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The Battle of Lewes Project: Outlining plans to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Battle, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2011 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 124, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Battle of Lewes Conference: The beginnings of parliamentary democracy explored, by Mike Chartier and Edwina Livesey, published August 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 127, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Solving Lewes Battle Riddles? Skeleton 180 sent for further analysis, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The defeat of Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 was significant because it led to Simon de Montfort summoning Britain's first recorded representative parliament the following year. To help celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Battle due in May next year the Sussex Archaeological Society has sought to clarify two conundrums related to the Battle.

Shock Dating Result: A victim of the Norman invasion?, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 133, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The skeleton of a man who died from violent wounds and thought to have possible associations with the 1264 Battle of Lewes has turned out to be even more remarkable. Radiocarbon analysis by SUERC at the University of Glasgow carried out on behalf of Sussex Archaeological Society has revealed that the skeleton does in fact date to 1064 +/- 28 years and is therefore very likely to be associated with the Norman Conquest. This makes the skeleton unique, as there are currently no other remains of individuals who died violently known to date from this period.

Lewes Bones Latest! What the Lewes skeletons have revealed, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Exciting new evidence has emerged about the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes (SAC 148) thanks to further scientific research led by Sussex Archaeological Society on this important site. Carbon dating evidence gathered from 13 of its skeletons has demonstrated the associated cemetery has a very wide chronological range, with burials spanning the late 11th/early 12th to the 16th, or even early 17th centuries. This proves that the hospital, thought to have been run by monks from Lewes Priory, had an early foundation.