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Rh "are some small remains of painted glass.—About a mile and a half from the church, in an easterly direction, are the remains of the priory of Warbleton, now converted into a farm-house." (Horsfield's Suss. II, 572, 570.) This statement appears to contradict that of Bp. Tanner, cited from Monast. VI, 168, in the Note on Hastings, that the intention of removing the priory at Hastings to Warbleton "never fully took effect." But, although the scheme was so far executed as that buildings were erected on the new site, possibly they might not be completed, nor the establishment actually settled in the new residence.—At a still greater distance, namely, three miles or more from the church, is a farm called Bucksteep, or Buckstepe, where the names "Chapel Field" and "Chapel Wood" are still in use. A barn also is known to stand on or near the site of the ancient chapel, of which however no vestiges exist.

266. .—"While the manor and principal estate belonged to the abbeys of Fescamp and Sion, the parochial duties were performed by a chaplain belonging to one of those establishments. Since the property has come into lay hands, an officiating minister has been appointed by the lord of the manor, who is not licensed, and has no fixed salary. The Bishops of Chichester do not appear to have exercised any jurisdiction over the person so appointed, and the name of Warminghurst does not occur in any of their registers." (Cartwright.) In the (Clergy List) Warminghurst appears as a perpetual curacy without any stipend.

267. .—It has been seen in the Note on Leominster, that with its church is coupled, in (A.D. 1291), that of Warningcamp; and from an entry in the bishop's registers, (cited in Cartwright's Dallaway's Western Sussex,) it appears, that the chapel of Warningcamp was mentioned A.D. 1492. The site of the church is pointed out on the hill on the north-west side of the hamlet, but the last vestiges were removed for the erection of a cottage on the spot in 1847, so that no traces can now be discovered. The building is popularly considered and called a "chapel," but actually possessed the dignity of a "church," the title of "The parish of Warningcamp" being still retained, though it is incorporated with that of Leominster.

268. .—At Boreham street, a populous hamlet in this parish, "was formerly a chapel (now desecrated) which is marked in an old map of Speede's, wherein Wartling is called