. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. as they are carved in oak over the mantelpiece ofone of the rooms. In the illustration it is shown upon avery reduced scale alternating with those of the Earls ofDelawarr, at the upper part, just under the sample of mould-ing ; having two specimens of long narrow ornamental pannelsbetween I I shall now proceed to give some extracts from the Stapleyaccount books, beginning with that of Anthonie (Mr. Justice)Stapley, the date of whose birth I have not been able to dis*cover, but who died in Septembe
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. as they are carved in oak over the mantelpiece ofone of the rooms. In the illustration it is shown upon avery reduced scale alternating with those of the Earls ofDelawarr, at the upper part, just under the sample of mould-ing ; having two specimens of long narrow ornamental pannelsbetween I I shall now proceed to give some extracts from the Stapleyaccount books, beginning with that of Anthonie (Mr. Justice)Stapley, the date of whose birth I have not been able to dis*cover, but who died in September, 1667, and who was in-terred in Twineham Church. He was probably born aboutthe year 1608. I shall, however, first notice a few membersof the Stapley family and their connections by marriage, THE MODE OF LIFE OF A SUSSEX GENT. 45 mentioned in the different account books. Anthony Stapleyspeaks of his brother-in-law Swale, and his sister Jane Stap-ley, subsequently Mrs. Swale; of his uncles Boyce and Judge;his brothers-in-law Luxford, Stonestrete (whose sister hemarried), Hippesley, John Spence of Mailing, near Lewes(who married his sister Ruth); and of his cousins Culpepper,of Bolney, Francis Challender (Challenor), of Lewes, JohnMeastford, and . . Ward, of Paines Hill. Under the date 1654 he mentions that his son AnthonieStapley would at All Saints day next ensuing be 18 ye
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