A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



(very good), Boxgrove, Willingdon, North Stoke, West Stoke, Mountfield, 

 Cocking, Ditchling (2), Linchmere (east wall), Chichester Cathedral, West 

 Tarring, Preston, Sompting, St. Mary's Hospital Chichester, Buxted, Otham 

 (the last three elaborately carved), Trotton, Wisborough Green, Jevington, 

 Icklesham, and the Greyfriars' Church, Chichester. Triangular piscinae are 

 found at West Thorney, West Wittering, Bosham, Sidlesham, and Lurgashall. 

 Of the fourteenth century^ fine examples, nearly all moulded and carved, 

 remain at Winchelsea (3), Arlington, Buncton, Pyecombe (double), Rudg- 

 wick, Icklesham (2), Kirdford, Salehurst, Denton, Sutton, Isfield, Ripe, 

 Chichester Cathedral, Cocking, and St. Olave's Chichester. Piscinae of late 

 fourteenth and fifteenth century work occur in Bodiam Castle chapel, East- 

 bourne, Etchingham (2), Poynings, Alfriston, Westbourne (very good), 

 Arundel, Poling (Commandery Chapel), Worth, Hastings, St. Clement's (2), 

 and All Saints'. Rood-loft piscinae, high up in the wall, occur at South 

 Harting, Petworth, and New Shoreham great rarities. 



Sedilia are not so common, and must often, as at Chichester Cathedral, 

 have been of wood, and so have disappeared altogether. Early examples are 

 found at Rogate (late twelfth), Guestling, Litlington, Shipley, Portslade, 

 Tangmere, Aldingbourne, Rotherfield, East Blatchington, Findon, North 

 Stoke, Ditchling, West Hoathly, Preston, Sedlescombe, Otham, Buxted, 

 St. Mary's Hospital (very fine) and the Greyfriars' church, Chichester, 

 the Cathedral Lady chapel, Winchelsea (2, very richly carved), Beckley, 

 Sutton, Denton, Ripe, Etchingham, Poynings, Alfriston, Pulborough, and 

 Eastbourne ranging in date from the early thirteenth to late fourteenth 

 century. 



Holy-water stoups are found at Ovingdean (eleventh century), West- 

 field, Beckley, Ferring, Firle, Fletching, Eastdean and Westdean (East 

 Sussex), Isfield, Cuckfield (2), Iden, Wisborough Green, Rogate, Worth, 

 Maresfield (2), Ashington, Westham, Wivelsfield, Fletching, Ripe, Bury, 

 Crawley, Lancing, West Hoathly, Singleton, Telscombe, and the two 

 Hastings churches generally of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 



Stone recesses for the Easter sepulchre, or tombs used for placing the 

 sepulchre in or upon, are found at Cocking (thirteenth century), Lancing, 

 Berwick, Denton, Westdean (East Sussex), and Bepton (fourteenth century, 

 early), Eastbourne, Alfriston (fourteenth century, late). 



In addition to these are certain small recesses, like aumbries, in several 

 churches (e.g. Sompting), and a large number of late tombs which served this 

 purpose, and which are noticed post. One of these latter the canopied altar 

 tomb of Lord Dacre (d. 1534) was directed by his will to be used for the 

 Easter sepulchre. 



Niches and brackets for images are few and poor in character, as 

 compared with other counties. Chichester Cathedral (south porch), Ditchling, 

 Buncton, Eastbourne, East Blatchington and Bishopstone (east wall of porch), 

 are noteworthy exceptions. 



Bishop Sherborn's great altar-screen of oak, lately restored to the 

 cathedral, is the only thing of its kind in the county, but there are in two 

 of the nave chapels in Chichester Cathedral what may be termed early 

 stone reredoses, i.e. a group of trefoil-headed niches, with quatrefoils above, 

 richly moulded and with foliaged capitals, all inclosed within a horizontal 



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