. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. Abby are the Armes (of Lunsford) and this Latinverse in Caracter— mulim annis sunt ^rma gjojanniis.^^ Afterwards, temp. Henry YII., they were at Whiligh in EastHothly, where flourished during the civil wars of the 17thcentury. Sir Thomas Lunsford, who was a celebrated Cavalier,and of whom it was reported by the Roundheads that he hadstrong cannibal propensities, and subsisted chiefly on youngchildren. A mock litany of the time includes the prayer— From Fielding and from Vavasour,Both ill-afEected men,Fro
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. Abby are the Armes (of Lunsford) and this Latinverse in Caracter— mulim annis sunt ^rma gjojanniis.^^ Afterwards, temp. Henry YII., they were at Whiligh in EastHothly, where flourished during the civil wars of the 17thcentury. Sir Thomas Lunsford, who was a celebrated Cavalier,and of whom it was reported by the Roundheads that he hadstrong cannibal propensities, and subsisted chiefly on youngchildren. A mock litany of the time includes the prayer— From Fielding and from Vavasour,Both ill-afEected men,From Lunsford eke deliver us,That eateth up ohil-dren Several other allusions to this personage in his character ofan anthropophagist are found in the political satires of theage; but for his true history, see Mr. W. D. Cooper,in Yol. xix. of these Collections (page 105); and for hismurderous attack on Sir Thomas Pelham of Halland, seevols. iii. p. 223 and v. 81. The identity of the Luxfords with the Lunsfords, thoughnot proved, is highly probable, especially as their arms Lunsford. Luxford. D 2 20 NOTES ON OLD SUSSEX FAMILIES. An inscription to a member of the Luxford family inWartling church asserts that that family had been buriedthere for some centuries. Now, as Windmill Hill, in thatparish, their residence for generations, is within a few milesboth ol Battle and Echingham, it is quite likely that theLuxfords are veritable Lunsfords. The present representa-tive of the Luxfords (and by probability of the Lunsfords)is John Odiarne Luxford, Esq., of High am in Salehurst. Ifit could be satisfactorily proved that Lunsford and Luxford areof common origin, Mr. Luxford must take equal antiquity withthe Ashburnhams, and the most venerable of Sussex houses. The name of Woodman^ much, respected both in East andWest Sussex, chiefly in the middle class of life, deserves afew words of notice. It is perhaps as essentially a Sussexfamily as can be found. This county, as every
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