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Rectors of Edburton, by F. A. Howe, published November 1953 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 15 & 16, note, pp.324-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

A Chronicle of Edburton and Fulking in the County of Sussex, by F. A. Howe, B.Sc., published 1958 (113 pp., Crawley: Hubners Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503815] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Author has collected from original sources and previous writers a mass of useful information in a very readable form, interesting not only to local inhabitants but also to all interested in Sussex. Perhaps because of the nature of the method of assembly of the Notes, there are gaps in the continuity of the history behind the facts recorded, especially in the matter of local government. Originally a single parish of Edburton for all purposes, it remains one ecclesistical parish, but Fulking was made into a separate civil parish at the end of Victoria's reign and more recently (presumably under the 1930 Act) Edburton became part of the civil parish of Upper Beeding. Edburton and Fulking were in different Rapes but the Author does not deal with the curious origin and nature of Bramber Rape (see S.A.C. lv and lxxii) which cuts through Hundreds and Parishes. The boundary of the Administrative Counties of East and West Sussex followed the Rape boundary when they were formed in 1888 but Sussex is still an Entire County (See S.N.Q. xiii. 14). Hundreds and parishes were not coincident in many cases (Wisborough Green is in three Hundreds and Lamberhurst parish was in two counties) and these areas were formed independently. The Author might in a future edition give a clearer explanation of the local authorities at different times in chronological order with dates of changes. The Map (p. 104) is on a very small scale and would be improved by showing the adjoining areas. There are some passages which might be revised; the Hundred was financed by rates on occupiers, not on copyholders as such; the Poor Rate was levied by the parish and latterly included the County and Hundred Rates, previously levied independently; the origin of parish registers was under Henry VIII, Elizabeth I merely tightened up the procedure; the duties of Statute Labour on roads was elaborately dealt with in the original Act of 1555 and was only revised under George III. The Court Baron and the Customonary Court of a Manor are distinct and Briefs issued out of the Chancery (NOT the Court of Chancery) which was the place whence all Royal Writs issued.

Church Wardens of Henfield, Sussex, 1521-1960, by F. A. Howe, published c.1960 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4333][Lib 6371]