Publications
Sussex: The little guides, by Ronald F. Jessup, F.S.A., published 1949 (xii + 284 pp., Methuen & Batsford) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 55] & R.I.B.A. Library
Cinque Ports, by Ronald Jessup, published 1952 (Methuen & Batsford) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
South-East England, by Ronald Jessup, F.S.A., published 1970 (Thomas & Hudson) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Review by I. D. M. [I. D. Margary] in Sussex Notes and Queries, November 1970:This is a very useful and readable account of the early inhabitants of South-East England down to the end of the Roman period. It is especially strong in the detail of the pre-Roman people as exemplified by their habitation sites that have been examined, notably but not entirely on the South Downs. Indeed a more accurately descriptive title would be "The Early Peoples of South-east England."
The book opens with a good summary of the topography and follows this with six chapters (135 pages) on the prehistoric phases, closing with a 40-page chapter on the Roman period. All these are well illustrated with 59 excellently clear line drawings and plans, mostly placed exactly where the reader needs them (so rare nowadays). There are also many good plates, 75 in all, grouped together at the end and followed by the relevant captions and notes which involves some page turning but is reasonably convenient. Lists of sites to visit, museums in the region, and a bibliography for each chapter complete the book.
The book opens with a good summary of the topography and follows this with six chapters (135 pages) on the prehistoric phases, closing with a 40-page chapter on the Roman period. All these are well illustrated with 59 excellently clear line drawings and plans, mostly placed exactly where the reader needs them (so rare nowadays). There are also many good plates, 75 in all, grouped together at the end and followed by the relevant captions and notes which involves some page turning but is reasonably convenient. Lists of sites to visit, museums in the region, and a bibliography for each chapter complete the book.
Man of Many Talents: An Informal Biography of James Douglas, 1753-1819, by Ronald Jessup, published 1 January 1975 (xiv + 310 pp. = 32 pp. of plates, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850331994 & ISBN-13: 9780850331998) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries