Page:Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.djvu/373

311 .—Of this no other knowledge has been, or can be, obtained, than what is afforded by a very inferior print and a meagre account in "Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales," published by Alex. Hogg, Lond. 1786. The description states the chapel to have been situated "in the forest of Ashdown," without further indicating the locality; that the walls had been very thick; but that neither door nor window was perfect; adding, "It appears to have had an aisle on the south side, and to have been supported on the inside by some massy pillars. The whole was built with a cement, that is now as hard as the stone, wherewith the building was composed."

or .—On the authority of Tanner a Benedictine priory is stated to have existed at a place of this name in Sussex, founded probably by Rich. Archbp. of Canterbury (from A.D. 1171 to 1183) temp. K. Henry II. It was dissolved on account of the bad lives of some of the nuns, but seems to have been re-established. (Monast. IV, 658.) .—The hospital of St. Edmund at Windeham in the patronage of the Crown is named 10 K. Richard II. (Monast. VI, 777.) Where to look for this place I know not.