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The Field of Hastings, by Lt. Col. C. H. Lemmon, R.A., published 1957 (55 pp., London: Budd & Gillatt) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This gives a clear acount of the Battle, very easy to follow. The author has carefully considered the roads and tracks then available, the lie of the land and the then configuration of the sea-coast. The notes (which merit careful study) are detached from the text so as not to mar its continuity. The author considers that Harold was not killed by the arrow in his eye but in the final hand-to-hand melee by a party of four Norman knights - is there not a tradition that he survived to become a monk of Waltham Abbey?

The Battle of Lewes 1264: Its Place in History, by Sir F. Maurice Powicke, R. F. Treharne and Lt. Col. Charles H. Lemmon, published 1964 (The Friends of Lewes Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502868]

This convenient, well-illustrated pocket book is, or will become, a "must" for collectors of Sussexiana. The main essay by Professor Treharne is a masterpiece of concentrated history of the strange reign of Henry III. The curious plausible character of Henry is clearly explained and several new facets are considered. The deep influence of his religion on the formidable Simon de Montfort explain much of interest in the career of this remarkable warrior and reforming aristocrat. Col. Lemmon's essay on the actual battle is refreshing. A modern soldier after carefully reconnoitring the terrain produces a very plausible battle plan of the events of May 14th. There are few sites in England which have changed so little in seven hundred years. For over a century the tale of the battle as visualised by our Member, W. H. Blaauw, in 1844, has been accepted, now Col. Lemmon gives a considerable variation to these ideas. Sir Tufton Beamish, whose helpful introduction to this volume, is publishing his own work on the battles of Lewes and Evesham early next year. His reconstruction of the tactics of this event will prove of great interest to many.
This excellent small volume is very reasonably priced.

The Romano-British Site at Bodiam, by Charles H. Lemmon and J. Darrell Hill, published 1966 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 104, article, pp.88-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2189] & The Keep [LIB/500325] & S.A.S. library

Town Creep, by Lieut-Colonel C. H. Lemmon, D.S.O., published May 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 9, article, pp.297-301) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library