Publications
The Ferry of Sefford, by Arnold J. Taylor, published November 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 8, article, pp.237-242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library
Records of the Barony and Honour of the Rape of Lewes, by Arnold J. Taylor, published 1940 (vol. 44, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2260] & The Keep [LIB/500420] & West Sussex Libraries
Review by W. B. [W. Budgen] in Sussex Notes and Queries, August 1940:In this volume Mr. Taylor has brought together a number of records bearing upon the administration of the jurisdiction exercised by the Lords of the Rape of Lewes. The main record, published by kind permission of the Duke of Norfolk, is a series of Court Rolls of the Barony covering the period from June, 1265, to August, 1266; these are printed in the original Latin. There then follow in an English translation, Extracts from Court Rolls of about 100 years later and two Account Rolls of the Barony, and finally a number of Inquisitions and Extents, 1265-1300, concerning lands within the Rape. The nearness in date of the early series of rolls to the culmination of the Barons' War at the Battle of Lewes (1264) is brought out by two references to the war, one (p.23) to a prisoner of the Earl (de Warenne) in his castle at Reigate "because he was against him in the time of the trouble in the kingdom," and the other (p.26) referring to 25 sheep belonging to the Chaplain of Hamsey which were in the custody of the Earl at Brittelmeston, because they were seized by the Earl's men "in the time of the war."
Besides the usual Index of Names and Places, the volume has a useful Index Rerum which, in addition to serving to some extent as a glossary to the Latin portion of the rolls, draws attention to many points of interest. For example, one notices the variety of articles that were from time to time seized as security for a defendant's appearance to answer the claim made against him. In one such case (p.26) a hatchet, a hauberk, and a trivet were taken, and in another, a pick, a hoe and a spade, but more frequently the distraint was made upon farm stock.
Besides the usual Index of Names and Places, the volume has a useful Index Rerum which, in addition to serving to some extent as a glossary to the Latin portion of the rolls, draws attention to many points of interest. For example, one notices the variety of articles that were from time to time seized as security for a defendant's appearance to answer the claim made against him. In one such case (p.26) a hatchet, a hauberk, and a trivet were taken, and in another, a pick, a hoe and a spade, but more frequently the distraint was made upon farm stock.
History of the King's Works, by Arnold J. Taylor, H. M. Colvin and R. A. Brown, published 1963 (London: H.M.S.O.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The King's Works in Wales, 1277-1330, by Arnold J. Taylor, published September 1974 (293 pp., Stationery Office Books, ISBN-10: 0116705566 & ISBN-13: 9780116705563)
Studies in Castles and Castle Building, by Arnold J. Taylor, published July 1986 (325 pp., Hambledon Continuum, ISBN-10: 0907628516 & ISBN-13: 9780907628514)