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264 partially obliterated. Some vestiges of the ancient archiepiscopal palace are quite visible. (Horsfield's Suss. II, 66.) This place is said to have been given to Bp. Wilfrid by King Cædvalla A.D. 687, when, lamenting the devastations he had perpetrated in Kent and elsewhere, he resigned his crown, and went to Rome. (X Script, p. 2207, quoted in a note to 254 of Bed. Hist. Eccl. ed. 1846.)

189. .—Of this church "the font is entirely of lead." (Cartwright's Dallaway.) On the font are the arms of Andrew Peverell, M.P. for the county A.D. 1351. The church was repaired and modernised in 1800. Parham House is a spacious Elizabethan mansion, having the arms of Q. Elizabeth on the roof of the entrance-hall, and coloured glass in some of the windows. (Horsfield's Suss. II, 157.) 190. .—This church is small, comprising only chancel, nave with south porch, and small western tower. About 1825 to 1830 the building was repaired, and the walls are so cased in plaster, that their construction cannot be distinguished, but the interior of the west window in the tower indicates that portion to be Norm., or rather Tr. Norm., the arch (if original and unaltered) being pointed. The east window is, not good, Dec., of which style there is another, better, window in the nave, the remainder being late Perp. and modern. The chancel contains a mutilated piscina. The font is modern.

191. .—(A.D. 1291), in the deanery of Arundel, "Vicarius de Fassing—note, Passing;" which is marked as signifying Patching. This small church has been completely renovated within some few years. It consists only of chancel, nave with south porch, and a tower near the centre of the north side. The original windows of the nave being lancets (two late Perp. have been inserted) they claim at least an E.E. date for this portion. From the shallow buttresses, divided into stages, the lower part of the tower is probably Tr. Norm., which is intimated also by the interior, where arches remain in both north and south walls. The exterior of the edifice is entirely covered by plaster.

192. .—This very small church is stated to contain a few fragments of coloured glass; also an iron grave-slab, A.D. 1703. (Horsfield's Suss. I, 561.) 193. .—The church has been so greatly altered by modern repairs, that the old work is generally concealed, but the south windows of the chancel are early Dec.—In alterations of