16 BECORDS AND REMINISGENOES OF GOODWOOD 



This stone, whicli is about six feet long by two feet 

 nine inches broad, is of grey Sussex marble, and the 

 letters upon it are three inches high. It was found 

 about four feet below the surface of the ground, when 

 the foundations for the Council Chamber, in the North 

 Street of the City of Chichester, were dug in April, 

 1731, and was presented to the Duke of Richmond 

 by a Mr. Lodger, but unfortunately it was greatly 

 defaced and broken in its removal from the ground 

 where it had been buried for so many centuries. 



Near to it were some stone walls three feet thick, 

 forming an angle, which there can be but little doubt 

 were part of the temple to which this stone relates. 



It not only fixes the site of a pagan temple dedi- 

 cated to two of the Dii Majores, and affords evidence 

 of a corporation of smiths, working probably with 

 Sussex iron, and wealthy enough to establish such a 

 building, but it has also preserved to us the names of 

 Cogidubnus, a native chieftain mentioned by Tacitus, 

 and of Pudens, the giver of the site, the namesake of 

 the Eoman husband of the British Claudia, whose 

 beauty and talent, according to Martial, distinguished 

 her in the polished society of ancient Rome. It will 

 be remembered that St. Paul, writing from that city, 

 sends the greetings of Pudens and Claudia to Timothy 

 (2 Tim. iv. 21). It is, therefore, very probable that 

 this stone bears one of the oldest inscriptions to be 

 found in this country. 



