. M. Wagner, of Brighton, is the present treasurer. It is in the gift ofthe bishop. In the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwick, Sir Dudley Rider, his Majesty's Attorney-General, filed an information on the citation of John Burnett and Francis Kemp, two of the sextons, against the Rev. Dr. Thomas Maningham, son of the late Bishop Maningham, then treasurer, in consequence ofthe non-payment of their salary of 61. per annum, which they contended he was bound to pay them. The inforraation set forth, that ever since the founda tion ofthe church, which was before the year 1132, there had been a treasurer of the said cathedral, as appeared by the ancient statutes and books of the church ; that the office of treasurership had, time out of mind, a corps or estate annexed to it ofthe improved value of 185/. per annum, and that tbe reserved rent of that estate, besides fines on renewals, and a dwelling house, was 66/. per annum ; but by whom the office was endowed was not known. That by the said statutes and books it appears, that it was the duty of the treasurer to provide, at his own expense, all the wax candles for the service ofthe church, and to cause them to be duly placed and lighted up, and to take care of the chalices, books, vestments, and other things belonging to the church; and that upon that account he was obliged to have under him a sacrist, with a deputy or subsacrist in orders, and- two servants at least, who were to be chosen with the consent and advice of the dean and chapter, to attend in tolling the bells and opening and shutting the doors ofthe church ; and that the treasurer was obliged lo provide a stt^ient main tenance for the sacrists and servants at his own expence. That for many years the office of sacrist and his deputy had been laid aside and disused ; but that the two servants had all along been, and still were, continued to attend on tolling the bells and opening and shutting the doors, and to do sorae other inferior offices, under the denomi nation of sextons ; and that their duty was then the same as the duty of the two servants formerly was ; and such sextons had used, time out of mind, to receive for such their service the yearly salary or stipend of 6/, between them, which was, and tirae out of mind had been, payable, and was paid by the treasurer for the time being by half-yearly payments, out of the estate or corps annexed to the treasurership, and was charged thereon by virtue of the original endowment ofthe cathedral, or of the said treasurership, as a perpetual charity, allowance, or stipend, to be paid. to such two poor men as should from time to time be sextons of the said church; and that the same so appeared by the certificate or return of ... . Fleshmonger, dean of the cathedral, in con sequence of a commission of the late King Henry VIIL, for inquiring into the value of church preferments, whereby it appeared that Hugh Relfe, their treasurer, craved an abatement of 6/. a year in the valuation of the treasurership, as annually paid by him to two poor sextons of the church, and that the same was allowed to him ; and he was accordingly.'charged proportionably less in his first fruits and tenths. That the treasurer, when a vacancy happens, has always been nominated by the bishop for the time being, but that the dean and chapter have always admitted such treasurer ; and that upon such admission it was always usual, and by the statutes 1 The workmen taking down the residence of the treasurer of Chichester cathedral, for the purpose of rebuilding, dug up an entire spur and a coin of William and Mary ; and, in a piece of timber, were found six thin brass coins, three about the diameter of the late eighteen- penny tokens, the smaller the size of a shilling. They had legends on both sides, the characters of which are of the Roman form, but are too much abbreviated to lead to any other surmise than that they are either from German or Dutch mints. No date appears on them, but within the circle formed by the legend, on the obverse side, is an orb, surmounted by a cross ; and on the reverse, a rose in the centre, with four celestial crowns. 30 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. directed, that a bond should be taken from the treasurer so admitted for payment and performance of all duties whatsoever in respect of his office, and to observe the statutes and ordinances touching the same ; and that it was also usual forthe dean and chapter, at the time of his admission, to administer an oath to him to the same purport. The information then goes on to state, that in the year 1712, Dr. Maningham was appointed and admitted treasurer, and took the oath, but that he refused to pay the sextons their salary, pretending they had not been nominated by him, and that they were not his servants, and that he was not obliged to pay them the said salary ; whereupon, in the year 1713, a complaint of such reftisal was made by the then sextons to the dean and chapter, who thereupon ordered the said treasurer to discharge the arrears of such salary, and to pay the same for the future, or that otherwise they would sue him for the same ; and that he in consequence had paid the same till Midsummer, 1745, when he refused to continue the payment, wherefore this information was filed against him.i What was the result of the information we are unable to state. Of the splendid monuments and monumental inscriptions our limits will not enable us to give any detailed account. The most interesting have been already mentioned. We close this account of the cathedral with the following paragraph, extracted from Daily's Chichester Guide, relating to the discoveries already mentioned :— " By the removal, lately, of some large masses of stone in the cathedral, there appeared two stone coffins, the lids of which having an episcopal staff carved on them, denoted a deposit that eventually proved very interesting. Each of these coffins was of one entire stone. The one first opened presented the appearance of a body, which, at the time of its interment, was splendidly decorated in episcopal vestments, with a pastoral staff placed diagonally across it over the right leg, with the crook across the left shoulder. On the left breast was placed a handsome shaped chalice and paten of pewter. Under the right hand, which crossed the centre of the body, was found a gold ring, with a black stone of the size and shape of a barley corn. The exploration of the second coffin completely eclipsed the importance of the first, owing to the superior magnificence of the deposit, and the once beautiful and splendid dress in which the body was enveloped. There was no appearance of a mitre or dress on the head, but the remains of a cowl were evident, which had been placed upon the neck. The inner dress, or shroud, was wound round the body many times, over which were the episcopal vestments, fringed across the knees and sides of the legs. Under this fringed garment appeared a skirt, reaching to the leather shoes, the heels of which were raised by means of wood inclosed in the leather. "The right arm crossed the body on the hip, in order to hold the pastoral staff placed diagonally across the body, the ferule of which rested at the bottom corner of the coffin, outside the right foot, continuing over the body, and terminating across the left shoulder, with a handsome gothic crook of hard black and highly-polished bone, attached to the staff by a gold socket, highly ornamented with a bird and foliage. Tbe beauty of the chalice and paten found upon the left breast astonished the beholders, arising from their perfect state, their elegance of shape, and the neatness of the workmanship. The paten, which was six inches in diameter, had an inverted border within an inch ofthe outside, in the centre of which was engraven a hand giving the benediction, between a star and a crescent. Of these remains, before they were touched, a drawing was made by Mr. King, in the position they lay ; after which, search was made for the episcopal ring, which was found under the right hand. It was a highly-polished transparent agate, in some places of a deep reddish colour, beautifully set in gold, and as strong as when first mounted. This handsome piece of workmanship consisted of a matrix serving for the episcopal seal, engraved with a device resembling a peacock's head and neck, tufted on the top and wattled, and thrown over the head and shoulders of a grotesque figure, who held a baton in the right hand and a shield in the other. The feet were turned up on each side, and terminated with the head of a dog or fox, instead of shoes. The length of each coffin was seven feet ; of the pastoral staff five feet eight inches ; and the last-mentioned skeleton was five feet three inches, an dthe other five feet nine inches long." " The Bishops. — The first account we have of the establishment of Christianity in this county is, that Wilfrid, the exiled Archbishop of York, at the close of the seventh century, landed, on his return to England, at the peninsula of Selsey, where he was hailed on his arrival, according to monkish tradition, by the performance of a miracle. The inhabitants of that district were said to have been ignorant of the art of catching fish, when Wilfrid, having 'contrived a net, soon found a miraculous draught, which he distributed among this rude people, and thus predisposed them to receive his doctrines. It is a matter of uncertainty whether the donations with which he was enriched were derived from Edilwalch, King of the South Saxons, or his successor, Ceadwalla, King of the West Saxons ; the latter, however, is generally considered as the founder of the bishopric, the original endowment of which (being then for a monastery only), consisted of the island of Selsey, containing 87 From a MS. in the possession of Mr. Dally. C. of Chichester.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 31 plough lands or carucates, with 85 families, and 250 peasants or slaves, to whom the bishop gave immediate liberty." From the year 680 to IO7O the bishopric of Selsey was filled by the following twenty-two bishops — BISHOPS OF SELSEY, OR THE SOUTH SAXONS. 1 Wilfrid 2 Eddbright a Eolla 4 Sigga, Sigehelm, or Sigefride 5 .ffilbright 6 Osa, or Bosa ... ... 7 Giselhere 8 Toha, or Tota 9 Weghtun 10 Etelulph 1 1 Beornege, or Berneges A.D. 680 12 Ceddreght ... 711 13 Godard... ... 718 14 Alfred ... ... 733 15 Eadhelm ... 761 16 Ethelgar ... 790 17 Ordbright ... 817 18 Ealmer ... ... 844 19 Ethelrike, Agelric 873 20 Grimketil, Grimkeld 891 21 Hetta, or Hecca 906 22 .ffigelric ... A.D. 924 942960970980 988 1003 101910391047 1057 " During this period the revenues were increased by various grants, and the limits of the see extended to its present boundaries, which include, except where the Archbishop of Canterbury's peculiars intervene, the whole of the county of Sussex, and did, at one time, include part of the Isle of Wight, which was afterwards added to the see of Winchester. " The limits of the diocese extending beyond the original endowment by Ceadwalla, a residence for the bishop in an obscure corner of his diocese, where the sea encroached and where the air was insalubrious, would be considered inconvenient. When the conquest of England had been achieved, audits civil and ecclesiastical administration somewhat settled, William, in pursuance of a plan he had formed to remove bishoprics from villages to oities, transferred the see, in 1075, during the episcopate of Stigand, from Selsey to Chichester, which he found, in extent and population, the largest town in the county. " Of the sixty-seven bishops who have filled this see, from Stigand to the present bishop, inclusive, many have been distinguished for their learning and piety, and tbe active part they have taken in public affairs. " At the time of the Norman Conquest the see of Selsey was filled by .Agelric, at that time advanced in years, but of high reputation for his knowledge of the Saxon laws ; on this account he was not displaced, but continued in the see till his death, in IO7O." We shall give a chronological table of his successors. BISHOPS OF CHICHESTER. A.D. a.d. 1 Stigand 1070 15 Stephen de Berghestede ... 1262 2 Godfrey 1087 16 Gilbert de Saneto Leofardo ... 1288 3 Ralph 1091 17 John de Langton ... ... 1305 4 Seffrid 1125 18 Robert de Stratford ... ... 1338 6 Hilary 1146 19 William de Lenne, or Lullimore 1362 6 John de Greueford 1173 20 William Rede ... ... ... 1369 7 Seffrid II 1180 21 Thomas Rushoke ... ... 1385 8 Simon Fitz-Walter, or de Welles 1204 22 Richard de Metford ... ... 1389 9 Nicholas de Acquila ... ... 1210 23 Robert Waldeby ... ... 1395 10 Richard Poore ... 1215 24 Robert Reade ... ... ... 1396 11 Ralph II., or de Warham ... 1217 25 Stephen Partington ... ... 1410 12 Ralph III., or de Nova Villa ... 1222 26 Henry Ware ... ... •». 1418 13 Richard de la Wyche, or St. Richard 1245 27 John Kemp ... ... til 1420 14 John de Climping ... ... 1253 28 Thomas Poldon ¦•t • •• 1421 32 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \_R. of Chichester. 29 Richard Rickingdale 30 Simon Sydenham 31 Richard Praty ... 32 Adam Moleynes 33 Reginald Peacock 34 John Arundel ... 35 Edward Storey 36 Richard Fitzjames 37 Robert Sherburne 38 Richard Sampson 39 George Day 40 John Scory 41 John Christopherson 42 William Barlow 43 John Curteys ... 44 Thomas Bickley 45 Anthony Watson 46 Lancelot Andrewes 47 Samuel Harsnet 48 George Carleton 1426 1429 143814451449 1458 1478 1503 15071536 1543 1552 1557 15591570 168416961605 1609 1619 49 Richard Montague 50 Bryan Duppa 51 Heni-yKing 62 Peter Gunning 53 Ralph Brideoak 54 Guy Carleton 55 John Lake 56 Simon Patrick 57 Robert Grove 58 John Williams 59 Thomas Manningham 60 Thomas Bowers 61 Edward Waddington 62 Francis Hare 63 Mathias Mawson 64 Sir William Ashburnham, Bart. 65 John Buckner ... ... ... 66 Robert James Carr 67 Edward Maltby 1628 1638 1641 1669 1675 1678 1685 16901691 1696 17091722 1724 1731 1740 17541798 18241831 HUNDRED OF MANHOOD. ^ South of Chichester commences a district containing, » seven parishes, included within the bishop's barony, called the Manhood, or Manwode. This district being in the immediate neigh bourhood, and partly identical with Selsey, the original scite of the bishop's see, was among the earliest possessions of the bishopric ; and, indeed, a great part of the property is now held either under the bishop, under the dean and chapter, or under the prebendaries. This territory was given by Edelwalch, King of Wessex, to Wilfrid, the exiled Bishop of York, and was con firmed by Ceadwalla, with additions, about the year 680. After the conquest by William of 1 As to the origin of the term " Manwode," its deriva tion, by Mr. Dallaway, is conjectured to be Saxon, Meon- ude, and so called as having been included in the Saxon district of east and west Meon, in Hampshire, which was the western boundary of the Sussex Weald, or Great Forest. In the bishop's archives there is a volume marked " T," entitled " Liberties of the Barony of Manwode." In the year 1525, a claim was made to part of the Man hood by William Earl of Arundel, in right of his manor of Almodington ; to settle which dispute, a meeting took place in the hundred court-house, between Sherburne, then Bishop of Chicbe.ster, and John Stilman, the Earl's counsel, and many suitors of the court, tp the number, the record states, of 300, when the boundaries of the several demesnes of those two lords was fixed ; which boundaries the account adds, accorded with the original donation of king Ceadwalla to the see of Selsey. These boundaries, an account of which here would be unin teresting to the general reader, are set forth in Hay's " History of Chichester," and in Dallaway's " History of Western Sussex," and the original record may be found in a book marked " P. B." Vol. XVIII. p. 2. The Bishop of Chichester, being lord of the hundred, holds a court-leet annually, at Birdham, for the appoint ment of constables for the several parishes within the hundred ; all residents (resiants) are bound to attend this court, or be amerced. But most hundred-courts or courts-leet of this description, except for the purpose mentioned, are falling into disuse. p. of Selsey.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 33 Normandy, it was erected into a barony, by the tenure of which the Bishop of Chichester sat as a peer in parliament. The whole hundred, forming an acute angled irregular paralellogram of about seven miles by four, is on a low scite ; the soil is generally fertile ; in some places marshy, and producing but little wood. The London clay prevails throughout not only this but several adjoining districts. The parishes included mthin the hundred are Selsey, Earnley, East Wittering, West Wittering, Sidlesham, Birdham, and West Itchenor, comprising 14,150 acres. SELSEY.^ The historical reminiscences attached to Selsey are of a very interesting nature. Here was founded the first monastery in Sussex after the establishment of Christianity in England ; and Wilfrid, afterwards canonized, was its founder, and subsequently became its first bishop ; in the foundation of which, first, Edilwalch, King of the South Saxons, with Ali, his queen, both recently converted from paganism, and secondly, Ceadwalla, King of Wessex, who was converted by Wilfrid to the faith, became munificent benefactors by extensive grants of land in Sussex, and some in the Isle of Wight, which then formed part of Sussex, but was subsequently detached therefrom. In Wilfrid and his successors, from the year 680 for a period of nearly 400 years, viz. : till the year 1070 to the episcopacy of Stigand, the last Bishop of Selsey and the first of Chichester, the see continued, when it was removed to the last named place, by order of the Conqueror, whose plan was to remove bishoprics from villages to cities ; nor is the wisdom oi* propriety of the measure to be disputed. Of the Saxon cathedral and episcopal residence and demesnes, there are no remains. The sea flows over what then really was, and is to this day denominated, " the Park," being a place of anchorage for fishermen ; nor does any part of the parish retain the least vestige of antiquity except the church. But the park was not gone in Bishop Sherburne's time, as it appears that in the 25th of the reign of Henry VIII. a lease was granted of it by that bishop to John Lews and Agatha, his wife, at the rent of Al., with a cove nant to have sufficient herbage for seventy or eighty deer. A very curious, and we hope uncommon, circumstance is recorded by Mr. Dallaway, concerning some poachers of that day, who had broken into the bishop's park at Selsey, then held by Bishop Rede (the same who built Amberley Castle), in pursuit of a deer, which provoked the bishop so much (perhaps from a frequent repetition of the offence) that he fulminated a decree from his castle against the depredators, excommunicating them by the greater excommunication, and ordered the same to be performed in every church of the deanery. They are called in this violent record, " Dam- puacionis filii, " and " spiritu diabolico seducto, " and are to be condemned by "bell, book, and candle ! " that is, the bells are to ring, the cross to be raised, the candles to be lighted and then to be extinguished, the priest at the moment of its extinction declaring that "so shall the light of the offenders be extinguished for ever and ever ! so be it ! so be it ! Amen." Happily these impious ceremonies are at an end. 1 Derived, according to Bede, from the Saxon Seols-ey, signifying the island of seals ; but the conjecture is very vague and far-fetched. Seals do not abound, and in fact are seldom seen off Selsey or the adjoining coast. Tlje derivation of the term is lost in the obscurity of ages. VOL. II 34 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. The scite of the episcopal palace and the cathedral is supposed to have been nearly a mUe in what is now sea, to the east of the present church. The " Park " extended along the south east coast, long since absorbed. Camden says that in his time ruins of a building were visible at low water. " In this isle remaineth onely the dead carkasse, as it were, of that anciente little citie, wherein those bishops sat, and the same hidden quite with water at everie tide, but at a low water evidente and plaine to be seen." ^ The parish of Selsey forms a peninsula, being surrounded on all sides by the sea, except on the north-west, where it is connected with the main land by an isthmus, several furiongs, across. Pagham harbour constitutes its nothern boundary, and portions of the parishes of Sidlesham and Earnley the western. It contains 2,880 acres of chiefly arable land, and produces average crops of wheat, bariey, oats, peas, and a few beans. The soil is generally a strong loam upon a sandy subsoil. Young says that the peninsula of Selsey is rented at 1,800/. per annum, and the farms vary from 50?. to 400/. a year. The soil is argilaceous, but not equal in fertility to that of Pagham, where marl is more easily procured.^ The western division is flat and low, and is frequently overflown by the sea, from which it suffered severely in the great storm of November the 23rd, 1824, when nearly half the parish was under water. Agues and fevers in the spring and autumn prevail much in Selsey, Sidlesham, and Earnley ; but the eastern part of this parish is considered particularly healthy ; so much so, that in the late war, a dejpdt was established there for military convalescents. According to the last census, in 1831, the population of the parish is 821. The chief landed proprietor is Lord Selsey. There is an extensive fishery for cockles, prawns, lobsters, and crabs, on the coast ; oysters, in great quantities, are taken in the winter season, and of late a considerable quantity of cod. The sands are remarkably firm and dry, affording a delightful drive for the distance of at least ten miles along the coast. About sixty years ago, when the sea encroached much upon the land, bones of an immense size were washed out from about sixteen feet below the surface. They are, even now, frequently brought up by the fishermen when dredging for oysters. Three of these huge animal remains are in the possession of Mr. John Arnell, of Selsey. About three hundred yards to the eastward of the place where these bones were found, large trunks of trees and fossil shells are even now washing out of the blue clay below the beach, at about the same depth. In the harbour between Selsey and Pagham, and about a quarter of a mile from Selsey church, is a place called by the fishermen the Hushing Pool. It has been lately visited by some gentlemen belonging to the " Chichester Philosophical Society," to one of whom we are indebted, through the kindness of Mr. Arnell, for the following account of it: — " My curiosity having been excited by an account of the Hushing Pool near Selsey, I was induced, in company with some friends, to pay it a visit. .On being conveyed in a boat to the middle of Pagham Harbour, about midway between Selsey and Pagham churches, we were astonished to find the water apparently in a state of ebullition from the rushing of immense volumes of air to the surface. The space occupied by this singular phenomenon was found to be about 130 feet in length by 30 in breadth. The sound of the bursting of the bubbles resembled the simmering of a huge cauldron ; 1 Dr. Holland's Camden, p. 308. 2 Young's Ag. Sur. p. 7. p. of Selsey.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 35 and we were assured that on a still day it may be heard as far as Selsey church — more than a quarter of a mile distant. We filled some bottles with the air, for the purpose of analysis. As the tide ebbed, we found that the bank through which the air rushed was a bed of shingle ; the bubbling was evident as long as the bank remained moist ; and on digging about two feet in depth, and throwing water in the hole, the ebullition was renewed. The temperature of the water was 44° ; of the atmosphere, 48"; and of the air, as it bubbled through the water, 44". It is diflScult to offer any satisfactory explanation of this extraordinary phenomenon. The most obvious one seems to be, that beneath is some large cavity from which the air is expelled by the water rushing in ; but this does not account for the circumstance that when the beach is left dry the rushing out of the air continues. The air we collected proved to be atmospheric." The village, which is large, consisting chiefly of one long street, is said originally to have been situated near the centre of the peninsula ; but the gradual yet incessant attrition of the waves upon the coast has rendered it almost a watering place, its distance from the sea being not more than half a mile. The houses in one street are chiefly inhabited by fishermen employed in catching lobsters and prawns, which are sent twice a week to supply the London markets. In the time of Henry I. a grant was obtained for holding here a yearly fair for three days, beginning on the Feast of St. Lawrence. In Doomsday Seleisie is mentioned under the hundred oi Sumerley, and in the following translated terms : — " The Bishop (of Chichester) holds Seleisie in domain. In the time of King Edward it was rated at ten hides, and so it continues. The arable is seven plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and fourteen villains with eleven bondsmen have five ploughs. Here are two domestics and six houses in Chichester, producing thirty-eight pence. Goisfred holds one hide of this manor, William half a hide and half a rood of land ; and they have one plough and a half, with one bondsman. The whole, in the reign of the Confessor, was valued at twelve pounds ; it has since beeu estimated at ten. At present the domain of the bishop is appreciated at twelve pounds ; the district of the homagers, forty shillings." The manor of Selsey was dismembered from the see of Chichester in 1561. It then became vested in the crown. Sir William Morley, K.B., purchased it in 1635 for the sum of 4,100/., with a reserved rent to the crown of 56/. 2s. O^d., which was granted to the Bishop of Winton (G. Morley), and is now paid to his trustees. Sir Henry Peachey, Bart., by purchase in 1736, became lord, whose nephew. Sir James Peachey, Bart., was created Baron of Selsey in 1794, and in 1808 was succeeded by his son, HenrV John Lord Selsey, the present pos- sessor.i The principal proprietors of this very valuable land are, his lordship, Mr. John Stubbington, Mr. Copes, and Mr. Souter. Medmeny and Barclays are reputed manors within the parish of Selsey. Medmeny, in Saxon, signifies a whirlpool — a designation peculiarly applicable to this part of the coast, which has suffered so much from the encroachments of the sea. Hartleys and East Thorney are two prebendal manors, of which the former is annexed to the prebend of Waltham ; the latter is chiefly in East Wittering. The prebend of Selsey is one of those originally transferred to Chichester. In the Inquisitiones Nonarum, 1340, we learn that in the parish of Selsey there were many arable lands overflowed by the tide ; and the damages, since the Taxation of St. Nicholas, is estimated at eight marks per annum. Selsey was formerly inaccessible at the flood of tide, except by means of a ferry, where a boat was stationed to take horses and passengers from and to Sidlesham. A man and horse paid twopence ; a foot passenger one halfpenny. The farmers and renters of land paid annually a certain portion of corn, according to the number of yardlands and cotlands they held : that is, a bushel of wheat for a yardland, and half a bushel of barley ; a cotland paid half a bushel. But now, by means of a raised causeway, the peninsula is at all times accessible, and the 1 West Sussex, Vol. I. p. 6. F 2 36 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. payments have long since been discontinued. The right to the ferry was in the lord of the manor, as proprietor ofthe waste, and it was formerly one ofthe demesnes of the crown. The benefice is valuable, and comprises a rectory and vicarage united ; it is in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove. The rectory is valued in the king's books at 11/. 3s. 4d., and the vicarage at 8/. It is in the patronage ofthe bishop of Chichester. The appointment of a vicar has for many years been dispensed with. The present incumbent is the Rev. Barre Phipps, who is possessed of the tithes of the whole parish. There are about sixty acres of glebe. The parsonage-house is an ancient and spacioas building, but has under gone considerable alterations and modern improvements. The church is dedicated to St. Peter, as was the ancient cathedral, and is a stately pile of the fourteenth century. It is situated at the north-eastern extremity of the parish, neariy two miles distant from the centre of the village. It consists of a chancel, nave, and two aisles. The tower has never been completed. In the nave are several cofiin-shaped grave-stones of Sussex marble, with carved crosses and other devices ; they are supposed to be commemorative of ecclesiastics ofthe Saxon era, and to have been brought hither when the church was built from the ruins of the old cathedral. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Against the north wall of the chancel is a monumenl with carved effigies, of John Ijews, Esq., and Agatha, his wife. Theit patron saints. was dowter and eyr to Richard Lovel and Agas Gorges; on hos souljh'u have m'cy." Arms. Gu. s-ix bars nebvle, or . and a canton, erm. Lovel. 2 Two loxenges, or. and ae. ; a chev. gu. Gorges. 3. On a chief, two mullets, impaling, ar. a chev. betw. three bugle horns, with band- riques, sa. Wayte." ' On a stone in the church-yard is the following epitaph, from the pen of the late William Hayley, Esq. It is on two young men who were drowned about thirty years ago. As the stone is much exposed to the weather, the inscription is almost obliterated ; but the lines being con sidered approriate as well as beautiful, deserve to be rescued from oblivion : — " Around this grave with veneration tread, For youth and valour graced these honour'd dead j — Grac'd, and yet fail'd their useful lives to save From the dark rage of winter's ruthless wave ; They in the storms of peril, undeprest, Render'd brave succour to a ship distrest : Returning with a generous joy, the shore They seem'd tn reach, but living reach'd no more. Their rescued bodies share this common tomb. Justly we mourn who lose them in their bloom ; — But let this truth our risin? sorrow calm, Their God has called them to an early palm." There is a mound and ditch adjoining the church-yard, supposed to be an ancient British fortification. A court baron of Lord Selsey is annually held here. A school-house was erected for children ofthe parish by the Rev. William Walker of Chichester: The registers commence in 1662. EARNLEY.^ South of Birdham is the parish of Earnley ; Sidlesham and East Wittering are respectively on the east and west. In form the parish approaches that of an oval, extending in its longest diameter about two miles, and in its shortest little more than one. It contains 1,120 statute acres of arable, pasture, and wood land ; but of the latter the proportion is very small, not exceeding forty acres. The arable land is fertile, producing abundant crops of corn. Earnley is six miles and a half S. W. by S. from Chichester, and contains, by the census of 1831, 153 inhabitants. ' ' Dall. W.S. VoI.Lp. 11. « Formerly Earnley, cum Almodington. p. of East Wittering.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 37 Almodington was originally a separate parish, but has long been consolidated with Earnley. Here for some time resided the family of Rishton. The manor is not mentioned in Doomsday, under that denomination, although at an early period it gave name to the family of Ernie or Ernley, who, from the time of Edward L, for several generations, continued to be lords. John de Ernley, temp. Edward I., held lands in North Mundham, Itchenor, Donning ton, and Oving, of the Bishop of Chichester. In 1331 John de Ernley was representative of Sussex. He married his cousin Isabel, the daughter of William de Ernley, and through her he became proprietor of the lordship. The manor- house, a large castellated mansion, stood near the church, and was surrounded by a moat ; some traces of it are yet visible The manor-farm is at present held by William Slade. Sir John Ernley, Knight, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Henry VIIL, was a lineal descendant of this family. He married Anne, daughter of William Dawtrey, by whom he had William Ernley of Cockham, representative for Chichester in 1542. Earnley Farm was purchased in the year 1787, by John Drew, Esq., of Thomas Knight, Esq., of Godmersham, only son of Thomas Knight, Esq., who rishton. changed his name first from Brodnax to May, and afterwards to Knight, and cousin ¦^- on'a^JhaS'efCgu-'' tumed 'up,' erm. » and heir of Richard May, Esq., son of Sir Richard May, for the small sum of Q^ari^!'°Eitn. on a chief, indented, sa. 3,800/. It comprised upwards of 300 acres of land, of which 114 acres were Pedigree!°%ee ^mj'ssuBs.Gea.p°3m. dm. then marsh land, and fifty acres were coppice. Part of the farm extends into the parishes of Sidlesham and East Wittering, and part adjoins Bracklesham. Mr. Drew, on completing his pur chase, built an excellent farm-house on a dry and convenient part of the farm ; and let it, on liberal and advantageous terms, to Mr. Henry Halsted, whose ^^, hospitality was proverbial in the neighbourhood. It now belongs to the Misses £r^lng's. i. Ar. a chev. az. tietw. three ,, _,. TIT-. T. 1,. TT 11 n/i- -\r pheasants, ppr. for Staknev. Drew, daughters of his son, John Drew, Esq., by the Honourable Miss Murray, 2. Ar. guttee, sa. on a fesse, of the second, ' " ' ' T ' ./ J ' three towers, double towered, ar. one of the daughters of the Eari of Dromore, and sister of the Lady Augusta p^^.^^^ see Daii. west. suss. Lp.ls?*"""' Murray, and is let to Mr. Philip Lawrance. ERNLY. At. on a bend, sa. three eagles dis. The living of Earnley is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and is valued in the king's books at 11. 6s. 0\d. It was united in 1526 to the rectory of Almodington. Patrons, the Bishop of Chichester and the Duke of Norfolk : the bishop having two turns to the duke's one. The present incumbent is the Rev. Henry Brown, M. A. The church is a small uninteresting building, containing nothing worthy of being described. The registers commence in 1562. EAST WITTERING. The outline of this parish is extremely irregular. It adjoins the parishes of Earnley, Birdham, and West Wittering ; and Bracklesham Bay forms the southern boundary. It consists of 1,260 acres of arable and pasture, and a few acres of wood land. The soil is of a hazel mould, and very fertile ; the country is low and flat. In 1831 the population was 226. The village lies almost a mile from the sea, near the confines of the parish of West Wittering, and about seven and a half miles from Chichester. From the mouth of Chichester 38 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R, of Chichester. Harbour to the extremity of Selsey Bill, a distance of about eight miles, the sea has encroached so as to have absorbed a considerable portion of the prebendal manor of Bracklesham. The bay thus formed, called Bracklesham Bay, affords at low wat^r a most delightful ride, when the sands are particularly hard and good ; here and there, indeed, are met patches of soft clay, which though they may sometimes impede the pleasure of the ride, afford an ample compensa tion to the geologist, from the various fossil shells, some of them of great rarity. The episcopal manor of East Wittering was, at an early period after the Conquest, in the possession of a family ofthe name of Westeringe, or Witteringe. In 11th Henry VIIL, Sir John Dawtrey died seized of two messuages, three gardens, and 290 acres of land in East and West Wittering, held by knight's service ofthe Earl of Arundel. Sir John Ernley, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, was afterwards in possession of the lordship. In 1620, it was held by Richard Ernley, Esq. The lease is now held by Mr. Henry Sparkes.i Bracklesham and East Thorney, are prebendal manors ; the former wholly, the latter partly within this parish. Somerley is another prebendal manor ; part of the demesne lands of which, are situate near Southgate, without the walls ofthe city of Chichester, and were held by William Fletcher, Esq., and afterwards by Thomas Fletcher, Esq. ; since then by William Deariing, Esq., his brother. The Duke of Richmond has a manor and estate in this parish of about 200 acres, late Hillyers, and before Alcocks. Another proprietor is Miss Torraine, as devisee of Dr. Buckner, late Bishop of Chichester; and another is Mr. Robert Woodman. Stubcroft Farm was the property of William Fowler (since named Leeves), Esq., and now belongs to the devisees of Thomas Sparkes. The arable lands in East Wittering are generally of the most fertile and productive kind. Stubcroft Farm» in this parish, comprising 100 acres, before the suppression of monasteries belonged to Stubcroft Chantry, in St. Michael's Chapel, Chichester ; but at the dissolution, was seized by the crown, and was granted in the 2ndofElizabeth, 1560, to Sir Thomas Byshopp, Bart, (ancestor of Lord De La Zouch), at an annual rent of 10/. 16s. 8d. Here was an ancient endowed chapel, annexed to the vicarage by Archbishop Sherburne, in 1518 ; it is now totally destroyed. The ecclesiastical living is a rectory in the deanery of Boxgrove, rated in Pope Nicholas' taxation at 51. ; the same in the Nonae Roll ; and in the king's books at 61. 16s. 8^. The Bishop of Chichester is patron' Since 1725, more than six acres of the glebe have been absorbed by the sea. The present prebendary is the Rev. James Webber, M. A. The present incumbent is the Rev. William Miller. The church is an ancient building, having portions of architecture of an early Norman aera. The chancel window has been blocked up, and a small square one substituted. The registers commence in 1658. WEST WITTERING. This parish is bounded on the north by Itchenor and Birdham ; on the east by East Wittering ; on the west by Chichester Harbour ; and on the south by the British Channel • com prising 2,500 acres of chiefly arable land, which produces abundant crops of wheat, and some parts excellent barley. The village, consisting of a few scattered houses, is in the south-western part of the parish, about seven miles and a half south-west of Chichester. The district is low, varied by no hill * West Suss. p. of West Wittering.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 39 and dale, but still affording marine views of imcommon extent, variety and magnificence. The Isles of Pilsey, Hayling, and Thorney, with a background of the Hampshire hills, form varied and interesting pictures. The population, in 1831, was 606. The principal land-owners are Messrs. Rickman, Guy, Woodman, and Ide. The prebendal estate, held by the trustees of Oliver Whitby for three lives, comprises about 40 acres. The manor of Westringes is mentioned in Doomsday under the hundred of the same name, and it is said to be held of Earl Roger. It was assessed at one hide, and the arable was one plough land. Under the head of the " Territory of the Bishop of Chichester," Westringes again occurs, where it is stated " the bishop holds Westringes in domain. It has been rated at four hides, equally under the Saxon and Norman governments. The arable is eight plough lands." Clearly two different manors are spoken of, and if we suppose them to be East and West Wittering, one of them was not then in the hands of the bishop. West Wittering, however, from the earliest period, has been an episcopal manor. The original grant was by King Edilwalch, in 673. It was confirmed by the Conqueror on the removal of the see to Chichester, and through the many centuries that have since elapsed, it has continued amongst the episcopal possessions. Cakeham Manor Place, situated between the church and the sea, was the occasional residence of the bishops from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, when it became the residence of the family of Ernley, to whom the estate was leased. It was formerly a spacious mansion, calculated to receive the episcopal retinue ; with a hall> chapel, and large apartments. Bishop Sherburne greatly frequented it ; and, induced by the singular magnificent sea view, bounded by the Isle of Wight, erected a lofty hexagonal tower of brick, with labelled windows, from whence this commanding prospect might be seen with the greatest advantage. This tower is still standing. Of the refectory no traces are left; and ofthe chapel only a single perforated wall. The style of its architecture resembled that in the palace of Chichester, but was of inferior dimensions.^ The lease of Cakeham manor farm was some time held by George Blake Esq., but is now held by Mr, Caleb Rickman, of Chichester, and com prises about 600 acres of land. A family of the name of Fenner, or Atte Fenne, of Crawley, held considerable property in this parish before the time of Queen Elizabeth. fenne. or fenneb. The prebend of Wittering, in the cathedral of Chichester, is valued in the displayed, ar. a cross pattee^,^. ™'^^^"> ^ " Quartering. Gu. three cross bows, or. Pariiamentary Survey at 89/. ; and, as the patronage and advowson ofthe vicarage p^^^g^^, gee Daii. we8t"s1fss!'i:'p.''if."^''' belong to it, these add an additional 25/. Daniel Whitby, M. A., was prebendary in 1660. This eminent divine was born at Rusden, or Rushden, in Northamptonshire, in 1638 ; became a commoner of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1653 ; and in 1654 was elected fellow. He distinguished himself by his zeal in attacking the Catholic writers, for which he was rewarded by Bishop Ward with a prebend in Salisbury Cathedral, and the prsecentorship and rectory of St. Edmund's in that city. He took the doctor's degree, but soon after he incurred censure for a treatise entitled " The Protestant Reconciler." He continued his literary labours, and produced a " Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament," two vols, folio ; and a treatise on the " Five Points" controverted between the Arminians and Calvinists, 8vo., 1710. Towards the close of his life, a complete revolution took place in his literary opinions, and he became an Arian, and had a dispute on the subject with Dr. Waterland. He left a book behind him, called « The Last Thoughts of Dr. Whitby.*" The benefice is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove. In the taxation of Pope Nicholas it was valued at twenty marks. In the Nonse Roll it was taxed at the same sum ; the jurors, however, declared " that there was much arable land which had been absorbed or kid waste by the waves ofthe sea, so that the value was lessened seven marks : they also declared that there had been much arable land 1 Dall. West. Sussex, Vol. L p. 14. « Biog. Brit. ; Gorton's Biog. Diet. 40 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. devastated by the sand near the sea, to the amount of five marks value : they also declared that the grass devoured by the Bishop of Chichester's rabbits lessened the valuation eleven marks," In the king's books, the living is rated at 10/, 8s, 4d. The prebendary is patron. The Rev, Thomas Wheeler Gillam is the present incumbent. The glebe is about twenty acres. The church exhibits portions of architecture of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The tower stands detached from the nave, and on the north side. Three stalls of oak, with misereres ornamented with rosettes, are preserved in the chancel, as also a monument of Caen stone, partly mural and partly projecting. The bas reliefs describe the resurrection, and the annunciation of the Virgin Mary. It has no inscription upon it, but the arms of Ernley appropriate it to William Ernley, Esq., who was resident at Cakeham, 28th Henry VIIL, and died in 1545. John Ryman, who is said to have built the great tower near the cathedral, or contributed towards it by appropriating the stones intended for his castle at Appledram, had an estate in this parish. There are several charities, the principal of wliich was founded by Oliver Whitby, Esq., son of the prebendary, who, in 1702, left 331/. 10«. 8d. per annum, arising from land and rent charge, to be applied for teaching twelve poor boys of Chichester, West Wittering, and Harting, four frora each place. The school was established at Chichester. The founders of three other charities seem to be unknown : one consists of 41. per annum, arising from land ; another of 10s. per annum, the objects of which are not defined in any document which we have met with. The other consists of a rent charge, value on au average about 1/. 10s., to be applied for six bushels of wheat to twelve poor persons. The registers commence in 1622 SIDLESHAM. This extensive parish is bounded on the east by Selsey, Pagham Harbour, and Hunston ; on the west by Earnley and Birdham ; on the north by Donnington ; and on the south by Thorney-* marshes. It contains 3,950 acres of arable, pasture, and wood land ; of which more than 3,000 are arable, and not more than fifty wood land. The soil is generally fertile, producing good crops of wheat, oats, and barley. The principal land-owners are Mr. T. Hobgen, and Mr. William Rusbridger. The village is situated near the north-eastern boundary of the parish, and is distant from Chichester about four miles and a half ; the road from which town to Pagham Harbour passes through it. The population of the parish, in 1831, was 1,002. The manor of Sidlesham was one of those given by Ceadwalla to Wilfrid, as tributary to Selsey. On the transference of the see to Chichester the grant was confirmed by William the Conqueror. It is thus mentioned in Doomsday : — " The bishop holds Silleicham personally in domain. In the time of King Edward it was rated at twelve hides, and so it continues. The arable is twelve plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne ; and sixteen villains, with fourteen bondsmen, have seven ploughs. Here is one acre of meadow, and a wood for enclosures. Gilbert holds three hides of this manor ; Rozelin one hide ; Ulf one hide, aud has three ploughs in the demesne," with twelve bondsmen. The value of the whole, in the reign of the Confessor, was ten pounds ; at a later period it was valued at eight. The district of the bishop is now appreciated at ten pounds ; of the homagers, sixty-five shillings."i The manor continued to be held by the Bishops of Chichester till the beginning of the reign of Queen Eliza beth, who, by virtue of a most unjust act of pariiament, passed in the second year of her reign, in which commissioners were appointed to effect an exchange between her and the bishop of the see, impoverished the bishopric by taking away various manors belonging to it, and this amongst the rest, which yielded considerable annual and improving revenues to the see, and giving dead rents in exchange. This occurred in Bishop ' Doomsday Trans. p. of Sidlesham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 41 Montagu's time, who complained loudly of the injustice of the commissioners' proceedings. George Stoughton, Esq., of Chichester, one of the commissioners, bought, it was said, for 300/. what was worth 300/. per annum. By virtue of this act, Birdham Manor, with the demesne lands attached, was sold to Stoughton. It afterwards passed to Sir Henry Compton, K. B. In 1724 Sir Richard Farrington, Bart., died seised. This manor was, in 1761, the property of Robert Bull, Esq. After several intermediate alienations, the manor became the property ofthe late William Johnson and present John Price, Esqrs., of Chichester. There is a prebend of Sidlesham in the cathedral of Chichester. It is endowed with a farm in this parish, but extending into Earnley ; and to it belongs the tithes of 140 acres in East Wittering and Earnley, and a third part of the tithes of sixty-eight acres in the same parishes. It has also the advowson of the vicarage. The lease of the prebendal tithes belonged to the Rev. Henry Place, and was sold by him to John Drew, Esq., and afterwards became the property of Joseph Figgess, of Chichester, as to two third parts, and to the Rev. Thomas Hudson, of Fittleworth, as to the other third. To the prebend of Highley, or Heighley, in the cathedral church of Chichester, belong the great tithes of a considerable portion of this parish. The prebendary is always the master of the grammar-school, situate in the West-street, Chichester, which, with this prebend, was founded by Bishop Storey, and to which is also attached a good family residence, adjoining the school. The lease of the prebendal tithes, on the marriage of the late Rev. Bartholomew Middleton, sub-dean of Chichester, with Elizabeth, the daughter and co-heiress of Mr. Thomas Powell, the other daughter being dead, was vested in trustees, by way of settlement ; after which, two lives named in the lease having become extinct, a new lease was granted for three lives, by the Rev. Dr. Davis, then prebendary, on payment of 7,000/. for a fine on such renewal. The greatest part, if not the whole ofthe tithes, were subsequently sold to the owners and occupiers of the lands. The quit-rent in the prebendal lease is 20/. per annum. A farm called Homesteddles and Pickhams, in this parish, containing 100 acres, belonged, in 1779, to Thomas Fletcher, Esq., and was leased to Robert Harden, and afterwards to John Hammond. Oakhurst, a farm in the south of the parish, had formerly owners of tbe same name, one of whom, John Okehurst, in the year 1287, founded the chantry of Oakhurst in the cathedral of Chichester. Ham, or Hammes Farm, in this parish, was purchased in the year 1779 by Mr. Thomas Overington, of Sir George Cornewall, of Moccas, in the county of Hereford, Bart., for 5,400/. It contains upwards of 300 acres, by statute measure, of very rich land. It was formerly sub ject to a fee-farm rent of 43/, per annum, but was sold discharged of the same. It is now the property of Mr, Francis Neale, who occupies the same. The manor of Ham, or Hammes, also belonged to Sir George Cornewall, and subsequently to James Piggott, Esq. Keynor, a reputed manor farm in this parish, containing about 500 acres, was purchased in the year 1787, or thereabouts, by John Drew, Esq. Part of it extends to the sea, and is sometimes liable to be injured by high tides. One of the largest mills in the country (which was erected by Mr. Woodroffe Drinkwater, a merchant, at Chichester), is situated in this parish. It is a tide-miU, and is worked by means of the great estuary which flows into Sidlesham, by Pagham Harbour, from the sea. This estuary was occasioned several centuries ago by a sudden irruption of the sea at Pagham, by which 2,700 acres of land were devastated.* The mill was purchased in the year 1782 by Mr. Michael Kingsford, of William Parsons, Esq., brother and devisee of James Parsons, for 5,500/., and was subsequently sold to Mr. Charles Dendy, of Chichester, whose property it now is, and whose 1 Nonae Roll, A.D., 1345. G VOL. II. 42 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iZ. of Chichester. additions and improvements have considerably added to its value. This mill is capable of grinding a load of wheat in an hour. Small vessels ride at anchor close to its wharf; and an extensive coasting trade is carried on by means of its facilities. The ecclesiastical living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, rated in the king's books at 7/. 10s. lOd., and in the patronage of the prebendary of Sidlesham. The great tithes belong to the farmers, and certain only of the small are due to the vicar. In the Nonae Roll the Jurors declare that much arable land had been devastated by the flowing of the sea reducing the value of the prebend a hundred shillings per annum. There are about sixteen acres of glebe. The present incumbent is the Rev. Edward Goddard. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture. The lancet-shaped window, and the circular font standing upon five short pillars, determine them, according to Mr. Dallaway, to be not later than the reign of Edward I. The tower is compa ratively modern, and embattled. In the church is an ancient oak-chest, beautifully carved, a sketch of which is presented by the Rev. E. Goddard. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Near the chancel is a mural monument consisting of two figures kneeling at a desk, and not two feet in height ; the inscription shows that it is for Re- becca, daughter of John Bennet, of London, Esq., late wife of George Taylor, of this parish, ob. 1631, set 45. The following' beautiful lines are in the church-yard, inscribed on a tomb erected to the memory of Joan Carnaby : — Who mourns the best of wives and friends combin'd, Where female softness met a manly mind : Mourns, but not murmurs ; sighs, but not despairs; "When sorrow weeps o'er virtue's sacred dust. Our tears become us, and our grief is just : Such were the tears he shed, who grateful pays This last sad tribute of his love and praise; Feels as a man, but as a Christian bears " The following inscription is on the bell : — " Per quos fuildatur ; Jacobus precibus tueatur." Elizabeth Bickering by her will, dated in 1662, devised certain lands in this parish, upon trust as to one moiety of the rents and profits, for the benefit of five poor widows, and as to the other moiety for the apprenticing out of four fatherless children. The representative of the last surviving trustee having died some time since, the income of the charity lands (which now produce upwards of 100/. a year) came into the hands of the parish officers of Harting, by whom they were applied to the relief of their own poor. Proceedings were subsequently instituted in the Court of Chancery for the purpose of recovering the estate, which had got into the hands of an insolvent tenant ; and an order was made, under which the master was directed to approve of new trustees, and to settle a scheme, conformable to the terms of the will, for the benefit of five poor widows, and the putting out of four fatherless children, generally, and not limiting the objects to any particular parishes, or districts ; and he also approved of the Archdeacon of Chichester and the incumbents of Sidlesham and Harting for the time being, along with two other gentlemen, as trustees of the charity. Application was made on the 13th of February, 1834, that the master's report might be confirmed, but the Masterof the Rolls said that it could hardly be supposed to have been the intention ofthe foimdress to leave to the trustees so very wide a field for the selection of the objects of her bounty as the report appeared to have given. In order, there fore, indirectly to bring the benefits of the charity within a more limited range, he should direct that the two lay trus tees, the appointment of whom was by the scheme vested in the Archdeacon of Chichester and the incumbents of Harting and Sidlesham for the time being, should always he gentlemen of those parishes, or resident within ten miles of Chichester. The registers commence in 1566, but the earlier are defective. V I \ ¦ 1=' s p. of Birdham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 43 BIRDHAM, Or, as it is called in Doomsday, Brideham, and in other ancient documents, Byrdham, is a small parish, bounded on the north by a branch of the harbour of Chichester and a portion of the parish of Appledram ; whilst Donnington, Sidlesham, Earnley, with East and West Wittering, form the other limits. It contains 1,930 acres of arable and pasture land, fertile in the highest degree, as is the greater part of the tract south of the Downs, distinguished as the maritime district. Within the memory of some persons now living, a large tract of land called Manhood Common, in this parish, containing 325 acres, was totally useless for any agricultural purpose ; but in 1792 an act of parliament was obtained for its inclosure. The plan of inclosing it succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations. Property in the parish immediately rose in value ; and it turned out, in a few years, that the inclosed grounds were more productive than the old. The village, which is small, is situated four miles from Chichester, three from Sidlesham, and the same distance from East Wittering. The population, in 1831, was 486. The Portsmouth and Arun canal passes through the parish, and terminates at Chichester Harbour. The manor of Brideham, or Badham, in the ancient hundred of Westringes (a term now extinct, the hundred in which Badham is situate being the Manhood), is, in Doomsday Book, said to have been held by Alnod, as allodial land. It was assessed at three hides and a half, the arable being five plough lands. Here was a mill, two fisheries, three acres of meadow, and pannage with herbage yielding five hogs.^ The manor descended with the earldom of Chichester and Arundel, and in 1275 was held by Robert de Montalt. John St. John, of Basing, became lord in the fourteenth century ; and in the reign of Henry VIII. it was the property of Thomas West Lord De La Warr. After several alienations it became the property of Henry John Lord Selsej"^, in whom it is now vested. Birdham-Bromer, Birdham Court-Barnes, and Cawdrey, are amongst the original grants of land conferred on the church of Selsey by Ceadwalla. The two first-mentioned have, time out of mind, clairaed to be exempted manors. After the suppression of the monasteries, Birdham-Bromer, which had been conveyed to the hospital of Arundel by Thomas Earl of Arundel, was annexed to the church of Chichester, and now belongs to the dean and chapter, as also the manor of Birdham Court- Barnes. An arm of the sea, called Chichester Harbour, skirts the northern part of the parish, at which place is a farm belonging to John Price, Esq., of Chichester. Charles Hewitt Smith, Esq., has also a farm in this parish. The ecclesiastical living is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, rated in the king's books at 10^. Os. lOd. It is in the patronage ofthe dean and chapter of Chichester. It is endowed with 200/. private benefaction, and 200Z. royal bounty. The last incumbent was the Rev. Moses Toghill, M. A., and the present one is the Rev. William Miller, M. A. The church, consisting of a nave and chancel only, is dedicated to St. Leonard. There is nothing in it requiring notice. About 100 boys and girls are here instructed in a national school. The register commences 1538. 1 Doomsday Survey. g2 44 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. ICHENOR, OR WEST ITCHENOR.^ This small sea-begirt parish contains but 510 acres of chiefly arable land. Chichester Harbour, West Witteriog, and Birdham, constitute its limits. Of its soil, we shall only say that it is not the most productive. The principal landed proprietors are, Mr. W. Gibbs and Mrs. Dorrien, widow of General Dorrien, devisee of the third Duke of of Richmond. The village, which contains nothing of interest, is situated six miles and a half S. W. by W, of Chichester. No public road passes through it. The population, in 1831, was 237. The manor is thus described in Doomsday: — "Warren holds /cewore of the earl ; Lewin held it of Earl Godwin. It has always been assessed at one hide. The arable is one plough land."* In the time of the Saxon prince, this "one hide seems to have belonged to the manor of Tornei^ (Thorney). It was a part of the endowment ofthe College of Boseham. Robert de Montalto was lord in 1275, and, soon after, John St. John de Basing, in whose family it continued many years, incorporated with Birdham. It then passed into the family of the Dukes of Richmond. About half a century ago, some gentlemen of the name of Taylor, from London, attempted to estabhsh a dock-yard for the building of ships, at Itchenor, and one of large dimensions was accordingly built ; but, an accident happening at the launch, the scheme was unfortunately frustrated. " Opposite Itchenor, the estuary called Chichester Harbour stretches itself into a wide bay, which branches into Thorney channel and Bosham creek, and appears from several stations to he closed up by the folding of the banks. The low woods, meadows, and rough grounds, are agreeably intermixed in the view, which from some points resembles that of the Southampton river, occasionally enlivened by shipping and maritime accompaniments." * The living is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove. In the king's books it is rated at 6/. 14s. 2d. It formeriy belonged to the priory of Boxgrove, and since the dissolution of that monas tery the patronage has remained in the crown. The present incumbent is the Rev. Robert Tredcroft, M. A. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small plain structure, in the eariy style of English architecture. The registers commence in 1561. HUNDRED OF BOX AND STOCKBRIDGE. This Hundred lies immediately adjoining to the city of Chichester, and contains the parishes of Hunston, North Mundham, Donnington, Merston, Appledram, Rumboldswyke, New Fish- bourne, St. Bartholomew, Crockeriand and the Daw, Oving, Aldingbourne, West Hampnett, Boxgrove, Eartham, and Upwaltham. It is bounded on the east by the Rape of Arundel and the Hundreds of Aldwick and Pagham; on the south by; the Hundreds of Manhood and Aldwick ; on the west by the Hundreds of Bosham and the City of Chichester ; and on the north by the Hundred of Singleton, and comprises 21,320 acres. Formerly spelt Icenor. « Hen. and Wilk. Trans, of Doomsday, p. 171. s Jb. ng. * DaU. West. Sussex, Vol. I. p. 49. p. of North Mundham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 45 HUNSTON. Adjoining Donnington to the east, is the small parish of Hunston, consisting of 880 acres of arable, pasture, wood, and common land. Its eastern and south-eastern limit is North Mundham; its north, Donnington and Rumboldswyke. The population did not, in 1831, exceed 173 inhabitants. A rivulet rising in the parish, and discharging itself into Pagham Harbour, will account for the mention of salt pans in the subsequent extract from Doomsday. The principal landed proprietors are, Mr. H. Cozens, Mr. Francis Randall, and Mr. Hore. The village is situated near the centre of the parish ; it is small, and distant from Chichester about three miles. The manor is thus mentioned in Doomsday, under the hundred of Estocbrige : " William holds Hunestan ofthe earl. Six freemen held it by allodial tenure. It has constantly been assessed at four hides. The arable is four plough lands. There is one plough in the demesne, and five villains with nineteen bondsmen have two ploughs. Here is a mill of twenty shillings ; two salt pans and a house producing sixpence. In the time of the Confessor it was valued at forty shillings ; it was subsequently estimated at thirty, and is now appreciated at four pounds."^ This manor descended from the De Albini's, Earls of Arundel, to Robert de Montalt ; subsequently to the St. John's of Basing, and was held as of the honour of Petworth. A family of the name of Hunstane held the manor in 1338, of John de St. John, for half a knight's fee and sixty shillings rent. In the time of Henry VIII., Sir John Dawtry (descended from a family called De alta Ripa), held half the manor. In 1557, ^^ was granted, with others, to Sir Thomas Palmer, and subsequently sold to Sir Thomas Bysshopp, Knt., in whose descendants it has remained.* It now belongs to the heiress of Lord De La Zouch. Hoelands, a reputed manor farm, is exempt from tithes, having formerly belonged to Boxgrove Priory. It is the property of — Brereton, Esq., devisee of William Brereton, Esq., formeriy of Chichester, and magistrate of the county. General Crosbie's estate extends from Donnington into part of this parish, and belongs to Messrs. Humphrey, of Chichester, who purchased it of Francis Diggens, Esq. The benefice is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and formerly belonged to the priory of that name. It is valued in the king's books at 9/. 4s. Id. — Brereton, Esq., as devisee of the late William Brereton, Esq., is patron, and the present incumbent is the Rev. S. Jolliffe Tuffnell. The glebe consists of about thirty acres. The church, which is dedicated to St. Leodgar, is composed of a chancel, nave, and south aisle of small dimensions, and destitute of interest. Thechancel was rebuilt by Charies Randall Covert, vicar, from 1719 to 1759. The registers commence in 1678. NORTH MUNDHAM, As anciently described, or Mundieham, adjoins the parishes of Hunston, Rumboldswyke, Oving, Merston, and Pagham. It consists of ] ,800 acres of chiefly arable land, composed of a fertile loam. The principal landed proprietors are the Rev. — Bayton and the Peachey family. The population, in 1831, was 467. The Arundel and Portsmouth canal passes through the parish. 1 Hen. and Wilk. Trans, of Doomsday. * Dall. Vol. I. p. 56. 46 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. This very pleasant village is situate to the north-west of the road leading from Chichester to Bognor. It is about two miles distant from the former place, and accessible all the way by pedestrians, through pleasant meadows and corn-fields. It is a beautifully sequestered spot, situate amidst other villages, and fitted for the abode of the studious and contemplative philosopher, the retired man of business, or any of those who love to lead a rural life, far apart from the bustles of a busy world. " Hie secura quies et nescia fallere vita Dives opum variarum, hie latis otia fundis Speluncae, vivique lacus, hie frigide Tempe Mugitusque bo.^m, mollesque sub arbore somni Non absunt." Virgil. Mundreham, by which is meant the modern North Mundham, is mentioned in Doomsday, under the hundred of Estocbrige, and was part of the barony of Eari Roger Montgomeri. In the Saxon times. Countess Go'da, the mother of the lamented Harold, held it of Earl Godwin. It was then, as Doomsday informs us, " assessed at nine hides, or 1,080 acres, but then rated only at six hides ; that the arable was six plough lands ; that there were two ploughs in the demesne, and fourteen villains, with thirteen bondsmen, having two ploughs. Here (it further says), are two ministers, a mill and a half, of 6s. 8d., a church, to which half a hide is attached ; and a priest has half a plough-land. In the reign of Edward, it was valued at 8/. It is now appreciated at the same sura ; but at the time of the transfer it was only estimated at 100 shillings. Chetel holds one plough-land in the same hundred, always exempted from the land-tax. King William granted this to him. Here he has a mill of five shillings, a bondsman, and five acres of meadow. The value is twenty-five shillings." Thus far Doomsday. Mundham subsequently became the property of Robert de Montalto, and descended to the St. Johns, of Basing' In 1540, by exchange with Thomas Lord La Warr, for the scite of lands of Wherewell Nunnery, in Hampshire" this manor was in possession ofthe crown, and in the same year was granted, with the manor of Runcton (lately belonging to the dissolved priory of Bruton, in the county of Somerset), to Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer ofthe city of London. It afterwards became the property of the Coverts, of Chichester, from whom it passed by sale, to Charies Ballett. It descended, as Nytimber, in Pagham, to William Brereton, Esq. to whose devisees it now belongs. ' i?octoo«e which is presumed to be the same with Rungeton, or Runcton, is noticed in Doomsday-book under the hundred of Bosgrave. That valuable record says,_'< The abbey of Troard holds Rockinstone of the Eari by frank-almoigne tenure. Two freemen held it in the reign of Edward. It was then assessed at eight hides ; It IS now rated at two. The arable is three plough-lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and SIX villains with fifteen cottagers have one plough. Here are five ministers, two mills of 12s 6d a fisherv of 6^, and two houses producing 1. 6rf. In the time of the Confessor it was valued at 51., subsequently at 4/., and IS now estimated at 6/." Why it should have been assessed at 8/. in the time of Edward, and subsequenti; at 21., does not appear. ^ - j At the dissolution of the monasteries this manor, with the rectory and tithes, was purchased bv Thomas Bowyer, above mentioned, for 650. 16. subject to a fee-farm rent of SI. ISs. 4d. still paTd; and to'a P 1 to the chapel of Runcton, now demolished. The manorial estate is now the property of Mr Merricks whose ather budt a very good house in this rural village, enlarged the garden, and added a conservatory to it' It is distinctly seen on the right of the road leading towards Aldwick and Bognor, from Chichester Th^re isl small mdl-stream running through the village, which adds considerably to the beauty of the spot The manor of Runcton is o itself now of no value, all the demesne lands having faUen into the ban of th pro^r Z^^^^^^^ manor, and there not being a single tenant under it. proprietor ot the Laythorne, in this parish, a reputed manor, was formerly the property of Bishop Sherburne, who sometiraes resided at the mansion, and was by him bequeathed to the dean and chapter of Chichester. A wood engravW of Leythorne^house, as rebuilt by Sir Thomas Bowyer, is given by Mr. Dallaway, from a drawing by Sm p. of North Mundham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 47 in Sir William Burrell's collections, in the British Museum. The sketch was taken in 1771 ; and the house appears at that time to have been in a firm and substantial state; in 1798, however, it was levelled with the grovnd. The late proprietor of the estate was John Newland, Esq. deceased. In Magn. Brit. (Suss.) p. 495, Sir Thomas Bowyer is mentioned as " a gen tleman endowed with many virtues, but singulariy eminent for his humility and loyalty ; for which last, being sequestered in the last rebellious times, and forced to pay a fine, for the use of the commonwealth, of 2,033/., he said cheerfully, when he paid it, " that he had gotten a cheap pennyworth to preserve peace of conscience." Near to Laythorne, in this parish, is tlie little village of Vinitrow. It was long held by a younger branch of the Bowyers, and lately belonged to Dr. John Buckner, Bishop of Chichester, and now to his nephew. Admiral Buckner, and W. Peachey. Also Bramber farm, belonging to Richard Hasler, Esq. ; and Brim.* fast, formeriy Brumfasten, which was part of the grant by Ceadwalla to Wilfrid, Bishop of Selsey. Another estate is called Fishers, which was part ofthe estates of Eari Roger, and subsequently of Richard Fitzallan, Earl of Arundel, but lately belonging to Mrs. Charge, of Chichester. Fishers was formerly the property of the family of Marlott. The benefice is a discharged vicarage, with Hunston annexed, in the archdea- marlott. conry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, rated in the king's books al 9/. 10s. '^T'' ''"' '""^^ ""H'e'". ". in chief, a labei Two-thirds of the great tithes belong to the vicar, the remaining third to the £'£TSZ°iS!^GS,'."iT '"¦ devisees of the late William Brereton, Esq., in whom the patronage is vested. Rev. S. Jolliffe Tuffnell, M. A. There are eighteen acres of glebe. The church is in the pointed style prevailing about the tirae of Edward III. The chantry of St. Mary Magdalene, of Halvenaked (Halnaker), founded by one of the St. Johns, before 1348, was at the end of the north aisle.i The church has recently received an addition of sixty free sittings. The sura of 50/. towards defraying the expence was given by the incorporated society for the enlargement of churches aud chapels. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. On a large table tomb of Sussex marble, with four corner escutcheons in brass, are the two following : " Heare lyethe Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer of London, which died the xvi. day of September, 1538 j and Johan his wife which dyed the third day of August, ano. 1579. Blessed are they that dye in the Lorde, whose fleshe hath cessed to synne, and resteth in hope through Christe to rise to everlasting lyfe." '^ " Heare lyeth the body of George Cassey, some time citizen and grocer of London, who decesed the xx. day of August, Anno Domin i 1568. There are in the church several curious monuments of the Bowyer family, and one very elegant and classical Latin inscription on a bras. plate to the memory of Thomas Bowyer. bowyer n On the floor is the following inscription on a brass plate, "Here Iveth the bodye of "John ., „ ., .> "¦•*"''¦ Byrch Esquire sonn of John Byrch, late one of the Barons of the Exchequer ; and of Elizabeth Beale, ^S?; A demS'n.Toorgt'-aSiw from a his wife. He departed this lyfe the 26th ot December, 1616. ' Arms : a chev. wavy, betw. three spread """ eagles, displayed ; Byrch. 2. sa. on a chev. betw. three griffins, or. three mullets, gu, ; Bea le. On the opposite side is another thus : — " Underneath this stone lyes interred the body of Robert Birche, of Eastergate, in the county of Sussex, Esquire, sone and heire of John Birche, of Grayes Inn, Esquire, who married Margaret, daughter of George Dennis, of Todham, gent., by which he had issue two sones, John and Francis; which Robert changed this life for immortalitie on the 20th of May, a°. dni., 1627, aud John his sone, the I2th of June, 1627. Another monument is to the memory of Estwick Evans, son of Thomas Evans, rector of Rumbolds- ,„. ^„^„„ , wyke, and of Judith, his wife, daughter of Edmund Lane, vicar of N. Mundham, and of Eliz. his wife Pedigree, See Berry's Suss. Gen. pp! 135,"363 youngest daughter of Richard Nash, Esq., of Walberton. " This youth, whom his parents dedicated D»"^"»y'5 «'»'• of S"s». Vol, I. p. 60. to God in the service of his church, God was pleased to translate to his heavenly choir, June 2nd, 1772,in the Uth year of his age ; to whose mercy, also, his own early piety, in his last hours desired to be recommended in the church's prayers." There are other monuments, amongst which are several of the family of Woodyer ; Arms ; az. a lionpassant, ar. and a chief, erm. Many ofthefamilyof Nicholas Covert, Esq. ; also of Richard Newland's family; and one for John Bigs, of Portsmouth, with the following inscription : — As I was ao are ye. The present incumbent is the bow: Quarterings in visitation of 1634. 1. ... a head, nebulee double cot. Used, ... on a chief, or. a gnffin's head, erased, gu. betw. two torteauxes, for Groves. 2. Sa. three shovels, erect, two and one, ar, for Kniperslev. 3. Gu. on a fesse, engr. ar. betw. three water bougets, or. as many crosses, pattee, sa. for Merrv. As I am so shall ye be. My ripenesse, that with riper years might suite, ¦Made death seize on me as a summer's fruite; But better timely ripe and early taken, Than as the fruitless fig tree quite forsaken. Then in thy youth thy maker learn to know. That when he calls thou mayst be fit to go. 1 Dall. Vol. I. p. 62. 48 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES {_R. of Chichester. The register begins in 1558. The following curious entry is contained in it : — "Jane Bowyer, the daughter ofThomas Bowyer, of Laythorne, Esquier, and of Jane, his wife, was baptised the vm. daye of December, 1688, which Jane was borne the xxiiii. of November next before, on which daye our most excellent sovereigne. Lady Queene Elizabeth, came in person to Paull church, for her great victorye over the Spaniards and Romanists, on purpose to invade England the summer before." DONNINGTON, Or Dunnington parish, lies in the hundred of Box and Stockbridge, and south of Chichester, which forms its northern boundary. Hunston is to the east, Appledram and Birdham to the west, and Sidlesham to the south. It contains 1,000 acres of arable and meadow land ; of which the latter does not constitute a tenth part. The surface is unvaried by hill and dale ; and the soil is not equal in fertility to some of the neigbouring parishes. The chief possessor of the landed property of the parish is Major General J. Gustavus Crosbie, who is likewise lord of the manor. The village is small, and contains nothing of peculiar interest ; it is situated near the centre of the parish, through which, and close to the village, passes the Arundel and Portsmouth Canal. The distance from Chichester is less than two miles. The population, in 1831, was 228. Donnington is not mentioned in Doomsday ; it was formerly a part of the barony of the St. John's, of Basing, and was held as of the honour of Petworth. In 1557, ^^ ^^^ granted to Sir Thomas Palmer, and Catherine his wife; in whose family it continued till 1722, when it was sold by Thomas Palmer, Esq., of Stoke Curry, in Somersetshire, to James Colebrooke, gent. Sir George Colebrooke aliened it to John Page, Esq., M. P. for Chichester. On his decease it descended to his two daughters and co-heiresses, Catherine and Frances ; the latter married George White Thomas, Esq., many years M.P. for Chichester ;i the other died unmarried in the year 1795, on whose decease the estate descended to her niece Frances, who was only daughter of the said George White Thomas, by Frances, his wife, and who is married to General Crosbie. The living is in the gift ot the Bishop of Chichester. It is a vicarage within the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and was formerly appro priated to the abbey of Hyde. It is valued in the king's books at 9/. 10s. 5d. The vicar is entitled to the small tithes of the parish. The great tithes are equally divided between him and the lord of the manor of Donnington. There is a good vicarage house and garden, and about seventeen acres of glebe. The produce of the vicarage is about 300/. per annum. The Rev. Geo Bland, M.A., is now incumbent. His immediate predecessor was Thomas Francis Davison, clerk, who was formerly in the army, and married a niece of Sir Wm. Ashburnham, Bart., Bishop of Chichester. cRosBiK "^^^ church, partly rebuilt in a pointed style about the year 1400, consists of a Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 1*1. "^^^' ^'^^ ^^^Ics, and a chaucel. The tower is embattled. In the latter, is a sur rounding string-course, which marks a date as early as the reign of Henry III. PAGE. Arms. Gu on a chev. betw. three doves, ar, as many pheons, sa. Crest. Out of a mural coronet, or. a demi. griffin, gu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 141. Dall West. Suss. p. 61. 1 DaU. Vol. I. p. 63. p. of Appledram.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 49 The seating in the church consists of a regular .arrangement of plain benches, low and open, without distinction, as was anciently the fashion. In a sepulchral chapel, appropriated to the family of Page, are two mural tombs of white marble. The first is in memory of John Page, Esq., ob. 26. Jan. I7T9, let. 83. Catherine, his flrst, and Ann, his second wife. The other is for Mrs. Catherine Page, his daughter ob. 1T95. The registers commence in 1559. MERSTON. This small parish is surrounded by Oving, Pagham, and North Mundham, and consists of 880 statute acres of arable and pasture land ; the former greatly preponderates. The surface is plain, containing but little wood, and the soil a thick and fertile marl. The road from Chichester to Bognor passes through the parish, as does also the Arundel and Portsmouth canal. The village is situated between them, on a low, damp scite. Its distance from Chichester is about three, and from Bognor about four miles and a half. The population? in 1831, was 129. Of the landed proprietors the principal are, Joseph Godman, Esq., Mr. H. Halsted, and William Peachey, gent., of South Mundham. The manor of Mersitone is placed in Doomsday under the hundred of Bosgrave, and is stated to have been held of Roger, Earl of Montgomery, by Oismelin ; Gort held it of King Edward, when it was assessed at eight hides, differing but little from the admeasurement of the parish now. It descended, like Hunston, to Robert de Montalt, and subsequently it passed, ywre uxoris, to John Bonville, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry Fitzroger. In the thirteenth year of Elizabeth's reign it was granted to John Caryll, Esq., whose descendants possessed it till 1777- It was sold by the Right Hon. Thomas Steele to' Joseph Godman, Esq., whose son, of the same name, is now the proprietor. A very neat residence, erected by Mr. Henry Halsted within these few years, and seen on the right of the road from Chichester to Bognor, in the garden of which runs a small trout stream, adds much to the beauty of the village, which has of late years undergone great improvements. Near the highway is Merston Common, whose verdure still salutes the eye of the traveller — a gratification of which the public are too much deprived in our rural districts. The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and is valued in the king's books at 71. 4s. Id. The patronage is in the crown. The present incumbent is the Rev. James Francis Grant. There are nine acres of glebe. The modest little church, embosomed in trees, and not visible from the road, is situate in a little nook of the village, and is, from its situation, peculiarly interesting. It consists of a nave and aisle. It is partly in the early? and partly in the decorated style of English architecture. There is a charity in this parish, consisting of 1/. per annum, arising from land, of which both the founder and its original appropriator are unknown. It had, therefore, been applied to repair the church, and for sacramental wine, for upwards of fifty years prior to 1788. The registers commence only in 1751 ; Dallaway says in 1678. A register must therefore have been recently lost. APPLEDRAM.i This small parish consists for the most part of rich hazel mould, producing abundant sup plies of wheat. The surface is flat, but not unpicturesque, although the south part is marshy. The number of acres it contains is 1,070. 1 Formerly Apuldram. H VOL. II. 50 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R, of Chichester. Appledram has for its limits, on the west, the most eastern branch of Chichester harbour ; on the north. New Fishbourne ; on the east, Donnington ; and on the south, Birdham. The village is a mile and a half from Chichester. The population, in 1833, was 188. Of the landed pro prietors of the parish the chief are, William Hamilton, Esq., and — Smith, Esq. The farm belonging to Mr. Hamilton, to which is attached an excellent farm-house and extensive farm buildings,has been occupied for nearly a century by the Freeland family, who still continue renters. The manor is not mentioned in Doomsday ; but in the reign of Henry I. it was given to the abbey of Battle,^ in exchange for Reading in Berkshire. It was leased by the abbot to the family of Wakehurst, to whom sue ceeded, in the reign of Henry VI., the family of Ryman. The Magna Britannica says, that R. Ryman had a seat here and that " he had provided stones to build a castle near his house ; but being prohibited to do it, he built with them the great tower which stands on the west side ofthe cathedral of Chichester." Mr. Dallaway says, with more probability, that " they built a manorial residence. The licence to embattle it was refused, but part of a tower may still be traced."* William Ryman was sheriff of Sussex in 1434, and knight of the shire in 1420. His grandson John, married Joan, daughter of William Tawke, of West Hampnett, and by these two families the property was held of the crown till the close of the seventeenth century. After various alienations, the manor came, by will, to William Gerard Hamilton, Esq., who, from the circum stance of hishaving made but one speech in parliament, and that an excellent one, RYMAN. o" RATMAN. reccivcd the cognomen of " Single-speech Hamilton." In 1812 it was inherited Arms. Ar, a chev. sa. between three escallops, *-> or a^ering. Ar,aT,gu,in chief, three chap, by William Hamilton, Esq., the author of " ^gyptica," and also of an account Ptdigree' See Berry's Suss, Gen, p^sT, Dau', of the Elffiu marblcs. He was Secretary to the Earl of Elgin, in his embassy to West Suss. Vol, 1, p, 96. r 1 1 e Constantinople, and was alterwards under-secretary of state. An arm of the sea from Chichester Harbour skirts this parish. Here is the principal depot for landing goods, at a quay called DeU Q,uay, intended to supply the merchants of Chichester, but rendered of less importance since the establishment of the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, which brings them to the south suburb of that city. The quay belongs to the corporation of Chichester. The walk from Chichester to Dell Quay is entirely through a succession of fields, and through a level country, not uninteresting. The benefice is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and is valued in the king's books at 14^. The dean and chapter of Chichester have the nomination of the perpetual curate. The present incumbent is the Rev. John Churchill. The living is endowed with 600/. royal bounty, and 2001. parliamentary grant. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture. The south aisle is separated from the nave by three pointed arches springing from circular columns ; and a stone on the north side bears the inscription of 1394. 1 John Aylmer holds by roll of court a messuage and one hide of land in Apelderham, and ought to bring one man and one horse ad herdandum qualibet Septimana for one day ad utrumque semen yemale et quadragesimale (at winter seed-time, and Lent seed-time) whilst there shall be anything to harrow in the lord's land, and he who harrows shall receive for each day a meal, viz., bread, potage, compernagium (bread and meat, or quicquid cibi cum pane sumitur) and a pennyworth of drink ; and each horse harrowing shall have each day as much corn as can be taken in two hands ; and also ought to do two days work of the plough, if he had a whole plough, or so much as he had if he possessed not a whole plough, and then ought to plough each day as much as he was able from morning till noon, and uterqwe tenter, viz.. Cameos et fugator (the man that held the plough and he that drove it) shall have a solemn repast each day of the aforesaid ploughings. — Consuetudina, Monast. de Bella. Blount's Tenures. 2 Dall. West. Suss. p. of Rumboldswyke.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 51 In the southern part of the parish is a considerable manufacture of salt, by evaporation, from sea-water. In Doomsday-book frequent mention is made of salt-pans in the maritime dis tricts ; and it is not improbable that the mode then adopted for procuring salt was similar to that here practised. The water of the sea is received into shallow square ponds, three or four mches deep ; the bottom of these is made of clay well beaten. In the course of four or five years, according to the temperature of the air, and other fluctuating causes, a considerable portion of the water which held the salt in solution evaporates, leaving the remainder a strong brine. This is afterwards subjected to the process of boiling in shallow iron pans. As the culinary salt possesses the singular property of being equally soluble in cold as in hot water, after due evaporation, it begins to crystalize on the surface of the hot liquor ; the crystals, as they increase in size and weight, fall to the bottom of the vessel, are raked out and set to drain. From the drippings, Epsom and Glauber salts are made. The registers commence in 1661. RUMBOLDSWYKE Is a small populous and very pleasant parish, immediately adjoining to Chichester, and includes the suburb caEed the Hornet. Its superficial contents are 710 acres. Oving and Merston lie to the east ; North Mundham to the south ; Donnington to the west ; and St. Pancras, Chichester, to the north. A branch of the Arundel and Portsmouth canal skirts the western boundary ofthe parish. The population, in 1831, was 319. The chief landed proprietors are the devisees of the late John Peachey, Esq., and Mr. Henry Knott. The manor is called Wiche in doomsday, Rumbold being probably the Saxon proprietor. In the time of the Confessor, five freemen held it as five distinct manors. It was then assessed at nine hides, but in the Norman times at six. The arable was nine plough lands. Here was one minister. It was part of the do main of Roger de Montgomeri, and passed with the earldom of Arundel to the house of De Albini, and subse quently to John Fitzalan. From John Lord Lumley," it passed with the Stanstead estate to Lewis Way, Esq. There was another manor in this parish, held by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, till the dissolution of that order by Henry VIII. It was granted to Sir Thomas White, Knt. In 23rd Elizabeth, it was held of the crown by Francis Bowyer, Esq. It afterwards was the property of the Cawleys of Chichester, and was con fiscated in 1660, but regranted by Charles II. It afterwards became the possession ofthe Farringtons.^ It was some years back the property of R. Barwell, Esq., proprietor of the Great Stanstead estate, and by his devisees sold to Richard Dally, Esq., who sold it to Henry Padwick, Esq. It is considered the only manor in the parish. The Harnet, a suburb of Chichester, and part of Northfield, are within the boundaries of Rumboldswyke. The living is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and rated in the king's books at 41. It is in the patronage of the dean and chapter, and is one of the dean's peculiars. The Rev. William Watkins is the incumbent. The church, dedicated to St. Rumbold, is in a good state of reparation, and is remarkably neat. Elizabeth Gribbett left Ifil!. per annum (now a rent charge) for the relief of the poor. The registers commence in 1669. 1 West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 101. h2 52 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. NEW FISHBOURNE Is a parish of small extent in the immediate neighbourhood of Chichester. It is surrounded on the south by Appledram ; on the west by Bosham ; and on the north and east by St. Bartho lomew and the subdeanery. The great turnpike road from Chichester to Portsmouth passes through the village, which consists of a long street, in a flat but not uninteresting country. It is distant about a mile from Chichester. It comprises 610 acres of very fertile soil, of which Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., holds 140 acres. Z. Levin, Esq., has also landed property here. The remainder is held by a variety of persons ; its immediate contiguity to Chichester rendering every field of great value. The population, in 1831, was 291. The manor of Fiseborne, in the Hundred of Estocbrige, was soon after the conquest, in the possession of the abbey of Seez, in Normandy. It is thus mentioned in Doomsday : " The church of St. Martin's, of Sais, holds Fiseborne of the earl. Earl Fosti held it. It has constantly been assessed at six hides. The arable is six plough lands."! There were two mills and twenty-seven acres of meadow. At the dissolution of the alien priories by Heniy V., this manor was given by him to the nunnery of Sion, in Middlesex, founded by him in 1414. At the suppression of the greater monasteries, it was seized by the crown, and subsequently became the property of a family of the name of Fenner, afterwards ofthe Bowyers, in the county of Bucks. It is now vested in Sir Thomas Miller, of Froyle, Bart., the descendant of Sir John Miller,* who formerly resided at Tiavant, near Goodwood. Northlands, the property and for some years the residence of Major-General J. Gustavus Crosbie, is a modern edifice, built upon a knoll which commands pleasing land and marine views, and is let by him. The general's residence is at Watergate House, Sussex, the late residence of his father-in-law, G. White Thomas, Esq., M. P. for Chichester. The benefice is a rectory in the peculiar jurisdiction of the dean of Chichester and in the patronage of tbe crown. In the king's books it is valued at 5/. 10s. The late incumbent was the Rev. John Wetherall. There are about forty acres of glebe. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture. It consists of a nave and chancel, containing nothing worthy of notice. The church has recently received an addition of forty-six sittings, of which thirty-one are free ; the incorporated society for the enlargement of churches and chapels, having granted 501. towards defraying the expenses. In 1620, Thomas Lane bequeathed 12s. per annum, arising from land, for the relief of the poor. In 1812, certain remains of a Roman bath with tessellated pavement, were found near the great Roman road which passed through this parish from Regnum (Chichester), to Portus Magnus (Porchester), leading to Southampton. These remains were purchased by Mr. William Guy, a surgeon of Chichester, but were not of an interesting character. From other Roman remains, fragments of Roman brick, Roman coins, and other articles of that description, found in this parish, and from its being so very contiguous to the capital of the Regni, there can be no doubt that the Roman patricians and chiefs had villas in this neighbourhood, which time will some day bring to light. The registers commence in 1589. 1 Doomsday Trans. « Dall. Vol. I. p. 99. p. of Oving.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 53 ST. BARTHOLOMEW. This parish lies partly within the city of Chichester and partly in this hundred, but has been described in the city of Chichester, ante p. 15. CROCKERLAND AND THE DAW. This name is almost obsolete ; its only use, that we can discover, is in the orders made at, and precepts issued from, the court of quarter sessions for levying the county rates. It appears this place has, from the date of the earliest records extant, been described by the appellation of " Crockerland and the Daw," but its etymology cannot be satisfactorily adduced. It is that part of the parish of St. Pancras which lies without the jurisdiction and bounds of the city of Chichester, and is now known by the more modern name of St. Pancras Without. So little known is the ancient name of " Crockerland and the Daw," that the stranger or traveller inquiring for it would puzzle many residents of the place inquired for to answer the query. OVING.i This fertile and extensive parish, consisting of 1,570 acres of chiefly arable land, is bounded on the east by Tangmere and Southbersted ; on the west by Merston and Westhampnett ; and on the south and south-east again by Southbersted. The surface is uniformly flat. The road from Bognor to Chichester passes through a portion of the parish, as does also the Arundel and Portsmouth canal. The church is situated nearly three miles east of Chichester. The popu lation, in 1831, was 789. Of landed proprietors the principal are, the Duke of Richmond, Miss Woods, and Mr. John Boniface. The village, leading from the east suburbs called the Harnet, in Chichester, and distant from thence about two miles, is a very pleasant one. It is distinguished by a very beautiful mansion, erected in the hamlet of Shopwick, about a mile from Chichester, and lately very much improved by the late Edmund Woods, Esq., the principal proprietor in the parish, and his daughter. Miss Woods, with singular felicity of taste. The high road formerly ran close by the house, but, by a most judicious arrangement, the road has been turned, and the lodges and entrance to it are of a very unique and tastefal description. The manor of Oving is not specified in Doomsday Book ; it is therefore concluded to have been part of the manor of Aldingbourne, given to the see of Selsey in Saxon times. A considerable part of the lands in the parish are held of the manor by copy of court roll, and subject to fines and heriots. Bishop Sefirid, about the year 1120, endowed the praecentor, or chief chaunter, of Chichester Cathedral, who is also prebendary of Oving, Derived probably from Oves, or Orinia, a place for sheep. 54 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. founded in that cathedral, with the manor and demesnes of Oving, &c., under whom the late Edmund Woods. Esq., was lessee for three lives. The Rev. Dr. Holland is the present Arms. Ar. a chief, az. over all an eagle, displayed, prseCentor.-' Crest. A demi-eagie, displayed, ar. biiiettee, sa. rpj^^ prebendal or manor house was formerly the residence of the family of ^'^tsuTy^^'i^T- '""'¦ '•*°- ""^ Elson, who possessed considerable property in this district.* The lessee under the prfficentor, besides the manor and manor house, situate near the church of Oving, holds neariy 300 acres, besides various cottages, grantable by the former in right of the prebendal manor, and to be held of him for lives by copy of court roll, as of his manor of the prebend, the fines of which are divisible in equal shares between him and the prsecentor. The great tithes also, ofthe greatest part of the parish are included. The lease was purchased by the late Edmund Woods, of Sir Henry Poole, Bart., in 1811, and one life only is remaining on the lease, on whose death it will fall into the prsecentor's hands. Shopwyke, or Shopwick,^ is an ancient manor mentioned in Testa de Nevil, and formeriy, from its being held of the crown by knight's service, as of the honour of the Eagle, styled " Shopwick Eagle." The principal part is now the property of Miss Woods, as before-mentioned. Colworth and Woodhorne are two prebendal manors in this parish. A very peculiar custom exists with regard to Woodhorne. The manor and estate, comprising about 250 acres, were late the property of Henry Dawson, Esq., of Polstead, Suffolk, and his sister, Elizabeth Dawson, of Ipswich, and were sold by them to Mrs. Long, of Shopwyke, and her two sons, Mr. Jos. Long, and George Long, Esq., barrister, whose property it now is. It is held by lease for three lives, under the prebendary of Woodhorne ; and the lessee, by virtue of the lordship of the manor, has a right by custom to grant the demesne lands to numerous tenants, for three lives, to be named by him in trust for him, and to renew such grants at any time during the existence of any one of the lives named in the original lease ; so that if the prebendary should refuse to take a moderate fine on the dropping in of any of those lives, the lessee would hold the estate during the existence of the sub-lives. Colworth is described in the parliamentary survey. Tt was some years back the property of — Bridger, Esq., and is now the property of his only son and heir. Groves and Drayton, or Draycote, two farms in this parish, were formerly settled on the Priory of Boxgrove. The manor house of Drayton contains some curious specimens of carved oak. After the suppression, Drayton came into the possession ofthe Chatfields, of Ditcheling and Treyford. Francis Chatfield was settled at Oving in 1560. His descendant, John Chatfield, was the possessor of Groves in 1634. They were succeded by the Elsons, one of whom was representative in parliament for Chichester. The late owner of Groves was Mr. Philip Laurance ; but that and Drayton are now the property of the Duke of Richmond. The manor of Drayton extends over Oving and Merston, and Ipthorne in Rumboldswyke, and is claimed by his grace as a paramount in right of Drayton. It once belonged to the De Albini family. Oving is remarkable for the longevity of its inhabitants. There are now living in the parish five persons between the ages of 80 and 90, and one between 90 and 100, in perfect health. The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 10/. lis. lOjd. The prsecentor is patron. He has the great tithes of 78 acres of the demesne lands formerly belonging to Hugh de Talmaco, chaunter, and the small tithes of the parish. The Rev. Thomas Agar Holland is the present incumbent, and resides in the vicarage honse. 1 The house attached to the prsecentorship is situate in the Canon-lane, Chichester, amongst the other eccle siastical residences. 2 West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 68. s Derived from the Saxon, sceap — a sheep, and wic — a village ; and so corresponding, though in a diflferent dia lect, with the name of the parish according to the deri vation before noted. In a computatus of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, it is described as " Scapewich." p. of Aldingbourne.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 55 The church is in the early style of English architecture, but the chancel windows are of a much later date, and of beautiful proportion. There is a transept. The edifice is capable of accommodating about three hundred persons. By the register, it appears that Sir John Miller, Bart., (whose descendant now lives at Froyle, in Hampshire), married, in 1706, Ann Elson. There are monuments to the memory of John Woodyer, forty years vicar; of William Elson, Esq. ; of the Rev. Daniel Walter, impropriator; and of his daughter, Eliz, Teness.' There is a charity in this parish, founded by Stephen Challen in 1731, consisting of 21. per annum, arising from houses, to be applied towards teaching poor children. Mrs. Susannah Green gave the sum of 2,000/. forthe support of three poor widows. Her monument, describing this charitable act, is raised in the northern transept. The registers commence in 1561. ALDINGBOURNE. The adjoining parishes are, Eastergate and Slindon on the east, Oving and Boxgrove on the west, Eartham on the north, and Felpham and Southbersted on the south. Its form approaches a parallelogram, being being about four miles and a half from north to south, and one mile and a half from east to west. It comprises 3,080 acres of chiefly arable land, producing excellent crops, and but little inequality in the surface occurs. The scenery is pleasing and the soil generally rich. The population, in 1831, amounted to 833. The viUage, which is small, is situated near the western boundary, a little more than four miles east of Chichester, to which the road that passes through the village tends. When Doomsday survey was made, Aldingeborne was held in domain by the Bishop of Chichester, being part of the possessions granted by Ceadwalla for the endowment of the Saxon bishopric of Selsey. It was rated at thirty-six hides ; and the arable was twenty plough lands. Here was a church, three ministers, six acres of meadow, a wood yielding pannage for three hogs, and of herbage one hog for each six. A priest held one hide of this manor, Robert five hides, Hugh three, and Alward one. These three were clerks. The sub sequent four were knights : Harold holding three hides, Murdoc three, Ansfrid one, and Lovel one. The dis trict of the bishop was appreciated at 10/., the moiety of the clerks at 41., and the portion of the knights at the same sum. From that period to the present the manor has never been alienated, but has always remained in the see. Formeriy in this parish were a park and mansion-house, belonging to the see of Chichester, and used by the bishops as an occasional summer residence. The mansion received additions and improvements from successive bishops, till the fanatic zeal of Waller's soldiers, at the siege of Chichester, having plundered the bishop's palace, counselled the destruction of this episcopal dwelling. They stopped here on their march to Arundel, and levelled it with the ground. The park was extensive ; but the timber had been felled before Bishop Montague's time, who was conse crated Bishop of Chichester in 1628. It was dis-parked after the restoration. Lydsey is a small hamlet in the south of the parish. A chapelry was founded here before 1282, as it was in that year determined that all oblations made there belonged to the mother church.* The chapel has long disappeared. ' Mr. Walter was praecentor of the cathedral in 1779, and vicar of Dying ; and as praecentor was entitled to the manor and rectory of Oving. 2 When by use and custom parochial bounds were fixed and settled, many of the parishes were still so large, that so great a distance from any church, and therefore, for some of the remote hamlets found it inconvenient to be at 56 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Chichester. PECKHAM. Arm^. Per Dall. The Peckhams were an ancient family who settled at Nyton, in this parish, formerly a grange belonging to Boxgrove priory, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The last heir male of the family was John Peckham, of Nyton, who died in 1782, leaving Mary Peckham, his daughter and heir. She married Charles Hewitt Smith, of Chichester, who became, >re uxoris, the possessor. Charles Peckham Peckham, Esq., who married the daughter of Dr. Carr, the late Bishop of Chichester and present Bishop of Worcester, their only child and heir, is now in posses sion. A small park encloses the handsome mansion, which was erected in the last century. Norton and Westergate, the former situated in the north district of the parish, and the latter a little west of the church of Eastergate, are tithings of the parish. Aldingboume House, the seat of Lady Molyneaux Howard, was erected by Miles Rowe, Esq. Its situation is extremely pleasant, the views extensive, and the grounds laid out with great taste. It is at an agreeable distance from the high road leading from Chichester to Arundel. The late Richard Newland, Esq., formerly a surgeon and apo thecary at Chichester, had a residence and some lands in Wester gate. It has been since sold in various lots. The family of Benion were also lessees of the episcopal estate, temp. Elizabeth. The living is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 10/. 5s. lOd., and in the patronage of the Dean of Chichester. The Rev. James Moss is the present incumbent. There are forty-seven acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is of considerable antiquity, though modernized and white-washed within side and without. " The chancel has a double stone stall, and window of the reign of Henry III. A chantry, once at the end of the north aisle, has a groined arch with the nail-headed moulding, which is of a still earlier style ; but the north aisle, with its arcade, has been entirely removed. Among the very ancient fonts of black marble, concealed under white lime, of a square shape, standing upon five unequally-sized pillars, which are frequent in this district, this is a curious specimen." ^ The parish register commences in 1558. Erm. a chief, quarterly, or. and gu. gree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p, 58. 1st, Suss. Vol, I, p. 78. ixikiX Arms. Vail, on a chief, or, three mullets, sa. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 119. Dall. West, Suss, Vol. 1, p, 77, WEST HAMPNETT, In ancient writings described as Hamptonette, is a parish so called in distinction to the hamlet of East Hampnett, in the adjoining parish of Boxgrove. It is bounded by Tangmere and Boxgrove on the east, St. Peter's on the west, East Lavant on the north, and Oving on the the relief and ease of such inhabitants, this new method was practised of building private oratories or chapels in any such remote hamlet, in which a Capellare was some times endowed by the lord of the manor, or some other benefactor ; but generally maintained by a stipend from the parish priest, to whom all the rates and dues were en tirely preserved. — Kenmet's Par. Ant. p. 687. 1 Dall. Chich. 79. p. of West Hampnett.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 67 south. It includes 1,850 acres of chiefly arable land, producing excellent crops. The population, in 1831, was 449. The large mansion house, formerly called West Hampnett Place, but now used as an incorporated poor-house for the parishes of Boxgrove, West Hampnett, and East Lavant, is of ancient date. The back part is unques tionably of the time of Queen Elizabeth ; the front is modern. There is a painting on the ceiling over the great staircase of St. Cecilia, with raany female attendants, besides other allegorical paintings, in the style of Kneller. The house was probably built by Richard Sackville (uncle of Thomas, first Lord Buckliurst). The front was rebuilt by Sir Hutchins Williams, Bart. It was purchased of his son, Sir W. Peere Williams, by Charles, third Duke of Richmond, by whom it was converted to its present purpose, for which, from its airy situation, lofty rooms, and extensive gardens, it is peculiarly fitted. West Hampnett is not mentioned in Doomsday. At an early period, however, it is known to have been attached to Halnac, or Halnaker, as a mesne lordship. In the reign of Henry VI. Robert Tawke was esta blished here. About the beginning of the seventeenth century Sir John Chapman was in possession, whose heiress, Judith, married George Rose, of Elastergate. It afterwards passed chapman. to the above-named Sir Hutchins Williams, Within this parish, and not far .in™.^ Per chev. gu. ana ar. a crescent, coun. ^ terchanged, a canton, erm. from Goodwood House, and in the approach to it from Chichester, is the small ^'"'sree. see serrys suss. oen. p. ss. hamlet of Woodcote distinguished for a beautiful cottage built by Mr. Dally, and now the property of — Fuller, Esq. The Duke of Richmond is proprietor of the whole parish, with some slight exceptions. y ^ The living is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Box grove, and is valued in the king's books at 71. 4s. 4d. Although a vicarage, this benefice is only in the nature of a perpetual curacy, having no tithes, but a clear yearly payment of yi. 13s. 4d., besides 40/. per annum arising from Queen Anne's bounty. Queen Elizabeth seems to have been the earliest patroness. It has always been held by sequestration till the year 1827, when the present patron, his Grace the Duke of Richmond, took out the seals, and it is now held by institution. The present vicar is the Rev. Cecil Greene. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is in the early style of English archi- rose. lecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, and south aisle. In the aisle under ^"Te; ai?™enS, SS^oneil'S.lif gu.™^''- ^• ., i_ ,P ., i 1. 1 11 u 1 i ill Pedigree. .See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 25. Dall. the belfry there appears to have been a small chapel, or oratory, separated by v»est. suss. voi. i. p. 120. two corresponding arches, and containing a small niche, in which was probably an image. MONU.VIENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. In the chancel is a mural stone monument, erected to the memory of Richard Sackville, Esq., and Elizabeth, his wife. It is partly defaced. There are two kneeling figures, male and female ; a male child placed behind the male, and a female child behind the female ; and in the centre, one of the worst representations of what is allowed to be incomprehensible— the Trinity — that can possibly be conceived. It is mutilated. We will not describe it. At the foot of the Trinity is an inscription, — " Sanclus Sf/inLusunus Deus." The Holy Gh ist is wanting. This may account for the heterodoxy of the legend. The arma at the base of the tomb are, I. Sackville. 2. Sackville impaling gu., on a chief of the second, three grasshoppers, vert, — Thatcher. 3. Thatcher. Oppositeto this monument there has lately been erected part of a table tomb of florid gothic, which was found behind the pulpit when the church was repaired, in 1831 and 1832. There is also a plain tablet erected to the memory of the late vicar, the Rev. Augustus Chichester, ob. 1829. There are three escutcheons of the family of Tawke and Thatcher over the north door-case, both internally and externally. The letters TR are a monogram of Thatcher. The church underwent considerable repairs in 1831 and 1832, when seventy additional free sittings were made, a new desk and pulpit were erected, and a vestry-room built. The date of the earliest extant register is 1734. There is a note in the hand- writing of Bishop Buckner, when incumbent of West Hampnett, in 1768, to this effect : — " That the register was the earliest he received from his predecessor, who, according to report, lost the previous documents." There is also a current report that they were burnt when the glebe house was destroyed many years ago. I VOL. II. 58 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES IR. of Chichester. \ ^ 7 BOXGROVE. The area of this parish consists of 3,410 acres, of which about 1,500 are arable and pasture, and 1,700 down land. Its boundaries are made by the surrounding parishes of East Dean, West Hampnett, Tangmere, and Eartham. The soil is for the most part good, though of various quality — gravel, loam, and chalk being found in different districts. This district contains but little wood ; what there is consists of elm, oak, and beech. The population, in 1831, was 778. The principal landowners are, the Earl of Winterton, the Duke of Richmond, and Countess Newburgh. There are several minor proprietors of yet valuable estates. The manor of Bosgrave is enumerated in Doomsday as in the hundred of the same name. Two freemen held it in the time of the Confessor. It waa assessed at six hides (about 720 acres), and the arable was as much as four ploughs could cultivate. The extent of the manor at that period was not more than one-fifth of the present parish. In the reign, however, of Henry I., the lordship of Halnaker was united to that of Boxgrove, and given to Robert de Haia. William Baron St. John was possessed of this united lordship in 1254. ^ ST, JOHN. \ Arms. Ar. on a chev. gu. two mullets, pierced, j^ ^.jgg .^ yyas the property of Hugh Lord St. Johu ; it afterwards became the Quartering. Ar. a fesse, and in chief three mart. ^ ii i- .i c r, • i i^ ii r ai ttt i r .« .^^ iet!,sa. forDEHAin. property of the lamily ot Poynings, and subsequently ot the Wests, Lords De Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 61. UalU rr.' ./ j o ' i. j , West, sijss. Vol. I. p. 124. Lj^ Warr. Thomas Lord De La Warr exchanged Boxgrove and its dependencies, with other manors (" because," says Magna Britannia, " he dare not refuse,") with King Henry VIII. in 1540, for the scite and circuit ofthe abbey of Wherwell, in Hampshire. Queen Elizabeth granted it, in 1587, in fee-farm, to be held as of the honour of Petworth, to Sir Jolm Morley. The last male heir. Sir William Morley, who died in I70I, was succeeded in this estate by his daughter, Mary Countess of Derby, and at her death in 1 752, it devolved to her cousin. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart. , of Devon, who disposed of it in 1765, to Charles Duke of Richmond, for the sum of 48,000/., in whose descendant, Charles Lennox, the fifth Duke of Richmond, the property is now vested. Strettone, now called Strettington, is enumerated in Doomsday as a dis tinct manor. Mr. Dallaway thinks that the derivation from the Saxon is obvious, and implies its vicinity to the Roman road which intersects the parish di agonally from the south-west angle to the north-east, at Sea-beach Farm. Strettington is now connected with the manorial estate. East Hamplnett is a tithing appended to the parish of Boxgrove. This manor and estate were, in the reign of Elizabeth, purchased by Edward Peck ham, Esq., a descendant from the family of Peckham, of Yalden, in Kent. In 1674, John Peckham sold East Hampnett to Sir George, afterwards Lord Chan- tZtJ^VTw^l\^t.^i^'fJ^l^^ cellor Jefferys. The property afterwards passed to the Tumours, a lineal 2. Vert, a saltier, engr. betw. four cross crossl descendant from whom, the Earl of Wiuterton, is now nronrietor lets, fitchee, ar. for Devenyshe. ' I r " ^^'^fsufs^^ir^fi^S'- ^"- "¦ ''¦ °^"- Within the demesnes of Godwood were lately the ruins of Hal naker House, which stood on a commanding eminence in a small park containing some Spanish chesnut trees of great size and beauty. The original structure was probably built by Robert de Haia, who had married a lady of the royal blood, to whom the manor was given by Henry I. The manor house is said to have been built by Sir Thomas West, who married, early in the reign MOKLEY. ^ ¦- s ^ m \ .5 p. of Boxgrove.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 59 of Henry VIIL, Elizabeth, the heiress of John Bonville, of Halnaker. The walls were castellated. The gateway, furnished with a portcullis, was flanked with small octangular towers, leading into a square court. Thence were entrances into the great hall and other spacious rooms, lighted with widely-spread bay windows, which were once thickly ornamented with the armorial bearings of the family of West, and their alliances. The oak wainscot of the hall, carved with knotsy scrolls, and devices, mingled with the cognizances of the founder, as well as those of King Henry and Clueen Catherine of Arragon, exhibited a most interesting example of the progress of that art. Either through neglect, or the false taste of encoiiraging the growth of ivy, these remains, which were amongst the most interesting of the south of England, of late years fell so fast into decay that it became unsafe to visit parts of the dilapidated ruins, and the greatest part of these have now been taken down and sold. Half a mile to the south of Halnaker, are the ruins of the pviory of Boxgrove, founded by Robert de Haia in the reign of Henry I., for three monks of the Benedictine order. He made it a cell to the abbey of L' Assay, or Exaquio, in Normandy, and richly endowed it. Roger de St.- John, who married Cicely, daughter and heir of Robert de Haia, added three more to the number of monks, making them six ; and his sons, William and Robert, increased the number to fifteen, William adding seven, and Robert two. This enlargement of the monastic fraternity took place in the reign of King Stephen, in 1 1 49. It still continued a cell to the monastery of L'Essay, in Normandy. Thomas, abbot ofthe monastery ofthe Holy Trinity at L'Essay, granted to the prior of this house and his success(^rs, that they migbt constantly have fifteen monks in their priory, and that upon the decease of any of them they might supply their number with whomsoever they might think proper to elect. William Earl of Arundel endowed these monks with great possessions. When the alien priories were seized by Edward III. during the wars with France, Boxgrove was made denizen, or indigena, by which it was rendered independent, and retained its endowment. At the suppression ofthe lesser monasteries, in 1535, its revenue was estimated at 185/. 19s. 8d. Thomas West Lord De La Warr, inheriting the patronage of the institution at the dissolution of the lesser monasteries, was anxious to save this from the royal clutch, and therefore endeavoured to divert the destroying tide by a letter, addressed to Lord Cromwell, the king's vicar-general, praying that it might be spared, but was unsuccessful. After the work of spoliation had been effected, the manors and advowsohs were seized by the crown, and granted for " valuable consideration had,", or exchanged away for property more agreeable to the thrifty monarch. The scite and premises were granted to Thomas West Lord De La Warr, who paid 126/. 13s. 4d. for the goods and furniture ofthe establishment. The church and the refectory are the only remains of the conventual buildings. The latter is converted into a barn ; other parts have furnished materials for the erection of a farm-house adjoining. The ancient parochial church, which was probably the nave, and of the eariy Norman sera, has been entirely destroyed. That part of the church eastward of the town was the conventual chapel, and is now used as the parish church. A doorway with Norman arches opened into a cloister, which extended to the refectory and the apartments of the monks. The benefice is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester, and the head of the deanery of Boxgrove. In the valor of Pope Nicholas, the impropriation is rated at 26/. 13s. 4d., and the vicarage at 8/. ; in the Nonaj Roll, at forty marks and twelve niarks ; and in the king's books, the vicarage at 9/. 5s. 5d. Itis ih the patronage of the Duke of Richmond, The great tithes belong to the vicar, by gift of Mary Morley, in 1704. The present incumbent is the Rev. Charles Webber, Archdeacon of Chichester. A nave and chancel, without division, and two aisles, constitute the present church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Blaze, The interior, represented in the engraving, is particularly handsome. The south transept I 2 60 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Chichester. is imperfect. Tlie eastern window of three large lights exhibits externally the nail-head moulding. On the south wall of the chancel are niches or stalls of carved stone, for the ministering priests in the celebration of mass. Glazed tiles, exhibiting grotesque flgures and scrolls, form the pavement. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. The sepulchral remains consist of six large cists covered with slabs of Petworth marble, under arcades of open quartrefoils, and'orna- mented with crockets. The names are lost; they were doubtless intended to preserve the remembrance of the founder and his descendants. Tradition relates that Queen Adeliza, wife of King Henry I., and afterwards of William de Albini, Earl of Arundel, was interred here. It is certain that two of her daughters, Oliva and Agatha, were here buried ;' but there is ample evidence lo prove that the queen was interred in the conventual church of Reading.' Philippa, wifeof Thomas Lord Poynings, lies under a tomb at the north side of the altar; and by the will of that nobleman, bearing date at Halnaker, 1428, he bequeathed his body to be buried within the choir of the priory of Boxgrove, near the tomb of the Lady Philippa, sometime Countess of Arundel and Pembroke, his wife.^ On the right hand side of the altar, is the burial chapel erected by Thomas West, the second Baron De La Warr and Canlalupe, in 1532. It is a rich canopied monument, constructed of Caen stone, elaborately carved, painted, and gilded. It is twelve feet high, fourteen feet in length, and in breadth nine feet eight inches. The following is inscribed round the lower parapet, in ancient gold letters upon a ground of blue : " Of your charitie pray for the souls of Thomas La War, and Elizabeth his wyf. Thomas La War, Anno Dni. M VcXXXII. Elizabeth La War ..." On the south side of the chancel is a mural monument inclosed with iron rails, with a long inscription to the memory of Sir William Morley, late of Halnaker, K.B. His second wife was daughter and heir of Sir John Denham, K.B., the celebrated author of " Cooper's Hill." Sir William died on the 30th of May, 1701. Opposite to this, on the north side of the chancel, is another elegant monument of white marble, sculptured in bas relief, in commemoration of Sir William's daughter and heir, who married James Earl of Derby, whom she survived many years. This lady, who died in 1752, in her 85th year, was remarkable for her charity, and is represented on her monument sitting under an oak and relieving poor travellers, and pointing to a building representing a hospital in this parish of her foundation.'' This hospital was founded by the Countess, in 1741, for the reception of twelve old women, and endowed with a rent-charge of what now amounts to 140/. per annum upon her estates. Likewise a school for six boys, who are clothed, and the same nuraber of girls. The women and children were to be chosen out of the parishes of Boxgrove, East Lavant, and Tangmere. Two other children were clothed and educated under an endowment now pro ducing 13/. a year, given by Mrs. Elizabeth Nash, in 1716. Besides this, there are two other charities in this parish; one founded by Mar garet Hyde, in 1695, consisting of Al. 13s. lOii., arising from land, two pounds of it to be applied to eight poor widows, and the remainder for bibles for poor maidens or girls. Another charity was founded by Bernard Frederick, in 1765, consisting of 3/. per annum, arising from 100/. three per cents., to he applied for cloathing and teaching poor children. In addition to the hospital, two school-rooms have been built, in which these children, together with others from the adjacent parishes, amounting in all to about 100 of each sex, are instructed, the additional expense being paid by subscripion. Goodwood, or, as it was anciently named, Godinwood, probably from its Saxon owner, God winus, who is mentioned in Doomsday as "liber homo" a freeman, is a woodland tract, for the most part lying within the parish of Boxgrove. It descended as Halnaker till it became vested in the crown, by exchange with Thomas Lord De La Warr, as already mentioned. In 1584 it was in the possession of John Lord Lumley. A few years after it was held by n«K. o. H,™°f™ ^™,o.v. '^-^'^'"^^ <^^^^^ ; ^"d '» 26th Charies II., John Caryll, who was attainted for Arms. Quarterly, Ist and 4,tii. France and Eng. high treason and outlawed, ho having flcd to France, was here resident. In land, quarterly ; 2nd. Scotland : 3rd. Ireland ' ? j £?S'lih" a ""^^^^^^^ 1720 it was purchased of the Compton family by Charies, the first Duke of ppr.;°OTer°aT|n'esMXon',''|u*'chMg^^^^^ Richmoud. The oM gothlc structuro was pulled down, and on its scite a new To this Indeed, its present grandeur and three oval buckles, or. two and one, u •! J* j. j r i .. „ . „ ,, ^ i°'' AuBioNY, building erected tor a hunting seat and place of occasional abode. Crest. On a chapeau, gu. turned up, erm. a lion, ^ statant, guardant, or crowned with a ducal coro. the third dukp madp VPrw yrpaf nflHitinna net, gu. and gorged with a collar, as.the bordure "^ Ulciue veiy grCdl aaQlllOnS. Supporters. Dexter, a unicorn, ar. armed, inaued, extent are to be attributed entirely to that able and public-spirited nobleman. and unguled, or. ; sinister, an antelope, ar. t. . ^ • i r . t> armed and hoofed, or. each supporter gorged It IS 01 au oricI lomi, cousistiHg of a Centre, and two wings receding at an with a collar, compony, as the bordure in the 3fX%«z„™o-.j!™r«^iflourishintherose,^"Sle of forty-five degrees. Pedigree, See Collins' Peerage, Vol. l.p. 183. The principal front is 166 feet long, and each of the wings 106 feet, making a total of 378 feet. In the centre is a ' Reg. Prior de Boxgr. cap. 37. * It has been also asserted that she was buried in the conventual church of Steyning, founded by her first husband. " Gough's Sep. Mon. Vol. II. p. 90. * Shoberl'sSuss. p. 67. iiiiMiaafi iilllllliilillillllllililiiiliik.. I G 5 -I I p. of Eartham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 61 graceful colonnade for entrance, having six Ionic columns above, supported by six Doric ones below. It is sur mounted by a balustrade. At all the corners are circular towers, having flat domed roofs. All the new part of the mansion is built of squared flint stones, collected from the Downs, broken by a hammer very small, and of the nicest masonry. They are of a lightish hue, and have this superiority over Portland stone, of which the architectural ornaments are composed, that the longer they are exposed to the air the whiter they become. The grounds which surround this neat and imposing structure are pleasingly diversified. Oak timber of the finest growth, and the wide-spreading beach, whose limbs touch the ground, adorn the extensive park, whils* numerous cedars of Lebanon, of a remarkable size and beauty, Virginian tulip trees, cork trees, and other exotics, give variety and interest to the foliage. The views frora different parts of the park are rich and extensive. The Isle of Wight terminates the south-west prospect, and St. Roche's Hill commands it from the north. From Cairney Seat, a pleasure- house erected with materials formerly composing the tower of Hove church, the view is magnificent, embracing the whole tract of plain beneath, the projections and recesses of the coast from Brighton to the harbours of Portsraouth and Southampton, and a considerable extent of country northward of the Downs. The park is nearly six miles in circumference, and contains 1,214 acres, partly surrounded by a strong flint wall. The interior of Goodwood House is, in the highest degree, elegant, and some of the rooms are truly magni ficent. Paintings by the first masters, and statuary ofthe highest interest, everywhere abound. We regret that our space will not allow of a detailed description of the interior of this splendid house. As the pedigree of the Richmond family may be found in numerous popular works, we shall only add that Charles, the present and fifth duke, who was born in 1791, succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1819. In 1817 he married Lady Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of Henry William, Marquis of Anglesey, K. G. and G. C. B. His grace is a knight of the garter, privy councillor, was post-raaster-general from 1830 to 1834, during part of Lord Grey's administration, is vice-admiral of Sussex, colonel of the royal Sussex militia, aide-de-camp to the king, high steward of Chichester, commissioner for colonial emigration, chairman of the committee on West Indian slavery, &c., &c. His titles are, Duke of Richmond, Earl of March, and Baron Settington, in England ; Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, and Baron Methuen, of Torbolton, in Scotland ; and Duke of Aubigny in France. ^ The duke was aid-de-camp to the hero of Waterloo, and in that battle received a musket ball in his body, which has never been extracted. He has a family of five sons and four daughters. The registers commence in 1561. EARTHAM, or BOWDOM, Is bounded on the east by Shndon, on the west by Boxgrove, and on the south by Alding bourne. It contains 2,110 acres of arable, pasture, and wood land, the latter occupying the northern portion of the parish, as its name Northwood imports ; an insulate hill rising in the south, extends in a northerly direction through the centre of the parish. The population, in 1831, did not exceed 113. The village is pleasantly situated in the centre of the parish, at the distance of about six miles NE. by E. from Chichester, and about the same distance NW. by W. from Arundel. The soU is generally chalk with marl and sand. The chief landed proprietor is Mrs. Huskisson. The manor is not mentioned in Doomsday under any name bearing a resemblance to the present, unless Offham, in the hundred of Benestede, be considered the sarae. Mr. Dallaway says that it was included in that » His last title was granted by Louis XIV. in 1683-4, and was confirmed and registered by the Parliament of Paris in 1777 ; it was abrogated at the Revolution by the National Assembly in 1793, and was confirmed again in 1816 by Louis XVIIL g2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. of Eslindune or Slindon, from which it was separated by the royal grant to the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 33rd Henry VIIL, this manor was obtained by the crown, in exchange for the lands of Michelham Priory. It afterwards becarae the property of John Lord Luraley. It was subsequently aliened to Anthony Kerape, Esq., of Slindon. It is now the property of the Countess of Newburgh, and is co-extensive with tbe parish. Thomas Hayley, Esq., of Chichester, purchased, in 1743, ofthe heirs of Sir Robert Fagg, Bart., an estate, on which he built a summer residence. His son, William Hayley, Esq., enlarged the villa, planted and im proved the grounds, and spent here in retirement many years devoted to literary pursuits, but especially to the Muses. During Mr. Hayley's residence in this beautiful spot, he greatly improved and ornamented the estate by planting trees, opening vistas, erecting seats and resting-places with commanding views, and giving to the surrounding scenery new and imposing features, known only to the lovers of taste. In the house was built a painting-room for the use of Romney, the friend of the poet, who often visited him at this rural retreat in the suraraer. — For a memoir of Hayley see Felpham, frora p. 108. In the year 1800 Mr. Hayley sold his Eartham estate to the late Right Hon. William Huskisson, who considerably enlarged the mansion, made various purchases of land in the parish, and effected extensive alter ations in the grounds and the iraraediate vicinity. To the day of his lamented death, Eartham was the much- loved spot to which he would retire after the bustle and anxiety of public business had weighed down the spirits, to regain in peaceful tranquillity, the nerve and vigour requisite to support the comparatively novel, but yet the iraportant doctrines of political econoray, which now begin to raanifest their saving and salutary efiicacy. The ecclesiastical living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove. It is valued in the king's books at 71. 5s. 2^d. It was anciently a parochial prebend in the cathedral of Chichester, and is now in the patronage of the prebendary. The Rev. H. E. Goddard is now incurabent. The church consists of a chancel, nave, and north aisle. A Norman arch separates the chancel from the nave. The forraer has been neatly repaired. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Of these there is one in latin, to the memory ofThomas Hayley, Esq., his wife, and infant son. Arms. On a cross aa., fourmascles and a cinguefoil of the field.— Hayley. Impaling per pale, gu. and as. three lioncels ramparU, or. — Ya les. On a marble tablet.— To the memory of Thomas Hayley, ob. May 2, I80O, Eet20. John Flaxman, sculptor, dedicates this stone to the virtues and talents of his beloved scholar. He was the poet's ouly child. Parent Almighty! to thy breast divine. The child they cherished, love and faith resign ; The gift resumed by thy unquestioned will. To fond devotion is a blessing still. Yes — in our hearts thy all directing sway Has fixed so deep, what seem'd to pass away, The bright endowments of a darling son — The genius he display'd — the praise he won ; His gentle manners — his exhaustless mind. Modestly firm, and delicately kind j No registers before 1813 can be found. His busy use of health — his gay repose — His Christian sufferance of a martyr's woes :— These, though his soul has fled this life of pain. Live in our bosoms, — in our spirits reign. God ! may these just memorials ofthe truth. Remain a lesson both to age and youth ! So thou, blest being, guide to bliss above All who embraced thee with protecting love ; Who train'd the virtues to thy childhood given, And saw them, torture-tried, the gold of heaven. — Hayley UP-WALTHAM. As its name implies this small parish is on the upland district of the Downs ; it is bounded by the parishes of East Dean, WooUavington, Sutton, and Slindon. Its extent is 1,260 acres of arable and down pasture land. The population, in 1831, was 9&. In Doomsday Book are two manors named Waltham, described under the hundred of Boxgrove. One is said to be held by Ernald of the Eari of Montgomeri. Godwin, a freeraan, held it in the Saxon time, when it was estimated at six hides. The Abbey of Tward had two hides, and the Eari had two hides in his park. The other IS thus particularized :-<« Goisfrid holds Waltham of the Eari. Two freemen held it in the time of King Edward. It was then assessed at four hides, it is now rated at three, because the Eari has one in his park. The arable is four plough lands." The manorial property at an eariy period passed into the family of De Alta p. of Southbersted.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 63 Ripta, or Dawtrey, with whom it remained during several centuries. The manor and estates were purchased of the family of Luther, in I776, by George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont, who is the present possessor. The ecclesiastical living is rectorial in the Archdeaconry of Chichester, valued in the king's books at 6/. 2s. 1 Id. The patron is the lord of the manor. The Rev. James Tripp is now incumbent. The church is in the eariy style of English architecture ; the|east_end of the chancel is semi-circular, which would seem to give it a claim to be regarded as a Saxon edifice. The registers commence only in 1790. HUNDRED OF ALDWICK. This unconnected Hundred consists of five parishes, three of which are altogether separated from the rest : they are— Southbersted, Pagham, Tangmere, Slindon, and East Lavant. The two former are conjoined, and the three latter are separated from each other, and from the remainder ofthe Hundred, by intervening parishes. The whole Hundred comprises 13,270 acres. SOUTHBERSTED. This parish was not recognized as such before the year 1200, but was regarded as a portion ofthe parish of Pagham. Since that period, however, it has had separate parochial rights. It has for its limits the parishes of Merston, Oving, Pagham, Aldingbourne, and Felpham, with the sea to the south. Its superfices are 2,750 acres of arable and pasture land, productive in the highest degree. The soil is a rich loam, upon a reddish brick earth, beneath which is sand or gravel, and sometimes a white marley and binding earth. The whole parish, as almost all within the marine district of Sussex, is situated on a plain ; and though destitute of the variety of scenery which an undulating surface affords, is by no means barren of interest. The population, in 1831, wag 2,190. The principal landed proprietors are Richard Hasler, Esq., Mrs. Smith, of Bersted Lodge, Bognor, and William Borrer, Esq. The village of Southbersted has felt the impulse of fashion, and from a dull, dirty habitation, has become lively, clean, and even neat. Bognor rocks are a group which rise near the coast, and in a curved direction extend into the sea about two miles ; they are but a few feet in height, and are visible as rocks only at low water. They are thus described in Mr. Mantell's elegant work : — " The Sandstone rocks of Bognor are the ruins of a deposit once very extensive, and which, even within the memory of man, formed a line of low cliffs along the coast ; at present a few groups of detached rocks, covered by the sea at high water, are all that remains ; and the period is not far distant when even these will be swept away by the encroach ments of the ocean. The lowermost part of the rocks is adark grey limestone, in some instances passing into sand stone : the upper part is siliceous. The Barn rocks, between Selsea and Bognor, the Houndgate and Street rocks on the west, and Mixen rocks on the south of Selsea, are portions of the same bed. The fossils enclosed in these strata are similar to those which occur in the London clay. The shells are generally white and friable, consisting of a soft calcareous earth ; but they also occur in a good state of preservation. They consist of various species of the genera Nautilus, Rostellaria, Lingula, Turritella, Pyrula, Pinna Pectunculus, Pholodomin, &c. Septaria sometimes occur with 64 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. numerous turritella, the shells of the latter being converted into a Porcelain-like corbonate of lime. Polished slabs of this kind are very beautiful."^ The manor of Southbersted is not mentioned in Doomsday, but being one of the dependent manors of Pagham, it was, doubtless, included in the gift of Ceadwalla to Wilfrid, the first Saxon bishop, and afterwards transferred to the keeping of the see of Canterbury. How it came to the crown may be seen by consulting any of the parishes constituent ofthe hundred of Aldwick. The respective families of Manning, Sutton, Ashfield, Isham, Stocker, and Haslar, have been lords. It is now the possession of — Potts, Esq. Northbersted is a tithing, or manor, of this parish. A considerable estate in it has long been held by the family of Peachey. The manor of Shripney extends into the parish of Pagham, and belongs to Richard Hasler, Esq. William Borrer, Esq. has a considerable estate in this tithing, formeriy belonging to Charies Randoll Covert, Esq., and then to John Covert. Bognor, a hamlet of South Bersted, has recently become a fashionable and favourite watering place. Its present consequence it owes to Sir Richard Hotham, who having amassed a large fortune by comraercial pursuits, hap pened to visit this part ofthe Sussex coast about the year 1784, when he con ceived the design of making Bognor, then occupied by a few farmers and fisher men, a fashionable resort. To effect which favourite object he devoted the remainder of his life, and not less than 60,000/. of his fortune. By frequent purchases he became the proprietor of the whole scite of the present village, and erected on coraraodius localities, — Bognor Lodge, late the residence of Sir John Harington, now the property of the Eari of Arran ; Arran Lodge, his lordship's residence ; Bersted Lodge, the residence of Mrs. Smith ; Dome House, the residence of Mrs. Wilson ; Spencer Terrace, Hotharapton Place, East Row, and other edifices. All these he furnished, altered the narae of Bognor to Hotharapton, and left no pains untried to make Bognor popular among the haul ton. Before the completion of his plan Sir Richard died. His immense outlay was by no raeans pro ductive of a correspondent return ; and an expensive law suit, the favourable decision of which he fondly anticipated would replenish his exhausted purse, and add new beauties to Hotharapton, ended in an adverse verdict, and the compulsory payment of a large sum for costs. These circumstances preyed upon the spirits of the worthy knight, and he sunk to rest in 1799, leaving but a net income of 8,000/. to his astonished heirs. What Sir Richard left imperfect has, by the exertions of different individuals, been well nigh accomplished. " The mildness of the temperature of Bognor is manifested by the luxuriance of the trees and shrubs that grow near the shore, and the facility with which all sorts of native, and many exotic, plants are cultivated. At the very edge of the ocean the elegant tamarisk is Seen to blossom in full perfection during several of the winter months ; and whilst the snow lies embedded on the northern sides of the hills it is either not seen here, or soon dissolves away under the genial influence of the climate."* When Sir Richard Hotham began his improvements in Bognor there was no inn or public- house in the place, with the exception of an old one with a thatched roof, named " The Fox." This he enlarged into a very handsome hotel, with extensive stabling, and every convenience which the most fastidious visitor might desire. In 1826 this large and almost magnificent edifice was destroyed by fire ; the flames extended to Rock Buildings, but they were happily saved ; sixteen cottages, however, more westward, were destroyed. A new hotel, in the room of the one destroyed, is now building by A. L. Sarell, Esq., who has purchased Mr. Clark's interest in the Bognor property. Arms. Az. alion, rampant, erm. ducally crowned, or. a canton ofthe last, charged with a mullet, pierced, or. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 541. DaU. VVest. Suss. p. 44. ¦ Geol. ofS. K. of Eng. p. 52. ' Daily's Bognor Guide. p. of Pagham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 65 The living is a vicarage in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is in the deanery of Pagham, and is valued in the king's books at ']l. 18s. M. " In the bishop's register is the copy of a coramission from the archbishop for the consecration of the church of Southbersted, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene in 1405, saving the rights of the mother church of Pagham, excepting sepulture. An indulgence of forty days was declared for those who frequented the church, then newly built, and eight acres or more given for the glebe. There were two chapels, one at Bognor, and the other at Northbersted, which are recognized in the archives of the diocese."^ The present incurabent is the Rev. Edward Eedle. The church, the date of which the above extract furnishes, consists of a chancel, nave, and two aisles, with a tower supported by large buttresses, and surmounted with an obtuse shingled spire. The church was completely pewed about a century ago by Thomas Grey, of Shripney, in this parish. The gallery was erected at the expense of Sir Richard Hotham. In the chancel are some neat marble monuments to the children of Mr. Hasler ; and one in the body of the church to Charles Edward Wilsonn, Esq., sometime since M.P. and Receiver-General for Middlesex. A similar indulgence, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to persons visiting the church of South Bersted, as above mentioned, was granted to the visitors of the chapel of the Holy Cross at Northbersted, long since destroyed. Richard Hasler, Esq., is the lay impropriator of the great tithes, which, with some copyhold lands, were purchased by his brother, John Badcock Hasler, in 1807, for 14,500/. They are held of the dean and chapter of Canterbury. As tlie parish church is very remote from Bognor, a chapel of ease has been erected at the latter place, and is very full^ attended. To this chapel, by the liberal aid of the Rev. Charles Baumgarten, a tower and belfry and a town dock have been added ; his sister. Miss Baumgarten, contributing 25/. for a handsome vane to surmount the tower, and Captain Baumgarten, their father, presenting a superbly bound bible and prayer book. Inscrip tions in the chapel record very liberal donations by Mrs. Wilsonn for various institutions in Bognor. The Rev. Frederick Sauntlett, was the late, and the Rev. — Lane is the present rainister of this chapel. The registers commence in 1564. PAGHAM. This is one of the most fertile parishes in the south of England. The soil is a strong loam, peculiarly favourable for the growth of wheat. It contains 3,980 acres of chiefly arable land. North Mundham and Merston form the northern boundary ; Pagham Harbour the western ; Southbersted the eastern ; and the sea the southern. The population, in 1831, was 958. The principal landed proprietors are, — Brereton, Esq. ; Messrs. George, John, Thomas, and Stephen Adams ; Mr. H. Bridger ; Mr. Richard Penfold ; Mr. William Peachey ; Mr. James Hack ; and the Rev. — Bayton, devisee of John Peachey, Esq. " This parish is subdivided into five tithings : 1st, Nytimber and Pagham ; 2nd, Grimsham ; 3rd, South Mundham ; 4th, Aldwicke ; 5th, Seven Households ; and thus rated to the land- tax. The small coppice for enclosures, mentioned in Doomsday, is now called the Heyward."^ The village of Pagham is situated in the south-west part of the parish, near to the harbour, consisting of but a few cottages. 1 Dall. Suss. Vol. 1- p. 4.5. « lb. p. 3? K VOL. II. 66 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Chichester. Pagham Harbour was occasioned by a sudden irruption of the sea in the beginning of the 14th century. The Nonffi Roll, 1345, states that 2,700 acres were devastated, frora which the vicar was wont to receive 10/. 10s. The estuary is an irregular expanse, about a mile across, and extending a little more in length to Sidlesham Mill. Sraall vessels only enter the harbour, the raouth of which is in sorae measure blocked up by a bar of loose beach, which runs nearly across. The manor of Pagenham, with the hundred court, was given by Ceadwalla, King ofthe West Saxons, to Wilfrid ; but at the time of the formation of Doorasday Book, it belonged to the see of Canterbury. In the reign of Edwardthe Confessor it was rated at fifty hides, and when transferred, at thirty-four. There were twenty acres of meadow and a small coppice for inclosures. For herbage, one hog from every villain that had seven hogs. This eustom was established throughout the whole county of Sussex. Here was a mill and a church, and another church in Cicestre belonging to the manor.* The lordship continued in the see of Canterbury, and several of the Archbishops made it their occasional place of abode (before their establishment at Slindon), till the reign of Henry VIIL, when it was ceded to the king by Cranmer. The remains of the ancient archi-episcopal palace are very visible in a field, at a short dis tance south-east of the church. Some of the old walls, and the terrace of the garden, are distinguishable. Nytimber, Aldwicke, Boley or Boghkley, South Mundham, Lagness, or Lagnershe, and Crimsham, are hamlets or farms annexed to Pagham, sorae of which enjoy manorial rights or exemptions.* The hamlet of Aldwicke, and the sea coast adjoining, have within the last half century been adorned with marine villas in different styles of architecture. The living is a vicarage, in the deanery of Paghara, within the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is valued in the king's books at 9/. 18s. 3d. The archbishop is patron ; and the present incura bent is the Rev. Edward Goddard. The church, dedicated to St. Thoraas-a-Becket, is in the early style of English architecture, and was probably built by one ofthe archbishops of that see soon after the canonization of Becket. It consists of a chancel, nave, and side aisles, a transept, and a tower, surmounted with a low obtuse shingled spire. The chancel and the transept exhibit the same style of windows, of three distinct lights, with lancet heads and filleted pilasters, both withinside and without. At the end of the north aisle was a chantry, founded in 1383, by John Bowrere, and Alice, his wife. To this chantry some of the inhabitants had the right of presentation. In consequence of the devastations of the sea, " et alias adversi temporis causas," the endowment became insufficient to maintain a chap lain ; it was, therefore, sequestered by the archbishop. In the Liber Regis it is valued at 6/. 18s. lOd. Richard Hede, the last incumbent, received a pension of 51.^ MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. On the margin of a stone slab in the chancel is an inscription in Longobardic characters. Some of the words and letters are obliterated, but the following appear :— Hic .... Symon ... G . . ele . . . Sua Crimina .... Crist ego . . . cuius, Templi Rector fuit hujus. The denominating the church Templum, instead of Ecclesia, denotes its great antiquity. This stone was taken upa few years ago, and underneath were found the crumbling remains of the reverend rector, in a stone coffin, habited in his canonicals.'' Polyxena, wife of John Barfoote, minister of Pagham, ob. 1652. John Darling, vicar, ob. 1728. Edmunde Darell, Esquior, clerke of the caterie of the Queue s household, deceased the xxth daye of June, A, D. 1573, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Brooke Pechell, Bart., ob. 1802, aet 12. William Peachey, gent., ob. 1809. Mary, the daughter of Richard and Miriam Godman, Aug. the 1st, 1719. Sir Thomas Brooke Pechell, Bart,, ob. June 23rd, 1826, aged 73 years. ^ The registers commence in 1707. 1 Trans. Dooms. Sussex, p. 112. 2 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 37. 3 Dall. Suss, quoted in Bognor Guide. * Dall. Bognor Guide, p. 86. p. of Slindon.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 67 TANGMERE. This is one of the smallest parishes in the western division of Sussex, containing 730 acres of chiefly arable land. It is extremely irregular in its outlines : around it are the parishes of Boxgrove, Oving, Southbersted, and Aldingbourne. The population, in 1831, amounted to 197- The soil, which is generally marl, produces good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The surface is unbroken with hills, and on a low scite. Of the landed proprietors, the Duke of Richmond and Countess Newburgh are the principal. The manor of Tangmere is surveyed in Doomsday Book as in the hundred of Pagehara. It was then the demesne of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the time of the Confessor, it was rated at ten hides, but in the Norman times the valuation was reduced to six. It was included in the exchange between Henry VIII. and Archbishop Cranmer, mentioned under Slindon. Sir Richard Baker and Richard Sackville, Esq., purchased the manor ofthe queen. It was subsequently annexed to the Halnaker estate, and with that, was purchased by the third Duke of Richmond. The present Duke is the possessor. ^ The benefice is rectorial, in the deanery of Pagham ; it is in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Duke of Richmond is patron. In the king's books it is valued at 13/. 5s. There are twenty- two acres of glebe. The Rev. — Tredcroft is incumbent. The church dedicated to St. Andrew, is in the early style of English architecture. It consists of a chancel and nave ; part of the floor of the chancel is paved with plain and ornamented tiles, interspersed with bricks and stones without any regularity. This parish is entitled to send two children to Boxgrove school, founded and endowed by the Countess Dowager of Derby, in 1751. The registers commence in 1530. SLINDON. Slindon adjoins to the parishes of Houghton, Waltham, Eartham, and Walberton. It contains 2,840 acres of arable, pasture, wood, and common land. The population, in 1831, was 539. The landed property of the parish is chiefly belonging to the Countess of Newburgh. The village is situated on an eminence in the south district of the parish. The locality is highly pleasing and picturesque, having immediately adjoining the village to the south-west, the mansion and park of Slindon ; and to the south-east. Dale Park, with its beautifully rounded knolls and deep glens. The manor of Eslindone is mentioned in the Doorasday Survey under the hundred of Benestede, as being held by Earl Roger. It was assessed at eight hides, both in the Saxon and Norman tiraes. At an early period it was granted by Henry I. to Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury. In 34tli Henry VIII. the king obtained it by an exchange with Cranmer, Archbishop. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was confirmed to Anthony Kempe, Esq. The last heir raale died in 1753, and the manor being settled on his eldest daughter' KEMPK Arms. Gu. three garbs, within a bordure. engr or. Crest. On a garb, lying fessewayt, or. a falcon, with wings endorsed, ppr. Quarterings. 1. Ar. three lions, rampant, sa. within a bordure. S. Gu. a chev. betw. three cinquefoils, or. for Chicbe. 3. Or across, voided, gu. for Creoll. 4. Sa. three lions, passant, betw. two bendlets, ^r. for Browne. Pedigree, See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 75. Dall West. Suss. Vol 1. p. ISO. 1 DaU. Suss, Vol J. p. 74. k2 gg HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. Barbara, carried it by marriage to James Bartholomew RatcMe, Eari of Newburgh, in right of his mother, whose son, Anthony James, succeeded to the manor and demesne.* His cHOLMONDEi.EY.E.RLo,N.wBt,R<.H. ' -^ leaving Ws widow Anne, Countess of Newburgh, Arms. Gu. two helmets in chief, ppr. gamished, lordship dlCd lU 10l4, B. r., leavuifo l"& wiuuvv ii" , O, or. in base, a garb of the last. Crest. A demi-griffln, segreant, sa. beaked, fhe DreSOnt UOSSCSSOr. winged, and membered, or. holdmg betw. the """^ f r s^Zlr^%1iSr%%r-^X beak, wings. siiudou Housc, thc rcsidcnce of her ladyship, is believed to have andforeJegs.or. Simster,awolfofthesecond, kJllliu.uu x , . ,,. , p /-i .l i «!?r§|;5Srarvirtue is the been originally built by one of the Archbishops of Canterbury as pS^«!"s"o Burke's Peerage. early as thc thirteenth ccutury.^ The celebrated Stephen Langton died here in the beginning of the reign of Henry III. After its alienation it becaine the residence of the Kempes, one of whom, Sir Garret Kempe, early in the reign of Elizabeth, pulled down the old mansion, and erected upon its scite the present edifice, which has under gone by its successive owners, numerous internal alterations and embellishments. There are s'ome family portraits in the library. A fine picture of Christ taken from the cross, adorns the rich altar in the chapel.^ The celebrated picture of the Beggar of Antwerp is also here. This ancient mansion is delightfully situated upon a bold eminence at the upper end of a well-wooded park, commanding magnificent sea views, as Avell as a large tract of fertile country to the east and to the west. The benefice is a rectory in the deanery of Pagham, a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is rated in the king's books at 14/. 13s. Ijrf. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture. It is small, consisting of a chancel, nave, and two aisles. An effigy of a man in armour, his head resting upon his helmet, is under a niche in the chancel. It is supposed by Mr. Dallaway to be intended for Anthony Kempe, Knt., the grantee of Slindon. There are several monumental inscriptions to members of the Kempe family, and some others ; but none of much interest. In 1782, the Rev. John Smelt, L.L.B., when he succeeded to the rectory, agreed to pay the sum of 51. per annum for bread to the poor, in lieu of a feast wont to be given at the parsonage. — Elizabeth Mellish, in 1708, gave 21. per annum to the poor. The registers commence in 1558. EAST LAVANT. This irregularly-shaped parish is bounded on the east and south by West Hampnett, on the north by West Stoke, on the west by Funtington and St. Peter's. Its superficies are 2,970 acres of arable, pasture, down, wood, and common land. Of these more than one half are in profit able tillage. The population, in 1831, was 407- The principal landed proprietors are, the Duke of Richmond and Mrs. Dorrien. The parish has the privilege of sending four children to the charity-school at Boxgrove, founded by the Countess of Derby. West Lavant is a tithing belonging to this parish, though separated from it by the interven- 1 Dal. Vol. I., p. 149. « Ib. » Shoberl's Suss. p. 73. p. of West Thornei/.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 69 The family of tion of Mid-Lavant, which is in the hundred of Westbourne and Singleton. Miller, Baronets, had a seat in this .pleasant hamlet. It was sold, together with the annexed estate, to Charles, the third Duke of Richmond,^ and was devised by him to the widow of General Dorrien, who resides there. The manor of Levitone was, at the compiling of Doomsday Book, tenanted of Osberne, Bishop of Exeter. In the reign of the Confessor it was held of the king by Godwin, a priest. It was uniformly rated at six hides. " All these lands have appertained, and still appertain, to the church of Boseham for alms."'' It afterwards was transferred to the see of Canterbury, and subse quently carae to the crown. Queen Elizabeth, in 1560, granted it to Sir Richard Baker. It was sold, in 1775, to Charles, the third Duke of Richmond. The living is rectorial, in the deanery of Pagham, and is one out of the several parishes within the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canter bury. It is valued in the king's books at 20/. 18s. lid. It is in the patronage of Lord WiUoughby de Broke. miller, baet. The church is dedicated to St. Marj'. It consists of a nave and chancel ; ^Ss,«kLf,Tu.™''''' ^'' ''^'"- ""^'^'' """'^ the latter of which is of much later date than the former. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Cre.it. A wolf's head, erased, or. gorged with a collar, wavy, az. Quartering. Or. a chev. dancetee, 'betw. three estoiles, gu. for Couber. Pedigree. See Dall. West. Suss. I. p. 292. Kim- The floor has slabs of Sussex marble, oinaniented with sacerdotal crosses. Around one of them cMchlfto" IraradS' No'£" ^' °^''' *'"'' is the following inscription, in Longobardic characters :.." Pjicb qi passes par id. Pur I'alme > P > ¦ • Luci de Mildebi." On another brass is an inscription for Thomas Matthewe Cawse, of Chichester. Eugenius Stockton, rector, ob. 1635, at 58. Jane, wife of Joseph Henshaw, S. T. P., rector, ob. 16.?9. There are also several inscriptions of the families of Compton and Hebeiden. The registers commence in 1653. HUNDRED OF BOSHAM. This Hundred contains the parishes of West Thorney, Bosham, Chidham, Funtington, and West Stoke. These parishes compose the Hundred and paramount manor of Bosham, they are all con tiguous, and are situated near the south-western boundary of the county. Chichester harbour forms the boundary to the south, the Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton the north and western limits, and that of Box and Stockbridge is on the east. The Hundred approaches the form of an oval ; the longest diameter of which is about six miles, and the least, three-and-a-half. It contains 10,690 acres. WEST THORNEY, Or Thorney Island, is a parish near the centre of the great estuary called Chichester Har bour. It is about three miles in circumference, and contains 940 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture land. The arable is of excellent quality for the growth of wheat. The population, in 1831, was 104. 1 DaU. Vol. l.p. 117. * Doomsday Trans. 120. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. The manor of West Thorney is a raeraber of the lordship of Boshara. In Doomsday-book, Malger is said to have held of the territory of the church of Boseham twelve hides as a manor ; this district was called Tornei. For the descent of the manor, see Bosham. • • ii u i There are two other manors called Thorney Aglands and Thorney Bickley ; the forraer originally belongmg to the College of Boshara. or to the Bishop of E.eter, as Dean ; Robert Harfield, gent., was proprietor m 1 815. The latter was the property of Thomas Bickley in the reign of Elizabeth. The benefice is a rectory in the deanery of Paghara, and in the king's books it is rated at 10/. 8s. 4d The lordship of Bosham has one-third turn in the advowson ; 14 acres of glebe are recorded in the Nonae Roll to be lost. The Rev. — Lyne is the present incurabent. The church is sraall and ancient; built, as Mr. Dallaway conjectures, in tbe age of Wariewast, Bishop of Exeter, the founder ofthe College of Bosham, about the year 1120. Like many ofthe earliest Norman churches it has a nave only, and zig-zag ornaments and mouldings adorn the door-cases, in which is a mixture of the round and pointed arcb.^ In 1785, John Boulton gave 20Z. to be distributed to the poor of this parish. The registers commence in 1530. BOSHAM, Or, as called by the Saxons, Bosen-ham, probably from its being a ham or viil, surrounded with woods, is frequently mentioned by the ancient chroniclers. It was formerly a place of consider able merchandise, but Chichester has since absorbed the whole trade of this and other small mercantile towns. Dicul, an Irishman, at an early period of the Saxon sway, is said to have formed here a small cell for five or six religious men. " In a MS history of this place, drawn up iu the seventeenth century, by Mr. John Smyth, it is said that ' the inha bitants of Bosham, deriving their knowledge from their ancestors, shewed the writer, in 1637, the ruins of an outworne foundation, near to the ancient parish church, which they called St. Bede's chapel, as small in circuit as Bede maketh the cell of Dicul, there adjoining, to be.' "^ Two branches of the great estuary, Chichester harbour and Bosham creek, form the boundaries of the parish to the east, west, and south ; the northern is made by Funtington. The superficial contents are 3,860 acres of chiefly arable land. Stiff and highly fertile marl is found near the middle of the parish. The population, in 1831, was 1,181. The principal land owners are Colonel Smith, the Hon. Captain Berkley, Messrs. Cheesman, Bennetts, Farndell, Humphrys, Blunden, Boorn, and others. Captain Berkley resides at Old Park, which is well wooded. The village is situated at the northern extremity of the creek, at the distance of about three' miles and a half S. W. by W. of Chichester. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the fishery. After the Norman Conquest, King William kept in his own hands a portion of the lordship of Boseham, which had been held by Earl Godwin, and afterwards by his son, the amiable and courageous, but unfortunate King Harold. Here Earl Godwin occasionally resided during the reign of Edward the Confessor. From this place Harold sailed in a pinnace for pleasure, but being overtaken by a storm was driven ashore at Ponthieu, in Normandy. Whether to obtain his liberty, or as a mark of respect, he thence visited William, Duke of Nor mandy, who treated him with the utraost courtesy, and is said to have entertained for hira the highest esteem. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 82. " Burr. MSS.; Shoberl's Sussex, 61. p. of Bosham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 1 It was during this visit that the wily duke obtained from Harold, v?hat the latter afterwards declared to be a compulsory promise, to aid him by his utmost efforts to obtain, at the death of the Confessor, the crown of England, which that monarch was pledged to bequeath to him. Edward the Confessor died. William expected tranquilly to mount the throne ; but Harold had grasped the crown. The battle of Hastings succeeded. Harold perished, and England was reduced to tyrannic Norman rule.^ "About the reign of Henry II., the hundred and manor of Boshara were constituted, with great privileges and exemptions, several of which are claimed and allowed in the present day, more particularly as they were recognised aud confirmed hy King James I., in the fourth year of his reign."« 1 The Bayeux tapestry, yet preserved in the cathedral of that city, is supposed to be one of the oldest and most authentic monuments extant of the Norman conquest of this kingdom. It has usually been deeraed the work of the Conqueror's Queen, Matilda, and the ladies of her court. The Abbe de la Rue, however, professor of history at the Acaderay of Caen, in Norraandy, in a dis sertation on this tapestry, contends that it is the work of the Empress Matilda, the gi-anddaughter of the queen. We feel ourselves called upon to give some account of this celebrated work; and the more because a correspondent, in his account of the Battle of Hastings (vide vol. l.p. 73 ), has treated the subject with too much levity. Costly plates of the whole roll have recently been published by the Society of Antiquaries. We shall first permit Mr. Dibdin to explain to the reader, in his own glowing style, the place, and mode, and character of this production. " Now, then, my friends, it is high time that you should be introduced in proper form to the faraousBayeux tapestry. Let us leave, therefore, paper and printing for linen and needle-work. It is unnecessary to communicate the hundred little things which occurred till Mr. Lewis had finished his laborious task, after an application of six or eight hours for two successive mornings. His labours are at an end, and they have been thoroughly successful. I hope to carry with me through France and Germany this most marvellous fae simile. Stitch for stitch, colour for colour, size for size. Not that I would be understood to underrate the previous labours of Mr. Stothard, which are in truth equally admirable, only that they are of a different nature, and upon a more extensive scale. Know, then, in as few words as possible, that this celebrated piece of tapestry represents chiefly the invasion of Eng land by William the Conqueror, and the subsequent death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings. It measures about 214 English feet in length, by about nineteen inches in width, and is supposed to have been worked under the particular superintendence and direction of Matilda, the wife of the Conqueror. It was forraerly exclusively kept and exhibited in the cathedral; but it is now justly re tained in the Town Hall, and treasured as the most precious relic among the archives of the city. There is, indeed, every reason to consider it as one of the most va luable historical monuments which France possesses. It has also given rise to a great deal of archaeological dis cussion. Montfaucon, Ducarel, and De La Rue, have come forward successively, but more especially the first and last ; and Montfaucon, in particular, has favoured the world with copper-plate representations of the whole. There are, in fact, several series of plates of portions of ^Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 57.— The customs in question are particularly enumerated in an Indenture, dated the 30th May, 7th this needle-work, but all those which I have seen are lamentably defective. Montfaucon's plates are generally much too small ; and the more enlarged are too orna mental. It is right, first of all, that you should have an idea how that piece of tapestry is preserved or rolled up. You will see it here, therefore, precisely as it appears after the person who shews it takes off the cloth with which it is usually covered. " A female unrolls and explains it to you. The first portion of the needle-work, representing the embassy of Harold, frora Edward the Confessor to William, Duke of Normandy, is comparatively much defaced, — that is to say, the stitches are worn away, and little raore than the ground, or fine linen cloth, remains. It is not far from the beginning, and where the colour is fresh, and the stitches comparatively preserved, that you see the portrait of Harold. "If you will observe that both at top and at bottom of the principal subject there is a running allegorical or nament, of which I will not incur the presumption to suppose myself a successful interpreter. The constella tions, and the symbols of agriculture and of rural occu pations, form the chief subjects of this running ornament. All the inscriptions are executed in capital letters of about an inch in length ; and upon the whole, whether this extra ordinary and invaluable relic be of the latter end of the 1 1th, or the begining or middle of the 12th century, seeras tome a matter of rather secondary consideration. That it is at once (borrowing a word out of the biblioraaniacal vocabulary) unique and important, must be considered as a position to be neither doubted nor denied. It is at once an exceedingly curious document of the conjugal attachment, and even enthusiastic veneration, of Matilda; and a political record of more weight than may at first sight appear to belong to it. I suspect that in painting, as well as in poetry, a little fiction is mixed up with the truth ; hut taking it altogether ' none but itself can be its parallel.' " i The time occupied in this pictorial representation is from the residence of King Harold at Bosham, taking in his visit to Norraandy and the subsequent events, termi nating in his death on the field of Hastings. Dr. Ducarell has published the whole in seven plates. The first is headed " Haroldus Dux Anglorum et sui milites eqvitant ad Bosham." — " Harold, General or leader of the English, and his soldiers'(or knights') ride to Bosham." The last- is thus, — " Hic Harold, rex interfectus est." " Here King Harold is slain." With this catastrophe the history of the tapestry abruptly terminates. Elizabeth, between the RightJHon. Henry Lord Berkeley of the one part, and Williana Dawtry, of Rawtham, Esq., Richard Mervin, of ' Dibdin's Tour, Vol. I. p. 375, et. seq. 72 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. Early in the reign of Henry I., Roger Bigod, Eari of Norfolk, was lord of the manor. It afterwards became the property of the Mowbrays' Dukes of Norfolk, and in a partition in chancery between the heirs of John last Duke of Norfolk, Boshara was allotted to the barony of Berkeley. In 1810, the manorial esta e with its appendages, was devised by Frederick Augustus, Eari of Berkeley, to Maunce Fitzharding Berkeley, Esq., a captain in the royal navy, who is the present proprietor.^ ,, o f txt t Within this parish is a residence occupied by the Right Hon. Lord J. George Lennox, M. P. for Western There are three hamlets within the parish, viz. : Walton, Old Fishbourne, and Bradbridge, called Broad Bridge ; the latter was granted by the crown, 16th Edward IH., to Roger PapiUon, by the service of rendering to the king two white capons whenever he should ride near Brad- bridge MUl. ^. , ^ ^ ^ ^ , A college was founded here about the year 1120, by William Wariewast, Bishop of Exeter ; and a dean and five secular canons or prebendaries established. It continued till the dissolution of the lesser raonasteries, when the scite ofthe college was given to Vincent Calmady. In the time of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Richard Sackville obtained the prebends at a reserved rent of 43Z. 10s. The property has since been leased out to various indi viduals. It is now vested in the dean and chapter of Chichester. We give an engraving of all that remains of the building.The benefice is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and is valued in the king's book at 61. lis. Sd. It is in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Chichester Cathedral. The living is endowed with 200/. private benefaction, 200/. royal bounty, and 400('. pariiamentary grant. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is partly in the early style of English architecture and partly in that which prevailed in the fourteenth century .2 The prebendal stalls still remain in the chancel, and in the north wall is a niche with crocketted ornaments, inclosing a feraale incurabent flgure, of a style not eariier than the reign of Edward I. The font is Saxon. Under the south aisle is a sraall crypt, which, as it is not intended for sepulture, was probably constructed for the celebration of mass, which was usually performed in the crypts of cathedral churches.' In the garden of the vicarage-house is a colossal head of marble, dug out of the church-yard, and conjectured to have been a Saxon idol. In 1605 George Day gave to the parish a rent-charge of 5l. lOs. per annum, to be applied for the benefit of the poor. George Parker the elder, in 1722, and George Parker the younger, in 1733, bequeathed 70/. each to be appbed to the teaching of poor children. In pursuance of a decree of Chancery, a rent charge of 41. per annum has been purchased, and is paid to a school-mistress for teaching poor children. We know not why the widow's mite should be omitted.— Elizabeth Beazeley gave a rent-charge of 1/. per annum to be applied to the poor. The registers commence in 1557. CHIDHAM. The southern part of this parish is surrounded by Bosham Creek and Thorney Chanel ; and the northern, by the parishes of Westbourne and Funtington. Its contents are 1,200 acres of an excellent marley soil, producing wheat and oats of the first quality. The population, in 1831, was 320. Durfold, Gent., William Crosweller, of Chichester, and divers other tenants of the manor of Bosham, of the other part, whereby Lord Berkeley "did recognize that the said manor was sometime ¦-¦ the hands and possessions of King Edward the Confessor, som -ime kins of this realm of England, and so did then continue as a manor of ancient demesne, and so had always been accepted, reputed, and taken ; and that the said manor of Bosham had in it two kinds of tenure, (that is to say), Forrep land, or Forrep tenure, and Board land, or Board tenure." The Indenture then goes on to detail the various customs of the manor, which are very numerous, but not in teresting to the general reader, and unknown to the tenants. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 89. I January, 1638, but not destroyed. 2 The shingled spire was set on fire by lightning, in | ^ Dall, West. Suss. Vol. I. u. 94. 'Ji \. p. of Funtington^ OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 73 Chidham white or hedge wheat, takes its name from this parish. The origin of it is thus related by the Rev. Arthur Young : — "As Mr. Woods was occasionally walking over his fields, he met with a single patch of wheat growing in a hedge ; this plant contained thirty fair ears, in which were found fourteen hundred corns: these iMr. Woods planted the ensuing year with fhe greatest attention in a wheat field ; the crop frora these fourteen hundred corns produced eight pounds and a half of seed, which he planted the same year, and the produce araounted to forty-eight gallons; this he drilled, and it yielded fifteen quarters and a half, nine gallon raeasure. Having now raised a large quantity of seed, he partly drilled and in part sowed the last produce, broad cast, over rather more than fifty acres of land, and he gained thirty- eight and a half loads. Twenty loads of this quantity was sold for seed at 15/. 15s. per load. The wheat, upon trial, was discovered to be so fine, that Mr. Woods had an immediate demand for a far greater quantity than he could spare for sale: 1792 turned out a bad yielding year, otherwise the last produce would have fully equalled forty-five loads. With respect to the sample of Chidham wheat, it is white, of a very fine berry, and remarkable long in the straw, so as to stand in a wet summer, full six feet in height. The seed is now dispersed over Hampshire, Surrey, and other counties, and much cultivated about Guildford. i The village is small, situated near the centre of the peninsula made by the two creeks before- mentioned, and about a mile to the south of the turnpike-road from Chichester to Emsworth. It is about five miles, west-south-west, from Chichester. An attempt to recover from the sea, by embanking, 287 acres, and to open a more direct communication between Chidham and Bosham, was made by Ambrose BeUingham, but without success ; a second attempt was alike fruitless. A third effort was made by Messrs. Newland and Bourne ; but in the memorable tempest of 1822, a considerable portion of the 650 yards of em bankment, fifteen feet high, was swept away, and the waters covered again their wonted scite. No mention is raade in Doomsday of the manors dependant on Bosham, of which Chidham is one. It has passed with that lordship which is the paramount manor ; the mesne manor formed part of the endowment of the College of Bosham. At the suppression it was granted to Thomas Hawkins ; it was afterwards the property of the Bickley family. After frequent alienations, it was purchased by Mr. Charles Cheesman, whose property it now is. The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Boxgrove, and was formerly appropriated to the College of Bo: ham ; it is rated in tbe king's books at 10/. 9s. 2d. It is in the patronage of Mrs. Mundaj% widow and devisee of Richard Barwell, Esq., and is endowed with 200/. royal bounty. There are about twelve acres of glebe. The present incumbent is the Rev. W. Turner, The church is in the early style of English architecture, with later inser tions and additions. It consists of a nave, chancel, and north aisle. There are inscriptions commemorative of Georgius Meggot, Henry Bickley, and several of the faraily of Edes, Honor Wayt left 1/. per annum, arising from land, for the use ofthe poor. The registers commence in 1652. BICKLEY. Arms. Ar. a chev. crenelle, betw. three griffin's heads, erased, sa. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p. 77. Dall West Suss. Vol. 1. p. 83. FUNTINGTON. This rather extensive parish lies bordering on the Downs : it is surrounded by the parishes of Binderton, Stoughton, Westbourne, Chidham, Bosham, and Lavant. The extent of the parish is 3,810 acres, of which 1,992 are arable, 261 pasture, 494 wood. ' Agr. of Suss. p. 82. VOL. II 74 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES L-^. of Chichester and 599 common, furze, and down ; buildings, gardens, and roads, making up the remainder. The population, in 1831, was 969. Amongst the landed proprietors may be named the Duke of Richmond, Captain Berkeley, Rev. George Porcher, Charles Baker, Esq., General Crosbie, Henry Joseph Hounsom, Esq., &c., &c. " The salubrity of the air is so remarkable, that this district may be justly styled the Mont- pellier of England."^ The manor of Funtington does not occur in Doomsday book, being included as a member of the paramount lordship of Bosham, to which we refer for its descent. Three hamlets or tythings are within the parochial jurisdiction : Funtington, West Ashling, and East Ashling.^ Funtington, which gives name to the parish, is a delightful little village, situated in the western part of the district, four-and-a-half miles north-west from Chichester. Amongst the delightful villas with which this parish is graced, that of Charles Baker, Esq. called Sennicotts, of which we give an engraving, may be mentioned, as perhaps the most commodious and elegant. Oakwood, erected by the late William Deariing, Esq., is a neat mansion, delightfully situated on an elevation commanding picturesque and extensive views. " A high earth work, which is continued from the camp at the broil, traverses the woodlands, in a direction for the rivulet at Ashling. The more probable conjecture is, that it was a road or causeway, made to procure a supply of water for the Roman army, during their summer encampment.'" The ecclesiastical living is a perpetual curacy in the deanery of Boxgrove, formerly appropriated to the College of Boshara, and now in the patronage of the dean and chapter. It is endowed with 10/. per annum private benefaction, 200/. royal bounty, and 1000/. parliamentary grant. The present incumbent is the Rev. George Bliss. The church, in the later style of English architecture, consists of a chancel, nave, and aisles, and embattled tower. An ancient tomb of Sussex marble, but without date, arras, or inscription, is in the chancel. The church was new pewed in the year 181 7, and a deed of appropriation of the same executed by the churchwardens to the different inhabitants. There are a few inscriptions to the memory of Richard Smyth, gent., of Densworth, ob. 1671. Thomas Jackson, A.M. Minister, ob. 1669. Michael White, Esq., ob. 1760. Francis D'Oyley, Minister, ob. 1706. Joseph Woods, and Elizabeth Serle. From a table of benefactions it appears that, in 1595, twelve acres of land were settled in trustees for the use of the poor. Kichard Ball gave 40s. a year, for the same purpose. In 1640, George Green gave twenty acres of land to the poor. Henry Carpenter, in 1720, gave 5/. to the poor. In 1734, John Aldbury settled on the poor three acres of land. Three portions of copse ground have also been given to the poor by unknown donors. The register begins in 1559. WEST STOKE. Adjoining Funtington, to the east, is the pleasant parish of West Stoke, consisting of 880 acres of chiefly down land : the small proportion of arable lying under the Downs is highly productive. The population, in 1831, was 101. The village is small and retired : the principal house in it was for many years the hospitable 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 108, 2 lb. ^ jb. ^^. ^ ' N i ¦ p. of Westbourne.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 75 residence of Lord George Henry Lennox, the grandfather of the present Duke of Richmond. It is now the residence of Charles Scrace Dickins, Esq. On the southern acclivity of the Downs are two large mounds or barrows, supposed to have been erected over the bodies of the marauding sea-kings whom the men of Chichester encoun tered and slew in the year 900. In the beautiful valley below, now called King-lye Bottom, is a grove of yew trees of astonishing size and uncommon luxuriance. The lover of the picturesque vnll be amply repaid by a visit to this scite. The manor of Stoches is described in Doomsday under the hundred of Benestede. Ulnod, a freeman, held it in the time of the Confessor. It was assessed at four hides : the arable was two plough lands. It had a church and twenty-four acres of meadow.* From the Bigods, Mowbrays, and Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, this member ofthe lordship of Bosham passed to Sir Henry Compton, K. B., in 1640. In 1764 it was purchased by the third Duke of Richmond : the present Duke of Richmond is now lord.^ The benefice is a discharged rectory in the deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 9/. Us., and in the patronage of the crown. There are about eighteen acres of glebe. The present incumbent is tbe Rev. George Guy. The architecture of the church contains nothing that demands notice. There is a monument of black and white marble against the north wall of the chancel, on which are kneeling figures of a man and woman in the dress of the tiraes, and beneath them five girls and two boys in the same attitude. It was erected A. D. 1635, to the memory of Adrian Stoughton, Esq., and Mary Stoughton his wife. The former was descended from the ancient family of Stoughton, of Stoughton Hall, in the county of Surrey; the latter was daughter of William Jordan, of Whiteleigh, Wilts, receiver-general to Queen Elizabeth for Dorset and Somerset. Catherine Le Gay, in 1716, gave 10s. per annum, arising from the sum of 10/. tobe applied to poor housekeepers. The registers commence in 1564. HUNDRED OF WESTBOURNE AND SINGLETON. This Hundred contains the parishes of Westbourne, Midlavant, Racton, Stoughton, East Dean, Singleton, West Dean, Up Marden, East Marden, Compton, and North Marden. This extensive Hundred, lying partly south of, and partly upon the Downs, has, of course, a great variety of soils. It stretches from the Rape of Arundel to Hampshire directly across the centre of the Rape, and is bounded on the east by the Rape of Arundel ; south by the Hundreds of Box and Stockbridge and Bosham ; on the west by the county of Hants ; and on the north by the Hundreds of Dumpford and Easebourne, and comprises 33,780 acres. WESTBOURNE. This parish is extensive : its western limit is made by a small bourne, or stream, dividing it from Warblington, in Hants. Racton, Funtington, Chidham, and the northern branch of Chi chester Harbour, form the other boundaries. It contains 4,230 acres of arable, pasture, common, down, and wood land. The soil is various ; stiff loam being found in the south, and a light chalk in the northern districts, where the land is highly cultivated, and very productive. The population, in 1831, amounted to 2,031, 1 Hen. and Wilk. Trans, of Doomsday, p. 178. » Dall. West. Suss. p. 110. l2 76 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iJ. of Chichester. Of the landed proprietors the principal are Charles S. Dickins, Esq., Henry Porte, Esq., and Captain Hawker. The village, which was formerly a trading town, is of considerable size, pleasingly situated, though on a low scite, and, generally speaking, well built. It is on the rivulet Ems, about six mUes from Chichester, and a little more than one north of Emsworth. The turnpike-road from Chichester to Portsmouth crosses the southern division of the parish. This village is situated in a beautifully wooded country, within a very short distance of Emsworth Harbour and its pleasant town, and is peculiarly fitted for the residence of persons of small fortune and retired habits, rents being very low. It was formerly the residence of the Freeland family, ancestors of the family now resident at Chichester. The manor of Borne is described in Dooraday Book as within the hundred of Ghidonetroi. It formed part of the lordship of the Eari of Montgomery. It was formeriy the property of Godwin, Earl of Kent. It contained thirty-six hides, but was assessed at only twelve hides. The arable was thirty plough lands. Here were seven ministers, four mills, a fishery, and a wood. War- biletone, in Hampshire, appertained to this manor.^ Henry Fitzalan, the last of the name, died seized of the manor ; and on partition between the co heiresses, it devolved to John Lord Lumley, in right of his wife, Jane Fitzalan. Arms. Ar.achev. erm. betw. three mullets, gn. It aftcrwards passcd as the Staustcd estate to Lcwis Way, Esq.,*^ who was Crest. A leopard, passant, ar. pellettee. *¦ Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 52. aftcrwards the Rov. Lowis Way, and HOW bclongs to C. S. Dickins, Esq. Besides the village of Westbourne, the parish comprehends the tithings of Nutborne, Prinsted, and Wood- mancote and Aldsworth. Nutbourne manor is the property of William Padwick, Esq. FREELAND. The benefice consists of a rectory and vicarage, the former a sinecure ; it is in the deanery of Boxgrove, and is valued in the king's books at 10/. 10s. 5d. The present vicar is the Rev. — Lyne ; the rector is the Rev. H. G. Newland, who presents to the vicarage. C. S. Dickins, Esq., is patron of the rectory, valued in the king's books at 241. 13s. 4d. There are about twenty acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a neat and commodious structure in the later style of English architecture, capable of accommodating 700 or 800 auditors. It consists of a chancel, nave, and side aisles, with a square tower, surmounted by a spire of British oak, in the Chinese taste, erected by the Earl of Halifax. He also placed in it six bells. In the chancel is a richly adorned piscina. The arch of the doorway displays the arms ofThomas, Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltravers, by whom the church was very probably rebuilt. Henry Smith, Esq., in 3rd Charles I., left 21Z. 17s. Ad. per annum, arising from land, to be applied to the poor not receiving parish relief. There is a school, on Bell's system, supported in this parish, in which about eighty-five children of each sex are educated. The registers commence in 1550. MIDLAVANT. The river Lavant, rising in Charlton forest, and flowing southward through Singleton and Binderton, intersects, and gives its name to, this parish, as also to East and West Lavant. Midlavant is an irregularly shaped parish, including within its limits 1,100 acres^ of chiefly 1 Hen. and Wilk. Trans, of Doomsday, 167. ^ Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 103. 3 According to the Pari. Ret. 350. p. of Racton.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 77 V arable land. Its boundaries are made by St. Peter's, Chichester, on the south, Binderton on the north, a portion of East Lavant and West Stoke on the west, and another portion of East Lavant in that direction. The village is situated about three miles N. by W. of Chichester ; it contains about fifty houses ; and, according to the last census, 278 inhabitants. Of landed proprietors, the principal is the Duke of Richmond. The manor of Loventone is placed in Doomsday under the hundred of Silletone. Which ofthe Lavants it designates, or whether all were included under that denomination, is uncertain. In the Saxon times it had been the property of Earl Godwin, and in the Norman formed part of the barony of Roger, Earl of Montgomery, of whom it was held by Ivo. It consisted of nine hides ; the arable being five plough lands. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1581, Richard May became proprietor of Raughmere (identical with this manor), in whose family it continued nearly two hundred years, till it was purchased of Thomas May Knight, Esq., by Charies, third Duke of- Richmond, and now forms part ofthe Richraond property. The spacious mansion house, the residence of the Mays, begun by Richard May in the latter years of the reign of Elizabeth, and completed by his son in the reign of James I., was taken down by the Duke of Richmond many years ago.i ¦ . The benefice is a perpetual curacy in the deanery of Boxgrove, and valued in the king's books at 51. It is endowed with 600/. royal bounty, and 200/. parliamentary grant. The Duke of Richmond is patron ; it was formerly appropriated to the Priory of Shulbred. The church, consisting of a nave and chancel, is modern, having been built by the May faraily in the former part of the last century. There is a marble eflBgy, as large as life, of Dame Mary May, erected in her life-time. She died in 1681, ajt. 41. The registers commence in 1567. DDDD MAY. Arms. Gu. a fesse, between eight billets, or. Crest. Out of a ducal coronet, or. a lion's head, g«, Quarterings. I. Or. two chev. gu. a chief ofthe second, for Brodnax, 2. Vert, a bend fusible, and in base a cinque- foil, ar. for Knight. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 21. Jt>aH West- Suss. Vol. I. p. 114. RACTON, Or Radeton, is bounded on the west by the line which divides Sussex and Hampshire, whilst the northern, southern, and eastern limits are made by the parishes of Stoughton and West bourne. The length from east to west, is about three miles ; the breadth very irregular, but upon an average, a little more than half a mile, 1260 acres being the contents. The soil is that of the Downs, chalk and marl ; the former, however, preponderating. The population, in 1831, was 88. The village is situated near the southern boundary of the parish, is six miles and half from Chichester, north-west by west. In Doomsday book Rachetone forms part of the Earidom of Roger de Montgomery. It is surveyed under the hundred of Ghidonetroi, thus : — "Ivo holds Rachitone of the Earl. Fulco held it of the Saxon Monarch. It has constantly been rated at five hides. I Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 113. 78 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jR. of Chichester. The arable is four plough lands. There is one plough in the demesne, and eight villians with thirteen bondsmen have two ploughs and a half. Here are three acres of meadow, a wood of four hogs, and one house in Chichester, value twenty pence. In the reign of the Confessor, it was estimated at sixty shillings, subsequently at forty, and it is now appreciated at four pounds. In 1284, Hugh Tanzaver held this manor : subsequently it became the pro perty of Roger Gunther, whose descendants enjoyed it till, by marriage, it passed to William Legge, second Earl of Dartmouth, in 1754, in whose family it is now vested."! A portion of Stanstead Park extends into this parish. On an elevated part of which. Lord Halifax erected a lofty castellated building, from which were commanding views over sea and land. It has long been in ruins. Lordlington, a hamlet or tithing of Racton, had parochial rights previous to 1270.^ From the Poles, and Lumleys, and Jermyns, it becarae the pro perty ofthe Peckharas, and is now inherited by Thoraas Peckham Phipps, Esq. The manor house was anciently the residence of the family of Gunter. The living is rectorial, in the deanery of BoxgroVe, and in the patronage of the dean and chapter. In the king's books it is rated at 51. Ids. 2d. The pre sent incurabent, is the Rev. Richard Milliken. GUNTEB. Sa. three gauntlets, ar. within a bordure, and Nichole, K.B. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. There is in the church a mural monument of Caen stone, exhibiting two figures kneeling, of a man, with four sons, and a woman, with two daughters, and .St. John the Baptist standing between them. From the arms it appears to have been ereCled to an individual of the Gunter family. Another exhibits two figures kneeling at a desk. A third exhibits a bust of Sir Charles Gunter There are several monumental inscriptions in the Gunter chancel, to the members of that family. Arms. or. Crest, A stag's head erased, per. pale, sa. gu. attired, or. Pedigree, See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 13. Dall, West. Suss. p. 154. I % % % 7 The registers commence in 1680. JBRMYN. Arms. Paley of six, erm. and gu. Crest, A dragon's head, erased, gu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 184. STOUGHTON Is a large parish, containing 5,350 acres of arable, pasture, down, and wood land. The soil is generally chalky and the district by no means over fertile. Its limits are made by the surrounding parishes of Warblington, in Hampshire, Funtington, West Dean, and East and Up Marden. The range of lofty down, called Bowhill, extends along the south-eastern boundary. The population, in 1 83 1, did not exceed 570. The village is situated in a valley of the Downs, at the distance of six miles north-west from Chichester. No direct public road enters the parish, although it is intersected by ntimerous cross roads. The manor is not mentioned in Doomsday book, under any name approximating to its present denomination. In 1207, according to Dugdale, Roger Bigot, the last Earl of Norfolk, died in possession of it. Henry Fitzalan purchased it in 1557. Subsequently it devolved to Lord Luraley ; it was afterwards purchased by Richard Lewknor, and is now the property of Henry John Lord Selsey. Stanstead, with its extensive forest of 1,666 acres, of which 958 are within the parish of Stoughtot), was anciently the property of the Earls of Arundel, who made it their principal residence. In 1480 the manor house was rebuilt by Thoraas Lord Maltravers. In an account published in the year 1644 of tbe siege of Arundel Castle, by Sir William Waller for the } Dall. West. Suss. Vol. 1. p. 155. 2Ih. p. of East Dean.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 79 parliaraent, speaking of that general's exploits, it says, " He has also sent 2,000 horse and foot with two drakes, to besiege the Lord Lumley's house, in Sussex (meaning Stanstead), the taking of which will be of great ad vantage to us ; and it is thought by the most judicious commanders that it cannot long hold out."i The present mansion was begun in the year 1687, by Richard, Earl of Scarborough. It is thus mentioned in a work published in 1724 : — " From Chichester, the road lying still west, passes in view of the Earl of Scar borough's fine seat at Stanstead, a house seeming to be a retreat, being surrounded with thick woods, through which there are the most pleasant, agreeable vistas cut that are to be seen anywhere in England ; particularly because through the west opening, which is from the front of the house, they sit in the dining-room of the house and see the town and harbour of Portsmouth, the ships at Spithead, and also at St. Helens ; which, when the royal navy happens to be there, as often happened during the late war, is a most glorious sight."*' It was sub sequently the seat of George Montague Dunk, Earl of Halifax, who left it to his natural daughter, Anna Maria Montague, married to Richard Archdall, Esq., and was sold by his lordship's trustees, with the extensive manors and demesnes appendant thereto, to Richard Barwell, Esq., for the sum of 102,500/. Besides carvings by Grindley Gibbons, here is a suit of Arras tapestry, representing the halt and foraging of an army, which was brought from Flanders by the first Lord Scarborough. This is one of six sets of the tapestry wrought at Arras for the Duke of Marlborough and five of his generals. This at Stanstead, which is the largest, represents the battle of Wynendaal.^ After the death of Richard Barwell, Esq. the mansion and domains of Stanstead, comprising 3,555 acres, became, by purchase, the property of Lewis Way, Esq., who, in 1812, converted the north-west side of the old mansion into a chapel, in a simple and correct gothic style, erabellished with the arras and cognizances of the Fitzalans and subsequent proprietors.* Stanstead forest lies westward of the house, extending into Harapshire. It is divided by three avenues of great width and extent, the central or western one being upwards of two miles in length, and three chains wide. Walderton and Northwood are two hamlets or tithings within the parish. In the former the family of Drury occupied, in the last century, Watergate, the principal estate, which was afterwards the property of the Pages, of Donnington, from whom, drury. by marriage, it descended to George White Thomas, Esq., and from^^" ^r. on a chev. vert, .wcn.unets pierced, •f o '' ^ y A. Crest. A greyhound courant, ppr. collared, or, him to his daughter and only child, Frances, wife of General «"''rSfi„dL1d,ar'°""°"fo%'HB«^^^^^^^ _, , . - .1.1 mi • 1 1 -1 ... 2. Sa. six cinquefoils, ar. for Whitwell. Crosbie, who reside there, ihis handsome mansion house is m the s. ciieQuy.ar. and gu. on a fesse, az. three > round bucKles, or. -ij?TTli.rJ'i *. Sa. three martlets, ar. for Naumton. parish 01 Up Marden. 5. Az. three chevronets, or. for A spall. ^ 6. Gu. a fesse, chequy, ar, and sa. betw. three The living is a discharged vicarage in the deanery of Boxgrove, rated in the pe,^"""' ^se?Blrry's°sus!. oen. p. 202. Daii. king's books at 9/. 10s., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture. There is a charity in this parish founded by Henry Smith, Gent., about the year 1628, consisting of 10/. 18s. 4d, per annum, arising from land, to be applied to the poor, and for apprenticing poor children. The registers commence in 1675. EAST DEAN. Of East Dean and West Dean, in the Rape of Pevensey, an account will be found in the first vol. pp. 281 and 284. East and West Dean, in the Rape of Chichester, are not less expressive 1 History and Antiquities of Arundel, by the Rev. M. A. Tierney ; 8vo. edit. Vol. I. p. 79. 2 Tourthrough Great Britain, 8vo., p. 71- 3 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 159. * Ib. — This estate was sold in pursuance of a decree in the Court of Chancery. 5 Dall. West. Suss. 80 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. of their scite. The picturesque village of East Dean is seated in a narrow valley of the chalk formation. It contains 4,670 acres of arable, down, and forest land, of which the arable com prises 1,896, and the down 2,076 acres, graced with beech groves of unusual luxuriance. The parishes of Up Waltham on the east. Singleton on the west. Cocking and Heyshot on the north, and Eartham on the south, constitute its boundaries. The population, in 1831, did not exceed 391. The village is situated near the western limit of the parish, at the distance of about seven miles from Chichester, and the same distance, south by east, from Midhurst ; a cross road-from Up Waltham to Singleton, passes through it. It contains nothing of interest. The manor of East Dean is not mentioned in Doorasday, but at an early period it was the possession of William De Albini, Earl of Arundel, and held by him as of the honour ofthe Castle of Arundel. In 1589 it was sold by John Lord Lumley, to Sir Peter Garton, Knt. Sir Matthey Fetherstonehaugh, Bart., purchased this manorial property in 1752, and sold it to the third Duke of Richraond, in whose family it is now vested. ^ Selhurst Park, formerly belonging to the Norfolk family, was sold by the late Duke of Norfolk to the Rich mond family. The living is vicarial, in the deanery of Boxgrove, and is rated in the king's books at 5/. 4s. 4^d. The Duke of Richraond is patron, and the present incumbent is the Rev. Thoraas White Cogan. The church consists of a chancel, nave, and transept: but contains nothing worthy of description. Mr. Dallaway feels inclined to consider this the royal city of Dean, where Asserius was first introduced to King Alfred. " Whether (says he) this were a fortified palace or a town, is doubtful ; but the editor inclines to the former suppo sition, and that it was situated in the heart of the forest at East Dean. Having never been entirely dilapidated, it has been continued during the early Norman centuries, merely as a hunting tower, within a large inclosure or park. No traces of either remain to the present day, excepting only in the name."^ The registers commence in 1653. SINGLETON. Of the 6,010 acres which this parish contains, 1,683 are arable, 163 pasture, 1,391 wood, and 1,265 down land. The soil is generally a light chalk, by no means remarkable for its fertility. The boundaries are made by the parishes of Cocking, East Dean, Boxgrove, Lavant and West Dean. The population, in 1831, was 563. The chief landed proprietors are the Duke of Richmond and the Earl of Egremont. The village is situated in a valley of the Downs, about six miles north-east from Chichester and five and a half south by west from Midhurst. The road from the last mentioned town to Chichester, passes through it. Singleton, called in Doomsday Silletone, is there described under the hundred of the same narae. It had been the property of Eari Godwin, and so great was its extent, that iri the Saxon times it was rated at ninety- seven and a half hides, and in the new Norman valuation at forty-seven hides. The arable was forty plough lands. Tbe entire manor, in the time of King Edward, was valued at 89/. ; it was subsequently estimated at 57/ and when transferred to the Earl of Montgomery, it was appreciated at 93/. and a mark of gold. This manor 1 Dall West. Suss. Vol. L p 174. « Ib. p. I77. p. of West Dean.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 81 formed part of the great earldom of Arundel and Chichester, and ^descended with it. Upon the partition of the Fitzalan estates, John Lord Lumley became possessed. Charlton Forest was granted by the crown to the Duke of Richmond ; an act, 31st George II., confirmed the possession, and it is now vested in the present duke.i Charlton is a tithing or hamlet, about a mile frora Singleton ; it is a manor farm, as is also the titliing of Downley. Drove House, late the residence of George Francis Tyson, Esq., is now the seat of Colonel George Wyndham. The estate annexed, was formerly held by the faraily of Cobden.^ Rooks Hill, an elevation of 702 feet above low water mark, skirts the southern boundary of this parish. Here is an ancient encarapraent, known by the name of the Trundle, a corruption [from Roundal, indicating its circular form. It is double trenched ; the vallum is steep and perfect ; the diameter is upwards of two furlongs. By what people it was erected cannot be determined. Its circular form would seem to exclude the Romans ; but it might have been of British origin, and their conquerors finding the fortification strong, might condescend to take possession of it, and use it in its un-Roman outline. It may be perhaps of later date, having its origin with the encroaching Saxons, whose earthworks were generally circular ; or with the marauding Danes, who were usually in too great haste to construct regular fortifications. The point must reraain a mooted one. This was one ofthe stations fixed upon by the Board of Ordnance, in 1791, for taking the great trigonometrical survey of the coast. The benefice is a discharged rectory annexed to the vicarage of West Dean, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 61. 13s. 4d. The patronage is in the dean and chapter for two turns, and the Duke of Richraond for one. The present incumbent is the Rev. George Woods. The church is in the later style of English architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, and aisles, and a square raodern tower. A table torab in the chancel, sculptured with quatrefoils, is destitute of any insignia which might lead to its appropriation. Henry Smith, Esq., about 1628, left 28/. per annum, arising from land, to be applied to the poor, and for apprenticing poor children. The registers commence in 1664, WEST DEAN Is surrounded by the parishes of Stoughton, East Marden, Didling, Singleton, and East Lavant. It contains 4,480 acres of arable, pasture, down, and wood land, of which a great proportion are of the two latter. The scenery is rich, and varied with hill and dale. Lord Selsey is proprietor of the far greater part of the parish, which though extensive, is not very populous. The return of the last census was 641 inhabitants. The village is situated at the base of the Downs, at the distance of about six miles and a, half S. S.W. of Midhurst, and a little more than five north of Chichester. The river Lavant intersects the parish, passing close to the village through Lord Selsey's park, as does also the London road from Chichester. The scenery of West Dean is strikingly picturesque ; and the farm-houses, cottages, and buildings, show the hand of taste and judgment. The manor of West Dean, or Earl's Court, is not described under either of those names in Doomsday-book, but is supposed to have been included in Silletone, now Singleton. It became part of the possessions of the Earl of Montgomery, and continued with the Earls of Arundel till the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was sold in 1 Dall. "VTest. Suss. Vol. I. p. 171. ? Ib. M VOL, II, 82 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R, qf Chichester. 1589 by John Lord Lumley to John Lewknor, Esq., serjeant-at-law. In his descendants it continued till 1706, when John Lewknor, Esq., died without issue, bequeathing it to Elizabeth Woodward Knight, It is now the property of Lord Selsey. ^ The manor of West Dean Canons was granted by John Fitzalan to the canons of Chichester as the foun dation of two chantries in that cathedral. Lord Selsey is now owner.^ The ancient manor house of West Dean was built in the reign of James I. by John Lewknor, Esq., and was the family seat of his descendants. The present' mansion was built about the year 1804, by John Lord Selsey. It is in the monastic style ofthe lower centuries, built entirely of squared flints, and exhibits a frontage of about 300 feet. The interior is said to be judiciously disposed, so as to afford a suite of excellent apartments without sacrificing the gothic appendages — a great hall and long galleries.^ Binderton is considered as a titliing of West Dean. It was formerly a distinct parish, and is now separately assessed in all parochial rates and taxes. It contains 1,790 acres, and in 1831 had a population of 89. It anciently belonged to the Cistercian nuns of Tarrent, in Dorsetshire. In course of descent it became the property of Lord Lumley ; afterwards the family of Smyth became seized ; and subsequently, by exchange, it became the property of Sir James Peachey, Bart., and is inherited by the present Lord Selsey. The old mansion house was rebuilt by Thomas Smyth, Esq., about the year 1680 : the present mansion has been con siderably modernised, and was late the residence of Christopher Teesdale, Esq. Preston manor farm, mentioned in Doomsday, has, from Richard Lewknor, descended as the other estates to Lord Selsey,. West Dean Warren was purchased by Lord Selsey ofthe late Duke of Norfolk. It consists of 909 acres. Chilgrove manor has also descended to the same nobleman. LEWKNOR. Arms. Az. three chev. ar. Crest.. A greyhound, courant, ar collared or, Quarterings. 1. az. three cinquefoils or. for Babdolpii, 2. Az. two bars, gemellee, in chief, a lion, passant, guardant, or, forTRBGoz. 3. Or. a cross, engr. gu. for Dallingrigqe. 4-. Gu. three bars, vair, for Braos. 5. Az, a fret ar. for Bchingham, 6. Or. on a chief.gu. three plates, for Camoys. 7, Gu. three bars, erm, for Hussey. 8. Gu, three stags* heads, cabossed, ar. for D'Oyley. 3. Paly of six, or. and gu. for Grandison. 10. Ar. a chev. betw. three mullets, gu, for Goring. Pedigree, See Berry's Suss. Gen. pp, 130, 343. PEACHEY, Bart., Baron op Selsey. Arms. Az. a lion, rampant, erm. ducally crowned, or. a canton of the last, gu. charged with a mullet, pierced, gu. Crest. A demi-liun, double queued, erm. hold ing in the dexter paw a mullet, pierced, gu. Quarterings. 1. Quarterly 1st and 4th, or. a bend, az. an estoile, betw. two crescents of the field. 2nd and third, the arms of King Charles II., with a baton, sinister, sa. for Scott. 2, Sa. a stag's head, cabossed, ar. on the scalp, betw. the attire, a cross formee, fitchee, or, for UULSTRODE. 3, Sa. three talbots' heads, erased, ar. for Hall. Upon an escutcheon of pretence, ar. a fesse, gu. between three plummets, sa. for Jennings. Supporters. 'I'wo female figures, faces, ppr. crined, or. habited of a brown color, holding in their interior hands branches of laurel, also ppr. and on their heads plumes of three ostrich feathers, ar. Motto. Memor eifidelis. Mindful and faithful. Pedigree. See Berry*s Suss. Gen. p. 106. Dall, West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 166. SMYTH. Arms. Ar. a unicorn's head, erased, gu. on a chief, wavy, az, three lozenges, or. Crest. A demi. unicorn, gu, maned, ar. holding betw. the forefeet a lozenge, as in the arms. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p. 201, Dall, West. Suss. Vol. l,p. 167. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. L p. 165. Ib. 3 lb m > ¦^ S: ^ g .\fv 'A m ^^ ol ^ i p. of East Harden.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 83 The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 6/, 12s. It is in the patronage ofthe dean and chapter of Chichester Cathedral, and is endowed with two donations of Queen Anne's bounty. There are seven acres of glebe. The Rev. — Woods is now incumbent. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has parts in the early English style of architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, and transepts, with a tower at the west end. The southern transept has been lately rebuilt, and is appropriated as a pew for Lord Selsey's family. The church contains some rich monuments ofthe Lewknor and Peachey families. Our space will allow only of the mention of the most striking. In the south wall of the chancel are two handsome mural monuments of the Lewknor family; also a neat marble one of the late Hon. James Lord Selsey. In the north wall is a large and splendid one erected in memory of three of the Lewknors (_avum, filium, nepotem). A full-length figure is on the table of the monument, having at his feet the emblem of fidelity, a dog. Above, in niches, are two full-length effigies kneeling, and in the act of prayer. Avus obiit. 1616, set. 76. Pilius, 1602, aet. 34. Nepos, aet. 46. There is also a handsome mural monument of Bulstrode Peachey, in white and grey marble. In the nave is a beautifully-carved small mural marble monument of Elizabeth Lady Peachey, nearly over the pulpit, above the arch leading to the north transept ; and on the south wall is a handsome chiselled monument to the memory of the Rev. .— Smyth. Several small Roman sepulchral urns were discovered in 1812, under the Down above Chilgrove, ofthe fine striated pottery, of white and a light red colour.* The registers commence in 1631. UP MARDEN Is situated on the Downs, and comprises 3,170 acres of principally down pasture land ; the acclivities, however, which have been converted into tillage, produce good crops. The parish is bounded by Idsworth, in Hampshire, and by Compton, East Marden, and Stoughton, in Sussex. The population, in 1831, was 364. The viUage is situated about nine miles south-west from Midhurst, and the like distance north-west from Chichester. No public road passes through the district. This is one of the Merdons mentioned in Doomsday.^ This manor, as Compton, descended through the Fitzalans to John Lord Lumley, who sold it in 1582 to William Page ; it subsequently was purchased by the Peckhams, and has accordingly passed as Compton.^ West-Marden is a hamlet or chapelry, within this parish. The chapel, however, has been long destroyed. Watergate, a mansion originally built by William Drury, before 1609, continued to be inhabited by his descendants, for many generations. It has undergone considerable alterations and improvements, and is now a handsome and convenient mansion, surrounded with interesting scenery.* The benefice is a vicarage, united with Compton, and in the same patronage. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. It is small, and contains a few monumental inscriptions. William Thomas, thirty years vicar, ob. 1686; Catherine, his wife, ob. 1691 ; Catherine, their daughter, ob. 1687. Thomas Phippt, Esq., ob. 1776 ; Sarah Phipps, his wife, and daughter of Richard Peckham, Esq., of Little Green, ob. 1793. The Rev. Dr. Cox, in 1741, left 100?. in support of a school for this parish and that of Compton. The registers commence only in 1714. EAST MARDEN. This small parish lies entirely on the Downs. It contains 910 acres of arable, and down pasture land. It adjoins the parishes of North Marden, Up Marden, Stoughton, and West Dean. The population, in 1831, was 44. » Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 168. « See p. 84. =" Ib. p. 182. * lb. M 2 g4 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. The village is situated in a vaUey of the Downs, eight miles south-west from Midhurst, and nine north-west from Chichester. A cross road from Stoughton to North-Marden passes through the viil. There are, as we have before said, four Meredons described in Doomsday Book, under the hundred of Ghidenetroi; Answering, we presume, to the four Hardens contained in this hundred. Rightly, however, to appropriate them, would be a task of great difficulty. One was held in the Saxon times by Aldwm and Alaric, as two manors by allodial tenure ; another was held by Lepsi, of Countess Gida, the wife of Earl Godwin ; Alwin held a third of the Confessor, by allodial tenure ; and the fourth was held by Earl Godwin, of the same tenure. After the conquest, all were transferred by the king to Roger Earl of Montgomery. The prebend of East-Marden, in the Cathedral of Chichester, is supposed to have been founded by some member of the family of Aguilon, who held considerable property in the reign of Henry I. The manor annexed to the prebend is now co-extensive with the parish. At successive periods, the scite and manor of East Har den have been leased by the prebendary, for three lives, to individuals of the respective families of Juxon, Brereton, Longcroft, Barwell, and Woods.^ John Woods, Esq., is the present lessee. The benefice is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, and is rated at 41. 16s. 8d. in the king's books. The advowson is in the prebendary. " The church has a nave or pace only, and is remarkable for great antiquity, from that circumstance."* The registers commence in 1691. COMPTON. On the east and south it has Up Marden for its boundary — on the north, Harting ; and on the west, Idsworth in Hampshire. It lies altogether on the Downs, and contains 1,570 acres of chiefly down pasture land. The population, in 1831, was 241. Doomsday book furnishes the following account of Contone, in the hundred of Ghidenetroi : — " Goisfrid holds Contone ofthe Earl. Ibern held it of Earl Godwin. It has always been assessed at ten hides. The arable is ten plough lands. There is one plough in the demesne, and eighteen villains, with five bondsmen, have five ploughs. Here is a church, four ministers, and two houses in Chichester. A priest holds half a hide."^ In 1399, it was the property of John Duke of Exeter. It afterwards passed to the Brownes, and then to the Peckhams. It was carried to Thomas Phipps, on his marriage in 1742. His son, Thomas Peckham Phipps, took the name of Peckham by royal sign manual, dated April 5th, 1793. In 1814, he was High Sheriff of the county. The manorial residence in which the family of Peckham dwelt for more than a century, was re-built by Thomas Peckham Phipps, Esq., in a modern style. It is delightfully situated in a well wooded vale. The benefice is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Up Marden annexed, in the deanery of Boxgrove, valued in the king's books at 131. 6s. 8d., and in the patronage of Lewis Way, Esq. The present incumbent is the Rev. W. Tyner. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a mixture of the early English and decorated styles of architecture. It has a chancel, a small nave, and north aisle. There are a few monumental inscriptions to individuals of the family of Peckham. In 1521, Edward Flower founded a free grammar school, with an endowment of 100/., to be laid out in land ; Thomas Pelham gave 80Z., with a rent-chaige of 20?.; and in 1628, William Spicer conveyed other lands, in further- 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. pp. 184-5. « Ib. p. 185. ' Hen. and Wilk. Trans, of Doomsday. p. of Didling.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 85 ance of this charity, the total incoine of which, amounting to 28?. per annum, ia paid to the master of a boarding- school, to whom no application has ever heen made to teach children gratuitously. i In 1734, Mai-y Cornell bequeathed 100?., to be laid out in land, for the support of widows not receiving parish relief; and in 1771> Thomas Penn, (brother to the said Mary,) gave 100?. more to be applied for the same purpose. The Rev. Dr. Cox, in 1741, gave 3?. 10s. per annum, arising out of the sum of 100?., to be applied to the teaching of five poor children of Compton and Up Marden, to read and write. Sarah Phipps, widow of Thomas Phipps, Esq., gave, hy will, 100?., the interest to be applied to the distribution of clothes to poor women. A donation of 30?. by the Rev. Robert Middleton, and one of 20?., by Timothy Barrell, Esq., in 1716, for the edu cation of poor children, have been, with a further sura of 100?., given by the latter, appropriated for a workhouse, in which a school is kept.* The registers commence in 1558. NORTH MARDEN. This parish occupies the most northern portion of the hundred of Westbourne and Singleton. East Marden is to the south. Up Marden to the west, and South Harting forms its northern boundary. It lies on the Downs, and comprises 810 acres of down land, part of which has been converted into tillage. The population, in I83I, was 32. The landed property is chiefly in the possession of Thomas Peckham Phipps, Esq. For the Doomsday account of Merdon, see p. 84. In 1475, Sir George Browne was lord ofthe manor, and continued so till his attainder by Richard IIL, in 1484, when this, amongst other of his possessions, became vested in the crown. William Grenefield obtained a grant of it from Queen Elizabeth ; it afterwards passed to a family of the name of Jenman, by whom it was sold in 1668, to Robert Peckham, Esq.* The living is rectorial, in the deanery of Boxgrove, rated in the king's books at 6?. 17s. Sd. The patron is the lord of the manor, T. Peckham Phipps, Esq. In the church is nothing requiring remark. There are no registers prior to 1813. HUNDRED OF DUMPFORD. This Hundred lies at the north-western corner of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Didling, Treyford, Harting, Elsted, Trotton, Chithurst, Terwick, and Rogate. It is boimded on the east by the hundred of Easebourne ; on the south by the hundred of Westbourne and Singleton ; and on the west and north by the county of Hants, and comprises 22,490 acres. DIDLING. The confines of this small parish are made by Treyford on the west ; Iping on the north ; Lynch Farm on the east ; and West Dean on the south. It contains 1,000 acres, of which 600 are chiefly arable and pasture land, and 80 down ; the soil being a rich and stiff clay and chalk. ' Lewis's Top. Diet. ' lb. » Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. 186. 86 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [72. of Chichester. The village is situated at the base of the northern ridge of down, the declivity of which is here steep and abrupt, and occasionally covered with coppice-wood. The popidation, in 1831, was 82. The manor is not specifically named in Doomsday Book. At an early period it was possessed by the Earls of Arundel; afterwards by the family of Camois ; to whom succeeded the Lewknors. About 1590, Lewknor Mille, Esq., the ancestor of Mille, of Woolbeding, was proprietor. Lord Robert Spencer purchased it in 1807. The benefice is a vicarage united with the rectory of Treyford, in the deanery of Midhurst. It is in the patronage of Lord Selsey. The church, which is in the early style of English architecture, is very small, and possesses nothing of interest. The registers are included with Treyford. TREYFORD. The long but narrow parish of Treyford has for its boundaries, Didling on the east, Elsted on the west, Trotton on the north, and West Dean on the south. Of the 1,380 acres which it contains, a great portion is a rich chalky soil ; some parts exhibit a stiff clay. The population, in 1831, was 130. The village is situate on an acclivity of the Downs. Lord Selsey holds all the land in the parish. Treverde is thus described in the hundred of Hamesford, in Doomsday Book : — " Robert Fitz-Tebald holds Treverde of the Earl (Montgomery). Alard held it of Earl Godwin. It has constantly been assessed at eleven hides. The arable is six plough lands. Here are five do mestics, a mill of thirty pence, six acres and a half of meadow, and a wood of ten hogs. There are two hides in the territory of this manor, attached to a prebendal stall in the church of Chichester. The abbot of St. Peter's, Wintou, claims this manor. The hundred testify that the tenant of the abbot, in the time of Edward, held it only for the term of his life." In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the lordship was held by William Aylwin, in whose family it remained till I772, when it was aliened to Sir James Peachey, Bart., whose descendant. Lord Selsey, is now proprietor.^ The ancient manor house, long occupied by the Aylwins, is still standing, but converted into a farm house. The benefice is rectorial, with the vicarage of Didling annexed, in the arch- deaconry of Chichester and deanery of Midhurst, rated in the king's books at 7/. \2s. \d. The patronage has descended with the manor. There are twenty acres of glebe. The church has nothing in it demanding particular notice. Contiguous to the summit ofthe Downs in this parish "are five barrows, cir cular and conically formed, which are placed in a line that runs along the ridge, rather inchning to the south, several of which are twenty feet high, and about eighty in circumference. Of these, sorae appear to have escaped the consequences of anti quarian research, and never to have been opened. Another seems to have been -ir-t, -.-;—"¦ is<.mu, ereci ana erasea, sa. en greatly diminished from that or other causes ; and there is ground for conjecture that i'-''^^^^ seeTe'riyTSrcen p m Daii a sixth has been entirely levelled with the ground."2 *"• ®"''- ^'"- '-p-^™- ' The registers commence in 1728. AYLWIN. Arms, Ar. a fesse, nebulee, gu. betw. three hons, rampant, sa. ''If 'j 4.''™'s gamb, erect and erased, sa. en. filed with a mural crown, or. 1 Dall. West. Suss. VoL I. p. 202. « Ib. p. 308. p. of Harting (South) .] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 87 HARTING (SOUTH). This extensive parish is surrounded by Rogate, Elsted, North Marden, Compton, and Burton in Hampshire, and comprises 7,830 acres of arable, wood, and down land ; of the two latter there is a very large proportion. The soil varies considerably, from the pure chalk of the Downs to the rich clay at their base, and thence to ferruginous sand, covered with heath and fern. The principal landed proprietors are, Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh, Bart., W. M. Bridger, Esq., and William Postlethwaite, Esq. The population, in 1831, was 1,290. The village, like the two last described, lies under the northern escarpment of the very elevated and beautifully waving Downs. Hertinges is thus mentioned in Doomsday Book : — "Countess Gida held it of King Edward; it was anciently assessed at eighty hides; it is now (after being transferred to Roger, Earl of Montgomery) cleared for forty-seven. The arable is sixty-three plough lands. Here are twenty domestics, nine mills, thirty acres of meadow, and a wood of one hundred hogs. The entire manor, under the Saxon government, was valued at eighty pounds ; and in the Norman times it was appreciated at one hundred pounds. It is the paramount manor of the hundred of Dumpford, included with Easebourne, in Doomsday Book, under the name of ' Hamesford.' " At an early period Matthew Hosatus, or Husee, held four knights' fees in Hertynge and Chithurse, with free warren,! &c. In 1610 Sir Edward Caryll had a grant of this manor from the crown ; and with his descendants it continued till 1746, when it was sold by the last heir male to Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh, Bart., who was succeeded, in 1774, by Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh, Bart., the present proprietor, The scite of the baronial seat of the Husseys, for embattling which a license was granted by Henry III., is supposed to have been near the church. An ancient house, now entirely re moved, was situate there, and called Harting Place. Lady-Holt Park, on the boundaries of Hampshire, was the residence of the Carylls, who appear to have been the proprietors of the greater part of the parish. Of this family John Caryll, Esq., an eminent loyalist, was fined by the parliament, in 1643, the sum of 2,795/. His son Richard was created Baron Caryll by James II., at St. Germains. John Caryll, son of the last mentioned, became secretary to Mary, the Queen of James II., served that family faithfully, and went with it into exile, for which he obtained the honour of knighthood, with the honorary titles of Earl Caryll and Baron Dartford. Among Pope's letters, those addressed to the Hon. J. C. are to Mr. Caryll. West Harting is a hamlet about a mile north-west of the village of South Harting. It stands upon an eminence. A fine sheet of water is in the northern district of this tithing. Of the ancient moated mansion of Sir Anthony Windsor, no traces are left. Fair Oak Lodge is the seat of the Hon. Sir Charles Paget. , , ^ caryll. ° *-" Arms. Ar. three bars,sa, in chief, as many mart- Up Park, in the tithing of East Harting, now the seat of Sir Harry cri'ron'a mount, vert, a stag, lodgea, reguar. Featherstonehaugh, Bart., was formerly the property and residence of the Ford Quarterings. i. gu. on a bend, wavy, ar. three birds, close, sa. for Read. family, of whom Sir Edward was the defender of Arundel Castle against Sir 2. Ar. a fesse,betw. three boars- heads, coupea, •z ' o sa. for Alfben. William Waller, and was also distinguished for his philosophical and mechanical "¦ 3fr^-„i *"• '''^- «"¦ '"'^- '""V^HH: .... Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 72. Dall. attainments. vvlst. suss. voi. i. p. 190. * Henry de Husee founded in this parish a small hospital for leprous persons, in the reign of Henry II., afterwards subject to the abbey of Durford. — West. Suss. Bug. Mon. Vol. III. part I. p. 79- 88 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [JR. of Chichester. Ford, Lord Grey, pulled down the ancient house, and built the present magnificent abode. He was created by King William, Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville, in 1695. He left an only daughter, married to Charles Bonnet, Lord Ossulston, who was created Earl of Tankerville. By his successor, this mansion and park, with the manors of South and East Harting, were sold to Sir Matthew Feather stonehaugh, Bart., for 19,000/., the wood in the park being computed to be worth the whole money.i The park extends in length two miles ; its average width is about one. It abounds in excellent timber. The mansion is situate on a commanding eminence, and has rich and di versified land and sea views. The beech groves are unusually fine, producing timber of singular size and beauty. The apartments, which are placed en suite, contain some valuable pictures, amongst which may be reckoned six his tories ofthe prodigal son, by Luca Giordano ; six views of Venice, by Canna- letti ; some portraits, by Cornelius Jansen ; and four large maritime views, by Vernet. Sir Harry also possesses the celebrated picture of Venus, by Titian, or else an excellent copy of it. The hamlet of Ditcham is partly within this parish, and partly in that of Buriton, in Hampshire. A family of the name of Cow^ per held this estate from the time of Edward VI. till the year 1762. FORD. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is large, consisting of a chancel, Arms. Az. three lions, rampant, ar, ducally crowned, or. Crest. A demi-lion, rampant,ducally crowned,or. Quarterings. 1. Gu, an eagle, displayed, ar. a . . , «... • i _ chief of the same, for ciiVEnTON. A rclatiou of thc samB lEmily is now proprietor. 2. Az.three lions, rampant, ar. ducally crowned. j ± i. s-^or. three lions, passant, sa. for'^CA^Ewi Torbarrow Is au iusulatcd conical hill, near South Harting, pro- -1. Az. three snakes, vert. ^ _ , ^dtlis^S.""™"'^™''""'^''^"'''^^''^^'"" bably an ancient fortification, but retaining no military vestiges, x perchScreneu^If'andar.; three mullets. Qu East Harting: Dowu a tclegraph has been placed, communicating pierced and countercharged, within a bor- o ox a. ^ tj P.4;STe ISiys Suss. Gen.'Ti8lf DaS; with Loudou and Portsmouth. ¦VV^st. Suss. Vol. I. p, 192. The benefice comprises a sinecure rectory and a vicarage, in the deanery of Midhurst. The former is rated FEATHERSTONEHAUGH, Baet. in the king's books at 26/. 13s. 4d., and in the patronage of Sir Harry Feather- ^Ss,?r;a"pluet.'^" ""''•"'"""'**''' ^°'" stonehaugh, and the latter at 9/., and in the nomination ofthe rector. Crest. ' An'antelope, statant ar. armed, or. Supporters. Two ostriches. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p. 233. Kim- ber's Baronetage, Vol. 3. p. 122. nave, and aislcs, a transept, with a sepulchral chapel annexed, and a shingled spire. The monumental inscriptions are numerous, and some of the monuments elegant. They are, for the most cowpER. Tnsvi, in memory of individuals of the families of Ford, Caryll, and Cowper. Arms. Quarterly. Ar. and gu., in the second _,, .„ ,-., , . ,, . i , » ,, . , i j and third quarters a pheon of the first fhe Rev. — Blackman IS the incumoent. Among the sinecure rectors stands Crest. A pheon, point upwards, ar, betw. two *^ a"ir&^I.ToVtwobar»,gu.. each charged the name of Reginald Pole, fourth son of Sir Richard Pole, afterwards made with three trefoils, slipped, ar. in chief, a J ¦ i greyhound, courant, sa. for Palmer. CQTUin3.1» 2. Quarterly, per fesse, indented, ar. and gu,, 3.'^Em"fchev!'gu°,""'"*™^°^forA™ELET. Thcre arc several charities in this parish, viz. : — Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen, p. 276, DalL '¦ es . uss, o ,p. , Q^g (the founder unknown), consisting of 21/. 16s. Od. per annum, arising from houses and land, to be applied to the poor not receiving parish relief. Another, founded by Elizabeth Bagnall, in 1642, consisting of 1/. 12s Od. per annum, arising from land, to be applied to the poor. Another, founded by Elizabeth Pickering, in 1653, consisting of 15/. 12s. lOrf. per annum, arising from land, to be applied to two poor widows, and for apprenticing one poor child. In the parliamentary return in 1787-1788 is the following note : — " John Caryll, in whom the same was then vested, is a Roman Catholic, who is abroad in a convent, upwards of 70 years of age ; it is doubtful whether this donation ought to be vested in hira. Dame Pickering left a farm in this county, worth 45/. per annum, to Sir William Morley, of Hahiaker, John Caryll, Esq. of Harting, and — Thurloe, Esq., of Ryegate, for each of them, within one year of 1 Shoberl's Suss. p. 68. p. of Trotton.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 89 her decease, to fix one-third part on any parish he should think fit ; and when once fixed, to remain so for ever. Mr. Caryll fixed his part on the parish of Harting, which has enjoyed it nearly to this time, but not strictly according to the will of Lady Pickering, and wants to he inspected. It is said the other gentlemen never fixed their parts on any parishes." The registers commence in 1567- ELSTED. Rogate on the north, Treyford on the east. North Marden on the south, and South Harting on the west, join this parish. Its superficial contents are 1,790 acres of arable, pasture, and wood land, besides a portion of 330 acres of marsh land belonging to this parish and Trotton, and enclosed by act of parliament in 1798. The arable consists of about 1,400 acres of a rich and light clay soil ; the down land of about 560 acres. The population, in 1831, was 174. The chief landowners are Lord Selsey and Mr. Richard Meeres. The village is pleasantly situated at the northern base of the lofty range of Downs, which extend westward unbroken into Hampshire. The manor o( Elsted is not recorded in Doomsday-book. At an early period, however (1290), it was held by Henry Hussee, and subsequently by the family of Camois, of Trotton, with whose estate there it afterwards passed. Lord Robert Spencer purchased it in I8O7, of Sir Charles Mille, Bart. The benefice is a rectory in the deanery of Midhurst, and rated in the king's books at 11/. 13s. 4d. Lord Selsey has the impropriation. There are twenty-three acres of glebe. The church, which has portions in the Norman style of architecture, has no monuments. The registers commence in 1571- TROTTON. This long and narrow parish, extending from north to south nearly seven miles, averages not more than three-quarters of a mile in breadth. Selbourne and Bramshot, in Hampshire, form its northern limit ; on the south, Didling ; Terwick on the west ; and on the east, Chithurst. Its extent is 4,110 acres, and the soil is rich sand and loam. The village is pleasantly situated on the northern bank of the Arun, which hence, in a north easterly direction, flows towards Chithurst, fertilizing the loamy district which it intersects. The population, in 1831, was 416. In Doomsday-book Traitone is described in the hundred of Hamesford. " In Saxon times Countess Goda had held it of Edward the Confessor. It was then rated at nine hides, but when transferred to the Earl of Montgomery it was cleared for three. There was a church, a mill, five acres of meadow, and a wood affording pannage for ten hogs. In the reign of the Confessor it was valued at sixty shillings; at a subsequent era, thirty; and was, in the Norman times, estimated at 100 shillings: yet these two manors, Hertinges and Traitone, produced one hundred and twenty pounds and a mark of gold." In the reign of Edward I. it was given, by tenure of railitary suit and service, to Sir Ralph Camois. From the family of Camois it passed by marriage to the descendants of Sir Roger Lewknor. From the long possession by the Camois family it obtained the distinction of " Cafe ?. Court." Lawrence Alcock, Esq., died seized of this manor in 1723. Tt is now the property of Samuel Tvryford, Esq. The other manor was left, in 1520, by Sir Roger Lewknor to his three daughters and co-heirs, who married into the families of Mille, Forster, and Stapley. N VOL. II, 90 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. CAMOIS, Arms. Or. on a chief, gu, three plates. Pedigree. See Dall, West, Suss, Vol. I. p. 217, ALCOCKE, Arms. Gu, a fesse, or, betw. three cock's heads, erased, ar, Pedisree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 103, Dall, West, Suss. Vol. 1. p. 219, FORSTER, Arms. Sa, on a cher, ar,, betw. three pheons, or. as many escallops of the field. Crest. A stag's head, erased, ar, attired, col lared, and lined or. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 7. Dall. West "-— ""-' - - — Vest. Suss. Vol, I. p. 219. There are, besides, several small manors, extending into the neighbouring parishes. These were purchased in the year 181 3 by Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Hollycombe, for 30,000/. Milland Place, at the northern extremity ofthe parish, was built by Peter Betteswortb, Esq., in the reign of Elizabeth. In 1 813, it was purchased by Henry Cooke, gent. ; and is now the property of Edward Vernon, Esq., one of the six clerks in chancery. The benefice is rectorial, with the chapelry of Milland or Tuxlithe, in the deanery of Midhurst, rated in the king's books at 9/. The patronage is in the lord ofthe manor. In 1724 there were twelve acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. George, was rebuilt about the year 1400, by Thomas Baron Camois, by whom also the neighbouring bridge was erected. It consists of a chancel and nave, with massive tower and shingled spire . On each side of the altar is an ancient table tomb, one sculptured with quatrefoils, but without any inscription. In the centre ofthe chancel is the large altar tomb erected for Thomas, Baron Camois, and Elizabeth his wife. "The whole surface is inlaid with portraits, inscriptions, and arcades profusely decorated, and composed ot brass plate, having the outlines engraved." Engraved beneath the portraits is the following, in old English : " Orate pro animabus Thomae Camoys et ElizabethcB ejus consortis, qui qvondam erat Dominus de Camoys, Baro et prudens Consul regis et regni Anglise, ac strenuus miles de Gartero, suum finem commendavit Christe, xxviij die mensis Marcii, A. Dni. MCCCCXIX. ; quorum animabus propicietur Deus. Amen." On the pavement is a brass effigy of a lady, on a slab of black marble : she is attired in a flowing mantle. The escutcheons which adorned it are gone. The margin is thus inscribed, in old English : " Margarite de Camoys, gist, ici Dieu de sa alme eyt merci." There are several tablets and inscriptions to the memory of individuals of the families of Alcocke, Aylwin, and Twyford. " In this parish was born Thomas Otway, the dramatist, memorable equally for his talents and his mis fortunes. Why he is remembered for his talents, ' The Orphan,' and ' Venice Preserved,' are sufBcient testimonies — why he is remembered for his misfortunes, the outline of his life will satisfactorily explain. " He was born on the 3rd of March, 1651, whilst his father, the Rev. Humphrey Otway, was curate of this parish. In the course of education, he proceeded from Winchester School to Christchurch College, Oxford; and here that wit which he possessed commenced its demonstrations that it was uncontrolled by common sense, as his after life showed that it was unaccompanied by practical morality. He left the university without a degree, proceeded to London, and attempted the profession of an actor ; but power of imagination is not necessarily accompanied by an expressive voice, or a graceful mien. A poet, an orator, and a pantomimic, are neighbours, but not necessarily kindred. It is vain to assert that he who feels correctly, ought to be able to express him self naturally, for experience teaches otherwise. Shakspeare, Jonson, and Otway, all failed upon the stage. " Disappointed and defeated, but not conquered, he directed his mind to dramatic composition, and between the years 1675 and 1685, produced six tragedies and four comedies, besides several translations and fugitive pieces of poetry. " The Earl of Plymouth, one of the natural sons of Charles II., obtained for him a cornetcy of horse, then serving in Flanders. The gaiety and idleness of a military life were in unison with the taste of Otway, but with it the attendant rules of discipline must have been fully as much at variance ; at all events be abandoned his p. of Rogate.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 91 commission, and returned to London in great poverty — a state from which he never afterwards extricated himself, for he died wretchedly and in misery, on the 14th of April, 1685.* " Such a fate might have been anticipated for Otway by those who were unimpassioned spectators. Witty, thoughtless, gay, and licentious ; without any settled plan of life ; the companion and acquaintance of those who ceased to know any one when he ceased to minister to their gratification ; improvident, immoral, and without patrimony, he no longer had the means of life the very day that he ceased to be entertaining, for he lived upon the produce of the day, and had no store for the morrow. " He was a licentious wit, and a royalist ; a wit and a royalist of the Stuart era, and shared the almost general fate of the adherents of that family — served it, and was neglected. This neglect was perhaps merited, and might be excused, if inflicted by any but a Stuart ; for what right have the licentious and the thoughtless to tax a needy suppliant with a want of morality, and a deficiency of care? "^ The registers commence in 1581. CHITHURST. This small parish, consisting of 1,100 acres of arable, pasture, waste, and wood land, is con tained by the adjacent parishes of Trotton, Iping, Didling, and Treyford. The scite is elevated, and the soil various. 360 acres are waste and wood land. The population, in 1831, was 172. The manor of Titcherste is described in Doomsday Book, in the hundred of Hamesford. . Almar held it of Earl Godwin, as allodial tenant. Appertaining to this manor was a small church, three ministers, a mill of eight shillings, and one hundred eels, five acres of meadow, and a wood of three hogs. In the beginning of Elizabeth's reign, Peter Betteswortb obtained the manor by grant from the crown and purchase. It is now the property of S. F. Piggott, Esq., a chancery barrister. The benefice is consolidated with Iping, where the registers are kept. There is a small chapel, situate above the river, in the early style of English architecture. TERWICK. Eastward of Rogate is the small parish of Terwick, bounded on the north by Trotton, and on the south and east by Elsted. It comprises 680 acres of a mixed loam soil. The population does not exceed 97. The principal landowner is Thomas Ridge, Esq., who is lord of the manor. Terwick is not mentioned in; Doomsday survey. From the early Norman ages it has been connected with Rogate, and with the manor of Fyning. Sir Ralph de Camois, in 20th Edward II., had free warren in his manors of Rogate, Hertinges, Tortewyke, &c., in the county of Sussex. The living is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 51. The advowson is in — Sclater, Esq. There are sixteen acres of glebe. The church is small, and without any object of interest. The registers commence in 1577- ROGATE Is rather a large parish, being about five miles in length, and in breadth very irregular. It contains 4,700 acres of arable, pasture, heath, and wood land, of which 1,800 are in tillage. It is bounded east by Terwick, south by Harting, and west and north by Sheet and Selbourne in Hampshire. The population, in 1831, was 901. ^ He went out, as is reported, almost naked, and find ing a gentleman in a neighbouring coffee-house, asked him for a shilling. The gentleman gave him a guinea, and Otway went away, bought a roll, and was choked N 2 with the first mouthful. 3 The editor is indebted to G. W. Johnson, Esq., for the notice of Otway. 92 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. The village, which is small, but compact, is situate in the southern district of the parish. It is at a short distance from the banks of a rivulet, which intersects the parish, and which is one of the tributary streams to the western Arun. Haben-bridge, of five arches, is about half a mile south of the village. " Near it, upon an emmence above the Arun, are the vestiges of a castle or tower, within a foss, and foun dations of a building within its circuit." Rogate is not particularized in the Conqueror's survey; it was probably parcel of the paramount manor of Hertinges, and included in the terrier of that lordship. Ralph de Camois, as early as the reign of Edward II. (reg. 20), procured a charter for a fair yearly, upon his manor of Rogate, and for free warren upon all its demesne lands. Subsequently it passed into the families of Rademel and Lewknor ; and in the reign of Henry VIII,, was granted inter alia by the crown to William Earl of Southampton. Lewis Buckle, Esq. was proprietor in 1815. Fennins, or Fvnins, in this parish, was originally an exempted manor, and Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. SS, 23. ¦"¦ to ' j o ' r ^ connected with Terwick. It was long held by a family of the name of Betteswori;h. Rogate College and Rogate Bohunte manors, or reputed manors, were sold BETTEswoRTH. }„ lease for 10,000 years, in 1584. They have subsequently descended with BUCKLE. Arms. Sa. a chev. betw. three chaplets, ar. Crest. Gut of a ducal coronet or, a demi-leopard. Arms. Az. a lion, rampant, party per fesse, or. and ar. Crest. On the trunk of a tree, ppr. a lion sejant, per fesse, or, and ar. holding betw. the paws a battle axe erect, gu. headed of the third. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. pp. Dall. West. Suss. Vol. I. p. Sia, Milland-place, in Trotton. In this parish an abbey was founded for canons regular of the Praemon- 304, stratentian order, in 1160, by Henry Hoese, or Hosatus, or Hussy, I>ord of Harting. It was dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Henry II. con firmed their lands and privileges, and granted them a fair for three days, yeariy, at their manor of Harting, viz., on the nativity of St. Jolm the Baptist, and two days preceding.* At the dissolution, the revenues of Durfold Abbey, as it was called, were surrendered to the king by John Simpson, then abbot. They were valued at 98^. 4s. 5d., according to Dugdale, or 108/. 13s. 9d., according to Speed. A portion of the abbey has been con verted into a spacious bouse. No remains of the chapel can be traced. In 1550, the scite was the property of Sir Edmund Mervyn ; afterwards of his descendants. The present proprietor of the demesnes of the abbey is Henry Baron Stowell. MEKVYN, Arms. Sa, three lions, passant, ar. Crest. A squirrel, sejant, cracking a nut, gu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 92, The benefice is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Midhurst, and valued in the king's books at 10/. 5s. As early as 1204, it was appropriated to tbe abbey of Durford. The patronage is in the crown. There are about twenty-five acres of glebe. The present incumbent is the Rev. Cornelius Green. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a small and ancient structure, retaining some traces of Norman architecture. There is a charity in this parish founded by William Wilkins, in 1763, consisting of a rent charge of 21. per annum, to he applied to the poor. The registers commence in 1558. BOROUGH OF MIDHURST.^ This small parish, consisting of 700 acres, is bounded by the adjoining parishes of Ease bourne, a detached part of the parish of Woolavington, Cocking, Bepton, Woolbeding, and also a detached part of the parish of Bignor, called Buddington. The population, in 1831, was 1,478 Midhurst, according to some the Mida of the Romans, is not mentioned in Doomsday, and was probably 1 Old Mag. Brit. p. 556 * Locally in the hundred of Easebourne. B. of Midhurst.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 93 included in Easebourne when Roger Earl of Montgomery obtained the earldom of Arundel; and Chichester. In the reign, however, of Henry I., four knight's fees and a quarter, held by military service due to the honour of Arundel, were erected by the monarch into a minor lordship or barony. The family of Bohun for many years had possession of the barony, and John de Bohun, who died in 1367, was summoned to parliament as Baron of Midhurst. Sir David Owen, by marriage with the daughter of the last male heir of the Bohuns, succeeded to their several manors of Midhurst, Easebourne, Ford, and Climping, &c., by whom they were sold, in 1528, to Sir William Fitz- William, K. G. Subsequently Sir Anthony Browne held Midhurst, Cowdray, and Essebourn, in capite, of the crown, from whose descendants, by marriage with the Hon. Elizabeth Mary Browne, the only sister and heir of George Samuel, the eighth Lord Montague, who perished in the falls of Lauffen, near Scbaff- DE BOHUN. hausen, in 1793, they passed to the present proprietor, William Stephen Poyntz, Arms, or, a cross, az. _, ,, „ , « , -, . Pedigree. See Dall, West, Suss, Vol, I. p. 2Sa. Esq., M. P. for Ashburton. Midhurst was an ancient borough by prescription, having returned representatives to parliament since 4th Edward II. In the reformed parliament, Midhurst, annexed to several of the adjoining parishes, returns one member.* The quarter sessions were formerly held here. The government of the town is vested in a bailiff, chosen annually at the court baron of the lord of the manor. It has a weekly market on Thursday, and three yearly fairs — on April 6th, Whit-Tuesday, and October 29th. The population of the parish, in 1831, amounted to 1,478. The town is pleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, surrounded by loftier hills, and over looking the meandering course of the river Rother, which has been made navigable from hence to Pulborough, where it meets the Arun. The streets are clean, and the houses tolerably well built, but altogether destitute of the least claim to uniformity. The salubrity ofthe atmosphere is thought to have been evinced by the uncommon longevity of the inhabitants. At only a short distance south-east of the town, near Coster's Mill, in a sweet little valley, is a spring which, though apparently unheeded, is a strong chalybeate. We may here mention a mound, rising from the south bank of the Arun, on which was anciently founded the Castle of the Barony of Midhurst, most probably built, and certainly long occupied by, the Bohuns. " Within its walls was contained a chapel, dedicated to St. Anne (now corruptly called Tan Hill), which had an endowment. The whole vallation, now overgrown with trees, lies within a circumference of at least four hundred yards. The foss thrown up to strengthen the natural mount may still he traced, and foundations embedded in grouted mortar are frequently dug up," Great Todham, a mansion house in the same direction, of the age of James I., had formerly a chapel. It is now in a state of dilapidation. From the " escutcheons, cognizances, and crests" found in one of the rooms of this time-stricken edifice, it would appear to have been built by George Denis, a younger son of an ancient family settled at Orleigh, in Devonshire. It is now the property of George MuUins, gent., of Lodsworth. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and in its own deanery, endowed with 400/. private benefaction, and 600/. royal bounty, and in the patronage of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. I'he present incumbent is the Rev. William Goodenough Bayly. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, and low embattled tower, in the later style of English architecture. The interior is remarkably neat. This church has received an addition of For the parliamentary history see Appendix. 94 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. L69 free sittings, in addition to 349, for which the incorporated society for enlarging churches and chapels con tributed 50/, On the south side, near the chancel, is the sepulchral chapel of the Montague'family, in the middle of which is a lofty altar tomb, or rather pile of monuments, inclosed by iron rails. It is composed of marble and alabaster. On the lower altar are two recumbent flgures of ladies in robes of state, the effigies of the two wives of Anthony, the first Lord Montague. Between them a second altar rises, upon which la a figure of Lord Montague, in his robes ofthe garter, with armour and ruff, kneeling before a third altar on which his helmet is placed. On the pannels of the great altar tomb are figures of two men in armour, and two women kneeling, on one side ; and on the other, two women, but much mutilated. At the ends are escutcheons, with almost innumerable quarterings. From each angle rises an obelisk of marble, higher than the tomb. From the inscriptions, which are very long, we learn that here was interred Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, ChiefStandard-bearer of England, and Knight ofthe Garter, with his two wives, Lady Jane Ratcliffe, daughter ot Robert Earl of Sussex, who died at Cowdrav, at the age of twenty, and Magdalen, daughter of William Lord Dacre. Sir Anthony having served the Queens Mary and Elizabeth in various caparities, both civil and military, died at Hocsley, in Surrey, in 1592, in his 66th year. On a monument affixed lo the east wall, between two Corinthian pillars, are the figures of a man and woman kneeling. Under the latter is a metrical inscription, beginning — "Lo ! here a dame interred lies— a Courtnay by descent — A courteous, chaste, and humble wife, whilst God here life her lent ; To Francis Browne, in lyfe^ she was a worthy godly mate, Whose patience, myldcess, constancie, renowned her estate," &c. Near the town is a neat chapel for the Dissenters. The Free Grammar School was founded by Gilbert Hannam, of Midhurst, in 1672, " for twelve boys to be instructed in Latin and Greek, and in writing and arithmetic, if they be capable to learne." At his decease, in 1677, he bequeathed a moiety of his estate for the further support of the master. The school is open to the sons of inhabitants who have resided seven years in Midhurst. The late excellent head master. Dr. Bayly, having made large additions to the school-house, and in 1821 the school-room being enlarged, his talents and acquirements enabled him to advance the reputation ofthe establishment, and to fender it supplementary to Winchester College, the mode of tuition being the same as in that justly celebrated foundation. His son, the Bev. W. G. Bayly, is now master. The total annual income arising from the benefactions above stated, is 32Z. 18,s. A national school is also supported by subscription. There are several charities recorded as founded in this parish, viz, — In 1596, lands and tenements were released to the burgesses by George Agnell, Esq., of Cruellsfield, in the county of Warwick, for the sum of 500Z, to be -applied to the relief of " aged, maimed, impotent, or diseased persons." The total amount, in 1817, was 203Z. 15s. Henry Grete, in 1599, by rent-charge, left lOZ. per annum to the poor. B.P. Knight, in 1726, gave 300Z. for the erection of a workhouse, in which a tablet records the gift. The registers commence in 1565. LIBERTY OF ST. JOHN. A commandery, belonging to the military order of St. John of Jerusalem, was anciently founded in Midhurst. Their jurisdiction extended over the district now known as the " Liberty of St. John of Jerusalem ;" and the exemptions still enjoyed by the inhabitants are similar to those in the Liberty of Lodsworth.^ " The liberty extends to Upper Buddington lane, in the parish of Easebourne, bearing north-west about one mile ; to Milland, in the parish of Iping, bearing likewise north-west about five miles ; to Mcses Hill, in the parish of Farnhurst, bearing north six miles ; to Hoyle farm, in the parish of Heyshot, bearing south-east nearly three miles. The confines of this liberty, in many of its parts, approximate very nearly."^ The commandery house has been pulled down, and a modern and commodious dwelling erected, the property of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, K.G.C.B. LIBERTY OF LODSWORTH. The parish or Liberty of Lodsworth (for they are co-extensive) is bounded by the sur rounding parishes of Tillington, Selham, Easebourne, Farnhurst, and Lurgashall, within which limits are about 1,600 acres of arable, meadow, wood, and waste land. About 700 acres are in tillage. The river and other navigation intersects the southern district of the parish, where it is crossed by a bridge. The Liberty consists in certain exemptions granted by a Bishop of London, to whom the 1 See Lodsworth. « Dall. West. Suss. p. 290. p. of Graffham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 95 manor formerly belonged. They are thus briefly enumerated by Mr. Dallaway, from a writ of Inspeximus, dated 1425, 3rd Henry VL " 1. Exemption from all suit and service to any hundred court. 2. No tolls to be paid to the king at any market or fair throughout England and Wales. 3. No money to be paid to the sheriff's turn, nor to be subject to his jurisdic tion ; but the bailiff of the Bishop of London to return all writs. 4. A three-weeks' court to be held to recover debts by a jury of free suitors, with imprisonment for debt in the gaol belonging to the liberty. 5. No inquisition, ^os* mortem, to be held for lands, &c."i The manor is not described in Doomsday, It was granted by King Henry VIII. to Sir Anthony Browne, and became thns annexed to the Cowdray estates.^ River Park farm, a great part of which is in Tillington parish, and which claims an exempted manor, belonging to W. S. Po3nitz, Esq., Fitzlen, or Fishley farm, the property of the late C. MitfordjEsq., and Blackdown, belonging to W. H. Yaldwyn, Esq., are the principal estates in the parish. The latter extends into the adjoining parishes of Lurgashall and Selham. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, once a chapel of Easebourne, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Midhurst. It is in the patronage of W. S. Poyntz, Esq., the lord of the manor. The curate has neither manse nor glebe, but receives 121. per annum from the impropriator. It is endowed with 200/. private benefaction, 200/. royal bounty, and 500/. parliamentary grant. The present incumbent is the Rev. W. Jenkins. The church is small and ancient, with tower and modern windows. The registers commence in 1563. ' HUNDRED OF EASEBOURNE. This Hundred lies at the north-eastern corner of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Graffham, Cocking, Heyshott, Bepton, Selham, Easebourne, Woolbeding, Stedham, Iping, Linch, Linchmere, and Farnhurst. It is bounded on the east by the Rape of Arundel and the Liberty of Lodsworth ; on the south by the Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton ; on the west by the Hundred of Dumpford and the county of Hants ; and on the north by the county of Surrey ; and comprises 26,920 acres. GRAFFHAM Is a small parish partly lying on the northern escarpment of the Downs. The northern parts are marshy. 1,550 acres of arable, wood land, and heath common are comprised within the limits of the parish, which adjoins to Woolavington on the east, Heyshott on the west, Selham on the north, and East Dean and Up Waltham on the south. The population, in 1831, did not exceed 372. The principal landed proprietors are, Mrs. Sargeant and the trustees of C.Mitford, Esq. The village is situated under the Downs, the acclivities of which are here pleasantly di versified with shrubs and underwood of various kinds. The manor is thus mentioned in Doomsday, under the hundred of Hamesford : — " Four foreigners hold Graffham of the Earl. Ralph and Robert four hides; Rolland two hides and a half; and Ernald two hides. Six thanes held it as a manor in allodial tenure in the reign of the Confessor. It has constantly been assessed at ten hides. The quantity of arable is not recorded." It was formerly the property of John Lord Lumley, by whom it was aliened, in 1589, to Giles Garton, of London. It subsequently devolved to Garton Orme, Esq. By marriage it was conveyed to John Sargeant, Esq., of Woolavington, in whose family we believe it still continues. ' Dall. West.Snss. Vol. 1. p. 279. ' Ib. 96 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. The benefice is rectorial, in the deanery of Midhurst and archdeaconry of Chichester, and is rated in the king's books at 9/. lOs. 4d. Joha Sargeant. Esq., was patron. The church, which is dedicated to St. Giles, is partly in the early, and partly in the decorated style of English architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, and aisles, with a spire at the west end. Four small charities, given at different times for the poor of this parish, are now lost. The Nona Roll mentions a manufacture of earthenware, established in this parish in the fourteenth century. There were also orchards then planted, for the tithes of apples are valued at 26s. 8d. The registers commence in 1665. ^ COCKING. Eastward of Bepton is Cocking,^ Midhurst is on the north, Heyshot on the east, and Singleton on the south. It contains 2,370 acres of arable, pasture, coppice, and down land. More than 600 acres are coppice. The centre of the parish, consisting of chalk marie, is fertile, producing good corn ; the extremities cannot boast of a favorable soil. The landed proprietors are W. S. Poyntz, Esq., and Messrs. J. and B. Challen. The population, in 1831, was 453. The village is pleasantly situated between two projecting masses of Down, on the road from Midhurst to Chichester. Cochinges, like Babintone, is in Doomsday, arranged under the hundred of Hamesford, though both are now considered as forming part ofthe hundred of Easebourne. King Edward possessed it in Saxon times, of whom jt was held by Azor. It was assessed at twelve hides, the arable being twelve plough lands. There was a church on this manor, six ministers, and five mills. Earl Roger Montgomery obtained it of the Conqueror. In 1375, the Earl of Arundel was possessed of it, and in this noble family it continued till its alienation, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to Anthony Lord Viscount Montague, and has since been parcel of the Cowdray estate. The living is a vicarage in the deanery of Midhurst, and in the patronage of the see of Chichester. It is rated in the king's books at 13/. 6s. 9^. The glebe is thirty-six acres. The present incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Valentine. The church is in the early style of English architecture, with some little additions. It consists of a nave, chancel, and south aisle. Stephen Challen left 2?. per annum, arising from land, to be applied to the education of children. The registers commence in 1558. HEYSHOT. The limits of this parish are made by Graffham on the east. Cocking on the west, Amber- sham and Easebourne on the north, and East Dean on the south. Within these bounds are 2,210 acres of land, of which 790 are arable, the remainder pasture, wood, down, and common land. On the Downs are the remains of an ancient camp and fortification. The population, in 1831, was 358. The chief proprietors are the Earl of Egremont, Lord Selsey, and Mr. Wm. Gadd. This manor is not recorded in Doomsday Book, but it formed a part of the twenty-three knight's fees which William de Perci held of Earl Roger de Montgomery. In 26th Henry VIII., Henry Earl of Northum berland, for 800/., sold the lordship to Sir William Fitzwilliam, at whose death, in 1543, it appeared by inquisition that he held the manor of the king as of the honour of Petworth, by fealty and a pair of gilt spurs. It subsequently underwent several alienations, till, in 1761, it was purchased by Charles Earl of Egremont, whose son, George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont, is now lord. Hiall or Hoyle, about three-quarters of a mile eastward of the church, is a hamlet containing between sixty or seventy inhabitants. p. of Selham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 97 The living is a chapelry, in the deanery of Midhurst, and consolidated with Stedham, of which Lord Selsey is the patron. 1 The church has portions in the decorated and later styles of English architecture. The present incumbent is the Rev. C. Collins. The registers commence in 1690. BEPTON. This small parish extends eastward to Cocking ; northward to Midhurst and Woolbeding ; southward to West Dean ; and on the west it is partly bounded by Linch Farm, more than seven mUes distant from the parish of Linch, and yet belonging to it. The village is situated under the northern escarpment of the Downs, in the southern district of the parish. The superficies of Bepton are 1,260 acres of chiefly arable land. The chief landowners are William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., Mr. John Turner, Mr. Edmund Sadler, and the Trustees of the late William Dennet, Esq. The population, in 1831, was 166. Under the hundred of Hamesforde, the manor o^ Babintone (now Bepton) is surveyed. It was part of Earl Roger's share ofthe Norman Conquest. Wigot held it of King Edward ; it was rated at four hides. Here was a church and three ministers. The mesne lords, for three centuries, was a family named Torrell ; the daughter and heir of the last of whom, married Henry Joceline, Esq., who in 1568, sold this manor, extending into the parishes of Cocking and Linch, to Anthony Viscount Montague, for 1 ,000/. ; and the advowson of the church for 420/. more.2 The benefice is a rectory, in the deanery of Midhurst and archdeaconry of Chichester ; it is rated in the king's books at 8/. William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., is patron ; and the present incumbent is the Rev. Dr- Goddard. There are twenty-three acres of glebe. The church is a small and unpretending building, like most others in the district. In 1603, Robert Clare gave a rent-charge of 1/. per annum, for the service of the poor. The registers commence in 1723. SELHAM Is bounded on the west by Ambersham, on the north and east by the liberty of Lodsworth, and on the south by Graffham. The extent of the parish is 810 acres, which are divided by intervening parochial claims into three parts ; the first surrounding the church, the second in- solated, and the third south of Black Down, at the northern extremity of the county. The number of inhabitants, in 1831, amounted to 89. The river Rother, now by the munificence of the Earl of Egremont navigable up to Mid hurst and Petworth, flows through the southern district of this parish; and the road connecting the two last mentioned places, intersects the same portion, a little to the north of, but parallel with the river. The manor of Seleham is arranged in Doomsday Book under the hundred of Hamesforde. It was granted by the Conqueror to Earl Roger Montgomery, and was held of him by Robert, and Fulco was his sub-tenant. Codulf held it of Earl Godwin. There were two ministers, a mill, and a wood affording pannage for ten hogs. 1 See Stedham, p. 102. « Dall. West. Suss. L 204, and note. O VOL. II. 98 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. It formed part of the Earldom of Roger de Montgomery ; and in the reign of Henry IL, it was held by William de Perci, ofthe honour of Arundel. It subsequently became the property ofthe Montgomeries ; from whom it has descended to William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. The living is a discharged rectory in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 41. \5s. 11^. The advowson was formerly vested in the nunnery of Rusper; and for many years past it has been m the Prin cipal and Fellows of Brazen-nose College, Oxford. It is endowed with 200/. private benefactions, and 200/. royal bounty. The present incumbent is the Rev. J. Watson. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a very small building, in the early style of English architecture, but containing nothing requiring notice. The registers commence in 1565. EASEBOURNE, Called also Essebourne and Aseburne in ancient deeds, is bounded by the parishes of South Ambersham on the east ; Heyshot, the detached part of Woolavington, and Midhurst, on the south ; Woolbeding on the west ; and Farnhurst on the north. A large portion of the detached part of Bignor, called Buddington, is within these boundaries. It embraces 4,110 acres of arable, pasture, and heath land. The soil in the more fertile parts, is hazel mould ; but a great proportion is a black sandy soil, nourishing abundance of heath as well as large quantities of fir, hazel, and other trees, but otherwise little productive. The principal landed proprietors are W. S. Poyntz, Esq., Messrs. William and Thomas Shotter, and Mrs. Sanders. The population, in 1831, was 904. The village is pleasantly situated. It is large as well as handsome ; having some very respectable residences in it. The scenery around is more than commonly agreeable, and in some parts picturesque. We do not find the manor of Easebourne particularized in Doomsday Book, and although the hundred of Eseburn is there, two manors, Tolintone and Greteham, are only described. It was doubtless given, with the rest of the rape, to Roger de Montgomery. In the reign of Richard I. , Franco de Bohun held it under the earldom, by knight's service, as parcel of his lordship of Midhurst. It is now the property of W. S. Poyntz, Esq. A small religious house, consisting of a prioress and five or six nuns, was here founded in the latter end of the reign of Henry HI., by John De Bohun, Baron of Midhurst. It was the order of St. Benedict. The pos sessions were valued at the time of the dissolution, at 29/. 16s. Id. per annum, according to Dugdale, though Speed makes them 47/. 13s. 9d. These possessions, with the scite, were granted to Sir William Fitzwilliam, 28th Henry VIII. The family of Montague afterwards obtained the property, through whom it has descended to the present proprietor. There are still extensive remains of the priory in Cowdray Park, near the parish church, which originally belonged to that establishment. The refectory, the dormitory and cells, are partly standing. The refectory has been converted into a barn ; the cloister which connected the establishment with the south aisle ofthe church, which was the nun's chapel, is entirely destroyed, and the aisle, afterwards used for sepulture, is ruinous and roofless. The nuns heard mass through internal windows or grates in the wall of tbe south aisle, communicating with the church. However improperly censured may have been the whole of the inmates of these religious houses for the dissolute conduct of a few, it is clear that the nuns of Easebourne could not claim exemption from the charge so far as regarded individuals of their house. Broken windows in a nunnery ought certainly to be quickly repaired. The parish contains two hamlets, viz. : Buddington, which is a part of Bignor, and Hollist. The former is P- of Easebourne.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 99 situated on rising ground on the west side of the parish, and the latter near the south-western boundary, at a short distance from Midhurst. Hollist was formerly the residence of the Rigges, and ranges to the north, joining Woolbeding in its line- K I GOES. Arms. Gu. a fesse, vair, betw. three talbots, pas sant, ar. each holding in thc mouth a bird.bolt, or.'plumed, ar. Crest A talbot, passant, gu. eared, or. holding in his mouth a bird-bolt ofthe second, plumed. ar. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 100. Dall. West, Suss, Vol. I, p. 240. The living is a vicarage in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 6/. 6s %d. It is in the patronage of W. S. Poyntz, Esq. ; the chapelries of Midhurst, Farnhurst, Lodsworth, and Todham (the last destroyed), being annexed to it. It is endowed with 200/. private benefaction, and 1,900/. parlia mentary grant. The present incumbent is the Rev. J. Serres. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is in the later style of English archi tecture. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. In the chancel is an ancient monument without inscription, on which, in a recumbent posture, is a figure of a man carved in oak. He ia represented as in armour, with his head bare, and with a surcoat of his armorial bearings. It was intended for Sir David Owen, knight banneret, who married an heiress of the Bohun family, formerly Lords of Midhurst. Dallaway says that there is a tradition that Sir David Owen, was the natural son of Owen Tudor. Shoberl says that he was the natural son of Henry VIII. By his will, dated 1529, and proved 1542, he bequeathed his body to be buried in the churoh of this place after the degree of a banneret. The distinguished family of Bohun, of Midhurst, had their sepulture near the high altar, but there are no memorial remains which can be ascertained to have been intended for them. There is a table tomb of black marble in the nuns aisle, raised for Anthony Lord Viscount Montague, ob. 1767, aet. 82 ; and several inscriptions commemorative of individuals of the family of Riggse, of Hollist. Near the church is a very neat catholic chapel, which was erected subsequent to the recantation of the seventh Viscount Montague from that faith ; it is now but little frequented. There is a school founded in 1674, by John Lock, and endowed by him with 5?. per annum. A house of industry has, by act of parliament obtained in 1794, been established in this parish, which receives the poor of the following sixteen parishes : Bepton, Cocking, Chithurst, Easebourne, Farnhurst, Iping, Linchmere, Lodsworth, Lurgashall, Selham, Stedham, Tillington, Treyford, Trottou, Woolbeding, and Woolavington. Cowdray Park and Manor Place are situated in the southern district of the parish. The park now contains 800 acres. In 1533, license from the crown was given to Sir William Fitzwilliam, K.G., to impark 600 acres in Easebourne and Midhurst, and to call the same Cowdray Park. The ground is finely diversified with knolls and dells, and adorned with trees of various species, of an uncommon growth and luxuriance. The Spanish chesnut trees, forming a noble avenue, are, for dimensions and beauty, scarcely to be exceeded in England. The beautiful scenery of the grounds strikingly contrasts with some parts of the adjacent country-, which is sterile, and capable of little improvement. The seventh Viscount Montague, however, attempted to render the vicinity ofthe park more agreeable by plantations of fir, which in some measure have the de sired effect. The prospect from the house is rather confined in the direction of north and south, owing to the two wood-crowned hills between which it lies. " Cowdray and the manor of Midhurst belonged to the crown in the time of Henry VIII. and were given, in exchange for other lands, to the heirs of John Nevill, Marquis Montague, and, upon the division of his lands, came to Lucy, his fourth daughter, who first married Sir Thoraas Fitzwilham, of Aldwarke, in the county of York, Knt. ; and afterwards Sir Anthony Browne, Knt., Great Standard-bearer of England. She was succeeded by her son, William' Fitzwilham, Earl of South ampton, who built the mansion, as appears by his arms, and other devices dis played iu its various parts. It was built iu the form of a quadrangle, with the prin cipal front towards the west, in the centre of which was the entrance-gate, flanked by two towers. The eastern side consisted of the chapel, hall, and dining-parlour ; the chapel was superbly fitted up, and had an altar piece of peculiar beauty. The hall was decorated with paintings of architecture by Eoherti, and statues by Groupe ; at the upper end was a buck standing, carved in brown wood, having on the shoulder a shield, with the arms of England, and under it the arms of Browne, with many quarterings, carved in wood : there were ten other bucks, large as life, standing, sitting, and lying, some with small banners of arms, supported by their^feet. This 'c^°^^]^^^^^^,^^,,^,^^^^^,,,^_ hall and staircase were painted by Pellegrini, with the story of lancred una Pedigree, see Berry's suss. Gen. pp. 254, 35 Clorinda, from Tasso. The parlour was embellished by Holbein, or some of his ^'^^'- Daii, west. suss.vou. pp. 241,25 o 2 BROWNE, Viscount Montague. Sa. three lions, in btaid, betw. two double 100 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. scholars. On the south side of the quadrangle was a long gallery, in which was painted the Twelve Apostles, as large as hfe ; and on the north side was anotlier gallery, containing raany ancient whole-length pictures of the family, in their proper habits ; likewise four historical pieces, two copies of Raphael's marriage ; of Cupid and Psyche, and several old religious and mihtary paintings from Battle Abbey. The rooms were all stately and well furnished, adorned with pictures by the best masters. In the breakfast-room was a cabinet, full of very curious pieces of ivory work, consisting of small and delicate flowers, turned by one of the lords of this house, who used to amuse himself with such work ; in one of the rooms was a picture representing him at his turning-wheel. " The pictures that were painted on the walls were preserved, during the civil wars, by a coat of plaister, laid over the stucco : one of the officers quartered here, exercising his weapon against the wall, broke out from one ofthe subjects the head of Henry VIII., which was afterwards replaced. This beautiful edifice, with most of its valuable contents, an enumeration of which would far exceed our limits, was destroyed by fire on the night of Tuesday, Septeraber 24, 1793, and now presents a pile of ruins on which the capricious hand of time continues to impress a diversity of forms, which are moulded by the luxuriant growths of nature into the beautiful and picturesque. The western side of the building contains the most perfect vestiges of its architecture. The opposite extremity, with the galleries on either side, though more dilapidated, retain many traces of their former splendour; upon the walls of the dining-parlour remains ofthe pictures are still visible ; the windows of the hall and chapel are almost entire : within the quadrangle lie the half- consumed trunks of some ofthe wooden bucks before mentioned. The whole scite, collectively viewed from the heights within the park, exhibits an impressive scene of ruined and deserted grandeur. " In the month succeeding that in which this ancient structure was destroyed, the title of Montague became extinct hy the melancholy death of George Samuel, eighth Viscount Montague, who was on his travels at the time of the destruction of his mansion, intelligence of which never reached him. The lamentable fate of his lordship was owing to a rash attempt, from which he could not be diverted by any remonstrances. His lordship, accompanied by Mr. Burdett, a friend, was uncommonly anxious to pass the famous water-falls of Shauf hausen, in Switzerland, which had hitherto been unattempted by any visitant. The magistrates of the district, having heard of the resolution of these travellers, and knowing that inevitable destruction would be the consequence of the attempt, placed guards to prevent the execution of it. Such, however, was the force of their curiosity, that thoy found means to elude every precaution. As they were entering the small flat-hottomed punt they had provided. Lord Montague's servant instinctively seized his master by the collar, declaring, that he should forget the respect of the servant for thc duty of a man. His efforts, however, were vain ; for his lordship extricated himself with the loss of part of his collar and neckcloth, and pushed ofi". They got over the first fall in safety, and began to shout and wave their handkerchiefs as tokens of success. They then pushed down the second fall, by far more dangerous than the first ; after which they were no more seen or heard of. It is supposed they were hurried by the violence of the cataract, and jammed between two rocks. The servant remained three weeks near the place, bewailing the fate of his beloved master, who had thus, in the prime of his Ufe, fallen a victim to his curiosity." On the death of the unfortunate nobleman, whose rashness is tino-ed with a romance which we cannot help but feel, his estates devolved to his only sister, marrried to W. S. Poyntz, Esq. \ PO\NTZ. Arms. Barry of eight, gu. and or. Crest ¦ ¦¦¦ - . - The present residence of Mr. Poyntz is Cowdray Lodge, a delightful cottage ;iLdfar"'^™"^'"''"'^''^'^'^"^"=''-'""-orn6e, situated upon a knoll in the park, about a mile from the magnificent Quarterings. 1 Paly of six, or. andsa., on a fesse, rninc? gu., three mullets pierced ofthe first, * ulilS. for Clanvowr. . i j .i i 2, Quarterly, per fesse, indented, ar,»d^az._^^ A detailed « accouut of the Celebrated paintings in fresco, formerly at 3. Quarter.y,gu,andor„overana^be.d.a.^ Cowdray, before the fire in 1793," drawn up by Sir Joseph Ayloffe, will be Ar. afesseandcanton,gu., abendlet sinia. f.„„j „„ j. ^ T»,r t^ ,, ' .^i^iwiic, win uc ti.> escallops, ar. ^"^ ^f^^lcT.t. l^ ^, ^' ^." ^PP^""^'^ ^° ^'^ I^^^l^way's Skotch of Easeboume. Queen •L-nuupo, txi, lur Ot, ALIUS. p» 1 • T j 7 , ^ rx''E^:;^;1?o;S'V;°srp'«°Z:^''^^^''*^' '" ^"^ «f ^^^r "Progresses," spent five days at Cowdray, on a :„ .„,„.„. ,. , BaK.c.s. visit to Sir Anthony Browne, Lord Montague. A pamphlet published in 1591, eottised,ar. tor BKow^e.^Sw^t^ ! ^ ^'"^ ^^^ houourable entertainment given to the Queene's Majestic, "• "'¦ nrrc^r;,p P..,sPono. m.o.. '" P^g^'^sse, at Cowdray in Sussex, by the Right Honourable the Lord Monta- ""¦^^Srsufs^TO,^"- ''"'¦"•'''• "^"- cute," also appears in Mr. Dallaway's Appendix. The registers commence in 1638. 6. Ar. a lion for 7. Gu. a sun in splendor, ar. 8. Gu, agri.fin, segreant, or, 9. Vair, 10, Sa, three lions, passant, • - rB WOOLBEDING. Linfr llf to' tf '" '^.''^'f "? "^ Woolbeding, which is long and narrow. Milland and part of Lmch hes to the north ; Easebourne to the east; and to the south, Bepton and part of Linch p. of Stedham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 101 farm. The superficies within these limits are 2,740 acres of generally arable and pasture land. The population, in 1831, was 307. The village is delightfully situated to the north of the channel of the Western Arun, which here, in a singularly circuitous direction, winds its way towards Selham, where the Western Rother pours in its tributary stream. The villages of Iping and Stedham, and the town of Mid hurst, are all within the distance of a mile. In the Doomsday survey, Odo is said to hold Welbeding of the king. In the time ofthe Confessor, Fulcui held it of the crown by allodial tenure. It contained six hides ; and the arable was seven plough lands. On this lowly pittance were five ministers, a mill, twenty-three acres of meadow, a wood of thirty hogs, and a church _ " A carucate of land in Ulebeding was held by Roger De Ulebeding by the serjeanty of carrying the gonfanon, or square banner, before the king, at Sparkeforde, in Hampshire." At an early period it became the property of the Earls of Arundel, who continued to be lords paramount till the close of the sixteenth century. Subsequently it became the property ofthe respectable family of Mill, of whom Sir John Mill was created a baronet, in 1619. The manor house is ancient, but has received many additions and improve ments from Lord Robert Spencer, who has, in fact, rendered it an elegant modern residence. The grounds are tastefully laid out ; and the conservatory, which is spacious, is stocked with the choicest plants. The marble fountain, which originally stood in the centre of the quadrangle at Cowdray, of a pyra midal shape, finished by a small bronze figure of Neptune, now adorns these delightful grounds. MILL, Bart, Arms. Per 1 ar, and sa. a pale, counter- changed, three bears, rampant, of the second, muzzled, collared, ringed, and lined, or. The benefice is a rectory in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 71. lOs. It is in the patronage of the Hon. G. Ponsonby. The Rev. John Bouverie is now rector. The rectory house is charmingly situated ^^/^^ rin'S^'and^'iiMd^o?'' °^" ™'^"*' '^°'" above the river, and the grounds adorned with exotic trees. There are twenty- ^""^''""^^¦- l^i'h'^e c'hevions, ar. ^^^^^^ - - , . 2. Or, on a chief, gu. three plates, for Camoys, tour acres ot glebe. Motto. Aidrsmeu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen, p. 90. Dall, The chnrch is ancient, but has undergone repairs and alterations so fre- west, suss. voi. i, p, 233. voi, n. p. 271, quently as to have left but few traces of its original style of architecture. The font is Saxon. The tower and the chancel were rebuilt in the last century. The interior is remarkably neat. The chancel window is adorned with stained glass, reraoved from the priory of Mottisfont by Sir Henry Mill, when rector. There are several marble tablets for individuals of the family of Mill ; one for Charles Williams, rector, ob. 1808; as also for Lord and Lady Robert Spencer. The registers commence in 1581, but are not perfect till 1629. STEDHAM Extends from its southern limits to the northern boundary of the rape, a distance of more than six miles. It consists of 1,840 acres of arable, pasture, common, wood, and waste land. The Arun, with tortuous course, waters and fertilizes the southern district. The village is pleasantly situated on rising ground, past which the river flows. The popu lation, in 1831, was 494. Of the landed proprietors in this parish the chief are. Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., Charles Warren, Esq., Anthony Hollist, Esq., and Mr. James Knight. The manor of Stedeham is arranged, in Doomsday Book, under the hundred of Hamesforde. In the Saxon times Eddiva held it of Earl Godwin. The Earl of Montgomery obtained it of the Conqueror. It was rated at fourteen hides. The arable was fifteen plough lands. Here was a church, ten ministers, three mills, and a wood affording pannage for forty hogs. Wilham de Perci held it by knight's service of William de Albini. In the last years of Henry VIII.'s reign this estate was seized by the crown, and granted to William Earl of South- 102 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. ampton. Subsequently it became the property of Bulstrode Peachey Knight, Esq., and was a few years ago sold by Lord Selsey to Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart. The benefice is a rectory, united with Heyshot, in the deanery of Midhurst, rated in the king's books at 17/. 1 8s. 6jd It is in the patronage of Lord Selsey. The present incumbent is the Rev. Caleb Collins. The church, dedicated to St. James, retains, in some parts, the style of Edward I.'s time. Cofiin-shaped slabs, deprived of their brasses, are found on the floor. The font is Saxon. The tower, separating the nave from the chancel, was built in 1677; and the whole is neatly pewed and repaired. The registers commence in 1538. IPING. This parish is about six miles in length, from north to south ; but the average breadth is less than half a mile. It comprises 2,260 acres of chiefly arable land. There are, however, considerable wood lands and waste. The soil is a stiff clay mixed with sand, upon a substratum of ochreous sand rock. Its confines are made by the parishes of Stedham on the east ; Chithurst on the west ; Bram shot, in Hampshire, on the north ; and Didling on the south. The chief landed proprietors were the late Lord Robert Spencer and Sir Charles Hamilton. The village is in a retired valley in the south-eastern district. It is small ; and indeed the whole parish contained, in 1831, but 338 inhabitants. The manor of Epinges is recorded in Doomsday Book to be held by Aldred, supposed to have been a Saxon servant ofthe king. It consisted of only four hides. There were, however, five ministers, a mill, three acres of meadow, a wood affording pannage for twenty hogs, a quarry of nine shillings and fourpence, and church dues forty pence. In the reign of Edward I., Richard de Amundeville was lord ; afterwards William Musard ; and, in 1381, Henry Husee, Lord of Harting. In the time of Henry VIII. it was granted by the crown, in free soccage, to Sir Henry Audley. The manor was purchased by George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont, in 1784. It was resold to Lord Robert Spencer about 1800. Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart., is now owner. An"ancient mansion house, called Fitz Hall, built by Christopher Betteswortb, Esq., in the reign of Queen Ehzabeth, was long inhabited by his descendants. James Pigott, Esq., the late possessor, whose widow is now owner, made in it many improvements, and modernized the whole. A paper mill, on the scite ofthe mill mentioned in Doomsday, has for some years been in active employ. The living is rectorial, consolidated with the chapelry of Chithurst, in the deanery of Midhurst, and rated in the king's books at 7/. The Earl of Egremont is the patron. The present incumbent is the Rev. Robert Ferryman. The church, which is partly in the Norman style of architecture, consists of a nave or pace only. The registers commence in 1664, but are defective from 1683 to 1739. LINCH. The separated members of this parish may together amount to about 1,080 acres of which 700 lie together at the northern foot of the Downs, between Bepton and Didling, and are known as part of Linch Farm, and the remainder is situated six miles north of it in the romantic but unproductive neighbourhood of Farnhurst. The population, in 1831 was 88. The chief landed proprietors are W. S. Poyntz, Esq., and Sir C. W. Taylor, Bart. p. of Linchmere.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 103 The village called Woodman's Green, situate in the northern or woodland district, is very retired, no great road passing near it. The manor is described in Doomsday,^ under the name of Lince, as having been formerly held of Edward the Confessor by Ulric. It was rated at five hides ; the arable being six plough lands. Here was a church and two ministers, three acres of meadow, and a wood often hogs. In 1570, it was parcel ofthe estates ofThomas Duke of Norfolk. It afterwards became the property of Viscount Montague, and now belongs to W. S. Poyntz, Esq. Holly-combe, the residence of Sir Charles Wm. Taylor, Bart., was erected by him from a design by Nash, in the style of the cottage orn6e. The house derives its name from the estate on which it is situated, and is considered superior to most cottages of that description in England. The benefice formerly belonged to the priory of Easebourne, and is a rectory in the deanery of Midhurst, rated in the king's books at 3/. I2s. S\d. It is endowed with 200/. private benefaction and 500/. parlia mentary grant, and is in the patronage of W. S. Poyntz, Esq. The present incumbent is the Rev. J. Serres. The church is a comparatively modern structure, finished in 1705, and consecrated by Bishop John Williams. The registers commence in 1701. LINCHMERE. Farnhurst, Linch, Bramshot in Hants, and Frensham in Surrey, form the boundaries of this parish ; within which limits are comprised 2,170 acres of arable, pasture, heath, and wood land, of which about 800 are in cultivation. Peat is dug for fuel to a considerable extent. The population of the parish, in 1831, was 301. The principal landowners are William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. ; the Rev. Henry Baker ; Anthony Hollist, Esq. ; and Mr. James Simmons. Linchmere is not mentioned in Doomsday Book. It was held as of the honour of Arundel, by William de Perci at an early period. It was afterwards the property of the Fitzalans, and subsequently of Sir William Fitzwilliam, and has since descended as the Cowdray estate. The priory of Shulbrede, situated in this parish, was founded by Sir Ralph de Arderne before the reign of Henry III., for five canons of the order of St. Augustine. At the dissolution of monasteries in 1535, it was valued at 79/. 15s. 6^. according to Speed. The scite and demesnes were granted to Sir Wilham Fitzwilliam, and afterwards to Sir Anthony Browne. Some remains of this establishment still exist. The chapel is completely destroyed : but on each side of the entrance passage were several gloomy cells ; the ceiling arched with intersecting angles, of ancient workman ship. A stone staircase leads to a large upper room, known as the Priors' chamber, the walls of which are ornamented with rude paintings in fresco. They are now nearly obliterated ; but what remains, exbibit figures in the dress of ancient times, country amusements, &c. One of these paintings, intended to represent the nativity of our Saviour, ludicrously makes certain animals bear testimony to that event by Latin words whose sound somewhat resembles that of their proper voices ; the whole surmounted by the inscription, " Ecce vir go concipiet et parietflius et vocabitur nomen ejus Emanuel." Uppermost stands a cock, as in the act of crowing, a label issuing from his mouth bearing the words, " Christus natus est." On the label appended to the bill of a duck appears, " Quando Quando," as though the bird sought for further information ; a raven answers, " In hac node." A cow, as inquisitive as the duck, bellows, " Ubi, Ubi;" and a lamb appears to bleat out " Bethlam." 1 Mr. Dallaway is certaioly mistaken when he says, '•No specific notice seems to have been made of Linch in Doomsday ; for it is probable, as well as Farnhurst, it was then weald, and merely used as pannage of deer aud hogs." The arable was six plough lands. 1Q4 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Chichester. There are also the arms and motto of King James I. ; three women in the dress of Queen Elizabeth's time ; two birds fighting, with sword and buckler, over a kind of perspective view of some buildings supposed to represent the priory. The scite of this small priory is most retired and sequestered. It is buried in a dingle or small valley, sur-^ rounded by hills covered with wood, and not to be approached even in summer, but with difiiculty. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, united with Farnhurst; it was formerly appropriated to the Priory of Shulbrede, and is now in the appointment of the family of Baker. It is endowed with 10/. per annum, and 200/. private benefaction, 600/. royal bounty, and 300/. parliamentary grant. It has neither manse nor glebe. The church is small, and contains nothing that demands attention. There are two small charities to tbe poor, of 8/. and 4/. per annum, left by unknown benefactors. The registers commence in 1566. FARNHURST. The name of this parish is descriptive of the heath and woodland track in which it is located. It comprises 4,688 acres of generally poor land, of which not more than one-fourth are arable and pasture ; the remainder consisting of sand, water, and woodland. The boundaries are made by Ambersham, a detached portion of Hampshire, Easebourne, Linch, and Linchmere, and part of Surrey. The landed property chiefly belongs to William Stephen Poyntz, Anthony Hollist, and John Leach, of Witley, Esquires. The village is situated in the south-eastern district of the parish. In 1 83 1, the population was 769. The manor is not mentioned in Doomsday Book, though the name implies a Saxon original. It is mentioned among the grants made to Sir William Fitzwilliam, in the twenty-second year of the reign of Henry VIII. ; and from that time has descended as Cowdray, to W. S. Poyntz, Esq. Verdley manor is held of the honour of Petworth, with Farnhurst. In one of the large oak groves with which this district abounds, are the now shapeless remains of a once castellated building, supposed to have been a bunting tower, appendant to the lordship of Midhurst. In Speed's map it is described as surrounded with a park pale. One tradition reports it to have been a castle, demolished in an invasion of the Danes; another makes it a madhouse, attached to the nunnery of Easebourne ; a third, a grange belonging to the monks of Shulbrede. The first conjecture seems the most probable. It was a quadrangular building, nearly twice as long as broad ; measuring on the outside, thirty-three feet by sixty-eight. The parts left standing some years ago were the westernmost end, with small returns on the north and south sides. Near the door were some slight traces of a narrow winding staircase, and the walls were about five feet and a half thick. It was destroyed by the steward of W. S. Poyntz, Esq., some years ago, for the purpose of applying the materials to the repair of the roads. The benefice, formerly part ofthe priory of Easebourne, is a perpetual curacy ; the patron is W. S. Poyntz, Esq, It is endowed with 200/. private benefaction, 200/. royal bounty, and I70O/. parliamentary grant. The present incumbent is the Rev, J. H. Carey. The church which is in the early style of English architecture, has a small nave and chancel, with a shingled spire. From the turnpike road, on Henly hill, a prospect of singular beauty is presented. The registers commences 1547. ARUNDEL RAPE. This division of the county has the Rape of Chichester on the west, and that of Bramber on the east. It contains five Hundreds and fifty-six Parishes, twenty-one of which are in the upper, and thirty-five in the lower division. Its average length, north and south, is about twenty miles ; its breadth varies with the irregularity of its outline, in some places being contracted to seven miles, and in others stretching to twelve and even fourteen. Along the southern coast it extends eleven miles. The whole Rape contains 132,800 acres. The town from which it derives its name is situated on the declivity of a commanding hill, on the north-west bank of the Arun. The soil varies from the rich loam of the maritime district, to the chalk of the downs, and the clay of the weald ; the latter forming the greater part of the Rape. The high ground rising near the centre, eastward of Petworth, is remarkably picturesque, the summits and acclivities of the hills being clothed with various foliage. The Roman road from Regnum to the metropolis intersects the greater part of the Rape in a diagonal direction. This division of the county is watered by the Arun, which, rising in St. Leonard's forest, pursues first to the north-west, and then to the south, its singularly tortuous course to the sea. ARUNDEL RAPE. DOOMSDAY BOOK, 1086. COUNTY EATE, 1834, Benestede. Benestede, Walhurgetone, Berneham, Middeltone. Stoches, Tor- tinton. Bilesham. Eslindou. Borham. Offham. Gate. Falche- ham. JUsberg. Lolinminstre, Totintone, Wainecham, Nonneminstre. 2Angemare. Stoches, Bercheham, Pi-estetune. 3 Garinges. Wepeham. Cle- pinges, Hantone. Fcrringes. .,4visJord. Felpham, Middleton. Climping. Ford. Yapton. Barnham. Eas tergate. Walberton. Tortington. Binsted. Madehurst. South- stoke. Parish and Borough of Arundel. Poling. Littlehampton. Rustington, Preston, Kingston, Ferriug, Goring. Angmering. Poliug, Leominster. Waruingcamp. Burpliam. Northstoke. Berie, Bigenure. Heriedeham. Berie. Bury. Houghton. Bury., Bignor. Coldwaltham. Fittleworth. Wisborough Green. Hardham. Coaies. Ambrelie. Esuiende. Isiwiridi. Eslorchetone. Slorchestone. Codeham. Perham. Nordborne. Ni- tinbreham. Poleberge. Gretham. Cilletone. Sedrebruge. Donechitoue. Sudtone. Berleventone. Clotingam. Stopeham. Bo- techitone. Peteorde. ffesleasewrilh. Parham. Amberley, Storrington. Greatham. Wiggcnholt, West- Chiltington. Pulborough. BiUingshurst. Slinfold. Kudgwick, Rotherbridge. Sutton. Barlavington. Duncton. Woolavington. Burton. Stop- ham. Egdean. Petworth. Tillington. Lurgashall. Northchapel. Kirdford, Didlesfold. ToUiutone. Greteham. Hamfelde. Eseburnc, Hamfelde. VOL. II. 106 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \_R. of Arundel. HUNDRED OF AVISFORD. This is the most westerly of the two hundreds in the rape, which lies along the coast. It contains the following parishes : — Felpham, Middleton, Climping, Ford, Yapton, Barnham, Eastergate, Walberton, Tortington, Binsted, Madehurst, and Southstoke. It is bounded on the east by the hundred of Poling and the town of Arundel, on the south by the sea, on the west by the rape of Chichester, and on the north by the hundred of Bury ; and comprises 15,010 acres. FELPHAM Lies on the south-west corner of the hundred. It is partly surrounded by the parishes of Yapton, Bersted, Oving, and Middleton ; the English Channel forms the southern boundary. Within these limits are 1800 acres of arable, pasture and marsh land, the chief part of which is in high culti vation. The rich loam of the maritime district prevails here, and corn of a superior quality is produced. The property of the parish is much subdivided ; the principal proprietors of land, however, are the Duke of Richmond, Thomas Cousins and William Alhn, Esqrs. The population of the parish in 1831 was 588. The village, situated at a short distance from the sea, is about a mile from South Bersted and Bognor, and seven miles south-east of Chichester. Near the centre of the village is a delightful villa, erected about the year 1800, by the late William Hayley, Esq., as an occasional maiine retreat; but after the sale of his more extensive villa at Eartham to the late Right Hon. William Huskisson, was entirely occupied by him. It is surrounded by a garden judiciously laid out, and has an extensive covered way for equestrian exercise, of which the proprietor frequently availed himself. It contained a large and well-selected library. The rooms Avere fitted up with singular taste, and adorned with busts, statues, and pictures. Some of the portraits Avere the testamentary bequest of Romney, whose biography by Hayley is well known, and who Avas one of those distinguished literary characters who occasionally visited the classic scenery of Eartham and Felpham. These portraits, executed by Romney himself in his very best style, were, 1. Gibbon sitting, and as in conversation; 2. CoAvper, head in crayons ; 3. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, also in crayons ; 4. Anna SeAvard, in crayons; 5. Madame Genlis ; 6. Emma Lyon, otherAvise Hart, the celebrated but unfortunate wife of Sir W. Hamilton, K. B., in several heads, representing Cassandra, Andromache, and Sensibility ; and 7. An admirable portrait of Hayley himself when young. The house Avas surmounted Avith a terrace, from Avhich were extensive, rich, and varied prospects. Felpham, or Felgham, was bequeathed by King Alfred to his nephew Osferth, with other lands.' Before the conquest it was held by the Abbot of St. Edward's Monastery, founded at Shaftesbury, of Edward the Con- ' " Item Osfertho, consanguineo meo, manerium apud I Suthtone, et apud Lullingmynster, et apud Angemering Beccanlea, et apud Rytherfield, et apud Dicceling, et apud I et apud Felpham, et terras quae ad ea pertinent." p. of Felpham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 107 fessor. It continued in the same possession when Doomsday was compiled, but was then held of Roger Earl of Montgomery, as parcel of his Earldom of Arundel. It is there described as having been rated in the Saxon times at 21 hides, afterwards at 15 J. The arable land required twelve ploughs for its cultivation. There was a church, a fishery, and six burgesses in Chichester, appertaining to the manor. There were eight acres of meadow, and a wood producing pannage for thirty hogs, belonging to the lord, and supporting seven times that number the property of the tenants. Under the Saxon government it was valued at 10/., under the Norman at 20/. At the suppression of monasteries it was granted by the croAvn to Sir Thomas Whyte, afterwards to Sir William Goring, Knight of Bodecton. After various alienations, it was purchased about the year 1800 by the present proprietor, William Pellatt, Gent.' Flansham, or Flemesham, in the northern part of the parish, and Ancton, towards the south, are small hamlets or tythings. As a manor, Flansham belonged to the honor of Arundel, and contained two knights' fees. The benefice consists of a sinecure rectory, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester, and of a vicarage, to which the rector appoints. They are together rated in the king's books at 29/. 6s. 8c/. In the survey of Pope Nicholas, the whole tithes are valued at 40 marks (261. 13*. 4c?.), but in the Nonse roll they are stated to be of smaller amount, " because the rectory has a manse, a columbary, and eight acres, and because 60 acres of arable land, and 40 acres of pasture, have been recently absorbed by the influx of the tide." In the lung's books the vicarage is rated at 9/. lOs. The present incumbent is the Rev. John Bishop Reed. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists of a spacious chancel, a nave with two aisles, and a square tower, built about the age of Henry VII. Some parts of the edifice are of greater antiquity. The font is large and ancient. The monumental inscriptions are to the memory of Roger Sparkes, ob, 1679, and Robert Steele, Esq., re corder of Chichester, ob. 1775.' Mr. Hayley was buried here, as was also the Rev. Cyril Jackson, D.D., dean of Christ Church. He resigned the deanery, and lived here in retirement, with the true otium cum dignitate of Horace. The house, termed the mansion-house, formerly occupied by Dr. Jackson, is now the residence of the Rev. Mr. Millar. A plain monument is erected in the churchyard, simply recording the period of his death, with the following inscription : — " Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight can no man living be justified." "This venerable man and excellent scholar was born in 1746, at Stamford, in Lincolnshire. He received his education at Westminster School, whence he was removed to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated D.D. in 1781. He was appointed sub-preceptor to his late Majesty, and for his services in that capacity was made Canon of Christ Church; and on the elevation of Dr. Bagot to a bishopric, succeeded him in the Deanery. As Dr. Jackson avoided the press, he Avill be chiefly remarkable to posterity as having declined the mitre both as Irish Primate and an English Bishop. He died in 1819."" The following extracts from the Rev. George Croly's recent popular work, "The Life and Times of George IV.," may not be uninteresting to the reader : — " A. D. 1771. — The Prince had now reached a period when it became necessary to commence his education. Lord Holdemess, a nobleman of considerable attainments, but chiefly recommended by his dignity of manner and knowledge of the court, was appointed governor ; Dr. Markham and Cyril Jackson were preceptor and sub-preceptor." — p. 19, " Under Lord Holdemess and the preceptors the usual routine of classical teaching was carefully inculcated, for Markham and Jackson were practised masters of that routine, and the Prince often afterwards, vvith the gratitude peculiarly graceful in his rank, professed his remembrance of their services. But though the classics might flourish in the princely ' West Suss. ii. 6. ''The following lines on William Stone, a blacksmith, buried in the churchyard, were furnished by Mr. Hayley : — " My sledge and hammer lie reclined ; My bellows, too, have lost their wind; — p2 My fire's extinct ; — my forge decay'd, And in the dust my vice is laid, — My coal is spent, — my iron gone, — The nails are driven, — my work is done." Biog. Die, An. Biog. 108 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel. establishment, it soon became obvious that peace did not flourish along with them. Rumours of discontent, royal, princely, and preceptorial, rapidly escaped from even the close confines of the palace ; ancl at length tlie public, less surprised than perplexed; heard the formal announcement that the whole preceptorship of his Royal Highness had sent m their resig- "^"" LorTNorth's spirh was peace, though plunged in perpetual quarrel at home ancl abroad in the palace, in parliament, with the people, with the old world, and with the new. On this occasion he softened the irritation of the exiled governors and tutors by lavish preferment. The Marquess of Carmarthen, married to Lord Holdemess s daughter, obtained the appointment, valuable to his habits, of Lord of the Bedchamber; Markham was made Archbishop of \ork ; and Cyril Jackson received the rich preferment of the Deanery of Christ Church."— p. 25. t^ , o, • " The name of Cyril Jackson still floats in the great limbo of dreams, college remembrance. He was Dean of Christ Church during twenty-six years, and fulfilled the duties of his station, so far as superintendence was concerned. In this period he refused the Irish Primacy, a refusal whicli was idly blazoned at the time as an act of more than Roman virtue. But heroic self-denial is rare among men, and Jackson had obvious reasons for declining thedistinction. His income was large, his labour light, and his time of life too far advanced to make change easy or dignified."— p. 26. " Jackson, in 1S09, finding age coming heavy upon liim, resigned his Deanery at sixty-four, and then had the merit, which deserves to be acknowledged, of feeling that there is a time for all things, and that men shoukl interpose some space between public life and the grave. Refusing a bishopric offered to him by his former pupil, the Prince Regent, the old man wisely and decorously retired to prepare himself for the great change. He lived ten years longer, chiefly in the village of Felpham, in Sussex, amusing himself by occasional visits to his old friends in London, or to the Prince, at Brighton, by whom he was always received with scarcely less than filial respect, and then returning to his obscure but amiable and meri torious life of study, charity, and prayer. He died of a brief illness in 1819." — p. 29. To this account we will add, that in the last moments of his existence he received a visit from the Prince, at Felpham : — " The Prince, taking him by the hand, affectionately addressed him. The tutor, then almost in the arms of death, turned his eye on his Sovereign, but knew him not, the lamp of hfe was rapidly waning, and soon afterwards went out. The Prince turned aside and wept ; and recalling to his mind the scenes and impressions of days gone by, he silently left the chamber of death, deeply regretting that this interview with the Mentor of his youth had been procrastinated to so late a period.'' ^ William Hayley,^ the poet, was born at Chichester, on the 29th of October, O. S., 1745 — the second son of Mary and Thomas Hayley, and grandson of Thomas Hayley, Dean of Chichester. His Life, since his decease, has been published by Dr. John Johnson, Rector of Yaxham, in two quarto volumes, in which are interwoven the Memoirs of Hayley, written by the poet himself, ^^'ith a minuteness of detail generally much too elaborate and often ridiculously particular ; for, after all our friendly feelings to the Author of The Triumphs of Temper, we are quite ready to acknowledge that, in after times, he will be much more generally known as the friend of Cowper, and as his biographer, than held in remembrance for his own productions. The Memoir, to which we confess our obligations with regard to Hayley, commences with an account of his family : how Hayley's mother (who appears to have been a most beautiful woman) had the small-pox ; how the poet in embryo was nearly starved to death by being placed with a A\'oman who Imposed herself upon his mother as a wet-nurse ; and how his father commanded the Chichester volunteers, and died and was buried at Eartham, at a villa he had purchased of Sir Robert Fagg, a vain, conceited man, who oflfered himself for the representation of the county of Sussex, and was noticed by the Sussex poet, Branstone, thus — " And poll two voices like Sir Thomas Fagg." Of his father it is recorded that he was poet enough to translate an Ode of Horace, and suflSciently musical to compose a country dance, had no pursuit save that of a country gentleman, — Avas independent and idle. Hayley went probably in petticoats to his first school at Chichester, kept by three sisters of the name of Russell, from the youngest of whom, Avhose name was Philadelphia, his biographer relates he received " a bright silver penny as a reward for reading well.'"" He Avas afterwards at a school at Kingston, kept by a Mr. Woodeton, who had for his scholars, though they were not contemporary with Hayley, Gibbon, the historian, and Stevens, the Editor of Shakspeare. ' Bognor, &c., Guide, p. 63. ' We are indebted to C. W. Johnson, Esq. for this sketch. ° Memoirs ofthe Life and Writings of William Hayley, Esq., Edited by John Johnson, LL.D. 1S23. 2 vols. 4to. p. of Felpham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 109 At this school he suffered dreadfully from a fever, and it was only through the skill of Dr. Heberden that his life Avas saved. The particulars of his illness are told with much ludicrous fidelity. Being after his recoveiy still a cripple, his mother removed him to Richmond, and hired a tutor ofthe name of Ay les. Afterwards having the small-pox, he made, it appears, a condition with his mother, to continue in bed if she would read to him Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia ; and to his hearing his mother read poetry he attributes his first love of versification, although his old nurse, who it appears read Homer before Hayley was born, disputes the honour Avith his mother of making Hayley a poet ; he frightened, however, these poetically-inclined ladies most woefully one day, by stabbing himself by mistake with a penknife, when enacting Othello. "The undaunted actor," however, says Dr. Johnson, "soon recovered, and on the 31st of August, 1757, being now in his tAvelfth year, Avas conveyed to Eton." At this place he was very " eminently wretched," — was ridiculed for his lameness and flogged for his inat tention, but soon after much commended for his Latin verses. He left Eton in 1763, in his eighteenth year, and entered at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, having previously fallen in love with Fanny Page, the daughter of Mr. Page, of Watergate, once Member of Parliament for Chichester. In 1766 he entered himself of the Middle Temple; he never kept his terms, but continued at Cambridge, writing verses and attending to his classical studies; and in 1767 he made a tour in Scotland, He now felt convinced " that nature had never intended him for a barrister." He abandoned, therefore, the study of the law ; and Fanny Page had before this abandoned him, owing to the machinations of a concealed enemy. And so Hayley, who was deeply afflicted, soon after fell in love Avith Eliza Ball, to Avhom he Avas united on the 23rd of October, 1769, by the Bishop of Chichester, in the cathedral of that city. He resided, after his marriage, in Queen-street, London, where he wrote his first tragedy, " The Afllicted Father," which was highly applauded by Garrick, but rejected as unfit for representation, to the great vexation and chagrin of Hayley. Mrs. Garrick, it appears, " thought the tragedy not pathetic." His next tragedy, " The Syrian Queen," Avas rejected by Colman, " as too horrible for our stage." Hayley was naturally indignant at this rejection of his tragedies, and he resolved to escape from all depend ency upon the patronage of selfish managers ; "in short, he determined to begin an Epic Poem'' — the subject being, The Barons, and Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury. He noAv wrote a Poetical Epistle to Stanislaus, King of Poland, on escaping from assassination, which was despatched in manuscript to Warsaw, with a Latin translation by his friend Thornton ; but the King did not receive it, as the messenger Avas robbed of all his papers, &c. by the Polish insurgents, to the great disappoint ment of the two friends, who had resolved to print it, with a portrait of Stanislaus (which they had some difficulty in procuring) annexed. He now suff'ered very severely frora a weakness of his eyes. He made a tour in the north of England, and on the 24th of June, 1774, removed to Eartham. In Deoember of this year he lost his mother, Avho appears to have been a very estimable woman ; she died in her fifty-sixth year. He spoke of her, in his " Epistles on Epic Poetry," with much affection : " she was," said the historian Gibbon, in one of his letters, " in plain prose everything that he speaks her in verse," At Eartham, where he Avrote many beautiful fugitive pieces, he had many friends : Thornton, Jonas HanAvay, and others distinguished for literary eminence. His correspondence, too, was extensiA'c; and here for some years he enjoyed himself in literary pursuits, full of plots for new AAorks, and regardless of money ; for, says his bio grapher, " in his estimation, books, retirement, and friendship, Avere the real treasures of human life. In all these he Avas abundantly rich ; and he justly reckoned his quick and constant relish for them all a blessing in itself, that called for incessant and cheerful gratitude to the Giver of all good." He now formed an acquaintance Avith Cowper, whose life he Avrote, Avhom he visited at Weston, and AA'ho paid a visit to Eartham. In November, 1797, he lost his Avife, from whom he had long been separated, OAving to a mental nervousness IIO HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel with which she had long been afflicted, approaching, perhaps, to insanity— a horror with which her mother had been dreadfully aflflicted; and he also employed himself in instructing two sons of his friend Carwardine, and George Wyndham, as well as his OAvn son. To the education of this, his natural son, he devoted himself Avith much anxiety ; but he died at an early age, in 1800, and his loss so affected Hayley, that he partially left Eartham and erected a villa at this place, to which he ultimately removed. Whilst resident here, and about ten years before his death, he married a lady of highly respectable connexions, much younger than himself, handsome, and of pleasing manners; but the marriage turned out to be unfortunate; a quarrel arose, and the parties separated never to meet again. At Felpham Mr. Hayley lived a very recluse life, avoiding the acquisition of all new acquaintance, and not cultivating an increased friendship with the old. There was one splendid exception to this rule in his amiable and classical friend Mr. Sargent, the author of " The Mine," to whom he was sincerely attached, and who deserved indeed a priority In the list of the author's friends. And here we shah take the liberty of quoting a few passages from the History of Bognor and its vicinity, by Mr. Dally, who knew our Poet intimately, and often visited him and corresponded Avith him. " Mr. Hayley, as is well known, resided, for the last years of his life, at this his favourite spot, in a villa of his own formation. He amply deserved all the high eulogiums which the elegant pen of Mrs. Opie has recorded on the Tablet to his memory in Felpham Church, Of him it may be justly said, that if he had written only the Life of Cowper, whose friendship for tliis bard of Arun, as he was once called, is well known, he would have been entitled to the respect and esteem of mankind in this and future generations ; for greatness and goodness of mind like Cowper's, as pleasingly depicted in that instructive piece of biography, are not evanescent, but live to after ages to improve and enlighten the world, and the biographer and the subject of his pen co-exist and pass down to posterity together. ******* Mr. Hayley, to most of his correspondents, adopted the signature of ' The Hermit ;' and yet no man was more sprightly or more vivacious in conversation than the poet. Jeux-d'esprit and classical and facetious witticisms, in the gaiety of his heart, were continually flowing from him ; and a certain benevolence of character marked all his actions. He was, as his epitaph truly asserts, ever cheering the heart of the disconsolate by beneficent actions, and ' leading young Genius on by generous praise' — in plain prose, a great encourager of youthful and rising merit, and, as far as his means extended, a patron of the arts. Having at one time, in the height of his fame, a considerable influence over the great, numerous instances might be adduced where he successfully exerted it to obtain situations under Government for industrious and deserving young men. " His house was surmounted with a terrace, commanding the most extensive views. From hence the poet could cast his eye over ' the world of waters blue and wide,' and catch the last rays of the departing sun as it sunk below the horizon, and threw its golden gleams on the hemispliere it was about to quit; or, turning northward, he could watch the fading landscape of his once-loved Eartham, whose heights he had adorned, whose groves he had planted, and whose walks he had laid out. Still, as his eye rolled over the sloping and verdant sides of his former abode, where he had cultivated the favour of the Muses, and whence he had sent his ' Triumphs of Temper' to the world — an abode he had inherited from his father, whose memory he dearly cherished, but whose acres he had sold, he must have frequently heaved a sigh of regret that the fairy spot was no longer his, and that imperious fate had wrested it from hira. But he Avas a man never given to complaint, and was so cheerfully and happily disposed, that he did not appear, even to his most intimate friends, to lament the loss ; but to find in this his sylvan and marine spot, amid his books and a very limited circle of friends, that enviable tranquillity which jAilosophic minds can only feel, verifying Horace's famous line, Scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus ct fugit urbes ! But it is time to quit this long article, and to inform the reader that the subject of it died at Felpham, 12th Nov. 1820, and Avas buried in the same vault with his friend Mr. Steele, the Recorder of Chichester." The following Epitaph (alluded to above) is inscribed on a plain marble tablet in the church of Felpham, and was written by the deceased's friend, Mrs. Opie, HAii.Ey ! teloved friend ! though roimd thy head The Muses' wreath its graceful foliage spread ; Though Fame was long thy talent's rich reward, And Fashion smiled upon Serena's bard ; Though thou wast formed in polished courts to shine, And Learning's stores and playful wit was thine; Though Cowper's self thy tuneful strains approved, And praised the poet while the man he loved ; Cowper, who lives in thy recording page, To interest, charm, and teach the future age; — Oh, not on these alone thy honours rest, 13ut that thy name pale Want and Misery blest ! That such thy glowing zeal for all mankind, So vast thy charity, so unconfined, Thy hand had spread a scene of blessing round, If ample wealth thy ardent hopes had crowned. The property at Felpham was left to Captain Godfrey, his cousin, and is now the property of his son, Godfrey, Esq. That whatsoe'er thy bounty could impart Was given to teach the mind and eheer the heart; Neglected Talent's drooping head to raise. And lead young Genius on by generous praise. Yet, Bard beloved ! this higher meed be thine, Faith in thy Saviour cheered thy life's decline ; Nor by that God on whom thy hopes relied Was the sweet recompense of faith denied. He gave thee strength to smile 'midst torturing pain. And even the sUghtest murmur still restrain ; He cheered with pious hope thy dying bed, He on thy soul the Christian's sunshine shed ; And crowned, to prove his favour's best increase, A life of kindness with a death of peace ! p. of Middleton.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. Ill The works of Hayley, both in prose and verse, are numerous. In verse, the principal are : — An Essay on Painting — An Essay on History — An Essay on Epic Poetry — The Triumphs of Temper — and several Plays, long since ceased to be acted and almost forgotten. In prose, he published — The Lives of Milton, Romney the painter, and Cowper — and in 3 vols.. An Essay on Old Maids ; a work full of satire and irony, and when first published, much read and censured for its indelicacy. The Registers commence in 1 557. MIDDLETON. Like the adjoining parish of Felpham, that of Middleton has suffered much from the encroach ments ofthe sea. BetAveen the times of Pope Nicholas' Taxation, 1292, and the formation of the Nonee Roll, in 1340, Ave learn from the latter document, that 40 acres of arable land had been altogether swalloAved up by the sea. Twenty-four acres of glebe are described in the Nonaj Roll ; they Avere reduced to fourteen ; noAV there are only five. What remains of this parish, consisting of 380 acres of chiefly arable land, is bounded on the Avest by Felpham, on the north and east by Climping, and on the south by the sea. The soil is a rich loam, highly favourable for the groAA'th of corn. The village, which, as the name implies, formerly stood in the centre of the parish, is now on the sea-shore. The population in 1831 Avas 43. Before the Norman conquest, five freemen held Middleton of King Edward, when It was assessed at five hides and two roods, which, reckoning 120 acres to the hide, would give the extent of the manor then GOOg acres ; of these half have been absorbed. A church is mentioned in Doomsday. Three foreigners held four hides and five roods of William, of the territory of this manor. Sir L. Poynings, Knt., obtained this lordship in marriage dower with Isabel de St. John, 1 7 Richard IL Sir Reginald West was lord in the middle of the fifteenth century. It now belongs to Joseph Coote, Gent. Elmer is an exempted manor, belonging to Thomas Palmer, Gent. The tything of Elmer comprises about 150 acres. The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and the deanery of Arundel. In Pope Nicholas* Valor it was rated at 12 marks (61.); in the Nonae Roll at 6/. 2s. 8d. ; in the King's books at 5^ lOs. lOd. The patronage is in the Crown. The manse is destroyed, and the rector has a moiety only of corn tythes in Elmer.' The church, which now stands on the brink of the ocean, is probably the same mentioned in Doorasday. " It is small and low. The south aisle, tower, and half the chancel, with the whole south side of the church yard, have been absorbed, and are now covered with shingle. The latter is entirely desolate, not having retained a single memorial of the dead."^ Though so frequently quoted, we cannot help copying the following beautiful lines of Mrs. Charlotte Smith: — Sonnet written in the Church-Yard of Middleton. " Press'd by the moon, mute arbitress of tides, Whilst the loud equinox its power combines ; The sea no more its swelling surf contines, But o'er the shrinking land sublimely rides ! The wild blast rising from the western cave Drives the huge billows from their heaving bed. Tears from their grassy tomb the village dead. And breaks the silent sabbal h of the grave ! The Registers commence in 1560. With shells and sea-weed mingled on the shore, Lo, their bones whiten in the frequent wave ; But vain to them the winds and waters rave, They hear the warring elements no more : Whilst I am doom'd, by life's long storm oppress'd, To gaze with envy on their gloomy rest ! West Suss. ii. 11. " Ibid. 112 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel CLIMPING, Or, as formerly written, Clepinges, is situate on the coast, and approaches, in form, to a square, though, it must be confessed, an irregular one, the eastern side being made by the original tortuous AAdndings of the river Arun. On the west it joins Middleton and Yapton, on the north Ford, and on the south it is Avashed by the AA'aters of the English Channel. It includes all that remains of the parish of CudlaAA'e or CudloAA^, of which little more than 1 00 acres have escaped the devastations of the sea. The soil is generally a rich loam, though some parts of the parish are the reverse of fertile. It contains, according to the Parliamentary Returns, 2,060 acres of chiefly arable land. The pasture does not exceed 300 acres. In 1831 the population ofthe parish AA^as 269. The chief landed proprietors are the Governors • of Christ's Hospital ; Wilham Cutfield, Gent. ; John Boniface, Gent. ; and Miss Mary Hannah -Boniface. The village is situate in the eastern part of the parish, about half a mile from the banks of the -Arun, and six miles from Bognor : it is in a retired spot, and to be reached only by cross-roads -and a circuitous route. From the Conqvieror's Survey, we learn that Clepinges Avas held of Roger, Earl de Montgomeri, by the Abbey of Almanershes, in Normandy, in Frank-almolgnage. It had been part of the extensive possessions of Earl Godwin, and was, both in the Saxon and Norman times, assessed at eleven hides. Taking here 120 acres to the hide, the amount Avill give nearly the modern estimate of the parish. When the Earl of Montgomeri became possessor, the arable land required nine ploughs to till it. There Avas on the demesne a church, 12 acres of meadow, and a wood capable of affording pannage to 20 of the lord's swine ; and as the lord claimed the right of pannage for one in every seven, the Avood could maintain 140 swine. In the reign of the Confessor the lordship Avas valued at 20Z., afterwards at \5l. The Abbey of St. Marun's de Sais held 11 hides in the same manor of the Earl by Frank-almolgne tenure. Earl Godwin held them,' The manor Avas annexed to the nunnery of Leominster, Avhich was seized at the Conquest, and re-founded as a cell to the Abbey of Almanershe. A subordinate manor Avas held under them by the Bohuns, lords of Midhurst and Ford. Atherington is a hamlet of this parish, situate near the sea. There was formerly a religious house established here, said to have been a cell to the Abbey of Seez, in Normandy.' The value of their lands, &c,, in this district, for the conservation of which this brotherhood of foreign monks Avere here domiciled, amounted to 63/, 18s, 4c?, ; no small sum, considering the relative value of money. At the suppression of the alien priories by King Edward V,, this property Avas granted to the ncAvly-founded nunnery of Sion, in Middlesex. Sir John Spencer, Knt., obtained a grant of the same in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Subsequently, Sir William Moriey of Halnaker became possessed. It was afterwards the property of W. Barcroft, Clerk, 1704, Avhose descendants aliened it to the father of the present proprietor, John Boniface, Esq. There are tivo other tythings, one called Four Partners, the other Climping and Ford, in this parish. The benefice is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, rated in the King's books at 9Z, 1 1*. The patronage is in the Bishop of Chichester, who nominates, and the Provost and FelloAvs of Eton CoUege present. This was an ancient regulation, to prevent the intrusion of foreigners as parochial incum- ' Doomsday. ^ See Pat. 17, Ed. ii. p, 2, m. 191, de ij acrls, torrce con- cessa3 per Ed. Com. Arundel, pro manso elargando.— E/^w, ^c, Mon. p. of Ford.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 113 bents, Avhere the nomination Avould otherwise appertain to the foreign abbies possessed of the impropriations. Eton College, having been endowed Avifh the impropriate tithes, still retains the form. The impropriation extends over- the whole parish, except the manor called " Four Partners," and includes the remainder of the parish of Cudlow, and the tything of Atherington,' The present incumbent is the Rev. Owen Marden, who has just erected a new parsonage-house. The church is a cruciform building, and chiefly in the early style of Enghsh architecture. It is supposed to have been built by John de Clymping, a native of this parish, who was advanced to the see of Chichester in 1253, although the toAver attached to the south transept, exhibiting chevron mouldings in the door and window cases, seems to point to an earlier date for this portion at least. " At the interior east end of the chancel is an arcade of insulated pillars and sharply-pointed arches, AA'ith quatrefoils between them ; and the only windows at the west end likewise are double quatrefoils, which are a very curious specimen, immediately before the introduction of the first Gothic rosette, which was afterwards so much diversified and improved in many cathedrals. The north transept belonged to the bailiffry of Atherington, and is still appropriated to that.estate,'"' The interior of the church was renovated in the fourteenth century, at the expense, as is supposed, of the foreign Abbey of Seez, consisting of a nave, aisles, and transept. Mr. Dallaway gives an etching of a curious oak chest, thought to be coeval with the building of the church. The tower is of a substantial structure, of an earlier style than the church, the windows of which are beauti fully ornamented, exhibiting the Saxon zigzag mouldings both in the door and window cases, in Caen stone. In the church are memorials of the Cutfields and Bonifaces. The registers commence in 1678. FORD,' one of the smallest parishes in the county, is bounded on the east by the river Arun, on the Avest by Yapton, on the north-east by Tortington, and on the south by Climping. The contents are 480 acres. The soil is generally a rich loam, suppoi'ting excellent crops. The Arundel and Portsmouth canal, branching off from the Arun at the eastern limit of the parish, completely intersects it. The fishery here is not inconsiderable : the grey mullet abounds, and most of the kinds of fish peculiar to estuaries. Salmon trout are frequently taken at Waters- field, near Amberley.'* All the landed pz'operty is in the possession of the Governors of Christ's Hospital. The village is near the centre of the triangle made by the outline of the parish. It is very small, and is distant from Tortington about a mile, from Climping a little more, and from Yapton about tAVo miles. The population in 1831 was 81. The manor is not specifically mentioned in Doomsday, and Avas probably included in the manor of Clepinges. In the reign of Henry III. it was held by Savaric de Bohun, A^'ho had three knights fees in Ford and Midhurst.^ His descendant, John de Bohun, who so much distinguished himself in France in the reign of EdA^^ard IIL, and who for his services was created one of the barons of the realm, and summoned to sit in Parliament, died 41 Edward III., seized, inter alia, of the Lordships o{ Nitimbre, Midhurst, Ford, and Climping, in Sussex ;° and was succeeded in them by his son John. In the time of Ehzabeth, the manor was held by the croAvn. In 1700, ¦ West Suss. ii. 14. = Ibid. ' Ford : the name was doubtless derived from a ford crossing the Arun at this place ; the communication can now be made only by a ferry. * West Suss. ii. 4S. ' Dug. Bar. i. 188. ' Ibid. Q VOL. II. 114 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iJ. of Arundel WiUiam Garway, who represented Arundel in Parhament for twelve years, left the property to his nephews, one of whom died before him, and the other survived him only a year. The remauider was given to Christ's Hospital in London. In that institution it is now vested. The living is a discharged rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, and rated in the king's books at 9Z. 6s. 8d. It was formerly appropriated to the nunnery of Lyminster. It has for some centuries been in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester. The present incumbent is the Rev. WiUiam S> Bayton, M.A. The church is small, and contains nothing of interest. Near to it are the foundations of a large mansion, surrounded by a fosse; also near to the church a steam-engine is erected, for raising water from the river hr supplymg the canal. GARWAV. Arms. Ar, a pile, suxmounted by a fesse, betw. four leopards* faces, gu. Ancient arms. Gu. two bars ar. charged with six masclei of the first, a canton, or. Pedigree. See Dall, West. Suss, vol, ii. p. 50, The i-egisters commence in 1627. YAPTON. The extent of this parish is 1830 acres of a rich loamy soil, produc ing excellent crops of grain. About 1400 acres are in tillage. It is bounded on the north by Walberton, on the south by Climping, on the, east by Ford and Barnham, and on the west by Felpham. The Arundel and Portsmouth canal runs through the centre of the parish. The village, distant about five miles south-west of Arundel, is rather large, and is intersected by the turnpike-road from Bognor to London. The population of the parish in 1831 was 578. Yapton is not mentioned in Domesday, being most probably included in some of the neighbouring manors ; but it was doubtless included in the large posses sions of the earldom of Arundel, In the time of Queen Elizabeth it was sold by Henry Fitz Alan to John Edmundes, and afterwards passed by marriage to Laurence Elliot, of Busbridge, in Surrey. In 1759 it became the property. Arms. Gu. a fesse, vaii in chief three martlets or, by purchase, of Gcorgc Thomas, Esq,, aftcrwards Sir George Thomas, Bart., in Crest. A dragon's head, erased, ar, charged on ' . .,, the breast with three pellets. whoSC descendants it still COUtinueS. Quarterings. Az, a fesse or, for bLLioT, ^wSrsustfvoLlLpM'"'- °'°' ^' "¦ °''"' I'he manor house, formerly the residence of the family of Edmundes, was rebuilt in 1800 by George White, Esq., the nephew of Sir George Thomas, Bart. It is a handsome structure and of considerable size, pleasantly inclosed in a paddock, Mr. White, on suc ceeding to the estate, changed his name to Thomas only. He was M. P. for Chichester in seven parliaments. Bilsom was originally a hamlet and chapelry; but before 1551, the church was dilapidated, having no service nor curate, the annual value being 51. 6s. 8a. The manor oi Bilesham is described in Doomsday as being held of Earl Roger de Montgomeri. In the time of King Edward it was held by Godwin, a freeman. It was assessed at four hides; the arable was three plough lands. The same Hugh held three other hides, which are not named, ofthe earl ; Warin was his sub-tenant. Bilsham farm is now the property of Ann Countess Dowager of Newburgh. Shulbrede or Wallinchmere manor was within this parish. It Avas the pro perty of Shulbrede Priory, to which it was given by Edmund da St. John. By THOMAS, Bart. on the Arms. At. three lions, rampant, gu, a chief Crest. A demi-lion, rampant, gTl. shoulder an erm. spot. ar. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 290. Kim- ber's Baronetage, vol, iii, p, 235. Dall. West Suss. vol. ii. p, 46. West Suss. fi. 45. p. of Barnham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 115 Queen Elizabeth, these lands, together with the manors of Bilsham and Berecourt, in Yapton, were granted to John Edmundes, and have descended as the manor of Yapton. ^ The benefice is vicarial in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel ; rated in Pope Nicholas' valuation at 10/., and in the king's books at 71. 10s. lI^cZ. It is consolidated with the vicarage of Walberton. " There is no manse, but eighteen acres of glebe, one field of which, for as many years last in succession, has produced corn without manure; a singular fact in the agriculture of this district." ^ The church is chiefly in the early style of English architecture. It consists of a modern chancel, a naA'e with side aisles, and a Ioav tower at the west end. The font is of great antiquity, and said to be certainly Saxon. It is composed of black granite ; it is large and circular, resting on a square base. Around it are six compartments, having semicircular arches, within each of which is sculptured a cross patee fitchy. Monumental Inscriptions. There are monumental inscriptions for Edward Barnard, rector; ob. 1729. Stephen Eoe, ob, 1766. With a female head on a medallion, Mrs, Margaret Thomas, ob. 1763, aet. 39. Walter Sidserfe, Esq., and Mary, "his wife, her parents. Sir William Thomas, BaTt., ob. 1777. John White, Esq., ob. 1776. Lydia, his wife, ; ob. 1794. Frances, wife of George Thomas, Esq,, ob. 1807, aet. 67. Stephen Roe, above-mentioned, was a citizen of London, but born in this parish. He left i by will the interest of 1200/. Three-per-cent. South Sea Annuities, producing about 361. per ' annum, of which sum 20/. is applied to teaohing twenty poor children, and 16/. to the relief of poor housekeepers not receiving parish relief. Six shillings and eight pence per annum was left to the poor by an unknown benefactor. The registers commence in 1539. BARNHAM is a small parish, containing 730 acres of arable, pasture, and brook land. There are about 550 acres in tillage. It is bounded on the east by Yapton, on the west by Aldingbourne, on the north by Eastergate, and on the south by Yapton. The population in 1831 was 148. The landed property is chiefly possessed by the Duke of Richmond, General Crosbie, and Richard Cousens, Gent. The Arundel and Portsmouth canal intersects the southern district of the paiish, leaving the viUage on its northern bank ; and the western turnpike-road from Worthing skirts the northern boundary of the parish. The village is distant, in a direct line, six miles from Chichester and four from Bognor. Berneham is arranged in Doomsday under the hundred of Benestede, and is there reported to have been held by Alnod, a freeman, in the time of the Confessor. Its extent Avas four hides, the arable being four plough lands. " There is one plough in the demesne, and twelve villains with twelve cottagers have four ploughs. Here is a church, twenty acres of meadow, a wood containing pannage for three of the lords or twenty-one of the tenants' hogs, and a mill. Four pounds have been the uninterrupted value."' In 1214 it was annexed by patent to the lordship of Halnaker, Robert St, John being seized of it. Lucas de Poynings, who had married Isabel St. John, obtained it in marriage dower. Subsequently (1538), it Avas granted to Sir Wilham FitzAviUiams by Henry the Eighth; and in 1570, Wilham Lord Howard of Effingham was grantee. In 1686, Sir WiUiam Morley, Bart., of Halnaker, obtained possession, from whose family it descended to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, and in ] 776 was purchased from him by Charles, third Duke of Richmond, in whose descendants it is now vested.* The family of Shelley, of Michelgrove, at an early period possessed considerable property in this parish. A handsome old mansion, built in the Elizabethan style, standing near the church, and ' West Suss. ii. 64. « Ibid. 47. " Doomsday. * West Suss. u. 43. q2 116 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel belonging to the estate above-mentioned, is the property of George Thomas, Esq., of Yapton and Watergate.i The benefice is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, rated in the king's books at 71. 15s. It was formerly appropriated to the priory of Boxgrove. It is endoAved with 200Z. private benefaction, 6001. royal bounty, and 200^. parliamentary grant. It is held by sequestration. The present incumbent is the Rev. Anthony Plimley Kelly. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is of the Norman style of architecture. A chantry was founded in the northern aisle by John le Taverner in 1409; the aisle was taken down at the dissolution of monasteries. The font is ancient, of black marble, square, with circular arches in relief, resting on a pillar.^ The impropriate tithes are now possessed by Mr. Postlethwayte, of Harting. The registers commence in 1675, EASTERGATE, or, as in Doomsday, " Gate," is a parish situate on the western boundary of the Rape of Arundel : eastward it joins Walberton ; south, Barnham ; west, Aldingbourne ; and north, Slindon. The whole parish almost is in tillage ; for out of the 1045 acres' Avhich it contains, 995 are arable, but 40 pasture and 10 coppice. The population in 1831 was 208. Of the proprietors of this highly-cultivated district the principal are Messrs. Francis Bine, Richard Boniface, and John Murrell. The village lies on the Avestern limit of the parish, about four miles and a half north of Bognor, and a like distance nearly west from Arundel. It is in a perfectly secluded spot, upwards of a mile from the western road. From the account given of the manor of Gate ui the great Norman Survey, we learn that it was held in frank-almoignage of Earl Roger by the nunnery of St. Martin's de Seez, in Normandy. It contained three hides of land, the arable requiring four ploughs. . There was a church on the demesne, four acres of meadow, and a wood afifording mast for five swine. These lands, held by the Norman nunnery, were confiscated upon the breaking out of the French war, in 1415, and the king settled them upon the newly-founded nunnery of Sion. They were then valued at 291. 2s. lid. At the general dissolution of raonasteries, the king took possession of this demesne. Since the year 1560 it has been the property ofthe Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of Chichester. The lease is now held by Francis Bine, Gent. The prebend of Gates was endowed with lands in the parishes of Aldingbourne and Birdham at a very early period. It is valued in the king's books at 8^. The Rev. John Ashburnham, B,D. has been the prebend since 1796. The benefice of Eastergate is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, rated in the king's books at Jl- 19s, 9^d., and in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The present incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Baker, M.A. The church is a small rude building of rough stone in the early lancet style. The registers commence in 1563. WALBERTON is surrounded by the parishes of Slindon, Binstead, Yapton, and Eastergate. Its contents are 1520 acres, chiefly of arable land, consisting of a light loam ; the pasture and Avoodland amount to 250 acres. West Suss. ii. 43. » Ibid. 44. ' According to the Pari. Returns, 890. yy/y-'Cl.',-^,/} ^ : "WAI,BERTOK HOUSE -Z> Wcl^tashc-hii faOp -4^.cp4^m.c ''-//. /y ,>^/LyMy .^/y.J I Crj/r^ ^¦> .J ;oJryf Z^/ p. of TValberton.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 117 NASH. Arms. On a chev. a roundlet betw. four crosslets, betw, four gryphons' heads erased. Crest, An arm erect, couped at the elbow vested az, cuffed ar, holding in the hand ppr. an acorn branch vert, fructed, ppr. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p, 103. Dall. WestSuss.vol, U. p. 77. The village is situated in the south-eastern part of the parish, at the distance of three miles and a half from Arundel and six from Bognor. The Arundel and Chichester turnpike-road crosses the northern extremity of the parish. In 1831 the population Avas 616. In Doomsday the manor is called Walbergeton, and forms part of the great Earldom of Arundel, from which it was afterwards detached. It is described as having been held of Edward the Confessor by three free men, and of Earl Roger by William. It had always been assessed at eleven hides and two virgates. There Avere six carucates or plough lands, a church, six ministers or serfs, fourteen acres of meadow, and a wood affording mast for four swine. In the reign of the Confessor it was valued at lOZ,, subsequently at 61., and Avhen transferred, to \2l. Of this district Rolland held one hide, deduct a virgate, which the Earl had in his park. Acard, the priest, held two virgates, as prebendary.* The lordship, Avhen detached frora the Earls of Arundel, for several descents, passed as Halnaker. It became vested in the croAvn by exchange in the reign of Henry VIIL'; and was granted by the King to Adam Racton, Gent., subject to a fee-farm rent of 48Z. I7s. \0d. Subsequently it was purchased by Thomas Nash, Gent., in whose descendants it continued more than a century, and was in 1800 sold by Gawen Richard Nash, Esq. to General John Whyte, whose son, in 1817, sold the manor, with 1467 acres of land, to the present possessor, Richard Prime, Esq. The large and commodious mansion now occupied by Mr. Prime Avas built by him about the year 1817, from the design and under the superintendence of R. Smirke, prime. _^., , ,.p„ , ,.,. , Amu. Ar, a human leg erased at the thigh in Esq. It stands on the site of a former manor-house, likewise erected o-S.^l„o„,,pp, issuing from the mouth a .1 A r .1 J j_ scroll, withthe motto" Nil invita Minerva.** Since the commencement or the present century. couared, thereon two muuets. Near the northern boundary of the parish is Avisford House and estate, belonging to Sir Thomas Reynell. It is on an elevated site, tastefully adorned Avith sylvan beauty, and yet commanding expensive sea- views. In 1817, in a field near the house, a most interesting discovery was made. It is thus related by Mr. Dallaway : — " It originated in the circumstance of making a hole with an iron crow-bar in the earth, for the purpose of setfing up hurdles to enclose sheep, which bar met with repeated resistance at about six inches deep. This circumstance induced the man, with assistance, to clear away the surface, when they perceived a stone similar to the gritstone found near Petworth: it measured in length four, feet, breadth one foot eight inches, and eight inches thick, forming the covering of a solid chest or cofier; which being taken ofi', the inside proved to be neatly hollowed out, in an oblong square, nearly four feet in length and eighteen inches deep : the sides of the cofler were four inches in thickness. The objects which presented themselves consisted of pottery of the coarse light red kind, and colour of common flower-pots. There were two red earthen basins, the size of large breakfast cups, placed in saucers ; six plates of the same coarse ware, the size of dessert plates, nine others smaller; two earthen candlesticks, six inches high ; two earthen jugs, of a globular shape, eight inches in diameter, with a teapot-shaped handle attached to them, and a narrow neck that would admit a finger ; another jug of the same size, with a handle and spout like a cream pot. In a circular saucer, engrailed all round the edge, with a handle, was placed a smooth oval pebble, very hard, of the colour and transparency of a white currant, and of the size and exact shape of a pigeon's egg. In another saucer of the same course ware was placed a black hard stone, perfectly round, the size of a nutmeg. Another saucer contained a flat oyster-shell ; near to which was a dish containing a thin glass lacrymatory, the size and shape of a bergamot pear, with two small glass handles. In four of the smaller dishes was a fragment of bone of a chalkish calcined Avhite; but the most beautiful object that stood in the centre of this service of ancient crockery, consisted of an elegant flat- bottomed square glass bottle, twelve inches high by eight inches broad, of a light transparent sea-green colour, very thick, and nearly full of calcined bones : this bottle had a handle attached to one of its sides, and fastened to a circular neck, about two inches and a half high, the opening of which neck would scarcely admit the hand of a child into the bottle : this handle was beautifully reeded. At the end of this coffer, in the corner, were two inverted conic brackets ; each stood upon an earthen lamp coarsely designed and executed : at the bottom, at the other end, were a pair of sandals, apparently for a sraall foot, studded all over the heels and soles with hexagonal-headed brass nails, placed similarly to those in countrymen's shoes. The subjects, excepting the sandals, are all perfect, and without stain, and appear as fresh as when new ; they are all made ofthe same kind of ware, and are about 28 in number. Neither coins nor inscriptions have been found in or near this extraordinary deposit. ' Doomsday. ' " Thomas Lord la War exchanged his lordship of Hal naker, of which Walberton was a member, for the nunnery of Wherwell, in Hampshire, by which means this manor became vested in the crown." — West Suss. p. 78. 118 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel " The glass vase is a perfect specimen, and may be added to those mentioned in our account of a similar discovery at ""'"rhese perfect remains are preserved in the entrance-lodge, leading to Avisford House, where they may be inspected by permission of the proprietor.'" The benefice is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, rated in the king's books at lOl. 19s. 2d. It was formerly appropriated to the Priory of Boxgrove, and is now united with the vicarage of Yapton. It is in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester, and the present incumbent is the Rev. Robert Hardy, M.A. One third part of the corn tithes of the parish, and twenty-four acres of glebe land, belong to the living. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has parts in the early style of English architecture, and consists of a large chancel, a nave with aisles, and a shingled turret at the west end. There are a few inscriptions for members of the family of Nash; for John Whyte, captain ofthe royal navy; and for two of the vicars of the parish. In the hst of the incumbents of this parish is John Hore, 1402, who was excommunicated by the Bishop of Chichester for maiming WiUiam Skyne, chaplain of Slindon, " His crime (says Mr. Dallaway) was the effect of jealousy, and the catastrophe similar to that in which originated the most beautiful and pathetic poem which has immortalized the genius of Pope. The same crime and punishraent occur in the archbishop's register at Lambeth.'" Gawen Nash gave the sliver plate for the communion service. John Nash bequeathed, in 1732, 121. per annum, arising from house, land, and rent charge, for teaching eighteen poor children. A school-house and garden were included in the bequest ; also 10/. to be distributed amongst the poor of the parish, Mrs. Elizabeth Nash gave 20^, per annum to the poor. A field called Poor Croft was left : one half to the church rate, and the other to the poor. Five pounds per annum are received from the charitable fund of Henry Smith, Esq. Five shillings per annum, left by John Moorey and John Wyatt, for the poor, have vanished. The registers commence in 1 556. TORTINGTON. The river Arun forms the eastern boundary of this parish. Arundel joins it on the north, Binsted on the west, and Ford on the south. It is of a moderate extent, containing 1262^ statute acres, of which the arable does not exceed one-sixth of the whole : 624 acres are in pasture. The population in 1831 was limited to 76. ' West Suss, ii. 80, In the 10th vol, of Archaiologia, pi. 13, are . engraven somR urns and paterae, found at Lincoln, composed of coarse earth, blackish in the middle, as if not thoroughly baked. In the 12th vol. pi. 39, is figured a chest of massy stone, with a lid exactly fitted, and the inside wrought roughly with a mason's chisel. In this were ¦ two large urns or sepulchral vessels, circular, with flat rims, and open, containiug wood-ashes and burnt-bones, and placed between them were two pair of shoes, much decayed by time, but enough of them remain ing to show their forms and to prove that they were of expensive work manship. They were raade of fine purple leather, reticulated in the form of hexagons all over, and each hexagonal division worked with gold. On the lOihof March, Charles William Packe, Esq. exhibited to tha Society of Antiquaries a glass vase and four small cups of fine earthen ware, found enclosed within a stone cistern, at Harpenden, near St. Alban's in Hertfordshire, in 1829, all apparently of Roman manufac ture. The height of fhe glass vase was 14 J inches; its width 6| inches, — Archaiologia, vol. xxiv, p, 350. In a letter, read Sth April, 1832, from John Gage, Esq. addressed to the Vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries, is a most interesting account of tbe discovery of some Roman sepulchral relics in the lesser barrows of the Bartlow Hills, in the parish of Ashdon, Essex, Ou opening one of the harrows was discovered aremarkable brick sepulchre in the shape of an altar, 6 feet 3 inches long, 2 feet 3^ inches wide. Ou removing the covering of large Roman bricks, there was, amongst other glass vessels, a large, thick, cylindrical, greenish-coloured glass um, 11^ inches high, and lOJ inches in diameter, with a short reeded handle, springing from the neck. Along one side ofthe vase lay a thick incrustation of dark brown powder. The vessel was open at the mouth, and nearly two thirds full of a clear, pale, yellow liquor, covering a deposit of burnt human bones ; on the top of the bones was seen lying a gold ring. A wooden chest was discovered in another barrow, though com pletely decayed, containing glass and earthen vessels, the latter being stamped with the potter's mark. In another barrow was discovered a large, thick, square, wide- mouthed, greenish-coloured glass um, of the jar form, resembling iu every respect the one which occupied the centre ot the stone chest discovered at Avisford, It measured twelve inches high, and six inches square, and was full of burnt human bones. Numerous other indications of Roman burial. " When a body was burnt and buried in the same place, it was called Bustum, whence the word was often used to signify the torn)} ; and Cicero speaks of the Bustum Basili, and the Catuli Bustum : " desertaque husta Incolit, et tumulos expulsis obtinet umbris. Grata Deis Erebi. Lucan, lib. vi. v. 5U . ' 1 Archaiologia, xxv. pi. ii, Iii. p, 6-9. "Islyp. c. 187, Castratlo Edmundi Roger, Prioris de Bilsington, per R. Poundcheat."— ^e«< Suss. ii. 79. ' According to the Pari, Returns, 1170. p. of Binstead.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 119 Of the landowners, W. Leeves, Esq., has 1054 acres, and the Duke of Norfolk 208. The village lies in the south part of the parish, distant from Arundel about two miles. Tortington was held of Edward the Confessor by Lewin, a freeman. When transferred to Earl de Montgomeri soon after the Conquest, it was held by Ernucion. Four hides was the assessment in the Saxon times, three in the Norman, because the Earl had one hide in his park. The arable demanded two ploughs. There were thirty-nine acres of meadow, and pannage for six hogs. The value of the whole, in the Confessor's time, was 60*., in Earl Roger's, 40s.' Upon the great partition of the earldom of Arundel, made in 1244, the manor passed to John Fitz- Alan, and was annexed to the castle demesne, to which it continued attached till the time of Elizabeth, when it was" sold to John Apsley, Esq., and by him aliened to Roger Gratwick, Esq., who built Tortington House. In his descendants it con tinued tiU 1690, when Oliver Weekes, Esq., the nephew of Francis Gratwick, Esq., obtained it by bequest. Subsequently the family of Leeves enjoyed it, and by the representatives of Samuel Leeves, the manor and advowson were conveyed to the late Charles Duke of Norfolk. Tortington House has been inodernized and much improved by the present proprietor, W. Leeves, Esq. A priory of Black Canons was founded here by Hawse de Corbet, before the reign of John, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The establishment at first was sraall, but increased by the benefactions of the pious. Its revenues at the dissolution were lOU. 4s. Id. The site and demesne were granted to Henry Lord Maltravers. After several transfers the property was purchased, in I7I4, by William Leeves, Esq.,. and is now part of the valuable possessions of that family. Of the raonastical building a few traces remain on the western bank of the river. The refectory is converted into a barn, but the chapel and dormi tories have entirely disappeared. The priory waa resigned into the king's hands by John May, the last prior, in 1536. LEEVES, Arms. Gu, a fesse, dancett^e, erm, betw, three garbs, or. Crest. A swan, chained, and collared or. charged on the breast with three pellets, Pedif^ee. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 104, Dall. West Suss, vol. ii. p, 85, The living is a discharged vicarage, in the deanery of Arundel. It is endowed by prescription with all the tithes, excepting the priory and woodlands. It is in the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk. The present in cumbent is the Rev. Charles Bethel Otley, M. A. The church is very small, and very ancient, probably coeval with, or anterior to, the foundation of the priory. The semi-circular arch in the south door " is of rich workmanship, and another, dividing the nave from the chancel, is composed of a moulding of grotesque heads of birds and beasts. A singular ornament is sculptured round the font, not unlike those which are called Etruscan, and which is on the monument of Gundreda, William tbe Conqueror's daughter, in Southover Church, Lewes.'"' The registers commence in 1 560. BINSTEAD. This small parish approaches in form a parallelogram, the length of which is not quite two miles, and the average breadth something less than one. Tortington bounds it on the east, Wal- burton on the west, and Ford on the south. It contains 1010 acres of arable, meadow, wood, and marsh land. The population in 1831 did not exceed 114. ' Hen. and Will. Dooms. 178. ' Dall. Suss, ii, 88, where engravings of the font, of the arch of the south door, and of the west front of the arch dividing the nave from the chancel, are given. 120 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel The chief proprietors of the soil are Anne Countess Dowager of Newburgh, Henry Upton. Gent., and the heirs of Edward Staker, Esq. The village, situate near the western limits of the parish, which is made by a small stream flowing from Avisford, is very inconsiderable in extent. It is about three miles south-west by west from Arundel, from which place the road to Chichester passes through the northern division of the ^^^The manor is thus described in Doomsday, in the hundred of Benestede :-" Aismelin holds Benestede of the Earl Three freemen held it in the time of King Edward. It has constantly been assessed at four hides. The arable is two plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne. Here are eight acres of meadow, and a wood of six hogs." ' , ,, . From the Earls of Arundel the lordship had passed, in 1447, to Edmund Taverner, who held it under Reginald Baron la War. The manor is merely nominal, having neither demesnes nor copyhold under it. The late Edward Staker, Esq, claimed the manorial rights. The benefice is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, formerly appropriated to the priory of Tortington, and valued in the king's books at bl. 17 s. SJd. The vicar receives the whole tithes by prescription. It is usually presented together with Shndon. The Rev. Maurice Smelt is patron and incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Peter, and of mean appearance. The registers commence in 1639. MADEHURST. This parish is separated from the rest of ths Hundred of Avisford by the intervention of the Hundred of Arundel. On the north it is bounded by Bignor, on the south by Arundel, on the east is Houghton, and on the west Slindon. Of the 1900 acres of chiefly down land which it contains^ a considerable portion has been converted into tillage, and much has been planted. The village is situate in a coombe of the Downs, at the distance of about two miles north-east from Slindon and three north-west from Arundel. The population ofthe parish in 1831 was 154. In Doomsday no mention is made of this district, but it was doubtless part of the extensive demesnes lavished by the Conqueror on Roger Earl of Montgomeri. It appears to have continued in possession of the Earls of Arundel till the reign of Queen Ehzabeth, when it was conveyed to WiUiam Dixse, in fee. Thomas Lord Buckhurst, and Thomas Sackville, his son, afterwards possessed the lordship. Subsequently, Anthony Kempe, SMITH. of SUndon, became lord, from whom it descended to his heir-general, Anthony ^Xmi-gdA A?7»o'?"cWef'r«ie^S. Eari of Ncwburgh. By this nobleman it was sold to Sir George Thomas, Bart., sa. a mullet for difference, ,„,„, „ „ ,,t-.i i -i cre»(. An elephant's head, erased, or. eared whosc SOU disposcd of it to Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., M.P., by whom it was gu. charged on the neck with tnree neurs- a r' J. »' p^$!f;.'TeeBu?ke%Peerage. re-sold, in 1825, to the present proprietor, John Smith, Esq., M.P. for the County of Buckingham. Dale Park, now the property and residence of the last-named gentleman, was first enclosed by Sir George Thomas, Bart., who in 1784 began the erection of the present large and splendid mansion, from a design by Bonomi. It is placed on a commanding eminence, having an extensive sea-view, and delightful prospects of the rich vale and city of Chichester. The dells and declivities of the Downs included in the Park have been judiciously planted, so as to render it a scene of unusual beauty and variety. ' Hen. and Will. Dooms. 177. p. of South Stoke.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 121 The whole parish is now the property of the owner of Dale Park, John Smith, Esq., which he became possessed of by purchase from Thomas Read Kemp, Esq. The benefice is a vicarage, in the Archdeaconry of Chichester and Deanery of Arundel, rated in the king's books at 6/. 8s. \0d. The advowson formerly belonged to the Priory of Lewes, and afterwards to the Priory of Tortington. It has been augmented with 200^. from Queen Anne's Bounty. There are twenty-one acres of glebe, but no manse. The Bishop of Chichester is patron, and the present incumbent is the Rev. William Stevens Baynton, M.A. The church is not an exception to the mediocrity of those edifices in this neighbourhood. It is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen. The registers commence in 1650. SOUTH STOKE. The tortuous course of the river Arun constitutes the eastern and part of the northern and southern boundaries of this parish. Houghton and Arundel join it on the north and west. It contains 1240 acres of chiefly down land, of which more than half are included in Arundel Park and plantations. The upland soil is chalk ; the lowland, occasionally inundated by the river, a fertile loam. The population in 1831 was 101. There are two distinct manors mentioned in Doomsday under the name of Stoches. One in the hundred of Risberg, which, in a great measure, corresponds with the two modern hundreds of Poling and Westeasewrith ; the other in the hundred of Benestede, which corresponds with the present division named Avisford Hundred. South Stoke is the latter ; and at the time of the Norman survey it was held of the Earl of Montgomeri by Ernald, Ulnod, a freeman, was the holder in the time of the Confessor. In the Saxon, as also in the Norman times, it was assessed at four hides, or 480 acres. The arable was two plough lands. There was a church and 24 acres of meadow.' The manor of Offham, classed in Doomsday under the hundred of Benestede, is also in this parish. It is described in that document as having been held of Alwin, a freeraan, in the time of the Confessor. Azor held it of Earl Roger. It had constantly been assessed at four hides ; the arable requiring two ploughs for tillage. There were five ministers, forty-eight acres of meadow, a fishery, and a wood of three hogs. The value of the manor depreciated from the Saxon to the Norman times, being in the former 11., afterwards 61., and when Doomsday was formed, 41. The earl had two mills here, and the pannage and produce of the wood yielded him 41. lOs.2 This manor of Oflfham appears from the earliest periods to have formed a constituent part of that of Stoke.' The Earls of Arundel held possession of these manors till the time of Queen Elizabeth, when, upon the attainder of Philip, they passed from William Dixse to Thomas Lord Buckhurst and his son, as Madehurst. Frora thera the manor of South Stoke passed to Anthony Kempe, Esq, of Shndon ; thence to his heir general, Anthony Earl of Newburgh, who exchanged it with Charles late Duke of Norfolk. Some Saxon coins were discovered near Oflfham in 1796, chiefly silver pennies of Edvi'ard the Confessor and Harold ; they appeared " to be fresh from the mint ; it is conjectured that they were left there by a part of Harold's army, marching to the fatal battle of Hastings." * The Downs in this parish contain earthworks and trenches of a people who have passed away. Whether belonging to the British, the Saxon, or the Danish warriors, is a mooted point. They have all been explored, but their produce has not been preserved. ' Doomsday, Hen. and Will. Trans. 178. * Ibid. 179. ' William de Albini, Earl of Arundel, granted, anno 1172, to Hugh Esturmi two parts of a knight's fee, in Offham. * West Suss. 11. 2a2. R VOL. II. 122 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, rated in the king's books at III. 15s. The patronage is in the Duke of Norfolk. It has eight acres of glebe. " The church Is small, but of the highest antiquity, consisting of a single nave or pace only. There is a Saxon freize, with heads of birds and animals, under the roof of the chancel, which was probably the Ecclesia mentioned in Doomsday Book." ^ The registers commence in 1553. BOROUGH OF AKUNDEL.^ The Town of Arundel gives name to the Rape in which it is situated. It is locally in the Hundred of Avisford, and its extent is computed at about 1875 acres, of which 710 are in pasture and meadow, 347 in tillage, and the rest within the park or forest land.^ It is bounded on the north by Houghton, on the north-east by South Stoke, on the south-east by the river Arun, and on the south by Tortington. The woods are in general oak and beech, of the finest growth. The Town is eligibly situated in the lower division of the parish, on the southern declivity of the South Downs, at the base of which the river Arun winds its course to the sea. The upper part of the town commands an interesting view for miles of rich meadows watered by the Arun, and terminated by the ocean. It is distant from London 56 miles, from Brighton 21, from Worthing 9, and from Chichester 11. The population in 1831 was 2,083. The steep acclivity on which the town is built renders it remarkably clean ; and the width of the principal street, on an inclined plane, rising from the market-house to the church, together with the regularity and neatness of the buildings generally, give to the ancient borough no small share of attractions. Of the baronial Castle, and its imposing appendages, we shall speak presently. The town was incorporated by charter of Elizabeth, and is a borough by prescription, having retm'ned members to parliament from the early part of the reign of Edward I. The late Reform Bill has taken away one of the representatives. The mayor exercises exclusive magisterial jurisdiction within the borough, and presides at a court for the recovery of debts under forty shillings, every three Aveeks ; petty sessions are also held here. The Duke of Norfolk has just erected a noble Town-hall, — the principal room is 50 ft. by 30ft., and 23 ft. high; the centre is flanked by two towers of Gothic architecture 50 ft. high. The river, well known to the gourmand for the rich and delicate mullet which it produces, but more esteemed by the trader for the ready communication which it affords with the metropolis on the one hand, and with a chain of villages and towns westward to Portsmouth on the other, is of immense advantage to the inhabitants, and insures commerce and prosperity to the town. The first notice that we have of Arundel is in the will of the immortal Alfred, who bequeaths to Anthelm, his " brother's son, the manor at Aldingbourn, and at Compton, and at Arundel, and at Beeding ;" all of which places are in the western division of the County of Sussex. Of its condition in the later Saxon times, at the Norman Conquest, and subsequently, but few evidences remain. The Bridge over the Arun, situated a short distance below the present structure, is first ' West Suss. ii. 223. ^ Derivation 1st, " Hlrondelle," a swallow, hut why? 2nd, Hlrondelle, or Orundele, the name of the horse of Bevis, who was warder of the castle here; and 3rd, the dell or valley through which the Arun flows. It has never been surmised that Arundel derives its name from " arundo," a reed, although from its situation the marshes formerly must have produced nothing else. ^ Tierney's Arundel. Dall. 1800. Pari. Returns, 1830. B. of Arundel] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 123 mentioned in the charter which Queen Adeliza granted to the monks of the Priory De Calceto ; it was built at the end of a road, called the Cau.se way {Calcetum), for the space of half a mile over the low grounds. Lands for the support of the monks were granted by the Queen, and an annual allowance of timber for the repairs of the bridge, which, from this circumstance,^ was a wooden structure. At the dissolution of the priory, the corporation of Arundel, who succeeded to a portion of the monastic property, appear to have succeeded the monks in the superintendence of the bridge. It underwent reparations at different times, and in 1724 was entirely rebuilt with stone furnished from the ruins ofthe adjoining hospital; it is of three arches. In 1831 it was widened ; the space formerly occupied by the parapets is added to the road, and a spacious footpath is suspended on each side. Beneath the castle, at the head of the stream by which the " Swanbourne Lake " discharges itself into the river, is a mill called " Swanbourne," remarkable for its antiquity. It is mentioned in Doomsday, and in almost every record of the baronial possessions since that period. Speaking of this spot, the Rev. M. A. Tierney closes his elaborate work, " The History of the Castle and Town of Arundel," in these impressive words : — " Perhaps of all the beautiful spots in the neighbourhood of Arundel, none comprises more real beauty than this. The valley in front, shaded by the willows and ash, which adorn the little islands of the lake, and winding its way in the distance amongst the hills; the castle, projecting boldly from the eminence on the left, and seeming as if suspended between earth and heaven ; the steep acclivities on each hand, clothed to their summit with luxuriant forest trees, or exposing at intervals the wild and rugged surface of the rock ; these, with the stillness of the place, unbroken save by the voice of the coot, or the plash of the moor-hen returning to her haunt, present a scene with which the feelings of the heart will most readily unite, — in whose presence the lapse of centuries will be easily forgotten ; and the mind, hastening back to the age of the Confessor, will muse on the lake and the stream as they existed then, and fancy itself beside the mill which was at work nearly eight hundred years ago," ^ The port of Arundel is first mentioned in Doomsday, and is there valued jointly with the borough. It is now, since 1817, a bonding port. The trade is principally in timber, coal, and corn. The market is on Tuesday, chiefly for corn; and on every alternate Tuesday is a con siderable cattle-market. The fairs are held, May 14th, September 25th, December 1 7th, chiefly for cattle and pedlery. The Doomsday account of Arundel is as follows : — " The castle of Harrundel, in the time of King Edward, yielded 40,s. for a mill, 20s. for three entertainments, and 20^-. for a pasty .^ The borough, harbour, and customs of the ships jointly now yield 12/., but are estimated at 13/, Of these St, Nicholas has 24.?. There is a fishery of is., a mill producing ten bushels of grain, and ten bushels of coarser corn, and four additional bushels. This is estimated at 14/. Robert Fitz-Tilbald has two houses worth 2s., and his appropriate toll from ahens. Morlnns has here a customary payment of 12c?. from two burgesses ; Ernald has one burgess paying \2d. ; St. Martin's, one burgess yielding 12c?.; Ralph, a house of 12c?.; WiUiam, five houses of 5.?.; and Nlgell, five houses performing villain's service." * Immediately after the subjection of England to the Norman yoke, the two Earldoms of Arundel and Shrewsbury were conferred by the Conqueror on his relation and favourite commander Roger ' See Hollar's View of Arundel, 1662, in Dallaway. ^ Page 725. ° Original, de una pasticio, perhaps a herring pie, as Yarmouth, for the see of Chichester, paid for 1000 herrings r2 in the time of Henry II. — Mag. Rot. 16 Hen. II. m. 10. — Hensh. and Wilk. Trans, * Doomsday, Hen. and Wilh 23, a. 1. 124 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Arundel de Monte Gomerico, or Montgomery, a nobleman of extensive possessions in Normandy. The Honour or Earldom of Arundel, consisting of the two Rapes of Chichester and Arundel, contained 84 knights' fees and a fraction, estimated by some at 42,160, and by others at upwards of 57,000 acres. Eighty- three lordships or manors were comprised within this ample domain, and the Caput Baronice was " Harundel." Here Earl Roger continued to reside till his death, which took place in 1094. For the descent ofthe Castle and Barony of Arundel and Chichester, see p. 3 of this volume. The subjoined account of the castle, marked with inverted commas, is from the late Mr. Cartwright's MS. abridged from DallaAvay's Rape of Arundel : — "The Castle is of very remote antiquity. The appearance of the herring-bone masonry remaining in the keep is supposed to be an absolute indication of the Saxon era, or perhaps of higher antiquity.' The circular form of that part of the fortress, combined with the fact above-mentioned, favours the supposition that Earl Roger found that part of the fortress already com pleted to his hands. " Independently of the outworks, the circumference of the whole site is oblong, 950 feet in length by 250 feet in breadth, enclosing about five acres and a half of ground, the walls being from five to twelve feet in thickness, and the ground plan very nearly resembling that of Windsor Castle, with a circular keep in the middle, raised on a mount partly natural, but more artificial, and the ele vation is not dissimilar. This mount is 110 feet in height from the fosse below on the outside, and 80 feet on that side next the court ; it proudly overlooks the whole castle, and is a con spicuous object from the surrounding country. Upon this the keep is erected ; the walls being 10 feet thick and strengthened with ribs or buttresses. The diameter, from north to south, is 67 feet, and from east to west, 59. There were within the keep small rooms, as the corbel stones on which the beams rested, and the fire-places, plainly show. The original entrance was made through a Roman arch, now inaccessible, with a carved doorcase, with zigzag mouldings. In the centre of the enclosure is a small subterraneous room, intended probably for the conservation of provisions during a time of siege. This circular keep was flanked by a square tower, and guarded by a portcuUis, in which tower the present entrance is approached by a long flight of stone steps. Over this tower was an oratory, dedicated to St. Martin, and under a part of it, a very deep well, to fill up which, about fifty years ago, an angle of the tower was taken down and thrown into it. By the steps and sally-port the keep is connected with the great gateway, a plain circular arch under a large square tower, in which are two chambers, which were originally those of state, and which, it may be justly presumed, were those in which the Empress Maud was secured. The outward gateway, which is a continuation of the first, was added by Richard Fitzalan, in the reign of Edward I., when that was strengthened ' A more convincing proof that the Castle was standing in the Saxon times, is the simple fact that Castrum Harundel is assessed, as we have seen, in Doomsday book. B. of Arundel] QF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 125 by a buttress of vast dimensions and 50 feet high. The arches forra an obtuse angle, and are ribbed and flanked by two square towers embattled. The barbican tower rises from an artificial mound on the north-west side of the great vallation and mound of the keep. It is square, with buttresses of a shape de cidedly Norman. An approach to it was practicable only by a very steep flight of steps, and a small sharply-arched doorway. It was connected with the sally-port of the keep by a covered way, and f the wall which surrounded the whole fortified place. This walled enclosure was strengthened by nu merous square towers, open within side, and the whole embattled, having steps to facilitate a com munication around the whole circuit. A curious military contrivance may still be seen, which is to convey sound by means of a circular funnel, made through the grouted mortar in the thickness of the wall. The last-mentioned tower was originally one of the most lofty of the castle, consisting at least of four stories or divisions of chambers. " The keep, though built of solid masonry, and in perfect preservation, is only visible on the south-west side, where a part has yet escaped the growth of ivy. The rest of the building is nearly obscured by that weed. That a plant which acquires its full growth in forty or fifl;y years should be supposed to give an antique appearance to a building of the age of seven cen turies, is quite monstrous. Instead of being the most ancient, the largest, and the most perfect keep in England, it might be, when covered with ivy, a mere modern erection of brick or boards. The appearance of ivy, though perhaps sometiraes picturesque in its raix- ture with masonry, is generally in dicative of neglect and ruin, and quite destroys all architectural proportions ! ' " The external gateway was fortified by a portcullis and drawbridge over the vallum or deep ditch. It was built by Earl Richard Fitzalan, the third, in the reign of Edward I. after his return from the Welsh and Scottish wars. By Richard Fitzalan the fifth earl, who was a leader in the battle of Cressy, in 1347, and who took several prisoners of rank : their ransom was applied to extend the habitable part of the castle, on the south-east ' We have inserted these remarks because they are in Mr. C.'s MS., not that we adopt them in their full extent. 126 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel side above the town. But this was an enlargement only, for several round-headed windows in the south front, and the vault under the east tower, formerly the castle prison, evidently prove a higher antiquity. In that part of the building he placed and endowed a chapel, dedicated to St. George. The building on the east side, which contained along gaUery and several apartments, was erected by Henry Earl of Arundel, soon after the suppression of the coUege. At the end of this gaUery was a suite of apartments, caUed Percy's Hall, which is said to have been the retreat of Alan Percy, brother to the Countess of Arundel, and last master of the college. " The great hall was situated on the western side of the court, first built by Richard Earl of Arundel, after the French wars in the reign of Edward III. The roof was composed of lofty timber frame, resembhng those of Westminster and Eltham. There was a large window at the south end, and a porch with a chamber over it, which projected into the court-yard. " Henry Fitzalan, the last Earl, gave a magnificent feast in it at Christmas, 1525. There was an open louvre or turret on the top, which is seen in Hollar's view of it, taken before the siege, in 1643, when it was entirely battered down by Sir William Waller's artiUery. By this calamity, the castle suffered so much detriment, that it ceased, in a great measure, to be the residence of its noble possessors. About 1716, Thomas Duke of Norfolk determined to reside here occasionally ; and with that uitention, erected a brick building, as an interior front, and refitted the old apartments. This was entirely taken down in 1796. " Of the mihtary history of this castle much might be related. Our old chroniclers are particular in their acewints. Williaifla Rufus occupied it in 1097, upon his landing from NeMPmandy. The first siege was in 1102, by King Henry L, to whora it was surrendered, upon the condition that Robert de Belesme should be allowed to retire into Normandy. Extraordinary preparations were made by raeans of a high tower, constructed with beams of timber, and placed upon the vallum ; but the capitulation taking place, the siege was raised, and the castle suffered no detriment. In the month of July, 1139, the Empress Maud, with her illegitimate brother, Robert Earl of Gloucester, landed at Littlehampton, and was received in this castle with great courtesy by Queen Adeliza, at that time in possession of it. King Stephen, then occupied in the siege of Marlborough, appeared suddenly before the castle, and threatened its demohtion if the Empress were not given up, Adehza pleaded the rights of relationship and hospitality ; and the King, allowing her plea, suffered her royal visitant to withdraw, who pursued her journey to Bristol. King Edward I. was here as a guest, and dated a patent from hence, Sept. 9, 1302. " During the lapse of five centuries, the castle suffered nothing from hostile violence, but reraained the peaceful and nearly constant residence of the noble owners, by whom it was gradually increased and splendidly furnished. In 1397 it was the scene of a memorable confederacy against the weak and profligate government of King Richard II. The magnificent hospitality of the last Henry Fitzalan became proverbial; his frequent feasts and numerous retinue entitled him to the character given likewise to his father WiUiam, ' that he was a very father of nurture and courtesy and a liberal housekeeper.' The earldom having descended to his grandson Philip Howard, upon his unfortunate attainder in 1585i commissioners were appointed to make a return of this castle and its furniture to the Exchequer ; and the inventory of the furniture of 21 apartments, preserved among the state papers of Lord-Treasurer Burleigh, in the British Museum, is a document of singular curiosity, as describing the furniture they contained both for use and ornament. The walls were universally erabellished with moveable tapestry, and the beds, with the cushions and carpets for the tables and seats, were richly ornamented with silk and gold. We are here minutely informed of all that constituted the internal magnificence of a great nobleman's palace at that period, and which was preserved, with the greatest care, to descend to generations in succession, " In such a state, we presume, the castle reraained until the departure of Thomas Earl of Arundel for the Continent, in 1642. As a military position it was of the greatest importance, and the possession of it was gained by the Royahsts and Parhamentarians alternately. In the winter of 1643-4, it stood a siege of 17 days by Sir WiUiam Waller, and having then capitulated, was given up to plunder. The walls were dismantled on the north-west side ; the great hall with the adjoining buildings destroyed, and the whole rendered no longer a suitable residence for its owners. B. af Arundel] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 127 " The siege of the castle, and its consequences, had reduced the western side of the lower court to complete ruin. The gaUery at the south-east and the south front had suffered less damage, and were capable of habitation, although deserted by the noble proprietors. Before the year 1720, Thomas Duke of Norfolk was induced to repair that part, and to add to it, in the lower court, a brick front, which contained galleries and staircases only, " Before the year 1786, when the late Charles Duke of Norfolk succeeded to the possession of this castle, he determined upon its restoration ; and as he resolved to form the whole upon his own design, he selected from his estate in Cumberland young men who had shown ability as artificers, whom he placed under architects and sculptors in London, until they became perfect in their art. This intention fully answered his expectations; and it will be universaUy allowed, that in no building of equal extent in the kingdom superior masonry or carving will be now seen. The restoration of this seat of his ancestors gave an ample scope for the ideas which he entertained of the baronial magnificence in early days, and was the employment and delight of his leisure during the last twenty-five years of his life. "The square tower at the north-east angle was the first built, and was begun in 1791, and the north front in 1795, This includes the new or habitable part of the castle. With respect to the dimensions, shape, aud arrangements of the rooms, his Grace imposed upon himself a necessity of accommodating them, not only to the old foundation, but in most instances to the remaining walls. " The south-eastern side of the court is principally occupied by the library, which is 122 feet in length. Externally it is of plain Gothic architecture of the age of Henry VL, with a central projection and long window. The lowering of the ceiling takes off frora the proportionate harmony of the room; notwithstanding which, frora the introduction of Gothic ornaments exquisitely carved of various eras, it is a singular and beautiful apartment, admirably calculated for the purposes of a library, capable of holding 10,000 volumes, and all of them of easy access. " The great hall on the western side of the court, called the Barons' Hall, in consequence of its peculiar embellishment, was begun in 1806, and is connected with a chapel at the north end. A Norman arcade forms. the basement upon which it rises, and supports a grand walk towards the court, from which it is approached on the outside; upon the frize are carved, in stone, the cognizances of the family. Previously to laying the foundation, the late Duke had sections made of the celebrated roofs in the halls at Westminster, Eltham, and Crosby-place, London, for the purpose of composing from them a plan for this at Arundel ; and with some deviations, that which was adopted resembles the last mentioned. It is entirely of timber frame, of Spanish chestnut, most curiou.sly wrought, and finished so as to produce a grand effect. The corners at each termination are canted off, and thus describe a semi-octagon, a form certainly not usual in any ancient example. The dimensions are 70 feet by 34, and 36 feet 6 inches to the centre of the roof Of the several modern Gothic halls which have been erected within a few years, none can claim so appropriate a design, or ornaments so charac teristic of the earlier centuries. The series of stained glass windows which it contains consists of thirteen, including the principal, and offers a peculiar and interesting exhibition. In the largest, at the north end, is an historical composition, representing the ratification of Magna Charta by King John, The other personages are Baron Fitzalten, attended by his page; the Mayor of London; the Master of the Temple; Cardinal Pandolfo, the Pope's Legate; and Cardinal Langton, The design and execution are in a high degree creditable to Mr. J. Lonsdale and Mr, Joseph Backler, both of deserved eminence in their several branches of the art. Twelve windows, which are placed round the hall, are occupied by as many figures of Barons, which are portrayed at full length, in chain armour, and helmets closely fitted to the head, which was the military costume of that age. The armorial bearings of the Barons, who are thus represented, and from whom the Dukes of Norfolk lineally descend, are severally emblazoned upon their surcpats and shields. The heads represent individuals of the Howard family, at different periods of life, as the Barons were, who thus obtained the great charter of our liberties." This magnificent room was first opened on the 15th of June, 1815, when a splendid entertainment was given in commemoration of the signature of Magna Charta on that day 600 years before. At the banquet nearly 300 distinguished guests sat down. " The great dining-room contains a very large Gothic window, in which is represented the entertainment 128 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel given by Solomon to the Queen of Sheba, in which the principal characters are portraits of the different members of the late duke's family." The castle contains the following valuable family portraits :— I' ^T^lf^^^ ^}^r' ^'^^ Maltravers, who died in 1557 ; whole length, in black, painted at Brussels, by Paul Vansomer. . i i?"" Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, a head, in a furred gown, with the order of the garter. f 4' 1 i',?™\^ Howard, fourth duke, whole length, with the orders of the garter and St. Michael, and holding the baton i liarl Marshal. It bears the monogram of Holbein, and is dated 1550, 4. The Lady Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, whole length, voungest daughter of Henrv, Earl of Arundel, in a close dress ot blue satin, holding a book. It bears the same date and monogram as the last. 5. Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, Lord High Treasurer and Earl Marshal of England ; half length, in pannel ; in a furred gown and small cap, holding the batons of his oflices in either hand ; set. 66 ; hy Hans Holbein. 6 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, beheaded January 19, 1546-7 ; whole length, standing under an arch, and leaning on a broken pillar. He is habited in a close dress of black silk profusely embroidered with silver. He has the order of the garter, a sword and dagger. The motto ' Sat superest ;' and two escutcheons ; upon one, the arms of France and England quarterly; and on the other, of De Brotherton. Above the arch, the letter H. upheld by two angels; round its front are inscribed " Anno Dni ] 546, a>tatls suje 29." 7. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey ; half length in armour, holding his baton, and his left hand resting on the shoulder of a boy representing his grandson Philip Thomas, afterwards the Cardinal Howard. Painted in 1641, bv Vandyke. •' 8. Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of Arundel ; half length in armour, by Vandyke. The common ancestor of the late and present duke. 9. Henry Howard, Earl of Norwich, afterwards Duke of Norfolk ; whole length, in his robes, right elbow resting on a pedestal, and holding his baton in his right hand, by H, Gascan. 10. Edw.ard Howard, Duke of Norfolk; half length, sitting, by Vanderbank. ai. Mary Blount, Duchess of Norfolk, wife of the preceding. By Angelica KaufFman. 12. Charles, Duke of Norfolk; whole length, in his robes, by Opie. 13. Catherine Brockholes, Duchess of Norfolk; whole length, in her robes, by Opie. 14. Charles, late Duke of Norfolk ; whole length, in a black velvet Vandyke dress, by Gainsborough. 15. Cardinal Howard's head, 16. Portrait of Bernard Edward, present duke, by W. Hamilton, R. A. " The area of the upper court, formerly used as a kitchen-garden, is now laid out in ornamented parterres, producing a fine collection of shrubs and flowers. As part of its former use, an apricot tree is yet remaining, extending over 1000 feet of wall ; and several standard fig-trees, of which the stem of one is two feet frora the ground, of the great circumference of six feet six inches." The new gateway was begun in 1809, but yet continues uncompleted. Over the bold-pointed arch is a heavy machicolation. It is flanked by two hexagonal towers, through the upper part of which is a communication alono- the walls between the castle and the keep. The whole height, when finished, was intended to have been 88 feet, terminating at each angle with a turret. The greatest elevation it has reached is 68 feet. The building is now merely protected by a wooden roof. The great court is buih only on three sides, the fourth rising on an ascent to the ancient and venerable keep. A terrace surrounds the south and east sides. Beyond the pleasure-grounds, which lie immediately under the keep, is the Little Park, containing only a few acres, but entirely surrounded by an earthwork, still perfect, and in many parts adorned with magnificent elms and beech. Two principal entrances have been discovered, which were faced with Caen stone; and the foundations of buildings in every part of the area have been brought to hght. Whether they were of a mihtary or domestic nature cannot be determined. The New Park, lying north ofthe Little Park, has an extent of 1145 acres. It was formerly used partly as a sheep-walk, and partly as a rabbit warren; but about tbe year 1786, the late Duke of Norfolk becoming pos sessed of the property, it was attached to the settled estates of Arundel Castle. The ground, with aU that inter vened between it and the Little Park, was enclosed, a flint waU with lodges was built completely around it, the bills were planted, and the park stocked with a thousand head of deer. The plantations have flourished, fine beech groves decorate the steep acclivities, and continued terraces give variety to this charming spot. The ancient Park with the Ruelle Wood, situated further to the west, was contemporary with the castle, though it had no immediate communication with it. It is now converted into a farm. Hiorne's Tower, so named after its builder, Mr. F. Hiorne, an able architect of Warwick, is situate on the brow of a hill near the entrance of the park. It is a triangular Gothic buUding of square flints, about 50 feet high, B. of Arundel] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 129 with a turret at each of the angles. From the summit of this tower are enchanting views of hill and dale and wood, whilst the ever-restless ocean bounds the horizon from east to west. The chapel of St. Martin in the Keep, and the parochial church of St. Nicholas, are both mentioned in Doomsday. In 1094, Earl Roger Montgomery, the restorer of the Benedictine Abbey of Suez, granted to the monks of that establishment liberty to erect a priory within the town of Arundel; and in 1 102, five monks from the foreign abbey became tlie occupants of the nevv establishment. In the latter part of the same century, the priory was vacated, and the rectorial dwelling adjoining the church, of which WilUam de Albini was patron, was converted into a residence for the prior and his monks. " Thus occupied, it continued, during two centuries, to be known as the convent or priory of St. Nicholas, till other views and other wants suggested a further change, and another and a greater institution arose to absorb its predecessor, and be itself, in turn, absorbed by something else.'" In 1380, Richard Earl of Arundel procured a patent for the foundation and establishment of a college, to consist of a master and twelve secular canons, with other officers. The priory merged in this establishment, and the college assumed the name of the " Holy Trinity of Arundel." The foundation of the buildings was laid upon the site of the priory, on an eminence to the west of the castle, and immediately adjoining the parochial church. The building formed a quadrangle containing a square yard or court. The north and east sides were formed by the refectory and the chapel annexed to the parish church, and to which was a communication by means of a small cloister. The other sides were occupied by the different apartments of the establishment. At the south west angle of the court was the principal gateway, which still remains, as do also other considerable portions of the original structure. At the suppression of monasteries, its clear yearly value was 168/. Os. 7d. It was granted by patent to Henry Earl of Arundel, the patron. The parish church of St. Nicholas was built about the year 1380, by Richard Earl of Arundel, who resolved to connect it in one stiucture with the chapel of his college, then about to be established. It is a cruciform building, spacious and handsome, consisting of a nave and two aisles, with a transept, and a low, square tower. ' Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, p. 579. VOL. II. 130 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel uniting it at the east end to the collegiate chapel. The tower is surmounted by an obtuse leaden spire, bearing a flag-staff, and forming an object for mariners upon the coast. In the clerestory is a row of circular windows enclosing quatrefoils. The communion table, and an ancient octagon stone font, are in the south aisle. In the opposite was the chantry of St. Christopher. The original pulpit, at the south-east corner of the nave, is of stone, richly tabernacled, and the roof is of the almost indestructible Irish oak, said to be the abhorrence of spiders. A painting on glass of the town arms, put up in the window at the back of the corporation seat, at the expense of a late churchwarden, during whose appointraent, for seventeen years, to that situation the church was entirely new pewed, two large galleries built, the two spacious corporation pews erected, and a noble and powerful organ put up, without any rate on the inhabitants, or aid from the Commissioners for enlarging of churches. The open space of the nave is provided with free sittings, as well as other parts of the church, capable of accommodating 300 persons. The present Duke of Norfolk munificently gave 100/., and the corporation 100/., towards erecting the organ, which cost 600/. The whole is extremely neat, surpassing all others in the neighbourhood, both for its internal conveniences and external uniformity of architecture. It contains nume- holmes. rous monumental inscriptions of the Holmes, Bushby, and Tompkins famiUes. •^'*^'^^' ^'' """• ^^' ^''^¦' ™'- "¦ ^- '"• The Collegiate Chapel at the east end, frequently mistaken for the chancel of the church, is 82 feet in length and 28 feet in breadth ; its height is 35 feet. On the north side, a low wall, surmounted by three pointed arches, divides this from the Chapel of Our Lady, the length of which is 54 feet, its width 20 feet. The chapel communicates with the nave of the church through an elegant pointed arch : the east end is adorned with a beautiful window of seven lights, with plain muUions, and a profusion of tracery above. On the south side are four windows of smaUer dimensions but of like style, as also one corresponding over the altar on the north. The high altar, covered by a slab of Sussex marble, is yet entire. The three windows in the northern chapel are, like those above described, of an obtusely-pointed form, divided by simple muUions into four principal lights, and having the upper part filled with small pointed arches. The canopies above them, embelUshed with mouldings and crockets, rest on corbel heads of angels, holding escutcheons, and form themselves into pediments, each terminating at the top in a pinnacle.' " The magnificence of these chapels in their perfect state must have been of no ordinary description. The windows filled with stained glass, and shedding their rich and varied light on walls superbly decorated with fresco representations of arms and cognizances ; the carved roof of timber, splendidly painted and gilt ; the tombs of ' marble and of gold,' reposing, as it were, like their inhabitants, in the sacred stillness of the place ; the sculptured brass that adorned the floor, and the carved oak stalls of the priests — all united to swell the grandeur of the edifice and to impart solemnity even to the solemn rites of the religion to which it was dedicated.'" But what, we may ask, is its present state ? One wide scene of desolation and decay. The splendid monuments of the Earls of Arundel are, from culpable neglect, hastening to speedy destruction ; the gilded roof either now strews the floor or its rich carvings are thrown together in a heap, in Our Lady's Chapel; not a vestige of stained, or scarcely of any other, glass excludes the pelting storm; slabs are rifled of their sculptured brasses, and the resting-place of the proudest of our nobUity has been converted into a temporary workshop. Some of these choice specimens of art have indeed been boarded up, but others have suffered irreparably. The monument of the brother of the present duke, executed at Rome, remains unopened, in packing-cases, on the floor. AU is miserable neglect, decay, and ruin ; and the CoUegiate Chapel, instead of being an ornament 'and| pride to the nave of the parochial church to which it is locally annexed, exhibits the distressing appearance of a crumbhng and putrid corse chained to a living being. Mr. Tierney thus accounts for its present dilapidated state : — " The Reformation, by prohibiting the exercise of that (the Catholic) rehgion, commenced the work of destruction. Service ceased to be performed in the chapel : the temple, no longer used, became the object of neglect ; and time and decay had been quietly permitted to extend their silent ravages through a century, when |t,he violence of the civil wars came to chide the tardiness of its predecessors, and accelerate the ruin which they had begun. ' Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, p. 617. = Ibid. p. 018. B. of Arundel] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 131 " On the arrival of Waller's army at Arundel, in December, 1643, the men were quartered in this chapel, and the same wantonness which marked their destructive progress in other places, soon became visible here. The walls were injured and defaced, the figures on the temple were mutilated, the altar-stones were partially subjected to the operation of their fanatical zeal ; and the stained glass of the windows was entirely demolished. In this state the chapel was left for almost a century and a half to moulder, of course, gradually away, and to call forth the regrets and the remonstrances of all who beheld it." ' In 1782 some repairs were made : the carved roof was taken down," and the edifice underwent other alterations, injurious to its original appearance, both within and without. A few years after the remaining walls of the ancient college were repaired, and the interior fitted up, as a Catholic chapel, for the joint use of the Duke's family and the public. The master's house, which for many years was the residence of the Duke's steward, was enlarged, and in a great measure rebuilt by the late Duke. Of the monuments remaining in the collegiate chapel our notice must be very brief. They are six in number : — 1. In the centre ofthe choir is a large sculptured altar tomb, composed of alabaster, and formerly painted and gilt. On the top are extended the effigies, in their robes of state, of Thomas Earl of Arundel, son of the founder, and of his Countess Beatrix, daughter of John King of Portugal. A rich canopy rises behind the head, and at the feet of the Earl is a horse, the cognizance of his family ; and two lap dogs at the feet of the Countess hold in their mouths the extremity of her mantle. Twenty-eight priests, standing each with an open book in his hand, are arranged in niches around the tomb ; a range of shields to the number of forty, originally emblazoned, is around the rim. This splendid monument has received considerable injury either from accident, wantonness, or shameful neglect. 2. In the middle ofjthe Chapel of Our Lady is the plain altar tomb of Sussex marble, reared to the memory of John Fitz Alan, the sixteenth Earl of Arundel, Baron Maltravers. The brasses, with the exception of the Fitz Alan horse, have been purloined. Fragments of the inscription around the rim have been preserved, 3. Under the most easterly of the three arches which divide the two chapels is a cenotaph of alabaster for John Fitz Alan, the seventeenth Earl of Aruudel, and son of the preceding. On the slab which forms the covering is a figure in plate armour, with a close tabard emblazoned, a collar of SS, and the Fitz Alan cognizance, a horse, at his feet. Under this is an emaciated naked figure, stretched upon a shroud. The Earl was slain at the battle of Gerberoy, in 1435. 4, On the south side of the high altar is a large and lofty sacellum, consisting of an arcade and canopy, composed of beautiful tabernacled work, in its original state richly painted and gilt. Of the two compartments beneath the canopy one is occupied by the altar tomb, which still remains, on which were formerly extended tbe effigies of VVilliam, nineteenth Earl of Arundel, brother of the last-mentioned John, and of his Countess Joan ; the other compartment was intended as a chapel or oratory. The recumbent figures now occupy the torab of John Fitz Alan, in the northern chapel. 5. The tomb of Thomas and William Fitz Alan, the son and (grandson of the former, and successively Earls of Arundel, stands on the north side of the choir, opposite the tomb of William, The tomb is without ornament, but stands under a lofty sacellum of elaborate tabernacle work. Four rudely-carved pillars support the canopy in front, above which are shields of several distinguished families, 6, At the south end ofthe altar is a large mural tablet, composed of variegated marbles, in memory of Henry Earl of Arundel, the last Earl of the Fitz Alan family. No monuments have been erected here to any member of the Howard family, although many of that illustrious family repose in the north and south vaults, A copy ofthe inscriptions on the coffin-plates of twenty-one members of the house of Howard is given by Mr. Tierney.^ A few mutilated remains of the brasses with which the floor of these chapels was formerly decorated are all that survive the wreck of bigotry and the cupidity of barbarians. The benefice is a vicarage, the head of its own deanery, and is valued in the king's books at 51. IO.y. The Duke of Norfolk is patron, and the present incumbent is the Rev. Henry James Parsons, B. D. The manse was rebuilt in 1810 by the late duke. An establishment called Maison-Dieu, or Hospital of the Holy Trinity, was founded here by the same munificent nobleman who built the church and built and endowed the college of Arundel, about the year 1380. It consisted of twenty poor men, either unmarried or widowers, who from age, sickness or infirmity, were unable to provide for their own sustenance. The revenues in 1455 amounted to 197/. 15s. 4jd. The building foi-med a smaU quadrangle, with a chapel and refectory. It was standing in 1643, when Waller besieged the castle, and it was occupied by his soldiers, and then destroyed. The materials for building the present bridge were obtained from the ruins in 1742. ' Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, p. 619. the walls, or cut from their supporters, they were suffered to * The carved and gilded roof, in consequence of its par- fall at random, on whatever might be beneath. Beam after tial decay, was ordered to be taken down, and in the execu- beam was thus plunged from the extreme height of the tion of this much-to-be-regretted order the work of demolition chapel ; the stalls were crushed ; the tombs were shattered j did not terminate. " As if to eiface every record of its and the floor Itself, which is laid over the vaults, was, in many former glory, the little that yet survived of ornament in the instances, broken and forced in." ' lower part of the building was consigned to the same general ^ Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, pp. 629, 635. wreck. As the immense timbers from above were torn from ' Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, p. 621. s 2 132 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel There were several other ecclesiastical or charitable institutions at Arundel in ancient days, but httle is known of them. Mr. Tierney mentions a Dominican priory, chapel in Mary Gate, chapel of St. Mary, chapel of St. James ad Leprosos, and the chapel of St. Lawrence. The chapel over St. Mary's Gate, now leading into the park, was restored by the late Duke of Norfolk, in its original style, and now forms an interesting object in the pleasure-grounds of the castle. The registers commence in 1560. HUNDRED OF POLING. This is the most easterly of the two hundreds in this Rape, which lies upon the coast. It contains the parishes of Littlehampton, Rustington, East Preston, Kingston, Ferring, Goring, Angmering, Poling, Leominster, Burpham, and North Stoke. It is bounded on the east by the Rape of Bramber, on the south by the sea, on the west partly by the hundred of Avisford, and partly by the town of Arundel, and on the north by the hundred of West Eastwrith, and comprises 17,740 acres. LITTLE HAMPTON. South of the parish of Lyminster, and occupying the south-east corner of the hundred, is Little Hampton. The river Arun forms its western boundary, Rustington its eastern, and to the south is the English channel. It contains 950^ acres to low- water mark, exclusive of a detached farm on the western side of the Arun, called Bailie' s-court, said to Comprise about 150 acres, and being the ancient demesne lands of the Abbey of Seez, in Normandy, and the residence of their bailiff, whence probably its name. The soil is principally a rich loam; 640 acres are in tillage, 150 in pasture, and the remainder is Avaste land, shingle, and sand. The village is situate about three-quarters of a mile from the sea. It consists chiefly of a street in the same direction as the river, and one formed by the road from Brighton to Bognor. It is on the eastern bank of the Arun, Avhich is a source of wealth to the inhabitants. If increase of population may be taken as a criterion of the prosperity of a place. Little Hampton is assuredly flourishing. In 1801, the number of inhabited houses was 112, and the population 584; in 1821, houses 205, population 1166; in 1831, the houses were 292, and the population 1625. The river Arun formerly flowed through this parish, but in 1628 the course of the river was altered by a cut through the lands of the Earl of Arundel, so as not only materially to improve the navigation, but also to drain the levels. By this alteration the embouchure of the river is now within the parish of Climping. In 1734 an act was obtained for erecting piers and repairing the harbour of Arundel; and another in 1797 for amending and enlarginof the powers of the former. Under the powers granted by these acts, the harbour has been brought to its present excellent state. The river at spring tides is navigable for large vessels up to the town, and as far as Arundel bridge for brigs of 200 tons. There is also a considerable navigation for lighters and other small craft up the country to Newbridge, near BiUingshurst, and thence into the Wye and the Thames. Upon the ' According to the Pari. Returns, 7C0. p. of Little Hampton.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 133 banks of the river, close to the town, is a dock-yard for building vessels of considerable tonnage for the West India trade. There is a ferry over the river, which connects the Brighton road with Bognor; the apparatus is ingenious and eflfectlve. It is. In fact, a section of gravel road, of suflScIent length and width for a carriage and four safely to stand upon, placed on a boat of suitable dimensions, to which a piece of machinery is attached, which, by the exertions of two men, winds a rope or chain fastened to the end of the boat, and also to the shore. The only diflference between this apparatus and a bridge is a delay of from three to five minutes. There is nothing to alarm the most spirited horse, or the most timid lady. The river produces that well-known and highly-valued fish called the " Arundel mullet." A small fort Is raised for the protection of the harbour. The Empress Matilda is said to have landed here in 1139, when making her way to Arundel castle to claim the crown. In 1586, Philip, Earl of Arundel, just about to embark for the continent, to avoid the severe penalties levied against the catholics, was taken at Little Hampton' and imprisoned in the Tower of London, Little Hampton has, since the year 1790, been visited as a watering-place. Eastward of the town, within about a furlong of the coast, are the lodging-houses, constituting a very respectable line of buildings, denominated Beach-terrace. The sands, extending to Worthing, are excellent ; and the terrace walk, on the margin of the sea, is truly delightful, commanding fine sea and extensive land views. The comraon intervening south of Beach-terrace and the sea, whilst it relieves the eye from the dazzling effects produced by the water, affords a soft and dry promenade for the invalid. The Earl of Surrey has his suramer residence on this spot, which is peculiarly calculated to afibrd the advantages of the sea breeze combined with rural retirement. There are also very commodious hot and cold baths. The roads in the neighbourhood, betweea verdant hedges, and shaded by luxuriant elms, render this place a truly desirable retreat during the suraraer months, the air being soft and balmy, and admirably calculated for the delicate or enfeebled constitution. The manor of Hantone was held in the Saxon times by the Countess Goda, daughter of King Ethelred II. It was assessed at one hide. The manor of Little Hampton cum Tottington was purchased, in 1562, by John Palmer, Esq., of Angmering, for the sum of I,688Z. 2s. 0\d. It is now the property of Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk. Bailie's-court farm is now in the possession of William Cutfield, Gent. The principal proprietors of land are the Duke of Norfolk, Inigo Thomas, Esq., John Ollim, Gent., and Charles Marshall, Gent. The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Arundel ; it is in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester, and is endowed with 2001. royal bounty. In the church is recorded a benefaction to the vicar of 21/. per annum, by John Corney, Gent., in 1805. There is no manse nor glebe. The church was erected in 1826, at the expense of 3000/. The body of the building is 100 feet long, and 50 feet wide. The Duke of Norfolk gave 100/. towards its erection ; also the Hon. and Rev. J. Tumour the * In 1644, a ship from Dunkirk was taken off this place, and a large picture seized upon and conveyed to Westminster Hall, and put into the Star Chamber. The subject is thus stated : — " It was the legend of Conanus, a British prince, who, having married Ursula, the King of Cornwall's daughter, embarked with 11,000 virgins for Brltany in France, to colonize that part with Christians, but being by distress of weather beaten upon the Rhine, because they would not yield to the lusts ofthe infidels, after the example of Ursula, they were all slain ; their bodies were carried to Cologne, where there stands to this day a stately church built for them. This is the story of that picture." It was probably an altar-piece. Claude Lorraine chose this subject for one of his finest works, which was exhibited in England. —Hoicel's Fam. Lett. ii. 1. 39 ; Dall. West Suss. 19, note. 134 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel like sum; the present vicar, A. P. Kelley, 401. There are numerous free sittings provided for the poor. The following is inscribed on a mural monument : — John Corney, yeoman, late of this place, by his will, in the year 1805, gave to the vicar of Little Hampton, and his successor for ever, one annuity of 21/., which, deducting the legacy duty, is 19/. 6*. id. yearly, to he paid by equal half- yearly payments. Likewise 18/,, which, deducting the legacy duty, is 16/. 11*. 2d. yearly, to a schoolmaster for instructing the poor children of Little Hampton in reading, writing. Sec, to be paid by equal half-yearly payments. Likewise on another mural monument, fixed in the church. Is the following inscription : — Jane Downer gave to this parish 1/. os. per year for ever, to be paid from her farm at Barnham. 1764. On taking down the chancel of the old church, an altar tomb under an arcade was opened, when a stone coffin was discovered, containing a few bones, filled up with dust, evidently having been disturbed since its first fixture ; it is now in the possession of Owen Evans, Esq. The old church was of low structure, and consisted of a nave, chancel, and south and north aisles, divided by three pointed arches on the south side, and two on the north side, the space of the western arch being occupied by a small low tower. On the north side of the chancel was a small chapel. The only feature of the ancient edifice now remaining is a small door with a semicircular head at the east end of the church, and a window of four lights, having ogee heads, and the arch filled with quatrefoils. The old font, which is plain and circular, is also retained. The registers commence in 1721. Dallaway says in 1642. RUSTINGTON. Adhering to our arrangement, the next parish to be noticed in the hundred is Rustington, or Rustyngton, as formerly called. It lies west of East Preston, south of Angmering, and east of Little Hampton. The English Channel forms its southern limit. The extent of the parish is 1070 acres, three-fourths of which are arable, of a loaray texture, and abundantly fertile. The chief produce is corn. The method of tillage is what is termed three course, i. e. sown with wheat every third year. The fuel is coal, brought to Little Hampton from the collieries in the north of England by sea. The appearance of the country is like the other parts of the maritime district — level, but the elevation above the sea is sufficient to render it pleasant and salubrious. Elm is the most common tree of this district, but the soil is favourable to every production of the garden, forest, or shrubbery, where not exposed to the south-western gales. A turnpike road, leading westward to Little Hampton and Bognor, passes through the parish. It communicates with the Ashington and Worthing turnpikes at Findon. The village is situate about half a mile from the sea, at the distance of about a mile and a half east from Little Hampton, and about four south-east frora Arundel. The population of the parish in 1801 was 261 ; in 1831, not more than 365. There are three manors within the bounds of this parish, viz., Rustington East Court, Rustington West Court, and the small manor of West Preston. The two former were parcel of the barony of Midhurst, and were so held by Savaric de Bohun. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John de Bohun, married Sir John Lesley, and had two daughters ; Elizabeth, married to Sir John Bramshott, and Eva, married to Sir John Barford, at which period, it is probable, the separation took place. From Eva descended John Cooke, whose daughter and heir, by a first marriage, was the wife of John Covert, of Sullington, Esq,, who was proprietor of one of these manors in the year 1500, In 1686 the manors were consolidated, by unity of possession, in the Morley s of Halnaker. In 1766, Sir Thomas Acland sold them to Charles, third Duke of Richmond. In 1790 it became the property. p. of Preston.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 135 by purchase, of WiUiam Gratwick, Esq., of Ham In the parish of Angmering. The present owner is W. G. K. Gratwick, Esq., his grandson. The manor and hamlet of West Preston lie at the eastern extremity of this parish. The names of Tregoz, Lewknor, and Baker, occur in the descent of this lordship. It is now possessed by the daughters of the late Charles Bushby, Gent., of Arundel, Edward Penfold, Gent,, has a small estate in this parish. The benefice is a vicarage, in the deanery of Arundel, valued In the king's books at 61. The Bishop of Chi chester is patron, and the present Incumbent is the Rev. John Cheale Green, M.A. It is endowed with 2001. private benefaction, and 400Z, royal bounty. The manse was rebuilt in 1803 by the present incumbent, and rendered a very convenient and eligible residence. The church consists of a nave, chancel, two aisles, and a small chapel on the north side. The more ancient parts of the structure, comprising the tower and south arcade, are of the late Norman style of architecture, — a style which may be considered as a transition from the Norman to the early English^ or pointed style. The chancel is of a later date, and the northern arcade still more so. The most recent portion of the structure is the chapel, on the north side, which appertains to the manorial estate, and has a muUioned window, with cinque- foiled heads to the two lights, under a depressed, or four centred arch. There are a few monumental inscriptions. The armorial bearings are three bears' heads erased and muzzled, for Barwick; and on shields placed against the wall, at the west end of the nave, are — 1. The arms of England ancient, viz,, Gides, three lions passant, guardant, in pale, or. 2. The arms of the See of Chichester. 3, I and 4, Argent, a chevron azure, between three harts, each charged with a fret of the field, for Gratwick. 2 and 3, Azure, five fusils conjoined in fess argent, for Dawtrey. The font Is a plain octagon upon a square plinth. Near it is a wooden box for the reception of alms, bearing date 1636. From an examination of the register, which commences in 1586, it does not appear that the population has very considerably increased. The following remarkable entry occurs in the register, evidently an autograph of the individual mentioned therein : — " Daniel Harcourt, having been minister here in the years 47, 48, 49, and 50, was afterwards banished, and having- travailed into the East and West Indies, .^gypt, Greece, Barbaric, Portugall, Italic, and Spaine, was by Henry Lord Bishop of Chichester invested into this Vicarldge, August the 6th, 1663." The only charitable bequest is that of Thomas Ashley, " late keeper of Angmering Park," who, in 1698, " by reason of Angmering Park-house, and some part of the said park called the Lodge, is situated within the bounds of the parish of Rustington, &c. bequeathed unto such of the poor parishioners of the said parish, that received no relief of the said parish, a legacy of lOZ. (that is to say) to the minister,, churchwardens, and overseers in trust, to place out the same on good and sufficient security, and to distribute the interest of the said legacy yparly for ever, according to the several and respective necessities of their poor parishioners as aforesaid.'' The registers commence in 1568. PRESTON, OR EAST PRESTON. This small parish is bounded on the east by Kingston, on the west by Rustington, on the north by Angmering, and on the south by the sea. It comprises 560 acres of rich arable land, and about 25 acres of meadow. The population in the last thirty years has increased from 170 to 242. The village is situate near the centre of the parish, about half a mile frora the sea, three and a half miles east from Little Hampton, and about six south-east frora Arundel. In Doomsday, Robert, who held the three manors of Garinges, is described as holding Prestune of Roger Earl Montgomery. Ulvela, a free woman, held it of King Edward the Confessor. It had constantly been 136 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel assessed at seven hides. The arable was four plough lands. There were fourteen villains, with one cottager, having four ploughs, and three salt-pans of thirty pence. The value was 41. ' In the reign of Elizabeth this lordship was held by Sir Thomas Palmer, Knt. It continued in this family many years. Henry Palmer, of Fairfield, Somerset, sold it to James Colebrooke, Gent. After several alienations, it is now the property of the heirs of the late John Corney. The family of Bushby have an estate in this parish, and John Olliver and Edwin Henty, Gents., also hold land in this parish. The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Storrington. It Is not rated In Liber regis. The corn tithes belong to the prebend of Ferring, in which the patronage is vested. The present Incumbent is the Rev. Cornelius Greene, M.A. There are nine acres of glebe. The church consists of a nave and chancel, a tower and stone spire. The two former are at present included under the same roof, but it is evident that the nave was originally more elevated. The style of architecture, with the exception of the north door, and east end of the chancel, is of the latter part of the fifteenth century. The north door is Norman, and the arcade at the end of the chancel is of the mixed style which prevailed at the close of the twelfth century. The church is situated at the extreme western verge of the parish, and at the distance of more than a quarter of a mile from the viUage. On the only bell which remains, is this inscription in Gothic characters : — " Sancte Jacobe ora pro nobis." Martin Chalk, in 1685, gave the sum of 5Z. to be applied to poor widows. John Corney, In 1805, gave to the poor 15/. per annum for ever, to be distributed on the 21st of December, one half in bread and the other in money. The registers commence in 1573. KINGSTON. This small parish, consisting of not raore than 400 acres of chiefly arable land, is bounded on the -east by Ferring, on the west by Preston, on the north by Angmering, and on the south by the English Channel. The two farms into which the parish is divided, and which contain 490 acres, belong to G. Olliver and S. Henty, Gents. The population did not, in 1831, exceed 61. Of the manor no mention is made in Doomsday. It is connected with East Preston, and was Included in the same purchase. Before the reign of Henry VIII. it had belonged to the family of Palmer, of Angmering. It subsequently became the property of Sir James Colebrooke, Bart. In 1772 it was aliened to John Bagnall, Esq. ; afterwards to Sir John Shelley, Bart, of Michelgrove. By the present Sir John Shelley, Bart, it was sold. In 1785, to George and WiUiam Oliver, Gents. A moiety now belongs to Samuel Henty, Gent,^ Kingston Is a constituent of the parish of Ferring, as far as regards ecclesiastical matters. It had formerly dts own chapel, but this has long been demolished by the encroaching tide. The registers are included in those of Ferring. FERRING^ Is one of the maritime parishes of the south, being washed by the English Channel ; its opposite boundary is Angmering ; Goring on the east, and East Preston and Kingston on the west, con- ' Doomsday. * "West Suss. ii. 31. ° Ferring, in the Saxon language, raeans horse pastures. p. of Ferring.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 137 stitute its limits. As to its superficial contents, not exceeding 1070 acres, 60Q are arable ; pasture, down, and wood-land make up the rest. The form ofthe parish approaches that of a parallelogram ; the length of which, from north to south, is about two and a half miles, and the average breadth half a mile. The population, in 1831, was 258. The landed estates in the parish are owned by Wm. Westbrooke Richardson, Esq., Edwin Henty, Gent, and John Cortis, Gent. Ferringes Is placed in Doomsday amongst the possessions of the Bishop of Chichester. In Saxon times It was a constituent part of the endowment of the see of Selsea. In the reign of the Confessor It was rated at twelve hides ; in the Norman times at eight. The quantity of arable Is not recorded. There were two ploughs in the demesne; and fifteen villains, with fourteen bondsmen, had five ploughs. There was one serf, twenty acres of meadow, a wood of four hogs, and for herbage one hog for each seven. Of this manor, Ansfrid held two hides, and had in his demesne half a plough with four bondsmen. In King Edward's time it was worth 71-, after wards 100 shillings, and at the survey, 71. The moiety of Ansfrid was worth 20 shillings.* Bishop HUary was confirmed In the possession of Ferring before the year 1160. The demesne at present comprises 327 acres, 2 roods ; and the greater part of the parish is copyhold under the bishop, who appoints the tithingman in this and another portion of the manor called Fure, which extends into certain parishes in the Weald. This episcopal property has generally been leased out. The late Sir John Shelley, of Michelgrove, Bart, so held it, and by his son, the present baronet, it was transferred to George Henty, Gent, now lessee. The manor-house was founded at a very early date. It was the occasional residence of some of the Bishops of Chichester ; and here It was that Bishop Richard de la Wyche (canonized as St. Richard of Chichester) is said to have performed a miracle by feeding three thousand persons with bread estimated to be suflftcient only for ninety. The manorial estate Is held by Edwin Henty, Gent. ; the manor is reserved by the bishop. There is also a manor, or reputed manor, called East Ferring, which was held in the last century by the family of Westbrooke, from which It descended to that of Richardson. William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq. of Findon Place, is the present proprietor. It has a mansion, now decayed, the ancient residence of the Westbrookes. WESTBROOKE. The tithes are impropriate, and held by the Prebendary of Ferring, in Chichester a™, gu, a impard's face, jessant- Cathedral, beino; part of its ancient endowment by Bishop Hilary, about 1150, ^'t"- An armed leg.couped above the 'or J t: J ' ' knee, ppr. purfled.or, spur ofthe last. together with the patronage of the vicarage. ''nirweu suS!'v,lp,S""''' "*' The benefice is in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, at 6/. 8s. 4d. It is endowed with the tithe of hay ; and has a glebe of nearly 20 acres, and a manse, which was valued in the kino-'s books, enlarged and Improved by the late vicar, the Rev. Francis Whitcombe, B.D. The present incumbent, the Rev. Mr. Dixon, has also much Improved the parsonage. The church exhibits specimens of early architecture, but none of great interest. It contains numerous monu mental inscriptions on marble slabs for members ofthe families of Westbrooke, Richardson, and Henly. Towards the northern side of this parish is situated High-Down Hill, commanding an extensive and beautiful view on all sides. It is also a conspicuous object from distant parts of the country, between Beachey-Head and the Isle of Wight, both of which are within its range. Aa ancient earthwork, of an irregular form, may be traced on the summit, defended on three sides by a vallation. The area within the fosse is about 300 feet by 180. At the south-west angle was a windmill, occupied by an eccentric miller, who lies buried near it, under an altar tomb surrounded ' Doomsday, VOL. II. 138 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel. with railing. It was prepared by himself, and decorated with texts of scripture and verses of his own composing. He was buried in 1793, aged 84.^ Few spots are more visited in the suraraer months than the Miller's Tomb, by the frequenters of the neighbouring watering-places ; and the extensive, rich, and varied panoramic views amply repay the trouble of a pilgrimage to the tomb of " Miller Oliver." The registers commence in 1558. GORING. Eastward of the parish last described is Goring, having Tarring on the east, Clapham on the north, and the sea on the south. The extent of the parish is 2120 acres, of which 160 are wood land, 150 pasture, 70 downs, and the remainder arable; for the most part the soil is a fertile loam ; the northern district is woodland ; the road from Worthing to Chichester forms the northern boundary ofthe parish. The village is situate in the southern part, and is distant about two miles west of Worthing, and. seven south-east of Arundel. The population in 1831 was 527. In the hundred of Risberg, in Doomsday, three manors, named Garinges, are enu merated, and all are held by the same Robert who held Prestetune, We shall not attempt to localize them. East Ferring and East Preston may probably then each have been denominated Garinges. The chief manor having been granted to the family of Albini, as part of the Earldom of Arundel, upon the great partition of that honour, between the daughters of Hugh de Albini, the last of that name, who died in 1243, it was allotted to Roger de Montalt, who married Cecilia his fourth daughter. The family of Goring succeeded, in the reign of Henry IIL, deriving their name from Arms. Az., two bars gemeiiiSe, or, in the place ; from whom, bv marriage, it passed to Henry Tregoz, in 1294. The manor chief a lion passant of the second, ^^ ^ -^ O'J. j n Pedigree. See Dall. West suss, vol, ii, descended through the D'Oyleys to the Lewknors; one of the latter, John Lewknor, having been slain in the battle of Tewksbury, and his only brother attainted, it escheated to the crown ; but the heirs of this family were subsequently reinstated. From the Lewknors it again passed into the family of ' "As to the miller, he certainly was a very singular cha racter. He amused himself a good deal in the construction of machinery, two pieces of which used in his life-time to be fixed on the top of the house, and afforded the spectator some merriment. The one represented a mill and a miUer, so constructed that every time the shafts were moved by the wind a sack opened and a shovel was in the act of raising the flour for the purpose of filling It, The other represented a custom-house officer, with an upraised sword, pursuing a smuggler, and an old woman at the heels of the officer violently banging him with a broom ! At that period this part of the coast was much frequented by smugglers, and some have suggested from the above circumstance, that even the honest miller had a secret predilection for these clan destine gentry. His funeral drew thousands together from various and distant parts of the country. His corpse was brought from his house, nearly adjoining, by persons dressed in white, preceded and followed by young women similarly arrayed ; he was carried all round the field, and on the interment of the body a young woman read a sermon, said to have been his own composition ; but it was a discourse taken from a printed volume of Sermons, written by a clergyman of the Church of England. " Why he should thus have had his tomb erected so many years previous to his death, and why he fixed on such a spot wherein to lay his remains, cannot be conjectured. Had he, however, been contented with merely being buried here without any tomb, we might have ascribed his choice to taste, which thus sought an innocent gratification, and have appropriated to him the following lines : — ' Let vanity adorn the marble tomb. With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown ; In the deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, Where night and desolation ever frown ; Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave. With here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave, And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.' " ' — Beattie. " Pict. of Worthing, 152. p. of Angmering.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 139 Goring, about 1573; in whose descendants it continued till Sir WiUiam Goring sold it, in 1720, to Nicholas Turner, Esq. The present proprietor, WiUiam Westbrooke Richardson, Esq. inherited It under the will of his uncle, who purchased it of Nicholas Turner. Besides the manor, Mr. Richardson possesses the impropriate tithes, and an estate here, called Field Place, formerly belonging to the family of Cooke. The estate comprises about 200 acres in this parish. The other principal estates are held respectively by the families of Bushby, Dickinson, Shelley, Jupp, and Oliver, the latter as lessee of the dean and chapter of Chichester. Castle Goring, built on an elevated site in the northern division of this parish, is of considerable size and singular style of architecture, combining the Gothic and Grecian in distinct fronts. It was erected by the late Sir Bysslie Shelley, Bart., and is now the property of his son. Sir Timothy Shelley, of Field Place, in Warnham parish, Bart. It is occupied by George Richard Pechell, a cai>tain in the royal navy, and equerry to her Majesty, who married the younger sister of the present Baroness Zouch of Tearaingworth, on whom the barony, on the decease of her father without heirs raale, was conferred. The raansion is a noble one, containing many handsome apartments. The south front is of Palladian architecture, with an elevation of considerable beauty, greatly resembling a villa in the vicinity of Rome. The north front is a modern Gothic structure ; the architecture very correctly preserved. The north-east aspect presents a pile of building resembling, in a considerable degree, Arundel Castle. High Down Hill is partly within the demesnes attached to this capital mansion ; and the woodland scenery around it is in the highest degree pleasing. The benefice is a vicarage In the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, and is rated in the Liber Regis at 71. 10s. ; it is In the patronage of the lord of the manor. There are seven acres of glebe. The church is plain in Its style, though of an early date. The nave has pointed arches with Norman piers. The chancel is of the architecture of the fourteenth century. There was a chantry founded in this church by one of the Tregoz family. MONUMKNTAL INSCRIPTIONS. A table tomb, in the centre of the chancel, has two figures, male and female, inlaid, on the top of it. It was probably erected to some members of the family of Cooke, of which there are also other memorials ; viz, an inlaid brass, of a man in a loose gown furred, with this inscription: — '• Of yo'- charite pray for the soules of John Cooke and Emme his wyfe, on whose soules Jhu have mcy." — " Catherine, wife of Edward Cooke, of Field Place, and daughter of Thomas Fry of Battlehurst. Ob, 1649."—" Edward Cooke, Esij. Ob. 1691." — "Anne his wife. Ob. 1703." — On a marble mural tomb against the south wall ofthe chancel, with the bust of a female and the arms of Cooke, impaling azure a fesse between 3 fleurs-de-lis argent, the following memorial : — "Susan, wifeof John Cooke of Petworth, and daughter of John White head of Clandon, in Stuiey, Esq. and one of the coheirs of Richard Stringer of Petworth. Ob. 1707. Mt. 55," COOKE, "John Bernard. Ob, 1640." — "John Foreman of Ecclesden, Ob, 1795. Mt(i2." — " Anne, his ¦^""^- Ou- three crescents, ar, a canton erm. wife, Ob. 1788, ^t. 62."-" Daniel Gittens, LL.B. rector of South Stoke and vicar of Lyminster. S!?Se?*'se"Be?r5rTIS Gen°pfl05!°S: Ob. 1761. iEtat, 51," There are also several memorials on marble tablets of the family of Henty. West. Suss. vol. ii, p, 22, It appears from Bishop Bowyer's Visitation-book, that, in 1724, the number of families was 40. The registers commence in 1560. ANGMERING, EAST AND WEST. This extensive modern parish is in reality composed of three ancient ones, named East Ang mering, West Angmering, and Bargeham. The union of the three parishes took place after the suppression of the monasteries. The supei-ficial contents of the parish are 3640 statute acres, of t2 140 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel which about 400 are woodland, and the remainder nearly equally divided between pasture and arable. The boundaries are made by the adjoining parishes of Patching, Ferring, East Preston, Rusting ton, Poling, and Burpham. In 1831 the population was 928. A small stream intersects the parish. Of the landed proprietors the principal are the Duke of Norfolk, Captain George Richard Pechell, W. G. K. Gratwicke, Esq., Mr. George Cortis, and Mr. James Grant. The village, situate in the south part ofthe parish, is populous, and is distant from Little Hamp ton about three, from Arundel four, and from Worthing six miles. The road from Little Hampton to the western road passes through it. Angmeringtune was the demesne of King Alfred, and Avas bequeathed by him to his nephew Osferth. There are two manors called Angmare, described in the Norman survey, probably identical with East and West Angmering. One of them is represented as being held of the Earldom of Arundel by Warin, In the Saxon times it was the property of Earl Godwin. Anciently it was assessed at five hides, but when transferred to Earl Roger, one hide had been annexed to the territory of William de Bralose, in the rape of Bramber. The arable was two plough lands. The other manor is said to be held of the Earl by Goisfrid. Three freemen held it in the time of Edward the Confessor, when it was assessed at five hides ; subsequently one hide was included in the rape of William de Braiose. The arable was three plough lands.' At an early period of the Norman rule, the manors and churches of Steyning, Angmering, and Ecclesden, were granted by Hugh de Montgomeri, the son of Earl Roger, companion of the Conqueror, to the Abbey of Feschamp, In Normandy. The war with France induced Edward IV. to suppress the alien priories, and the revenues of this were granted to increase the endowment of the newly founded nunnery of Sion. When Henry VIII. became head of the English Church, the revenues of this establishment were regally appropriated, and ^vhen suffered to go out of royal keeping, the highly respectable faraily of Palmer became grantees. With this family the property continued for several generations. The Bysshopps of Parham, and the Shelleys of Michelgrove, purchased, at an early period, about 2700 acres of the Palmers. Upper Burpham farm was, in 1 772, sold by the executors of James Colebrooke, Esq., to Sir John Shelley, Bart,, by whom it was disposed of, in 1801, to Richard Walker, of Liverpool, whose son Richard Watt Walker sold it to Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk in 1828.^ Angmering Park, which lies chiefly in this parish, but extends into the adjoining ones of Rustington and Patching, forms a noble tract of sylvan beauty. The extent is considerable, and the variety of the surface, added to the vast amount of stately trees with which it is adorned, render It a fit appendtige to the ancient and magni ficent domain of Michelgrove, now belonging to the Duke of Norfolk. The site of the park is the south side of the hill, where the turf is smooth, and the beech trees of Immense size, commanding an extensive sea view, and a rich intervening country. It is a singularly beautiful and enchanting spot. The immense trees at the upper side of the park were, till lately, annually taken possession of, in the spring, by a very extensive colony of herons. About twenty-five years ago some very high trees, in which they had been used to build, in the park of Penshurst, In Kent, were cut down ; and in the following spring these trees were taken possession of, probably by those ejected tenants. The herons have now taken to some high trees in Parham Park, owing to some of the trees in Angmering Park being cut down, and have quite left their late buUding place. It Is very interesting to observe their early motions during the time of their Incubation. As Doomsday, ' West Suss. ii. 65. p. of Angmering.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 141 soon as the morning dawns they are seen to congregate, and soon divide themselves into three distinct bodies. One flight takes an eastern direction, and spreads itself along the course of the river Adur ; another takes the upper part of the Arun, and pursues its course towards the Wild Brooks at Amberley; the third and largest flock take a western direction ; and wbile some drop along the lower line of the Arun, others proceed to the Manhood, or perhaps to Haling Island. Although they start together they do not return in the same order, but singly, and at diflterent periods, according as they have been successful In the pursuit of food. Ecclesden, formerly given to the abbey of Feschamp, and afterwards transferred to the nunnery of Sion, was granted, at the dissolution, to Sir Edward Palmer, Knt. It Is now the property of Mr, James Grant. East Angmering descended from the Earls of Arundel to the family of Stopham, and subsequently to the progenitor of the knightly famUy ofthe Palmers, Robert Palmer of Steyning. In the reign of Charles I, Sir Thomas Bysshopp, of Henfield, purchased the manor and advowson, in whose family they have since continued. Sir Cecil Bysshopp, Bart,, who was summoned to Parliament In 1815, by the title of Baron Zouch of Harringworth, died in 1828, when this and his other property descended to his two daughters and co-heiresses, one of whom married Captain Pechell, who is now the proprietor of this estate. Bargeham, once a distinct parish, has, since the time of Elizabeth, been in the possession of the family of Gratwicke. William Gratwicke Kinleside Grat wicke, Esq. is now owner. The church of Bargeham had fallen to decay before the time of Elizabeth. Bishop Robert Sherburne founded the prebend of Bargeham in the Cathedral of Chichester. GRATWICKE. Arms. Or. three hurts, each charged 'with a fret of the field. Crest. An ostrich's head or. in the beak a, horse shoe ar. Pedigree. See Ilerry's Suss. Gen, pp 168, lG9i- Dall. West Suss, vol, ii. p. 69. The benefice is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Arundel, and valued in the king's books at 15Z, 9s. 2d. The glebe of the united parishes is thirty-seven acres. The present incumbent, the Rev. William Kinleside, has now enjoyed the living the extended period o( fifty-nine years. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, Is in the style of the fifteenth century. It consists of a nave and south aisle, with a low embattled tower at the west end. A carved escutcheon of the nunnery of Sion is over the entrance door, with the date Anno D'ni Milesimo Quingesimo Septimo ; from which it would appear that the tower at least was built in 1507, and doubtless at the expense of Sion convent. There are in the church several inscriptions to the families of Blaxton and Gratwicke. In 1679, William Older devised messuages and lands in East Angmering, now producing 120Z. per annum, to be applied to the instruction ofthe poor. He also gave 20*. per annum to the poor, and lOi. to the ministers ofthe parish for a sermon on the anniversary of his funeral, John Reid, Thomas Martin, and John Manning gave respectively the sums of 8/,, 5Z., and 20/., the interest to be applied to the poor. At the western confine of the parish, in removing a bank of earth, formerly a driftway to the neighbouring marshes, some sepulchral remains were discovered in February, 1819, whicli consisted of cinerary urns, four in number, containing half-burned bones and ashes, besides a few small vessels, such as pateree, fairly inscribed with Roman characters, two ampullae, and a small hexagonal urn of black earth, which are preserved in an entire state. A coin was likewise found, ren dered illegible by corrosion. In an adjoining field of eighteen acres, many fragments had been turned up by the plough, and had remained upon the surface after every ploughing. This circumstance induced a further investigation, and in April, 1819, a Roman bath was discovered, measuring eighteen feet by fifteen, together with a hypocaust and laconicum, or sudatory, with very extensive, and, in several parts, entire cloacae, arched above, and paved with large tiles at the bottom. Tlie foundations of the buildings extended the length "of 300 feet from the principal buildings or foundations. An ancestor of the knightly family of Palmer, mentioned in the preceding manorial descent, held lands in Sussex by grand serjeanty in the time of Henry IIL, pro vice custodiendi portas castri de Penvensel.* Testa de Nevil. 142 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Arundel His descendants settled at Steyning, Parham, and Angmering. Of these. Sir Edward Palmer, Knt., married Alice, one of the sisters and coheirs of Sir Richard Clement, of the Moat in Ightham, in Kent, and by her had three sons, born on three Sundays successively, who all lived to be eminent in their generation.^ AU three were knighted for their valour by King Henry VIII. Sir John, the eldest, had the paternal seat at Angmering, and was twice sheriflf of Surrey and Sussex. Sir Thomas, the youngest of the trine brothers, made his fortune at the court under Henry VIII. and Edward VI, ; but taking part with John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, in favour of the Lady Jane's title to the crown, he was, on the accession of lawless Mary, beheaded with the duke upon Tower Hill. Upon the scaflfold he boldly avowed his religion to be protestant. The second of the three brothers. Sir Henry Palmer, settled at Wingham, in Kent, where his family long continued to flourish. He followed the profession of arms, and much distinguished himself at Guisnes, in Picardy, as also at the taking of Boulogne, where he had his arm broken. In the defence of Guisnes he lost his life when more than seventy years of age.^ The registers commence in 1562. PALMER. Arms. Or. two bars gu. each charged with three trefoils, slipped, of the field, in chief .t Rrevhound courant, sa. Crest. A demi-panther. rampant, guardant, ar. semte of hurts, fire issuant from the mouth and ears ppr. support ing a palm branch lert, Quartenn, 1 " POLING. The extent of this parish is 900a. 2r. 23p.;'' of which 431 .Quarterly, per fesse, indented, ar, and gu. four aCrCS arC arable, 193 paStUrC aud meadoW, 206 AVOOd, the re- crescents counterchanged for Stopham, ^ y j ^ rnlnjwrte^ixes ""^""^ "'^ for weMe orwi^Tra! iiiaindcr furzc aud I'ough land, and land occupied by houses and It has Lyminster to the west, Rustington and 3. Az. a dexter hand and arm issuant from clouds on the sinister, fesse ways, and grasping a sinister hand, couped -n vpin i a<:iQ at the wrist, dropping blood, all ppr, for Oliver, pJ-ClUloCD. 4, Ar. a chev, sa, betw. three bats gu, for Batescomee, . . , ia 5. Ar. a saltier betw, four crosses pattee. fitch.!e,az. Ang-mering to thc south, Angmei'ing to the east and Anemenngr i>. Bendy of ten, or, and az, for Mountford, GO ^ o o O o Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p, 206, 7; Dall. West j TTT * j. a.1 j.1 mi 'Tt • T , , r suss,voi,i,p,53,ib,voi,ii,p.66, and Warningcamp to the north. Ihe village is distant from Arundel about three miles south-east. The population in 1831 was 202. In the Norman survey no account is given of this manor, although at an early period, 1244, the hundred and manor of Poling were, on the partition of the earldom of Arundel, granted to John Fitz Alan. It was after wards given to the college of Arundel. Subsequently it became part of the Michelgrove estate, and with it was purchased, in 1801, by Richard Walker, Esq., of Liverpool, whose son Richard Watt Walker, Esq. sold it to the Duke of Norfolk," in 1828. Part of a decoy is situate in Poling and part in Angmering. It was very productive forty or fifty years ago. This decoy had, for the last sixty years previous to 1828, been in the occupation of Dr. Knight, so called, who, in his younger days, used to travel the country to cure his Majesty's lieges of the scrofula. Of late years he was obliged to confine himself to patients residing in his house, and it was seldom that it was not full. Since the transfer of the Michelgrove property to the Duke of Norfolk, he removed to a larger and more commodious house in the neighbourhood. He died at the advanced age of ninety years. The decoy now belongs to the Duke of Norfolk, and has been put into thorough repair. The first was born on Whitsunday, the second ou Tri nity Sunday, and the third on the Sundav after. ' Colhns' Baronetage, 1720. ^ According to the Pari. Return, 790. * West Suss, ii, 60. p. of Li/minster.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 143 The house called New Place (but now converted into a residence for agricultural labourers), in which the three Palmers were born, is situated near the decoy, partly in the parish of Angmering, and partly in this parish. A brook rises at the decoy, and runs through and divides the parishes of Poling, Angmering, Rustington, Lyminster, &c., and falls into the Arun. This stream is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers. A commandery, formerly belonging to the Society of Knights of St. .John of Jerusalem, was founded in this parish. The chapel has been converted into a modern dwelling, near the spot where the annual fair is kept. It was formerly granted to the college of Arundel ; it is now annexed to the manorial property. The benefice is a vicarage, in the deanery of Arundel, rated in the Pope Nicholas and Nonse roll at 5/., in the king's books at lOZ. The great tithes, with those of the parish of Climping, were formerly given to the abbey of Almenasches in Normandy, and afterwards to the prioress of Lyminster. The bishop nominates, and Eton college presents. There are about two acres of glebe. The manse has been rebuilt by the present vicar, the Rev. WiUiam Kinleside, M, A, The church- is a neat structure, erected about the fifteenth century. Fragments of stained glass are in the windows, and the effigies of Walter Davy, vicar, is on the floor of the chancel in brass. In 1785, John Tilley bequeathed a rent-charge of 31. per annum, for teaching poor children. From 1640 to 1739, this parish received a yearly benefaction of 14/. 10,?., in pursuance of the will of Baron Hilton, of Hilton Castle, in Durham. In 1255, Isabella Mortimer was privately married in the ancient church of Poling to Robert de Hastings, Not having obtained the royal licence, her dower was escheated, but afterwards restored for a fine of 1000/.^ In the year 1816, an ancient British gold coin, supposed from the mints of Comobeline, was dug up in the garden of the farm-house near to the church. On the obverse is no devise ; on the reverse, a representation of the rude figure of a horse. The registers commence in 1653. LYMINSTER^ is bounded on the east by Angmering and Poling, on the west by the course of the Arun, north by Arundel, and south by Little Hampton. It contains 3230 acres, of Avhich about 1400 are pasture and brook land, and 1000 arable. The soil varies but little from that which generally prevails in the maritime district. In 1831 the population Avas 611. The village is situated near the centre of the parish, both of which are intersected by the road from Little Hampton to Arundel, from which it is distant two miles south. The principal landed proprietors are the Duke of Norfolk; the Earl of Surrey; Hugh Penfold, Esq., of Findon, nephew of the late Richard Wyatt, Esq, ; Mrs. Goring, of Wiston ; William Holmes, Esq. ; Thomas Duke ; and John Olliver, Gent. There was a small nunnery established here before the Norman conquest ; the abbess Edgwina is mentioned by the old historians as having been inveigled from her convent by Sweyn, the youngest son of Godwin, Earl of Kent, for which he was banished the kingdom. By whom it was founded is unknown ; but as King Alfred had property here, and in fact bequeathed " Lullingmynster" to his nephew Osferth, it is not improbable that it owed its origin to the patriot king, or some member of his family. An ahen priory of nuns, of the Benedictine order, was founded here upon the ruins of the Saxon establish ment, soon after the Conquest, by Roger de Montgomery, or one of his sons. It was made a cell to the nunnery of Almanesche, in Normandy. It shared the fate of the other alien priories, after the French war of Henry V., West Su.'rs, ii, 62, ^ Sancti Leonis Monasierium, Lolinminster, Leveminstre, Leominster, or Liminster. 144 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Arundel being seized by the Crown. The impropriate tithes were afterwards granted as part of the foundation of Eton college. No traces are left of the nunnery, indeed its site is built upon. A priory of Augustine canons was also established here at an early period. It was known as the priory of Pyneham, De Calceto, or the Causeway, probably because it was dedicated to St. Bartholomew, who was the tutelar saint or patron of hospitals or institutions, the object of which was a temporal benefit to the laity, parti cularly causeways and bridges. Adeliza, queen dowager of King Henry I., afterwards wife of WiUiam de Albini, Earl of Arundel, was the founder. The convent, which was dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was very small, as were its revenues. In 13 Edward III. they were excused paying fifteenths, in consequence of their great poverty. Cardinal Wolsey obtained from Pope Clement VII. a bull for its dissolution, together with thirty- eight other ofthe smaller monasteries, towards the foundation of his intended college in Oxford. On the disgrace of the cardinal, the property was resumed by the Crown, and afterwards granted to Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montacute, in 1607. Calceto, with its lands and dependencies, was purchased, in 1805, of William Stepben Poyntz, Esq., by Charles Duke of Norfolk, and is now a part of the estates settled upon the earldom and castle of Arundel.' The manor of Lolinminstre was held in demesne by Edward the Confessor, as after^vards by the Earl of Montgomery. It contained twenty hides, and was always exempt from the land-tax. The arable required forty-four ploughs to till It. There were four ploughs in the demesne, and sixty-eight villagers, with forty-three cottages, had forty ploughs. There was a church, a mill rendering 5s,, two salt-pans, eight acres of meadow, and a wood of thirty hogs. Fifty pounds were the value under the Saxon government, and at an intermediate estimate, and it was then appreciated at the same sum. Robert held of the Earl one hide in the same place. Azor held it, and it was exempt from the land-tax. There were six acres of meadow and sixty acres of pasture. Ten shillings were the ancient value, and it continued at such estimate.^ From the Earls of Arundel this manor descended to the family of Knights of Chawton, in Hampshire ; in the KNIGHT, possession of individuals inheriting or assuming the same name, it continued till ^fSar?'Sdt^mon"|u.°°''''°''^'"'''''"^' ^'^^^> when it was sold to Charles Goring, Esq. of Wiston, whose son is tha Fetlifn-ee. See Dall, West, Suss, vol, ii, p. ,'»3. „, present possessor. Wick or Court Wyke was held as a mesne-manor by the famihes of Apsley of Thakeham and Belingham, from the Powers, as the last named had from the Coverts in the reign of Edward III. After several alienations, in 1774, it became the property of Richard Wyatt, Gent., whose son, Richard Wyatt, Esq., left it to his widow for life; the reversion to Hugh Penfold, Esq., of Findon. Tottington is described in Doomsday under the' name of Totintune, in the hundred of Risberg, as is also the manor of Warnecham. The manor of Blake- hurst extends over Warningcamp, once a separate parish, but now consolidated with Lyminster, and in the northern division of the parish, bounded on the west by the Arun. It is now annexed to the demesnes of Arundel Castle. Batworth Park, situated on an eminence commanding a delightful view of the castle and domains of Arundel, is near the hamlet of Warningcamp. The lodge was rebuilt by Edward Duke of Norfolk. Barracks, now taken down, were erected on this hill in 1800. Haycross, near the village, surrounded with pleasure-grounds, is a pleasing and commodious residence, built by the late Robert Blake, Esq. Arundel Castle and Angmering Park, as seen from the house, form singularly interesting objects ; it noAV belongs to the Earl of Surrey. The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of BELLINGHAM. Aimit. Ar. three bugle horns, sa, garnished or, Cr^^t. A demi-stag, salient, ar, attired or, betw, two rose branches, each bearing a rose ppr. ^ Qmrtmt,,^. Ar. three bends gu. on a canton ot the last, a lion rampant, of the flrst Pedigref. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p, 1 911, , DaU, Vt est. Suss. vol. ii, p. 54. ' West Suss, ii, 59. Doomstlav, p. of Lyminster.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 145 Arundel, valued in the king's books at 91. Is. 3d. It was formerly appropriated to the nunnery of Lyminster, and the impropriate tithes are now annexed to Eton College, who present the vicar, being nominated by the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, has portions in the early Norman style, but of very coarse architecture. The chancel is large, and the tower, which is comparatively modern, has six musical bells. The font, standing on five columns, is Norman.' The parsonage-house, which adjoined the church-yard, is gone to decay, the foundations hardly pointing out the spot where it stood. Near the church Is a pond, about 60 feet In diameter and 20 feet deep, supplied from a never-faUing spring at the bottom. It is the most copious spring on the south side of the Downs, and is called the Knucker-hole.« The late Rev. Edmund Cartwright was, from 1824 tUl his death, vicar of Lyminster. The following memoir we extract from the Gentleman's Magazine : — " The Rev. Edmund Cartwright, M. A., F. S. A., Canon of Chichester, Rector of Earnley, Vicar of Lyminster, and Chaplain lo his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, was the only son of the Rev. Edmund Cartwright, D.D., F.R.S., Rector of Goadby Marwood, in Leicestershire, and a Prebendary of Lincoln. Dr. Cartwright was highly celebrated for his scientific inventions, particularly the power-loom, for which he received a Parliamentary grant of 10,000?, in 1810," He died in 1823, and was buried in Battle Church. For a memoir, see ante, vol. i. p. 532. The late celebrated and excellent Major Cartwright was his elder brother. " The Rev, E, Cartwright was in early life an otficer in the West York Militia, at the same time as the late Sir George Naylor, Garter King-at-Arms, and the present Mr, Howard of Corby. When quartered at Winchester, in 1796, he obtained permission to open some of the most ancient monuments in that cathedral : and communicated the result to Mr. Gough, who has printed the letter in the Introduction to the second volume of Sepulchral Monuments, pp. 337 — 340. He was also mentioned by the late Bishop Milner, in a letter printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for July, 1 797, as ' Captain Cartwright, a gentleman of approved taste and learning in the line of antiquities,' who was superintending the researches then making among the ruins of the castle at Winchester. " Shortly after Mr. Cartwright took holy orders ; and, it is believed, his first preferment was the rectory of Kilmington, in Nottinghamshire, which was in the gift of his father's family. In 1804, he was presented by the Duke of Norfolk to the rectory of Earnley, in this county, which he held until his death. In 1805 the same patron presented him to the rectory of Storrington in the same county, which he held till 1811. In 1820 he was presented by the late Lord de la Zouche to tbe rectory of Parham, which he exchanged. In 1823, with the Rev. George Palmer, for the vicarage of Lyminster. In the ' History of Western Sussex,' a work undertaken by the Rev. James Dallaway, pursuant to the will of the late Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Cartwright's name will be found particularly mentioned in speaking of the parish of Pulborough. The volume containing the History of the Rape of Bramber was compiled by Mr. Cartwright, and printed in 1830; it is unrivalled among the county histories for the number and splendour of its embellishments, aswell as valuable for its topographical information. He subsequently superintended a new edition of Mr. Dallaway's Rape of Arundel, the greater part of the first impression of which had been destroyed at the fire of Mr. Bensley's Printing Oflftce. " Mr, Cartwright was an occasional correspondent of the Gentleman's Magazine. Among his latest communications were the antiquarian remarks made during his last tour in Normandy, in vol. cii. " By his amiable manners, Mr. Cartwright was endeared to all who knew him : but his parishioners, in particular, will long retain a grateful recollection of his pastoral care and attention. His addresses from the pulpit were equally admired for the soundness of the doctrine they contained as for the persuasive and impressive manner In which they were delivered, and they were continued long after the effort became extremely detrimental to his declining health. A few weeks before his death, he oflSciated in the pulpit on the same day, both at Littlehampton and Lyminster, and administered the sacrament to a large body of communicants. His wasted ' West Suss. ii. 59. ' Ibid. 60. U VOL. II. 146 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel appearance, combining with the earnestness and energy of his discourse, made a- deep impression on his affectionate auditory, who listened with almost breathless anxiety to catch the -last thrilhng accents of that melodious voice which was so soon to be for ever silent. " Mr, Cartwright was twice married. His first wife was the daughter of John Wombwell, Esq. , of Pall Mall, died Feb, I4th, 1796. His second wife, who was the daughter of the Rev. Edward Tredcroft, rector of Pulborough, survives him, with three sons ; the eldest is Adjutant of the 23rd regiment of Native Infantry, Bombay; the second a midshipman on board H.M. S. the Rattlesnake, Captain Graham; and the third, intended also for the Navy, is at Dr. Burney's Naval Academy, Gosport. Hugh, his fourth son, died at the age of seventeen, 13th February, 1831." Tlie following inscription is oa the altar-torab erected to his memory iu Little Hampton Chm-ch-yard : — " Here rest the mortal remains of Edmund Cartwright, M, A., F.A, S,, Rector of Earnley, Vicar of Lyminster, and Prebendary of Chichester in this county. He was born at Marnham, in Nottinghamshire, on the 2nd Dec. 1773 ; and died at this place the 18th of March, 1833, The gentleness of his deportment, the kindness of his disposition, his rare mental endowments, and, above all, the exemplary manner in which he performed his pastoral duties, endeared hira to every class of the community. His afflicted Widow consecrates this brief tribute of affection to his beloved and lamented memory." The registers commence only in 1 754. BURPHAM, Or Burgham, lies west of the parish of Angmering ; the river Arun forms its western limit ; to the north are North Stoke and Amberley, and to the south the tithing of Warningcamp. It contains 3150 acres of arable, pasture, down, and woodland; of the former more than 1000 acres, of the latter 285 ; 885 acres are woodland. The principal landed proprietors are the Duke of Norfolk and Mr. Dennett Hersee. The village is situate a little distance frora the banks of the Arun, and about three miles north east from Arundel. Wepham and Pipering are hamlets nearly adjoining. The population in 1831 was 273. Bercheham, in Doomsday Book, is said to have been held of Roger Montgomery by Roger, whose sub-tenant was Alward ; Lewin held it of King Edward. It had always been assessed at five hides, and the estimated value was 8/. The arable required four ploughs. There was a church, ten ministers, eight acres of meadow, and a wood of three hogs.' Towards the close of the seventeenth century it was held by Thomas Country, Gent,, and disposed of by his heirs in 1724 to Richard Holmes, Esq. By marriage it passed to the family of Goble. Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk, purchased it of Mary Magdelene Goble, about the year 1815. Wepham is stated in Doomsday to have been rated at eight hides; to have been valued, in the time of Edward the Confessor, at 81., subsequently at 9Z., and when transferred to Earl Roger at lOl. Picot held it of the Earl.^ It is part of the settled estate of the Duke of Norfolk ; as is also the manor of Pipering. The benefice is a vicarage in the Archdeaconry of Chichester and Deanery of Arundel, rated in the King's books at 71. 12s. 6d. It is in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. It is endowed with 2001. private benefaction, and 2001. royal bounty. There are twelve acres of glebe. The church is probably the same as the one mentioned in Doomsday. It is certainly in the early Norman style of architecture, but has undergone many and considerable repairs. It consists of a chancel of the time of Edward I., a nave, and a plain tower ; the south aisle is now down, but the pillars and arches which divided it from the nave are stUl existing. There are a few inscriptions for the families of Holmes and Goble. It has a small parsonage-house, now inhabited by labourers. Near the church Is an entrenchment of considerable height, and many yards in extent; its origin is, however, unknown. The registers commence in 1653. ' Doomsday. p. of North Stoke.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 147 NORTH STOKE. This small parish, situated, as its name denotes, to the north of the Stoke, described in Avisford Hundred, does not exceed 860 acres in extent ; of Avhich a little more than half are arable and woodland ; 280 acres are pasture, and the rest down. The soil is of course various, from the rich marsh land to the comparatively sterile chalk. The tortuous channel of the river Arun forms its boundary to the west, and partly to the north and south; Amberley is on the east. In 1831 the population did not exceed 86. The manorial estate extends over the whole parish, and is the property of the Earl of Egremont. The manor is thus described in Doorasday Book : — " Rainald holds Stoches of the earl ; Brixi held It of King Edward. It has constantly been assessed at eight hides. The arable is seven plough-lands. There are three ploughs in the demesne, and sixteen vUIalns with sixteen cottages have four ploughs. Here is a church, five ministers, and two fisheries of ten pence. In the time of the Confessor, and subsequently, it was valued at 20?., and at such sum it is now estimated. Roger holds Bercheham of the earl, and Alward is his sub-tenant." ^ By the attainder of PhUip Earl of Arundel, the manor became escheated to the crown. A grant of it was however obtained by Thomas Lord Howard of Walden, brother to the above, in 1602. A few years after it was the property of John Stansfield, whose grandson, the celebrated John Evelyn, inherited it. In 1776 it was purchased of Wilham Jolhffe, Esq. by George O'Brien Earl of Egremont. The living is vicarial without institution, or a perpetual curacy, in the deanery of Arundel, valued in the king's books at 51. 14s. 4Jd. The Earl of Egremont is patron. It is endowed with 6001. royal bounty, and 400/, parlia mentary grant. There is neither manse nor glebe. The present incumbent is the Rev. Richard Willis, M.A. The church has a transept, and low tower in the centre, but contains nothing requiring remark, except that it has three arcades in the chancel, with seats in them. Upon the edge of a steep natural acclivity called Carap-hill, at a short distance east of the village, may be traced the remains of an ancient earth-work, now much levelled by the plough. In the spring ofthe present year (1834), as some workmen were deepening a sewer ditch 150 yards from the river Arun, on a farm belonging to the Earl of Egremont in this parish, they discovered, at a depth of six feet below the present level of the adjoining fields, an ancient British boat called CW CH., formed of the hollowed trunk of a single oak tree, like an Indian canoe. It measured 34 ft. 6 in. in length, and 4 ft. 6 in. in width at the centre, but tapering towards each end, — at the stern being only 3ft. 6 in., and at the stem 2ft. Sin. wide; the depth was 2 ft. 6 in. in the centre, 2 ft. at the stern, and I ft. at the stem : there were three partitions, which served the double purpose of seats and supports to the sides. It was removed by the noble earl to Petworth, and has since been presented by him to the British Museum. The registers commence in 1678. HUNDRED OF BURY. This hundred contains the following parishes, viz.: — Houghton, Buiy, Bignor, Cold- Waltham, Hardham, Coates, Fittleworth, and Wisborough Green. It is situated near the centre of the rape, and is bounded on the east by the hundred of West ' Hen. and Wilk. Trans. Dooms. 175. u2 148 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel Eastwith, on the south by the town of Arundel, on the west by the rape of Chichester and the hundred of Rotherbridge, and on the north by the hundreds of West Eastwith and Rotherbridge, and comprises 17,670 acres. HOUGHTON. The eastern boundary of this parish is the river Arun, which separates it from Amberley and North Stoke, the western is Madehurst, on the north is Bury, and on the south Arundel. It contains 1630 acres, of which 1100 are down, plantation, and wood, formerly forming part of Arundel or Houghton forest ; and of these, 250 acres are inclosed within Arundel new park.^ The village is situate in the vale through which the Arun flows, and at a short distance from its northern bank. The roads from Chichester, as also the new magnificent one from Arundel over Bury hill to Storrington, pass through it. From Arundel it is four miles distant. The number of inhabitants in the parish in 1831 was 174. The landed property belongs chiefly or altogether to the Duke of Norfolk. Doomsday is silent as to this manor, probably in consequence of its being attached fo the larger lordship of Amberley. It was, in the Saxon limes, given to the see of Selsey by Edilwalch, or rather to Wilfrid, in antici pation of his founding that episcopal dignity ; it has since continued the property of that see. In 1 8 10, the Bishop of Chichester sold to Charles Duke of Norfolk "his part of Houghton Forest, the parsonage of Houghton, his chalk-pit in Houghton, and three copyhold estates in Houghton within his manor of Amberley. "^ The forest of Houghton was formerly furnished with deer for the supply of the bishop's household at Amberley, as appears from a royal warrant quoted by Mr. Dallaway.' The living is a chapelry united to the vicarage of Amberley. The chapel is small and ancient, and contains a slab of Sussex marble, inlaid with a brass, inscribed — " Hic jacet Thomas Cheyne, Arm', qui obiit xiij die Augusti, anno-D'ni mill'mo cccclxxxvj, et Anna uxor ej's, quorum an'abus p'picietur Deus. Amen," The bridge is of great antiquity. In 1440 it wa^s rebuilt by Bishop Praty, as forming an indispensable communication with the episcopal castle at Amberley. On the reparation of the bridge in 1478, an indulgence of forty days was granted to all who might contribute to it. It has since been enlarged. The registers commence in 1560. BURY. South-east of Bignor is the parish of Bury, considerable in extent, fertile in its productions, and varied in its general character. It is bounded on the south by Houghton, and the serpentine course of the river Arun separates it on the east from Amberley and Cold- Wai tham. It contains 3340 acres of arable, pasture, down, and common land, of which about 2000 are in cultivation. The population in 1831 was 547. The village is scattered and pleasantly situate at the foot of Bury hill, on the banks of the Arun, which hence winds its course between the opposing downs to Arundel, and thence in a less sinuous direction to the sea. The passage of the river between the downs is so intricate as frequently to occasion, in winter, extensive inundations, the whole level forraing one great lake of upwards of a thousand acres extent, bounded to the east only by the noble ruins of Araberley. ' West Suss. ii. 218. ' Ibid. » Ibid. note. p. of Bignor.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 149 Bury Hill, forming the southern division of this parish, is an elevated portion of the range of doAvns, which here bend in a semicircle, from west to south. Frora the summit of this hill the scenery is in the highest degree interesting and various ; westward, the finely- undulated and well- wooded Dale Park presents itself, and beyond is the tall spire of the cathedral of Chichester ; east ward, Amberley Down, bearing a striking resemblance to the cliff" range of downs near Lewes ; Parham Park, Wiggenholt, and the high ground of Fittleworth, form the eastern and northern distances ; whilst the Arun, winding through the vale, gives richness and beauty to the wealden scenery. In the great Norman survey Berie is described as having been held of the Confessor and afterwards of the Countess Goda, by the Abbot of Fescamp, in Normandy, when it was rated at sixteen hides. At the transference it was cleared for twelve. The arable was sixteen plough lands or carucates. There were two ploughs in the demesne, and forty-eight villains with twenty-three cottars had eighteen. There was a church, thirty acres of meadow, a wood affording pannage for 280 hogs, of which the lord had forty, and a fishery. In the reign of the Confessor, and subsequently, it was valued at 121. ; when Doomsday was compiled, at 241.^ The manor continued to be held by the Abbey of Fescamp till 1392, when Richard Earl of Arundel, by will, directed it to be purchased towards the foun dation of his college of Arundel. His will was complied with, and the lordship remained with the college till the dissolution of monasteries. The manorial jurisdiction is very extensive, containing 5500 acres, of which 3500 are in cultivation. The lordship is now annexed to the castle of Arundel, and is the property of the Duke of Norfolk.^ A family of the name of Higgens were lessees of this principal estate and manor for four generations. The manor of West Burton is not mentioned in Doomsday, unless Bertredlone, in Silletone hundred, be the same, which we can scarcely believe. The family of Cooke, as mesne lords, established themselves here in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The estate is now held by the heirs of Clement Upperton, Gent. 6 6 <3 (j 6 d & HlGGENS- The benefice is a prebendal rectorv, in the deanery of Arundel, and rated in Arms. Ar, gutwe de poix, on a fesse sa, ihree .,¦!., w, _ _ , towers of the field, the kine's books at 13^ 6s. 8d. The vicarage is valued in tbe same at 71. os. od- crest, out of a tower gu, » uon, rampant, o c issuant, ar. The prebendary is patron; and the present incumbent is the Rev. J. Cobb ,, EnSn"an ?lk-moUn^sl!° °^ '''te m,i.i,. . , , , 1 T-» /-(I 1 /->( Tiyr A fni T • 1 1 2. Per pale az, and gu, three lions, rampant, ar. Whicker; the prebendary, the Rev. Charles Gray, M. A. Ihe living tias been s. or, a saltier sa. betw. four gutties, de sang, ^ "^ •' ° a bordure, engr, of the second. endowed with 6001. private benefaction; 8001. royal bounty; and 300?. par- ^^Ssui^vofu! p, Iw!' "^^^ ^' ''" ''^"' Ilamentary grant. The church consists of a nave, north aisle, and chancel, a tower, and shingled spire. The arms of Richard Earl of Arundel, who purchased the manor of the Abbey of Fescamp, are in the north window. The registers commence in 1560. BIGNOR. This parish contains 1 180 acres, of which nearly 600 are down and woodland, the remainder arable and pasture. The soil varies from the chalk of the downs to the clay of the weald. The belt of rich and stiff" loam under the downs crosses the parish. Its boundaries are made by Bury on the east, Sutton on the west, Coates on the north, and Houghton on the south. The tything of Doomsday, 17, a. 2 ' West Suss. ii. 266. 150 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [iJ. of Arundel Budington is disjoined from the rest of the parish, and lies adjacent to Easebourne. It contains 190 acres. ^ The village is extremely small ; and is distant from Arundel about seven miles, and from Petworth six. The population in 1831 did not exceed 130. The principal landed proprietors are Anne Countess Dowager of Newburgh, who holds the manor, and John Hawkins, Esq. of Bignor Park. The manor of Bigenure is stated in the great Norman Survey to have been held of Earl Roger by Robert. Three freemen held it in the reign of tbe Confessor. It had constantly been assessed at four hides; the arable required three ploughs. There were two in the demesne, and nine viUains, with five cottagers, had two ploughs. There was a church, two mills of 28,9., a quarry for miU-stones 4s, ; two ministers, two acres of meadow, and a wood producing pannage for three hogs (which the custom of the country awarded to the lord out of the 21 kept by the tenants). In the reign of the Confessor it was valued at 31, subsequently at 40s., and at the Survey at 4^.2 The manor descended with the Earldom of Arundel ; and in 1448, John Earl of Arundel was in possession of the manor of Bignevre, with its members, namely, Racton, Rogate, Ertham, Medehone, and Madehurst, and the park of Madehone. In 33 Henry VIII. it was exchanged with WiUiam Earl of Arundel, for Michelham Priory, and thus became vested in the crown. Subsequently it became the property of John Lord Lumley, whose son-in-law sold it to Henry Kempe, Esq., of Slindon, with which property it has since passed to the Countess of Newburgh.^ Bignor Park, originally an appendage to the Castle of Arundel, and used for fatting deer driven in frora the forest of Arundel, occurs in records as early as the date of Henry III. The park was detached from the manor, when the compulsory exchanges above-mentioned took place with PELLATT, Henry VIII. In 1584 it was sold by John Lord Lumley to William Arms, Ar.twobarssa. on the first a bezant. •' j - '^'riheVexL'pTw^'Si.l^aSfSct'S'ppr! Tyrwhltt, Esq. ; afterwards Richard Pellatt of Steyning, became the Pedigree, See Berry's Suss, Gen. p, 177. Dall, . i. ¦.¦i ¦. i -i • , • t r/l ct .i. TVT" 1. 1 West Suss, vol, ii, p. 248, proprictor, whose lineal descendant sold it m 171'^ to iXicholas Turner, Esq. In 1806 it was purchased by John Hawkins, Esq., only surviving brother to Sir HAWKINS, Christopher Hawkins, Bart., of Trewithen, in Cornwall,* the present Arms. Ar, on a saltier sa, five fleurs-de-lis or, ¦*¦ Crest. A demi-fakon, wings elevated, charged _,.„_„;„f„,. with two bendlets, collared. pi OpriB lOl . The present spacious and handsome structure was begun in 1826. It stands on the site of the old house, which was built in 1632. The situation is one of singular beauty, commanding rich and extensive views in almost every direction. The sweep of the South Downs is in this district particularly lofty, and the northern front extremely precipitous. The scenery of the Weald is from this delightful abode unusually varied and striking. The admired and lamented Charlotte Smith was a frequent resident here. She was the eldest daughter of Nicholas Turner of Bignor Park, and Stoke, near Guildford ; and though born in London, yet much of her time was spent in Sussex, and as her volume of " Elegiac Sonnets," her first publication, was dated from this place, we may be allowed to class her amongst the Sussex worthies. She was early married to Mr. Smith, a partner with her father, in London, as a West India merchant, and by whom she had eight children. In 1780, he served the ofiice of high-sheriff of Hampshire, whither he had retired from London, and entered extensively in farming speculations. These entirely failed, and from a state of opulence he was reduced to absolute want. In this melancholy situation he was not abandoned by his wife, who appears to have clung to him in his fallen fortunes, with a devotedness of unsevering affection, and to have dedicated her talents to the support of her husband and ' West Suss. ii. 246. * Doomsday. ° West Suss. ii. 247. ¦• Ibid. 248. p. of Cold-Waltham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 151 family. The approbation which her small volume of Sonnets met with encouraged her to proceed in her literary labours. She resided now with her family principaUy in ^Sussex, and in great retirement, at Bicrno Park, at Woolbeding, and at Storrington. She published a second volume of Sonnets, as also numerous poetical scraps. Her poetical productions, though tinged with the melancholy naturally occasioned by her misfortunes, are, for the most part, elegant effusions of true genius, exhibiting much poetic talent and genuine pathos. It Is, however, as a writer of novels that she is principally known. Of these the principal are her " Romance of Real Life," " Emmeline," " Desmond," " Marchmont," " Celestina," " Old Manor House," &c. In the course of twenty-two years she published 38 volumes of poetry and prose. Her longest poem, in blank verse, called Beachy Head, she did not live to finish. It has been since published with other poems. Affliction foUowed her even into her retirement, and the latter years of her life were embittered with domestic sorrow, and the constant privations incidental to a ruined fortune. She died at Thetford, near Farnham, in tbe year 1806, surviving her unfortunate and perhaps improvident husband only a few months. The following beautiful sonnet to her favourite river is a favourable specimen of her style : — TO THE RIVER ARUN. On thy wild banks, by frequent torrents worn, No glittering fanes nor marble domes appear ; Yet shall the mournful muse thy course adorn. And still to her thy rustic waves be dear ! For with the infant Otway lingering here, Of early woes she bade her votary dream. While thy low murmurs sooth'd his pensive ear. And still the poet consecrates the stream. Beneath the oak and beech that fringe thy side. The first-born violets of the year shall spring ; And in thy hazels, bending o'er thy tide, The earliest nightingale delight to sing : While kindred spirits, pitying, shall relate Thy Otway's sorrows, and lament his fate. The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Medhurst, rated in Liber Regis at 81. 3s. 6Jd. The advowson was formerly given to the monks of Lewes Priory. It is now in the patronage of the Earl of Egremont. The Church is a small uninteresting edifice of the usual Sussex style. In the north aisle was a chantry with a small revenue, the latter now enjoyed by the dean and chapter of Chichester. A long Latin inscription to the memory of Thomas Sefton graces tbe interior. " Within half a mile of the village of Bignor runs a Roman road, very distinctly marked, leading from Chichester, by way of Pulborough (where it crosses the river Arun) to Dorking, and from thence to London. On this road there was great reason to expect some traces of a Roman station, about JBignor, as Richard of Cirencester, in his fifteenth Iter, next after Regnum, proceeding eastward, introduces a station, which he terms " Ad decimum," not noticed in the Itinerary of Antonine ; and Bignor is by the Roman road about ten miles distant from Chichester, the Regnum of the Romans." No Roman remains had, however, been noticed near this place till the year 1811, when splendid Mosaic pavements, paths, porticos, and sudatories were discovered. For a further description of these interesting classical remains, we must refer the reader to vol. i. pp. 54 — 56. The Roraan road, in view of these magnificent relics of antiquity, and not raore than half a mile from them, in an oblique direction, descends the northern acclivity of the Downs, which here rise to an imposing elevation, partly clothed with underwood, and partly raising their naked rounded summits towards the clouds. The course ofthe road leaves the pavement, &c. at a short distance to the north-west. The registers comraence in 1556. COLD-WALTHAM. Of this parish there is but little to be said. It is small, and, as its name imports, in a bleak situation. Its boundaries are made by the river Arun on the south, by the river Rother on the north, east by Hardham and Greatham, and west by Coates and Bignor. Of the 1230 acres that 152 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [/2. of Arundel it contains, more than half are in tillage; 100 acres, out of 150 of woodland, are in Waltham Park. The village is seven miles north from Arundel, and five and a half south-east from Petworth. The population ofthe parish in 1831 was 449. The London road from Arundel, joining the Roman road in this district, passes through the parish. Two Walthams are mentioned in Doomsday, under the hundred of Bosgrave. We must refer the reader to Upper Waltham, in the hundred of Box and Stockbridge, and rape of Chichester, for the description, Waltham formed part of the ancient possessions of the See of Chichester. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535, Waltham stands at 29Z. 2s. 2d., and reprisals 31. 10s. It is now held in lease by Henry John Lord Selsey. Watersfield is a hamlet south-west of the village. " The line ofthe Roman road from Bognor to Pulborough has been satisfactorily traced near this hamlet; and in 1815, a vessel of coarse pottery was broken by a labourer, which contamed about 1700 of third brass, ofthe coinage ofthe age of Gallienus and his immediate successors."' The benefice is a vicarage annexed with that of Fittleworth, in the deanery of Midhurst. It Is in the patron age of the Bishop of Chichester. It has six times received Queen Anne's Bounty, making from this source an endowment of 1200^. The present Incumbent, is the Rev. Robert Tredcroft, M.A. The church is small, consisting of a nave, chancel, and a square tower. Fragments of painted glass are in the chancel window. The registers commence in 1594. HARDHAM, Called, in Doomsday, Heriedeham, is surrounded on the north, east, and south, by the river Arun, and on the west by the parish of Cold- Waltham. Its extent does not exceed 680 acres. The lands bordering on the streara are in the highest degree fertile. The village, situated near the centre of the parish, is about six and a half miles south-east from Petworth, and seven and a half north-east by north from Arundel. The population in 1831 was 134. Of the manor of Heriedeham an account is given in Doomsday. In the time of the Confessor, Godwin, a freeman, held it ; and Robert held it of Earl Montgomery. At both periods it v^as rated at five hides. The arable was four plough-lands. There were three fisheries, fifteen acres of meadow, and a wood of three hogs. Ivo held three rood lands of Robert. In the Confessor's time it was valued at 41., afterwards at 21., and at the survey at lOOs.^ At an early period, John Dawtrey, or De Alta Ripa, was the proprietor. From the Goring family, by whom the manor was long possessed, it was aliened to Nicholas Turner, Esq. of Bignor Park. Edward Carter, Esq. of Portsmouth, is the present proprietor. Herlngham Priory, a small establishment for Black Canons of the order of St. Augustine, was founded here in the reign of Henry II,, by Sir William Dawtrey. Sir William Paynell augmented the establishment in the reign of DE ALTA RIPA, or DAWTRY. Arms. Az. five fusils, in fesse, ar. Crest. A unicorn, passant, ar, p. of Petworth.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 177 which until that time had been very rarely inhabited by the family, and spent the evening of his days In splendid retirement. He died in 1632, aged seventy. 17. Algernon Percy, his son, succeeded as tenth Earl of Northumberland. After filling some ofthe highest oflices in the state, on the breaking out of the civil war he sided with the Parliamentary forces. On the death of the King he retired for several years from public life to his estate at Petworth. On the Restoration of 1660, he was constituted Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. He died in 1668, when, 18. Josceline Percy, his son, by Lady Elizabeth Howard, succeeded as eleventh Earl of Northumberland. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum ofthe county of Sussex. In 1760, during a tour on the continent, he died at Turin, and was brought to Petworth for interment. Upon his demise the earldom of Northumberland became extinct. Lady Elizabeth Percy, his only daughter, and heir of his vast possessions, married, In 1679, first, Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle, eldest son of the Duke of Newcastle, who died in 1680 ; secondly, she was affianced to Thomas Thynne, Esq., of Longleat, who was assassinated by ruffians hired by Count Coningsmark, who aspired to an alliance with the wealthy Countess ; and, thirdly, she was married to Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset, by whom she had six children, of whom only two left issue, Algernon, the seventh Duke of Somerset, and Catherine. Elizabeth, the only daughter of Algernon, married Sir Hugh Smithson, Bart., who took his seat as Earl of Northumberland 1749-50, and was created Duke of Northumberland in 1766. Catherine, the daughter of Charles Duke of Somerset, married Sir WiUiam Wyndham, third Bart, of Orchard Wyndham, in the county of Somerset, whose son. Sir Charles Wyndham, fourth Bart., succeeded as Earl of Egremont in 1746-50, Secretary of State 1761, and Lord Lieutenant of Sussex in 1762. He died in the following year, and was suc ceeded by his son, the present noble proprietor of Petworth. George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, Baron Cockermouth, and a Baronet, F.R.S. and S.A. Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. The great Percy estates, which devolved to Elizabeth Baroness Percy, heiress > of the last Earl of Northumberland, became eventually divided between her son's daughter and her daughter's son : which two branches were the only descendants of the Percy family. To the latter of them the Petworth estates were assigned. In 1309 a license was granted to Henry de Percy, Lord of Petworth, " crenel landi domum suam de Petworth," ^ to embattle his house at Petworth. The site of the castellated building is not now positively known. King Edward VI. was entertained there during five days in the year 1 551. Considerable alterations and enlargements were made to the ancient edifice by the eighth Earl of North- ° J & " WYNDHAM, Earl of Egremont. umberland; and- between 1576 and 1582, he expended thereon not less than Arms, az, a chev, betw. three lions- heads. erased, or. 4126Z, 9s. 8d.^ Fuller states that " the house of the Earls of Northumberland is '^^f"; a "on's head erased, or, within a fetter- ^*i^ A^ lQ(,jt Qf tjje last^ tijg bow-compony, counter- most famous for a stately stable, the best of any subject's in Christendom, as It s;S^rt™/Dexter'!a^on, rampant, az. winged ™..,..„, , -in 1 or. sinister a grifhn ar, gutt^e-de-sang. attords standing in state tor three-score horses, with all necessarv accommodation. ^ ^°«»- Aubon droit, to the best right, ^ •' Pedigree. See Collins's Peerage, vol. v, p. 203. The ninth and tenth Earls of Northumberland resided here in princely state. A new front was built to the old house by Charles Duke of Somerset," who married the sole heiress of the Earls of Northumberland. Several alterations have been made by the present noble possessor. The frontage is 322 feet, and the height to the parapet 62. It is of freestone ; the casings of the windows, and the centre arch, are of Portland stone, and forming one unbroken range, having twenty-one windows in each of the three stories. The interior arrangements are of proportionable size. They are remarkable for magnificence and elegance, all ' Rot. Pat, 2d Edit. ii. p. 2, m. 19. ' Fuller's Worthies, p. 100, 2a ' Bur. MSS. West Suss. ii. 316, note. West Suss. ii. 316. VOL. II. 178 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jR. of Arundel the principal apartments being adorned with productions of the first-rate artists. Especially is Petworth House remarkable for the most complete collection of the exquisite carvings in wood of Grinhng Gibbons. A state apartment; sixty feet by twenty-four, and twenty In height (originally two distinct apartments), is profusely deco- Tated with festoons of flowers j and dead game in the highest perfection and preservation. " Appendant to one is a vase with a bas relief of the purest taste, and worthy the Grecian age of cameos. Selden, one of his disciples and assistants — for what one hand could execute such plenty of laborious productions ? — lost his life in saving this carving."^ The chapel of the old house was preserved. It was handsomely fitted up, and profusely enriched with armorial bearings of stained glass in the windows, and emblazoned against the wallsi On the ceiling ofthe great staircase is the story of Pandora and Prometheus. " On the side walls is the life of Elizabeth Duchess of Somerset, allegorlcally represented by many figures, and alluding to her being the last of her family, her auspi cious marriage, and her children, who are introduced attending a triumphal car." ^ The park wall is about twelve miles in circumfeirence. The enclosure Is beautifully undulated, and graced Tvith trees of the noblest growth. In the front of the mansion is a sheet of water of considerable extent. The ¦views which the park commands of the downs of Surrey and Sussex, and the Intervening scenery, are of singular heauty and grandeur. " The greatest improvement that I know undertaken in this county has been effected at the Stag Park at Petworth, some years ago, by. the Earl of Egremont. Previously to its being improved, it was an entire forest scene, overspread with bushes^ furze, some timber, and rubbish, of no kind of use, if we except a few miserable and ragged young stock which it annually reared ; and would not have let for more than 4s,, or, at most, 5s. per acre. The undertaking of converting between 700 and SOD acres of land was an exertion to be expected only from an animated and enlightened improver. It was begun about six teen or seventeen years ago : the timber sold, the underwood grubbed and burned into charcoal upon the spot, and every part of the park has been since drained in the most effectual manner ; the whole of it enclosed, and divided into proper fields, and planted regularly with white thorn, all of which has been trained in the neatest manner. All the crops upon the ground suc ceed each other in a system of correct cultivation, and so luxuriant, that few tracts of 20s. or 30s. per acre can be said to be more productive. Extraordinary fine crops of wheat and oats are raised, as high as five quarters ofthe one, and ten quarters ofthe other. Fine crops of barley and tares, and vast ones of turnips and artificial grasses — clover, ray, chicory, rib, &c., in great profusion. " It is thoroughly well stocked with Sussex, Devonshire, and Herefordshire cattle; flocks and fatting sheep ofthe South down and Spanish breed, Leicester and Romney. The whole of it is a garden." ° We have already mentioned that King Edward VI., in one of his progresses, made Petworth his sojourn for •some days. Charles King of Spain, afterwards the Emperor Charles VL, spent several days here in his way to and from Portsmouth, in 1703.'' The last royal visit was on the 24th of June, 1814, when George IV., then Prince Regent of England, Alexander Emperor of Russia, the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg his sister, Frederick King of Prussia, and his son the Prince, afterwards King of Wlrtemberg, who married the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, with their respective suites, visited the Earl of Egremont at Petworth. They spent one day here. A picture descriptive of this royal interview was painted by Thomas Phillips, R.A., and now adorns the library.* Of the splendid collection of paintings and sculpture preserved at Petworth, Mr. Dallaway has given a long- account. It is, however, exceedingly incorrect ; and although we are desirous that the reader should know " the wealth of art " which Petworth cherishes, we regret that we have not been able to complete an accurate catalogue.^ » Walpole's Anec, iii. 149. West Suss. ii. 317. * West Suss. ii. 317. = Young's Ag. of Suss. p. 188. ¦•An interesting letter, extracted from "Annals ofthe Reign of Queen Anne," is given in " Western Sussex," vol. ii. p. 329, giving a narration of the King of Spain's Teception at Petworth, &c. We regret that our limits will not allow us to insert it. * In " Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer" (London, 1810), bythe Rev. Henry J. Todd, is the following notice of a beautiful copy of Chaucer's •' Canterbury Tales," at Lord Egremont^s: — *' This beautiful manuscript is in folio, illuminated and ©n vellum, and is in the possession of the Eari of Egremont, by whom I have, been obligingly indulged with the examina tion of it. The tales are given in the following order : — [Then follow the names or titles of the tales ;] after which, ' Here endep j?e boke of jetalys of Canterbury, compiled by Geffray Chaucer, on whoos soul Jhu crist have mercy. Amen,' Underneath which words are the arms of Percy, with other bearings in the shield, encircled by the garter, on one side of which is the letter H., on the other P., which were intended to designate, as I conceive, the original owner, the celebrated Henry Percy. This manuscript, on account of its age, of the attention with which it appears to have been written, of tbe care with which it has been preserved, and its various readings, is entitled to the admiration, as Well as the nicest examination of the future editor of Chaucer." p. af Petworth.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 179 There are four subordinate manors within, or extending into, the parish of Petworth, viz., Byworth and Warningcamp, belonging to the Duke of Norfolk. Palingham, Bosham, Buck/old, and Moore. The last was the estate and ancient residence of the knightly family of Dawtrey, or De Alta Ripa. It was purchased of Dr. R. Watson, Bishop of Llandaflf, in 1786, by the Earl of Egremont. Newgrove' belongs to the same nobleman. The benefice Is a rectoi-y in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 41?. IOj. 5d. The Earl of Egremont is patron, and the present incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Sockett, M.A. Amongst the incumbents of this church occurs the name of Francis Cheynell, D.D., the able but bigoted opponent of the immortal Chillingworth. His fanatical and persecuting spirit was fully evinced at the funeral of that great man. See the account of Chichester, p. II of this volufaie. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, was erected apparently about the time of Henry VII. It is a cruciform structure, in the decorated style. The tower which occupies the south transept, formerly having a leaden spire, was taken down in 1800, when pinnacles were substituted. The north transept was rebuilt by the Earl of Northumberland when Petworth became the residence of that family. Adjoining the chancel is a large sepulchral chapel, originally dedicated to St. Thomas A Becket. There sleep some of the Percies. The chapel is now laid open and pewed. The church has recently undergone great additions and improvements : a lofty spire (180 feet high) has been erected, the interior new pewed and embellished, the whole at an expense of 15,000?., the princely donation of the truly munificent nobleman, the present Earl of Egremont, whose name is associated with almost every Institution of the county of which the object is to increase the sum of human. 'happiness.^ Since the repairs and enlargement of the church the burial-ground has been laid out with considerable taste. The sepulchral mounds' have been levelled, a green sward covers the surface, and evergreens, flowering shrubs, and gay flowers present themselves in diversified groups. But the chiefest ornament is an aged and widely- spreading horse-chestnut tree, the admiration of every visitdr. This pride of the place has at various periods undergone severe mutilations, but still it remains in its pride of beauty. In the chapel .of St. Thomjs is an anoient table tomb, with a mural tablet of Purbeck marble defaced, erected to the family of Dawtrey. Another has the effigies of a man in armour kneeling, and that of a woman opposite to him in the same position. It was erected for Sir Joha Dawtrey, who died in 1527. In the chancel are several well-executed monumental works, amongst which is one for John Wickens, D.D,, forty years rector. It represents an angel reposing on clouds, and holding open a Bible. It is one of the earliest works of Flaxman. The church contains numerous monumental inscriptions, several upon plain brass plates for individuals ofthe noble family of Percy. Within the altar rails, on a brass plate, is an inscription to Dr. Price, a former rector, who, being chaplain fa Monk, contributed greatly towards the restoration of Charles II. ' We cannot persuade ourselves to omit the following lines with which we have been favoured. Whether they are the oflTspring of our correspondent's muse we know not. Of their poetical claim the reader shall judge. They are cer tainly applicable to the place and to the man. PETWORTH. " Non possidentem multa vocaveris Kecte beatum, rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui Deorum, Muneribus sapienter uti;" — Horace. Disdaining rules that human art bestows, Petvvorth's proud scene in native grandeur. glows. Far as th' horizon leads the wandering eye, The cloud-capp'd hills the boundary supply. Here stately groves arise in form sublime ; Here sportive " Nature wantons in her prime ;" The sylvan monarch here majestic stands. Spreads his broad shadows o'er surrounding lands, 2a2 And, silent monitor of ages past. Derides the fury of the howling blast. Heedless of pomp, to art and science dear. Lord of the soil, see Egremont appear ; Firm in attachment to his native land. No foreign feeling guides his fostering hand ; In judgment sound, in contemplation calm. To gifted Britain still he gives the palm ; To pining genius still he points the way. And merit ushers to the blaze of day. He, while surrounding tongues his worth proclaim. Shall turn aside, and " blush to find it fame ;" But future times, with conscious pride, shall tell Of him whose honor'd course deserved so well ; While all around in every deed may see The sterling stamp of true Nobility. ^^^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Arundel Thomson's Hospital, a neat stone building situate in North Street, for twelve poor raen and women, was originally founded in 1618, by Thomas Thomson, Gent,, and endowed with land for the payment of bl. a year to each of the inmates. This sum, from the accumulation of the funds, is now increased to 201. a year each. The gross income is 395/. 10s. per annum. Almshouses were founded in 1746, by Charles Duke of Somerset, for twenty-two widows, each of whom now receives 20Z. a year. The remainder of the available income is distributed in sums varying from bl. to 201. amongst other widows, as out-pensioners. In 1808, the gross income was 568/. per annum. Taylor's Charity, or the Free School, was founded in 1753, by the Rev. John Taylor, who bequeathed the sum of 2400/. for instructing and apprenticing twenty poor children, and a further sum of 800/, for clothing them. This has now merged into a large school on the national system, for children of both sexes, and which is partly supported by voluntary contributions. John Ayres, Gent,, gave a house, anciently called the Crown Inn, and six tenements with gardens, the proceeds to be applied to the poor not receiving parish relief. The amount is about 40/. per annum. There are several smaller charities for the poor. One, the founder of which is unknown, consisting of 8/. ; Brad ford, who died in 1619, left bl. a year ; Sir Henry Dawtrey, in 1643, bequeathed a rent-charge of bl. per annum; Smith gave a rent-charge of 4/, Is. 6d. per annum ; John Avinale, in 1691, left 3/. 5s. id. a year ; 61. 16s. 6d., and 1/, 6s. 8d. per annum, were bequeathed by individuals now unknown. In 1833, the Earl of Egremont built a school for girls, adjoining the church-yard, which he has vested in trustees, and endowed with an income of 40/, per annum. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. The registers commence in 1559. TILLINGTON, Or Tollington, is bounded on the east by Petworth, on the west by Lodsworth, on the north by Lurgashall, and on the south by the river Rother. It contains 4080 acres of hazel mould and wealden clay ; it is bisected by a hill of the green-sand foi'mation, which runs diagonally through the parish, and separates the hazel mould from the wealden clay, and makes almost an equal parti tion of the two kinds of soil in the parish ; so that one-half may be said to be of the i-ich hazel mould, yielding, as it does, good crops to an easy cultivation, and the other half of a stiff and stubborn soil, better adapted to the growth of oak than corn. The Earl of Egremont holds in demesne and free land 1957 acres, extending into the Great Park of Petworth.^ The number of inhabitants, in 1831, was 806. Of land-owners the principal are the Earl of Egremont ; Mitford, Esq. ; William Mitford, Esq. Pitt's Hill ; Wm. Newland, Esq. ; and the Rev. J. Ayling. There is a small tract of land remaining in the family of the Aylings, who have been, by the records of the parish register, resident here for nearly 300 years. Verstegan and Camden both bear testimony to the Saxon origin of this name and family. The former says it is synonimous with Alewin, the preceptor of Charlemagne ; and Camden says it is compounded of ael (all) and win (victor), and he records a monument belonging to this name as early as our Saxon king Edgar: — " Here lieth Ailwin, cosin to the noble King Eadgar, alderman of all England, and of this holy abbay the miraculous founder." — {Ramsay's Huntingdon.) They are more especially connected with this county by being formerly possessed of Woolbeeding, Treyford, and part of Iping, called Ash. The only remaining portion belonging to the family, which has escaped the all-absorbing influence of the great accumulated capitals of the present day, is the few acres in this parish. The village lies west of Petworth, about one mile on the Midhurst road. In Doomsday Book Tolintone is placed within the hundred oi Eseburne. It was held by the Saxon Countess Eddeva, of King Edward ; at the Survey, by Robert, of the Earl Montgomery. It was rated at five hides, the West Suss. iL 297. p. of Lurgashall] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 181 arable requiring seven ploughs, two in demesne and five In the hands of twenty-one villains and eleven bondsmen. There were eight ministers, or serfs, a mill of 20s. and 120 eels. In the time of the Confessor it was valued at 8/., afterwards at 100s,, and at the Survey 81. 6s. The manor has descended, with the honour of Petworth, to the Earl of Egremont. Parts of the three tythings of Tillington, including the village of Upperton, River, and Barla vington, extend into this parish. Pitt's Hill, so named from its singular situation, is the residence of William Mitford, Esq., who has considerable property in this parish. The house was begun by his grandfather, William Mitford, Esq., descended from the Mitfords of Mitford Castle, Northumberland, but finished under the immediate superintendence of the father of its present possessor. The benefice is rectorial, in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 13/. 10s. Formerly the advowson was given to the Priory of Lewes, From the Dukes of Northumberland and Somerset it has passed to their representative, George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont. The Rev. James Stanler Clarke, LL.D., is the present incumbent. The church has portions in the decorated style of architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, and a light and lofty tower, constructed in 1807, at the sole expense of the Earl of Egremont. The tower is finished with flying arches crossed in the centre. Its structure is more than usually small, in proportion to the size of the parish ; and this may be accounted for in consequence of the division of this parish into two manorial domains — the one belonging to the Petworth domain, the other to the manor of River. And as lords of manors were wont, in former times, to provide a place of worship for their tenants and dependents, we may suppose that Tillington church was built for the «ole purpose of that portion of its inhabitants who were retainers of the House of Percy, The other place of worship seems to have been where the present farm-house called River stands ; fields forming part of that farm are called to this day — the Chapel Field, the Lady Field, the Soul Field, the Chantry Field, and a stone coffin was once dug up in the premises, which all clearly denote its once being a place of rehglous worship, and probably for the dependents of the manor of River. There are few monuments in this church, but what there are are of a true Christian character. There is no long detail of real or of pretended worth recorded on them, but they are each Inscribed by some notice whereby is implied rather than expressed the character and principles while living, or the hopes of those who are now gone. The monument to Wm, Mitford, Esq,, of Pitt's Hill, whose life was one of social kindness and benevolence, reminds his friends and surviving neighbours that " verily there is a reward for the righteous," That to Milward Row, Esq., who abounded in the riches of this world, bids us think that he trusted not in uncertain riches, but had hope in Him alone who is the way, the truth, and the life. A tablet to a youthful warrior shows that his sword and halbert, now lying at the foot ofthe cross, were borne by him in the service of his country and his God ; and it gives his sorrowing relatives the soothing consolation that their " brother shall rise again," A brass tablet, on tlie floor ofthe south aisle, tells of Wm. Spencer, "a gentleman of great wisdome, pietie, and discretion ;" a faithful steward to the House of Montagu, who died in 1593, and of his wife, who died in 1592. " They lived and dyed godly, and their souls now rest in the joys which God hath prepared for them that love him." Another tablet, in the chancel, records the loyalty, the sufferings, and the learning of Wm, Cox, D,D,, Precentor of Chichester in the lime of Charles I,; and likewise that his wife, his faithful widow for forty years, " hic, spe melioris consortii, recoudi voluit," And as the volume, for which this has been written, is likely to fall chiefly into the hands of men who are occupied almost solely with the cares and business of this life, this slight reference is made to the monuments of the dead, in order that, should the reader of this book find, iu the present dearth of honesty, of faithfulness, of disinterested valour, and of loyalty, an aching want in his spirit for such high qualifies, let him hence be taught where to go — let him learn that though they are rarely found in the busy haunts of men, they are still preserved and have their home around the sanctuary of the altar of his God. The rectory house is a handsome edifice, rebuilt by the present incumbent. The registers commence in 1572. LURGASHALL, OR LURGARSALE. This considerable parish extends from Petworth, south, to the frontier of Surrey, north, and from Northchapel, east, to Lodsworth and Farnhurst, west. Within these liraits are about 4990 acres of chiefly arable and fertile land. The village is rather large, and is situate about 4J miles north-west of Petworth. The amount of population, in 1831, was 718. 182 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \_R. of ArundeL Of landed proprietors the principal are William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., Mrs. Yaldwyn, the Earl of Egremont, and William Mitford, Esq. No name approaching to that of this parish Is found in the Norman Survey; nor is Lurgashall properly a manor, though as a parish it contains part of two. River and Didlesfold. The greater part of the manor oi River is in the parish of Lodsworth. It has descended from the Brownes, Viscounts Montagu, to the present proprietor, William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. Didlesfold manor was anciently given to the manor of Reading, and was held by that establishment till Its suppression. It was afterwards vested in the crown till the reign of Jaraes I., when T. Marshall was seized. From Henry Apsley, Esq., it descended to the family of Yalden, and it is now held by W. H. "Yaldwyn, Esq. WiUiam Yaldwyn was in favour with Ohver Cromwell, and was appointed by him the Commissioner for Sussex of the forfeited estates granted in 1656. In the same year he was sheriff of Sussex. Blackdown Lodge, their residence for many generations, was built in 1640. It Is In a sequestered spot, thickly wooded, under the promontory of Blackdown, which rises to an elevation of 800 feet. The benefice Is a rectory in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at 81. It was formerly appropriated to the Priory of Lewes by one of the family of Percy. It is now in the patronage of the Earl of Egremont, and the present Incumbent is the Rev. Richard Lomax Martyn. The church consists of a nave, a modern chancel, and a heavy tower on the south side. The chancel was rebuilt partly at the expense of the Rev. James Bramston, M.A., who was rector from 1723 during twenty years. On the south side of the nave Is a kind of cloister, of timber frame, furnished with benches for the accommodation of the parishioners at Sunday dinner. There are a few Inscriptions for members of the Yaldwyn family. The registers commence in 1599. YALDWYN. Arms. Ar, on a chev, betw. three cinquefoils gu, a lion's head or, betw. two bezants. Crest. On a chapeau sa, turned up erm, a sword erect, in pale, ar, hilt and pommel "or, betw. two wings, expanded, ofthe third. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p.. 195. Hall, West Suss, vol, ii. p. 363, NORTH CHAPEL. West of Kirdford is the modern parish of North Chapel, formerly a constituent portion of Petworth, but formed into a separate parish by Act of Parliament, in 1693. It is of considerable extent, having not less than 3600 acres of arable, pasture, and wood land. Its northern limit abuts upon Surrey ; Petworth forms the southern boundary, and Lurgashall the western. The village is situate on the London road from Petworth : the distance from the latter is Si miles. The population, in 1831, was 845. Adjoining the turnpike-road. Government some years ago purchased of the Earl of Egremont a piece of land, for the purpose of establishing thereon a charcoal manufactory. The method of making the charcoal was the one invented by Dr. Watson, late Bishop of LlandafF, in iron cylinders. When in full work, the daily consumption of wood was fifteen hundred weight, which produced four hundred weight of coal. It has, however, been for some time .given up. The manor is identical with the honour of Petworth, and the landed property of the whole parish, with the exception of about 140 acres, belongs to the Earl of Egremont. The ecclesiastical living is rectorial, in the patronage of the nobleman just 'mentioned. The Rev. Robert Ridsdale, M,A., is the present Incumbent. p. of Kirdford.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 183 The church consists of a nave, chancel, and shingled spire. It is dedicated to St. Michael, and has lately been much enlarged and improved. Colin Milne, LL.D. was formerly rector of this parish. He was a native of Aberdeen, and was educated in that university under his uncle. Dr. Campbell, Provost of the Marlschal College. He was presented by the Duke of Northumberland. The Lectureship of Deptford was afterwards added to his preferment. Dr, Milne was an excellent naturalist, and his works on botany have been much praised. They are entitled Institutiones Botanlcse Linnaei, 4to., and a Botanical Dictionary. He died in 1815.^ The registers commence in 1717. KIRDFORD. The boundaries of this very extensive parish are made by Wisborough Green on the east, by Petworth and North Chapel on the west, on the north by Dunsfold, and on the south by Petworth. Extending over an area of 14,950 acres of generally strong clay, highly favourable to the production of timber, it is of different degrees of fertihty.. Upwards of 6000 acres are in tillage, and more than 2200 in coppice. The population in 1831 was 1653. The village is situate about four miles and a half north east of Petworth. The principal landed proprietors a.re the Earl of Winterton, of Shillinglee Park ; Anne, Countess Dowager of Newburgh; the Earl of Egremont; Lee Steere, Esq., of Ockley, in Surrey; Peachey, Esq. ; Edivard Napper, Esq., of Ifold; and R. Hasler, Esq,, of Barkfold. No mention is made of Kirdford in Doomsday Book ; but it certainly formed part of the honour of Arundel, as the impropriate tithes of the parish were given to the Abbey of Seez, in Nor mandy, as early as the reign of Henry I., by Roger, Earl of Montgomery, the founder of that establishment. Shillinglee manor was attached to the honour and Castle of Arundel, and the park was one of those especially retained by the Earls, and frequently granted in dower to their widows. From the Earls of Arundel it passed to the Crown in 1542, by exchange for ecclesiastical lands; and soon after, by Act of Parliament, it hecame annexed to the honour of Petworth. It again (1554), by especial grant, became the property of Henry, Earl of Arundel. In 1616 the manor and Park were sold by Thomas, Earl of Arundel, for the sum of 4587/. to Gerard Gore, Alderman of London, and Christopher Gore, his nephew ; the daughter and heir of the former carried this property by marriage to Sir Edward Turnour, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, ^Yhose second son, Arthur Turnour, first established his residence at the park. Sarah Gee,. his grand-daughter, carried the estate by marriage to Joseph Garth, Esq., whose son, Edward Turner Garth, succeeded as heir general. He was created Baron Winterton of Gort, Galway, in 1761, Viscount Turnour and Earl Winterton in 1 766. He was succeeded by his son, Edward Turnour, the second Earl Winterton, who dying in 1801, Edward, the third Earl, succeeded to the estate, whose son Edward is the present proprietor. 4' 4 -^ t ¦^ -4' ¦4 TURNOUR, Earl of Wintertok. Jrms. Etm. on a cross quarter-pierced ar. four fers-de-raoline sa. Crest. A lion^ passant, guardant, ar. holding in his dexter paw a fer-de-moline,. sa. Supporters. Two lions ar. sem^e of fer-de- moliiie sa. ISsse quam videHi To be, raliier than The mansion was built in the last century^ by Edward Turnour, Esq., but pedf^ee^'^see Berry's suss. cen. p. ses. ,„„„ ,T. 11 ,, „ iii-.n/«-nirm i Bnrke's Pieerage. Dalh- West Suss. vol. ii. was greatly improved and a southern front added by the first Earl. The park, p.sm. "with large woodland tracts adjoining, containing 6000 acres in a ring fence, is beautifully undulated and well Gent.'s Mag, 184 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \_R. of ArundeL stocked with timber. LEIGH. A lake of seventy acres extent, within the park pale, and beautiful forest scenery, add to the attractions of this delightful abode. Pleistow manor was formerly the property of the family of Leigh : It Is now held in jointure by the Countess Dowager of Newburgh. Hibernow or Ibernhoo was exchanged as Shillinglee with Henry VIII. It remained in the Crown till the 34th of Elizabeth. Its further descent is un certain, till 1703, when it was purchased by William Peachey, Esq., and Is now inherited by his descendant of the same name. In this parish are found excellent quarries of the Sussex, or, as it is more commonly called, Petworth marble. A description of this singular limestone is given by Mr. Mantell in the Geological Essay, vol. i. p. 18. A further account of it we extract from his recent sci entific work. " It occurs in layers that vary from a few inches to a foot or more in thickness, and are separated from each other by seams of clay, or of coarse friable limestone. This limestone is of various shades of bluish grey, mottled with green, and ochraceous yellow, and is composed of the remains of fresh- water univalves, formed by a calcareous cement into a beautiful compact marble. It bears a high polish, and is elegantly marked by the sections ofthe shells which it contains: their constituent substance is a white crystallized carbonate of lime, and their cavities are commonly filled with the same substance, pre senting a striking contrast to the dark ground of the marble. In other varieties tlie sub- Arms, Az. two bars ar, over all a bend gu, Crpst. A dexter arm, embowed, liabited gu. cufFar. holding a sword erect, entwined by a serpent, ppr, Quarterings in visitation, 1634, 1 Or. three lozenges az — -^ ^^ 2, Erm. on a chief, indented, gu, three ducal stance of the shells is black, and their sections appear on the surface in tbe form of 3, Arfa°£ieur°d.e.iis sa, numerous lines and spiral figures. Occasionally a few bivalves (cyclas') occur, and the Pedigree, See Berry's Suss, Gen. p, 340. remains of the minute crustaceous coverings ofthe Cypris faba very constantly. " The marble is frequently found in blocks or slabs, sufficiently large for sideboards, columns, or chimney-pieces, and but few of the ancient residences of the Sussex gentry are without them. There is historical proof of its having been known to the Romans, ' and in the early Norman centuries it was much sought after, and appUed, as the Purbeck marble was, when cut into small insulated shafts of pillars, which were placed in the triforia, or upper arcades of cathedral churches, as at Canterbury and Chichester. At the first-mentioned the archiepiscopal chair is composed of it. Another more general use was for the slabs of sepulchral monuments, into which portraits and inscriptions of brass were inserted. In the chancel at Trotton there is a single stone, the superficial measure of which is nine feet six inches by four feet six inches ; and another, in the pavement of the cathedral of Chichester, measures more than seven feet by three and a half,' York Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Temple Church, Salisbury Cathedral, and most of the principal Gothic edifices in the kingdom, contain pillars or slabs of this marble. It is singular that, in Woodward's time, an opinion prevailed, that these pillars, &c., were artificial, and formed of a cement cast in moulds ; but, as that author remarks, ' any one who shall compare the grain of tbe marble of those pillars, the spar, and the shells in it, with those of this marble got in Sussex, will soon discern how little ground there is for that opinion, and yet it has prevailed very generally. I met with several instances of it as I travelled tlirough England, and had frequent opportunities of showing those who asserted these pillars to be factitious, stone of the very same sort with that they were composed of in the neighbouring quarries.' " Numerous examples of the durability of this limestone have been noticed above ; yet, from long exposure in damp situations, it undergoes decomposition, and the petrified testacea may then be extracted almost entire."' The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Midhurst, valued in the king's books at IU. It is in the patronage of the Earl of Egremont, and the present incumbent is the Rev. John K. Greetham, LL.B. The church, dedicated to St, John the Baptist, is principally in the early style of English architecture. It has a lofty tower. There is an inscription for W. Peachey, Esq. ob. 1760, and another for Anne, Countess of Winterton. There are two charities in this parish: one founded by Thomas Shudd, in 1636, consisting of a rent charge of 21. per annum ; the other consisting of 10s. per annum, given by William Smallwood, both to be applied to the poor. The registers commence in 1569. Geol. of S. E. of England, 184-186. BRAMBER RAPE. This Rape is bounded on the east by the Rape of Lewes, and on the west by that of Arundel, on the north by Surrey, and on the south by the English Channel. It comprehends ten hundreds, which are subdivided into forty parishes. The ancient boroughs of Bramber, New Shoreham, Steyning, and Horsham, are within the limits of this district. Bramber and Steyning are now disfranchised, Horsham has lost, one of its wonted representatives, whilst Shoreham continues in all its pride of station, and sends two burgesses to the reformed Parliament. The coast-line of this rape extends ahout eight miles, and a little more than this may be considered the average breadth; the length from north to south, varying from twenty-two to twenty-four miles, comprises within its limits 116,650 acres. There is much picturesque beauty in the northern part of this division of Sussex, especially in the woody dingles and slopes of St. Leonard's Forest. The Weald clay generally pre vails in the middle of the rape, nurturing timber of the most luxuriant growth, and occasionally with intermixtures genial to grain. In the south, the downs, with their beautifully undulated summits, afford pasturage for the far-celebrated South Down flocks, and occasionally clothe them selves with the richest foliage. The maritime district, between the downs and the sea, is much con tracted, but singularly fertile. The market- town and borough, which gave name to the rape, is now an insignificant village, distinguished only from its proximity to the ruins of the once feudal castle of the Lords of Bramber. BRAMBEE RAPE. DOOMSDAY BOOK, 1086. COUNTY EATE, 1834. Bradfota. Terringes. Tarring. Tarring. Bredford. He--e, Bradewatre. Derentune. Ordinges. Mordinges. Sultinges, C " "ham, Dentune, Cocheham. Lananges. Brightford. Heeue. Broadwater. Durrington. Clapham. Findon, Lancing. Borough of New Shoreham. Sompting Eldrilune. Chingestune. Fishersgate. Old Shoreham. Kingston by Sea. Southwick. Rieberge. Petchinges. Patching. Patching. Burbece. Burbeach. Beddinges. Erringeham. Soresham. Trailgi. Tolintune. Beeding. Edburton. Ifield. Borough of Bramber. Borough of Steyning. 2b VOL. II. 186 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES IR. of Bramber. DOOMSDAY BOOK, 1086. COUNTY RATE, 1834. Slaininges. Stegning. Staininges. Haningdune. Wasingetune. Staninges. SemUntun. Wistanestun. Wapingetorne. Clopeham. tune. Cumbe. Aplesham. Ofintune. Bongetune. Findnne. 2 Cengel- Combs. Buttolphs. Wiston. Washington. r ' Isewerii. East Easwrith, Cilletune. Essingetune. Taceham. Moham Sullington. Warminghurst. Thakeham. Chiltington (East part of) Itchingfield, Greneslede. West Grinstead. Shine. Ashington. Ashur.st. Shipley. West Grinstead. Hamfell. Tipnaak. Wantelei. Odemanscote. Alboume. Woodmancote. Henfield. fVt'ndeham. Windham and Ewhurst, Ovelie. Salmonesberie. Morleia, Sacheham Shermanbuiy. Cowfold. Borough of Horsham, Ti/eld. Singlecross. Ifelt. Nuthurst. Horsham (parish). Warnham. Buspar. The Castle and Barony of Bramber have followed the accompanying line of descent : — HOUSE OF BRAOSE. 1. William de Braose obtained from William the Conqueror, besides other valuable possessions, a grant of thirty-eight manors In Sussex, and almost wholly within the rape of Bramber. 2. Philip de Braose succeeded his father, William. He is supposed to have died in the Holy Land. 3. William, his son, succeeded. He married Bertha, daughter of Milo, Earl f^^i^^ViN," .p of Hereford. f^l^b I ^' William de Braose married Matilda de St. Valarie. He died In 1212. ^^'^ ^^ ' 5. Richard, Earl of Cornwall, hy grant, in 1212. 6. Reginald de Braose, third son of William, restored In 1218, and died in 1222. 7. William de Braose, son of Reginald, succeeded, and died S. P. in 1230, 8. John de Braose, the first cousin of William, succeeded, but dying In 1232,. BRAOSE, ..Arms. Vair, ar. and gu, two bars gu, Az, cTusulfe, or, a lion, rampant, crowned of the last. Pedigree, Sec Dall, West Suss, vol. i, p, xlvii. Cart. Rape of Bramber, p, 174. Tvas succeeded by — of a fall from his horse, 9. William de Braose, his son, succeeded. He died at Findon In 1290, and 10. William de Braose, Lord of Bramber and Gower. two daughters. He left at his death MOWBRAY. ^mu. Go. alion, rampant, or. redigree. See Cart, Rape of Bramber, p. 181. in 1399. His son succeeded— HOUSE OF MOWBRAY. 11. Oliva, Lady of Bramber, one of the daughters, carried the estate by mar riage to John de Mowbray, who was beheaded in 1322, aged thirty-six. His son, 12. John de Mowbray, succeeded him, and died 1362. 13. John de Mowbray, slain at Constantinople, 1369. 14. John de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, ob. 1383, set. 19 s. p. 15. Thomas de Mowbray, created Duke of Norfolk, 1398, died at Venice, p. of Tarring.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. IST 16. Thomas de Mowbray, .Duke of Norfolk, beheaded at York, set. 21, 1406, s. p. He was succeeded by his brother, 17. John de Mowbray, restored Duke of Norfolk, 1425, died 1432, and was succeeded by his son, 18. John, Duke of Norfolk, who died 1471 ; the inheritance passed to his son, 19. John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk; created Earl of Warren and Surrey in his father's lifetime, — ob- 1476. 20. Ann Mowbray, his daughter. Lady of Bramber, affianced to Richard, Duke of York, but died an infanf- HOUSE OF HOWARD. 21. Margaret, sister ofthe last-mentioned John de Mowbray, and aunt of Ann, had the honour of Bramber by partition. She married Sir Robert Howard. 22. John Howard, created Duke of Norfolk, 1483, son of Sir Robert, killed at the battle of Bosworth, 1485. 23. Thomas, created Earl of Surrey, 1483; restored Duke of Norfolk, K.G., ob. 1524. 24. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, ob. 1554. 25. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, beheaded 1573. 26. Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, died in the Tower, 1595. 27. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and Earl of Norfolk, died at Padua, 1646. 28. Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of Arundel, ob. 1652, from whom the castle and barony of Bramber have descended, as those of Chichester and Arundel (see ante, p. 3), to Bernard Edward Howard, present Duks of Norfolk. THE HUNDRED OF TARRING contains only the parish of WEST TARRING, so called to distinguish it from Tarring in the rape of Lewes. It comprises 624 acres of pi'incipally rich loam land, producing ample crops of every species of corn. Its boundary-line is made by JBroadwater on the east, Goring and Clapham on the west, Findon on the north, and Heene on the south. The parish, including the hamlet of Salvington, constitutes the entire hundred of Tarring, and contains 970 acres. The village is situate in the southern district of the parish, and consists of a long street of irre- gulEyly-built houses, ahout a mile and a half north-west from Worthing. It is seven miles from Steyning, nineteen from Horsham, and fifty-five from London. The situation is an open level, and the district around is extremely fertile. Fig-orchards in this parish are very fine and fruitful. The population of the enthe parish in 1831 was 626. The landed property chiefly belongs to the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Henty, Esq., J. T. Daubuz, Esq., and Mr. Brookbanks. The family of Hamper has been long resident here. j^;^,, see c"tX"rf Bramber, p. * Tarring was given by King Athelstan, about the year 941, to the Church of Christ in Dorobernia. Dooms day Book places it among the possessions of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is thus mentioned : — " In Bradfota Hundred, the Archbishop holds Terringes, which always belonged to the monastery. In the reign of Xing Edward It was rated at eighteen hides : it is now cleared for seven hides and a rood of land. The arable is fourteen plough lands and a half. There are three ploughs in the demesne ; and twenty-seven villains, with fourteen bondsmen, have ten ploughs. Here are two churches, and a wood of six hogs. In the time of the Confessor it was valued at Ul. 4f.; subsequently, 10/, ; it is now estimated at 15/. William de Braiose holds four hides of this manor, and has there in demesne 2b2 >i^u t 188 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. one plough, and four villains, with five bondsmen, having a plough and a half. Here are five acres of meadow, a wood yielding ten-pence, for pannage twenty shillings, and two hogs. The value is seventy shillings." ' The manor extends into the parishes of Horsham, Ruspar, and Shipley. From 1620 to 1710 the family of Garraway were lords. Subsequently it came into the possession of Edward Barker, Esq., in whose grandson, Edward Barker, Esq., of Sompting, the manorial right is now vested. In the year 1796, Thomas Henty, Esq,, purchased the demesne lands in this parish, consisting of 281 acres. This farm is in a state of high cultivation. The breed of Merino sheep has been brought by Mr. Henty to great perfection, and from his flock many have been sent to New South Wales. The hamlet of Salvington is situate north of Tarring, at the distance of about half a mile. It is, however, included within the manor. To the lover of antiquities, to the lover of freedom, and to the admirer of God's noblest work — an honest man — to the scholar, the patriot, and the moralist, this hamlet must offer ample temptations to a visit ; for here. In a house called Lacies, was born, the eldest son of plebeian parents, him who became afterwards the erudite, conscientious defender of his country's liberties — John Selden." Selden was educated at the free school of Chichester, and in earliest boyhood manifested that acuteness and integrity which continued his characteristics through life. The following distich whicb, when only ten years old, he wrote over the door of his father's house, and was there in the time of Dr. Wilkins, is a testimony of his ability and turn of mind : — sffvs m&tsn nm m© cmvbsk mm iede® * He was born on the 16th of December, 1584; was admitted a student of Hart Hall, Oxford, in 1598; and having selected the law for his profession, he proceeded, in 1602, to Clifford's Inn, and two years subsequently became Socius of the Inner Temple. Persuaded that he should not succeed at the bar, he devoted himself to the study of the antiquities of the law, on which subject his first work, entitled Analecton Anglo-Brltannlcon, appeared in 1616, though finished ten years before. The following list of his other works will demonstrate that idleness was not one of his failings : — Jani Anglorum Fades altera. 1610. England's Epinomis. 1610. De Duello. 1610. Notes upon Drayton's Polyolbion. 1612. Titles of Honour. 1614. Notes on Sir J. Fortescue's De Legium Laudibus. 1616, De Diis Syris. 1617. A Dissertation on the Jews formerly in England. This was in Purchas's Pilgrimage, 1617. History of Tythes. 1618. On the Arundelian Marbles. 1627. On the Hebrew Law of Succession to Personals. 1628, A Proposition for his Majesty's Service. 1629. De Jure Naturali et Gentium juxta DIscIplinam Hebrseorum. 1631. Uxor Hebraica. 1 633. ' Doomsday, 16, b. 2. ^ We are indebted to G. W. Johnson, Esq., for the above sketch of Selden. ' Gratus, Honeste, mihi ; non claudar, inito, sedebis ; Fur abeas, non sum facta eoluta tibi. p. of Tarring.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 189 De Jure Maritima. 1636. An edition of Eutychlus. 1642. Three tracts on the Power and Privileges of Parliament. De Anno Clvili et Calendario Judaico. 1644. Fleta, with notes. 1647. De Synedrlls et Prsefecturls Hebrseorum, 1650, A second part in 1653. A Preface to the Decern Scriptores Anglicanse. 1651. VIndicise secundum Integritatem Existimationis sujb, &c. 1653. Dr. Littleton and Dr. Wilkins pubhshed several others after his death, which he had previously prepared. In his History of Tythes, in 1618, he denied that they were enjoyed jure divino — an example, as was then thought, of daring, impious presumption, that required the fiill visitation upon the author of the usual arguments of tyranny. He was prosecuted in the High Commission Court, and the book, apparently because it could not be refuted, was suppressed, and the author compelled to retract, and forbidden to write In its defence — an injunc tion that he probably felt as no hardship, for in all the replies to It that were pubhshed, there was not one answer to its arguments. In 1621, King James, in his address to the Parliament, said that its privileges were grants from the Crown — ¦ an assertion which might have been allowed to pass without notice in times less sensitive of liberty. The Parlia ment consulted Selden, and he replied that it was an assertion contrary to our laws, and contrary to reason. The King dissolved the Parliament, and, in the true spirit of a Stuart, committed Selden to the custody of the Sheriff of London, and with childish rage tore the declaration of the Commons from their Journals, unmindful that the spirit which had Inscribed them was not dependent upon the existence of Its records. Selden's confinement lasted only five weeks. Upon his committal, Selden wrote the following high-toned letter to Sir George Calvert : — " Most honoured Sir, — ^This most unlocked for imprisonment which I now suffer (but why, on my soul, I cannot guess) falls in a time when I have divers businesses of private men in my guard and under my direction. The warrant of my com mitment is somewhat trist. My humble suit to your honour is, that through your favour I may have granted me so much liberty here as that I may have speech with my friends upon such kind of business, openly, in" the hearing of those gentle men who are trusted with me (and I profess it on the hope of my salvation, that there is not a secret that hath, or can pos sibly have, any reference to the public), touching which I desire either to hear or tell anything from or to any person living, so clean is my breast; and I beseech your honour let me be dispatched in the making it appear. So I humbly beseech you also that my papers (which are the labour of many years, and a great part of the furniture of my study in my profession, among which there is nothing that was written for secret) may be safe. Let me obtain these suits now, and my liberty once had (which I know I never deserved to lose) shall express me " Ever humbly at your honour's service, " Jo. Selden. ¦' June 18, 1621. Frora Mr. Sheriff Dewier, his house." In 1623 he was elected the representative of Lancaster In Parliament, but it was not until 1625, when he sat for Great Bedwin, that he much distinguished himself as an active senator. In this year he declared loudly and effectively against the mal-practices of the court favourite, the Duke of Buckingham ; and In the foUowing year, when he. was impeached, Selden was one of the managers of the charges against him. The King dissolved the Parliament, and then imposed a prerogative loan or tax upon the people, in opposition to which Selden was formidable and unconquerable. Dr. Sibthorpe, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, preached a sermon in defence of the King's illegal proceeding ; and when, previous to printing it, he had sent it for the imprimatur to Dr. Worral, Chaplain to the Bishop of London, the latter readily gave the permission, but happening to show it to Selden, the latter said to him — " If this book was true, there would be no meum and tuum in England ^ — nobody could have any property ; and upon a change of times. Doctor, when the past transactions will be brought under examination, you will certainly be hanged for this imprimatur" — an assurance that so alarmed Dr. Worral, that he immediately erased the permission he had given. " That is, if the king could impose taxes at his own sole pleasure. 190 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber, The patriot Hampden, having refused to pay the contribution demanded of him under this imposition, was committed to the King's Bench Prison ; and Selden, on the 22nd of November, 1627, pleaded his cause In the court to which that prison belongs. His address was in that manly spirit and tone that was worthy of the cause for which he pleaded. — " If," said he, " Magna Charta was as fully executed as it ought to be, every man would enjoy his liberty better than he does. The law says expressly, no free man shall be imprisoned without due process of law ; the words are — secundum legem terrce, by which must be meant, either by presentment or by indictment, for without that interpretation the free man will have no privilege above the villain." In Parliament he continued the same uncompromising course in defence of the liberty of the people. He had a principal share in framing the Petition of Rights ; he strenuously vindicated the liberty of the press, and as powerfully insisted trpon tbe imprisonment of the Sheriff of London for daring to carry a Member of the House of Commons before the Star Chamber. It was moved in the House that this conduct of the Sheriff was a breach of its privileges, but the Speaker refused to put the question. " Dare you not, Mr. Speaker," said Selden, in a tone of indignant remonstrance, " dare you not put the question when we command you ? If you will not put it, we must sit still, and shall never be able to do anything. They that come after, may say that they have the King's command not to do it, but we sit here by the command of the King, under the Great Seal, and by the same authority you are sitting in his royal chair before both Houses. Appointed for our Speaker, now you refuse to do your office !" The refusal was of no avail ; he was forcibly held in the chair, and the doors locked, while the Protest was read. Selden was forthwith committed to the Tower and his study sealed. This was in March, 1628, and he remained within its walls for three months. His imprisonment was rendered as little Incommodious to hhn as possible ; but with the true spirit of an Englishman, conscious of no offence, he firmly refused to give bail for his good behaviour. His confinement was continued in the King's Bench Prison, and he was permitted so much liberty, that when his Habeas Corpus was moved, the whole of the judges complained of it, at the same time that they refused the writ. He continued in confinement until May, 1631, when he was admitted to bail for his mere reappearance when called upon, and was finally freed from all restraint in July, 1634. In 1640 and 1641, being the representative of the University of Oxford in Parliament, he continued unremittingly to oppose the Prerogative Loans ; was actively instrumental in depriving the bishops of their right of voting in Parliament, and incapacitating the clergy generally of temporal jurisdiction. He was equally strenuous in urging the prosecutions against the Earl of Strafford and Archbishop Laud. At this time, having taken the Seals from the Lord- Keeper Littleton, the King had them offered to Selden ; but his integrity bad no price, and he firmly declined the overture. He took the covenant, was appointed by the Parliament Keeper of the Tower Records, and in 1645 became a Commissioner of tbe Admiralty. But disgustW with the discord of party spirit, and opposed to those violent measures that brought Charles I. to the scaffold, he refused to write a reply to the Eikx)n Basiiike, and retired entirely from public life. He died on the 30th of Nov-ember, 1654, and was buried as he dhected in the Temple Church. His books were offered to the Socieity of the Inner Temple, but the boon being neglected, they were incorporated with the Bodleian Library. Of his religious opinions nothing commendatory can be said, and nothing more favourable of his temper. It is as a scholar and a statesman that he is to be best estimated, and in those characters he will ever rank high among the worthies of the world. His erudition was vast and varied; but no one disfigured it so much as he did when he committed his learning to paper. His style is too often a vicious mingling of the didactic with vulgar wit. He always stood forward as the friend of learning ; and was particularly serviceable to the University of Oxford in preserving to it many of its privileges. Above all, none of his enemies could impugn the motives of his public conduct ; and now, when the feellngs-aHd opinions which actuated him can be viewed dispassionately, we cannot hut feel convinced that his aim and effort was p. of Tarring.^ OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 191 for a limited monarchy, that, form of government which could best secure the dearest wish of his heart- that he recorded in his motto — " Liberty above all things.^" -a wish The benefice is a sinecure rectory, rated In the King's books at 22Z. 13s. 4c?., and a vicarage consolidated with the rectory of Patching, rated at 8^. 13s. 4d., in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury,* The glebe, consisting of about 10 acres, Avas sold by the late rector for the redemption of the land-tax. A range of buildings adjoining, the premises of the rector, and still called the Parsonage Row, afford good specimens of domestic architecture in the reign of Henry VI. The vicarage, although now in the gift of the Archbishop, was formerly in the patronage of the rector. The Rev. William Vaux, M.A,, is now rector and vicar. The church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, is principally in the early style of English architecture. It consists of a chancel, a nave with side aisles, and a tower of flint-work at the west end, supporting an oc tangular shingled spire. The chancel has a handsome window of five lights In the perpendicular style of archi tecture prevailing in and after the reign, of Henry IV. Folding doors separate the chancel from the nave. The church has suffered little or no alteration, and ex hibits much of its ancient appearance. It will seat about 400 persons. There are several monumental tablets and numerous inscriptions on slabs in different parts of the church. A chantry, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, formerly existed in the church of Tarring. Tlie parish is remarkable for its fig-trees. " One orchard (three-quarters of an acre), planted in the year 1745, contains 100 trees, which produce about 2000 dozen annually. These were raised from sorae old stocks in the rectory garden ; and the tradition is, that the original parent trees were brought by Thomas a Becket from Italy." ^ The manor house of the Archbishop is supposed to have been on the site of the present residence of Mr. Henty. The inhabitants of Tarring are excused from serving on juries ; their exemption is founded on the suit and service they owe to the Archbishop. ' The authorities from which the above life is chiefly digested are the Life of Selden by Dr. Wilkins, Biograph. Biitannica, Wood, &c. * The jurors in the Nonae retum (1341) say, "that the corn sowed in the aforesaid parish (Tarring) is injured this .year by the unseasonableness of the weather, to the loss of the taxation of the parish, 21. 3s. Ad. ; and that there are in the same parish 100 acres not sown this year, to the loss of the taxation of the aforesaid church of 40s, There are also in the same parish certain lands sown which were destroyed by the irruption of the sea, to the loss of 6s. 8d. ; and other lands which are sown, and which have yielded but little produce, on account of the poverty of the aforesaid parish, valued this year at 40s." * West Suss. iii. 10. 192 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jR. of Bramber. A charter for a market on Saturday was granted on the petition of the inhabitants in the reign of Henry VI. " About Christmas, 1828, a double mortar of fine gritstone was found at the depth of five feet, in the garden of Edward Bigges, whose tenement, in old writings, is called the brewhouse, and was part ofthe rectorial buildings. This relique is about 13J inches square at the top and 15 inches high. It has on each side a projecting axle, on which it was turned as occasion required, probably in a wooden frame ; the larger hollowed part is 11 inches in diameter, the smaller 9 J inches, and each is 5 inches deep. There can be but little doubt of its having been used for the bruising of malt or other grain by the application of a pestle of wood." ' The registers commence in 1559, and from 1699 contain entries of the parishes of Durrington and Heene. HUNDRED OF BRIGHTFORD. This hundred lies at the south-western corner of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Heene, Broadwater, Durrington, Clapham, Findon, Sompting, and Lancing. It is bounded on the east by the hundreds of Burbeach and Fishersgate, on the south by the British Channel, on the west by the Rape of Arundel and the hundreds of Tarring and Patching, and on the north by the hundreds of East Easwrith and Steyning ; and comprises 14,570 acres. HEENE. This small parish, of a square form, occupies the south-western angle of the rape of Bramber, It is bounded on the east by Broadwater, on the west by Goring, on the north by Tarring, and on the south by the British Channel. It contains 460 acres of rich loamy soil, with a substratum of marl, and singularly productive. The principal landowners are William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq. and the Rev. P. G. Crofts. Like Durrington, though a distinct parish, maintaining its own poor, and having its OAvn paro chial officers, yet it is regarded as an appendage or chapelry to Tarring ; to which church, before the building of the Chapel of Ease at Worthing, the inhabitants resorted to worship. The distance of the village from Worthing is not more than half a mile. The number of residents in the parish did not in 1831 exceed 153. Within the last few years, owing to the increase of its fashionable neighboux*, several good and commodious lodging-houses have been built here, and bathing-machines have been established for the use of its visiters. It is to Worthing what Rottingdean is to Brighton, a calm retreat from the garish bustle of a fashionable watering-place. The manor is described in Doomsday as part of the baronial possessions of WiUiam de Bralose, of whom it was held by Ralph. In the Saxon times Leuret held it of Earl Godwin. It had always been assessed at 2J hides. Here was a serf and three acres of meadow. Its value was 40s. Alward held 2| hides of William in the same village ; 40s. were their value under the Saxon and Norman governments.' West Suss, iii, 387. ' Doomsday, 28, b. 2. p. of Broadwater.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 193 In 1239 the manor had descended to William de Wisteneston or Wiston, and Robert le Fauconer. In 1398 it was part of the possessions of the Earl of Arundel, and was afterwards a part of the endowment of the Holy Trinity, at Arundel. Sir Thomas Palmer, in 1557, sold the manor to Thomas Cooke, Esq. After several alienations, it was at length purchased, at the latter end of the eighteenth century, by Thomas Richardson, Esq., whose son, William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq., is the present proprietor. In 1766 a faculty was granted for taking down the chapel of Heene, service not having been performed in it for many years ; the last service performed there Is said to have been by an insane member of the legal profession. A portion of the east end remains in ruins, near Heene farm-house, probably the ancient manse. Neither windows nor arches remain to indicate its date. The sea has considerably encroached on this parish. Tlie registers commence in 1594, but are now included with West Tarring, where marriages have been solemnized since 1754. BROADWATER. This parish occupies the south-western part of the hundred. It is of considerable extent, including 2240 acres, besides a detached portion lying between the parishes of Horsham and Nuthurst. The soil is generally of the fertile loam, mixed with sand, which prevails throughout the maritime district. Broadwater is bounded on the east by Sompting, on the west by Heene and Tarring, on the north by Findon, and on the south by the English Channel. The population of the parisli has increased to an extent which would be incredible if we did not see before our eyes, in the hamlet of Worthing, causes perpetually in operation, converting cornfields and meadows into fashionable abodes, and the sea beach into temples dedicated to Hygeia, and inhabited by the votaries of pleasure. In 1724 there were 60 families, and reckoning five individuals to each, the total popu lation would be 300. From that period to 1801 (77 years) the increase was upwards of 700 ; the census for that year, and for every ten succeeding years, being as follows : — Houses. Males. Females. Total. 1801 193 503 515 1018 1811 471 1209 1483 2692 1821 623 1658 2067 3725 1831 1085 2019 2557 4576 The southern portion of the parish is flat, and nearly on a level with the sea beach ; the northern is on the Downs, which rise to a considerable elevation. At the northern extremity Is Cissbury, or Cissa's-burg, an ancient encampment, of an irregular oval form, enclosing within its area about 60 acres. It is surrounded by a single vallum. Commanding the whole of the coast from the Isle of Wight to Beachey Head, it is not surprising that at an early period it should have been occupied as a military station ; but by what people it may have been originally chosen and converted into a military stronghold. Is a fact not easy to determine. The discovery of burnt bones and fragments of funeral urns, would seem to indicate its possession by British warriors ; the finding of Roman coins within the rampart declares its occupancy by the Imperial troops ; and the name of Cissbury, by which it is now and has been long familiarized, affords room for a plausible conjecture whether it has not taken the name of Cissa, a Ssixon general, 2 C VOL. II. 194 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jR. of Bramber. who, with his troops, may have occupied it. The view from this elevated site is chiefly in a parallel line with the coast, but taking in some interesting objects more inland. It is about three miles north of Worthing and one from OfSngton, in which estate it Is included. Roman urns and pottery were discovered in 1826 about a quarter of a mile west of Worthing; and in 1828, near the same place, coins of Dioclesian and Constantine, of the second and third brass.' The manor is thus mentioned in the Norman Survey, in the territory of William de Braose, and in the hundred of Bredford : — " Eobert holds Bradewatre of William. Wigot held it of King Edward. It was then assessed at 29 hides. Of these 9 hides are in the rape of William De Warene, and William De Braiose has 2 hides in domain. The portion which Robert holds was rated at 6 hides. The arable is 7 plough lands. There are 2 ploughs in the demesne, and 30 villains, and 4 bondsmen with 10 ploughs. Here is a church, 3 ministers, a mill of 7s., 60 acres of meadow, and a wood of 20 hogs. Of this land a knight holds 1 hide. The total value, in the reign of the Confessor, and subsequently, was \bl. ; it is now estimated at 14/,^ In the reign of Henry III. Rohert le Savage was in possession of this manor; and subsequently, in the same reign, by mai-rlage. Sir John de Gaddesden became lord. His daughter, Margaret, carried the manor by marriage to John de Camoys, who was succeeded by his son and heir Ralph de Camoys, who, in 1313, obtained a charter for a market every Monday at his manor of Broadwater, as also for a fair yearly there, on the Feast day and morrow after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle." The manor continued to descend in this family, and in 1390 Thomas de Camoys obtained a grant for another fair at Broadwater, upon the eve, day, and morrow alfter the Feast of St. Luke. Hugh Camoys, his cousin and heir, was seized of the manor, but dying without issue, his two sisters became his heirs, — viz. Margaret, the wife of Sir Ralph Radlmyld, and Alianore, the wife of Sir Roger Lewknor,* In the reign of Henry VII. Sir Reginald Bray was lord ; and his son. Sir Edmund Bray, died seized of it, Francis Shirley, serjeant- at-law, was the possessor during the reigns of James I. and Charles I. It afterwards underwent several alienations, till it was purchased in 1793 by Mr. John Newland, father of Harry Newland, Esq. the present possessor.* Offington is a manor mentioned in Doomsday as having been held by Earl Godwin, and when transferred to William de Braose it consisted of two hides, which paid no land-tax. There was a plough in the demesne without husbandmen. The value was 26s.'' In 1354 Lucas de Vyenne sold the manor of Offington to Sir Andrew Pevereli, for one hundred marks of silver. In 1387 the manor came to Sir Thomas West, by marriage with Alice, the sister of Edmund Fitzherbert. His son. Sir Thomas West, married Joan, sister and heir of Lord De la Warr, and by her left two sons, Thomas and Reginald, the latter of whom inherited the title of Lord De la Warr. WEST, eabi, Db ia wabb, jje was much engao-ed in the French wars. In 25 Henry VI. he procured a Arms. Ar, a fesse dancett^e sa, oD Q-est. Out of a ducal coronet or, a griffin's grant to go to Romc, and theuce to the Holy Land, to pav his vows (with head az, ears and beak or. oo -" ./ ^ x j \ CMrtm^j^.^1. ^Gymmy rf^ten_^or^andgu, allowauce of twenty- four servants in his retinue and thirty horses), carrying with 2, Gu. a lion, rampant, ar. arraed and him UO Other gold or sllvcr. In bullion or money, than what should be necessary langued az. betw. eight cross crosslets, fitchee, in orie, of '"^ g™^*' ^^j,^ to defray his expenses, excepting a silver cup or two, gilt. Having been summoned 3. Gu.^three leopards' heads, ||^^nt-£iis; ^^ Parfiament as Lord De la Warr from 5 Henry VI. to 28 of that king's reign. Pedigree. See Cart. Rape of Bramber, p, 27. , ti-ijci -i , .1 -i-ir i /.j-^ii- i c couins's Peerage, vol. V, p, 376. he died in 1451, scized, amongst many others in diiierent parts ot the kingdom, of the following manors in Sussex, — viz. Offington, Sutton, Twehurst, near Henfield, Porteslade, Aldrington, Bletchington, Fletching, Ripe, Excet, and Folkington.' ' West Suss, iii, 34. ' West Suss, iii. 25. " Doomsday, 28, b. 2. ' Doomsday, 28, b. 1. Dug, Bar. i. 767. * Ibid. 768. ' Col. Peer. (Brydges) v. 8. p. of Broadwater.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 195 Richard Lord De la Warr, son of Reginald, was a steady assertor of the interest of the house of Lancaster in the wars of that time against the house of York. He died in 1475, possessed, among others, of the manor of Offington. Thomas Lord De la Warr succeeded his father. He obtained a special livery of his lands in 1475, though not of full age, and was in such favour with Henry VIL, whom he assisted In obtaining the crown, that in the first year of his reign he gave him a grant, in special tail, " of the castle, barony, honour, lordship, town and borough of Brembre, In Sussex; and of the manors of King's. Bernes, West Grinstead, Knapp, and Washington; ofthe towns and boroughs of Shoreham and Horsham; of the forest of St. Leonard, with the parks of St. Leonard, with the parks of Beanbush and Knap ; of the hundreds of Braford, Stenynge, Grenestede, Berbeche, and Wordham, with the half of the hundred of Fishergate, late belonging to John Howard Duke of Norfolk, slain at Bosworth field, and the which came to the crown by his attainder." 1 During the reign of Henry VL, and that of his suc cessor, he was employed in the most important transactions. He died at Offington in 1526, By his will, made on October 8, 1524, he orders his body to be buried in a tomb of freestone, within the chancel of the parish church of Broadwater, according to his honour. To the church of Broad water he bequeathed his mantle of blue velvet of the Garter, and his gown of crimson velvet, belonging thereto, to make two altar cloths ; also, to the church of Boxgrove, his gown of tawny velvet.^ Thomas, liOrd De la Warr, son and heir to the preceding, was with his father at the sieges of Therouenne and Tournay, and the battle that ensued, when for his valor he was knighted. In 1553, in consideration of his service against John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, he had a grant of 200 Z. per annum for life. He died in 1554 at Offington, and was buried near his father, in Broadwater church. He left no issue. His several manors and estates were, by Act of Parliament, 3 Ed. VL, settled upon the said Thomas Lord De la Warr, in tail, remainder to his brother, Sir Owen, in tail; remainder to the use of his own will or deed, during the life of William West, remainder to the said William and the heirs male of his body.' William West disposed of the estate of Offington, in the latter end of the reign of Elizabeth, to John Alford, Esq., in whose family it continued till purchased by William Whitbread, Gent., of Ashurst, in 1726. In 1815 it was sold by Wilham Margesson, Esq., to J, Theophilus Daubuz, Esq., the present owner .¦* Offington House, formerly the seat of the Lords De la Warr, and now the residence of J. T. Daubuz, Esq. It is on the north west side of the parish, about half a mile to the west of Broad water, surrounded by a small park, containing numerous venerable trees, which have long been occupied by a colony of rooks. The house has doubtless undergone many alterations and contractions since it was occupied by the family of De la Warr. It is now a ALFORD, Arms. Gu. six pears and a chief or. Crest. A boar's head ar, a broken spear thrust down his mouth or, Qum-terin/^s. 1, Sa, a chev, or, betw, three rams' heads ar. armed or, for Ramsey. 2, Vair, az, and ar, for Beauchamp. 3. Sa. a lion, rampant, ar, within a bordure ar, and az. for Nereut. 4, Ar. a saltier gu, betw, four eagles, displayed, vert, for Hampdkn, 5, Ar, three hop-poles, sa, for BALDvrm. 6, Krm. a fesse chequy, or. and sa. for Abden, 7, Barry of eight ar, and vert, a wivern, rampant, or, for DowRiNO, Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen, p, 302. Cart, Rape uf Bramber, p, 30. MARGESSON. Arms. Sa. a lion, passant, guardant, ar, a chief, engr. or. Crest. Ona ducal coronet or. a lion, passant, guardant, sa. Quartering. Ar, a chev, sa, betw. three hinds' heads erased gu, for Whitbread. Crest (of Whitbread), On a wreath of the colours, a hind's head, gu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p. 258, ' Col, Peer, (Brydges) v, 10, 2c2 ^ Ibid. 11. Ibid. ] 5. West Suss, iii, 30. 196 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. low and rather heavy building of two stories, with two small projecting wings. What was its extent formerly may be seen by the following enumeration of the apartments of the building] contained in a minute inventory of the chattels of the last Thomas De la Warr : — " My lord's bedchamber. The gallery chamber. The inner gallery, with The closet next the garden. The gallery at my lord's chamber-door. The genteel women's chamber, The maid's chamber. My Lady West's chamber. The great chamber. The middle chamber, The ladder chamber. The hall. The gallery going into the chapel. The chapel chamber, The black parler. The vellet chamber. The chamber within the vellet chamber, Mr. West's chamber, The chamber over, The newe worke, furniture, The tower chamber. My Lady Shirk's chamber, The neercerye, The three chambers. The chamber over the buUerye, The parler over the seller. The new chamber within it. Two other parlers, and Thirty other chambers and offices." ' Worthing is a hamlet of Broadwater, occupying about 300 acres in the southern district of the parish. It is 10 miles westward of Brighton, 20 eastward of Chichester, and 57 south of London. Not many years ago it Avas an obscure fishing-town, consisting of a few miserable huts, occupied by persons who obtained but a precarious subsistence by their nets. None of the houses exceeded 40*. a year rental; and an adjoining site of ground for a garden, to the extent of an acre, might be bought for half an anker or five gallons of brandy.^ The origin of its change of character from an humble fishing station to a fashionable resort may be fixed in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when his late Majesty, then Prince of Wales, by the erection of his Pavilion at Brighton, gave a new impulse to the prosperity of that town. Fashion came in support of Health and Pleasure ; combined, their operation was vast ; ' Burr, MSS. No. 5702, p. 122, " Evans's Worthing, i. 39. p. of Broadwater.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 197 steynes, and squares, and crescents, and parades, and places, rose up as if by magic ; but yet the demand for houses was greater than the supply, and the neighbouring parts of the coast began to speculate ; besides, some of the visiters doubtless preferred spots of a more secluded cast to the garish festivity of Brighton. Hence the rise, in their modern character of watering-places, of St. Leonard's, Eastbourne, Seaford, Rottingdean, Worthing, Bognor, and Little Hampton. In 1797, her Royal Highness the Princess Ameha, by the advice of her physicians, made Worthing her occasional residence during the summer. This circumstance tended considerably to advance the claims of this place to a distinguished name amongst the fashionable marine resi dences on the coast ; and it Avas subsequently honoured by the visits of the lamented and truly-- beloved Princess Charlotte of Wales ; her late Majesty, the persecuted Queen Caroline ; and more, recently by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. In 1803, an Act of Parliament was obtained for widening and lighting the streets, and dignifying it with the name of a town. The town was still more augmented in 1809, by Acts of Parliament, for building a market-house and the erection of a chapel. Doubtless the favour and attachment which have heen shown to Worthing of late years are partly owing to the advantages of its situation, as it is excluded from the chilling north and east winds by the continuous range ofthe South Downs; and lying on a level with the beach, the climate is decidedly milder than at Brighton. Besides which, an advantage denied to that modern maritime Babylon, is the excellency of the sands here, affording the utmost facility for bathing in the most tempestuous weather, and opportunities for healthful exercise, either on horseback or on foot, for several miles. As we have in some respects lowered Brighton to the exaltation of Worthing, it is but fair to say, that frequently a thick mist or dense fog is seen hanging over and partly obscuring Worthing, when the atmosphere at Brighton is perfectly transparent ; and hence it is that the air of Worthing is too mild for those requiring a bracing atmosphere, whilst for those of a different temperament, it is of course highly eligible. The climate is so mild, that myrtles and fig-trees grow in it to great perfection.^ The population of Worthing is now between three and four thousand. " The ocean must have encroached considerably on this coast, if, as we are assured, an extensive common once lay between Worthing and the sea. Upon the scite of this common, now covered with sand, and within high- water-mark, is dug a fine blue clay, that produces an uncommonly beautiful cream-coloured brick, with which the houses of this place are fronted." ^ The neighbourhood of Worthing is remarkably picturesque, and especially to the west and^ north-west, Avhere sylvan scenery of the most imposing character prevails, and from the eminences are enjoyed peculiarly attractive marine and land views. The Isle of Wight forms a singularly interesting object. The town, stretching along the coast about three-quarters of a mile, and extending inland in some points to nearly a similar distance, is of a light and airy appearance, from the intervention of laAvns, gardens, and even fields, separating many of the buildings. The houses are by no means regular, though modern, and if there is not the same continuity of splendid edifices, approximating in architecture as on the western cliff of Brighton, there is more of rural beauty and capabilities of • Coast of Sussex, 351. * Shoberl's Suss. p. 104. 198 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber health. To enumerate the names of the streets would be useless ; many excellent houses will be foui. d in every direction, and ample accommodation in the inns for the " fairest of the fair" or the grandest of the grand. West of Warwick-buildings, which form the most easterly point of the town, is the Steyne, opening from the Esplanade. It Is planted as a garden with shrubberies, having an elegant range of houses on the western side. South-street may be considered as the centre of the town, beyond which, to the west, are a number of elegant villas, rows, places, and terraces. Park Crescent is reached by a very gentle acclivity, winding somewhat westward from John-street, in the south-western district of the town. This modern and elegant suite of buildings is decidedly the chef-d'oeuvre of Worthing, if not of the Sussex coast. It consists of villas arranged in the form of a crescent, in the front of which are extensive grounds, laid out with great taste, and planted with a variety of flowers, shrubs, and trees, as well exotic as native. A finely-wooded plain presents itself from the western aspect, the South Downs forming the background. Tarring spire, rising from the midst of a group of trees, forms a picturesque object in the scene. The entrance is under a triumphal arch of elegant architecture. Warwick House, situated in the eastern part of the town, was perhaps the first marine villa erected here. It was erected by John Luther, about the middle of the last century, and was purchased by the Earl of Warwick, in 1789. Seven years afterwards, John Wihlam Commerell became the possessor, who. In 1821, sold it to Edward Ogle, Esq, From Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham, who purchased it in 1825, of. William Ogle, Esq,, it came, in 1826, to its present possessor, Anne Elizabeth Colberg. We shall not attempt to particularize the numerous private mansions that a few years have added to this once rural retreat. Of the public buildings it will be requisite only to notice a few. The Market is a neat quadrangular erection, presenting ranges of covered stalls, with a pump in the centre. Vegetables and fruit are plentiful and excellent. Poultry is comparatively cheap, and of fish there is a great variety. The shrimps caught on the sands are large and of fine quality. Crabs and lobsters are brought from Bognor, and prawns from the Isle of Wight. Skate, whitings; dories, turbots, and mullets are abundant. The wheatear, caught In the neighbouring downs, is equal for its delicacy and flavour to those of the eastern part of the county. The Theatre Is situated in Anne-street : though small, it is tastefully decorated, and occasionally exhibits " stars" from the metropolis. The Chapel of Ease was completed In 1812. The front has a stone portico of mixed Doric and Tuscan character. It cost upwards of 12,000Z,, which was defrayed chiefly by the sale and letting of the pews. The Incorporated Society for enlarging Churches and Chapels contributed 150Z. It will contain 1200 persons, and has free sittings for 150. The interior is neat and even handsome, without the least appearance of gaudiness. The organ is of superior tone and power, and cost 600Z. The nomination of the chaplain is vested in the rector of the parish. The present Incumbent Is the Rev. W. Davison, A. M. There are four dissenting chapels in the town, belonging to the Independents and the Wesleyan Methodists. Of the relative excellency of the Inns of Worthing we will not attempt to decide. Each will aflbrd whatever may be desired by the most fastidious gourmand or the most exquisite arbiter of the juice of Bacchus. The Libraries are well supplied with amusing and instructive works, and at least one of them with morning and evening papers. The baths are excellent ; and conveniences for land or water conveyance abound. National schools, in which about 200 children are educated, are supported by subscription. There is also an infant school, a savings-bank, and several institutions are supported by voluntary subscription for the benefit of the poor. The manor of Ordinges is thus described in Doomsday : — " The same Eobert holds Ordinges of William ; seven allodial tenants held it of Earl Godwin. It was then assessed at eleven iiides. At the present period, Eobert has nine hides, and they were rated at two hides. The arable is three plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and six villains and nine bondsmen with one plough. Here is a minister, p. of Durrington.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 199 and seven acres of meadow. It has been valued at one hundred shillings in the reign of the Saxon prince and at the time it was transferred, and continues estimated at such sum. Eobert holds one hide and a half in Mordinges of William. Lewin held it of the King (Edward), and it was assessed at half a hide. There is a villain, five bondsmen, and half an acre of meadow. Twelve shillings have been the constant value," ' Prom the Viscounts Montague the lordship has descended to Wilham Stephen Poyntz, Esq., in right of his wife, Elizabeth Mary, sister and heir of George Samuel, the last Viscount Montague. The benefice of Broadwater Is a rectory, in the deanery of Storrington and archdeaconry of Chichester, and rated in the king's books at 361. It is in the patronage of Henry Wood, Esq., and the present incumbent Is his son, the Rev. Peter Wood. There are forty acres of glebe, together with the great and small tithes attached to the benefice. The church is a most interesting one, as well for the beauty of its internal architecture as for the stately monuments of the De la Warr family which it contains. It is of a cruciform structure, with a low square tower in the centre ; a round corner turret has lately been erected in place of a pointed roof. The interior consists of a chancel, a nave, with side aisles, and north and south transept. The chancel has a groined roof; the eastern window, of four lights, is in the decorated style of English architecture, as are also the side windows, which were originally lancet-shaped, as is seen by the traces left on the outside. The arch under the tower next the nave is pointed with zigzag ornaments, whilst the opposite one entering the chancel is semicircular, and Is of the richest style of Norman ornament. The capitals of the lofty pillars which support the arch are surmounted with palm branches, an ornament introduced by the Crusaders, The nave opens to the aisles by plain pointed arches on circular columns. The south transept forms a spacious vestry, and the northern has been separated from the church, and converted into a school-room. On each side of the tower, which contains six musical bells, are two slightly pointed windows. On the south wall of the chancel, instead of the stalls so frequently met with in the Sussex churches, is a stone bench, over which is a semi circular arch adorned with zigzag mouldings. On the north side is a splendid monument of Caen stone, canopied and fretted, to the memory of Thomas Lord De la Warr, who died iu 1526. It exhibits the union of the Italian and Gothic ornament. In the eastern part of the south transept is another and similar monument, to the memory of Thomas Lord De la Warr, who died in 15.')4, It has recently been taken down, repaired and replaced, by the direction of the present Earl De la Warr, and now furnishes to the antiquary a fine specimen of the rich monumental architecture of the times. On the floor of the chancel is a brass, to the memory of John Mapleton, rector, who was chancellor to Catherine, the wife of Henry V., and died in 1432. The church contains a vast number of monumental inscriptions, which our room will not enable us to insert. It had formerly a chantry. Of this church, which has recently undergone a complete repair at the expense of more than I200Z., it Is but justice to say, that, for neatness of appearance and architectural and monumental interest. It is scarcely to be surpassed in either the eastern or western divisions of Sussex. A piece of land was given by Dr. Chester to the poor, called the Poor's Ten Acres, the profits of which are applied to the poor. The registers commence in 1558. DURRINGTON Is a small parish, consisting of 740 acres. It is bounded on the east and south by Tarring, on the west by Goring, and on the north by Findon. It is a parish distinct from Tarring, though, in the ecclesiastical division, it is regarded, together with Heene, as component parts of the Archbishop's peculiar of Tarring. The population in 1831 did not exceed 162. The manor of Derentune is thus described in Doomsday under the hundred of Bredford : — " Robert holds Derentune of William de Braiose., Ulward held it of Earl Harold. It was then assessed at four hides ; ' Doomsday, 28, b. 2, 200 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. it is now rated at one. The arable is two plough lands. Here are two villains and five bondsmen with half a plough, four acres of meadow, and a wood of four hogs. A foreigner holds one hide and a half of this land, where are two bondsmen. The same Eobert holds in the same Derentune what Edward held, of the Saxon prince. This was assessed at eight hides ; it is now rated at two hides one rood land. The arable is six ploughs, one in the demesne, and nine villains and nine bondsmen have seven ploughs. Here is a church, eight acres of meadow, and a wood often hogs. One hundred shillings have been the regular value for the last twenty years," ' Soon after the Conquest, the manor was possessed by Robert le Savage, and followed the same line of descent as Broadwater, The Misses Shelley of Lewes are the proprietors of another manor, or reputed manor, within this parish ; arid Thomas Bushby, Esq., holds lands under the manor of Broadwater, The great tithes of Durrington are divided in equal moieties between Magdalen College, Oxford, and the rector of Tarring. Scarcely any of the remains of the chapel are discoverable. The registers commence in 1627, but are now included with West Tarring, where the marriages have been solemnized since 1754. CLAPHAM Adjoins Findon on the east, Ferring on the south. Patching on the west, and Storrington on the north. The far greater part of it lies on the downs, many of the slopes and dells of which are covered with wood. It contains 1920 acres of arable, pasture, down, and wood land. The soil varies from light chalky to the strong and fertile loam which is found at the southern base of the downs. In 1831 the population was 229. The village, consisting of a long street south of the church, is situated rather on a hill, and en closed with woods, in the south-Avestern angle of the parish, at the distance of about six miles east of Ai-undel, and the same number north-west of Worthing. No public road passes through the parish. The Duke of Norfolk is the proprietor of the whole parish, with the exception of an estate of about eighty acres, the residence and property of Charles Stanhope, Esq.^ In the hundred of Staininges it is thus described in Doomsday : — " Gilbert holds Clopeham of William. Alwin held it of King Edward, and it was situated in Lolinminstre, which is in cluded in the rape of Earl Roger. It was then assessed at eight hides, but two hides are still in the district of Earl Roger. The moiety that Gilbert holds is assessed at three hides. The arable is four plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and five villains and eight bondsmen with two ploughs. In the time of the Saxon prince it was valued at 8/., at a subsequent estimate il,, and is now appreciated at 6/." ' In -the time of Edward I., Ralph de St. Owen obtained a charter of free-warren for his lands at Clapham. Subsequently the manorial property of St. Owen came into the hands of the owners of Michelgrove, and In the beginning of the fifteenth century John Shelley, of Michelgrove, became lord. In his family it continued till the beginning of the present century, when it was alienated by Sir John Shelley to Richard Walker, Esq., of Liver pool, for the sum of 1 15,000?. whose son, Richard Watt Walker, sold it, in 1828, to the present Duke of Norfolk. Michelgrove came into the Shelley family by the marriage of John Shelley, above-mentioned, to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Michelgrove. This noble estate, occupying a great portion of the three parishes of Clapham, Patching, and Angmering, was anciently held of William de Braose, Lord of Bramber, by knight's ' Doomsday, 28, b. 2. * West Suss, iii. 83, ' Doomsday, 28, a 2. p. of Clapham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 201 service. The family of Fauconer thus held it In 1279. In 1313, John de Fauconer assumed the name of Mlchel- grove. After it passed into the SheUey family by marriage. It descended as Clap ham, and is now the property of Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk, For the pedigree of the family of Shelley, and sketches of some of the eminent individuals belonging to it, we beg to refer the reader to the History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity.^ By whom the old mansion of Michelgrove was built Is undetermined. By one respectable writer^ it is said to have been erected in 1534, but he gives no authority for the statement. Mr. Cartwright' says that It was " probably erected by Judge Shelley, who received a visit here from Henry VIII." Certain it is that it was a large quadrangular and embattled brick building, with an hexagonal turret at ^^^^^^^^_ „^ j,^ ,„,„,,^^ove. each corner. The grand entrance was from the centre ofthe south front by a flight ^^^^ Quarterly or, andaz a falcon, ppr D _ , i Pedigree, hee Cart. Kape oi liiamuLr, y. /^' of stone steps upon a gravel terrace, which was carried on each side beyond tne frontage of the mansion. In the centre was a porch. Introductory to the noble baronial haU, Many additions and improvements were made by the late Sir John Shelley, and still more extensive ones were begun by Richard Walker, Esq., and finished by his The magnificence of the mansion was increased son, the late proprietor by an additional wing on the west, consisting of elegant suites of apart ments, a conservatory, and tennis court, &c. The whole was embelhshed in the most florid style of Gothic architecture. The material with which it was erected was cream-coloured brick, but latterly it was covered with cement. The drawing-room had a groined roof of chestnut, and the whole apartment was splendidly adorned with Gothic decorations. The situa tion of this magnificent dwelling was at the extremity of a coombe of the downs, forming a narrow vale, and fronting the sea, over which it had a pleasing prospect; but the range of downs, fully planted, and scarcely more distant than half a furlong from the house, obstructed and confined the land views. Of this splendid mansion, on which an incredible sum of money had been expended within the last thirty years, scarcely a vestige remains. The Duke of Norfolk became possessor in 1828, and by him it has been razed to the ground. The demesne is said to have contained upwards of seven thousand acres of land, a great portion of which was on the downs. The park was extensive, stocked with six or seven hundred head of deer, and abounding with timber of the finest growth, and greatest luxuriance. The park, lying almost wholly in the parish of Angmering, has been already mentioned.* It is beautifully adorned with groups of full-grown trees, and extensive plantations. A rich and extensive vale is in front, and the sea view is traly magnificent. A handsome cottage was erected in the park, and occasionally used as a banquetting house. ^fk A '7- The ecclesiastical living Is a rectory In the deanery of Arundel and archdeaconry of Chichester, and is rated in Liber Regis at l4?. The patronage is with the lord of the manor, and the present incumbent is the Rev, William Nourse, A,M. Glebe twelve acres. SHELLEY, Dabt, Arms. Sa. a fesse, engr, betw, three whelk shells, nr. Crest. A griffin's head, erased, ar, beaked and ducally gorffed, or, OMartmnn-s. 1 , Gu, a chev, ar, betw, three leopards' faces of the second, for Petit, Ar. on a chev, sa. three escallops, or, for Hawk wood. Quarterly, or, and az, a falcon, ppr, for Fauconer, or Michelgrove. Az. on a bend, cottised, ar, three eagles, displayed, for Belknap, Gu. a fesse, chequy, or. and sa. betw, six crosses pattSe, fitchee, ar, for Bolder, Gu. two bars, erm. for Pantulf. Or, two bends, gu, forSuDELEv. o. Bendy of ten, or, and az, for Montfort. 9! Ar, billety sa, a lion, rampant, crowned, or, for De la Planche, 10, Az, a fesse ar, betw, six cross crosslets, for Havercamp, Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen. p. 63. Cart, Rape of Bramber, p, 77, Kimber's Baronetage, vol. i, p, 3a. ' Vol. i. p. 376 ; vol. ii. pp. 174-180. ' Picture of Worthing, by the Kev, J. Evans, vol, ii, p. 45. 2d » West Suss. iii. 81. * Page 140. VOL. II. 202 fliSTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. The church, which Is ancient, consists of a chancel, nave, side aisles, and a low tower, surmounted by a shelving four-sided roof It had formerly a shingled spire. In the chancel is a monument of Caen stone, representing a man in the robes of a judge, with a hood and coif, and a lady in the costume of the time. Behind them are seven boys and seven girls. The monument is doubtless for Sir WiUiam SheUey, Judge of the Common Pleas, aud his wife Alice, the daughter of Henry Belknap, Esq. On the floor of the chancel is a brass representing the efBgies of John Shelley and Elizabeth his wife, the heiress of John Michelgrove. Against the wall is a brass monument of a man in armour, and his lady kneeling at a desk, with a numerous progeny behind. It is for John SheUey, Esq., who died in 1550, and who had married Mary, the daughter of Sir VVilliam Fitzwilliams, Knt. There is a similar monument for John Shelley, the second son of John Shelley of Michelgrove, who married Elinor, the daughter of Sir Thomas Lovell of Harling, in Norfolk, Knt. Nuraf rous slabs of the SheUey family are on the floor ; and some loose brasses, the monumental adornments of the tombs of " Johannes Michelgrove, senior," " Johannes Michelgrove, junior," and " Bona et virtuosa Griselda, nuper uxor Joh'is Catyll," have taken their station in the church chest. The registers commence in 16S5. FINDON Is rather an extensive parish, situate on the downs, comprising 4250 acres of arable, pasture, and down land. Its form is exceedingly irregular, and its boundaries almost difficult to be defined. Broadwater, West Tarring, and Durrington determine its extent to the south ; Broadwater, Somp ting, and Steyning form the eastern limit; Wiston and Washington the northern, and Clapham and Sullington the western boundary. The population in 1831 did not exceed 544. The turnpike road from Worthing to Horsham passes through the village, which is situated in a valley ofthe downs, near the centre ofthe parish. It is about four miles south-west from Steyning, and about the same distance north-west by north from Worthing. It is sixteen miles from Horsham, and fifty-two from London. Of the landed proprietors the principal are, William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq., lord of the manor and demesne of Findon, Charles Goring, Esq., Frederick WilUam Frankland, Esq., of Muntham, and Mr, Hugh Penfold. Findune is described in Doomsday In the territory of William de Braose, and in the hundred of Staininges, as having been held by William in person, as in the Saxon times Harold held it in domain. As ten of the hides which it comprised, in the time of Edward the Confessor, had been included in the grant to Roger Earl Montgomery, it was assessed, when transferred to Braose, at only twenty hides, all of which, with the exception of three hides, were exempt from the land tax. The arable land re quired seventeen ploughs. Here was a church, six serfs, and a wood affording pan nage for twenty hogs. In the time of King Edward the total value was 281., after wards 201., and at the time of the survey 28Z. 10s.' From the family of Braose the manor descended, by the marriage of John de Mowbray with Oliva, the daughter of Wilham de Braose, to that ducal family; and, like the barony of Bramber, continued therein for nearly two hundred years. In the RICHARDSON, tlmc of Henry VIII. (1531), Sir John Dudley was lord of the manor. From the Arms. Sa, on a chief ar, three uons' heads, noble families of Doi'set and Thanet, It at length Came into the possession of John erased of the fit^Id. ^ '^'aS„.°n"aUo"perarthe%tbo^ Chealc, Esq„ together with the demcsue, from whose nephew it was purchased, in po™ml^al/hUt''OT,™'"'"'°^*""'' 1787, bv the uncle of the present possessor, William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq. Quarterings. 1, Gu. a leopard's face, ¦' ^ n i i-i- i i-ii ..,,., 2, Ai'^""cmw°mS; «rou?fs°uam' The mansion of Mr. Richardson, called Findon Place, is m the vicinity of the M.,tto. iiutl^^"'^- f°"*i''^™"'-'-' church. It was bulk on the site of a more ancient building by a former lord of the Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen, p, 49. , -i -i , i , m n • i i Dall, West, Suss, vol. ii, p, ,^0, mauor, and was enlarged by the late Mrs. Richardson. ' Doomsdav, 28, a, 2. \^ 5 1 >^xl > -, \ '-^ ^ V 1^ s ^ K V , ^ fi> i^ N S^^ \ X ^\^ ¦> ^ p. of Findon.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 203 The manor of Muntham extends over a great part of the pariah of Washington. of about 1600 acres. It was anciently owned by a family of the same name. From the Apsley family it passed into that of Shelley. In the beginning of the reign of Charles I,, it was sold by Sir Sackville Crowe, Bart., to John Middleton of the Inner Temple, Esq.' In 1 765, Anthony Viscount Montague disposed of it to William Frankland, Esq., descended on the female side from Mary and Frances, the two daughters of Oliver Cromwell. It afterwards passed to the Rev. Roger Frankland, canon residentiary of Wells, who dying in 1825, his eldest son, Frederick William Frankland, Esq., became possessor. The first-named William Frankland, Esq., the purchaser of Muntham, spent the earlier part of his days In the Eastern parts of the world. His great-grandfather. Sir William Frankland of Thhkleby, was created a Baronet at the Restoration, whose son. Sir Thomas Frankland, filled for some time the arduous office of postmaster- general, The demesne lands consist FRANKLAND. Arms. Az, a dolphin, or, on a chief, or* two saltiers, humett6e, gu. Crest. An anchor erect sa, entwined by a Henry Frankland, Esq,, the son of the last-mentioned, was governor of peij'ree'^ °see cart. Rape of Bramber, Fort William in Bengal. His son William returned from Bengal about 1760, and having crossed the Persian Gulf in the character of a Tartar messenger, he passed from Bagdad to Jerusalem, and visited the site of Babylon and the ruinc of Palmyra.^ On his return to this country he purchased Muntham, which had been erected by Lord Montague as a hunting box ; and having considerably enlarged it, spent here the last forty years of his life in scientific pursuits. He is said to have expended at least 20,000^. in his favourite researches. He had a singular turn for mechanics. The ingenuity of the machines contrived by him never failed to excite the admiration of the spectator. One room was full of lathes, wrought by means of a large jack, from which the graver or. chisel also received its direction, so that no assistance was required from the hand during the operation, which proceeded steadily and successfuUy till the accomplishment of the assigned task. Medals of hard wood, with h^^ads and figures, even complicated in their nature, were thus produced. A second room was furnished with machines for spinning, winding, and other operations carried on in our manufactories. Here were also printing-pressfis of various constructions. Another apartment was crowded with time-pieces of every form and dimensions, t())gether with electrifying machines and optical apparatus in almost endless variety. Musical instruments of ew'ery kind were to be found, most of them played by means of machinery, and a place was allotted to implements/ of agriculture. What rendered the examination of these objects particularly Interesting, was, that they weree all constructed from the plans of the venerable proprietor, who at one time kept many workmen, and even sorf'ie from foreign countries, in constant employ.' Soon after Mr, Frankland's death, in December, 1805 at the h-S^ of eighty-five, this extraordinary collection was disposed of by public sale. Many of the articles fetched verv e-^'S^ prices, one turning-lathe alone being sold for three thousand guineas.* A fine poF^^'^i* °f ^^- Frankland is preserved at Muntham. He is exhibited with a chart before him tracing his route iri^^ Tadmor, in the desert, to the holy sepulchre, and in his hand a scroll, on which is written — "Remarks jp^ade during a visit to the Holy Land in the year I76I, &c." He valued himself on his derivation from OJivei f Cromwell, and a series of faraily portraits, at the head of which is the Protector himself, are directed byhisH-ilJ^^ji"" ' " " FindnseJ alienatefrpjjj descend- the -wif Goring be preserved by his successors as heir-looms.° Park was formerly a portion of the extensive property of the Shelleys, by whom it was Sir Thomas Shirley. Subsequently it became the property of Sir John Fagg, in whose it continued till the death of Sir Robert Fagg in 1740, who bequeathed it to his sister. Sir Charles Matthews Goring, Bart., and it is now the property of his son, Charles Burr '¦ Wes ' Evat iii, 90. jcture of Worthing, p. 123, b2 * Shoberl's Suss. 110, * West Suss, iii. 91. 204 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. Game abounds in the parish, and a pack of harriers is kept by William Westbrooke Richardson, Esq. Findon sheep fair, established on the 14th of September, 1790, with the consent of the late William Richardson, Esq., lord of the manor, is now of importance, and attended by the principal graziers in Sussex. About one thousand ewes and two thousand lambs are penned. There is generally a good show of horned cattle, horses, pigs, &c. The benefice is vicarial, In the deanery of Storrington, and valued In Liber Regis at 131. 3s. 9d. It is in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The present incumbent Is the Rev. John Hind, D.D. The glebe is said to be about seventy-five acres. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is ancient, parts of it exhibiting the early English style of architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, and an adjoining chapel, formerly belonging to the manorial estate. There is also a sepulchral chapel on the south side, belonging to the present owner of the manor. The east window of the chancel is in the decorated style, and on the south wall are two stalls formerly used by the ofiiciating priests. The tower at the west end is surmounted by a shingled spire. There are few mural monuments in the church, but numerous Inscriptions on slabs. The registers commence in 1566, SOMPTING. The form of this parish approaches to a long oval, lying north and soyth, and partly on the downs. It is bounded by the parishes of Lancing, Coombes, Findon, and Broadwater, and contains 2660 acres of rich arable and down land; of the latter there are upwards of 900 aicres. The southern district of the parish gently slopes to the south, the northern swells into the bold\mountain scenery of Steep Down and Cissbury Hill. The number of inhabitants in 1831 was 519. *> The village is pleasantly situated, and marked by a rural simplicity. Elms of the finest growth adorn the immediate vicinity, beautifying the side of the hill on which the church is ^j)laced. It is two miles north of Worthing, and one west of Lancing. S The chief landed proprietors of the parish are, Henry John Lord Selsey, the Rev. Feter Guerin Crofts, Mr. H. Winter, and Mr. Stubbs. .' Under the hundred of Bred/orde it is thus mentioned in Doomsday : — \ " Ralph holds Sultinges of William. Lewin held it of King Edward. It was then assessed at seventeA'n hides. Of these, two hides are in the rape of Earl Roger. There are three hides and a half in Garinges and other platJes, which dif ferent homagers hold, and Ralph has eleven hides and a half in his own hand. This is now assessed at two hid«s, three rood lands. The arable is five plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and nineteen villains, and sixte^jn bondsmen with nine ploughs. Here is a church, five ministers, a mill of three shillings, eight salt-pans of thirteen shi'' W s, and thirty acres of meadow. A knight holds one hide of this land, where he has a plough in the demesne, two villainSpJ • bondsmen, a salt-pan of two shillings, and two acres of meadow. The total value in the reign of the Confessor, am f subsequent estimate, was 8/,, it is now appreciated ai7l. 8s. Another Ralph holds two hides of William in the same -J fl which are not included in the preceding number. Lewin held them of King Edward. They were then assessed„ ,1 lides, they are now rated at one hide and an half. Here are four villains, and a bondsman, with half a plough, and tv f meadow. The arable is one plough land. In the reign of the Saxon prince, and subsequently, the value was bOs., e o: t estiraate is 70,?, Robert holds one hide of William in the same manor, not included in the preceding number. -p, ¦ -i '•¦ '>'"'^ it was assessed at one hide, but it is now rated at half a rood land. Here is a villain, a bondsman, and i' "^^ Eight shilUngs have been its constant estimated value," ' ~- .. MSi t Suss ' Doomsday, 29, a, 1. is's pj 2 d it, and 'meadow. p. of Sompting.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 205 The manor, thus described under the name of Sultinges, and belonging to William de Braose by grant of the Norman Conqueror, became In process of time divided : one portion taking the name of Pevereli — a family who held it In the reign of Plenry III., and during several suc cessive reigns ; another assuming the name of the Abbot of Feschamp, to whom it was at an early period granted; and a third borrowing the name of Andrew de Lychpole, a steward, though an unfaithful one, of William de Braose. Sompting Pevereli, Sompting Abbots, and Lychpole, are now the principal manors and estates.' The first Is now the property of Henry John Lord Selsey ; the second and third of the Rev. Peter Guerin Crofts, of Mailing. Cokeham is mentioned in the Conqueror's survey as being held by Ralph, and as having been the possession of Earl Harold. It is now the property of Mr. Harry Winton. An hospital, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St, Anthony, was founded at p.jiy, Cokeham at an early period by WiUiam Berncbius, Nothing is known of it save some disreputable facts detailed in the third volume of Western Sussex.* PEVEREL. Arms. Gyronny of ten, or, and gu, within a bordure sa, bezantee, was founded at ^f S^'=- ""^^ '=^"' ^^'^^ °^ Bramber, The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Storrington and archdeaconry of Chichester, rated in the king's books at lOZ. The Impropriation was at an early period granted to the brethren of the Temple of Solomon, and afterwards to the Knight's Templars. Edward Barker, Esq,, who resides in the rectorial house, a handsome seat, about a quarter of a mile from the church, is patron. The present rector is the Rev. T. Poole Hooper, M.A., F.L.S. The church is an object of Interest, as well from its pleasant situation on the acclivity of the downs, and sur rounded with flourishing elm trees, the abode of a colony of rooks, as from the peculiarity of the architecture of the tower, and general appearance of antiquity. It is a cruciform structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, and transepts. The tower is at the west end, and against it, on the north side, are the ruins of an ancient chapel, or, perhaps, the remains of a north aisle; and adjoining the south transept is a small chapel separated by a screen. The interior contains nothing peculiarly deserving mention. An altar tomb of Caen stone, without name or date, and with shields of arms defaced by white-wash, is on the north side of the chancel. The tower is light and well proportioned ; each of its sides terminates in a pointed gable, from which the rather clumsy shingled spire rises. A perpendicular moulding running up the centre of each side separates the belfry windows, four of which have pointed, and four semicircular tops, and all are divided by a small muUion into two lights, A rude figure of a bishop in the act of benediction is placed in the south transept, and one, somewhat similar, of our Saviour in the same act, may be seen in the north transept. In this part of the church are several mural monuments for individuals of the family of Crofts, lords of the manor of Sompting Abbots, by whom this portion of the sacred edifice is kept in repair. As several portions of the architecture Intimate, the church was doubtless originally built in the Norman era, but at what exact period, or by whom, is unknown. The church has lately received an addition of a hundred and fourteen sittings, of which eighty-eight are free, the incorporated society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted 701. towards defraying the expense. The registers commence in 1546. ' West Suss. iii. 96, ^ Page 103, *206 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. LANCING (NORTH AND SOUTH). The soil of this parish is for the most part a rich loam intermingled with sand ; a portion, how ever, is chalk, forming part of the downs. Its form approaches a square, the eastern limit of which is made by the river Adur, the western by the parishes of Broadwater and Sompting, the northern by Coombes, and the southern by the English Channel. It contains 2300 acres of chiefly rich arable land, and had in 1831 a population of 695. The surface of the district is flat, highly cultivated, and well wooded, presenting a pleasing contrast to the bleak downs on the north. Lower or South Lancing is close by the sea side, where the principal houses are built on a terrace, from 15 to 20 feet above the level of the sea, and about 300 yards from it, the intervening space being occupied by a fine lawn, sheltered by a natural embank ment of beach thrown up by the sea. The elegant suspension bridge over the Adur has reduced the distance between this hamlet and New Shoreham nearly two miles. The ride from South to North Lancing, through closely-wooded lanes, is rural in a high degree. The village is pleasantly situated under the downs, at the distance of about three miles from Shoreham on the one side, and Worthing on the other ; it is 20 miles from Horsham, and 56 from London. The handsome mansion of Sir James Martin Lloyd, Bart., is here situate. The road used to pass close to the door, but the house now stands at an agreeable distance, owing to an alteration in the direction of the road made some years ago. The principal land-owner in the parish is Sir James Martin Lloyd, Bart,, lieutenant-colonel of the Sussex Militia, and formerly one of the representatives of the now disfranchised borough of Steyning, and of the borough of New Shoreham, to whom, by recent purchases, four-fifths of the whole parish now belong. The Earl of Egremont has some property in the parish. LLOYD, BakT. Arms. Party per bend sinister erm, and erm, a lion, rampant, or. Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or. an uni corn's head ar. crined and armed of the first. Pedigree. See Cart, Rape of Uramber, p,46. Lancings is thus described In Doomsday under the hundred of Bredfort : — " Robert holds Lancinges of William. Lewin held it of King Edward. It was then assessed at sixteen hides and a rood land. Of these this Robert has twelve hides and a rood ; that paid land-tax for five hides, one rood and a half. The arable is five plough lands. There are two ploughs and a half in the demesne, and thirteen villains and seven bondsmen with two ploughs. Here is a mill of eight shillings, and seven salt-pans of twenty shilhngs and three pence. Two knights hold two hides and an half and half a rood of this land, where they have in demesne two ploughs and eleven salt-pans of twelve shillings and sixpence. The total value in the reign of the Saxon prince was nine pounds, subsequently seven, and it is now estimated at fourteen pounds ten shillings. Ralph has three roods and a half in the same village, a moiety of the aforesaid sixteen hides, and these were assessed at one rood. Here is a villain and two bondsmen. The value is five shillings. Another Ralph holds three hides and a rood of this manor, a portion, like the preceding, of the aforesaid sixteen hides. This land of Ralph's was assessed at three roods, and is now rated at such quantity. There is one plough in the demesne, and two villains and two bondsmen with half a plough. Here are five salt-pans of twelve shillings and sixpence. The ancient estimate was fifty shillings, and such is its present value. Ralph holds further another rood, which was situated in Lancinges, and paid to the land-tax. A villain who held it continues to hold it. It was formerly estimated at five shillings, and at such sum it continues to be appreciated.'" The manor of North Lancing and Monks was, in the reign of Edward IIL, the property of the family of Poynings, with whom it continued till the beginning of the sixteenth century .^ It afterwards became the property of Sir William Goring, whose great nephew Richard Biddulph, Esq., inherited it, who was succeeded in the possession by his nephew, John Biddulph, Esq. This manor, as also that of South Lancing and Lyons, were Doomsdav, 29, a, 1. = Burr. MSS. p. of Lancing.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 207 purchased in the year 1827 by J. M. Lloyd, Esq., the present seignorlal lord. The manors of Lancing and Grant are also the property of the same gentleman.^ Howcroft is situate in the northern part of the parish ; It Is called in Doomsday How, and Is described as a boroughwick included in the manor of Herst, in the occupation of William de Warren. It was assessed at six hides in the Saxon times, and was the property of Earl Godwin. Six salt-pans are recorded. The manor formerly constituted part of the great property of the Carylls ; it is now vested in Sir J. M. Lloyd. In 1684, the farm called "the Salts," consisting of about 600 acres, was by embankment secured from the influx of the tide, and added to the other valuable estates then held by Sir William Goring. About two miles north of the village, on what Is called Lancing Down, some interesting remains of antiquity were brought to light in the spring of the year 1828. On opening a large tumulus, or what appeared to be such, at the depth of three feet, a tesselated pavement in good preservation, but without figures, was exposed to view. The excavation was continued, and at length a gallery, 40 feet square, containing a room in the centre, 16 feet square, was laid open ; in the centre of the room, the pavement of which was tesselated, were found a quantity of ashes, and among them twenty-five pieces of ancient British, Roman, and Saxon coin, and at the side of the building were found twelve pieces of silver coin. By the side of the pavement was a bath, paved with the grey chalk of the downs; and in the immediate vicinity of the building were a number of graves ; fifteen of these were opened; their contents were as follow : — Grave 1. The burnt bones of a human being, with a vase containing the heart and a fibula, 2. Burnt bones, with a small urn. 3. Burnt bones, with a bone comb, 4. Ditto, and a piece of coin. 5. Several broken urns, burnt bones, three celts, five amulets, and two fibulae. 6. A skeleton, under the head of which lay the bones of a cock. In this grave also were found a brooch in the shape of a cock, a fibula, and two coins. 7. Two heaps of burnt bones, two small urns, a ring, a comb, a brooch, and six lachrymatories. 8. Two heaps of burnt bones, ring, comb, and brooch. 9. A large urn, 14 inches high and 10 diameter, containing burnt bones and a locket with Mosaic work, 10. A fibula and burnt bones. 11. Two fibulae and burnt bones. ,12, 13, 14, 15. Burnt bones, a dagger, a ring, and brooch. Other relics of antiquity, as Roman styles, arrow tips, British battle-axes, spear heads, a massive sword, pins, dice, marbles, &c. We regret to state, that from some cause or other the proprietor of the soil in which these interesting relics were found, about two years ago caused the pavement and foundations to be grubbed up, and every vestige to be removed. The discoverer, J. Medhurst, was allowed, however, to take away the ancient relics he had found, and they are now exhibited by him at his house in Lancing. The views from the down wherein these remains were found are remarkably fine, comprising the coast from Beachey Head to Selsey Bill, with the Isle of Wight and the Enghsh Channel, far as the eye can reach. The benefice is a vicarage, in the deanery of Storrington, valued in Liber Regis at 6?. 9s. 4d. The advowson- was formerly appropriated to the monastery of Mottingden, in Kent, by Michael de Poynings. By exchange at the dissolution, it came into the hands of the Bishop of Lincoln ; in which see the patronage is now vested. The- Rev. Thomas Nash is vicar. The glebe land Is small In quantity, not exceeding two acres. The church has portions in the early Norman style ; others in the early English, and in the decorated style-. The interior is remarkably neat, and has recently received an addition of 114 sittings, of which 70 are free. There are a few mural monuments for individuals of the families of Young and Lloyd, as also one for Rev. Edward Martin, formerly vicar, and his wife. The registers commence in 1574. ' West Suss. iii. 43. 208 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Bramber. BOROUGH OF NEW SHOREHAM, Called formerly Scoreham, Schorham, Shoram,i &c., and now New Shoreham, in contradistinction to Old Shoreham, a little to the north, is a small parish, corsisting of not more than 170 acres. It was, in all probability, at an early period carved out of the parish of Old Shoreham, by which it is bounded on the north ; Kingston Bowsey, or by Sea, is on the east, and the river Adur forms its extreme limit on the south and the west. The population in 1831 amounted to 1503. Much cannot be said laudatory of the town. The houses are for the most part old, with triangular gables, and low entrances, and built in utter despite of all uniformity. But although it may not possess the attractions of Brighton or Worthing, between which it is situated, it has in its harbour, which comes close up to the town, a source of wealth which neither of those fashionable resorts can boast of. By some it is believed to have had its origin in the decay of Old Shoreham, situated about half a mile farther up the river. It seems more probable, however, that the decay of the old town y was the consequence of the increase and prosperity of the new one. The more eligible situation of the latter for trade and commerce invited the inhabitants of the district to become settlers, and to «hare in the advantages which a flourishing commerce yields. Though termed New Shoreham, its origin is not to be sought for in modern times, but is to be referred to the eera immediately succeeding the Norman Conquest, when the barony of Bramber was vested in the family of Braose. At that time the intercourse between this country and Normandy was very considerable, and the river Adur became a port of first-rate importance. The town increased, and a magnificent church attested the piety of the founder, and manifested the necessity of providing accommodation for a population by no means inconsiderable. The first legal document, showing the importance of the place, is an acknowledgment in the Exchequer ^ of the receipt of 30 marks, part of 101. from the burgesses of Shoreham, to make it a free port (that is, permission to trade with France without license for each transaction), provided that no horse above the price of three marks, no dog,^ no unknown messenger, no burgess, nor messenger of the same, should have free passage, without special license of the king. This is dated the eleventh year of the reign of John,* 1210. In the year 1216, we have a letter of mandate from the same king,^ requiring them to return to the allegiance and service due to him, " notwithstanding the oath they had taken by constraint, and by reason of his irresistible power, to Lewis, the son of the French king," when John had been dispossessed of his crown and land by the pope's legate. • There was anciently great indifference to the ortho graphy of proper names. Within five lines Shoreham is written, in one document (3 Edward I,, 1274), three different ways, as Schorham, as Shoram, and as Shorham ; and the name of De Braose, the first Norman lord of the manor, is spelled in more ways than it has letters. It is De Braose, Breose, Breuse, Braiose, Breusa, Brewose, Braiowsa, Ssc. " Madox, cap. ii. p. 283. ^ This was to preserve to the lords of the soil the breed of dogs for the sports of the field, to which the forest laws gave great protection. *¦ Mag. Rot. ii. John. Rot. 1. ' Redeatis ad fidem et servicium nostrum, non obstante juramento a vobis licet invitis prestito Lodovico, filio regis Francise. Similar letters were addressed to Hastings, Sand wich, Dover, Heye (Hythe), Rumenell (Romney), Win- chelsea. Rye, Pevenseye, Portsmouth, &c. B. of New Shoreham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 209 John had previously landed at Shoreham with a large army from Normandy, on the 25th March, 1199, immediately after the decease of Richard Cceur de Lion,^ He also embarked thence, in the June following, to hold a conference with the king of France,^ In proof of this, we have a charter, conferring certain immunities on the city of London, tested by Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, his chancellor, " Datum per manum predicti Hubert, Cant, Ai-. Cancellarii nostri apud Sorham, xviij Junii, anno regni nostri primo." The importance of Shoreham, as a harbour, in the thirteenth century, will appear by the number of briefs and orders addressed to it in common with other great ports of the kingdom,^ Two large fleets, consisting together of 706 ships, were fitted out during the reign of Edward III. (1346), " At that time the navy of England was furnished and manned something in the way that militia are now raised ; each town supplying its quota of ships ai)d men. The changeable and fluctuating nature of mercantile wealth is strongly seen in making a comparison between vhe state of the trading towns of England then and at this day. Fowey, in Cornwall, furnished nearly twice as many ships as London, and many towns that stand pretty high on the list are now almost forgotten. The following is .in extract from the roll of Edward III. as preserved in the Cotton Library : — From Fowey . . . 47 Shoreham . . 26 Dover . . . 21 Southampton . 21 Yarmouth . . 43 London . . . 25 Weymouth . . 20 Newcastle . . 17 Dartmouth . . 31 Bristol . . . 24 Looe . . . 20 Boston . . . 17 Plymouth . . 26 Sandwich . 22 Lynn . . . 19 Hull . . . . 16 " Besides these, which are the principal towns, there were 66 others, which furnished each their share, and the king equipped 25 ships, as many as London, but not so many as Shoreham, These ships were manned with 26 men each, on the average, though some had only 15 and a boy, and others as many as 32 men,""* At this period it is evident Shoreham must have been a place of considerable consequence, or its inhabitants would not have been called upon to furnish the royal navy with as many vessels as Plymouth, and more than were demanded from Newcastle, Bristol, or London. The unprecedented prosperity which had attended the new port for three centuries after the Norman Conquest, was destined, ere long, to receive a fearful check. In the following century, owing to causes but indistinctly traced, save the fickleness of the sea, it was so far reduced as to prompt, in 1432, a petition to Parliament from the burgesses, craving a reduction of their assess ment, couched in the following terms : — " Forasmuch as by the encroachment of the sea, and other • Carte's Hist. i. p, 784. ^ Leland's Itinerary, part ii, foi. 77, &c. ; and he extracts it " Ex Collectaneis Gervisii, monachi Cantuari. De regibus Angliae." ^ 1224. 15th May. Notice of truce concluded with France is sent to it and Portsmouth, Suthampton, Seford, De la Pole (Poole), Exon, Bristol, Dertmuth, &c,, addressed to the Ballivis ei Provis hominibus, Sorham. 1226, 5th Nov. That vessels laden with wine, corn, and provisions, may securely enter from France, notwithstanding the mandate ofthe king to the contrary. 1301. 14th Feb. Summoned to send vessels to the king to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Shorham, .Bryghthelmston, and Portesmouth, " cum una navi." 1310. 3 Edward I. A prohibition against any nobleman going to France during the war with Scotland, addressed " Custodibus Portuum subscriptorum," viz, Bristol, Exeter, Warham, Waymouth, Suth"". Portesmutb, Shorham, Seford, Winchelse, La Rye, Gyppeswick, Sandwich, Gernemuch, and Hertelpol. * Epit. of 2e 1310. 3 Edward II. To prepare vessels ; the truce be ing violated by Robert De Brus. 1327. 1 Edward III. That no religious person should depart from the kingdom without knowledge of the king. 1329. 3 Edward III. To suffer no person whatever to pass over the sea without especial license, 1.336. 10 Edward HI. That all the vessels of the western fleet should assemble at Portsmouth. 1338. 12 Edward III. To Robert Honel, to seek after the Count de Gelre, not only in the town of Shorham but in the other havens, towns, and places of Sussex. 1340. 14 Edward III. Notice of peace between the king and France and Scotland. " Ls Roi, aux Bailiffs de Shoram, salutz." 1341, 15 Edward HI. To send masters of vessels to the council. One from Shoreham. 1342. A similar mandate, " habere volumus avisamen- tum et consilium marinariorum et hominum maritimorum." In the same year another, " To prepare vessels to transport the Earl of Northampton and his army into England." Brighton. VOL. II. 210 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R of Bramber. causes, Avhicli have reduced the number of inhabitants to 36,^ they are unable to pay their assessment of 12*. for the tenth due to the crown, which was fixed when the population amounted to 500 persons,"^ they pray that they may obtain a reduction of the same. From this state of extraordinary depression the town did not speedily emerge. With other places on the Sussex coast, it suffered, in the reign of Henry VIIL, from the predatory attacks of the enemy ; but its worst foe was the unstable element which had for a time conferred upon it wealth and influence. In the time of Queen Elizabeth, when Camden wrote, its condition is thus described by him : — " Somewhat lower upon the shore appeareth Shoreham, in times past Scoreham, which by little and little fell to be but a village, at this day called Old Shoreham, and gave increase to another towne of the same name, whereof the greater part, also being drowned and made even with the sea, is no more to be scene ; and the commodiousnesse of the haven, by reason of bankes and barres of sand cast up at the river's mouth, quite gone ; whereas, in foregoing times, it was wont to carrie ships with full saile as far as to Brember, Avhich is a good M'ay from the sea." ^ The harbour, and in consequence the town, does not appear to have much improved from the time of Camden to the year 1698. A survey then made by the commissioners of the navy states, " that the haven's mouth is a very dry barr, upon the ebbs of spring tydes, and the out-sea in foul weather throws up extraordinary quantities and heaps of beach in the manner of small islands ; and whether you come in or goe out, you meet with great difficulty and hazard. They continue to build new ships, from 300 tons downwards, and Avaiting good seasons, with proper care, they get them into the sea."* In 1724 the population had increased to 160 families,^ which, at the usual computation, would make 640 inhabitants. About, or a little before, this time Mr. Warburton visited the town, and thus speaks of it in his MSS. : — " One mile from Lancing I crossed the river by a ford, the tide being out, and on the east brink thereof entered Old Shoreham, where are the remains of a large church, and the ruins of many large buildings, seemingly of the Danes' erecting ; and at two miles distant from it New Shoreham, so called from its rise out of the ruins of the other. It is a borough-town, hath a safe harbour for small vessels, hath a goodly large church, and in the market-place a canopy of free-stone, supported by eight columns, built at the charge of Sir Nath. Gould, who, with Chamberlin, are their present members."" The last illustration of the former state of Shoreham that we shall notice is from a woi'k published in the same year in which Bishop BoAver's Visitation took place ; viz. 1724. " From hence, still keeping the coast close on the left, we came to Shoreham, a sea-faring town, and chiefly inhabited by ship-carpenters, ship-chandlers, and all the several trades depending upon the building and fitting up of ships, which is their chief business ; and they are famed for neat building and for building good sea-boats ; that is to say, ships that are wholesome in the sea and good sailers ; but for strong building they do not come up to Yarmouth, Ipswich, and the North. The builders of ships seemed to plant here chiefly because of the exceeding quantity and cheapness of timber in the country behind them ; being the same wooded country I mentioned above, which still continues through this county and the next also. The river this town stands upon, though not navigable for large vessels, yet serves them to bring down this large timber in floats from Bramber, Stenning, and the country adjacent, which is, as it were, all covered with timber.'" The river Adur, as we have already stated, formerly discharged its waters into the sea at the eastern extremity of the peninsula which is formed by the accumulation of beach, extending into the parish of Aldrington. This Probably families. Burr. MSS. Holland's Camden, 313. Burr. MSS. Bishop Bower's Visitation. ° Lansdowne MSS. 918, 93. Sir Nathaniel Gould and Francis Chamberlayne, Esq. were together returned as members in the Parhaments of 1713, 1732, and 1727. ' Tour through Great Britain by a Gentleman, vol. i. p. 61, B. of New Shoreham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 211 mouth becoming obstructed by the moveable sand and shingle, new openings have been at different periods made through the mass of beach, giving for a time more secure entrances to the harbour. In 1759 the first Act of Parhament was obtained for its security and improvement; another In 1788, and the last in 1816, entitled " An Act for the more effectual Security and Improvement of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the County of Sussex." In 1760 the embouchure of the river appears to have been about the site on which the present piers have been erected ; but in consequence of there being then no jetties to restrain the moving beach, every full tide augmented the mass of shingle and sand on the western bank of the channel, and consequently contracted the opening, whilst every retreating tide carried along with it portions of the same material from the eastern bank, so as to render the channel adequate to the outflow of the waters. By this daily, though almost imperceptible process, the mouth of the river was ever changing its site, and gradually advancing towards the east, so that In 1800 it was about a quarter of a mile east of Southwick, having advanced upwards of a mile in the course of forty years. From 1800 to 1815 the entrance had moved farther eastward about half a mile, so that the opening to the sea when the last Act was obtained was about a mile and a half eastward of the present. The erection of the sub stantial piers, which have rendered the mouth of the harbour permanent, was effected under the direction of Wihlam Clegram, Esq., Civil Engineer, in 1816. The harbour has, in consequence, been very considerably im proved, and rendered a perfectly safe refuge even for vessels of heavy tonnage. At spring tides it has about 20 feet depth of water, at neap 14 feet, and about 4 feet water at low, and, save Newhaven, is decidedly the best on the coast. Shoreham, as we have seen, has been long noted for its ship-building, and vessels of 700 tons have been launched from the shipwrights' yards. From its proximity to Brighton and Worthing the trade and importance of the port have of late years rapidly Increased. The importations consist of goods the produce of various countries. It is a warehousing port for the deposit, under bond, of every description of wood ; for West India, Mediterranean, African, Russian, French, Dutch, and sundry other articles, for the housing of which there have been erected of late excellent and commodious ware houses. The foUowing table of imports, in round numbers, communicated to us by Samuel Price Edwards, Esq., the Collector of the Customs at Shoreham, will show the amount of revenue (exclusive of the coal duty) collected in various years up to 1834, — namely. In the year 1679 . . . ^22 In the year 1815 . ,£3387 1698 . . 673 „ 1821 . . . 7809 ]lll ¦ ¦ ¦ 1716 „ 1829 . . 14,-436 ]lf, • • 1687 „ 1831 . , . 19,029 1^81 . . . 2947 „ 1833 . . 25,000 1794 . . 3047 Independent of the foreign trade there Is a very extensive commerce carried on with Ireland in Irish produce, besides a large coasting trade. The quantity of coals annually consumed within the port is from 80 to 100,000 tons. There is also a large exportation of oak timber to the north, and other places, for the purpose of ship building. The number of vessels that annually enter the port is about 1000 ; the united tonnage of which is 90,000, giving employment to 5000 mariners. The noble suspension bridge, built over the Adur at the expense of the Duke of Norfolk, and which was opened in 1833, will confer unspeakable advantages on the town, and has already operated to its improvement. It shortens the distance between Brighton and Worthing at least two miles, so that the distance now between them is only ten miles. The bridge, of which, by the generosity of the Duke of Norfolk, we give a plate, was designed and erected under the super intendence of Clark, Esq., Civil Engineer. 2e2 212 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Bramber. A new custom-house, a cut of whicli is pre sented by S. P. Edwards, Esq., has recently been erected here, under the direction of Mr. Sidney Smirke. It is in the Grecian style of architec- , ture, and being in the middle of the town, proves ' an ornamental as well as useful edifice. Under ' it is a vault of the capacity to contain 1000 casks of wine ; in addition to which there are several bonding vaults in the town. The manor is co-extensive with, the parish, and is the property of the Duke of Norfolk. Two hospitals are said to have' flourished here in Catholic times. In the Liber Eccl,, Henry VIIL, one is valued at 26s. 8d. This would appear, to be the hospital of St. James, mentioned in another ancient document. Another, of later date, has left, as the only memento of its existence, a seal, purporting to be the . sele . of ovr . Savior .jesus . christ . of. the . ospital . of . Shoram . Sussex. A priory of Carmelite, or White, Friars is said to have been founded here by Sir John Mowbray, Knight. Dugdale, in his Baronage, vol, ii. p. 134, says, that Michael de Poynings, by his testament, bearing date in 1638, 42 Edward HI., gave 20Z. to the Friars Carmelites, of Shoreham, towards the fabric of their church. ^ The benefice is a discharged vicarage in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, valued In the king's books at 61. Is. 8d. It is in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The present incumbent Is the Rev. Z. H, Biddulph, Its present endowment consists of 201. for tythe and glebe, and 50^. arising from 2001. private benefaction, 800/. royal bounty, and 800?. parliamentary grant. The church is a splendid exception to the general mediocrity of the ecclesiastical edifices of Sussex. The stateliness of its outward appearance, the beauty of its internal architecture, and the peculiarities by which it is distinguished, render it an Interesting study for the antiquary, whilst in the general visitor it cannot fail to excite those grave but soothing emotions which the contemplation of the superior ecclesiastical edifices uniformly call forth. The mixture of round and Gothic arches for which it is remarkable, is supposed to determine the period of its erection to be the middle or latter part of the twelfth century. By whom it was built has not been deter mined, nor the exact date of Its foundation.^ When entire, it was a stately and capacious edifice of a cruciform ' Haley MSS. Brit. Mus. 6343, col. 165. ^ An intelligent correspondent, well acquainted with the church and locality of Shoreham, contends that the church was erected between the years 1096 and 1100, or at the very latest 1103. Our space will not allow the introduction of his reasonings on this point at length ; we will endeavour to give a fair abstract : — Doomsday Book, which was completed in 1086, has no account of New Shoreham whatever. Not being there mentioned, it may be fairly concluded that no such place was in existence. At the termination of the twelfth century it had risen to importance, was a place of transit for large bodies of troops, had received the freedom of passage, and was described as a borough. In the charter of foundation ' of St. Peter's, of Sele, now called Beeding, William de Braa?e, the first Norman lord, bestows upon the abbot and monks of St. Florentius, of Salmur, on the Loire, (with other distant properties,) the church of St. Peter of Sele, St, Nicholas of Bramber, St. Nicholas of Soraham, St. Peter's de Veteri Ponte, in ' Dugdale's Monasticon. Sussex. The date of this deed is 30th January, 1075. There is no mention of New Shoreham, the Soraham church recited being that now called Old Shoreham, which is to this day dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is the church described as existent at the time of the Doomsday Survey. The aforementioned donation was with all the tythes and rents, and particular appendages, in wood, meadow, in plain and on water. Philip de Braose, his successor, con firms this grant when going to Jerusalem, and the deed wherein this confirmation had been made then further states, " but the said Philip returning, or on his way from Jerusalem, earnestly concedes and confirms to them, be cause the right of the aforesaid monks, thereto existed, the church of St. Mary of Haura Soraham."* The church of New Shoreham is dedicated to St. Mary, and it is obviouis that it is the one herein described as of Haura Soraham, which belonged of right to these monks, having been built by them on the lands of Shoreham, previously bestowed upon them by the first de Braose. It appears, then, that prior to the departure of the second Philip de Braose, the church was not erected ; the confir- * Ibid. -v^ X ¦^ N nr. B. of New Shoreham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 213 shape, having a tower 83 feet high, rising from the centre ofthe cross. The nave has been long destroyed, and what remains consists of a choir, with side aisles, transept, and tower. The walls of the choir, now used as the parish church, rise considerably higher than those of the transept; two massive flying buttresses support the upper part. The original windows of the aisles have semicircular arches ; others, of a later date, have been Inserted in the south side. In the eastern front are three beautiful lancet windows, with clustered columns, above and below three semicircular arches with small windows ; the summit is pierced by a circular window, formed Into a wheel. by twelve small columns radiating from the centre, and supporting as many small semicircular arches placed within the outward circle. On each side of it is a lozenged quatrefoil ; the gable is surmounted by a plain cross. The length of the choir Is divided into five bays, by pointed arches springing from columns of moderate height, those on the south side having clustered shafts, whilst the opposite ones are alternately octagonal and cylindrical. The capitals of these columns are beautifully sculptured with ornamental foliage, and the outward mouldings of the arches are enriched with similar carving, disposed in a series of small branches, waving round a pattern of uncommon elegance. The walls of the aisles are adorned with semicircular arches, fretted and foliated. The tower displays the same mixed style of architecture as the choir. It has two tiers of windows, the upper semicircular within pointed arches, and the lower semicircular. Immediately beneath the parapet, on each side of the tower, are three circular ornaments, like small wheel-shaped windows, resembhng those on the tower of Old Shoreham church and that of Southwick. The tower is not embattled, but surrounded by a plain parapet, supported by corbels. ^ Tliere is a small organ in the gallery, at the west end of the church. There is a corn-market at Shoreham on Monday, and a fair on July 25, for toys only. The borough of New Shoreham returned burgesses to Parliament from 23 Edward I. till 1770, when an act passed for disfranchising the borough and extending the right of election to all persons possessing freehold property to the annual value of 40*. r/ithin the Rape of Bramber. Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart., has represented the rape during the last twenty- eight years. For the Parliamentary History of the Borough, see the Appendix. Shoreham appears formerly to have had a castle, but where situated it is now impossible to determine; there is no remnant of it standing, nor any tradition relative to its site. It, as well as the manor, was held of the barony of Bramber. In an extract from the Calendarium Inquisit' post mortem,^ William de Braose is found to be seized of Knappe maner' extent'. Foresta Sancti Leonard!, contin' vii. mill' acr' ibm. Benbosson maner' extent'. Shorham maner' et castr', de Brembre baronia. Brembre maner' et castr' extent'. In the neighbourhood is a hill called the " Slonk Hill ;" this is evidently a corruption of the Sussex. mation given by him when on his way to Jerusalem, only relating to those recited in the grant of his predecessor. Between this time, which can only be inferred, the deed having no date of the year, and the return of this Philip from the Holy Land, the church was erected. The period of his departure for Jerusalem was doubtless at the first Crusade, in 1096, when the general enthusiasm led all ranks to the expedition. The return from Palestine was in all probability in 1100, the Holy City having been taken in 1099. Philip was certainly in England in 1103, as appears by a deed of that year, between him and the monks of Fescamp, in Normandy, to whom the church of Steyning had been given by the Conqueror. This deed is dated at Steyning in 1103, From these data the inevitable inference is, that the church is the one described as that belonging to the community of St. Florentius, at Saumur, and that it was erected between the years 1096 and at the latest 1103. After a minute investigation of the architecture of the church, our correspondent arrives at the same conclusion as to the date of the edifice. • West. Suss. « Escaet. de anno 19, Ed, II. p. 97. 214 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. Saxon word slaught (a battle^), the "onslaught" of chivalry afterwards. On this probably took place some of those sanguinary but fruitless struggles between the Romanized Britons and the Saxon invaders. This derives some confirmation from several tumuli or barrows thereon, one on the very top of the hill, and two below to the east-north-east. The registers commence in 1566, but are imperfect from 1650 to 1685. In Lancing is pre served a register between these dates, supposed to belong to this parish. HUNDRED OF FISHERSGATE. This hundred is at the south-eastern corner of the rape, and contains the parishes of Old Shore ham, Kingston by Sea, and Southwick. It is bounded on the east by the rape of Lewes, on the south by the English Channel, on the west by the hundred of Brightford, and on the north by the hundred of Burbeach, and comprises 3950 acres. OLD SHOREHAM Is situated on the eastern bank of the river Adur, and about a mile to the north of New Shoreham. Its eastern boundaries are Southwick and Kingston ; New Shoreham is to the south, and Beeding to the north. There are 1870 acres in the parish ; the low meadows being banked ofi" from the river, which has evidently in former periods inundated the low lands, forming an extensive estuary ; the rest of the parish, sloping to the south and west, has about one-third arable, and the rest down land. The population in 1831 was 231. From the windmill, about a quarter of a mile north of the church, are interesting views of the towns of Worthing and Shoreham, as also of the Isle of Wight, and of the deep sea. The village, if two or three cabins can be so called, is 5J miles from Brighton, 6 from Steyning, and 56 from London. In Doomsday Book it is called Soresham. In the reign of the Confessor it was assessed at twelve hides, but when transferred to William de Braose, in consequence probably of the encroachments of the sea having deluged the low lands, it was rated only at five hides and a half and half a rood land. Here was a church, six acres of meadow and a wood, yielding pannage for 40 hogs. Here are four manors within the parish, viz. Old Shoreham, the property of the Duke of Norfolk ; Ruspar, Erringham Walstead, and Erringham Braose; the two latter are the property of Harry Bridger, Esq., of Buck ingham, who, with the exceptloa of about twenty acres, is the proprietor of the entire parish. ^ Before the building of the long and narrow wooden bridge which here bestrides the river, and which has for a sufficiently long period taxed both man and beast, this wide but, in recent times, shallow stream was crossed by a ferry belonging to the priory of Hardliam, being part of its endow ment in 1387 by William de Paynell. The bridge was erected pursuant to Act of Parliament in 1782. The money was raised in shares by way of annuity ; and the income arising from the tolls, after the death of the annuitants, was to fail to the Duke of Norfolk. The bridge is constructed ' " Schlacht " is to this day the German term for battle. ^ West Suss. iii. p. of Kingston.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 215 on piles, 500 feet long, and 12 feet wide, having two recesses 70 feet long and 24 vvide, with 23 arches or openings. It may indeed be said to commence from the Sussex Pad to the river, for, previous to making a road, it was a morass. Mr. Heath, the surveyor who superintended it, stated that, with his hand only, he has driven a hop-pole up to its head in the mire. A foundation was obtained by sinking and burying faggots of w6od.^ The recently-opened suspension -bridge will in a great measure set aside the utility of this structure. The impropriation of the church -formerly was in- the. hands of the Priory of Sele, but at the dissolution of that house it passed' with its other possessions to Magd9,len. College, Oxford. The benefice is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. It has generally been held by the incumbent of Washington. The church of Old Shoreham was one of the- original possessions conferred soon after the Conquest by William de Braose, on the Abbey of Florarice- at, Salmur, towards the support of their estabhshment at Sele. The building is one of the most interesting specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in the county. There can be little doubt of its Saxon origin. It consists of a naye, chancel, transepts, and tower. The north transept is in ruins, as is also the turret of the square belfry staircase. At the east end was a chapel, separated from the north transept by an arch. The tower, which is in the centre of the church, stands on four circular arches of great beauty, on which are carved some of the richest ornaments of that early style. The decorations are corbel, chevron, and bird's beak- ornaments. In the south transept is a low but elegantly-ornamented Saxon arch. There are two tiers of windows in the tower;- in the uppermost are two circular windows, and in the lower, three semi circular arches, which have been built up to gratify,, we suppose, the correct taste of some improving church warden, who perhaps availed himself at the same time of his "httle brief authority" to beautify with lime-wash some of the venerable remains in the interior. John Gray, in 175], left 40Z., the produce to be applied to teaching poor children belonging to the parishes of Old Shoreham and Southwick.- It appears never to halve been' reeeived. The registers commence in 1566. KINGSTON BY SEA (BUCEY or BOWSEY). The small parish of Kingston by Sea, corrupted into Kingston Bowsey,^ contains nothing worthy of particular remark. It has 610 acres of land, chiefiy arable, and very fertile. Eastward it is bounded by Southwick, westward. by New Shoreham, the Adlir forms its southern limit, and Old Shoreham its northern. The population in 1831 was 60. The village is situated on the sea-side, one mile from New Shoreham, 4 from Brighton, and 57 from London. The inhabitants are chifefly. employedlri fishing and boat-building, Chingestune is thus described in Doomsday, the only manor in the hundred of Eldritune: — " Ralph holds Chingestune of William. Azor held it of Harold; it was then assessed at twenty-one hides. .Of these six hides are included in the rape of William de Warene.. The- moiety of Ralph is rated at six hid^s. The arable is eight plough lands. There are two ploughs'in the demesne; and twelve villains with twenty bondsmen have ten ploughs. Here is '¦ " The tide once flowed by this place, ^nd Brought large vessels as far as Brembre, three or four .miles higher ; but the navigation has long since been. choked up. Before Old Shoreham is a marshy tract watered by the river Adur ; its channel once ran on this side, but about thirty years ago was diverted towards New Shorehani, not only for the pur pose of serving the harbour, but for gaining much good land from the marshes, which now lets at 20s. per acre. As a proof that the sea had once occupied this tract, anchors have been found very far from the present shore." — Pen nant's Tour, Isle of Wight. ' ' As' the manor of Kingston was at an early period in the possession ofthe Bucey famjly, and continued for many generations to be held by them, it is far from .improbable that they gave their name to it. In baronial days, the lord of the manor frequently added his name to distinguish his own estates from others of the same denomination. Thus we Jiave JIurst Monceux, Hurst Pierpont, in Sussex; Tolleshunt, and ToUeshunt D'Arcy, in Essex, with hun dreds of others. 216 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. a church, and six salt-pans of twenty shillings, and ten baskets of salt. Three knights hold four hides and a half of this district, where they have two ploughs, two villains, and six bondsmen. The entire manor, in the reign of King Edward, vvas valued at fifteen pounds. At the present day the portion of Ralph is estimated at eleven pounds seven shillings and sixpence, of the knights, one hundred shillings. William Fitzralph holds seven hides, deduct one rood land of William in the same village. Gunnild held these of Harold, and they were assessed at such quantity. The arable is three plough lands._ There are two ploughs in the demesne, and four villains with eight bondsmen having a plough. Here is a church, a minister, three salt-pans of twenty-two pence, pasture of sixteen shillings, and four acres of meadow. In the reign of the Confessor, it was valued at seven pounds, and it is now appreciated at such sum, but at the time it was transferred, the estimate was three pounds." The manor was anciently held by a family of the name of Bucy, by whom it was sold towards the middle of the fourteenth century.^ It afterwards came into the possession of the Lewknors, who held it till the middle of the seventeenth century, when it was aliened to Sir Robert Fagg.''^ The present lord of the manor is William Gorringe, Esq., who inhabits the ancient mansion on the south side of the church, called Bowsey House. The name " Chingestune" would lead to the supposition of its having been the residence of some of the Saxon kings. King Harold, as we learn from Doomsday, was the proprietor of the manor. "The ecclesiastical living is a rectory, in the deanery and archdeaconry of Lewes. It is valued in the king's books at 21. 19s. 2d. The advowson was purchased in 1826 by George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont. The present rector is Rev. T. P. Hooper, A. M. Glebe about twenty acres. The church, which is but a portion of a larger edifice, has nothing about it either interesting or curious, if -,we except a defaced monument of the Lewknor family, on the north side of the chancel. 'The tower was formerly lofty, but now scarcely rises above the roof. From Brighton to Kingston is a road running parallel with the coast, and at about an average distance of three-quarters of a mile from the sea. From Kingston one branch proceeds in a north westwardly direction to Beeding, Steyning, &c., and another more in a line with the coast to Old Shoreham. The registers commence in 1591. SOUTHWICK. About a mile and a half westward of the ruins of Aldrington church, in the Rape of Lewes, and about a quarter of a mile inland, stands the rural village of Southwick, pleasantly interspersed with trees. The parish contains 1 470 acres of a rich loamy soil, producing abundant crops of corn. It is bounded on the east by Aldrington and Portslade ; on the west by Kingston by Sea, on the north by Poynings and Edburton, and on the south by the sea. Its population in 1831 did not exceed 502. Wai'burton, in the beginning of the eighteenth century, thus describes the village : — " Proceed ing along the shore in quest of a house, I came to Southwick village, -where there is a harbour for ships to ride in at going out or coming into the river, where probably the Portus Adurni of the Romans was, as a village near it doth still bear the name of Portslade. This village is prettily situated for hunting or shooting, having the downs on one side of it and the sea on the other ; and for that purpose a seat has been lately purchased there by Carpenter, son of the Lord of that name. The principal landowners in the parish are Edward Knight, Esq. and N. Hall, Esq. Henry Smith, Esq., in 1578, purchased of Lord Howard, Baron of Effingham, Knight of the Garter and Lord High Admiral of England for 5o0l. — » Burr. MSS. » Ibid. " AVarburton's Coll. Lansd. MSS. 918-93, p. of Southwick.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 217 ' " All that his manor of Southwicke and Eastbroke, alias the manor of Eastbrooke, with the appurtenances in the parish of Southwicke, in the county of Sussex, late parcel of the dissolved Priory of Riegate, in Surrey, a messuage, barn, and 60 acres of arable land, and certain land under the cliffe, containing, by estimation, 16 acres ; a messuage called Southhouse, and 28 acres of arable and pasture thereto belonging ; a messuage called Swanes, barns, buildings, and land, aiiH pasture, containing, by estimation, 17 acres ; a messuage called Shorts, alias Shorte-house, barns, buildings, and 44 acres of arable and pasture thereto belonging ; 6,?. quit-rent out of a tenement called Nortons,' in Southwicke, with the courts-leet, courts-baron, profits, and perquisites of courts and leets, waifs, strays, goods and chattels of felons, and fugitives, and outlaws ; wreck of sea, fowling, fishing, hawking, hunting, rents, issues, services, fynes, and all other liberties, royalties, profits, privileges, and commodities, to the said manor and premises belonging." " This estate, with others, was granted by the benevolent purchaser to trustees, for charitable uses. The manor of Southwick does not occur in Doomsday; it doubtless formed a part of the 15 hides in the manor of " Chingestune." In fact, the extent of the two parishes, 1500 acres, agrees with the Doomsday account, reckoning 100 acres of fertile land to a hide. The hving is a discharged rectory, in the deanery of Lewes, and is valued In the king's books at 91. 13s. 9^d. It is in the patronage of the crown.' The church, which was dedicated to St. Michael, consists of a nave and chancel. Formerly It had a north aisle, as the filled up arches seen in the walls clearly show. The tower has two stories surmounted by a well- t 4*S«~- J T ' Now washed away by the sea. " Coll. rel. to Henry Smith, pp. 85, 86, ^ " Simon Earl, for the health of his own soul, and the souls of his ancestors and successors, gave, and by his charter confirmed to God and the brothers of the Temple, in pure and perpetual alms, the Church of Southwicke, with all its appurtenances and offerings to it of right belonging ; to have and to hold after the decease of his brother William, free and quit from all secular demands, as pure alms." 2f The title of the church is, " De ecclesia de Sutwiche perti- nente ad Sadlescombe." The above is from the register of the Hdsphal of St. John of Jerusalem. Cott, Lib. But in the account of the benefactors to the Knights Templars and Hospitallers by Brother John Stillingflete, in 1434, it is said William Le Counte gave to the Templars the advowson of the church of Suschwyke, in the county of Sussex, belono-- ing to the manor of Shipley. VOL. II. 218 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. proportioned shingled spire. The first story displays two Saxon or circular arched windows> and the second two early pointed arches. It is of early Norman date ; probably the twelfth century. Remains of Roman foundations have occasionally been dug up at the north-east side of the village, Roman pottery has also been turned up by the plough : thus affording further evidence in favour of the conjecture that the Portus Arurni was in the adjoining parish. John Gray, in 1751, gave the sum of 201, ; the interest to he applied to instructing poor children. Dr, John Pell, descended from an old and respectable family in Lincolnshire, was born at Southwick, of which parish his father was the incumbent, on the Ist of March, 1611. His father died whilst he was only five years old, but his mother, vyho was of the Holland family, residing in Kent, did not allow this loss to be an injury to his education. From her tuition he went to that of Mr. John Jefferies, master of the free-school at Steyning ; and made such proficiency, that at the age of thirteen he proceeded to Trinity Cohege, Cambridge. He was an excellent linguist, understanding well Arabic, Itahan, French, Dutch, and Hebrew, as well as the two classical languages. Mathematics, however, were his favourite and distinguishing study. At the age of nineteen he composed a Treatise upon the use of Sun-dials, and engaged in a correspondence relating to logarithms, with the learned Mr. H. Briggs. In 1630 he took the degree of Master of Arts, and in the following year proceeded to finish his studies at Oxford, where he was greatly esteemed. In 1632 he married Ilhamaria, second daughter of Mr, Henry Reginolles of London, by whom he had four sons and the sarae number of daughters. In December, 1 643, he went by request to Amsterdam, to fill the professorship of mathematics. He succeeded Martin Hortensius. His public lectures upon Diophantus were much applauded, as is testified by his learned colleague Gerrard John Vossius, who styles him, in his De Scientiis Mathematicis, " a person of various erudition and a very acute mathematician;" though, as Dr. Pell tells Sir Henry Cavendish, In a letter still preserved in the British Museum, " ' stupidus, stolidus, cani simllis, temerarlus, petulans juvenis,' and the like titles, hath Longomontanus bestowed upon your honor's most humble servant, John Pell." (Harleian MSS. 6796, 72 C.) This letter is dated from Amsterdam, In February, 1644-5. In 1646, in compliance with the wishes of the prince of Orange, Mr. Pell removed to the professorship of philosophy and mathematics in the Schola Illustrls which his Highness founded that year at Breda. In the same year appeared his " Controversia cum Christiano Longomontana de vera circuli mensura." While at Breda, he had Lord Brereton under his tuition. In 1651 was published his " Idea of Mathematics," which is the best of his works. In 1652 he returned to England, and two years subsequently was sent by the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, as his Ablegatus, or agent, to the Protestant Cantons of Switzerland, but subsequently he received orders to continue there as Resident, He chiefly resided at Ziirich, On the 23rd of June, 1658, he took leave of the Swiss Cantons, in a Latin oration, and arrived in England just as Cromwell was dying. As whilst abroad he had performed considerable services for Charles II. and the Church of England, he was favoured by the Royalist party. Being ordained a deacon on the 31st of March, 1661, and a priest in the June following, he was presented in that year to the hving of Fobbing in Essex. In 1663 he became the Incumbent of Lalndon, in the same county, and domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was expected he would have risen to some of the highest dignities of the Church ; but, careless of his interests, and neglectful of his pecuniary resources, he was cheated by his tenants and defrauded by his relatives, and never attained to a higher rank than D.D. Finally he was roused to a sense of his imprudence in devoting all his time to study, by actually wanting the necessaries of life ; but it was too late : he was committed to the King's Bench Prison for debt ; and though speedily released by those who admired his talents, it seeras to have had a fatal influence upon his health. He lived for about a year at the College of Physicians, with Dr. Whistler ; and had just removed thence to the house of one of his grand-children, residing at Westminster, when death procured him a still more friendly removal, on the I2th of December, 1685. He was buried at the joint expense of Dr. Busby, master of Westminster School, and of Mr. John Sharp, rector of St. Giles's, In the rector's vault. \?> N I 8 G p. of Patching.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 219 Besides the works already mentioned, he pubhshed-— 1. Modus Supputandi Ephemerldes Astronomicas. 1630. 2. Clef de la Steganographie de Jean Trithelm. 1630. 3. Letter to Edward WIngate upon Logarithms. 1631. 4. Astronomical Account of Celestial Appearanoes, &c. 1634. 5. The Art of calculating Eclipses. 1634. 6. Easter not mis-timed. 1664. * 7. Table of 10,000 Square Numbers, &c. 1672. 8. Inaugural Oration at Breda. His Demonstration ofthe second and tenth books of Euchd, his Alterations and Additions to Rhonlms' Algebra, with many others, on misceUaneous subjects, letters, &c., are some of them preserved in MS. in the library of Lord Brereton, in Cheshire.' In the Lansdowne MSS. Brit. Mus, are eleven volumes MS. of Dr. Pell's : they contain letters to and from Dr. PeU. Amongst his correspondents are Mr. Secretary Thurloe, BosweU, Monk, Morland, Drury, and Hirtzell. Dr. Pell's letters are written in an excellent style ; and in the first volume is comprised a vast fund of interesting information respecting the persecution of the Piedmontese. The registers commence in 1653. HUNDRED OF PATCHING. This hundred contains only the parish of PATCHING. Its form is irregular, and its contents are nearly 1600^ acres of chiefly down and arable land, with some pasture land. In round numbers, one half may be said to be down pasture, and one fourth arable. The soil is light and fertile, and the butter made here has the reputation of sur passing all other made in Sussex for the delicacy of its taste. Clapham lies to the east, and Ang mering encloses the south and west sides. The population, in 1831, was 149. The village lies at the base of the downs, about 5 miles north-west of Worthing, and 7 miles south-west of Steyning, It is 20 miles from Horsham and 60 from London. The turnpike-road from Brighton to Arundel skirts the southern boundary of the parish. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk is the proprietor of the whole parish, with the exception of about 170 acres, chiefly wood, belonging to the heiress of Lord De la Zouch.^ Of Dulany Cottage, the pleasant retreat of Sir Richard Hunter, we hunter, 1 1 T 1 .-I 1.1 T, r ,t , j-i , . ¦, Arms. Ar, five fusils conjoined in fesse and are enabled, by the liberality oi that gentleman, to give a plate. t^ree m paie or. on a cwef erm, a uon , , ... -^ , -r, . 1 ¦ ,1 „,.,,., ^''^^- ^ winged bull, sejant, with wings At the compilation ot Doomsday, Patching- was the propertv of the Archbishor) endorsed, his aexter paw resting on a Biwe. ^ ^ o X JT ,/ jr Quartering. Sa. a fesse engr, betw. three lions, of Canterbury, and It Is thus described in the territory of the archbishop : — rampant, or. " The archbishop holds Petchinges. It was always appropriated to clothe the monks. In the reign of King Edward it was rated at 12 hides, it is now cleared for 3 hides 3 rood lands and a half. In the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 22 villains with 21 bondsmen, having 6 ploughs. Here is a church, and a wood of 4 hogs. In the time ofthe Confessor it was valued ' MS. Life in British Museum, by Mr. Aubrey, among I ^ According to the Pari. Retums, 500. Birch's MSS. ; Martin's Biographia Philosophica, 334-6 ; ' West Suss, iii. 70. Biographic Universelle, tome 33, p. 377. ) 2p2 220 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jfj. of Bramber. at 12Z., subsequently it was estimated at 10/., it is now appreciated at Ibl. Some time ago it was assessed at 20/., but it could not yield such rent." ' The famUy of Walys were early proprietors of the manor, and held it under the archbishop. In the year 1542 King Henry VIII. granted it to Sir William SheUey, of Michelgrove, Judge of the Common Pleas; ^ and in his descendants it continued till the comraencement of the present century, when it was aliened by Sir John SheUey, Bart,, to Richard Walker, Esq,, of Liverpool, whose son, Richard Watt Walker, disposed of it in 1828, together with the Michelgrove estate, to his Grace the present Duke of Norfolk. The ecclesiastical living is a rectory in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canter bury, rated In the king's books at 11/. 13s. 4d. The present rector is the Rev. WiUiam Vaux, B.D. There are eight acres of glebe. The church, which will accommodate about 300 persons, has portions in the early style of English architec ture, but has been reduced from its original dimensions. The chancel has recently undergone considerable repairs and improvement, and is now singularly neat. The tower, covered with Horsham slate, stands on the north side of the church. There are monuments in the church for Rebecca Tasker, wife of the late Hon. Daniel Dulany, Secretary and Member of the Council of the Province of Maryland, in North America. She died, 1822, set. 98. Daniel Dulany, Esq., son of the above, ob. 1824, set. 73. Rev. John Nesbit Jordan, rector, ob. 1818, aet. 55. George Oliver Simmons, ob. 1816, set. 29, " The beech woods in this parish and its immediate neighbourhood are very productive of the Truffle (Lycoperdon tuber). About forty years ago William Leach came from the West Indies, with some hogs accustomed to hunt for truffles, and pro ceeding along the coast from the Land's End, in Cornwall, to the mouth of the river Thames,' determined to fix on that spot where he found them most abundant. He took four years to try the experiment, and at length settled in this parish, where he carried on the business of truffle-hunter till his death." ^ Patching Pond, situated at the southern extremity of the parish, is said to abound with fish of various kinds, amongst which are enumerated carp, tench, perch, pike, eels, and trout. The registers commence in 1598. HUNDRED OF BURBEACH. This hundred contains the parishes of Upper Beeding, Edbui-ton, Lower Beeding, and Ifield. The two former are conjoined, and are bounded on the east by the rape of Lewes, on the south by the hundred of Fishersgate, and on the west by the hundred of Steyning : the two latter lie at the north-eastern corner of the rape, and are surrounded by the rape of Lewes, the hundred of Single- cross, and the county of Surrey. The whole hundred contains 14,130 acres. BEEDING, OR SEELE. This very extensive parish is divided into two parts : the one lying partly on the downs, near the south-eastern corner of the rape ; the other occupying, for the most part, the high ground called St. Leonard's Forest, near the north-eastern district of the same. Between these two divorced portions lie the entire hundreds of Wyndham, Ewhurst, and Tipnoak. We sliall first speak of the south part, usually called Upper Beeding, consisting of upwards of ' Doomsday, 16, b. 1, 2. ^ Burr. MSS, ° West Suss, iii, 73, p. of Beeding.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 221 2000 acres of arable and pasture land, more than 1000 acres of down, and a small portion of wood land. The parish of Henfield adjoins it on the north. Old Shoreham on the south, Edburton on the east, and Steyning and the river Adur on the west. In 1831 the population of this part of the parish was 589. The turnpike -road from Shoreham, through Horsham to London, skirts the Adur through the southern poi'tion of the parish, and turns westward, crossing the river at about a quarter of a mile south of the church. The road passes through the village, which is compact, and on the banks of the river. It is four miles north of New Shoreham, and one south-east of Steyning. Of the landed proprietors within the parish, the principal are, Harry Bridger, Esq. ; the Earl of Egremont ; Colonel Clithero, the heir of Walter Burrell, Esq. ; William Gorringe, Esq. ; and the Rev. T. P. Hooper. The manor is thus surveyed in Doomsday book, in the hundred of Burbece, and in the territory of William de Braose : — " William de Braiose holds Beddinges. King Edward held it in his farm as a royal manor. It was then assessed at thirty-two hides. It was exempt from the land tax. WiUiam de Warene has ten of these hides in his rape ; William de Braiose has the remainder. The arable is twenty-eight plough lands. There are four ploughs in the demesne ; and sixty-two villains, with forty-eight bondsmen, have twenty-four ploughs. Here are two churches, six acres of meadow, a wood of seventy hogs, and twenty hogs for rent, and two sextaries of honey. In the reign ofthe Confessor it furnished one day's provisions for the royal household, and was valued at 95/. 5*. 6d. At a subsequent era it was estimated at 50/., and it is now appreciated at 40/. The whole of this territory paid hard money." ' Beeding Court manor and farm, which the above extract seems to describe, were purchased by Colville Bridger, Esq. about the middle of the last century, and are now the property of his son, Harry Bridger, Esq., of Buckingham House, Old Shoreham.^ As the demesne lands of this manor include only about 1 100 acres, and Doomsday survey states that there were thirty-two hides (3200 acres) in Beddinges, it is probable that the manor and demesne of King's Barne were at that time included in the general description, as also some other neighbouring lordships. The manor of Tottintone, lying partly in this parish, is mentioned in Doomsday as a borough-wick, included in Fintune. The farm, consisting of about 554 acres, is now the property of the Earl of Egremont, The manor of Horton, to which the surname of Maybank was added, from a family of that narae, proprietors in the reign of Edward IL, is now in the possession of Harry Bridger, Esq., of Buckingham House, Old Shore ham. The mansion house and demesne lands, consisting of 255 acres, was the property of the late Walter Burrell, Esq., of West Grinstead Park.' Beeding, with other manors in the district, was the property of King Alfred, and was by him bequeathed to his nephew .^thelm. In 1798, a large tumulus on Beeding Hill, near the confines of Old Shoreham and Edburton, was opened. In the centre of a huge mass of flints was found an urn containing burnt human bones, and around it upwards of fifty vessels of various forms and sizes. Many of them were of the red Samian pottery, so characteristic of the funeral deposits ofthe Romans. Vessels of nineteen different forms were found. Some are in the possession of Richard Weeks, Esq., F.S.A., of Hurstperpoint, and others are preserved at Newtlmber Place. A convent of Benedictine monks, from the abbey of St. Florence, at Salmur, was established at Sele at a very eariy period of the Norman rule. In 1397 King Richard II. released it frora its dependence on the foreign abbey. '¦ " "The original is Herdigelt, and as the German Hart is applied to a dollar, as a pure and just one, this may sig nify lawful money, or afterwards gold (Aurum Reginse), ad ignem ei pensum, pure and of just weight. In another view, as the geltum or land-tax varied much, this may mean the severe gelt, in opposition to the favoured districts of London, Winchester, York, and Exeter, or the Commune Geltum." — Hen. and Wilk., Doomsday, 28 a 1. " West Suss. iii. 218. ' Ibid, 222 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [JB. of Bramber. and made it indigena, or denizen. It consisted of not more than four or five monks, and for some cause or other was dissolved long before the general suppression ofthe monastic establishments, and was annexed to the newly- founded CoUege of St. Mary Magdalen, at Oxford, by WiUiam Waynfleet, Bishop of Chichester. In 1492 the site of it was granted as a residence to the Carmelite friars of New Shoreham, who had been driven from their possessions by the encroachment of the sea. Soon after the .general dissolution of monasteries it was re-granted to Magdalen College. The priory stood on the site of the present rectory-house, but no portion of it remains. The northern division of Beeding is, as we have already stated, separated from the southern by an intervening space of between seven and eight miles. It comprises the wild and in a great measure stcMle district, situated to the east of Horsham, and called St. Leonard's Forest, containing between 8000 and 9000 acres. The population in 1831 was 533. In the time of Edward the First, and probably from the Conquest, it was held by the Braose family. It afterwards passed to the Duke of Norfolk. In the 44th of Elizabeth, it was leased to the Argyll family, and on the dis persion of their estates, it was divided amongst two or three proprietoi-s. Robert Aldridge, Esq., whose residence is called St. Leonard's Forest, is the principal proprietor:^ The manor of Sela belongs to Magdalen College. Beaubush and Shelley, formerly two parks, comprising about 1300 acres, on the north east of the forest, but long ago disparked, were purchased by the late Lord Erskine. The property is noAV vested in Thomas Broadwood, Esq., who has built here a large castellated mansion named Holm- bush. The present house was built by Mi-. Broadwood, with stone dug on the estate. The architect employed was Francis Edwards, Esq., but the plan and whole arrangement of the house, garden, and grounds, were made by Mr. Broadwood. The style of architecture employed in the building is the domestic Gothic, and the internal decorations BROADWOOD. corrcspoud with this style. It contains some good paintings. The Arms, Erm, two patties vair^ ar, and gu, ona ., , .¦,„ ^^ , __ , credent f ™differeMe ''^"^' '"°^™ '''""" ™rnpike-road, scvcu miles from Crawley to Horsham, was made by '^'tanklhSf^'an aMuiet™f thi iSftr^tod thc cclebratcd M'Adam, under the direction and almost entirely at by three arrows, one in fesse, the others in saltier - °''- Mr. Broadwood's expense. The house stands about three miles from Crawley, on the left-hand side coming from London, and is on the south-west side of the estate, which comprises 3033 acres in a ring fence. The view from Holmbush is a rich valley, and the middle ground is highly diversified with trees of different tints ; a piece of water contrasts its glittering sheet with the dark green of the firs in its immediate neighbourhood ; still further distant are the party-coloured hills of Sm'rey, which together make a picture of considerable interest. In the neighbourhood the scenery is not unlike that from Nutley to East Grinstead. It is near Tilgate Forest, which has been disturbed by cultivation. Firs grow pretty well on the land. The landscape scenery has been greatly improved by the aid of art, and when it is considered what the West Suss. iii. 365. ^ r ^ is S. > ^ ~^.- SN © m p. of Beeding.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 223 estate was, and what it is now, the conclusion to which every one must arrive is highly creditable to the taste and munificence of the liberal proprietor. The garden and pleasm-e- grounds are judiciously laid out; and the various productions raised in the gardens have gained notoriety at the different horticul tural shows of the county. Dahlias of every variety are raised. Charles George Beauclerk, Esq., the proprietor of the south part of the forest, has erected a neat and commodious edifice on his estate. The serpent or dragon of St. Leonard, though not so famous as the dragon of Wharncliffe, has yet had its admirers. We will give the reader an account of this marvellous monster, as we find it in the reprint of an old pamphlet, in the Harleian Miscellany,^ in a note. There are those who would convert the whole of the veracious story into a lampoon on some petty tyrant of the district.^ The hving is a vicarage in the deanery of Lewes, valued in the king's books at 8/. The patronage is in Magdalen College, Oxford; to which the small tithe belongs, and the present vicar is the Rev. James Ventris, B.D., who has only a manse and twelve marks a year. Glebe about 70 acres. Arms. BEAUCLERK, Quarterly first and fourth ; Suarterly : third, Ireland: over all a sinister baton gu, charged The church consists of a chancel, nave, and low embattled tower at the p,^* three ro.es ar. seeded and barbea ppr. a chapeau gu, tumed up erm. a lion, statant, guardant, crowned with a ducal coronet, per pale, ar. and of the first, gorged with a collar of the last, thereon three roses also ar, barbed and seeded ppr. Pedigree, See Berry's Suss, Gen. p, 1. west end. There are a few mural monuments in the chancel. The church is ancient, and is embosomed among trees. An elm on the south side Is of astonishing magnitude. The Rev. Henry Alleyn gave an annuity or yearly rent of bl,, issuing out of property at Findon, to four poor widows, " not having any public relief ofthe parish, and who constantly keep church, and can read and say their catechism." A school has been built on the road-side, near to Crawley, by Mr. Broadwood, which is sufficiently large to give educa tion to eighty boys and forty- six girls, and which is under the direction of the Rev. J. S. Lewin of Ifield. The ground on which the school-house is erected was kindly given by Colonel Clithero. The registers commence in 1544. ' Vol, iii. pp. 227-231. " " True and Wonderful. A Discourse relating to a strange monstrous Serpent, or Dragon, lately discovered and yet living, to the great annoyance and divers slaugh ters, both of men and cattle, by his strong and violent poyson, in Sussex, two miles from Horsham, in a wood called St. Leonard's forest, and thirtie miles from London, this present month of August, 1614. With the true gene ration of serpents. Printed at London, by John Trundle, 1614. (The author, after learnedly discoursing on certain vast serpents recorded in history, and of the generation of ser pents generally, proceeds thus :) "In Sussex there is a pretty market-towne, called Horsam, neare unto it a forest called St. Leonard's forrest, and there, in a vast and unfrequented place, heathie, vaultie, full of unwholesome shades and overgrowne hollowes, where this serpent is thought to be bred ; but, wheresoever bred, certaine and too true it is that there it yet lives. Within three or four miles compasse are its usual haunts, oftentimes at ET place called Faygate, and it hath been scene within half a mile of Horsam, a wonder, no doubt, most terrible and noisome to the inhabitants thereabouts. There is always in his tracke or path left a glutinous and slime matter (as by a small similitude we may perceive in a snaile's), which is very corrupt and oiFensive to the scent, in so much that they perceive the air to he putrified withall, which must needs be very dangerous. For though the corruption of it cannot strike the outward part of a man, unless heated into his blood, yet by receiving it in at any of our breathing organs (the mouth or nose), it is by authoritie of all authors writing in that kinde, mortall and deadlie, as one thus saith : Noxia serpentum est admixto sanguine pestis Luoan. "The serpent, or dragon, as some call it, is reputed to be nine feete, or rather more, in length, and shaped almost in the forme of an axeltree of a cart, a quantitie of thick ness in the middest, and somewhat smaller at both ends. The former part, which he shootes forth as a necke, is sup posed to be an elle long, with a white ring, as it were, of scales about it. The scales along his backe seem to be blackish, and so much as is discovered under his bellie ap peareth to be red ; for I speake of no nearer description than of a reasonable ocular distance. For coming too neare it hath already been too dearely payd for, as you shall heare hereafter. It is likewise discovered to have large feete; but the eye may be there deceived, for some suppose that ser-. pents have no feete, but glide upon certain ribbes and scales, which both defend them from the upper part of their throat 224 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [JR. of Bramber. EDBURTON lies partly on the Downs and partly in the "Weald ; it is long but narrow, the southern portion con tracting gradually into almost a point. It is bounded on the east by Poynings, on the west by Beeding, on the north by Woodmancote and Henfield, and on the south by Southwick. It com prises, according to the parliamentary returns, 1250 acres of arable, pasture, and down land ; the soil varying from chalk to loam and clay. The population, in 1831, was 101. The hamlet of Fulking (see vol, i. p. 178), though in the Rape of Lewes, is a tithing of this parish, and contains about 700 acres, included in the contents of the parish. The village is situated at the base of the northern declivity of the downs, and is 2 miles west of Poynings and 2J east of Bramber. The chief landed proprietors are William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., the Earl of Egremont, and Blrs. Baker. The manor of Edburton is not mentioned by that name in Doomsday ; it probably formed a portion of the extensive lordship of Beddinges, in which were contained 32 hides. In the latter end of the reign of King Henry IIL, however, Robert Aguylon died seized of the manor of Edburton. Sir Anthony Brown was possessed of It, together with the estate of Perching, which is surveyed as a manor in Doomsday, In the reign of Henry VIII. From the Viscount Montague they have passed, by a beneficial lease from the Crown, to William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., who married Elizabeth Mary, the sister and heir of George Samuel, tbe last Lord Montague.^ Traigli is mentioned in Doomsday, in the hundred of Burbece, as part of the possessions of Wihlam de Braose, and formerly belonging to Earl Godwin, when it was rated at four hldes.^ Both the manor and demesne of Truly were purchased, in 1814, of Mr. Nicholas Hall, of Brighton, by George O'Brien Earl of Egremont, the present possessor. Mrs. Baker is the proprietor of Peathorne Farm, which was formerly part of the possessions of the family of Covert. Roman urns of various sizes were dug up about 30 years ago at the southern extremity of the parish. The benefice is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Lewes and deanery of South Malhng, and rated in the king's books at 16Z. It is in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The present rector is the Rev. J. Prowet. The church is ancient, and consists of a chancel, nave, and low tower. It contains nothing requiring descrip tion, saving a circidar leaden font of the early Norman era. An engraving is given of it in Cartwright's Rape of Bramber, p. 240. The registers commence in 1561. unto the lower part of their bellie, and also cause tbem to move much the faster. For so this dotli, and rids avi'ay, as we call it, as fast a man can run. He is of countenance very proud, and at the sight or hearing of men or cattell, will raise his necke upright, and seem to listen and looke about with greate arrogancy. There are likewise on either side of him discovered two great bunches so big as a large foote- ball, and, as some thinke, will in time grow to wings ; but God, I hope, will so defend the poor people in the neigh bourhood, that he shall be destroyed before he growe so fledge. " He will cast his venome ahout four rodde from him, as by woefull experience it was proved on the bodies of a man and woman coming that way, who afterwards were found dead, being poysoned and very much swelled, but not preyed upon. Likewise a man going to chase it, and, as he imagined, to destroy it with two mastive dogs, as yet not knowing the great danger of it, his dogs were both killed, and he himselfe glad to returne witb hast to preserve his own life. Yet this is to be noted, that the dogs were not prayed upon, but slaine and left whole ; for his food is thought to be, for the most part, in a conie warren, which he much frequents, and it is found much scanted and im paired in the encrease it had woont to afford. " These persons, whose names are hereunder printed, have seene this serpent, besides divers others, as the carrier of Horsam, who Ueth at the AVhite Horse, in Southwark, and who can ceitifie the truth of all that has been here related. " John Steele, " Christopher Holder, " And a Widow Woman dwelling at Faygate." ' West Suss, iii. 237. " Doomsday, 28, a. ] . p. of Ifield.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 225 IFIELD. This parish, occupying the north-eastern corner of the rape of Bramber, is, notwithstanding, one of the three constituencies of the hundred of Burbeach. Upper Beeding and Edburton are at least twelve miles south of it. Crawley lies to the east, Rusper to the west ; on the south is St. Leonard's forest ; and on the north Charlwood, in the county of Surrey. It comprises 3,880 acres of a clayey soil, wherein oak grows abundantly. The population, in 1831, was 916. The village, standing on the south-west of Ifield Green, is in the centre of the parish. The turnpike road from Brighton, through Crawley, forms the eastern boundary of the parish ; from the latter place it is distant about a mile and a half, seven miles from Horsham, and thirty from London. The landed property is chiefly in the hands of the heirs of the late Captain Rodney ; — Fuller, Esq., the owner of Priestwood ; — Buckle, Esq., the possessor of Jordans ; and Mr. Cutler, the proprietor of Bonwicks.* Iron-stone in considerable quantities was formerly dug in this parish, where numerous smelting miUs were established, but the decrease of the wood with which the ore was reduced, compelled the abandonment of the works, and nothing is now left of them save some of the hammer ponds formed to impel the machinery. The manor is placed in Doomsday in the hundred of Tifeld, in the territory of William de Braose, and is thus mentioned: — " William Fitz-Ralph holds Ifelt of William. Alwi held it of King Edward. It has always been assessed at one hide. The demesne is not stocked, but there are five villains and four bondsmen, with a plough, six acres of meadow, and a wood of six hogs. Twenty shillings have been and continue its estimated value." It was formerly possessed by a family of the same name, as John de Ifield died seized of it in 1317. Subse quently it became part of the extensive possessions of the Coverts, of Slaugham. It was afterwards held by the Pelhams, and sold by Francis Pelham, Esq., in 1786, to Thomas Dennet, Esq., whose daughter married the Hon. Captain Robert Rodney, carrying the property to him. It is now vested in his children.^ Ifield Court, an old mansion of some note, is now converted into a farm-house. The livin is a vicarage in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, valued in the king's books at 6/. 8s. 4d. It is in the patronage of James Lewin, Esq. ; and the Rev. Spencer J. Lewin, A.M. is incumbent. Glebe three acres. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has portions in the early and decorated styles of English architecture. It consists of a chancel, nave, and side aisles, with a low wooden turret. It had originally lancet windows throughout, but the greater part are modernized. It will accommodate 300 persons. An altar tomb stands on the north side of the nave, under the eastern arch, on which is the effigy of a cvoss-Iegged knight, in armour, and under the opposite arch is another altar tomb, on which is the effigy ot a lady, in the costume prevailing in the days of the three first Ed wards. They are thought to be the effigies of Sir John De Ifield, and his lady ; tbe former of whom died in 1317. There are a few mural monuments and inscribed slabs in the church. The registers commence in 1568. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 381. ^ lb. 2 G VOL. II, 226 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [72. of Bramber. BOROUGH OF BRAMBER. The small parish of Bramber is bounded on the north by Steyning ; south by Buttolphs ; west by Findon ; and on the east by the river Adur, which separates it from Beeding. It con tains 870 acres of arable, down, and pasture land, the two former comprising the western, and the latter (about 145 acres) forming part of the vale through which the river flows. The soil is for the most part chalky, and favourable for the growth of corn ; nearer the river, alluvial soil prevails. In 1831 the population was 97. Bramber, which was once a market-town, and till lately a borough by prescription, can now only be characterised as an inconsiderable village, situated one mile S. E. of Steyning, and four from Shoreham. From London it is fifty-two miles. For the parliamentary history of this once notorious borough see the appendix. The principal land owner in the parish is Mr. Richard Lidbetter. The manor of Bramber belongs to the Duke of Norfolk ; and the town is governed by a constable, chosen annually at the court leet. The manor oi Bidlington lies partly within this parish, but extends also into Cowfold, Steyning, Beeding, and Shoreham. ^ Castle. — On the north-east side of Bramber-street are the ruins of the ancient castle, mentioned in Dooms day, the caput baronia of the lords of the rape of Bramber, and long the residence of the family of Braose. The Saxon word, Brymmburh (a fortified place), which gave name to the castle, town, and barony, denotes its situa tion on the edge of a steep bank, but which has been rendered more precipitous by art assisting nature. The area on which the castle was built comprises a little more than three acres, being 560 feet in length, and 280 in breadth. On the east side, the valley through which the Adur flows, and which was doubtless a deep morass, or altogether covered with water, as it occasionally now is in rainy seasons, was an efficacious barrier against hostile attacks ; whilst on the south, west, and north, a vallum and deep ditch added to the security of the place. Strong walls, some part of which are yet remaining on the west side, surrounded the castle. At the entrance, which is from the south, is the fragment of a square Norman tower, of great solidity, probably built by the first William de Braose, soon after he received the castle and barony from the Norman Conqueror. Near the centre of the irregular oval which constituted the base court, but rather to the west, stood the keep, every portion of which has been destroyed : the mound on which it was reared alone remains. From this elevated spot the views are varied and beautiful, commanding the fine sweep of Downs to the east, extending to the Devil's Dyke, Chanctonbury Ring, and the hills about Eastbourne ; and south is the dark blue sea, stretching across the vale through which the Adur flows. The deep and wide moat on the south-west and north is now thickly covered with the foliage of small trees of various kinds, which give to the spot a truly romantic character. As the Castle of Bramber is mentioned in Doomsday,* no doubt can be entertained of its Saxon origin ; but at what time it was built, or by whom, previous to the Conquest, occupied, it would be fruitless to inquire. The old Saxon Burg may have been converted into a Norman castle by the family of Braose ; or such additions may have been added as to strengthen and improve the ancient fortifications, and fit it forthe residence ofthe baronial chief. Its rise and its fall are alike unknown. That the family of Braose resided here cannot be doubted ; but how long this was the case, and at what period the castle was abandoned, are unknown. An engraving of tbe castle, by Hollar, more than a century and a half ago, exhibits exactly the same ruin that now remains. Grose observes, that, on considering the vast thickness of the remaining fragments of the walls, and the small effect West. Suss. Vol. III. p, 208. * See Washington. B. of Steyning:] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 227 which time and weather have produced upon it since Hollar's view was taken, there is reason to suppose that it was demolished by gunpowder, perhaps for the sake of the materials.^ During the civil wars it was occupied by the parliamentary forces. For an account ofthe descent ofthe castle and barony, see p. 186. Bramber returned representatives from 23rd Edward I., with an intermission, till the passing of the Reform Act. The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, and is valued in the king's books at 10/. 6s. 8d. It was given, in 1075, by Wilham de Braose, to the monks of St. Florence, at Salmur. Some monks from that establishment were settled in the neighbouring priory of Sele. The patronage, with other possessions of that religious house, has descended to Magdalen College, Oxford. The present incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Green, D.D. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, stands near the ruins of the castle. It is a small, ancient edifice, much mutilated, and consists of a single aisle and chancel ; it has portions in the Norman style of architecture. The chancel is divided from the nave by a Norman arch. " Twolarge arches are to be seen of the same kind, on the north and south sides of the tower, which is square and embattled ; and there are traces of another at the east eud, whicb is almost entirely overgrown with luxuriant ivy. About forty-three years ago, when this church was repaired by the Bev. Dr. Green, he erected a handsome window at the east end, in which are inserted the arms of the Dukes of Norfolk and Rutland, and those of Magdalen College, by Egginton. "^ There are a few mural tablets. The registers commence in 1 60 1. BOROUGH OF STEYNING, Or, as called by our Saxon ancestors, Steningham, from stean, a stone ; a Roman via named Stane-street having formerly, as is said, connected Arundel with Dorking. It is a parish locally within the hundred of Steyning, and has Henfield on the east, Wiston on the west, Ashurst on the north, and Bramber on the south. It contains 3,290 acres of arable, pasture, and down land. The land in the vicinity of the town is fertile, and the adjoining Downs afford good pasturage for sheep. In 1831, the population was 1,436. The town, which was a borough by prescription, having returned two representatives to parliament from the 26th of Edward I., is now disfrachised.^ It stands at the foot of a lofty hill, about a mile westward of the river Adur, and consists of a wide street running in a north westerly direction, from which branches another, running north-east to the church. On the south side of the last mentioned street are the burgage tenures of the now disfranchised borough of Bramber. The town has been recently much improved, both in buildings and in general appearance. It is supplied with water from a celebrated spring, issuing from a mountain half a mile distant, its stream turning two mills belonging to the town. The chief traffic is in cattle, for which there is a fortnightly market, held on the Monday ; great numbers are also sold at the fairs, which are held on the 9th of June, the 1 9th of September, and the 11th of 1 Grose's Ant. Vol. V. p. 140. ^ Shoberl's Suss. p. 95. ^ For Parliamentary History see Appendix. 2 g2 228 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [jR. of Bramber. Y October ; at the Michaelmas fair more than 3,000 head of Welsh oxen alone have been dis posed of, exclusively of other kinds, together with sheep, horses, hogs, wheat, seeds, &c. At the time of making the great Norman survey, Steyning appears to have belonged partly to the abbey of Fescamp, in Normandy, by a grant of Edward the Confessor, and partly to William de Braose. It is thus mentioned in the territory of the foreign abbey : — " In Staninges hundred the abbot holds Staninges. Harold held it of King Edward, and it was then rated at eighty-one hides, and to these may be added eighteen bides and seven acres not included in the rape, whicb were never assessed to the land-tax. At the present period there are sixty-seven hides. In the rape of Arundel there are thirty-three hides and a half, aud others in the rape of William de Braiose, yet the abbot holds all these at the present day. The arable of the whole manor is forty-nine plough lands. There are seven ploughs in the demesne, and 178 villains with sixty-three bondsmen have forty-eight ploughs. Here are two churches, nine ministers, four mills of forty-seven shillings, and also sixty-eight hogs, 113 acres of meadow, and a wood producing forty-five hogs of pannage. There are 118 messuage-houses in the borough, that produced fom- pounds two shillings. At the present period there are 123 messuage-houses, that yield 100 shillings aud 100 pence, and the inhabitants have a plough and a half. The burgesses performed villains' services in building the lord's hall and other works in the time of King Edward. Under the Saxon government it was valued at eighty-six pounds ; at a later sera it was estimated at fifty ; it is now appreciated at 100 pounds, yet it is at farm for 122 pounds, deduct two.''^ Of these possessions in Steyning, the manor and demesne of Charlton formed a principal part.* The abbot continued to hold the property till the dissolution of alien priories by Henry IV., when that monarch granted it by letters patent to the in Middlesex. At the dissolution of the greater monasteries, the manor and demesnes were valued at 46/. 6s. 2d., and were sold to William Pellatt. It afterwards passed into the families of Lewknor and Shirley. In 1652, John Earl of Thanet sold it to John Eversfield, Esq., for 4,500/., from whose descendant it was purchased by Charles Goring, Esq., the present owner.* The manor of Wapingethorne,Tioyf ihe property of Sir Charles Foster Goring, Bart., of Highden, is surveyed in Doomsday under the hundred of Staninges. The manorial residence, now converted into a farm house, has over the portico a shield of arms with two crests of twelve quarterings, entirely defaced. The windows are large, with stone muUions. The demesne lands of the manor of Wickham belong to the Hon. General Trevor, as representative of Richard Trevor, Bishop of Durham, by whom they were purchased in the early part of the last century. PELLATT. Arms. Ar. two barx, sa. that in chief charged with a bezant. Crest. A lion, passant, erm, holding in his right paw an oak branch, ppr. Pedigree. See Cart. Rape of Bramber, p. 160. Berry's Suss. Gen. newly founded abbey of Sion, The benefice is vicarial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, valued in the king's books at 15/. Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk is patron, and the Rev. John Penfold, A.M., is incumbent. There are EVERSFIELD. twenty-sevBu acres of glebe, and a good vicarage house, in which is « some Arms. Erm. on a bend, sa. three mullets, curfous carvod wainscot with the arms of Fltz-James, Bishop of London and pierced, or. ^ ' Pe"J!ire?.''i°l^ietrj4Z"s%%n^^^^ the arms and cognlzances of Henry VIII. and his queen, Catherine."* Doomsday, 17, a 2. 2 West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 159. Ib. p. 166. * Ib. 5 tS B. of Steyning.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 229 The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, consists of a chancel, nave, and side aisles, with a tower scarcely rising above the roof at the west end. It is the remains of a larger and perhaps cruciform structure, erected, if not in the Saxon, in the very early Norman times. The exterior of the church has nothing in it remarkable, but the interior is magnificently enriched. We speak only of the nave, for the present chancel is comparatively modern, and the original choir is believed to have extended eastward beyond the present limits of the church. The eastern front ofthe chancel was rebuilt by Charles, late Duke of Norfolk : it is of squared flints, and has a fine pointed window, divided into three lights, surmounted with tracery. The nave or choir is lighted in the clerestory by four handsome circular-headed windows with pilasters, on the south, and by three on the north ; double courses of mouldings surround those on the south. Four semi-circular arches on each side connect the side aisles with the nave. They are supported by rather lofty cylindrical columns, each three feet eight inches in diameter. The whole of these arches, as well as the capitals of the pillars, are profusely ornamented with tiers of mouldings of great variety and beauty. Every part is carved with the nicest care, and with studied variety of ornament ; so that each capital of the columns exhibits a different design in detail, though strictly uniform in size and proportions. All, even the finer ornaments, are in as perfect a state of preservation as if they had been the work ofthe last century. The semi-circular arch, which opens into the chancel, is thirty-eight feet in height- In the north aisle one or two of the original windows remain ; those in the south aisle have been altered. There is a fine pointed arch with numerous mouldings, springing from light clustered columns in the centre of the north wall, blocked up. The annexed view will give a better notion of the interior than any verbal description. The artist has removed, for his convenience, the pews from the interior ; but they have since been refitted, and the whole ofthe interior is singularly neat. The font is large and square, with an arcade. It is of early Norman date. Mr. Cartwright fixes on the twelfth century as the period of the building of the church. Numerous mural monuments adorn this interesting building ; of brasses there are no remains. King Ethelwulf, the father of Alfred the Great, and St. Cuthman, are said to have been buried in the church of Steyning, but whether in the present edifice or one anterior to it, must remain matter of conjecture. This, however, is certain, that if the remains of either of these eminent persons are in this church, they must have been disinterred long after their death, and removed here. " In the year 1826, on the down overlooking Steyning, a barrow was removed for the sake ofthe flints. On the top of it, within a foot of the surface, there were three entire skeletons, and in the ditch surrounding it, upwards of forty more. Besides these, on the west side, there appeared a large grave, filled with bones. An urn containing burnt bones was found, and, in different parts of the barrow, about fifty coins of small brass, chiefly of the lower empire. Astyle,about five inches in length, was found."i There is a charity in this parish, founded by William Holland, an alderman of the city of Chichester, in 1614, and supposed to have been benefitted and increased by Barnard Chatfield, consisting of 81/. 10s., arising from premises in Steyning and Washington, the objects of which are, that the boys in and about Steyning be instructed in the principles of the estahhshed religion, and the Greek and Latin tongues. He also left 5^. per annum to be applied to the poor. In 1580, Mrs. Jane Wall left a rent-charge of 7^. 6s. Bd. per annum to the poor who attend divine service every Sunday. The regis^ters commence in 1565. HUNDRED OF STEYNING. This Hiuidred contains the parishes of Coombes, Buttolphs, Wiston, and Washington. The Boroughs of Bramber and Steyning are also locally situated within the Hundred* It is bounded ' DaU. West. Suss. Vol. III. p, 170. 230 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. on the east by the Hundreds of Tipnoak, Burbeach, and Fishersgate ; on the south by the Hundred of Brightford; on the west by the Hundred of East Easewrith; and north by the Hundred of West Grinstead, and comprises 22,270 acres. COOMBES. The contents of this parish are 1,270 acres, of which the far greater part are on the Downs. There is no waste land in the parish ; the surface is hilly, and is well clothed with trees, chi efly the elm. The soil is favourable to wheat, oats, and barley ; but the wind frequently blows so strong as to cut off the wheat ears before they are ripe. It is bounded on the east by the Adur, west by Sompting, north by Buttolphs, and south by Lancing. The meadow land which it comprises has been obtained from the salt marsh bordering the river, by embankments. The population, in 1831, did not exceed 71- The village, consisting of abont half a dozen houses, lies in a coombe in the Downs, whence it has taken its name, three miles distant from New Shoreham, five from Worthing, seventeen from Horsham, and fifty-three from London. It is romantically bosomed in lofty trees. The wells in this parish are from twenty feet to thirty-five feet deep ; one, however, is of the depth of 125 feet. There are several remains of ancient encampments and tumuli on the Downs ; but the latter have been years ago explored. The Earl of Egremont is the sole landowner. Applesham, a valuable farm, is occupied by Francis Gell, Esq., where he has a commodious residence. In the Norman survey it is described under the hundred of Staninges thus : — " William Fitz Norman holds Cumbe of William (de Braose) ; Guert held it in the time of King Edward. It was then assessed at ten hides ; it is now rated at five hides. The arable is eight plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and twenty-seven villains, and four bondsmen, with ten ploughs. Here is a church and two ministers. The salt pans produce fifty shillings and five pence ; and the wood yields four hogs. In the reign of the Saxon prince it was valued at twelve pounds ; at a subsequent estimate, ten pounds ; and it is now appreciated at thirteen pounds. The same William holds Aplesham of William. Lewin held it of Earl Godwin. It was then assessed at seven hides and a half; it is now not rated at all. The arable is five plough lands. There are three ploughs iu the demesne, and seven vil lains, with seven bondsmen, with two ploughs. Here is a minister, a mill of six shillings, five acres of meadow, and a wood of five hogs. Six pounds have been the constant value equally under the Saxon and Norman governments. Two knights hold one hide and a half of this land, where they have a bondsman, and two salt pans of five shillings. "i At an early period the manor of Coombes was held by a family of the same name, who were also proprietors of the manor of Applesham. In the reign of Henry VIII. these manors and demesne lands, embracing nearly the whole of the parish, were in the possession of John Shelley, of Michelgrove, Esq. ; and in his descendants they continued tih 1785, when they were purchased by the present Earl of Egremont, in whom they are now vested. The ecclesiastical living is a rectory in the deanery of Storrington, rated at 10^. Os. 2|<^. in the king's books. The Earl of Egremont is patron, and the Rev, John Thornton, D.D., incumbent. There are about six acres of glebe land. The church has portions in the early style of English architecture : it consists of a nave and chancel, and will accommodate about 100 persons. The registers commence in 1538. ' Doomsday, S8, b I . p. of St. Botolphs.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 231 ST. BOTOLPH'S, or BUTTOLPH'S. The form of this parish approaches that of a long square, or parallellogram, the longer sides extending about two miles east and west, and having an average width of more than three quarters of a mile. Bramber forms its northern boundary ; Coombes its southern ; the river Adur separates it on the east from Beeding ; and a part of the parish of Sompting bounds it on the south-west. It contains 910 acres of arable, meadow, and down land, of which, at least, one half is down. A great variety of soil is not to be expected in an upland parish. Chalk prevails in the higher grounds ; and the lower, along the banks of the Adur, is a fertile marsh. The population, in 1831, was 81. Botolph's is not mentioned in Doomsday, but Annington, the principal estate in the parish, is described in that document as a part of the territory of Wilham de Braose, in the hundred of Staininges. William is said to have held it in person. Norman held it of King Edward, when it was assessed at twelve hides ; when transferred it was only rated at six hides. The arable required five ploughs. There was one plough in the demesne ; and fifteen villagers and thirty-four bondsmen had four ploughs. There was a church, and a wood producing wast or pannage for ten hogs. Its value, at the time of compiling Doomsday, had more than doubled that of the Confessor's time, being in the latter 12/., and in the former 251.^ From this account it would appear that the population, at the time of the Conquest, was nearly equal to what it now is. Annington, the principal estate in the parish, is the property of Charles Goring, Esq., of Wiston, who pur- diased it of the family of Eversfield. The demesne lands called Merlot's Annington, were also the property of the Eversfields. The farm was sold in 17175 under an act of parliament, to John Crawley, Esq. It is now the property of Hugh Penfold, Esq. Mr. Cartwright^ seeras inclined to identify Annington with a place frequently mentioned in documents con nected with the neighbouring priory of Sele, and called Vipont, or Veteriponte, where was a church, given by William de Braose, in 1075, to the monks of St. Florence, at Salmur. As, however, the manor oi Haningdune is mentioned in Doomsday as being held by William de Braose, and not by a foreign abbey, we may question the identity of the places named, and especially as the Norman survey was completed twelve years after the grant of Vipont by the Lord of Bramber. It is not at all likely that the place bore two names so very dissimilar at the same period of time. In favour, however, of the old Roman name Vipont, it may be stated that a considerable quantity of Roman bricks and pottery have been turned up by the plough on the Down within this parish but a few years ago. In passing from Regnum to Anderida it is very probable that the Roman troops would cross the river by a pontus in this or the adjoining parish of Coombes, as the high ground was always chosen by them ; and this would be the most direct route to Mutuantonis (Lewes) and the more easterly stations. The benefice is vicarial, in the deanery of Storrington, and united with the rectory of Bramber in 1530. The church is a small and uninteresting structure, situated on the level near the river Adur, consisting of a chancel, nave, and low tower. Formerly there was a north aisle, as is evident from the arches and columns pre served in the wall. In the south wall ofthe chancel is a small square recess, and a locker under a small pointed arch. It contains numerous inscriptions on slabs, and a mural monument of individuals ofthe Penfold family. The registers commence in 1607. Doomsday, 28, a 1. °- West, Suss. Voh III. p. 214. 232 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2. of Bramber. WASHINGTON Occupies the south-western district of the hundred of Steyning. It is rather a large parish, comprising 3,080 acres of down and weald land. The adjoining parishes are Wiston to the east, Sullington to the west, Findon to the south, and Ashington and Warminghurst to the north. The population, in 1831, was 793. The village is pleasantly situated at the base of the Downs, on the London road, at the south eastern extremity of Washington Common. It is four miles west of Steyning, seven north of Worth ing, twelve miles from Horsham, and forty-nine from London ; from Worthing the turnpike road to London passes the village, as does also the public road westward from Steyning to Amberley. The Downs in this district assume a dignified aspect, the whole chain rising to a considerable elevation, and being crowned by Chanctonbury Ring. Of landed estates the principal are, Chancton, the property of Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk; Rowdell, belonging to the residence of Major Sandham; Highden, the seat of Sir Charles Foster Goring, Bart. ; Clayton, belonging to Mr. Hugh Fuller ; and Rock, the property of Mr. Thomas Chatfield. The manor is thus mentioned in Doomsday, in the hundred of Staninges and in the territory of William de Braose : — " William hold Wasingetune in person. Earl Guerd held it in the time of the Confessor. It was then assessed at fifty-nine hides. It now pays no land- tax. In one of these hides tho castle of Brembre is situated. The arable is thirty-four plough lands. There are five ploughs in the demesne, and one hundred and twenty villains and twenty-five bondsmen, with thirty-four ploughs. Here are five saltpans, producing one hundred and ten baskets of salt, or nine shil lings and twopence, and four acres of meadow. The pannage of the wood yields sixty hogs, and there are six ministers. Gilbert holds half an hide of this district, Ralph one hide, William three roods, Lewin half an hide, who could cbuse his patron at pleasure, and change his residence, and pay his land-tax to his Lord, and his Lord was not accountable for it to any one. These have four villains and two bondsmen, with two ploughs and an half, seven acres of meadow, and a wood of ten hogs. The entire manor, in the reign of King Edward, was valued at fifty pounds ; and at a subsequent estimate, the same sum. At the present period, the demesne of William is appreciated at fifty pounds five shillings ; the district of the Knights, fifty shillings and twelve pence ; yet the whole manor is farmed at one hundred pounds."i From the family of Braose, this once very valuable and very extensive 4 Sa. three lions, passant, betw. two cottises, ar. -,,. i-rii-i»xi for Browne, iordship passed to John de Mowbray, and was granted and resumed bv the 5 Barry of six, ar. and sa. on a canton of the '^ '^ ./ ^ o "j x"^ 6Tu"X%te^^bI^%briematae^!o^r^°''"'''^- ciowu as the loyalty or presumed guilt of the Dukes of Norfolk prevailed. 7 Az. three peucans, ar. vnining thems°eive°! ppr. In the reign of Elizabeth, Edward Caryll obtained a grant of it, and in his for Pelham. , u j I ^S-.rei'd'Sherine wheels. an^ilS^^SF^h-e descendants it Continued till 1765, when John Caryll, Esq., sold it to lo'i:-. foC''e™:'=bX.''tS?e'; er^e^'^?^% William Frankland, Esq. The present owner is Frederick William Frank- spears, ar. for Wiseman. i„„j j?„„ Pedigree. See Berrj '8 Suss. Gen. p. 138. Cart Eape lanO, lliSq. of Bramber, p. 132. Kimber's Baronetage, Vol. 1. , ,. . , ,, . ,, p. 296. ihe manor oi Chancton, extending into the neighbouring parishes of Ashington, Wiston, Ashurst, Nuthurst, and Wisbro' Green, was purchased in 1805, by Charles, late Duke of Norfolk, and is now a part of the settled estates of the Dukedom.® Highden, the residence of Sir Charles Foster Goring, Bart., is situate in a small valley of the GORING, Bart. Arms, Ar, a chev. betw. three annulets, gu. Crest. A lion, rampant, gu. Quarterings. 1 Az. five fusils, conjoined m fesse, ar. for Dawtry. 2 Ar. on a chief, indented, gu. three mullets, pierced, or. for St. Jchn. 3 Or. on a chief, gu. three plates, for Camois. ^ Doomsday, 28, a 1. 2 West. Suss. Voh III. p. 131. p. of Washington.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 233 Downs, and is surrounded with luxuriant plantations. It was built by Sir Henry Goring, in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Rowdell, the seat of Major Sandham, of the Royal Artillery, is seated on a rising ground, a little on the right of the village, and is well backed by flourishing plantations. The estate, con sisting of 277 acres, was formerly the property of a family of the name of Byne, by one of whom the ancient residence is thought to have been built, in the reign of James I. The present house was built by Charles Goring, Esq., who purchased the estate of the co-heirs of James Butler, Esq. Mr. Goring dying in 1821, it was sold to Sir Charles M. Burrell, Bart., from whom it was purchased by the present owner. We subjoin a sketch of the old mansion. 1^- The benefice is a vicarage in the deanery of Storrington, rated in the king's books at 9/. 10s. It was formerly appropriated to the priory of Sele, and at the dissolution of monasteries it was granted to Magdalen College, Oxford, wherein the patronage is yet vested. The present vicar is the Rev. Thomas Nixon Blagden, B.D. There are about ten acres of glebe. The church is small, and has portions in the early style of English archi tecture ; it consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, and a low embattled tower ; but contains little of interest. A marble monument of " Johannes Byne," having two figures kneeling, in the dress of the sixteenth century, is against the south wall of the chancel. There are^also some mural tablets for individuals of the families of Fortrie and Butler. , In the church yard are the following inscriptions ; — " Carolus Goring, " Ab oriente rediix incoiruptus, Divitiarum honorum que apretus, Optitnatibus improbisque invisus, Populi salutis et potentioe vindex. " Obiit eetatis anno. T8, die Januarii 3rd, 1821." — " Henricus W. Goring, ob. December 14th, 1818, aet. 22." Thomas Barnard gave \0l. to the poor, in 1683, the interest to be expended in Two acres in Clayton lands were given by the two Misses Finch, the produce to crest, a buu-s head, couped!Tz. horned', or. purchase bread for the poor. This appears to be lost, and annexed to the estate ^ rI^oV Br'amber?^!!^'" '''"" ^•'^' ¦""'¦ BYNE. 2 H VOL. II 234 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. of Roger Clough. No produce has been received since 1738, and that was the only time it was ever remembered to have been given. The registers commence in 1558. WISTON, Or, as it was anciently called, Wistonstone, lies in the south-western part of the hundred of Steyning. Ashurst and Steyning are on the east, Washington on the West, Shipley and West Grinstead on the north, and Findon on the south. It comprises 2,750 acres of arable, pasture, down, and wood land. North of the Downs the district is for the most part flat, and the soil, from loam mixed with sand, running into the heavy clay of the weald. The population, in 1831, was 296. The Downs, constituting the south part of the parish, are truly magnificent, attaining an elevation, at Chanctonbury Ring, of 820 feet. This lofty station is rendered more conspicuous to the surrounding district by being planted with trees. The entrenchment is circular ; and although the Roman troops usually encamped in square earth-works, yet, as Roman coins have been found within the enclosure, it is pretty evident that they were not averse to a secure re treat, although not constructed exactly after their own manner. The most extensive land and sea views are commanded from the ring. A village there can scarcely be said to be ; the church, then, is a mile and a half north-west of Steyning, and fifty miles from London. A turnpike road from Steyning westward passes through the parish, skirting the ancient and well wooded park of Wiston. The landed property in the parish is chiefly held by the widow of the late Charles Goring, Esq., who is also lady of the manor of " Wistonstone." This manor, at the time of the great Ncrman survey, was held of William de Braose by Ralph, who appears to have been the tenant of most extensive property within this and Chichester rape. It was formerly the estate of Earl Godwin, and rented by Azor. It was then assessed at twelve hides. When transferred to Braose it was not rated at all. The arable was eight plough lands ; twenty-four bondsmen had five ploughs. There was a church, five serfs, seven acres of meadow, and a wood affording pannage for thirty hogs. In the time of the Saxon prince it was valued at 12/., and was, when Doomsday was made, appre ciated at the same, though at an intermediate era it was valued at only 41. ^ A family who took their name — " Wistonstone" — from the manor, occupied it in the early Norman times, from whom it passed by marriage to the family of Bavent, in the reign of Henry III. It subsequently became the pro perty of the Shirleys, by the marriage of Sir Hugh Shirley with Beatrix, the sister and heir of Sir John de Braose. In this family it continued for many generations, till the time of the civil wars, when the last Sir Thomas Shirley adhering to the royal cause, suffered materially in the contest. His estate becarae dilapidated by debt and sequestration, and at length passed into other Arms. Gu. two bends, vair. hands. His SOU, Dr. Shirley, of Preston, in hopes of recovering some part ofthe Crest. An ostrich, wings expanded, ar. ducally ' .' ' ' r or ffi!L.^°* "^^'^' "'¦ '" '** " ^ once large possessions of his faraily, commenced a law suit against Sir John Fagg, ^cSrRape^of Bramber, p'.'isi. ¦ ¦ ' ' ^Jjq appears to have been seized ofthe manor and a great part of the estate. His suit, however, was unsuccessful ; and shortly after, in 1678, he died prematurely, in consequence, as Anthony 1 Doomsday, 28, a 2. p. of Wiston.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 235 Wood imagines, of grief and disappointment for the loss of his patrimonial estate.* The property continued to be held by the descendants of Sir John Fagg till the death of his grandson, Sir Robert, in 1740, when the manor and the principal part of his possessions were bequeathed to his sister Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Charles Matthew Goring, Bart., whose eldest son, Charles Goring, Esq., in 1769, succeeded to the inheritance. Wiston House is a stately building of the Elizabethean era, erected by Sir Thomas Shirley about the year 1576. Considerable as the present mansion now is, it is scarcely a moiety of the original structure, as appears by an old painting now within its walls. Enough, however, remains of its ancient state to give a high opinion of its original magni ficence and extent. The baronial hall is a noble apartment, with fine groined timber roof; it is a cube of forty feet. The dining room retains the original oak wainscot, bearing the date 1576 ; and on the cornice was carved, in all the pride of genea logy, the Shirley and Braose pedigree.^ The view from the terrace is much admired. The vale to the right and left, as far as the eye can reach, is a continuation of rural beauty and rich ness of scenery. The park and water are well arranged. The former is large and well stocked with deer. Its undulating surface and stately forest trees give beauty and dignity to the whole. Of the family of Shirley, who so long held this mansion and estate, were the three brothers. Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, and Sir Robert Shirley ; who, during the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth, and in the succeeding reign, attained to considerable eminence, and were much distinguished for their romantic enterprises. Of these, Anthony Shirley, the second son, was born about the year 1565, ^,.„„. 4,^,, „t,i=,, or. and ar.Tcalton. erm. Crest. A Saracen's head, side-faced, ppr. wreathed about the temples, or, and az. Quarterings. 1 Gu. a chev. ar. betw. three garbs, or, for Waldshbfpe. 2 Az. seraee of cross crosslets, a lion, rampant, du cally crowned, gu. for Bkaose of Bramber. 3 Vair, ar. and az. two bars, gu. lor Braose of Goure, 4 Gu. two bendlets, that in chief, or. that in base, ar. for MiLo, Earl of Hertford. 5 Gu. a fesse, lozengy, or. for Newmarcii. 6 Ar. a chief, indented, sa. for Bavest. 7 Erm. on a bend, az. three lion's heads, erased, or. for WiSTONESTON. 8 Barry of six, ar. and gu. in chief, three martlets. sa. for Weedon. 9 Or. three piles, gu. a canton, erm. thereon an eagle displayed, sa. for Basse. 10 Or. a cinquefoil, sa, for Bravtespord. 11 Ar. two bars, sa. on a canton of the last, a cinquefoil, or. for Twvford. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 172. Cart. Rape ofBramber, p. 138. and studied at All Soul's College, Oxford, where he took the degree of B.A. in 1581, after whicb he joined the English troops in the Netherlands, and was present at the battle of Zutphen, in 1586. Ten years after he set sail for Plymouth, at the head of a predatory expedition to the West Indies ; and after taking the towns of St. Jago and Santa Martha, he took possession of Jamaica. Soon after his return home he was knighted. In 1598 he was sent by the Earl of Essex to the assistance of Don Caesar d'Este, the ille gitimate son ofthe Duke of Ferrara, lately deceased, against the pope, who had laid claira to that principality ; but before his arrival at the scene of action the misunderstanding was compronaised. In the following year, with a suite of twenty-five persons, and his younger brother, Sir Robert, he embarked at Venice, and after various accidents and adventures he arrived at Casbin, in Persia. His reception by Schah Abbas, and his acquired influence in the Persian court, as related by his biographers, have in them too much of the romantic to be easily credible, and especially as they are wholly at variance witb the established etiquette and the invariable usages of the east. Though some allowance must be made for the exaggerated reports of his eulogists, there can be little doubt as to the fact of bis having been invested with some legative authority, and dispatched on an embassy to invite the Christian princes of Europe to join the Persian King in a war against the Turks. Hussein Ali Bey, a Persian of distinction, was joined in this mission ; and the two 1 See Vol. I. p. 170. West. Suss. Voh III. p. 162. 2 H 2 236 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. ofBramber. plenipotentiaries reached Moscow, whence Shirley despatched Hussein into Spain, and directed his course to Venice. It appears that continual disputes took place between the two ambassadors, insomuch that Hussein returned to Persia, where not being able to give a satisfactory reason for his return, he had his hands chopped off and his tongue pulled out in the presence of Sir Robert Shirley, who had been left at court ; and who, being asked " what he would have more done unto him in revenge of his brother's wrong," very kindly interceded, and had his head struck off. Why Sir Anthony returned not at the termination of his mission into Persia ; whether he liked not the fate of his brother ambassador, or had more tempting prizes on tbe European continent, does not appear. Certain, however, it is, that from Venice he proceeded into Spain, where he so distinguished himself as to be appointed admiral ofthe Levant Seas and a member of the Council of Naples. The honours and titles that were lavished upon him seem to have excited the jealousy of his sovereign, James I., who ordered him home, but he refused to obey the order. He is supposed to have died about 1631 in Spain. Sir Robert Shirley, younger brother of the preceding, was born about the year 1750, and after having served different European princes, he accompanied his brother into Persia, and obtained a high degree of favour at the Persian court, and was likewise placed at the head of an army fitted out against the Turks. Notwithstanding the ill success of the former embassy, Schah Abbas sent him, in the beginning of the seventeenth century, in the character of his ambassador to the several princes of Christendom, to engage tbem in a confederacy against the Turks. Poland, Germany, Rome, and Spain, were successively visited by him in furtherance of his jnous object, and titles and prerogatives were lavished upon him by the Emperor Rudolph II., and Pope Paul V. He arrived in England in 1611, and had an audience with Jaraes I. as Ambassador-Extraordinary from Schah Abbas. Before leaving Persia, the emperor gave him, in marriage, Teresia, the daughter of Isray Hawn, Prince of the city of Hhcassia Major, and a relation to the queen. This lady accompanied him to England, and whilst here, being delivered of a son, the queen stood godmother, and Prince Henry godfather, who called the child Henry, after his own name. After a residence of about twelve months in England, he and his suite embarked at Dover, and entered the Gulf of Persia in safety, " Where it was meant the lord ambassador should have landed, but finding the place very inconvenient, they sailed thence to Godel, where a revolted duke from Persia with his forces being there, sought treacherously to surprise the ambassador, aud to take the ship with the merchants, their goods and all ; but, by God's providence, the duke's treason was discovered by a Persian hermit, by which means the English were miraculously delivered from extreme danger. From this place they set sail again, and went into the river Synde, where Captain Newport very safely landed the lord ambassador and Sir Thomas Powel, with their wives and all their company that embarked with them from England, where they were most joyfully and honourably received of the governor and of the inhabitants of the country, which country is under the Great Mogul, upon the borders of Persia." i In 1623, Sir Robert Shirley again arrived in England, as ambassador from Schah Abbas ; but whilst he was enjoying the honours conferred upon him, and the marked attentions of the English court, a rival appeared in the field. An ambassador from the Persian court arrived in a ship that had long been given up as lost ; a quarrel ensued between the native and the adopted representative of Persian majesty, and after receiving the grossest affronts from the lately-arrived embassy. Sir Robert set out to carry his complaint and vindication to the Persian monarch. The other ambassador also embarked, but died on his passage. Either Sir Robert had been sup planted by a new favourite, or he had been assuming powers not delegated to him. His ruin was resolved on and he was informed that he had the emperor's permission to depart. Sir Robert sickened at the intelligence, and in less than a fortnight after his arrival at court, he died. The eldest brother, Sir Thomas Shirley, studied at Oxford, and afterwards resided some years with his father, at Wiston. The fame of his brothers' achievements at length roused his ambition, and, at his own expense, he fitted out three vessels manned with 500 adventurers, and set sail in 1602, on a crusade against the infidels. His marauding expedition failed, two of the vessels abandoned him, and with the third he shaped his course towards the Archipelago, in quest of plunder. In attempting to take by surprise one of the Greek isles he was made prisoner by the natives, and sent to Negropont, where he was kept in confinement from the 20th of March, 1602, to the 25th of July, 1603, and subjected to the severest discipline. He was subsequently removed ' Stowe. p. of Wiston.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 237 to Constantinople, the Capitan Pacha having received the agreeable intelligence that his prisoner was able to pay for his ransom no less a sum than 60,000 sequins. A struggle ensued between the love of money and the love of liberty. Sir Thomas offered 12,000 sequins — about 6,000/ ; the Pasha insisted on 50,000. The knight was obstinate, and his treatment became worse ; at length a bargain was struck at 40,000. Sir Thomas did not, however, regain his liberty till December, 1605. In the following year he left Constantinople, and returned by way of Naples to England. The Shirleys had rendered themselves so famous by their travels and exploits, that in I6O7 a play was produced, entitled " The Three Brothers, Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, and Mr. Robert Shirley, written by a trinity of poets, John Day, William Rowley, and George Wilkins," — a work as scarce as it is valueless. Dr. Thomas Shirley, ofthe same family, was physician to Charles II., and author of several learned works on subjects connected with his profession. The benefice is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, rated in the king's books at 12/. 13s. 4d. The widow of the late Charles Goring, Esq., has the advowson. The Rev. George Wells is the present incumbent. There is a comfortable manse, with three acres and a half of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is chiefly in the decorated style of English architecture. It consists of a nave, chance], south aisle, and low tower, built of flint. It stands near the manor house, and is surrounded with trees. The building will accommodate about 200 persons. A sepulchral chapel is at the east end ofthe south aisle, and " On the floor isa monument of brass (inlaid and powdered with the words 'Jesu Mercy'), of Sir John Braose, who is represented in a complete suit of plate armour, such as distinguished the period of Henry V. His head is protected by a basonet, and his neck by a hausse- col, or gorget. On his shoulders aie epauliares, while his arm pits are defended by two circular plates, termed, in his time, palettes. The elbow-pieces are elegantly decorated with fan-shaped ornaments, and the wrists of his gauntlet are made flexible. Light taces defend the abdomen, from the last of which a small plate is pendant in front. Additional pieces, above and below, ornament his genouillures. His dagger appears on the right side and his sword on the left, suspended from a belt placed crosswise." • On the edge of the stone is the following rhyming inscription, in old English : — " In gracia et misericordia dei hic jacet Dns. Johes. de Brewys, quondam miles, qui obiit xxix. die mensis Kovembris, anno domini millmo. CCCCXX VI. cujus auime propicietur Deus. Amen. Es testis xpe. qd. no. iacet hic lapis iste corpus ut ornetur sed spiritus ut memo- retur. Hinc tu qui transis, medius, magnus. puer an sis. Pro mefunde preces, quia .... spes." There is, on the north side ofthe chapel, under an arch, the efSgy of a child in a close vest. Here is also a monument of Sir William Shirley, who is represented standing on a rock, with hands and face uplifted as in prayer to a dove, representing the Holy Ghost, which is sculptured above. His two wives are looking towards him. Against the wall are the effigies of a knight in armour, and his lady, kneeling, for Sir Thomas Shirley, Knt., and his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe, Knt. A monument of artificial stone, for Sarah, wife of Charles Goring, Esq., contains the following lines : — " Ye who the names ot Christian, friend, and wife. Have ever held as venerably dear. Know how they graced her pure unsullied life. For whom we drop a melancholy tear. 'Tis vain to add, tho' pious the design. The empty honours that the tomb can give; These will decay, let those for ever shine. As flames are quenched and yet th^ir embers Uve. The latent fire, superior still to death. That whilom burned to animate this frame, Shall blaze, rekindled by the trumpet's breath. And shine in glory with a brighter flame. There are numerous inscriptions on slabs for different members of the Fagg family. The east window ofthe chancel, as also the west ofthe nave, have coats of arms in painted glass. The registers commence in 1638. HUNDRED OF EAST EASEWRITH. This Hundred lies near the middle of the western side of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Sullington, Warminghurst, Thakeham, West Chiltington (east part of) and Itchingfield. The four first are bounded on the east by the Hundreds of West Grinstead and Steyning, on the south by the Hundred of Brightford, on the west by the Rape of Arundel, and on the north by the Hundred of West Grinstead. Itchingfield is disjoined by the latter Hundred. The whole Hundred contains 8,000 acres. ' DaU. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 154. 238 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. SULLINGTON. This parish is bounded on the east by Washington, on the west by Storrington, on the north by Thakeham, and on the south by Findon and Clapham. It contains 1,660 acres of arable, pasture, and down land; of which about 1,000 are in tillage. There are besides between 70 and 80 acres in a detached portion of the parish, on the north-east side of Itchingfield. It is the demesne lands of the manor of Broadbridge, belonging to Lieutenant General Onslow. The turnpike road from Steyning, westward, intersects the parish, leaving the village about a mile south of it. Part of the parish lies on the downs, at the foot of which the rich loam produces ample crops of corn, but little timber is grown ; what there is is prin cipally oak and elm. The population, in 1831, was 320. In the reign of Edward I., the manors of Sullington and Broadbridge were held by Roger de Covert, under Maria de Braose, as of her dower, for two and a half knights' fees. The lordship of Sullington was afterwards given by Richard Earl of Arundel, to his hospital of the Holy Trinity at Arundel. Soon after the suppression of religious houses, it was purchased by Edward Shehey, of Warminghurst ; and it is now the property of the Misses Shelley, of Lewes, together with two farms called Barnes farms. The Earl of Egremont has property in the parish, purchased by his lordship in 1785, of Sir John Shelley, Bart. Sir Timothy Shelley is the proprietor of Wantleye.^ Sandgate Lodge stands near the turnpike road, in the centre of the parish. This pleasant residence was built some years ago by the late Sir George Warren, Bart., K. B. It was after wards enlarged by Henry Shelley, Esq., and became his residence. He died in 181 1, leaving it by will to Caroline, wife of Evelyn Anderson, Esq. It is now the property and residence of George John Gibson, Esq. It is a perfect ferme ornee, uniting elegant simplicity with commodiousness of arrangement. The view from the lawn, towards Sullington and Storrington, though confined by the Downs, is peculiarly rich, luxu riant, and picturesque, forming a fine contrast to the barren heath "S ^ V which bends to the north.^ The family of Wase is entered in the visitation of 1634, as resident here. WASE. The benefice is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, rated at 12^. 17s. 6d. in the Liber Regis. The advowson belongs to the rector, tbe Rev. George Palmer, A, M., who has the great and small tithes of the parish, and twenty acres of glebe land. Broadbridge, the detached portion ofthe parish, pays a modus of IZ. 6s. 8d. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is principally in the early style of English architecture. It has a chancel, nave, and north aisle and tower at the west and surmounted by an obtuse spire. In the Arms. Barry of six, ar. and gu. in chief, a pel- end, Uot higher than the naVO, Crest. A derai.iion, rampant! ar. ducally gorged, north aisle was formerly a chautry, founded by Richard Earl of Arundel. az. charged on the shoulder with a pellet, ¦' J ' J Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen. p. 125. Cart. A mutilated efligy of an armed knight, cross-legged, which was formerly in the north aisle, is Bape ofBramber, p. 123. now under the tower. He is in the costume of the time of Henry III., and as Sir William de Covert was then lord ot the manor, il has been assigned to him. His right arm and both his legs have been broken off, and the face much injured. The drapery is gracefully arranged. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 122. 2 Evan's Worthinsr. Vol. If !«" p. of Warminghurst.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 239 Frora the tumuli which are found on the Downs, sepulchral urns, charcoal, and burnt bones were obtained in 1809. They may be referred to the aera prior to the invasion ofthe Romans. One ofthe urns was quite perfect and is here represented. The composition of the vessel being of coarse unbaked clay, containing fragments of burnt bones, denotes its having belonged to the original inhabitants ofthe country. Indeed that mode of sepulture appears to have extended in remote ages of antiquity to other countries. We need scarcely refer our readers to the funeral of Patroclus, in the 23rd book of the Iliad. In 1812, several warlike instruments of brass, such as spear heads, with some of the handles remaining in them, and two swords, with short and broad Roman blades, were discovered by some men who were draining ground, north of Sandgate.* The registers commence in 1555. Tnchti jjSi™Mj:ncheg WARMINGHURST. East of Thakeham is Worminghurst or Warminghurst, less in extent, but with soil of a similar quality to that of the last described parish. In form it approaches an oval, containing an area of 870 acres. Ashington joins it on the east, Shipley on the north, and Washington on the south. The population, in 1831, was 113. The village is situated on an eminence, commanding very extensive views of the east of Sussex. It is three mUes from Storrington, ten from Horsham, twenty-three from Dorking, and forty-six from London. The road from Worthing to the metropolis leaves the village about a mile to the west of it. The greater part of the parish, indeed all, with the exception of about eighty acres, belongs to the Duke of Norfolk. Warminghurst is not mentioned in the Conqueror's survey. It was probably included in the lordship of Staninges, which comprised eighty-one hides, and which, at the formation of Doomsday, belonged to the church of Fescamp, in Normandy. A charter of free warren was granted to the abbot, who had a bailiff residing here in 1252 ; and a few years after, Warminghurst Park is mentioned as being appropriated to the abbot. At the dissolution of alien priories, the property in this parish belonging to the foreign establishment was conferred on the newly-founded monastery of Sion, in Middlesex ; and at the general suppression of religious houses, Edward Shelley, Esq., became the possessor. In this family the estate continued till 1618, when a portion was sold. After frequent alienations, the property came into the hands of William Penn, Esq., who, in 1702, sold it to James Butler, Esq., who built the plain but noble raansion, now destroyed, called Warrainghurst House. The Rev. Roger Clough, by marriage with Ann Jemima, the daughter of Mr. Butler, butlek. becarae proprietor in 1789, of whom Charles, late Duke of Norfolk, in 1805, ™tw. two cottises, ku. ' "' Pedigree. Bee Berry's buss. Gen, p. 176. Cart. purchased the property, together witb other estates in the parish.'' Kape of Bramber, p. 255. The manor house, mentioned above as having been built by James Butler, Esq., was situated on a knoll overlooking the eastern part of the county. Heathfield monument and 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 12?. 2 Ibid. p. 25.';. 240 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. ofBramber. Cross-in-Hand windmill, may be recognised from the scite of the mansion. Since the property came into the possession of the Duke of Norfolk, the mansion has been razed to the ground ; the deer park which surrounded it has been disparked ; the timber by which it was graced has been cut down ; the lake dried up ; and the whole converted into a farm. Near the scite of the house are still lingering a majestic tulip tree, and a cedar of Lebanon, though Mr. Cart wright mentions, as the last remains of the former grandeur of this place, a Spanish chesnut tree, which was grubbed up in the year 1825. This tree " measured, six feet from the ground, twenty-nine feet in circumference, and was supposed to contain upwards of eleven loads of timber. One of its largest branches having been sawed off, 270 rings were counted from the pith or centre : if one of these is formed every year, it refers the age of the tree to the time when the estate was granted to Edward Shelley." ^ The ecclesiastical living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk. It is not rated in the king's books. The present incumbent is the Rev. Henry Warren. The church consists of a chancel, nave, and small low shingled spire ; the chancel is separated from the nave by a raodern deal screen. The east window is large and pointed, of the age of Edward III. The church is well pewed. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. On the north wall, under an arch, is a brass on which are engraved the effigies of a man and woman, with seven sons and three daughters, and below them the following inscription, in old English : — " Of your charite pray for the soules of Edward Shelley, Esquier, some tyme one of the four masters of the household with the most vertuous princes. King Henry VIII., and King Edward the VI., and our Sou'aine Ladye Queen Marye, and Johan his wyffe, daughter and heyre of Poll Aden, of Kent, which Edward dyed the ix. daye of October, A. Dni. MVCLIIII., and the said Johan dyed the v. day of February, Ao. Dni. MVCLIII. whose sowles Jesu p'don." There is a mural monument to the memory of Dame Elizabeth Bennet, wife of James Butler, Esq. There is also a marble tablet, recording individuals of the family of Butler j also one to John Riches, merchant, of London. The registers commence only in 1714. THAKEHAM. The boundaries of this parish are made, on the east by Shipley and Warminghurst ; on the west by Storrington and West Chiltington ; on the north by Shipley ; and on the south by Sullington. The entire contents of the parish, including the two detached portions called Child's Farm and Colton's Farm, are 2,980 acres. A part of Heath Common, consisting of barren sand, is included in the southern boundary of the parish ; the middle consists of hazel mould, fertile in the growth of wheat, barley, and other grain ; and the northern district is composed of weald clay. The surface is hilly, and well clothed with wood. In 1831, the population was 597- The village is situated near the eastern limit of the parish, at the distance of three miles from Storrington, six from Steyning, twelve from Horsham, and forty-seven from London. Apsley Farm is the property of Lord Selsey; Campions belongs to Sir Timothy SheUey; and Abingsworth, which formerly gave its name to a family now extinct, is the possession of Luke Upperton, Esq. Townhouse and Laybrook farms are the property of Mrs. Newton relict of William Newton, Esq., of Southover. 1 Da]]. West. Suss. p. 257. p. of West Chiltington.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 241 The great Norman survey places Taceham in the barony of William de Braose, and in the hundred of Iseweret. " Morin holds Taceham oi William. Brixi held it of King Edward. It was then assessed at twenty hides, three roods ; it is now rated at five hides. The arable is fourteen plough lands. There are two ploughs in the demesne, and thirty villains and twelve bondsmen with eight ploughs. Here is a church, a mill of three shillings, sixteen acres of meadow, and a wood of sixty hogs. A knight holds one hide of this land, where he has five oxen, with a bondsman. In the reign of the Confessor the total value was fourteen pounds, and at such sum it is now appreciated. At the tirae it was transferred, the estimate was ten pounds."^ In 1242, Stephen Le Power held four knights' fees in Thakeham and Clayton of the honour of Bramber. " His son, or grandson of the sarae name, died 25th Edward III. (1352), leaving two daughters his co-heirs, between whom the manor became divided. It is a singular circumstance, that the lineal descendants of these two daughters are at present the joint proprietors of this manor, which has descended in two uninterrupted lines, without any alienation, during the long period of 470 years. "^ The Misses Shelley, of Lewes, are the pro prietors of the one undivided moiety, and Elizabeth Dorothy, wife of the Rev. Thomas Ferris, of Hawkburst, Kent, of the other. Thakeham Place became the property and residence of the Apsleys, by marriage with Margaret, daughter of Stephen Le Power. The mansion is entirely destroyed, and on its scite a modern farm house is erected. The estate was purchased in 1806, by the late Duke of Norfolk.^ The benefice is rectorial, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Storrington, and is valued in Liber Regis at 14^. 9s. 9^d. Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk, has the advowson. The Rev. G. Palmer is the present incumbent. There is an ancient manse, and about thirty acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly in the early and partly in the later style of English architecture. It is for the most part built of flint, and consists of a chancel, nave, and two transepts, with lancet windows. The low tower is not ofthe sarae antiquity. The interior has two monumental brasses, one for Thomas Apsley, who died in 1517, and the other for his wife Beatrix, who was one of the maids of honour to the Queen of England; she died in 1515. There are three altar tombs, one of stone, plain, with the arms of Apsley, impaling Lewknor; anotherof Sussex marble, from which brasses have been torn, and having shields with the Apsley arms ; the third having the effigy of a man in armour, deeply engraved. A shield is at each corner: 1 and 4, Apsley; 2, Apsley impaling a /esse; 3, Apsley impaling a/esse, between six vxyUets. This was for William Apsley, who died in 1527. The church contains numerous mural monuments to individuals of the families of Apsley, Butler, Butcher, Shelley, Mellersh, Fuller, and several rectors, A chantry was founded in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin, at Thakeham, by Stephen Le Power, " to cele brate divine service for the good estate of the king and his children, and of Stephen, and Isabella his wife, and their children when living, and for their souls afterwards." * Probably the northern transept, which is divided from the nave by a screen, may, till the dissolution of monasteries, have been thus appropriated. The registers commence in 1628. WEST CHILTINGTON (EAST PART OF). West ChUtington is situate within the rape of Arundel ; but a detached part, consisting of upwards of 1,700 acres, is within the confines of Bramber rape. It Ues west of the parish of Thakeham. The surface is hilly and the soil various, some being light hazel mould of great fertility, whilst other parts have stiff clay, the favourite soil of the oak. At the southern part of the parish on Heath Common, occurs a black, sandy, and barren soil, abounding only with heath. Cilletune is mentioned in Doomsday under the hundred of Iseweret, and in the territory of William De 1 Doomsday, 29, a 2. « West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 242, ^ Jb. 246. * lb. 250. 2 1 VOL. II. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES fjR. of Bramber. 242 Braose. Ralph held here three hides ; they were exempt from the land-tax. The arable required six ploughs. There were six acres of meadow, and a wood affording pannage for thirty hogs.i In 1242, William De Wistonestone held four knights' fees in Wistonestone and Chiltington. The manorial property afterwards passed into the family of Shirley. The estates afterwards became divided. The chief landowners at present are. Lady De La Zouche, the Hon. Katherine A. Pechell, Lord Selsey, and the Hon. George King.^ ITCHINGFIELD Has Horsham on the east, Billinghurst on the west, Slinfold on the north, and Shipley on the south. Its superficial contents are 2,490 acres, of which 1,700 are arable and pasture. The soU is generaUy clay ; and the hedge rows, or shaws, as they are provincially caUed, are usuaUy many yards in breadth, producing oak timber of the finest growth. No turnpike road passes through the parish. The viUage is very smaU, and about three mUes south-west of Horsham. The population, in 1831, was 356. The surface is variegated by hiU and dale ; and, as wood abounds throughout the parish, it affords many rural and romantic home scenes. Doomsday is sUent as to the manor. The parish is divided into smaU farms ; and the prin cipal proprietors are Charles Chitty, Esq., the owner of Muntham, Sir Timothy SheUey, Bart., Mr. T. Dendy, and Mr. Matthew Stanford. The beneficeis a rectory in the deanery of Storrington, valued at 8/. in the king's books. It is in the patronage of Ann, widow of the late Rev. Edmund Cartwright, and the present incumbent is the Rev. Edward Elms, M.A. It has 73 acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, consists of a single nave, chancel, and low tower, of the rudest con struction. On the wall ofthe chancel is an inscription to the memory of the Rev. Alexander Hay, who was for near thirty years rector of this church ; as also another to the memory of John Wheatley, Esq., who died in 1668, aged 61, leaving Johanna, daughter of Richard Wheatley, Gent., and Johanna Shelley, daughter of Joha Shelley, his heir, who intermarried with John Michell, of the ancient family of Michell, of Field Place and Stameram, in this county. ¦ : Mi. ^f!ico- ' Doomsday, 29, a 2. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 241. p. of Ashington.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 243 The font is modern. It is octangular, with a quartre- foil on each face, placed on a pedestal, with neat mouldings. The old font of Sussex marble has been dug up in the churchyard. John Streater, in 1624, gave a rent charge of 1/. 13s. Ad. fbr the benefit ofthe poor; as also the sum of 25Z., the interest of which was to be similarly appropriated. ' Mrs. Ehzabeth Merlott, in 1810, left lOOZ. to be expended at the rate of 10/. per annum, in purchasing clothes for the poor ; also 400?, for the instruction of the children of the poor. The registers commence in 1700. HUNDRED OF WEST GRINSTEAD. This Hundred contains the parishes of Ashington, Ashurst, Shipley, and West Grinstead. It is bounded on the east by the Hundreds of Windham and Ewhurst and Tipnoak ; on the south by the Hundred of Steyning ; on the west by the Hundred of East Easewrith and the Rape of Arundel ; and on the north by that part of the Hundred of East Easewrith which contains Itchingfield parish, the upper part of the Hundred of Fishersgate, and the Hundred of Singlecross ; and has an area of 17,960 acres. ASHINGTON. The contents of this parish are 1,430 acres of stiff clay and hazel mould. It is divided into two portions, Ashington and Buncton, by the intervention of part of the parishes of Washington and Wiston. The former is west of the latter, and contains 779 acres of the whole amount of the parish. It is bounded by Shipley on the north ; on the east and south by Washington ; and on the west by a detached part of Thakeham and "Warminghurst. The population, in 1831, was 285. The village which is in the Ashington district, consists of a few scattered houses, at a dis tance from the church of nearly half a mile. It is four miles from Steyning, a like distance from Storrington, nine from Worthing, and forty-seven from London. The turnpike road from Worthing to London passes through the parish, leaving the church and village to the west. The parish is divided into small farms. The principal landowners are, the Duke of Norfolk and Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart., who is the owner of Court farm and of Hook farm, part of which is in Ashington parish. In the visitation of 1634, the family of Wolfe is stated to have been resident here. The manor of Essingetone is placed in Doomsday in the hundred of Iseweret, and in the territory of William de Braose. In the Saxon times, two allodial tenants held it of Earl Godwin. When transferred to Braose it was held by Robert. At the former period it was assessed at two hides ; at the lat er it was not rated at all. It was situated in Wassingetone, There were of arable, three plough lands. Thirty shillings was the constant value. The manor and principal part of the parish were araong the possessions of the family of Covert, though not 2i2 WOLFE. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen, p. 65. Cart Kape of Bramber, p. 260. 244 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. ofBramber. at so early a period as Sullington, In 1338, Roger de Covert levied a fine, by which one carucate of land, ant} 211. of rents in Ashington and Buncton, were settled on his son Richard. It appears by an inquisition, post mortem, that John Covert died seized of it in 6tE Henry VI., and that it continued for many years in his descendants, being held ofthe paramount manor of Knepp by the yearly rent of Is. 6d. fealty, suit of court, and heriot of the best beast on death, and is thus presented in the court rolls of the manor of Knepp in 13th James I., and 7th and Sth Charles I. In 1703, Timothy Burrell, Esq., of Cuckfield, purchased, but soon afterwards sold the lordship to James Butler, Esq., of Warminghurst. In 1806 it was purchased by Charles Duke of Norfolk of one of the co-heiresses of James Butler, Esq., and now forras a portion ofthe dukedora. The waste lands in tbe parishes of Warminghurst, Ashington, and Washington were inclosed by act of parliaraent, passed in 1813, when 161 acres were allotted to this manor. Buncton is a chapelry of Ashington. " The chapel is a small building without tower or turret, of a single aisle, but much reduced in size. On the outside of the chancel are the remains of early Norman arches, with dancette and billety mouldings, intersecting each other, and forming gothic arches by their intersection. It stands in a field by a small knoll, surrounded by a hanging copse, at the bottom of which is a rivulet. The thick woody country in the distance, and the bold elevation of Down about a mile to the south, render its situation one of the most picturesque and Swiss-like in the neighbourhood."^ The benefice of Ashington is a rectory in the deanerj' of Storrington, rated in the king's books at 8^. 5s, It is appendant to the manor, and was purchased with it by the Duke of Norfolk. The present incumbent is the Rev. Henry Warren, A.M. The rector is entitled to the great and sraall tithes of the whole parish, and twenty-four acres of glebe. The church, which is of the later style of English architecture, consists of a chancel, nave, and shingled spire. Sprigs of oak and crosses fleury appear in several of the panes of the windows. The figure of St. Andrew, as also of a female crowned, in the attitude of prayer, are within the mullions ofthe windows. The registers commence only in 1736, ASHURST, As the name imports, is situate in a woody district, and surrounded by the parishes of Henfield, Steyning, Wiston, and West Grinstead, Its extent is 2,250 acres of chiefly a stiff clayey soil, favourable to the production of timber. The outline of the parish is very irregular. There are two detached portions, one surrounded by West Grinstead, the other separated on the south east by the intervention of a slip of Steyning, It contained in 1831, 423 inhabitants. The turnpike road from Steyning to West Grinstead passes through the viUage, which is small and at some distance from the church. It is a distance of three miles from each of the places named. Its scite is rather flat, and the vicinity is well wooded, yet bearing good crops of corn. The principal landed proprietors are Henry Campion, Esq., of Lewes, the owner of the estate caUed Eton's ;'' the widow of the late Charles Goring, Esq., who is lady of the manor, and possessor of a farm caUed Hawking Sopers ; Mr. Whitter, of Midhurst, the proprietor of the farm called Peppers ; WiUiam Westbrooke Richardson, Esq., the owner of Jessop's farm ; Mr. Faulkner ; Miss Dennet ; and Mr. Stanford. 2 This is styled by Mr. Cartwright a manor farm ; but such a designation is often erroneously used, and is merely the result of silly vanity and ignorance, except in the very rare cases of disfranchised manors by the en franchisement of the copyholders, when the manor loses West. Suss. Vol. III., p. 263. rights to hoi d courts, &c. which this appears to have done. The real meaning of what is ignorantly styled and called a manor farm, implies nothing more than that such farm is not liable to suitor service to any manor; and iu truth is neither more nor less than a freehold farm. p. of Shipley.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 245 The family of Bridger were, at an early period, residents, and had much property in this parish, and also in Warminghurst. Ashurst is not mentioned in Doomsday, but the manor of Elune is described in the Hundred of Grenestede. It had forraerly belonged to Earl Godwin, and was given to Williara de Braose at the Conquest. It was situated in Garnecamp, which was included in the rape of Earl Roger. In the Saxon times it was rated at three and a half hides, afterwards at one hide ; twenty, fifteen, and forty shillings were its value at different periods. The benefice is a rectory, but not rated in the king's books, the rector being entitled to the tithes of the whole parish. It was forraerly appropriated to the abbey of Fescamp, in Normandy. It is in the patronage of the president bridger. and fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The present incumbent is the Rev. PeSgrw,'' see lere "•fsuss.ce"'. "m!^ cin, _„,,._,, , r r , ¦• /. Kape Of Bramber, p. 265. Hors. Hist. X.ewes, J. EiUis. 1 here are about tour acres of glebe, and the manse is of a respectable '^"^ ^'-p- '^o. and convenient description. It was thoroughly repaired and new fronted by Dr. Wilson, the late incurabent. The church is in the early English style of architecture, and consists of a nave, chancel, south aisle, and low shingled spire. The font is of Sussex marble, with an arcade on one side. Neatness prevails in the interior of this edifice. It has indeed undergone a thorough repair within a few years, so as to completely alter its original appearance. The registers commence in 1560. SHIPLEY. The extensive parish of Shipley comprises, according to the parliamentary returns, 8,170 acres, according to Mr. Cartwright, 5,656 acres of chiefly arable land ; the poor-law com missioners make the number of acres to be 6,700 ; but from a statement published in 1 833, and which we have reason to believe correct, it would appear that its extent is 7,620 acres.^ The difficulty of acquiring correct information as to the extent of parishes generally, can be con ceived only by those who have made the attempt. Its eastern boundary is formed by West Grinstead ; its western by BiUinghurst and Itchingfield ; its northen by Horsham ; and its southern by Thakeham and Ashington. The soU is generally that which prevaUs in the weald : a stiff clay, highly favourable for the growth of oak and other timber. The arable land pro duces wheat of a superior qultlity, and the cultivation of which, without doubt, wiU be greatly improved by the introduction of Pearson'^ draining plough, as practised at Hemsted, in Kent? and which has thence been introduced into Shipley, on Sir Charles Burrell's estate with every prospect of advantage to both occupiers and owners of land, being cheap and durable. The Pearson plough drainage has also been introduced on Lord De La Warr's estate at Buckhurst, and on Lord Chichester's property at East Hoathly, near Lewes, and was commenced late last winter on Lord Egremont's estate at Petworth. In 1831, the population was 1,180, 1 We, in common with SirC. M. Buricll, have no doubt but that the number of acres in Shipley, taken from the recent measurement and survey for Lord Selsey of all the parish (liable to tithes), and also by reference to the map of the Knepp estate and the number of acres of Hookland Park farm, araount, when added together, to 7,620 acres ; and that the mere hearsay account given to the Poor Law Commissioners by the paid overseer was erroneous. 246 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [22. of Bramber. The river Adur intersects the parish, flowing in a south-easterly direction through the village, and skirting the ruins of the ancient castle of Knepp ; it is also intersected by the turnpike road from West Grinstead to Ashington and Worthing. The village is very small, con sisting of a few scattered houses. The principal landed proprietors are. Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart., and Lord Selsey ; but Sir C. F, Goring, Bart., F, Swawen Blunt, Esq,, Mr, Caleb Rickman, Henry Tredcroft, Esq., Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart., and — More, Esq., also possess farms in Shipley parish. In addition to which there are a few farms which are cultivated by the respectable yeomen to whom they belong, among whom are Messrs. Thomas Golds, of Sanders and Hampshires ; Thomas Killick, of Butterstocks ; and John Wood, of Blanks. Shipley is not mentioned in Doomsday, nor is either the manor of Pinkhurst,^ or Knepp. The former is said by Mr. Cartwright to have been purchased in 1576, of the Earls of Arundel, who had for several generations possessed it, by John Apsley, of Thakeham. By their descendants it was sold in 1806, to Charles Duke of Norfolk, in whose successor Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk, it is now vested. The castle, manor and demesne of Knepp,^ form by far the most valuable estate in this parish. They were part of the baronial possessions of William de Braose, who received them from the Conqueror, in reward of his military services at the successful battle of Hastings. In this family they continued till the beginning of the fourteenth century, when Olivia, the daughter of the last De Braose, Lord of Bramber, by marriage with John De Movpbray, carried the property to that distinguished, and afterwards ducal family. The descent is the same as that ofthe barony ofBramber, till the 18th Elizabeth, when the lordship and demesnes seem to have been granted to Richard Nye.^ In the beginning of the 17th century, they were in possession of the knightly family of Caryll,* by whom they continued to be held till 1752, when they were sold by John Caryll, Esq., to William Belchier, Esq.^ In I788, this property was purchased of the trustees of Jacob Rider, Esq., for 18,900/,, by Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., who, dying in the following year, left it between his two daughters ; Sophia, wife of Sir William Burrell, and Juliana, wife of Henry Boulton, Esq. The latter sold her moiety to Sir William, whose son, Sh Charies Merrik Burrell, Bart., is now the owner. At what period or by whom the castle of Knepp was built, is altogether uncertain. The probability is, that it was built prior to the Conquest, and possibly about the period, or not long after the building of Bramber Castle; 1 We doubt whether there is any manor called Pink- hurst within Shipley parish. We rather think, with Sir C, M. Burrell, that there is no other manor within this parish than the manor of Knepp, proof of which manor exists in the records at the Tower so long back as the grant thereof by the Conqueror, as a manor then held by Wil liam de Braose, with the whole honour of Brembre. See also the Inquisitiones pott mortem, Edward II. « It has been variously spelt, Kneppevel, Cnappe, Knen. and Knepp. "^ *^' ' Burrell MSS. * Ib. 5 Ib. V //•/;. p Bair LX.D. EA.S, ^r/?/5//^//^;/ /m,i ///V/ty^ P.of West Grinstead.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 251 The turnpike road from Shoreham, through Steyning to Horsham,^ passes partly through this parish, and for a considerable distance between Knepp and West Grinstead parks forms the boundary line separating Shipley from the parish of West Grinstead. The turnpike from Cuckfield to Petworth passes from Cowfold through the north part of West Grinstead, affording the most eon venient access from the East to the West of Sussex, through the weald; and a cross-road, also, from the Henfield and Horsham roads unites the Steyning and Horsham roads, affording much con venience to the county, as well as offering a ready access to Hurstperpoint, Lewes, and Brighton. The road from Worthing to London unites at the corner of West Grinstead park with the Steyning and Horsham tract. Several small streams unite with a branch of the Adur, which fertilizes this district, and flow southward to the principal stream. The surface of the parish is uneven, well wooded, and in many spots peculiarly picturesque. - The church, for a village there is not near it, is seven miles north of Steyning, and a like distance south of Horsham, It is four miles south-west of Cowfold, The name of West Grinstead does not occur in Doomsday. The hundr.=!d of Grenestede is mentioned, and under it is placed only the manor oi Etune, which is said to be in Garnecampo (Warningcamp), It can scarcely be questioned that it was included in the grant of the barony of Bramber to William de Braose, and that it de scended as that lordship ; for in the reign of Richard III., John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, was seized of this lordship, as also of the barony of Bramber.'* He was slain in Bosworth Field ; attainted by the victor Henry VII. ; and his estate being confiscated, this manor and the hundred so called, with many other estates of that duke, were settled in special tail upon Thomas Lord de la Warr, then under age. It was afterwards the property of a younger branch of the Shirleys, of Wiston. Subsequently it became the possession of the Catholic family of Caryll,^ who resided in a capital mansion house, situate on the south-west ofthe modern elegant edifice. A view of the old West Grinstead house we give ; for this we are indebted to the liberality of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. The manor and deraesne were purchased in 1750, of John (created by James IL, when an exile in France,) Lord Caryll, by Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart. Sir Merrik left this property, with considerable landed additions, together amounting to 1,6/0 acres, since increased by various purchases, to his neice, Mrs. Isabella Wyatt, a maiden lady, for hfe, with remainder to Walter Burrell, Esq., second surviving son of Sir William Burrell, Bart. West Grinstead House was erected by its late venerated owner, Walter Burrell, Esq., in 1806. It is a castellated mansion in the gothic style, standing on rather elevated ground, surrounded by a park of considerable extent, pleasingly undulated, and remarkably well wooded, embracing fine views of the South Downs to the south ; of Black Down and Flexham Park to the west ; and of Nuthurst Hills to the north. Among other very fine and ancient oaks in West Grinstead Park, is one under which, according to tradition, Pope delighted to sit, when visiting Mr, Caryll, at the period when he wrote the Rape of the Lock. Of the other landed estates within the parish, the principal are, Champions, long the 1 The first turnpike road from Horsham to Steyning was chiefly owing to the large pecuniary subscription of Sir Merrik Burrell, then M. P. for Steyning, and of Mr. Vicker, of Horsham. And as one good exaraple leads to other exertions, so by the exertions and subscription of the late Walter Burrell, Esq., M, P. for Sussex, and of Sir 2 K 2 C. M. Burrell, M. P. for the rape of Bramber, aided by the liberality of the neighbouring proprietors, no part of Sussex is now better off for roads than the rape of Bramber. 2 Mag. Brit. 483. 3 Burr, MSS. 252 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. ofBramber. inheritance of the families of Ward ; Clothalls, once the property of a family of the same name^ and now inherited by the Rev. Thomas Ferris ; Kingsbarns, belong ing to the widow of Charles Goring, Esq., of Wiston ; and Dialpost farm, consisting of 350 acres of very excellent land, now the pro perty of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. The ecclesiastical living is a rectory in the deanery of Storrington, and valued in the king's books at 25/, 17s. 6d. It is in the patronage ofthe Earl of Egreraont ; and the present rector is the Rev. W. P. Woodward, There are more than one hundred acres of glebe, and an excellent manse, which has been much improved by the present worthy incumbent. WARD. The church, dedicated to St. George, has portions in the early, decorated, F^igree. See Cart Rape'of Bramber, p. 311. and later styles of Euglfsli architecture. There is a very flne stone Saxon arch and door-way on the south side, not now used. It consists of a chancel, on the south of which is a sepulchral chapel belonging to the Burrell family, and attached to the manor of West Grinstead, two naves or aisles, divided by an arcade, and a square low tower, surmounted with a shingled spire. The ancient carved pro jecting wooden porch, with a niche above, in which formeriy stood a figure of St, George (or ofthe Virgin), is very curious. The interior is remarkably neat, the incumbent having, some years since (of his own means, very liberally exerted) greatly improved it. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. The chapel contains two monuineutal brasses of a large size, and in a tolerably perfect state of preservation. One represents a female with closed hands, in the attitude of prayer, having at her feet a dog, the symbol of fidelity, and over her a crocketed canopy surmounting an obtusely pointed cinquefoil arch. Four shields of arms originally graced the stone, one only now remains. The inscription around the margin of the stone, which was in old English, is for the most part gone, as are also the pinnacles on each side the canopy. The Burrell MSS. supply the deficiency in the inscription thus : — " Hic jacet Philippa quondam uxor Joh'is Halsham, armigeri, et una filia'um et hered, Davidis de Strabolge, nup. Corns, de Atthell, que obiit primo die Novembris, Anno Dni.railmo. CCCLXXXV. cuj. ane. propiciefr. Deus." The other brass is on a slab between seven and eight feet long, and four and a half in width. It contains the effigies of a man in plate armour, with uplifted hands, and of a woman in the same attitude, under two crocketed canopies. A lion is at the feet of the man, and a dog at those of the female. She is in the usual dress ofthe beginning of the fifteenth century, with a winged head-dress and a veil hanging loosely over her shoulders. One out of three armorial banners that decorated the upper part of the monument yet remains, bearing the arms of Halsham, quartering Strabolgy : the same, arms impaling a bend, engrailed, are also in a shield between the figures. Only a portion of a dale remains on the rim of the slab. The monument is for Hugo Halsham and his wife Jocess; the former died in 144!, and the latter in 1421. There is a splendid monument, executed by Rysbrach, to the memory of William Powlett, Esq., of St. Leonard's Forest, who died in 1746; and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Johu Ward, Esq., of Champions, in this parish. It consists of two figures as large as life, in Roman costume, leaning on a funeral urn. When Mr. Flaxman was in attendance, putting up the monument of Sir William Burrell, he bestowed much praise on the Powlett monumenl, saying, it could not at that time be imitated at less than twelve hundred pounds. On a marble monument of a pyramidical form, executed by Smith, a pupil of Roubiliac, is a large medallion of Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart. respected and beloved, eighty-eight years ; sitting for a great part of that peviod in parliament, the faithful representative of his constituents, constantly practising, with that honest frankness which becomes the true character of an English gentleman, those virtues which adorn a man and a Christian." A simple, but truly elegant sarcophagus, surmounted by an urn, executed by Flaxman, forms the sepulchral monument of Sir William Barrell, Bart., the learned, able,and persevering collector of Nolitia relative lo Sussex, butesipecially of that most difficult of all information to be got at — the rights and descents of manors. In front of the sarcophagus is the following inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of Sir William Burrell, Bart., of the Deepedene in Surrey (third sonof Peler Burrell, Esq. of Beckenham, and of Amy, daughter of Hugh Raymond, Esq.) He married Sophia, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Raymond, Bart., by whom he had five sons and two daughters; and departed this life January 20, 1796, aged 63. On the tablet beneath is inscribed : — "In the same vault are deposited the remains of Sophia Raymond, Lady Burrell, widow of Sir William Burrell, Bart, (late wife of William Clay, clerk), who, at the age of 49 years, departed this mortal life on the 20th of June, 1802, after a long and painful illness, whioh she bore with that resignation which becomes a Christian." The monument erected to the memoiy of Walter Burrell, Esq., and executed by Mr. Carew, of Brighton, has the following epitaph :— " Sacred to the memory of Walter Burrell, of West Grinstead Park, Esq., M. P. for this county in five successive parliaments, who, in the hope of a joyful resurrection through our blessed redeemer, departed this life April 7, A. D. 1831. eef. 54. " How could my tongue Take pleasure and be lavish in thy praise ! How could I speak thy nobleness of nature ! Thy open, manly heart, thy courage, constancy. And inborn truth, unknowing to dissemble ! Thou wast the man iu whom my soul delighted — In whom, next heaven, I trusted." — Rowe. Paintea. Jjj 'R. Reinagle, RA. ExL^ra-vea- "by J. JerQanxs. ALTim .BWM.MEILIL, ESq)®^ (^Q^7Myi/iyiy /yty Q^yy^^^y'^ yyyyf /yy^y (X^ymyMy/^. eLiLD ^ C? V.!ilSTr.B.^ p. of Alboume.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 253 Beneath, on this monument, is the following epitaph : — " In the same vault repose the remains of Charles Wyndham Burrell, Esq., eldest sou of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, of Knepp Castle, Bart. He was born 1st July, 1809, and died 11th July, 1827. Thus fell this amiable and promising youth in the flower of his age. " Heu vitee spatium breve ! lieu spes suorum irritas '." A mural tablet to the memory of Richard Caryll, Esq., of West Grinstead Place, and Frances his wife, is on the eastern wall. He died in 1701, and she in 1704. Also Peter Caryll, brother to the above Richard. He was a religious ofthe holy order of St. Benedict, and died in 1686. On a flat stone, in old English :— " Orate p. aiabus. Roberti Ravencroft et Johne.'ei. ux. qui qdem. Robertus xv. die Septembr. et doa. Johna. xxviii. die Augusti, ano. dni. MV°XXII. obiernt. quor aibus. ppiet. De." There are several handsome mural monuments to the memory of individuals of the Woodward family, who, since the year 1695, have been rectors of this parish. William Dowlin, curate of this parish, left by will, dated 1644, the sum of 40«, per annum, for teaching poor children. In 1782, Mr. Seal gave 100/., and in 1783 Mr. Margeson 101. to he applied to the poor. Walter Burrell, Esq., on whom the lordship and estate devolved, and whose death is recorded in the above inscription, was member of parliament for Sussex during five successive parliaments. He married Ellen Ann, sister of Edward Ehice, Esq. M.P. for Coventry, and now Secretary at War, by whom he had no issue, and died 7th April, 1831 . Of this amiable, excellent, and upright man, it is -scarcely possible to speak too highly. In his parliamentary career he gained the applause of even his pohtical opponents, by the moderation of his principles, his disinterestedness, and the manifest sincerity of bis professions. In private life he was a country gentleman without hauteur, very accessible, and perspicuous in business ; and, as a magistrate, never sacrificing principle and justice to the acquirement of popularity, and always willing and anxious to confer a favour, as far as his power extended. Of his domestic virtues we are silent— they are treasured in hearts which will not soon forget them. The registers commence in 1558, HUNDBED OF TIPNOAK, This Hundred lies on the eastern side of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Albourne, Woodmancote, and Henfield, It has for its boundaries : on the east, the Rape of Lewes ; on the south, the Hundred of Burbeach ; on the west, the Hundreds of Steyning and West Grin stead ; and on the north the latter Hundred, and also Windhapi and Ewhurst, Its area is 9,090 acres. ALBOURNE Contains 1,280 acres of arable and pasture land. It is on the south, east, and north bounded by parishes in the rape of Leyves, and on the west by Woodmancote. The soil varies from rich loam to stiff clay, and is considei'ed more than usua;lly fertile. A great portion of the parish is flat and woody, though there are to the north some lofty hills. The population, in 1831, was 362, The village, consisting of but a few houses, stands near the centre of the parish, at the distance of one mile and a half from Hurstperpoint, nine from Brighton, and eleven from Lewes. The principal landed proprietors are the widow ofthe late Charles Goring, Esq., of Wiston, who is lady of the manor of Albourne ; William Borrer, Esq, ; and Mr, Henry Wood, The manor under its present name, is not mentioned in Doomsday Book ; but at an early period a family of 254 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i2, of Bramber. the name of Brock were the proprietors of it. In the reign of Henry VII., George Lord Abergavenny was seized. In the beginning of the reign of Charles I., it becarae the property of John Juxon, Esq., of Chichester, by purchase. It was afterwards sold to Sir John Fagg, in whose family it continued for about eighty years, viz., tiU 1740. It subsequently devolved on Elizabeth, the wifeof Sir C, Goring, Bart.,1 whose son was the late holder ofthe manor and estates. Ofthe family of Juxon, mentioned above, was William Juxon, Bishop of London, and subsequently Arch- juxoN. bishop of Canterbury, a prelate of distinguished mildness, learning and ^Te^to"n^T.i^i^t^'-^ei^w^t^-^ii nicty.^ He was born at Chichester, in 1582. From Merchant Taylor's about the temples, of the field. .. „„„ . , . r-i, t i j /-i n /^ f _J tt • • ni Pedigree. See Cart. Rape of Bramber, Bv 289. gcjiool, he rcmovod to St. John s College, Oxtoni. He was onginahy Dall. Hist, of Chich., Appendix, No. 7. ^J^.ii>-'^-'i, ">.- o ' a j destined for the law, but the hiendship he contracted at college with his fellow collegian Laud, induced him subsequently to take orders, when he was presented by his college with the valuable rectory of Somerton, in Oxfordshire. In 1621, he was elected to the presidency of St. John's, and by the conrinued patronage of his friend, soon became Dean of Worcester, Clerk of the Royal Closet, Bishop of Hereford, and in the same year (1633) of London. Hitherto his preferments were consistent with his learning and his merits, but his patron did not stop there. He secured to him the personal countenance and esteem of Charles I., in so high a degree, that in 1635 he was appointed Lord High Treasurer of England. The important duties of his oflSce, he is acknowledged by all parties to have discharged with fidelity ; but the very appointment of a churchman to that high office was, in those inflaraable tiraes, a sufiicient cause to rouse the suspicions, and call forth the condem nation of the puritans. On tbe meeting of the long parliament, he resigned all his civil employraents. During the unhappy coramotion tbat ensued, he maintained an unshaken fidelity to the king, whom he attended during his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight ; and when that monarch was brought to the scaffold in 1649, he attended him in his last raoraents, and received from the hand of Charles, the moment before his execution, his diamond George, with directions to forward it to his son. The same year he was thrown into confineraent for contumacy, in refusing to disclose the particulars of his conversations with the king, and was deprived of his bishoprick. On obtaining his liberty, be is said to have retired into Sussex, and to have lived with his nephew at Albourne, till the restoration ; when he was again called into public life, and to increased dignity, being translated by the king's mandate to the archiepiscopal see of Canterbury, Archbishop Juxon, however, survived his elevation little more than two years, dying June 4,1663. His remains were deposited in the chapel of St, John's College, Oxford, where his meraory is deservedly held in veneration as a learned man, a pious divine, a faithful coun sellor, an enemy to all persecution, and so inoffensive in his life, that he was suffered to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience — a courtesy then granted to but few. Bishopshurst is a manor farm, the corps of the prebend of Hirst or Bishops- burst. It was forraerly leased to the faraily of Henshaw ; one of whora, Dr, Joseph Henshaw, became at the restoration, dean of Chichester. William Borrer, Esq., is the present lessee. Joseph Henshaw, above mentioned, was, according to Mr, Hay,' a native of this county. Anthony Wood says, that he was son of Thomas, son of Wil liara Henshaw, of Sussex, and was born in the parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London.* It was certain that he was educated in Merchant Taylor's School, became a coraraoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1621, aged 18, and having taken a degree and orders, became chaplain to the Earl of Bristol, He was chaplain to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, at the time that noble man was killed. In 1634, he was incumbent of Stedham cum Heyshot, in this diocese, preacher at the Charter House, and vicar of Little St. Bartholo- mew'sj in London. In 1637, ^^ vacated Stedham for the rectory of East Lavant, HENSHAW. Arms, Ar. a chev. betw. three heronshaws, sa. Crest. A hawk, close, or., preying on a mallard's wing of the first, erased, gu. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 53. Dall. West. Suss., VoL 11., p. 381. 1 Dall. West. Suss. Vol, III. p. 288. 2 Biog. Brit. ; Gorton's Biog. Diet. ; Hay's Chichester. 3 Hay's Chichester, p. 525. * AthenEB Oxen, Vol. II, p, 634. p. of Woodmancote.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 255 which he enjoyed, together with a prebend in the cathedral of Chichester. In 1639, he took his degree of doctor of divinity. According to Wood, he was rauch in renown for his admirable way of preaching. During the civil wars, as a royalist he was exposed to the jealousy ofthe Presbyterians, stripped of his church preferments, and obliged to compound for his temporal property by paying a fine of 177^- "He was (says Wood) a brand snatched out ofthe fire, and lived for some time at Chlswick, in the house of the Lady Paulet." At the restor ation he was made chanter (praacentor) of the cathedral of this diocese, and, before the end of the year, dean. Three years after, viz., 1663, he was elected to the see of Peterborough, which dignity he enjoyed to the day of his death, 9th March, I678. He died in London, and his body being conveyed into Sussex, was buried at East Lavant, by bis wife Jane.^ He published " Hora; Subcessivee, or spare hours of meditation upon our duty to God, others, and ourselves," " Daily Thoughts, or a miscellany of meditation, holy and human." The benefice is rectorial, in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, and valued in the king's books at 11. 14s. The patronage is in the widow of the late Charles Goring, Esq. The present rector is the Rev. George Wells, L.L.B, There is a respectable parsonage and about twelve acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St, Bartholomew, is in the early style of English architecture, with some late additions. It consists of a nave and chancel, and a modern transept with a turret tower, having one bell. It is situate quite in a valley. A little to the west of the church is Albourne Place, in the occupation of Mrs, Thompson, It is a plain brick building, supposed to have been built by Bishop Juxon. The registers commence in 1605, WOODMANCOTE. This parish stretches north and south about five miles, but its average breadth does not exceed a mile and a half. It is bounded on the east by Albourne ; on the west by Henfield and Shermanbury ; north by Cowfold ; and south by Edburton and Poynings, It contains 3,370 acres, of chiefly stiff clayey land ; the arable comprises more than 1,000 acres. Timber grows to great perfection throughout this district. The village lies in the southern part of the parish ; the Horsham turnpike-road from Brighton passes near it, and intersects the lower division. It is seven miles from Steyning, ten from Brighton, twelve from Horsham, and forty-five from London. The population, in 1831, of the whole parish, was 342. The chief landowners are, John Dennett, Esq., William Borrer, Esq., and the widow of the late Walter Burrell, Esq. The manor of Odemanscote, in the hundred of Hamfelte, and in the territory of William de Braose is thus surveyed : — " WiUiam Fitzralph holds Odemanscote of William. Countess Goda held it. It was then assessed at three hides and a half, it is now rated at two. The arable is nine plough lands. There is a plough in the demesne, and sixteen villains and four bondsmen have eight ploughs. There is a church, five acres of meadow, and a wood of thirteen hogs. A certain knight holds one hide of this land, where he has a plough, with one villain. In the reign of King Edward, and at every subsequent estimate, it has heen valued at three pounds ten shillings, "^ 1 Athense Oxen. VoL III. p, 635. " Doomsday, 28, h 1. 256 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \_R. ofBramber. In the reign of Henry VIII., Sir Edward Seymour, who married one of the daughters of Sir William Folyot, of Woodlands, county of Dorset, was the possessor of the manor of Wood mancote, It afterwards passed to the Wests, by one of whom it was sold in 1691, to the ancestor ofthe present proprietor, John Dennett, Esq, The tithing of Blackstone, situated about a mile north-east ofthe church, is the property of John Dennett and William Borrer, Esqrs. The manor of Wickensands, the demesne lands of which consist of about 596 acres, extends into this as also into the neighbouring parishes of Albourne, Bolney, Edburton, and Hurstperpoint. It was the property of tbe late lamented Walter Burrell, Esq.i The benefice is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, and valued at 131. Is. 10\d., in Liber Regis. It was formeriy appropriated to the Knights Templars, and afterwards to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. It is now in the patronage of the crown ; and the present rector is the Rev. John Rideout. The parsonage house, is a large, convenient, and even elegant residence ; and the glebe, of which there are twenty-four acres, is in a ring fence.^ The church, which is built with stone and embowered with trees, is ancient, and chiefly in the eariy style of English architecture. It consists of a chancel and single pace or nave, and small turret. Neither the interior nor exterior need detain us. WEST.' Amu. Az. a bend, wavy, betw. two griffins' heads, erased, or. Crest- A griffin's head, erased, per pale, wavy, or. and az. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss, Gen., p. 14. Cart. Kape of Bramber, p. 284. DENNETT. Pedigree. See Cart. Rape ofBramber, p. 284. For an account of the burning of Thomas Harland, carpenter, and John Oswald, husbandman, of this village, for heresy, or for their adherence to what is now orthodoxy, see " Hist, and Ant. of Lewes," Vol. I., pp. 185, 186. The registers commence in 1582. HENFIELD. The extent of this parish is 4,440 acres, of chiefly a clayey soil, and producing timber of the finest growth. Its boundaries are made by Woodmancote on the east, by Steyning and Ashurst on the west, by Shermanbury on the north, and by Edburton and Beeding on the south. The population, in 1831, was 1,516, The turnpike-road from Brighton to Horsham intersects the parish, and the river Adur forms the north-western limits. The village is placed near the centre of the parish, on a gentle eminence. It consists of one street of houses, running in a direction north and south ; and is chiefly occupied by tradespeople. The principal landowners are, John Wood, Esq,, Mr. N, Hall, Wilham Borrer, Esq,, and the children of the late Mr. Robert Hoffman Faulconer. The manor of Hamfelde is surveyed in Doomsday, in the hundred of Hamfelde, and in the territory of the Bishop of Chichester, thus : — " The liishop holds Hamfelde personally in domain. In the reign of King Edward, it was rated at fifteen hides, it is now cleared for a rood-land less than eleven hides. The arable is twenty plough lands. There are two plouo-hs in the demesne, and twenty-three villains with fifteen bondsmen, have ten ploughs. There is a church, and forty acres of meadow. 1 West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 285. 2 Ib. p. of Henfield.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 257 The milland fishery of this manor are seized by William de Braose. Of this district, William holds three hides of the bishop, and has in his demesne one hide, a villain, and ten bondsmen, having half a plough, and a wood of three hogs. The whole manor in the time of the Confessor, was valued at ten pounds, subsequently at seven. At the present period, the bishop's moiety is estimated at ten pounds, the knight's at forty shillings ; yet it was at farm for eighteen pounds. There are three burgesses in Lewes, paying twenty-one pence, that appertains to this manor. "i It appears frora a charter in " Dugdale's Monasticon,"*' that this manor was given early in the Saxon times to the church of Chichester, by Osmund, King of the West Saxons (770). It was held, as we have seen above, by the bishop at tbe compilation of Doomsday ; and in the time of Henry I. he had a grant of free warren in this his manor. Mr. N. Hall is the present lessee ofthe bishop's lands. The manor of Wantley is described in the Norman survey as being a portion of the territory of William de Braose, and within the hundred of Hamfelt. In the Saxon times, when Bricmar held it of Azor, a tenant of Harold, it was assessed at four hides and a half When transferred to William de Braose it was not rated at all. The arable was two plough lands. There were two serfs on the estate, a mill producing twenty pence, and ten acres of meadow.^ This manor was held by the Prior of Lewes for many years previous to the dissolution of that religious house, when it was granted to Thomas Lord Cromwell. From Sir Richard Sackville the lordship passed by purchase to the family of Michell, in 1561 . It is now the property, by inheritance, of Lucretia, the widow of John Wood, Esq., of Cbestham, a capital estate in this parish. The benefice is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, and is valued in Liber Regis at 16/. 10s. It is in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester. The present vicar is the Rev. George Hagarth, The great tithes, together with the demesne lands and glebe, amounting to about 310 acres, are the joint property ofthe heiresses of the late Baron Zouche, viz: — the Baroness de la Zouche and the Hon. Katherine A. Pechell.* The church, dedicated to St. Peter, consists of a chancel, nave, side aisles, and high embattled tower, but of different eras in architecture ; the chancel, aisle on the north side, and tower, being of rauch later date than the nave and south aisle. The aisles are separated frora the nave on each side by four gothic arches. Above the aisles is a gallery. Square raodern windows have been introduced in the aisles, but the chancel retains a hand some gothic window ofthe 15th century. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, Of the numeroua mural monuments and inscriptions which adorn every part of this edifice our limits will allow us to record but two :— A brass effij^y of a woman and a boy, in the chancel. Mrs. Mary Kenwellmeish, a vertuous and woorthy mation of pietie, who died in the 68th year of her age, 1 633. ^She lived aad died a virtuous matron. That with full lamp, like virgin wise, Was still prepar'd for this surprise ; And now departed hence to dwell Unto a place where joyes excel. Meneleb Raynsford, her grandchild, the son of her daughter Mary, who departed hence on the 21st of May, 1627, in the 9th year of his ase .-t _.T i._.ui__. u;- r, i„ I !,-.«„, ry .1 c .u.. j -nx i _ i . _ ® ' Great Jove hath lost his Gannymede, 1 know. Which made him seek another here below ; And finding none, not one like unto this, Hath ta'en him hence unto eternal bliss. Cease, then, for thy dear Meneleb to weep ; God's darling was too good for thee to keep ; But rather joy in this great favour given, A child on earth is made a saint iu heaven. In the north chancel is a raised tomb, bearing the efiSgy of a man in a furred gown, in brass, with the arms of Bisshopp, aud is for Thomas Bisshopp, Esq., who died in 1552. In 1612 Thomas Cannon, of Henfield, left lOl. to the poor, to be put out and disposed of by the vicar, churchwar dens, and overseers, to remain a stock for ever. Lady Gresham gave 41. IDs. per annum to the poor, and 10s. a year for a sermon As a native of Henfield, we may here mention Dr. Thoraas Stapleton. .no was born here in 1535, bred at New College, Oxford, and by Bishop Christopherson made canon ofthe cathedral of Chichester. On the acces sion of Queen Elizabeth, when Catholicism gave way to Protestantism, and when the conscientious adherent to the faith of his forefathers who could not, or would not, change his faith at a monarch's bidding, was obliged to seek safety in obscurity or exile, he left England, and settled at Louvain, in Flanders. He afterwards settled at Douay, where he performed the office of a catechist with great commendation, and was preferred to be Divi nity Professor at Louvain. Here he was for forty years together the grand champion of the Romish doctrines ' Doomsday, 16, b 2. 2 Voh III, p. 117. 5 Doomsday, 28, b 1. * West. Suss. Voh HI. p. 269. 2 L VOL, II. 258 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R- ofBramber. against the Protestants, writing against Dr. Whitacre, the King's Professor of Divinity, at Cambridge who experimentahy averred that Cardinal Bollermine was the fairest, but Stapleton the shrewder adversary. He put himself once into the Society of Jesuits, but not liking their ways, he returned to his former course of hvmg Pope Clement VIII. was much delighted with his writings. Cardinal Perron, who was well versed m the Romish controversies, valued him above all the writers of that tirae. Bishop Usher, in his youth, much read his book, called the « Fortress of Faith, &c." He wrote many books, which were printed at Paris m folio, m 1620, He died in 1598, atat. 63, and was buried in the church of St, Peter, at Lovain, to the grief of the learned,* The registers commence in 1596, HUNDRED OF WINDHAM AND EWHURST. This Hundred also lies on the eastern side of the Rape, and contains the parishes of Sher manbury and Cowfold, It has for its boundaries, the Rape of Lewes on the east, the Hundred of Tipnoak on the south, the Hundreds of West Grinstead and Singlecross on the west, and the upper part of the Hundred of Fishersgate on the north ; and has, within these boundaries, 5,720 acres. SHERMANBURY. The extent of this parish is somewhat more than 2,000' acres, nearly two-thirds of which are arable and pasture. On the east and south it is bounded by Woodmancote and Henfield, by West Grinstead on the west, and by Cowfold on the north. The surface is generally flat ; and the soil being favourable for the production of wood, fine timber is grown. The popula tion, in 1831, was 345, The turnpike road from Brighton to Horsham, with a branch road to the west, intersects the district ; whilst a branch of the Adur fertilizes the southern boundary. It is navigable hither from Shoreham. The springs are strongly impregnated with iron, and there are some of a saline quality. The village church is within Shermanbury Park, in the South-east division of the parish, and near the banks of the rivulet just mentioned ; seven and a half miles north-east by north from^ Steyning, nine from Horsham, and forty-three from London, The principal proprietors of estates are, the Rev, John Gratwick Challen, D.D,, Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart,, and Mr. Faulconer, The manor of Salmonesberie is surveyed in Doomsday with the hundred of Hamfelt, It was held of Wil liam de Braose, by Ralph, It was formerly part of the estate of Earl Harold, when it was assessed at two hides ; on its transference at the Conquest, it ceased to be rated at all. There was a small church on the manor, and four serfs. The arable required two ploughs. It was valued at 24s.* At a very early period of the Norman sway, this small manor was possessed by the family of Bucy, who 1 Mag. Brit. p. 483 2 According to the Parliamentary Returns, 1,080. ' Doomsday, 28, b 1, SHEBMAHB IUJK.Y TPATffi.IRT . //fyy/ifi/.-y. &¦. L'fayeN ^y{^y . ayi/i//rr//:i y^j yy/t. p. of Shermanbury.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 259 have left their name attached to another of their manors, Kingston Bowsey or Bucy. In the fourteenth century, the manor passed by an agreement between the sons-in-law of Sir Hugh de Bucy, to Sir William de Fyfhide. The Eari of Nottingham held it as of his castle of Brembre, in 1387. Froi" the families of Comber, Gratwick Lintot, and Farncombe, it descended to John Challen, Esq., the father of the present proprietor, the Rev. John Gratwick Challen, D.D.i Dr. Challen is also the proprietor ofthe manor of Ewhurst, extending into the adjoining parishes of Henfield and Cowfold, and containing 305 acres of demesne land. The manors of Morleia and' Sacheham, within this parish, are described in Doomsday, The former, Morley, is now the property of Sir Timothy Shelley ; the latter, Sakeham, of Mr. Faulconer. Shermanbury Place, was erected by the late John Challen, Esq., upon the scite of an ancient edifice of considerable dimensions, with projecting wings, of the time of Elizabeth. It was in all probabihty built by one of the family of Comber ; from which family it descended to the Gratwicks, by the marriage of Thomas Gratwick, Esq., with Ehzabeth, daughter and heiress of WUliam Comber. We give a sketch of the old mansion ; and, through the liberality of Dr. Challen, an engraving of the new one. ¦r^-^" ''.^r^rf^' 0 \ ^-^ — XV Of the Comber family, there were two eminent divines of the Church of England ; Dr. Thomas Comber, Dean of Carlisle -, and Dr. John Comber, Dean of Durham.^ Of the former, grandfather of the latter, we extract the following sketch :— - "Doctor Thomas Comber, a man of considerable celebrity in his time, was born about the end of the six teenth century, at Shermanbury, in this county, the twelfth child of Sir Richard Comber, Clarencieux King at Arms. He laid the foundation of his knowledge in the learned languages, for which he was afterwards so emi nent, at Horsham ; from whence he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was recommended to the patronage of Doctor Neville ; by whose interest, and his own reputation as an accomplished grammarian, he was elected master of that college. Being a person of great application, unwearied perseverance, and blessed 1 West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 322. a Ib. p. 324. 2 L 2 260 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. COMBER. with an excellent memory, he made himself master ofthe Greek and Latin languages in an eminent degree, and understood several of the Oriental, He travelled into Italy, Spain, and France, where he was denominated by the literati there ' Vir clarissimus, Thomas Comber, Anglns,' On his return from his travels, about the year 1623, he was appointed the King's chaplain, on the recommendation of the Archbishop Abbot ; and soon after to the deanery of Carlisle, on the promotion of Doctor White to the bishopric of that see; and in the year 1631, was chosen vice- chancellor of Cambridge, On the breaking out of the civil war in England, be attached himself warmly to the royal cause, and endeavoured with all his migbt to prevail with the other heads of the university to send their plate to his Majesty, whose finances then were in a very low condition. As the doctor's endeavours to aid his royal master were discovered, by some means, to tbe parliament, in return, they determined to make him feel the weight of their re venge. They not only stripped him of his all, consisting of his deanery, mastership, and the valuable rectory of Worplesdon, in Surrey, but imprisoned him, A.D. 1642, This hard reverse of fortune, and all the indignities and severities which the Puritans, and afterwards the Independants, could heap Arms. Ar. a fesse, dancette. gu. betw. three es."Pon ^^^' ^6 bore with becoming resignation and exemplary fortitude; till Crest, 'a greyhound's head, or., charged with death, OU the 28th of February, 1553, delivered him from the malice and three pellets, one and two. i p i Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 142. Cart, crueltv OI hiS porseCUtorS. ^ Rape of Bramber, p. 323. •' '^ A little west of Shermanbury Place stood the ancient mansion of Ewhurst. " A small enclosure, surrounded by a circular moat, includes the scite of the old mansion house, of which there are no remains, except one chimney. A detached entrance is still standing. It consists of an arched gateway with a groined ceiling, over which is a tower with a high pointed roof. On each side are the porters' lodges, built of ragstone and sandstone. The ancient massy gates, with a small wicket, are still remaining. The style of the building refers it to the time of Edward I., when it was the residence of Thomas Peverel."^ The abbey lands belonging to the prebend of Wyndham are chiefly in this parish. The hving is a rectory in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, valued in the king's books at 41. 19s. 4 id. The Rev. John Gratwick Challen, D. D., is patron and incumbent, to whom belong the great and small tithes of the whole parish. Glebe sixteen acres. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a small building, consisting of a nave with very deep roof, on which is perched, at the west end, a small pointed spire. The ancient lancet windows have been converted into square ones, and filled with modern painted glass. Mural monuments are preserved for individuals of the families of Lintot and Challen, as also one for John Bear, above fifty years rector. The font is curious, of the age of Henry III, Miles Williams, in 1786, left by will 51. to the poor, which was distributed, Ann Lintott, in 1738, bequeathed 2/ per annum, to be applied to the poor, after paying for cleaning and repairing Mr. Gratwick's grave, It'aDnears that nn property is charged with this payment, the real estate being entailed. ¦ The registers commence in 1653. Hay's Chichester, p. 510. West. Suss. Vol. III. p. 32.5. p. of Cowfold.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 261 COWFOLD, This parish, of an irregular form, contains, according to the parliamentary returns, 4,640 acres of chiefly a stiff clayey soil, though in some parts it is lighter and favourable for the growth of wheat and oats. Upwards of 2,000 acres are arable, 700 meadow and pasture, and between 300 and 400 of wood, &c. On the east it is joined by Bolney; by West Grinstead in the opposite direction ; by Nuthurst and Beeding on the north ; and by Shermanbury on the south. The population, in 1831, was 809, The parish is intersected by the turnpike road from Brighton, through Horsham, to London, It passes through the village, which is distant from West Grinstead about three and a half, and from Horsham six miles ; from Steyning nine, and from London forty-two. It is one of the many parishes in the Weald of Sussex of which no mention is made in the great Norman survey. The chief landowners are, James White, Esq., the owner of Greatwick, who has erected a convenient and pleasantly situated mansion, called Wooldringfold ; Lucretia, the widow of John Wood, Esq., the proprietor of the manor of Wallhurst ;^ the widow of the late Charles Goring, Esq,, the owner of Gervaise; and Oakenden, the property and residence of Mrs, Pringle.* The ecclesiastical living is vicarial, in the archdeaconry and deanery of Lewes, and valued in the king's books at 10^. 6s. 8d. The Bishop of Chichester is patron ; and the present incumbent is the Rev, Richard Constable, M. A., wbo has the great and small tithes ofthe whole parish, an excellent manse, and about thirty-three acres of glebe.* Tbe church consists of an ancient chancel of the time of Edward I. ; a nave and south aisle, built in the reign of Henry VIII. ; and a low embattled tower, containing five bells, at the west end. A sraall figure of the cruci fixion is in one ofthe lancet windoivs ofthe chancel. The arches and windows are all pointed. MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. There are mural monuments for Richard Pearce, gent., ob. 1714, set. 94. Rev. Peter Healde, vicar, ob. 1728, tet. 73, and his wife Cecilia, ob. 1735, aet. 80. Mrs. Mary Gratwick. ob. 1726, set. 54. Johannes Gratwick, armiger, ob. 1720, aet. 43. John Madgwick, of Gervaise^ gent., ob. 1727, aet. 35; also his son, ob. infans. In the nave is a magnificent brass effigy of Thomas Nelond, prior of Lewes, who died in 143.?. The whole length of the monument is nine feet ten inches, by four feet eight inches. He is in the habit of a Cluniac monk, with his hands clasped together in the attitude of prayer, under a gothic tabernacle. Three labels issue from his hands, clasped upon his breast, having inscribed upon them the following monkish verses : — 1. Slater sancta Jhu. me serves mortis ab Esu 2. Mater sancta Dei due ad loca me requiei. 3. Sit Sancti Thome suscepta precaUo pro me. Under a canopied arch over the priest's head is represented the Virgin and Child. She has a coronet on her head. On her right, mounted on a pinnacle, stands the flgure of St. Pancras, trampling on a warrior flourishing a drawn sword. In his right hand he holds a palm branch, and in his left a book. On a similar elevation to her left, is a bishop in his mitre and pontiflcal liabit ; his righthand is raised in the attitude of preaching, in his left he holds a crosier, and over his head, on a scroll, are the words, in old English — " Ss. Thos. Cant." — meaning Thomas-a-Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. On the dexter side, over St. Pancras, is an escutcheon descriptive ofthe Trinity, similar to the one in Alfriston Church. See Vol. I. p. 332. Another escutcheon was on the sinister side, but the brass is gone. On the external rim is the following inscription in old English characters : — Mundo Martha fait sed Xro. mente Maria, In mundo viguit sed eiat sibi cella Sophia ; In Haii mensis, quarto decimoque kalendas Ad cell snentis sedes migravit habendas. ¦'Hic terre cumulus Thome Nelond tegit ossa. Est et ei tumulus praesens sub marmore fossa ; Virtutum donis hic claruit et rationis, Exemplia que bonis decus auxit religionis. The rim on the right side being tom away, the remainder of the'inscription is lost. There is a charity in this parish, founded by Cecilia Heald, in 1735, consisting of II. 10s., arising frora 37/. 10s., be applied in bread for the poor. The sum originally left was 26/. but the interest not being distributed till 1766, accumulated, with the principal, to 37?, 10s, The registers commence in 1568. to it 1 These were formerly copyhold tenements, holden of Wallhurst, but they have been long enfranchised. « West. Suss. VoL IIL p. 319. 3 Ib. 262 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [i?, of Bramber. BOROUGH OF HORSHAM, This extensive parish has, according to Mr, Cartwright,^ an area of more than 8,500 acres of arable, meadow, pasture, and wood land, of which near 5,000 acres are arable, and 1,200 wood and coppice. The surface is considerably elevated, and is adorned with much excellent timber. The boundaries of the parish are made by Lower Beeding and Nuthurst on the east ; by Nut hurst, West Grinstead, and Shipley on the south ; by Shipley, Itchingfield, and Sullington on the west ; and by Warnham, Rusper, and Ifield on the north. The population of the borough and parish, in 1831, amounted to 5,105, The town and ancient borough of Horsham, occupying in the centre of the parish a space of about half a mile square, and not included in the foregoing computation,' is situated on the river Adur, at the distance of twenty-nine miles N, E, from Chichester, and thirty-five and a half S, S. W. from Lond9n, It is in the centre of a fertile district, and is surrounded by varied and interesting scenery. The town consists of two streets, crossing each other at right angles, with an open space on the south, in which stands the Court House, and a green on the north. The mixture of trees among the houses gives it a more sylvan aspect than most other country towns. The houses are generally timber built, but new fac^d with brick; and in the street leading to the church, rows of trees afi^ord to the dwellings an agreeable shade. The town is well paved with stone, obtained from the excellent quarries in the neighbourhood, and is as well supplied with water. The springs vary from hard to soft ; and the depth of the wells range from ten to fifty feet. The quality of the water is generally very good. Mineral springs, chiefly impreg nated with iron, abound in the neighbourhood ; but they are little sought after, and seldom applied to medical purposes. The weekly market on Saturday is abundantly supplied with corn, and that on Monday with poultry ; a great quantity of which is reared in the neigh bourhood for the supply of the London market. The fairs (principally for sheep and lambs) are April 5th and July I Sth, and for horses and cattle on the Monday before Whitsuntide and November 27th ; on the Saturday after the July fair is a fair for pedlary and toys ; and on November 17th is a large fair for Welsh cattle, called St, Leonard's fair, from its having been formerly held in the adjoining forest of that name,* The town is governed by a steward and two bailifi's, chosen annually at the court-leet of the lord of the manor, at which constables and other ofiicers are also appointed. The Spring assizes for the county were, till lately, and the Midsummer quarter sessions for the western division, are still, held here. In 1806 the town haU and sessions house, a handsome building, with a stone front, was enlarged by the Duke of Nor folk, for the accommodation of the judges of assize. The county gaol, a commodious structure, built partly with stone from the neighbourhood 1 Generally supposed to have derived its name from Horsa, the brother of Hengist, and who is said to have been slain in the battle near Aylesfield, in 457, and buried in the immediate vicinity of the town. A much better etymological guess is that the name was acquired from its situation in the midst of the Sylva Anderida, an almost impenetrable wood in days of yore, and that it designated the ham, in the hurst — Hurstham. 2 According to the Parliamentary Returns, it contains 20,040 acres, 3 The whole of the parish is locally in the hundred of Singlecross, but the borough has an independant juris diction, * Top, Diet, B. of Horsham.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 263 is situate near the eastern extremity of the town. It is adapted for the classification of prisoners, and comprises fifty-six wards, seven-day rooms, and four airing rooms. A small gar den extends along the front of the building, which has two spacious court yards of about half an acre each, with gravel walks surrounding a fine grass plot. The wall which encircles them encloses the whole prison. See also Vol, I. p. 94. Horsham is a borough by prescription, and returned two members to serve in Parliament since 23rd Edward I. till the passing of the Reform Bill, when one representative was deemed adequate to the business ofthe borough. For the parliamentary history see appendix. The lordship ofthe borough, from the time of the Conquest, has descended from William de Braose, as the honour of Bramber, to Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk, There are several manors within, or extending into, the boundaries of this parish. Of these Shortsfield is tbe property of Thomas Sanctuary, Esq., of the Nunnery, Rusper, Marlpost belongs to Robert Hurst, Esq,, of Horsham park, Nutham passed, with the manor of Shortsfield, to the possessor of that lordship, Roughey, formerly the property of the family of Hoo, Lords Hoo and Hastings, and afterwards of the Copley family, is the property of the Duke of Norfolk. The demesne lands of the manor of Hawksborne are now in the pos session of Henry Tredcroft, Esq., as is also the lordship of the manor of Hewells. The manor of Denne is the property of Charles Gilbert Eversfield, Esq, The house stands on a very elevated scite, at a short distance from the town. It is a handsome stone mansion, enclosed in a deer park, and is approached by an avenue of trees from the London and Worthing roads. To the same gentleman belong the manor and park of Chesworth.^ Besides the manorial property mentioned above, Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart., is a considerable proprietor of land in the parish, as is also Robert Hurst, Esq,, of Horsham park, who was the representative for the boroughs of Steyning and Horsham, in succession, during several parliaments. Sir Timothy Shelley has property in the parish. On Hurst hill, on the northern side of the parish, is Moated House, formerly the residence of the family of Hurst. Holbrook, ifi the northern part of the parish, was formerly the residence of John Manley, Esq., and is now the estate and abode of Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, K.C.B. Hills, an estate on the west of the town, takes its denomination from an ancient family of the same name. The estate afterwards passed through the Middletons, Michells, and Ingrams, EVERSFIELD. Arms. Erm. on a bend, sa. three mullets, or. Crest. Out of a ducal coronet, a camel's head, or. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 155, COPLEY. Arms. Ar. a cross moline, sa. Quarterings. , 1. Quarterly, sa. and ar. for Hoo. 2. Or. a lion, rampant, sa. for Wells. 3. Erm. on three bars, gu. six crescents, 3, 2, and 1, or. for Waterton. Crest. A griffin, segreant, ar. ducally gorged, and lined, or. Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 296. Cart. Rape of Bramber, p. 339. MIDDLETON. jlrmt. Ar. a saltier, engr. sa. in chief, a quartre- foil, gu. Pedigree. See Cart. Rape of Bramber, p '337 Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 4. Hors. Hist, and Ant of Lewes, VoL 1 1., p. 1 5. 1 West. Suss. Vol III. p. 335, 264 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [R. of Bramber. Viscounts Irvine, to the Duke of Norfolk ; it is now divided among several proprietors ; the principal of whom is Robert Hurst, Esq,, of Horsham Park. The mansion represented below HURST. was erected about the middle of the seventeenth" century;— a aS. ^n"ak'{?ee,wr!"""°'""'""""'^' statcly edificc of brick, with stone groins and mullions, surrounded with an extensive shrubbery, and having in front a noble lawn and water. It was taken down a few years ago.^ About half a mile south-east of the town is Chesworth, one of the seats of the Lords of Bramber. Thomas Lord Braose, who died in 1396, and is buried in the church, resided here ; as did likewise several of the Dukes of Norfolk, occasionally, after the barony had devolved upon them. Very little remains of the ancient edifice. About a mile to the east of the town stands Coolhurst, the ele gant and commodious residence of the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton. A view of which is annexed. This place w^as the property of Arthur Chichester, Esq., now Baron Templemore, from whom it was purchased in 1833, by the Marchioness ; who has expended a considerable sum of money in improving the property. Frances Elizabeth, her ladyship's daughter, is married to Chas. Scrace Dickens, Esq. The family of Scrace is of considerable antiquity ; it descended originally out of Denmark, and held land in Sussex before and at the Conquest, as appears by the great Norman survey. From 1282 to 1286, Nicholas de Scrace was In_'the middle of the fifteenth century, the family CHICHESTER, BinoN Templemore. Arms. Chequy, or. and gu. a chief, vair. Crest. A stork, ppr. wings expanded, holdmg m cVioi-iflF r>f SncCAV the beak a snake, ar. headed, or. oiiCl ill Ul kJUOOCA.. Quartering. Az. fretty, ar. for Etchingham, t. . , ^"SnTi'or'''^" ™'™'' ^' "^""^"^ ^""^^^ ^""^ "^^^ settled at West Blatchmgton, near Brighton ; from which period ^fouoWs'"agains?hi6 3?'' '"""""¦ ~" °°°"' to thc prcscut, somc branch of the family has continued to reside Pedigree. See Berry's Suss. Gen., p. 6. ^ •' v^kjiv^i^ there. Charles Scrace, Esq., left issue two daughters, of whom, 1 West. Suss.Vol. III. p. 337. I>a£^ I^ Dtdcens puur^ (hti ¦' J Smvth faJ^ COOJLHUaST. y / r/- y/y ¦ y ^/ '^ f '/ f/'/u'M ////.J r_yf//,- /,j c/yr:ji-/f/?/. &iJ t CJiTraicJs. c 10 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Albou Amberley. Ardingly.Arundel. Ashburnham.Ashdowne. Beachy-Head. Beeding. Beyham Abbey. Black Down. Bognor Rocks. Bolney.Boxgrove. Bracklesham. Bramber.Brighton. LIST III. Caliciura chlorellum*'. phaeocephalum '". Euphorbia platyphylla". Spiloma murale. Verrucaria rudis. CEnanthe peucedanifoha "". Ranunculus Lingua. Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense. Dipsacus pilosus. Encalypta streptocarpa. Epilobium angustifolium. Lonicera xylosteum. Rubia peregrina '^ Scirpus carrinatus. Mespilus germanica. Rubu^ suberectu", var. /3. '*. Crambe maritima. Raphanus maritimus. Squamaria candicans '^- Endocarpon psoromoides'^ Epilobium angustifolium. Grimmia saxicola. Weissia trichodes. Verrucaria submersa. *Gnaphalium luteo-album. CaUcium chrysocephalum. Collema cerauoides. Lecidia synothea. Borrera Atlantica^'. *Erodium maritinaum. Verrucaria niveo-atra. Calithamnion corymbosum'^ Daviesii^^. interruptum ™. pedicellatum ". On elms. On boarded buildings. In corn-fields. On plastered walls of cottages. On boarded buildings. In tbe brooks. Ditto. In moist hedges. In plenty, but without fruit, under beeches, by the mill-pond, in the park. On moist banks. In a coppice, called Hat- chett's, to the east of Houghton-bridge, four miles from hence. At Hanger. On the banks of the Arun, below the castle. In the hedges. On the chalk. On ash. purpurascens, Calotbrix Mncor. Centaurea solstitialis. ChEetosphora Wiggbii. Cbylocladia parvula °^. Diatoma striatulum °'. Enteromorpha clathrata^. *Frankenia pulverulenta. Along with the follow ing, in occasional wa- tercourses. O n stones, in hollows by which the water occa sionally runs down. At the foot. A mile above the first rock. On rails. On elms. On old timber, in the wall of a house. On the beach. On marine Algse. Among rejectamenta,on the shore. Parasitic, on the larger Algse. Parasitic, on various fili form marine Algse. On the sea coast towards Bognor. 69 Lichen acicularis. j;.B. 34. 2385. (E.vcl. Syn.') 70 trabinellus. i'. B. 1540. Lichen pheeocephalus. Turn.in L. Tr.v yii. p. 260, t. 6. 71 Euphorbia stricta. Engl. Fl. v. iv. p. 64. E. B. 5. 333. 72 The roots taste like garden par.'fneps, but are most probably poisonous, as CEnanthe crocata is among our most virulent poisons. 73 The root is of a tawdry red colour, and useful in dyeing, if not so good as the cultivated madder. 74 Rubus nitidus. Engl. Fl. v. ii. p. 405. 75 Lichen candicans. E.B. 1118. 76 Verrucaria psoromoides. E. B. Suppl. 2612, f. 1. 77 Lichen Atlanticus. B. B. 1716. 78 Conferva corymbosa. E. B. 2352. 79 Daviesii. E. B. 2359. 80 internipta. B. B. 1838. 81 pedicellatum. E. B. 1817. 82 Chondria parvula. Aq. Sp.Alg. p. 207. 83 Conferva striatula. £. B. 1923. 84 paradoxa. E. B. 2328*. Brighton. bulverhythb. Buxted. Chailey. Charlton.Chichester. Clayton. Cockbush.Cowfold. Griffithsia barbata"'. Mesogloia coccinea ^. Oscillatoria subsalsa. Polysiphonia fibrillosa '". Sphacelaria filicina. See Hastings, Chara Hedwigii. Isnardia palustris. Carex ampullacea. Fragaria moschata. Pyrola rotundifolia. Carex pendula. Ceratophyllum submersum. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum. Ranunculus Lingua. Gastridium lendigerum ^ Pyrethrum maritimum. Carex pendula. Narcissus biflorus. Verbascum Blattaiia. On the beach. Ona plank, between high and low water mark. In still ponds. In a pit by the lane side, betweenBux ted bridge and the Tan-yard. On the common. In the forest. Ditto. In ditches. By a stream between Fishbourne and the turnpike, as also in a meadow on the left hand of a farm, half a mile from the South- gate. In a pond near theSouth- gate. On the wet clayey soil. On the coast. Cuckfield. Ditcheling. Eastbourne. Edburton.Eridge Park. Fairlight. Frant. Hartfield. Harting Coombe Hastings. About Corner- house Turnpike. Tn a hedge near this place a rose grows, which has not as yet been fully described. It approaches nearer to Rosa arvensis than any other rose, being between that and the Bosa gallica. It is not very unlike the Double hip rose of the gardeners, which borders close upon, if it is not the same as the Rosa hybrida of Schleicher, and is said to have been found in Devonshire. The one found near Cowfold, however, has rather smaller and less multiplied petals, and somewhat longer styles. Caliciura aeruginosum, var.jS coe- On the boards of a hovel near. Henfield. rulescens. Oxalis stricta. Caliciura hyperellum. Crambe maritima. Lactuca saligna. RottboUia incurvata. Verrucaria submersa. *Salix rosmariuifolia. Viola lactea. Cuicus Forsteri. Rubus suberectus. Rubus Kohleri, var. y. ^ Verrucaria submersa. Asplenium marinum. Borrera Atlantica "''. Carex pendula. Erodium moschatum. Hypericum androsaemnm. Lotus angustifolius ®^. decumbens. *M:atthiola incana'', Pisum maritimum. Ranunculus Lingua. Tamarix gallica. Carex ampullacea. In an orchard. On the beach. On the shingle. On the down. In boggy woods. In boggy places. On stones streams. in clear On the cliffs. On the rocks. About the fishponds. On the rocky beach. At Bulverhithe. On the rocks to the east. Near William the Con queror's Table, On the left of the lane leading to Fairlight Place. On the common. 86 Conferva barbata. E. B. 1814. 86 Rivularia verticillata. .E. B. 2466. 87 Hutchinsia fibrillosa. Ag.Sp. Alg.v.U.p .78. 88 Milium lendigerum. E. B. 16. \l'OT.—Engl, Fl, v. i. p. 88. 89 Rubus glandulosus. .Eno^ i^/. v. ii. p. 404. 90 See note 77. 91 Lotus diffusus. S.B.13. 925. 92 Cheiranthus incanus. E, B, 27. 1935. A very doubtful native. Botany.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. U Horsham. Houghton. Carex curta. Heleocharis pauciflora " Endocarpon Hedwigii. Euphorbia platyphylla '*. Hypnum stramineum. Lecidea synothea. Mougeotia coerulescens "K Rosa arvensis, var. y. systyla, var. /3. Rubus leucostachys. rhamnifolius. Spiloma auratum. Tyndaiidea bicolor^. Verrucaria aphanes. Weissia trichodes. Calicium ferrugineum. Lathyrus aphaca. Rubia peregrina °^ Hurstperpoint. Calicium chlorellum". hyperellum. phaeocephalum °^ Collema limosum. Endocarpon psoromoides. Fragilaria pectinalis '"^ Gastridium lendigerum "". Lecanora periclea '°^. Lecidea incompta. Lepraria ochracea. Spiloma murale. Verrucaria rudis. Keymer. Endocarpon Hedwigii. Laubbrhubst. Epilobium angustifolium. Lancing. Chara hispida /3 gracilis. nidifica. Lanqley Fort. Lactuca saligna. Lewes. CEnanthe peucedanifolia"". Diplotaxis tenuifolia'"''- Nasturtium sylvestre" Salix amygdalina. decipiens holosericea. Lambertiana. triandra. Between the common and Woodmancote. On the common. On sand banks. This Is distinct from P lach neum. Hook, which is common on theDowns. Without fruit, on the common. On the surface of squared rails. In boggy pools on the common. In wood-thickets and hedges. In woods, &c. In hedges, &c. Ditto. On the church walls. On stones in a rapid streamlet. In stone pits. On park pales. In an old chalk-pit by the roadfrom hence to Amberley. Above the chalk-pits. On elms. On boarded buildings. On the wet clayey soil. On elm bark. In stagnant water. On the wet clayey soil. On old posts orpales, or the bark of fir. On the shaded part of rugged old elms. On trunks of old trees. On plastered walls of cottages. On boarded buildings. On sand-banks. This is distinct from the ^ lachneum. — Hooh, Near Stone Quarry, be tween hence and Crouch End. In ditches. In a ditch. On the wall on tbe east side of Brooman's Lane, about half-way down. In the levels. 93 Scirpus pauciflorns. E. B. 16. 1122.— Engl. Fl. v. i. p. 56. 94 See note 71. 95 Conferva coerulescens. E. B. 35. 2457. 96 bicolor. E. B. 32. 2288. 97 See note 73. 98 Lichen acicularis. E, B. 34. 2385. 99 See note 70. 100 Conferva pectinalis. E. B. 23. 1611. 101 See note 88. 102 Lichen pericleus. E. B. 26. 1350. 103 See note 72. 104 Sisymbrium tenuifolium. E. B. 8, 625. Sinapis tenuifolia. Engl. Fl. v. iii. p. 223. Br. i^^. p. 309. This plant has a most disagreeable odour, especially when bruised. 105 sylvestre. E. B. 33. 2324. Littlehampton. Maresfield. Mayfield.Michelgrove. Newhaven. Newtimber. NuTHUR,ST. Offham, near Arundel. Ore. Pagham.Pangdean. Parham Park. Pett. Pevensey. Plumpton.Portslade. Poynings. rundhurst. Rye. St. Leonard's Forest. Salix undulata»». Woollgariaua^'". Sambucus ebulus. Thesium linophyllum. Villarsia nymphseoides'™. Festuca uniglumis. *Brassica orientalis. *Bromus squarrosus. Dentaria bulbifera. Phyteuma spicatum. Phascum bryoides. Lecidea speirea'"'. Trifolium maritimum. Rosa systyla, var. y. Salix ferruginea. >Rubia peregrina''". Euphorbia platyphylla"'. Gastridium lendigerum"". Teucrium chamaedrys. Alopecurus bulbosus. Cuscuta Europaea. Calicium ferrugineum. Lycopodium inuudatum. Salix stipularis. Pisum maritimum. Geranium pratense. Centaurea solstitialis. Cuscuta Eurojiaea. Galium erectum. Gastridium lendigerum''^ Lecanora aspersa. Spiloma auratum. Thesium linophyllum. Verrucaria uiveo-atra. Lepraria ochracea. Spiloma gregarium, var. j3. saceum. See Blackdown. Pisum maritimum. Medicago denticulata"*. 1 Chara gracilis"^. J Epilobium angustifolium. Melittis melissophyllum. Phascum alternifoliura. Rubus leucostachys, var. /3. Within tbe priory walls, on the west side. On the hill by tbe road side, towards Falmer. In the levels. In Highreede and Fox hole Woods. In the park. On flinty pebbles on the summits ofthe cliffs. Brick-yard near the har bour. About the chalk-pits. On the park pales. Between this and Fair- light. In the hedges. In places where water has stagnated. On flints. On elm bark. On the hill towards the Devil's Dyke. On elms. On trunks of old trees. -}o in oak on the common. Along the coast east wards towards New Romney. In boggy pools. Going down to Isemon- ger*s Gill, by the cross road from Handcross to the Horsham road. A little S.E. of Monk's gate. 106 Salix lanceolata. E. B. 20, 1436. Engl Fl v. iv. p. 168. Salix IVoh. p. 27, t. 14. 107 monandria. Salix PFoh. p. 7> t. 4. 108 Menyanthes nymphEeoides. E. B. 4. 217. This is a very pretty plant and easy of cultivation, but when once introduced exceedingly difficult to eradicate. 109 Lichen speireus, E. B. 26. 1864j as also, according to Acharius, Lichen rimosus, 24. 173fi. UO See note 73. Ul See note 71. U2 See note 88. 113 Ditto. 114 Medicago denticulata, WHld. v. iii. 1414; and, probably, Ray^s " Medica marina supina nostras foliis viridibus ad summos ramulos villosis."— Medicago fol- liculo spinoso. " Cochleata minor, capsula nigra hispid&. VolchnearP Label tom, ii. t. 42, n. 498.— Medicago coronata? Schkuhr. Botanisches Handbuch, Planches, v. iii. t. 2126. Common with many others of its tribe (Trifolium suflFocatum, subterra- neiim, scabrum, glomeratum, &c.) along this coast, from Bye to New Romney to the foot ofthe chalk escarpment at Folkstone. U5 Nitella gracilis. Jg. St/s. Alg. p. 125. c 2 12 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Selsey Isle. Shermanbury. Shoreham. Slinfold. South Downs. Rubus suberectus"", var. fi. Scyphophorus microphyllus"''. parasiticus"'. Variolaria raultipunctata"', va /S laevigata. Diaothus prolifer. Leonurus Cardiaca. Lecidea incompta. Crambe maritima. Melcseira Borreri '^°- Peucedaniim officinale. Polysiphonia fibrillosa"". Salicornia radicans. Trifolium stellatum, Vicia lutea. Cardamine impatiens. Carex pendula. Euphorbia esula. pilosa. Symphetum tuberosum. Anthyllis vulneraria. Antirthinum majus. Arabis hirsuta'^''. Brachypodium pinnatum''^. Chlora perfoliata. Cineraria campestris. Kndocarpon Hedwigii, /3 lachneum, In wet heathy places. On rotten rails. .1 I On beech and oak. On shaded parts of rug ged old elms. Parasitic on confervse and hliforme marine Algffi. On the mud. Between the harbour and the sea in great plenty. With white flowers. Gymnostomum conicum. Helianthemum vulgare'^'', var. /3. Phascum bryoides. Phyteuma orbieulare. Rosa Sabini'", var. /3. Southwick. Alopecurus bulbosus. Meloseira Borreri'^^. Vicia Bithynica. TiLOATE FonEST. Scyphophorus mlcrophyllus^*'. TuNBHiDGEWELLs.Cynoglossum sylvaticum. Dentaria bulbifera. Common in sterile places scoparmm, y Dicranum cesceiis. Diphyscium foliosum. fus- Epilobiiim angustifolium. Euphorbia platyiihylla'^". Equisetum fluviatile. Not rare. Especially near East bourne. Parasilic on confervffl and aiiforme marine algse. TowardsBrightononthe cliffs. In wet heathy places. On the left roclis goin? to the high rocksfrom Mr. Fry's, and on the sides ofthe rivulets. j-At the high rocks. On Eridge rocks and the lower part of Har rison's rocks near the field. In a road between this and Frant. By the mineral springs behind the Sussex ho tel. 116 See note 74. 117 Lichen microphyllus. E. B. 25. i;82. 118 delicatus. .g. B. 28. 2026. Cenomyce delicata. Ach. Syn. 27i. 119 multipunctatus. IS, B. 29.2061. 120 Meloseira nummuloides. Ag. Syst. Alg. p. 8. Lichen nummuloides. E. B. 2287. 121 See note 87. 122 Turritis hirsuta. E. B. 9. 587. This is generally a rock plant, but in Sussex grows on the open downs, and in hedges on the chalk. 123 Festuca pinnata. Engl Fl. v. I. v. 150. Bromus pinnatus. B.B. 11.730. 124 Cistus surrejanus. E. B. 37. 2207. Engl Fl. v. iii. p. 25. Perhaps not even a v.iriety, but rather a monstrosity of the Helianthemum vulgare. 125 Rosa Doniana. IVood's Tr. of L. Soc. V. xii. p. 185. Engl Fl v. ii. p. 379. E.B. Suppl t.260l. 128 See note 120. 127 See note 117. 123 See note 71. Twine HAM. UCKFIELD. UnlMORE. Galeopsis versicolor. Gastridium lendigerum'^'. Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense. Hypericum androsaemum. Osmunda regalis. Viola lactea. Prunus domestica. Osmunda legalis. Veronica chamsedrys. Waldron. Phyteuma spicatum. Washington. Lycopodium inundatum. West Grinstead. Calicium chrysocephalum. fenugineum. WESTHO-iTHLY. Hymenophylium Tunbridgense. Winchelsea. Teucrium chamajdrys. Wiston. Hypericum dubium. WiTHYHAM. Aspidium lobatum. Epilobium roseum. Woodmancote. Carex curta. Endocarpon Hedwigii. Worthing. Bupleurum ienuissimura. Crambe maritima. In the hedges on the high road beyond Eridge park. In a corn-field on the way from the high rocks towards Eridge rocks. In several woods about. On Harrison's rocks. On the sides ofthe great bog leading from Eridge park towards Groom bridge. Scarcely wild. By the water-side at the S.E. corner of the lake at the rocks. A variety with, white flowers. On park pales. On the castle. Bythe road to Washing ton. Towards GroofflbriJge. Between the Moor and Henfield Common. On sand-banks distinct from f lachneum. LIST IV. SEXUALES VASCULARES. 1. EXOGEN^E ANGI0SPERMJ3. * POLYPETAL^ COMPLETE. t ALBUMINOS^. RAN ALES. E.ANDNCULACE.ffi. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 7. Rottingdean. Portslade. Eartham. Adonis autumnalis Helleborus foetidus'*', - viridis. MyosuiT.s minimus. Ranunculus lingua. parviflorus. Papaveraoe/'e. Papaver hybridum. § FuMARIACEiS. Corydalis clavlculata. Upon the downs towards Chichester, along the roadside. Between Piecombe and Newtimber formerly, but here, as well as near Poynings, where it formerly grew, it bas been destroyed by alterations in the roads. In Arundel Park. About Arundel Castle. "Wcstend, Henfield. Wood mancote, in that part of the wood called Ten- acre Shaw. By the footpath from Henfield to Blackstone, near Bilsborougli. Corn-fields on tbe coast from Portsladeto thewest- ern extremity ofthe county. At Hurstperpoint. Near Lewes. Amberley ^'ild Brooks. Pond near the Southgate, Chichester. Near Shoreham. Midhurst. Common in Sel.sey Island. Storrington. Pangdean in Piecombe. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 16. Amongst corn on the Bowns. Dec. Lindl. Syn. p. 18. Rundhurst coppice, near Blackdown. Near Rack- ham Common, towards the Wild Brooks. Hedges by the road between Hailsham and Eastbourne. UMBELLALES. Umbelliferje. Juss. Lindl. Syn. iii. Tribe V.—SELiNsm. — Koch. Lindl Syn, p. 116. Heracleum sphodyliiim 0 1 angustifolium. /^ (At the foot ofthe Downs in several places. 129 See note 83. 130 See note 21. Botany.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 13 Peucedanum offi ein ale* ^^ Tribe VII.— 1 CEnanthe peucedanifolia. — — ¦ pimpinelloides. Trile VIII.- Apium petroselinum ^^. Bupleurum rotundifolium, In ditches near Shoreham, according to Ray, But Mr. Horrer tells me he has searched for it there and has never been able to lind it. He tinds there, however, (Enaothe pimpinelloides. There can be no doubt, therefore, but that the latter has beeu mistaken for the Peucedanum officinale. Sesblineje. Koch. Lindl Syn. p. 117. Amberley and Lewes. In salt marshes. AMMiNE.ffl. Koch. Lindl Syn. p. 120. Naturalized on walls at Arundel and Shoreham. Near the rocks at Uckfield, by the footpath to Pilt- down; corn-fields near Tunbridge Wells. - tenuissimum. Petroselinum segetum ^^^. Pimpinella magna. Slum latifolium, t GYNOBASIC^. GERANIALES. On the marshy parts of the shore between Worth ing and Lower Lancing; Sidlesham ;WestItche- nor; Grinstead ; In the brooh that runs by Hast ings Castle; Bo-peep, near Hastings; Fett. By the road side, and in corn-fields, chiefly on the downs and on the coast. Mr. Borrer found a single plant on Silver-hill' Bear Eobert's-bridge, but it has not, I believe, been found in any other part of Sussex. Common in the county. ' moschatum. Geranium pratense QERANiACE.^. Juss. Lindl. Si/n. ji. 56. *Erodium maritimum. Stated by Pillenius to be found on the shore near Bracklesham, and by Ray as r.ear Bognor Rocks. The sea, however, has gained much on these shores, and the plant is now lost there ; at least Mr. Borrer informs me he has sought there re peatedly for it in vain. On the rocks, Hastings; west end of Pulborough. Plumpton. purpureum. Middleton, Cockbush. (Different from the follow ing, and certainly specifically distinct from G. robertianum, although the arillus does not show the difference indicated by Willdenow, and tbe characters pointed out by Mr. Forster do not hold good.) -— robeitianumj var. jgjjoj.gj,j^^^ CocT «6g«ff, KBgaros, a horn, from the spines of the fruit. Is it not rather «£g«s, xs^ktcs, a horn and (pyXXai-, a leaf, fron. the forked leaves ! •'^Hydroceratophyllon folio iBevi. octo cornibus armato." Sebastian Vaillant. in /' Me.noires de PAcademie des Sciences." Br.s;a«;.1754, Oct. mt. 15, f. 2. Dill m Ran Syn. 135. 160 Vaccinium oxycoccos, ffooft. Sr. F/. p. 178. V. oxycoccus. £. B. 5.319.- .B«oi. P?. V. ii. p. 221. ^ ^„ ., , 161 Without doubt often overlooked on account of its small size. 16 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. VOLVALES. CoNvoi.vui.ACE^. Juss. IJndl Syn. p. 167. Cuscuta Europffia. fEPIGYNiE. CAMPANALES. In hedges, Portslade. On furze in Thorney Island abundantly. At Sompting. Occasionally in fields of vetches. Formerly in a hedge at Pang dean, in Piecombe, but the place of this hedge is occupied by a wall, and the plant is now lost. Campanulace.e. Juss. Lindl. Syn.ji. 135. Campanula hederacea. Campanula patula. rapunculus. Phyteuma orbiculave. spicatum. In wet groves and heaths. In the forests. On Whalebridge Common, near Lindfield. On the side of thc great bog leading from Eridge Hocks towards Groombridge. Fairlight Down, near Hastings. Woolbeeding. Abershara, near Petworth. Pulborough.On the downs, especially near Eastbourne. Hadlow Down, in Mayfield. Knight's Farm, Hole Farm, and several other places in the pa rishes of Mayfield and Waldron. CAPRI.^LES. CapeifouaoejE, Juss. Und/. Syn. p. 131. Capvifolium peifoliatum ' Lonicera Xylosteum. Sambucus ebulus. In a hedge near Piecombe. Scarcely indigenous. It formerly grew plentifully, and certainly wild, in a coppice called the Hackett's, to the east of Houghton Bridge, fourmiles from Arundel; but the coppice is now cleared. Still, however, bushes of the Lonicera remaiu in the hedges, which formerly enclosed it, as well as a few scattered tlnough other side-hill coppices to the east, towards Rackham. Generally on achalk30il,but not very common. By a little archway you pass over in going through the closes of Mr. Morris to the Priory, Lewes. STELLATES. SxELi.ATiE. Linn. Lindl. Syn. p. 128. Galium ercctum. Portslade. tricornc. Seeding. Brighton. JEl^bia peregrina. fDICARP^. Offham. Hanger, near Arundel. Above Hough ton Chalk Pits. On Tunbridge rocks. GENTIANALES. Gentiane-b. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 117. Chlora perfoliata. Erythraea littoralis^'^. piilchella'". Exacum filiformc. Gentiana campestris. - Pneumonanthe, Villarsia nymphEeoides '' On the downs, not very unfrequent. In clayey fields at Lovell, near Cuckfield. By Waldron Down. A stemless variety of this plant occurs on Beachy Head, and on tlie summits of the cliffs between Newhaven and Rottingdean, and occasionally on the downs more inland, as a little south of the Devil's Dyke. Very common nn the chalk soil of the downs. On the coast, Eastbourne, and on the wet clay in the Weald. Previous to the enclosure of Horshnm Common it grew there abundantly ; it still, however, grows plentifully in many places in St. Leonard's Forest. On the downs, less generally, Mr. Borrer states, than G. amarella, but many localities have been pointed out to me as those of G. amarella where I could only find the G. campestris. Several places in the forests. Chailey Common. Barnet's Rough, near Wool avington. Duncton Heath. On the forest, about a mile to the north-east of Wood's Nursery, on a bank facing the south-east, plentifully. Water- down Forest, near Tunbridge Wells. In ditches in Lewes levels. In the pond on Dunc ton Common. J62 Lonicera Oaprifolium. E.B. \2. 7S9.—Engl Fl. v. i. p. 32(i.—Hook. Br. Fl. p. IfiS. 163 Chironia littoralis. E. B. 33. 230,3. A stemless variety of 164 pnlchella. E. B. 7. 458. 165 Menyanthes nympliKoides of Linn. E. B. 4. 211.— Engl, Fl, v. i. p. 276. Apocyneje. Juss, Lindl. .S'yn. p. 176. Vinca major. Norlington, and elsewhere about Lewes, but scarcely wild. ECHIALES. BoKAOiNEZE. Juss. Lindl, Syn, p. 163. .\nchusa sempervirens. Cynoglossum sylvaticum. Pulmonaria officinalis. Symphytum officinale /3. S. patens. Sibt/i, 70. tuberosum '*^ Plentifully on u bank between Lewes and South- over. In lanes near Tunbridge Wells. Danes Wood, near Slindon '55. Near Arundel. Very plentiful in a hedge near Slinfold Parsonage. SOLANALES. SoLANE . Juss, IJndl. Syn. p. 180. Verbascum Lychnitis 169 Not uncommon in the county. At Offham. Han ger, near Arundel. Halnaker, aud elsewhere in the vicinity of Chichester. t PERSONATE. LABIALES. L.ABiATiE. Juss, Lindl. Syn, p. 197. Ballota nigra /3. Patcham. Galeopsis versicolor. Leonurus cardiaca. Mollitis melissophyllum "". Mentha hirsuta /3. ! and Z- ¦ piperita. pulegium. rotundifolia. rubra. sylvestris. * Salvia pratensis "°. Scutellaria minor In hedges on the great road beyond Eridge Park. Hickstead, in the parish of Twineham. Amongst potatoes, on Plummer's Plain, in St. Leonard's Forest. Stopham Bridge, near Pulborough. In Selsey Island. In St. Leonard's Forest, going down to Isemonger's Gill, by the cross road from Handcross to the Horsham Road. Eastbourne, on the road to Pevensey. Not uncommon in the county. In the levels near Lewes. Bythe road from Chichester to Arundel, between Ball's Hutt and Avisford HiU. On wet commons. In Arundel Park. Westdean. Henfield Church yard. Ditcheling. Ringmer. Hurstperpoint. Orbam, in the parish of Henfield. At Worthing. Near Albourne Place. Henfield. Sides of the bogs on the forest near Tunbridge Wells. Not uncommon in the county. Plentiful on the ruins of Winchelsea Castle. About Hastings Castle. Near Tunbridge Wells. Teucrium Chamsedrys. Thymus nepeta. SCROPHULALES. Sop.oPHULAHiNEiE. Juss: Lindl. Syn. p. 187 Antirrhinum minus. Bartsia viscosa. Limosella aquatica. Linaria Cymbalaria. Corn-fields near Tunbridge Wells. Notuncommon in the county. Road-side, between Bexhill and Little Common. Near Aml)erley Castle. Between Storrington and Parham Park. Broadmere and Henfield Com mons. At Chichester and many other places, naturalized on walls. Hedge bank, on the road from Chi chester to Arundel, near Boxgrove. 166 Ithas grown here forthe last fifty or sixty years at least in an apparently wild state, far from any dwelling, and omong large trees. It is accompanied by Ornithogalum umbellatum, in a soil mixed wilh broken bricks and nmts. 167 See note 137. j . ,. ., 163 Verbnscum blattnria formerly grew on some waste ground at Corner-nouse Turnpike, near Cowfold, which is now (1834) enclosed and the plant lost. Xt baa probably escaped from the neighbouring cottage-gardens. l . % 169 This plant, when growing, has somewhat of a disagreeable odour, but wnen dried gives out an odour not very unlike that of the woodruff (Asperula odorata), or of the sweet-scented vernal grass [Anthoxanthum odoratum), which gives the delightful smell to new-made hay. - 170 Mr. Borrer tells me he never found Salvia pratensis in the county, nor do I know any one who has. It is inserted above on the authority of Dr. Stokes, who must have been mistaken. S. verbenaca varies a little in the size of its corolla, and probably has been mistaken for the S. pratensis. Botany,] OF THE COUNTY OP SUSSEX. 17 Linaria rep ens* — — spuria. vulgaris /3. Sibthorpia Europaea. Veronica chamsedrys. Orobanche^. Lathrsea squamaria. Orobanche elatior. On a bank faced with stones at Woolbeeding, the last on the left, going towards the bridge; but most probably planted there, as it is known to have Ijeen on a wall in the viUage of Sutton, nenr JBoxgrove. Frequent in the county. Slinfold. On a bank near Withyham. In a bog near the nursery-ground on Waldron Down, and along the stream that issues from thence, passing Burnt-house Farm, to some dis tance west of it. A variety of this plant, with white flowers, grows at Udimore. Fente7iat. Lindl. Syn. p. 193. In the wood near Washington, called Blggenholt. Amongst Centaurea scahiosa at Lewes. In the way from DIr, Fry's to the High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells. Not uncommon in clover fields. f AGGREGATiE. ASTE RALES. CoMPOSiTJE. Juss. Lindl. %n.p. 140. Ti-ibe 3. CORYMBIFER-E. Antherais nobilis. Frequent on commons in the Weald. Cineraria campestris ^^^. Several places on the downs. Chrysanthemum maritimum^^^At Cockbush, seven miles from Chichester, in plenty, and elsewhere along the coast. This plant I believe certainly lo be only a maritime state olf C. inodorum. Is the Scotch C. mariti mum specifically distinct from this ? *Gnaphalium luteo-album. Blackstone mentions it as growing ahout a mile above the first Bognor rock. I have never seen ¦it there, and Mr. Borrer informs me he has fire- quently botanised around these rocks, and never met with it. rectum, Notuncommon in the county. Near Tunbridge Wells. In a meadow near Rackham farm-house, Amber ley, and amongbushes bythe lane leading thence to Amberley. Meadow at Orcham, Henfield. About Woolavington. CTNAaOCEPHALigj. Juss. BIr. Borrer once found a single plant in a meadow near Henfield, which, when removed into a gar den, produced several seedling plants exactly like itself, differing from C. nigra ^, chiefly by the irregular torn scales of the calyx. He regards it as an incidental variety only, solstitialis. Portslade. Brighton, and in two or three other places, but it has established itself in none of these; it was doubtless imported with foreign seed. Boggy spot in a wood at Frant. By the road from Tunbridge Wells to Eridge. Waterdown Forest. Fairlight, near Hastings, and in boggy meadows in many other places. ClCHORACEJE. Juss. Camber Sand-hills. About Winchelsea Castle. Rocks at Uckfield. Storrington and Rackham Commons. Near Langley Fort, among the hushes on the beach. Eastbourne, on tlie shingles. Inula Hellenium ^^^. Tribs ii. Centaurea Jacea ? Cnicus Forsteri. — pratensis ^^*. Tribe iiJ. Hypochasris glabra. Lactuca saligna. DIPSALES. DiPSACE.^. Juss. Lindl. Syn, p. 139, Dipsacus pilosus. About Arundel Castle. VALERiANEiE, Dec. Lindl. Syn. p. 138. Valerianella dentata ^'^^. in cornfields, probably as common as V. Locusta. 171 Cineraria integrifolia. E. B. 3. \^^.—Engl Fl v. iii. p. 444. 172 Pyrethrum maritimum. E. B. 14, 9'79.-'Engl Fl v. iii. p. 453.— Br. Fl p. 366. 173 This plant was at one time extolled by the ancients for its stimulating quali ties. It is the plant Dioscorides means when he says, " Hellenium foliis verbasci." — Lib. i. c, 27, Horace also alludes to this plant : — •' Erucas virides, inulas ego primus amaras Monstravi incoquere." — Hor. Sat. viii. 1, 51. The plant, however rauch it was esteemed formerly, had fallen entirely into disuse as long ago as Dr. CuUen's time. In speaking of it in his " Blateria Medica," vol. ii. p. 459, he remarks, " we have no satisfactory evidence of its medicinal powers." There is a tradition that this plant sprang from the tears of Helen, whence its name Hellenium. 174 Carduus pratensis. E. B. 3. 177. 175 Valeriana dentata. E. B, 20. 1370.— Engl Fl V. i. p. ib.—Hook. Fl Scot. v. i. p. 15. Fedia dentata. Hook. Br. Fl (1830) p. 15. PLANTALES, Plantagineje. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 169. Litorella lacustris. Horsham Common. Plummer's Plain. Ponds. Pilt Down, PLUMBALES. Plumbagine^. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 170. Statice cinerosa. ciiflFs west of Rottingdean. II. GYMNOSPERM.E. CoNiF£ii.2E, Juss. Lindl. Syn, p. 240. Tilgate Taxus baccata. Eqdisetaoeje. Sys. p. 310. E^uisetum fluviatile. On HarrLson's Rocks, and elsewhere ahout Tun bridge Wells ; certainly indigenous, Ardingly. Dec. Fl, Fr. ii. 580. — Lindl. Intr. io Nat. Glens east of Hastings. Not uncommon in the county. sylvaticum. By the mineral springs behind the Sussex-hotel, Tunbridge Wells. III. ENDOGEN^. t EPIGYNiE. NARCISSALES. AMARYLLIDE.ffi. Galanthus nivalis. Narcissus biflorus. R. Brown. Prodr. 296. Lindl. Syn. p. 264. Not uncommon, though I should say decidedly not indigenous. Common in orchards. Field near Cowfold, far from any house, and several other spots in the county ; certainly wild. IXIALES. Ikide^. Iris fcetidissima. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 254, IGYNANDRIA On the rocks at Eastbourne. About Bramber and Amberley. Hastings. Common. ORCHIDEiE, Tribe i. Listera ovata^^^ Neotiia nidus-avis ^^^. Tribe ii. Epipactis ensifolia^^*', grandiflora ^^^ Juss. Lindl. Syn, p. 256. NEOTTiE.ffl. Lindl. Mr. Borrer once met with a monstrous variety, in which two, and in some flowers three, of the petals assumed the form and size ofthe nectary lip, and which has flowered in the same manner since its removal to a garden. Newtimber woods. Danny Woods. Hurstper point, near the pond. Near the little brook by the High Rocks towards Rusthall Common. Hen field. St. Leonard's Forest. Common in the beech woods on the western downs. Arethuse.-e, Lindl. Goodwood Park. palustris ^^°. Tribe iii. Herminium monorchis ^^^ Ophrys apifera. aranifera. muscifera. Common in woods and thickets, beech, on the chalk. Chiltington Lays. Funtingdon. OpHRTDEas. Lindl especially of Orchis ustulata. Platanthera viridis ^^^. On the side hill of Vinegar Bottom, near Lewes. Parham. Hanger. Foot of Chanctonbury. Near the turnpike, on the road from Lewes to Ditchel ing. On declivities near Steyuing, Lewes, and Glynde, and many other places on the chalk. Grassy banks, between the corn-fields and East bourne. Common about thickets, &c., on the downs. Charlton Forest. On declivities of the downs at Jevington, Pie combe, Lewes, Beachy Head, Portslade, and Newtimber. In several places on the downs. 176 Ophrys ovata. E. B. 22. 1548. 177 Listera nidus-avis. Engl Fl v. iv. p. 33. — Br. Fl p. 3/7. Ophrys nidus-avis. —E. B. 1. 48. 178 Serapias ensifolia. E.B.7- 494. 179 grandiflora. E.B. 4. 271. 180 palustris. E. B. 4. 270. 181 Ophrys monorchis. E.B.\.7\.. 182 Orchis viridis. Engl Fl v. iv. p. 20. Satyrium viride, E. B. % 94. Habe- naria viridis. Br. Fl p. 373, D 18 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Tribe iv. Malaxide-^e, Lindl Malaxis paludosa. Near the Tilgate Ponds. Chiltington Moors. Hurst-hill, near Tunbridge Wells. f HYPOGYNiE. LILIALES. AspHODELE^:. a. Brown. Prodr. p. 275. — Lindl. Syn. p. 266. Ornithogalum Pyrenaieum-'^.By a stream between Fishbourne Church, near Chichester, and the turnpike. On the left of a farm, half a mile from Chichester Southgate, in a meadow plentifully. umbellatum. At Lewes in a meadow by St. Anne's Church, pro- ' bably, or rather undoubtedly, a garden escape. In Dane's wood, near Slindon, growing as stated above, along with Pulmonaria qffleinalis. LiLiAOEJE. Juss, Lindl. Syn. p. 266. Fritillaria Meleagris. ALISMALES. ALisMACE.a:, Alisma Damasonium. ranunculoides. At Hurstperpoint, in ameadow north of the church. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 253. Pits on St. John's, Chailey, and Broadmere Com mons, Hentield, Bogs on the forest near Tunbridge Wells. St. John's Common. Ditches at Lancing. Roadside at Little Horsted. JUNCALES. JuNOEjE. Dec. Lindl. Syn. p, 273. Luzula Forsteri '^^ Midhurst. Graffllam. Woods near Arundel, by the road to Chichester. Wiston. St. Leonard's Forest. Hamsil Forge. Lurgashall. Withy ham. Henheld. t IMPERFECT.^. ARALES. Aroide.3:. Juss. Lindl, Syn, p. 246. Acorus calamus. In a pond on Duncton Common. TYPHALES. TypHACEiE, Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 247. Typha angustifolia. Ore. Not uncommon in the county. SMILALES. SMiLACE.ffi;. R, Brown. Prodr, 292. Lindl, Syn.-g.27Q. Convallaria multiflora. Woods north of Hayland's farm, Graffham. Gol den Hanger. Singleton. Near Up Park. FLUVIALES. Flutiales. Fentenat. Tabl. 2. 80. Bich. Mem. Muse, i . 364. Lindl. Syn, p. 248. Potamogeton acutifolius. Marsh ditches at Amberley, Henfield, and Lewes. Pond at Corner-house turnpike near Cowfold, Shermanbury, West Grinstead, Henfield. In marsh ditches. Rye. Shoreham. Rick. Lindl. Lindl. Syn. p. 251. Mr. Borrer states, that all the flowers he has ejta- ¦ grammeus. - rafescens''^ Euppia maritima, PiSTIACEiE, Xemna gilba. minor. trisulca. t GLTJMACE.S;. GRAMiNE.as. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 293, mined of this genus have been hermaphrodite. The flowers of L. trisulca he met with but once ; those of L. polyrrhiza not at all. L. gilba and L. minor flower plentifully every summer. Alopecurus bulbosus. Avena fatua. strigosa. Braebypodium pinnatum*^^ *Btomus squarrosus. Calamagrostis epigejos'^'. Southwick. As also near Pagham. Not uncommon in the county. Southwick and Henfield; probably introduced with seed-oats. In many places on the downs. Said to have been found near Maresfield. In wet thickets, rather rare. 193 The generic name of this plant is derived from Oftis, OpviSss, a bird, and •yuXx, milk. The roots of O . umbellatum are eaten ot the present day in Palestine, and are the dove's dung referred to in the Second Book of Kings, c. vl. V. 25, ns hav ing been sold at so high a price at the siege of Samaria. 184 Juncus Forsteri. E. B. 18. 1293. 185 Potamogeton fluviatilis. E.B. \8.\2SS. Engl Flv. i.p.SSl. 186 Bromus pinnatus. £..8.11,730. Festuca pinnata. Engl Flv, Up, 150. 187 See note 21. Calamagrostis lanceolata'^". Catopodium loliaceum'"'. *Cynosurus echinatus. Gastridium lendigerum''", Hordeum maritimum. Lollum aivense. temulentum. Poa bulbosa. Schedonorus loliaeeus'''. Sclerochloa procumbens"". Spartina stricta. Trichodium setacea'"". Trisetum pubescens"*. Vulpia bromoides'"'. uniglumis'"". CyPEBACEiE. Carex ampullacea. - biuervis. - curta. ¦ dioica. ¦ distans. ¦ divisa. - extensa. • fulva. ¦ Isevigata. - pendula. - pseudo-cyperus. - recurva. - stricta. - stiigosa. - teretiuscula. - vesicaria. Eriophorum gracile'"'. vaginatum. Chiltington Lays, near Pulborough ; the only place it has been met with in the county. Near the rocks at Hastings Castle. At Worthing and Littlehampton. Near Hastings, but very sparingly. In corn-fields on a clayey soil in West Grinstead. Hurstperpoint, Clayton, and Portslade. At Ore. In a corn-field in the way from the High Rocks, Tunbridge WeUs, to Eridge rocks. At Bo-peep, near Hastings. By no means uncom mon on the coast. Not uncommon amongst corn. At Southwick only. On the Steyne, Brighton, On the lower cliffs be tween Worthing and Lower Lanciog, and inloose sands near Littlehampton. Not uncommon in the county. About the salt-water ditches at Rye, Arundel, and Selsey. Pagham harbour. West Wittering and elsewhere by the Chichester Creek. Near Heathfield ; the only place in Sussex where it is found. Not uncommon in the county. Ditto. On the sands near Littlehampton. Juss. Lindl. Syn. p. 278. Lewes. Henfield and Chailey Commons. Tilgate Forest. Amberley Wild Brooks. Not uncommon In the county. Between Henfield Common and Woodmancote Moor. By the ponds at Tilgate Forest. In Ise- monger Gill, St. Leonard's Forest. Bogs west of Rackham Common. Amberley Wild Brooks. Camber Sands. Pett. Hastings. In a low meadow not far from Pagham. Shoreham marshes. Newhaven, towards the harbour's mouth. Under the cliffs west of Hastings. Selsey. Sparingly in a boggy meadow at West-town, Hurst perpoint. In a wood between Tunbridge Wells and Frant. Rundhurst under Blackdown. Cowdry Park. Mayfield. Several places in the forests. Chichester. Wiston. Ashington. Steyning. Slin fold. Cowfold. Hastings. Not uncommon in the county. Occurs every year with branched spikes in the Withy copse. West-end, Henfield. Meadow at Stare-bridge, Hurstperpoint By the side of the rivulet near thc Great Rocks, Tunbridge Wells. LittlePark, Hurstperpoint. By the roadrside between Horsham and the borders of Surrey, in several places. Amberley Wild Brooks. Not uncommon in the county. Amberley Wild Brooks. Amberley Wild Brooks and neighbouring bogs. As also on Broadwater Commou, near Tunbridge Wells. 188 Arundo calamagrostis. E. B, 30. 2159. Engl Fl v. 1. p. 170. 189 Triticum loliaceum. E. B. 4. 221. Engl. Fl v. i. p. 185. 190 See note 88. 191 Festuca loliacea. E. B. 26. 1321. Engl Fl. v. i. p. H?. Br. Fl. p. 47. 192 Poa procumbens. E.B. 3.632. Br.Fl.ri.il. Glycera procurabens. E)>gl. Fl. V. i. p. 119. 193 Agrostis cetacea. B. B.17, 1118. Engl Flv, 1.^,91. Sr. Fl.f. 33. 194 Avena pubescens. jB.B. 23. 1640. Engl Fl.v. i. -p. ISi. Br. FJ. p. 51. 195 Festuca bromoides. .B. B. 20. 1411. Engl. Fl v.i. p.li2. Br. Flp.ie. 196 uniglumis. S.B. 20.1430. Engl. Fl. w.i.-p, Ui. Br.Fl.p.i7. 197 This plant seems to be a slender variety of E. angustifolium, which I suspect ia the E. gracile of British authors, on which account it is inserted as such above; decidedly the E. gracile of Wahlenberg, from whom Mr. Borrer possesses a Lapland specimen. He tells me he has not seen French or German specimens. Botany.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 19 Heliocharis acicularis. ¦ multicaulis'"". ¦ pauciflora. Rhynchospora alba'"". Scirpus carinatus. sylvaticus. ESEXUALES. On Horsham Common, Bythe sides of ponds in Tilgate and St, Ijeonard's Forests. Broadmere, Henfield, and Storrington Commons. Very frequent on bogs. On Henfield Common, and occasionally on the forests. On the great bogs on Ashdown Forest. Chailey Common. Tilgate and St. Leonard's Forests. Amberley Wild Brooks and other bogs near Washington Common. In the Arun from Arundel to Amberley, and pro bably farther, both above and below. Common in wet woods, about streams, &c. thelypteris™". Asplenium lanceolatum. marinum. Grammitis Ceterach. Botrychium lunaria™'. Osmunda regalis^"^ PILICALES. PoL-rpoDiAOEjE. R. Brown. Prodr. p. 145. Aspidium oreopteris. Damp woods in Eridge Park, and elsewhere about Tunbridge Wells. St. Leonard's and Ashdown Forests. On a hog in the parish of Albourne. Amberley Wild Brooks. Near Monk's Green, St. Leo nard's Forest. On the bog in the forest near Tunbridge Wells, near where- the road crosses the water towards Groombridge, Ore. On the right of the path leading to the High rocks, Tunbridge Wells. Through Mr. Fry's yard. On a rock on the south side of the High rocks. About Hastings castle. Barrow-hill farm-yard, Henfield. Washington. Pulborough. West wall of Goodwood Park. Hymenophyllum Tunbridg-I Among the pebbles at Cockbush. On the High ense j rocks. Harrison's and Pen's rocks, Tunbridge Wells. Rooks near Westhoathly. Ardingly. Withyham. Eridge. OsMUNDAOE^. iJ. Brown. 1. c. 161. Hollingbury Hill. Hillypastures near Stoneland. Boxgrove Common. Downs near Parham. Near the east entrance of Parham Park. On Harrison's rocks, Tunbridge Wells, plentifully. Amberley Wild Brooks, and the neighbouring bogs. Rocks at Uckfield. LTCOPODALES. LicopoDiACEiE. Dec. Fl. Fr. 2. 571. Lindl. Inlr. io Nat. Sys. -p. 316. Lycopodium inundatum. Washington Common. Parham Park. On the forest by Tunbridge Wells, and on the great bog near the field on the road to Groombridge. Selago™". On the forest near Wych-cross. Mausileace^. R. Brown. Prodr. 166. Lindl. Intr. to Nat. Sys. 317. PJIularia globulifera. On several wet commons. muscales. Musci. Sect. I. — ACROCARPI. Sub-sect. 1. — Astomi. Phascum alternifolium. st. Leonard's Forest, a little S.E. of Monk's Gate. axillare. Common, chiefly on clay. bryoides. Not rare on the downs. Michelgrove Park. In an old pit a little to the E. of Cisborough-hiil, near Findon. Varncoombe-hill, Patcham. Common in wet places. Very comraon on the downs. Common. - curvicoUura, - patens. - rectum. ¦ serratum. 198 Eliocharis multicaulis. Engl Fl v. i. p. 64. Br.Fl. p. 22. Scirpus multi caulis. E. B. 17. 1187. 199 Schccnus albus. E. B. 14. 9B5. 200 Polypodium Thelypteris. E. B. 15. 1018. 201 Osmunda Lunaria. JB.B. 6.318. 202 The heahng and strengthening qualities ascribed to this, the finest and most beautiful of our ferns, seem to be very doubtful. 203 This plant Is used by the Highlanders to fix colours in dyeing, instead of alum. They also use it as a medicine. It operates as a violent cathartic and emetic. It is used by the Swedes to destroy lice in swine and oxen. Sub-sect. ll.^Gymnostomi. Gymnostomum conicum. Common in sterile places on the downs, and In corn-fields. fasciculare. st. Leonard's Forest. Heimii. Shoreham, on banks hy the river. Lower Lancing. microstomum. Hole-farm, Henfield. ¦ truncatulum /3. On sandy banks about Henfield. viridissimum®'''. Common upon trees. Sub-sect. Ill, — Peristomi. Div. I.— Aploperistomi, Dicranum flagellars On all the Sand-rocks. pellucidum. Rocks about Tunbridge Wells. By the High-bridge stream, Cuckfield. „ . '^ >Eridge Rocks, Sand-rocks, Ardingly. majus. ) , o J majus. .208 1 . ^ j-HIgh-rocks, Tunbridge Wells. subulatum. varium. Didymodon nervosus. Near Littlehampton. Very common. Cliffs near Newhaven. Diphyscium foliosum™'. On Eridge rocks and the lower part of Harrison's rocks, near the field, Tunbridge Wells. Eucalypta streptocarpa. In plenty, but without fruit, uudei beeches by the mill-pond in Arundel Park. Grimmia saxicola. in occasional water-courses. Along with Weissict trichodes on the side of Blackdown. Splachum ampuHaceum, On the bog at Tunbridge Wells, where Aspidium Thelypteris grows, Tetraphis Browniana^'". Eridge rocks. Weissia calcarea™". Varncoombc, in Patcham, on pieces of chalk, and in varioua other places, especially on the per pendicular faces of the chalk-cliffs. curvirostra^'". On the downs about Plumpton andelsewhere, near Lewes. About alder roots in a rivulet near Keymer and Albourne. Arundel Park, grow ing with Encalypta streptocarpa. lanceolata^". On the downs. Starkeana^'^. Between Brighton and Rottingdean. trichodes^'". Stone-pits, Henfield. Blackdown on stones, ia hollows by which the water occasionally runs down. Div. II.— Diplopeiistomi. Bank ou the Brighton and Chichester road, at Sal vington, near Broadwater. Common on pales, trees, &c. Shermanbury Park. Midhurst. Funaria JIuhlenbergii. Orthotricum diaphanum. Lyellii, pulchellum. Sect. II.— PLEt;R0CABPI. Sub-sect. II. — Peristomi. Div. II.— Diploperistorai. Anomodon curtupeudulum. With Trichostomum lanuginosum, on heaps of flints at the foot of Hollingbury Hill, towards Patcham. In thevalley S. of Chanctonbury. On beeches in St. Leonard's Forest ; but in no place has its fruit been seen. Daltonia heteromalla. Common in tbe county. Hookeria lucens. Near Cuckfield. Wet ditches, Tunbridge Wells. 204 Dicranum viridisslmnm, Fl Br. p. 1224. Tum. Muse. Bib. p. 71, Grimmia Forsteri. Fl. Br. p. 1190. E. B. 2225. 205 majus. £.B. 1490. Turn.Maso.Hiti.-p.oi. 206 fuscescens. .E. B. 1597. Tum. Muse. Rib. p.^0. 207 Buxbaumia foliosa. E. B. 329. 208 Grimmia Browniana. E.B.U22. Orthotricum Browniannm. Fl. Br. p. 1^9. 209 calcarea. Fl Br. p. 1177. Turn. Muse. Eib. p. 25. Bryum calca- reum. E.B.Wl. 210 Grimmia recurvirostra. E. B. 1433. Br. Fl. p. 1190. Bryum curvirostrum. DiU. Muse. t. 48, f. 45. , , „ 211 lanceolata. E. B. 1403. Br. Fl. p. 1186. Encalypta lanceolata. Tum. Muse. Hib. p. 19. 212 Starkeana, E. B. 1400. Br. Fl, p. 1186. Bryum minutum. Dicks. 213 Gymnostomum trichodes, Marh, Cr.Germ, Anictangium trichodes. Schwaerg. Suppl y.i,v,33,t, 12. D 2 20 Hypnum confertum"*. cordifolium. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. ¦ loreum. - medium. — murale. On damp walls about Lewes, and common about the roots of trees and bushes. In watery parts of Amberley Wild Brooks, bearing fruit abundantly. Henfield. Albourne. In St, Leonard's Forest. Poynings Common. About the roots of trees within the reach of floods, especially Henfield and Lewes. On rails at Al bourne and Keymer. Not uncommon with the leaves sometimes serru late. , Arundel, about the water-mill. Common in damp hedges, hut its fruit exceedingly rare. Trunks of trees about Tunbridge Wells. On the chalky downs, Poynings. On the ground and about the roots of trees and bushes in thickets near Lewes, but sel dom in fruit. Henfield Common. Rackham Comraon, in the parish of Amberley. Henfield Common, without fruit. Hurstperpoint. Eastbourne. Lewes, and else where, on walls, stones, stumps of trees, &c. Thuringicum ? Near Cuckfield. triehomanoides. Albourne. undulatum. Chiddingly woods. Neckera crispa. On trees on the chalk, and on the downs. Mr. Borrer has found its fruit only on the borders of the Knell wood, near Slindon, and by beeches near the mill-pond, Arundel Park. Not uncommon on trees, particularly in St. Leo nard's Forest, where, alone, it produces its fruit. - palustre. - piliferum. - plumosum. - polymorphum, - prselongum. ¦ stellatum. - straminium. ¦ tenellum. i - pumila. JuNGEUMANIACEiE. Jungeimania"* Blasia. Amberley. Henfield. ¦ lanceolata. On shady banks, Tunbridge Wells. • Lyellii. Harrison's Rocks. Hungershall Rocks. Boggy spots in Chiltington Lays. serpyllifoha. Blggenholt, near Washington. Hepatic^. Lindl. Inlr. to Nat. Sys., p. 175. Anthoceros puuctatus. Plentiful by Farnhurst, near a road in a boggy shady place, called Farnhurst lane. Corn-fields at Hurstperpoint. Wet sandy banks at Hen field and elsewhere. Marchautia androgyna"". On the side of a little lane leading from Coldbath rocks, Tunbridge Wells. ¦ comea. By the sides of the rivulets near the High rocks, Tunbridge Wells, but very common elsewliere. hemisphserica. Sandy banks, chiefly in the western part of the county. CH ARALES. CharacejE. — Rich, and Kunth. Lindl. Intr, to Nat. Sys. p 325. In a ditch near the Tilgate Ponds. In a pool near Wick, in Woodmancote, In a boggy pool in St. Leonard's Forest, a little to the E. of Monk's Gate. Henfield. Buxted. Near Lancing, in a ditch towards the sea. Chara flexilis. gracilis. Hedwigii. ' nidifica. FUNGALES. LiCHENES. C.\Licoin£.s. ° " >0n theboards of ahovel at Cuckfield. On elms at Hurstperpoint and Albourne. coerulescens. • chlorellum"'. 214 Hypnum serrulatum. E. B, t. 1262. 215 There are at least forty Jungermaniacesegrowingin Sussex, and I know not which may be reckoned more rare than their fellows. I have noticed a few which have, perhaps, as much claim as any to be mentioned. 316 For some excellent observations on this plant, see Hooker's Sth vol. part 1, of the English Flora, pp. 105, 106, under Marchantia hemisphtcrica, 217 Lichen acicularis. E.B, 3i, 2285. Calicium chrysocephalum. Bolney. West Grinstead. ferrugineum. park pales, Horsham, West Gris^toad, Parham. hyperellum. Ditcheling. Hurstperpoint. phaeocephalum. Common on boarded buildings. sphserocephalum. On old wood. On the bark and ia the hollow trunks of trees. GRXVaiDEM, Arthonia lurida. , Black-down. Henfield. Swartziana. Smooth trees, perhaps not rare. St. Leonard's Forest. Henfield. Opegrapha dendritica"". On trees, most common in the forests. elegans^'". Ditto. Lyellii" Ditto. Verrucarie^. Endocarpon fuscellum. Not rare on shaded walls. Occasionally on stones on the downs. Hedwigii '. On sandy banks. Keymer. Woodmancote. Hen field. ] lachneum''^. jCon^non on the downs. ¦ Isete-virens^^". On Spagnum on Black-down. On the sand-rocks, Ardingly, and in the neighbourhood of Tun bridge Wells. — psoromoides^^*. Seeding, on ash. Hurstperpoint, on elm. Thelotrema .!¦ exanthemati- !„ . ,, .,. j 2J5 I On chalk on the downs. cum'''". J lepadinum^^. Sand-rocks. Trunks of trees in the forests. melaleucum. Young trees in St. Leonard's Forest. Verrucaria concinna. On chalk-stones on the downs, rare. , , " '^ > On the smooth bark of young oaks. ' epigsea. Not rare, especially on the gravelly soil of the fo rests. niveo-atra. Bramber, on timber in the wall of a house. Ports lade on elms. polystricta^^'. On walls, not rare. rudis. On boarded buildings at Hurstperpoint and Al bourne. tella — striatula H acro-lo„fli„t,t„„,,, 1. i submersa*^". On stones in clear streams. Harting Coombe, Rundhurst, at the foot of Black-down. Edbur ton, ComOCARPE/E. Lepraria ochracea. On trunks of old trees, Hurstperpoint, and Poy nings. On trunks of old trees, particularly elm. -»— Virescens. Common on timber in old walls. On elms at Ports lade. On the church-walls, Henfield. On plastered walls of cottages at Hurstperpoint and Albourne. Spiloma auratum. fuliginosum ^°". On an old oak near Henfield. gregarium /3 rosa-j ^^ ^j^ ^^^ „„ Poynings common, ceum. j murale. nigrum /3 versicolor. On walnut at Albourne. y erubes. lon smooth trees, Albourne and Henfield. cens. J Variolare^. Variola globulifera. On large trees, chiefiy on beech in the forests. On old oak at Hurstperpoint. 218 Graphis dendritica. Ach. Syn. p. 83. 219 elegans. Ach. Sun, p. 85. 220 Lyellii. Ach. Sun. p. 85. 221 Lichen trapeziformis. E. B. 595. 222 lachneus. E.B. 1698. 223 Verrucaria Isete-virens. E. B. Suppl. 2658. 224 psoromoides. E. B. Suppl 2612, f. 1. 225 Lichen exantliematicus. S.B, 1184. 226 inclueus. E. B. 678. 227 E. B. Suppl 228 Ib. 229 Spiloma microclonium. E. B. 2150. Botany.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 21 Variola lactea /3 arenaria, multipunctata. /3 lae vigata. ¦ velata. On sand-stone rocks. Common on beech-trees. J- On beech, chiefiy in St. Leonard's Forest, On trees, rare; more frequently in St. Leonard's Forest than elsewhere. Lbcahork^. Lecanora aspersa. carneo-lutea, cceruleo-nigricans. - csesio-rufa. - haematoruma* - periclea. - scalar is. sophodes. tartarea. tuberculosa. Lecidea anomala /3efFusa. aromatica, atro-flava. ssruginosa. geographic a. incompta. Lightfootii. lucida,marraorea. polytropon.prominula. pruanosa. riv ulos a. scabrosa. speirea. synothea. uliginosa. viridescens. SqUAMARI£^. Placodium plumbeum. Psora decipiens. glebulosa. Squamaria adglutinata^ On flints on the downs near Portslade, and near Halnaker j almost always without Apothecla. Comraon on elms in many places. On the summit of the cliffs near Newhaven. Mossy walls at Lewes and Portslade. Common on walls. On sand-rocks about Tunbridge Wells. Hurstper point and Henfield churches. Trees in Battle Park. On old pales or posts, or the hark of fir. Hurst perpoint, On rails fencing Twineham church-yard. On hoarded barns near Cowfold andWest Grinstead. Common on trees. Common on the sand-rocks. On exposed flints, near Patcham. On flints on the downs. Common on the trunks of old trees. Common on walls. Common on flints on the downs. Comraon on decaying rails, but seldom producing Apothecia. Oaks in woods at Hurstperpoint, Albourne, Poyn ings, and about Blackdown. Very fine specimens grew on the ridge-tiles of the farm-house (now pulled down) nt Pick well, Cuckfield. I have never seen it elsewhere in the county, nor has DIr. Borrer. Hurstperpoint and Shermanbury, on the shaded parts of old elms. On various trees chiefly in the forests. On sand-rocks at Uckfield and ahout Tunbridge Wells. On chalk and flints on the downs, not very com mon. A varietyof this grows on an old ash bark at Hurstperpoint, and on elms at Albourne, which I believe to be the same as that called by Acharius, Gyalecta Wlialenhergiana. Eridge rocks. On flints on the downs, rarely. On flints on the downs, not common. On a block of sandstone, on the sea-shore near Rye. On the mortar of walls. St, Anne*s church, Lewes, and elsewhere. On flints on the downs. Common on flints on the downs j less common on tiled roofs. On flints on the summits of the clifi's near New haven. On squared rails, Henfield, and Boxgrove. On sand-rocks. On mossy walls. On trees in thick woods. Abundant in Charlton Forest. Rare in St. Leonard's. Near Newhaven, with Squamaria fulgens and len- tigera. At the stone-pits, Hentield. On trunks of trees, especially elms and fruit-trees, in the more open parts of the county, not un common. Sometimes on flints in walls. 230 Florhe, Parm. Lichen elseinus. E. B. 2153, not PTahl Judging from the figure in Fl Lick. p. 66, Hoofman's Placodium orbieulare may be this species rather than Parm. cycloselis, which last certainly is one species with P, virella and P. ala- thrix. Squamaria affinis. candicans. dementi. ¦ fulgens, ¦ hypnorum. lanuginosa. lentigera, tribacia. On trees chiefly in the forests. Parmelia conoplea, Ach., grows with this, and is probably hut a ya- riety. On chalk on the summit of Beachy Head, On roofs and on trunks of trees. Tunbridge Wells. Stanmer. Hurstperpoint. Henfield. On the summit of the cliffs, Newhaven, Araong mosses on the ground. Mount Harry,near Lewes. Shoreham beach. On sand-rocks at Eridge and Tunbridge Wells, without Apothecia. With S. fulgens and Psora decipiens. S. crassa is probably the same species. On roofs, walls, and old trees, in the more open parts ofthe county. BIr, Borrer states, that he has Acharius' authority for the name, but the Apothecia, which he has found but once, do not agree well with his description, being very similar to those of Pamelia stellaris. PARMELIACE./E. Parmelia Borreri. - corrugata. - herbacea. - perforata, - pityrea, - scortea. - speciosa. - til i ace a. Stricta limba. COLLEMATEJE. Collema cerauoides. fasciculare, ¦ flaccidium. Common on trees, roofs, pales, &c. Apothecia very rare. On various trees, rare. It has been found by Mr. Borrer on Newtimber Hill, at Hurstperpoint, Albourne, and Henfield j but it is very doubtful whether it now exists in any of these localities. North pales ofthe paddock at Buckingham, Old Shoreham. On trees, chiefly in the forests, and on sand' rocks. Not uncommon on trees on the forests, and on sand-rocks. The Apothecia sparingly on the rocks at Eridge and at Hungershall, On trees, pales, and walls, very common. On trees, pales, and roofs, not very common ; and always without Apothecia. Rackham Mount. Henfield. On beeches in the forest, near St. Leonard's lodge, rare. One specimen only found there with Ag^o- thecia. On smooth trees, not common, Arundel, West* dean. Houghton. On trees in the forests, without Apothecia. fragrans. On the chalky soil of the downs. Boxgrove. On mossy trees in the forests. On trunks of trees, chiefly ash, not very common. Apothecia only at Piecombe. On trunks of elm and ash.^ .Hurstperpoint, Al bourne. Henfield. plicatile. RAMALINEffi. Borrera Atlantica. - chrysophthalma. - flavicans, - furfuracea. leucomela^^^ Cetraria glauca, sepincola. *Roccella fuciformis, W- phycopsis. On walls and roofs, probably common. Lewes. Albourne. Poynings. Shoreham. Steyning. On elms at Bracklesham. On a barn by the Bog nor road, near Chichester. On the cliffs between the first and second glen E. of Hastings. Southwick. Brighton in two places. Ovingdean on old rails. On an oak at Hurstperpoint. On an apple-tree at Henfield. Mr. Borrer states, that he is not aware of its existence, at present, in any of these places. On trees in woods, chiefly in the forests, where It is common. On sand-rocks. On a rail at Bolney. On the same in Shoreham marshes, without^pothecia. Mailing hill, Lewes. On sand-rocks. A single specimen on an old rail in the Danny sand-field, Hurstperpoint. }0n a small wall (now destroyed) by the parsonage, Selsey. CORNICULARIE.^. Alectora jubata. On sand-rocks. On rails near Bolney. SPHa3R0PH0RI.ffi. Isidium corallinum. On sand-rocks between Maresfield and Uckfield. 231 E.B. Ach.: 22 Spserophoron compressum. coralloides. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. On sand-rocks. Ditto. Clad OKIES. Scyphophorus microphyllus. On heaths in Tilgate and St. Leonard's Forests. parasiticus. On rotten rails in St. Leonard's Forest, near Plum mer's Plain. ALGJS. lNAHTlCULAT.ffi. FnCOIDB^E. Cystoseira fceniculaceae. fibrosa. granulafa. Fucus cerauoides. vesiculosus /5 spiralis. Newhaven. Sphorochnide;e. Brighton beach. Between Worthing and Lancing, growing. On the beach near Brighton. Shoreham. Selsey. Brighton beach. Shoreham harbour, growing. Desmarestia ligulata. Dichloria viridis. Sphorochnus rhizodes. DlCTYOTE^. Asperococcus pusillus. Turneri. Chorda lomentaria. Cutleria multifida. On the beach at Hastings and Brlehton, occa sionally. Brighton beach, in plenty every summer. Brighton beach, less commonly than S. villosus and S. pedunculatus. On Chorda Pilum, floating in Shoreham harbour occasionally. On the beach W. of Brighton every summer, but not plentifully. On Brighton beach, rarely. On the beach at Hove and Shoreham yearly, but not abundantly. Dictyosophon foeniculaceus. Brighton beach, rarely. Dictyota atomaria. Punctaria plautagiuea. Floride/e. Chaetospora Wiggii. Chondrus Norwegicus. Chylocladia clavellosa. kaliformis. parvula. Gelideum comeum >™entmel on 17th March, and Mr. Compton was proposed by the Earl of Hertford, son of the Duke of Somerset, to fill the oflice of Speaker of tbe House. Lord Finch, son ofthe Earl of Nottingham, in seconding the nomination, observed of Mr. Compton, that " he was a person deacended from a very noble and honourable family, at alltimes famous for their steady adherence to the constitution in church and state-for their inviolable loyalty to a deserving master, though an Earl of Northampton, and afterwards created Earl of Wilmington, and the late rejected candidate, James Butler, Esq. ; the Tory interest putting forward the Hon. Bertram Ashburnham, youngest brother of the Earl of Ashburnham, and the forraer member, Charles Eversfield, Esq., who, in the late parliament, had represented the Irvine interest at Horsham, and was again returned for that place. The election took place at Chichester, on 1 7th Feb., and the poll continued for several days. The final numbers^' were for James Butler, Esq., 1964 ; the Hon. S. Compton, 1898 ; Charles Eversfield, Esq., 1113, and the Hon. Bertram Ashburnham, 1008, the number of electors who polled being 3002, the largest number that had yet voted. Throughout the contest, the union of the Butler and Corapton interests was preserved entire, and indeed the candidates themselves voted for each other ; ministers, therefore, were completely triumphant. In ) 722 '^, Henry Pelham, Esq., afterwards first lord of the treasury, was elected in the room of Mr. Butler, who retired. Sir Spencer Compton continued in the office of speaker, and to represent Sussex until February, 1728, when he was created Earl of Wilmington, and a new writ being ordered on 15th of the same month, James Butler, Esq., was elected in his stead. At the next election in 1734, another close contest took place for Sus sex, The Tories, having obtained some slight sway in the government, made severe struggles throughout the country to obtain a return of represen tatives favourable to their interest. Mr. Bromley, one of their body, had, on 13th March, endeavoured to gain a temporary popularity, by moving the repeal of the Septennial Act, but on a division his motion was lost by a majority of 247 to 184. In accordance with this plan they started two of their adherents for Susscx, viz.. Sir CecilBishopp, bart., and John Ful ler, Esq., both of whom had voted for Mr. Bromley's motion. The former members, the Right Hon. Henry Pelham and James Butler, Esq., were assisted by the government interest, and supported very strongly by the Duke of Newcastle ", who, at that period, possessed considerable influence in the county. The electiou took place at Chichester on 9th May, and continued nine days, when the numbers were, for the Right Hon. H. Pel- hamj2271; James Butler, Esq., 2053 ; Sir Cecil Bishopp, 1704; J. Ful ler, Esq., 1581. The number of freeholders who polled were 3817. ^; We have searched in vain for any notice of a contest during the suc ceeding forty years. The county records during that period never came into the possession of tbe late clerk of the peace (Wm, B. Langridge, Esq.) having been lost by a former clerk, and no notice of any conttst occurs in the Willis, Lansdowne, Burrell, or Hayley MSS. We may fairly presume, therefore, that nothing of importance took place, until at length, on the dissolution in 1774, "the independent part of the county," says Old- field ", " being at that tirae much dissatisfied with the conduct of the administration in attempting to procure the return of a candidate of their own nomination, contrary to the wishes of the people, exerted theraselves in sueh a raanner as convinced them that their unaniraity and abilities, when called forth iuto action, would, when similar encroachments were made upon their rights, be equally certain as well as deserving of similar unfortunate prince— that he had eminently distinguished himself in the true interests of his country, by his firmly adhering to and supporting with resolution those mea sures that were necessary to maintain the protestant succession, when in the greatest danger, upon which alone the security of the church of England, the protestant reli gion abroad, and the liberties of his country could depend, without which they might not have had an opportunity this day to choose a speaker. That by these virtues, and his great abilities in parliamentary affairs, he had so well deserved of his country as to merit all marks of esteem that they could show him ; that he had already discharged the duties of the second chair, (the chair of the committee of privileges and elections,) when entrusted with the rights and liberties of the com mons, with such temper, candour, and impartiality, as must satisfy every gentleman in the house that he will support the dignity of the chair, and show himself entirely equal to the trust they should repose in him. Unless such merit fills the chair, in vain would it be for a speaker nt the bar of another house to insist upon the rights and privileges of parliaments, freedom of speech, and liberty of debating, for it would ever be in the breast of a speaker to obstruct that freedom of speech, which the crownhad not a right to deny." And JMr. Compton was thereupon elected speaker without opposition. — Pari Hist.vol. vii. p. 39. 12 MS. Poll, among the county records. 13 In the Willis MSS. there is an account of the numbers polled at an election said to have taken place in 1717. There was no election in that year, and the num ber of voters said to have polled (5547) evidently shows tbat there is an error, since even in 1807 there were not so many electors who voted. 14 The interest which his Grace took in this election is clearly manifested by the following note written by hira to Horace Walpole:— '* Claremont, May 24, 1734, — We returned very victorious from Sussex, and you may imagine are not a little pleased with it, considering the violent and strong opposition we met with, and the badsuccessof our friends in other places. Our parliament is, I think, a good one, but by no means such a one as the queen aud your brother imagine."— Code's Life of Walpole. 15 Oldfield's Hist, of Boroughs, vol, ill, p. 29. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 25 success." On 27th September in that year, a meeting of freeholders was holden at Lewes, Lord Gage being in the chair, to consider who were proper persons to represent the county in the ensuing parliament. At this meeting a vote of thanks was passed to Lord George Henry Lennox, for his conduct as a representative ; but on a similar vote being moved on behalf of Richard Harcourt, Esq., the other member, who had voted against the continuance of the GrenviUe Act, it was rejected, and imraedi ately afterwards it was resolved, that Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, bart., was a proper person to be the representative, and he was requested to be come a candidate. Finding the public feeling very strongly opposed to him, Mr. Harcourt, on 3d October, withdrew from the contest. Every thing appeared to favour the liberal party, and there was no symptom of an opposition until 8th October, wheu John Baker Holroyd, Esq , after wards Earl of Sheffield, and Sir James Peachey, bart., both offered them selves on the government interest. On the 13th October, however, Mr. Holroyd declined proceeding further. Subscriptions were entered into in support ofthe popular cause ; the poll was opened at Chichester on 20th October, and the contest continued with great vigour on both sides until the l2th November (24 days), when the numbers were declared to be, for Lord G. H. Lennox, 3583 ; Sir T. S. Wilson, 1969 ; Sir James Peachey, 1856 ; the number of freeholders polled, 3912. When the parliament was dissolved on 2d September, 1 780, Sir T. S. Wilson retired, and the Hon. Thomas Pelham was retiu-ned in his stead without opposition. At the election in 1790, Lord G. H. Lennox retired, and his son, Charles Lennox, Esq , was unanimously elected in his place. Ill 1801, too, John Fuller, Esq. of Rose-hill, oh the Tory interest, took Mr. Pelham's seat without a contest ; aud on the accession of Lieut.- Gen. Charles Lennox to the Upper House, in the latter part ofthe year 1806, the Hon. Charles "W. Wyndham, brother of the Earl of Egremont, was, on 29th January, returned as the representative unopposed. The votes, however, of Mr. Fuller iu favour of the slave-trade having given great offence to a large number of the freeholders, especially to the dissenters, the electors prevailed on Colonel Sergison, of Cuckfield, to be put in nomination at the general election in May, 1807, in opposition to the ari'ay of aristocracy displayed by Mr. Fuller, and the most furious con test ensued that ever took place in the county. George Shiffner, Esq., now Sir George Shiffner, offered hiraself on the same interest as Mr. Ful ler, but afterwards withdrew, and a canvass was coramenced for Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., the preseiit member for Lewes, who subsequently de clined the contest. The Hon. C. W. Wyndhara stood on the Western interest, and, of course, was not opposed, the struggle beiug for the return of the Eastern candidate. The election commenced at Lewes on 12th May, and for fifteen days the greatest exertions were made by the friends of boih parties, every nerve being strained by the nobility to obtain the return of Mr. Fuller, while the independent freeholders, headed by Thos. Kemp, Esq., the member for Lewes, and assisted by several supporters of Mr. Wilberforce, made equal exertions to secure the seat for Col. Sergison, almost every dissenter in the county voting in his favour. At length, on the sixteenth day, the popular cause was left in a sraall minority, the numbers being, for the Hou. C. W. Wyndham, 4333 ; J. Fuller, Esq., 2530 ; Colonel Sergison, 2478 ; the large number of 5348 voters having polled. On account of the closeness of the numbers, coupled with an alleged partiality on the part of the sheriff, Colonel Sergison gave notice of his intention to proceed to a scrutiny. This was refused by the sheriff, and consequently the Colonel, on the 2d July, petitioned against the re turn ^^, and a petition was also presented to the sarae effect from some of the freeholders in his interest, araongst whora James Martin Lloyd (now Sir James), Robert Hurst, and T. R. Kemp, Esq., may be enumerated. Some mistake arose relative to the delivery of the list of votes objected to, which caused considerable delay, but was, after a debate, allowed to be rectified. On the 15th of February, 1808, Mr. Fuller declined to defend his seat, but sorae of the freeholders in his interest having petitioned and obtained leave to defend his return, the committee was appointed, and on 1st April reported, that " John Fuller, Esq., was duly elected "." Mr. Fuller, however, soon got tired of his parliamentary honours, and on the dissolution in 1812 retired from the representation, and Sir Godfrey Webster, a baronet of iraraen,«e fortune, was elected on the Tory interest 16 Journ. of H. of Commons, voh Ixii. p. 612. 17 Ibid., vol. Ixiii. p. 231. in his stead, but immediately on his retiurn he deviated from the political course of his predecessor, supported every liberal measure which came before parliament, and uniformly voted with the opposition. At this elec tion, too, Walter Burrell, Esq. took Mr. Wy ndham's place for the Western division without a contest. As may be well supposed, the votes of Sir Godfrey Webster gave very great offence to his patrons, and at the election in 1818 they intimated to him that they should withdraw their support. After a canvass Sir God frey expressed his intention of not further soliciting the votes of the free holders, and the Tories put forward Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Esq. (now Sir E. Sugden), in his stead. The day of election, the 22d June, arrived, and Messrs. Burrell and Sugden having been nominated at Chichester, and no opposition being for a moraent thought of, those gentleraen were pro ceeding to buckle on their swords as knights of the shire, when Henry Blackmau, Esq., of Lewes, the firm friend of Sir Godfrej"-, and the supporter of liberal opinions, rose in the Shire-hall, and suggested the nomination of the former member. Sir G. Webster, as a candidate, who was accordingly proposed by fhe Rev. J. G. Thomas, of Bodiara, and se conded by Mr. Blackman. No sooner was this nomination known to the freeholders than they became enthu.siastic in their endeavours to secure the return of the people's candidate, while the consternation manifested by Mr. Sugden and his friends was immense. Not having entertained the most distant idea of a contest, no preparations had been made, and they were quite at sea. After continuing the polling for one day only, Mr. Sugden, although warmly supported by Mr. Huskisson, then raeraber for Chichester, aud the rest of the ministerial party, thought it prudent to retire. The numbers at the close of the poll were, for Sir G. Webster, 267 ; W. Burrell, Esq., 171 ; E. B. Sugden, Esq., 122, the total number polled amounting only to 394. Sir Godfrey Webster, of cour.se, continued his former parliamentary- conduct, and strenuously opposed the niini.>.terial bills, commonly called the " Six Acti." The di-ath of George III. in 1820, having rendered a dissolution necessary, the ministerial party iu the county applied them selves to the task of turning out the popular representative. Just at this time the Cato-street conspiracy, which much alarmed the timid, was discovered by the ministry, and imraediately afterwards parliaraent was dissolved. Beiug well aware of the personal influence of Sir Godfrey throughout the county, and having two years previously been unsuccessful in a single-handed trial of strength, his opponents effected a coalition be tween the leading interests of Eastern and Western Sussex, and started Edward Jeremiah Cuiteis, Esq., in conjunction with Mr. Burrell. Sir G. Webster, seeing this array against hira, and not being willing to risk ihe heavy expenses of such a contest, consulted with his friends, who obtained the promise of Charles Compton Cavendish, Esq. ^°, to stand on the inde pendent interebt, aud Sir G., on the eve of fhe election, withdrew in his favour. The election coramenced at Chichester '° on tbe 13th of March, and continued nine days. Every nerve was strained on behalf of Messrs. Burrell and Curteis ; but Mr. Cavendish, although unsupported bythe in terest of a majority ofthe aristocracy, stood fhe contest so long as a chance of success reraained. The ntimbers at the close of the poll being, for Mr. Burrell, 2420; for Mr. Curteis, 2258; and for Mr. Cavendish, 1867— 4114 voters polled, of whom the extraordinary number cf 1579 gave single votes for Mr. Cavendish. At this contest the great delay, trouble, and expense, attendant on hold ing the elections at Chichester, were again most severely felt, and a county meeting was held at Lewes, on the 11th of May, 1820, at which resolu tions were passed, instructing the county members to introduce a bill for permanently fixing the elections at that place. This bill being brought in by Mr. Curteis, on the 6th of June, was supported by tho members con nected with the Eastern part of the county, and vigorously opposed by those for the Westeru, headed by Mr. Huskisson, and ultimately, on the second reading, on the 20th of June, it was rejected by a majority of 37 to 30. At the election in 1826, Sir G. Webster made a fruitless atterapt fo regain his seat and remove Mr. Curteis. The election began at Chiches- 13 A son nf the late F.arl of Burlington, and a relative on the maternal side of the Hon. Spencer Compton, who had represented the county with so much honour from tbe year 1715 to the year 1728. 19 Considerable discussion occurred as to the proper place for this election. Ewan Law, Esq., of Little Horsted, strongly urged upon the sheriff the legality of holding it at Lewes, bnt the opinion of counsel was otherwise. JUr. Law, however, at Chichester entered his formal protest against the proceedings, and the controver,sy gave support to an attempt at legislative interference, as will be hereafter noticed. E 26 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. ter on fhe 15th of June, and continued until the 1st of July, the numbers at the close being,— for Mr. Burrell, 2116; Mr. Curteis, 2049; Sir G. Webster, 1148. Mr. Burrell let the matter take its own course, and even Mr. Curteis and his friends were at first very Uttle strenuous in promoting the poll. A great proportion of those who voted (which were in all but 3187) went to Chichester at their own expense. From 1826 until 1832, no contest took place for Sussex, although there were several appearances indicative of opposition, to which we shall briefly allude. Towards the latter end ofthe year 1829, the bad state of Mr. Curteis's health rendered his retirement from parliament extremely pro bable, and his son, Herbert Barrett Curteis, Esq., having published an address to the electors, stating his intention of offering himself whenever a vacancy should occur, John Villiers Shelley, Esq., the son ofthe then member for Lewes, and a supporter ofthe Wellington administration, also submitted his pretensions to be a representative for Sussex. But this gentleman having withdrawn previous to the election in 1830, Mr. H. B. Curteis was returned without opposition. The death of Walter Burrell, Esq., the Western member, in 1831, also appeared likely to produce a contest. The Earl of Surrey, eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk, and Lord John George Lennox, brother of the Duke of Richmond, having respectively offered themselves, a warm canvass vt'as entered upon ; but a confer ence was held in London, the result of which was, that Lord Surrey withdrew, on the understanding that he should not be opposed in the West ern division, forthe second seat, then contemplated by the framers of the reform bill. By the operation of that act, Sussex was completely separated into two divisions, and two representatives were assigned to each division; and by the boundary bilP" it was enacted, that these two divisions shall " respec tively be called the Eastern Division and the fVesiem Division, and that such Eastern division shall include the whole of the several rapes of Hastings, Lewes, and Pevensey ; and that such Western division shall include the whole of the several rapes of Arundel, Bramber, and Chichester; and that the court for the election of knights of the shire shall be held, for such Eastern division, at the borough of Lewes ; and for such Western division, at the city of Chichester." And by the same act^^ the polling-places for each division were fixed as under : f r ("Chichester. Eastern Division J Kast Grinstead. •\ Battle. I Steyning. Western Division. < Petworth. I Horsham. ' Aruudel. I Maylield. In pursuance ofthe power given to them by the same act^, the court of Quarter Sessions, holden at Lewes on the 18th of October, 1832, and at Chichester on the 15th of the same month, made an assignment of the proper districts to the nine before-mentioned polling places as follows : Eastern Division, Lewes Polling District. Alciston. Alfriston.Arlington.Barcombe. Beddingham. Berwick.Bishopstone. Easthoathly. Falmer, Folkington.Fram field. Friston. Fulking.Glynde. Blatchington, Kast. Hailsham. Blatfhington.West. Hamsey. Brighthelmstone. Hangleton Chailey, Chalvington.Chiddingly. Chiltington.Clayton.Denton. Ditchelling. East Aldrington, Eastbourne. Eastdean. Ardingly.Balcomb. Bolney. Crawley. Heighton. Hellingly. Hove. Hurstperpoint. Iford.Isfield.Jevington. Keymer.Kingston.Laughton. Lewes. Litlington. Littlehorsted. LiiUington. Newhaven. Newick. Newtimber. Ovingdean Patcham,Piddinghoe. Piecombe.Plumpton. Portslade. Poynings. Rottingdean. St. Thomas in the Cliffe. Seaford Town & Port. Selmeston.Southease. Southm ailing. Southover.Stanmer.Street.Tarring-NevUle. Telscombe. Twineham. Uckfield. Precinct of the Cas- "Westdean. tie, Lewes. Preston, Hingmer. Kipe. Rodmell. East Orinstead Polling District. Cuckfield. Horsted-keynes. East Grinstead. Lindfield. Fletching. Maresfield. Hartfield. Slaugham (part of.) Westfirle. Westmeston.Willingdon. Wilmington.Wivelsfield. Westhoathly.Withyham. Worth. Mayfield Potting District. Burwash. Heathfield. Rolherfield. Waldron. Buxted. Frant. Lamberhurst. Mayfield. Ticehurst.Wadhurst. Warbleton. Battle Polling District. Ashburnham. Ewhurst. Northiam, Mary of the Castle Battle. Fairlight. Ore. Hastings (parts Beckley. Guestling. Peasmarsh. of). Bexhill. Hastings Town and Pett. Salehurst. Bodiam. Port, and parishes Penshurst. Sedlescomhe. Brede. in same. Pevensey Liberty, Udimore. Brightling. Herstmonceux. and parishes in Wartling. Broomhill (part of). Hollington. same. Westfield. CatsBeld. Hooe. Playden. WhatlingtOD. Crowhurst. Icldesham. Rye Town and Port Winchelsea Town, Dalliugton. Iden. and foreign of and parishes in East Guildford. Mountfield same. same. Etchingham. Ninfield. St. Leonard an d St. Western Division. Chichester Polling District. Aldingbourne.Appledram.Bepton. Binderton.Birdham.Bosham,Boxgrove. Chichester City, and parishes in same. Chidham, Cocking.Compton. Didling.Donnington.Alford (part of). Ambersham, N.and S. Tythings. Barlavington. Bignor.Burton. Chithurst.Coates. Coldwaltham, Didlesfold.Duncton. Earnley. Eartham. East-dean. East and West La vant. Eastmarden. East Wittering. Elsted. Funtingdon. Harting. Hunston. Linch. Merston. Midlavant. Newfishbourne.North marden. Northmundham, Oving. Pagham. Racton. Rumboldswyke. Saint Bartholomew Saint Pancrass. Selsey. Sidlesham. Singleton. Easebourne. Egdean, Farnhurst. Fittleworth,Graffham, Greatham.Hardham. Heyshott, Iping.Kirdford. Linchmere. Petworth Polling District. Lodsworth, Lurgashall. Midhurst. Northchapel,Petworth.Pulborough. Rogate. Southbersted. Stoughton, Tangmere,Treyford. Upmarden, Upwaltham. Westbourne. Westdean, Westhampnett.West Itchenor, Weslstoke. West Thorney. West Wittering. Stedham.Stopham. Sutton. Terwick. Tillington. Trotton. Wiggenholt. Saint John (liberty Wisborough Green. of), Midhurst. Woolavington. Selham. Woolbeding, Arundel Falling District. Amberley, Angmering.Arundel. Barnham.Binsted.Burpham,Bury. Clapham.Climping. Beeding (Lower). Billinghurst. Cowfold. Horsham. Albourne.Ashington.Ashurst. Beeding (Upper). Bramber.Broadwater. Buttolphs. Durrington. Eastergate. Felpham. Ferring. Ford. Goring, Houghton. Kingston. Leominster, Littlehampton.Madehurst.Middleton.Northstoke.Parham. Patching. Poling. Preston. Rustington. Slindon. Southstoke.Tortington. Walberton. Warningcamp. Yapton, Horsham Polling District. Ifield. Rusper. Slinfold. Itchingfield, Shermanbury, Warnham. Nuthurst. Shipley. West Grinstead. Rudgwick. Slaugham (part of). Steyning Polling District. Coomb,Edburton, Findon. Heene. Henfield. Kingston by Sea. Lancing. New Shoreham. Old Shoreham. Sompting. Southwick.Steyning. Storrington.Sullington. Thakeham, Warminghurst. Washington, West Chiltington. West Tarring. Wiston, Woodmancote. 18 2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. sec. 22. 19 Ib. Schedule N, 20 Sec. 30. Eastern Division. The Hon, Charles Compton Cavendish, the rejected candidate in 1820, on the 22nd of June, 1832, offered himself as a can didate to fill the new seat conceded to this division ;. and soon afterwards, H. B. Curteis, Esq., the then member, stated his intention of soliciting a continuance of the honour of representing it. No opposition appeared to Pari. Hist] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 27 the return of these gentlemen until the 23rd of August, when George Darby, Esq., a banister, whose father resides at Markly, published an address, stating that he was opposed to free trade, and that he would direct his " utmost efforts to maintain unimpaired the constitution of the king. dom, the stability of the protestant church, and the honour and indepen dence of the crown." Immediately after this announcement, Mr. Curteis published another address, stating that Mr. Darby was " a high tory and anti-reformer," and that he was " as strong a reformer and no tory ;" that he advocated a just commutation of tithes, a repeal of the malt-duty, poor- laws for Ireland, the abolishment of all sinecures and unearned pensions, the greatest possible retrenchment and economy, the abolition of nep;ro slavery, and of flogging in the army ; and that he would advocate short parliaments, if generally called for by the country. The candidates, therefore, were now fairly before the county. The great influence which the political opinions of Mr. Cavendish and his family had over a majority of the electors, oTitaiued for him an almost universal support. The contest, therefore, lay between Mr. Curteis and Mr. Darby, the former supported by the reformers of the county, whilst the latter numbered among his friends several influential opponents of ministers; and strenuous exertions were made to secure the rettirn of each. The nomination took place at Lewes, on Tuesday the 18th of December, when the candidates having been severally named, and the show of hands being in favour of Messrs. Cavendish and Curteis, a poll was de manded on behalf of Mr. Darby, and was taken at Lewes, East Grinstead, Mayfield, and Battle, on Friday and Saturday, the 21st and 22nd days of the sarae month. The reformers of all dasses were unanimous in their support of Messrs. Cavendish and Curteis; but the friends of Mr. Darby, although equally zealous, were not equally fortunate. At the close of the poll, on the even ing ofthe 21st, the numbers were, for the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, 2175 ; H, B. Curteis, Esq., 1773 ; George Darby, Esq., 637. So large a number of electors had, during this first day, given their votes, that the election was already virtually decided ; and, therefore, pre viously to the commencement of the poll, on the foUowing morning, Mr. Darby, through the chairman of his committee, John Marten Cripps, Esq., declared his intention of resigning the contest. It was too late to stop the poll at the different polling-places on that day, and it therefore continued open till four o'clock in the afternoon ; and on Monday the 24th, the sheriff declared the number on the gross poll to be, for the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, 2388; H. B. Ciufeis, Esq., 1941 ; George Darby, Esq., 668; and imme diately returned the two former as duly elected^'. Western Division. On the 23d June, 1832, as soon as the Reform BiU had passed, the Earl of Surrey published an address, stating that it was his intention to offer himself as a candidate to represent this Division in the first Reformed Parliament. Lord John George Lennox also requested the suffrages ofthe electors, and no other candidate appearing at the elec tion, which took place at Chichester, 17th December, these two were re turned as duly elected''^. Number of Voters registered 23 1832. 1833. Eastern Division . . 3438 3750 Western Division . . 23S3 2379 Total 6803 6029 Returning Officer for hoth Divisions, the Sheriff of Sussex. KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE. EnwARn I. 1290 Henricus Husee. 1295 Hamo Bovet. 1297 2* 1298 Henricus Huse. 1300 Robertus de Passelegh. 1301 Henricus Tregoz. 1302 Henricus Wardeden. 1305 Willielmus de Etdiingham. 1306 Radulphus Saunaver. 1307 Henricus Husee vel Heusy. Willielmus de Echyngeham. Robertus de Passelagh, Rad'us Saunzaver. Lucas de Vienna. Henricus Huse. Johannes Heryngaud. Radulphus Sauutzaver. Johannes Heringaud. Johannes Heringaud. Edward II. 13071309 1311 13111312 1313 1313 1315 1316 1319 13201321 1322 Willielmus de Echinghamme. Henricus Husee. Radulphus [Sauzaver]. Radulphus SaunsavervelSaunzaver, Nicholaus Gentil, Henricus Tregoz. Nicholaus Gentil vel Gentyl. Robertus de Echynghara. Alanus de Bokeshuir. Johannes de Ratyndeiie vel Ra- tynedene. Thomas Tregoz. Robertus de Echingeham. Robertus de Echinghamme vel Echyngham. Henricus Husee. Henricus Tregoz. Johannes [de Heringaud]. Johannes de Herynghaud, Robertus le Botiller. Michael de Ponegh'. Johannes Heringaud. Nicholaus Gentyl. Thomas de Prayeres. Rogerus de Bavent. Rogerus de Bavent, Nicholaus Gentil. Rogerus de Bavent. 21 By a Parliamentary Return (Sess. Papers, 1833, No. 189), it appears that the expenses charged by the Under Sheriff amounted to 364/. 7s., exclusive of the erec tion of hustings and poll-booths ; and the sum charged for the indenture of return was 26/. 5s. 22 By the same return, it appears, that the expenses charged by the Under-sheriff for this Division amounted to 8?/. Gs. 5d., exclusive of the indenture of return. 23 By a Parliamentary Return (Sess. Papers, 1833, No. 98), it appears that the sums paid by the treasurers of the two divisions of the county, for expenses in curred bythe clerk ofthe peace for preparing, copying, and publishing the lists of electors,were, for the Eastern Division, 308/. l'2s.9d.; and for the Western Division, 231/. 7s. Ad, And that the sum of eight shillings was charged for each printed list of voters for the Eastern Division. 24 Original writ for the counties of Surrey and Sussex extant. Return made by the Sheriff, that the knights and freeholders of the county of Sussex had refused to proceed to an election, in consequence of the absence of the Archbishop, &c., in parts beyond the seas. Robertus de Echyngehamme. Johannes de Ratyngedeue. Michael de Piccoumbe, Pycombe, vel Pyccombe. Johannes de Ernele, junior. Lucas de Vyenne. Johannes ate See. Michael de Pikcombo vel Pieombe. Willielmus de Preston*. 13261 Edwardus de S'c'o Joh'e. 1327 J Rogerus de Bavent. Edwakd III. 1322 1324 13241325 1328 Boger de Bavent. John de Rotingdene. 1329 The same. William de Northe. 1330 William de Northe. J. de Rotingden. 1331 Edward St. John, John de Kent. 1331 Nicholas Gentyll. John de Ernely. 1333 Edward St, John. Thomas de Wegesille. 1333 Henry de Westden. Thomas de Thorpe. 1333 Edward St. John. Thomas de Wegesille. 1334 William de Cheyney. Henry de Loxly. 1336 WiUiam de North'e. Boger de Lewknor. 1337 John Hakett. WiUiam de Northe. 1338 Robert de Elnested. John Stopeham. 1338 Hugh de Bovey. William de Wolvercotte, Knt 13-10 Thomas de Breouse. Edward St. John. 1341 Thomas de Tregoz. Roger de Bavent. 1341 Henry Husee. Edward St. John. 1342 William de Northe. Eobert de Elnestede. 1344 Nich. Pittomuth. John de Ernely. 1345 Lute de Vienna. John Att See. 1347 W. de Wolvevtotte. Eobert de Elnested. 1349 James de Echingham. William Northe. 1331 Andrew Pevereli. Ralf St. Johu. 1353 Robert de Haylsham. Andrew Pevereli. 1356 The same. The same. 1358 The same. Thomas de Hoo. 1360 William de Echingham. Ralf Sanzaver. 1361 John de Bohun. Roger de Dalingrudge. 1361 Andrew de Sacheville. Andrew Pevereli. 1363 Roger Dalingrudge. Robert de Haylsham. 1364 The same. The same. 1366 Andrew Pevereli. John Boyville. 1369 Andrew Saccheville. John Waleys. 1373 Andrew Pevereli. J. Haylsham. 1374 John Seyntlere. J. Marchant. 1377 Philip Seyntlere. Roger Dalingrudge. E 2 28 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Ajpendix* 1379 1380 1382 1383 -1384 13S5 13861387 1383 1390 1392 1305 1397 1398 Richard Fitz Herbert. Edward Dalingrudge. Edward Fit7, Herbert. William Percy. The same. Edward Dalingrudge, The same. The same. Edward Dalingrudge. William Percy. The same. Thomas Saekvylle. WiUiam Percy. The same. l-IOO John Pelham. 1402 John Dalingrudge. 1404 Sir Robert Lewknor. 1405 John Dalingrudge. 1407 The same. 140S Tbe same. 1414 Richard Wayntyles. 1415 Richard S tuckley, 1417 John Hall. 1420 J. Dalingrudge. 1421 Ralf Rademild. Richard II. John Cobham. William de Percy. Edward Dalingrudge.* William Waleys. John deSentleyr, or St. Low. John St. liOe, William Percy. John Cobeham. Walter Waleys. Thomas Jardyn. Robert Tawke. Hugh Quelshe. John Ashburnham, Thomas Saekvylle.. Henry IV. John Preston. Sir J. Pelham, The same. The same. The same. The same. Henry V. John Bablake. "William de Stone, Richard de Stokely. John Pelham. W. Ryman. Henry VI. 1422 Hir John Pelham. 1423 Sir Richard Poynings. 1424 Sir Thomas Lewknor, knt. 1426 Sir John Pelham, knt. 1423 Roger Fenys. 1433 W. St. Johu. H34 Walter Urry. 1441 Sir Roger Fenys, knt. 1445 Thomas de Hoo. 1443 Thomas de Hoo. 1449 John Lewknore. 1450 Thomas Poynings. Hr)2 The same. 1459 Bartholomew Bolney. Sir Thomas Lewknor, knt. Sir H. Hussey, knt. Sir H. Hussey, lent. V\''illiam Ryman. "WiUiam Sydney. The same. John Bartelott. Richard MiU, John Knottisford. Robert Radymeld. John Wade. Thomas Obedale. The same- Thomas Tawke. Edward IV, 1467 John Fenys. John Goring. 1473 John "Wode. John Apsley. ^The writs, indentures, and returns of the members of Parliament are all lost be tween the years 1477 and 1542.] Henry VIII. 1542 WiUiam Ernley. 1547 Sir WilUam Goring, knt. John Powner. Edward VI. 1552-3 John Caryll. 1553 John Carey. 1554 Sir Robert Oxenbridge. John Corbet. 1555 Sir Robert Oxenbridge, knt. 1557 Sir Nicholas Pelham. Mary. John Corbet. Sir Thomas Palmer, knt. John Ashburnham. John Caryll. Sir J. Oxenbridge, knt. Elizabeth. 1558-9 Nich. Pelham. 1563 Sir Richard Sackville, knt. 1571 John Pelham. 1572 John Jeffery, Serjeant at-law. 1583 Robert Sackville. 1586 Walter Covert. 1589 SirT. Palmer, knt. 1592 Robert Sackville, 1597 Robert SackviUe. 1601 Charles Howard. William Dawtry, John Palmei-. Thomas Shirley. SirT. Shirley, knt. Thomas Pelham. H. NoweU. SirT. Shirley, knt. Sir Nicholas Parker, knt. Robert SackviUe James I, 1603 The same. 1614 Sir Edward SackviUe, knt. 1620 Henry Carey. 1623 Algernon Lord Percy ¦• The same. Sir E. Sackville, K.B, (Earl of Dorset.) Christopher Neville. Thomas Pelham. 1625 16281640 1653 1654 1656 1658 Charles I, Sir Thomas Pelham, bart. Sir John Shirley, knt. Sir Walter Covert. Richard Lewknor. SirThomasPelhara,The Bame. knt. Sir Alexander Temple, knt. Sir William Goring, bart. Anthony Stapeley. Anthony Stapely. Nathaniel Studeley, Herbert Blorley, John Fagg. John Pelham. Sir Thomas Pelham, bart. Herbert Spryngat. Herbert Blorley. John Fagg. Anthony Shirley. Sir Thomas Rivers, bart. Samuel Gott, Herbert Morley. Commonwealth, William Spence. John Stapely. William Hay, Anthony Stapley. Francis Lord Dacre. Sir J. Pelham, hart. John Stapely. George Courtbop. Sir Thomas Parker, knt. John Fagge. Restoration Parliament. — CnARtES II. 1660 John Ashburnham. Ifi73 Sir John Piiiham.bart. 1679 Sir John Pelham, 1C87 Sir Hy. Goring. Sir WiUiam Morley, K.B. John Lewknor. James II. Sir Thomas Dyke, bart, William and Mary. 1697 Sir Robert Pelham. 1700 Sir WiUiam Tho.Tias,bart. 1702 Sir WiUiam Thomas, bart. 1703 Thomas Pelham. 1707 John Morley Trevor. 1708 Sir H. Peachey. 1710 Sir George Parker, bart. 1713 H. Campion. Sir WiUiam Thomas, bart, Robert Orme, Anne. Sir H. Peachey, knt. Hon. Robert Lumley Sir George Parker, bart. Peter Gott. Charles Eversfield. John FuUer. George I. 1715 Spencer Compton. James Butler. 1/22 Sir Spen. Compton, K.B. (created Earl of WUmington, 1728.) Henry Pelham. George II. 1728 James Butler. The same. 1734 The same, ob. 1741. The same. 1741 Charles liarl of Middlesex. 1747 John Butler. The same. 1754 Thomas Pelham. Johu Butler, oh. 1767. George III. 1762 Thomas Pelham. Lord George Leunox. 17S7 llichard Harcourt. 1768 Sir T. Spencer Wilson bart. Lord G. Lennox. 1774 Hon. T. Pelham. Lord G. Lennox. 1780 Hon.T. Pelham. Charles Lennox. 1784 The same. The same. 1790 The same. The same. 1796 The same. The same. Imperial Parliament. 1801 Charles Lennox. John Fuller. 1802 The same. The same. 1806 The same. The same 25. 1807 The same. Hon. Charles Wyndham. 1812 Sir Godfrey Webster, hart. Walter Burrell. 1318 The same. The same. George IV. 1820 Walter Burrell. Edward Jeremiah Curteis 1826 The same. The same. William IV. ' 1830 Walter Burrell 20. Herbert Barrett Curteis. 1831 Lord John George Lennox. The same. The same. 1832 The same. The Earl of Surrey (Western Division.) The Hon. Chas. Comp. Cavendish.Herbert B. Curteis, (Eastern Div.) 25 Succeeded liis uncle as Duke of Richmond, 1807. 26 Died 18:il. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 29 ARUNDEL. This is a borough hy prescription, and the right of returning representatives has been exercised since the 23d of Edward I. So soon as the year 1554, we find, as indeed it might have been ex pected in a town over which they ruled as lords paramount, that the Earls of Arundel exercised some influence in the elections for the borough, for at the election in that year, Sir Thomas Stradling, of a family connected with the Earls of Arundel, was returned as the representative. In 1 623, the first contest of which any record has been handed down to us appears to have taken place between two rival candidates. Sir George Chaworthand Wm. Mille, Esq., although the number of votes was very few, at which the returning officer acted somewhat partiall}'. Sir Henry Spiller vras duly proposed and elected for the first seat. For the second, Mr. Mille and Sir George Chaworth were, about ten o'clock in the forenoon, proposed, there being then present only fifty-two electors, whereof twenty- seven were for Sir George Chaworth and but twenty-five for Mr. Mille, as was afterwards discovered, the pluraUty of voices not being then known. About eleven o'clock, four electors more, who all voted for Mr. Mille, came in, and after a poll had been demanded and granted, it was found, on adding up the poll, and thereupon declared, that Mr. Mdle, at the time of the polling being finished, and the result announced, had twenty-nine votes, whilst Sir George Chaworth had only twenty-seven ; whereuiion, about twelve o'clock, the mayor refusing to dissolve the assembly, all the electors departed, except the mayor and the steward and two more of the electors, who continued there until after five o'clock, p.m., sending in the meantime for such electors as had been before absent; and by this means, between five and six o'clock, the votes of ten more were procured, which made up in the whole thirty-seven for Sir Geo. Chaworth, against twenty- nine for Mr, JMille. The mayor returned the forraer, and a petition was presented in favour of the latter, complaining that the former was unduly returned. Upon this slate of the case, the comraittee and the house, oa 24th March, 1623-4, held that Sir George Chaworth was not duly elected and returned, but that Mr. Mille was duly elected, and ought to have been returned. " And touching the continuance thereof, the mayor and some others with him, after the election finished, which was fully accomplished upon the account, and pronouncing the number of polls then present, especially by reason of their continuing there i,n so few a number, and for so long a time, till such an unseasonable hour ; in case of a borough where, by presumption, the inhabitants dwell not far off, it was taken to be to no purpose, and the ten voices lastly given to be ineiFectual and void, as com ing after the election fully passed and determined ; or else it might be in the power of an obstinate and wilful mayor, or ofiicer, to continue the election at his pleasure, and peradventure to gain his own purpose, by wearying out the electors with attendance to see the end or conclusion of fhe elec tion '." In 1640, the following release was given to the burgesses by the then representative, Mr. John Downes, the regicide, for his parliamentary TJ^ages, which is still preserved among the corporation papers : — "Gentle men — To give you evidence how well contented I am with a private con dition, I have sent you this release. — John Downes." Sealed with his arms, a stag- couchani, being the same he afterwards affixed to the death- warrant of Charles I.^ At the election in this year, the return of Mr. Downes seems to have been contested by a Mr. Harman, for we find that Mr. Downes was admitted and sworn till his electiou should be decided. At this election, bribery and other illegal practices prevailed to such an extent, that a suit at law was commenced against tho mayor, and on 6th Dec, 1641 ', a committee ofthe House of Commons was appointed " to present all such courses as might be fit to prevent abuses of members to serve in the house, and in particu lar, to take into consideration the inforraation that was given to the house relative to the election at Arundel," On 16th June, 1642, the committee was revived, aud the suit at law against the mayor was ordered to be 1 1 Glan. p, 71.— Jour. r. 7^8, 2 Dall. Kape of Arundel, p. 200. 3 2 Jour, p.333. stayed *. This resolution, however, was rescinded on the following day, and as no further report appears, we are unable to trace the result. At the election in 1 688, the governraent sent down a candidate to oppose the old members, William Morley of Halnaker, andWm, Garway of Ford, Esqrs,, at which the Lord Chancellor Jefferies took a very prominent part. The following anecdote relating to the contest is recorded:—" In 1688, at an election the ministry sent a candidate lo oppose two country gentlemen, the sitting members, when the infamous Lord Chancellor Jefferies, being in the neighbourhood, appeared on the hustings, and interrupted the free dom of election. Peckham, then mayor and returning officer, without the least regard to his rank, ordered him into the custody of the constable. When the election was over, the Lord Chancellor sent for the mayor in his own name, and, after giving him much praise for his integrity and spirit, oiFered him preferment for himself or his family — the proposal was declined with civili'y and firmness 5*." At the next election in 1690, a severe contest occurred in consequence of a dispute as to ihe right of voting. Against the return then made of Messrs, Butler and Cooke a petition was presented, and on 22d February, 1692-3, the committee appointed to try its merits reported, and the house confirmed the report, " That the right of election is only in the inhabitants ofthe said borough paying scot and lot," and that Quakers had a right to vote, if rated ", This decision has not since been impugned. In 1708, Sir H. Peachey, the then representative, made his election for tlie county, and Richard Boyle, fotu-th Viscount Shannon, was chosen in his roonl. The latter was made Governor of Dover Castle, and a new _ writ was ordered. The election took place on the 12th June, 1709, and Lord Shannon's election was vigorously opposed by Edivard Dummer, Esq.. (who had already represented Arundel in three parliaments.) Lord Shan non was returned as duly elected, and Mr, Dummer petitioned against th& return, staling that " George Moore, mayor, John Deane, a commis sioner of taxes, and Thomas Peckham, attorney, and several others, were agents for the said lord, and by bribery, threats, and other indirect and illegal practices, procured several votes for the said lord, and deterred several persons from voting for the petitioner, and that other arbitrary pro ceedings were made use of, at and after the said election, to prevent the petitioner being returned; that notwithstanding this, the petitioner had. a majority of twelve by the mayor's own poll, but he returned Lord Shan non as duly elected, some persons having undertaken to indemnify him','* This petition was renewed in the next session, but it was stated tbat some persons had undertaken to save Deane, and not the mayor, harmless, and 4 2 Journ. p.628-30, 5 DaU. Rape of Arundel, p. 207. * " At a contested election for a member to serve in parliament in the town of Aruudel, in Sussex, government strenuously interfered, and that so openly as to send down Jefferys, then lord chancellor, with instructions to use every method to pro cure the return of the court candidate, "On the day of election, in order to intimidate the electors, he placed himself on the hustings close by the returning ofiicer, the mayor, who had been an attorney, but was retired from business with an ample fortune and fair character. He well knew the chancellor, but, for prudential reasons, acted as if he was a stranger hoth to his person and rank, " In tiie course ofthe poll, that magistrate, who scrutinized every man before he admitted him to vote, rejected one of the court party, at which Jefferys, rising in a heat, after several indecent reflections, declared the man should poll, adding, ' 1 am the lord chancellor of this realm,' The mayor, regarding him with a look of the highest cojiteni])!, replied in these words, * Your ungentlemanlike behaviour con vinces me it is impossible you should be the person you pretend; was you the chan cellor you would know that you have nothing to do here, where i alone preside j* then turning to the crier, ' Officer,' said he, * turn that fellow out of court.' His commands were obeyed without hesitation, and the chancellor retired to his inn iu great confusion, and the election terminated in favour of the popular candidate. " In the evening, the mayor, to his great surprise, received a message from Jef ferys, desiring his company at the inn, which he declined; the chancellor came to his house, and, being introduced to him, made the following compliment:—' Sir, notwithstanding we are iu different interests, I cannot help revering one who so well knows, and dares so nobly execute the law ; and though I myself was somewhat degraded thereby, you did but your dnty. You, as I have learned, are independent, but you may have some relation who is not so well provided forj if you have, let me have the pleasure of presenting him with a considerable place in my gift just now vacant.' Such an offer, and so handsomely made, could not fail of drawing; the acknowledgments ofthe party to whom it was made : he, having a nephew in uo afiluent circumstances, named him to the chancellor, who immediately signed the necessary instrument for his appointment to a very lucrative and honourable em ployment." — Antiquarian Repertory, vol. 1. p, 141. 6 11 Journ. p. 103. 7 16 Journ. p. 178. 30 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [_Appendv!i;. the house, on 12th December ", agreed, " that, in regard there was a ma terial difference between the petition presented this session and the peti tion presented last session, the committee be discharged from proceeding." Another contest took place in 1727, between Thom,as Viscount Gage, for whora ninety voters polled, and John Lumley, Esq., equerry to the king, for whom forty-eight only voted. The former was returned, and the latter petitioned, on the ground that fifty-two of the voters who polled for Lord Gage were not inhabitant householders within the borough pay ing scot and lot. Lord Gage, however, did not defend them, and Mr. Luraley was declared duly elected". About the middle of the last century, the nomination of tbe members was vested in Sir George Colebrooke, a banker iu London, chirographer in the Court of Common Pleas, and also chairman of the East India Company, whose family possessed an estate in the neighbouring parish of Lyminster. This, added to his great affluence, gave him the power over the electors of Arundel. He was himself returned for the borough from 1754 to 1774, but as the purse of the worthy baronet lost its charms, the nomination for Arundel was rendered insecure. On the decline of Sir George's influence, the representation was severely contesteil, the then Duke of Norfolk endea vouring to vest the right of nomination in hiraself, while the electors as strenuously opposed his al tempts. In 1780, a severe struggle took place between Sir Patrick Crauford, knt,, Thos. Fitiherbert, Esq., and the Hon. Percy C. Wyndham, when the first two, having a majority of votes, were returned as duly elected, and Mr. Wyndham, on 7th Nov. 1780 '", presented a petition complaining of their undue election and return, and that they had been guilty of bribery ; and on 6th March, 1781, a committee was appointed to try its merits, when evidence was given that there existed in the borough a political club, designated the " Malt-house Club," similar in its institution and practices to the Christian Club at Shoreham, the history of which we shall detail under that head, and that the merabers of this club had actually received thirty guineas each for giving their votes at the preceding election. The allegations of the petition included both members, but as the evidence did not proceed to the incapacitation of Mr, Fitzherbert, the decision of the committee did not affect hira. Ac cordingly, on the 12th of March, 1781 ", the committee reported to the house, " That Thomas Fitzherbert, Esq., was duly elected ; that Sir Pat. Crauford, knt., was not duly elected, and that the last electiou was void with respect to one ofthe burgesses." In pursuance of this report, a new writ was ordered, when Peter William Baker, Esq., was unanimously chosen to supply the vacancy, but no further steps were taken by the house to mark its reprobation of the conduct of the candidates and voters, who had thus been clearly proved to have tampered with one ofthe dearest privileges of Englishmen. If it was right to punish the delinquency of the electors of New Shoreham, was it not equally right to inflict some punishment on those of Arundel ? Was it just, was it proper, to allow the one place to escape with impunity, whilst the severest sentence was passed on the other ? And are we not drawn to the conclusion, that the peculiar situation of Arundel had considerable influence in preventing a, fate similar to its more unfortunate and more helpless, though not more guilty, neighbour ? In 1784, however, both the electors and patron, discovering the inutility of perpetual contests, entered into a compromise, by which the Duke was to be allowed to influence the return of one member, whilst the electors were left to their own choice as to the second; and accordingly for seve ral successive parliaments no contest took place between the Duke and the town. But by degrees the Duke's interest increased, and his property within the borough, added to the legitimate infiuence which the residence ef a rich and talented nobleman never fails to produce, enabled him to return both the members without experiencing any opposition on the part of the inhabitants. The members thus returned were, iu 1808, General . Wilder and Sir Arthur Pigott, But at the next election, in 1812, Sir A. Pigott having withdrawn from the representation, Henry Howard Molineux, Esq., was proposed as his successor, but his return was not effected without a struggle on the part of some of the electors, who made an application to Mr. Huskisson, then representing Chichester, to send some person in the governraent 8 16. Journ, p, 240, 10 33. Journ. p. 17. 9 21. Journ. p, U Ib.p. 284, interest to oppose the Duke's candidates. This proposal was readily accepted by Mr. Huskisson, who sent down Lord Binning, a young nobleman who, although entirely unknown to the electors, determined to stand a contest, hut ultimately lost his electiou by 86 votes, the numbers being, for Henry- Howard Molineux, Esq., 300 ; General Wilder, 196; Lord Binning, 110. At the same period Mr. Molineux was chosen for another place, for which he elected to sit, and a new writ being ordered for Arundel, Sir S. Romilly, knt., was chosen in his stead. In 1815, the late Duke of Norfolk .'died, and the present Duke having succeeded to the title, a very great change took place in the local politics of this borough. Scarcely had he entered upon the estates when a com promise was effected, the consequence of which was that, on the death of Sir Samuel Romilly, tlie Duke's brother. Lord Henry Howard, was re turned without opposition. A short time after, in 1819, Sir A. Pigott died, and the Duke's influ ence was giveu to Lord Bury, tbe son ofthe Earl of Albemarle, but several of the electors invited Robert Blake, Esq., a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood, to stand in opposition to his Lordship, which invitation he accepted, and immediately canvassed the town, when the success attending his cause was great, and before the day of election Lord Bury retired in favour of Arthur Atherley, Esq., who proceeded to the poll. The election took place on the 7th October, and at the end of the first day's poll the numbers were, for R. Blake, Esq., 49 ; A. Atherley, Esq., 48. The latter did not attend the second day's poll, but declared his intention of peti tioning against Mr. Blake's return, on the ground of treating. Mr. Blake, however, polled his votes, till their number amounted to 203, when he was returned as duly elected. Mr. Atherley did not petition, and Mr, Blake retained his seat. In 1820, however, George III. died, anda general election taking place, the same electors thought that, having, in the previous year, been able to de feat one of their opponents, they were now powerful enough to defeat both, and they therefore put Mr. Blake's son, J, Blake, Esq., into nomination, together with his father. Lord Bury and Mr, Atherley being nominated as the two candidates on the other interest. The severest struggle that has ever happened for Arundel then took place. The election commenced on the 6th of Slarch, and the poll continued open for three days ; several voters, however, polled for Mr. Robert Blake and Lord Bury, and at the close (be numbers were, for Robert Blake, Esq., 185; Lord Bury, 174; A, Atherley, Esq., 157 ; J. G. Blake, Esq., 157, the representation therefore remained divided between the contending parties. The contest was severe in the extreme, each party making every exertion to render his own cause triumphant. Iu the year 1823 Mr. Blake died, and his friends introduced Mr. Cope- land, an army-contractor, to the notice of tbe electors. The voters, how ever, thought that, by offering the representation to Mr. Kemp, the present member for Lewes, who had immediately previous purchased the estate of Sir George Thomas, at Dale Park, a few miles distant, and whose political sentiments were in unison with those ofthe Duke, they should be able to conciliate the Norfolk party, and accordingly they waited upon Mr. Kemp for that purpose. Mr, Kemp accepted the proposal, and canvassed the electors. After two days' canvass, Mr. Copeland, finding that he had not any prospect of success, retired, and Mr. Kemp appeared about to be re turned without opposition, when, on the day of election, who should arrive and offer himself but the notorious Mr. Ex-sheriff Parkins. He procured himself to be nominated at the election which took place on the 17th of February, and kept open a harassing poll for three days, but without the least chance of being returned, during the whole time doing little else save abusing the then existing government, and exposing some elec tioneering circumstances which had occurred during the life of the late Duke, and which he vainly hoped would have prevented the inhabitants fi-om tendering their suffrages for Mr. Kemp, who was evidently approved of by the Duke's party; but in this lie did not succeed, and at the close of the poll on the third day he was left in a very large minority, the numbers being, for T. R, Kemp, Esq., 221 ; Mr, Parkins, 62, and retired from the contest, threatening to petition against Mr. Kemp's return, but had not the courage to carry his threat into execution. As Mr. Kemp was invited to offer himself, and was returned, on inde pendent principles, he immediately set himself against every species of Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 31 corruption, and having given offence on this account to raany of the electors, soon found that it was useless to think of again offering himself, and ac cordingly intimated to his friends that, at the next dissolution, he should not again seek their support. His intention thus becoraing known, about the period of the dissolution of parliament, the son of Mr. Alderman At kins arrived in the borough, and offered himself to the electors, as did also Mr. Lombe, who was supported by fhe Duke's party, with a distinct pro mise to vote for Catholic emancipation, a question in which the Duke was so immediately interested, and thereby secured the support of all. At the time of the election Mr. Alderman Atkins, the father, who had once pre viously represented Arundel, appeared alone, stated that his son had been compelled, by sorae circumstances, to decline the honour of becoming the representative of Arundel, and begged to be allowed " to stand," as he expressed it, " in his (the son's) shoes." The Duke's friends immediately inquired whether, by this expression, he meant to pledge himself, like his son, to the support of the Catholic question .' The answer was — " No ; hut, though I cannot consistently support it, I need not oppose it :'' and, with this understanding ot neutrality, his election was allowed to proceed with out opposition. Notwithstanding this understanding, Mr. Atkins, on the second read ing of that bill, voted against it, which, of course, very much offended the friends of the Duke, who thereupon determined to oppose him at the next election in 1830. Mr. Lombe, the Duke's candidate, retired, and John Abel Smith, Esq. was invited to offer himself: Mr. Smith, however, de clined the proffered honour, but introduced Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart to the notice of the electors, who immediately lent him their warmest sup. port. As the election was drawing near, Mr, Fazakerley, the present member for Peterboruugh, appeared on the Norfolk interest ; but seeing that there was too strong an array against him, he retired, allowing Lord D, C, Stuart and Mr. Atkins to be returned without opposition. At the election in 1831, raany of tbe electors determined to oppose Mr, Atkins ; and in support of this determination, an invitation was given to Sir Richard Hunter to stand as the advocate of reform, which having accepted, he canvassed the town ; and although many of the voters still supported Mr. Atkins, yet the electors who had first introduced Sir Rich. Hunter adhered firmly to him, and there was every probable chance of success; when, on the day previous to the election, he unexpectedly, and to the entire surprise of his friends, retired. No sooner had he withdrawn. than Mr. Meryweather Turner, who had previously stated his intention of standing for Brighton should the Reform Bill pass, offered his services to the electors of Arundel ; but not meeting with rauch support he withdrew At the hustings, however. Sir Godfrey Webster was put iu nomination, and a poll demanded, but without the least chance of success. Indeed, only two votes were polled for him ; and at the close of the poll the numbers were, for Mr. Alderman Atkins, 68 ; Lord D. C. Stuart, 68 ; Sir Godfrey Web ster, 2 : only 70 electors, out of the 463, having tendered their votes. li Arundel, in 1821, contained only 2511 inhabitants, and was thus doomed, by the first Reform Bill, to lose one of its representatives ; nor was its situation altered by Lieut, Drummond's returns, since it only ranked as the 78th among the minor boroughs, possessing,in 1831,527 houses, and paying 878/, assessed taxes. In order to obtain the 300 10/. houses to form the new constituency, the neighbouring parish of Lyminster, and part of Littlehampton, were proposed to be added ; and against this latter .iddition the corporation petitioned, praying the House to add the neigh bouring town of Petworth, where, they alleged, a free constituency might be established, instead of the parish of Littlehampton, the houses in which are almost exclusively the property of the Duke of Norfolk, and whose interest they stated would, by the proposed arrangeraent, be rendered alraost paramount. This, however, was not approved by Ministers, who discovered that no extension of the district was necessary, and the franchise was ultimately confined to *' the parish of Arundel." If the reduction in the number of representatives and the contraction of the franchise produced by the substitution of the lOl. for the scot and lot qualification, '* succeed," says Mr. Tierney, in his History of Arun del '2, " in repressing or diminishing the corruption which has hitherto distinguished the elections for this borough, the honest portion of the com munity will, at least, have reason to rejoice at the change ; whilst the electors themselves entering, as it were, on a new state of political exist ence, have now an opportunity of redeeming their past errors, and offering the integrity of their future conduct, as a veil to be drawn over the delin quencies of former years." At the election after the passing of this bill, on the Sth of December, 1832, Mr. Alderman Atkins retired from the representation, and no other candidate appearing. Lord D. C, Stuart was returned without a contest'^ Number of electors registered in 1832 ,..351 Returning OJficer, —The Mayor. REPRESENTATIVES. Edwahd I. 1295 Thomas de Yawton, 1302 Willielmus Wodelonde, 1305 Godefridus Gingivre. 1307 Eic's Wodelond. Johannes AHsaundre, Johannes Hereward Willielmus Wodelonde. Willielmus Scot. Edward II, 1307 Willielmus Scot, Kicardus Wodelond. 1309 Willielmus de Yabeton Thomas de Yabeton, 1311 Willielmus Wodelond. Johannes Alisaundre, 1311 Johannes atte Gate. Johannes Edward, 1313 Johannes Edward. Godefridus Gyngivre. 1313 Johannes Edward. Johannes de Gate. 1319 T David Ie Hersone. Willielmus Bellar', 1320 Simon le Goldsmyth, Willielmus de Yabiton 1322 Johannes Chauuterel. Johannes Caris. 1324 Thomas de Padebrok*. Johannes Aurifaber. 1325 Willielmus Wodelond, Johannes A. . as. Edward III. 1329 Johes Gate. Eogerus Hereward, 1329 Tho, Slabbeton. The same. 1331 Tho, Yabbeton, Wills, Wodeland, 1333 Wihs, Senebench, Ulcus Greware. 1334 Adam de Warneknap. Thos, de Yabbeton, 1337 Hobs, de Ludesey, Rogers. Hereward. 133S Tho, de Mabeton, Hen, de Gate. Rogers. Hereward. Hen, atte Gate, The same. 1340 Tho, de Gaweton, Will, de Stoke, 1341 Hen, Gate, Tho, Yabeton. 1341 Simon Goldsmith. Wm. Mabbeton. 1342 Johes Chaiinterell. Johes Carys. 1344 Tho, Padebrook, Johes Aurifaber, 1347 Robert Puffer. Wills, Mabbeton, 1349 Hen. atte Gate. Johes de Rustytone 1351 Johes Hindshaw. Wills. Stoke, 135G Tho. Waronchamp. Laurents, Burgere. 1358 Johes Hampstead. Tho.Merecere. 1361 Joh. Hampstead. Laurs. Bnrgare. 1361 Johes de Cosham- Joh. Hampstead. 1363 Joh. Hampstead. Bicus. Goldsmith, 1364 Tho. Warcamp, Johes Hampstead. 1366 Johes Hermer, The same. 1369 Johes Cosham, Tho. Holmere. 1372 Johes Cosham. 1373 The same. Ulcus Goldsmith, 1374 Ricus Goldsmith, Johes Hereward, 1377 Johes Cosham. Hicus Colton, Richard II. 1379 Kicus Goldsmith. Johes Poling. 1380 Johes Warncnmp, Johes Cosham, 1383 Johes Chamberiaine. Tho. Spicer, 1384 The same. Ricus Wodeland. 1384 Rowland Covert, Thos. atte Berne, 1385 Rieus Wodeland, Tho. Pieres. 1336 The same. Johes Chamberlain, 1387 The same. Willus Colling, 1388 Roger le Clerke, Joliea Hereward, 1389 Rics. He.. ..we. Robs. Tysot, 1389 Wills, Colchester. Robs. Fishere. 12 P. 710. 13 The expenses charged bythe Mayor were lOi. 10s.— PaH. Ret. 32 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendia-. 1392 Hugo Hasell. Ricus Wodeland. 1393 Johes Chamberlayne. Rogers. Fishere. 1395 Ricus Wodeland. Robtus Fishere, 1397 The same. Hens. Skinner. 1398 The same. Johes Patching, Henry IV. 1400 Johes Wilteshire, Johes Dusse. 5401 The sarae. Wills. Terry. 1102 Johes Wildbelt, Johes Dussen. -.1407 Joh.Dus, Johes Pacching. Henry V. '1413 Tho. Essing, Wills, Terry, 1414 Johes Dus. Johes Pacching, 1415 Willus Chapman, Ricus Smith. 1417 Ricus Smith. Tho. Dusoe, 1419 Johes Pacching, Tho, Spicer. 14L'0 Tho. Due. Tho. Pursell. 1421 Tho. Dusse, The same. Henry VI. 1423 Wills. Warncamp. Johes Kell. 1424 Ricus Dammere. Wills. Langley, •1425 Tho. Dusseil. Johes Pedley. ¦1427 Tho. Duss. Wills. Barbour. J428 Ulcus Smyth. Wills. Barbour. 1430 Tho, Caw. Tho. Dusse. l-l:!2 PJcus Smith. Wills, atte Halle. 1434 Wills, Fermingham. Johes Cobbehay, il436 Tho. Douse. Johes Ferrour. 1441 Rogerus Legh. Egidius Gunter. 144S Willus Emelrl. Johes de Ewry, 1448 Tho. l^ellingham. Willus. Halle. 1419 Tho. Eshing. Johes Croucher. 1450 Thos. Acton. Johes Trott. 1452 Reginald Moordon. Tho. Hurt. 1159 Thos. Combes. Tho. Bowes. Edward IV. 1463 Thos. Slydolf. Reginaldus Morton 1473 The sarae. Thos, Troyz. [Returns lost t 11] 1547 Nicholas Pelham. 1552 Thomas Palmer. 1553 The same. Henry VIII. Thomas Carpenter. Edwakd VI. Tliomiis Morley. Thomas Gawdy. Mary. 1554 Sir Thomas Holcrof. Sir Thomas Stradling 15.')5 John Burnet, Richard Bowyer, 1557 Edward Stradling. David Stradling, Elizabeth. 1553 Sir Francis Knollys. 1663 Sir John St. Leger. William A-,vbrey. 1571 Thomas Browne. JMichael Heneage. 1572 John Jeffrey, serjeant-at law. Thomas Shirley. 158.') Thomas Fanshaw. Richard Buxton. 1586 The same. Thomas Palmer. 1588 The same. Owen Hopton. 1592 The same. Thomas Baker. 1S97 The same. The same. ICUl Thomas B-iker, sen. Thomas Palmer. 1603 Thomas Preston. Thomas Teye. James. 1614 Lionel Cranlield. Sir William Teye. 1620 Sir Lionel Cranheld. Sir Henry Spiller. 1623 Sir George Chaworth. William Mille. Ciiari.es. 1625 Sir Henry Spiller. William Mille. The same. William Jordan. 1628 Henry Lord Maltravers, Henry Alford, 1640 Henry Garton. Henry Goring, John Dcwnes. Sir Edward Alford. 1654 Herbert Ray. 1G56 Sir John Trevor. 1C53 Henry Onslow. Coai3:ONWEALTH. Anthony Shirley. Richard Marryatt. Charles II. 1660 Lord Orrery. John Trevor. 1661 Lord Falkland. Francis, Earl of Longford. 1673 William Garway. James Batler. I6S0 The same. The same. 1681 The same. The same. James II, 1685 William Westbrooke. William Garway, William and Mary. 1688 William Morley. The same. 1690 James Butler. John Cooke. 1695 Henry Howard, Lord Walden Edmund Dummer. 1693 John Cooke. Christopher Knight. 1701 The same. Carew Weekes, Anne, 1702 Edmund Dummer. Carew Weekes. 1705 The same. James Butler. 1707 The same. The same. 1708 Sir Henry Peachey 14, Henry ViscountLumley l5. Richard Boyl e Viscount Shannon 16. 1710 Richard Viscount Luraley, Henry Eari of Thomond. 1713 The same. The same. G -ORGE I, 1714 Henry Lumiey. Thomas Mickelthwait 17, 1718 Joseph Mickelthwait. 1722 Sir T. L, Saunderson, K.B, Joseph Viscount Mickelthiv 1727 Thomas Viscount Gage IB, John Lumley, Sir John Shelley, Bart. George II. 1734 The same 19. The same. 1739 Garton Orme. 1741 The same. James Lumley. 1747 The same. Theobald Taaft'e, 1754 George Colebrooke, Thomas Griffin, George III. 1761 The same. John Bristowe. 1768 Sir George Colebrooke, Bart. Lauchlin Macleane 20, 1771 John Stewart. 1774 Thomas Brand. George Lewis Newnham. 1780 Sir Patrick Crauford, Knt. 21 Thomas Fitz-Herbert, 1781 Peter William Barker. 1784 Charles Earl of Surrey, The same. Richard Beckford, 1790 Henry Howard 23, Sir George Thomas, Bart. 1795 Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart, 1796 James Greene, The same 23. 1797 Nisbet Balfour, 1802 Thomas Viscount Andover. John Atkins. 1806 Sir Arthur Pigott, Knt. Francis John Wilder 2*. 1807 Charles James Lord Lecale, 1812 Sir Samuel Romilly, Knt. Francis John Wilder, 1818 Lord Henry Howard. Sir Arthur Pigott. 1819 Robert Blake, George IV. 1820 Augustus F. Viscount Bury 25. The same. l!^23 Thomas Read Kemp 2«, 1826 John Atkins. Edward Lombe, William IV. 1830 The same. 1S31 The same. 1832 Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, The same. 14 Made hia election for the county. 15 Died at the end of this Parliament. IG Fourth ViscountSliannon, made Deputy Governor of Dover Castle, and a new writ heing ordered, February 2S, 1709, he was re-elected. 17 Made one ofthe Lords of the Treasury, and a new writ being ordered, April 16th, 1717» he was re-elected; then Lieutenant General ofthe Ordnance, aud a new writ having been ordered, March 20, 1717-18, he died a few days after. IS Not duly elected. 19 Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, and Colonel of the Guards, died, and a new writ was ordered Nov. 15tli, 1739. 20 Accepted tlie Chiltern Hundreds, 1771, 21 Percy Windham, Esq. petitioned, and March 12, 1781, the Committee reported the election was void as far as related to Sir P. Grnnford. 22 Brother to Bernard Edward, afterwards Duke of Norfolk, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, February, 1795, and was elected member for Gloucester, High Steward of that city. 23 Accepted the Chiltern Hundred-s, July. 1797, 2-i Major General iu the army. Made his election for Horsham. 25 Hce Sir A. Pigott. 26 TfceB. Blake, Esq. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 33 BRAMBER. The right of voting for this Borough was first exercised in the 23rd of Edward I., but was discontinued temp. Henry IV., and was not re stored till the 31st Henry VI. The right was possessed by the inhabi tants of ancient houses, or of houses built on ancient foundations, the number of which was thirty-six, and were principally possessed by two families, of Gough and Windson, from whom they descended to Lord Cal- thorpe and the Duke of Rutland. But the School-house, Manor-house, Hudson's-house, and two others not belonging to either faraily, fonned a portion of these privileged houses. The contests between the rival interests have been very numerous, en tailing constant expense on the possessors. The earliest of these contests, with which we are acquainted, took place in 1640, between Sir Edward Bishop and Mr. Anstow. On the hearing ofthe petition, presented by Mr. Anstow against the return of Sir Edward Bishop, the House, on the 16th of December, resolved, " that the election of Sir Edward Bishop is void " • — " that the election of Mr. Anstow is also void' ' — " that Sir Edward Bishop is uncapable of any election to be a member of this House for this par liament," — and a new writ was ordered^. An interval of several years exists from this period, and it is not till the year 1700, that we find any other mention of this borough in the Journals of the House. It was about this period that we arrive at the history of three gentlemen, of the name of Shepherd ; they were merchants of wealth and eminence in the city of London, and being ambitious ofthe honours of legislation, scrupled not at using the worst of means to eflfect their re turns ; regardless of danger or expense, they sallied forth in quest of par liamentary adventures. Their first efforts were successful ; but, unfortu nately, they could not maintain the advantages they had gained, and they soon met with the usual fate of adventurers. They were all three returned (Mr, Samuel Shepherd, the father, representing Bramber) ; but they were hardly warm in their seats, when petitions were presented against them all for bribery and corrupt practices. The consequence was, that two of them appearing less guilty thau the third, and acknowledging their faults, submitted themselves to the mercy of the House, and were only ex pelled ; but the third, their father, who appeared to be the instigator and prime mover of the whole, was not only expelled the House, but committed to the Tower. The manner in which he was expelled marks the sense of the House ; he was brought from the Tower to the bar by the sergeant with the mace, and being upon his knees, Mr. Speaker pronounced sentence of expulsion, and then remanded him to the Tower ^, Thus ended the ad ventures of those three valorous knights. At the next election, which took place at the close of the year 1702, a very severe contest took place, Mr, Asgill was returned by a majority of votes, but the numbers for the other two candidates were exactly equal. On this the returning officer made a return of Mr. Asgill and one of the others as duly elected. The other petitioned agaiust the return, disputing the legality of the votes tendered for his opponent, and questioning the right of voting. The House accordingly, on the 18th of January, 1703, resolved that the right was in « the persons inhabiting in ancient houses, or in houses built on ancient foundations, paying scot and lot^;" and the election being declared void, and a petition presented against the second return, the right was again agreed, on the 10th of March, 1703, to be as above stated *. The next contest took place in 1708, when Lord Windsor and William Shippen, Esq.', were opposed by William Hale, Esq, and Sir Cleave More, Bart, ; the two former stood on Lord Windsor's interest, and were returned as duly elected; the two latter were supported by the Gough interest, and on the 24th of November, petitioned against the return, stating that they had the majority of votes. The House divided on the question, that an early day should be appointed for the hearing of the petition, which being 1 2 Journ, ,51, 2 13 Journ. 491, 497, 3 14 Journ, 286. 4 Ib. p. 373. 5 The man of whom, although a tory, SlrJ Robert Walpole declared, ¦' That he would not aay who was corrupted, but he would say who was not corruptible ; that man was Shippen."— Coj?c's IValpole. " I love to pour out all myself, as plain As downright Shippen, or as old Blontaigne."— Po;)p. carried, the House, on the 15th of January following, proceeded to deter mine the merits, and counsel having been heard on both sides, the electiou of Lord Windsor and William Shippen, Esq., was negatived, and the House decided, by a majority of 165 to 159, that William Hale, Esq. was duly elected ; and by a majority of 163 to 157, that Sir Cleave More was duly elected", and the bailiff was ordered to amend the return accordingly. At the next election, in 1710, Lord Windsor and his brother were re turned, and on the 5th of December some of the burgesses petitioned against the return, stating that the members had procured themselves to be returned by arbitrary and illegal proceedings, and that they, the peti tioners, were thereby deprived of their franchise' ; but no rejiort appears. No contest seems to have taken place in 1713 ; but at the election, in 1715, a severe contest occurred between the two interests, Sir Tliomas Styles and Sir Charles Keymes, Barts., standing on the Windsor interest, and Sir Richard Gough, Knight, au East-India Director, and Edward MinshuU, Esq., standing on the Gough interest. Sir Richard Gough was returned by a considerable majority, and the numbers on the poll were, for Sir Thomas Styles, 17, and for Mr. MinshuU, 13, Sir Charles Keymes not having a chance. The bailifiF returned Sir Richard Gough and Sir Tho mas Styles as duly elected, and Mr. MinshuU, on the 26th of May, peti tioned against the return, complaining that the constable was very partial on behalf of Sir Thomas Styles, and that Sir Thomas was guilty of bribery. The House, ou the 1st of June, after a division of 165 tn 80, proceeded to receive the rejiort, which was, that it was agreed that this was a borough by prescription, and the right of voting as decided in 1703, That the petitioner's counsel objected to seven of the sitting member's votes, and alleged that he should add four to the petitioner's poll, and that after hear ing evidence, the committee had resolved, " that it is the opinion of this committee, that Sir Thomas Styles, Bart, is not duly elected;" and "that Edward MinshuU, Esq. is duly elected." To the first of these resolutions the House agreed by a majority of 126 to 24; and to the latter without a. division ^ At this period there were eighteen ancient houses belonging to Sir Richard Gough, and eleven fo Lord Windsor, the votes of which were not disputable, and two additional ones, which were open to dispute, besides the School-house, Manor-house, Hudson's-house; and two St, Amands; but a few years subsequently, the manor-house and Hudson's-house were purchased by the Gouglis. At the election, which took place on the 21st of March, 1721, another struggle was entered upon between the two interests. Sir Richard Gough and Meenheer Richard Charles van Hull, standing on Sir Richard's inter est, and polling twenty votes, of whom six were queried, against Andrew Windsor and John Gumley, Esqrs. on the other interest, for the former of whom thirteen, and for the latter twelve voted, of whom four were queried as not being inhabitants. At the close of the poll a scrutiny was demanded, but not having been entered into. Sir Ricliard Gough and Mr, Van Hull were returned. Against this return Messrs. Windsor and Gumley peti tioned, stating that Mr. Van Hull being born out of his Majesty's domi nions, and of foreign parents, they were advised he eould not sit, and that the constable had been very partial °, but the petition was, on the 7th of February following, withdrawn. Another contest took place in 1727, on the death of Sir Richard Gouo-h, when James Hoste, Jun. Esq. stood on the Gough, and John Gumlej', Jun. Esq. on the Windsor interest. The constable slopped nine of Mr. Hoste's votes, and the numbers then stood, for Mr. Gumley, 1 1 ; Mr. Hoste 10, and the former was returned as duly elected. Mr. Hoste, on the 1 2th of March, petitioned against this return, asserting the partiality of the constable, and that Mr. Gumley had been guilty of mal-practices, such as interlining the poor's rates, &c, ; and the House, on the 4th of April foUowing, after hearing witnesses and counsel on both sides, nega tived the motion, that Mr, Gumley was duly elected, and resolved, nem. con., that Mr, Hoste was duly elected ^''¦ 16 Journ. 60. 9 20 Journ. 7Ib.421. 8 13 Journ. p. 154-5. !0. 10 21 Journ. 116. 34 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. There was a slight opposition iu 1734; but none from that period till 1768, when a contest arose, which was carried on with great vigour on both sides. Edward Lord Winterton and Charles Lowndes, Esq., stood on the Gough, and Thomas Thowton and Charles Ambler, Esqrs., on the other interest, and the numbers on the poll were, for the two former 18, and the two latter 1 6 each ; the two former were returned as duly elected, and the latter, on the 10th of November, petitioned, stating that the con stable was partial, and they had a majority of legal votes. It was agreed, that the right of election was as stated in 1703; and it was proved that the constable had signed a paper inviting Lord Winterton and Mr. Lowndes to stand. The petitioners stated, that they should take seven frora the sitting members' poll, and add two to their own : having succeeded in this, the comraittee resolved that Lord Winterton and Thomas Lowndes, Esq., were not duly elected, but that the petitioners were ; and the House, on the 14th of February, 1769, by a majority of 132 to 53, agreed to the report ''. It was during this election that one of the tenants of the miserable cottages which confen-ed a right to vote, had the fortitude and integrity to resist the offer of 1000/, to influence his apostacy. Iramediately after this contest, a compromise was effected between the two interests, and Lord Calthorpe and the Duke of Rutland's interest eaeh nominated a member at every subsequent election. In 1821, Bramber contained only 98 inhabitants, and the amount of assessed taxes, paid in 1 831, was so small, that it was not included in the calculations made by Lieut. Drummond, but was placed with its rivals. Gat- ton and Old Sarum, among the five boroughs which neither contained houses, nor paid assessed taxes of any consequence; and as an inevitable result, it obtained an unenviable station iu Schedule A of the Reform Bill. REPRESENTATIVES ^^- 1295 Johannes Testard. 1298 Andreas le Pipere. 1302 Johannes Testard, Edward I. Bicardus le Eveske. WlUielmua Daunger, Kicardus le Eveske. Edvtakd II, 1307 Willielmus Chepman. Rogerus Paramour. 1309 Ricardus le Veske. Johannes Raulot. 1311 Ricardus le Veske, Robertus Sulverloc. 1313 Johannes Kaulot, Ricardus le Veske, 1313 Kicardus le Veske, Willielmus de Denham, mo Willielmus Chepman, Willielmus deBury, 1322 Benedictus atte Lithe Willielmus Chepman, 1322 Johannes Eaulot, Willielmus Shipman, 1325 Ricardus le Veske. Ricardus Heresy. Edward III. 1327 Adam le Kent, Adam le Chapman. 1328 HughBonfaunt, Walter Prest, 1329 Robert Stolace, John Capell. 1331 Robert Ie French. John le Irish, 1333 Robert Sylverlock. William Churses, 1336 John Capell. Jordan Blackinton, 1337 John Capell, Jordan de la Kott, 1333 Hugh Booefaunt, Adam Blackman, 1342 WiUiam atte Halle, John Chapman. 1347 John Chapman, William Fecke, 1349 John Chapman. Gilbert French. 1351 Richard de Mercue, Thurston le Vesk. 1366 Thurston le Vesk, Johu atte Halle. 1358 John atte Halle, John Cotkoa, 1360 John atte Halle. John Patching. 1361 John atte Halle. Roger Kobb. Henry IV. 1399 John Farnefold. Robert Cooks. Henry VI. 1459 Michael Farewell. Richard Stertgrave. 1460 Richard Burlee. Thomas Husee. Edward IV. 1472 William Shulet. Henry Carter, [Returns lost lill] Henry VIII. 1541 Sir John Clere. Nicholas Vin. Edward VI. 1547 William Fitzwilliams. William Denton. 1563 GeffryRytlje, Laurence Owen. Mary. 1553 Sir John Baker. Thomas Temperley. 1554 Sir Henry Palmer, John Storye, Philip and Mary. 1554 Thoraas Elderton, John Baker. 1556 Sir Thomas Nyvett, Thomas Baker. 1658 Henry Mynne, Nicholas Mynne. 11 32 Journ. 209—17. 12 In the Returns of Edward Land Edward II„ Bramber and Steyning are united. Elizabeth, 1558 Robert Buxton, 1662 William Baker, Robert Balam, 1570 Barth Clark. Robert Wireman. 1572 Hugh Hare. Henry Clark. 1584 Nicholas Beaumond, Samson Lennard, 1586 William Town. John Porter, 1589 James Altham. John Osborn, 1592 Samuel Thornhi'U. Edward Michelbonrne. 1596 Nicholas Trott. William Comber, 1600 Sir Thomas Shirley, Jun Henry Bowyer, James I. 1603 Sir John Sftelley.Kut, Henry SheUey. 1614 Robert Morley, Thomas Bowyer. 1620 The same. The same. 1623 The same. The same, Charles I. 1635 William Bartelot. Thomas Bowyer. 1626 The same. The same. 1627 Sir Thomas Bowyer, Bart, Sir SackvilleCrow, Bart. 1639 The same. Sir John Suckling, Barf, 1640 The same. Arthur Onslow, Charles II, 1660 John Fagge. John Byne," 1660 John Bure. Edward Eversfield, 1661 The same. Peter Goring. 1678 Nicholas Eversfield, Henry Goring. 1681 Percy Goring. The same. Jambs II, 1685 Sir Thomas Bludworth. WiUiam Bridgeman. 1688 John Alfod. Charles Goring. William III. 1690 Nicholas Barbon. John Ratcliffe. 1695 The same. WiUiam Stringer. 1698 Sir Henry Furuess. WiUiam Westbrook. 1701 Francis Conway, Thomas Owen. Anne. 1702 The same. John Asgill. 1705 Lord Windsor, The same. 1707 William Shippen, 1708 The same. The same. Sir Cleave More. WiUiam Hale. 1710 Andrews Windsor, WiUiam Shippen. 1713 The same. Lord Hawley, George I. 1714 Sir Richard Gough, Bart. Edward MinshuU. 1722 The same. WUliam Charles Van HuU 1723 David PolhiU, 1727 The same. 1728 James Hoste, Jun. 1734 Sir Harry Gough. 1741 Thomas Archer. 1747 Joseph Damer. 1751 1751 LordMalpas. George II. Joseph Danvers. Harry Gough. The sarae. The same, Henry Pelham. Nathaniel Newnham. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 35 GeORCtE III. 1761 Hon, Andrew Archer, WiUiam Fitzherbert, 1762 Lord Winterton. Hon,G. Venables Vernon. 1768 Earl Winterton. Ciiarles Lowndes, Thomas Thornton. Charles Ambler. 1774 The same. Sir Harry Gough, Bart, 1780 The same. The same. 1782 The Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope. 1784 Daniel Pulteney, The same. 1788 Robert Hobart. 1790 Sir H. Gough Calthorpe, Bart. Thomas Coxhead. 1796 Sir CW, Rous Broughton, Bart James Adams. 1800 John Henry Newbolt, 1802 George Sutton. Henry Joddrell. 1804 Richard Norman, 1806 John Irving, 1807 The same, 1812 The same, 1818 Thc same. 1820 Tbe same. 1825 1826 The sarae. 1830 The same. 1831 The same. The same. The same. WUliam vyilberforce. The same, George IV. The same, Hon, Arthur G. Calthorpe. The same. William IV, The same. WiUiam S. Dugdale. BRIGHTON. The rapid rise of this now populous town, and its still increasing im portance, could not fail to point it out as one of those places, on the in habitants of which, under any amended system of representation, founded on wealth, population, or intelligence, a share in the right to return mem bers ought to be conferred. Possessing, in 1821, a population of no less than 26,429, and, in 1831, still further swelled to 40,634, the inhabitants being composed of the most vpealthy and most intelligent classes, the favoured seat of royalty, and the constant resort of very many of the no bility and gentry, it was, indeed, an anomaly that its residents were not entitled to a voice in the legislative assembly. If the decayed boroughs had any claims on the consideration of the British nation, the more popu lous towns, which the wants or refinements of the last two centuries had called into existence, possessed still stronger; and whilst the manufac turing towns of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, or Sheffield, had au absolute right to prefer claims which could not be resisted, the rich and prosperous watering-places, and among them " the mushroom town of Brighton," as it has beeu designated, had at least an equal right to pre sent themselves to the notice of the public, and to demand at its hands their franchise. Accordingly, on the first introduction ofthe Reform Bill, Brighton pos sessing, in 1821, more than 20,000 inhabitants, had one member allotted to it; when, however, the returns of 1831 were taken as the standard of enfranchisement, the increase in Brighton to more than 40,000 entitled it to an allotment of two members ; which it accordingly received at the passing of the Reform Bill. And by the Boundary Bill the right of voting was extended to the inhabitants of " the respective parishes of Bright- helmstone and Hove." As soon as it was known that a member was to be given to the borough of Brighton, Mr. Mereweather Turner, a barrister, published an address, stating his intention of offering himself as a candidate : this announce ment was followed soon afterwards by an address from William Stepney Cowell, Esq., a large part proprietor of the steam-mills in the town, and bya third from Thomas Attree, Esq., an attorney also residing there, and whose family had been connected with the town for many years. The whole of these, however, afterwards withdrew ; and after the passing of the bill, on the 22nd of June, 1832, Isaac Newton Wigney, Esq., a banker, whose father possessed great personal influence in the town, an nounced his intention of standing, declaring that he was an advocate for the repeal of all laws which impeded the acquisition of knowledge ; would vote for a revision of the corn-laws; would promote free trade haviug reciprocity for its basis; was opposed to all monopolies; would insist on the abolition of negro slavery; would advocate economy; and was anxious that those parts of the assessed and other taxes, which pressed on the industrious classes, should be reraoved. At the latter end of the same month, Captain George Richard Pechell, R.N. (equerry to her Majesty), addressed the electors, soliciting their suf frages as an advocate of reform. On the 2nd of July, Henry Webster, Esq., who had, in 1812, contested New Shoreham, issued a hand-bill, stating that he had always acted on the great principles of civil and reli gious liberty, and was a sincere advocate of reform, but not meeting with much success, afterwards withdrew ; and on the 7th of July, William Crawford, Esq., an East-India merchant, now the member for the city of London, and whose late father had formerly, for many years, kept the post-office and a library at Brighton, and was much respected, offered his services as a friend of reform and a liberal man. None of these candidates, however, pleased a portion of the more radical voters, and some of their body were in communication with two eminent supporters of those principles to stand for Brighton, when George Faith ful!, Esq. who, in jiartnersbip with his brother, had, about twelve years previously, taken up his abode at Brighton, and carried on the business of attorney, adding also, during a greater portion of the time, the arduous duties of a popular dissenting minister, from which, however, he had re tired about two years previously, on the ground of ill health, offered his services. This gentleman had obtained for himself a reputation among the supporters of the radical interest, by his exertions on behalf of the in habitants, as a commissioner under the local act ; and as soon as he had announced his intention of standing, all thoughts of procuring another candidate were abandoned by his supporters. The next person who offered himself was Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Bart.', a consistent tory, and he commenced a canvass ; but finding that a majority of persons holding the same opinions as himself, had promised their support to Mr. Crawford, although a professed liberal, he withdrew in the latter's favour. Previous, however, to the day of election, disliking the show of liberality on the part of Mr. Crawford, he again offered hira self; but it was at too late a period to be of any other service than draw ing off a few of Mr. Crawford's supporters. To complete the list of candidates, already somewhat numerous, Mr. John Sraith, whose adventure at New Shoreham we shall relate hereafter, informed the electors that he intended offering his services. But Mr, Sraith was even still raore unfortunate here than at New Shoreham, for he did not even nominate himself, but retired from the struggle. The other candidates, with the exception of Mr. FaithfuU, prosecuted an active canvass. The majority of the friends of the Court supported Capt. Pechell, the inhabitants generally promised their support to their townS" man, Mr, Wigney, Mr, Crawford had the promises of a majority of the anti-reformers and some liberals, whilst a few only advocated the claims of Sir A. J. Dalrymple. Mr. FaithfuU's friends forraed theraselves into a committee, and canvassed for hira, whilst immediately previous to the day of election Mr. F. gave two lectures, explanatory of his political creed, at the Old Ship Rooms. The noraination took place on the 10th of December, and the show of hands being in favour of Messrs, Wigney and Faithful!, a poll was de manded on behalf of Captain Pechell, which commenced on the following day. At its close on that evening the numbers were, for I. N. Wigney, Esq., 486; Captain Pechell, 412; George Faithful!, Esq., 401 ; WiUiam Crawford, Esq., 294; Sir A. J, Dahymple, bart,, 23. F 2 36 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. It was now evident that the contest lay between Captain Pechell and Mr, Faithful!, By good management, therefore, added to the intluence of his supporters. Captain Pechell might undoubtedly have continued to head his opponent. The opportunity, however, was lost, and an arrangement having been made between the friends of Messrs. Wigney and FaithfuU, the latter's election was secured. At the close ofthe poll on the evening ofthe 1 1th, a mob attacked the house where Captain Pechell's committee were sitting, and afterwards the Blue Coach-office, where his colours were displayed, and, by their riotous conduct on the following morning, pre vented many from polling. The result was, that Mr. Faithful!, at an early period of the morning, headed Captain Pechell, and continued to increase his majority till the final close of the poll, when the numbers were, for I. N. Wigney, Esq., 873; George Faithful!, Esq., 722 ; Captain G, R. Pechell, 613 ; WiUiam Crawford, Esq., 391 ; Sir A. J. Dalrymple,32, the number who poUed be ing 1,434: and on the 13th the two former were returned as duly elected'. Number of electors registered in 1832, 1649. Returning o^cer appointed by the sheriff of the county for 1832 — Mr, Samuel Ridley; for 1833, Johu Mills, Esq.; for 1834, Geo, Gwynne, Esq. CHICHESTER. This city, which is governed by a mayor, recorder, and thirty-eight com- mon-councilmen, has returned members to Parliament since the 26th Ed ward I, ; the right of voting was in the inhabitants paying scot aud lot, or by admission into the corporation, or being raade free of the Merchants' Gidld. For some tirae the city doubtless returned its representatives with regula rity, but seems to have departed afterwards from the usual practice ; for in 1572 we find it among the nine ancient boroughs who had returned uo burgesses to the then last parliament, and whose cases were taken into consideration bythe House of Commons, when it was resolved, "that the burgesses shall remain according to the return, the right of the town being elsewhere to be examined, if need be ^" and the city again regularly ex ercised its right. During the Protectorate, the representatives, the two Messrs. Peckham, having been twice convicted by the House of furnishing supplies to the royalists, were deprived of their seats, and fresh elections took place. Ih 1658, however, the political sentiments of the electors would seem to have changed, for they returned as their representative William Cawley, Esq., a republican of considerable wealth and political talents, who was present at the trial and signed the warrant for beheading Charles I,, and who, on the 23d November, 1642, jointly with Edward Higgins and Henry Chitty, had written a letter to the speaker, inforraing hira " that Sir WiUiam Ford, sheriff, had possessed hiraself of the city, and that Sir WiUiam Morley was assisting," upon which both had been ordered tobe impeached. Under the influence of Mr. Cawley the inhabitants supported the cause of the parliaraent. It is'not, however, till the year 1 660 that we can discover any trace of a contest, when an attempt was made by the mayor and some of thefreemen to restrict the right of voting, which had hitherto beeu possessed by the commonalty as well as the citizens, to the freemen only. In pursuance of this determination, the then mayor returned Mr. WiUiam Cawley as duly elected, instead of Mr, John Farrington, for whora the inhabitants had tendered their votes, although the raayor had several precedents offered to hira to show the commonalty's right to vote ; and although the recorder tendered his advice upon the subject. Against this return Mr. Farrington petitioned ; the committee reported in favour of the com monalty, and on the 21st of May the Honse resolved, "that, upon exa mination of the fact, the question appeared to be, whether the free citi zens alone, or the coraraonalty at large, ought to elect ; aud that upon a view of their own books it appeared that, for one-and-twenty parliaraents, the commonally, as well as the citizens, had a voice in the election of members to serve in Parliaraent ; that the commonalty of the said bo rough, together with the free citizens, have right of election ; and that John Farrington, gentleman, is therefore duly elected, and ought to sit^" Immediately after this resolution was passed, the mayor was called to the bar, and having amended the return, was placed on his knees for his im proper conduct at the election, and " Mr. Speaker did let hira know that the House had considered of the return by him made for the city of Chi chester, and that they loolc upon his carriage therein as wilful contempt, 1 The returning officer's expenses amounted to 453<. 3s, Sd., exclusive of the in dentures of return. 2 Sir J, Mackintosh's Hist, of Eng., v, iii, p. 158. 3 8 Journ. 40. having refused to admit the voices of the commonalty to make elections, it appearing that, for one-and-twenty several parliaments, they, as well as the citizens, had votes for the electing of merabers to serve in Pariiament^ and that therefore the error was wilful, and done in contempt of this au thority, and in breach of liis trust ; and that though his offence deserved a more severe punishment, yet there being a disposition in this House to extend mercy, they have contented themselves with this restraint, and that therefore he stands committed for his contempt to the serjeant-at-arms," frora whose custody he was discharged on the 24th. The next contest on record took place in 1673, when Mr, Richard May was opposed by Mr, Thoraas Garraway. The former was returned Ly the mayor as duly elected, and the latter petitioned, but on the 21st February, 1673-4, the committee reported that Mr. May was duly elected*. In 1708, however, a very severe contest took place between Thomas Carr, Esq. and Sir Richard Farringlpn, who stood on the corporation interest, and Sir Thoraas Littleton, who had spoken strongly on the popular side in the celebrated case of Ashby v. White. He had been first returned for Chichester iu 1705, and now stood on the liberal interest. The two for mer were returned as duly elected; and, on the 26th November*, some of the freeholders and inhabitants, citizens of Chichester, petitioned agaiust the return, stating that, by bribery, menaces, and other illegal practices, and the partiality of the mayor. Sir Richard Farringdon had procured himself to be returned, to the prejudice of Sir Thomas Littleton, and there was also a petition from Sir Thoraas to the sarae effect; both petitions, however, were afterwards abandoned, and the sitting members retained their seats. In 1710, another contest occurred between Sir Richard Farringdon and Sir John Miller, barts., on the one interest, and Thomas Carr and John Elson, Esqrs., on the other, the two latter of whom, on the Sth December, petitioned against the return, stating that they were takeu by surprise, for want of notice of the election ; that neither of them, iior any on their behalf, appearing at the election, the mayor, without making the usual proclamation for the voters to come in, declared there was no poll, and returned the sitting members upon the votes of four or five voters only, without taking the votes of many others, some of whom were at the elec tion, and the rest coming to it; and they insisted that the electiou was void for want of notice. It was proved that the election was upon Tuesday the 3d October, 1710, and the notice was given on tlie Friday before. It was, however, resolved that the notice was sufficient, and the sitting merabers were declared duly elected *. At the next election, in 1715, there was another contest between Sir R. Farringdon and Thomas MiUer, Esq,, who were opposed by AVm, Elson and Jaraes Brudenell, Esqrs, The two forraer were returned, and the two latter, on the 26th March, petitioned against the return, ou the groimd of bribery ', but the petition was, on the 16th May, withdrawn. There were also contests in 1727, 1732, and 1747, but the particulars are of little interest. In 1727, eight, ia 1732, nine, and 1747, fourteen non-resident freemen polled, and from this time during a period of several years nothing of any raoraent occurred in the representation. 4 9 Journ, 313, 5 16 Journ, 18, 6 17 Journ. 135. 7 18 Journ. 25, Pari. Hist,] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 37 In early times, the Dukes of Somerset possessed great power in the nomination ofthe members, and afterwards the Dukes of Richmond, whose seat was in the immediate neighbourhood, having acquired considerable influence over the members of the corporation, and possessing property within the borough, by degrees obtained a control over the return of the representatives. Their nomination, however, was not very acceptable to the voters, and accordingly, as the city increased in size, and the inhabi tants became more enlightened, the Richmond interest declined ; as did also that of the Bishop and other resident appendages of the cathedral, whose influence had been exerted in favour of the Richmond interest. At length, in the year 1782, the independent electors thought them. selves powerful enough to return one of their own representatives, and an election taking place in consequence of the death of General Keppel, they put Mr. Bryau Edwards, a gentleman of independent principles, into no mination, in opposition to the Hon. Percy Wyndham, the brother of the Earl of Egremont, who stood under the Richmond auspices. The first attempt, however, proved unsuccessful, for at the close of the poll Mr, Edwards was in a trifling minority of eight votes, the numbers being, for Mr, Wyndham, 247 ; for Mr, Edwards, 239, and the nomination remained with the Duke, After this election, on the 26th March, Mr. Edwards, the unsuccessfid candidate, and several of the residents of the city, presented a petition, complaining of an undue election, by the mayor's adraission of illegal votes of raany of the non-residents " styling themselves freemen of the city, of whom fifteen had poUed." On the 26th of April, however, Mr. Edwards, aud the electors in his interest, withdrew their petition ; but he afterwards contested in the Court of King's-Bench " the right of the corporation to admit non-residents to the honorary freedom of the guild, or corporation." The Court of King's-Bench two years afterwards^ " under the influence of ignorance, and a disposition to countenance the usurpa tions of the corporations of the land, followed the precedent of former judges, still more subject to the sarae censure, and decided in favour of the corporation °." This decision, however, did not determine the right of the honorary freemen to vote, which was not debated till the year 1826. A general election took place in the year 1784, and the closeness ofthe former numbers induced the independent party again to try their strength, and they proposed George White Thomas, Esq., a gentleman professing the opinions of the then opposition. They succeeded in effecting his return and dividing the representation, the numbers being, for Mr, Tho mas, 296 ; Mr. Steele, 295 ; Mr. William Smith, 174, ten honorarj' free men having polled. At the foUowing election, in 1790, the free electors attempted to regain the power of returning both the merabers ; and, in order to forward Mr. Steele's election, the following manoeuvre was had recourse to : Mr. Steele, who had bee.u the Duke's nominee in the late Parliaraent, disavowed any further connexion with hira, and canvassed the town on his own interest, Mr. Steele, however, raet with a very poor reception, and would undoubt edly have lost tlie election had not the Duke's friends proposed a com promise, to which the uninfluenced electors, wishing to preserve the peace and harmony of the town, and to avoid those ruinous expenses which generally attend a contest with influence and power, readily assented, and an agreeraent was entered into, by which the Duke's party was aUowed to retain the noraination of one of the raembers, on condition that the other should be left to the free choice of the electors. Upon this arrangement Mr. Thomas and Mr. Steele were re-elected, the latter publishing a letter, in whicli he disclaimed all pretensions to the honour he aspired to from his own merits, and acknowledged his gratitude to another source. In 1791, Mr. Steele was appointed to an office under government, and a fresli election taking place in consequence. Sir Richard Hotham can vassed the town against him, but declined the poll ; and at the general election in 1793, William Hodgsou, Esq., M.D., opposed the two sitting members, Messrs. Thomas and Steele, but retired after having polled about twenty votes. Thus matters stood for some years, the Richmond interest regularly returning one member, and the independents, under fhe denomination of 8 Mr. Cnlien's Speech, June 12, 1820 ; an Account of the Proceedings, &c„ pub lished by Mason, ISEO, p, 163, the "Blues," as regularly nominatingthe other. At length several ofthe electors, who did not approve ofthe transfer of the nomination by which the great body of the people were still left with very little power in the election of the merabers, determined, if possible, to effect a change. The inducement to raake this atterapt was the greater, since the Blue party bore no particular political character, and had for sorae years returned the late Mr. Huskisson, Accordingly this body, deeming themselves repre sented neither by Lord George Lennox nor by Mr. Huskisson, invited William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., of Cowdray Park, a gentleman of inde pendent principles, to stand in opposition to the Duke and the Blue inte rest, but he could not be prevailed on so to do. In the month of February, 1823, however, Mr. Huskisson having been appointed President of the Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy, his seat in the House of Commons was vacated, and Mr. Canning's retire" ment from Liverpool occurring at the same tirae, a requisition was sent to Mr. Huskisson to stand for the latter place ; consequently, on the 4tli February, he published a bill, retiring from the representation of Chiches ter. On this emergency General Crosbie was appUed to, to offer himself, but declined coming forward on account of ill health °, and the Blues who had patronised Mr. Husldsson, together with the Whigs, offered the repre sentation to Mr. Poyntz, which he readily accepted, and entered upon a canvass. As the independents did not feel disposed to acquiesce iu this arrangement, and Sir Godfrey Webster, who, in 1820, had retired from the county representation, and had upon that occasion pledged himself to stand for Chichester, was invited to oppose Mr. Poyntz. Sir Godfrey im mediately answered to the summons, and entered upon a canvass two days after Mr, Poyntz ; a deputation had previously waited upon Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., to offer himself, but on his arrival, finding Mr. Poyntz can vassing, he declined the invitation '". The election commenced on Tues day, the 11th February, and the poll continued open till the 18th, when it was closed by proclamation, the numbers being, for Mr. Poyntz, 292 ; Sir Godfrey Webster, 194 ". The number of votes polled was 486, leav-- ing about 200 unpolled voters ; 43 persons residing in the parish of St.. Pancras and subdeanery, (without the boundary of the city,) also ten dered their votes but were rejected ¦^, The two days' previous canvass of' Mr, Poyntz, and the uncertainty of Sir Godfrey's intention of redeeming- his pledge, caused raany ofthe latter's political supporters to promise Mr,, Poyntz, which rendered Sir Godfrey's chance of success very doubtful,. even from the beginning of the contest. At the close, however, he pledged himself to stand again for Chichester. Accordingly, at the following election, in the year 1826, the friends of Sir Godfrey Webster again opposed Mr, Poyntz, but without being able to alter the representation. The election commenced on the 9tli June and continued open till the 14th, when at the close of the poll the numbers. were, for Lord George Lennox, 555; W. S, Poyntz, Esq., 411; Sir G> Webster, 364; electors polled, 792, of whom 15 were freemen, and 10 others polled as corporators, being non-residents. These latter were admitted after a most able argument against their right by Mr, CuUen, who was opposed by Mr. Oldnall Russell. The expenses of all three can didates at this election were enormous. It is reported to have cost Mr. Poyntz no less than 4,000/., Lord George Lennox about 2,800/,, and Sir G. Webster nearly 2,000/., an expenditure which no contest for a city of the size of Chichester, in which there were so few non-resident voters, cau justify, and which the electors ought on no account to have aUowed to have been incurred. This ruinous expense, and the further sum rendered necessary to keep the party together between the times of election — (two contests only hav ing taken place) — amounting in the whole, we believe, to the iramense sum of from 15,000/. to 20,000/.,induced Mr. Poyntz, at the general election iu 1830, to withdraw from Chichester, and the Blue party brought forward John Smith, Esq., of Dale Park, a gentleman of enlightened and liberal views, and the part owner of Midhurst. The independents objected much to the profuse expenditure of the friends of Mr. Poyntz, and determined on putting a stop to the system. They accordingly introduced to the notice of the electors Charles Sinclair CuUen, Esq., whose principles were in the 9 A PoU, &c. pubUshed by W. Mason, 1823, p, 7. 11 lb., p, 38. 12 ib,, p, 43, ] 10 lb., p. 8. 38 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [^Appendix. highest degree liberal, and whose untimely death cast a gloom over every liberal-minded individual in Chichester. Stephen Lushington, Esq., LL.D., also offered his services, but not meeting with much prospect of success, he retired on the 2d July. Mr. CuUen stood on the prineiple of being returned without expense, and his ideas coinciding with the senti ments of many of the electors, he was enabled to make a good stand against Mr. Smith, although the latter had several public-houses opened in his interest. The true spirit of independence, the spirit of being inde pendent of all species of corruption, had not as yet penetrated the hearts of a sufficient number ofthe voters to render Mr. CuUen's cause triumph ant. The election took place on the 2d August, and the polling continued till the afternoon of Wednesday the 4th, when the numbers were, for Lord George Lennox, 643 ; John Smith, Esq., 537 ; C. S. CuUen, Esq., 219 ; the tota! number of electors who voted being 768, of whom 26 voted as freemen, and 1 8 others as coi-porators, being non-resident'^ Soon after this election, Mr. CuUen, whose exertions would have much contributed to the introduction of purity into this city, was snatched from his friends, and called to his last account. At the general election in 1831, Lord G. Lennox was returned for the county of Sussex, and Mr, Smith for the county of Buckingham, so that two vacancies occurred in the repre sentation of Chichester. To supply these. Lord Arthur Leunox, a brother to Lord George, was brought forward by the persons who supported the Richmond interest, and John Abel Sraith, Esq., the son of the late raera ber, offered his services with the support of the Blue party, both pledging themselves to support the measure of reform. Notwithstanding this pro fession, the friends of the late Mr. CuUen, not approving the transfer of the representation, especially as no promise of reduction in the election expenses was made, determined to put their old friend Sir G. Webster into nomination, which they accordingly did ; and although houses were again opened in Mr. Smith's interest, they succeeded in making a close contest, but without success. The election commenced on the 2d and terminated on the 3d of May, the numbers at the termination of the poll being, for Lord A. Lennox, 665 ; J. A. Smith, Esq., 388 ; Sir G. Webster, 306 ; nuraber of voters who polled, 716 ", of whora 12 were freemen, and 16 corporators. By the Boundary Bill the liraits of the borough were considerably ex tended, and they now reach " from the eastern extremity of the boundary of the old city liberty at St. Jaraes's Post, northward, along the said boundary, to the point at which the same meets the old Broill road ; thence iu a straight Une to the westernmost point at which the boundary of the parish of St. Peter the Great meets the boundary of the parish of St. Bar tholomew ; thenee, southward, along the boundary of the parish of St. Bartholomew to the point at which the sarae crosses the new road to Fish bourne ; thence in a straight line to the tumpike-gate on the Stockbridge road; thence in a straight line to the Canal Bridge, adjoining the basin ; thence in a straight line to the southern extremity of Snag-lane ; thence in a straight line to the southern extremity of Cherry Orchard-lane; thence in a straight line to the point at which the Enmbolds-wyke road meets the Oving road ; thence in a straight line to the point first described." Many of the reformers of Chichester were not by any means satis fied with the expenses incurred by the partisans of Mr. Smith, in for warding his election, and consequently, on the dissolution in 1832, sent a requisition to Wm. Parrott Carter, Esq., of Lincoln's- Inn, to stand against the sitting members, who willingly accepted the advocacy of their cause, stating that he " came forward on the principle of purity of election, deter mined not to expend more than was necessary to defray the expenses inci dent to the election, and which bylaw he was compelled to pay;" and that he was the advocate of triennial parliaments, vote by ballot, the abolition of the assessed taxes, and the immediate abolition of slavery at home and abroad. The noraination took place on the 10th Dec, and the polling on the two following days. At the close of the poll on the first daythenurabers were, for Lord A. Lennox, 549 ; J. A. Sraith, Esq., 342 ; W. P. Carter, Esq., 224 ; but at its final close on the 1 2th, Mr. Smith obtained a still greater majority, the numbers being, for Lord A. Lennox, 707 ; J. A. Smith, Esq., 456; W.P.Carter, Esq., 263, the number polled being 771. By the result of this poll. Lord A. Lennox proved that, by his upright and manly conduct, he had secured to himself the good wishes of all parties, standing higher on the poll than any member of his family had yet done, whUst the 263 electors of Chichester who polled for Mr. Carter, who did not spend a farthing, except what he was legally required to do, was almost an entire stranger to the electors personally, altho^gh not so politi cally, and was prevented by professional business frora canvassing till a late period, did theraselves great honour, and rendered the cause they espoused, purity of election, rauch assistance'*. Number of voters registered in 1832 : — Corporators and freemen, 64; 1 0/. householders, 503; scot and lot voters, 285; total, 852. Returning officer. The Mayor. REPRESENTATIVES. Edwakd I. 1295 Willielmtis de Ertham. Clemens de Addesdene. 1293 Walterus le Spicer, Johannes atte Palente. 1300 Willielmus le Taverner. Walterusle Espicer. 1305 Edmundus Gordon. Petrus Bisshop. 1307 Ricardus le Nedclare. Galfridus de Strethampton. Edward II. 3309 Henricus de Somerlegh' Walterus le Spicer. 1311 Clemens de Addesden'. Willielmus le Sherere. 1311 Clemens de Addesdene. Johannes de Somerlegh'. 1313 Robertus le Taverner. Simon deFlete. 1313 Adam de Coppedene. Robertus le Taverneur. 1319 Johannes le Say, Rogerus le Buck. 1320 Johannes Wyn, Rogerus atte Welle. 1322 Thomas de Shawe Radulphus Peny. 1322 Radulphus Pany. Thomas de Shawe. 1323 Johannes de Boxgrave. Robertus de Elnestede. 1325 Johannes Stub. Robertus de Elnestede. Edward III. 1327 Will. Hurst. John atte Halle. 1328 Jno. Wyn. Stephen de Micheldene. Jno, Wyn. WiUiam atte WeU. 1333 The same. The same. 1334 Robt. Elvested. The same. 1335 Jno. Wyn. Robert Elvested. 1336 Rowland de Chudham. John Wyn. 1337 The same. John Putte. Jno. Wyn. Eliasde Meon. Jno. Harding. Alan de Boys. 1338 William Putte. John Wyn. 1340 Elias Meon. John Wyn. The same. John Hardyng. Philip Wyn. William Atwelle. The same. John Wyn. William Putte. John Hardyng. The same. John Wyn. 1343 John de Boys. Walter Elvested. 1346 John Wyn, sen. John Wyn, jun. 1348 The same. William Reeve. 1350 The same. Elias Meon. 1352 John Hardyng. Elias Meon. 1355 John Gavdyuer. John Page. 1358 Roger Cheyne. William Mundham. 1361 William Cheyne. Nicholas Benton. 1362 John Hawkere. Roger Cheyne. 1363 GeofFry Hebbe. Roger Cheyne. 1366 Roger de Raketon. Roger Cheyne. The same. Robert B Inn del. 1367 The same. 1369 John le Goldsmith. Richard de Norton. 1372 The same. John Wyn. 1373 William Cheyne, Richard Wildene. 1375 John Wyn. Robert Blundel. 1377 Roger Cheyne. John Dawbeney, 13 A Poll, &c., published by Mason, 1830, p, 44, 14 A Poll, &c„ published by MasoD, 1831, p, 19. 15 The mayor's expenses were 321. \bs. — Pari Returns. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 39 Richard II. 1379 Johu Toghill. John Gates. 1380 John Hebbe. William Boxgrave. John Sherar. Adam Deghere. 1382 Roger Cheyne. John Attmull, 1385 John Singleton, John Sherere. John Att Castle. William Combe. 1388 John Sherere. Samuel Vincent. 1391 John Longborough. John Sherere, 1392 The same. William Neele, Thomas Patching. The same. 1392 John Sherere. The same. 1395 John Matte. 1396 John Hebbe. John Goldston, 1397 Thomas Patching, John Okehurst. Henry IV. 1400 William Neele. Thomas Patching. William Combe. Thomas Hayne. The same. 1409 Thomas Neele. John Tol.-yle. Henry V. 1411 Robert Juggeler. John Patching. John Dus, 1416 John Vincent. William Farnhurst. Thoraas Kussel. Robert Striveling. 1419 Thomas Neele. John Tockhille, 1420 John Coke, William Hore. 1421 Richard Fust. John Dolite. Henry VI. 1422 William Fernhurst, John Ereton. 1423 Henry Grenelefe. Geoffry Hebbe, 1426 John Smokyn, William Lade, 1428 William Lade. John Hilley, 1429 The same. Thomas Baron. 1431 John Hilley. William Hore, 1433 John Dolite. John Frampton, 1435 Nicholas Pole. John Hilley. 143S Kichard Haynes. John Windeby. 1442 Humphrey Hebster. Nicholas Pole. 1447 John Balman. William Barnard. 1449 John Hilley. John Balman, 1450 John Fust. Robert Seman. 1451 John Hilley, Humphrey Hebster The same. Richard Myldew. Edward IV, 1457 John Stanney. Robert Moore, 1477 The same. [Returns lost till] William Jaccobe, Henry VIII, 1542 William Ernely, Thomas Stoughton Edward VI. 1547 Thomas Carpenter. The same. 1662-3 William Ernely. The same. Mary. 1553 The same. The same. 1554 The same. The same. 1554 John Diggons. 1555 Richard Knight, 1557 Thomas Tolpate. 1558 Lawrence Arderne, 1563 Thomas Stoughton. 1571 Thomas Kerle. 1572 Valentine Dale, LL.D, 1685 The same. 1586 The same. 1689 The same. 1592 William Ashby. 1597 R. Lewknor, Recorder, 1601 Adrian Stoughton, Recorder Philip and Mary. Walter Roynon. Robert Bowner. Lawrence Arderne. Elizabeth. John Sherwin. Thomas West. Richard Lewknor. The same. The eame. The same. The same. Adrian Stoughton. Stephen Barnham. James I. 1603 Adrian Stoughton, Recorder. 1614 The same. George Blencow. Sir Edward Cecill, knt. 1620 Sir Edward Cecil, knt. Thomas Watham. 1623 Sir Thomas Edmonds, knt,. Treasurer of the Household. Thomaa Wetham, Recorder. Charles I. Humphrey Haggett. The aame. Henry BeUingham. Edward Dowse. Sir William Morley, knt.. Henry Peck. 162516281640 1641 Algernon, Lord Percy. The same. William Lawley. Christopher Lewknor. The same. Sir John Temple, knt. Commonwealth, 1654 Henry Peckham> Recorder. 1656 The same. 1658-9 The same. William Cawley 1660 • 1688 Thomas Miller. Charles II. James II. Thomas May. William and Mary. 1689 Sir Richard May. George Gounther. 1695 Richard, Earl ofRanelagh. William Elson. 1698 Sir R. Farrington, bart. John Miller. Anne. 1702 The same. The same. 1707 Sir Thomas Littleton, bart. Thomas Onslow. 1708 Thomas Car. Sir Richard, Farrington, bart 1713 William Elson. Hon. James Brudenell. George I, 1715 Sir Thomas Miller, bart. Sir R. Farrington, bart,, died in 1719. 1719 Richard Kelsall. The same 1722 Charles, Earl of March, succeeded as Duke of Richmond in 173-1. Lord W. Beauclerk, 1724 Lord W, Beauclerk, died in 1782. 1727 Charles Lumley. 1732 Sir Thomas Prendergast, knt, 1737 James Brudenell, 1741 The same. Died in 174S. 1746 John Page. 1747 George, Viscount Bury. George II. Plon. James Lumley, Thomas Yates. George, Viscount Bury. The same, succeeded as Earl of John Page. Albemarle, 1755. Hon. Augustus Keppel. 1755 John Page. Geor GE III. 1761 Lord George Lennox, elected for the county, 1767, Hon. W. Keppel. 1767 John Page. 1768 The sarae. Right Hon. Thomas Conolly 1774 The same. The same. 1780 The same. Died, 1782. Hon, Percy Wyndham. 1782 Thomas Steele. 1784 George White Thomas Right Hon. Thomas Steele. 1790 The same. The same. 1796 The same. The same. , 1801 The same, 1802 The same. 1806 The same. 1807 The same, 1812 Charles, Earl of March. 1818 The same, 1819 Lord John George Lennox. Imperial Parli.iment. Right Hon. Thomas Steele. The same. The same. James Dupr^. William Huskisson. The same. 1820 The same. 18231826 The same. 1830 The same. 1831 Lord Arthur Lennox. 1332 The same. George IV. William Huskisson. W, S, Poyntz, William IV. John Smiths John Abel Smith, The same. 40 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. EAST GRINSTEAD. •This is one of the places in which the right of voting was confined to ihe burgage-holders, and, as a matter of course, it was for centuries a nomination borough : the late patrons were the Earl de la Warr and the late Earl of Plymouth, their Lordships having married the two daughters and co-heiresses of the late Duke of Dorset, the former patron. The right of returning members was first exercised in the year 1307, 1st Edward II.; but we find no record of any contest till the year 1640, when Sir H. Compton and Mr. Godwin were returned by the burgage-holders and inhabitants, and Mr, White, on the 16th of April, petitioned against the return of Mr, Godwin, contending that the right of voting was iu the burgage-holders only, the numbers being for Mr, Godwin fourteen, and for Mr. White thirteen ; but on the 24th of April, the Committee reported, that the right of election was original, and declared the sitting members duly elected, and to this the House agreed ^ But it was complained, that the bailiff " did threaten before the election," and at the election threat ened those, who would not vote for Mr. White, and since the election had "threatened the witnesses who came to give testimony for Mr, Godwin, saying, " that if they gave their voices for hira, their servants should be ; prest, and their carts taken away, and other such words of the like nature." On behalf of the Earl of Dorset it was affirmed, that his Lordship had written to the town to make a fair and a very free election, and, conse quently, the House ordered Edward Blundell, the bailiff, to be sent for by ' the messenger, " as a deUnquent for misdemeanours committed by him -at, before, and since the election." On the following election, anotlier contest occurred between Sir William Culpeper and Mr. Godwin, when .Mr, Godwin was declared duly elected^. On the Sth of February, 1643, Lord Buckhurst, the then member, became disabled to serve, for deserting the service of the House, being in the King's quarters, and adhering to that party, A new writ was issued on the 12th of September, 1645, wheu a contest occurred between Mr, Eobert Pickering and Mr. John Baker ; the former was returned by Mr, Cole, who claimed to be bailiff, the latter by Mr. Bowyen, the regular bailiff. The House, on the 9th of February, resolved, " that the election of Mr. Cole to be bailifi' of East Grinstead, in the county of Sussex, is not good ;" that his return should be taken off the file ; and that " the re turn of Mr. Bowyen, bailiff, of John Baker, Esq., to serve as a burgess for that borough, is a good return ^." The decision of 1640 was called in qnestion in the year 1679, on the petition of Henry Powle and William Scroggs, Esqrs., against the return of Edward Sackville, Esq., who had been returned together with Mr. Pel ham, the latter return, by mistake, not liaving been petitioned against; but the evidence was so strong, that the counsel on all sides admitted that the inhabitants had a right to vote. The Committee resolved, first, that this was an ancient borough by prescription, and then, that the inhabi tants, as well as the burgage-holders, of this borough, had a right to vote ; and, on the 7th of April, reported accordingly ¦¦. This, however, was not sufficient ; and the right was again brought before the House, on a peti tion, in the year 1689 ; and, on the 27th of March, the Committee again reported in favour of the right of the inhabitants ; but the Honse dis agreed to the resolutions ^. At length, on the fourth petition, in the year 1695, the Committee reported, on fhe 9th of January, first, that the right was not in the burgage-holders and the inhabitants of the borough ; and then, that the right was in the burgage-holders only : the House agreed to the first resolution by a majority of 221 to 128, and to the last without a division ° ; and the inhabitants were thus excluded from any participa tion in the right of returning the representatives. The number of the burgage-tenements was thirty-six, of which number twenty-nine were for years vested in the Dorset family, who regularly re turned the members without opposition till the year 1802, when the noto rious Mr, John Frost determined to dispute the right of the Duchess of Dorset, and stood a contest. On the day of election, the 7th of July, nine 12 Journ. p. 10. 2 2 Journ. 10 Journ. 67. 3 4 Journ, 432. 4 9 Journ, 537. 6 11 Journ, 334, burgage-holders polled for the Duchess of Dorset's candidates, Sir H. Strachey and D, Giles, Esq., and one for Mr. Frost, who petitioned against the return, as did also T. Burt, J. Turley, and others, on behalf of them selves and others, electors of East Grinstead, on the ground that all the votes for the sitting members were void on account of occasionality' ; — that is, a fraudulent conveyance of the freeholds: but the Committee de clared that the sitting members were duly elected, and that both the petitions were frivolous and vexatious ; and thus continued the Duchess in undisturbed possession ofthe nomination. An objection was taken to Mr, Frost's being heard before the Committee, because he had beeu convicted in the Court of King's Bench for a libel against the government, had been struck off the roll of attorneys of that court, and had received judgment of the pillory ; and it was contended that the Committee might and ought to inquire into these matters, and that if it appeared to be true that the petitioner, if duly elected, was, from other circumstances, unfit to sit in the House of Commons, they should refuse to let him proceed, A record of his conviction, and of the sentence passed upon him, was put in and read, and the identity of his person was proved ; but it appeared that the sentence had never been put in execution, and that his recognizance had been discharged by order of the court. The counsel for the petitioner insisted that Mr. Frost, having in his petitiou alleged himself to have been a candidate at the elect'on to which his pe tition relates, and being, therefore, qualified under the act, if any other cause existed, arising from the principles of parliamentary law, or other wise, to disable him from prsferring his petition, such cause should have been verified before the House previous to the appointment of the Com mittee. The Committee determined that the petitioner should proceed °. A curious specimen of the interest of the voters in their burgage-f ene- ments was furnished on the examination of this petition, whieh, as de tailed in Mr. Orme's excellent work on Elections^, we shall lay before our readers. " It appeared in evidenee, that the Borough of East Grinstead was holden of the Duke of Dorset, who was fhe lord of the borough and manor, at certain quit-rents payable for eaeh burgage, some at Is., some at 6d., and some at 3d. per annuiTi. The Duke of Dorset and Lord Sackville were severally the proprietors of most or all of these burgages. Of the nine persons who voted for the sitting members, four derived their titles under conveyances from Lord Sackville or his father, and five derived their titles under Lord Romney and Mr. Marsham, as trustees of the legal estate for the Duchess of Dorset. The estates granted by them were for the joint lives of the grantee and the Duchess of Dorset, in whom the bene ficial interest was vested. Those by Lord Sackville were either for the joint lives of himself and the grantee, or for the life of the grantee only. The date of the earliest of these conveyances was in November, 1772 ; of the latest, in July, 1800. They had been regularly presented at the courts ofthe borough, upon the oath of the homage there assembled, and several ofthe voters had attended upon those occasions, and had served upon the homage. It further appeared, that none of the voters had ever paid the quit-rents to the lord of the borough in respect of the burgages ; but that the rents of such as were part of Lord Sackville's estate had been regu larly paid by his steward to the Duchess of Dorset ; that none of the voters had ever paid the land-tax; but that in the assessment the name ofthe Duchess of Dorset or of Lord Sackville was found as the owner or proprietor of all those tenements ; they were in the receipt of fhe rents and profits, and were at the expense of repairing and maintaining the buildings, &c. In the case of the burgages conveyed by the trustees of the Duchess of Dorset, no consideration was paid ; but the grantees, when they accepted the conveyances, signed a declaration of trust, as trustees of the Duchess. None of the grantees had the possession of their deeds, except Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Hoper; the former the steward, the latter the deputy steward, of the estate. The deeds were brought in a bag to the place of election by the agents of the Duchess of Dorset and Lord Sackville, and carried back by them in the same raanner. But at the election the deeds were 7 1 Peckwell's Elect. Reports, p. 310, 8 Ib. p. 335. 9 P. 216. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 41 not examined, the title of fhe voter being admitted as it stood npon the court rolls, which lay open to examination to all the parties : neither wore the deeds produced at the trial." In addition to which, very few indeed of these voters lived, or had any connexion with the place, and many of them never saw it except at an election, when they were conveyed there at the expense of the patrons, in the same conveyance with the steward and his clerks ; and after eating a dinner at the cost of the candidates, were handed home after the same fashion. In fact, they had less interest in East Grinstead than the owners of superiorities had in the different Scotch counties. After these petitions had been thus disposed of, actions were commenced by the sitting members against the petitioners, to recover the sum of 706?. 3s, 4d., being theamount ofthe taxed costs of opposing the petition. These were resisted on fhe part of the petitioners, who contended, that under the act 28 Geo, III. c. 52, the costs could not be taxed jointly, and verdicts were entered for the plaintiffs subject to the opinion ofthe court, which coincided with the petitioners, aud the sitting members were, in Trinity Term 1806, thereupon nonsuited "'. On the 24th of October, in the same year, parliaraent was dissolved, without any further proceedings being had for the recovery of Ihe costs. The new parliament assembled on the 22iid of June, 1807, and on fhe 17tli of March, 1808, fhe Speaker gave fresh certificates, separating the costs, and freih actions were commenced against Turley, Burt, and otheis, who pleaded not guilty ; and at the trial a verdict was given for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court, on the point whether the Speaker of the new parliament had authority to issue araended certificates. The court, however, held fhe new certificate to be valid, and the plaintiffs re covered". In 1807, the Dorset right fo nominate the raembers was again con tested by Sir George Wright, bart. and George Hill, Esq, The Dorset candidates were Sir Nathaniel Holland, bart,, and Charles Rose Ellis, Esq., for whom a majority of the burgher-holders, holding under the Duchess, polled, and they were returned by fhe bailiff, Mr, George Bankin, as duly elected. Agaiust this return, Messrs. White and Hill, on fhe 10th of July, presented a petition, alleging that the bailiff had rejected legal votes tendered for them ''¦' ; but failing to enter info the proper recognizances, the petition was, on fhe 25th of July, discharged. After this period no contest occurred, and the Dorset interest remained unshaken. Under the Reform Bill, introduced in March, 1831, East Grinstead, having in 1821 but 3,153 inhabitants, obtained a place in Schedule B; but by the returns afterwards made, it appeared that, in 1831, it had only 131 houses, and paid assessed taxes in the proportion of 193, so that it ranked as tbe 24th among the petty boroughs, being four degrees worse than the port of Winchelsea. East Grinstead, therefore, received its sta tion iu Schedule A, and lost both its members. REPRESENTATIVES. EnWARD II. 1307 Galfridus Fisher. Thos. Squier. 1309 "WillusdeHolyndalevelHolmdaleGalfridusle Fisshere. 1311 Thus. Flemyng. Galfridus atte Solere, 1311 Wills, de Holyndale, Johes atte Solere. 1313 Galfridus le Ka. Wills, de Ilolyndale, 1322 Wills, de Holyndale. Galfridus Cocus, 1325 Willus atte Solfere, Wills, de Holyndale, Edward III. 1349 Wills. Couk, Johes atte Solere, 1356 Wills. Couk. Thomas Rous. 1358 Wills. Couk. Tho. Rous, 1361 1 Thos. Rous. Johes Alfray. 1361 ) The same. The same. 1363 Johes atte Solere. Thos. Rous. 1364 Gregory atte hole. Robtus Alfray. 1365 The same. Wills, Holyndale. 1366 The same. Ricus Clerk, 1369 Gregory ate hole. Johes Alfray, 1370 Thos, Eston, Gaiftidus Cooke, 1372 Johes atte hole. 1373 Galfridus Cooke, Gregory ate hole. 1374 Ricus Mayhey, Ricus Lukenore. RlCH.lRD II, 1379 Bicus Higgon. Rogerus Woghere 1384 Johes Selghe. Thos, Wyke. 1334 Ricus Daniel. Ulcus Woghere, 1385 The same. The same. 1386 The same. The same. 1338 Johes Deyn. Johes Helldale. 1339 Ric. Wowere, Ralf Pollard. 1390 Johes Alfray, Johes Dynne. 1892 Johes Alfray. Johes Dynne, 1393 Thos. Ross. Thos. AUeyne, 1395 Thos. Farley, Wm. atte Hull. 1397 Johes Punget. Johes Dyn. 1398 Johes Dyn. Johes Punget. Henry IV. 1400 Johes Dyn. Ricus Woghere, 1402 Johes Dyn. Ricus Woghere. 14U7 Johes Dynnc. Johes Dover. Henry V. 1413 Johes Hoke, Thos. Alleyne, 1414 Johes Dyn, Johes Wowere. 1415 Johes Ermyte. Johes Mason, 1419 - No return. 1420 1421 Johes Alfray, Johes Walker. 10 Strachey, Bart, and another, ii. Turley and others, 7 East Rep., 50?. H ENRY VI, 14:2 Wills. Fenningham. Johes Alfray. 1425 Johes Bowyer, Geo. Eyr. 1427 Johes Mason. Ricus Howl. 1428 Thos.Berdveld, Ricus Foghell. 1430 Johes Hadde. Jabob Javyn. 1432 Jacob Juvyn. Tho. Russell, 1434 Robs. Devers. Johes Page, 1436 Wills. Fennyngham. Johes Woghe. 1441 Ricus Dalby, Wills Redston. 1446 Johes Alfray, Radusa Lcgh. 1448 Johes Blackeney, Johes Stock. 1449 Hugo Hulls, Johes Blackney. 1450 Johes Alfray. Johes Westbourne. 1452 Ricus Strykland. Johes Alfray, 1459 Johes Alfray, Robts. Redness. Thos. Challoner. Ricus Alfray. Edwaud IV. 1468 Ricus Morley. Ricus Alfray. 1473 Ricus Lukenore, Robt. Forster. 1478 Ricus Lukenore. Ricus Alfray. No returns have been found till Edward VI. 1546 Rob. Oxenbridge, Geo. Darel. 1553 The same, knt. The same.- Mary. 1554 Tho. Stradling, knt. Jn. Story. Rd. Whaley, Anth. Stapleton. Phil IP AND Mary. 1555 Tho, Duffield. Joseph Culpepper. 1556 Wm. Berners. Jn. Wiseman. •¦Tho. Williams. Humph 13. 1667 Tho. Sackvile, Tho. Parker. E LIZABETII. 1558 Tho. Sackvile, Humph. Lewkenor. 1563 Jn, Sackvile. Lawr. Banesser. 1.571 Jn. Jeffry. Hen. Berkley. 1572 Tho. Care. Mle. Heneage, 1585 Tho. Care, Frs. Alford, 1586 Jn. Covert. Hen, Pikesse. 1^88 Frs, Alford. Tho. Frere. 1592 Read Stafford. Jn. Shirley de Ifield 1597 Hen. Compton, Geo. Rivers. 11 11 East, 194. 12 63 Journ. p. 630. 13 Qu. if not a double return ? G 42 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. James. 1603 Hen, Compton, knt. Jn. Swinnerton, knt. 1614 The same. Leonard Dawtrey. 1620 The same. Thos. Lucy, knt. 1623 Rob. Heath, Sol. Gen 1 The same. Thos. Caldecott. Charles I. 1625 Hen. Compton, knt. Robt, Heath, S. G.n The same. Robt. Goodwin. 1628 The same. The .name. 1640 The same. The same. 1640 Rd. Ld. Buckhurst 15, Robt, Goodwin. 1645 Robt. Pickering 16, John Baker, Commonwealth. 1654 Jn, Goodwin. 1666 The same. 1658-9 Robt. Goodwin, Knt. Geo. Courthorpe. Charles IL 1660 Jno. Fagg, Marmaduke Gresham. 1660 Marmaduke Gresham. George Corthop, 1661 Charles Lord Buckhurst. George Corthop. 1678 Thomas Pelham. Edward Sacville. 1681 Sir Cyril Wyche. Henry Powel. James II. 1685 Simon Smith. Thomas Jones. William and Mary. 1683 Sir Thomas Dyke. Thomas Sacville, 1690 Lord Orrery. Sir Thomas Dyke. 1695 John Conyers. Sir Thomas Dyke. 1698 Lord Orrery. John Conyers. 1701 The same. The same. Anne. 1702 John Took, John Conyers. 1707 The same. The same. 1708 Richard Lumley. Henry Campion. 1710 John Conyers, Leonard Gale. 1713 John Conyers. Spencer Compton B?. Richard Viscount ShannOTS* George I. 1715 Rd. Vt. Shannon. John Conyers. 1722 Sir Spencer Compton K.B. 19 John Conyers ra. 14 A new writ was issued in the room of Robert Heath, 1625. 15 Disabled, and a new writ issued, 16 His election declared void. 17 Made his election for the county, 18 Died in 1725, anew writ ordered. 19 Made his election for the county. Richard Vise. Shannon. 1727 Henry Vise. Palmerston. Edward Conyers. Rich, Vise, Shannon. 173417411747 17541761 1763 1774 17801784 1790 1/9618011802 18061807 1812 1S18 182018261830 1830 1831 George II. Charles Earl of Middlesex zo. Edward Conycr.s. Charles Earl of Middlesex. Whistler Webster. John Butler, o. Earl of Middlesex. Syd. Staf. Smythe. Sir Whistler Webster, bart. Joseph Yorke.ii, Smythe, Hon, Joseph Yorke, Sir Whistler Webster, bart. Ld. Geo. Sackville 21. Sir Charles Farnaby, Bt. Lord George Sackville. Lord Geo, S. Germaine. Lord G. S. Germaine^, Henry A. Herbert. Henry A. Herbert 26. Nathaniel Dance. Nathaniel Dance. Sir Nathaniel Dance, knt. Sir Henry Strachey, bt. The same, Charles Rose Ellis. G. W. Gunning 29, George III, Charles Earl of Middlesex 22, Sir Thomas Hales, bt. 23 John Irwin. John Irwin. John Irwin. Rt. Hon. Sir J. Irwin, K.B. 24 George Medley, George Medley. Jas, Cunninghame27, Rt. H. B. Cunningham 28, Kichard Ford, William Nesbit, James Strange. James Strange. Daniel Giles. Sir Nathaniel Holland, bt. J, Stephen. Sir George Johnston Hope, K.B.,v. Stephen. Rt. Hon. Geo, Lord Strathaven, Hon, Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson. George IV. Rt, Hon. Geo. Lord Strathaven. Hon. Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson. The same. The same, Rt, Hon. Wm. Vise. Helmsdale, Frederick Rich. West, William IV. Bt. Hon.'Wm.Visct. Helmsdale, Frederick Rich, West. The same. The same. 20 Made Head Steward of his Majesty's honour of Otford, in Kent, a new writ ordered, Jan. 18, 1742. 21 Succeeded his father as Duke of Dorset, a new writ ordered, Dec. 20, 1765, 22 Made his election for Hythe, a new writ ordered, Dec, 1,1762. 23 Died, a new writ ordered, Nov. 25, 1762. 24 Created Vise. Sackville and Baron Drayton, new writ ordered, Feb. 12, 1782. 25 Made Steward of the three Chiltern Hundreds,new writ ordered, April 21, 1783, 26 M ade Stewartl of the three Chiltern Hundreds, new writ ordered, Feb. 24, 1786. 27 Died, a new writ issued October, 1788. 28 Made Steward of the three Chiltern Hundreds, new writ ordered, Feb. 20, 1782. 29 Afterwards Sir George Wm. Gunning, bart. HORSHAM. Although this borough is ot considerable size, and was formerly one of the most important in the county, both in point of trade and the amount of its population, yet the inhabitants have had no share in the election of their representatives, the right of voting being confined to the owners of burgage-tenements and burgage-lands. The number of acres of this com modity was, we believe, about seventy, of which nearly forty were the pro perty of the Duke of Norfolk ; twenty-fhree acres of Sir Henry Fletcher ; a lady of the name of Bridger possessing a house and four acres ; the residence of Mr. Hurst, which is his own property, as also that of his son, Mr. Robert Henry Hurst, the present member, were likewise, we believe, burgage-tenements ; and Mr. Comerell, of Strood, and Mr. Pilford Med win, each possessed one. The number, however, of the burgage-tenanfs has, from time fo time, varied considerably. In 1611 there were fifty-four tenants; iu 1750, eighty-five; and in 1754, eighty-one'; u, majority of the burgage-tenements belonged to the Lady Viscountess Irvine, and ano ther portion to the Duke of Norfolk ; some of these burgages had build ings erected on thera ; whilst others had none, as the changes of time and circurastances had produced the alterations ; but the precise situations and 1 Copley's Case ot a double return for the borough of Horsham, p, SO. dimensions were exactly known and carefully preserved by those who were politically interested in them, since the possession of uo other species of property (however free or valuable it might be) gave a right to vote. The first return for this place was iinno 23 Edward I. (1295) ; but the first iraportant fact relating to the earlier representation which has reached us, occurred on the 17th of February, 1678, when a release was given by Anthony Eversfield and John Mitchell, to " the corporation of Horsham, of all wages due to them as representatives of the borough of Horsham iu parliament 2 ; an act which appears to have been general at this period among merabers, whose constituents were anxious to be freed of the bur den. We have no notice of a contest, however, fill the election in 1714-15, when a very curious speciraen of electioneering tact appears to have beeu given. The candidates were fhe Honourable Arthur Ingram, who suc ceeded, in 1721, as Viscount Irvine, and James Ingram, Esq., on one side, and Sir Harry Goring and Charles Eversfield, Esq., on the interest which afterwards belonged to fhe Duke of Norfolk: at the close ofthe poll, the numbers were, for Charles Eversfield, Esq., 36 ; Hon. A. Ingram and Sir Harry Goring, each 33 ; and Mr. James Ingram, 38 " ; and the bailiffs raade a return of Charles Eversfield and Arthur Ingram, Esqrs., against 2 Ibid, p, 31. 3 Ibid, p, 29, Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 43 which the defeated candidates pefitioned. On the hearing of this petition before a Coramittee of the House, it appeared that every species of ma noeuvre had been attempted to gain a majority. One man voted for a burgage conveyed to him for that purpose by his master, who was only mortgagee, the owner having himself appeared on the homage in the De cember previous. The conveyances to three others were executed after the teste of the writ. Another had the tenement conveyed only for the ptirpose of giving him a vote, security being given fbr delivering up the title, which had been done. Another had only a colourable title to vote, and was under a bond to reconvey, on request ; and, finally, one^Richard Sayers was objected to for voting for a Mr. Goodyer's house. It was proved by the tenants, that they paid their rent constantly fo Mr, Goodyer. Mr, Goodyer confessed that he had security from Sayers to reconvey, and that he made him only a colourable title fo vote, upon the solicitations of the two Messrs. Wickers, and proraised that he should have 30/, for so doing. After hearing evidence in support of fhe allegations against these voters, it was agreed, on the 16th of June, 1715, that this was a borough by prescription, and that only burgage-tenants in fee, or for life, had a right to vote. The sitting members insisted that it was essentially neces sary that they should be presented by the homage jury at the Lord's court, which position was as strenuously denied by the petitioners. Without de ciding this point, the Comraittee resolved that the right was " in all such persons as have an estate of inheritance, or for life, in burgage-houses or burgage-lands lying within the said borough ;" -which was afterwards confirmed by the House ^, aud the sitting members were declared duly elected. The inhabitants of Horsham very decidedly opposed the passing of the Septennial Act; and on the 25th of April, 1716, a petition was presented against the bill, in which it was stated, that fhe petitioners " looked upon ¦it as an overturning of the constitution, and as an infringement of their liberties *." The House took offence at the boldness of this language and rejected their petition. After fhe decision of 1715, the patronage of the representation was quietly divided among the principal burgage-owners till fhe year 1790, when a contest arose between the Norfolk and Irvine interests. The Duke's candidates being Timothy Shelley and Wilson Braddyl, Esqrs,, whilst Lord William Gordon and James Baillie, Esq,, were supported by Lady Irvine. On the day of election, the bailiffs rejected every burgage-holder ¦who had not been presented by the homage at fhe Court Baron, and ad. mitted by the steward of the borough, before they came to vote ; fhe con sequence of which determination on fhe part of fhe returning-ofiicers was, that the numbers at the close of the poll were, for Timothy Shelley, Esq,, 25 ; Wilson Braddyl, Esq., 24 ; Lord William Gordon, 20 ; and James Baillie, Esq., 9 ; whereupon the two first were returned as duly elected. Against this return Lady Irvine's candidates pefitioned ; and before the Committee their counsel contended, that the resolution of 1715 was un ambiguous, and too plain to be misunderstood, especially as fhe same question had been then agitated. On the part of fhe sitting members it was urged, that the decision was ambiguous, and that no person could have a right to vote, except he had a complete investiture of his right ; but the Committee resolved, " that the counsel for the sifting raembers be not permitted fo show by evidence that it is necessary fur persons having an estate of inheritance, or for life, in burgage-houses, or burgage-lands, lying within the borough of Horsham, to be presented to, or admitted at the Lord's Court, in order to be qualified fo give their votes at the election of members to serve in parhament for the said borough," After the counsel for the sitting members had been thus restrained, they argued that by the common law, all the tenants of parts of split burgages had a right to vote, and that the idea of the right being confined to distinct entire burgages, had been only recently introduced into the law of parliaraent ; and they offered to prove, that in this borough the right of voting followed fhe trans fer of the land when divided into portions of burgages. For the petitioners, on the contrary, it was insisted, that by frequent and soleran decisions, the law had been settled with regard to burgage-tenure boroughs, and that the right of voting was, by the law of parliament, confined fo a single in divisible tenement. The Committee resolved, " that the counsel for the sitting members be not permitted to offer evidence of any local usage in 3 18 Journ, p. 175. 4 7 Pari, Hist. p. 309. the borough of Horsham, of spUtting and dividing ancient burgages '." And in conformity to this resolution, the Committee uniformly decided against all the votes which at the election had been tendered by, or re ceived of tenants of parts of burgages split since the tirae of memory ; and they even carried it so far as to reject the vote of a man to whose burgage " a certain narrow way, beiug a wain-way," had formerly been attached. At the close of this severe scrutiny, the number of legal votes appeared to be, for Lord William Gordon, 15, James Baillie, Esq., 14, Timothy- Shelley, Esq., 10, Wilson Braddyl, Esq., 9 ; aud the Committee reported, that the petitioners were duly elected, and ought to have been returned; which report was confirmed by the House. After this decision, two actions were brought against the bailiffs for false returns. The damages were laid at 10,000/,, and the defendants pleaded not guilty. It was stated that the plaintiff (Mr, BaiUie, whose action was first tried) had engaged a counsel to attend the election, who had read to the defendants the Journals ofthe House in 1715, containing fhe last determination relative to the right of election, and he also read to them the act 2 Geo. II,, c. 24 (the GrenviUe Act), which declared that the last determination should be final, on which the action was brought. The expenses of the election amounted to 2694/. 13s, id., one half of which fhe plaintiff had paid. After the evi dence for the plaintiff had been given, the counsel for the defendants was heard, but he offered no evidence. Mr, Justice Grose, who tried the cause, went fully into the case : he observed to the jury, that they were to in quire, 1st, Whether the return was false ? And, 2nd, Whether it was wil fully made ? As to the first point, uo doubt could be entertained ; the only competent tribunal haviug decided fhe return to be false. On the 2nd head, the jury should be convinced fhe bailiffs felt at the time fhey were making it, that it was false : less ought not to induce the jury to find a verdict for them, A false return alone was not necessary fo subject an officer fo this action ; he must be proved fo have returned falsely, knowing his return to be false. The jury found a verdict for fhe plaintiff for 800/., as double damages. And a similar verdict was taken against fhe defen dants in the action by Lord W. Gordon^. In 1806, another contest between the rival interests took place. John Henry Viscount Fitzharris and Henry Viscount Palraerston, standing on the Irvine interest, and Lieut. Colonel Francis John Wilder and Major Loveday Parry Jones ou that of fhe Duke of Norfolk, The numbers on the poll, for the respective candidates, were, for Colonel Wilder, 44; Lieut. Jones, 44 ; Viscount Fitzharris, 29 ; Viscount Palmerston, 29 ; and fhe bailiff declared the two former duly elected ; but it being contended by Lady Irvine's candidates that they ought to be returned, the bailiffs, with the consent of the counsel for Messrs, Wilder and Jones, were prevailed upon to make a double return; and by one indenture returned Messrs. Wilder and Jones as duly elected, and by another indenture returned Lord Fitzharris and Lord Palmerston, Against these returns three petitions were presented ; 1 , by Viscount Fitzharris and Viscount Pal merston ; 2, by Messrs. Wilder and Jones ; and 3, by the voters in their interest. The Committee was chosen on fhe 8fh of January, 1807, and the case was opened by the counsel for Messrs. ATilder and Jones, their return being immediately annexed to the precept. " They objected, on the ground o£ occasionality, to 28 out of the 29 votes, which had been polled for Lord Fitz harris and Lord Palmerston, The vote which remained unimpeached was that of Mr, Tredcroft, They also anticipated an exception which would be taken to several of the voters for Wilder and Jones, as having been given in right of divided burgages." " The following is the substance of the evidenee which was offered ia support of the charge of occasionality. As each of the electors in the interest of Lord Fitzharris and Lord Palmerston carae up to poll, Mr. Troward, who attended as agent for Lady Irvine, produced from a box or bag, in his custody, the conveyance ofthe property for which the vote was tendered. This was delivered to Mr, Horace Ellis, who acted as assistant to Mr. Troward, Mr, Ellis read the description of the premises to the poll-clerk, by whom it was entered in his book, and the conveyance was then returned to Mr, Troward. In no one instance were the title-deeds produced by the voter, or delivered to him after he had giveu his suffrage. The first person who voted for Lords Fitzharris and Palmerston, was the 5 2 Fraser, p. 51. 6 Orme on Elections, p, 81, G 2 44 H f STORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Rev. IVin. Jameson, His conveyance was dated in 1793. He was asked whether he had paid the consideration mentioned in the grant, and whe ther he had ever received any rent from the tenant. To both these ques tions he replied in the negative. The sarae questions were put, with one or two exceptions, to all the other voters in the interest of Lords Fitzharris and Palmerston, and the sarae answers were uniformly returned. It also appeared that sorae of the voters were unacquainted with the situation of the p; eraises for which they tendered their votes. No evidence was given in contradiction to this statement, and afterwards, when further proof upon the same subject was offered, it was admitted, on the other side, that no consideration had been paid for any one of these grants, and that the rents had been constantly received by Lady Irvine. The conveyances, which bore date at different periods from the year 1 790 to 1806, were, wilh one exception, frora Lady Irvine to the several voters for the joint lives of herself and the respective grantees'," "With reference to the divided burgages, the proceedings which took placs before fhe Coramittee, in the year 1715, when the last determination was found, were read from the Journals °. The returns for the borough from 1678, which were filed in the petty-bag office, were also produced to show, by a comparison with the Court rolls of the manor and other docu ments, that they had been constantly signed by persons who were pos sessed only of portions, and, in some instances, very inconsiderable portions of burgage property; and the usage ofthe borough, with respect to the exercise ofthe elective franchise, was thus deduced. On the part of Lords Fitzharris and Palmerston, it was argued that occasional votes had been created on both sides, and had been the inva riable usage of the borough; and that the objection of occasionality did not apply to cases of burgage-tenure. That the receipt of the rent and possession of the conveyance bythe voter, werp of no real importance, since fhe whole legal estate was vested in him. They also objected to 29 out of the 44 votes on Messrs, Wilder and Jones's poll, on the gromid of their haviug voted in right of modern divisions of ancient burgage-fenures, and that, by the general law, fhe right was confined fo entire ancient burgages, which, for election purposes, were perfectly indivisible ; and that, although in Horsham fhe whole of the ancient burgages could not le accurately ascertained, yet they ought to take the best evidence that could be given on the subject; and that the usage of the borough was illegal. That none of the voters for Lords Fitzharris and Palmerston could be objected to as having polled for divided burgages. " The num- lier must therefore continue at 29, as it stands on the poll. On the other hand, their objection applied to 29 of fhe votes for Mr. Wilder and Mr. Jones. There would consequently remain a majority of 14 in favour of Lords Fitzharris and Palmerston '," The counsel fur Messrs, Wilder and Jones replied, and the case closed on fhe 17th of January; and on- Tuesday fhe 20th, fhe Committee re solved, " that Mr. Wilder and Mr. Jones were duly elected '»," which was agreed fo by the House, Colonel Wilder afterwards made his election for Arundel, and Sir Samuel Romilly, knight, was chosen in his stead without opposition. Soon afterwards another compromise was effected, and the Duke's in terest and Lady Ir- jn^'s returned a member each. But this division of the nomination proving inconvenient, the late Duke becarae very desirous of purchasing Lady Irvine's share, which, on her death, descended to her son-in-law, fhe Marquis of Hertford. Accordingly, in or about the year 1811, fhe Duke became the purchaser of the houses, lands, and patronage, at the reported price of 90,000/., the houses and lands being estimated as worth 60,000/. ; and from that time till 1832, the Norfolk interest, with out opposition, regularly influenced the return ofthe merabers. We have been thus elaborate in our description of the contests for this borough, since they display in a clearer light than in any other borough in Sussex, the multiplied evils ofthe old electioneering system, and show most vividly the indisposition of former members of the House of Com mons to allow one iota of patronage to be lost or become impaired ; although by the splitting of burgages a numerous and free constituency might possibly have been created. As in all other burgage-tenure boroughs, the burgages belonging to the Duke were conveyed to his friends or dependents, for the purpose of forming a constituency, much after the same fashion as those at East Grinstead. The nominal owners of these obsolete inheritances were known only to thoso personally initiated into the secrets of the system ; they, however, had nothing to do with the receipt of the rents, nor are we aware of any one of them who resided upon or occupied any part of his burgage. Bythe population returns for 1821, it appeared that Horsham con tained 4575 inhabitants, and in the first edition of the Reform Bill re tained both its members ; but by Lieut, Drummond's returns it ranked only as the fiftieth among the petty boroughs, containing 488 houses in 1831, and paying assessed taxes after fhe rate of 770, being less thaa either Rye or Ai-undel, In the Reform Bill as amended, therefore, it was placed in Schedule B, and was doomed to suffer the loss of one member. In order fo obtain the requisite number of 10/. houses, it became neces sary to extend the limits of fhe old borough, which now includes the whole of " the parish of Horsham ;" and a large body of independent electors were permitted to share the suffrages. As soon as the Reform Bill had passed, Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., whose father had represented the borough as nominee of the Duke of Norfolk under the old S3'stem, offered his services, and commenced a can vass, and on the 29th of June, Edward Blount, Esq,, the steward of the Duke of Norfolk, published an address, stating his intention to become a candidate. The canvass was carried on with considerable warmth on both sides, owing to the nature of the contest, and each party anticipated a favourable result. The nomination took place on the 10th of December; the polling commenced on the following day, and after a continuance of about three hours, Mr, Blount finding that his voters were nearly all polled, but that the other party, although already at the head, continued to poll their friends, resigned the contest. The numbers at the close of the poll being, for R, H, Hurst, Ksq,, 114, Edward Blount, Esq,, 74. The number polled being 1 88 ". Number of voters registered in 1832 — Burgesses, 7 ; 10/. householders, 250,— Total, 257, Reiurniiig Officers— The Bailiffs, REPRESENT-4.TIVES, ECWAIID I, 1295 -Walter Kandoir, 130O Robert Godefray. 1302 The same. 1307 The same. 1309 Ralph de Horsham. 1311 Robert Godefray. 1313 The same. 1313 The same. 1320 Richard alte Boure. Walter Burgeys. The same. The same. Edward II. Marten le Peck. Robert Olyver, Robert atte Lynde, WiUiam atte Lynde, Richard de Stanstret. Richard de Stanstret, li The bailiff's expenses araounted to 2GI Is.^Parl Return. 9 Copley, p. 72. 1322 1332 1328 1330 1330 1332 1335 1336 1337 1340 13il1346 13-18 1350 John le Rede. Richard Staiistrete. Thomas le Glovere. John Neel. Ralph de Hfoore. John Godfrey. Robert Fletcher. Robert Cock. Richard atte Staystrete. Walter Riindekin. John Randulph. Cedula manca. Walter de R.indekyn. The same. Andrew atte Wode. Jolm le BoLiler. Edward 111. John Smith. John Bottiler, Martin Kuynuyere. John Merchaund, Robert Gretesnuth. Peter Tournour. Richard Soure. Oliver SkylUng-. John Bottiler. John le Nyweybakere. John atte Moore. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 45 1355 Walter de Randeliyn, John Randolph. 1357 Robert Frensh. Roger Spicer. 1359 The same. The same. 1360 The same. Walter Randekyn, 1362 Henry Grauntford, The same. 1365 Robert Frensh, Thomas Grauntford 1368 Walter Randekyn. Oliver Gyngenere. 1372 Robert Frensh, William Glovere. 1376 John -Wantely, Robert Randekyn. Richard II. 1378 Richard Wyldgoss, Thomas Rowere. 1379 Robert Hynker, Richard Coderme. 13S3 -ffilliam Redleve, William Williams. 1384 John Wantele. Richard Ridlere. 1385 Thomas Cobbin, William Chode. 1337 Roger Wildgoss. Richard Ridlere. 1392 William Ridlere. William Chode. 1394 Henry Bottiler. John Rileffe. 1396 Roger Wildgoss. William Ridlere, 1397 Henry Bottiler, Richard Condenn, Hekry IV. 1399 William Chode. The same. 1401 Robert atte Lynde. Thomas Bolter. Henry V, 1413 Henry Bottiler. Thomas Pinfold, 14U Thomas Shode. John Wode, 1415 Walter Urry. Henry Bottiler. 1417 Thomas Chode, John Stowt, 1420 William Hemker, William Stowt, Hekry VI, 1422 Henry Bottiler, John Greenhurst. 1423 Stephen Payne, William Stoute. 1427 The same. Henry Bottiler. 1423 The same. Roger Dunstable. 1432 Peter Hent. The same. 1434 Stephen Payne, The same. 1441 James Jaunyng. Thomas Berwyke. 1446 Walter Styler. John Jhani. 1448 Thomas del Rowe, WiUiam Rous. 1449 Richard Danvers, William Gaucy. 1450 Stephen Cumber, William Duke. 1459 John Lewkenore. Richard Lewkenore 1459 John Harrow, John Worsop. Edward IV. 1467 Thomas Hooar, Stephen Combes. 1472 Thomas Hoo . [Returns lost till] John Fust. Edward VI. 1547 Andrew Bayntun. John Vaughan. 1553 Sir Henry Hussey, Edward Lewkner- Mary, 1553 Anthony Hussey. John Mitchell, 1863 Kichard Baker. John Baker. 1551 William Took. John Purvey, Philip and Mary, 1555 Rohert Colsall. William Huggen, 1557 John Blenerhasset. Richard Fulnerston. Elizabeth. 1558 Richard Ie Strange. 1562 Peter Osborne. Robert Bnxton. 1570 John Hussey. John Gresham, 1571 Nich. Hare. John Hare. 1584 The same. The same. 1585 The same. The same. 1588 The same. The same. 1592 Rich, Franke, The same. 1592 John Hare. James Booth. 1600 llichard Browne, Sen, Rich, Heydon. James I. 1603 John Doddridge, Serg at Law. Mich. Hicks. 1614 John Middleton, 1620 Thomas Cornwallis. John Middleton, 1623 John Borough. The same. Charles I. 1625 The same. The same. 1625 The same. The same. 1627 Dudley North, The same. 1639 Thomas Middleton, Hall Kavenscroft. 1640 The same. The same. 1659 William Freeman. The same. Commonwealth. Henry Chowne. John Fagg. ClI.VltLES II. 16G0 Thomas Bliddleton. 1661 Sir John Covert, knt. and bart. Thu same. L ^ Anthony Eversfield. 16bi The aame. Hall Ravenseroft. John Cbale. Sir Orlando Bridgman, knt. and bart. Jolin Machell. Tbe same. . James II. 1685 The same. The same. 1688 The same. The same. "William AND SIary. 1690 John Machell, ¦William White, Jun WiLLiA:ir. 1695 The same. Henry Yates. \ms The same. The same. 1700 Henry Yates. Henry Cowper. 1701 The same. Jolm Wicker. A NNE. 1702 Henry Cooper. The same. 1705 Charles Eversfield. Henry Cooper, died. Harry Goring. 1707 The same. The same. 1708 The same. John Wicker. 1710 The same. John Middleton. The same. 1713 Charles Eversfield. John Middleton. 1714 1721 1722 1727 17341737 1741174717481754 1761 176317631770177417761780 1783 1783 178417901792 17931796 1802 1804 1806 1807 18121818 18201826 182(31827 1829 1830 1831 183:2 Sir Harry Goring, bart. Hon. Arthur Ingram. Charles Eversfield. The same. George I. Charles Eversfield. Hon. Henry Ingram. The same. George II. The same. The same. Sir Rich. Mill, bart. Hon. Charles Ingram. Sir Lionel Pilkington, bart. The aame. The same. The same. Hon. Charles Ingram. The same. Charles Ingram. The same. George III. The same. Right Hon. James GrenviUe. James Wallace. The same. The sarae. James Crauford. Jeremiah Cruchley. Timotby Shelley. Lord WilUam Gordon. Sir John Rlacpherson, bart. Patrick Rosa. James Viscount Fitzharris. The same. Lieut. Col. Francis Jn. Wilder. Sir Samuel Romilly, knt. The same. Joseph Marryat. Sir Arthur Piggott, knt. Robert Hurst. The same. Robert Pratt. The same. Right Hon. Jeremiah Dyson. Charles Earl of Drogheda. George Viscount Lewisham. Sir George Osborne, bart. Philip Metcalf. Wilson Bruddyll. James Baillie. William FuUarton. James Fox. Edward Hilliard. Henry Viscount Palmerston. Major Loveday Parry Jones. The same. Henry Goulburn. Robert Hurst. George Richard Phillips. The same. The Slime. The same. The aame. Henry Charles Earl of Surrey. William IV. Thesame.^ The same. The same. The same. Rot)ert Henry Hurst. George IV. Sir George Aubrey, hart, D.C.L. Hon. Henry Fox. The same. Nicholas Wm. Ridley Colborn. 46 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES \^Appendvc. LEWES. The right of returning representatives to the Comraons House of ParUa ment was first conferred ou this town hy Edw. I,, in the twenty-third year of his reign, and for several successive years we find no other record relat ing to the representation than the names of the members. In 1543, John Cayme was one of the members for the borough, and received 63s. for his attendance; and iu 1545 and 1554, according to Mr, Eowe, wages were also paid to the representatives ; and in the following year William Devenish and Thomas Gravesend received the sum of 61. 10s. for wages ^. There is but little doubt that, in the early period of the representation, the borough of Southover had a voice in electing the representatives, at any rate, of one member every alternate election ; and in the History of Lewes ^ is given the Copy ofthe Draft of an Agreement, dated 2d Febru ary, 7th Edw, VI, (1552) between the constables and inhabitants of Lewes and the constables and inhabitants of Southover, relating to the pay ment of the exfenses, which recites such a right. For many years, how ever, antecedently to the passing of the Reform Bill, the right had fallen into disuse, and the members were returned by the inhabitants ofthe four parishes of, St, Michael and All Saints, parts of the parishes of St. John and St. Ann only. The first notice of any contest occurs in the year 1627, when there was a struggle between Sir George Goring, Mr. Anthony Stapeley, and Sir George Rivers, the result of which was that; Sir George Goring and Mr. Stapeley were returned by one indenture, and Sir George Goring and Sir George Rivers by another ; and on the 29th March following, Mr. Hack- well reported from the committee of privileges, " that there was no mayor or bailiffs there, but only constables. It was agreed that the election ought to be made by the inhabitants j'' and on a division there appeared 22 in favour of a motion that neither Sir George Rivers nor Mr, Stapeley were well elected, and 27 contra, and thereupon the conclusion ofthe com mittee was, that Mr, Stapeley was well elected, and ought to be returned'. The house thereupon resolved to leave this business until Tuesday morn ing, and we find no further mention till the 1 st May, when a new writ was ordered *. Colonel Herbert Morley, who represented this place in the two last par liaments of Charles I., distinguished himself during the civil war on the side of the parliament, " and took an active part in devising and carrying into effect precautionary measures for the defence of the county of Sus sex, and especially Lewes, against the royal army;" and there are entries in the Journals in the year 1642, ordering him ammunition. He sub scribed the Solemn Covenant, and was present at the frial of Charles I., although he did not sign the warrant for his execution. But when Crom well assumed the Protectorate he was, says Noble, " quite a mal-content," and his disaffection continuing unabated, he was ultimately, in 16G6, by the fiat of Cromwell, excluded the house ". The next contest was in 1685, when the return of Mr, Richard Bridger and Mr. Thomas Pelham was opposed by Sir John Stapeley, bart,, wlio, on the 26th of May following, petitioned against the return. This peti tion was referred to the Committee of Privileges, but no report appears. In 1710, the return of Thomas Pelham and Peter Gott, Esqrs,, was opposed by Nathaniel Trayton, Esq., who, on the 1 st December, petitioned against the return of Mr. Gott, charging him that he had been guilty of bribery and other illegal practices^, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections, but was, on the 3d February following, withdrawn^. On the death of Mr. Morley a large portion of the houses, and with them considerable influence in the nomination ofthe repi esentativcs ofthe borough, became the property of the Pelham family, the friends or rela tions of which were regularly returned as the periods of election arrived. The town, however, continued gradually to increase, and the Pelhams uot purchasing the new houses, their interest as gradually lessened, till in 1734, I Hors, Hist, of Lewes, p, App, xxxix, 2 App, v. 3 1 Journ. 877. 4 III. 891. 5 2 Hors, Hist, of Lewes, 117. 6 16 Journ. 409. 7 Ib. i75. the independent electors thought that they had obtained sufficient power to return their own members, and Ihey nominated Nathaniel Garland and Thomas Sergison, Esqrs., in opposition to the Duke of Newcastle's candi dates, Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer, aud Thomas Pelham, of Lewes, Esqrs. The electors at the same time attempted to establish the right of the inha bitants generally to vote. The election commenced on the 27th April; at the close ofthe poll the numbers were, householders for Mr. T, Pelham, of Stanmer, 84 ; Mr, T, Pelham, of Lewes, 83 ; Mr. Garland, 75 ; Mr. Ser gison, 70. Twenty-four inhabitants tendered their votes for Messrs. Gar land and Sergison, but were rejeeted by the constables, who returned the Messrs. Pelham as duly elected. On this the other candidates, on the Sth March, 1735, presented a petition against the return, which was referred to the Committee of Privileges, who came to the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this committee that the right of election of bur gesses to serve in Parliament for the borough of Lewes, in the county of Sussex, is in the inhabitants being householders, paying scot and lot." On the committee coming to this resolution the petitioners gave'up their peti tion, and the house nem. con. agreed to the resolution °. From this period no contest took place till 1768, when the Duke of New castle recommended Colonel Hay, of Glynde Bourne, who thereupon pro ceeded to ask the suffrages of the voters, which he without difficulty ob tained. Previous, however, to the day of election, his Grace withdrew his support from the Colonel, and nominated Sir Thomas Miller. Col. Hay conceived himself ill-treated, and the electors considering themselves bound by their promises, he determined to stand the poll, which was ac cordingly entered upon on the 16th of March, when the^ votes were, for T. Hampden, Esq., 115; Thomas Hay, Esq,, 110; Sir Thomas Miller, bart,, 92, and the Duke thereby lost the nomination of one member. At the election in 1774, Mr, Tliomas Hampden retired from the repre sentation, and recommended his relation, the Hon. John Trevor, of Glynde. Sir Thomas Miller, bart., again stood on the Duke's interest, and BIr. Hay- likewise advanced his claims. The retirement of Mr. Hampden did uot please some ofthe electors, who prevailed upon Williara Kempe, Esq., of Southmalling, to oflTer himself, whieh offer he on the 1st October accepted. The nomination took place oo the 11th October, when the following can didates wore nominated: Sir Thomas Miller, bart,. Sir Ferdinando Poole, bart,, a resident in the town, Mr. Serjeant Kempe, the Hon. John Trevor, and also Mr. Burtenshaw, an eminent solicitor in the town. Sir Ferdi nando Poole and Mr. Burtenshaw, declined going to a poll, which was commenced on behalf of the other four. At its close the numbers were» for Sir T, Miller, 120 ; T,Hay, Esq,, 102; Hon, J. Trevor, 82; and Mr. Kempe, 40. Mr, Hay, however, having offended some of the electors, with Mr. Chas. Gilbert, another eminent solicitor, and Mr, (afterwards Sir Henry) Black- man, at their head, they determined to return another person in his stead, and they accordingly applied to one of their own body, Thomas Kemp, Esq,, a wealthy wool-stapler, and a liberal man, to stand on their interest at the election in 1780, In the meantime the Duke of Newcastle diedj aud the greater portion of the Pelham property in Lewes descended to Mr, Pelliam, of Stanmer, and a considerable falling oiF of the Pelham in terest in the borough became immediately apparent, but the electors had not as yet the power of returning both their own representatives. The election was holden on the 12th and 13th of September, and after a severe struggle the Hon. Thomas Pelham and Mr. Kemp were returned, the num bers being, for the Hon. T. Pelham, 96 ; T, Kemp, Esq., 91; T. Hay, Esq., 76. At the next election, in 1784, Mr. Harben, of whom we shall have more to say when treating of Seaford, put Sir Henry Blackman, knt,, in nomi nation, in opposition to the Pelham interest, but on the day of election he deserted and betrayed his friend. The effect of this treachery was, that at the election which took place on the 2d of April, after polling about an hour and a half, the numbers stood, for Thomas Kemp, Esq., 33 ; the 8 22 Journ. 616, Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 47 Hon. H. Pelham, 32 ; Sir II, Blackman, 7, and the worthy knight retired from the contest. Immediately after this election Mr. Kemp became a strenuous supporter of Mr. Pitt's first administration, and u, union was effected between the Kemp and Pelham interests agaiust the wishes of Mr. Williara Cooper and several independent electors, who determiued, if possible, to oust one of the members at the election in 1790, and for this purpose they pre vailed on Henry Shelley, Esq., another inhabitant, and a man of very liberal opinions, to stand in opposition to the united interests. The service rendered to the government by Mr, Kemp obtained for him their strenuous support, as will appear by the following letter addressed by the Secretary to the Treasury to WiUiam Green, Esq. : — " Dear Sir — Having this moment been informed by my brother, that in a conversation which he had yesterday with you at Lewes, you ex. pressed a wish to have some explanation frora me respecting the inten tions of government relative to the Lewes election — under these circum stances I do not hesitate to declare to you what my sentiments and those of my friends are on this subject. We consider Mr, Kemp as having every claim that a man can have to our best wishes and support ; we are determined to do everything in our power to promote his success, and if you can point out any practicable means whereby so desirable an end may he accomplished, I will cheerfully undertake to use my best endeavours to effect it. As to Mr. Shelley, however respectable his situation may be, or however fair his pretensions, I do not scruple to express my opinion, that he has no claim whatever to the support of the friends of govern ment when he stands iu competition with a man like Mr. Kemp, who, by a long, steady adherence to the cause of the present administration, has entitled himself to every return which they may have it in their power to make him. " I am, dear Sir, " Your faithful servant, "Thos. Steele." ^' Treasury, Sat. Jan. 16, 1790." The election took place on the. 16th June, and at the close of the poll the numbers were, for the Hon. H. Pelham, 154; T. Kemp, Esq., 149; H. Shelley, Esq., 89. Mr. Shelley's party, although unsuccessful, were hy no means daunted by this result, and being determined to contest the elections till the Pelham interest should be destroyed, they, at the election which took place on the 25th and 26th of May, 1796, put in nomination William Green, Esq., another liberal inhabitant, but though they were doomed to suffer another defeat, the state of the poll at the close proved that their party had gained much ground since the preceding election. The numbers were, for T. Kemp, Esq., 215 ; John Cresset Pelham, Esq., 156; W. Green, Esq., 127. At length, in 1802, the independent electors were triumphant. They succeeded after a desperate contest, and returned Mr. Shelley, who again stood on the popular side. They were not able, however, to subdue the Pelham interest, and Mr. Kemp was therefore the rejected candidate. At the close of the poll, which took place on the Sth and 6th July, the num- hers were, for Lord F. G. Osborne (the Pelham member), 214 ; Henry Shelley, Esq., 179; Thomas Kemp, Esq., 173, nine votes only remaining unpolled. On account of the closeness of these numbers Mr, Kemp de manded a scrutiny, which began on the 16th and ended on the 2.3d of August, when the numbers were declared to be, for Lord Osborne, 208 • Mr. Shelley, 169 ; Mr, Kemp, 164, reducing Mr. Shelley's majority by one vote only. The friends and advisers of Mr. Kemp now finding that it was useless to continue the connexion with the Pelham interest, which was gradually giving way, determiued, if possible, to effect a union with the independents. Having perfected this arrangement in 1806, every preparation was made for a contest, and with every prospect of success, when, on the morning ofthe election, the friends of Mr, Shelley aud Mr, Kemp received a notification, that the Pelham interest highly approved of the choice the electors were about to make, and that in consequence Lord F. G, Osborne would not enter into a contest. In the early part of the year 1811 Mr. Kemp died, and his only son, Thomas Read Kemp, Esq. was, by general consent, elected in his stead. G-eorge Shiffner, Esq., (now Sir George Shiffner) canvassed the town, but afterwards withdrew. In the same year, however, Mr. Shelley also died, aud his supporters brought forward Colin Macauley, Esq. This gentle man canvassed the town in opposition to Mr. Shiffner, who again came forward, Mr, Macauley thought the opposition shown to his return too powerful to be withstood, and after the nomination he declined going to the poll. The independent partj', still headed by Sir Henry Blackman and Mr, Cooper, at the general election in 1812, brought forward James Scarlett, Esq. (now Sir James Scarlett), at that time a decided Whig, and professing the most liberal opinions. A severe contest ensued, but Mr. Shiffner and his friends were victorious. The election took place on the 5th and 6th October, and the numbers were, for T, R, Kemp, Esq,, 313 ; George Shiffner, Esq., 164 ; James Scarlett, Esq., 153, leaving the popu lar cause in a minority of nine. These votes might probably have been obtained by Mr. Scarlett, and his success rendered certain at a very trifling expense, but he declared he would prefer losing his election to lending himself, either directly or indirectly, to bribery. Thus the representation continued till 1816, when Mr, Kemp, wishing to retire from a political life, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and thereby- created a vacancy for Lewes. Mr, Scarlett again offered his services, and several of the electors having invited Sir John Shelley, a cousin of the late member, Mr. Heni-y Shelley, and at that time professing the sarae political opinions, but which he afterwards abandoned, they were enabled to effect his return, although not without a sharp contest. At the close of the poll, which continued open on the 11th, 12th, and 13th March, the numbers were, for Sir John Shelley, bart,, 219; James Scarlett; Esq,, 200, all the electors, with the exception of seventeen, having polled. Immediately after this return Sir John Shelley and Mr, Shiffner en tered into a close coalition, is.suing their bills jointly, canvassing together, and paying equally their joint expenses, Mr, Scarlett, having already stood two contests, at the dissolution in 1818, again solicited the votes ofthe electors. Having completed his canvass, he returned to town ; hut on looking into the promises, he found that he should be in a. majority of one only. Not liking to run the risk of a third rejection, and of incurring the necessary expenses, he sent his son down to Lewes on the evening- previous to the day of election, to inform the electors of his intention to withdraw from the contest. Nothing could equal the dismay of the inde pendent party at this crisis, every anticipation of a complete triumph being being held out to them. They were loud in their exclamations against Mr, Scarlett, But, nothing daunted by the secession of their favourite candidate, some ofthe independents deputed one of their body to London to look up another candidate for the next day. On the arrival of this gen tleman iu town, he waited on the Hon, Thomas Erskine, the son of Lord Erskine, and the present chief judge of the bankruptcy court, who readily ' consented to be put into nomination, and immediately started for Lewes, where he arrived about nine o'clock on the morning of the 15th of June, fhe day fixed for the election, A poll was immediately entered upon, and it continued open during that and the succeeding day, about the middle of which Mr, Erskine informed the electors that he had discovered bribery on the part of Messrs. Shiffner and Shelley, and advised them to put another candidate in nomination, which they accordingly did in the person of Hen. Baring, Esq., and, after having polled twenty-seven votes for him, the poll closed, the numbers being, for Sir John Shelley, 274; George Shiffner, Esq., 258; Hon. Thomas Erskine, 112 ; H. Baring, Esq., 27. Mr. Erskine thereupon declared that he should petition against the return, on the ground of bribery. However, on afterwards consulting his father. Lord Erskine, he thought it was not worth the expense, and accordingly allowed his opponents to retain their seats. The liberals were now quite broken up ; many, after the resignation of Mr. Scarlett, immediately promised their votes to Sir John Shelley, and the remainder were so completely disheartened that, in 1820, although Mr. Michael Bruce canvassed the town, Messrs. Shelley and Shiffner were returned without a contest. In 1825, however, Mr. Kemp, having the year before been returned for Arundel, wished again to represent Lewes, and canvassed the town iu opposition to the coalition, obtaining the promises of most of his old friends, the independents, so that his success was secured. But the elec tion did not commence till June, 1826 ; and in the meantime Alex, Dono van, Esq. a gentleman iu the neighbourhood, professing liberal opinions, see ing the success of Mr. Kemp, offered his services to complete the victory. But many of Mr. Kemp's supporters, the old independents, did n,ot ap- 48 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. prove of Mr. Donovan, and would not lend him their support. Mr. Kemp had pressed his opponents so hard, that it was found quite impossible to i return hoth the old members, and on the eve of the election Sir G. Shiffiier withdrew. By this act many of Mr. Kemp's supporters were conciliated, aud thereupon promised their second votes to Sir John Shelley. Notwith standing this, Mr. Donovan determined to stand the contest, and he nearly succeeded in getting returned. The poll commenced on the 6th of June, and remained open four days. At the close the numbers were, for Mr. Kemp, 569 ; Sir John Shelley, 306 ; Mr, Donovan, 279, From this time till 1830, Mr. Donovan, from death and other causes, continued gradually to lose his supporters, aud yet he entered upon an other contest with unabated ardour, but was left in a very great minority. The poll lasted two days, the 30th and 31st July, and at the close the numbers were, for Mr. Kemp, 479 ; Sir John Shelley, 372 ; Mr. Donovan, 274. Although many ofthe independents in the town had lent their support to Sir John Shelley in opposition to Mr. Donovan, tliey did not approve of Sir John Shelley's support of the Wellington administration. At length the Duke's administration lost office, and Sir John having opposed the measure of reform introduced by Lord Grey's cabinet, the electors of Lewes, friendly to the measure, were determined no longer to support hira. A large body of the electors applied to Sir Charles Richard Blunt, a ba ronet of known liberal principles, to become their candidate, being pledged to support the Reform Bill. This proposal having been cheerfully ac cepted, and an active canvass immediately entered upon, the promises of support were almost universal, and on the dissolution of parliament in April, 1831, Sir John, finding Sir Charles's interest too strong for hira, with drew without entering into a contest. Previous to the passing of the Boundary Bill, the right of voting had, as we have before stated, become, by long custom, vested in the inhabi tants ofthe four parishes of All Saints and St. Michael, and of part of the parishes of St. Ann and St. John ; the Castle Precinct, and the parishes of St. John the Baptist, Southover, St, Thomas 4 Beckett in the Cliffe, and Southmalling, although forming portions of the town, being excluded. By that act, however, the new boundaries were declared to be — " From the Town-mill, on the north-western side of the town, in a straight line to the Smock Windmill, which is the most southerly of the two windmills called ' The Kingstone Mills ;' thence in a straight line to the point at which the boundary of the parish of Southover crosses the Cockshut stream; thence along the Cockshut stream to the point at which the sarae joins the river Ouse ; thence along the river Ouse to the point at which the same would be cut by a straight line to be drawn from the point last described to the point on the Eastern Cliff, known as the site of an old windmill ; thence in a straight line to the said point on the Eastern Cliff; thence in a straight line to the windmill called ' Mailing Mill ;' thence in a straight line to the point at which the streara which tiu-ns the paper- mill falls into the river Ouse ; thence in a straight line to the Town-mill ;" including, therefore, all those portions of the several parishes which form the present town, together with some space for an enlargement. Previous to the passing of this act, the number of electors was a little under 700, but by the operation of this bill the numbers were raised at the registration in 1832 to 877, being scot and lot, 690 ; 10/. householders, 187, This nuraber, however, has been since falling off, by the gradual disfranchiseraent of the scot and lot voters, by the operation of the Reform Bill. The number of voters was reduced on the registration in 1833 to 805, and in 1834, according fo the lists made out by the overseers, to 754, being a total decrease of 123, or nearly l-7th. After the passing of the Reform Bill, Captain W. W. Lyon, who was about to lose his seat for Seaford, canvassed the town on the con servative interest, but having soon afterwards retired, the late mem bers. Sir C. R. Blunt, bart., and Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., were, at the election which took place on the 10th December, 1832, returned as duly elected °. Returning officers, the two constables of the borough. REPRESENTATIVES. Edward I, 1295 Gervaaius de Wolvehope. Ricardus le Palmere, 1298 Gervasius de Wolfneliope Willielmus Serverlcg, 1302 Gervaaius de Wolvetiope, Ricardus Ie Palmere, 1305 Galfridus de Wolvetiope, Walterus Nyng, Edward II, 1307 Eobertua le Bynt, Walterus le Fust', J309 Simon Tring. Johannes Arnald, Jl311 Simon le Tring, Ricardus le Hurt. 1313 Simon Tring. Johannes Gouman. 1319 Willielmus de Walemere, Henricus de Rudham. 1320 Thomas atte Novene, Radulphus atte Lote, 1322 Philippus Ie Mareschal, Thomaa de Lofelde, 1322 Robertus le Spicer, Ricardus le Poleter, 1323 Willielmus Walewere, Robertus le Spicer vel Spycer Edward III. 1329 John le Bakere, William Darnell, 1331 Walter Market, Richard Hunt, Thomaa Comyn, Stephen le Bottiler. 1333 The same. John Scatterold, 1341 Thomas atte Rovene, Ralph atte Lote, 1344 William Walewere, John Spicer, 1349 John Ploket. John Payne. 1351 William Gardener. William Darnell, 1356 M'illiam Darnell. Thomas Spicer, 1368 Robert Bonk. Richard Cromp. 1360 Godfrey Wolfnehope. Walter Nynge, 1361 Thomas Lindfield. William Bochere. 1361 Richard Ferrour. Thomas Lindfield, 1362 The same. The aame. 1363 Robert York. William Darnell. 1364 William Spicer. Thomas Norrys, 1366 William Bochere, Robert York, 1369 Robert York. Robert Norton. 1373 James Ferrour, Thomas Norys, 1874 Robert York, Stephen Holt. 1377 William Spicer. Robert Ferrour. Richard II. 1379 James Ferrour. Robert Sherieve, 1380 Robert York, James Peynt, 1334 Thomaa Norrys, William Spicer. 1385 William Spicer. John Sadler. 1336 Thomas Norrys. James Peynt, 1.388 Stephen Holt. Thomas Norrya. 1392 Thomas Norrys. John Bedford. 1393 William Chapman. John Goodman. 1395 John Marryot, John Sadler, 1397 John Goodman. James Plummer, 1393 The same. John Marryot, Henky IV. 1401 John Marryot. John Mason, 1402 Robert Bynt, John Marryott, Henry V. 1413 Andrew Blake. John Marryot. 1414 Robert LItcomb. John Hert. 1417 John Goalynfi:. John Parker. 1420 Thomaa White. John Goslyng. Henry VI, 1422 William Veggar. Andrew Manaay, 1423 William Wodelield. Andrew Miiyfey. 1427 John Godeman. Roger Forater, 1428 Thomaa Whyte. John Goalyng. 1432 John Royds. William Penbrigg, 1434 1441 Thomas Whyte. John MIttle. Jamas Wadey. Egidius Wodefold. 1446 Robert Woodlield, Thomas Best. 9 The constables' expenses were 65/, Ss.—Parl Retum. Pari Hist] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 49 144S Egidius Woodfield. 1449 John Southwell. 1450 The same. U59 John Bokwith. 1468 Thoinas Leckenor. 1473 Christopher Funas. [Ueturns lost till] LH? John Fitzwilliams. 1552 John Southcot. 1553 Henry Hussey, knt. 1554 Robert Gage. John Goodman. WiUiam Delve. John Bokwith. Thomas Best. Edward IV. John Sherman. William Coke lO. Edwaud VI. Willium Deuton. Thomas Gravesend, Mary. George Darell. The same. Philip and Maby. 1554 John Stempe. 1565 WiUiam Devenish. 1557 John Gage. 355S-9 John Caryl. 1563 George Goring. 1571 William Morley. 1572 Edward BeUingham. 1585 Richard Brown. 1586 The same. 1588 Robert SackvUle, 1592 Henry Glemham, knt, 1597 William Essex.| 1601 George Goring. 1603 John Shirley, serjeant-at 1614 Richard Amherst. 1620 George Goring, knt. 1623 Christopher Newell. 1625 George Goring, knt. 1625 The same. 1628 Anthony Stapley, knt. 1640 Herbert Morley. 1641 The same. 1654 Henry SheUey. 1656 Anthony Stapley. 1668 Herbert Morley. 1660 John Staple, 1661 Thomas Woodcock. 16/8 William Morley. 1679 Richard Bridger, 16S0-1 The same. 1685 The same, 1688 The aame. 1690 Richard Bridger. 1695 Henry Pelham. John Morley. Tliomas Gravesend. William Paterson. Elizabeth. William Chantrell. Edward Fenner. John Shirley. Thomas Alford. The same. John Shelley. George Goring, jun. James Smith. Percival Hert. James I. ¦law. Henry Neville, knt. Robert Payne, knt. Richard Amherst. George Goring. Charles I. George Rivers. The same. George Goring, knt, Jacob Rivers n. Henry Shelley. Commonwealth. Richard Broughton, Charles II. Nicholas Rivers. John Staple. Edward Bridger. Thomas Pelham, The same. James II. The same. The same. William and Mary. Thomas Pelham, The same. 10 Frora the 17th of Edward IV., which is the date of the last return of Parlia ment now known, to the 1st of Edward VL, the returns are all lost. — Brady. i 1 Mr. Rivers died in I641j and Henry Shelley was elected in his place. 1698 Henry Pelham. 1700 Thomas Pelham. 17U1 The same. Thomas Pelham. Sir Thomas Travers. Henry Pelham. Anne. 1702 Bichard Payne. Thomas Pelham. 1765 Thc same. The same. 1707 The same. The same. 1708 Thomas Pelham. Peter Gott IS, 1710 The same. Samuel Gott, 1713 Tbe same. John Morley Trevor, Geobge I. 17U The same". Thc same. 1722 Henry Pelham". Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer. Geohge II. 1727 Thomas Pelham of LeweE . The aame. 1734 Thc same 15. The same. 1741 Thomas Pelham, jun. 1«. John Morley Trevor »8, 1747 Sir Francis Poole 17, Thomaa Sergisson, 1754 The same. The same. Geokge III. 1761 The same. The same 13, 1768 Thomaa Hampden, Thomas Hay, ' 1774 Sir John Miller, The same. 1780 Thomas Pelham, Thomas Kemp, 1785 The same. The same. 1790 Henry Pelham. The same. 1795 Thomas Kemp. John Cresset Pelham. 1802 Francis Godolphin Osborne. Henry Shelley. 1306 Thomas Kemp. Henry Shelley, 1807 The same. The same 19, 1312 Thomas Read Kemp. George Shiffner. 1816 Sir John Shelley. The same. 1818 Sir George Shiffner. Sr Jol.n Shelley. Ge 3IIGE IV. 1820 The same. The same. 1826 Thomas Read Kemp. The same. Wil LIAM IV. 1830 Thomas Read Kemp. The same. 1831 The same. Sir Charles Richard Blunt, bart. 1832 The same. The same. 12 Peter Gott, Esq., made his election for the county, and Samuel Gott, Esq., was elected in his place, but dying April 24th, 1712, John Morley Trevor, Esq., of Glynde Place, became a representative for the borough. 13 Thomas Pelham, Esq., one of the commissioners for stating the debts due to the army, being made a commissioner of trade and plantntions, a new writ waa issued, July l5th, 1717. He was re-elected. John Morley Trevor, Esq. died ia 1719, and Sir Philip Yorke was chosen to till his place. Sir Philip was made his Majesty's solicitor-general in 1720, and was re-elected. 14 He died in 1725, and Sir Nicholas Pelham, of Catsfield Place, was elected in his room. 15 Thomas Pelham, Esq., of Stanmer, died in 1737. A new writ was issued, Jan. 24, 1738, and John Morley Trevor, Esq. was returned. 16 Thomas Pelham, Esq., died in 1743. John Morley Trevor, Esq., being made lord of the admiralty in 1742, a new writ was ordered, and he was re-elected. He died, however, in the following year, and Sir Francis Poole, bart. of Lewes, and Sir John Shelley, bart. of Michelgrove, succeeded them. 17 Sir Francis Poole, bart. became deputy-paymaster ofthe forces in Minorca. IS Sir Francis Poole died in 1762, and William Plumer, Esq.. of Blakesware. suc ceeded him. Mr. Sergisson also died shortly after, and Lord Edward Eentinck was. elected in his room. 19 In June, 1811, Thomas Kemp, Esq., died, and Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., was elected in his room, and on the 31st Dec. ISil, Henry SheUey, Esq., died, and was succeeded by George Shiffner, Esq. H 60 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. MIDHURST. This is another of the boroughs in which the right of voting was pos sessed by the owners of burgage tenements ; and, as a natural conse quence, Midhurst for years was nothing more than a nomination borough, and one of the very worst de.scription. The right of voting which was first exercised 4th Edward II., A.D., 1311, was vested in the several burghers or tenants, who were seized of louses, lands or tenements, held of the lords of the borough of Midhurst, ly ancient burgage tenure, situate within the said borough, whether such tenants were resident or not within the borough, but admittance at the borough court was not requisite. These tenements formerly stood a short distance from the present town, although many are now in the heart of the town. The houses were removed by one of the Montague family, to make room for the wall of Cowdray Park. In this wall were placed stones to identify the site of the burgages, so that the former members for this place have actually been the representatives of so many tlocks of granite ', and have had neither property nor constituents to represent, the patron's will being the only tribunal to which they were lound to pay the least attention. They presented, therefore, a very fine instance of the system of virtual representation, which was wont to be so much lauded. The lordship of the borough, together with the manor, was granted ly King Henry I,, to Savaric de Bohun, and described the inhabitants of the burgage tenures as " homines sui," in every respect amenable to hira in the borough court then first established. From the Bohuns the lord. slip and manor descended " to Sir David Owen, who alienated it to Sir William Fitzwilliam, from whom it passed into the family of Sir Anthony Browne, and descended to the Viscounts Montague. The first complete alienation appears to have taken place about the beginning of the last century, to John Meeres Fagg, Esq., and was transferred in part by hira in marriage settlement with his daughter to Sir John Peachey, bart,, whose uncle, Bulstrode Peachey, Esq., acquired a share by marriage with the relict of William Knight, Esq, Anthony, seventh Viscount Montague, le-purchased the different interests^," on whose death, during the mi nority of his son, the trustees of the estates sold the burgages entire for 40,000/, to the Earl of Egremont, who again sold them about the year 1800, to Lord Carrington and his brothers, John Smith, Esq,, the present member for Buckinghamshire, and Geo, Smith, Esq,, for 28,000/, : these gentlemen afterwards, till 1831, returned the representatives, generally some members of their family. Thirty-seven burgage tenures were so pur chased, besides which there were, says Dallaway, seven others. The first contest of which we have been able to discover any record, took place in the year 1640, between Mr. Thomas May, Dr, Chaworth, aud Mr, Cawley. The two first were returned by the public officer, and the latter by one of the burgesses ; Mr. Cawley petitioned against the return of Dr. Chaworth, and on thelSth of February, it was resolved " That Mr. Cawley and Mr. May were well returned to serve as burgesses for the town of Midhurst, in the county of Sussex, and ought to sit as mem. lers in the house ^j" that Dr, Chaworth should not sit, and that the bailiff should amend the return, which he did accordingly. The next traces of a contest are in 1708, when Laurence Alcock, Robert Orme, aud Thomas Meredith, Esqrs., stood candidates. The bailiff re- tumed Messrs, Alcock and Orme as duly elected, and Mr. Meredith on the 24th of November, petitioned against the return, setting forth that the right of election was in sueh as held by burgage tenure only, but that at the election the bailiff polled several persons who had not a right to vote and refused others who had formerly polled at other elections, by which means the sitting members had been returned. On the Sth of March following, the House proceeded to consider the petition, and counsel having been heard ou all sides, it was unanimously resolved that L, Alcock, Esq. was duly elected, by a majority of 141 to 12; that Eobert Orme, Esq. th^H^rti^l'frTl'^""/,?™'?.''^* a late noble duke to observe that, ¦' so low was S DaU. West Sussex, vol. i. p. 289. "^ 32 Jomnal, 86. was not duly elected, and by a majority of 138 to 115 that Thomas Mere dith, Esq., (the petitioner) was duly elected, and the retum was amended accordingly^. At the following election in 1710 another contest took place between Messrs. Alcock and Meredith, who stood on the interests of the proprietors ofthe burgage tenures which passed to the Montagues, and Robert Orme, and John Pratt, Esqrs., who stood on the interest of the burgage holders. The two latter were elected and returned, and Mr. Meredith, on behalf of himself and Mr. Alcock, petitioned against the return, asserting that they ought to have been returned, " they being elected by a majority of such as hold by burgage tenure, who only have a right to vote for the said borough ^'' No report, however, appears ; but by the parliamentary returns Messrs. Alcock and Pratt were the two members who sat for the borough ', so that a compromise seems to have been effected. The electors of Midhurst in 1716 strenuously opposed the passing of the Septennial Act, and on the 24th of April ^ in that year presented a petition, setting forth, " that whereas by our ancient constitution it hath been esteemed our greatest security to preserve our liberties to have fre quent and short parliaments ; and as we hear there is now a Bill depend ing in this house to prolong this parliament, praying that it may not pass, but that the Triennial Act may be preserved entire^ in all its parts, without any alteration, that being the greatest bulwark to secure our liber ties, properties, and holy religion to us and our posterity." Nothing however of any importance occurred in the representation for several years, except that, in 1768, the Honourable Charles James Fox, then only nineteen years of age, was returned for this borough ; and as is well known, this early introduction to the House of Commons was auspi cious to his future celebrity, of which it may truly be said Polus dum sidera pascit Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt, jEn. 1. i, V, 608. We have not been able to trace any contest from the year 1710 till 1803, when an election taking place in the room of Samuel Smith, who had been elected for the borough of Leicester, the right of the owners of the burgage tenures to nominate the members was disputed by Thomas Holt White, Esq., who stood a contest against Edmund Turner, Esq. The latter being returned as duly elected, the former, together with a few of the bur gage holders not possessed by the Messrs, Smith, petitioned, complaining that Mr. Turner was not duly elected, that the bailiff had made illegal adjournments, and that Mr. Turner had been guilty of bribery. On the 4th of February, 1804, the committee was appointed, and on the 6th reported ^, that Mr. Turner was duly elected, and that the petition ap peared to the committee to be frivolous and vexatious. By the rule laid down for disfranchisement in the Reform Bill as first introduced, Midhurst, containing in 1821, but 1335 inhabitants, would have lost both members. But by the returns of Lieutenant Drummond, it appeared that although it possessed less than 2000 inhabitants, yet it ranked only as the sixty-third among the small boroughs, having 254 houses in 1831, and paying assessed taxes in the proportion of 690, By the line therefore subsequently drawn, Midhurst retained one member. To obtain the requisite number of 10/. houses, it became necessary to ex tend the boundaries of the borough, and it was by the Boundary Bill en acted that the new borough should include "The several parishes of Mid hurst, Easebourne, Heyshot, Chithinst, Graffham, Didling, and Cocking, and the tithing of South Ambersham in the parish of Easebourne ; those parts ofthe several parishes of Wool Lavington, Bepton, and Woolbeding which adjoin the parish of Midhurst ; that part of the parish of Lynch' in which Woodman's Green is situate, all such parts of the respective parishes of Stedham and Iping as are not situate to the north of the cross road, which runs from Woodman's Green, between North-end Farm and i 16 Journal, 11, 145, 6 Parliamentary History, vol, vi. p. 916.' 7 Ib, vol, vii. p, 309. 82 Peckwell's Election Eeports, W6— 8,' 5 I b, 419. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 51 Hobbert's Farm, to Milland Marsh ; the parish of Trotton, except that part thereof which lies to the north of the cross road from Vining Common to Home Hill, and Cobed Hall, called Lone Beech Lane ; and all such parts of the respective parishes of Selham and Lodsworth, and of the tithing of North Ambersham, as are not situated to the North of the brook which runs from Cook's bridge on the London road to Liekfold bridge" — which, by a glance at a map, our readers will perceive is a very widely exteuded agricultural district. To obtain the seat still remaining, in 183'2 no contest took place, buf Captain the Honourable Frederick Spencer was unanimously elected*. Number of voters registered in 1832 — 251. Returning officer, the King's bailiff. REPRESENTATIVES. 1311 Kicus Josep, 1311 Hen, le notteler. 1313 Hen. le Poffare, 1320 Heu, le Biittiler, 1322 Tliomiis de Cliiddingfold, 1323 Ricardus Josep. 1331 1334 1344 1347 13491351 1353 1336 1358 1391 1361 1362 1363 1364 13721373 1379 1380 1382 1383 1384 1385 13861387 13881339 1390 13951397 139S 14001401 1403 1404 1407 1414 14151447 14191420 1421 1422 142,1 1425 14271428 1432 1434 1436 1441 Thomas Suow. Ricus Tannere. Ricus Jesop, &c. No return. No return. Tliomas Chiddingfold. No return. No return. Thomas Chiddingfold. Wills Sherston. Wills Taylor. V No return. Hen. Exton. Roberts Julcele. Nicholas Horne. Thomas Tydeman. Edward II. Hen. le PofFare. Ricus Josep. Ricus le Bayliffe. Ricus de Singleton. Ricus Babbe. Willus Londonish vel Londenissh. Edward III. Johes Bletbeys. Hen, Atte Woodcote. Thomas Boghire. No return. 1 J Wills Baggele, Ricus Hobbekyn. Wills Exton. Hen. Exton. Roberts Hinlfele. Will Baggele. Johes Hobicin. Roberts Atte Rode, Johes Atte Grenet. Tliomas Sarclere. Nic, Baggele. Gregor I'ulier, Roberts Couper. Thomas Wesloud. Joh. Puckley. Johes Walshe, Joh. Monsehoie. Will. Chinkford. Will. Brereton. Mich. ]\Iaunser. Will. Brereton. Wills. Bruton. Robert Moseholes. Walter Lucas, Robs, Plainesburgh. Mich, iVIannser. Johes Fyst, Willns Manser, Johes Wode, jun, Johes Wood, Thomas Boghire, Wills Taylour, Hen. Bohun, (Couucil at Winchester.) Ricus Hobbekin. Richard II, Henry Exton. Michael Home. Roberts Couper. Roberts Cooper Michael Horne. Thomas Smith. Ricus Hopkin, Johes Sarceler, Johes Mory, Johes Greentoure. WiUs Atte Baree, Wills Baggele, Henry IV. Johes Rombald. Roberts Pechard. Johes Rowland. Johes Symkin. Thomas Lucas, Henry V. Johes Rambald. Jo, Sewale, George Tanner. Joh, Stapulton. Gregory Pedlin. Sim, Lopesherst. Henry VI. Wills, Chingford, Johes Grigg. Johes Sewell Bicus Chyngford. Wills, Chingford. Willus Westlond. Jobes Atte Wode, Peter Stubbe Johes Rowland. 9 As there was no contest, the returning officer, (io his great credit, incurred no expenses and charged none to the candidate. — Pari, Ret. 1446 Thomas Gunner, Thomas Blolyneux. 1448 Tliomas Bartlet. Thomas Ursewick. 1449 Thomas BeUingham Johes Stock. 1430 Lawrence Lovethorp Ricus Bodenale. 1452 Johes Baldwyn, Hugo Hulse. 1469 Johes Beverly, Wills. Hibberden. Ed-jvard IV. 1473 Wills. Druel,' Willus Merston, 1478 Wills. Pestell, [Returns lost till] Johes Codyngton. Henry VIII. Nich. Dering. John Brian Edward VI. 1547 Ford. William Wightman. 1553 John Fitz William. William Denton. Mary. 1563 The same. Sir Thomas Lovell. 1554 Michael Whitlvorth, William Denton. Philip and Mary. 1554 Thomas Harvey, William Denton. 1655 The same. Henry Higham. 1557 Thomas Hervey. WiUiam Denton. Elizabeth. 1553 The same. 1663 The same. Edward Banister. 1571 Thomas Bowyer, Richard Porter. 1672 The same. Thomas Holcroff. 1585 Edward More, Thomas Churcher. 1586 Thomas Lewknor. The same. 1588 The same. Samuel Free, 1692 John Boys. Thomas Churcher. 1597 Lewis Lewknor. James Smith. 1601 Richard Browne. Michael Haydon, James I. 1603 Francis Neville, William Twynehoe. 1614 The same. Anthony Manye. 1620 John Smith, Richard Lewknor. 1623 The sarae. Anthony Manye. Charles I. 1625 Richard Lewknor, Samuel OldEeld. 1625 Sir H.G. Spiller. Richard Lewknor. 1628 Christ. Lewknor, Edward Savage. 1640 Thomas May, William Cawley, , r. ,., Dr. Chaworth, J^"""^"""" 1668 John Humphrey, 1660 Richard Weston, John Steward, 1661 The same, 1678 Sir WiUiam Morley 1679 WiUiam Montague, 1681 Thomas Cooke. John Lewknor, Commonwealth. William Yaldyn. Charles II. William WiUoughby. John Lewknor. John Alford. Sir WiUiam Morley, knt. 1685 1688 1690 1695 1698 James II. Sir William Morley, John Lewknor. The same. The same. William and Map.y. The same. The same. Thc same. The same, Lawrence Alcock. ' The same. H2 52 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Anne. 1702 Lawrence Alcock. John Lewknor. 1705 The same. Robert Orme. 1707 Robert Orme, died. John Pratt. 1708 Laurence Alcock, The same. 1710 The same. William Knight. J713 The same. Georoe I. 1714 John Fortescue Aland. Alan Lord Middleton. 1722 Bulstrode Peachey. The same. George II. 1727 Bulstrode Peachey, knt. Sir Richard MiUe, bart. 1734 The same. Thomas Bootle* 1741 Sir John Peachey, bart. The same. 1747 The same. The same. 1754 The same. John Sarjeant. George IIL 1761 William Hamilton, Bamber Gascoign. John Burgoyne. 1768 Hy. Fox. Hon. Charles James Fox 1774 Herbert Mackworth, Clement Tudway. 1774 Hon. H. Seymour Conway. Johu Orde, John St. John. 1780 1785 1J90 1796 18001802 1806 180718121816 18171818 Henry Dummond. The same, Edward Cotsfield. Hon, Percy Wyndham. Bight Hon, Sylvester Douglas. Sir Sampson Gideon, bart. Benjamin SetbieuUier. Hon, Charles W. Wyndhara. Charles Long. Imperial Parliament. George Smith. The same, Henry W, W, Wynne. W, C, Plunkett. George Smith. Viscount Mahon. Samuel Smith. The same. Samuel Smith. Edmund Turner. Hon. James Abercrombie. The same, Thomas Thompson, Sir Osward Moseley, bart. John Smith. George IV. 1820 John Abel Smith. 1826 The same. The same. The same. William IV. 1830 The same. 1831 Martin T. Smith. 1832 The Hon. Frederick Spencer, George B. Smith. Tbe same. NEW SHOREHAM. This place has become more notorious than any other borough in the county, from the fact ofthe most flagrant acts of bribery having beeu established before a Committee of the House of Comraons, and from the experiment of a moderate reform having been applied to it. Not that the electors of New Shoreham were perhaps worse than sorae of their more fortunate neighbours ; but they had the misfortune to have their delinquencies discovered : for in this respect the custom of England entirely coincided with the Spartan law ; the crime consisted not in the committal of the offensive act, but in the awkwardness of keeping it secret ; not in the act itself, but in the discovery of it. And, as in Sparta, so in England, the most condign punishment most assuredly foUowed the disclosure. The Spartans were encouraged to commit petty thefts, provided they were uot discovered ; for should this be the case, they were severely punished : and Plutarch in his life of Lycurgus saya, that a boy having stolen a young fox and hidden it under his garment, suffered the animal to tear out his bowels, so that he died on the spot, rather than be discovered. Thus has it been in England, although it has been well known that a system of the grossest corruption has pre- 'vailed in almost every borough, yet so skilfully and so secretly has it heen conducted, that few indeed are the cases in which punishment has followed the commission of the offence ; and true to their Spartan cha racter, the British voters would have suffered almost any sacrifice rather than have been parties to the disclosure of the systera. The right of voting for this borough was first exercised in the 23d Ed ward I., by the inhabitant householders paying scot and lot, whose num ber, however, was always very small, aud who appear very early to have addicted themselves to the commission of the criraes for which they afterwards suffered. There are very early memorials preserved of the wages paid to the members for this place. In the reign of Edward III. (1340) Robert Puffare, and John Barnard, the representatives, were allowed 3/. 16s. for nineteen days' expenses '. In 1356, John Barnard and Walter Bailiff were allowed 21. is. for eleven days' expenses ' : and in 1358, Walter Oxerabrigg and Thomas Fryman, were aUowed il, 6s, for twenty-three days ^ We find that en the 26th of February, 1700, certain ofthe inhabitants petitioned the House, and complained that their free right of election had been invaded *. Ou the 13th of March followmg, a petition was 1 Prynne's Pari. Writs, p. 173. 3 Ib.p. 542, 2 Ib. p. 237. 4 13 Journal, p, 357, presented to the House, from Mr. Nathaniel Gould, the sitting member, setting forth, " That through inadvertency and a mistaken apprehension of the law, he had done that before the teste of the writ, which may justly render him liable to the displeasure of the House, and that the thoughts thereof were so affecting that he rather chose to acknow ledge his error, than seem to justify the same by a defence, and there fore, with the greatest humiUty, submitted himself to the justice and favour of the House, humbly professing that the expense, which he so unfortunately made, was on his own account '." The House, on account of this humility, discharged him from being a member, without inflicting any further punisjiment. A new -writ -was accordingly issued, but the same mal-practices seem to have prevailed ; for, on the 25th of November iu the same year, the inhabitants petitioned against the sitting mem ber who had treated", and Mr. Gould was again expelled the House and ordered to be taken into custody ; no new writ was allowed to he issued during the whole of that session: and on the 16th of November, 1709, a sirailar petition was presented from the same persons^ against the return of Mr. Lloyd, on the ground that his election had been pro cured by treating. Evidence was given of treating by Mr. Lloyd ; but it was all before the teste of the writ. Strict orders had beeu given to prevent treating after the writ issued; and the house thereupon re solved " That Mr. Lloyd was duly elected V bit it was not till the year 1770, that the whole of the infamous system pursued in this place was brought to light. In the latter year, on an election taking place on the death of Sir Samuel Cornish, five candidates offered themselves, of whom three only stood the poll, Thoraas Rumbold, John Purling, and Jaraes, esqrs. and eighty-seven votes were tendered for Mr. Rurabold, thirty- seven for Mr. Purling, and four for Mr. James. The returning officer, Mr. Hugh Roberts, however, put queries to the naraes of seventy-six of the votes for Mr. Rumbold, and iramediately after the election returned Mr. Purling as duly elected, without examining the validity of the votes so questioned. Against this return Mr. Rumbold petitioned, and the Committee, the first which was appointed under the GrenviUe Act, on the 17th of December, 1770, resolved' " That it appears to this Com mittee, 1. That at the last election for New Shoreham, eighty-seven persons voted for Mr. Rumbold, thirty-seven for Mr. Purling, and four for Mr, James ; that ail who voted for Mr. Rumbold except one, took the 6.13 Journal p. 404-5. 6 16 Ib.p. 13, 7 Ib.p. 21."!, 8 Ib.p. 263-4. 9 33 Journal, p, 69, ¦y Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 53 bribery oath before they gave their votes ; that Hugh Roberts, the returning officer, put queries to the naraes of seventy-six ofthe voters for Mr, Rumbold, at the time they gave their votes, and immediately on the close of the poll, declared Mr. Purling duly elected. 2. " That the conduct ofthe returning officer, in taking the poll, and making the return, at the said election, was illegal. 3. " That in the borough of New Shoreham, a Society has for many years subsisted, which has assuraed the name of ' The Christian Society ; that none but voters for Representatives in Parliament were ever admitted into this society, and that a great majority of the voters for New Shore ham were members ; that the society had a constant clerk ; that tbey held a regular monthly, and frequent occasional meetings ; and that whenever they met, a flag was hoisted, to give notice of such meeting ; that the' members of the society about three years ago entered into articles for raising and distributing small sums of money to charitable uses, but that these articles were designed only to cover the real intent of their institution ; that the principal purpose of their raeeting was for what they called burgessing business ; that they all took an oath of secrecy, and entered into a bond under a penalty of 500/. to bind them all together with regard to burgessing ; but that the condition of the bond does not precisely appear ; that, upon a vacancy in the representation of the borough, the society always appointed a comraittee to treat with the can didates for the purchase of the seat ; and that the committee were con stantly instructed to get the raost money, and make the best bargain they could ; that the society never appointed a committee for any other pur pose, and that they had no standing committee ; that on a false report of the death of Sir Samuel Cornish, in February last, the society was called together by the signal of the flag ; that many of the merabers at that meeting, which was very nuraerous, declared they would support the highest bidder ; that sorae, and amongst thera Hugh Roberts, the return ing officer at the last election, expressed themselves offended at such a declaration, and said, that they were afraid of consequences, for the society was only a heap of bribery ; and withdrew from the society ; that one of those who withdrew, going about two months ago to a meeting of the society, was treated with harsh expressions, and told he came amongst them as a spy ; that, however, the society continued to raeet ; that their meetings were frequent near the time of the election; that it was said that a committee was appointed after the death of Sir Samuel Cornish ; that none of the members said to be of that committee voted at the last elec tion ; though most of them were in New Shoreham on the day of elec tion ; that three days before the election, the society was reported to he dissolved; but that the members of it have since resumed their meetings. 4. " That this Committee have tried the matter of the petition referred to them ; cannot make any fmther inquiry into the transactions of ^the said society : and 5. " That a further inquiry into the transactions of the said society ought to be made." Accordingly, on the 29th of January following, the House proceeded to take into consideration the said Report, and after sorae discussion the four first resolutions were postponed, and the Sth agreed to by the House, audit was carried, without a division, to proceed further against the Chris tian Club at Shoreham. In pursuance of this determination, the return ing officer was on the Sth of February called to the bar ; where, in his defence, he informed the House '", " That there was a club instituted at Shoreham, called 'The Christian Club,' who were under oath of secrecy and bond, to agree with the majority ofthe club, and not to break it up. That he had been one of that club, but observing the illegal lengths they had gone to, he desired to be voted out of it, which he was refused. That an additional article was made, ' That any member not paying his arrears for three months, should be excluded the society ;' on this article he and several others got out of the club.. That on the death of Sir S. Cornish, the late member, five candidates came from London ; that the agent of one of them mentioned, when he was in com pany, that the club had appointed a comraittee of five to treat with candidates, and that General Smith, one of them, had offered 3000/. and to build, at Shoreham, 600 tons of shipping (the manufacture of the 10 Pari. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 1350. town), but that Mr. Rumbold had bid them more. That the club always directed the person they elected not to take notice of the voters who were not of the club. That at the last election an affidavit waa made and read, that Mr. Rumbold's agents had agreed wilh the club, and that they were to have 35/. per man. On thoSe accounts, namely, his knowledge of the principles ofthe club; their appointing a committee to treat with the candidates ; the report of General Smith's agent, and the affidavit of their being bribed ; he had looked upon those voters as disqualified, though they had taken the bribery oath. If he had done wrong, he submitted to the House, that it was not his intent to do so, but through ignorance of the law : he therefore submitted himself to the House." The House then adjourned the hearing to the 12th, when Roberls brought witnesses to prove, that the counsel at the election had told him he might reject the votes, if he in his own mind thought them illegal ; he therefore submitted to the House that, as his intention had been good, he had not acted illegally, and submitted hiraself, to tbe House. The House thereupon resolved " " That Hugh Roberts, the late returning officer of the borough of New Shoreham, having, at the last election for the said borough, received upon the poll eighty-seven per sons, who voted for Mr. Rumbold, and who all, except one, had taken the bribery oath ; and thirty-seven who voted for Mr. Purling ; and having immediately on the close of the poll, declared Mr. Purling duly elected, and returned him accordingly, hath thereby acted illegally, and in breach of the privileges of the House." And the said Hugh Roberts was, for this offence, ordered to be taken into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. On the 14th of February he was brought to the bar of the House, and on his knees received <* very severe reprimand ^* from the Speaker, Sir Fletcher Norton, which was ordered to be printed. An address was after wards presented to his Majesty, praying him to direct the Attorney-Gene ral to prosecute the five persons who acted as the coramittee, which was done, and at the close of the session an Act was passed to remedy the abuses. This act, the famous 11th George III., cap. 55, after reciting that a wicked and corrupt society, calling itself " The Christian Club '¦'," had for several years subsisted in the borough, and consisted of a great majority of persons having the right to vote : and that the chief end of that society appeared to be for the purpose of selling from tirae to time ' the seat or seats for that borough, and that John Burnett and eighty others were members of such society; it was enacted that the said eighty- one voters were thenceforth disqualified from ever giving a vote at any election for members to serve in ParUament ; that the right of voting should thenceforth he exercised by every 40s. freeholder within the Rape of Bramber, as well as by the burgesses of New Shoreham. The right of election was thereby extended to a body of 1300 free holders ; and although a coraplete check was placed upon the bribery, yet considerable influence over the return of the members became immedi ately vested in the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Egreraont, who pos sess large landed possessions in the Rape. Atthe dissolution in 1774, being the first which took place after the partial disfranchisement of the borough, meetings of the new electors took place at Horsham and Shoreham, at which Sir John Shelley, bart., of Michelgrove, and James Butler, Esq., of Warminghurst, who had previ ously represented Arundel, were proposed as candidates on the Tory inte rest ; whUst Charles Goring, Esq,, of Wiston, was proposed on the interest of the liberals, and in August foUowing John Aldridge, Esq,, of New Lodge, offered himself. There were thus four candidates, all of whom were country gentlemen Uving within the Rape ; and to make a union of interests. Sir John Shelley and Mr. Butler, in the eariy part of September, coalesced, and published a joint address, being supported by the govern ment. Upon this Messrs. Goring and Aldridge also coalesced, and in their joint address, stated, that " they scorned to be the corrupters of the people, aud were anxious to be their free-chosen servants," The canvass was carried on with great activity on both sides. The election took place on the 13th October, and at the close of the poll on the 15th, the numbers were declared to be, for Charles Goring, Esq., 372; Sir John SheUey, 11 33 Journal, p. 157. 12 Ib. p. 162. 13 The survivor of this Club died in 1827. 54 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. bart., 320 ; James Butler, Esq., 245 ; John Aldridge, Esq., 1 99. The residt being the retum ot one member on each interest. In the early part of the year 1780, Mr. Goring signified his intention of resigning his seat at the next dissolution, and Sir Timothy Shelley, bart., of Field Place, was proposed as his successor, but declined the honour. On the 13th February, WiUiam Green, Esq., offered himself, professing the same principles as Mr. Goring, and, in addition, advocating reform. The Hon. Charles WiUiam Wyndham also commenced a can vass on the liberal interest, but, being ordered on foreign service, on the 13th May withdrew, and on the same day Sir Godfrey Webster, bart., offered his services on the same side. On the 22d June, Sir John SheUey, who had been very negligent in his attendance in the House, withdrew on the ground of ill health, and John Peachey, Esq., thereupon became a candidate, as did also a short time afterwards Sir Cecil Bishopp, bart,, who, although a Tory, pledged himself to accept neither place, pension, Ror employment. The election took place on the 14th September, when Sir Godfrey Webster and Mr. Green severally declined the contest, and" Sir Cecil Bishopp and John Peachey, Esq., were returned without opposi tion. At the next dissolution in 1784, the return of these two was opposed by the Earl of Surrey and John Aldridge, Esq., ou the liberal interest. Pre vious, however, to the day of election, which was on the 7th of April, Lord Surrey withdrew, but Mr, Aldridge carried the contest to a poll, which lasted three days, at the expiration of which the numbers were for John Peachey, Esq,, 411 ; Sir Cecil Bishopp, bart,, 313 ; Johu Aldridge, Esq., 272, At the election in 1790, the return of the two first was again opposed by Mr, Aldridge, in conjunction with Sir Harry Goring, bart., and also by John Challen, Esq., of Shermanbury. On the 20th June, Mr. Peachey, finding the opposition too strong for hira, retired. The poll commenced on the 24th June, and at the close in the evening of Saturday, the 26th, the numbers were, for John Aldridge, Esq., 332 ; Sir Harry Goring, bart., 331; Sir Cecil Bishopp, bait., 319; John Challen, Esq., 151. In the course of Sunday, ,the 27th, Sir C. Bishopp also retired, but the poll con tinued open on Monday, and at its final close the numbers were, for Sir H. Goring and J. Aldridge, Esq., 379 each; Sir Cecil Bishopp,' 320; John Challen, Esq., 153, being a perfect victory for the liberal party. In May, 1795, Mr. Aldridge died, and the Hon, C. W. Wyndham and Sir Cecil Bishopp, bart., again offered themselves. Previous, however, to the election Sir Cecil v/ithdrew, and Mr. Wyndham was elected with out opposition. At the election in 1796, Sir Cecil Bishopp again offered himself, in opposition to Sir H, Goring, wbo retired previous to the day of election. In 1802, Sir Timothy Shelley, bart., succeeded Mr. Wynd ham ; and in 1806, Sir Charles Merrick Burrell, bart,, offered himself in opposition to the return of Messrs, Bishopp and Shelley. Ou the 30th of October, Sir Cecil Bishopp withdrew from the contest, and Sir Charles M, Burrell was, therefore, elected unanimously. At the next election, however, in 1807, the return of these two was op posed by CecU Bishopp, jun., Esq., the son of Sir Cecil, but without effect. The election took place on the 14th May, and lasted three days, Atthe close the numbers were, for Sir C. M, Burrell, bart., 478 ; Sir Timothy SheUey, bart., 449 ; Cecil Bishopp, Esq., 306, and the latter thereupon declined the contest. In 1812, Mr. Bishopp was abroad, and no contest took place. In 1818 Sir Timothy SheUey retired, and James Marten Lloyd, Esq., (now Sir James Marten Lloyd), succeeded him without opposition. But at the nextelection in 18-20, Henry Webster, Esq., whose brother. Sir Godfrey, had been driven from the county by the coalition of Sir C. M, Burrell's brother with Mr. Curteis, determined to stand a contest. Mr. John Sraith. a person residing at Brighton, and since better known as the person elected " Mayor of the Borough of Tenterden,'' during the election in the King's-bench prison, immortalised by the pencil of Haydon, also offered himself, but on the day of election found himself quite unsupported. He could not even obtiiin a, person to put hira in nomination, and finally. having nominated himself, no person tendered a vote for him. Mr. Web ster's attack was more especially directed against Sir C. M.^Burrell, but at the close- of the poll the numbers were, for J, M. Lloyd, Esq., 383 ; Sir C. M. Burrell, bart., 251; Henry Webster, Esq., 167, and the latter was therefore defeated. Just previous to the election in 1826, Mr. Lloyd intimated his intention to withdraw from the repvesentatiou, and Mr. (now Sir) Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, being in want of a seat, was anxious to stand for New Shoreham ; but considering that it was useless to attempt his return without ensuring the good will of the Duke of Norfolk, he applied to his friend Mr. Charles Butler, the late erainent Catholic barrister, fo intercede for him. That gentleraan accordingly wrote a letter to one of the Duke's friends request ing his support ; and in this letter it was stated that Mr. Sugden " was a decided friend of CathoUc emancipation," which measure was at that time beginning lo ,be pressed on the attention of the House of Commons. For some cause, however, the duke withheld his interest, and a relation of his own, Henry Hov.-ard, Esq., offered his services, whereupon Mr. Sugden addressed the electors, stating to them that he sought their sujiport in order to establish their independence, and amongst other thiugs his hand bill contained the following parajjraph : — " I have pledged myself to vote agaii\st the admission of CathoUcs into Parliament, and that pledge I shall faithfully redeem.'' But by some means Mr. Butler's letter came to the kaowledge of the freeholders, who, feeling themselves ill treiited in the matter, declined supporting Mr. Sugden, and thu result was, that his claims were rejected, the numbers at the close of the poll beiug, for Sir C. M. Burrell, 865 ; Henry Howard, Esq., 545 ; Mr, Sugden, 483. From that period till the passing of the Reform Bill no opposition was made to the return of Sir C. M. Burrell and Mr. Howard. By the Reform BilP** it is enacted, that every person then having aright to vote for this borough in respect of any freehold, should retain such right, except that such persons should not have a right to be registered in any year unless they should have resided for six calendar months next previous to the last day of July in such year, within the said borough, or within seven statute miles of the same; and by the Boundary BiU the pulling places for the borough were fixed at New Shoreham aud Cowfold, At the dissolution after the passiug of these biUs, Mr, Howard, who had independently represented the borough since 1820, declared that it was not his intention to offer himself again as a candidate for the representa tion. To supply the vacancy thus occasioned, Harry Deut Goring, Esq., of Higden, whose family, as we have before seen, had been for a loug period closely connected with the borough, ou the 5ih July, 1832, offered himself, professing the same liberal sentiments as the other raembers of his family ; and on the following day George Frederick Jones, Esq., a barrister of Tory principles, published an address, soliciting the suffraj^es ofthe electors. Soon afterwards Sir E.B, Sugden again declared hiraself a candidate, but finding that Mr. Jones, who occupied the sarae ground, had already procured many promises from Sir Edward's friends, the latter withdrew. Sir C. M. Burrell again offered himself, and was not opposed, the contest being between Mr. Goring and Mr. Jones. The uominaiion took place at Shoreham on the 13th December, and the poll coraineueed at that place and Cowfold on the following day. At the close of the poll on the first day, the numbers were, for Sir C. M, Burrell, 709; H. D. Goring, Esq., 697 ; G. F. Jones, Esq., 395. Finding himself in so large a minority, Mr. Jones, on the foUowing morning, appeared at the hustings at Shoreham, and signified his intention of retiring from the contest. The deputy returning officer arrived from Cowfold in the afternoon, and the final close ofthe poll was announced as foUows; — Sir C. M. Burrell, bart, 785 ; H. D. Goring, Esq., 774 ; G, F. Jones, Esq., 406 ; the total number poUed being 1154'^ The total number of voters registered in 1832 was 1926, of whora 701 were freeholders, and 189 scot and lot voters. Returning officer, the constable. ,, _, U Section 34. 15 The returning officer's expenses were 310;. 2s. 7d,—Parl Ret. Pari. Hi^t.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 55 REPRESENTATIVES. Edward I. 1295 Koger de Beauchamp. 1298 Godfrey atte Curt, 1302 HenrydeBurne, 1305 Richard Serle. Thomas Pontoyse. Roger le Walte, Roger de Bello Campo, Simon Ivory, Edward II. 1307 The same. Richard Snust. 1309 John Virley, John Trewyn, 1311 The same. The same. 1313 Henry de Burne. William de Pevensey 1319 John Loute, John Baudefait, 1326 William Vyvian, Thomas Moraunt, Edwakd III, 1328 Ralph Bennet. John le Blake, 1329 Henry le Whitrone. John Swele, Anselm atte Pinte, The same. 1331 Robert Aptot, Robert Kennet, John Beauchamp, Germanus Hebbelet. 1333 Anselm atte Pinte, Ricliard Morest. John Beauchamp, Anselm atte Pinte. 1334 Anselm atte Pinte, David Fynians. 1336 Robert le Possare, Jolin Beauchamp. 1337 John Beauchamp, John atte Grene. 1338 The same. John Barnard. 134U Robert Puifare. The same. 1841 John Beauchamp, Robert PufTare. 1342 The same. Hugo de Cumbe. 1349 The same. Henry le Puifare. 1351 John Barnard. Thomas Fynian, 1356 The same. Walter Bailiff, 13S8 ¦\Valter Oxenbrugg, Thomas Fynian. 1360 Rich.ird SerJe. Simon Ivony, 1362 John Gerard. Walter BailW. John Barnard. Walter Waxbrigg, 1364 ITlomas Fynian. Thomas Dabenham, 1365 John Barnard. Walter Snelling, 1367 William Taylor. William Snelling. 1370 John Barnard. John Barber. 1373 Walter Snelling. The same. 1374 William Taylor. Ralph Frier, 1377 The same. ElOHAUD II. 1.379 John Barber. Richard Taylor. 1330 The same. Gregory Fremond, 1385 Simon Benfield. Richard Barnard, 1386 Robert Fry. John Lenton. 1387 William Someyser. Richard Barnard. 1383 Simon Benfield. The same. 1.390 The same. 1392 John Sculley. Robert Fry. 1393 The same. Richard Barnard. 1395 Simon Benfield. The same. 1897 The same. Robert Fry. 1393 William Hail, Gregory Freman. Henry IV. 1400 Robert Fry, John Sapore, 1403 Walterus Ede. Roger Farncomb, 1403 The same. Henr-t V. 1414 William Ede. John Draper, 1415 The same. Robert Benfield.' 1416 John Draper, William Askwith. 1420 William Halcare. William Peck. Heney VI. 1424 Richard Dannuere. William Langley. 1428 John Wrythorpe. John Walleyes. 1429 William Snellins William Young. 1433 Thomas Hill. John Ham, 14S6 John Jay, John Furby. 14-12 Richard Jay, Thomas Grevil. 1447 John Visit, John Weston. 1449 William Redstone. John Bothwick. 1451 Thomas Gysenor. Edward Koffe. 1468 Richard Lewknore. 1473 Richard Farnfleld. [Returns lost till] Edward IV. William Brandon. Christopher Furnace. Edward VI. 1539 Thomas Middemay. Anthony Cooke. 1552 JohnFowler:Of thePrivyChamber.Thomaa Harvey. 1553 Thomas Roper, 1554 Leonard West, Mary. Thomas Elsingham, William Moody, Philip and Mary. .1.554 Sirnin Lowe, of London. The same. 1555 Francis Shirley, Thomas Huggen, 1557 Anthony Hussey, Bichard Baker, 1563 Henry Knowles, 1571 William Dix, 1572 Edward Lewknor, 1685 William Neeton, 1686 The same, 1588 The same. 1692 The same. 1697 The same. 1601 John Morley. 1603 Bernard Whetstone, knt. 1614 John Morley, knt, 1620 The same, 1624 Anthony Stapeley. Elizabeth . Nicholas Myn, John Bowles, Edward Fenner. Thomas Fenner. John Young. Herbert Jlorley. John Blorley. Robert Booth, James I. Hugh Beeston, knt. The same. John Leedes, knt. William Marlott, 1625 The same, John Alford. 1628 Robert Morley. 1640 William Marlott, 1658 Edward Blaker. 1660 Thomas Middleton, 1661 Sir Henry Springcot. 1678 Robert Fagg 1681 The same. 1685 Sir Edward Hungerford. Charles I. The same. The same. John Alford. Commonwealth. John Walley. Henry Ravenseroft. Charles II. Edward Blaker. John HaU. 1688 The same. 1690 The same, 1695 Henry Priestinan. 1698 Charles Sergison. 1701 The same. 1702 John Perry, 1706 John Wicker, 1708 Gregory Page, 1710 The same. 1713 Francis Chamberlayne. 1714 Sir Gregory Page. 1722 Francis Chamberlayne. 1727 The same. 1734 John Philipson. 1741 Thomas Brand, 1747 Robert Bristow. 1764 The same, 1760 Lord Middleton, Sir Richard Hadock, James II. John Monk. William and Mary. John Perry, The same. The same, Nathaniel Gould. Anne. The same. The same, Richard Lloyd. Nathaniel Gould. The same. George I. Sir Nathaniel Gould. The same. George II. Thomas Frederick* Charles Frederick. The same. Sir 'WiUiam Peere Williams, Lord PoUington. 56 1761 176.^ 1768 1770 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. Georqe III, Sir Wm, Peere WiUiams. bait. Lord Middleton. Lord PoUington. vice Sir W.P, Williams, deceased, Samuel Cornish, vice Lord Middleton, deceased. Sir Samuel Cornish, bart. Peregrine Oust. John Purling, vice Sir Samuel Cornish, deceased. After the disfranchisement of the Borough. Right Hon. Sir John Shelley, bart. John Peachey. The same. The same. Sir Harry Goring, bart, John Aldridge, Hon, Charles William Wyndham, single return. The same. Sir Cecil Bishopp, bart. The same. 1774 Charles Goring. 1780 Sir CecU Bishopp, bart, 17841790 1795 17961801 1802 Sir CecU Bishopp, bart. 1806 Timothy SheUey. 1807 The same, 1812 The same. 1818 Sir C, M, Burrell, bart. 1820 The same, 1826 The same. Timothy Shelley, SirC, M, Burrell, bart. The same. The aame, James Marten Lloyd, Gborge IV. The same, Henry Howard, William IV. 1830 The same, 1331 The same. 1832 The same. The same. The same. Harry Dent Goring. STEYNING. This was one of that species of boroughs in which, although the light of election, was possessed by the inhabitants at large, yet their number was so few, that nomination existed tirae out of mind, with this addition, that per petual contests have occurred between the rival patrons. The right of election was first exercised 4th Edw, II,, but was discon tinued in the sarae reign, and uot revived till 31st Hen, VI,, the sarae tirae as Bramber, It forraerly returned its representatives jointly with Bramber; but afterwards separately, although it was so mixed up with the latter place, that the principal street was partly in one borough and partly in the other. The Earls of Arundel, at a very early period, influeuced the return ofthe representatives ; and in the course of their parliamentary connexion with the borough, in accordance with the general custom of the times, directly interfered in the elections. Indeed, the earUest record relating to the parliamentary history, is the following letter from Thomas Earl of Arundel; without date, but probably written about the time of Charles I. " To the Constable and Inhabitants of the town and borough of Steyning : after my hearty commendations — It hath pleased his Majesty to call a present parliament, to which you are to send two burgesses. It«fere well if the old custom were duly observed, that every borough should elect members of their own body to undergo that service. But in regard many towns are depopulated, and that some are so impoverished as it would be heavy unto them to support the charge incident, it hath been a usage of long continuance, for raost towns to make choice of such foreigners as were fit and ¦worthy of the places, and herein to have recourse and respect unto the tender made unto them of able men by their chief Lords ; and so my an cestors have done unto your predecessors. And although at the summons of the last parliament, these two Worthie gentlemen, which by my direction were nominated unto you, were by you rejected, and two other strangers unto you were preferred in your election ; yet, being now given to under stand that it rather proceeded through ignorance, than neglect towards me, I have thought good now again to recommend unto you, Mr. PhiUp Maynwarring and Mr. Philip Gardiner, Esquires, whom I know to be every way worthie and fit for these places, and for whom I wUl undertake that they shall not require any parUaraent wages. If, therefore, you shall make election of these, I shaU take it weU at your hands, and will deserve it. Howbeit, I neither may nor will press you further than to take due con sideration thereof, and to proceed as to yourselves shall seera convenient only I desire and expect that you will give me speedy notice what resolu tion you take in this behalf. Soe I rest your loving friend, Arundell and Surrey'." This letter, however, seeras to have had no raore effect than his Lordship's former recommendation, since neither Mr. Maynwarring nor Mr. Gardiner was elected. The nj^iinatiou of the members, therefore, appears to have been much -contested aboui Jliis period; and in 1640, a few years later, we find that the -returnof Mr. Thomas Leedes was petitioned against; and on the 15th of , 1 HistoricalAnecdotcsof the Howard Family, by the Hon, P.Howard, gvo. 1768, DaU. West Sus., vol, i, p. 164, ' February, 1640-1, it was resolved by the House, that he should sit till his election was determined^; but no report appears. Again, in 1680, a con test occurred between John Tufton and PhiUp, Gell, Esqrs.; the former was returned, and the latter petitioned ; when the Committee reported, and the House resolved that Mr. Tufton was not, but that Mr. Gell was, duly elected '. In 1701, there was another contest, between Sir Eobert Fagg and Charles Goring, Esq. ; for the former, 33 votes polled, and only 30 for the latter ; Sir Robert Fagg was accordingly returned, and Mr. Goring pititioned against it, but was not successful, the Committee reporting, " That the right of election was agreed to be in the inhabitants paying scot and lot, aud not receiving alms," and that the numbers were as above stated ; but there were mutual charges of bribery, and the election was declared void''. Another contest took place in 1710, between WiUiam WaUis and Jaraes St. Amand, Esqrs. On the poll the numbers were, for the forraer, 51 ; and for the latter, 20. Mr, Wallis was returned, and the latter petitioned. On the hearing of this petition, 42 of the sitting raember's votes were ob jected to, viz,, 30 for bribery, 10 for treats, and 2 for receiving charity. It was proved that 42 of the voters signed a request to Mr. St. Amand to stand, promising to vote for him, and afterwards, the majority of them voted for Mr. Wallis; that sums were paid to persons voting for the sitting member, varying from 71. 10s. to 50s. ; and that many of them declared they would not have voted for hira had they not been bribed. Corruption, however, was not confined to the sitting raeraber ; for it was proved that the petitioner had likewise paid all his voters suras, varying frora 10^, to 51. Under these circumstances, the Coramittee reported the election void ; and it was ordered that no writ should issue that Session '. This punishment, however, seems to have had but little good effect, since, at the very next election, in 1712, the same corrupt system was persevered in. The candidates were Lord Bellew, for whom 55 votes were poUed ; and WiUiam Wallis, Esq., for whora 26 polled. The latter peti tioned, and it was clearly proved, that 500/. had been advanced ly the Duke of Richmond to forward Lord Bellew's election, which was divided in sraall suras araongst the voters, and that the Duke personally solicited the votes for hira ; treating and bribery were also proved to have taki-n place by the agents of the petitioner ; and, in fact, that there was scarcely a voter who had not been corrupted. Notwithstanding this direct evidence, the Committee resolved that Lord Bellew was duly elected ; the House, however, by a majority of 155 to 108, disagreed to the resolution, and, by a majority of 155 to 106, disagreed to " vote that Mr. WaUis was duly elected. After these divisions, it was resolved that the election was void, aud the writ was again suspended °. In 1717, another scene of bribery took place. The candidates were Robert Lewis, Esq. and Mr. Wallis, and the numbers on i'he poll were, for the former, 62 ; and for the latter, who petitioned, 39. It was proved that 34 of the sitting raember's voters received bribes for their votes a few 2 2 Journ,! 6. 8 9 Journ. 696-7, 4 13 Journ, 481, 5 16 Journ. 606. 6 17 Journ, 216, Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OP SUSSEX. 57 days before the election; some had 51., and others four guineas a piece ; and that several hogs, and some corn, were distributed to them by the sitting member's order. Mr. Lewis did not, however, appear to defend his seat, and Mr. Wallis was declared duly elected '. Again, in 1722, a contest occurred between Major-General Pepper and John Gumley, Esq., who were returned, and Sir Robert Fagg, Bart., who, with Sir Harry Goring, Bart., petitioned against it on the ground of bribery and other corrupt practices"; but these petitions were afterwards withdrawn; — and in 1724, another petition was presented by Thomas Harrison, Esq,, against the return of Mr, Gumley, on the ground of treat ing after the teste of the writ'; but this was discharged, Mr. Harrison having omitted to deliver in a particular of his qualification. In 1727, another contest took place between Lord Vane, Thos. Bladen, Esq., and Sir Robert Fagg ; the two former were returned ; and the latter petitioned, on the ground of bribery and the want of a qualification on the part of Mr. Bladen*; but this petition appears to have been also abandoned. As in all close boroughs, the contests were very frequent, and we have records of such having taken place in the years 1734, 1740, 1741, and 1761 °; of uone of these have the particulars descended to us, nor would they probably, at this distance of lime, be very interesting, since they, without doubt, bore the same political character as the former struggles. About the year 1700, the family of Honeywood acquired an interest in the borough, and was the cause of the frequent elections about this period. 1 18 Jonrn. 535. 2 20 Journ. 19, 98, 99, 3 Ibid. 35.5. 4 31 Journ, 34, 5 2 Fraser's Election Reports, 310, 333, 6 Ibid, 271, The right of election' was by them disputed : the Duke of Norfolk con'- tended that the right was in the inhabitants paying scot and lot, as in the old decisions ; whilst Sir John Honeywood, who was the owner of the majority of houses built on ancient foundations, asserted that it was vested in the inhabitants of the latter only; and the matter continued to be con tested till 1792, when the Select Coramittee appointed to try and deter mine the merits of the petition of James Marten Lloyd, Esq., the Duke's candidate, and others, against the return of Samuel Whitbread, Esq., resolved, " That no person has a right to vote at an election for members to serve in parliament for the borough of Steyning, in respect of any houses within the borough of Bramber, the tything of Bidlington, or the manors of Charleton or King's Barns," all of which form to the eye ofthe uninitiated stranger, portions of the high street of Steyning. The Com mittee at the same tirae resolved, " That the right of election of members to serve in parliaraent for the borough of Steyning, in the county of Sus sex, is in the constable and householders, inhabitants within the said borough, paying scot and lot and not receiving alms"." It appeared, how ever, that 12 of the voters for Mr. Lloyd resided in Bidlington, conse quently, an appeal petition against the decision of the first Comraittee was presented, and the 12 votes being disallowed, Mr. Whitbread was seated for that parliament. But the decision relative to the right of voting, which was not impeached, effectually vested the noraination iu the Duke of Norfolk, the number of voters being about 100, nearly all of whom were either tenants or directly in the interest of his Grace. In 1821, Steyning possessed 1324 inhabitants; and by Lieut. Drum mond's returns it appears to have possessed, in 1821, 218 houses, and paid 335/. assessed taxes, and thus ranked as the 42nd petty borough, being one degree only above Seaford : it therefore lost both its members. REPRESENTATIVES. [For the earlier returns see Bramber.] , Henry VI. 1460 Robert Gayton. Oliver Johnson. Edward IV. 1473 Laurence Leuthorpe. John Temperley, [Returns lost till] Henry VIII. 1547 John Bowyer. Edward VI. 1548 Robert Rudston. Henry Faux, 1553 Sir Richard Southwell, knt. WilUam CordeU. | Mary, 1554 Southcote. David Lewis, LL.D, Philip and Mary. | 1554 Gilbert Gerald. Edward Stradling. 1555 John Roberts. WiUiam PeUet. 1556 Robert Byng. Richard Onslow. 1558 Richard Onslow. Robert Colshill. Elizabeth. 1553 Edmund Wright. Richard Onslow. 1563 Richard Onslow. Robert Harris. 1671 Richard Browne. John Farnham. 1572 John Cowper. Richard Pellet. 1585 Thomas Shirley. Pexel Brocas. 1586 Thomas Bishop. Henry Shirley. 1589 Thomas Compton. Henry Apsley. 1693 Sir Walter Walker, knt. Sir Tho. Shirley, Jun., knt. 1697 John Shirley. Thomas Shirley. 1601 Sir Tho. Shirley, Jan., knt. Robert Bowyer. James I. 1603 Sir Tho. Shirley, knt. Sir Thos. Bishop, knt. 1615 The same. 1621 Thomas Shirley. Sir Edward Francis, knt. 1624 Sir Edward Francis, knt Sir Thos, Farnfold, knt. Charles I. 1625 The same. 1626 Sir Edward Francis, knt Sir Edward Bishop, knt. 1628 SirThos. Farnfold, knt. Edward Alford, 1640 Sir John Leedes, knt. Thomas Farnfold, 1641 Thoinas Leeds. Sir Thomas Farnfold, knt. 16601661 1678 1631 Sir John Trevor, knt. H. Goring. The same. Sir James Morton. 1685 H. Goring. 1690 Robert Fagg, 1695 Sir Edward Hungerford, 1698 The same. 1701 Sir Robert Fagg. 1702 Sir Edward Hungerford, William Wallis, 1708 Lord Tunbridge, 1710 Robert Leeves, 1713 WiUiam WaUis, 1717 WiUiam Wallis, 1/22 John Gumley. Charles II. Anthony Shirley. John Fagg. John Fagg. James II, Sir John Fagg, William III. Sir John Fagg. The aame. Henry Goring. Anne. Henry Goring, The same, Robert Fagg, Henry Goring, Sir Harry Goring, George I. J, Pepper. The same, George II. 17271734174117471764 1761 1764 1767 1768177417W 17801784 17851783 Lord "Viscount "Vane. Lord Carnarvon. Charles Eversfield. Abraham Hume. The same. T. Bladen, Sir Robert Fagg. Hitch Yonge. The same. George III. Frasier Honeywood, John Tomlinson, Richard Fuller, vice T, Honeywood, deceased. Sir John Filmer, bart,, vice J, Tomlinson, deceased. Sir John Filmer, bart. Thos. Edw. Freeman. Filmer Honeywood. Tlie same. The same. Sir T. G. Skipworth, bart, John Bullock, vice F. Honeywood, who served for Kent. Sir John Honeywood, bart. Hon, Bich. Howard. Tho. E, Freeman, vice Sic J, Honeywood, who accepted the Chilt, Huads. Sir John Honeywood, bart., vice T, E. Freeman, deceased. 58 1790 1791 1792 1794 17961803 1803 18051806 1805 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. raho^rs^teerasedhyfrrorH^ouseof^ .^s^i;^d:^::-^r^^^::^-:«--c-rbury. John Henniker Major, vice John Curtis. John Henniker Major. J. M, Lloyd. James M.Lloyd. Robert Hurst. Lord Ossulston. S^inh^ HgXknt AUorney Genera,, vice J. M. Lloyd, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, James M, Lloyd. Robert Hurst. 1807 James M, Lloyd, 1812 The same, 1818 George Philips. Sir John Aubrey, bart. The same. George IV. 1820 Lord H. H, Molyneux Howard, George Richard Philips, 1824 Henry Howard, nice Lord H, H.M, Howard, deceased. 1826 Geo. R. PhiUps, Peter Du Cane. 1830 The same. 1831 The same. WiLLLAM IV. Edward Blount, The same. THE CINQUE PORTS. In order the belter to understand the state of the representation in the places which next come under our consideration, namely, Hastings, Rye, Seaford, and Winchelsea> it wUl be necessary to make a few observa tions on the oiigin and use of the Cinque Ports, and at one view to lay before our readers the true nature of the dispute which for many years subsisted between the patrons of these several places and the inhabit ants at large, regarding the right to vote in the election for members to serve in Parliament. The proximity of the southern coast of England to that of France caused our sovereigns in early ages to consider the havens along this line of coast of superior iraportanoe ; who by way of eminence styled them " Quinque Portuus," since changed into their present designation " Cinque Ports." WiUiam the Conqueror placed thera under the com. mand of an officer, caUed the Warden of the Cinque Ports, who also acts as Adrairal thereof, and has the jurisdiction of the Admiralty araong them, exempt from the Adrairalty of England. Although this officer was formerly of much use to the nation, and had full employraent, yet for many years the office has become a complete sinecure. The present Warden, and consequently Adrairal, is his Grace the Duke of Welling. ton, who, however, receives his salary for holding the appointraent, in addition to which there is considerable and valuable patronage annexed to the otfice. " This Warden," says Lord Coke, " ought ever to be a man of great fideUty, wisdom, courage, and experience, for that he hath the charge of the principal gates of the kingdora." " Such was formerly the corruption, venality, and profligacy of the Cinque Ports, and sueh the arrogance of the Lords Warden, that these officers actually assumed to themselves the power and right of nomi nating, as a matter of course, one of (aud occasionally both) the represen tatives of each town of the Ports. This usurpation was quietly sub mitted to tUl the tirae of the Revolution ; two years after which great event, a death- wound was given to this infamous practice '," by the pass ing of an Act ', entitled " An Act to declare the right and freedom of Election of Members of Parliament for ihe Cinque Ports." Which recites that the election of raerabers to serve in Parliament ought to be free ; and that the late Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports had claimed the right of nominating to each of the Cinque Ports one person, whora they ought to elect to serve as a bardn or raember of Parliament, contrary to the ancient usage, right, and freedom of elections, and therefore enacts that all such nominations or recommendations were contrary to the law and constitution of the realm, and for the future should be so deemed and taken, and were thereby declared to be void to all intents and purposes. The inhabitants of these places were endowed with many privileges : the most important of which, at the present day, are An exeraption from all taxes and tolls : A power to oblige all that live in their jurisdiction to plead in their Courts, and to punish offenders in their own bounds; as also murderers and fugitives from justice : 1 Russell, on the ancient Liberties and Privileges of the Cinque Ports, p. 57, a book which is now very scarce, and for a copy of which we are indebted to the kind ness of T. B. Baker, Esq., of Hastings. 2 2d Williara and Wary, sess. 1., cap, 7. To punish foreigners as well as natives for theft, to have a pillory, and tumbrel or cucking stool : To raise mounds or banks in any man's land against breaches ot the sea: To appropriate to their own use aU lost goods and wandermg cattle, if not clairaed within one year aud a day : To have commons and to be at Uberty to cut down the trees grow ing upon them : To convert to their own use such goods as they found floating on the sea, those thrown out of ships in a storm, and those driven ashore, when no wreck or ship was to be seen : To be a guild or fraternity, and to be aUowed the franchises of Court Leet and Court Baron : ¦ -a i To assemble and keep a port-mote or parliament for the Cinque Ports ; to punish aU infringers of their privileges; make bye-laws, and hear all appeals from the inferior courts : And their barons to have the privUege of supporting the canopy over the King's head at the coronation. In return for these privileges, they were compeUed to supplv the King with fifty-seven ships, each provided wUh twenty-one men and a boy, to attend the King's service for fifteen days at their own expense, but if any further service was required, then they were to be paid by the crown. None of these duties, however, have been exacted for centuries ; but as the inhabitants are stUl Uable, and as every inhabitant who contributes to the expenses of the town, that is, every householder, woidd when required be obUged to contribute towards the formation of this force, so ought he, reasoning by analogy, to be adraitted to a share in the privileges; and it is nearly certain that for meriy these rights-designated their freedom—were enjoyed by aU those inhabitants who were assessed to the exigences of the public. _ It is uncertain when these privileges were first granted; but it is known that they were confirmed by Magna Charta, and again by a general charter of Edward I., which received confirmation from most of the kings and queens till the tirae of Charles II, ^ The Cinque Ports were consequently estabUshed in all their privileges prior to the period when they were summoned to return merabers to Par Uaraent, and eveiy person possessing the freedom of the Ports was un doubtedly entitled to participate in all the advantages incident to such freedom. When, therefore, the privilege of returning members to Par Uament was superadded, and which was, as appears by the decisions of the House of Coramons, conferred on the freemen of the Cinque Ports resident in each particular port, the whole ot the persons entitled to the privileges under the general Charters would in their respective ports be entitled to share this new power. And since, as we have before shown, the inhabitants contributing towards the expenses of the ports were entitled to the freedom, it foUows that they were also entitled to assist in the return of the raerabers. But although the inhabitants at large unquestionably enjoyed all these privileges formerly, yet for many years preceding the passing oi the Reform BiU, the power of returning the merabers had, in every one ofthe 3 The Charters are all given at length in Jeake's Charters of the Cinque Ports. Part. Hist.] OP THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 59 Cinque Ports, been usurped ; — first, by the Treasury, and then by private individuals ; and in order the better to fortify this systera of nomination, the freedom, which we have before shown ought to be enjoyed hy all the inhabitants Uable to pay the town expenses, has been granted to a sraall portion only, and these have been selected by the Treasury manager, and afterwards by the patron, from among those best calculated to answer the septennial purpose for which they were made. Lord Coke informs us that the privileged Ports were at first only three, viz. Dover, Sandwich, and Roraney. To these Hastings and Hythe were added by the Conqueror, and these corapleted the number to five, which were ever after called the " Cinque Ports." The ancient towns of Win chelsea and Rye were added before the tirae of John, and were called " Nobiliora membra Quinque Portuum;" and from the tirae of their addi tion, were treated and considered as original Ports. Each of these Cinque Ports had sorae adjacent places belonging to and incorporated with thera; and thus Seaford became a member of Hastings, but returned its mem bers to Parliament separately. The local government of these several places is vested in a raayor and jurats, of whom there ought, according to Jeake, to be twelve, besides the mayor ; although of late years it has not been the custom in any of the Ports, except Hastings, to have more than five or six ; two jm-ats and a mayor compose a quorum. At Seaford, instead of a mayor, the chief officer is designated bailiff. Before the passing of the 9th Anne, chap. 20, which prevents returning officers from holding their office for raore thaa one year at a time, the mayors of the Cinque Ports were seldom if ever changed; and even in later years the letter ofthe law has been com pUed with, but without being productive of rauch good ; for some relation or dependent of the patron was nominated every alternate year^, and as will be subsequently seen in the case of Rye, the nomination was very strictly regulated by agreement among the heads of the body. The right of making freemen in the Cinque Ports is vested in the maj'or or bailiff, and jurats, who have power in the presence of the com monalty to make freemen, whose qualifications are settled by three dif ferent tests : 1st. By birth within the said town and Port, if the freeman's father shall have been free at the time of his birth, 2ud, By a freehold tenement, and 3rd, By purchase, redemption, or gift ; and in some of the Ports the mayor has during his mayoralty the privilege of making one freeman. On the trial of Mr. Moore's Mandamus, (see Hastings, p. 60.) whieh related solely to Hastings, Lord Hardwicke admitted the custuraal to be given in evidence, aud as this document begins " Hic sequuniur consuetudines Quinque Portuum. et eorum membra^* it is evident that the customs of the Ports were similar, and that this custuraal did not relate exclusively to Hastings. By this custuraal ^ it appears that no man ought 4 That these corporate officers were not always selected from the best educated portion of the community is evident from the foUowing anecdotes, " A story is related of a mayor of Winchelsea, who having a letter delivered to him whilst thatching a haystack (he being a thatcher by profession), the letter being on corpo ration business, and requiring an immediate answer, his worship began to break the seal, and peruse the contents, but unfortunately, never having been at school, lie mistook the bottom for the top of the letter : tbe bearer of the letter apprising him of tills circumstance, his worship retorted on the presumption, that he should dictate to a mayor in what manner he should please to read his letters." — Russell, p, 62, On another occasion, a man was brought before another mayor of the same place, charged with stealing a saddle. His worship consulted Burn's Justice, and then addressed the prisoner in the following strain, " It's a very lucky thing for you, my man, that it was not a horse you stole instead of the saddle, for Burn says, that stealing a horse renders a man liable to transportation for life, but he says no thing about the saddle, so you may go your way, and had better not let me see your face again," — The following anecdote is also related in Royer^s Eastbourne, 1787, relative to Pevensey, " At a Quarter Sessions (^for the Uberty) some years back, a man was brought to the bar, charged with stealing a pair of buckskin breeches, which charge being fully proved, he was found guilty by the jury; but when the Court were informed the offence was a capital one, and that they must proceed to pass sentence, they were so much alarmed, that they wished to reverse the verdict, and give a fresh one, in such words as to make the punishment less than death: they therefore adjourned the court ; and despatched a messenger to Thomas Wil- lard Esq,, of Eastbourne, the then town clerk (whose deputy was on that day attend ing) to beg his opinion whether it was possible to reverse the present verdict, and receive a fresh one, together with his instructions how to proceed. It happened that Lord Wilmington, to whom this place at that time belonged, with the then Chief Baron of the Exchequer, were at dinner with Mr, Willard, when this curious appli cation arrived, to whom Mr, W, having reported the contents, the Chief Baron jocosely said, * Instruct them to reverse the present verdict, and brine it in man slaughter,' to which Lord Wilmington assenting, Mr, W, advised accordingly, and a new verdict to that etfect was absolutely the consequence," 5 Vol. 17 Howell's State Trials. to enjoy the freedom of any port or member thereof until he has taken the foUowing oath, " That he wiU be from that day untU the end of his life, true and faithful unto the King of England, and his Heirs, and that he will maintain, according to the best of his power, the statutes and liberties of the Five Ports, and particularly those of that particular Port dr member thereof where he resides ; and that he wiU always be obedient to fhe mayor aud jurats, the bailiff and jurats, or to the jurats (as the case may be) ; and that he will always be ready to perforra, bear, and pay scot and lot, if they shaU appear to be ordered for the common advan tage of the place, in being armed, in defending themselves against the enemies of his Lord the King, when he shaU be commanded by the gover nors of the Port, or a member thereof; and that he will not hear any thing spoken to the disadvantage of the aforesaid freedom, or to the abuse of the mayor, bailiff, and jurats, or any of them, in the town where he resides, without acquainting them therewith." Art, 35, " Any person intending to obtain the freedom ofthe Five Ports by purchase, must find four resident sureties for his fulfiUing all and sin gular the premises aforesaid," Art, 36. '• And if he shaU be a stranger to the Ports, or an Englishman born in parts beyond the seas, and have lived with a good character and condition in any Port, or member thereof, and afterwards shall marry iu the same Port or member thereof, and desire to obtain his freedom, he may become free by purchase, as has been said above, in all the freedom of the Five Ports ; with this proviso, that he cannot vote at the election of a mayor, bailiff, jurat, or any other officer, nor be concerned in the councils and business of the commonalty, until he have the letter of our Lord the King, acknowledging him naturalized." Art, 37. " And the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, or his locum tenens, may once whUe in that office, make one foreigner, bom beyond the seas, free in every Port and raeraber thereof, according to the form of making freemen by purchase, without any fine being paid to the com- raonalty where this foreigner is resident, except the fees of office which are usual upon this occasion." Art. 38. " And they who are in all and singular the forms aforesaid made free, in any Port or member thereof, are entitled to their freedom and usages in all the other Ports," Art, 39. " And no man shaU be made free by purchase, until he has lived a year and one day iu that Port or member where he asks his free dom," &c. &c. The right of franchise, however, in respect of freehold, does not now exist at any place but Dover. " The admission of the sons of freemen has, iu all the Cinque Ports in Sussex, been limited to the eldest sons ; at Hastings and Rye, it was pretended that the first-born son of a freeman (strictly speaking) born within the place, has a just title ; and that a second son, upon the death of an elder brother, did not succeed to his right ; and, further, if a man having had a son at any time, be adraitted to his freedom, that no after-born son of this man can have the claira of birthright, though the brother should have chanced to have died before the admission of the father ; and at Winchelsea, the claim of the eldest, and of every other son, has of late years been wholly denied ';" and, on ac count of the poverty of the majority of these, very few have been able to take up their freedom : and the making of freemen by purchase, redemp tion, or gift, has, till within the last four or five years, been confined to the making of one new freeman, generally an old bachelor, or an old man with out any family, at the end of every mayoralty. The first returns of members of parliament for the Cinque Ports (Sea ford excepted, which has been treated as a dependency of Hastings) was anno 42 Edward III. The Lord Warden is the general returniug officer of all the Ports ; and all parliaraentai'y writs are directed to him in the same manner as to Sheriffs of counties ; upon which he issues his precepts for the election to the proper officer of each Port, At first, he raade one general return for the whole of the Cinque Ports ; but of later years he has raade separate returns. Having thus give n a summary of the rights of the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, our readers will understand the nature and merits of the con tests which have been carried on in these Ports between the inhabitants and the patrons. The details we shall give when treating of each place. 6 Russell, p. 68. I 2 60 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. HASTINGS. The history of aU the Cinque Ports is nearly the same. The same poUtical drama has been acted throughout the whole of them, but with different casts of the characters, and very nearly the same success has attended the representation in each. In all of them, we find the Treasury sustaining the principal character ; and in each we find the Treasury agent or ma nager, with the proper proportion of freemen. Custom-house and Riding officers, to complete the draraatis persons. The plot, too, has everywhere been alike ; the Treasury kept the raanagement for many years ; then there was the setting up of the private interest of the stage-manager, aud, finally, the struggle of the inhabitants for emancipation. As we shall treat more fidly ou this subject in our account of Bye, we need say little in this place. The Coustable of Dover Castle, and Warden of the Cinque Ports had, as we have seen, formerly beeu in the habit of nominating the return of one of the members for each of the Cinque Ports ; and it was at Hastings that it was determined to dispute his right; and, accordingly, in 1689, Peter Gott, Esq., stood against the Govemor, Colonel Beaumont ; but he was defeated ; the nuraber of voters polled was 67. Against this return Mr. Gott, on the 4th of Noveraber, 1689, petitioned, on the ground of the want of due notice of the election and fair usage, and that Colonel Beau mont, beiug Governor, or Lieutenant Governor of Dover Castle, and to whom the writ was directed, had returned himself, though not regularly chosen, and not capable of being chosen, being the officer who had the execution of the writ, &c.' On the 17th of January, on the presentation of the report, it appeared, that by order of the mayor, on Thursday morn ing, at eight o'clock, the officer gave notice of the election to be the next morning at nine. There was evidence to show that three or four days' no- lice was usuaUy given of elections, but stronger evidence, that twenty-four hours' notice was customary ; aud it was proved that all the electors but one attended. There was some evidence of attempts at undue influence by Colonel Beaumont, but the Committee reported he was duly elected, and the House agreed''. A siraUar struggle took place in 1690, irarae- diately after which, Robert Muunis, Esq,, petitioned against the return made by the mayor of the Governor : the petition stated, " That the peti tioner was duly elected one of the barons of this port, and ought to have been returned ; but Johu Beaumont, Esq., Governor of Dover Castle, who pretended to have a power over the several Cinque Ports, wrote several mandatory letters to the mayors and returning officers of the Cinque Ports, requiring them not to engage their votes for any particular person, for that his Majesty would recommend to them such persons as he should think convenient for them to choose, and by several menaces and threats procured a majority of the electors to vote for hira to serve in parliament for the port of Hastings, and prevailed on the maj'or to return him, though not legally elected, to the prejudice of the petitioner;" which petition was referred to a Coramittee, who decided in favour of the petitioner, and thereby the Governor lost his influence. It was immediately after this decision that the Act ^, to which we have before alluded, was passed which settled for ever the right of interference on the part of the Governor, In 1698, another very severe contest took place between Peter Gott, Esq. and Robert Austen, Esq,, who had represented Hastings in the previous parliament: 34 electors, and the raayor, voted on one side; 34, and the candidate, on the other ; and to make a majority, the mayor gave a casting vote, and returned Mr, Gott, On a petition presented against the return it was insisted that the raayor had voted twice, which he had no right to do. To support the claira of the mayor to a casting voice, evidence was received that he had it by eustom in the election of corporate officers • but other votes were objected to on both sides, and the House determined generaUy, on the 20th of January, 1698, that the silting raeraber was duly elected, and " That the right of electiou was in the mayor, jurats, and freemen resident in the town'';" and the sarae question has been raised as to the meaning of the word "Freemen," as in the case of Rye, the 1 10 Journ. 279, 2 Ibid, 334. 3 2 Wm, and Mary, Sess, 1, t, 7, 4 12 Journ. 444, mayor contended that it raeans only the first-born son of a freeman, and such as are annually nominated by the mayor ; whilst the inhabitants con tended, that all those who had inhabited and paid scot and lot for a year and a day, had a right to be admitted to their freedom. In 1716, the town and port of Hastings, and its representative, Mr. Hutchenson, took a formidable part in opposing the Septennial Act. On the 24th of April, a petition was presented from the town, setting forth, " That by the laws and constitution of this kingdom, no pariiament is to continue longer than three years ; and under the protection of that law, which we look npon as one of our greatest and most valuable privileges, we elected our last raembers of parliaraent, and thonght proper to entrust them, for three years, as our representatives, if his Majesty thought proper to continue them so long : that hearing a bUI is prepared, and now pend ing before the House of Peers, for altering the laws now in being relating to parhaments ; and for continuing this present parliament for a longer tirae ; and praying to take the sarae into consideration, and prevent the said BiU passing into a law : for we cannot but look upon it as overturning our present constitution, and an infringeraent of our liberties, by making representatives for us for a longer tirae than we entrusted them V Mr, Hutchenson also made a long and eloquent speech against the Bill". On the 30th of March, 1721, another petition was presented from this town against the presumed authors of the then distresses, setting forth, " That the fishery which, for ages past, hath been the chiefest support of this and many other maritime towns, is now reduced to a very low ebb, through the power vested in the directors ofthe late South-Sea Company, their advisers, aiders, and abettors ;" aud praying that measures might be taken to bring them to condign punishment t. The mayors of Hastings did not even admit the right of the first-bom son till 1736, when the raayor, having refused to adrait Mr. Henry Moore, the eldest son of a freeraan, to his freedom, on paying a reasonable fine, that gentleman appUed to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus to require the mayor, jurats, and commonalty, to adrait him to his freedom. The writ ' sets forth that he is the eldest son of a freeman, born within the town after the admission and swearing of his father into the place and office of one of the freemen of the said town and port ; and that he has a right in respect thereof, and also, upon paying a reasonable fine, to be admitted into the place and office of one of the freemen of the said town and port. The above was the matter at issue, aud Lord Hardwicke, in summing up the evidence, said to the jury : " The point insisted on by the plaintiff's counsel, and the first thing produced to be considered by you, is a book, in which is an ancient entry of the custuraal of the Five Ports and their members, the time whereof the raemory of man is not to the contrary. " The evidence relied on for the plaintiff is this — concerning the raaking of freeraen, &c., as stated. " After the reading of these entries, the counsel for the defendants ob jected, that this was not a particular custumal of Hastings, and therefore not so conclusive. But Hastings in the mandamus is said to be one of the Five Ports. They have given evidence of three different species of persons admitted under this right. " The first is, where persons were admitted as eldest sons of freemen born within the borough, and after the sweariug and admission of the father. " The next is, where admission has been of eldest sons, born within the borough ; bnt it does not appear whether before or after the admission of the father. And, " The third species of persons, who were adraitted as the sons of free raen in general ; but they have not shown that they were born in the town, or after the father's freedora. " For the defendants, the gentleraen on the other side insi.st, that there 5 Pari. Hist., vol. vii. p, 309. 6 Ibid, p, 339. 8 17 Howell's State Trials, 915, 7 Ibid, p. 776. Pari. Hist.'] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 61 is no right at all to the freedom in this borough ; but that all admissions depend upon the will and pleasure of the mayor and jurats ; that they may admit or refuse a stranger, or a son, just as they please. And they insist, that if there be such a right, that it is restrained by these two qualifica tions, of being born in the town, and after the swearing and admission of the father. I " And another qualification insisted on by the defendants is, that he /should be resident within the borough. ^ " Gentlemen, the matter of the law which wUl arise, if you are of opi nion that there is such a custom, will be, whether the fine be a reasonable fine, as the plaintiff hath laid it,or whether this is a certain fine of 6s.8d, ? " The first evidence that has been produced for the defendants, is au old book, in which there are entries of an old custumal, and a bye-law, dated the 12th of April, 15 EUzabeth, by which it is decreed, ' That if any freeraan, now or at any tirae hereafter, an inhabitant of this town, shall depart or dwell out of the town, by the space of a year and a day, he or they so dweUing out of the town shall lose his or their freedom for ever.' " I own I do not know so extraordinary a custom anywhere, for a man to have a right to be adraitted a freeman who was not resident, aud yet the corporation coidd disfranchise a raan for non-residence. " But this bye-law will not be of much weight one way or the other. It only shows the act of the corporation to disfranchise any person that goes out of the borough. " They have also produced for the defendants, another book, in which they say is contained the usage of Hastings tirae out of mind; and they have read out of it an entry, in old French, the purport of which is, 'That if a foreigner resides in Hastings a year and a day, he may come before the bailiff and jurats, and be admitted to the freedora, upon taking an oath.' The witness who read this, swore that there was no other evidence in the book relating to the raaking of freeraen. " They read this to show that there is no right to the freedora at all in this borough, if a stranger, who has lived in the town a year and a day, may corae before the bailiff and jurats, and they may adrait hira upon taking an oath. " The next evidence the defendants have produced, is from entries of adraission of the sons of freemen, without mentioning that they were either eldest or youngest sons ; and they only show that the fact is, that other sons, as well as eldest sous, have been admitted for a fine of 6s. Bd. " It will be proper, therefore, for you, gentlemen, to consider : " 1st. If you believe, on the evidence, that there is no right in the son of any freeraan to deraand his freedom of the mayor and jurats, but that all depends on their pleasure ; but if you believe that there is a right in the son of a freeman, and that the raayor and jurats cannot deny him his freedom, then you will consider whether the two qualifications of being born in the borough after the freedom of the father are necessary or no ? " If you believe they are necessary, but that, whether he be born in or out of the borough, or before or after he was made free, makes no differ ence, in that case you must find for the defendants, " But if you believe a right in the sons of freeraen, and that being born in the borough, and after the father's freedom, are essential, then you will consider the matter of residence, " And if you believe residence not necessary, then you must find a ver dict for the plaintiff, " But, on the other hand, if you believe being born in the borough, and after the father's freedom, are not necessary, or, if necessary, that it is equally necessary that the person should be resident, then you must find a verdict for the defendants." Verdict for the Plaintiff. Foreman. — " We find, that the eldest son of a freeman, born within the borough after his father's freedom, has a right." Lord Hardwick. — " What do you find as to the commorancy ?" Foreman. — " My Lord, we find residence not necessary, and that the eldest son, born within the borough after his father's freedom, has a right, upon paying a customary fine." Xjord Hardwick. — " What do you find the fine ?" Foreman. — " We find the fine to be 6s.8rf., and that that is reasonable," Lord Hardwicke. — " That point of the reasonable fine must be saved for the opinion of the court, but let the fostea stay." This point as to the fine afterwards carae under the review ofthe court", when the raayor and jurats contended that the jury had found it to be a fine certain, and not a reasonable fine, but the court overruled the objec tion, and confirraed the verdict of the jury. Mr. Moore, therefore, was corapletely successful, and the sarae evidence which he furnished would have gone far to establish the right of the inhabi tants generally to the freedom. The corporation were fearful of sueh con sequences, and in the course of the Seaford contests, it being important to some of the parties lo inspect this custuraal, and a rule being obtained from the Court of King's Bench for that purpose, it was found to ba missing. Although the members returned for this place usually supported the government interest, and their elections were, without doubt, much in fluenced by the will of the minister of the day, there is no evidence to prove that this was, in the strict sense of the word, a treasury borough till about the year 1734, when the Duke of Newcastle, whose interest in the Sussex elections of that date has been before noticed, and whose family, being the owners of the barony of Hastings, possessed considerable private influence here, procured the return of a relative, Thoraas Pelham, jun., Esq., and from this period we may date the fuU establishment of the government interest, and the nsual means were adopted by a liberal distri bution of places, &e., to retain the patronage. The passing of Mr. Crewe's bill considerably dirainished this interest, for, since the voters could not afterwards be pensioned in governraent places, some other raeans of pay were obliged to be devised, and tha voters were supplied with sraall suras of money on bond; and thus by degrees a private interest was established in the place of that of the Treasury. But as members in the interest of government were invariably returned "upon very moderate terms and conditions," says Oldfield'^, '^without making any inquiry into their character or fitness for that situ ation," the Treasury did not take any pains to regain its influence. Atthe general election in 1784, the inhabitants conceiving that they were improperly excluded from the right of joining in the return of the representatives, determined to endeavour to regain their right, and ou the 3d April, the day of election. Sir Godfrey Webster, bart., whose contest for Seaford will be found under that place, and Stephen Lushington, Esq., stood forward on the interest of the inhabitants paying scot and lot, and opposed the return of John Dawes and John Stanley, Esqrs,, who were supported by the corporation. At the close of the poll the nuraber of jurats and freeraen who voted for each of the two latter was 16, whilst 3 freeraen poUed for Sir G. Webster and Mr, Lushington, and 48 inhabit ants paying scot and lot tendered their votes for thera, but were rejected by the mayor, who declared the corporation candidates duly elected, and- returned them accordingly. The rejected candidates at the close of the contest signified their intention of procuring a deterraination of the House of (jommons on the right, but afterwards abandoned the proposal, and.- the same system as had for years been pursued was had recourse to. Thus matters stood till the general election in 1830, when the inhabi. ants, encouraged by the success of their independent brethren in the neighbouring port of Rye, determined to make au attempt to regain their general right of electiou. For this purpose, several meetings were held, and applications made to the mayor to admit thera to their freedora, whieh, of course, were invariably refused. At length the inhabitants determined. to put two candidates of their own in nomination, and offered the honour to Rohert Otway Cave aud John Ashley Warre, Esqrs,, who willingly ac cepted the invitation, and pledged theraselves, if they should be returned by a raajority of those who claimed to have a right to vote, that they would petition the House against the mayor's return. Accordingly, on the day appointed for the election, Joseph Planta, Esq,, then under-secretary to the Treasury, and General Sir Henry Fane, were put iu norainaUon by the jurats; Messrs. Cave and Warre, by some ofthe persons who had clairaed to be adraitted. The mayor refused to accept this nomination, and the candidates therefore nominated themselves. Later, however, in the day, information was received that Mr. Cave had been returned for another place, 11 Strange's Reports, 1070, 12 Hist. Ci nque Ports, p, 29. 62 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [.Appendix. and Mr. Serjeant Taddy was put into nomination bythe popular party, in order to petition against the return. The mayor refused to receive any of the votes tendered for Messrs. Cave, Warre, or Taddy ; and although at the close of the poll at three o'clock, the numbers tendered were, for Mr, Warre, 174 ; Mr, Cave, 157; Mr. Serjeant Taddy, 54 ; General Fane, 17; Mr. Planta, 17, yet the mayor declared he should take no notice of the re jected votes, and returned Mr. Milward's candidates as duly elected. Against this return Messrs, Warre aud Cave petitioned ; but the impos sibiUty of getting it fixed until after the hearing of the popular-appeal petition at Rye, and the early introduction of the Reform Bill, by which the representation of Hastings would be opened, deterrained them not to prosecute the petition, and accordingly General Fane and Mr. Planta were aUowed to retain their seats. ¦ After the Reforra Bill had beeu introduced, Mr. Camac canvassed the inhabitants for their support, in case of the passing of the bill, and soon afterwards a requisition was got up, although the corporation took no active part in it, to Frederick North, Esq,, Mrs. Milward's nephew, stat ing that, " in the expectation that the bill then before the Commons, ' To amend the Representation of the People of England and Wales,' would pass into a law, and desirous of seeing this place represented by a gentle raan of independence, who, from his constant residence and expenditure amongst us, is likely not only to protect the interest of the town, but to benefit the inhabitants," therefore the requisitionists besought him to offer his services. This requisition was signed by fifty of the inhabitants, in cluding many of Mr, Milward's personal friends, although not of the cor poration, and of course Mr. North felt no hesitation in coraplying with their request. Mr. Wai-re also published a handbill, stating his intention of again offering his services, and afterwards Howard Elphinstone, Esq., the eldest son of Sir Howard Elphinstone, and the brother-in-law of Her bert B. Curteis, Esq., the raeraber for Sussex, a gentleman of very liberal opinions, and the patron of all attempts to increase the knowledge aud better the condition of the people, pubUshed an address to the inhabitants, stating, that if he should receive an invitation he would stand as a candi date for their suffrages on the first opportunity, and at the same time stated the nature of his political opinions. Scarcely had the avowal of his political creed been published than the dissolution of ParUament took place, and it was proposed to the inhabit ants to return Mr. North and Mr, Warre to represent Hastings, both beiug pledged to support the government in carrying the raeasure of reform. This proposal having been readily accepted by the heads of the reforraing inhabitants, who saw but little chance of being able to return both raerabers in opposition to the corporation, on the day appointed for the election, Messrs, North and Warre were returned without opposition, Mr, Camac having given up his pretensions, and Mr. Elphinstone reserv ing his claims until the inhabitants should be possessed of an unfettered choice. After that period several endeavours were made to strengthen the inte rest ofthe corporation, by inviting several ofthe reformers to take up their freedom, and thus increase the number of the hitherto small body, whose number, in April, 1832, (including the mayor and twelve jurats) amounted only to 37. In furtherance of this object, invitations were sent to about 180, of the inhabitants, and of the invited 130 or 140 were admitted to their freedom. By the Boundary Bill, the future boundaries of the borough of Hastings were declared to be, " The town and port of Hastings and its liberties, including that detached part of the parish of St. Leonard, which lies near the town of Winchelsea, and including also the Liberty of the Sluice, but excluding all such other parts of the old borough of Hastings as are detached from the main body thereof;" and all the 10/. householders are of course included among the voters. For the honour of obtaining the first seat at the hands of the reformed constituency, Mr. North again offered hiraself, and was supported by the old freemen, and not generally opposed. Mr. Wajre addressed the elec tors, but having, since the election in 1831, neglected his former sup porters, and shown himself more anxious to court the esteem of his patrons of the corporation than the newly-enfranchised electors, his return was opposed by them, and the cause of independence asserted in the person of Mr. Elphinstone. Up to the day of election each party was confident of success, and as the eventful morning approached, the closeness of the numbers of the contending parUes rendered every exertion necessary. The nomination took place on the 10th December, and the polling began ou the nth, and ended on the afternoon of the 12th, when the numbers were, for Mr, North, 356 ; Mr, Warre, 239 ; Mi-. Elphinstone, 212, leaving the popular cause in a small minority '^. The number of electors registered in 1832 was, freemen 20 ; 10/. house holders, 554 ; total, 574. After the termination of the contest, on the 4th of January, 1833, a silver cup, of the value of 50/,, was preseated to the unsuccessful candi date by the 212 iudependeut electors, " for the noble manner in which he endeavoured to rescue the independence of the borough." Mr, Elphin- stone's speech was in accordance with hie former upright and manly conduct. On the 20th March, 1834, Mr. Warre caUed a meeting of his friends, to take their opinion on the propriety of accepting the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury, then offered to him. The determination of the meet ing was, that he ought to take office, and he accordingly comraenced a canvass. On the following morning, Mr, Elphinstone made his appear ance and also coramenced a canvass, in whieh he met with general pro mises of support. On the 27th, Mr. Planta, who had previously repre sented Hastings on the corporation interest, published an address, solicit ing the suffrages of the electors ; and on the following afternoon, finding that, if he resigned his seat, he had not fhe least prospect of being re elected, Mr. Warre informed Mr. Elphinstone that he did not intend to accept office, and no vacancy was therefore created. Returning officer. — The Mayor. 13 The Mayor's expenses were 931 lis, lld.—Parl Ret. REPRESENTATIVES. EnWAKD III. 1373 Johes KnoUe. Nicus Parkere, 1374 Wills HaUyman. The same. 1376 Nicholas Parker. 1377 Johes Elene. Walterus Hallyman Richard II. 1378 The same. The same. 1379 Johes Salerne Roberts RocheU. 1383 The same. Johes Cleve. 1384 WUUam HaUyman. Johes Salerne. 1385 The same. Edward Marcham. 1386 Johes Slene Joses Scott. 1387 Johes Clevesend, Edward Marcham. 1389 Ric. Bannock Johes Scott. 1390 Johes Clevesend. Ricus Wibard. 1392 Johes Clivesend. Ricus Bannock, 1393 Johes Scott, Johes Sharp, 1395 Edw, Merchaunt, 1397 Johes Clivesend, 1400 Edward Merchaunt, 1402 Johes Sharp, 1407 Robert Balgrave, 1410 Johes Herry, 1411 Edward Merchaunt, 1413 Henry Mordaunt, 1414 Johes Sharp, 1415 No return, 1417 Johes Lovet, 1419 Henry Mardant. 1420 Simon Limbergh, Johes Hakere, The same. Henky IV. Henry Mordaunt, Kobert Burgrove, Thomas Wyburn. Johes Bates. Johes Herry. Heney V. Ric. Huntington. Johes Julian. Ricus Huntingdon. Johes Boxle, Wills Courthorpe. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 63 Hknby vl 1422 Ric, Huntingdon. Wills, Courthorpe. 1424 The same. Johes Parkere. 1425 WUls Courthorpe. Elc, Huntingdon. 1427 Ric, Huntingdon, Johes Edward. 1428 The same. Thomas Parkere. 1429 The same. Thomas Carpenter. 1432 Johes Keed. Johes Barkcre. 1435 Johes Parkere. Johes Tamworth. 1436 Wills Goldyn. Thomas Coppinger. 1441 Johes Parkere. Johes Carpenter. 1446 Johes Houghton. Johes Cok. 1448 Johes Gray. Thomas Vestlnden. 1449 Johes Clive. Johes Westborne. 1450 Johes Cobbey. Alanus Honeywood. Edwaed IV. 1473 Ricus Higgham. Thomas Bede. [Returns lost till] Edward VI. 1547 Thomas Rede. 1553 Johnlsted. Mary. 1553 Thomas Roodes, John Peyton. Philip and Mary. 1554 John Frank, John Isted. 1554 Roger Manwood. The same. 1565 Thomas Rede. Roger Manwood. 1557 Thomas Brett. Henry Tennant. 1558-9 John Frank James Holson. Elizabeth. 1562-3 William Dunch, knt. Bichard Lyeff. 1571 Richard Lyeff. James Brian. 1572 Robert Lyeff. Thomas Lake, 1685 Thomas Lake, Thomas Philips, 1586 The same. The same. 1588 Bichard Lieff. John Parker. 1592 The same. Henry Apsley. 1597 Richard Lysae, Edward Pelham. 1601 Thomas Shirley, jun knt, Richard Lisle. James I. 1603 George Carew, knt. Richard Liffe, mayor. 1614 Henry Wotton, knt. 1620 Samuel Moor James Lasher. 1623 Nicholas EversBeld. Samuel Moor. Charles I. 1625 The same. Sackvjll Crow. The same. Dudley Carleton, knt 1628 John Ashburnham, Nicholas Eversfield 1640 John Baker, bart. Robert Reed, 1640 John Ashburnham. Thomas Eversfield. John Pelham. Roger Gratwick ". Commonwealth. 1663 1654 1656 1658-9 Samuel Gott. 1660 Dennis Ashburnham }No representatives of the Ports appear to have been summoned to these Parliaments. Nicholas Delves. The same. Charles II. 1661 Edmund Waller, 1678 Sir Robert Parker. 1681 The same. 1685 Sir Dennis Ashburnham, John Ashburnham. The same. The same. The same. 1688 Thoraas Mun. 1690 John Beaumont, 1695 Robert Austine. 1698 Peter Gott, 1701 John Mouncher. 1702 William Ashburnham, 1705 Tfie same. 1708 The same, 1710 Sir John Martin. 1713 The same. 1714 Henry Pelham. 1722 Sir WiUiam Ashburnham. 1727 The same. 1734 The same. 1741 Jaraes Pelham, 1747 The same, 1754 The same. James II, The same. William and Mary. Peter Gott, John Pulteney. The same. The same. Anne. The same. The same. The same. Sir William Ashburnham. Archibald Hutchinson. 1761 17681774 17841791 1796 1802 1807 18121818 George I. The same. The same. George II. Thomas Townsend. Thomas Pelham, jun. Andrew Stone. The same. The sarae, George III. William Ashburnham, Samuel Martin, The Right, Hon, Charles Jenkinson.. J. Stanley. James Bruderell. William Ashburnham, Lord Palmerston, John Dawes, Bt, Hon, Rd,Pepper Arden, knt. The same. Sir James Sanderson, bart, died Wm, Sturges elected in his stead Nicholas Vansittart, Sylvester Douglas Ld, Glenbervie George WilUatn Gunning, The Rt, Hon, George Canning, Sir Abraham Hume, bart. Sir Abraham Hume, hart. James Dawkins, James Dawkins, George Holford, George IV. 1* This Member came in the room of one of the first elected knights, on his de cease or being displaced between 1650 and 1653, 1820 Hon,Wm, Henry John Scott. 1826 Sir WiUiam Curtis, bart. 1827 Joseph Planta. James Dawkins, Charles Wetherell, John £, Denison, William IV. 1830 The same. 1831 Frederick North. 1832 The same. Sir H. Fane, John Ashley Warre, The same. RYE. This is a borough by prescription. The former right of voting was vested in the freemen, as in tbe other ports, and there not being any particular charter, the question has, as in the other ports, arisen, whether by the term freemen was meant, freemen of the Cinque Ports generally inhabiting in this particular port, or freemen only of a distinct corporation, alleged to be in existence here, although without any charter ; and although, at the present day, in a political point of view, an inquiry into this subject may not be necessary, yet, as explaining the contests between the two parties. and the proceedings before the commissioners appointed to inquire iuto municipal corporations, it cannot fail to be interesting. It is clear, by the old custumal, and the records of the proceedings of the Courts of Brotherhood and Guestling, and the hundred court of Rye, that the right of admission to the freedora was the sarae as we have before stated to have been that in all the Cinque Ports, and a liberal construction seeras to have been forraerly put upon this right. Accordingly, in early tiraes, the freemen were very nuraerous, being nearly equal to the' nuraber of 64 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. inhabitant householders ; aud that persons not natives were admitted as freemen, is established by the fact, that, in the reign of Mars', ""e Jol'i Smith applied for his freedora, and paid 14s., " because he was not born in the town." In 1557, at a meeting of the raayor, jurats, and inhabitants, 364 names were entered in the town-books, and opposite to the names of 80 of this number were the letters FR, which are supposed to be freeraen; and in Queen EUzabeth's tirae, at an asserably of the mayor, jurats, and commonaUy, convened to examine the church, poor, high-roads, and all other rates at Rye, there were 105 freemen present, all of whora were householders; in addition there were 31 assessed who Uved at the Wish, which was outside the waU. And during this reign the following entries ' were made relative to the adraission of freeraen, prior to which the books of the corporation do not accurately carry the proceedings :— 9th March, 4th Eliz. — " And further it is agreed, that all men born within the town shaU be raade free, paying therefore 20s. ; and every freeman' s son to be raade free, as of old and ancient tirae hath been accustoraed," Sth Eliz, — " Item. That, touching the making of freemen's sons, to be used therein ashathbeeu accustomed, without fee. 29th Aug., 10th EUz. — " Robert Bennet and John Bennet made free by virtue of their father's copie, according to the custom," but it does not appear whether Robert and John were brothers. 12th Eliz. — " 1st. Frora henceforth no person not born in the town shall be made free, under the pain of 20s. " 2. Every person and persons born in the town, not being a freeman's son atthe time of his and Iheir birth, shall be made free under the sum of 10/. " 3. Every freeman's son born in the town shall be raade free by his father's copy, as of old and ancient tirae hath been used." And Mr. Procter, the town-clerk, who produced the books before the appeal committee of 1830, stated, that from 1557 to 1562, there were ad mitted four freeraen a year ; from 1562 to 1567, six a year; from 1567 to 1582, fivea year, andfroral582to 1595, three. In 1670, however, a bye- law was made, " that no person should be made free without leave ofthe corporation, and to pay 40s., except born in the town." At a brotherhood it was agreed to make no raore advocants; and in 1682, we find an in stance of a person deraanding his freedom because his father was free. The first record of any contest, however, for the representation occurs in 1690, when a very severe struggle took place, the numbers being, for Sir John Austen, 19 ; for Sir John Dorrel, 1 7, who were returned as duly elected ; and for the gentleraen who petitioned against the return, 1 8 each ; aud at the same time a discussion took place as to the right to make the return. The facts were as follow: — There had been a dispute between one Thomas Tourney aud one Crouch about the right to the mayoralty, and it was heard before the king in council, who de termined in favour of Crouch, and commanded hira to go down and aet as mayor ; whereupon he went down and caUed an assembly, and by con sent of a majority of freemen raade several new freemen, six of whom •voted for the petitioners. But, after the making of these freeraen, Mr. 'Tourney was by raandaraus restored to the office of mayor, and thereupon -called an asserably, in which the freeraen who had been made by Crouch ¦were disfranchised, as uot haviug been admitted according to custom, there not having been any mayor de jure at that time. Afterwards Mr. Tourney called another asserably, where the lately-made freemen being excluded, he admitted, with the consent of the majority of the old freemen, several others, nine of whom voted for the sitting members. It was also proved before the coramittee, that Thomas Gribble, who voted for the sitting members, had beeu admitted to his freedora by right of his father's copy although his father had been discharged by the coraraissioners appointed under the act for purging corporations ; and that Thomas Tutty and Sam. Jeake, sen,, who had also voted for them, had been discharged in Uke manner. After an attentive examination, however, the committee re solved " — " 1. That Thoraas Gribble, Thoraas Tutty, aud Samuel Jeake, sen., being discharged by the commissioners appointed by the act for regulating corporations, had a right to vote in electing barons to serve in pariiament 1 7 Law Journ. 207. 2 10 Journ, fortius port. 2. That Sir John Austen was diJy elected; and, 3. that Sir John Dorrel was duly elected." To which resolutions the House agreed. By the decision of this committee, therefore, it is quite clear that the right to vote was vested in the freemen of the Cinque Ports generally, and uot in the freeraen of any corporation of Rye ; for, without doubt, Messrs. Gribble, Tutty, and Jeakes' right to the privileges of the corporation, if corporation there was, had been legally taken from them, and, of course, amongst the rest, the right to elect the merabers. The commissioners for inquiring into corporations had not, however, any power to deprive them of their rights as freemen ofthe Cinque Ports generally, and the decision of the comraittee, by affirming their right to vote, affirmed likewise that they possessed that right as freemen of the Cinque Ports generally, and not as freemen of any corporation in existence at Rye, from all the privi leges of which they had been removed. The next contest on record took place on 20th July, 1702, when Thos. Fagg, Jos. Offley, and Edw. Southwell, Esqrs,, stood candidates, and the numbers at the close of the poll were, for Mr. Fagg, 40 ; Mr, Offlej'-, 38 ; and Mr, Southwell, 25. The two former were returned, and on the 24th October the latter petitioned against the return of Mr. Offley, contending that the right of voting was " only in the mayor, jurats, and freemen, in habiting and paying scot and lot," whilst Mr. Offley denied that residence and paying scot and lot had anything to do with it. On the examination of the petition the coramittee resolved ' : — " 1. That Thoraas Fagg, Esq., was duly elected, 2, That Jos. Offley, Esq,, was not duly elected ; and, 3, That Edward Southwell, Esq., was duly elected." And these three resolutions having beeu severally read a second tirae, when the question was put were severally agreed to by the house. The committee also resolved and reported : — " That the right of election of the barons to serve iu parliaraent for the port of Rye is only in the mayor, jurats, and freemen inhabiting the said port and paying scot and lot ; " but this resolution does not appear by the journals to have been put aud agreed to by tbe house, which is necessary to make it a last resolution within the meaning of the GrenviUe Act, although it may fairly be presumed, as indeed it was before the first election coramittee of 1830, that this resolution was also agreed to by the House but omitted to be so noticed in the journals. At the very next election, in 1705, another contest took place between Mr. Southwell and PhiUp Herbert, Esq., who stood on the interest of the resident electors, and for whom', 21 voters polled ; and Charles Fagg and Philip Gibbon, Esqrs., who stood on the interest that had formerly re turned Mr, Thoraas Fagg, and for whom 19 votes were given. The two former were returned, and the two latter petitioned. On the trial of this petition it was admitted that the right of election was in the raayor, jurats, and freemen paying scot and _lot, resident within the port, or who had been resident within twelve months before the election ; but the question agitated was, whether the mayor had acted correctly in rejecting the votes of six persons who had been admitted freemen, but who had not qualified according to the Corporation Act, which required the taking of the sacra ment within the year. The coraraittee resolved, that the sitting raembers were not duly elected, but that the petitioners were, and so reported to the House. The House, however, by a raajority of 182 to 171, disagreed to the resolution *, and the Messrs. Southwell and Herbert retained their seats. At the election in 1710, the return of Mr. Southwell and John Ellis, Esq., the gentleraan who stood on the sarae interest, was again opposed by Mr, Gibbon and Sir John Norris, knt. It appeared that several per sons applying to be made freemen had been rejected at the assembly- court, but had afterwards, during the same mayoralty, been admitted to their freedora, 12 of whora voted for Messrs, Gibbon aud Norris, and made their numbers amount to 29 each, whilst Messrs. Southwell and Ellis polled only 17. The two former were returned, and the two latter peti tioned, the coramittee, however, reported, and the House agreed, that the sitting members were duly elected ^, and an end would seem to have been put for many years to the contests for the honour ofthe representation. 3 10 Journ. 4 12 Journ. 250, 6 16 Journ. 504-5. Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 65 Very shortly after the decision of 1702, a new custom began to prevail to a great extent, and the same persons were elected as mayor for a long series of years, with Uttle or no variation, and this custom continued till the year 1830. One single individual, Mr. Thomas Gribble, whose vote had been allowed in 1690, and who had been restored to his freedom in the corporation, was, with another individual difficult to be made out, mayor for ten years, another for five years, Gribble again for ten, though not successive years, because in 1720, 1724, 1726, and 1728, Jaraes Lambe was elected ; Thomas Lambe was elected twenty tiraes, Chis- weU Slade, and Thoraas P. Larabe, twenty-six tiraes ; Mr. Nathaniel Procter four; G, A, Lambe six; and WiUiam Larabe ten times; and so on. In 1758 the complete direction of the affairs of the borough had be come vested in the members of the famiUes to which these gentlemen belonged, and as for a considerable length of tirae there was little appa rent invasion made by other parties on the privileges they had been exercising, a written agreement was entered into on the 22d of Novem ber, 1758°, whereby James Lambe, Chiswell Slade, Williara Davis, Thoraas Larabe, and Needier Chamberlain Watson, of the corporation of Rye, agreed with eaeh other to exert themselves for the benefit of each other, for the good and advantage of the corporation in general — not to make appUcation to governraent for any place without the privity aud consent of all; not to raake interest or vote for any member to represent them in Parliament without the knowledge and approbation of all ; each of thera, when raayor, to consult with the others as to whora he should call to his assistance as jurats, and nominate as freemen; to oppose any person being elected freeman who was not approved by all ; to use their best endeavours to make the said C, Slade the next mayor ; the said Thomas Lambe the next; the said William Davis the next; the said James Lambe the next ; and the said N, C. Watson the next : — that when either of them, the said C, Slade, William Davis, or N, C, Watson, was mayor, to appoint either James or Thomas Lambe his deputy; and when either of the Lambes was mayor, to appoint one of the other three deputy mayor ; the said James Lambe and C, Slade to divide all profits to arise from the collector of the customs hiring any of their warehouses, storehouses, ships, lighters, boats, or vessels ; a fifth part being first allowed to the owners for the rent or usual hire for the sarae ; aud in case either of them, the said C. Slade and Jaraes Lambe should agree to do any work, or find any materials for the corporation, or the coramis sioners of Rye harbour, the other raight have liberty to do half the work ; and all breaches of this item were submitted to a majority of all the sub scribing parties : — and lastly, as to all the items and agreements, that they should be secret, and that neither of them would divulge, disclose, or make it known to any person. At first, this arrangement met with some opposition, for in the very next year the mayor having claimed the right to fill up the vacancy of jurats happening during his mayoralty generaUy, the jurats denied that the mayor had such a right generally, though they admitted that he had it upon the single day of his election, but not afterwards. This assuraed right was brought to issue on the occasion of the mayor having exercised it in nominating Mr. Edwin Wardroper as a jurat, when the jurats refused to swear hira in. Mr. Wardroper thereupon obtained a raandamus from the Court of King's Bench, commanding the raayor and jurats to swear him in, or to show cause why they refused to adrait him ; and on the 19th of June, Sir Richard Lloyd, on behalf of the jurats, showed cause why an attachment should not issue against the mayor and jurats for not making a return to the mandamus, because *• it was not possible for them jointly to make any return at all," For the mayor claimed a sole and ex clusive right to nominate this jurat, and the jurats denied that he had any such right; so that it was impossible for the raayor and jurats to join in any return, unless either the one or the other should give up the right in sisted upon'. Ultimately it was agreed to try the right at the sittings after the then term (Trin. Term. 22 and 23 Geo. III.) for Middlesex, on the question, " whether Edwin Wardroper was duly elected or not." On this issue the jurats were successful, and the nomination of the raayor pre- 6 Report of the proceedings before the Klection Committee on the 2Sth of April, 1830, p. 152 et seq. MSS. 7 Burrows' Reports, 799, vented. A few mayoralties, however, made a great alteration, and the jurats and mayor soon became united, and so continued for many years. This place, therefore, was in the strictest sense of the word, a Treasury borough ; the electors were few in number, were provided for by govern ment situations, and were under the coraraand of the Treasury agents. Here was a custora-house with a very large establishraent, a custora-house cutter manned by landsmen (all of whom were of course freemen) : a couple of forts at a great distance from the sea to guard the harbour ; nay, the harbour itself contributed fo support the cause. It had become nearly stopped up with deposit frora the Godwin Sands, and an Act ofPar- liaraent was obtained for making a new one at an expense of 100,000/., but in 1788 this project was abandoned, and the old harbour aUowed to reraain, to answer all the purposes of the town. And although each worthy representative thus elected, asserted that his only object in going to Parliaraent was to support the welfare of Great Britain, we may fairiy exclaim with Burns, " Haith. lad, ye little ken about it; For Britain's guid ! — guid faith, I doubt it 1 Say, rather, gaun as premiers lead him. An* saying ayes or noes they bid him." The passing of Mr. Crewe's bill, however, which prevents those holding places under government from voting at elections, effected a great altera tion in this Port; for it became absolutely necessary to admit to the free dom a few persons who were not placemen, in order to complete the necessary ceremonies of an election. This arrangement did not please sorae of the electors, who thereupon returned Williara Dickenson, Esq, (a gentleman in the interest of Lord North) jointly with the Treasury can didate. Au amicable arrangeraent between the Treasury and voters after wards took place, and the returns accorded with the government's wishes on every occasion except one, when two gentlemen opposed to the rainis ter of the day, Mr, P, Browne and Mr. E. Knight, the late raeraber for Wallingford, and a liberal and independent man, were returned. Bythe decision of the Coramittee of 1702, the right of voting was declared to be vested iu the mayor, jurats, and freemen, and a construction has been put upon the term freeman, which, by excluding all who were not admitted by the raayor to the freedom of a supposed corporation, for raany years contributed to establish firmly fhe interest of the corporation, and through them of the Treasury. This state of things continued tUl the year 1825, when the inhabitants felt themselves entitled to their' freedom, and to a share in the privi leges ofthe town. Accordingly, under the direction of Benjamin Sraith, Esq., a gentleman of liberal and enlightened views, they applied to the raayor to be adraitted freeraen by purchase. This of course was re fused ; but the clairaants determined to try their right, and at the election on the 9th of June, 1826, put Mr. Smith andone of their townsmen, Mr. Chamberlayne, into noraination, in opposition to the corporation can didates, Messrs. Arkwright and Bonhara. The inhabitants, in nuraber about seventy, araongst whora were two admitted freemen, tendered their votes for the popular candidates, and all except the two freeraen were rejected. Messrs. Arkwright and Bonhara polled twelve freemen, and the raayor returned them as duly elected. On this, Messrs. S.-nith and Chamberlayne determined to petition against the return; but after wards thought it raore prudent to make an application to the Court of King's Bench, for a raandamus to compel the mayor to admit the inhabit ants fo their freedora, which was accordingly done in 1826. On the argu- raent, however, the motion was discharged, the Chief Justice, Lord Ten terden, being very much opposed to such as he called " anomalous" right. Finding that the large and extensive right for which they contended under the first application would uot be conceded to them, they theu nar rowed and Umited the question to an inquiry as to the; right of any son of a freeman, born after his father became free, to be admitted. The question was tried in the case of Mr. Thomas Bariy, who applied to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus, commanding the mayor and jurats to admit him as a freeraan. The raandaraus recited a custom the existence of which was denied by the defendants in their return to the mandamus. Issue was joined on the return ; and the cause came on for trial, before Lord Tenterden, at the Middlesex sittings after Trinity Term, 1828. The issue was " whether there was a custom that every person being K 66 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. the son of a freeman ofthe totvn, born within the same after the admis sion of his father as such freeman, and having attained his age of twenty- one years," had a right, in respect thereof, to be admitted a freeman. The facts relative to Mr. Barry were, that he eame within the above description ; namely, he was the son of a freeman, born within the town after his father was admitted a freeman, and he had> attained his age of twenty-one years. But then came the fact upon which the case was to turn. He had an elder brother, which brother had been admitted a free man and had died. From this the corporation contended that the custom of the borough, as it really existed, had been satisfied. The facts relative to the borough as regards this cause were, that Eye was a borough by prescription, and the entries in the books as before given. Mr. Thomas Procter, the town-clerk, who produced the books, stated, that he was himself a freeman ; that his father had been a freeman ; that he (Mr. P.) had three brothers, who were not freemen ; and that he knew of no instance of more than one son of a freeman being admitted a freeman iu right of his father. Lord Tenterden hereupon intimated his opinion, that the expression, " every freeman's son," must be understood with reference to the usage, to raean that one son of a freeraan should be admitted in right of his father ; and that the expression could not be considered to mean every son of a freeraan, since it could never be supposed that since the tirae of EUzabeth, whence the Records were kept regularly, that the different sons of freemen would not have enforced their right, if right they had. It was stated in the opening for the prosecution, that there were two other instances in the reign of Elizabeth, of different sons of the same freeman being adraitted, but this fact was not proved. And, upon the opinion above expressed of Lord Tenterden, a verdict was found for the defendants. On the 1 0th of November, however, a new trial was moved for, on behalf of Mr. Barry, on the ground that the expression, " every free man's son," in the class No. 3, mentioned in the resolution of 12th of Elizabeth, meant " every son of a freeraan." That this construction was necessary, otherwise all the freeraan's sons but one would be deprived under the classes No. 1, and No. 2, of the benefit of adraission without paying fines. Thus none of the sons of the freemen came within either of the classes No. 1, and No. 2 ; because they would be born in the town, and would be the sons of freemen at the tirae of their birth ; and yet if they did not come within the class No. 3, they could not be admitted without paying fines ; and that this would be against the plain meaning of the rules, which evidently meant to confer a benefit on freemen's sons ; but the Court were of opinion that, under the circumstances, the construction given by Lord Tenterden was the correct one, and refused the Rule ". The decisions of the Court of King's Bench have for a long series of years favoured the exclusive privileges of corporations ; it is not, there fore, very surprising that the independent inhabitants of Eye should have heen unsuccessful. The result of this mandamus gave a temporary support to the corpo ration cause, but by redoubling the exertions of ita opponents, ultimately accelerated the success ofthe liberal party. Soon after this, Mr. Smith went to America ; and an election taking place in the early part of the year 1830, in his absence, for a person to serve in the room of Mr, Arkwright, the independent party, headed by Messrs, James Barry and William Prosser, invited Lieut,-Colonel De Lacy Evans (the present member tor Westminster — an officer whose known bravery in the field, and attachment to the interests of the people, well fitted him for the conduct of the battle and the honour of the victory) to stand on the liberal interest ; there were twenty-eight freemen resident in the town, fifteen of whora had a right to vote ; and after an election, at which the votes of all the Colonel's friends, except the two freeraen, were rejected, the Colonel petitioned agaiust the return of Philip Pusey, Esq,, the member declared by the mayor to be duly elected. The case was argued at considerable length by counsel ; those for the sitting raeraber in the interest of the corporation contended that " freemen," in the reso lution of 1702, meant only such persons as were adraitted " freemen'' 8 Law Journal, vol, vii, p. 107. hy the corporation, which they assumed to exist by prescription. Whilst those for Colonel Evans maintained that " freeraen" meant " freemen of the Cinque Ports" generally, and of course included all the [resident in habitants paying scot aud lot, inhabitants for a year and a day. After sitting for several days, the Coraraittee decided that "All persons of good repute, who have been resident householders of Eye, paying scot and lot, for a year and a day, are entitled to vote at the election of members to serve in Parliament for that Port." This decision unseated Mr. Pusey, and Colonel Evans was declared duly elected. Against this decision was lodged an appeal ; but the death of the King, in the following month, rendered a dissolution necessary, and it occurred before the appeal had been heard. Despite, however, of the late decision of the House, it was determined by the eoi-poration to return their own members, especially as the late resolution was not final, and they hoped for a favourable decision frora the Appeal Coramittee; accordingly, the mayor again rejected all the votes which the Committee of the House of Commons had declared valid, and returned Colonel Bailie and Mr. Bon- ham, the corporation candidates, who had polled 12 freeraen, whUe Colonel Evans and Mr. B. Smith, who had returned from Araerica, and now stood as the second popular candidate, tendered upwards of 2000 each of the inhabitants, in addition to six raembers of the corporation. Against this return Colonel Evans and Mr. Smith petitioned ; but the Appeal Committee having been composed of persons, scarcely one of whom was returned for any place where the constituency was at all approaching to independent, in December, 1830, came to the following resolutions : " That tbe right of election, deUvered in by the Rev. George Augustus Lamb, is not the right of election for the said town and port. That the right of election, delivered in by Lieut. Colonel Evans and Benjamin Smith, esq,, is not the right of election for the said town and port. That the right of election of barons to serve in Parliaraent for the town and port of Rye, is only in the mayor, jvu'ats, and iu the freemen inhabiting in the said town and port, and paying scot and lot, such freemen being duly admitted and sworn. That it appears to this Coraraittee, that, by the ancient usages of this town and port, there are three ways of making freemen, viz. ; — 1st, The eldest sons of freemen, born after their fathers were free, have a right, at twenty-one years of age, and may demand their freedom. 2nd, That every mayor may make one gratis, during his mayoralty. 3rd, That any person may be made free with the consent of the majority at an assembly ofthe mayor, jurats and freeraen. That the usage of the port is, that if any person so put up to be made free of the town be rejected, he cannot be put up again in the sarae raayoralty ;" a decision favourable to the corporation, and reversing the determination of the former Committee, which was composed of many very enlightened men and liberal members (Lord Palmerston being chairman), and flinging back the representation into its former channel. As by the operation of the GrenviUe Aet, the de cision of an Appeal Committee settled the right of election for ever. Col. Evans and Mr. Smith were obUged to withdraw their petition, Bnt the triumph was but short-Uved, Earl Grey's ministiy introduced their measure of reform ; and beiug beaten on General Gascoyne's motion, they dissolved the Parliament. The feeling in favour of the measure was almost universal; a portion ofthe enthusiasm reached even as far as Rye, and several of the corporation deterrained to support Colonel Evans. As sured of this assistance, the Colonel again appeared to fight the cause of independence ; and Benjamin Sraith, esq,, was at his post. Lieut, Francil- lon was also norainated on the popular interest, but he declined going fo the poll ; and Mr. Donovan, whose political career in Lewes we traced under that head, also stood on the liberal side : Dr. Larab nominating Mr.Pera- berton and Mr. Pusey. A body of prize-fighters, and a troop of soldiers, had been provided to secure the peace of the town. This, however, exas perated the people still raore, and having pulled up the iron fence of the town-hall, a serious disturbance took place, which prevented some of the friends ofthe corporation coming up to the poll. At the close of the poll, on the first day. Colonel Evans had polled the largest number of freeraen, the numbers being, for Colonel Evans, 4 ; Mr. Pemberton, 3 ; Mr. Pusey, 3; Mr. Smith, 2; Mr. Donovan, 0. It was found, therefore, to be useless to think of opposing Colonel Evans's return, and accordingly, in the course of the night, an agreement was entered into, that one of the candi dates, Mr. Pusey, shonld withdraw, on condition that Colonel Evans's friends would raaintain the peace of the town. This arrangeraent being Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 67 agreed to on the part of the voters, the polling comraenced on the second day, and two more freemen polled for Colonel Evans and Mr. Pemberton. Colonel Evans polled one single vote in addition, and the poll closed ; Colonel Evans standing gloriously conspicuous at the head of the poll, having the same nuraber of votes as there are days in the week, wise raen in the world, or primary visible planets in the heavens — 7. The second best was Mr, Pemberton, the best man of the worst cause, exulting in the unlucky number — 5. Mr. Pusey's votes equalled the number of the Fates, or Graces — 3; and .Mr. Smith represented, with the " 2 sweet voices" re maining, himself and his less fortunate brother candidate, Mr, Donovan. Thus was a town, the population of which was nearly 4000 souls, misrepre sented by seventeen votes returning two members to ParUament. These days of corporate bliss are passed; prize-fighters wUl no longer be in re quest to overawe the people, nor will " troop of soldiers be requisite to protect the patron or dignify the mayor. In the return raade to government in 1831, by Lieut. Drummond, ofthe smallest places which then returned members, Rye is stated as the eightieth, fhe nuraber of houses, in 1831, being 661 ; and the amount of assessed taxes paid in the proportion of 783. By the arrangements, therefore, under the Reforra Bill, Rye lost one member; and to obtain the honour ofthe seat stlU remaining, a very severe contest took place in 1832. By the Boundary BUI the borough was declared to include " the ancient towns of Rye and Winchelsea, the several parishes of Rye, Peasmarsh, Iden, Playden, Winchelsea, East Giuldford, Ickleshara, and Udiraore, and also that part of the parish of Brede which lies between the parishes of Udimore and Icklesham ;" comprising a large agricultural district, although not very thickly populated. The right of election was also extended, by the Reform BUI, to the 10/. householders, in addition to the freemen of Rye. On the passing of these Bills, Captain Edward Barrett Curteis, the brother of the member for Sussex, offered his services, in opposition to the return of Colonel Evans, who again stood on the independent interest. The members of the corporation declined bringing forward a candidate ; but ultimately lent their powerful assistance to effect the return of Mr. Curteis. At this election Colonel Evans stood on the radical interest for Westminster ; and although he was not returned, the very fact of his standing increased the number of his opponents at Eye. The nomination took place on the llth of December, and a poll being deraanded, took place on the 12th and 13th ofthe sarae month; and at the close the numbers were, for Captain Curteis, 162; Colonel Evans, 128; giving a majority of 34 to Mr, Curteis : 290 voters polled, leaving about one-fifth unpolled '. Nuraber of electors registered in 1832, Freeraen, 40; 10/. house holders, 382. Total 422. Returning Officer. The Mayor. 9 The Mayor's e.tpenses were 38i 8s. 6d. Pari Return.. REPRESENTATIVES. Edw-IRD III. 1369 Wills Taylor. Bicus Padding, 1370 The same. Johes Salern, 1372 The same. 1373 The same. The same. 1374 No return. 1377 Laur, Corboil, Steph. Elliot. Richard II. 1373 Tho. Badding. Ricus Marehinere 1379 Steph. Elliot. Johes atte Wood. 1383 The same. Kobts. Borgrave. 1384 Wills Taylor, JMath. Golding. 1384 Johes Marchaunt, Laur. T.iOnford. 1386 Laur. Corboile, Robts, Dym, 1387 Steph, Elliot. Johes Baddyng, 1389 Wills atte Vant, Johes IVIeropp. 1390 Laur. Lunsford, Laur. Cobbayle. 1392 Johes Salerne, Laur. Lunsford. 1393 Johes Baddin, Johes Rearyate. 1395 Johes Baddyng, Wills Ormed. 1397 RicTitchbourne, Jn. Langport, Henry IV, 1400 Johes Badding. WUl. atte Vant, 1402 Johes Baddyng. Johes Roberd, 1407 Johes Badding, Tho. Long. 1410 Johes Shew, Wills Long, Henry V. 1413 WiUs Long, Robt, Ovewyn, 1414 The same. The same. 1417 Johes Shelley, Ricus Posterf. 1419 Wills Vawt. Laurs Mersy. 1420 Johes SheUey, Willus Long. 1421 The same. Wills Thurwell. Henry VI. 1422 Willus Thurwalle, Johes SheUe. 1424 Tho, Long, WUlus Therwayle. 1425 Will, Bede. Tho, Pope, 1427 Will. Thurlwayle. Wills Broughton, 1428 The same. The sarae. 1-130 The same. The same. 1432 WiUs Broughton. Tho, Pope. 1435 Tho. Long, Steph, Reber. 1436 The same, sen. Tho. Long.jun, 1441 Johes Sutton, Johes Chitvost. 1446 No return. 1448 Robts. Unwyn, Tho, Stoughton. 1449 Adam Livelode. Robts. Berd. 1450 Robts, Unwyn, Tho, Stock. 1452 The same. Ricus Ryppys. Edward IV. 1473 Ricus 'Wynd, Johes Tregoys. [Returns lost till] Edward VI. 1552 Jn, Holmes, 1563 The same. Mary. 1554 Clement Higham, Jn. Holmes. Philip and Mary. 1554 Jn. Holmes, Rd, Fletcher, 1555 The same. Tho, Smith. 1556 The same. Reginald IVIoore, 1557 Tho. Fletcher, Tho, Cheyne. Elizabeth. 1558 Rd, Fletcher, Rob, Marshe, 1563 Geo, Reynolds, Jq. Bredes, 1571 Jn. Davinges. Tho, Fanshaw. 1572 Clement Cobb, ob. Rob. Carpenter. Henry Gayner, gent. vice Cobb. 1585 Jn, Hamond, LL,D. The same. 1686 Henry Gayner, The same, 1688 Audley Dannet, Wm. Carpenter. 1592 Hen, Gayner, Rob. Carpenter, 1597 Sampson Lennard. Tho, Hamon. 1601 Arth, Gorges, knt. Tho. Culpepper, James I. 1603 Tho. Hamond i». Tho, 'Sfoung. 1614 Sampson Lennard. 1620 Eman GifTord. Jn, Angel. 1623 Tho, Conway, The same, (in place of Edw. Conway, knt chosen for Warwick,) 1625 Tho, Fotherby. The same, 1628 The same, 1640 Jn, Culpepper, knt. Charles I. Jn. Sackvill. The same. Bd. Tufton. Jn. White. 10 Qu. Jn, Young and Heneage Finch. K 2 68 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. 1640 Sir John Jacol, lent,, expeUcd the 21st of January, 1640, for being a monopo list of tobacco, writ issued, eod, die, Jn. White, disabled the 5th of Feb., 1643, for deserting ye service of the House, being in ye King's qrs. and adhering to that party; and Wm, Hay and Jn, Faggreturned, Commonwealth. 1654 Herbert Morley. 1656 Wm. Hay, sen. 1658-9 Wm. Hay. Mark Thomaa. 1660 The same. Herbert Morley. 1661 The same. 1678 Thomas Frewen. Henry Morley. 1681 Sir John Dorreil. Thomas Frewen. 1685 1688 1690 1695 16981701 1702 17071708 17101713 1715 1722 1727 1734 1741 1747 17491754 James II. Sir Thoraas Jermer. Thomas Frewen. William and Mary. Sir John Dorreil, Sir John Austen, bart. The sarae. The same. Thomas Fagg. Thomas Frewen. The same. The same. Joseph Offley. The aame. Thomas Fagg, Edward Southwell. PhiUps Gibbon. The sarae. The same. Anne. Joseph Offley, Philip Herbert. Sir John Norris. The same. The same. George I. Philips Gibbon. The same. The same. Sir John Norris, knt. Henry, Lord Aylmer. John Norris. Mathew Norris, «ice John Norris. George II. Sir John Norris, knt. Philips Gibbon, The same. The same. The same. The same. Thoinas Pelham, on Sir J, Norris's death. George Onslow, PhiUps Gibbon, Geor QE III. 1761 Philips Gibbon u. John Bentinck, 1762 John Norris. 1768 The same. Rose Fuller 1774 Middleton Onslow is. The same 13. Hon. Thomas Onslow, William Dickenson, 1780 The same. The same. 1784 Rt. Hon, C, W, CornwaU u- The same. 1785 Charles Long, 1790 The same. Hon. R. B. Jenkinson. 1796 Robert Dundas, Robert, Lord Hawkesbury. 1801 John, Lord de Blaquiere, The sarae. Thomas Davies Lamb. The same. 1802 Hon, SirA, Wellesley. Sir Charles Talbot, bart. 1806 Patrick C. Bruce, Michael Angelo Taylor. 1807 Sir John NichoU, knt. Richard, Earl of Clancarty, R, S, Lushington, Sir William Elford, bart., F,R,S. Mr, Aid. Jacob, vice Elford, 1812 Thomas, P. Lamb. Sir H.Sullivan, bart. John Maberley, vice Lamb. Rich. Arkwright. jun., vice Sullivan 1818 Rt. HomCharlesArbuthnot, K,C . Peter Browne. John Dodson, LL.D., vice Arbuthnot. George IV. 1820 Peter Browne. John Dodson, LL.D. 1823 The same. Robert Knight. 182S Richard Arkwright, jun. Henry Bonham. 1830 De Lacy Evans, vice Arkwright, on petition. William IV. 1830 Hugh Duncan Baillie. 1831 De Lacy Evans. 1833 Edward Barrett Curteis. Francis Kobert Bonham. Thomas Pemberton. 11 Died. Anew writ ordered, March 15th, 17fi2. 12 Made Steward of the hundred of EastHendred, county of Berks. A new writ ordered in 17/5. 13 Died. A new writ, ordered May Sth, 1777. H Chosen Speaker. Died. A new writ ordered January, 1785. SEAFORD. This does not properly eome under the designation of a Cinque Port, being merely a memter of Hastings; but it possessed tlie elective franchise separately from the latter. Seaford originally sent merabers to ParUament as a borough, the returns being in 26 and 30 Edw. I. ; 16 and 19 Edw. II.; 18, 20, and 21 Rich, II,; and the last in 1 Edw. IV. : after which it ceased to send them till restored in 16 Charles I. (1640), when it was made a member of the Cinque Ports, The following entry appears upon the Journals of the House of Commons, 16 Car. I., 4th of February, 1640, " EesolvM, that the town of Seaford having sent burgesses to Parlia ment in former times, to three several Parliaments (as appeared by the records produced at the Committee of Privileges), should be restored to its ancient privileges of sending ' burgesses.' " The nomination ofthe members, from the time ofthe restoration during nearly two centuries, was vested in the family ofThomas (of West Dean, near Seaford), which became extinct iu the early part of the last century ; but the estates, together with the influence over Seaford, descended to Mr, Harrison, of Sutton Place, and through him to his son, Mr, Launcelot Harrison, who, in return for his good offices towards the government, was favoured with several very snug sinecures. In 1570, a contest took place between George Parker and Robert Mor ley, Esqrs. ; the former was returned, and a petition was presented against the retum. The question then was, " whether the right of electiou was in the bailiff, jurors, and freemen only, or in the populacy." The Committee resolved, and the House agreed on the 10th of February, 1670-1 (by a majority of 108 to 102), " that the bailifF, jurors, and freemen, had not only voices in the election, but that the election was in the populacy '." A 1 9 Journ, p. 200, new writ was afterwards issued, and a contest took place between Sir Nicholas Pelham, Knt., and John Amherst, Esq. ; the former was returned, aud the latter petitioned. The only question was, as to the number of votes, and the Committee resolved that " Sir Nicholas Pelham had the majority of voices, and so was duly elected V And in 1761, the word "populacy" was explained to mean " inhabitant housekeepers paying scot and lot ;" which, on the part of the patrons, was interpreted to signify such inhabitants only as supported their interest: and no others were allowed to be placed on the rates till the year 1 786, when Mr, Flood suc ceeded in making thera rate every inhabitant householder, which they continued to do till tlie dibfranchisement of the borough. The first of the many later petitions, worthy of notice, which have beeu presented to the House from this small place, was promoted in the year 1747, when the Duke of Newcastle, who had a seat in the neighbouring village of Bishopstone, and possessed, as we have seen, the nomination of the county, Lewes aud Hastings, being desirous of adding Seaford to the number, and of transferring tlie nomination from Mr. Harrison to himself, took considerable pains to effect his object. The candidates on the minis terial interest were, William Pitt, Esq,, afterwards Earl of Chatham, and William Hay, Esq,, opposed by the Earl of Middlesex and the Hon. W, H. Gage, afterwards Viscount Gage, grandfather of the present Peer, The bailiff returned the Duke's candidates, Messrs. Pitt and Hay, as duly elected, and the opposition candidates petitioned against the return, on the ground of the interference of the Duke, and his actual presence at the poll. On a motion, however, being made that the matter of the petition should be heard at the bar of the House, it was negatived by a majority of 247 to 96. 2 9 Journ. p. 229, Pari. Hist.] OP THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 69 At the election in 1701, the Duke's candidates were Sir James Peachey, bart., and Lord Viscount Gage, who had changed his party since the laat election; and George Medley and WiUiam Evelyn, Esqrs., stood upon the opposition interest. Hitherto every inhabitant, under the denomination of " populacy," had exercised the right of voting as in other " pot-walloping" boroughs. Of these a large majority were in favour of the opposition candidates, who would therefore have been returned ; but the Duke deter mined to try and establish the right of the tax-payers only to vote. The bailiff, Mr. Chambers, being ia his interest acquiesced in the arrange. ment, and at the poll, rejecting all persons who were not rated, he returned the Duke's canditlates. Afterwards, on the 10th of December, on the con sideration of the petition of Messrs. Medley and Evelyn, the counsel for the petitioners offered ^to produce evidence to show that the words " bailiff, jurats, and freemen," in the resolution of 1670, meant such bailiff, jurats, and freemen only as were resident within the town and port, and that the term " populacy " meant inhabitants at large of the town and port of Sea ford, being masters of families, and not receiving alms. The production of evidence to show that the words " baihff, jurats, and freemen" were to be taken in such a confined construction was objected to, and the House de cided that such evidence should not be given^. On the 1 1th of December, the counsel for the petitioners produced evidence of usage for the inhabi tants at large to vote at elections, to support his construction of the word " populacy," and to this there was no objection made *. The counsel for the sitting members seem to have admitted that the word " populacy " was of doubtful signification''; and on the Sth of December produced evi- dence to show, that in that determination of the House, it meant " in habitant housekeepers paying scot aud lot." At length the House resolved, that " in the last determination of the right of election of barons to serve in Parliament for the town and port of Seaford, made the 10th of February, 1670 (reciting it), the word ' populacy" therein mentioned, extended only to the inhabitant housekeepers of the said town paying scot aud lot." The House therefore confirmed the return, and thereby vested the patronage absolutely in the Duke ; and after this decision no person was rated who was not iu the Duke's interest. An attempt was made by Messrs. Savre and Chelwood, in 1774, who opposed Lord Gage and George Medley, Esq., to remove this nomination, but without success. The numbers were, for Lord Gage, 28 ; Mr. Medley, 27 ; and but one for each of the other candidates ; 50 inhabitants, who had been kept out of the poor-rates, tendered their votes for them, but were rejected. On this ground they presented a petition against the return, and by their counsel insisted that the explanatory resolution of 1761 was inconsistent with the true sense of the determination of 1670, which, being the last, was final to all intents and purposes. On the other side it was argued, that the resolution of 1761 was to be considered as forming part of the decision of 1670, and both taken together, made a last determination, final to all intents". The Committee decided " that the counsel should not be permitted to call evidence to contradict the resolution of 1761," and the sitting members were declared duly elected. « The Committee of the House of Commons," says Oldfield, '¦ not choos ing to admit the rateability of men whom the Seaford magistrates in their justice had deemed ineligible," At the election which took place on the 12th of September, 1780, John Robinson and John Durand, Esqrs,, successfully opposed tlie re-election of Mr, Medley and General Gage, the brother of Lord Gage, who had been then raised to the peerage. In 1784, the Pelham interest, which, after the death of the Duke, was allowed to fall into neglect, was attempted to be revived by the Right Honourable Thoraas Pelham, and the Hon. L. T, Watson, the son of Lord Sondes, became a candidate on his patronage ; while Mr. Alves, an independent gentleman, who had succeeded in making the magistrates admit seven of the inhabitants on the rates, and had, by good management, detached eight others from the ministerial party, determined, with this number, to stand on his own interest. But the art of managing was not peculiar to Mr. Alves ; and by the use of proper means some of Mr. Alves's friends were reclaimed. This circumstance rendered a coalition between the Pelham interest and Mr. Alves's party extremely desirable, and it was accordingly soon effected. In addition to these. Lord Nevill, 3 29Journ. p. 83, 4 Ibid. p. 84. 5 Iljid, p, 89, 6 3 Dougl, p. 30. son of the Earl of Abergavenny, Sir Thomas Miller, bart.. Governor Penn, Admiral Sir Peter Parker, his son, Capt. Parker, Mr. Mc Namara, Alder man Curtis, two Mr. Smiths, Mr. Baird,and Mr. Molesworth, offered their services ; but all except four afterwards withdrew. Mr. Alderman Curtis was at first one of the candidates on the ministerial interest ; but, sub sequently, the government support was withdrawn from him and given fo Lord NeviU and Sir Peter Parker; and on the day of election the num bers were, for Lord NeviU, 12 ; Sir Peter Parker, 12 ; Hou, L,T. Watson, 11 ; Thoraas Alves, Esq., 11. But the bailiff had omitted to give four clear days' notice of the elec tion, pursuant to the statute. A petition was presented against the return, complaining that the returning officer had proceeded to the election on the 30th of March, 1784, without giving four days' notiee of the day ap pointed for such election, as required by statute 7 and 8 William III., c, 25, whereby the said election and return were null and void. It was admitted that the sitting members had a majority on the poll, and that the election was made on the 30th of March, in consequence of notice proclaimed on the 27th of the same month. The merits depended solely on the legal effect of the clause iu the above statute ; for the Committee would not allow the sitting merabers to show by evidence, either that the day had been fixed at the request and by the consent of the petitioners, or that every voter had notice of the tirae of election, aud all but two (who were friends of the sitting raembers and declined voting) had actuaUy voted, or that the notice of election had been given fraudulently by the returning officer, in collusion with the petitioners. After hearing arguments on both sides, on the legality and effect of the above- mentioned clause, the Comraittee resolved, " that the last election was void," and so reported to the House, who agreed '. This decision being anticipated, between the election in March, 1784, and the decision in March, 1785, twenty-six candidates offered theraselves for Seaford, although the nuraber of voters were only twenty-four. One of these, on the ministerial interest. Lord Montmorris, was removed after the same method as Mr, Curtis had been at the previous election, and Sir John Henderson substituted iu his stead. Ou the day of electiou, how ever, there were only six candidates. The Right Hon. Henry Flood, and Sir Lawrence Parsons, supported on the interest of the non-rated inha bitants; Sir Godfrey Webster, the father of thepresent Battle Abbey Baronet, on the Pelham Interest, united with Mr. Alves ; and Sir Peter Parker, and Sir John Henderson, under the Treasury influence. The numbers tendered were, for the Right Hon. Henry Flood, 28 ; Sir Law rence Parsons, 24; Sir G. Webster, 19; Thomas Alves, 18; Sir Peter Parker, 16 ; Sir John Henderson, 14, But the bailiff again refused the votes of all the non-rated inhabitants, and returned the Treasury candi dates. Four petitions were presented against this return ; on the hearing of which, the question as to the explanatory resolution of 1761 was again argued, but the Committeee again resolved "that the counsel for the petitioners should not be permitted to give evidence to contradict the resolution of 1761 °." It appeared, however, that the correct numbers for Sir G. Webster, Mr. Alves, Sir P.Parker, and Sir J. Henderson were exactly equal, and this second election was therefore declared void. Mr. Alves by this time had seen quite enough of the immaculate borough of Seaford, and not being willing to incur any further expense, he retired. Mr. Flood's party had an opportunity of again appealing against the poor-rate, and were thus put iu a situation to prove their rate- abiUty before a Committee of the House ; and on a junction between the Pelham and the Flood Interests being effected, ou the day of election the numbers appeared to be, for the Right Hon. H, Flood, 32 ; Sir G, Web. ster, bart,, 32; Sir Peter Parker, bart,, 16; Sir J, Henderson, bart,, 16; but notwithstanding this majority, the bailiff again rejected every person whose name did not appear on the rate manufactiued by his own partj', and returned the government candidates. The case, however, was too flagrant to raeet the eyes of a Coramittee, and a petition being presented against the return, the sitting members declared that it was not their Inten tion to justify their election, and their political opponents were therefore triumphant ; the Committee on the 13th of March, 1786, reporting, « That the Right Hon, H. Flood ond Sir G, Webster, bart., were duly elected, and ought to have been returned." 7 3 Luder,p. - 8 3 Ibid, i).22G, 70 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. The Treasury interest being thus defeated, a great coolness arose be tween the government and Mr. Harrison. The Treasury patronage was afterwards transferred from him to Mr. Harben, who, ou pretence of being Mr. Harrison's friend, obtained from him the purchase of some acres of his estate within the borough, at a very cheap rate, and having built a house, he gradually unfolded as deep a piece of treachery as was ever shown. He procuired creatures of his own to be elected bailiff and free men, and theu procured the dismissal of Mr. Harrison firom his appoint ments, which he divided among his own associates; and not at aU neglect ing his own interest, obtained the appointment of Receiver-General of Stamp Duties for Sussex, worth:600/, per annum, for his son, and other advantages; and Immediately afterwards a systera ofthe greatest profli gacy was commenced, although strenuously opposed by the independent Mr. James Hurdis, who yet lives in the grateful recollection of many of the old inhabitants of Seaford. StiU Mr, Harben had uot a majority of votes ; and in order to obtain that preponderance, he created nineteen non-resi dent freemen. This did not, however, ensure his success, and accordingly on the eve of Christmas day, 1789, he brought into the town twenty-six chalk-diggers, most of whom were in his own employ, and rated them for the houses of widows, revenue officers, and others, not having votes. The dissolution however took place seventeen days before the expiration of the six months' rating, the noraination took place on the 19th of June, but the poU did not commence tiU Monday, the 21st; which by raanagement was kept open for six days, until the six months had expired, and the chalk- diggers were allowed to vote. By this device the numbers were for the ministerial candidates, John Sargeant, Esq,, 92 ; R, P. Joddrell, Esq., 91 ; and for the Pelham and Flood candidates, Sir G. Webster and Johu Tarleton, Esq., 48 each. A petition was presented against this return, Ou the part of the petitioners it was contended, that the last determination •of 1670 was conclusive, and established the right of voting in the popu lacy only, i. c, in the inhabitants, housekeepers paying scot and lot, ex clusive of the corporation, and that the resolution of 1761 could not vary ihe right so estabUshed, or repeal or alter the former determination. The counsel for the petitioners tendered evidence to show, that by the usage in the borough prior to the year 1670, the members of the corporation not paying scot and lot had no right to vote. The counsel for the sitting raerabers objected to this evidence being received. The petitioners' counsel insisted, that the evidence was admissible, for its object was to show that the true construction of the determination of 1670 was not as contended for on the other side, viz. that freemen had a right to vote, because they could not have so decided wiih justice, if the facts offered to be proved were true. The Committee were of opinion, that the evidence ought to be admitted. The counsel for the petitioners, when he summed up the evidence given, contended that it had been shown, that the origi. nal right of voting could not possibly have beeu in the corporation, and that those who had the right before any charter was granted, must have beeu the persons voting in 1670, consequently the determination made in that year eould not have been construed to give a right to freemen to vote, without imputing gross injustice and partiality to it. The Com mittee decided against the right of the freemen', and ou examination of the votes it appeared that there was a majority of one for Mr. Sargeant and Mr. Tarleton, occasioned by some cross polling of one of the votes '" and the Coramittee on the 13th of March, 1792, reported that they were duly elected, and that the right of election for the port and borough of Seaford, in the county of Sussex, " is in the inhabitant housekeepers of the said port, paying scot and lot, 'and in them cmly." This decision rendered completely useless the old corporation, consisting of the bailiff jurats and freemen, which Mr, Harben had been taking so mueh trouble 9 Heywood's Borough Elections, p. 243, 10 The los8 of tlie election by Sir Godfrey Webster is said to have occurred from the following curious circumstance ;— An old man named Neville, the parish clerk hadljcen an old supporter of Sir Godfrey, On the present occasion the old man had been induced to promise one vote for Mr, Sergeant, whilst Sir Godfrey was anxious to get both the votes, one for himself, and the other for his friend. Colonel Tarleton, Neville told him he couldnot oblige him. " I have promised one vote. Sir ""dfrey, (said the'old man,) and I cannot fly from my word, but you shall have the ° . _/'Nay, nay, Neville," replied Sir Godfrey, earnestly, though not really in earnest, l must have them both, one is of no use. I won't have one, if vou will not ^"'c!;!^!"'? ¦M?''"' ''^"' ^"•" "J°'°«'i ">= <^1^*- " I'" s°"y. but I can't help t ir„in^ V'l^'' ^''"'.of ". I <>"» s»y-" The election came on the next morn- tn?" n„ ,h/^If-M^ promised vote to Mr. Sergeant, and the other for Colonel Tarle- ?;i r^H 5.,"°,°""™=* o"'' ftii'the one split vote, that of Neville com pletely decided the day; and the vote which Sir Godfrey may be sal 1 tohaveflunK away, was the means of ousting him from hia seat. ^ to complete. Mr. Harben did not, however, approve of this decision, and accordingly he appealed against it. But the Committee reported to the House on the 19th of February, 1795, in confirmation of the former deci sion, " that the right of election, according as the sarae was decided by the last determination in the House of Commons, ou the 10th of Fe bruary, 1670-1, is in the ^opa/acy, or, according to the interpretation of the word populacy by the resolution of the said House ou the 15th of December, 1761, in the inhabitants, housekeepers of the said town and port, paying scot and lot, and in such inhabitants, housekeepers only'^^" Mr. Harben afterwards made considerable purchases in the town, and thus added to his interest, which he increased sufficiently to succeed in sometimes returning one member. About this time Mr. Pelham sold his interest to Sir John Leach, the late Master of the Rolls, and Mr. Ellis, now Lord Seaford, also acquired an interest ^in the plaee, and at the eleo- tion on the 25th of May, 1796, a struggle took place between the two in terests, and the numbers at the close of the poll were, for Charles Rose EUis, Esq., 56 ; George EUis, Esq., 54 ; John Durant, Esq., 46 ; John Leach, Esq., 42; giving the victory to the EUis interest. At the next election in 1802, the borough was contested by Lucius Concannon, Esq., and Sir Walter Stirling, bart., on the Leach interest. The candidates on the local or Mr. Ellis's interest were Charles Rose EUis, Esq., and Joseph Sullivan, Esq,, for whom a majority of the voters polled, the numbers being for Messrs. Sullivan and Ellis, 69 each; and Messrs. Stirling aud Concannon, 47 each ; but after the poll had nearly closed, Charles Harrison, and Dennis O'Kelly, Esqs,, were brought for ward as candidates, and two electors having polled for thera, the bailiff returned Messrs, Ellis and Sullivan as duly elected. Agaiust this return Mr. Concannon, on the 7th"of December petitioned, on the ground that Messrs. Ellis aud Sullivan were guilty of bribery aud improper practices^ aud petitions were alao presented from voters in the interest of Messrs. Concannon, Stirling, and C'Relly"^; the petitioners however having failed iu entering into the proper recognizances, the petitions were on the 24th of December discharged. Johu Leach, Esq., was afterwards returned in the room of Mr. Sullivan, and at the election in 1806 Mr. Leach, together with his friend George Hibbert, Esq,, were returned withont opposition. But at the next, on the 10th of May, 1807, their return was successfully opposed by Lord Rendles- ham, aud Charles Rose Ellis, Esq. Agaiust this return, Mr. Bovres, on the 14th of December, petitioned the House, charging the sitting mem bers with bribery aud other corrupt practices ; but the Committee, on the 22nd of March following, reported that the sitting members were duly elected, and " that the said petition did appear to the Committee to be frivolous and vexatious'^." Mr, Harbeu's estates were afterwards sold, and the Seaford houses be came the property of Mr. Pindar, ou whose interest the Hon. Thomas Bowes contested the borough on the Sth of October, 1812, but was de feated, the numbers being for John Leach, Esq., 77 ; Charles Rose Ellis, Esq,, 75 ; Mr, Bowes, 40. Frora Mr. Pindar the interest was transferred to Mr. Fitzgerald, who continued to divide with Lord Seaford the nomination till 1 826, when they were opposed by Sir Jacob Astley, bart., and WiUiam Earl Lytton Bulwer, Esq., who, however, were unable to defeat the combined local interest; the numbers' being for J. Fitzgerald, Esq., 55; Augustus J. EUis, Esq., 54 ; Sir Jacob Astley, 26 ; W. E. Bulwer, Esq., 23. At the next election, however, iu 1830, two gentleraen. Captain Wil ham Lyon, aud WilUam WiUiams, Esq., determiued on rescuing the borough frora this nomination, and they accordingly canvassed the elec tors. Having obtained many promises of support, they resolved to stand the poll, which was accordingly entered upon on the 30th of July, 1830, when the number of votes decided by the bailiff to be good were, for John Fitzgerald, Esq., 40 ; the Hon. Augustus Frederick Ellis, 38 ; William Lyon, 34 ; WiUiam WiUiaras, Esq., 24; leaving five votes unpolled, and Captain Lyon succeeded, ou a petition, iu getting five votes, which had been rejected by the baUiff, put upon the poll, but Mr. Williams only suc ceeded iu establishing two. The numbers, therefore, after the decision of the Committee, were for John Fitzgerald, Esq., 40 ; William Lyon, Esq., 39; Hon. A. F. Ellis, 38; WiUiam Williams, Esq., 26; and the Com- in =„ T ^^ Hey wood's Borough Elections, p. 243, 12 58 Journal, 66. 13 68 Ibid, 62—330. Pari. Hist] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 71 mittee reported that Messrs. Fitzgerald and Lyon were duly elected, and ought to have been returned. This decision took the nomination out of the hands of Lord Seaford, who at the election in 1831 did not oppose the return of Captain Lyon. But Seaford possessed in 1821, according to the population returns, only 1047 inhabitants; and by Lieutenant Drummond's return, it appears to rank only as the 41st borough, possessing in 1831, 201 houses, and paying assessed taxes after the rate of 308 ; so that this borough was doomed to be placed araong the notoriously corrupt places iu Schedule A. ' It had the honour of giving the great Lord Chatham his first seat iu Parliament. REPRESENTATIVES. Edward I, 1298 1303 GalfHdns Cuckou. Johes Bosse. ¦Wills, Hobey. Galfridvis Cuckou EnWAKD II, 1322132S Walter Draneck. Johes atte Doune, Rogerus de Ely, Wills. Bosse. Edwaud III. 1372 Johes Chapman. Richard II. 13951397 1393 Wills. Chitting, The same. The same. Ricus. Foghell. Kobts, Hary. Johes Hogg, 1490 1S40 Henky IV. The same. Hobs. Harry, [From this period it ceased to send members till restored in] Charles I, Thomas Parker, knt, Frs, Gerard. 1638-9 William Spence. Nicholas Meredith. 1660 Sir Thomas Dyke. 1661 The same. 1678 Herbert Stapley. 1681 John Selwyn. Commonwealth. George Parker, James Thurbarne, Chakijss II. George Parker, The same. Sir Thomas Dyke, Edward Montague. James II. Sir Edward Snelling, 1683 Sir William "Thomas, William and Mary. 1688 William Carapion, Nicholas Pelham, ,1690 Henry Pelham, William Campion, 1695 Henry Campion, William Lowndes, 1698 Sir William Thomas. The same. 1701 William Lowndes, WjUiam Chowne, Anne. 1702 Sir William Thomas, William Lowndes 1707 WiUiam Lowndes. George Nailor. 1708 The same. The same. 1710 Thomas Chowne, William Lowndes 1713 William Lowndes, George Naylor, George I, 1715 Sir William Ashburnliam, bt. ' The same. 1717 Henry Pelham, 1 Made one of the Commissioners of Alienation— a new writ ordered, February 21, 1717. 1722 Sir William Gage, bart. Sir Philip Yorke. 1727 The same. The same. 1734 William Haye, sice Yorke, created Lord Hardwicke. George II. 1734 Sir William Gage, bart. William Haye. 1741 Ttie same. The same, 1744 Williara Hall Gage, on death of Sir W. Gaje, 1747 William Pitt. The same, 17S4 Hon, William Hall Gage. The same.« 1755 James Peachey. George III. 1761 W, Hall, Viscount Gage, 1768 The same. 1774 The same. 1780 John Robinson 3, Christopher D'Oyley, 1784 Henry Viscount Nevill *, Sir John Henderson, bart®, 1785 The same?. Right Hon, Henry Flood', 1790 John Sargeant', Richard P, Jodrell. 1796 Charles Rose Ellis. 1801 The same, 1802 The same, 1806 George Hibbert, 1807 The same, 1812 Charles Rose Ellis, 18131818 The sarae. The same. George Medley, The same, John Durand, Sir Peter Parker, bart '. _ The same*. The same?. Sir Godfrey Webster, bart 8, Ricliard P, Jodrell 10. John Tarleton", George Ellis, The same, Richard J. SuUivan, John Leach, The same. The sarae. The same. Sir Charles Cockerell, bt., vice Leach, George Watton Taylor. George IV. 1820 The same, 1826 Augustus Frederick Ellis, 1830 John Fitzgerald. 1831 The same. Hon, Geo. Jaraes Welbure Agar EUis, John Fitzgerald, William IV. Williara Lyon 12. 2 Died— a new writ ordered, November 14, 1755, 3 Made his election for Harwich— a new writ ordered, 4 Made Steward of the three Chiltern Hundreds, in the county of Buckingham, He was afterwards electedfor the county of Monmouth-found not duly elected, 5 Found uot duly elected— a new writ ordered. May 21, 1784. 6 Their election declared void— a new writ ordered, 1785. 7 Not duly elected, 8 Duly elected, and ought to have been returned, .. . j , o, 9 Duly elected; made Clerk of the Ordnance— a new writ ordered, January 23, 1794. 10 Not duly elected. 11 Duly elected, and onght to have been returned. 12 Ditto. 72 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. WINCHELSEA. Although this port was formerly of considerable importance, and " did the state sorae service," having alone furnished the fleet of Edward III. with twenty-one ships and five hundred and ninety-six searaen, yet it has for years been falling iuto a state of decay, and is not at present of greater size thau many of the viUages in Sussex. The right of voting was the same as at Rye, viz., in the mayor, jurats, and freemen ; but for many years the number of the jurats, which ought at least to amount to twelve, besides the mayor, has beeu far less. In 1792, the number of voters was only three, aud at the last election before the disfranchisement of the borough they amounted to nine only. Although the electors might, whilst the town was prosperous, have been comparatively free, yet it is quite certain that, for a very long period, this place has been notorious for its noraination. So early as the year 1623, we find complaint made to the House of the conduct of the mayor. A severe contest had taken place between Mr. John Finch, the member returned by the mayor as duly elected, and Sir Alex. Temple. " The mayor having received a precept to proceed to the election, caused notice or warning to be given to the jurats and freemen, the two- and-twentieth of January, 1623, at night, oraittiugtwo Tildens, who had votes, to meet the next morning at the Court-hall, as about the business of Ihe town generally, at which time there raet the raayor and six jurats, as also both the Tildens, and ten of the eleven freeraen'." A question arose, whether these two Tildens ought to have a vote, because non-resident, one for five months, the other for six months before the election; and a bye- law had been made, " That whosoever did not dwell there within three months next before the electiou should have uo voice," The mayor would not proceed to the election till they were gone, but before they went they Baid they gave their voices for Sir A. Temple. After their departure there were sixteen electors present. The precept was read, and the raayor and seven others voted one way, and eight the other way for Sir A. Temple. Some of the latter, however, afterwards joined in the return of Mr, Finch, aud put their hands to the indenture, but there was no assent to this eleeUou but iu the assembly, the mayor having given the casting vote. Against this return Sir A. Temple, on the 3d March, 1623, petitioned, and com plained of the conduct of the mayor. On the trial of this petition, a ques tion arose, whether, by the custora of Winchelsea, the mayor had a cast- ing voice ; and the committee, amongst whom were Glanville, Coke, Sel den, Noy, &c., were not satisfied he had such privilege, but rather the contrary. They also, ou the 18th March, reported several resolutions, to which the House agreed. 1st. " That the Tildens who were so excluded ought to have voted ; 1, because this decree could not have altered the law; 2, because they exercised the quaUty of freemen, had empty houses in the town • besides, by the custom ofthe ports, they must be absent a year aud a day. 2d. « That there was no good election of Mr. Finch, because these men were excluded unjustly ; yet the committee likewise conceived that Sir A. Temple was not duly elected, because these men gave not their votes at the tirae of the eledion, but too soon, before the precept was read, and before the election begun, and therefore a new writ ought to issue. 3d. " That an election of a burgess to the Parliament, without due warning aforegoing, if any of the electors be absent at the time of such election, is void, for without such warning the electors know not where nor when to meet, and they are not bound to attend continuaUy in expectation when or where it should be. 4th. « That the said warning given for a raeeting generally, without expressing the cause why, was an insufficient warning, and, conse quently, the election thereupon void, for unless the electors know before hand what the cause ofthe raeeting is, they cannot advise or consider sufficiently with themselves what to do, nor who in their judgments ^^IGlanvilla-s Election Reports, pp. 12-19 and 23. 1 Journal, pp. 726, 728, and should be the fittest persons to be chosen, but should go to a precipi tate electiou upon a sudden proposition, which may tum the common wealth to prejudice ; aud whereas, by law, he that being duly warned doth yet absent himself, loseth his voice for that time, divers who, upon a general warning, supposing the matter to be but slight and ordinary, will make default, would not so do nor lose their voice, if they were formally informed, as they ought to be, of the weight and consequence of such business as should be handled, whereof none can be greater than for elections to the Parliament." And, 9th. " That the said Paul Wymond, mayor of Winchelsea, for giving order for such a cautelous warning to be made about the election, threatening aud terrifying of the Tildens, and Martin, three of the electors, unlawfully excluding the Tildens from their voices, seeking to draw the said Sir Alexander into scandal, touching his religion, without cause, had committed an offence against the liberties and privileges of the Comraons in Parliaraent, and to the preventing aud hindering a due election." The House thereupon resolved' " That Mr. Finch was not duly elected," and a new writ was ordered. The House also resolved, " That the mayor of Winchelsea is convicted of the offences complained of in the petitions, hath comraitted a contempt and misdemeanor against this House, and that he be called iu and heard before sentence," Accordingly, on the 20th March, " he was brought to the bar of the House, kneeling as a, delinquent at his first entrance, and then directed by Mr, Speaker to stand up, which he did, whereupon Mr. Speaker, as the manner is, rehearsed to him the particulars of the offence wherewith he was charged, hearing his defence thereunto, what he could say for himself, and debating it with hira as much as was convenient ; which being done, he was again with drawn, while the House advised and resolved what to do with him, and receiving no satisfaction by his defence, they did order and adjudge, that for such his .'misdemeanor he should be comraitted to prison, under the custody of the serjeant-at-arms, attending upon Mr. Speaker for certain days, and then, upon his humble submission and acknowledgment of his fault at the bar of the House, upon his knees, to be enlarged from hence, aud to make au acknowledgment of his fault at Winchelsea, in the pre sence of the jurats and freemen there, before the writ for a new election should be executed ; which judgment being agreed upon by the House, the delinquent was again brought iu and set at the bar on his knees, and Mr. Speaker, in the name of the House, pronounced judgment upon hira for and in the name of the whole House V which judgraent was executed upon him accordingly. At the election which took place after this decision, another contest occurred between Sir A. Temple and Mr, Finch, at which the mayor, '• then an intruder, disfranchised divers persons that stood for Sir A. Temple," and again made a return of Mr. Finch, Against this return Sir A, Temple petitioned, but was unsuccessful, the comraittee (with Mr. Glanville at their head) having reported ou the 24th May, 1624, that they were " clear of opinion that the election of Mr. Finch was good — Ae a good mayor to this purpose ^," and the House resolved that Mr. Finch was duly elected. In 1666, .another contest occurred between Johu Austin and Baptist May, Esqrs,, and the same question as to the legality of the appointment of the returning officer was agitated. The mayor made a return of Mr. Austin, agaiust which Mr. May, on the 1 6th October, presented a petition. The com mittee, on the Sth January following, reported, that the mayor had not, within one year next before his electiou, taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the rites of the Church of England, aud that there fore the committee, upon perusal ofthe clause in the act of Parliament for regulating corporations, which enjoins the taking of the Sacrament, were of opinion, « that the return made by the mayor of the election of Mr. Austin to serve for that place, was not good, but the electiou void*." Upon this there arose a debate, which was adjourned to the next day, 2 1 Journ, p, 740, 4 S Journ, p, 673. 3 Ib.798, Pari. Hist.] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 73 when the House disagreed with the committee by a majority of 138 to 63, and Mr, Austin was resolved to be duly elected '. A contest occurred in 1677, between Sir J. Banks, who was returned by the raayor, and Creshfield Draper, Esq., who petitioned against the return. Neither the nature of the contest nor the ground of petition are known, but on the 7th March the committee reported, 1. "That Sir John Banks is not duly elected. 2. That Creshfield Draper, Esq., is duly elected" — to both of which the House agreed °. In 1700, an attack on the ministerial interest appears to have been made by Robert Austin and John Hayes, Esqrs., who opposed Thomas Newport, Esq,, a commissioner of the customs, and unknown to the elec tors, and Robert Bristow, Esq., on whose behalf the then mayor, Mr. Ed ward Martin, heedless of the example set to him in the case of Paul Wy mond, had recourse to threats and other undue practices, and, contrary to the law, he being an officer of the customs, had taken upon himself the office of mayor, and made a retum of the two government candidates, "although," says the petition, " the jurats of the said town pressed him to return Mr. Austin and Mr. Hayes," On the 13th February, Mr. Austin, and on the 1 7th, Mr. Hayes, petitioned against the return ; and on the 27th, the House proceeded to try the merits. Counsel being called in and heard on both sides, and many witnesses examined, at length the House resolved, " That Thomas Bristow and Robert Newport, Esqrs,, were not duly elected ; and that John DunmoU, agent of Kobert Bristow, is guilty of bribery at the late election," Whereupon it was ordered, " That the said John DunmoU be, for his said offence, takeu into the custody of the ser jeant-at-arms attending the House." It was also resolved, " That Mr. Edward Martin, mayor of this town and port, is guilty of threats and in direct practices, in order to procure an election of members in this present Parliament for this town ;" and it was ordered, " That the said Mr, Edw. Martin tie, for his said offence, taken into the custody of the serjeant-at- arms attending the House," aud " that no writ do issue this session for electing any members to serve iu this Parliament for this town and port," And notwithstanding the greatest exertions of the Treasury, whose agent he was, it was further resolved, " That an humble address be presented to his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, that they will order that the said Edward Martin be turned out of all his employments in his Ma jesty's customs^." At the very next election, iu 1702, we find a petition from Robert Austin, complaining of the undue return of James Hayes, Esq,, made by the mayor, by divers undue practices, but no report appears. Notwithstanding the punishment inflicted on the borough by the sus pension ofthe writ iu 1700, the same corrupt practices continued to exist. A contest took place iu 1710, aud another iu 1711, between Robert Bris tow, Esq., and Sir Francis Dashwood,who stood on the government interest, and WUliam Penn and Richard Jones, Esqrs, At the close of the poll the numbers were, for Mr, Bristow and Sir Francis Dashwood, 10 each, and for Messrs. Penn and Jones, 12 each». The mayor, however, returned the two former, and on the Sth of December the two latter petitioned (but Mr, Jones afterwards withdrew his), complaining of au undue return of Mr. Bristow and Sir F. Dashwood, by bribery, treating, threatening, and other illegal proceedings, and by the mayor, who took on himself the office of mayor, though he was not qualified, not having received the Sacrament within the time limited by law. It was agreed that the right of election was in the raayor, jurats, and freemen. For the sitting members it was insisted that the freemen who had beeu absent a year and a day had no right without a re-admission ; aud for the petitioner, Mr, Penn, that freemen of this port are in the nature of comraon-council-raen, and ought to quahfy themselves by receiv- in-r the Sacrament, according to the Corporation Act. On behalf of the petitioner witnesses were called, aud counsel objected to seven votes of the sitting raembers, for not having quaUfied themselves. The committee, however, resolved, " That the freemen of this port are not obliged to qua lify themselves by receiving the Sacrament, according to the Corporation Act," Defeated on that ground, the petitioner proceeded to prore'Ul practices to gain votes for fhe sitting merabers, and for this purpose called Mr. Cooper, who stated that one Ashdown told him that he and Mr. Giles, sen.. 5 8 Journ, p, 674, 6 Oldfield's Pari. Hist, 7 Ibid, 8 Oldfield's Hist, of Uoroughs, who was then present, had 30/, each for their votes at the former election, and the women had half a guinea each ; that about three or four months before the last election they complained they had not received their money, but about ten days before the election Ashdown owned that he had received it. Mr. Newman likewise proved, that Sir Francis Dashwood asked him for his vote, and told him he would use him as well as the others ; that he had 20/. of Mr, Copeland for his vote at the former election for Sir F. Dashwood and Mr, Bristow ; that he gave his note for the money, but Copeland told him it should never be called for. When Sir Francis asked his vote in the election, he mentioned the note to Sir Francis, and said he would not always have it over his head : and tliereupon Sir Francis said he could do nothing iu il at present, but that he should fare as well as any other man ; that Martin was a custom-house officer, and had a letter from the comraissioners to divide his vote. In addition to which, Battle and Hooper spoke to the promises of bribery ogainst Sir Francis Dashwood. But, notwithstanding this strong evidence, the committee, on the 7th Febmary, 1712, reported, that " Sir Francis Dashwood, bart,, and Robert Bristow, Esq,, were duly elected," tn which the House agreed. In 1741, another contest took place between Arthur, Viscount Doneraile, and Thoraas Orby Hunter, Esq,, who stood on the governraent interest, and Edmund Hangate Beaghan and Samuel Jeake, Esqrs,, at which the two former were returned, and the two latter petitioned, but afterwards withdrev^ their petitions. At this distance of time it is difficuU to discover the precise nature and merits of the earlier contests, but enough remains to show that the same system of corruption was exercised by both parties ; and that the struggles which took place were those ot rival patrons, and certainly none happened whieh had the true independence of the town and the freedom of the electors for their object. As this, like its neighbour Rye, was considered a Treasury borough, the same means of keeping alive the government interest were made use of, such as appointing the voters to places in the customs, creating them revenue officers, &c. By this raethod government succeeded very well iu keeping the town in due allegiance till 1754, when the minister, the Duke of Newcastle, returned Mr, Arnold Nesbitt, an IriJi gentleman and o government contractor, wholly unconnected with the town. No sooner did that gentleman get returned than he applied himself to the task of setting up a private interest of his own, in opposition to that of the Treasury ; and, to accomplish his design, he made some extensive pur chases in the town and neighbourhood. At length he succeeded in influ- eiicing the return of one member, and sometiraes of both. This, however, was very far frora being acceptable to the Treasury, and at the election iu Dec. 1761, a violent government attack was made on the borough, to bringit back to its duty, and several severe contests took place, but Mr, Nesbitt's interest was, on the whole, successful'. In 1 768, Sir Thomas SeweU and Richard Burton PhiUpson petitioned against the return, but afterwards withdrew their petition. The Treasury afterwards raade some few attacks on the Nesbitt interest, particularly in 1775, and sometimes succeeded so far as to be able to return one member; but ultimately the nomination of both became vested in Mr. Nesbitt. The death of the latter, however, made a considerable change iu the affairs of this borough. That gentleman having died indebted to the crown fo the amount of 100,000/., and his circurastances being otherwise much embarrassed, a bill in chancery was filed for the sale of his estates; and after some time a decree for sale was obtained. Previous, however, to the promulgation of this decree, Mr, J, Nesbitt, ihe nephew of Mr. Arnold Nesbitt, to whom the estate with the encurabrances had descended, entered into a contract with Richard Barwell, Esq., the owner of the Tregony, and the Earl of Darlington, now Duke of Cleveland, for the sale of his interest, at the price of 15,000/., a sura far below the then market price. This sale was concluded without the knowledge, and, con sequently, without the consent, of any of the electors; but they never theless thought it right to demand their customary fee of 100/. per man, which, after some delay, was paid them. In 1789, a short time previous Q Vn,- n more narticular account of the raethod pursued in conducting the affairs of the .awrsfeXTamrusWiuohelsea Cases, 4 Burrows's Reports, 1126, 2022, 2120. 2277, and Rex v. Stacey, 1 Term. Reports, 1, 74 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. to the sale, Mr. Nesbitt made a lease of all his property in the town, con sisting of forty-six houses and ten other tenements, to Lord Bernard (the son of Lord Darlington) and Mr, Barwell, for twenty-one years from Christmas, 1789, at the yearly rent of 205/. 5s, But as the sale was effected without the consent of the mortgagees, it was not valid ; the houses were re-sold for 1200/., under the decree, to Captain Coffin, the brother in law of Mr. Barwell, A Mr. HuU opened tlie biddings for the creditors, and was the best bidder at 3000/, ; but Mr. Barwell, finding this property very necessary to sustain his interest in the borough, re-opened the biddings, and became the purchaser at a sum of about 4000/, A few years after this, Mr, Barwell sold his share of the houses and interest to Lord DarUngtou, now Duke of Cleveland, for the reported sum of 25,000/. The Duke continued to return the members without any interruption, till the election in 1830, when the successful issue of the Rye contests in duced Johu Deere, Esq,, a gentleman residing in Berkshire, and Henry Shirley, Esq., of Pepingford, in this county, to endeavour to remove the shackles of Winchelsea ; and, accordingly, on the day of election several of the inhabitants tendered their votes for these gentlemen ; but they were all rejected; while the Duke's candidates, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. H. Dundas and John Williams, Esq., polled the whole nine freemen, and were returned by the mayor as duly elected. Again.st this return Messrs. Deere and Shirley petitioned, and their petition was ordered to be taken into consideration the following March ; a few days, however, before the appointed time, ministers brought forward their Reform Bill, and Win chelsea was seen holding a conspicuous place in Schedule A, and of course the petition was abandoned. Previous to this contest, many applications had been made, by persons entitled to their freedom, to be admitted ; but they were invariably refused, in general with very little courtesy, as ap pears by the following case. On the 20th of October, 1830, D. Dawes, Esq., a most respectable gentleman, appUed at the quarter sessions to be admitted to his freedom, he being the eldest son of a freeman, aud born in Winchelsea ; his application, however, was refused, Colonel Brown, one of the magistrates, and a supporter of the Duke's interest, stating that it eould not be granted. When interrogated as to the reason of the refusal. he replied, " that it was not convenient to admit Mr, Dawes ;" and ou Mr, Deere's requesting the town-clerk to record the application, it was peremp torily refused. The members for this independent town and port very seldom had any communications with their constituents or with the town itself; nor have the electors known, until the day of the election arrived, to whom they were about to delegate their trust. On the morning, however, of the event ful day, a letter was generally received by Lord Cleveland's agent, con taining the naraes of the favoured gentlemen : this having been commu nicated to his worship the raayor, the freemen were invited to atteud at the town-hall; and the mummery of a nomination having been gone through, the worthy representatives were declared unanimously elected. After whieh, two men, in the employ of the jurats, adorned with cocked hats and other becoming paraphernalia, as substitutes for the members, accompanied by his worship and the jurats, with men bearing garlands, enriched with plate borrowed from the various inhabitants (a fit represen tation of the purity of his worship and his associates), paraded the streets, whilst at each corner of the church-yard a salute of three guns was fired, denoting, doubtless, the burial of their freedom. This ceremony con cluded, the party adjourned to the inn to partake of fhe electiou dinner. The repast having been despatched, the mayor and his companions made another adjournment to the ball-room, and the day was finished with a dance for the wives aud daughters of the respectable inhabitants. The next day the mayor sent information to the merabers of the honour con ferred on them, to which a most gracious answer was returned, and so the farce concluded. In Lieut. Drummond's return, this place boasted of holding the 28th station among the petty boroughs of England, possessing, iu 1831, the large number of 148 houses, and paying assessed taxes in the proportion of 200. It had, therefore, the good fortune still to retain its situation amoug its immaculate rivals in Schedule A. But the inhabitants of 10/, houses, whose nuraber araouuts only to 34, have, by the operation of the Boundary Act, the right of voting forthe members for Rye, REPRESENTATIVES. 1369 Robert Bettercock. 1372 Robert Baddyng. 1373 Robert Londoneyes. 1374 Robert Harrys. 1377 Robert Gaddyng, 13781379 13831384 13341386 13871389 1390 1392 1393 13951397 Robert Loudon, Williara Skele, The same. The same,' John Pulham. The same. William Skele. Henry Sely. William Skele, The same. Robert Arnold, Vincent Fynch. The sarae. 1400 Robert Gate, 1402 Vincent Fynch. 1407 John Sugern. 1410 Roger Bates, 1413 Roger Gette. 1414 Roger atte Gutter, 1419 Vincent Pinch, 1420 Roger atte Gate, 1421 The same. 1429 The same. 1424 Thomas Young. 1425 Thomas Thoudy. Edward HI. Robert Lindeney, Thoraas Sibb. Gervas Loveron. Robert Arnold. Richabd II. William Wells, Roger Danere, Jolvn Pulham. Thoraas Bett, The same. William Martyn. John Pulham. Math. Goldwe. Rogerus Dover. Vincent Ewele. Thomas Bett. William Skele. John de Held, Hekrv IV, WUliam Skele, John Salerne, Robert Fishlake, John Tounstell, Henry V, Thomas Young, WiUiam Cotton. John Warton, Edw, Hopyere, Alexander Benley. Henry VI, JohnTanwoith. Alexander Benle. The same. 1427 Roger Gate. John Tamworth. 1428 William Aland, William Moorfot. 1429 The same. The sarae. 1430 Thomas Chonder, Godard Pulbam. 1432 William Finch. William Pope. 1435 Thomaa Thundy, The same. 1436 William Alard. Richard Hendnes. 1441 John Godfray, Thomas Tilton. 1448 The same. Galfr. Pulham. 1449 John Olive. John Westbourne. 1450 John Cobbey. Alanus Honywood. 1452 Thomas Si Iton, John Convers. Edward IV. 1473 Robert Bossele, Richard Davy. [Returns lost till] Edward VI. 1553 William Roper. Mary. 1554 Henry Crispe, knt. William Roper. Philip and Mary, 1554 Cirlae Petyt, Joseph Beverley, 1555 Thomas Smyth, John Peyton. 1667 George Howard, knt. John Fowler. Elizabeth. 1553 Goddard White. Henry Vane, 1563 Richard Chambrey, The same. 1571 Thoraas Wilford, Robert Evre. 1572 Thoraas Wildforth, mayor, Richard s'arrv. 1585 Giles Fletcher, LL,D, Herbert Pelham. 1686 Adam Moyle, Thomas Egleston. 1588 Herbert Morley, Adam ftloyle. 1592 Adam Ashburnham. Ashburnham Peake 1597 Ralph Evans, Thomas Culpepper, 1601 Moyle Finch, knt. Hugh Beeston. Pari. Hist] OP THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 75 James I. 1603 Adam White. 1614 Edward Barcit, knt. 1620 Tbomas Finch, knt. and bart. 1623 John Finch. Thomas Union. Edward Nicholson. Edward Nicholas. Charles I. 1625 Ralph Freeman, knt. Roger Twisden, knt. ¦ Nicholas Sanders, knt. The same. 1628 William Twisden, bart. Ralph Freeman, knt. 1640 Nic. Crispe. John Finch. Sir Nicholas Crispe, knt., expelled the Snd of February, 1648, as a mono polist for copperas stones, writ issued eod. die. Sir John Finch, knt., died in 1644, writ issued the 3rd of September, 1645. Henry Oxenden (secluded) Samuel CtoI ^^. 1658-9 John Busbridge. Commonwealth . Robert Fowle. 1660 William Howard, secondson of E., LordHoward of Eserick. Samuel Gott. 1661 Sir Nicholas Crisp. William Howard. 16/3 Christopher Draper. Thomas Austine. 1681 The same. James II. 1685 Lord Middleton n. Creswell Draper. Arthur St. Leger, third Viscount Doneraile, y /"iLLUM AND Mary. 168S Richard Austine. Samuel Western 1690 The same. 1695 The same. 1698 John Hayes. Robert Bristow. 1701 Robert Austine. John Hayes. Anne. 1702 George Clerk. The same. 1707 George Doddington. The same. 1708 The same i^ Robert Bristow. Sir Francis Dashwood, kt. and bt. 1710 The same. The same. 1713 George Dodington. The same. George I. 1714 George Bubb Dodington. The same. 1722 The same i3. Thomas Townsend. The same. 1727 Robert Bristow. John Scrope i^. 10 William Smith, of the Middle Temple, elected a Burgess for Winchelsea, 1640, (Hayley.) 11 In2 Jac. II. Lord Middleton was returned in pursuance of a pretended claim in the crown, that tbe Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports has a power td recom mend and nominate one Baron for each Port to any Parliament. 12 Made his elect'on for Bridgewater. 13 Made his election for Bridgewater. 1^ Made his election for Bristol. 1727 Robert Bristow. 17341741 174717541760 The same. Arthur, Vise, Doneraile. John Mordaunt. Thomas Orby Hunter. George Gray i^. Thomas Orby Hunter. 1761 The same. 1768177417801784 179017921796 -1801 18021806 18071812181418151813 The same 18, Arnold Nesbitt. The same 20. William Nedham. John Nesbitt. The same. WiUiam, Viscount Barnard ^1, Sir Frederiqjt F. Vane, bt. 22 John H. Addington. WiUiam Currie. Sir Arthur Croft, bt. » Peter Walter. George II, Edward Hungate Beaghan, Thomas Orby Hunter. The same. Arnold Nesbitt. George III, Percy, Earl of Thomond ^?. Thomas Sewell. Percy, Earl of Thomond ^^ William Nedham. Charles W. Cornwall. The same. William Nedham. Bichard Barwell. The same 23, William Devaynes. The same. William Moffatt. Calverly Bewicke. The same. The same. Robert Ladbroke. Sir F. Vane, bart. Sir Fred. F. F, Vane, bart. Sir Oswald Mosley, bart. vice Vane. Hon. C. F. Vane. The same. Hon. W. J. F. Powlett, vice Vane. Henry Brou|jham, vice Poulett. Right Hon. Henry Vane, Vise. Barnard. The same. George Mills. 1820 The same. 18231826 The same. 1830 John WiUiams. 1831 The same. George IV, Lucius Concannon. WiUiam Leader, vice Concannon. Right Hon. Henry, Viscount Howick. William IV. Hon. Henry Dundas, James Brougham. 15 Made his election for Beeralston. IB Made Steward of the Manor of Old Shoreham, county of Sussex, a new writ ordered March 31, 1760. 17 Made Cofferer of his Majesty's Household, a new writ ordered November 28, 1761 ; he was elected for Minehead. 18 Died, a new writ ordered January 10, 1770. 1^ Died, new writ issued in 1774. '^° Made his election for Gricklade, a new writ ordered February 21, 1775- 21 Succeeded to the Peerage, a new writ Issued October 9, 1792. 22 He was chosen for the city of Durham. 23 Made Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, county of Berks; a new writ ordered November, 1796, l2 76 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. No, IV.— ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS. Value i King's Books Names and Dcdicatioa. Patrons of Living. Religious Houses to which appropriated. First Fruits. ARCHDEACONRY OF LEWES. Deanery of Dali.ington. £. s. 8 13 11 6 6 IS 12 10 11 0 d. 4 8 6i 50 18 0 8 10 7 9 10 0 8 0 18 4 0 0 40 0 7 11 0 12 2 10 0 20 0 0 60 0 7 2 13 8 6 13 8 0 15 10 5 9 6 H4 02i 2 S 18 12 0 4 0 14 0 0 9 4 2 18 7 8 5 7 4 6 13 G 16 0 82i 11 6 8 Aahburnham, V. St. Jas. Beckley, R.AU Saints Bodiham . V. Ht. Giles Brede, . R. St. Mary BrightUng, R. St. Thomas ?i Becket Burwash R. and V. St, ) James I Catsfield, R. St. Lawren. Crowhurst, R. St. George Dallington, V. St. Marga. East Guildford, R. St. Mary, utii. with Playden Etchingham . . R. Ewhurst, R St. James Heathfield, V. AU Saints Herstmonceux, R. All Saints V. St. James R. AU Saints V. All Saints V. St. Mary R.St. Mary Peasmarsh, V. Sts. Paul and Peter Penliurst, . , . R. Playden, als. Saltcot, R. St. Mich, united with East Guildford Salehurst, V. St. Mary Sedlescomhe, R. St. John Baptist. Ticehurst, V. St. Mary Udimore, . V. Ht. Mary WliatUngton, R.St, Mary Bfagduien Warbleton, R. St. Mary Wiirtling, V. St. Mary Magdalen, Boreham chap, desecrated. Westfield, V. St.Jn. Bap. Hooe,Iden,Mountfield,Ninfield,Northiam, Earl of Ashburnham Rev. H. Hodgea Sir J. G. Thomas, ht. Rev. Robert S. Hele Rev J. B. Hayley Rev. J. Gould Earl of Ashburnham .1. Cres. Pflham, Esq. Earl of Ashburnham King's Col. Camb. Preb. of Heathfield FamUy of Hare Sir G.Webster Family of Lamb Earl Dela Warr Chureh of Canterbury Miss Lord, Sidney Coll. Camb. Earl of Ashburnham FamUy of Lamb Alderm. Winchester The Crown Chapter of Canterb. Earl of BurUngton Count. 'of Plymouth Tr. of Smith'a charity Rev. Pratt Bishop of Chichester 24 10 2t 6 y 2 12 0 7J 8 9 2i 19 2 11 23 6 lOi 13 1 8 & 0 5+ 4 IS 10 42 13 4 8 0 0 2 6 8 Bexhill, . V. St. Peter Farlight, V. St. Andrew Guestling, n. St. Andrew Hollington, _V. St. Leonard Hastings, B. AU Saints Hastings, n. St. Clement Hastings, . C. St. Mary Icklesham, V. St. Nich. Ore. . B. St. Helen. Pett, R. Sts. Mary & Peter Kye, . . V. St. Mary Winchelsea, R. Sf. T.\ k Becket! Winchelsea, Old J Sir W. Ashhurnham, bart. The Trustees of the Eversfield family Rev. 3. G. Foyster The same Earl of Chichester. Chapter of Canterb. Misses Palmer R-v. Henry Wynch Earl of Burlington. Sir W. Ashburnham, bart. Deanery of Lewes. 7 14 7 10 19 5 15 18 18 10 6 4 2 f 1^0* H i 5 2i 20 2 3i 9 4 2 6 15 0 21 0 10 10 6 20 14 8 2 Albourne, R. St. Bartho. Aldrington, . . . R. Ardingly, . . . R. Balcombe, R. St. Mary Barcombe, R. St. Diary Blatchington, H. St. Peter united with Brighton Bolney, V. St. Mary Mag. Brighthelmstone, V. St. Nicholas ChaUey, . , . , R. Chelley, R. St. Peter cum Crawley Clayton. R. St. John Bap- tistEnmer aliasKeymer Cowfold, ... V Cuckfield, V. Holy Trin. Priory of Hastings Coll. of Hastings Abbey of Battle Priory of Hastings Chichester Cathed. CoU, of Hastings Pry. Robertsbridge CoU. of Hastings Coll. of Hastings Pry. of Robertsbr. or Hastings CoU. Pr. of Chr. Ch.Can. Pr. of Robertsbdge. Abbey of Battle C. Gorine, Esq. Rev. Philip Dodd Rev. Jas. Hamilton Mrs. Chatfield. The Crown Bishop of Chichester Preb. of Hova Villa in Chichester Cath. Bishop of Chichester Lady Poole and her daughters Brazennose College, Oxford Bishfip of Chichester The same Deanery op Hastings, Bishop of Chichester Brice Pearse, Esq. Chantry Chap, of Leigh. CoU. of Hastings. Abbey of Battle Abbey of Stanley, c. Wilts. The same Priory of Lewes Chur. of Chiches. Priory of Lewes Charged ChargedChargedChargedCharged ChargedCharged Charged Charged ChargedCharged Charged ChargedChargedCharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged DischargedDischarged Discharged Charged Charged Cliarged Discharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged ChargedChargedCharged Discharged Discharged Disehf^rged Charged Discharged Charged Discharged Discharged Charged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged DischargedDischarged Discharged ChargedChargedChargedCharged Charged Value in King's Books ^rs~d. U 0 0 20 0 0 6 10 10 16 12 8 11 14 2 9 16 0, 10 10 0 15 9 4, 6 8 4 10 10 2i 12 19 2 8 13 9 7 0 0 12 6 8 3 11 3 6 12 0 7 6 m 8 15 0 8 3 4 7 17 Si 8 8 4 9 5 10 7 1 5t 7 U 2 15 8 9 10 0 0 8 18 9 10 0 0 20 2 11 J5 6 Oi 9 10 0 8 0 0 4 19 6 1 7 18 10 19 16 0 9 14 6 19 13 13 10 15 22 4 13 1 10^ 13 3 4 6 0 0 11 16 Oi 10 7 1 9 10 10 13 6 8 8 13 4 U 0 43 4 8 0 14 19 26 1 8 0 7 6 13 G 12 0 7 0 16 6 Names and Dedication. * Crawley, R. St. Jn. Bap. Ditcheling, V. St. Marg. East Grinstead, V, St. S within Falmer, , . . V. Hamsey, . R. St. Peter Hangleton, R. St. Helen West Hoathly, . . V. Henfield, . V. St. Peter Hurtspei-point, R.St.Law. Hove with Preston St. Andrew Ifield, V. Ht. Margaret Iford, B. St. Nicholas Keymer, C. attached to Clayton Kingston Bowsey, R. Kingston juxta Lewes, V. Lewes, . R. All Saints St. Anne's, R. St. Peter & St.. Mary Westout St. John sub Castro, R. St. John's Southover, R. St. Mary's, R. united \ with St. Michael's, R. 1 Meeching alias Newha ven, R. St. Michael Newick, . R. St. Mary Newtimber, R.St. J.Evan Ovingdean, . . R, Patcham, V. All Saints Piddinghoe, , , V. Piecombe, . . , R. Plumpton, . . . V, Portslade, V. St. Nicholas Poynings, R, Holy Trin. Preston, V. St. Peter cum Hova RodmeU, . R. St. Peter Rottingdean, R. St. Marg. Seal als Beeding, V. St. Peter Shermanbury, R. St. Giles Shoreham, New, V. St, Nicholas Shoreham, 01d,V.St.Mary Slaugham, . . R. Southease, . . R. Southwick, V. St. Mich. Street, . . . R, Telscombe, . . R. Twineham, R. St. Peter Westmeston, B, Chilting ton chap. Wivelsfield, C. St. J. Bap. Woodmancote, . R, Worth, . . , R. Patrons of Living. Col. Clithero Chanc. of Chichester Cathedral Count, of Plymouth and Earl De Ja Warr Earl of Chichester Sir Geo. Shiffner, bt. Count, of Plymouth The Crown Bishop of Chichester Rev. Robert Shaw Henry Hurly, Esq. Henry Hurly, Esq. Charles Goring, Esq. The King Rev. P. Guerin Crofts The Crown The Crown The Crown Rev. T. B. PoweU C. Gordon, Esq. Rev. Wm, MarshaU The Crown Rev. Jas. Hutchins The Crown Jn. Woodward, Esq. The Crown The Crown Preb. of Hova in Chi- che.'*. Cathedral Bishop of Chichester Eari of Abergavenny Magdalen Coll. Oxf. Rev. ¦ Challen Magdalen CoU. Oxon. The same Mrs. Sergison Rev. Todd The Crown TheTr.ofH.T. Lane Rev. James Hutchins Sir C. F. Goring, bt. Rev. Wm.Courthope Mr. Richard Tanner The Crown. Rev. Geo. Maximil. Bethune, D.D. Deanery of Pevensey. Alciston, R. AlFriston, R. St. Andrew Arlington, . , V, Beddingham, Berwick, Bishopstone, Blacbington, R.St. Peter Chalvington, R.St.Barth. Chiddingly, . . V, Denton, R, St. Leonard Eastbourne, V. St. Mary Eastdean, V.with Friston united Ka.n Hoathly, . R. Fletching, V. St. Andrew Folkington, R. St. Peter Frant alias Fant, C. olim chap. Friston, V. united to East dean Hailsham, V. St. Mary Dean and Chapter of Chichester The Crown Preb. of Woodhorne in Chichester Cath. Bp. &Ch. of Chiches. by turns D.Gilbert and R. Hawes, Esq. Preb. of Sidlesham in Chichester Cathed. John King, Esq. A. E. Fuller. Esq, Countess of Plymouth Henry Bates, Esq. Treas. of Chichester Dean and Chapter Earl of Abergavenny Earl of Sheffield Count, of Plymouth Rector of Rotherfield Dean and Chapter Rev. George Pocock Beligious ITouscu to which appropriated. Chanc. of Chiches. Priory of Lewes The same Priory of Lewes, Chur. of Chichester Priory of Rusper Priory of Lewes Priory of Lewes The same The same Priory of Bradsole Magdalen CoUege J^Iagdalen College The same Knights Templars Priory of Lewes Church of Chiches. Chanc. of Chiches ter Cathedral Treas. of Chiches. Ch. of Chichester Pry. of Michelham Ch. of Chichester Priory of Bayham First Fruits. Charged Discharged Charged Discharged Charged Discharged DischargL'd ChargedCharged ChargedCharged Charged , Charged DischargedDischarged Charged Discharged Charged DischargedDischarged ChargedCharged DiscliargedDischarged Discharged ChargedCharged Discharged Charged . Discharged Charged Charged Discharged Charged Discharged Discharged ChargedCharged Discharged Discharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged Charged Discharged DischargedDischarged Discharged Charged Discharged Discharged Discharged Discharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged Discharged Discharged ChargedCharged Charged ?The same with CheUey, mentioned before in this Deanery. Eccles. Divisions.'] OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 77 Value in King*. Books £. S. d, 7 0 0 10 0 0 6 16 8 13 6 8 7 0 0 20 0 0 9 11 3 12 13 6i 6 2 11 12 0 0 18 7 Si 10 10 0 27 12 11 15 0 7 6 Oi 11 8 6i 7 0 0 13 4 14 15 21 10 2.7 5 13 9 75 10 6 4 12 0 0 8 0 0 25 5 1 Names and Dedication. Hartfield, . R. and V. united Hellingly, V. St. Peter and St. Paul Horsted Keynes, , R. St. Giles Horsted Parva, . R. Jevington, R. St. Andrew Laughton, . . V. Litlington, . . R. LuUington, . . V. Maresfield, R. St. Barth. Pevensey, V. St. Nicholas Ripe, . . . R Rotherfield, R.St. Dennis Seaford,St.Leonard,chap. Selmeston, V. St. Mary South Heighton, R. cum Tarring Neville Sutton, 'V. Ch. destroyed Tarring Neville, R. with South Heighton Waldron, R. AU Souls Wesrdean, R. AU Saints Westham, . . V. St. Michael West Firle, V. St. Peter WiUingdon, V. united with Arlington, Wilmington, V. St. Mary and St. Peter Withyham. R. St. Michael Patrons of Living. Earl De la Warr Earl of Chichester Rev. .Tos. Simpson Earl of BurUngton Earl of Chichester Rev. Thomas Scutt. Bishop of Chichester Lord Viscount Gage Chanc. of Chichester. Earl of Abergavenny Preb. of Sutton two, and Preb. of Sea ford one, turn Preb. of Heathfield in Chiiibcster Cath. Rev. Henry Wynch Preb. of Sutton in Chichester ^Cathed. Rev. Henry Wynch Earl of Burlington The same Dean and Chapter of Chichester Preb. of AVoodhorne I Earl of Burlington. Earl De la Warr Religious Houses to which appropriated. Priory of Shene Pri. of Michelham Ch. of Chichester Chanc. of Chiches. Vicarage of Tarring NeviUe. S. Heighton Recty. Pri. of Wilmington Preb. of Firle in Chichester Ch. of Chichester Pri. of Wilmington First Fiuits. ARCHDEACONRY OF CHICHESTER. Deankry of Auundel. 5 0 7 5 15 9 10 7i 2 6 0 0 7 15 0 6 17 7 12 6 7 5 5 14 0 0 9 11 Oi 1 8 6i 19 15 10 1 9 10 10 ) 6 8 4 9 6 8 7 19 9i 9 1 3 6 9 2 5 10 10 Arundel, V. Holy Trin. Houghton Chapel Amberley, . , V. Angmering, East, R. T St. Peter \ Angmering, West, V. ( St. Margaret ] Barnham alias Bernhill, C. St. Mary Binstead, R. St. JMary, Burpham, alias Burgham, V. St. Mary Bury, . . V. Clapham, , . R. Climping, . . V. Cudlaw, R. Ch. destroyed Felpham, R.&V. St. Mary Ferring, V. St. Andrew, Ford, . . R. Eastergate, St. G. and R. Little Hampton, C. St. Mary Leominster al. Lyminster V. St. Mary Magdalen Madehurst, V. St. Mary Magdalen Middleton, , , R. Duke of Norfolk Bishop of Chichester The same Trus. of Sir Cecil Bishopp Pri. Boxgrove, Imp. Rev. M. Smelt Dean and Chapter Bishop of Chichester Duke of Norfolk. Eton College Dean and Chapter Prehen. of Ferring in Bishop of Chichester Dean and Chapter Bishop of Chichester Eton Coll. presents, and Bp. nominates By Seque.'-lration The Crown Coil, of Arundel Ch. of Chichester Abbey of Sion The same Pri. of Boxgrove Ch. of Chichester Preb. of Bury in Chichester Cath. CoUege of Eton TheR. of the Sine cure Ch. of Chichester See of Chichester Eton Coll. olim Leominster Pri. Pri. of Tortington Charged R. Dischar. V. Charged Charged Charged Charged Discharged Discliarged Discharged Charged ChargedChargedCharged Discharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged Discharged Charged ChargedCharged Discharged Discharged Charged Discharged Discharged Charged Charged Charged Discharg:edDischargedDischarged Discharged Discharged ChargedChargedCharged Discharged Discharged Charged Discharged Charged DischargedDischarged Value n. King's BookB £. s. d. 5 14 4i 10 0 0 6 0 0 a 15 10 10 9 7 11 Oi Namcfi and Dedication. 16 8 4 4 13 1 6 4 IS 1 6 8 10 10 5 10 0 North Stoke, C. (no Inst.) Poling, . . V. Rustington, . V. South Stoke, . R. Tortington, . V. Walberton, V. St. Mary, Vapton, . . V. Patron, of Living. The King Bp. nominates and Eton Coll. pres. Bishop of Chichester Earl of Albemarle Duke of Norfolk Bishop of Chichester The same BcligioUH UoUBRR to which appropriated. 10 5 10 10 0 10 6 11 3 9 5 5 10 19 2 13 6 8 9 10 5 7 6 Oi 7 5 2i 5 4 41 4 16 8 6 16 8 7 4 7 9 4 7 7 4 7 6 17 Si 9 0 10 10 U lOi 5 19 2 11 3 4 1 8 0 0) 6 10 0 8 10 0 7 10 10 10 8 4 24 13 4 I 10 10 !, ) 6 12 0 6 14 2 6 2 11 9 11 13i 10 3 4 Aldingbourne, V.St Mary Appledram, C. St. Mary Birdham, . . R. Bosham, V. Holy Trin. Boxgrove, V. St. Blaze Chidham, , . V. Compton, V. St. Mary with Upmarden Donnington, . V. Earnly with Almodington Eartham, . V. Eastdean, . R. East Marden, . V. East Wittering, , R. Funtington, . C. Hamptnett, V. St. Peter, Hunston, V. St. Leodgar, Mi- 402670 500t 356i 2861t 18i 0 16 0 18 4 0 at 62J 117 65} 163i 252i 720 6 l-JSi 79 4 92 12 414 508* 66;*267 10 2762i 32 141.5147 4 92 34+35+33 12 513515 683^531+287 10 3074+ 11 37 60 1 10 10+ 2 10 108+131 254+ 105+ 61 a g ie X3 159.5 99 2 Ul 24 27+44+ 15 5032734436 446+240 795 24224 In toto 3217+ 53 469 2a2 8 329 7761 104 43 797641 13191066 650 22 6866 57 217 76 332471462 505 7 2510 219 0 469 738 36 210 66 41 10 415 205 1 10 20 147 142 237 APPENDICES SENSUALES. 366 122 9 150 30 165 55 408+ 42a707+ 9995268 26 3733+ 86 338 36 207314 854 413 468 50 2891 4 17 66++ 16+ 11 2 148+ 285i £ 56 143 134 0 4 0 132 0 329 0 24 10 74 0 10 0 0 250 11 1 477 15 6 801 0 6 576 16 6 446 17 10 10 0 0 103 ,3469 16 0 £ s. 64 0 124 0 0 0 00 4 96 7424 10 66 0 10 0 0 170 356 590 321352 7 sB s. d. 52 0 0 225 0 0 148 5 4 176 55 26 66 20 0 0 274 14 10 447 5 11 919494419 10 6 1 0 7 10 0 0 3337 14 1 Insuper. £ s. Plus red. 43 0 Plus red. 90 0 Plus red. 6 0 Plus red. 21 18 Plus red. 3 10 Plus red. 8 0 Phis red. 2 3 Plus red. 22 0 et duas Mar.auri. Plus red. 47 4 P. red. £243 16 et duas Mar. auri. Hominum, vel Familiarum Enumeratio. In annumerandis hominibus notandum est, qnod te- nentes in capite, aliique tenentes plurima tenementa singuli non raro tenent, ideoque idem plus semel nume- ratur ; et seepe necessario, quia incertum an idem an alius eodem nomine describetur. Contra autem, Ecclesiasticse Incorporationes numeran- tnr pro uno Homine. Hujusde generis ita numerantur in Sufisexe (1) Canonici Sti. Michael, (2) Canonici de Mel- linges. t^J Canonici de Cicestre, (4) Ecclesia Sti. Martini de la Bataille, (^^ Clerici Sti. Nicolai, et C^) Monachi Sti. Pancratii: Quinetiam (7) Custodes Castelli de Peve- nesel. Ita additur, atque invicem subtrahitur; utrinque fortassis sequaliter. Cuique Molino, Hagfie rusticse, Salinse, Piscarite, et Iccclpsise, Homo attiiibuitur ; Hag^ autem sitae in Clvi- tate de Cicestre'et in Burgis, apponuntur numero oppi- danoruni, quorum et plurimos in descriptione omitti liquet. Apud Civitatem de Cicestre, enarrantur Burgenses 6, Domus60, Hagaj89 . . in toto Apud Burgiim de Lewes, enarrantur Burgenses 99, Masurra 11, HagEe 178 . . in toto Apud Burgum de Pevenesel, Burgenses Apud Hastinges, et Novum Burgum adjacentem, Burgenses 68, Bordarii 14 . . in toto Apud Stenlnges, Masurse . . Apud Arundel, Burgenses . Apud Bolintun, Burgenses 155 147 82 123 16 Oppidani in toto 830 1. — Homines. Tenementa tenent . Villani ... Bordarii . Cotarii Servi Oppidani (ut antea) PresbyteriBerguarii . y Prepositus Manerii Apud Mol-nos . Apud Hag^^usticas Apud Sali^^ Apud Plscarias . . Apud Ecclesias Cuncti Homines vel Fami 11 £e . . , 753 5866 2510 738 416 830 3 10 1 148 26 285 30 103 11,718 Hodie, A. D. 1801, sunt FamilisEin Sudsexe 30,755 1831 . . 52,716 •2. — De Carucatis nun de- scriptis in Libro. In descriptione 96 Tenemen- toriim, Hiatus Carucatarum est i ideoque (Atrameiito ru- bro) per Tabulas ubique sup- plentur secundum numerum Carucarum in Dominio et Villanorum Carucates ita sup- pletse seorsim adduntur, ut supra constat. Rapo de Hastinges prsefuit Comes de Ow. Hundredus de Baldslow erat Baldeslei Battle erat in Ailsaltede. Foxearle erat Foxalre. Goldspur . . Colespore. Hodie "1 fioldstrow erat in Colespore, nominantur I Guestling erat Ghestlinges. Similiter 8 ( Hnwksboro erat Haveroesbcre Aliter . 5 J Henhurst . . Htnhert. Netherfield evatin Ailsaltcde. Ninfield . . in Totenore. Shoyswell erat Babingerode. Staple . . . Staple. Bexhill . . . Bexelei. Rapo de Pevenesel praefuit Conies Moritoniensis. Hundredus de Alciston erat in Wandelmestrei. Hodie nominantur Similiter 9 Aliter . 6 Burarches in Dill . . .in Eastbourne erat East Grnistead Flexborough . Hartfield . . Longbriiige erat in Totenore. Loxfield C. et D.in Framed Rotherfield erat Reredfelle. RingmerRushmonden Shiplake Totnore . . Willingdon . Penevesel.Ponevesel. Borne. Grenestede. Flexberge. Herteonel. Falmere Riston.Edlveston. Totenore, Wilendene. 3. — De Rapis ei Bundredis in Comitatu de Sudsexe. Rapo de Lewes prsefuit WiUus de Warene. Hundredus de Barcombe erat Berenam. Butinghill . Botlingelle. Dean . erat in Poninges. + Fishergate in + Eldretune. Holmstrough erat Homestrow. Hodie "1 I'oynings . Poninges. nominantur I Preston . . . Prestetune. Similiter 7 ( Southover erat in B. Lewes. Aliter . 4+ J Street , . eratEstrat. Swanborough Soneberge. Ycmnsmere . . Welesmere. Whidesbune . Bristelmestune. Rapo de Brambre praefuit Willus deBi-aiose. Hundredus de Brightford erat Bredford. Burbeach . . Burbece. Eastwrith . . Isewerit. Hodie "1 + Fishergate eratin + Eidretune. nominantur I Patching . . in Burbece. Similiter 6 ( Singlecross omittitur in Libro. Aliter . 4+ j Steyuing . erat Staninges. Tarring erat in Bradfole. Tipnoalc . . in Hafelt. West Grinsted erat Grenestede. Windham erat Windeham. Rapo de Arundel (vel Harundel) praefuit Comes Rogerius. Hundredus de Aruudel erat Harundel. Hodie nominantur Similiter 4- Aliter . 2 Avisford I, Bury . . J Polling erat iu Rotherbridge Westeaswrith Benestede. Berie. f Rieberg vel \ Risberg. Isiwerde. llapu.s de Cicestre nusquam in Libro nomina- tur ; erat certe sub Comite Rogeiio : cujus " Aula est apud Apeldroe," (Appledram j) prope Cicestriam -, ibique extat jam habitabilis, qua- drato lapide ta domico extructa.) Hundredus de Aldwick erat in Summerley et Pageham. Bosham . erat Boseham. Box et \ Boese et Hodie ¦] Stockbridge j Estocbridge. nominantur I Dumpford erat in Hamesforde Similiter 4 | Easebourne erat Esburne. Aliter . 3 J Manhood . erat Westringes . Westbourne et> Borne et Singleton j Silletone. In Com. de Sudsexefuerunt et jam sunt Hundred. 63; quorum nominantur similiter 38, aliter 25 4. — De Tltlis seu Maneriis in Comitatu de Sudsexe. In Com, de Sudsexe fuerunt Villae seu Maneria circiter 346; quorum jam nominantur similiter 230 ; nempe in Rapo de Hastinges 34 j in Rapo de Pevensel 47 ; in Rapo de Lewes 33 j in Rapoi de Bramble 35 ; in Rapo de Arundel 41 ; in Rapo de Cicestre 40, Co Si o Oo O m inXI -3 CO TABLE D.- -POPULATION RETURNS , &C. WESTERN DIVISIO> Number of Acres. Population. County Voters. Annual Value of Real Property as Assessed A mount raised in Poor's Rates. Date of the Earliest Paroch. Register Polled. Regis tered. Parish, Hamlet, or Tithing. 1801 1811 1321 1831 1705 1734 1774 1820 1832 inApriH815 lotheCouiit^ Hate, 13.i4.' 1776 1785 1803 1813 1821 18.13 Arundel Rape. if. £. £, s. d. £. s. d. *". s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. Year. Aldfold ' pariah, Hants 2 4 1 1 , Aldf. Amberley 2 . par. a! 030 a'lfi 444 518 fi.l? 2 1 3 14 i,5l4 I'.iu 153' 'o 11 152' '2 0 m'n 10 720 ¦ '0 0 672 2 0 453 2 0 1560 Amb. Angmering . par. 3,640 7US 793 897 928 "s 13 9 13 26 4,858 4,071 476 4 4 473 5 0 1,554 15 9 1,991 0 0 1,088 2 0 1,029 17 0 1562 Ang. Arundbl, bor. & par. 1,830 1,855 2,188 2,511 2,t .... Westburton / '""' Climping . par. 3,340 301 (242 1137 j 504 547 / 6 5 6 13 2,497 2,497 298 IS 6 273 13 9 702 18 3 978 0 0 605 10 0 756 6 0 1530 Bury West. 2,060 197 216 258 269 2 4 6 6 8 2,890 2,890 113 1 3 111 9 0 268 4 7+ 462 0 0 326 15 0 298 11 0 1678 Clim. Coates . . par. 510 30 41 41 73 2 2 3 5 310 319 59 5 9 31 15 9 40 1 6 57 0 0 34 1 0 105 12 0 1559 Coat. Coldwaltham par. 1,230 237 265 367 449 2 2 2 6 743 745 75 13 6 83 0 0 206 12 4 334 0 0 486 6 0 432 12 0 1594 Cold. Didlesfold 5 . par. 249 249 Did. Duncton . par. l!330 2(1,5 233 246 272 'e 'i 2 '3 "1 840 840 112'il 3 lG0'i6 7 344"3 1 335' "0 0 288 "2 0 242' '6 0 1680 Dune Eastergate . par. 690 1C3 151 lr,6 208 1 .. 3 3 6 1,273 1,273 23 12 3 S3 10 9 221 3 6 336 0 0 200 5 0 254 14 0 156 i East. Egdean . par. 620 72 73 66 88 1 4 1 476 476 40 1 1 60 11 7 27 11 3 137 0 0 133 9 0 125 4 0 1646 Egd. Felpham . par. 1,800 306 536 581 638 ii 17 23 21 3,808 3,369 130 10 6 274 7 9 607 16 10+ 1,4118 0 0 784 5 0 927 16 0 1537 Felp. Ferring . . par. 1.070 233 243 286 233 4 6 4 2o ,! 4 1,423 1,425 102 12 0 147 8 0 271 4 11+ 274 0 0 146 18 0 177 10 0 1563 Ferr. Fittleworth . par. 2.390 6154 52.5 631 603 25 15 12 8 1,785 1,785 217 13 3 128 3 0 599 10 6 678 0 0 688 9 0 730 19 0 1701 Fittle Ford . . par. 430 70 71 8;! 81 1 1 , , 889 8.S9 18 13 9 39 5 10 119 1 0 1'19 0 0 150 18 0 228 4 1627 Ford Goring . . par. 2,120 41!) 439 4711 527 '9 ii )8 1) 16 3,382 3,104 262 U 10 344 11 lo 618 4 8 1,048 0 0 711 2 0 6 6 12 0 1560 Gorin Greatham . par. 1,030 '9 63 71 79 1 1 1 2 713 713 66 16 7 34 U 8 76 0 7+ 149 0 0 87 4 0 102 18 0 1597 Great. Hardham . par. 680 as 89 114 134 2 1,173 l,17;i 26 0 0 39 10 0 122 9 6 i'j 0 0 65 2 0 116 9 0 1642 Hard. Houghton . par. 1,630 144 142. 162 174 '4 4 3 4 611 OU 78 11 9 47 8 6 192 19 7 272 0 0 191 7 0 186 0 0 1660 Houg. Kingston . par. 400 63 42 43 01 2 632 032 10 11 3 7 7 9 81 10 0 20 0 0 19 15 0 23 0 0 1670 King. Kirdford . par. 14,9;i0 1,340 1,432 1,602 1,653 35 si 38 26 19 6,089 6,089 8 13 14 2 925 12 0 1,6W 12 11 3,415 0 0 3,243 0 0 4,218 18 0 1569 Kirdf. Leominster^ . par. 3,230 337 423 562 611 5 3 8 20 33 4,409 4,409 144 3 0 286 14 4 643 5 3+ 831 0 0 450 6 0 648 0 0 1754 Leom. Littlehampton par. 700 .181 882 1.116 1,625 2 7 16 18 73 4,067 4,067 261 19 9 199 7 0 402 9 10 1,108 0 0 478 17 0 599 14 0 1721 Little. Lurgashall . par. 4,990 521 649 664 718 13 19 16 7 7 2,218 2,218 371 18 6 372 1 3 801 13 0 1,276 0 0 1,013 0 0 1,267 6 0 1399 Lurg. Madehurst . par. 1,300 133 132 169 154 5 3 1 5 1,028 1,028 52 19 9 39 5 11 1.15 3 6 219 0 0 130 4 0 135 9 0 1650 Made. Middleton . par. 3^0 40 60 44 43 3 2 2 2 545 545 38 10 4 59 18 9 25 11 10+ 75 0 0 41 12 0 17 1 0 1360 Midd. Northchapel . par. 3,600 621 63+ 749 845 "2 3 6 5 10 2,004 2,064 394 10 3 49G 5 8 1,001 5 2 1,243 0 0 846 8 0 821 10 0 1717 North Northstoke . par. 860 48 62 63 86 2 3 1 1 1 1,173 870 21 5 0 41 8 9 70 0 0 10 0 0 87 12 0 122 5 0 1678 North Parham . . par. 1,230 61 53 77 46 1 1 2 809 S09 16 13 4 15 14 4 51 13 4+ 93 0 0 95 16 0 65 12 0 1538 Pnrh. Petworth . par. 6,140 2,264 2,439 2,781 3,114 64 54 47 69 33 7,834 7,831 831 10 3 981 i:i 8 2,107 9 li 3,215 0 0 2,348 7 0 3,953 9 0 1539 Petw. Poling . . par. 790 170 148 191 202 1 .. 3 1 7 1,308 1,3118 50 19 5 41 5 0 237 8 1 ;^44 0 0 21s 10 0 277 9 0 1653 Polin. Preston, E. . par. 560 170 218 259 242 3 S 3 9 8 844 844 55 5 7 94 19 0 273 10 0 276 0 0 146 13 0 230 10 0 1573 Prest. Pulborough . par. 6,610 1,334 1,613 1,901 1,979 32 38 37 40 21 6,526 6,520 902 18 6 557 19 0 2,167 9 0 3,883 0 0 3,323 4 0 3,896 0 0 1595 Pulb. Rackham 7 hamlet .. 9 53 17 0 76 8 0 87 14 6 90 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 Rack. Rudgwick . par. 5.960 760 837 974 950 22 32 40 3i 31 sioiG 3]fHC 393 4 7 563 3 0 1,230 11 4i 1,532 0 0 1,739 0 0 2,127 12 0 1558 Rudg. Rustington . par. 1,070 261 292 327 365 2 2 3 5 18 2,143 2 143 186 8 3 231 18 0 362 10 9 564 0 0 435 1 0 405 5 0 1668 Kust. SlinfoldO . par. 4,230 550 649 644 632 12 14 10 4 13 2,353 2,363 377 19 9 275 0 0 980 16 6 1,266 0 0 1,023 0 0 1,243 7 0 1558 Slinf. Southstoke . par. 1,240 106 99 115 101 2 1 3 819 819 101 9 3 115 0 6 194 17 4 285 0 0 124 19 0 242 15 0 J 553 South Stopham . par. 890 1C4 ira 139 129 5 7 7 4 2 633 683 46 0 0 38 8 0 141 9 0 223 0 0 246 8 0 277 6 0 1544 Stop. Storr. Storrington . ])ar. 4,940 8-16 7' 12 901 916 20 31 30 24 40 2,676 2,676 286 15 3 476 10 4 807 .5 3 2,160 0 0 968 7 0 1,138 13 0 1547 Sutton . . par. l,.'i80 30 i 349 333 379 6 6 6 4 5 l,:-i79 1,379 156 9 6 186 10 0 358 16 6; 451 0 0 392 12 0 418 19 0 1636 Sutt. Tillington . par. 4,080 614 6.511 681 sor. 21 14 14 21 10 3,056 3,050 343 5 3 308 7 0 7(1,-! 5 5 1,284 0 0 873 12 0 1,567 2 0 1672 Tillin Tortington . par. 1,170 68 78 83 7(1 2 2 1 1 4 1,500 1,500 31 0 6 73 14 6 96 8 10 i;-8 0 0 89 15 0 66 19 0 1560 Tort. Walberton . par. 1,520 602 612 687 61;; 7 15 19 I-t 20 2,h31 2,831 167 U 6 3:)0 12 1 525 6 0 1,474 0 0 562 3 0 419 2 0 1556 Walb Warningcamp s tiib. 121 126 113 104 4 1 3 1 5 804 804 60 0 0 07 19 4 181 9 IU 157 0 0 71 16 0 125 14 0 Warn.W.Ch West Chiltington '"par. 3, '630 55rf 514 fu^M 718 6 21 Ki 10 22 1,333 1,332 206 13 7 217 14 C 763 8 7-i 1,317 0 0 1,032 19 0 1,959 7 0 1572 Wiggenholt . par. Wisborough Green ^i p. Woolnvington.E.&.W.p 740 6,7102„370 42 1,307 192 43 1,421 201 47 1,679 272 37 1,782 338 1 EG 5 34 6 2 35 7 3J 6 2 23 9 7.13 5,0911.137 733 5,0iU1,137 34 19 770 15 102 10 03 U 33 3 770 3 150 6 1 87 80 8 9 1,939 12 6 355 6 6 49 3,019 083 000 0 00 72 7 3,067 5 501 2 0 00 43 6 2,739 2 583 14 000 15o71360 1668 Wigg.Wish. Wool. Yapton , . par. 1 1,830 643 512 579 67S 3 22 13 14 30 3,618 3.618 174 15 6 309 8 7 633 5 3 1,447 0 0 663 18 0 806 11 0 1539 Yapt. 132,800 ¦ 22,478 24,276 28,615 31,064 455 557 531 5i2 746 £118,511 £116,904 11,112 19 6 12,449 15 6 30,322 8 8i 47,830 0 0 34,871 19 0 |42,981 14 0 o I Part of this parish lies in Sussex, bnt the returns of the Population are all entered in Hants. 2 Rackham hamlet is, for some purposes, included in Amberley. 3 The number of acres in Barlavington and Burton are entered under Barlavington. 4 Westburton tithing is, for some purposes, included with Bury. 5 In the parish of Farnhurst and rape of Cilichester, with which most of the returns are included. 6 The tithing of Warningcamp is in this parish, but the whole number of acres are here entered. The land is principally of copyhold 7 Rackham is in Amberley parish, and some of the returns are there entered, tenure, mul there were therefore no voters till 1832. 8 Slinfold parish extends into Bramber rape, but the entire population is here entered. 9 ^Varn^npcamp is in Leominster parish. 10 West Chiltington parish extends into Bramber rape, but the entire population is here entered. 11 Wisborough Green parish'includes the chapelry of Loxwood End. CO HO > >HI— I cl s Si, POPUL.^VTION RETURNS, &c., continued. • WESTERN DIVISION. Number of Acres. Population. County Voters. Annual Value of Re.il Property as Assessed Amount raised in Poor's Kates. Date ol the earliest Paroch. Polled. Regis tered Parish, Hamlef, or ' Tithing. ¦ 1801 1811 1321 1631 1705 1734 1774 1820 1832 in April, 1815 totheCounty Bate, 1834. lire 1785 1803 1313 21 1833 Register Bramber Bape. Albourne , par. £. £. j_ J. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. ^. s. d. .#. s. d. £. s. d. Year. 1,280 233 293 360 362 2 2 2 1 . . 1,6J8 1,618 222 19 0 192 12 4 468 0 8 683 0 0 331 4 0 352 7 0 1603 Albo. Ashington . par. .\shurst . par. 1,430 173 198 229 285- 7 6 9 7 6 S65 863 192 13 0 147 12 0 268 14 0 423 0 0 369 9 0 480 18 0 1736 Asbi. 2,250 3-i5 408 394 423 7 S 9 5 2 2,321 2,321 146 12 6 182 18 3 361 2 5} 954 0 0 460 1 0 641 11 0 1360 Ashu. 3,50o[ 459 443 499 539 }14 17 19 6 (21 3,917 3,917 } 249 1 0 r 128 16 0 603 10 7 823 0 0 497 10 0 885 3 0 1544 Beed. 230 274 405 533 I 4 1,930 1,930 I 161 12 5 335 8 6 487 0 0 433 3 0 448 14 0 „ Lo BBAMBBBjboro. and par. 870 91 95 98 97 2 2 2 2 1 520 520 19 19 9 13 6 6 60 17 3 63 0 0 47 6 0 93 1 0 1601 Bra. Broadwater i par. Buttolphs , par. Clapham , par. Coombes . par. Cowfold , par. Durrington , par. Edburton* , par. Findon , par. Heene I , par. Henfield , par. HorshamS boro, \^^^ and . . j-P"- 2,240 1,018 2,692 3,725 4,576 9 15 24 146 135 9,562 9,562 232 7 4 309 2 1 972 0 10 2,433 0 0 1,409 G 0 2,019 8 0 1568 Broa. 910 36 51 62 81 1 1 1 6-13 643 5 19 0 no rate made no rate made no rate nl ade no return no return 1607 Butt. 1,920 197 201 245 229 5 "4 6 2 6 1,382 1,382 53 9 3 95 5 0 427 6 7i 726 0 0 284 4 0 427 4 0 1683 Clap. 1,270 47 61 70 71 2 2 2 1 775 773 no rate m ide no rate made no rate m ade 143 10 0 177 0 0 1533 Coom. 4,640 601 614 832 809 10 8 9 13 15 2,121 2,121 313 7 10 352' '2 0 1,209 4 3i 1,773 0 0 1,404 15 0 1,135 2 0 1353 Cowf. 740 140 18H 194 162 2 5 6 6 2 824 824 76 6 2 67 3 10 241 13 lOi 330 0 0 116 7 0 135 15 0 1627 Uurr. 1,250 253 92 92 101 5 6 4 1 2 940 910 91 11 0 66 19 5 223 9 Si 773 0 0 327 15 0 470 9 0 1661 Edbu. 4,250 381 421 477 544 5 C 13 6 12 3,275 3,275 139 1 0 233 11 0 290 8 2 794 0 0 430 19 0 464 1 0 1566 Find. 460 101 136 173 153 .. 2 ti 1 774 774 46 1 4 42 13 0 167 2 9 116 0 0 134 3 0 124 4 0 1394 Heen. 4,440 1,037 976 1,404 1,516 20 28 22 17 26 4,823 4,8'i3 572 19 6 733 2 9 1,230 0 6 4,110 0 0 1,732 4 0 1,618 5 0 1596 Henfi. 20,040 3,204 3,839 4,575 5,105 97 lai 101 117 119 f B. 2,2151 IP. 6,683 y 2, .'529 2,21516,685}' 707 16 6 837 19 2 3,116 2 3i 4,364 0 0 3,623 3 0 3,887 10 0 1540 Hors. Ifield , par. Itchingfield . par. Kingston by sea •) 3,880 637 654 758 916 15 19 40 21 21 2,329 262 2 6 265 15 4 926 10 3 1,434 0 0 866 11 0 987 3 0 1368 Ifield 2,490 249 268 349 356 4 5 8 7 / 1,012 1,012 83 13 10 105 0 0 363 9 0 647 0 0 484 10 0 692 U 0 1700 Itch. otherwise King- I par. ston Bowsey J 610 77 60 56 60 1 2 1 2 1 1,023 1,028 U 10 3 no rate m ade no rate made no rate made no return no return 1591 King. Lancing , par. Nuthurst , par. Patching . par. Rusper , par. Shermanbury , par. Shipley . par. Shoreham, New, 1 boro. and . j P^''* 2,300 461 519 590 695 5 11 12 35 22 3,337 3,337 133 8 2 291 18 0 601 1.1 5i 1,555 0 0 375 14 0 434 15 0 1574 Lane. 3,460 465 639 623 723 15 17 15 13 15 1,733 1,733 224 14 4 237 6 1 893 4 9 1,313 0 0 934 7 0 965 17 0 1562 Nuth. 500 192 133 222 149 3 7 6 6 6 1,079 1,079 15 11 S 114 18 10 257 3 61 604 0 0 289 13 0 468 6 0 1598 Pate. 6,750 399 450 437 531 8 23 22 22 20 1,663 1,563 249 19 0 249 1 7 499 19 9i 1,038 0 0 655 17 0 662 4 0 1560 Rusp.Sher. 1,080 274 270 320 345 7 9 6 (i 16 1,263 1,233 150 4 5 219 0 0 403 10 6 690 0 0 506 19 0 653 11 0 1633 8,170 9U7 1,011 1,159 1,180 12 16 21 17 28 4,020 4,020 457 11 8 521 6 1 2,459 14 5 3,611 0 0 3,069 6 0 4,218 4 0 1609 Ship, 170 799 770 1,047 1,503 23 39 34 32 53 1,046 1,046 150 17 3 218 15 0 477 3 0 939 0 0 648 16 0 523 3 0 1566 Shoh. N. Sh. 0. Shoreham, Old, par Slaugham^ . par 1,870 188 210 235 231 •• 15 ¦7 17 4 19 1,008 1,908 67 2 6 116 0 0 347 12 0 412 0 0 281 19 0 289 6 0 1566 Slinfold^ . par. ^^ 3 9 ¦ " * • *¦ •¦ ¦¦ •• •• Slau. Sompting . par Southwick . par Steyning boro. and par SuUington • par Thakeham^ . par Warminghurst • par Warnham . par Washington . par West Chiltington? par West Grinstead , par West Tarringj • par. Wiston . par. Woodmancote . par. Worthing! , village 21660 1,470 3,290 1,660 2,9S0 870 4,670 3.0806,'ilO 970 2,7503,370 405271 1,174 256 539 112 630512939 487258231 441 321 1,210 234 522 91 774619 998SGS289247 472374 1,324 237 603116 914704 1,229 650293294 519 502 1,436 320597 113 952 793 1,292 626296 342 '5 10 30 '9 3 21 14 's 65 12 "4 d 4 18 30 12 is 10 4 10 10 40 2 1834 13ie 3 5 8 7 8 14 4 13 24 15i.i 7 56 "9 10 27 6 16 7 23 13 24 454 2, £61 1,289 4,412 1,513 2,050 800 2,705 1,8481,216 4,185 1,668 1,5941,660 2,261 1,289 4,412 1,643 2,t'60 800 2,705 1,843 1,216 4,185 1,6681,594 1.660 10l"6 75 4 490 13 137 15 371 19 40 0 271 9 293 9 sod'Id 206 12 185 2 150 0 0 046 3 3 80 10 1 0 9 123"9 83 IS 510 7 204 14 381 3 64 8 361 17 530 11 620"l 255 6 277 13 160 2 6928004 3 4 3 0 4 557" 18 9 221 17 3 847 2 8 31816 8 397 0 0 170 IS 4 1,037 18 2 539 15 0 354 15 0 1,470 10 2 757 10 9 387 16 0 474 1 11 1,087"0 670 0 1,911 0 565 0 815 0 349 0 1,444 0 1,135 0 4,435 0 777 0 699 0 745 0 0 0000000 0000 625' '0 551 1 1,513 10 494 13 822 19 187 7 1,038 8 470 0 2,833 1 6S2 13 412 18 436 10 000 0000 0 00 00 S6l"7 276 11 1,855 0 630 2 1,103 3 164 10 1,418 IS 707 3 2,847 6 831 17 485 8 543 16 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 16331653 15631353 16281714 1653 15681553 155916381582 Slin. Sonip. Sout. Stkv. Sull. Thak. WarmWarn. Wash. W.Ch. W.Gr. W. Ta. Wist. WoodWort. 116,650 18,203 22,777 26,940 30,113 404 655 565 636 743 92,964 92', 964 7,74J 17 2 9,554 16 3 24,800 2 9J 45,700 0 0 29,943 11 0 )4,4S9 16 0 1 Broadwater includes Worthinpr, which accounts for a large increase of its population, &c. 2 Edburton parish extends into Lewes Rape, and part is there entered. 3 The area of St. Leonard's Forest (11,160 acres) is Included in that ascribed to thc parish of Horsham. 4 The larger portion of Slaugham Js in Lewes Rape, and the entire population is there eutered, Co o m oo cj!^ k! O*^ a CO 5 Is partly In Arnndel Rape, where the population is entered. 0 The return of the population of Thakeham includes the inmates of .t poor-house, which is common to seven united parishes / The greater portion of West Chiltington is in Arundel Rape, where the returns are principally entered. parisnes. 00 GD » POPULATION RETURNS, & 1,680 . 244 232 260 23o ' 86 129 148 215 { 3 '¦ 22,015 not assess. 69 9 1 > 1,363 10 4 3,823 2 5i 4,805 0 0 5,215 19 0 5,080 9 0^ 1642 Olave Pancras, St., within 1„, ...!»i 1. . par- ¦¦ 931 1,046 f 277 I 781 302 1 854 1 5 13 111 10 8 1559 1 Pane. wit. Peter, St. the Greatl otherwise Sub-l„,. deanery . fP"- 1,605 2,910 ( 3,332 I 434 4,050 529 80 509 9 5 1568 Peter Subdeanery witliout J 395 Subd. Peter, St., the Less par. ' 345 422 356 ' *¦ 13 '^ 75 9 10-' 1679 Fet.S. Chidham ¦ . par 1,200 209 243 293 320 3 1 6 9 9 1,851 1,851 127 18 9 165 11 9 310 0 0 415 0 0 405 8 0 380 13 0 1652 Chid. Chithurst - . par. 1,100 94 127 146 172 3 3 4 5 673 678 60 3 2 100 6 7 169 9 0 291 0 0 268 16 0 180 6 0 1664 Chit. Cocking . par. Compton . bar. Crockerland and the Daw 2,370 300 332 340 463 1 10 10 13 '3 1,749 1,749 114 13 6 115 4 9 418 5 4 421 0 0 571 1 0 749 5 0 1558 Cock. 1,760 199 216 233 241 9 5 11 7 2 1,047 1,047 95 3 0 94 7 9 236 15 4 368 0 0 271 6 0 466 1 0 1538 Com. .. .. ¦ • • ¦ 'i ,. 1,450 1,450 .. .. , . Crock. Didling « par. 1,000 83 /9 81 82 "1 . . 2 638 538 76' is 0 47"6 6 76 9 Si ios"o 0 96 6 0 68 5 0 1728 Didl. Donnington . par. 1,090 183 222 267 228 .. .. 3 6 6 2,012 2,012 82 11 10 160 1 3 463 14 10 800 0 0 482 8 0 680 11 0 1559 Donn. Earnley withAl- l,,,, modington jP"' Eartham . . par. 1,120 115 106 148 153 2 3 1 4 4 2,226 2,226 77 17 6 154 10 5 273 12 4 238 0 0 254 3 0 237 2 0 1562 Earn. 2,110 114 122 105 113 3 7 4 3 3 955 955 38 12 1 38 8 7 122 18 lOi 226 0 0 89 10 0 219 19 0 1813 Eart. Easebourne^ . par. 4,110 764 720 777 904 6 7 9 5 2 4,841 4,841 332 6 6 286 4 0 576 12 0 1,343 0 0 1,322 17 0 1,443 2 0 1538 Ease. East Dean . par. 4,670 305 353 397 391 2 6 3 2 7 1,730 1,730 117 0 0 146 14 0 249 15 0 625 0 0 346 12 0 368 1 0 1653 E. De. Eaat Marden . par. 910 46 52 85 48 1 3 2 2 2 470 470 142 15 3 209 9 10 104 14 0 196 0 0 166 17 0 117 13 0 1691 E. M. East Wittering par. 1,260 202 214 216 226 1 4 8 8 8 1,791 1,791 87 6 6 53 14 0 345 19 lOi 342 0 0 228 0 0 317 18 0 1668 E. W. Elstead . par. 1,790 121 128 190 174 1 2 4 6 . . 1,604 1,504 65 14 7 97 12 1 163 0 b\ 209 0 0 300 U 0 273 15 0 1571 Elst. Farnhurst . par. 4,680 383 503 593 769 8 17 18 11 8 1,865 1,865 72 17 6 74 U 10 723 2 2 1,250 0 0 1,210 1 0 1,026 4 0 1-547 Farn. Funtingdon . par. 3,810 681 687 847 969 2 19 f^ 8 36 5,863 5,863 286 6 5 335 17 7 1,186 15 9 1,123 0 0 1,066 13 0 > 1,064 15 0 1628 Funt. Graffham . par. 1,550 260 295 343 372 10 U 12 11 3 904 904 353 15 6 524 7 0 266 7 4 446 0 0 331 6 0 311 16 0 1665 Graff. Harting . par. 7,830 863 947 1,072 1,290 24 35 46 28 13 28 8,144 8,144 118 16 3 137 17 1 1,283 18 Oi 2,385 0 0 2,159 19 0 2,635 5 0 1667 Hart. Heyshott . par. 8,210 275 265 309 353 12 20 17 2 1,502 1,502 579 13 0 308 8 0 438 6 0 501 0 0 450 0 0 763 15 0 1690 Heys. 1 This portion of Hants was added by the Boundary Bill to Sussex, for the purposes of election. 2 Bognor is included witb Southbersted. 3 The New Town, and parts of the parishes of St. Pancras and of Subdeanery, were not (strictly speaking) in the City of Chichester, but are included by the operation of the Boundary Bill. i Lodsworth Liberty is in Basehourne parish. I— I HO > > I— I 1—1 CC en Co POPULATION RETURNS, &c., continued. WESTERN DIVISION. Number of Acres. Population. County Voters. Annual Value of Real Property as Assessed Amount raised in Poor s Rates . Date ofthe earliest Paroch. Register Polled. Registered. Parish, Hamlet, Tithing. or 1801 1811 1821 1831 1705 1734 1774 1820 1332 inApril, 1816 totheCounty Rate 1834. 1T76 1785 1803 1813 1821 1833 £. £. £. .!. d. £. s. d. ^. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. Year. Hunston par. 880 123 111 166 173 2 4 6 1,918 1,918 118 6 9 197 0 2 290 2 0 300 0 0 244 18 0 328 0 0 1678 Huns . I&lng . . nar. 2,260 209 314 305 338 "1 ¦5 5 3 2 1,333 1,333 43 10 10 66 0 6 448 11 14 648 0 0 452 12 0 461 4 0 1664 Ipiug Lavant, East and West o. 2,970 274 343 364 407 1 2 3 2 7 2,361 2,361 83 8 0 121 5 6 289 9 6 663 0 0 566 12 0 463 12 0 1653 Lava. Linch par. 190 78 84 77 83 , , .. 688 688 76 18 9 64 3 1 76 9 9 167 0 0 207 15 0 223 12 0 1701 Linch Linchmere par. 2,170 249 258 282 301 "1 "2 2 3 "7 981 981 169 10 0 141 0 0 373 19 0 472 0 0 577 18 0 624 19 0 1566 Line. Lodsworth Liberty i,chap. 1,570 443 393 513 699 1 1 1 1 1,748 1,748 265 10 3 212 8 1 633 11 7i 712 0 0 866 10 0 Sf-l 8 0 1563 Lod.L. Merston nar. 1,880 77 84 107 129 1 '2 6 4 5 1,048 1,048 54 18 U 44 18 3 140 0 0 247 0 0 174 9 0 1C« 7 0 1751 Mcrs. Midhurst boro. and nar. 700 1,073 1,266 1,335 1,478 34 43 22 11 7 2,738 2.738 332 18 3 340 16 3 776 10 8 1,502 0 0 1,214 10 0 1,421 2 0 1565 MiDH. Mid Lavant par. 360 198 215 213 278 1 2 . , 1 9 1,227 1,227 116 6 1 148 16 0 161 0 0 284 0 0 228 0 0 241 8 0 1567 Midla New Fishbolirne par. 610 309 262 288 291 2 3 9 6 21 2,587 2,587 no return 58 14 7 293 12 5 219 0 0 206 11 0 170 0 0 1639 N. Fi, North Marden par. 810 20 23 20 32 2 , , , 1 1 320 320 13 10 1 20 14 0 45 4 0 60 0 0 27 S 0 31 16 0 1813 N.Ma. Northmundham par. 1,800 324 430 422 467 6 ¦7 12 8 7 3,670 3,670 191 6 10 271 19 0 539 5 li 719 0 0 807 7 0 830 17 0 1553 N.Mu. Oving par. 1,670 464 476 637 789 5 7 12 13 19 6,414 6,414 361 10 3 377 13 3 637 14 0 1,758 0 0 1,289 7 0 1,542 4 0 1661 Oving Pagham • par. 3,980 652 847 1,009 968 9 16 30 31 36 7,400 7,400 no return 327 18 11 699 8 7 1,372 0 0 1,033 14 U 1,138 12 0 1707 Pagh. Racton par. 1,260 111 102 100 83 4 2 3 1 1 1,057 1,067 68 6 4 60 18 0 249 17 8 333 0 0 246 18 0 232 5 0 1680 Raet. Rogate par. 4,700 518 595 724 901 7 16 35 20 22 3,222 3,222 255 1 9 310 2 6 635 12 0 1,097 0 0 1,190 15 0 1,517 10 0 1658 Roga. RumboldswykeSt. John par. liberty 710 224 269 303 319 2 4 15 10 21 2,280 310 2,280 310 82 5 1 139 14 9 316 11 4 420 0 0 278 6 0 379 0 0 1669 Rum.St.Jn. Selham • par. 'sio '78 71 "so ¦39 "2 "1 , , ,, 761 761 w'is 9 167"6 0 114"2 6 204' '0 0 340' is 0 286"2 0 1565 Selh. Selsey par. 2,880 564 648 766 821 "6 10 9 12 25 3,284 3.234 349 18 4 377 9 9 726 12 8 1,441 0 0 1,061 14 0 1,049 16 0 1662 Selsey Sidlesham par. 3,930 805 865 1,029 1,002 3 7 25 32 24 6,107 6,107 .372 12 9 338 7 6 936 4 5 904 0 0 1,383 2 0 1,321 7 0 1666 Sidl. Singleton . par. ) Charlton . tit.hino- i 5,010 445 (275 I2O6 285 199 }563 6 5 4 5 6 2,231 2,231 228 13 0 249 13 9 606 2 4i 1,214 0 0 696 9 0 522 4 0 1664 { Sing. Cha. Slindon par. 2,840 374 437 471 639 1 1 , , 1 4 1,922 1,922 Ul 7 7 123 U 0 346 15 9 505 0 0 279 9 0 352 17 0 1658 Sliod. Southbersted^ . par 2,750 737 1,196 1,861 2,190 5 4 8 66 103 7,834 7,834 471 17 8 444 19 U 981 13 Oi 1,734 0 0 1,338 0 0 1,924 3 0 1664 South. Stedham , par 1,840 258 363 463 494 7 12 13 6 9 1,891 1,691 119 16 3 159 13 0 443 15 0 536 0 0 608 16 0 712 4 0 1538 Stedh. Stoughton par. 5,350 602 489 519 670 12 12 23 20 4 2,828 2,828 288 9 10 269 6 0 674 10 6 1.366 0 0 963 8 0 1,420 4 0 1675 Stoug Tangmere par 730 136 167 178 197 2 2 4 6 4 1,335 1,335 121 1 6 no 18 6 139 8 6 263 0 0 201 6 0 183 8 0 1530 Tang. Terwick par 680 91 109 112 97 1 4 2 2 5 538 538 61 2 0 51 5 0 93 0 0 334 0 0 190 14 0 160 16 0 1677 Terw. Trayford par 1,380 95 114 137 130 2 6 3 3 3 722 722 60 18 0 97 10 0 159 16 6 211 0 0 157 14 0 164 11 0 1728 Tray. TrottonS par. 4,010 329 370 390 416 6 12 8 3 6 2,684 2,684 192 5 6 273 1 6 712 11 0 983 0 0 951 13 0 798 1 0 1531 Trot. Up Marden par 3,170 255 246 306 364 14 15 16 S 4 2,034 2,084 no rate made 168 5 10 271 2 0 482 0 0 280 0 0 433 19 0 1714 U. Ma. Up Waltham . par 1,260 65 49 99 95 1 1 1 ,, 408 403 40 6 8 41 13 4 90 0 0 131 0 0 152 2 0 118 5 0 1790 Upwa. Westbourne par. 4,230 1,549 1,702 1,852 2,031 26 33 41 65 "n 8,711 8,711 395 13 10 421 5 10 1,491 8 Oi 2,669 0 0 1,928 5 0 2,792 14 0 1550 W. B. Westdean par. 4,480 510 564 622 641 8 13 9 6 6 2,967 2,967 208 7 0 203 10 10 778 12 0 1,308 0 0 600 1 0 753 17 0 1631 WJ3. Westhampnett . par. 1,860 400 444 401 449 S 9 12 8 12 2,626 2,626 163 7 2 107 S 10 623 19 Hi 1,164 0 0 691 13 0 505 IS 0 1734 WHa West Itchenor . par 510 161 199 181 237 3 3 4 3 3 1,068 1,068 28 3 8 30 2 8 97 9 0 188 0 0 167 17 0 252 3 0 1561 W. It. Weststoke, par. 880 76 64 S2 101 4 1 1 4 848 848 63 11 6 54 12 0 165 3 6 203 0 0 158 7 0 67 3 0 1564 W. St. s West Thorney par 940 71 62 Ul 104 "2 2 1 4 5 1,361 1,361 33 9 3 24 2 9 152 5 0 100 0 0 108 10 0 176 4 0 1530 W.Th !>:) West Wittering par. 2,600 396 483 604 606 1 8 9 8 10 3,606 3,606 192 4 7 306 16 1 674 10 8 799 0 0 474 0 0 702 9 0 1622 W.Wi. Woolbeding par. 2,740 212 238 261 307 2 5 3 3 2 1.607 1.607 132 IS 0 173 2 0 252 9 8 401 0 0 361 9 0 343 9 0 1581 Wool. 145,840 26,352 30,625 35,238 38,929 383 602 743 793 876 184,608 164,614 11,576 7 2 13,347 13 6 32,332 17 5 61,229 0 0 42,925 10 0 45,972 8 0 o fel OOd O m a m tgX 1 Lodsworth Liberty is locally iu Easebourne Parish, 2 Bognor is included with Southbersted. 3 Milland Chapelry is in the parish of Trotton, the whole is here entered. 00 03 POPULATION RETURNS, &c., continued. GO County Voters. Dateofthe earliest Paroch. EASTERN DIVISION. Number of Acres. Population. Annual Value of Real Property as Assessed Amount raised in Poor's Rates Polled. Regis tered. Parish, Hamlet, or Tithing. 1801 1811 1821 1831 1705 1734 1774 1820 1832 inApril,lS15. totheCounty Rate, 1834, 1776 1733 1303 1313 1821 1833 Register Hastings Rape. £. £, £. s. d. £. s. d. rf. s. rf. £. s. d £. s. d. £. s. rf. Year. Ashburnham . par. 4.280 473 572 763 721 16 9 10 5 13 2,693 2,143 285 0 0 393 6 0 734 16 0 1,300 0 0 800 2 0 1,206 18 0 1538 Ashb, Battle . . par. 7,880 2,040 2,531 2,852 2,999 32 43 39 31 68 10,122 6,373 678 17 6 853 6 3 2,018 8 7 4,233 0 0 4,001 11 0 3.687 4 0 1610 Battle Beckley . . par. 5,540 742 1,170 1,871 1,477 8 16 22 21 32 4,193 3,792 217 2 2 433 19 7 1,373 4 8i 2,613 0 (1 2,036 IS 0 1,835 17 0 1597 Beck. Bexhill! . par. 7,900 1,091 1,637 1,907 1,367 16 22 26 30 66 6,439 4,422 3?9 19 4 631 14 10 1,072 14 2 2,400 0 0 3,833 5 0 3,894 8 0 1558 Bexh. Bodiam • . par. 1,430 228 261 314 349 3 5 7 7 10 1,063 1,267 127 19 0 133 4 0 260 1.1 6 Cr.'^ 0 0 573 7 0 500 13 0 1557 Bodi. Brede . . par. .'i,700 801 737 902 1,016 10 10 27 16 25 3,416 3,633 215 18 6 263 16 0 1 ,369 5 6 1,653 0 0 1.743 1 0 2,419 8 0 1559 Brede Brightling . par. 3,390 507 497 641 656 14 15 6 5 6 2,266 1,840 373 3 0 233 8 1 668 15 0 1,397 0 0 892 3 0 1,185 11 0 1660 Brigh. Broomhill^ . par. 2 2 4 Broo. Burwash . par. 6,840 1,524 1,603 1,937 1,566 '29 '43 32 48 67 6]513 4,209 sia'ii 0 700'i6 5 1,6/3' 14 6 3,S18"0 0 3,477"7 0 2,469'ii 0 1558 Burw. Catsfield . par. 2.430 464 652 .S75 619 S 6 6 7 15 1,793 1,574 209 14 1 223 10 0 448 4 6 s;9 0 0 622 5 0 766 0 0 lOU Cats. Crowhurst . par. 2,180 331 26.5 340 370 2 4 3 5 6 1,643 1,302 78 14 6 104 12 6 .¦36:) 11 8 632 0 0 448 4 0 425 10 0 1686 Crow. H~( Dallington . par. 3,890 401 449 548 677 19 U 10 9 12 1,5'JO 1,313 134 10 9 200 9 0 762 13 3 1,013 0 0 702 7 0 564 18 0 1643 Dall, hH East Guildeford par. 2,430 69 94 124 126 4 6 6 6 5 4,329 5,143 119 17 0 132 19 0 331 (1 0 336 0 0 211 7 0 360 9 0 1703 E.Gu. t— ^ Etchingham . par. 4.2-10 114 485 623 631 7 9 4 18 13 2, SIO 2,463 217 10 4 264 3 8 643 9 11 813 0 0 722 18 0 564 19 0 1664 Etch. 2^ Ewhurst . par. 6,310 847 1,032 1,225 1,200 3 U 11 12 23 3.9.;6 2,800 350 8 11 416 16 3 930 0 lOJ 2,300 0 0 3,101 17 0 1.549 6 0 1568 Ewh. Fairlight . par. 2,230 414 3S5 477 533 3 6 6 1 8 2,(13; 1,643 137 0 0 216 16 6 722 3 9 1,119 0 0 763 15 0 605 0 0 1651 Fair. 0 Guestling . par. Hastings,^ Cinque Pari 3,180 496 514 697 763 5 10 6 5 14 2,3a 2,273 166 12 0 364 18 0 836 13 9J 1,141 0 0 1,492 3 0 1,673 18 0 1686 Gues. W ^ All Saints . par. 1,094 1,522 2,197 3,111 f ^^ 2,547 210 0 0 184 4 10 282 3 5 732 0 Os ^_ 1,374 14 0 1659 All S. Bexhill, part of, • par. 64 Bex. > Clements, St., • par. 1,589 1,833 2,. The Priory,! otherwise,' Extra par. Holy Tri.-* 10 76 294 1,071 1 •• •• no rate made no rate made no return no return I •• •• •• Priory 5J 1— I Hawkhurst* , par. ,. , , 1 Haw. Heathfield . par. 8,320 1,226 i,3io 1,613 1,S01 '27 "30 34 28 '67 si 808 ,3] 524 607"u 6 60l"2 6 1,-'I42"7 9 2,317"o 0 2,]4s'i4 0 2,01619 0 1582 Heat. 0 Herstmonceux par. 4,870 961 1,013 1,318 1,3.-13 13 21 10 20 36 5,112 4,061 392 14 4 594 19 1 1,244 6 8 2,679 0 0 2,109 13 0 2,436 18 0 1538 Herst. 2 Hollington . par. 2,290 203 2,33 272 3:!,S 6 8 6 3 3 1,815 1,342 14+ U 0 158 4 0 386 19 8 664 0 0 484, 8 0 418 14 0 1636 Hall. Hooe . . par. 2,290 424 470 t'.OO 623 8 19 7 8 12 2,602 2,308 337 3 0 375 7 6 670 18 0 1,123 0 0 1,174 4 0 971 12 0 1609 Hooe H Icklesham . par. 4,270 384 411 535 601 2 4 5 15 13 7,062 3,781 191 14 0 283 19 0 499 1 9 960 0 0 1,495 13 0 945 10 0 1669 Ickle. Iden . • par. Leonard, St. s . par. 3,120 760 239 466 642 617717 1 6 10 12 19 3,281 601 3,717 600 203 5 10 2.07 15 6 555 12 Ui 818 0 0 968 10 0 933 11 0 187 7 0 1559 Iden Leon. 3 Mary, St., in-Castle^ par. 790 121 .. .. .. 413 497 60 15 0 M. in- in Mountfield . par. 2,740 664 581 683 663 7 11 7 8 "5 2,103 1,432 21l"4 0 264' i7 7 659' io 0 953' '0 0 i.ios's 0 860 3 0 15,^8 Moun Ninfield , par. 2,700 493 605 618 606 12 u 14 14 12 3,1G3 1,301 139 7 0 241 8 6 683 5 10 1,401 0 0 1,679 5 0 1,384 16 0 1663 Ninfi. Northiam . par. 4,100 997 1,114 1,338 1,448 15 19 29 34 40 3,1-19 2,455 278 0 5 430 8 1 1.780 1 7i 2,950 0 >0 2,563 12 0 2,262 1 0 1663 Nort. Ore . . par 2,160 243 331 516 965 1 4 3 3 12 2,323 1,307 106 4 0 1-12 10 0 420 19 3 463 0 0 .171 13 0 761 10 0 1558 Ore Peasmarsh . par. 3,340 611 781 913 930 6 11 11 12 26 3,379 3,369 242 U 4 374 U 7 830 18 3i 1,308 0 0 882 14 0 1,002 0 0 1669 Peas. Penhnrat . par. 890 81 67 106 102 ., 3 3 fi.S'J 631 40 16 9 36 6 0 135 19 Oi 208 0 0 174 18 0 209 12 0 1692 Pen. Pett . • par. 1,750 185 233 300 297 7 "'7 4 "e 6 2,776 2,610 89 11 9 171 0 0 302 6 3 495 0 0 471 0 0 627 16 0 1675 17141538 Pett Playden . . par. 1,360 179 . 223 317 297 1 5 2 4 6 1,577 1,545 4a 9 0 78 3 0 229 0 0 43S 0 0 322 2 0 339 4 0 Playd Rye Rye, Cinque Port and pa. 2,480 2,187 2,681 3,599 3,715 38 88 83 97 SO 7,2.10 (fo.) 1,768 420 1 0 646 17 7 1,473 19 4 3,069 0 0 2,765 14 0 3,996 9 0 Salehurst 5 par. Sedlescomhe . par. 5,940 1,530 1,611 510 1,653 606 2,121 667 2,204 733 22 4 36 11 26 14 29 3 58 16 6,6231,865 4,822 1,663 881 0 6 133 17 1 702 2 3 264 1 3 2,597 10 6i 469 6 3 3,797 0 1,008 0 00 3,328 16 0 960 0 0 2,535 12 0 733 14 0 173215581560 SaleSedl. Ticehurst . par. 7,280 1,436 1,593 1,966 2,314 7 18 26 28 63 6,469 5,231 430 2 4 748 19 9 2,110 3 Oi 3,660 0 0 3,641 7 0 1,402 6 0 Tice Udimore . par. 2,250 321 375 428 434 7 7 10 8 6 2,046 2,302 198 5 0 201 3 0 724 7 0 722 0 0 706 9 0 7.32 10 0 16001559 Udim Warbleton . par. 6,071 908 858 966 1,167 1,225 24 24 21 21 40 3,2.H8 2,993 411 2 10 466 15 0 1,334 7 6 1,852 0 0 1,715 18 0 1,310 7 0 Warb Wartling . par. 4,880 874 990 948 25 20 6 6 34 4,143 3,267 423 9 11 363 7 6 1,234 8 8 1,926 0 0 1,332 5 0 1,542 12 0 1538 TVarb Westfield . par. Whatlington . par. WiNCHKi.SBA, Cin. Port 4,600 1,600 306 211 707242 897 285 933286 6 2 13 5 1119 21 5 26 6 3,390 936 2,500 631 266 8 4 66 12 0 260 17 5 137 6 10 663 5 0 292 1 6 1,364 0 427 0 00 1,074 10 0 389 0 0 1,517 3 0 263 3 0 1562 1553 West. What Thomas, St„ the Apos. p. 1,120 627 652 817 772 4 14 17 709 20 20 2,230 not assessed 160 1 0 282 IS 0 722 8 0 998 0 0 995 10 0 715 15 0 1655 Win.Tho. 154,060 23,997 34,826 44,311 50,209 440 787 785 1,146 149,569 106,364 11,467 4 8 14,-146 4 4 37,657 19 lOi 64,759 0 0 61,554 1 0 58,414 0 0 1 — 1 1 Part of the parish of Be xhlllis. withth e Liberty of Hastings. and are th ere entered. ^ 2 Broomhill extends into Sussex, but th e greater portion is in Ken b, in which the 1 'opula ion Returns are mac c. 4 Hawkhurst 1 s mostly iu Ke it, in which thcPopulation Returns are made. OS1 3 Parts ofthe parishes o f St. Leonard, and St. Mary in-the-Castl ?, were not (st rictly speaking) in the Ci nque Port 6 Rotherbridg e or Robertsbri dge is iu Salehurst parish, of Hastings, althongh included by th e operati }n of the Boundar y Bill, bv It in Ih e hum Ireds 0 E Balds owan 1 Ninfield, POPULATION RETURNS, &c„ contimted. EASTERN DIVISION. Number of Acres. Population. County Voters. Annual Value of Real Property as Assessed Amount raised in Poor's Bates. Date of the earliest Paroch. Register • Polled. Regis tered Parish, Hamlet, or Tithingi, 1301 1811 1821 1831 1705 1734 1774 1820 1832 In April, 1816 to theCounty Rate, 1834. 1776 1785 1803 1813 1821 1833 Lewes Rape. £ £ £. s, d. £. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ^ s d. £ s. d. ¦year. Aldrington . par. ^^ ^, 1,080 ^ , ,, none Aldri. Ardingly par. 4,780 '506 "553 '579 '537 S "il "8 'il "9 2^292 1,993 2is'i4 4 31l"9 8 939' i9 9 l,97l"o 0 960 16 0 1,642 17 0 15.58 Ardin. Balcombe . par. 6,050 451 .559 606 641 4 6 5 5 14 2,171 1,889 177 1 9 298 18 6 793 13 8i 1,334 0 0 982 9 0 1,059 1 0 1.568 Bale. Barcombe . par. 5,280 615 700 753 9.31 14 U 18 2 17 3,353 4,600 381 17 1 302 12 6 859 9 3 2,503 0 0 1,951 0 0 1,918 16 0 1580 Bare. Bolney . . par. 3,650 497 510 560 635 U 20 17 17 15 2.067 2,030 252 3 4 239 8 3 738 15 8J 1,098 0 0 750 6 0 792 8 0 1541 Bda. Brighton, borough of , _ _^ , .. .. Bbig. Brighthelmstone par. I'.m 7,339 12,612 241429 40',634 22 23 24 33i 409 731443 150,000 509"o 3 954'i5 0 4,439'i6 10 7,797"o 0 9.611 6 0 32,266 8 0 1701 Brigh. Hove . . par- 720 101 193 312 1„360 3 1 1 22 1,839 9,000 29 0 6 30 0 9 127 17 0 201 0 0 125 U 0 441 18 0 1786 Hove Chailey . . par. 6,580 733 818 946 1,0,W io lo 9 8 27 3,427 2,760 348 19 6 546 3 9 1,135 10 9 2,339 0 0 1,490 8 0 1,365 5 0 1638 Chail. ' Clayton . • par. 1,870 337 435 463 439 5 6 5 6 13 1,974 1,800 220 9 4 355 12 7 821 3 U 1,503 0 0 721 14 0 776 13 0 1601 Clay. Crawley . , par. 820 210 234 334 394 8 9 7 9 12 462 556 45 17 2 64 11 2 186 17 9 122 0 0 128 11 0 209 17 0 1633 Craw. Cuckfield . par. 10,500 1,693 2,088 2,385 2,586 34 37 41 38 57 7,880 5,498 795 11 10 873 2 5 2,884 12 8 5,224 0 0 3,132 16 0 3,574 19 0 1598 Cuck. Ditcheling I . par. 6,270 706 740 8-14 917 ^, 21 3,832 3,330 204 15 0 306 15 U 1,078 5 10 1,737 0 0 1,760 1 0 1,580 U 0 1556 Ditch. E. Chiltington 2 chapelry Edburton^ . par. 163 190 243 258 '5 •• ¦¦ 6 1,645 1,182 368 0 4 635 0 0 479 16 0 218 9 0 1651 EastC Edb. Falmer • . par. 21840 '255 '322 ¦437 *433 '2 i "2 '7 3I188 21530 123 "i2 9 90'i6 0 234"5 7i 607"0 0 390"6 0 390'i8 0 1652 Falm. Fulking * . hamlet 1,330 167 170 177 166 ¦ • 5 1,391 970 256 9 Ui incl. in EdburtoQ no return tncl. in Edburton. none Fulk. Hamsey . . par. 2,530 367 492 537 608 i2 ii 6 8 13 3,626 3,000 219"? 6 131 'is 6 610 10 7 1,359 0 0 971 1 0 931 8 0 1583 Ham. Hangleton . par.. ],00O 36 48 52 68 1 1 1,783 825 20 13 3 40 0 0 40 IS 0 no return no return no return 1727 Han. Hurstperpoint . par. 5,690 1.104 1,184 1,321 1,484 35 36 20 31 26 5,238 4,120 471 10 1 491 6 0 2,456 7 6i 3,134 0 0 2,391 12 0 1,701 14 0 1553 Hurst. Iford . . par. 1,6S0 140 117 157 187 8 3 1 1 3 1,598 1,600 69 5 10 92 12 3 216 8 lot 370 0 0 198 14 0 278 17 0 1654 Iford Keymer, N.&S. par. 4,070 465 ¦536 679 681 10 7 8 8 15 2,700 2,300 119 7 4 202 0 0 743 U 8 1,082 0 0 845 0 0 875 17 0 1601 g?''- Kingston, near Lewes, p. 2,990 124 149 172 160 7 3 3 3 3 1,512 1,530 81 U 10 61 19 0 173 16 8 504 0 0 161 14 0 291 10 0 1654 King. Lewes, borough of ^ , . , ,^ ^^ ^_ ^^ ,. Lewes All Saints . par. / 1,196 l',427 r,'686 2ai2 \ /53 2,'930 el 600 188 'ia 9 281 "-'S 6 510"l 9 l,03l'"0 O1 / l,272'i4 0 1561 Alls. The Castle Precinct , . 16 27 33 165 165 ,^ , , ,. ., .. TheC John, St., the Baptist ) (Southover) par. 1 437 543 691 831 27 1,992 2,920 96 5 3 162 0 3 412 15 5J 687 0 0 594 16 0 1672 S.Ove. John, St., under-the- \ Castle, . par. ) 737 1,126 1,795 2.388 J54 4,434 5,783 212 6 7 337 18 0 322 15 41 1,312 0 0 0' 1,276 16 0 1602 John Michael, St., . par. Peter, St., and St. Mary' Westout, otherwise St. .4.nn, . par Thomas,St.,in-the-Cliif,T &SouthmaUing6,par.f > 1,360 I 786 933 961 1,074 \l03 118 124 171 ( 24 1,544 1,653 230 16 7 233 17 10 536 3 0 983 0 0 ¦ 5,036 0 745 0 0 1579 Mich. 590 918 661 746 13 2,683 3,140 154 6 3 170 0 0 547 17 0 1,159 0 0 803 8 0 1679 Peter Thom. ) 1. • • •• .. / " .. 1. •• .. .. ¦ • .. • • J •• \ • • " ' Newhaven, otherwise i Meeching . par. i 710 534 755 927 904 1 2 ,, 14 2,493 2,478 66 15 4 103 10 6 509 4 5J 745 0 0 654 9 0 77217 0 1553 Newh. Newick . . par 1,930 393 452 540 724 9 4 6 7 23 1,815 1,640 92 15 0 204 7 1 6.53 10 6 1,247 0 0 810 4 0 707 2 0 1558 New. Newtimber . par 1,550 148 173 161 172 3 2 1 2 1,335 910 73 6 7 34 7 5 143 11 6 512 0 0 337 5 0 213 11 0 1558 Newt. Ovingdean . par. 1,130 85 75 79 119 2 1,631 1,100 24 0 0 17 6 1 168 13 0 265 0 0 154 7 0 100 0 0 1719 Ovin. Patcham , . par 4,170 286 331 403 4.S9 '5 '3 'i '2 10 4,187 2,700 119 16 0 134 15 6 426 8 8 1,470 0 0 632 3 0 621 12 0 1717 Patch. Piddinghoe . par 1,970 194 208 251 .331 2 1 1 1 3 2,711 1,864 50 19 8 54 9 4 343 16 6 3-12 0 0 206 1 0 190 8 0 1540 Pidd. Piecombe • par : 2,320 134 175 2:8 227 5 1 1 .. 5 1,219 1,153 78 7 9 79 10 0 263 12 li 534 0 0 453 U 0 276 0 0 1561 Piec. Plumpton . par. 1,710 229 233 272 275 12 9 9 1 1 1,865 1,400 106 10 6 159 9 11 3C3 18 3 553 0 0 433 10 0 374 15 0 1558 Plum. Portslade . par. 2,780 234 358 421 615 6 6 1 3 16 2,043 1,843 123 0 6 90 9 0 210 12 0 690 0 0 688 17 0 428 19 0 1666 Port. Poynings , par. 2,120 173 181 232 268 1 1 1 2 5 1,631 1,100 120 15 1 65 7 3 ,107 5 9i 510 0 0 238 6 0 215 13 0 1553 Poyn. Preston • . par. 1,120 222 429 319 235 3 3 2 2 4 1,908 2, '250 41 11 4 - 51 12 5 171 16 3 406 0 0 260 15 0 374 6 0 1536 Prest. Rodmell . . par 1,650 256 291 .336 350 6 1 3 4 2,331 1,553 48 18 1 117 4 10 430 13 3 881 0 0 431 6 0 618 8 0 1704 Bod. Rottingdean . par. 4,040 543 559 772 880 3 4 2 12 2,395 2,330 154 3 0 131 1 2 495 7 Si 1,208 0 0 418 18 0 507 15 0 1558 Rott. Slaugham 7 . par 2,570 560 759 933 740 6 '2 2 3 1,923 2,287 355 3 1 313 7 0 675 3 li 1,337 0 0 1,187 18 (1 1,533 8 0 1654 Slau. : Southease . par. 1.060 103 105 112 l.|2 4 870 712 36 7 0 34 4 9 150 U 4 288 0 0 190 15 0 151 3 0 1536 South Street . . par. 1,870 112 133 152 163 '5 '5 '5 '3 4 1,006 900 28 11 6 33 10 7 213 10 0 331 0 0 143 15 0 115 0 0 1560 Street Telscombe . par 1,320 39 95 113 121 1 .. 4 1,149 855 43 4 0 51 3 8 132 19 9 2U 0 0 204 1 0 206 13 0 1634 Telsc Twineham . par. 1,650 233 234 275 337 4 "e 2 '2 7 1,541 1,073 123 17 10 123 11 8 431 18 0 701 0 0 619 17 0 622 2 0 1716 Twin, W. Blatchington par. 690 49 54 54 3 703 650 no rate marie 91 12 7 no return no return no return | vt.Bright. W. Bl West Hoathly par. 4,420 '794 840 943 9.S0 2i 21 25 i's U 2,853 2,173 386 6 3 572 6 2 1,194 2 1 1,793 0 0 1,258 5 0 1,313 13 0 1645 W. H. Westmeston^ . par. 2,090 203 139 251 336 4 3 2 6 6 1,666 1,330 82 7 4 130 16 7 386 6 8 877 0 0 398 0 0 447 0 0 1537 W. M. Wivelsfield . par. 3,680 4-13 463 537 5.59 12 9 13 11 9 1,767 1,178 203 13 2 2.--3 16 0 479 0 6 932 0 0 852 9 0 958 13 0 1539 Wivel. Worth . . par. 12,440 1,501 1,539 1.723 1,«3D 23 34 49 28 47 4,626 4,968 731 1 2 979 8 3 1,804 4 10 2,439 0 0 1,623 7 0 3,030 18 0 1600 Wort, Exigenter of Sussex* 1 1 ¦• •• Exig. 129,580 „ 30,049 36,892 63,085 71,921 441 448 438 750 1,069 185,247 260,628 8,252 16 3 10,397 4 0 31,383 5 81 J7,054 0 0 44,149 0 0 68,789 3 0 to 1 Tile greater portion of Ditcheling is holden by enpyhold tenure. 2 East Chiltington is situate in 'Westmeston parish.^ 3 Edburton is situate partly in this rape and partly in the rape of BliMi.''cr, and 15 there entered, 4 Fulking is situate in Edburton parish. t ¦ i T S Part of Lewes is in Pevensey rape, and there entered. 6 The population of these parishes is entered in Pevensey Rape. 7 Slaugham is partly in Aruudel Rape, but the entire population is here entered. g This officer formerly claimed a right to vote in respect of his office. OD POPULATION RETURNS, &e., continued. EASTERN DIVISION, Parish, Hamlet, or Tithing. Pevensey Rape. par. par. par.par. par.par.par par parpar par,par par Alciston Alfriston . ArlingtonBeddingham Berwick .' . Bishopstone Buxted Chalving{6n Chiddingly Denton East Blatchington EastbourneEastdean . ,,,... E. Grinstead bor.&par. East Hoathly par. Fletching , par, Folkington . par, Framfield . par, Frant \ otherwise Fant p, Friston . , par Glynde , . par, Hailsham j. par Hartfield, North \ South I Heighton . Hellingly Horsted Keynes Isfleld Number of Acres. par. Par, par, par. par. par par, par. Jevington Lamberhurst^ Laughton . , Lewes ^, borough of Southmalling . pa Thomas, St.. a Becket in-theCliff Lindfield . Litlington Little Horsted LuUington Maresfield Mayfield par.} par,par. par. par. par, par. Pevensey ¦ • Ringmer . Ripe Rotherfield Seafokd, Cinque and Selmeston . Stanmer . Tarring Nevill 1 Uckfield . WadhurstWaldron . West Dean • WestfirleWestham . Willingdon , Wilmington Withyham par. par. par. par. Fort \ par. j par. par. par- par.par.par. par. par.par.par, par.par. 1,620 2,1204,790 2,250 1,3501,820 7,0201,690 5,200 890 2,1105,8502,510 13,390 2,0006,830 2,110 6,830 9,4302,080 1,370 6,3508,420 470 5,8206,210 1,910 1,790 1,700 4,110 6,350 670 2,240 960 7,760 13,570 4,0006,100 1,120 14,710 1,8701,140 3,050 1,300 l.SOO 10,170 7,1501,840 4,4103,8703,500 1,820 9,080 Populatiou. 1801 228,990 186 576472219 170 188 1,063 143 673 64 154 1,668 284 2,669 395 1,279 119 969 1,090 85 216897 1,050 90 936591 334 229569 539 '348 1,113 1,077 101 207 32 960 1,349 192 897296 1,963 847130 105 74 811 1,677 752 88 494 560347236 1,074 1311 37,224 590550227 169 209 1,292 169 739 83 363 2,623 249 2,804 468 1,397 158 1,074 1,439 45 203 1,029 f 443 I 807 69 1,041 627 464280699612 "-443 1,268 1,237 117 235 48 1,117 2,079 257 1.055 331 2,122 1,001 149105 80 916 1,815 840114 551584445270 1,155 1821 247648 614255 172 277 1,509 181 870133187 2,607 296 3,163 510 1,690 186 1,*371,727 62 250 1,278 474)966 J 71 1,313 713569300737731 1,410 133 286 39 1,439 2,698 292 1,271 364 2,782 1,047 208 123 81 1,099 2,136 965 163 644 583 520 321 1,393 217 44,830 49,776 1831 694727264203293 1,642 183 902 117170 3,364 605 1,870 168 1,468 2,071 89 276 1,445 1,455 91 1,504 732 531350949 804 '705 1,4081,485 143 300 49 1,660 2,738 343 1,271 360 3,085 1,098 189123 80 1,261 2,256 997160 618752 603 328 1,610 County Voters. Foiled. 1705 791 1734 37 849 1774 871 1820 616 Regis. tered. 1832 inApril,1816. 'S,*^''?""'^ Rate, 1834. 4 18 21 2 6 3 35 8 28 33 70 5 123 11 41 6 4146 47 Annual Value of Real Property as ^Assessed 1 The town called Tunbridge Wells extends into Frant parish. 2 Is partly in Kent, but the population of the portion in Sussex only is here entered. £ 1,606 1,868 5,290 3,661 1,442 2,0504,417 746 2,344 1,944 786 9,163 1,341 11,632 2,166 4,763 1,192 4,4144,389 771 1,740 3,864 4,970 560 4,4082,660 1,777 1,625 1,602 4,962sloig2,2074,432 851 1,410 762 2,6428,939 f town 8,320 I par. 2,009 7.823 2,122 7,016 3,507 2,772 654938 2,4827,115 3,737 2,150 4,107 5,625 4,7621,499 5,318 187,861 1,738 2,5643,906 2,200 1,442 1,485 4,072 620 2,732 711 1,041 6,128 1,210 8,100 1,796 4,728 965 3,0914,407 950 1,150 2,764 270 3,9002,131 1,808 948 1,958 3,010 3,5003,450 4,236 740 1,478 438 3,0877,284 not assessed 5,900 1,700 S,935 not assessed 1,668 960 801 2,7354,8572,106 1,467 3,415 not assessed 3,463 1,223 2,603 133,611 Amount raised tn Poor's Bates. 1776 £. s. d. 149 10 6 no return 499 1 175 12 161 16 108 12 530 4 63 IS 279 0 14 16 57 3 10 425 11 6 S3 7 1 no return 199 1 6 449 14 11 103 8 U 434 19 7 250 8 0 47 0 6 117 4 0 415 1 9 no return 46 10 1 349 3 10 290 9 0 171 12 0 74 11 6 no return 306 11 11 192"9 0 192 10 0 305 9 4 no return 108 7 9 25 7 6 186 0 8 663 4 6 435 9 131 16 540 10 168 4 165 IS 8 18 12 2 198 12 659 18 335 0 57 10 257 0 383 U 80 n 375 6 11,345 17 9 1785 £. s. d. 138 18 0 355 18 6 641 11 6 255 14 10 108 7 5 56 16 0 664 8 0 55 11 9 423 10 6 48 0 0 35 19 11 641 17 0 74 16 0 1,532 7 6 339 9 6 798 4 4 85 16 0 595 11 3 588 16 3 65 14 6 UO 10 0 661 19 0 433 14 53 16 481 299 17 1 230 1 5 139 12 2 143 10 10 274 19 3 184" "o 6 275 2 0 450 13 9 41 8 U 132 0 0 30 18 0 399 1 10 917 17 6 1.029 9 0 210 14 U 962 10 0 486 3 5 200 7 9 no rate made 74 5 0 444 13 10 932 0 6 495 11 4 70 10 0 363 2 9 return 337 5 6 141 2 6 434 0 0 1803 £. s. 370 16 957 19 1,054 1 409 10 321 5 227 4 2,064 1 168 7 1,139 13 Hi 183 4 0 256 U Hi 2,156 6 5i 292 10 lOi 2,835 6 4 418 S 6 1,241 2 6i 171 12 0 1,421 2 lOi 1,714 1 0 190 18 8 329 IS 0 1,609 18 7i 1,371 3 6 159 15 2,045 12 826 16 654 0 369 18 1,108 19 861 0 629' 14 764 1,185 17 180 4 396 0 91 10 917 15 2,579 0 1813 7« 0 0 1,126 15 6i 269 18 0 2,564 5 8i 19,060 17 S 1,603 409 6833 1,116 2,057 1,205 316 750 1,285 710234 1,114 2 Oi 17 0 0 0 7 3 11 9 3 0 12 6} 9 2i 16 5i 19 6 13 9 £. 555 1,123 1,674 818 0 0 481 0 0 439 0 0 2,416 0 0 340 0 1,852 147 0 499 0 3,997 0 438 0 5,664 0 741 0 2,645 0 0 465 0 0 1,760 0 0 2,302 0 0 312 0 0 489 0 0 2,122 0 0 164 0 0 3.270 0 0 1,825 0 0 1,340 0 0 1821 678 0 2,205 0 49,328 8 41 1,477 0 0 l,047"o 0 852 0 0 2,375 0 0 228 0 0 666 0 0 67 0 0 1,824 0 0 5,562 0 0 863 0 0 3,433 0 0 569 0 0 3,457 0 0 1,365 0 0 432 0 0 no return 137 0 0 1,205 0 0 4,878 0 0 1,781 0 0 306 0 0 1,587 0 0 2,226 ¦ 0 0 1,323 0 0 513 0 0 2,647 0 0 £. 326 16 824 7 1,471 9 459 12 430 13 335 18 0 2,404 0 0 246 1 1,222 19 138 9 310 5 3,510 10 318 4 5,391 2 0 664 9 0 1,268 14 136 4 1.178 13 1,893 19 236 IS 319 4 2,833 5 1,633 S 0 1833 160 13 2,433 11 1,189 8 967 14 475 8 2,348 7 960 7 8/6 4 0 In Lewes 1,403 16 41 18 587 2 43 3 1,058 8 4,171 9 1,520 6 398 19 3,108 17 1 3 0 000 8 0 83,992 0 0 214 1 45 18 120 1 839 12 2,985 1 1,161 7 178 16 650 16 2,070 13 0 1,154 14 0 344 3 0 1,996 0 0 63,000 19 0 £. s. 663 2 1.026 U 2,276 3 638 18 328 2 249 15 2,183 19 309 12 1,253 12 156 10 234 2 2,709 2 339 3 5,268 12 749 7 2,069 3 321 15 1,820 10 2,060 0 134 8 209 8 3,104 7 1,557 6 0 106 0 3,207 2 1,924 1 596 9 626 9 1,450 7 1,743 4 Date of the earliest Paroch. Register 865 2 0 1,024 18 0 2,226 6 128 8 397 17 73 4 1,130 14 4,080 17 1,066 12 0 2,778 12 0 435 9 0 3,020 6 0 1.207 16 0 569 10 70 13 105 0 799 13 1,700 6 941 1 240 1 610 8 1,752 13 1,781 13 319 4 1,657 13 67,900 16 0 'S'ear. 1701 1533 1607168517681727 1668 15381621160O 16631653 15591558 1735 15541560 1533 15441546 1558 1558 16481720 1618 1638 1744 1661 15611629 1606 155816951540 17211539 1570 15651717 1520 1539 1559 1667165815691538 1604 1554 1554 1688 1571 1560 1533 1663 0005 Alcis.Alfris Arlin.Bedd. Berw, Bish. Buxt.ChalvChid Den.EastBEastb,Eastd EastG EastH Fletc.Folk.Fram.FrantFrist. Glyn.Hails. Hartf Heig. Hell. Hors.IsfieldJevin. Lam.Laug. Lew. South, Tho. Lind.Litl. Little, Lull. Mare. Mayfi.Pev. Ring. Ripe. Roth.Seaf.Selm. Stan. Tarr. Uckfi,Wad. Wald W.D. W.Fi.W.H. Will. Wilm, With. 3 The borough of Lewes, as extended by the Boundary Bill, is situated in part of this rape and also of Lewes, which see for the remainder. The whole population of both parts iu 1833, was 9,287. X1— I CC O > > HI— I 1—11— ( POPULATION RETURNS, &c., continued. TOTALS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION. EASTERN DIVISION. County Voters. Annual Value of Real Property as Assessed Amount raised in Poor's Rate, Date of the earliest Paroch. Register Hast. Peve. Lewes Number of Acres. [ Polled. j Regis tered. Rapes. 1801 1811 1321 1831 1705 1734 1774 1820 1831 uApril^SlS. totheCounty Rate, 1834. 1776 1785 1803 1813 1821 1833 Hastings Rape . Lewes Rape Pevensey Rape Total 154,060 228,990 129,580 23,997 37.224 30,049 34,826 38,217 36,892 44,311 44,830 53,085 50,209 49,77671,921 440 791 441 737 849 448 709 871 433 785 616750 1,145 1,2241.069 149.669187,861185,247 £ 106j364138,611260,628 £. s. d. 11,467 4 8 Jl,345 17 9 8.352 16 3 £ s. d. 14,446 4 4 19,060 17 5 10,397 4 0 ^ s. d. 37,557 19 lOi 49,328 8 44 31,383 5 84 ^ s. d. 64.759 0 0 83,992 0 0 57,054 0 0 £ s. d. 61.554 1 0 63.000 19 0 44,149 0 0 £ s. d. 58,414 0 0 67,900 16 0 68,739 3 0 Year. 512,630 91,270 109,935 142,226 171,906 1,672 2,034 2.018 2.151 3,438 622,677 505,603 31.065 18 8 43,904 5 9 118,269 14 0 305,805 0 0 168,704 0 0 195,103 19 0 TOTALS OF THE WESTERN DIVISION. Arundel Rape Bramber Rape Chichester Rape Total . 132,800 116,650145,840 22,478 19,203 26,353 24,276 22,77730,625 28,615 26.940 35,238 31,064 30,11338,929 465 404383 557555602 6 SI 565 743 542 636 793 746 743876 118,511 92,964 184,508 116,904 92.964 164,514 11.112 19 6 7.7« 17 2 11,576 7 2 12,449 13 6 9.644 10 3 13,347 13 6 30.322 8 8i 24,800 2 9| 32.832 17 6 47,830 0 0 45,700 0 0^ 51,239 0 0 34,871 19 0 29,918 11 0 42,923 10 0 42,981 14 0 84,489 16 0 ,46.972 8 0 Arun.Bram.Chich. 395,290 68,033 77.678 90,793 100,106 1,242 1,714 1.889 1,971 2,365 393,983 374,282 30,430 3 10 35,342 5 3 37.935 8 U 144,759 0 0 107.746 0 0 124,443 IS 0 TOTALS OF THE WHOLE COUNTY. Eastern Division Western Division c Total 1 512,630 0 t 395,290 0 ( 91,270 68,033 109,935 77,673 142,226 90,793 171.906100, loe 1,6721,242 2,084 1,714 2,018 1,889 2,151 1,971 3,4382,365 532,677395,983 505.603374,382 31,065 18 8 30,430 3 10 43,904 5 9 33,342 5 3 118,269! 14 0 87,955 8 U 205,805 0 0 144,759 0 0 168.704 0 0 107,746 0 0 193,103 19 0 124,443 18 0 E.Div. W.Div 907,920 0 0 i 159.30; i 187,613 233,019 272. OlS 2,914 3,798 3,907 4.122 5,803 928,660 879.985 61,495 1 6 79,247 11 0 206.225 2 U 350,564 0 0 276,450 0 0 319,547 17 0 19 per ct, increase. 22 per ct. 17 per ct. s Oper 3 per nearly 40 per eat. cent. Siper cent, cent. SSperct. IfiOperct. 7( per ct, 21 per ct. 15i per ct. decrease. increase. o»=] *^ t?3 QOO *^ ininm 1 These totals differ in many instances from the totals in the different columns, arising from the omission, in many cases, of the fractional parts of a pound, omissions of parts of other counties wrongly included in Sussex, &c. 2 The area ofthe county is 1,466 square statute miles, and consequently 938,240 acres, while the area here assigned to the several parishes amoupts to no more than 907,920 acres, but no attempt has been made to reconcile this apparent discrepancy. CD TABLE E. — Elements of the Law of Mortality for Sussex, from the Population Returns of 1821 and 1831. Age. No. of living. May, 1821. Deaths in Eighteen Years, 1813—1830. Age. No. of living. May, 1821. Deaths n Eighteen Years. 1813—1830. Males. Females, Both Sexes. Males. Females. Both Sexes. Males. Females. Both Sexes. Ma es. Fem lies. Deduced. Both Sexes. Returned Deduced. Returned. Deduced. Returned. Deduced. Returned. Deduced. Returned. Returned Deduced. " 1 7,663 5,790 13,453 - 50 ^ 259 219 244 206 503 495 I 1,913 1,676 ,. 3,589 , , 51 193 221 187 203 385 426 2 \ 18,709 18,161 36,870 1,062 1,022 ., 2,084 52 239 224 219 20S 453 430 3 721 " 669 1,390 S3 196 228 206 207 402 435 4 J 539 * ' 471 1,010 64 7,446 6,815 14,261 206 233 180 208 386 441 5 1 427 427 370 370 797 797 65 256 237 216 210 472 447 6 346 363 307 325 653 633 56 242 244 238 213 430 457 7 ? 16,550 16,252 32,802 295 305 265 280 560 585 57 246 260 242 217 488 467 8 233 267 246 250 479 517 58 243 258 205 222 448 480 9 1 234 236 236 222 470 468 59 ' 233 265 241 229 494 494 10 -, 245 213 180 202 423 415 60 1 315 273 301 237 616 510 " 1 202 193 180 190 332 333 01 243 282 204 245 447 527 12 \ 14,197 13,309 27,506 168 187 185 196 353 383 62 23- 292 266 255 623 647 13 ( 177 190 • 218 1218 396 408 63 338 302 282 264 620 566 14 J 225 202 2.57 246 482 448 64 6,040 4,773 9,813 311 312 274 273 585 587 13 , 203 218 277 277 480 493 63 3i;6 322 315 287 681 609 16 ) 218 237 315 303 533 543 66 333 333 363 300 715 633 17 [ 11,054 11,448 23,502 247 258 336 334 533 692 67 361 345 291 313 652 658 18 C 277 230 310 354 587 634 63 341 338 283 327 624 683 19 J 307 298 363 366 665 664 69 318 372 284 341 602 713 20 : 311 309 367 375 678 634 70 ^ 612 386 397 355 909 741 21 327 311 398 378 725 6-11) 71 295 400 319 368 614 768 22 303 308 383 374 686 632 72 416 416 443 380 859 796 23 302 300 330 367 632 667 73 413 430 410 390 823 820 24 277 293 363 363 642 651 74 ; 2,676 2,425 5,101 453 443 362 396 814 839 25 16,805 18,890 .35,695 291 281 369 348 660 629 75 458 432 431 394 839 846 26 283 271 343 336 626 607 76 470 456 353 387 823 843 27 238 262 339 324 577 686 77 473 450 418 374 891 824 28 262 253 318 312 530 565 73 J 443 435 380 360 822 793 29 , 229 245 287 302 616 647 79 , 334 418 286 345 640 763 30 , 260 233 316 291 575 529 30 408 393 371 326 779 719 31 201 233 229 280 430 513 31 313 367 293 305 613 672 32 225 228 292 271 517 4u9 32 347 335 334 282 681 617 33 215 224 279 264 494 488 83 275 303 345 259 530 562 34 205 219 231 258 436 477 84 637 602 1,239 366 270 340 235 706 505 35 ' 12,739 13,222 25,961 247 216 268 251 515 467 85 214 232 240 210 464 442 36 235 213 244 245 479 458 86 183 195 146 182 329 377 37 192 212 246 240 438 452 87 159 157 171 152 330 309 38 240 210 243 ¦ 237 433 447 88 J 137 123 135 125 272 248 39 J 178 208 220 233 393 441 89 1 79 97 93 103 171 200 40 T 228 208 266 229 494 437 90 77 74 90 81 167 155 41 ISO 208 194 225 344 433 91 43 53 63 64 101 119 42 233 209 235 222 468 431 92 38 37 44 43 83 8S 43 184 210 199 218 383 428 23 22 25 31 37 63 62 44 10,347 9,743 20,095 227 211 215 215 442 426 94 29 44 73 14 IS 26 27 40 45 43 r 1 257 211 254 212 511 423 95 15 13 28 20 43 33 46 193 212 229 211 427 423 96 15 10 15 15 30 23 47 201 213 193 210 396 423 97 7 8 11 U 18 19 43 212 215 215 208 427 423 93 3 6 8 8 11 14 49 ¦' 1 202 217 191 207 393 424 99 5 5 0 6 S U 116.231 115,690 231.921 35.368 33.457 63,825 OD 00 inH O > > 1—1H M m ¦REMARKS. The Nos. here given, as the total of the living whose ages were enumerated in 1821, do not agree with the Ofiicial Abstract, the numbers belonging to Brighton being unaccountably omitted from the latter. They were ascertained at the time of the Census, and appeared in a local publication. The columns entitled " deduced" exhibit the modified numbers of persons buried at each age, as obtained by means of a graphical process, well known to those acquainted wilh investigations of this kind. By this method the gross irregularities of the recorded numbers are eliminated, and many useful inferences may be obtained. The mean annual mortality for Sussex, computed by Mr. Rickman, from the proportion of total popula tion to burials, allowing for estimated unentered ones, is f 1801—1811, one in 50i for the ten Years ^ ISU— 1821, one in 64 ( 1821—1831, one in 57i whence it should seem that the middle period of the three was most favourable to life, The calculation for the whole kingdom presents a similar result. ns S Addenda.^ OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. 89 ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. VOL. L Page 6, 25, 27,37,39. 42, 44,ib.48, ib.49, ib. 53, ih.55.56, ib.ib. 57, ib. 58,60, 61,68, 7-?, 79,86, 98, ib. 99, ib. 100, ib.ib. 101, ib. 103, 14.% 158, 163, 165, 169. 17), ib. 178,187, 188,197, 205, ib. 206,207,228, 243,254,27.% 279, 281, 290, 1. 9, after Bope^p add, "or more properly Beau-pre." note, line 2 from the bottom, for them read his plans. 1. 6 from boitom, for mundy read community, I 2j, for Embouchure read Em'jouchare. note, for egm read ejus, 1. 12, for oeUatem read eetatem. 1. 4, for liritions read Britons. 1. 18, for Lnmlin ttire read Londinum. 1. IS, ((It autem read aulem. 1. 22, for antiquarians read antiquaries. 1. 4, for amersit read emersil. note, 1. 5, for Rlupis read RutupLs. I. II from bottom, for Caen read Cam: 1. 10, for ec/us read ejus. note, 1.2, for plain xeaA plans. 1. 22, for hai read have. 1. 3.3, for Antonio read ,4n?ort-me. 1. 3 from botlom, for Aliehat.um read Alrebalum. 1. 16, for Heqden read Higden. 1. 20, for Helina read Helinus. I. 1, for traces read traces of. 1- 1, fora>i(i pursue read icouW pursue. note, 1. 2 from bottom, for egitur read igilur. I. 12, from bottom, for wliet/ier read whil/t£r. 1. 17 from boitom, substitute the following : Heu, cadis hoste fero. Rex, a Duce Regefuturo, Par paris in gladio, Milite et Valido Fiimiiii justi Lux est tibi, Luce Calixti, Pronior hinc superas, hinc superatus eras, Ergo tibi requiem, deposcat utrumq. perennem ; Sic que precetureum, quod colit omue Deum. 1. 9, for Char.'es II. read Charles I. col. 3, 1. 4 and 5 from boitom, insert William IV. 1830. col. 2, 1. 5, for Laberhiirsl read Lamberhurst. — 1.11 from bottom, for north read mouth. 1.21, for EofriJ read Egfrid. — for IVdfred read 'tVilfrid. 1.7 from bottom, ior exam,pler read exemplar. 1. 5 , for curarates read carucates. — for Wilfred read Wilfrid. — ¦ for Eddins read Eddius. note, reference, substitute " Malmbs. de Gentis Pontif. Angl. p. 272. Rich. Prior Hagulst de slatu Ecclesiae, &c. lib. I. cap. 2, 3, 7." 1. 13, lor six read ^t'e. 1. 20, for creccit read crescit. I. 14, for viles read vills. 1. 42, for was read were. 1.27, The inscriptions were for Rychard Scrace, of Hangleton, 1499, Rychard Scrase, of Blechington, 1519, and Edward Scrace, of Blechington, 1579. See also Rowland's Family of Nevill, p. 165, note. 1. 19, for Hale read Hall. I. 9, for is read are. I. 11 from bottom, for of a description for read for a description of. 1. 18, for stiewed read strewn, 1. 3 from bottom, for adduce read deduce. 1. 12, for chains read charms. — for D'Oy'ey read D'Oyly. 1.31, for Earl of Thanet read Earl of Abergavenny. 1. 19, add, " the Rev. R. Ellison, of Slaugham, is the present incumbent." 1. 2, for infected read infested. 1. 5, for state read stage. 1. 23, for George read Georg. 1. 15 from bottom, for sent read rent. 1. II from boltnm, for domas read domus. 1. 10, for the New England read New England. 1. 14, for Sir read Mr. 1. 5 from bottom of inscriptions, for sons read cAi'Wrera. 1. 8, for the King read Henry Bates, Esq. 1. 9 from botlom, (ot rites read rights. 1. ]0, substitute the following, " The village, which is small, stands in a dean or valley, and the prospect is of course exceed ingly limited. The parish contains about 2200 acres, and had a population in 1831 of 150 only." poetry, I. 10, for .mperlons read superlous, for wine read ume. 12, for Aear read 6ear. ¦ 14, for owt read mo«. 290, poetry, 1. 15, lor Philopcemon read PhUopoemon. Page 320, 333, 356, 388, 415, 418,419, 429,436, 438, 441, 418, 456, 1 465, 467, ib. 468, 469, ib. 471,472, 488,490, 491, 497,503, 504, ib. ib. 505, 506, 506, 507, 508, I. 13 from bottom, for Woodhorne read Woodhorne. 1. 5 from bottom, for Mary Ann read Mary. 1. 20, for the latter s wiilow read Mr. Thomas Guy. I. 4, for Slandene read Standene. 1. 3, for Mardin's read Murdin's. 1. 7 from bottom, (or Northumberland read Northampton. heading, for East Mayfield read Mayfield. 1. 2, for Hilcary read Hilary. last line, add " Hercules Sharpe, Esq." 1. 29, add, " It was the residence of Sir Richard Sackville, who died seized 8th Klizabeth." 1. 6, The county pait of the parish of St. Leonards is in the hun dred of Ninfield, but for convenience sake is here entered. 1.14 from boitom, add, " It continued in the family of Baker five generations, and was then divided among the daughters of Sir John Baker, one of whom married John Dowel, and was de fendant in the suit in 1710, when Richard Elsworth foreclosed her fourth part, and obtained his absolute interest therein for 400 years." 13 from bottom, add '' from the quantity mentioned in the Survey, temp. Hen. VII, the demesne lands must have comprised all the waste lands lately built upon, and still later claimed by Government." 1. 24 from bottom, for manor of Frenchecourt otherwise Fairlight read manors of Frenchecourt and Fairlight. 1. 17, for T/ie lale read The Father of the late. 1. 23, for Death read translation lo Ely. 1. 7 from bottom, after the word founder, add, " he afterwards became fellow of his College and Tutor of Henry Howard, first Earl of Aiundel of that family, whose service he left when an order was issued by the Duke that his household should attend prayers. In consequence he retired to the continent." See Tierney's Hist, of Arundel, p. 359, 1. 9 from bottom, for 287 read 297. for fir}e ruad thirty. 5,3, 2, 16, 9 516, 1 525, 54'r, ib. 568, 582,588, for Fdder read TUden. for Harmer read Harman. for Bring read Ring. from bottom, for extent read excellent. 1. 18, for observe read obverse. I. 1 3, for " The hundred and manor of which the town formed a pait is named in Doomsday, StaneingSf read, Tlte town was not mentioned in Doomsday, but it was doubtless included in ihe hundred of Ghestlinges, and probably formed part of llie manor of Raoieslie. 1. 29, add, " in the four years 620 died, and in 1580, 592 died." 1. 4, for Rev. John Myers read Rev. Henry Cooper. note, add, " The Guildefords, of Hemstead, were one of the most eminent families in the counties of Kent and Sussex, and by intermarriage w'th the Dudleys were nearly related to the royal family of the Tudors. For an account of them see Hasted's Hist, of Kent, vol. 7, p. 178." 1, 15, add, " E._ J. Curteis, Esq." 1. 26, for The Moat one m,ile west of the village read The royal manor House of Iden. 1. 28, for on Moat farm read in the parish. 1. 6, for Dr. Lamb read Thomas Fix, Esq. 1.13, for K. J. Curteis, Esq. read H. B. Curteis, Esq. 1. 16, add, "There is a third manor of Playden, the property of E. J. Curteis, Esq." 1. 18, for two read three. 1. 13, from bottom, add, ¦' He was author of Travels in Italy, some translations from the Classics, and two volumes of poetry. It happened that the British Ambassador was absent from Copen hagen during the Troubles ofthe Queen (Sister of George III-.) and during the tiial of Count St. Mensee, who was said to have been her paramour. He was convicted and brought to the block. The Queen narrowly escaped the same fate. Stie was rescued by the diplomatic exertions of Dr. Lettice, and by a strong British Fleet by which she was conveyed back." 13. add, " It was purchased of Wm. White, Esq. one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports, whose initials are visible in the front of the house.'' 1. 17, add, " It is now in the possession of Hercules Sharpe, Esq." 1. 9, for Piece read place. 1. 34, for Corinthian read Ionic. 1. 27, for Londes read Sondes. I. 4, after at a very early period, add, " owned by a family of the same name, lords of the manor of Ticehurst. It was afterwards" 1. 31. for pai-ishes read counties. N 90 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES [Appendix. VOL. II. Page 51, 1. 13, for Hornet read Harnet. 66, 1. 18, for Crim,iham, read Grimsham. 79, note, 1. 2, for 79 lead 73. 119, 1. 4 from bottom, for Walburton read Walberton. 135, 1.2.'i, for 1.586 read 1568. . 178, 1. 15 from botlom, we are now enabled to give the following list of Statuary at Petworth. Antique Statues. — Statue holding a Patera. Statue in a Toga. Statue bearing a Pig to sacrifice. Statue of Diana. Statue of Silenus. Statue of a Boy in a Toga. Statue of an Allilete pouring oil upon his body. Statue of a Faun with Pipe. Statue of Apollo. Slatue of a Faun holding a bunch ot grapes. Large group in Bronze, Silenus nursing Bacchus. Statue of Apollo wilh the Lyre. Collossal Statue of Juno. Statue of Ceres. Small Bronze of Bacchus. Ganymede and the Eagle. Small Bronze of the 'Venus de Medici. Bas-relief in Bronze, Figures sacrificing to Jupiter. Collossal Statue of a Vestal in bold draperies. Small Bronzes; 1. Silenus on the Ass with a Faun. 2. Jupiter. Pan teaching Apollo to play on the reeds. Statue of Bacchus, Thyrsis in the left hand. Slatue ot a Senator, sitting, scroll in his left hand. Statue corresponding to the foregoins, wilh hand supporting elbow of the left arm. Stalueof an Amazon. Statue of a Muse witha Plectrum or Pipe in her left hand, on a pedestal, with a Greek inscription. Small group in marble. Pan and a Njmph. Antique Busts.— Bust of a Boy with the Bulla. Bust of Venus. Bust of Bacchus, Bust of Anlinous. Fragment of a Head in profile. Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Head of a Child. Four Collossal Busts, with draperies in varie gated marble; Antoninus Pius, Hadrian, Galba, Septimius Severus. Head of a Youth with close hair. Head of a Roman Lady. Bust of a Child. Bust of a Boy with laurel wreath on the head. Bust with Cupid and the Butterfly, on the pedestal. Bust of a Female. Bust of Sabinawife of Adrian. Bust with Diadem, in which are sun, moon, and stars. Bust of a Female, hair in ringlets beside the face and pendent behind. Bust of a Female. Bust of a young Female. Four Busts of Infants slightly draped, on wooden brackets, one, a young priest of Osiris, reraarkable for the sacred lock of hair over the right ear. Bust. A HeaJ. Double Head of Bacchus. Bust with short beard. BustofMmerva Consular Bust. Bust with drapery on left shoulder. Bust in a Toga Head of Bacchus wreathed with Iw. Two [leads of Roman Emperors. Two Female Busts. ^-oHossal Head of'Ajax. Collossal Head of a Uoman Female. Female Paun. A Child. Four Male Heads on marble pedestals. Busts of Sabma and Faustma the elder. Two Busts, one with fillet on the head. , , ^ . r^ Modern Statuh'S —Collossal Group of St. Michael and Satan, by Flax man. l^ymph axidCap'id, by fVeUmacotf.. Vulcan, Venus,and Cupid, by Carew. Celadon and Amelia, gtoup, by Rossi. Apollo Pastor, by Flaxman. British Pugilist, by Rossi. Adonis and the Boar, by Carew. Group of the Mother bearing the dead body of Christ, by Michael Angelo. Dream of Horace, in alto relievo, by Westmacott. The Falconer, by Carew. Venus sitting, by Nollekem. Arethusa,' a Nymph of Diana, by Carew. Modern Busts.— Bust of Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, by Rysbrack. Bust of the Right Hon. William Pitt, by Nolle/tens. Bust of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, by NoUekens. Bust of the Duke of Wellington, by Chantry. Bust of the Earl of Egremont, by Carew. Bust of the Right Honourable William Huskisson, by Joseph. Bust of Mrs. King, bf Carew. Bust of Lord John Townshend, by Caiew. Bust of Colonel Henry Wyndham, by Carew. Bust of Miss Harriet King, by Carew. Bust of Shakespeare. Medallion of Buonaparte as First Consul, by Hon. Mrs. Damer. Medallion of Louis 14th, in bronze. Medallion of Dante. Medallion of Boccacio. Two antique pedestals of Goats Heads. In addition there are a great number of Portraits, painted by Vandyke for the Earl of Northumberland, which have never been removed from the house, and a numerous collection of Pictures by many of the first masters, ancient, modern, and now living. Page 265, 1. 8, for Dickens read Dickins, App. 23, col. 2, 1. 18 from bottom, for Thos, Pelham read and Thomas Pelham. 34. col. 1,1.4, for Thowtonxe&d Thornton. 77, col. 2, after Deanery of Chichester, add Value in King's Booka. Names and Dedication. Patrons of Living, Religious Houses to which appropriated. First Fruits. Value in King's Books, Names and Dedication. Patrons of Living. Religious Houses to which appropriated. First Fruita. ARCHDEACONRY OF CLJICHESTER. Deanry of Storrington. ^. *. d. .') 13 4 S 0 0 8 3 6J 7 13 11^ 13 6 8 C 6 B I 9 2 11 13 4 6 13 4 9 10 4 2<^ 13 4 9 0 0 5 5 10 7 0 0 11 0 0 3 12 8i 8 0 0 19 5 0 n 8 6i ]& 0 ID 4- Ki 01 5 12 81 Deanry of Midhurst, 5 0 13 10 7 12 tf 0 7 0 10 0 0 Barlarvington, R. Bepton, R. tJignor, R. Bodecton, or Burton, R. ' with Coates Cocking, V. Easebourne, V. St. Mar garet Egdean, alias Bleatham, R. Elsted, R. Fittleworth, V. with Cold- waltham Farnhurdt, C, GraffTiam, St. Giles, R. Harting, R. and V. St, Mary Hardham, R. St. Botolph Iping, tt, with Chithurst Chap. Kirdford V. St. John the Baptist Linchmere, C. Linch, R, Lurgashall, R. Midhurst, St. Denis, C, Petworth, St. Mary Duncton, R. T formerly North Chapal, > chap, to R.St. Michael J Petworth Rogate, V, St. Bartholora. Stedham, R. St. James, with Heyshot Chap. Sutton, K. St. John , Selham, R. St. Jaraes Stopham, R, St, Mary Terwick, R. Tillington, R. IVeyford R with Didling Trotton, R. .St. George, with Milland Chap, Cold Waltham, with Fit tleworth Woolbeeding, R, Woolavington, R Earl of Egremont W. S. Poyntz, Esq. Ihe Crown Earl of Egreraont Bishop of Chichester W". S. Poyntz, Esq. Earl of Egremont Lord Selsey Bishop of Chichester W- S. Poyntz, Esq. iVrs. Sargent Sir H. Featherstone haugh, andv. of sin. Edward Carter, Esq. Earl ot Egremont The sarae Family of Baksr W. S. I'oyntz, Esq, Earl of Egremont W. S Poyntz, Esq. Earl of Egremont The same The sarae The Crown Lord Selsey The sarae Earl of Egreraont Brazen-nose Col Oxon W. Bartelott Smyth, Esq, — Sclater, Esq. Earl of Egremont Lord Selsey Samuel Twyford, Esq. Bishop of Chichester Hon. G. l:*onsonby Mrs, Sargent . College of Arundel Priory of Easebourne Ch. to Bp. ChargedChargedCh. to Bp, Charged Charged Ch, to Bp. Charged Prebd. of Fittleworth Charged Priory of Easeboume Charged ChargedCh. to Bp. ChargedCharged Ch. to B;>. ChargedChargedChargedCharged College of Arundel Priory of Shulbrede Priory of Easebourne Priory of Durfold College of Bosham Ch. to Bp. Charged Charged Charged Ch. to Bp. Ch. to Bp. Ch.to Bp, ChargedCharged Charged ChargedCharged ,f . s. d. 8 5 8 9 6 Oi 36 0 0 12 16 lOi 10 0 2f 13 3 9 7 10 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 6 9 4.J 10 0 0 to 0 0 19 0 7i 13 2 6 7 10 0 0 10 10 5 6 8 7 7 6 Ij 0 0 8 7 I 13 0 12 17 U. 9 10 10 9 10 0 23 17 fi 7 4 -ih 12 13 4 Ashington, R, Sts, Peter and Paul, with Buncton Ashurst, R. formerly Ch, to Steyning Bramber, li. St. Nicholas, with Botolph Billinghurst, V. St. Mary Broadwater, R. St. Mary Worthing Chap. Chiltington, West, R. Combes, R. Findon, V. St. John the Baptist Goring, V. Horsham, V. St. Mary Itchingfield, R. St, Ni cholas Lancing, V. . Nuthurst, St. Andrew, R. Parham, St. Peter, R. Pulborough, St. Mary, R. Rudgwick, R, and V. Ho. ly Tr.nity Rusper, St. Mary, R. Slinfold, R. and V. St. Peter Steyning, V. St, Andrew Shipley, C. St. Mary Sompting, V. with Coke ham, Chap. Storrington, R. St. Mary Sullington, R. St. Mary Thakeham, R. Ditto Warnham, V. St, Mar garet Washington, V. West Gruistead.R.St.Geo. Wiggenholt, R. with Greatham Wisborough Green, St Peter, V. with Loxwood Wiston, R. St. Mary Duke of Norfolk Magdalen Coll, Oxon. Magdalen Coll. Oxon. Sir C. F, Goring, bart. Henry Woods, Esq. The same Earl of Abergavenny Esrl of Egremont Magdalen Coll. Oxon. W. W, Richardson, Esq Archb. of Canterbury Mrs. Ann Cartwright Bishop of Lincoln Bishop of Chichester Heiresses of Lord De La Zouche Earl of Egremont Bishop of Chichester Mrs. Wood Bishop of Chichester Duke of Norfolk Sir C, M Burrell, Bart. Edward Barker, Esq. Duke of Norfolk Rev. *j Palmer Duke of Norfolk Chapt. of Canterbury Magd. CoU. Oxon Earl of Egreraont Rev. Edward Turner Prebendary of Wisbo rough Mrs. Goring College of Arundel Magdalen College College of Arundel Priory of Rusper Priory of Erringham Chantry of Rudgwick R, of the Sinecure Abbey of Sion Knights Templars The same Pri. of Christ Ch.Can. Magdalen College Chichester Cathedral" Mag, Coll. Oxon. ChargedDischarged DischargedCfiarged ChargedChargedCharged DischargedDischargedChargedCharged Discharged ChargedDischargedCharged Charged ChargedCharged Charged Discharged ChargedCharged Charged ChargedDischarged ChargedCharged DischargedCharged During the progress of the work through the press, many changes in the names of Individual Owners and Incumbents have occurred from death and other oauses. INDEX. A. Abbejr of Durfold, 92 Abingsworth, in Thakeham, 240 Acres, number of, in each parish, App., 80-8T Acton, arms of, 100 Ad Decimum, 151 Adurni Portus, 216 Albini, De, Earls of Arundel, list of, 2 ; arms of, ib. Albourne, in Tipnoak, parish of, 253; extent, soil, population, village, landowners, ib. ; manor, Juxon, Archbishop, notice of, Bishops hurst, manor of, Henshaw, Dr. Joseph, notice of, 254 ; benefice, church, Albourne Place, registers, 255 ; plants at, App., 10 Alcocke, arms of, 90 Aldford, arras of, 195 Aldingbourne, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 55; situation, extent, population," village, manor, episcopal residence plundered by Waller, Lydsey hamlet, chapel, ib. ; origin of chapelries, ib., note ; Nyton, Norton, Westergate, Aldingbourne House, living, church, register, 56 Aldsworth, tithing of, 76 Aldwick, hundred of, 63 Aldwicke, tithing of, 65-6 Almodington with Earnley, 37 Alpben, arms of, 87 Amberley, in West Easewrith, parish of, 157; situation, extent, po pulation, Rackham hamlet, village, ib. ; manor, castle, 158 ; paintings at, 159 ; benefice, church, brass, registers, ib. ; plants at, App , 10 Ancton, hamlet of, 107 Angmering, in Poling, parish of, 139; situation, extent, ib.; popu lation, stream, landed proprietors, village, bequeathed by Alfred, manors, Angmering Park, Heronry at, 140; Ecclesden, East Ang mering, Bargeham, benefice, chuich, inscriptions, benefactions, Roman remaina found at, 141 ; Palmer family, notice of, regis- ters, 142 Annington, estate and manor of, 231 ; claim to the scite of Vipont, Roman remains found at, ib. Appledram, in Box and Stockbridge,pari3h of, 49 ; soil, extent, ib. ; vil lage, population, landed proprietors, manor, house, William Gerald Hamilton, Esq., notice of, William Hamilton, Esq., ditto, Dell Quay, benefice, church, 50 ; ancient tenure, ib., note ; salt ma nufactory, registers, 51 Applesham, in Coombes, estate and manor of, 230 Apsley, arms of, 164 Apsley farm, in Thakeham, 240 Aquatic plants, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Arbalist, arms of, 39 Archdeaconry of Lewes, App., 76 Archdeaconry of Chichester, App., 77 a Arden, arms of, 195 Ardingly, plants at, App., 10 Arran Lodge, in Bognor, 64 Arras tapestry, 79 Arun river, sonnet to, 151 Arundel rape, situation, extent, divisions, 105; descent of, 2-3-4 Arundel Castle and barony, descent of, 2-S-4 Arundel, borough of, 122; derivation, ib., note; extent, 122; situa tion, population, incorporation, Town Hall, mullet in the river, notice of, in will of Alfred, bridge, ib. ; Priory of De Calceto, Swanbourne lake and mill, beautiful scene at, port, market, fairs. Doomsday notice of, conferred on Roger Montgomery, 123; castle of, 124; siege of, 126 ; portraits at, 128; Little Park, New Park, Hiorne's tower, ih. ; chapel of St. Martin in the Keep, College of the Holy Trinity, parish church, 129; Collegiate chapel, 130; despoiled, 131, note; monuments ofthe Earls of Arundel, 131 ; benefice, Maison Dieu, ib. ; ecclesiastical and charitable institutions, registers, 132; plants at, App., 10; par liamentary history, App, 29; representatives, App., 31 ; deanery of, App., 77 Ashburnham, plants at, App., 10 Ashdowne, plants at, App., 10 Ashington, in West Grinstead, parish of, 243; extent, situation, po- pulation, village, turnpike-road, landowners, manor, ib. ; enclo sure of the waste lands, Buncton chapelry, chapel, benefice, church, registers, 244 Ashling, East and West, hamlets of, 74 Ashurst, in West Grinstead, parish of, 244; extent, situation, popula tion, village, Hawking Sopers, mauor of, landowners, ib. ; manor farms, often erroneously named, ib., note; Eton, manor of, bene fice, church, registers, 245 Aspall, arms of, 79 Atherington, hamlet of, 112 ; religious house at, ib. Audeley, arms of, 88 Avisford, hundred of, 106 Avisford House, in Walberton, 117 Ayling, family of, 180 Aylwyn, arms of, 86 B. Bailie's Court at Littlehampton, IS2-3S Baldwin, arms of, 195 Barclays, manor of, 35 Bardolph, arms of, 82 Bargeham, originally a parish, 141 Barlavington, tything of, 181 Barlavington, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 169 ; situation, extent, village, population, manor, benefice, church, registers, ib. Barn rocks, 63 VOL, II. 11. INDEX. Barnham, in Avisford, parish of, 115; extent, situation, population, landowners, canal, village, manor, mansion of the Shelleys, ib. ; benefice, church, impropriation, registers, 116 Barometer, general state of, at Brighton, App., 3 Barrovps at West Stoke, 75; Treyford, 86; Steyning, 229; (See Earth works) Bartholomew, Saint, in Box and Stockbridge, 53 (See Chichester) Hartleys, manor of, 35 Barwick, arms of, 135 Basse, arms of, 235 Batescombe, arms of, 142 Battle of Hastings as represented in the Bayeux tapestry, 71, note Batworth Park, in Lyminster 144 Bavent, arms of, 235 Bayeux tapestry, account of, 71, note Beachey Head, App., 5 ; plants at, App., 10 Beale, arms of, 147 Beaubush, manor of, 222 Beauchamp, arms of, 100 Beau/;1erk, arms of, 223 Bedeham, manor of, 154-5 Beeding, in Burbeach, parish of, 220 ; divided into two parts. Upper Beeding, ib. ; situation, extent, population, village, landholders, manors of Beeding Court, Tottington, and Horton, devised by Al fred, Roman remains found at, Priory of Sele, 221 ; Herdigelt, meaning of, ib., note ; Lower Beeding, extent, population, St. Leo nard's Forest, manor of Sela, Beaubush, and Shelley ; Holmbush, view from, scenery in the neighbourhood, 222; Serpent of St. Leonard's Forest, 223; old pamphlet on, ib., note, living, church, benefactions school, registers, 223 ; plants at, App., 10 Belknap, arms of, 201 BeUingham, arms of, 144 Benion, arms of, 56 Bepton, in Easebourne, parish of, 97 ; situation, extent, landowners, population, manor, benefice, church, benefaction, registers, ib. Bersted (See Southbersted) Betteswortb, arms of, 92 Beyham Abbey, plants at, App., 10 Bickley, arms of, 73 Biddulph, arms of, 171 Bidlington, tithing and manor of, 226 Bigenor, manor of, 174 Bignor, in Bury, parish of, 149; extent, soil, situation, ib. ; tithing of Budington, village, population, landowners, manor, Bignor Park, Charlotte Smith, notice of, 150 benefice, church, inscription, claim to tbe scite of Ad Decinum, Roman remains found at, Roman road, registers, 151 Billinghurst, in West Easewrith, parish of, 165 ; extent, rivulets, popu lation, situation, Roman road. Stone- street Causeway, ib. ; manor, hamlet of Hadfold Hern, landowners, Summers, mansion of, bene fice, church, inscriptions, registers, 166 Binderton, tithing of, 82 Binstead, in Avisford, parish of, 114 ; situation, extent, populatiou, ib. ; landowners, village, manor, benefice, church, registers, 120 Biographies (See memoirs) Birdham, in Manhood, parish of, 43; situation, extent, enclosure of common, village, canal, manors of Birdham Bromer, Birdham Court Barnes, and Cawdrey ; landholders, living, church, school, regis ters, ib. Bisham, chapelry of, 1 14 ; manor of, ib. Bishop, rude figure of a, 205 Bishops, list of, 31 Bishopp, Lord De La Zouche, family and arms of, 157 Bishopshurst, manor of, 254 Blackdown Lodge, 95, 182 ; plants at, App., 10 Blackstone, tithing of, 256 Blakehurst, manor of, 144 Blanks, in Shipley, 246 Blount, arms of, 167 Boat, British, found at North Stoke, 147 Bodecton (See Burton) Bognor Rocks, 63; hamlet of; lodge, temperature, hotels, 64; chapel of ease, 65; plants at, App., 10 Bolder, arms of, 201 Boley, hamlet of, 66 Bolney, plants at, App., 10 Bosham, hundred of, 69 Bosham, parish of, 70 ; situation, cell in, extent, population, land owners, old park, village, lordship of, inhabited by Harold, ib. ; exemptions of the hundred and manor, 71 ; manor of, 179 ; Bayeux tapestry, ib. note ; residence of Lord J. G. Lennox ; hamlets of Walton, Old Fishbourne, Bradbridge, priory, bene fice, church, Saxon idols found at, benefactions, registers, 72 Botany of Sussex, App., 5 Bowdom (See Eartham) Bow Hill, App., 5 Bowsey House, in Kingston, 216 Bowyer, Bart., family and arms of, 47 Box and Stockbridge, hundred of, 44 Boxgrove, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 58 ; Extent, situation, population, landowners, manor, Strettington, manor, East Hamp- neit, ib. ; Halnaker House, ruins of, Priory of Boxgrove, benefice, church, S9 ; inscriptions, hospital, benefactions, school rooms, Goodwood, 60; Richmond family, registers, 61 ; plants at, App., 10 ; deanery of, App., 77 Bracklesham, manor of, 38; plants at, App., 10 Bradbridge, hamlet of, 72 ; manor of, 167 Bradwardine, Thomas, notice of, 17 Bramber, rape of, situation, extent, divisions, 185-86 Bramber Castle and Barony, descent of, 186-87 Bramber Farm, at North Mundham, 47 Bramber, borough of, 226 ; situation, extent, soil, population, formerly a market town and borough, landowners, manors of Bramber and Bidlington, castle, ib.; benefice, church, registers, 227 ; plants at App., 10 ; parliamentary^ history, App., 33 ; representatives' App., 34 Braose, arms and family of, 186 Braytesford, arms of, 235 Bridger, arms of, 245 Briefs directed to Shoreham, 209, note Brightford, hundred of, 192 Brightling Hill, App., S Brighton, climate of, App., 2 ; soil, analysis of the water, ib. ; preva lent winds, general state of thermometer and barometer, dis eases prevalent at. Hospital, Dispensary, Eye Infirmary, difference in climate between different parts, mineral waters at the German Spa, App., 3; plants at, App., 10; parliamentary history, App., 35 Brimfast Farm, at North Mundham, 47 INDEX. 111. British remains found at North Stoke, 147; Storrington, 160 ; SuUing ton, 239 British urn found at Storrington, 160 Broadbridge, manor of, 238 Broadwater, in Brightford, pari.sh of, 193 ; extent, soil, situation, popu lation, Cissbury encampment, Roman remains found at, ib. ; manor, Offington estate and manor, De La Warr, family of, 194 ; Offing ton House, Worthing, a hamlet of Broadwater, 196 ; origin, visit of Princess Amelia, act of parliament, advantages of its situation, encroachments ofthe sea, neighbourhood, 197; the town, Steyne, Park-crescent, Warwick House, Market, Theatre, chapel of ease, dissenting chapels, inns, libraries, baths, national schools, manor, 198 ; benefice of Broadwater, church, monuments, benefaction, registers, 199 Broadwood, arms of, 222 Brodnax, arms of, 77 Browne, Viscount Montague, arms of, 99 Buckfold, manor of, 179 Buckle, arms of, 92 Buddington, hamlet of, 98 ; tithing of, 150 Bulstrode, arms of, 82 Bulverhythe, plants at, App,, 10 Buncton chapelry, 244 Burbeach, hundred of, 220 Burpham, in Poling, parish of, 146 ; situation, extent, landowners, village, population, manor, Wepham, Pipering, benefice, church, entrenchment, registers, ib. Burrell, Bart., arms of, 217 Burrell, Sir C. M., notice of, 248 Burrell, Walter, Esq., notice of, 253 Burrell, Sir William, Bart., notice of, 250 Burton, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 171; situation, extent, population, manor, ib.; park, ancient mansion of the Gorings, Catholic cha pel, benefice, church, inscriptions, organic remains of an elephant, registers, 172 Burton (See West Burton) Bury, hundred of, 147 Bury, parish of, 148; situation, extent, population, village, intricate passag'e of the river, ib. ; Bury Hill, view from, manor, West Burton, benefice, church, registers, 149 Butler, arms of, 239 Butterstocks, in Shipley, 246 Buttolphs, in Steyning, parish of, 231 ; situation, extent, soil, popula tion, manor of Annington, its claim to the scite of Vipont, Roman remains, benefice, church, registers, ib. Buxted, plants at, App., 10 Byne, arms of, 233 Byrch, arms of, 47 Byworth, manor of, 179 C. Cakeham, manor of, 39 Calceto De, priory of, 123, J 14 Camois, arms of, 90 Camp Hill, in South Stoke, 147 Campions, in Thakeham, 240 Canal, Arun and Wey Junction, 155 Canal, Portsmouth and Arundel, 43, 45, 48, 51, S3, 113-14- 5 Canoe, British, found at North Stoke, 147 Cantalupe, arms of, 194 Carew, arms of, 88 Carryll, family and arms of, 87, 269 Cartwright, Rev. Edmund, notice of, 145 Castle at Chichester, 6; Midhurst, 93; Farnhurst, 104 ; of Arundel, 124; Gorinjf, 139, Amberley, 158; New Shoreham, 213 ; Bramber, 226; Knepp, 247 ; Midhurst, 267 Cathedral of Chichester, 20 Catholic chapel at Easebourne, 99 ; Burton, 172 Cawdrey, manor of, 43 Cawley, William, notice and arms of, 7 Chailey, planta at, App., 10 Champions, in West Grinstead, 251 Chanctonbury Ring, in Washington, 232, App., 5 Chancton, manor of, 234 Chapel (See North Chapel) Chapelries, origin of, 55, note Chapman, arms of, 57 Charcoal, manufactory of, 182 Charlton, tithing of, 81 ; manor of, 228; plants at, App., 10 Chaucer, flne MS. copy of, 178, note Cheesman, arms of, 88 Chesnut tree at Petworth, 179 Chest in Siddlesham church, 42 ; in Climping church, 113 Cbestham in Henfield, 257 Chesworth, manor of, 263 ; mansion of, 264 Cheynell, Dr., notice of, 12 ; note, 179 Chiche, arms of, 67 Chichester rape, situation, extent, and divisions of, 1-2 Chichester and Arundel Castle and Barony, descent of, 2-3-4 Chichester, Baron Templemore, arms of, 264 Chichester, city of, 4; situation, ib. ; extent, population, a Belgic city, occupation by the Romans, Doomsday account of, 5 ; mints al, murage grant, walls, castle, military history, siege, 6; Cawley, William, notice of, 7; religious houses, civil government, 8; .streets in, cross, council house, 10; assembly room, theatre, mar ket house, II ; parochial divisions, ib. ; St. Peter the Great, ib. ; church of, Chillingworth, VVilliam, notice of, ib. ; Cheynell, Dr,^ notice of, 12, note; Juxon, Archbishop, notiee of, 13; living, re gisters, ib. ; All Saints in the Pallant, situation, population, church. Hex in, living, registers, ib. ; St. Andrew, alms houses, Collins, William, notice and monument of, ib. ; living, registers, 14; S(. Martin's church, population, living, registers, ib. ; St. Olave, po pulation, registers, the Smiths, notice of, living, ib. ; St. Peter the Less, church, population, living, registers, ib. ; St. Pancras, ib. ; situation, the Harnet, population, church, the Litton, Kingsham, living, registers, 15; St. Bartholomew, church, population, living, registers, ib. ; St. Peter Juxta-Gilden-Hall, and St. Mary in Foro, churches destroyed, ib. ; St. John's chapel, 16; dissent ing chapels, ib. ; Hospital of St. Mary, ib. ; Hospital of St, James and St. Mary Magdalen, ib. ; Bradwardine, Thomas, notice of, 17 ; schools, infirmary, manufactures and trade, benefactions, 18; markets and fairs, 19; the port, ib.; poor, 20; Mechanic's Insti tution, Literary Society, ib. ; cathedral, ib. ; the Bishop's Palace Deanery, Vicar's College, 24; Prebendal Free School, 25j; paro chial prebends, 26; Vicar's choral, ib. ; residentiaries, ib. ; trea suryship and sextons, 29 ; bishops, list of, 36; mean temperature of, App.,2; dispensary, App,. 4; plants at, App., 10; parliamentary history, App., 36; representatives, App., 38; archdeaconry of, App., 77; deanery of, ib. IV. INDEX. Chidham, in Bosham, parish of,"T2 ; situation, extent, population, ib. ; Chidham wheat, village, embankments, manor,' benefice, church, charity, registers, 73 Childs, in Thakeham, 240 Chilgrove, manor of, 82 Chillingworth, William, notice of, 11 Chiltington (See West Chiltington) Chithurst, in Dumpford, parish of, 91 ; extent, situation, population, manor, benefice, ib. Cliolmondeley, Earl of Newburgh, arms of, 68 Cinque Ports, App., 58 ; origin, interference of Lord Warden, privileges, right of the inhabitants to vote, ib ; number of local government, App. 59 ; anecdotes of the mayors, ib., note ; right of admission to freedom, Mr. Moore's mandamus, extracts frora Custumal, first returns. Lord Warden returning officer, App., 59 Cissbury Hill, in Broadwater, 19S Clanvowe, arms of, 100 Clapham, in Brightford, parish of, 200; situation, extent, population, village, landowners, manor, Michelgrove estate,, ib. ; Shelley family, Michelgrove mansion, demesne, living, 201 ; church, mo numents, registers, 202 Claverton, arms of, 88 Clayton, in Lewes rape, plants at, App., 10 Clayton, in Washington, 232 Clifton, number of days rain falls at, App., 1 Climate of Sussex, App., 1 Climping, in Avisford, parish of, 112 ; situation, remains of Cudlow parish, extent, landed proprietors, village, manors, Atherington hamlet, religious house at, tithings of the four partners, Climping and Ford, benefice, ib. ; church, oak chest in, tower, registers, 113 Clothalls, in West Grinstead, 252 Clympsfold, manor of, 167 Coates, in Bury, parish of, 154; situation, extent, population, manor, castellated mansion, benefice, registers, ib. Cockbush, plants at, App., 10 Cocking, in Easebourne, parish of, 96 ; situation, extent, soil, landed proprietors, population, village, manor, living, church, benefac tion, registers, ib. Coffer found at Walberton, 1 17 Coins, Saxon, found at South Stoke, 121 Cokeham, manor of, 205 ; hospital at, ib, Coldwaltham, in Bury, parish of, 151 ; situation, extent, ib.; park, village, population, manor, Watersfield hamlet, benefice, church, registers, 152 College ofthe Holy Trinity, Arundel, 129 Collins, William, notice and monument of, 13 Coltons, in Thakeham, 240 Colworth, manor of, 54 Comber, arms of, 260 Comber, Dr. Thomas, notice of, 259 Commandery of Knights of St. John, 91 Commandery of Knights of St. John at Poling, 143 Commerell, arms of, 167 Compton, Marquis of Northampton, arms of, 262 Compton, in Westbourne and .Singleton, parish of, 84; situation extent, population, manor, manor house, benefice, church, ib. ; benefactions, registers, 85 Cooke, arms of, 139 Coolhurst, in Horsham, 264 Coombes, in Steyning, parish of, 230 j extent,'soil, situation, popula tion, village, encampments on Downs, landowners, Applesham, manors of Coombes and Applesham, benefice, church,, register,, ib. Cootham, hamlet of, 160 Copley, arms of, 263 1 Correction, honse of, Petworth, 175 Coultershall Mill at Petworth, 175 Courtney, arms of, 100 Cowdray park, in Easebourne, 99 Cowdray lodge, in Easebourne, 100 Cowes, Isle of Wight, climate of, App. 1 Cowfold, in Windham aud Ewhurst, parish of, 261 ; extent, situation, population, village, not mentioned in Doomsday, landowners, manors of Wallhurst, Greatwick, Wooldringfold, Gervaise, and Oakenden, living, church, monuments and inscriptions, charities, registers, ib. Cowfold, plants at, App. 10 Cowper, Earl Cowper, arms of, 1 67 Cowper, of Ditcham, arms of, 88 Crawley Elm, App., 6 Creolle, arms of, 67 Crockerland and the Daw, in Box and Stockbridge, 53; situation, ib. Croly's Life and Times of George IV., extract from, 106 Crosbie, pedigree of, 48 Cross at Chichester, 10 Crowborough Beacon, App., 5 Crowhurst, Yew at, App., 6 Cuckfield, plants at, App., 10 Cudlow, remains of the parish of, 112 Custom House at Shoreham, 212 Custumal of Cinque Ports, App., 59 D. Dale Park, in Madehurst, 120 Daily's Chichester Guide, extract from, 30 Daily's History of Bognor, ditto, UO Dallingrudge, arms of, 82 Dallington, deanery of, App., 76 Daw, the, in Box and Stockbridge, 53 Dawlish, Devon, climate of, App., 1 Dawtrey, arms of, 152 De Alta Ripa, arms of, 152 Deanery of Arundel, App., 77 ; Boxgrove, ib. ; Chichester, ib. ; Dal lington, App., 76; Hastings, ib. ; Lewes, ib., Midhurst, Addenda; Pagham, App., 77 ; Pevensey, App., 76 ; South Mailing, App., 77 ; Storrington, Addenda Decoy at Poling, 142 Dedisham, manor of, 166, 168 De Haia, arms of, 58 De La Planche, arms of, 201 De La Warr, Lord, family and arms of, 194 Dell Quay, 19, 50 Den, manor of, 268 Denne, manor of, 263 Dennett, pedigree of, 256 ; Devenyshe, arms of, 58 Dialpost, in West Grinstead, 255 Dickins, family of, 264 INDEX. Didlesfold, manor of, 182 Didling, in Dumpford, parish of, 85; situation, extent, soil, ib. ; vil- age, population, manor, benefice, church, registers, 86 Dispensary at Brighton, App., 3 Dispensary at Chichester, App., 4 Dispensary at Hastings, App., 2 Dispensary at Tunbridge Wells, App., 4 Diseases prevalent at Brighton, App., 3 Ditcham, hamlet of, 88 Ditcheling Beacon, App., 5 Ditcheling, plants at, App., 10 Divisions, ecclesiastical, App., 76 ; Addenda Dock Yard at Itchenor, 44; Littlehampton, 133; New Shoreham, 211 Donne, manor of, 167 Donnington, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 48 ; situation, extent, landed proprietors, village, population, manor, living, church, ib. ; inscriptions, registers, 49 Doomsday, table of, App., 79 Downs, the, App., 5; plants on, App., 12 Dowring, arms of, 195 D'Oyley, arms of, 82 Drayton, manor of, 54 Drove House, in Singleton, 81 Drungewick, manor of, 155, 167 Drury, arms of, 79 Dulany Cottage, at Patching, 219 Dumpford, hundred of, 85; manor of, ib. Duncton, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 170 ; situation, extent, popula tion. Beacon on Duncton Hill, village, manor, Roman remains found at, benefice, benefactions, registers, ib. Durfold, Abbey of, 92 Durrington, in Brightford, parish of, 199 ; extent, situation, population, ib.; manor, great tithes, remains of chapel, registers, 2O0 E. Earnley, in Manhood, parish of, 36 ; situation, extent, population, ib. ; Almodington, manor, Earnley farm, benefice, church, registers, 37 Eartham, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 61 ; situation, extent, population, village, landed proprietors, manor, ib. ; Hayley's villa, living, church, inscriptions, registers, 62 Earthworks at Funtingdon, 74; South Stoke, 121 ; High-down, 137; Burpham, 146; North Stoke, 147; Hardham, 153; Broadwater, 193 ; Coombes, 230; (See also Barrows) Easebourne, hundred of, 95 Easebourne, parish of, 98; situation, extent, landed proprietors, village, manor, priory, hamlets of Buddington and Hollist, ib. ; Hollist House, living, church, inscriptions,* Catholic chapel, school. House of Industry, Cowdray Park, 99 ; paintings at, death of Lord Montague, Cowdray Lodge, registers, 100 Easewrith hundreds (See East and West Easewrith) Eastbourne, plants at, App., 10 Eastbrooke, manor of, 217 East Dean, in Westbourne andSingleton, parish of, 79; derivation, ib ; situation, extent, population, village, manor, Selhurst Park, living, church, claim to be considered a royal viil, registers, 80 East Easewrith, hundred of, 237 East Ferring, manor of, 137 Eastergate, in Avisford, parish of, 116; situation, extent, population. landed proprietors, village, manor, prebend of Gates, benefice, church, registers, ib. East Grinstead, parliamentary history of, 40; representatives, 41 East Hampnett, tithing of, 58 East Lavant, in Aldwick, parish of, 68; situation, extent, populatiou, landed proprietors, school, benefaction, ib. ; West Lavant, manor, living, church, monumental inscriptions, registers, 69 East Marden, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 83 ; situation, extent, population, ib.; village, manor, prebend of, benefice, church, registers, 84 Eastover Ferry, in Stopham, 173 East Preston, (See Preston) East Thorney, manor of, 35, 38 East Wittering, in Manhood, parish of, 37; situation, extent, popula tion, village, ib. ; manors, proprietors, Stubcroft farm and chantry, chapel, living, church, registers, 38 Ecclesden, manor of, 141 Ecclesiastical divisions, App., 76; Addenda Edburton, in Burbeach, parish of, 224; situation, extent, population, hamlet of Fulking, village, landowners, manor. Truly manor, Pleathorne farm, Roman coins found at, benefice, church, regis ters, ib. ; plants at, App., 10 Edmonds, arms of, U4 Egdean, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 174; situation, extent, village, population, manor, Bigenor, living, church, registers, ib. Egremont, Earl of, arms of, 177; lines on, 179 Electors, (See Voters) Elephant, organic remains of, 172 Elevation, influence of, on vegetation, App., 5, note Elliott, arms of, 114 Elm at Crawley, App., 6 Elmer, tithing of. III; manor of, ib. Elson, arms of, 54 Elsted, in Dumpford, parish of, 89 ; situation, inclosure of marsh, ex tent, population, landowners, village, manor, benefice, church, registers, ib. Ems river, 70 Eridge Park, plants at, App., 10 Ernley, arms of, 37 Erringham-Braose, manor of, 214 Erringham-Walstead, manor of, 314' Eslinglon, arms of, 58 Etchingham, arms of, 82, 264 Etons, manor, of, 244-5 Eversfield, arms of, 228, 263 Ewhurst and Windham, hundred of, 258 Ewhurst, manor of, 259; ancient mansion of, 260 Exmouth, Devon, climate of, App., 1 Extent of parishes, App.,[.80; difficulty of obtaining correct informa tion as to, 245 Eye Infirmary at Brighton, App., 3 Fagg, Bart., arms of, 234 Fairlight Down, App., 5 Fairlight, plants at, App., 10 False parasites, App,, 7; list of, App., 9 Farnhurst, in Easebourne, parish of, 104; derivation, extent, situation, landowners, village, population, manor, Verdley manor, castellated VOL. II. VI. INDEX. building, benefice, church, prospect from Henly Hill, registers, ib. Fauconer, arms of, 201 Featherstonehaugh, Bart., arms of, 88 Felpham, in Avisford, parish of, 106; situation, extent, landed pro prietors, population, village, Hayley's villa, portraits formerly at, manor, ib.; Flansham and Ancton hamlets, benefice, church, font, inscriptions, Jackson, Rev. Cyril, D D., notice of, 106; epi taph on a blacksmith, ib., note; Hayley, William, Esq., notice of, 108 ; epitaph on, 1 10 ; works of. 111 ; registers, ib. Fenner, arms of, 39 Penning, manor of, 92 Ferriug, in Poling, parish of, 136; situation, ib. ; extent, population, landowners, manor, episcopal residence. East Ferring, the resi dence of the Westbrookes, impropriation, benefice, church. High Down Hill, earthwork on, 137; Miller Oliver's tomb, 138; description of the miller, ib., note ; registers, 138 Field Place, in Goring, 139 in Warnham, 269 Fig trees at Tarring, 191 Findon, in Brightford, parish of, 202; extent, population, situation, landowners, manor, Findon Place, ib.; manor and mansion of Muntham, Frankland, William, Esq., notice of, Findon Park, 203 ; hounds kept at, sheep fair, benefice, church, registers, 204 Firle Beacon, App., 5 FisVibourne (See Old and New Fishbourne) Fishers, at North Mundham, 47 Fishersgate, hundred of, 214 Fittleworth, in Bury, parish of, 154; situation, extent, population, vil lage, Lee manor, Beedham, or River Hill, prebend, living, church, ib. ; benefactions, registers, 155 Fitzalan, Earls of Arundel, list of, 3 ; arms of, ib. Fitzhall, in Iping, 102 Fitzlen, in Lodsworth, 95 Fitznichol, arms of, ICO Flansham, hamlet of, 107 ; manor of, ib. Fleets fitted out in 1316, 209 Flushing, Devon, climate of, App., 1 Ford, family and arms of, 87-8 Ford, in Avisford, parish of, 1 13 ; situation, extent, soil, canal, fishery, landowner.?, village, population, manor, ib. ; derivation, ib., note ; living, church, registers, 114 Forest, Houghtou, 148; St. Leonard, 222; serpent of, 223; plants at, App., II Forest Ridge, App., 5 Forest Plants, App., 7; list of, App., 8 Forster, arms of, 90 Four Partners, tithing of, 112 ; Frankland, arms of, 203 Frankland, William, notice of, 203 Frant, plants at, App., 10 Freeland, arms of, 76 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, climate of, App., 1 Freysell, arms of, 79 Fryern, or Frier's Land, in Storrington, 160 Fulking, hamlet of, 224 Funtington, in Bosham, parish of, 73; situation, extent, population, landed proprietors, salubrity of air, manor, hamlets of Funting ton, West Ashling, and East Ashling, Sennicots, Oakwood, earlh- woik at Ashling, living, church, inscriptions, benefactions, regis ters, 74 G. Gaol, at Petworth, 176; county, at Horsham, 262 Gardner, arms of, 274 Garton, arms of, 171 Garway, arms of, 114 Gentleman's Magazine, extracts from, 145, 164 German Spa at Brighton, App., 3 Gervaise, in Cowfold, 261 Gibbons, Grinling, carvings of, 79, 178 Glass, painted at Stopham, 173 Glating Hill, in Sutton, 169 Goodwood, in Boxgrove, 60 Goring, arms of, 172, 232 Goring, in Poling, parish of, 138; situation, extent, village, popula tion, manor, ib. ; impropriate tithes. Field Place, landowners. Castle Goring, benefice, church, inscriptions, families in 1724, re gisters, 130 Gosport, Hants, mean temperature of, App., 2 Gough's British Topography, extracts from, 4 Graffham, in Easebourne, parish of, 95; situation, extent, population, landed proprietors, village, manor, ib. ; benefice, church, chari ties, Nonae Roll, registers, 96 Grandison, arms of, 82 Gratwicke, arms of, 141 Greatham, in West Easewrith, parish of, 160; extent, ib ; situation village, bridge, manor house of the Milles, benefice, church, regis ters, 161 Greatwick, in Cowfold, 261 Great Todham, in Midhurst, 93 Grimsham, tithing of, 6.5-6 Grinstead (See East and West Grinstead) Groves, arms of, 47 Groves, manor of, 54 Gunter, arms of, 78 H. Habenbridge, 92 Hadfold Hern, hamlet of, 166 Hall, arms of, 82 Halnaker, in Boxgrove, 58 Hamilton, " Single-speech," notice of, 50 Hamilton, William, notice of, .50 Hammes, manor of, 41 Hampden, arms of, 194 Hamper, pedigree of, 187 Hampnett (See East and West Hampnett) Hampshires, in Shi|)ley, 246 Hampton (See Littlehampton) Harcourt, Daniel, notice of, 135 Hardham, in Bury, parish of, 152; situation, extent, village, popula tion, manor, Heringham Priory, ib.; heraldic ornament of the St. Johns, benefice, church. Yew iu church-yard, tunnel, Roman camp, registers, 153 Harland, Thomas, burnt, 256 Harnet at Chichester, 51 Harold resides at Bosham, 70 ; goes from thence to Normandy, ib, ; grasped the crown, 71 ; death, ib. Hartfield, plants at, App., 10 INDEX. vn. Harting, in Dumpford, parish of, 87 ; situation, extent, soil, landed proprietors, village, population, manor, seat of the Husseys, Harting Place, Lady Holt Park, the seat of the Carrylls, John Caryll, notice of. West Harting, Fair Oak Lodge, Up Park, ib. ; hospital, ib., note ; family of Ford, Ditcham hamlet, Torbarrow Hill, telegraph, benefice, church, charities, 88; registers, 89; plants at, App., 10 Hastings, battle of, as represented in the Bayeux tapestry, 71, note Hastings, mean temperature of, App., 2; climate of, ib. ; dispensary at, ib.; plants at, App., 10; parliamentary history of, App., 60; representatives App., 62; deanery of, App., 76 Havercamp, arms of, 20 1 Hawkesborne, manor of, 263 Hawking Sopers, manor of, 241 Hawkins, arms of, 150 Hawkwood, arms of, 201 Haycross, in Lyminster, 145 Hayley, WiUiam, register of birth, 13; seat at Eartham, 62; aims of, ib. ; notice of, 109 Heath common, 240-41 Hedge plants, App., 7; list of, App., 9 Heene, in Brightford, parish of, 192; situation, extent, population, landowners, a chapelry of Tarring, manor, ib. ; chapel taken down, encroachment.s ofthe sea, registers, 193 Hellebore, account of, App. 8, note Henfield, in Tipnoak, parish of, 256; extent, situation, population, village, landowners, manor, ib ; manor of Wantley, Chestham, be nefice, church, monumental inscriptions, benefactions, Stapleton, Dr. Thomas, notice of, 257 ; registers, 258 ; plants at, App. 10. Henly Hill, in Farnhurst, 104 Henshaw, arras, of, 254 Henshaw, Dr. Joseph, notice of, 254 Herdigelt, meaning of, 221, note Heringham Priory, 152 Heronry, at Angmering, and Parham parks, 140 Herstmonceux, yew at, App. 7 Hewells, manor o*', 263 Heyshot, iu Easebourne, parish of, 96; situation, extent, ancient camp, population, landed proprietors, manor, Hoyle hamlet, ib. ; living, church, registers, 97 Hibernow, manor of, 184 Highden, in Wasliington, 232 Highdovvn Hill, in Ferring, 137 Higgens, arms of, 149 Hill in Slinfold, 167 Hills in Horsham, 263 Hiorne's Tower at Arundel, 128 Hoelands, manor of, 45 Holbrook, in Horsham, 263 Hollist, hamlet of, 99 Hollycombe, in Linch, 103 Holmbush, in Beeding, 222 Holmes, pedigree of, 130 Homesteads, at Sidlesham, 41 Honywood, arms of, 26S Hoo, arms of, 263 Hope, manor of, 168 Hops grown in each parish in Sussex, table of, App 78 Hore, John, notice of, 118 Horsham, borough and parish of, 262 ; derivation, ib., note ; extent, situation, populalian, the town, mineral springs, market, fairs, municipal regulations, assizes formerly held at, sessions, town-hall, county gaol, 262; a borough by prescription, descent of the lord ship, manors of Shortsfield, Marlpost, Nutham, Roughly, Hawks- borne, Hewells, Denne, and Chisworth, landowners, Horsham Park, Hurst Hill, Holbrook, Hills, 263 ; Chesworth House, Cool hurst, Scrase, family of, 264; Springfield, Honywood, family of, benefice, 265 ; church, monument, chanlrie.s, brotherhood, school, benefactions, place for dissenting worship, Hortresham, Nicholas, notice of, registers, 266 ; plants at, App., II ; parlia mentary history, App., 42; representatives, App., 44 Horton, manor of, 221 Hortresham, Nicholas, notice of, 266 Hospital, County, at Brighton, App., 3 ; Chichester, App., 4 Houghton, in Bury, parish of, 148; situation, extent, village, population, landowner, manor, Houghton Forest, living, chapel, inscription, bridge, registers, ib. ; plants at, App., 1 1 Houndgate Rocks, 63 Howard, Earls of Arundel and Dukes of Norfolk, list of, S-4; arms of, 3; family of, 4, 187 Howard, Philip, Earl of Arundel, notice of, 4 Howcroft, manor of, 207 Howick, manor of, 168 Hoyle, hamlet of, 97 Hunston, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 45; situation, extent, landed proprietors, village, manors, Hoelands, benefice, church, registers, ib. Hunston, in Storrington, 160 Hunter, arms of, 219 Hurst, arms of, 264 Hurst Hill, in Horsham, 263 Hurstperpoint, plants at, App., II Hurston, manor of, 167 Hushing Pool at Selsey, 34 I. Idol, Saxon, found at Bosham, 72 Ifield, iu Burbeach, parish of, 225 ; situation, extent, population, vil lage, landowners, iron-stone found at, manor, Ifield Court, living, church, monuments, registers, ib. Iping, in Easebourne, parish of, 102 ; extent, soil, situation, landed proprietors, village, population, manor, Fitzhall, paper mill, living, church, registers, ib. Iron found at Ifield, 225 Isle of Wight, climate of, App., 1 Itchenor (See West Itchenor) Itchingfield, in East Easewrith, parish of, 242 j situation, extent, soil, village, population, scenery, landowners, benefice, , church, jb. ; font, benefactions, registers, 243 Jackson, Rev. Cyril, DD., notice of, 107 Jennirogs, arms of, 82 Jermyn, arms of, 78 Jessops, in Ashurst, 244 John, St., arms of, 58 John, St., Liberty of, 94 , Commandery of, ib. ; Commandeiy at Poling, 143 vm. INDEX. Jordan's, in Ifield, 225 Juxon, arms of, 13, 254 Juxon, Archbishop, notice of, 254 K Kempe, arms of, 67 Keymer, plants at, App., 1 1 Keynor, manor of, 41 King-lye Bottom, at West Stoke, 75 King's Barns, in West Grinstead, 252 Kingsham, at Chichester, 15 Kingston by Sea, in Fishersgate, parish of, 215 ; Pennant's account of, ib. note; extent, situation, population, village, fishery, manor, ib. ; derivation, ib. note ; Bowsey House, living, church, road from Brighton, registers, 216 Kingston, in Poling, parish of, 136; extent, situation, landowners, population, manor, constituent in ecclesiastical matters of Fer ring, ib. Kirdford, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 183; situation, extent, popula tion, landowners, manor, Shillinglee manor and park, mansion, ib. ; manors of Pleistow and Hibernow, quarries of Sussex marble, geo logical account of, ib. ; benefice, church, charities, registers, 184 Kitchingham, arms of, 274 Kithurst, in Storrington, 160 Knepp, manor of, 246 ; ancient castle of, lb. ; modern castle of, 247 Knight, arms of, 77, 144 Knight, Doctor, notice of, 142 Knipersley, arms of, 47 Knucker Hole, at Lyminster, 145 L. Lady-holt park, in Harting, 87 Lagnesis, hamlet of, 66 Lamberhurst, plants at, App., 11 Lancing, North and South, in Brightford, parish of, 206 ; soil, situation, extent, village, landowner, manors of North Lancing and Monks, ib. ; manor of Howcroft, the salts gained by embankment, Roman barrows opened on the Downs, their contents, views from the spot, benefice, church, monuments, registers, 207; plants at, App., 11 Langley Fort, plants at, App , 1 1 Latitude and longitudes, table of, App., 78 Lavant (See East Lavant, and Midlavant) Lavant River, 76 Laybrook, in Thakeham, 240 Laythorne, at North Mundham, 46 Lead, Roman, found at Pulborough, 164 Lee, manor of, 154 ; arms of, ib. Leeves, arms of, 119 Leigh, arms of, 184 Lennox, Duke of Richmond, arms of, 60; family of, 61 Leonard, Saint, Forest of, 222; serpent at, 223; plants at, App., 11 Levitt, arms of, 155 Lewes, plants at, App., 11; parliamentary history, App., 46; representa tives, App., 48; archdeaconry of, App., 76; deanery of, ib. Lewknor, arras of, 82 Linch, in Easebourne, parish of, 102; situation, extent, population, landed proprietors, ib. ; village. Woodman's Green, manor, Holly combe, benefice, church, registers, 103 Linchmere, in Easeboume, parish of, 103; situation, extent, popula tion, landowners, manor. Priory ot Shulbrede, remains of, paintings on wall, ib.; benefice, church, charities, registers, 104 Little Hampton, in Poling, parish of, 132; situation, extent, village, population, harbour, ib. ; ferry. Empress Matilda lands at, Philip Earl of Arundel, taken at, 133; picture taken at, ib., note; a watering place, beach, terrace, common, baths, manor. Bailie's Court Farm, landowners, benefice, church, 133; benefactions re corded in, new church, registers, 134; inscription in churchyard for Rev. E. Cartwright, 146; plants at, App., 11 Litton, at Chichester, 13 Lloyd, Bart., arms of, 206 Lodsworth, liberty of, 94 ; situation, extent, ib. j exemptions, manor, river, park. Black Down, Fitzlen, benefice, church, registers, 95 London, number of days rain falls at, App., 1 Lordlington, hamlet of, 78 Lowfold, manor of, 155 Loxwood, manor and chapelry of, 155 Lurgashall, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 181 ; extent, village, popula tion, ib. ; landowners, manors of River and Didlesfold, Black- down Lodge, benefice, church, registers, 182 Luxemburg, arms of, 100 Lychpole, manor of, 205 Lydsey, hamlet of, 55 Lyminster, or Leominster, in Poling, parish of, 143; situation, extent I soil, population, village, landed proprietors, nunnery. Abbess of seduced, Benedictine Priory, ib. ; Augustine Priory of De Calceto, manors, Wick, Tottington, Warningcamp tithing, Bat worth Park, Haycross, living, 144; church, pond. Rev. Edmund Cartwright, notice of, 145; registers, 146 BI. Madehurst, in Avisford, parish of, 120 ; situation, extent, village, po pulation, manor. Dale Park, ib. ; landowner, benefice, church, registers, 121 Maison Dieu at Arundel, 131 Malham-Ashfield, manor of, 155 Mailing (See South Mailing) , Manhood, hundred of, 32 Manor-farms, often erroneously so called, 244, note Mantell, arms of, 159 Mantell's Geol. of S. E. of England, extracts from, 63, 184 Marasion, Cornwall, climate of, App., 1 Marble, Sussex, account of, 184 Marden (See Up Marden, East Marden, and North Marden) Maresfield, plants at, App., 11 Margesson, arms of, 195 Marine plants, App,, 7 ; list of, App., 8 Maritime district, App. 5 Maritime plants, App. 7; list of, App., 8 Marlott, arms of, 47 Marlpost, manor of, 263 Marshes, freshwater plants of, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Marsh land, App,, 5 May, arms of, 77 Mayfield, plants at, App., U Mayors of Cinque Ports, anecdotes of, App., 59, note Meadows and pastures, plants of, App. 7 ; list of, App., 8 Medical review, App., 1 I Medmeny, manor of, 35 INDEX. IX. Medmeny, manor of, 35 Merlott's Annington, in Buttolphs, 231 Members of Parliament (See parliamentary history) Memoirs of, Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, 4; Bradwardine, .Tho mas, 17; Burrell, Sir Charles, 248; Burrell, Sir William, 250; Burrell, Walter, Esq, 253; Caryll, John, Esq., 87; Cartwright, Rev. Edmund, 145; Cawley, William, Esq., 7 ; Cheynell, Dr , 11, note ; Chillingworth, William, II ; Collins, William, 13 ; Comber, Dr. Thomas, 259; Egremont, George O'Brien, Earl of, 177; Frankland, William, Esq., 203; Hayley, William, Esq., 108; Hen shaw, Dr. Joseph, 254 ; Hortresham, Nicholas, 266 ; Jackson, Rev. Cyril, D.D., 107 ; Juxon, Archbishop, 254; Milne, Dr. Colin, 183; Montague, George Samuel, Viscount, 100; Otway, Thomas, 90; Pell, Dr. John, 218; Richmond, Charles, Duke of, 61; Sel den, John, 188; Sargent, John, Esq., 171; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 269; Shirley, Sir Anthony, 235; Shirley, Sir Robert, 236; Shirley, Sir Thomas, 236; Smith, Charlotte, 150; Sta pleton, Dr. Thomas, 257 Merry, arms of, 47 Merston, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 49 ; situation, extent, vii- lage, population, landed proprietors, manor, trout stream, Mr. Hal- sted's residence, common, benefice, church, benefaction, registers, ib. Mervyn, arms of, 92 Michelgrove, arms of, 201 Michelgrove manor, mansion, and park, 200, 201 ; plants at, App., 11 >Iichell, arras of, 269 Mida ofthe Romans, 92 Middleton, arms of, 263 Middleton, in Avisford, parish of. 111 ; suffered by encroachments of the sea, Nonae Roll, extent, situatiou, soil, village, population, manor, tithing, and manor of Elmer, benefice, church, Mrs. Char lotte Smith's sonnet in churchyard of, registers, ib. ^lidhu rst, borough of, 92; extent, Mida ofthe Romans, ib. ; manor, a borough by prescription, retums one member, quarter sessions formerly held here, civil government, market, fairs, situation, cas tle. Great Todham, benefice, church, ib. ; monuments, grammar school, charities, registers, 94 ; parliamentary history, App., 50 ; representatives, App., 51 ; deanery, Addenda Midlavant, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 76; river, situa tion, extent, ib. ; village, population, landed proprietors, manor, benefice, church, monument, registers, 77 Milland Place, in Trotton, 90 Mille, Bart., arms of, 101, 161 Miller, Bart., arms of, 69 Miller's tomb at Highdown, 137 Milne, Dr. Colin, notice of, 183 Milo, Earl of Hertford, arms of, 235 .Mineral waters at Sand Rock, Isle of Wight, analysis, of, App., 2 Mineral waters at Brighton, App., 3 MinshuU, arms of, 202 Mixen Rocks, 63 Monk, pedigree of, 160 Monks, manor of, 206 Montague, Viscount, arms of, 99 Montague, George Samuel, Viscount, death of, lOO Montford, arms of, 201 Montgomery, Earls of Arundel, list of, 2 ; arms of, ib, Moore, manor of, 179 Morley, arms of, 58 Morley, manor of, 259 Mortality, table of the law of, App., 88 Mountain plants, App., 7; list of, App., 9 Mountford, arms of, 142 •Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, family and arms of, 186-87 Mundham (See North Mundham) Muntham, in Itchingfield, 242 Muntham, manor and estate of, in Findon, 203 N. Naldret, in Rudgwick, 168^ Nash, arms of, 117 Naunton, arms of, 79 Nelthorpi;, arms of, 267 Nerbut, arms of, 195 Newburgh, Cholmondely, Earl of, arms of, 68 New Fishbourne, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 52; situation, extent, landed proprietors, population, Northlands, Watergate House, benefice, church, benefaction, Roman bath found at, registers, ib. Newhaven, plants at, App., II Newgrove, manor of, 179 Newmarch, arms of, 235 New Place, in I'oling, 143; Pulborough, 164 New Shoreham, borough of, 208; extent, population, the town, its origin, payment to Exchequer for a free port. King's mandate, ib. ; visits of John, harbour in the thirteenth century, 209; briefs ad dressed to, ib., note; fleet fitted out at, encroachments of the sea, 209; harbour in 1698, account of in 1724, 210 ; act for regulating the harbour, erection of piers, and improvement of harbour, ship building, imports, new suspension bridge, 211; custom house, manor, hospitals, priory, benefice, church, 212; date of its erec tion, ib., note ; its architecture, corn market, returns members, for merly had a castle, Slonk Hill, probably the scite of a battle, 213; registers, 214; plants at, App., 12; parliamentary history, 52 ; representatives, 55 Newtimber, plants, at, App., 11 Nitinbreham, manor of, 163 Norfolk, Duke of, arms and family of, 3, 4, 187 Normans, in Rusper, the residence ofthe Muttons since the Conquest, 273 Northbersted, tithing of, 64; chapel at, 65 North Chapel, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 182 ; situation, extent, vil lage, population, charcoal manufactory formerly at, manor, living ib. ; church, Milne, Dr. Colin, notice of, registers, 183 Northlands, in New Fishbourne, 52 North Marden, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 85; situation, extent, population, landed property, manor, living, church, regis ters, ib. North Mundham, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 45 ; situation, ex tent, landed proprietors, canal, ib ; pleasant village, manors, Runcton, Laythorne, 46; Sir Thomas Bowyer, Vinitrow, Bramber farm, Brimfast, Fishers, benefice, church, inscriptions, 47 ; re gisters, ib. North Stoke, in Poling, parish of, 147 ; situation, extent, soil, popula tion, landowner, manor, living, church, earthwork on Camp Hill, British boat found at, registers, ib. Northwood, hamlet of, 79 Norton, in Aldingbourne, 55 VOL. II. INDEX. Nunnery at Rusper, 273 Nuns' Well, in Nuthurst, 267 Nutborne, manor of, 163 Nutbourne, tithing of, 76 ; manor of, ib. Nutham, manor of, 263, 273 Nuthurst, in Singlecross, parish of, 267 ; situation, extent, population, landowner, remains of castle, Nuns' Well, manors of Sedgewick, Nuthurst, and Shortsfield, Sedgewick Park, Nuthurst Lodge, ib. ; benefice, church, monuments, registers, 268 Nuthurst, plants at, App., 11 Nytimber, tithing of, 65-6 Nyton, in Aldingboume, 55 Oakenden, in Cowfold, 261 Oakhurst, in Sidlesham, 41 Oaks, different kinds of, App., 6 ; oak tree, clay, ib. ; fine oaks at Sheffield Park, ib. Oakwood, in]Funtington, 74 Ockenden, manor of, 168 Offham, manor of, 121 ; plants at, App., 1 1 Offington, manor and estate of, 194; mansion of, 196 Old Fishbourne, hamlet of, 72 Old Park, in Bosham, 70 Old Place, in Pulborough, 164 Old Shoreham, in Fishersgate, parish of, 214 ; situation, extent, popu lation, view from windmill, village, manors of Old Shoreham, Rus per, Erringham-Walstead and Erringham-Braose, ancient ferry, 214; old bridge, 215; impropriation, benefice, church, benefac tions, registers, 2 IS Oliver, arms of, 142 Oliver, miller, tomb of, 137; account of, 138, note Onley, arms of, 163 Onslow, arms of, 155 Ore, plants at, App., 11 Oswald, John, burnt, 256 Otway, Thomas, notice of, 90 Oving, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of 53 ; situation, extent, canal, landed proprietors, village, manors, ib. ; derivation, ib., note; Shopwick, Colworth, and Woodhorne manors, Groves and Drayton, longevity of the inhabitants, living, 54; chnrch, monuments! benefactions, registers, 55 Paintings at Slindon House, 68 ; Cowdray, 99, 100 ; on walls of Shul brede Priory, 103 ; at Hayley's villa at Felpham, 106 ; Arundel Castle, 128; taken at Little Hampton, 133, note; at Amberley Castle, 159 ; Knepp Castle, 247-48 Page, arms of, 48 Pagham, in Aldwick, parish of, 65 ; situation, extent, population, landed proprietors, tithings, village, ib. ; harbour, manor, archie piscopal palace, Nytimber, Aldwicke, Boley, South Mundham, Lagness, and Grimsham, living, church. Inscriptions, registers, 66 ; plants at, App., 1 1 ; deanery of, App., 77 Palingham, manor of, 155, 179 Palmer, arms and family of, 142 Pangdean, plants at, App., 11 Pantulf, arms of, 201 Paper mill at Iping, 109 Parasites, false (See false parasites) Parasitical plants, App., 7 ; list of, App., 9 Parham, in West Easewrith, parish of, 156; extent, situation, village, population, landowner, manor, Parham Park, ib. ; heronry at, 140 ; Bisshopp, Lord De La Zouche, family of, raansion, benefice, church, font, inscriptions, registers, 157 ; plants at, App., 11 Parliamentary history of Sussex, App., 23 ; list of members, 27 ; Arun. del, 29; representatives, 31; Bramber, 33; representatives, 34; Brighton, 35; Chichester, 36; representatives, 38; East Grin stead, 40 ; representatives, 41 ; Horsham, 42 ; representatives, 44; Lewes, 46; representatives, 48; Midhurst, 50 ; representatives, 51; New Shoreham, 52; representatives, 55; Steyning, 56; re presentatives, 57; the Cinque Ports, 58; Hastings, 60; representa tives, 62 ; Rye, 63 ; representatives, 67 ; Seaford, 68 ; representa tives, 71 ; Winchelsea, 72; representatives, 74 Patching, hundred and parish of, 219; extent, soil, situation, popula tion, village, landed proprietors, Dulany Cottage, manor, ib. ; living, church, monuments, the Truffle, pond, registers, 220 Peachey, arms of, 64 Peachey, Baron Selsey, arms of, 82 Pearson's drainage plough, 245 Peckham, arms of, 56 Pellatt, arms of, 150, 228 Pell, Dr. John, notice of, 218 Penzance, Cornwall, climate of, App.,'l ; nuraber of days rain falls, ib- ; mean temperature, App., 2 Peppers, in Ashurst, 244 Percy, Lords of Petworth, arms and family of,I75 Petit, arms of, 87,201 Pett, plants at, App., 11 Petworth, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 174 ; Leland's account of, ib., note; extent, soil, population, situation of the town, 174; market house, sessions held at, market, house of correction, manor and honour of Petworth, descent of through the Percys, 176; to the Earl of Egremont, 177-78; Petworth House, carvings of Gibbon. park, 178; chapel, views from park, royal visits to, 179; sculpture at. Addenda; beautiful manuscript of Chaucer at, 179, note ; manors of Byworth, Warringcamp, Palingham, Bosham, Buckfold, Moore, and Newgrove, benefice, Cheynell, Dr., notice of, church, altar tomb, brass of. Dr. Price, 179; lines on Petworth, ib., note ; hospital, alms houses, charities, school, chapels, registers, 180 Petworth marble, account of, 184 Pevensey, plants at, App., 11 ; deanery of, App.,|76 Pevereli, arms of, 205 Pickhams, in Sidlesham, 41 Pigs of lead found at Pulborough, 164 Pinkhurst, manor of, 246 Pippering, manor of, 146 Pitt's Hill, in Tillington, 181 Plaistow, manor of, 184 Plants in Sussex, App., 6 Pleathorne, in Edburton, 224 Plough, Pearson's drainage, 245 Plumpton, plants at, App., II Poling, hundred of, 132 Poling, in Poling, parish of, 142 ; extent, situation, village, population, manor, decoy. Dr. Knight, notice of, ib. ; New Place, Stream, Commandery of the Knights of St. John, benefice, church, benefactions, registers, 143 INDEX. XI Poor's- rates, amount raised in each parish, table of, App., 80 to 87 Population of each parish, table of, App., 80 to 87 Portslade, plants at, App., II Portus Adurni, scite of, 218 Poynings, plants at, App., II Poyntz, arms of, 100 Preston, East, in Poling, parish of, 135 ; situation, extent, population, village, manor, ib. ; landowners, benefice, church, bell, benefac tions, register's, 136 Preston, in Westdean, manor of, 82 Preston, AVest, hamlet and manor of, 135 Priesthood, in Ifield, 225 Prince, arms of, 117 Prinsted, tithing of, 76 Priory of Arundel, 129; Dominican Priory at, 132 Priory of Bosham, 72 Priory of Boxgrove, 59 Priory of De Calceto, 123, 144 Priory of Easebourne, 98 Priory of Heringham, 152 Priory of Lyminster, 143 Priory of New Shoreham, 212 Priory of Sele, 221 Priory of Shulbrede, 103 Priory of Tortington, 119 Prison at Petworth, 175 ; at Horsham, 262 Property (See real property) Pulborough, in West Easewrith, parish of, 162 ; situation, extent, popu lation, village, ib. ; Roman road, Amberley trout, landowners, manor, Nutborne and Nitinbreham manors, Old Place, 163 ; New Placs, Roman fortress, Roman urns, pigs of lead and other re mains found at, 164; benefice, church, inscriptions, benefactions, registers, 165 Q. Quarries of Sussex marble, 184 Quercus Ilex at Chichester, 1 3 R. Rackham, hamlet of, 157 Racton, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 77 ; situation, extent, population, village, manor, ib. ; Stanstead Park, hamlet of Lord lington, living, inscription, registers, 78 Radimill, arms of, 173 Rain, proportionate quantity that falls, App., 1 Ramsey, arms of, 195 Rape of Arundel, situation, extent, divisions, 105 ; descent of, 2-3-4 Rape of Bramber, situation, extent, divisions, 185; descent of, 186 Rape of Chichester, situation, extent, divisions and descent of, 1-2-3 Rates (See poors' rates) Read, arms of, 87 Real property, annual value in each parish, table of, App., 80—87 Redvers, arms of, 100 Registers, parochial, date of the earliest in each parish, App., 80—87 Regnum, scite of, 5 Reliquary of wood, in Shipley church, 249 Representatives (See parliamentary history) Richardson, arms of, 202 Richmond, Duke of, arms of, 60 ; family>f, 62 Rigges, arms of, 99 Rishton, arms of, 37 River, arms of, 152 River, tithing of, 181 River Ems, 76 River Lavant, 76 River Rother, 97 River Hill, manor of, 154 River Park, manor of, 95, 182 Rock, in Washington, 232 Rock plants, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Rocks, Barn, 63 Rocks, Bognor, 63 Rocks, Houngate, 63 Rocks, Mixen, 63 Rocks, Street, 63 Rogate, in Dumpford, parish of, 91 ; situation, extent, population, ib ; village, Haben Bridge, manor, Fyning, Rogate College, Rogate Hunt, Abbey of Durfold, benefice, church, charity, registers, ib. Roman remains found at Chichester, 5 ; New Fishbourne, 52 ; West Dean, 83; Walberton, 117; other places, 148, note; Angmering, 141; Bignor, 151; Camp at Hardham, 153; Wiggonholt, 162; Pulborough, 164; Slinfold, 166; Duncton, 170; Lancing, 207; Southwick, 218; Beeding, 221 ; Edburton, 224; Buttolphs, 231 Roman road at Bignor, 151 ; Pulborough, 163-64; Billinghurst, 165; Slinfold, 166 Rooks Hill, in Singleton, 81 ; App., 5 Rose, arms of, 57 Rotherbridge, hundred of, 168 Rottingdean, climate of, App., 3 Roughey, manor of, 263 Rowdell, in Washington, 233 Rudgwick, in West Easewrith, parish of, 168; situation, extent, land owners, village, manors of Dedisham, Hope, Howick, and Ocken den, benefice, church, registers, ib. Ruins, plants of, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Rumboldswyke, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 51 ; situation, extent, canal, population, landed proprietors, manors, the Harnet, living, church, benefaction, registers, ib. Runcton, manor of, 46 Rundhurst, plants at, App., 1 1 Rusper, in Singlecross, parish of, 273 ; situation, extent, population, village, not mentioned in Doomsday, manors of Shortsfield and Nutham, landowners, Norman's farm occupied by the Muttons since the Conquest, nunnery at, ib.; benefice, church, inscriptions, benefactions, registers, 274 Rustington, in Poling, hundred of, 134 ; situation, extent, crops, tim ber, turnpike-road, village, population, manors, ib. ; manor and hamlet of West Preston, benefice, church, monuments, font, no tice of Daniel Harcourt in registers, benefaction, 135 Rye, plants at, App., 1] ; parliamentary history, App,, 63; representa tives, App., 67 Ryde, Isle of Wight, climate of, App., I Ryman, arms of, 50 S. Sackville, arms of, 57 Sakeham, manor of, 259 Salmon at Pulborough, 163 Salt, manufacture of, 51 xu. INDEX. Salts at Lancing, 207 Salvington, hamlet of, 188 Sanders, in Shipley, 246 Sandgate Lodge, in Sullington, 238 Sandown, Isle of Wight, climate of, App. I Sand, plants of, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Sand-rock, Isle of Wight, analysis of, mineral spring at, App., 2 Sargent, John, notice of, 171 Saxon coins found at South Stoke, 121 Saxon idol found at Bosham, 72 Saxon ring found at Shipley, 247 Scardeville, arms of, 152 Scott, arms of, 82 Scrase, arms of, 268 ; family of, 264 Sculpture at Petworth, Addenda Seales, arms of, 100 Seaford, parliamentary history, App , 68 ; representatives, App., 71 Sedgewick, manor of, 267 ; park, ib. Sela, manor of, 222 Selden, John, notice of, 188 Sele (See Beeding), priory of, 221 Selham, in Easebourne, parish of, 96; situatiou, extent, population, river Rother, manor, ib. ; living, church, registers, 98 Selhurst Park, in East Dean, 80 Selsey, bishops of, 31 Selsey, in Manhood, parish of, 33; historical reminiscences, ib. ; the park, ib., note; episcopal palace, situation, extent, population, lauded proprietors, animal remains, Hushing Pool, 34; village, manors, Nonae Roll, ferry, 35 ; benefice, church, inscriptions, British fortification, registers, 36; plants at, App., 12 Selsey, Peachey, Lord, arms of, 82 Sennicotts, in Funtington, 74 Serpent of St, Leonard's Forest, 223 ; old pamphlet on, ib., note Seven Households, tithing of, 65 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, climate of, App., 1 Sheffield Park, oaks in, App., 6 Shelley, arms of, 201,269 Shelley, manor of, 222 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, notice of, 269 Shermanbury, in Windham and Ewhurst, parish of, 258; extent, situ ation, population, physical geography, village, landowners, manor, ib. ; manors of Ewhurst, Morley, and Sakeham, Shermanbury Place, old house at. Comber, Dr. Thomas, notice of, 2.59 ; ancient mansion of Ewhurst, abbey lands of the prebendary, living, church, monuments, font, benefactions, registers, 261 ; plants at, App., 12 Shillinglee, manor, park, and mansion of, 183 Shipley, in West Grinstead, parish of, 245 ; different accounts of the extent, difficulty of obtaining correct information on this point, situation, soil, Pearson's draining plough used at, ib. ; water and land communications, landowners, manors of Pinkhurst and Knepp, 246; doubts of the existence of the former, ib., note; ancient castle of Knepp, 246; Saxon thumb ring found near-, modern castle, collection of paintings at, 247 ; Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart., notice of, 248; benefice, impropriation, chuich, monument, alterations in church, reliquary of wood in, benefac tions, 249 ; Burrell, Sir William, notice of, registers, 2.50 Shirley, arms of, 235 Shirley, Sir Anthony, notice of, 235 Shirley, Sir Robert, notice of, 236 Shirley, Sir Thomas, notice of, 236 Shirley, Dr. Thomas, notice of, 237 Shopwick, hamlet of, 53; manor of, 54 Shoreham (See New and Old Shoreham) Shortsfield, manor of, 263, 267, 273 Shulbrede, priory of, 103 Shulbrede, manor of, 114 Sidlesham, in Manhood, parish of, 40 ; situation, extent, landowners, population, village, manor, ib. ; prebends, Homesteds, Oakhurst, Hamme's Farm, Keynor, tide mill, 41 ; church, chest in, inscrip tions, benefactions, registers, 42 Sidmouth, Devon, climate of, App., 1 Siege of Chichester, 6; Stanstead, 79 ; Arundel, 126 Singlecross, hundred of, 267 Singleton and Westbourne, hundred of, 75 Singleton, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 80 ; extent, soil, situation, population, landed proprietors, village, manor, ib. ; Charlton tithing, Drove House, Rook's Hill, benefice, church, benefaction, registers, 81 Slate quarries at Slinfold, 166 Slindon, in Aldwick, parish of, 67 ; situation, extent, population, landed property, manor, ib ; Slindon House, an archiepiscopal palace, paintings at, view from, benefice, church, monumental inscriptions, benefactions, registers, 68 Slinfold, in East Easewrith, parish of, 166; situation, extent, Roman road, remains found at, slate quarries, landowners, ib. ; manors of Dedisham, Drungewick, or Bradbridge, Clymsfold and Donne, anJ Hurston, Thelelands Hill, Strood Place, benefice, church, inscrip tions, benefactions, 167; registers, 168; plants at, App., 12 Slonk Hill, at New Shoreham, 213 Smith, Charlotte, sonnet in Middleton church-yard. 111; notice of, 150 Smith, of Dale Park, arms of, 120 Smiths, the three brothers, notice of, 14 Smyth, arms of, 82 Smyth, Bartelott, arms of, 173 Soil, infiuence of on vegetation, App. 5 Somerley, manor of, 38 Sompting, in Brightford, parish of, 204; situation, extent, population, village, landed proprietors, manor, ib. ; manors of Sompting Pevereli, Sompting, Abbots, Lychpole and Cokeham, hospital at Cokeham, benefice, church, rude figures of a bishop and our Saviour in, enlargement of it, registers, 205 Southbersted,' in Aldwick, parish of, 63; situation, extent, soil, popu lation, landed proprietors, Bognor Rocks, ib. ; manor, Northbersted, Bognor Hamlet, Bognor Lodge, Arran Lodge, Bersted Lodge, Dome House, Spencer-terrace, Hothampton-place, East-row, mildness of climate, hotels, 64; living, church, monuments, holy cross at Northbersted, lay impropriator, chapel of ease, regis ters, 65 South Downs, App., 5; plants on, App,, 12 South Harting (See Harling) South Mailing, deanery of, 77 South Mundham. tithing of, 65, 66 South Stoke, in Avisford, parish of, 121 ; situation, extent, manors, Offham, Saxon coins, earthworks, ib. ; benefice, church, registers, 122 Southwick, in Fishersgate, parish of, 216; situation, extent,population, PortusAdurni, landowners, ib.; manorof Southwick and Eastbrooke, living, church, 218; donation to the hospital of St. John of Jeru- INDEX. xm. salcm, ib., note ; Roman remains, beliefaction, Pell, Dr. John, notice of, 218 ; registers, 219; plants at, App., 12 Spa, German, at Brighton, App., 8 Springfield, in Horsham, 265 Spring, mineral, at Sand-rock, analysis of, App., 2 St. Botolphs (See Buttolphs) St. John, arms of, 58 St. John, Liberty of, 94; commandery at, extent, commandery house, ib. St. John, Knights of, Commandery at St. John's Liberty, 94; Poling, 143 St. Leonard's Forest, 222 ; plants at, App., 1 1 Stanbridge, arms of, 167 Stanley, arms of, 154 Stanney, arms of, 37 Stanstead Park, 78 Stapleton, Dr. Thomas, notice of, 257 Statistical Tables, 78-88 Stedham, in Easebourne, parish of, 101 ; situation, extent, village, po pulation, landed proprietors, manor, ib. ; benefice, church, regis ters, 102 Steyning, hundred of, 229 Steyning, borough of, 227 ; derivation, situation, extent, 'population, formerly returned members, the town, burgages of Bramber, cattle market, ib. ; fairs, manors of Charlton, Wapingethorne, and Wickham, benefice, 228; church, ffont, 'monument. King Ethel- wolf and St. Cuthberl buried at, barrow opened at, benefactions registers, 229; parliamentary history, App., 56; representatives, App., 57 Sterile places, plants of, App., 7 ; list of, App., 8 Stockbridge, Box and, hundred of, 44 Stoke (See West, South, and North Stoke) Stone- street Causeway, 165 Stopham, arms of, 152, 173 Stopham, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 172 ; situation, ib. ; extent, po pulation, bridge, former canal, village, manor, Eastover ferry. Old Honse, benefice, church, painted-glass in, registers, 173 Storrington, in West Easewrith, parish of, 1 59 ; situation, extent, popu lation, landowners, manors, ib. ; Cootham hamlet, Hunston, Fryern or Friers land, Kithurst, benefice, church, monuments, British urn found at, benefactions, registers, 160 ; deanery. Addenda Stoughton, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 78; extent, situa tion, soil, population, village, manor, Stanstead estate, siege of hy Sir William Waller, ib. ; Stanstead forest, hamlets of Walderton and Northwood, Watergate, living, church, benefaction, registers, T9 Street Rocks, 63 Strettington, manor of, 58 Strood Place, in Slinfold, 167 Stubcroft farm and chantry at East Wittering, J8 Subterranean plants, App., 7 ; list of, App., 9 Sudely, arms of, 201 Sullington, in East Easewrith, parish of, 238 ; situation, extent, dis joined portion, population, manors of Sullington, Broadbridge and Wantleye, Sandgate Lodge, benefice, church, monument, ib. ; British remains found at, British urn, registers, 239 Summers, in Billinghurst, 166 Suspension Bridge at New Shoreham, 211 Sutton, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 1 68"; extent, situation, population, ib.; d village, manor, living, church, elegant window in, registers, 169 Swanbourne lake and mill, at Arundel, 123 SyhestoD, arms of, 173 Tables of, ecclesiastical divisions, App., 76; latitudes and longitudes, App., 78; hops grown in 1833, App., 78; Doomsday Book, App., 79; number of acres, App., 80 lo 87; population, ib. ; county voters, ib. ; annual value of real property, ib.; amount raised in poor's-rales, ib. ; dates of the earliest parochial registers, ib. ; law of mortality, App., 88 Tamarisk grows at Bognor, 64 Tangmere, in Aldwick, parish of, 67 ; situation, extent, population, landed proprietors, manor, benefice, church, school, endowment, registers, ib. Tapestry, Bayeux, 71, note ; arras, 79 Tarring, hundred and parish of, 187; extent, situation, population, land owners, manor, ib. ; hamlet of Salvington, Selden, John, no tice of, 188 ; benefice, parsonage row, church, window in, chantry, fig orchards, manor house, exemptions of the inhabitants, 191 ; Nonae Roll, ib., note; market, ancient mortar found at, registers, 192 Tawke, arms of, 50 Taylor, arms of, 37 Teignmouth, Devon, climate of, App., 1 Temperature, mean, at several places, App., 2, 4 Templemore, Baron, arms of, 264 Tenures, ancient, .^0, note Terwick, in Dumpford, parish of, 91 ; situation, extent, population, landowners, manor, living, church, registers, ib. Thakeham, in East Easewrith, parish of, 240 ; situation, extent. Heath Common, soil, population, village, landowners, ib.; manor, Thakeham Place, benefice, church, inscriptions, chantry, registers, 241 Thatcher, arms of, 57 .' Thelelands, in Slinfold, 167 Thermometer, general state of, at Brighton, App., 3 Thomas, Bart,, arms of, 114 Thorney Island (See West Thorney) Thorney, manor of, 44 Tide Mill, in Sidlesham, 41 Tilgate, forest plants at, App., 12 Tillington, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 180; situation, extent, popula tion, landowners, Aillngs, faraily of, village, manor, ib. ; tithings of Tillington, River, and Barlavington, village of Upperton, Pitt's Hill, benefice, church, ancient chapel, raonuraents with appropriate inscriptions, rectory house, registers, 181 Tipnoak, hundred of, %23 Todham, Great, in Midhurst, 93 Torbarrow Hill, in Harting, 88 Torquay, in Devon, climate of, App., 1 Tortington, in Avisford, parish of, 118; situation, extent population. ib. ; landowners, village, manor, Tortington House, priory at, living, church, registers, 119 Tottington, manor of, 144, 22 Town House, in Thakeham, 240 Tredcroft, arms of, 268 Tregoz, arms of, 138 VOL. II. XIV. INDEX. Treyford, in Dumpford, parish of, 86 ; situation, extent, soil, population, village, manor, benefice, church, barrows at, registers, 86 Trotton, iu Dumpford, parish of, 89; situation, extent, soil, village, population, manors, ib. ; Milland Place, benefice, church, inscrip tions, Otway, Thomas, notice of, 90 ; registers, 91 Truffles found plentifully at Patching, 220 ; Lewes and Arundel, App., 9 Truly, manor of, 224 Tunbridge Wells, dispensary at, App., 4 ; plants at, App., 12 Tunnel at Hardham, 153 Turnour, Earl of Winterton, arms of, 183 Twineham, plants at, App., 12 Twyford, arms of, 235 U. Uckfield, plants at, App., 12 Udimore, plants at, App., 12 Undercliff, Isle of Wight, climate of, App., 1 ; number of days rain falls, ib. ; mean temperature, App., 2 Up Marden, in Westbourne andSingleton, parish of, 83; extent, situ ation, population, village, manor, West Marden chapelry, Water gate, benefice, church, inscriptions, benefaction, registers, ib. Up Park, In Harting, 87, 88 Upperton, village of, 181 Up Waltham, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 62, situation, extent, population, manor, ib. ; living, church, registers, 63 Urn, British, found at Storrington, 160 ; Sullington, 239 Urn, Roman, found at Pulborough, 164 ; at Westdean, 83 Verdley, manor of, 104 Vinitrow, in North Mundham, 47 Vipont, supposed site of, 231 Voters, county, in each parish, table of, App., 80 to 87 W. Walberton, in Avisford, parish of, 116; situation, extent, ib. ; village, population, manor, Walberton House, Avisford House, Roman remains found at, 117; benefice, church, inscriptions, Hore, John, notice of, benefactions, registers, 118; Roraan remains found in other places, ib., note AValderton, hamlet of, 79 Waldron, plants at, App., 12 Waldsheffe, arms of, 235 Wallhurst, manor of, 261 Wallinchmere, manor of, 114 Walstead, manor of, 214 Waltham (See Up Waltham and Cold Waltham)^ Walton, arms of, 173 Walton, hamlet of, 72 Wantley, manor of, 257 Wantleye, manor of, 238 Wapingethorne, manor of, 228 Ward, arras of, 252 Warminghurst, in East Easewrith, parish of, 239 ; situation, extent, po pulation,' village, landowner, manor, manor house, ib. ; view from, living, church, monumental inscriptions, registers, 240 ; waste lands enclosed, 244 Warnham, in Singlecross, parish of, 268 ; situation, extent, population. village, Warnham Court, manor. Den, landowners, ib. ; mansion of the Carrylls, Warnham pond. Field Place, benefice, church, monument, font, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, notice of, 269 ; registers, 273 Warningcamp, tithing of, 144 Warr, Lord De La, family and arms of, 194 Wase, arms of, 238 Washington, in Steyning, parish of, 232; situation, extent, population, village. Downs rise to a great elevation at, Chanctonbury Ring, landowners, manor, Chancton manorof, Highden, ib.; Rowdell, benefice, church, inscriptions, benefactions, 233; registers, 234 ; waste lands enclosed, 244 ; plants at, App., 12 Water through chalk, analysis of, App., 2 Watergate House, 52, 79, 83 Westergate, in Aldingbourne, 56 Watersfield, hamlet of, 152 Waterton, arms of, 263 Weald, the, App., 5 Weedon, arms of, 235 Wells, arms of, 263 Wepham, manor of, 146 West, arms of, 256 West, Lord De La Warr arms of, 194 West Burton, manor of, 149 Westbourne, and Singleton, hundred of, 75 Westbourne, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 75 ; situation, extent, population, ib. ; landed proprietors, village situated on the Ems, manor, tithings of Nutbourne, Prinsted, Woodmancote, and Aldsworth, benefice, church, benefactions, registers, 76 Westbrooke, arms of, 137 West Chiltington (East part of it), in East Easewrith, 241 ; extent, situation, soil. Heath Common, manor, ib. ; landowners, 242 West Chiltington, in West Easewrith, parish of, 162 ; situation, extent, soil, population, village, landed proprietors, manor, benefice, church, benefactions, registers, ib. West Dean, in Westbourne and Singleton, parish of, 81 ; situation, extent, landowner, population, village, scenery, manor, ib.; West Dean Canons, ancient manor house, present house, Binderton tithing, Preston, Westdean Warren and Chilgrove [manors, ^82; benefice, church, monuments, Roraan remains, registers, 83 West Easewrith, hundred of, 156 West Grinstead, hundred of, 243 West Grinstead, parish of, 250 ; situation, extent, fine wheat grown at, ib. ; turnpike roads, stream!!, village, manor. West Grinstead House and Park, Champions, 251 ; Clothalls, King's Barns, Dial Post, living, church, monumental Inscriptions, 252; benefactions, Bur rell, Walter, Esq., notice of, 253; plants found at, App., 12 West Hampnett, in Box and Stockbridge, parish of, 56 ; situation, ib. ; extent, population, West Hampnett Place, manor, Woodcote, ham let of, landed proprietor, living, church, inscriptions, register, 57 West Harting, hamlet of, 87 West Hoathly, plants at, App., 12 West Itchenor, in Manhood, 44 ; extent, situation, landed proprietors, village, population, manor, dock-yard, bay, living, church, regis ters, ib. West Lavant, hamlet of, 68 West Marden, chapelry of, 83 Weston, arms of, 142 West Preston, haralet and manor of, 135 INDEX. XV. West Stoke, in Bosham, parish of, 74 ; situation, extent, population, village, ib.; barrows at, yews in Kingslye Bottom, manor, benefice, church, monuments,' benefaction, registers, 75 West Tarring (See Tarring) West Thorney, in Bosham, parish of, 69 ; situation, extent, population, ib. ; manor, Thorney-Aglands, Thorney-Bickley, benefice, church, benefaction, registers, 70 West Wittering, in Manhood, parish of 38; situation, extent, village, ib. ; population, landed proprietors, manors, Fenner family, prebend, Whitby, Daniel, notice of, benefice, 39 ; church, benefactions, registers, 40 Wheat, Chidham, account of, 73 Whitby, Daniel, notice of, 39, Whitebread, arms of, 195 Whitehead, arms of, 139 Whitwell, arms of, 79 Wick, manor of, 144 Wickensands, manor of, 256 Wickham, manor of, 228 Wiggenholt, in West Easewrith, parish of, 261 ; situation, extent, population, village, manor, ib. ; benefice, church, Roman re mains, registers, 162 William the Conqueror represented in the Bayeux tapestry, 71, note WiUiaras, Bart., arms of, 161 Winchelsea, plants at, App., 12 ; parliamentary history, App., 72 ; representatives, App., 74 Windham and Ewhurst, hundred of, 258 Winds prevailing at Hastings, App., 2; Brighton, App , 3 Winterton, Earl of, arms of, 182 Wisborough-green, in Bury, parish of, 155; situation, extent, popu lation, village, Arun and Wey junction canal, Palingham, Bede ham, Lowfold, Drungewick, Malham Ashfield, [manors of, Lox wood manor and chapelry, benefice, church, registers, ib. Wiseman, arms of, 172 Wiston, In Steyning, parish of, 234; situation, extent, population, Chanctonbury ring, village, landowners, manor, ib ; Wiston house, thcthree brothers Shirley, — Sir Anthony Shirley, notice of, 235; Sir Robert Shirley, notice of, 236 ; Sir Thomas Shirley, notice of, ib. ; Dr. Thomas Shirley, notice of, 237 ; benefice, church, monuments, inscriptions, ib. ; plants at, App., 12 Wistoneston, arms of, 235 Withyham, plants_at, App., 12 Witley, in Farnhurst, 104 Wittering (See East and West Wittering) Wolfe, pedigree of, 243 Wood, arms of, 152 Woodcote, hamlet of, 57 Woodhorne, manor of, 54 Woodmancote, in Tipnoak, parish of, 255 ; situation, extent, village, population, landowners, manor, ib. ; tithing of Blackstone, manor, of Wicken-sands, benefice, church, Thomas Harland and William Oswald, burning of, registers, 256; plants at, App., 12 Woodmancote, tithing of, 76 Woodman's Green, in Linch, 103 Woodyer, arms of, 47 Woolbeding, in Easebourne, parish of, 100 ; situation, ib. ; extent, population, village, manor, manor house, marble fountain, be nefice, church, tablets, registers, 101 Wooldringfold, in Cowfold, 261 Woolavington, in Rotherbridge, parish of, 170 ; situation, extent, po pulation, village, manor, ib. ; mansion of the Gartons, John Sar- jent, Esq., notice of, benefice, church, registers, 1 7 1 Worthing, hamlet of, 196; origin, visit of Princess Amelia, Act of Parliament, advantage of its situation, encroachments of the sea, picturesque neighbourhood, 197; the town, Steyne, Park-crescent, Warwick House, market, theatre, chapel of ease. Dissenting cha pels, inns, libraries, baths, national schools, manor, 198 ; climate of, App. 2; plants at, App., 12 Wydevile.arms of, 100 Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, arms of, 177; lines on, 179 Yaldwyn, arms of, 182 Yapton, in Avisford, parish of, 114; extent, situation, canal, village, population, manor, Yapton House, Bilsom chapelry and manor, Shulbrede, or Wallinchmere manor, ib. ; benefice, church, font, inscriptions, benefactions, registers, 115 Yew trees at West Stoke, 75 ; in Hardham churchyard, 153; at Crow hurst, App., 6; Herstmonceux, App., 7 YouBg, Rev. Arthur, extract from, relating to Chidham wheat, 73 Zouche, Bisshopp, Lord De La, family and arms of, 157 END OF VOL. II. SUSSEX PBESS: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY BAXTER, HlCiH-8TRBST, LE-WfiS. SUBSCRIBERS' SIGNATURES. i% ^mt &mmm JMafi^ts, WiEiam f^i ^muh Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester His Grace the Archbishop of Canterburv His Grace the Duke of Norfolk His Grace the Duke of Richmond His Grace the Duke of Devonshire His Grace the Duke of Bedford The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chichester The Most Noble the Marchioness of Northampton The Most Noble the Marquis of Camden The Right Hon. Lord Newburgh The Countess of Newburgh The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. The Right Hon The Right Hon. The Right Hon, The Right Hon, The Right Hon Adams, John, Lewes Adaraes, George, Jun., Lagness, Pagham Adames, Charles, Pagham Ade, John, Brighton A'hmuty, Col. James, Emsworth Alderton, Charles, Brighton AUwork, T., Hastings Allan, James, West Hampnett AUwork, Thomas, Seaford Allen, William, Lindfield Amoore, Richard, Poling -Amoore, Thoraas, Angraering Anchor, Lennox, Hunston Andrews, Charles, Brighton Andrews, John, West Hampnett Andrews, James, Lagness, Pagham Archer, John Thomas, Brighton Arkcoll, Wm., Sen., Falmer Arnell, John, Selsey Arnold, Benjamin, Petworth Astt^dge, Eb., Midhurst Attree, Thomas, Brighton Attwood, William, Lewes Ayling, "Thomas, Midlavant Ayling, R., Jun., Cocking Aylmore, John, West Wittering Baker, John, Little Hampton Baker, John, Brighton Barker, John, AVest Tarring Baker, Rev. Thomas, Bexhill Baker, Joseph, Priory, Chichester Baker, Charles, Sennicots Balnbridge, E. T. (M.P.), Taunton Baldock, John, Burwash Bale, Rev. Sackville Stephens, Withyham Baukin, George, East Grinstead Baring, Alexander (M.P.) Bartlett, Henry, Lewes Barnelt, Thomas, Warnham Barbutt, Rev. S., Chichester Barry and Hayward, London Barratt, Richard, Falmer Barton, H., Goudhurst Basevi, George, Brighton a Bates, William, West Grinstead Baumgarton, Rev. C, Bognor Baxter, Wm. Jun., South Mailing, Lewes Baxter, Miss Louisa, Mayfield Bayly, Charles, Boxgrove Baynes, Richard, London Bayton, Rev. W. Stevens, Westergate Bean, Felix F. F., Worthing Beard, Edward, Lewes Beard, Charles, Rottingdean Beard, Stenning, Rottingdean Beard, T. R., Chailey Beacon, Thomas, Fletching Beck, WiUiam, Ewhurst Beecham, William Pain, Hawkhurst BeUingham, Thomas C, Battle Bennett, John, Ferring Bennett, S. T., Worthing Bennett, S. W., Brighton Berry, James, South Mailing, Lewes Berry, Thomas, South Mailing, Lewes Bethune, Rev, Dr., Worth BiUinghurst, — , Brighton Binstead, P., Chichester Bishop, John, Clapham Biasett, John, Newhaven Bisshopp, James, AVestburlon Blackman, James, Rye Blaker, John, Jun., Lewes Blackman, J., Battle Blaker, Harry, Brighton Blackman, Rev. John, Harting Blackman, William, Wartling Blacklock, — , Brighton Blacklock, Joseph, Brighton Bland, Rev. George, Slinfold Blunt, Sir Charles Richard, Bart., M. P., Heathfield Park Body, George, Beddingham Bodley, Thomas, Brighton Boddington, Robert, DilcheUing Bold, Capt. Edward, Westbourne Boniface, Luke, Sidlesham Boniface, John, Ford Boniface, W. H., Littlehampton Boniface, R. L., Aldingbourne Boniface, Miss, Oving Boorman, — , Brighton, Dairy Cottage the Earl of Dartmouth the Earl of Besborough the Earl of Egremont the Earl of Chichester the Earl of Abergavenny the Earl of Lonsdale the Earl of Sheffield the Countess of Burlington the Earl of Belfast . the Earl of Arran Lord Viscount Gage Lord Selsey the Earl of Surrey Lady Henry Howard Borrer, WiUiam, Henfield Bostock, Robert, East Grinstead Botting, Joseph, Washington Botting, Wm., Thakeham Botting, M., West Grinstead Bourner, Jaraes, Maresfield Bowman, Robert, Brighton Bowyer, John, Petworth Boxall, John, Lewes Boys, Jacob, Brighton Boys, John, Lewes Boys, John, Margate, Kent Bradley, W. T. and R., New Shoreham Bradshaw, James, Brighton Breeds, Thomas, Hastings Breese, Timothy, Littlehampton Breton, Thoraas, Bexhill Breton, Robert, Westham Brisco, Musgrave, Coghurst, Guestling Bridger, H. C., Buckingham House, Shore ham Bridger, John, Mayfield Bridger, James, Washington Bridger, William, East Wittering Brighton Subscription Society, Brighton Broadley, Mrs., Blackheath Brockman, Rev. Tatton, Frant Brookbank. C, Brighton Brooker, James, Seaford Broadwood, Thoraas, Holrabush Broadwood, James Shudi, Lyne Place,, Surrey Brown, Alexander, Midhurst Brown, John, Shoreham Browne, Richard, Lewes Brown, William, Hastings Browne, James, Brighton Browne, Rev. Henry, Earnley Bromhead, James, Steyning Brodie, Alfred, Gore House, Eastbourne Brookbank, John, Brighton Bryant, John, Hastings Bryan, Thomas, Lewes Bucknell, Henry, Sutton Burn, A., Hampstead Burn, Edward, Brighton Burrell, Sir C. M., Bart., M.P., Knepp Castle VOL. II. 11. SUBSCRIBERS SIGNATURES. Burt, Thomas R,, East Grinstead Burton, James, St. Leonard's, Hastings Burnand, — , Chichester Burnand, John, Aldingbourne Burgess, C. R., Petworth Burgess, Samuel, Brighton Busby, C. A., Hove Buss, Benjamin, Ticehurst Butterfield, Capt. Wm., Westbourne Butler, Capt. John, Sen., New Shorehara Butler, Richard W., Mrs., Rye Butt, John, Jun., Littleharapton Button, William, Cliffe, Lewes By, Colonel John, Shernfold Park, Frant Byass, Lovel, Cuckfield Caffin, T. C, Chichester Cameron, James, Uckfield Campion, W.J,, Danny Park Cumberbatch, A. P., Hellingly Campion, H., Deanery, South Mailing Capon, Samuel, Leominster Capper, Rev. James, WiUingdon Caplin, Charles, Midhurst Carter, — , Lombard-street, London Carter, James, Tower Hill, Horsham Carter, Williara, Worthing Carter, Mrs. Ann, New Shoreham Carter, Miss Ann, Worthing Carter, Thomas, Brighton Cartwright, Thomas, West Dean Cottage, Westdean Carew, John E., Brighton Casion, R., London Catt, James, Hickstead Place Cati, William, Sen , Bishopstone Cavendish, the Hon. C. C.(M.P.),Eastbourne Cavendish, Colonel Challen, James, Petworth Challen, Charles, Storrington Challen, John, Crypt, Cocking Challen, Rev. Dr. J. G., Shermanbury Park Challen, Benjamin, Cocking Chambers, T. W., Seaford Chatfield, Joseph, Poling Chatterton, Edward, Rye Chandler, Dr., Ihe very Rev. the Dean of Chichestei-, Chichester Chatfield, Mrs Robert, DilcheUing Chapman, W. Ross, M.D., Hastings Cherry, John Peter-, Pilstye, Cuckfield Cheesman, John, Hdiiisey Cheesman, David, Southwick Cheesman, William, Brighton Cheesman, John, Brii;htou Chelwode, Sir John, Bart., Bognor Child, Thos., Michelham Priory, Arlington Churchill, Edward, Tunbridge Wells Clayton, Thomas, New Shoreham Clayton, William, Selsey Clarke, Ebenezer, Brighton Clark, T. H., Chichester Clerk, H. Lutiman 1., TlUing-ton Clear, H., Clifie, Lewes Clifford, John, Tunbridge Wells Cloake, Henry, Uckfield Clowes, Wm., London , Cocksedge, George, Brighton Colbatch, John, Rose Hill, Brighton Cole, Williara, Newhaven Colgate, John, Beddinghara Colbran, J., Tunbridge WeUs Collins, John, St. Leonard's Combes, George, Chichester Comber, William, Fletching Commerell, J. W., Strood Park Cooper, Thomas, Norton, Bishopstone Cooper, Thomas, Lewes Copis, G. H., Jun , Selsey Cornish, Mr., London Cortis, John, Angraering Cormack, Williara, New Cross Cosens, Thomas, East Dean Cotton, William, Lewes Covey, W. H., Uckfield Courthope, Williara Camberwell Cranston, Edward, East Grinstead Cripps, John Marten, Novlngton Lodge Cripps, G., Bishopstone Crisford, Henry, Ninfield Crofts, Hugh, Piddinghoe Crofts, Capt., Lewes Croucher, Charles, South Bersted Crosweller, Thomas, Brighton Crouch, William, Hastings Croskey, William, Lewes Crumb, William, New Shoreham Cruse, Lieut. F., R.M., Dltchelling Cruttenden, Samuel, Burwash Cruttenden, Thomas, Southover Curteis, E. J., Windmill HiU Curteis, H. B. (M.P.), Peasmarsh Curteis, Major Edward Barrett (M.P.), Wind mill HiU Curtis, William, South Harting Curzon, the Hon. Robert, Parham Park Cutten, James Ewen, Chichester Darton, William, London Darby, George, Markly Davies, Thomas, Lewes Davis, J., Brighton Davey, William, Southover Davey, W., Lewes Davis, Alfred, Arundel Davis, William, Walberton Davies, B. R,, London Daubuz, 1. B., Offington Place, Broadwater Dawes, Edwin Nathaniel, Rye Day, William, London Day, William, Hermitage, Westbourne Day, John, Burgh Hill, Chiddingly Day, William, Maresfield Day, Richard, Bexhill Deadman, William, New Shoreham Delves, Mrs., Battle De La Rue and Co., London Dennett, AVm. Hugh, Worthing Dennett, John, Woodmancote Dendy, Richard, Shermanbury Dennett, Tiros. Philip, Storrington Derby, — , Brighton Dicker, Ttromas, Lewes Dixie, Capt., Worth Dixon, F., Worthing Dixon, Rev. George, Lindfield Dix, Edward, Brighton Doggett, George, Withyham Donald, AViUiam, Brighton Doswell, Benjamin, Hoisham D'OjIy, Thomas, S,L., Rottingdtan Downer, Wm., Petworth Drury, George, Eastbourne Duedney, John, Lewes Duke, William, Arundel Duke, George, Hastings Duke, Messrs., Chichester Dumbrell, James, Brighton Duplock, Gideon, Pulborough Dyei', William, Littlehampton Eber, John, Brighton Ediin, Henry, St. Leonard's Edwards, S. Price, New Shoreham Edwards, James, Hurstperpoint Edwards, David, Withyham Ellis, John, Hurstperpoint Elliott, AVilliam, Leominster EUman, John, Glynde EUman, Thoraas, Bedlngham Ellraan, John, Landport Cottage Ellis, AVilliara, Hurstperpoint Elliott, William, Petworth Elphinstone, William, Holmbush Elphinstone, H., Ore-place, Hastings Eraary Francis, Hastings Evans, Capt. John, Seaford Evans, Thoraas, Leominster Evans, Thoraas, Burwash Everard, The Rev. Dr., Brighton Evershed, Peter, BiUingshurst Evershed, Thomas, Cliffe, Lewes Fagg, Thomas, St. Leonard's Fogg, E. H. I., Brighton FaithfuU, George (M.P.), Hurst Axilla FaithfuU, Henry, Brighton Farncombe, H., Icklesham Farncombe, Edward, St. Leonard's Farncombe, Major John, Uckfield Farndell, Joseph, Dell Quay Farrance, William, Ticehurst Faulconer, S. S., Henfield Fennell, Rev.Robert,The Temple, Brighton Filder, .'oseph, Eastbourne Filder, Miss, Eastbourne Field, James, Arundel Figg, William, Lewes Filder, — , Jun., Eastbourne Flint, Benjamin, Lewes Floate, Thomas, Washington Floate, Henry, Wiston Floate, AViUiam, Washington Flood, John, Arundel Folkai-d, D. M., Brighton Fogden, Henry, Rose Green, Pagham Foreman, Robert, Tunbridge Wells Ford. AVilliam, Southover Fowler, Thomas, Pevensey Fox, Benjamin, Horsham Foyster, Rev. J. G., Hastings Fraser, George, Ashling House Frankland, F. William, Muntham Francis, John, Firle Freeman, Thomas, Brighton Freeland, John, New Fishbourne Freeland, Charles, Boxgrove French, William, Findon Fry, Robert, Tunbridge Wells Fuer, Charles, Boxgrove Fuller, John, Rose Hill Fuller-, Kichard, Jun., Chichester Fuller, E. H., Heene A'illa, Worthing Fuller, R., Tarring NeviUe FuUer, Charles, Cowfold Fuller, Francis, Bury Fuller, John Thomas, Boreham Fuller, William, Cliffe, Lewes Furnei-, Thomas, Cuckfield Gad and Kenningale, London Gallard, George, Brighton Garrett, John, Brighton SUBSCRIBERS SIGNATURES. Ul. Garland, George, Petworth Garnham, Stephen, Lewes Gatehouse, Richard C, Chichester Geast, John, South Lancing Gear, Robert, Lewes Geere, WiUiam, Heighton Gell, Francis, Applesham Gell, F. H., Lewes Gibson, George John, Sandgate Lodge Gibbs, John, Littlehampton Gilbert, John, Tunbridge Wells Glazier, Samuel, Hastings Goddard, the Rev. Edward, Pagham Goodday, Rev. John William, Falmer Goldsmith, Benjamin, Ninfield Gold, Rev. J., Burwash Goodall, Richard, Brighton Gorringe, — , Seaford Gorringe, W.P., Southwick Goring, Harry Dent (M. P.), Yapton Gosling, AVilliam, Uckfield Gosling, AViUiam, Heathfield Gosling, John, Godstone Gosling, Jesse, Lewes Gosden, G., Midhurst Gray, Russell, Barcombe Gratwicke, W. G. K., Ham, Angmering Gray, Thomas, Bognor Graham, E., Mrs., St. Leonard's, Hastings Grace, Rev. H. T., Westham Grace, H. J., Seddlescombe Greatley, Jlajor, Littlehampton Greenfield, George, Storrington Gregory, C. F., Leigh, Kent Gresley, AVilliara, Brighton Greenfield, Samuel, Petworth Greenfield, J. O., Petworth Gregor, Mrs., Ockley Rectory House Griffiths, John, Lewes Grix, WiUiam, Brighton Grist, James, Jun , Midhurst Grimstone, Dr. E , Worthing Grover, John, Jun., Lewes Gurncy, Dr., Lynn, North Runcton Gutteridge, AVilliam, Brighton Guy, Samuel, Framfield Gwvnne, George, Brighton Hackman, John, Cocking Hallett, AA'iUiam, Brighton Hall, John, Portslade Hall, George, M. D., Brighton HaUiday, John, Arundel Halliwell, Rev. H., Clayton Hall, Thomas, Bexhill Hall, David, M. D., Eastbourne Halsey, John, Sidlesham Halsted, Henry, Merston Halsted, Thomas, West Hampnett Hale, Thomas Hampton, Petworth Hall, Nathaniel, Jun., Southwick Hall, Obadiah, Withyham Hampton, — , East Hoathly Hammond, Nathan, Lewes Hammond, George, Keymer Hanley, Rev. John, Amberley Harrild, Robert, London Harwood, Messrs. J. and F., London Hart, Richard, Beddingham Harwood, John, Salvington Harwood, John, Amberley Castle Harwood, Dr., St. Leonard's, Hastings Harvey, AV. G., London Harris, John, Chichester Harris, Mr., Kemp Town Harris, William, AVorthing Harman E., Theobalds, Herts Harraan, Sargent, Lewes Harraer, John, Newick Harison, William, Folkington Harman, Henry, Crowhurst Place Harms, Miss, Horsham Harris, John, Northiam Hatton, J., Hastings Haviland, Capt. H. H., Burwash Hayler, John, Worthing Hayward, Richard, Fletching Hazlett, James, Brighton Head, J., Lewes Head, WiUiam A., East Grinstead Henley, J. P., Arundel Henty, William, East Lavant Henniker, the Hon. Capt. M. J., R. N,, Ash down Park Henwood, Thomas, Lewes Hickes, Thomas, Hastings Hide, Henry F., Cocking Hide and Sons, Messrs., Worthing Hills, George, Jun., Arundel Hills, Charles, Slindon Hill, J., Hastings HUls, Andrew, Heyshott HiU, George, Hartfield Hill, William, Ashington Hilder, T. P., Ewhurst Hilder, John, Seddlescombe Hillraan, John, Lewes Hipklns, — , AVestbourne Hipklns, John, Singleton Hoare, Rev. Henry, Frarafield Hobden, R., Brighton Hobgen, Thomas. Sidlesham Hodson, James, Falmer Holbrook, R., Southwick Lodge Holloway, William, Rye Holland, Rev. Thomas Agar, Oving Hollands, John, Buxted Holloway, George, Bosham Holland, Rev. Dr. Samuel, Poynings Holmes, G. B., Horsham Hollist, Anthony, Midhurst HolUngbury, Miss, Northiam Honywood, Thomas, Horsham Honiss, William, Hastings Hodd, John, London Hooker, Rev. Dr. Thomas, Rottingdean Hooper, G. H., New Shorehara Hooper, Cleve J., London Horton, Robert, Peasraarsh Hother, George, Lewes Hother, John, Lewes Hovenden, AVilliam, Iden Howell, John, Heathfield Hubbard, H,, West Tarring Hudsorr, John, Chichester Hughes, E., 1 .indfield i. Huggett, William, Hellingly Hughes, Henry, Henfield Humphreys, John, Chichester Hunter, ,Sir Richard, Patching Hunter, Mrs. Ann, Southwick Hunt, Jeremiah, Brighton Hunt, Charles, Horsham Hurdis, G.C., Uckfield Hurly, Henry, IfonI Hurst, G. A., Eastbourne Hurst, Robert Henry, (M. P.,) Horshara Hussey, Edward, Scotney Castle, Laraber- hurst Hutchings, H. P., St. Leonard's, Hastings Ingram, Hugh, Steyning Ingram, Miss, Southover Inkpen, John, Boxgrove a2 Inraan, Thomas Atkins, Brighton InsoU, Mrs., Lewes Ivory, James WUUam, Ringmer Jackson, Jaraes, North Cottage, St. Leonard's Jarrett, John, Buxted Jenner, — , Horsted Keynes Jervoise, Clarke, Madehurst Lodge Johnson, Philip, West Marden Johnson, Thoraas, Petworth Johnson, John, AVestminster Johnson, Joseph, Crawley Johnston, Thomas, Levies Johnston, John, Lewes Johnston, Thomas, Jun., Lewes JoUiffe, Gilbert East, Tilgate Jones, Lieut-Gen. Sir Richard, Worthing Jones, William, Brighton Keeping, John, Steyning KeU, William PolhiU, Lewes Kemp, Nathaniel, Ovingdean Kemp, T. R. (M. P.), Kemp Town Kenwaid, John, Uckfield Kensett, Peter, BiUingshurst Kelley, Rev. A. P., Vicar of Littlehamp'.on KiUick, Henry, Hartfield Kilpin, — , Gossom Lodge King, John, Seaford King, the Hon. R. M., Purland Hall, Taunton King, John, Blatchington Kinleside, Rev. William, Angmering Kirby, Rev. John, Mayfield Klanert, Rev. Charles, Petworth Knapton, Robert, Bognor Labouchere, H. (M.P.), Taunton Laker, John, West Grinsted Lamb, William Phillips, Rye Lamb, Sir C. M., Bart., Beauport Lambe, John, Lewes Langford, Thomas (hooper, Udimore Langford, Charles, Westham Langford, John, Lewes Langham, Sir J. Hay, Bart., Glyndebourne Langdale, Rev. Edward, East Hoa hly Lansdell, Stephen, Brighton Langridge, W. V., Lewes Latter, E. A., Brighton Latham, Rev. H., Selmeston Laurance, James, AVesthampnett Laurence, Charles, Jan., Battle Lee, Richard, Houghton Bridge Lee, John, Storrington Lee, H C, Hastings Leeves, William, Tortington I egg, James, Brighton Loud, Miss S. Angmering Lowe, Henry, Westbourne Lower, M. A., Alfriston Lyon, Capt, W. Leigh, Robert, Taunton Lempriere, John Sturch, Hurstperpoint Leney, George, Cliffe, Lewes Levin, Zadlk, Salt Hill, Chichester Lidbetter, S., Uckfield Lidbetter, Aaron, Southwick Lidbetter, AV. H., Uckfield Lidbetter, George, Tunbridge AVells Lillywhite, John, West Hampnett VOL. II. IV. SUBSCRIBERS SIGNATURES. Lintott, H., Horsham Lloyd, Sir J. M., Bart. Lancing House Loader, T. H., Birdham Loder, R., Brighton Long, Mrs., Brighton Longley, George, Henfield Lovegrove, Joseph, Horsham Lloyd and Hennings, London Macfarlane, Major, Frant Mc'Diarmld, WiUiam, Rye Madgwick, Thomas, Lewes Magens, M. D-, Haramerwood Lodge Magney, — , Jun., London Mahomed, Sake Deen, Brighton Mallison, Rev. J. P., Hove Mann, Thomas, Horsham ManteU, J., F.L.S., Newick Mantell, G., L.L.D , Brighton Mant, George, Storrington Martin, John, New Shoreham Marriott, Richard, Horsham MarshaU, Charles, Steyning Marshall, Rev. J. AV., Ovingdean Martin, Selvin, Lewes Marten, Williara, Boxgrove Marden, Rev. Owen, Arundel Marten, P. J., Pulborough Martin, — , Jun., East Hoathly Marten, Miss Jane, Southover Marchant, John, Hurstperpoint Marshall W., Jun., Hurstperpoint Mason, Henry, Rye Mason, H. Brighton Maxfield, J., Lewes Mead, Robert, Mayfield Medwin, Pilfold, Horsham Meetens, Thomas, South Lancing Mellish, WiUiam, Rogate Mercer, Robert, Seddlescombe Mercer, William, Midhurst Merricks, George, Lewes Michau, Wons. L., Brighton Michell, James Charles, Brighton Middleton, Christopher, Withyham Millyard, Edward, Boxgrove Millyard, Charles, Boxgrove Millard, G., Brighton Minet, Capt. G. Lewis, R.N., Delvidere, Frant Mitchell, WiUiam, Heene Mitchell, George, Chidham Molineux, George, Lewes Monk, Edward, Lewes Monk, George, Arundel Monk, James, Midhurst Montier, John, Sen., Tunbridge Wells Montier, John, Jun., Tunbridge Wells Moon, WUliam, Jun., Falmer Moon, Thomas. M., Jan., Horsham Moore, R. C, Brighton Moorman, Thoinas, London Morice, John, F.S.A., London Morris, William, Peasmarsh Morris, David, Lewes Morris, James, Southover Morley, Miss, St. Leonard's, Hastings Morgan, J. M., London Blott, George, Falmer Munday, Mrs. Catherine, Emsworth Murrell, Joseph, Yapton Murrell, Edmund, Slindon Myrtle, W. H., Brighton Napper, Edward, Ifold Place Nash, John, Tunbridge Wells Nash, J oseph, Brigh ton Neal, Edwin, Lewes Neal, Richard, Brighton Nelthorpe, J. Tudor, Nuthurst Lorfge NevUl, the Hon Rev. C, East Grinstead New, — , London Newman, James, Southwick Newell, Daniel, Amberley Newington, Charles, Highlands, Ticehurst Newington, C. H., Highlands, "Ticehurst Newington, Miss Sarah, Ticehurst Newman, Charles, Patcham Nichols, J. B., Shoreham Nichols, John, London Nicholson, A., F.R.S., London and Edin burgh Nixon, J.. London Noakes, John, Newhaven Noakes, James, Burwash Noakes, T. E., Robertsbridge Norman, Richard, Chailey North, Frederick (M. P.), Hastings Lodge Nugent, C. R., Worthing Nye, William, jun., Lewes Olive, Rev. John. Hellingly Ord, John, Aldwick Lodge, Bognor Orsborn, John, Birdham Orsborn, Edmund, Birdham Orsborn, John, West Hampnett Osborne, George, Tangmere Osborne, Mrs., Lewes Osborn, William, Oving Osmant, E. N., Lewes Owens, Richard, Chichester Padwick, Henry, Horsham Page, Charles, Washington Pagden, Thomas, Chilver Bridge Paine, Richard, Brighton Palmer, George, London Palmer, Thomas, Brighton Parkinson, — , London Par.sons, J. L., Lewes Parsons, George, Brighton Parker, George, Shoreham P. W., Cuckfield Parlett, Joseph, Littlehampton Partington, Thomas, Offham Place Patching, James, Battle Pearless, AVilliam, East Grinstead Pearse, Rev. WiUiam, Poling Peachey, Charles, Ashington Peachey, William, Chichester Peachey, Charles, Firle Pechell, (Jap:. G. R., R.N., Castle Goring Pelham, the Hon. and Rev. J., Stanmer Park Penfold, Henry, Goring Penfold, OUver, Angmering Penfold, Hugh, Cissbury Perry, Robert, Brighton Peskett, George, Funtington Phillips, John, Petworth Phillips, James, St. John's, Lewes Phillips, John, Hastings Pierson, Capt., Emsworth Piatt, G. E., Denne Park, Horsham Planta, Joseph, Fairlight Place Pocock, Rev. George, Arundel Podmore, R., New Priory, Clayton Pollard, John, Lewes Postlethwaite, W., Hambrook House Povey, J., CUffe, Lewes PoweU, Rev. Richmond, Boxgrove Powell, Rev. T. B., Newick Poyntz, W. S. (M.P.), Cowdray Park Pratt, John, Steyning Pringle, Mark, -Cowfold Prime, Richard, AValberton House Procter, Nathaniel, Rye Procter, Thomas, Rye Putland, John, Firle Puttock, George, Yapton Puttock, George, BiUingshurst Quantock, John, Norton Yeovil, Somer setshire Ralkes, George, East Grinstead Ramsey, Lieut. 1., R.N., near Pett Ramsden, WiUiam, Rye Ranger, AVilliam, Sen., Brighton Ranger, William, Jun., Brighton and London Ranking, Robert, Hastings Randall, John, Shopwick Randall, William, Hurstperpoint Ranger, R. A., Tunbridge AVells Raper, Robert, Chichester Raper, AVilliam, Sen., Chichester Rason, William, Eastbourne Rawden, Charles Wyndham, Wish House, Eastbourne Raynes, Rev. Thoraas, Waldron Read, Thomas, Frant Rhoades, Thomas, Chichester Richardson, Joseph, Crowborough Richardson, Thomas, Lewes Richardson, James, Chidham Rickword, William, Jun , Horsham Richards, Rev. Thoraas, Icklesham Rickman, John, Wellingham Ridge, William, South Mailing Ridge, Joseph, Iford Ridge, Charles, Chichester Riddle and Co., London Roberts, George, Eastergate Robinson, Richard, AVorthing Robinson, — , Hastings Robins, R. B., East Lavant Robsnn, John, Harting Rock, James, Hastings RoH-ney and Foster, London R. W. H., Brighton Rowland, Daniel, Saxonbury Lodge Ruddock, T. D., Brighton Rugg, George, Woodgate House Russell, John, Pevensey Sadler, Robert, Maudlin Sadler, Henry, Midlavant SUBSCRIBERS SIGNATURES. V. Salter, Henry, Arundel Sampson, G. King, Hailsham Sandham, Charles F., Rowdell House Sanders, Thomas, Eastbourne Saxby, Charles, Jun., Rodmell Saxby, Charles, Uingmer Saxby, Thomas, Lewes Scardevile, John, Funtington Scrivens, Geor-s<', Hastings Scutt, T. W., Clapham House, Litlington Selmes, Samuel, Beckley Seymour, AA'iUiam, Brighton Sharpe, WilliLuii, Horsham Shaft, — , Brighton and Arundel Sharp, Thomas, West Ashling Sharpe, Hercules, Domons, Northiam Shadwell, AVlhiam Lucas, Hastings Shakespeare, A., R. N., Fair Irgirt Down Cot tage Shelley, Sir John, Bart. Shelley, Sir Timothy, Bart., Field Place SheUey, J A' illiers, Maresfield Park .Shelley, Thomas, Lewes Sherwood, John, Chichester Shirley, J., Hastings Shiffner, Capt. Henry, R. N., Newick Lodge Shiffner, Rev. George, Hamsey Shrppam, Messrs. W. and L., Chichester Shirtcliffe, John, Lewes Shooter, WiUiam, Eastbourne Shorter, John Goldsworthy, Guestling Lodge Shuckard, Leonard, Brighton Simpson, Rev. Joseph, Horsted Simcock, George, Lewes Simmonds, — , London Siramonds, WilUam, Cliffe Sinclair, A., Brighton Skelton, Captain, New Shoreham Slater, John, WorUiing Slade, AVilliam, Earnley Smart, AVilliam, Arundel Smart, Daniel, Emsworth Smallbone, James, Brighton ?!mitb, John, Brighton Smith, G., London Smith, C. J., London Smith, J., Southwick Smith, John Abel (M. P.), London Smith, Horace, Brighton Smith, Jeremiah, Cadboro, Rye Smith, William, Arundel Smith, M., St. Leonard's Smith, George, West Ashling Smith, Tilden, Penhurst Smith, John, Lewes Smith, John, Brighton Smith, WUliam, Uckfield Smith, L. D., Terry's Lodge Smith, Bichard, Ifield Smith, Stephen, Robertsbridge Smith, Francis, Hastings, Smyth, G. Barttelot, Stopham House Snelling, Clement, Patching Pond Sober, Mrs., Kemp Town Southerden, — , East Hoathly Souter, George, Boxgrove Sparkes, Henry, Bersted Sparkes, Charles, Selsey Sparkes, Joe Slater, Selsey Sprott, WiUiam, Tunbridge Wells Stafford, Mrs. M., Worthing Stanford, E., Worthing Stanford, Messrs. I. and J., Horsham Staker, Z., Yapton Stapley, James, North Beisted Stapley, Joseph, Albourne Stapleton, Mrs. General, Worthing Star, — , Eastbourne Stent, William, Fittleworth Stevens, Charles, Lewes Stephens, E., Southwick Stephens, George, Hove Stewart, William (M. P.), London Stert, Rev. A., Bersted Stepney, Samuel, Brighton Stonestreet, Rev. G. S. 0., F. S. A,, Prebend of Lincoln, Halton House, Hastings Stone, John, Brighton Stone, R. B., Eastbourne Stone, John, Tunbridge Wells Stone, — , Stonebridge Streatfeild, R. S., tire Rocks Stringer, George, AVest Tarring Sug5;ei-s, George, Brighton Sutlaby, Wm., London Swin, Jeremiah AVilliam, Selsey Tamplin, Richard, Brighton Tanner, AVilliam, Patcham Fate, Kidward, Sen., New Sliorelra-n Tate, AV., Adur Cottage, Slioieharn Taylor, W., Brighton Taylor, Rev. Richard, East Grinstead Teush, George fc",vans. Worthing Thompson, H , Hastings Thompson, Thomas, Brighton Thompson, AViUiam, Beechlands, Newick Thorpe, AVilliam, Hastings Thorpe, John, Horsham Thoinas, Rev. Sir J. Godfrey, Bt., Bodiham Tichenor, W., Chichester Tidey, J. F., Littlehampton Tilley, John, Amberley Tipper, Charles, Oving Tompkins, Capt. W. R., AVorthing Tomlin, Lieut. H., R. N., Pett, near Hastings Tourle, Thomas, Landport Tovvner, — , Brighton Trevor, the Hon. Gen., Glynde Place Tredcroft, the Rev. R., Tanjrmere Trew, Thos., Mid Lavant Tredcroft, Henry, Warnham Court Tribe, William, Worthing Tribe, John, Steyning Trott, Richard, AVesleigate Trotter, Robert, Board Hill, Cuikfleld Trotter, Capt. R. A., Petworth Tuppen, R. S., Lindfield Turner, I. S., Little Buckingham Turner, Edward, Dltchelling Turner, Thomas Frewen, Northiam Turner, WiUiam, Westbourne Turner, Joseph, Eastbouine Turner, George, Fletching Upperton, Luke, Thakeham Vallance, Edmund, Brighton Venn, John, Tliakeham Verrall, William, Southover Venal, George, Packham Rye Verrall, Plumer, Lewes Venal, Edward, Lewes Verrall, Richard, Iford Verrall, Henry, Jan., Southover Vincent, Richard Weekes, Cowfold Walesby, F. P., Ixindon AValker, Richard Watt, Tilgate Forest Lodge AValker, James, Lindfield Waller, James, Horsham Wallis, William, Hartfield Wallis, Michael, Mayfield Wallis, Thomas, Petworth Warren, Thomas, AVest Ashling Warner, T. R., Horsham Wardroper, Richard, Jun., Midhuist Waterhouse, Mrs., Sheffield Watkins, Robert, Arundel Watts, Robert, Battle Watts, Rev. G., Ewhurst AVaters, John, Lewes Waters, John, Ninfield AVaters, Benjamin, Eastbourne Waterman, Edward, Piddinghoe AVebber, the Rev. Archdeacon Charles, Box grove Weekes, Richard, Jun., Hampton House, Hurstperpoint Weir, Capt. Robert, R.N., New Shoreham Welch, Rev. Thos. R., Hailsham Wells, Thomas, Hurstperpoint Wenham, James, Wartling AVetherell, Rev. Richard, Pashley House. Ticehurst White, Thomas, Yalden AVhite, Thomas, Singleton White, John L., Chichester AVhite, Stephen, Ticehurst AVhite, James, Wooldringfold AVhite, Henry, Arundel Whiteman, John, Twickenham Whitfeld, "Thos., Lewes Whitfeld, James, Falmer Whiteman, George, Eastbourne Whicher, William, Chichester AVigney, George, Barcombe Wilson, SirThos. Maryon, Bart., Fletching Wilson, John, Arundel Wilson, F. H., Rye AVilson,Mrs, Elizabeth, Dome House,!iOBnoi; AVilson, E. W., Brighton Wilds, A. 11., Brighton AVilmshurst, J., Biighton Williams, Samuel, Brighton Williamson, Mrs, Lumley, Westbourntt Williamson, J. W., Beaulieu, near H.isting!! AVillard, Nicholas!, Nevshaven AVlUard, Major, The Greys, Eastbourne Wilmott, Edward, Southover AVille, Charles, Lewes Wimble, Nehemiah, Lewes Wisdom, John, Kent AVlsdom, WiUiam, Cuckfield AVise, Stephen, Chichester Wolf, Fred. Gottlieb, Horsham AVood, AV., Maresfield AVoods, E., Lansdowne House, ?.Iririne parade, Brighton Wood, Mrs., Chestham Wood, Thomas, Lewes AVoodward, John, Uckfield Wool, Rev. Dr., Worthing Wooli, George, Ha.itings Woodforde, Mrs. S., Amberley AA''oodcock, James, Petworth Woodhams, Mrs., Peasmarsh AVoodhams, George, Alfriston AVoodman, William, Selsey Woodman, R., Stanmer Wratten, George, Ticehurst Wyatt, Mrs., Chidham Wynch, Rev. H., Pett Wyndham, Col. Henry, Kirdford Yeates, G. D., M.D., Tunbridge Wells Young, Thomas, London Young, William, AVest Stoke Young, Richard, Fletching CLASSIFICATION OF THE ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. Beck, W., Ewhurst Brown, Mrs. (Ladies'), Lewes Button, AVilliam, Cliffe House, Lewes Duedney, John, Lewes Duplock, Gideon, Pulborough Fennell, Rev. Robert, Th&Temple, Brighton Grix, Wm., Brighton Hill, William, Ashington Lower, M. A., Alfriston Orsborn, Edmund, Birdham Osmant, Mrs. E. N., Lewes Smith, William, Arundel Tidey, J. F , Littleharapton ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS. Berry, James, South Mailing, Lewes Busby, C. A,, Hove Butt, John, Jun., Littlehampton Figg, AVilliam (Land) Lewes Henley, T. P., Arundel Hide and Son, AVorthing Mercer, W., Midhurst Montier, John, Sen., Tunbridge Wells Montier, John, Jun., Tunbridge WeUs Ranger, R. A., Tunbridge WeUs Ranger, WiUiam, Sen., Brighton Ranger, WiUiam, Jun., London Salter, Henry, Arundel AA'Uds, A. Henry, Brighton Young, Thomas, Southwark, (Engineer) ARTISTS. Henwood, Thomas, Lewes Osmant, E. N.. Lewes Teush, G. E., Worthing AUCTIONEERS. Challen, Charles, Storrington Creasy, E. H., Brighton Honiss, Williara, Hastings AVhite, John, L , Chichester A'prrall, Plumer, Lewes BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS. Carter, Thoraas, Brighton Cruttenden, Thomas, Southover Gibbs, John, Littlehampton Hammond, N., Lewes Roberts, George, Eastergate Smith, R., Ifield AValler, James, Horshara BATHERS. Hayler, John, Worthing Hobden, R., Brighton Mahomed, Sake Deen, Brighton BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. Neal, Edwin, Lewes Randall, AViUiam, Hurstperpoint Stone, John, Brighton BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, OR PRINTERS. Andrews, Charles, Brighton Baynes, Richard, London Barry and Hayward, London Binstead, — , Chichester Burn, Edward, Brighton Carter, Miss Ann, AVorthing Clifford, John, Tunbridge Wells Colbran, John, Tunbridge Wells Cornish, — , London Darton, William, London De I.a Rue and Co., London Duplock, Gideon, Pulborough Eber, John, Brighton Glazier, S., Hastings Harwood, Messrs. J. and F., London Hunt, Charles, Horsham Knapton, Robert, Bognor Loder, Robert, Brighton Magney, — , Jun., London Mason, H., Brighton Morgan, J. M., London Nash, Joseph, Brighton Nash, John, "Turbridge Wells , Nichols, John, London Paine, Richard, Brighton Phillips, J., Petworth '.' Riddle, L., London Rowney and Foster, London Simmonds, — , London Smith, George, London Stafford, Mrs. M., Worthing Suttaby, AVm., London Taylor, Wm., Brighton Tiijey, J. F., Little Hampton Wooli, George, Hastings BUILDERS, ETC. Berry, James, South Mailing, Lewes Bosall, John, Lewes Butt, John, Jun., Littlehampton Clear, H., Ciiffe, Lewes Cheesman, John, Brighton Gallatd, George, Brighton Garrett, John, Brighton Hallett, W., Brighton Henley, J. P., Arundel Hide and .Sons, Messrs., AVorthingj Mercer, William, Midhurst Montier, John, Sen., Tunbridge Wells l\Iontier, John, Jun., Tunbridge Wells Parsons and Son, Lewes Phillips, James, Lewes Ranger, AViUiam, Sen., Brighton Ranger, William, Jun., London AA'illiams, Samuel, Brighton BUTCHERS. Cortis John, Angmering .Myrtle, AV. H., Brighton Waters, John, Lewes White, Thomas, Singleton BREWERS. Ayling, Thomas, Midlavant Beard, Edward, Lewes Berry, T., South Mailing, Lewes Cheesman, John, Hamsey Combes, George, Chichester Gatehouse, R. C, Chichester Hodd, John, London Holloway, W., Rye Hurst, G. A., Eastbourne Jones, William, Brighton Keeping, John, Steyning Langford, John, Lewes Lidbetter, George, Tunbridge Wells Tamplin, R., Brighton Vallance, Edmund, Brighton Verrall, William, Southover Wigney, G,, Brighton Wood, "Thomas, Lewes BRICK MAKERS. Bishop, John, Clapham Lillywhite, John, West Hampnett Norman, Richard, Chailey Stephens, Geo,, Hove CARVERS AND GILDERS. Bowman, Robert, Brighton Lansdell, Stephen, Brighton Nye, WiUiam, Lewes Stepney, S., Brighton CARRIERS. Crosweller and Co.. Brighton Jarrett, John, Buxted Robinson, Richard, Worthing CEMENT MANUFACTURERS. Clayton, Thoraas, New Shorehara Parker, George, Shoreham CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. Blacklock, Joseph, Brighton Davis, Alfred, Arundel Head, John, Lewes Holmes, G. B., Horsham Lee, H. C, Hastings Mann, Thomas, (Proprietor of the Approved Medicine) Horsham Moore, R. C, Brighton CHINA, GLASS, ETC. DEALERS. Cheesman, WiUiam, Brighton Marten, S., Lewes Shirtcliffe, John, Lewes COACH BUILDERS. Ade, John, Brighton Cutten, Jaraes Ewen, Chichester Insoll, Robert, Lewes Hock, James, Hastings CLASSIFICATION, ETC. Vll. COACH PROPRIETORS. Bryan, Thomas, Lewes Simcock, George, Lewes COAL MERCHANTS. Berry, Thomas, South Mailing, Lewes Crosweller and Co., Brighton Cheesman, David, Southwick Cheesman, John, Brighton Fowler, Thomas, Pevensey Hillman, John, Lewes Hurst, G. A., Eastbourne CORN DEALERS. Boniface, AV. H., Littlehampton Elliott, WiUiam, Petworth Floate, William, AVashington Kenward, John, Uckfield Harwood, John, Salvington Merricks, George, Lewes CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS. Clark, T. H., Chichester Fuller, William, Cliffe, Lewes DANCING MASTERS. Browne, James, Brighton Michau, Mons. L., Brighton DENTISTS. Clarke, Ebenezer, Brighton Sinclair, A., Brighton DYERS. Fogg, E. H. J., Brighton Gosling, Jesse, l^ewes ENGRAVERS. Baxter, G. (.AVood), London Davies, B. R. (Map), London Smith, J. C. (Landscape), London FURRIER. Donald, AVilliam, Brighton Baker, John, Littlehampton Beard, T. R., Chailey Bennett, S. T., Worthing Bradley, W. T. and R., New Shorehara Davis, AVlUlara, Walberton Ellis, William, Hurstperpoint] Flint, Benjamin, [>ewes Floate, Thomas, Washington Gosling, William, Uckfield Gosling, AViUiam, Heathfield Gosling, John, East Grinstead Greenfield, George, Storrington Greenfield, J. O.. Petworth Hickes, Thomas, Hastings Hollands, John, Buxted Inman, Thomas Atkins, Brighton Johnson, Philip, West Marden Johnston, Thos., Jun , Lewes Kensett, Peter, BiUingshurst KUIick, Henry, Hartfield Lambe, John, Lewes Lempriere, J. S., Hurstperpoint Leney, Geoige, Cliffe, Lewes Lidbetter, A,, Southwick Lintott, H., Horsham Loud, Miss S., Angmering Lowe, Henry, Westbourne Longley, George, Henfield Madgwick, Thomas, Lewes Monk, James, Midhurst Monk, E,, Lewes Monk, George, Arundel Murrell, Edmund, Slindon Penfold, Henry, Goring Russell, John, Pevensey Roberts, George, Eastergate Shippam, Messrs. W. and L,, Chichester Southerden, — .East Hoathly Stringer, George, West Tarring Smhh, Kichard, Ifield Swan, Jeremiah W., Selsey Turner, Edward, Dltchelling Turner, J., Eastbourne AVoodhams, Geor-ge, Alfriston AVells, Thomas, Hurstperpoint HATTERS. Hill, J., Hastings Maxfield, J., Lewes Povey, J,, Clifie. Lewes Warner, "r. R., Horsham POST MASTERS. Archer, J. T., Brighton, Bristol Hotel Bennett, S. T., Worthing, Steyne Hotel Bourner, J., Maresfield, Chequers Inn Bridger, Jaraes, Washington Bromhead, J., Steyning, White Horse Inn Bryant, John, Hastings, Royal Oak Churchill, E., Tunbridge WeUs, Kentish Hotel Cloake, Henry, Uckfield, Maiden's Head Collins, J., Conqueror Hotel, St. Leonard's Deadman, W., New Shoreham, Star Inn EdIin, H., St. Leonard's, Hastings, Royal Hotel Edwards, James, Hurstperpoint, New Inn Emary, Francis, Hastings, Swan Hotel Flood, John, Arundel, Norfolk Arms Garland, George, Petworth, Swan Inn Garnham, Stephen, Lewes, Pelham Arms Gosden, G., Midhurst, Angel Inn Gosling, John, Forest Row Greenfield, Samuel, Petworth, Angel Inn Harris, John, Chichester, Swan Hotel Howell, John, Heathfield, Crown Inn Huggett, William, Horsebridge Hurst, G. A., Eastbourne, Star Inn Hutchings, H. P., St. Leonard's, South Saxon Hotel InsoU, Mrs., Lewes, Star Inn Johnson, Joseph, Ciawley Lee, John, Storrington, White Horse Inn Long, Mrs., Brighton, King and Queen Inn Millyard, Charles, Boxgrove Nichols, J. B., Shoreham, Dolphin Inn Noakes, T. E., Robertsbridge Osborne, Mrs., Lewes, Crown Inn Parsons, G , Brighton, York Hotel, and Sea House Hotel, Worthing Parker, William, Cuckfield, Ship Inn Pollard, John, Lesves, AVhite Hart Inn Puttock, George, BiUingshurst Sadler, Robert, Maudling, Coach and Horses Shuckard, L., Brighton, Old Ship Hotel Snelling, C, Patching Pond, Horse & Groom Stapley, Joseph, Albourne, King's Head Stevens, E., Southwick, Schooner Ion Suggers, G., Brighton, King's Arms White, Henry, Arundel, Swan InnJ Young, Richard, Fletching, Sheffield Arms HOUSE AGENT. Smallbone, James, Brighton IRONMONGERS. Attwood, William,' Lewes Gilbert, John, Tunbridge Wells Owens, Richard, Chichester Palmer, Thomas, Brighton Towner, — , Brighton Wimble, Nehemiah, Lewes LIBRARIANS. AUwork, Thomas, Hastings Carter, Miss Ann, Worthing Clifford, John, Tunbridge Wells Eber, John, Brighton Taylor, W, Brighton Fry, Robert, Tunbridge Wells Glazier, Samuel, Hastings Loder, R., Brighton Nash, John, Tunbridge Wells Stafford, Mrs. M., AVorthing LINEN DRAPERS&CLOTHIERS. -Astridge, Eb., Midhurst Caplin, Charles, Midhurst Croskey, AViUiam, Lewes Dyer, WiUiam, Little Hampton Gray, Thomas, Bognor HaUiday, John, Arundel Knapton, Robert, Bognor Maxfield, John, Lewes Morris, David, Lewes Perry, Robert (Hosier), Brighton Stanford, Messrs. I. and J., Horsham Stone, R. B., Eastbourne Thorpe, John, Horsham Turner, Joseph, Eastbourne MALTSTERS. Ayling, Thomas, Midlavant Barker, John, AVest Tarring Berry, Thomas, South Mailing, Lewes Smith, J., Southwick Smith, George, AVest Ashling MERCHANTS. Breeds, Thomas, Hastings Cole, AS^ra., Newhaven Hillman, John Lewes MILLERS. Boniface, W. H., Littlehampton Catt, Wm., Sen., Bishopstone Farndell, Joseph, Dell Quay Harwooii, John, Salvington Kenward, John, Uckfield Martin, — , Jun., East Hoathly Merricks, George, Lewes Middleton, Christopher, AVithyham Mott, George, Falmer Peacliey, Charles, Firle MUSIC iPROFESSOR. Gutteridge, AVm., Brighton NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS. Allan, James, AVest Harapnett Caraeron, J., Uckfield Read, T., Eridge Green Wood, W., Maresfield vm. CLASSIFICATION, ETC. PAPER MAKERS. Warren, Thos., West Ashling The Proprietors of the Lewea and Isfield Paper Mills PAWNBROKER. Folkard, D. M., Brighton PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Bissett, John, Newhaven Blackraan, J., Battle Blackman, William, AVartling Blaker, Harry, Brighton Blacklock,—, Brighton Boddington, Robert, Dltchelling Breton, Thomas, Bexhill Burnand, — , Chichester Byass, L., Cuckfield Chapman, AV. Ross, M.D., Hastings Covey, W. H., Uckfield , Curtis, AVUliam, South Harting Dennett, Thomas Philip, Storrington Dix, Edward, Brighton Dixon, F., Worthing Duke, Messrs., Chichester Evans, Thomas, Burwash Evershed, Peter, Billinghurst Gregory, C. F., Leigh, Kent Grimstone, E., M.D., Worthing Hale, Thomas Hampton, Petworth Hall, George, M.D., Brighton Hall, David, M D., Eastbourne Harris, John, Northiam Harris, Wm., Worthing Harwood, Dr., St. Leonard's, Hastings Hills, George, Jun., Arundel Ivory, James William, Ringmer Johnson, Thomas, Petworth Lovegtove, Napp, Horsham :Wantell, J., F.L S., Newick Mantell, G., L,L.D , Brighton Martin, John, New Shoreham iMarten, P. J., Pulborough Newington, Charles, Ticehurst Newington, C. H., Jun., Ticehurst Noakes, John, Newhaven Peskett, George, Funtington Ranking, Robert, Hastings Rickword, WUliam, Jun., Horsham AVallis, AVilliam, Hartfield WaUis, Michael, Mayfield Watts, Robert, Battle AVeekes, Richard, Jun., Hurstperpoint AVilson, F. H„ Rye AVisdom, William, Cuckfield Yeates, G. D., M.D., Tunbridge Wells PLUMBERS, PAINTERS, AND GLAZIERS. Davey, WUliam, Lewes Dumbrell, James, Brighton Griffiths, John, Lewes Hill, George, Hartfield Shelley, Thomas, Herald and Sign, Lewes Smith, John, Brighton POST MASTERS (Who are not Innkeepers.) Stevens, Charles, Lewes Swan, Jeremiah W., Selsey POWDER MANUFACTURERS. Laurence, Charles, Jun., Battle Harvey, W. G., Hounslow PRINTERS. Baxter, G. (in colours), London Clifford, John, Tunbridge Wells Colbran, John, Tunbridge Wells Clowes, W., London Creasy and Baker, Brighton Day, W. (Lithographic), London Gad and Kenendale (Copper-plate), London HarrlM, R. (Printers' Broker and Composi tion Roller Manufacturer), London Lloyd and Hennings (Copper-plate), London Nichols, John, London Phillips, John, Petworth SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS. Field, James, Arundel Saxby, Thoraas, Lewes SCULPTOR. Carew, J. E., Brighton SILVERSMITHS AND WATCH MAKERS. Knapton, Robert, Bognor Slater, J. (Clock), Worthing AVilmshurst, J., Brighton SLATERS. Parsons and Son, Lewes SMITHS. Harman, S., Lewes Simmonds, WUliam, Cliffe, Lewes SOAP MAKER. Evershed, Thomas, Cliffe, Lewes SOLICITORS. Attree, Thomas, Brighton Baldock, John, Burwash Bankin, George, East Grinstead Beecham, AViUiam Pain, Hawkhurst BeUingham, Thomas Charles, Battle Bennett, S. W., Brighton Blaker-, John, Jun., Lewes Boys, Jacob, Brighton Bowyer, John, Petworth Brookbank, Charles, Brighton Brown, William, Hastings Brookbank, John, Brighton Burt, Thomas R., East Grinstead Cocksedge, G., Brighton Colbatch, John, Brighton Cooper, Thomas, Lewes Crosweller, Thomas, Brighton Dawes, E. N., Rye Dennett, William Hugh, AVorthing Downer, William, Petworth Duke, William, Arundel Duke, Geoige, Hastings FaithfuU, G. (M.P ), Brighton FaithfuU, Henry, Brighton Foreman, Robert, Tunbridge Wells Fr-eenian, Thoraas, Brighton Fuller, Richard, Jun., Chichester Gell, F. H. (and Coroner), Lewes Head, Wm. A , East Grinstead Kell, William PolhiU, Lewes Latter, E. A., Brighton Mant, George, Storrington Mason, Henry, Kye Michell, J. C,, Brighton J Medwin, P., Horsham MiUard, G , Brighton Padwick, Henry, Horsham Palmer, G , London Parkinson, — , Lom^on Pearless, AVilliam, East Grinstead Phillips, John, Hastings Procter, Thos., Rye Raper, Robert, Chichester Rhoades, Thomas, Chichester Sherwood, John, Chichester Shadwell, W. L., Hastings Smart, Daniel, Emsworth Sprott, Walter, Tun'oridge Wells Stone, John, Tunbridge AVells Thompsotf, Thomas, Brighton Thorpe, Williara, Hastings Tribe, WiUiam, Worthing Tribe, John, Steyning » Verral, Edward, Lewes Wardroper, Richard, Jun., Midhurst Whiteman, George, Eastbourne Whicher, William, Chichester Woollgar, J. W., Lewes STONE MASONS Burgess, C. R., Petworth Grist, James, Jun., Midhurst Martin, S., Lewes Parsons and Son, Lewes Smart, WiUiam, Arundel TAILORS, &C. Alderton, Charles, Brighton Bradshaw, James, Brighton Breese, Timothy, Littlehampton Caffin, J. C'Chichester Davies, Thomas, Lewes Dyer, William, Littleharapton Ford, William, Southover Hother, John (and Breeches-maker), Lewes Hother, Geo. (and Breeches-maker), Lewes Legg, James, Brighton Lempriere, John Sturch, Hurstperpoint Maxfield, J , Lewes Mc'Diarmld, W., Rye Povey, J., Cliffe, Lewes Smith, John, Brighton Stanford, E., Worthing TANNERS. Baxter, W., Lewes Hooper, Cleve J., London Moon, T. M., Jun., Horsham TIMBER MERCHANTS. Bates, AVilliam, AVest Grinstead Berry, James, South Mailing, Lewes Clear, H., Lewes Cheesman, John, Brighton WUle, Charles, Lewes TYPE FOUNDERS. Casion, — , London Clowes, W., London UPHOLSTERERS AND CABINET MAKERS. Adams, John, Lewes Croskey, William, Lewes Hunt, Jeremiah, Brighton White. John L., Chichester VETERINARY SURGEON. Grover, John, Cliffe, Lewes WHARFINGER. Cheesman, David, Southwick WHEELWRIGHTS . Chatfield, Joseph, Poling Tipper, Charles, Oving WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Beard, Edward, Lewes Berry, Thomas, South Malllug, Lewes Hudson, John, Chichester Neal, Richard, Brighton Shaft, — , Brighton and Arundel YALE UNIVERSITY a39002 00i4358991b :h; iji