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Descriptive catalogue of the original charters, royal grants and donations constituting the muniments of Battle Abbey, by Thomas Thorpe, published 1835 (221 pp., London: Thomas Thorpe) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503747] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Parish of Battle, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.528-540) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Gleaning respecting Battel and its Abbey, by Unknown Vidler, published 1841 (Battle: F. W. Ticehurst)   View Online

English Surnames. Essays on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological and Humorous. With Chapters of Rebuses and Canting Arms, The Roll of Battel Abbey, A List Of Latinized Surnames, &c. &c., by Mark Antony Lower, published 1842 (240 pp., London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

English Surnames. Essays on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological & Humorous, With Chapters on Rebuses & Canting Arms, The Roll of Battle Abbey, etc , by Mark Antony Lower, published 1844 (2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Hand-Book to Battle Abbey: to which is added a Description of Battle Church, by Unknown Vidler, published 1844 (Battle: F. W. Ticehurst)

The Hand-book to Battle Abbey: to which is added, a description of Battle Church, its monuments, &c., by Francis William Ticehurst, published c.1845 (Battle: F. W. Ticehaurst) accessible at: British Library

The Roll of Battle Abbey, annotated, by John Bernard Burke, published 1848 (London: Edward Churton)   View Online

English Surnames; An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological, And Humorous, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1849 (3rd edition, London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Chronicle of Battel Abbey, from 1066 to 1176. Now first translated, with notes, and an abstract of the subsequent history of the establishment, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1851 (xii + 227 pp., London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503752] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

On the (so called) Roll of Battle Abbey, by Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, pp.1-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Battel Abbey, by Edward Turner, published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, article, pp.1-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Battle Abbey: with Notices of the Parish Church and Town, by Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, published 1866 (92 pp., Battle: F. W. Ticehurst) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2760] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The conventual arrangement of Battle Abbey, by Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, published 1866 in Royal Institute of British Architects (1st series vol. 16, article, pp.164-169) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

The results of current research into the layout of the Abbey, based on examination of the surviving ruins. Includes report of ensuing discussion. Read at the Ordinary General Meeting, May 21, 1866.

The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 1867 (120 pp., St Leonards: Karl Burg) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Battle or Battel, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.27-37, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Cells of Battle Abbey, by The Editor, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.123-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Translation of a Latin Roll dated 31st Edward III, relating to the Liberties and Immunities of Battel Abbey, by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen and Mark Antony Lower, published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, article, pp.152-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

History of Battle Abbey, by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, Cleveland, Duchess of, published 1877 (357 pp., London: William Clowes and Sons) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Remarks on a Battle Abbey Roll of the Fifteenth Century, from the Collections of William of Worcester, by Sir George F. Duckett, published 1878 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 28, article, pp.127-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2113] & The Keep [LIB/500246] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Guide to Battle Abbey, by C. L. W. C., published 1879 (75 pp., Battle: F. W. Ticehurst) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries

Battle Abbey Evidences, by Sir George F. Duckett, published 1881 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 31, article, pp.157-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2116] & The Keep [LIB/500249] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield with Maps and a Plan of the Battle, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 1884 (new enlarged and revised edition,xiv & 238 pp., Hastings and St Leonards Philosophical Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Custumals of Battle Abbey, 1283-1312, by S. R. Scargill-Bird, published 1887 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8333] & The Keep [LIB/501532]

The Battle Abbey Roll with some account of the Norman Lineages, Vol I, by Duchess of Cleveland, published 1889 (352 pp., London: John Murray) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Battle Abbey Roll with some account of the Norman Lineages, Vol II, by Duchess of Cleveland, published 1889 (389 pp., London: John Murray) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Battle Abbey Roll with some account of the Norman Lineages, Vol III, by Duchess of Cleveland, published 1889 (528 p., London: John Murray) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Battle Abbey, by Country Life contributor(s), published 6 November 1897 in Country Life (article)

Battle Church, by James Lewis André, F.S.A., published 1899 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 42, article, pp.214-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2127] & The Keep [LIB/500260] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Battle Abbey, the seat of the Duchess of Cleveland, by Country Life contributor(s), published 21 October 1899 in Country Life (article)

Descriptive Particulars. The historic and world-famed Battle Abbey and Domain … which will be offered for sale by auction … on Tuesday the 26th of November, 1901, etc. [With plans and plates.], published 1901 (38 pp., London: J. Davy & Sons) accessible at: British Library

Three East Sussex Churches. Battle, Icklesham, Peasmarsh. A study of their Architectural History. 1. Battle, by Greville M. Livett, vicarof Wateringbury, Kent, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, article, pp.69-93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Hides and Virgates at Battle Abbey, by James Tait, published October 1903 in The English Historical Review (vol. xviii, issue lxxii, article, pp.705-708, ISSN: 0013-8266)   View Online

Battle Abbey, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XXXVII, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Battle, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.52-56, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Chronicle of Battle Abbey, by H. W. C. Davis, published July 1914 in The English Historical Review (vol. xxix, issue cxv, article, pp.426-434, ISSN: 0013-8266)   View Online

The Story of St Mary's Church, Battle, by Rev. W. W. Youard, M.A., Dean and Vicar, published c.1920 (Gloucester: The British Publishing Co.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Monastery of Battle, by Rose Graham, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S., published March 1924 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (second series, vol. 30, issue 1, article, pp.55-75)   View Online

Battle Church Plate, by Fane Lambarde, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

The Homeland Guide to Bexhill-On-Sea with Battle, Battle Abbey and the Historic Neighbourhood, by Arthur Henry Anderson, published 1928 (London: Homeland Association)

Battle Abbey Church, by S.N.Q. contributor, published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, pp.247-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Battle Abbey, by Harold Brakspear, published April 1931 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 11 issue 2, note, pp.166-168)   View Online

Note on the Arms of Battle Abbey, by R. H. D'Elboux, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.365-366) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Benedictine Abbey of St Martin at Battle, by Harold Brakspear, published 1933 (16 pp., illus. & 1 plan) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries

Obedientiary and other accounts of Battle Abbey in the Huntington library, published November 1934 in Institute of Historical Research (vol. 12, issue 35, article, pp.83-101)   View Online

Battle Abbey Under 39 Kings, by Lilian Boys Behrens, published 1937 (xvi + 179 pp., London: St Catherine Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503751] & R.I.B.A. Library   View Online

The Obedientiary Rolls of Battle Abbey, by Eleanor Swift, M.A., published 1937 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 78, article, pp.37-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2163] & The Keep [LIB/500351] & S.A.S. library

A New Charter of Henry II to Battle Abbey, by V. H. Galbraith, published January 1937 in The English Historical Review (vol. lii, issue ccv, article, pp.67-73, ISSN: 0013-8266)   View Online

Battle Abbey at the dissolution: expenses, by Allan Evans, published 1942 in Huntingdon Library Quarterly (article, pp.53-101)

Battle Abbey Finance, by L. F. S. [L. F. Salzman], published May 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 2, note, pp.41-42) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

The Church of St. Mary, the Virgin, Battle, under 33 vicars and deans, by Lilian Boys Behrens, published 1946 (30 pp., Battle: Abbott's Treasure Chest) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507998]

Sussex Church Plans LXXIII: St. Mary the Virgin, Battle, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.6-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

Battle Church, by A. T. A. Naylor, published May 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 2, note, p.47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Court Hall, Battle Abbey, by R. H. D'Elboux, M.C., F.S.A., published May 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 9 & 10, article, pp.198-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Battle, by F. Vere Hodge, published 1953 (Battle: Barrett)

A good deal has been written about this important church, but this is the first satisfactory guide to it. The ecclesiastical, as well as the architectural history is fully treated, and the booklet, of 72 pages, is lavishly illustrated and provided with an index. There are a number of points about the dating of parts of the fabric on which different views have been held by various authorities; the author is careful to indicate these when giving his own opinion. He may be said to have established his case for the Chapel, or certainly the Aisle, of St. Catherine being on the north side of the church and not on the south, although the canopy of an image-niche in the south Chapel contains the wheel of that Saint. The suggestion (p. 20) that at the restoration of 1868 "the niches were moved to the south Chapel for safe keeping" is negatived by the statement in Hussey's Churches of Sussex (1852) that there were then in the south Chapel "three niches with groined canopies, mutilated." Whatever the purpose of the mysterious window high up in the north aisle wall, it could hardly have been "for lighting the rood screen" (p. 33). The also mysterious objects shown by Hayley on John Low's shield are more likely to have been wolves' heads than chess rooks (p. 34). In two instances the late Rev. W. Hudson has misled the author: on p. 66 "Qualls debeat esse decanus" means "what manner of man the dean ought to be"; and on p. 65 the marginal note in the Taxation of 1291 must mean "appropriated to the house, or convent, (not 'to the Deanery,' as given by Mr. Hudson) of Battle." Another little point to be corrected in those future editions which the book well deserves is on p. 16 :- surely "gas heaters" in a church in 1845 is an anachronism? The "Brass Gas Pillars" of the footnote would have been standard lights.

Hides, Virgates and Tenant Settlement at Battle Abbey, by Eleanor Searle, published December 1963 in The Economic History Review (vol. 16 issue 2, article, pp.290-300)   View Online

A complete description & history of Battle Abbey & Monastery, Gateway & Church of Saint Mary through the ages, 1066-1966, by Lt. Colonel E. P. Cawston, published 1966 (58 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea : East Sussex Authors Conclave) accessible at: British Library

Battle Abbey, Sussex. 1. The monastery begun by 1070 and finished before 1086, published 6 October 1966 in Country Life (article, pp.822-826) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Battle Abbey, Sussex. 2. The abbot's house, parts of which were built in the 13th century, published 13 October 1966 in Country Life (article, pp.920-923) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Cellarers Rolls of Battle Abbey, by Eleanor Searle and Barbara Ross, published 1967 (vol. 65, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2281][Lib 8065] & The Keep [LIB/500441] & West Sussex Libraries

Battle Abbey and Exemption: the Forged Charter, by Eleanor Searle, published July 1968 in The English Historical Review (vol. lxxxiii, issue cccxxviii no. 328, article, pp.449-480, ISSN: 0013-8266) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502491]   View Online

Late-Medieval Weather in Sussex and Its Agricultural Significance, by P. F. Brandon, published November 1971 in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (vol. 54, article, pp.1-17, ISSN: 00202754)   View Online

The references to weather afforded by the compotus rolls of the manors of the Abbey of Battle and other ecclesiastical and lay manors in coastal Sussex between 1340 and 1444 are summarized and the evidence of floods during the same period is considered. The departures of the weather régime from that experienced during this century appear to be small, but significant climatic fluctuations are identifiable. Particularly favourable and adverse seasons and runs of these are enumerated; their agricultural effects are examined in the light of the yield ratios of the principal cereals. The implications of the fluctuations in regions closer to the climatic margins for cereals, particularly in the case of the adverse periods in the early fifteenth century, are noted.

Cereal Yields on the Sussex Estates of Battle Abbey during the Later Middle Ages, by P. F. Brandon, published August 1972 in The Economic History Review (vol. 25 issue 3, article, pp.403-420)   View Online

A Catalogue of the Battle Abbey Estate Archives, by Judith A. Brent, published 1973 (75 pp., East Sussex Record Office, ISBN-10: 0900348054 & ISBN-13: 9780900348051) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504704] & East Sussex Libraries

Lordship and community: Battle Abbey and its banlieu, 1066-1538, by Eleanor Searle, published June 1974 (479 pp., Toronto, Ontario: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, ISBN-10: 088844026X & ISBN-13: 9780888440266) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503753] & East Sussex Libraries

The Roll of Battle Abbey, annotated, by John Bernard Burke, published 1978 (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., ISBN-10: 0806308079 & ISBN-13: 9780806308074) accessible at: British Library

Alciston Court. A Manor House of Battle Abbey, by Reginald Thomas Mason, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.159-162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Wall Paintings in St Mary's Church, Battle, by Edward Clive Rouse, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.151-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

An Account Roll of the Cellarer of Battle Abbey, by C. M. Woolgar, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, historical note, pp.387-388) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

The Chronicle of Battle Abbey, by Eleanor Searle, published 8 May 1980 (372 pp., Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0198222386 & ISBN-13: 9780198222385) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503748] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Battle Throne, by Dr. Sue Farrant, published April 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 33, article, p.235, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Monasteries as ?War Memorials': Battle Abbey and La Victoire, by Elizabeth M. Hallam, published 1983 in Studies in Church History (vol. 20, article, pp.47-57)

Battle of Hastings and the Story of Battle Abbey, by Jonathan Coad and Andrew Boxer, published 1984 (32 pp., Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, ISBN-10: 1850740003 & ISBN-13: 9781850740001) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries

Battle Abbey and the Battle of Hastings, by Plantagenet Somerset Fry, published 1 January 1984 (23 pp., Pitkin Pictorials, ISBN-10: 1850740046 & ISBN-13: 9781850740049)

Battle Abbey: The Eastern Range and the Excavations of 1978-80, by J. N. Hare, published 1 January 1985 (208 pp., English Heritage, ISBN-10: 1850740623 & ISBN-13: 9781850740629) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Battle Abbey, founded by William the Conqueror himself for his deliverance, was one of the greater abbeys of medieval England. Excavations in 1978-1980 at the eastern range, or dormitory range, uncovered in entirety the chapter house and the redorter. The project also revealed the complete sequence of development at the site from the time of the battle through to the Dissolution.

The environment of Battle Abbey estates (East Sussex) in medieval times; a re-evaluation using analysis of pollen and sediments, by Brian Moffat, published 1986 in Landscape History, the journal of the Society for Landscape Studies (vol. 8, issue 1, article, pp.77-93)   View Online

The environment of Battle Abbey estates (East Sussex) in medieval times; a re-evaluation using analysis of pollen and sediments, by Brian Moffat, published 1986 in Landscape History (vol. 8, no. 1, article, pp.77-93)

Personal Actions in the High Court of Battle Abbey 1450-1602, by John H. Baker, published November 1992 in Cambridge Law Journal (vol. 51, issue 3, article, pp.508-529) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502318]

Hastings and the 1066 Country: Featuring Battle, Bexhill, Pevensey, Rye, St Leonards and Winchelsea, by David Arscott, published 31 August 1993 (96 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 185770049X & ISBN-13: 9781857700497) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Sieving experiment: the controlled recovery of charred plant remains from modern and archaeological samples, by Dominique de Moulins, published 1996 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (vol. 5, no. 1, article, pp.153-156)

The archaeological soil samples came from two different sites excavated in 1994 by the CAS. Eight samples were came from Battle Abbey, East Sussex.

The Battle of Hastings 1066 and the story of Battle Abbey, by Plantagenet Somerset Fry, published 1 January 1998 (24 pp., English Heritage, ISBN-10: 1850741859 & ISBN-13: 9781850741855) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Battle of Hastings, by Jim Bradbury, published September 1998 (224 pp., Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 075091291X & ISBN-13: 9780750912914) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Battle of Hastings and the Story of Battle Abbey, by Jonathan Coad and Andrew Boxer, published 25 January 1999 (36 pp., English Heritage, ISBN-10: 1850746966 & ISBN-13: 9781850746966)

Mediaeval Family History: The Montacutes and dating a Battle Abbey Deed, by M. J. Burchall, F.S.G., published March 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 5, article, pp.155-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508820] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Richard Fitzwilliam married Isabel de Warenne and their eldest son John was the first to bear the surname Montacute.

The Battle of Hastings, by Jim Bradbury, published 2000 (revised edition, 288 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0750925000 & ISBN-13: 9780750925006) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Reconstructing the battle move by move, Jim Bradbury recounts the story of 1066, with a particular emphasis on the military background and covering topics including the armies, the campaigns preceding Hastings, battle tactics and the effects of the conquest. Battle plans and maps are also included.

Books Connected with Battle Abbey before the Dissolution: Some New Discoveries, by M. Connolly, published 2000 in Library (Series 7, vol. 1, part 2, article, pp.119-132)

1066 Malfosse Walk, compiled by Neil Clephane-Cameron and Joanne Lawrence, published 1 February 2000 (15 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099005 & ISBN-13: 9781903099001) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

BL, Cotton Nero D. ii Rochester Chronicles, Battle Abbey Chronicles, etc, published 2001 in Medieval & Renaissance texts & studies (vol. 225, article, pp.53-64)

Manuscript held at the British Library.

An earthwork survey and investigation of the parkland at Battle Abbey, East Sussex, by Graham Brown, published c.2002 (ii + 20 leaves & 4 foldout maps, Swindon: English Heritage) accessible at: British Library

The Battle of Hastings 1066, by M. K. Lawson, published 1 October 2003 (304 pp., Tempus, ISBN-10: 0752426893 & ISBN-13: 9780752426891) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503827] & East Sussex Libraries

1066 remains the most evocative date in English history, when Harold was defeated by William the Conqueror and England changed overnight from Saxon to Norman rule. It has long been believed that, according to the Bayeux Tapestry, Harold was shot in the eye by an arrow. M. K. Lawson argues that the tapestry was badly restored in the 19th century, and that we should not necessarily believe what we see. He goes to sources that depict the tapestry before that restoration and reveals some breathtaking insights which will revolutionize the way we view both the battle and the death of England's last Saxon king.

Battle Abbey and the Websters: Two Hundred Years of Ambition, Profligacy and Misfortune, by Roy Pryce, published November 2005 (230 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952809311 & ISBN-13: 9780952809319) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/505784] & East Sussex Libraries

History of the parish church of Battle dedicated to St Mary the Virgin: Battle Abbey's surviving chapel, by Clifford Braybrooke, published 2009 (published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16502] & The Keep [LIB/502487] & Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

During preparation for interior redecoration at Battle church in 1845, many medieval wall paintings were uncovered. They weren't exposed for very long - the churchwardens had them whitewashed over within a twelvemonth, but not before they had been recorded by the artist W. H. Brooke. He may be familiar to SAS members through a short article by Sue Farrant in Newsletter 40 (Aug 1983), 338-9; perhaps, also, as an assiduous recorder in watercolour of the streets and houses of Hastings in the 1830s to 50s. But it is his record of the wall paintings which delights here, and forms one of the strengths of the book. Half a dozen Brooke studies are reproduced in colour, along with other historic views and modern photographs.
Braybrooke's investigation of Battle church begins with a tour of the standing remains and follows up with a chronological survey of the history of the church. His excellently illustrated study joins others - Taylor on Seaford (1st ed., 1937), Bullock on Hollington (1949) and Foxell on Amberley (2005) come to mind - as a book-length guide to the history and architecture of a Sussex medieval church.

The Roll of Battle Abbey, annotated, by John Bernard Burke, published 1 June 2009 (annotated edition, 138 pp., Clearfield, ISBN-10: 0806308079 & ISBN-13: 9780806308074)

Battle, St. Mary the Virgin - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.24-28, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Battle Abbey and Battle Churches Since 1066, by Keith D. Foord, published 1 November 2011 (164 pp. + 73 illus. & 36 plates, Battle Methodist church, ISBN-10: 0956959709 & ISBN-13: 9780956959706) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Although published by the Battle Methodist Church to raise funds for its new building project this work is, as the author states in his introductory chapter, 'an ecumenical book'. Dr Foord draws upon a rich variety of sources, from Searle's classic 'Lordship and Community' to unpublished papers belonging to the respective churches of Battle and documents located in the East Sussex Record Office. Included with the bibliography is an interesting list of web-sites, and the 164 pages of narrative benefit from a comprehensive index. The book is profusely illustrated with 73 black and white illustrations and 36 colour plates.

This book contains varied and sometimes extraordinary stories of the Churches of Battle and their founders, people and benefactors, from the Battle of Hastings through the foundation of the Abbey Church until 2011. Included are the changes to the various churches over the years and a well-illustrated chapter on the Timeline from 1070 to the future.

Battle Abbey Centennial, published 2012 in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (vol. 120, no. 1, article, pp.62-78)

Battle Abbey Gatehouse picturesque remains, by D. Gardiner, published 2013 in British Art Journal (vol. 14, no. 2, article, pp.71-75)

The Antiquities of Hastings and The Battlefield with Maps and a Plan of the Battle, by Thomas Holwell Cole, published 27 September 2015 (classic reprint, 256 pp., Forgotten Books, ISBN-10: 133204218X & ISBN-13: 9781332042180)

This little Work owes its origin to a request made to the writer, on the occasion of the British Archæological Association holding their Congress at Hastings, that he would draw up some account of the Antiquities of the Town. As the writer grew interested in his subject, the unconnected descriptions of some of our antiquities became gradually woven into a continuous account of our ancient Port. The Paper was read before the Philosophical Society, and the Members and many other friends having expressed a wish that it should be printed, together. with a Paper on the Octo-Centenary of the Battle of Hastings, this Volume is the result.
In Part I., "On Hastings," the possibility of a Roman Origin is considered; an attempt has been made to fix the site of the Saxon Town, and the passage in Domesday relating to Hastings has been investigated with especial reference to the New Burg therein mentioned; also some data have been given for determining the grant of the Arms of the Cinque Ports.

The origins and symbolism of the Great Gatehouse at Battle Abbey, by Michael Shapland, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.123-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Battle Abbey offers more than tea and a guidebook, published November 2016 in British Archaeology (No. 151, 11/12, article, pp.42-47)

Ticehurst's handbook to Battle Abbey and a description of Battle Church, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4213]