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Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein

published by Courier in 1928

Chapter Frontispiece       Preface       Ch I. Introductory   9   Ch II. Owners before the Conquest   18   Ch III. The Priory   32   Ch IV. The Hundred and Manor of Rotherfield   42   Ch V. Early Inhabitants   55   Ch VI. The Customs and Courts of the Manor   64   Ch VII. Manor Accounts   85   Ch VIII. The Church: Its Patron Saints   93   Ch IX. The Church: Its Fabric   98   Ch X. The Church: Its Uses   109   Ch XI. The Church: Its Memorials   115   Ch XII. The Church: Its Registers   132   Ch XIII. The Church - Its Lands: Dewland Manor   148   Ch XIV. The Church - Its Lands: Dewland Manor   160   Ch XV. The Church - Its Lands: Dewland Manor and the Holy Breads Land   172   Ch XVI. The Rectors and Ministers of Rotherfield   180   Ch XVII. The Rectors and Ministers of Rotherfield (continued)   191   Ch XVIII. The Rectors and Ministers of Rotherfield (concluded)   204   Ch XIX. Assistant Clergy of Rotherfield, and Churchwardens   215   Ch XX. The Churchwardens' Minute Book   230   Ch XXI. The Church Pews   245   Ch XXII. The Vestry Meeting Book   254   Ch XXIII. The Marian Persecution in Rotherfield   265   Ch XXIV. Local Trades   276   Ch XXV. The Inns   291   Ch XXVI. The Manor House   306   Ch XXVII. The Horsegrove Estate   316   Ch XXVIII. The Manor of Hall   323   Ch XXIX. The Manor of Walsh   336   Ch XXX. The Fermors of Walsh Manor   349   Ch XXXI. The Fermors of Walsh Manor (concluded)   362   Ch XXXII. The Fowle Family   374   Ch XXXIII. The Fowle Family (completed)   385   Ch XXXIV. The Maynards of Hamsell   400   Ch XXXV. The Maynards of Redgate Mill   418   Ch XXXVI. The Maynards of Mead Farm   427   Ch XXXVII. The Borowe or Manor of Alchorne   434   Ch XXXVIII. The Burges Family of Brook House   446   Ch XXXIX. Steep   458   Ch XL. The Pageant   466   Index   480   Illustrations Our Surroundings in 1597       The Pedigree of the De Clares and Nevills facing  46   External View of Church, 1850 facing  98   The Chancel facing  103   The Doom discovered in 1893 facing  104   Central Figures of the Doom facing  105   Pulpit and Rood Loft Doorway facing  116   Iron Grave Slab & The Fonts facing  118   Dewland Manor facing  148   Site of the Priest or Vicarage House facing  173   Great Henley and Little Henley facing  174   Chimneys of "The Three Guns" Inn facing  301   The Manor House in 1882 facing  307   The Manor of Hall in 1785 facing  327   The Two Walsh Manor Houses in 1785 facing  347   Walsh Manor Photographs facing  348   The Manor of Walsh, alias Sypseys, in 1839 facing  349   Pedigree of the Fermors of Walsh Manor and Sybsies facing  372   St Mary Overy Priory Plan facing  377   Fowle Early Family Pedigree   380   Pedigree of Fowle of Rotherfield facing  399   Borowe or Manor of Alchorne facing  437   Pedigree of Allcorn of The Hall Farm facing  444   Pedigree of Burges of Brook House facing  456   More about Rotherfield

Index - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Abbey of St. Denys 16, 19, 20, 23, 29   32, 40, 97, 99, 466   Abergavenny, Battle of 45   Abergavenny, Marquis of 46   Absence from Church Service 292   Acton, Richard and Mildred 405   Adams Farm 396, 442, 444   Adroll Family 154, 256, 431   Aedward the Confessor 31, 43, 44, 99   Alard of Winchelsea 59   Alchorne Family 47, 48, 63, 77, 132   152, 188, 230, 233, 271   281, 286, 287-290, 329, 332   333, 342, 356, 358, 438   453   Alchorne Manor 44, 256, 372, 391   Alehouses, Suppression of 293   Aletasters 291, 292   Alfred, King 13, 15, 27, 28, 30   110   Alfrey's Land 235   Allchin, Mr. L. J. 150, 441   Allen Family 283, 294-296, 408-409   Alured 41, 180, 187   Alward 44   Andreasweald, The 12, 98   Andrew, Gift of St. 78   Andrewsyeld 65, 67   Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 11, 15, 45   Ansfrid 44, 434   Antonius, Itinerary of 11   Antonius, Pius 12   Appledore 15   Argetts Hill 156   Arnulph, St. 139, 142   Arrow Rents 35, 38   Ashdown Family 48, 62, 112, 134, 152   230, 233, 252, 266-269, 274   Ashdown Forest 11, 254   Audley, Hugh de 53, 54, 71, 89   Augustine, St. 32   Austen Family 235, 243, 250, 299, 300   Austen of Goudhurst 387

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