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Mayfield - The Story of an Old Wealden Village by Elizabeth Margaretta Bell-Irving

published by William Clowes & Sons in 1903

Chapter Book cover       Frontispiece       Preface       Contents       List of Illustrations       Chapter I. The Village - The Parish - The Weald - Farmhouses - The Rivers - The Roads   1   Chapter II. Old Customs - Charms and superstitions - Dialect   15   Chapter III. Early History - St Dunstan and Mayfield Church - The Domesday Survey - Loxfield Hundred - The Palace   20   Chapter IV. Cade's Rebellion - Mayfield Manor   50   Chapter V. The Palace - Relics of St Dunstan   63   Chapter VI. The Church - The Monuments   71   Chapter VII. The Parish Registers - The Rev. John Maynard - The Churchyard   88   Chapter VIII. The Papers - Churchwarden's Accounts - The Charities - The Poor Laws   104   Chapter IX. The Apprentices - Overseer's Accounts - Vicars of Mayfield   117   Chapter X. The Rectory of Mayfield - Sir Edward North - Sit Thomas Gresham - The Mayfield Martyrs   141   Chapter XI. The Manor of Isenhurst - The Manor of Sharnden   153   Chapter XII. Later History of the Palace and Manor - Sir Henry Nevill - Sir Thomas May - John Baker - The Great Rebellion - Mayfield Tokens   159   Chapter XIII. Sussex Ironworks - Early Ordnance - Furnaces and Forges - Firebacks - Industries   166   Chapter XIV. The Charity School - John Gale and his Diary - The Palace dismantled - Visit of Princess Victoria - Modern Times   184   Index   199   Illustrations The Village       The Banqueting Hall, Mayfield Palace   41   Plan of Long's Farm, Mayfield - 1640   51   Mayfield Place   62   St Dunstan's Church   70   Ruins of Mayfield Palace   145   More about Mayfield

Index - A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T V W Y Malling Manor 20   Manor of Mayfield 23, 25, 59, 144-150, 159-161   195   Mark Cross parish 103   Markets, grant of 27   Martyrs, Mayfield men burnt at the stake 150-152   May Family 142, 160   May, Thomas 160-161   Mayfield Charities 110-111   Mayfield Church 71-87, 107, 109   Mayfield Manor 23, 25, 59, 62-68, 144-150   159-161, 195   Mayfield martyrs 150-152   Mayfield Parish 4-5, 31-35, 56-58, 103, 158   Mayfield Parish registers 88-100, 104-134   Mayfield Rectory 28-29, 39, 141-144   Mayfield Schools 184-195   Mayfield Vicars 135-140   Mayfield village 1, 95-97, 115-116   Mayfield, ancient buildings 2-4   Mayfield, apprentices' indentures 117-122   Mayfield, Civil War 161-163   Mayfield, early inhabitants 33   Mayfield, endowments of the vicarage 28   Mayfield, fairs and markets 27-28   Mayfield, followers of Jack Cade 55   Mayfield, industries 182-183   Mayfield, iron trade 166-181   Mayfield, provincial synod held there 37   Mayfield, removal and maintenance of paupers 94-95, 122-134   Mayfield, tradesmen's tokens 164-165   Mayfield, various manors in the parish 153-157   Mayfield, visits of Edward I 35-36   Mayfield, visits of Princess Victoria 196-197   Mayfield, visits of Queen Elizabeth I 149   Maynard, John, Vicar of Mayfield 7, 97-101, 138   Maynard, William 151-152   Meopham, Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury 37-39   Mere, John 152   Merryweather farm 7   Mesewelle 22-23   Middle House 2-3   Militia 133-134   Monuments and epitaphs 76-83, 102-103   Morley Family 161-163

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