AND THE DUKES OF RICHMOND. 17 



Evidently his Grace was very popular in Chichester, 

 to be considered the fittest recipient of such a treasure. 

 He obtained a faculty and the permission of the 

 Dean and Chapter to construct a mausoleum at the 

 east end of Chichester Cathedi'al, under the Lady 

 Chapel, into which he conveyed his father's re- 

 mains from Henry VIL's Chapel in Westminster 

 Abbey. This vault or mausoleum has received the 

 remains of twenty-five members of the family up to 

 1893. 



His Grace purchased, from Sir John Bennet, 

 Sedgweck Castle, about two and a half miles east 

 of Horsham. 



This castle was very ancient and historical, and 

 delightfully situated. In form it was circular, the 

 outer wall being about 200 yards in circumference, 

 and it was surrounded by an inner and an outer 

 moat, the water washing the walls which spread 

 gradually at the foundation. The land attached to it 

 consisted of about 150 acres, but had formerly been of 

 about 400 or 500 acres. "What was the Duke's design 

 in acquiring this remarkable property is unknown, 

 as the castle was not habitable, but many historical 

 events connected with it are recorded. A remarkable 

 and beautifully constructed basin, built with high 

 blocks of hewn stone, forms what is termed the 

 " Nun's "Well." Sometimes it was called " St. Mary's 

 Well," a name so often given to fountains of pure 



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