Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . e Rectory in 1291 was £b 13s. ^d. Thewalls of the Church were pulled down in 17^0-3 by theihen Rector-(Rev. D. HoUingbery), and the stones used inthe constructi(.in of Rye Harbour. The livings of and St. Giles have been united since the year1500. The present Rectory was built in 1849. On Pound Hill will be found the Pound, of which thekeeper is an officer of the Corporation. We are pleasedto notice ils recent renovaiion, bearing in mind that thePound is
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . e Rectory in 1291 was £b 13s. ^d. Thewalls of the Church were pulled down in 17^0-3 by theihen Rector-(Rev. D. HoUingbery), and the stones used inthe constructi(.in of Rye Harbour. The livings of and St. Giles have been united since the year1500. The present Rectory was built in 1849. On Pound Hill will be found the Pound, of which thekeeper is an officer of the Corporation. We are pleasedto notice ils recent renovaiion, bearing in mind that thePound is older than the Parish. The square facing the Town Hail on the west bears theancient and beautiful name of Paradise. At the south-west angle of the churchyard is IMariteau House (for someyears the residence of the late F. A. Inderwick, Esq., andnow occupied by C. W. Campion, Esq.), which preserves thename of a former Huguenot merchant. CJpposite is arecessed doorway belonging to a now demolished building,known as Trojans or Jews Hall, Trojan being a mediaevalsonvm for a rascal or thief. Facing us (entrance inFriars Road) is. GUIDE TO RYE. The Friars. H7 The Grey Friars had a house in old Wiiichelsea, foundedby Wm. de Buckingham, to which in the year 1253, ^, Bishop of Chichester, left the Gospels of St,Matthew and St. Mark, and 20/- When the new townwas built, the Friars removed thither to one of the bestsites. Within the Chapel there was an altar, dedicated toS . Barbara, a Saint peculiarly associated with fortificationsand walled towns like Winchelsea. The house receivednumerous benefactions, but, with the Black Friars, wassurrendered to the King in December, 1538. The site wasafterwards held by George Clyiford and Michael Weibore,who used the house as a farmhouse and the chapel as a various vicissitudes the property was sold in 1819,under a decree of the Court of Chancery, and the house,with the chapel and other appurtenances, was purchasedby the late Ric
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