Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . er xxviiis. ivd., andso the said wardens be discharged. May 1, 1553. The same day and yere came the saydRychard Farnfold, and brought in for the bryde past xii^. On a sheet in the middle of the book, which has beenbound up out of its proper place, is an account of the lettingof the churche lands by feoffees on the 10th September, inthe 30th year of Henry VIII ( 1538); but the only entrywhich has in it anything peculiar is the following :— Aho the same daye and yeare before written the saidfeoffees hav
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . er xxviiis. ivd., andso the said wardens be discharged. May 1, 1553. The same day and yere came the saydRychard Farnfold, and brought in for the bryde past xii^. On a sheet in the middle of the book, which has beenbound up out of its proper place, is an account of the lettingof the churche lands by feoffees on the 10th September, inthe 30th year of Henry VIII ( 1538); but the only entrywhich has in it anything peculiar is the following :— Aho the same daye and yeare before written the saidfeoffees have granted to Mr. Richard Farnfold of Gatewycketwo crofts, called Georges Crofts, for the space and time ofviii yeares, conditionally that he should kepe yearly from Maiiday till Michaelmas day xii kine for the poore occupiers ofStenyng, they payinge to him xiid. a peace every yeare forevery cowe. And the saide Richard covenantyth to breakeup all the sayde Georges Crofts withyn the space of the saydeeighte yeres. NOTICES OF THE ABBEY OF ROBERTSBRIDGE. BY THE KEY. GEORGE MILES Boss from the Chapel Roof, In my examination of the records belonging to this monas-tery, I have derived assistance from the previous inquiriesof the Rev. E. Venables, who having undertaken to be itshistorian, but being unfortunately prevented from completinghis design, has allowed me to benefit by the result of hislabours. A supply of matter, not hitherto made public, hasalso been very obligingly placed in my hands by the R. Boissier, consisting of nearly two hundred deeds ofconveyance and other documents relating to the abbey, acci-dentally discovered, a few years since, as that gentleman waspassing through a neglected room in Penshurst Castle. Aseal protruding itself from a heap of rubbish, led to an inves-tigation which brought to light a large number of parchmentsand papers, whose existence had been for a long time unknownor forgotten. Mr. Boissier subsequently cleaned and arrangedthe
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