SUSSEX 



who commenced these notes about his parish 

 in 1 619, and died thirty-four years later. In 

 1622 he writes: 



"The Piggeon house has paied mee tithes 

 and doth this yeere by Nicholas Dobson now 

 farmer thereof; it is rented at ;^5. a yeere but 

 I take them in kinde and stand to the iruthe 

 and conscience of the farmer in the paying of 

 them." 



If Prebendary Nutt consumed five pounds' 

 worth of pigeons annually, they must, con- 

 sidering the comparative value of money in 

 those days, have been but rarely absent from 

 his table. Still, there are far worse things than 

 pigeon-pie. 



Not far distant from Berwick, in a field at 

 Charleston Farm, is another good dovecote; 

 circular in shape, and built of flints, with a 

 height of fourteen feet, an internal diameter of 

 eighteen, and a tiled roof curiously finished at 

 its apex. The walls are very thick and the door 

 rather small. The potence is in place, as also 

 about three hundred and fifty nests. These, 

 though in several instancesrepaired with bricks 

 and tiles, are of chalk slabs and blocks. 



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