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The Report of J. Smeaton on the Harbour of Rye in the county of Sussex, by John Smeaton, published 1763 (London) accessible at: British Library

An estimate for compleating the harbour of Rye according to the plan and report of J. Smeaton.

The report of John Rennie, Esq. on view of the Upper Levels, &c. December 26, 1812, by John Rennie, published 1812 (3 pp., Rye: Coleman)

On building a new harbour at Rye, with an estimate of embanking the River Rother &c.

A Concise Historical & Topographical Sketch Of Hastings, Winchelsea, & Rye, Including Several Other Places In The Vicinity Of Those Ancient Towns, by Frederick W. L. Stockdale, published 1817 (48 pp. + 29 plates, Hastings: M. P. Powell) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503835] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An account of the origin and formation of the harbour of the ancient town of Rye; of the causes of its present decay, and of the means whereby it may be restored to its pristine depth and capacity, so as to become a considerable tide-harbour, by John Meryon, published 1831 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503493]

An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex - Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, St. Leonards, Rye . Forming also a guide to all the Watering Places, by John Docwra Parry and engraved by R. Martin, published 1833 (435 pp., Brighton: Wright & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 48][Lib 17333] & The Keep [LIB/504860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Journal of an Excursion round the South-Eastern Coast of England, by Baker Peter Smith, published 1834 (London: Gilbert & Rivington)

Parliamentary History - Rye, by William Durrant Cooper, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendix III, article, pp.63-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Town and Port of Rye, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.487-501) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye, by William Holloway, published 1847 (iv + 616 pp., London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503485] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Account of a swing bridge, over the River Rother at Rye, on the line of the Ashford and Hastings Branch of the South Eastern Railway, by G.P. Bidder, C. May and P.W. Barlow, published 1852 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 11, article)

M.S. Verses in Rye archives, by W. W. Attree, Recorder of Rye, published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, notes & queries, p.229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Extracts from the MSS. of Samuel Jeake, by T. W. W. Smart, M.D., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.45-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Pillory and Cucking-stool in Rye Church, by Mark Antony Lower, F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, pp.361-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Clark's Guide and History of Rye, to which is added its political history, interspersed with many pleasing & interesting incidents - See more at: https://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/books/47212/h-p-clark/clarks-guide-and-history-of-rye-to-which-is-added-its-political-history-interspersed-with-many#sthash.rfAncdnv.dpuf, by H. P. Clark, published 1861 (195 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503492] & East Sussex Libraries

A Biographical Sketch of Samuel Jeake, Senr., of Rye, by T. W. Smart, M.D., published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.57-79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Vicars of Rye and their Patrons; with the Mural, Slab and Headstone Inscriptions in the Parish Church of St Mary, and the Baptist Chapel, Rye, by G. Slade Butler, published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.270-301) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

William Alexander Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. for Rye, a sketch, by George Slade Butler, F.S.A., published 1863 (Rye: Parson, Printer and Stationer)

The geology of the country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh, by Frederic Drew, published 1864 (27 pp., London: H.M.S.O.)

Notes on Rye and its Inhabitants, by G. Slade Butler, F.S.A., published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, article, pp.123-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Extracts from the Passage-Book of the Port of Rye, 1635-6, by W. D. Cooper, F.S.A., published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, article, pp.170-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Original Letters, Hitherto Unpublished, of the Rev. Christopher Blackwood: An Eminent Minister of the Seventeenth Century, by Dr Thomas William Wake Smart, M.D., published 1867 (Yates & Alexander)

Aliens in Rye, Temp. Henry VIII, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, article, pp.149-152) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Extracts from the Journal of Thomas Palmer, of Rye, by Thomas Ross, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.202-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rye Poll Book, published 1868 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500914]

The Cobbler's China, by W. Holloway, published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, notes & queries, pp.223-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Early Venetian Relations with Sussex, by F. H. Arnold, published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, notes & queries, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rye, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.134-140, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Church of St Mary, Rye, by George Slade Butler, F.S.A., published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, article, pp.124-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Rye, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

A Quiet Corner of England. Studies of Landscape and Architecture in Winchelsea, Rye and Romney Marsh, with numerous illustrations by Alfred Dawson, by Basil Champneys, published 1875 (64 pp., London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Pleasant Days in Pleasant Places, by Edward Walford, M.A., published 1878 (London: Hardwicke & Bogue)   View Online

A Notice of Rev John Allin, Vicar of Rye, AD 1653-1662; an Ejected Minister, by Dr Thomas William Wake Smart, M.D., published 1881 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 31, article, pp.123-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2116] & The Keep [LIB/500249] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Let's be Men, Let's be Ryers!, by Cecil Rhodes and edited by Peter Ewart, published 1883 (52 pp., illus., map, published by the editor, ISBN-10: 0950858005 & ISBN-13: 9780950858005) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This is a book about Rye town and Rye folk edited from a collection of papers left by the late Albert Edward Cecil Rhodes (1906-82), uncle to Peter Ewart.

On the Etymology of 'Rye', by Edward Adamson, published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, notes & queries, p.258) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rye Under the Commonwealth, by Frederick A. Inderwick, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, article, pp.1-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Rye Engagement, by Frederick A. Inderwick, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, article, pp.16-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

From Playground to Battlefield, A Story of Old Rye, by Frederick Harrison, published 1901 (S. P. C. K.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

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

English Hours, by Henry James, published 18 October 1905 (xii + 315 pp., London: William Heinemann) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Adams Illustrated Guide - Rye, published 1907 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7193]   View Online

Adams' Illustrated Guide to Rye, with map, Winchelsea, Northiam, Camber-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood, by Joseph Adams, published 1907 (published by the author)   View Online

House of Austin Friars: Rye, 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.96-97, 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

A short account of Rye Church, Sussex, by John Borrowman, A.R.I.B.A., published 1907 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 50, article, pp.20-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2135] & The Keep [LIB/500268] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Wall Painting in a House at Rye formerly known as 'The Old Flushing Inn'. 1. the Wall Painting, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, F.R.I.B.A., published 1907 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 50, article, pp.117-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2135] & The Keep [LIB/500268] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Wall Painting in a House at Rye formerly known as 'The Old Flushing Inn'. 2. the House, by Harold Sands, F.S.A., published 1907 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 50, article, pp.125-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2135] & The Keep [LIB/500268] & S.A.S. library   View Online

From the North Foreland to Penzance [includes Cinque Ports, Newhaven, Shoreham and Littlehampton], by Clive Holland and illustrated by Maurice Randall, published 1908 (xvi + 334 pp., London: Chatto & Windus) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Sussex Coast, illustrated by Edith Brand Hannah, by Ian C. Hannah, M.A., published 1912 (London: T. Fisher Unwin) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12417][Lib 74] & The Keep [LIB/500117] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

An Old Gate of England: Rye, Romney Marsh, and the Western Cinque Ports, by A. G. Bradley, published 1918 (London: Robert Scott) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Old Inns, with water-colour sketches, including the Mermaid Inn at Rye and the Star at Alfriston, by Cecil Aldin, published 1921 (London: William Heinemann)   View Online

Round about Rye, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1921 in Kipling's Sussex (Chapter IV, pp.69-96, London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16008][Lib 17091] & The Keep [LIB/504753] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by J. Adams, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.244-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Walls of Rye and Winchelsea, by Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., published March 1924 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (second series, vol. 30, issue 1, article, pp.120-131)   View Online

The Court Hall Rye, by A. F. de P. Worsfield, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, article, pp.208-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by J. Adams, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, p.228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

Rameslie , by L. A. Vidler, published November 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 4, reply, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

A Chronicle of Rye, by L. Grant, published 1927 (Noel Douglas)

Peacock's School, Rye, Sussex, by A. F. de P. Worsfield, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.199-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

A Day at Rye and Winchelsea, by W. A. Elvidge, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 9, article, pp.395-397) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Rameslie , by John E. Ray, published February 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 5, reply, pp.161-162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Rameslie , by L. A. Vidler, published May 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 6, note, pp.181-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Sussex house of the "Friars of the Sack" , by Leopold A. Vidler, published November 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 8, article, pp.242-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

The Friars in Sussex, 1228-1928, by E. B. Poland, published 1928 (xi + 259 pp., Hove: Combridges) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3] & The Keep [LIB/502170] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by J. Adams, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, notes & queries, pp.235-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

Courtyards of Old Sussex Inns, by Maud Teevan, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, pp.350-351) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Smugglers' Holes at Rye, by D. G. Southerden, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, p.368) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to examine the Statements and Recommendations on the subject of KAPOK in the Report of the Court of Inquiry into the circumstances of the Rye Harbour Life-boat "Mary Stanford" disaster on the 15th Day of November 1928, published 1929 (His Majesty's Stationery Office) accessible at: British Library

Round about Rye, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1929 in Kipling's Sussex Revisited (pp.169-180, London: H. Jenkins Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15871][Lib 17092] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An Impression of Rye, by Mabel Adeline Boulter-Cooke and Olive V. Boulter-Cooke, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 3, article, pp.170-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]

Land Drainage Work on The Rother, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 9, article, pp.622-629) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Reminiscences of Rye Bonfire Boys, by F. W. Goodsell, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 11, article, p.754) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

The Mermaid Inn, Rye, by A. G. Bradley, published 1930 (10 pp., London: True Temperance Association) accessible at: British Library

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by J. Adams, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, p.266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

John Wesley and his Sussex Friends. I - Rye and Winchelsea, by Edmund Austen, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 7, article, pp.586-594) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by L. A. Vidler, published 1931 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 72, notes & queries, pp.279-280) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2157] & The Keep [LIB/500357] & S.A.S. library

A Contemplation of Rye Door-Steps, by G. E. Harvey, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.597-598) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex and the U.S.A., 2nd series. 8 - Henry James, by David McLean, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 11, article, pp.758-762) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex and the U.S.A., 2nd series. 9 - Rev. John Allin, Graduate of Harvard and Vicar of Rye, by David McLean, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.822-826) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Borough and Mint of Rye in the Reign of Stephen , by W. J. Andrew, F.S.A., published May 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 6, article, pp.165-169) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Homeland Guide to Rye & Winchelsea, by Arthur Henry Anderson and L. A. Vidler, published 1932 (36 pp., illus. & 1 map, London: Homeland Association) accessible at: British Library & R.I.B.A. Library

The Story of Rye Parish Church, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1932

Floor Tiles and Kilns near the Site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, article, pp.83-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by L. A. Vidler, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, notes & queries, p.208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library

The Amusing H. P. Clark of Rye, by Arthur Beckett, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 1, article, pp.34-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. I - The Old Church & II - St Bartholomew's Church, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 1, article, pp.45-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. III - Ypres Tower & IV - The East Wall and Badding's Gate, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 2, article, pp.97-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. V - The Church of St Mary & VI - Landgate, North and West Walls, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 3, article, pp.179-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. I - Rye & Camber Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.227-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. VII - The Chapels of the Augustine and Carmelite Friars, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.230-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. VIII - Old Houses & IX - Old Houses, continued, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 5, article, pp.300-305) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. X - Old Houses, continued, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.379-382) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. XI - Old Houses, continued, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 7, article, pp.451-454) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. XII - Buildings of the Eighteenth Century, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.515-517) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. XIII - By Sea and By Land, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 9, article, pp.604-608) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. XIV - Waifs and Strays, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 10, article, pp.644-647) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Village of Rye Harbour, by D. G. Southerden, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 11, article, pp.701-703) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Rambles in Rye, 1866. XIV - Waifs and Strays, continued, by late William Holloway, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 11, article, pp.704-707) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

William Holloway, Historian of Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 12, article, pp.779-781) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Medieval Pottery and Kilns found at Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, article, pp.45-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

A New History of Rye. I - The Manor of Rameslie, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.55-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. II - The Resumption of Rye by the King, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 2, article, pp.101-105) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. III - The Incorporation of the Town, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 3, article, pp.181-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. IV - Rye becomes a full member of the Cinque Ports, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 4, article, pp.236-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. V - 1351-1400 Destruction of the Town by the French, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 5, article, pp.319-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. VI - Tenterden becomes a Member of Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 6, article, pp.378-384) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. VII - 1451 to 1500 Peace and Prosperity, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 7, article, pp.460-468) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. VIII - 1500 to 1550 Progress and Reform, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 8, article, pp.536-545) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. IX - The Coming of the Huguenots, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 9, article, pp.604-610) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. X - The Visit of Queen Elizabeth, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 10, article, pp.674-678) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. XI - Change and Decay, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, pp.746-750) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye. XII - Change and Decay, continued, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 12, article, pp.797-801) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A New History of Rye, by Leopold Amon Vidler, published 1934 (xii + 182 pp., Hove & Rye: Combridges) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503486] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A New History of Rye. XIII - 1651-1675 Rye under the Commonwealth and Restoration, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 1, article, pp.60-65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XIII - 1676-1700 Persecution and Toleration, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 2, article, pp.113-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XIV - 1701-1730 Another Royal Visit, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 3, article, pp.200-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XIV - The Murder of Allen Grebell, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 4, article, pp.250-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XV - A New Harbour, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 5, article, pp.310-315) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XV - 1776-1800, Alarums and Excursions, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 6, article, pp.388-394) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A New History of Rye. XVI, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.454-458) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A New History of Rye. XVII - The End of an Era, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.517-522) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A New History of Rye. XVIII - Bribery and Corruption, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 9, article, pp.568-573) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A New History of Rye. XIX - Peace and Prosperity, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 10, article, pp.642-648) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A New History of Rye. XX - 1901-1918, The Great War, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 11, article, pp.687-693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A New History of Rye. XXI - The Post-War Period, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 12, article, pp.756-762) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

The Rye River Barges, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1935 in Mariners' Mirror (vol. 21, 40. 4, article, pp.378-394)

The Rye River barge was a simple design used in three nearby rivers: the Rother, the Brede, and the Tillingham

The Fifteenth Century House in Rye now known as the Flushing Inn, by L. A. Vidler, published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.147-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

A numismatic history of Rye, by Leopold Amon Vidler, published 1936 in British Numismatic Journal (vol. 22, article)

Medieval Pottery, Tiles, and Kilns found at Rye, by L. A. Vidler, published 1936 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 77, article, pp.107-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2162] & The Keep [LIB/500352] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Sailing Ships. 7 - Ships of Rye, by M. Rome, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 8, article, pp.540-543) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, edited by L. F. Salzman, M.A., F.S.A., published 1937 (vol. 9: The Rape of Hastings, xv + 279 pp. (facsimile edition published 1973), London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905901 & ISBN-13: 9780712905909) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2402] & The Keep [LIB/500080][Lib/504285] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Borough of Hastings, Cinque Ports, Borough of Rye, Winchelsea.
Baldslow Hundred: Crowhurst, Hollington, Ore, Westfield
Battle Hundred: Battle, Whatlington

The issue of a volume of this County History is looked forward to with keen interest, and the new volume fully maintains the high standard expected. It will, no doubt, make a wide appeal from the fact that the area covered contains such well-known places as Battle Abbey, Bodiam Castle and Herstmonceux Castle, as well as the ancient Towns of Rye and Winchelsea.
An editorial note explains that Dr. William Page at the time of his death was preparing the material for the volume, which is geographically the ninth volume of the History, though fourth in order of issue. Then, following a general account of the Rape and Honour of Hastings, the Borough of Hastings is dealt with from every conceivable aspect, descriptive, architectural, historical, economic, manorial and ecclesiastical; the castle and churches receive particular attention, and the article concludes with the unusual but useful feature - adopted also throughout the volume - of a detailed statement of the various Charities, in this case extending to no less than five and a half pages. Truly Hastings has been favoured with a host of benefactors, not the least being the compilers of this history, the study of which greatly enhances one's respect for this ancient port.
The story of the Cinque Ports is probably the most complete that has ever been written; and under this head the Boroughs of Rye and Winchelsea receive similar treatment to that accorded to Hastings. In the remaining 200 pages of the volume each of the thirteen Hundreds in the Rape, with the parishes and manors they contain, comes under review, and when we add that 40 ancient parishes and over 140 manors are included, some idea will be gathered of the enormous amount of research involved. The architectural descriptions of the churches are in nearly every case accompanied by dated ground plans, and we note that the responsibility for these plans is shared by Mr. W. H. Godfrey and Mr. John E. Ray, while the actual draughtmanship is by Mr. E. F. Harvey whose excellent work is familiar to the readers of these pages.
A statement concerning the officers of the Hundred of Foxearle (p.125), which is apparently a quotation from the Burrell MSS. calls for some comment, as the position suggested seems to depart from the normal. We read :- "The officers of the hundred, who were always chosen at the Easter court, were two headboroughs, only one of whom was sworn, two constables and two alderman". This is not altogether borne out by the Court Rolls which show that in the time of Henry VIII the officers were chosen at an Easter court, as stated, but in the reign of Elizabeth and also in the late 17th century, for which periods alone rolls are available, the elections were at the Michaelmas court. In regard to headboroughs, we find as might be expected, that each of the six tithings had one headborough ; two names in each case were put before the court, but the second was an alternative choice, failing the first, who was usually appointed and sworn. Two constables and one alderman were appointed for the hundred, but another may have been appointed at the Lawday which is mentioned as being held for Boreham and Wareing.
The detailed descriptions of the devolution of the various manors furnish a mass of useful genealogical material, and perhaps one of the most noticeable cases is that of the manor of Pett (p.191) which on the death of the last male member of the Thatcher family in or about 1650 became divisible, with the other family estates, between his seven sisters or their descendants, involving some 10 marriages and much sub-division of the shares. It is said with truth that after 1650 the division is confused, but what happened later is clear. In 1698 a partition of the estates was made and the manors of Pett and Mersham fell to the share of Andrew Wharton, and it was he who sold to Joseph Gage in 1699.
In conclusion, we must mention the illustrations which add greatly to the interest and beauty of the volume; there are 30 full-page plates of photographic reproductions of very high merit, besides many line drawings in the text, and other plans besides those of the churches already mentioned. Altogether it is a sumptious book and the Editor and his staff and all connected with its publication are to be warmly congratulated upon their work.

A Medal of the Rye Volunteers, 1794, by J. B. Caldecott, F.S.A., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 5, article, pp.288-289) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Eastern End of the Ridgeway Between Rye and Uckfield , by W. Maclean Homan, published August 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 7, article, pp.198-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Rye and its 'Armada Table', by George Tremaine, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 7, article, pp.429-431) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Some Leaves of an early Service Brook once in use in Rye Church, by Leopold A. Vidler, published May 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 2, article, pp.33-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

A Sickle-flint from near Rye, Sussex, by Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published July 1938 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 18 issue 3, note, pp.278-279)   View Online

An Inquest at Rye in 1581, by Leopold A. Vidler, published February 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 5, article, pp.139-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

An Inquest at Rye in 1581, by Leopold A. Vidler, published May 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 6, article, pp.177-181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

History of Rye Grammar School, 1639-1939, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1940 (40 pp., Rye: Adams) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The deeds and papers relating to the foundation of Rye's first Grammar School and its early history, long missing from an oak chest inscribed "Free Schoole Writings 1661," were fortunately discovered in the possession of the Corporation of Rye in time for the preparation of this excellent short sketch of the history of the two foundations, Peacocke's (1638) and Sanders's (1720), amalgamated in 1858 as Rye Grammar School. In few pages Mr. Vidler gives a clear and well documented account of the Trusts and their troubles, and the successive Headmasters, who were also not without troubles of their own, though the number of pupils apparently never dwindled away in the eighteenth century as they did in so many Grammar Schools of small towns throughout England, and we hear little of such scandals as that of Mr. Lewis Jones, the Master, who in 1746 was found to have allowed the school buildings to fall into disrepair and to have let them to an innkeeper for storing lumber and corn and the garden for keeping hogs, fowls and a skittle-alley.
The second foundation was subordinate to its founder's school at Hastings, and was only brought into effective existence by a shrewd speculation in a lottery on the part of the estate's receiver. It was clearly intended to extend to Nonconformists the advantages which at Peacocke's were confined to Churchpeople, and probably also to give a more "practical" education to the sons of Rye's nautical inhabitants; navigation was to be, and occasionally was, taught there. But there was not endowment enough to support two schools, and they were amalgamated in 1791, then divided in 1828, and finally amalgamated in 1856 under George Easton, who is still remembered by his surviving pupils.
The School has had three hundred years of life and fairly unbroken credit, the latter the rarer distinction of the two; and though it no longer occupies Peacocke's beautiful building of 1636 (shown in a plate), which still stands in High Street and is put fortunately to no degrading use, that is the price of healthy growth.

Assessment at Rye, 1660, by L. A. Vidler, published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, article, pp.116-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

St. Bartholomew's Hospital at Rye, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1943 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 83, article, pp.73-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2168] & The Keep [LIB/500346] & S.A.S. library

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, by Oscar E Brooks, published 1946 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5000]

Sussex' Lost Recorders [of Chichester and Rye], by S.N.Q. Contributor, published November 1950 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 4, article, pp.80-83) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Rye, Winchelsea & Northiam : handbook and guide : the official handbook of the borough of Rye, by Leopold Amon Vidler and W. MacLean Homan, published 1951 (8th edition, Rye: Adams & Son) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Sussex' Lost Recorders [of Chichester and Rye], by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published November 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 8, note, pp.186-187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Ships of the Cinque Ports in 1586/7, by J. Manwaring Baines, curator of the Hastings Museum, published November 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.241-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Parliamentary Representation of the Sussex Boroughs: Bramber, Midhurst, Lewes, Rye and Winchelsea, 175401768, by Margaret M. Cramp, 1953 at Manchester University (M.A. thesis)

Rye, Winchelsea & Northiam : handbook and guide : the official handbook of the borough of Rye, by Leopold Amon Vidler and W. MacLean Homan, published 1954 (9th edition, Rye: Adams & Son) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Story of the Rye Volunteers, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1954 (85 pp., Rye: Stone House) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501721] & East Sussex Libraries

The author needs no introduction to our Society. He corrected the proofs of this work the day before he was taken to hospital and his son (Canon Vidler) has given the whole edition to the Rye Museum Committee (4, Church Square, Rye), from whom copies can be obtained. The first Volunteer movement was in 1794, which lapsed after Waterloo, but was revived in 1859. It took various forms and names, such as Cinque Ports Fencible Cavalry; Cinque Ports Volunteers; Cinque Ports Rifles ; Rye Marine Cinque Ports Volunteer Artillery; Sussex Imperial Yeomanry, down to the Home Guard of 1940. The author and his family took full part in these and the history is a well-written and interesting study and record of Local Patriotism.

Rye Foreign, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1954 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 92, article, pp.125-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2177] & The Keep [LIB/500337] & S.A.S. library

The Customs Ports of Sussex, 1680-1730, by John H. Andrews, M.A. (Cantab.), published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, article, pp.1-3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, Sussex, by Oscar E. Brooks, published 1955 (4 pp., Rye) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Rye: The Story of an Historic Town, by Arthur Oswold, published 1955 (64 pp., London: Country Life) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501723]

Rye, Winchelsea & Northiam : handbook and guide : the official handbook of the borough of Rye, by Leopold Amon Vidler and W. MacLean Homan, published 1955 (10th edition, 88 pp., Rye: Adams & Son) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye, Sussex: 1. The Mediaeval Town, published 6 January 1955 in Country Life (article, pp.36-39)

Rye, Sussex: 2. Street Views, etc., published 13 January 1955 in Country Life (article, pp.104-107)

Rye, Sussex: 3. Prosperity and Decay, published 20 January 1955 in Country Life (article, pp.174-177)

Lamb House, Rye, Sussex, by A. Oswald, published 10 February 1955 in Country Life (article, pp.396-399)

Rye & District Adam's Illustrated Guide, by Geoffrey S. Bagley, published 1956 (Adams of Rye)

Rye Harbour in the Reign of Charles ll, by J. H. Andrews, published 1956 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 94, article, pp.35-42) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2179] & The Keep [LIB/500335] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Friary of St. Austin, Rye, by G. P. Burstow, published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.204-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Rye, by Austin Blomfield, published 1957 (Rye: Adams)

Drawings published with the hope that they will attract visitors to views of Rye equally attractive though less well known than Watchbell Street and Mermaind Street - 15 b/w plates with name and medium [e.g. watercolour/black chalk]

Some Inns and Ale-House of Rye, 1650-1950, by G. S. Bagley, published 1958 (Rye Museum Publication) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501737] & East Sussex Libraries

This is an account, as complete as records extend, of the places of refreshment at Rye coming under licensing laws and our thanks are due to the Honorary Curator for the great amount of time and trouble he must have expended in its compilation. There are reproductions of bill-heads and other interesting matter and an alphabetical list with dates and locations of the fifty-three inns and alehouses which he has identified.

Rye Reformed, by W. G. L. Gilbert, published 1958 (Rye Museum publications no. 2, Rye Museum Publications) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501732] & East Sussex Libraries

This is a very interesting account of politics at Rye after the Reform Act 1832, and includes reproduction of several lampoons and broadsheets issued to influence electors until the later Reform Act of 1867 abolished Rye as a small constituency and merged it in the County Division.

The Ancient Town of Rye, by G. S. Bagley, published 1960 (80 pp., Corporation of Rye) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This is the Official Guide to Rye and everything that a good guide should be and fully carries out the author's promise in the introduction that it is not a history of the town nor a repository of potted information hastily assembled from existing books, but gives an accurate account of the Borough within small compass - a slim volume that will fit the pocket or the handbag. No one should visit Rye without a copy of this guide.

Rye Church and its Clocks, by E. J. Tyler, published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, article, pp.253-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Records of Rye Corporation preserved at the East Sussex Record Office: a Catalogue, edited by Richard F. Dell and originally compiled by Brian C. Redwood, published 1962 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2537] & The Keep [LIB/504694]

William Holloway, historian of Rye: A study of his life and times, 1785-1870, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1963 (24 pp., Rye Museum Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Glynne on Sussex Churches, by V. J. Torr, published November 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 2, article, pp.53-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The History of the Foundation and Constitution of the Wellington Lodge, No. 341, Rye, Sussex, compiled by Percy Phipps, published 1964 accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Remains of two old vessels found at Rye, Sussex, by Captain H. Lovegrove, R.N. , published 1964 in The Mariner's Mirror (50(2), article, pp.115-122)

Old inns & ale-houses of Rye, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1965 (24 pp., Rye Museum Association) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501729] & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Official Guide: The Ancient Town Of Rye, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1965 (88 pp., Corporation of Rye) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The story of Lamb House, Rye : the home of Henry James, by H. Montgomery Hyde, published 1966 (83 pp., Rye: Adams of Rye) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye Shipping Records, 1565-1590, edited by Richard F. Dell, published 1966 (vol. 64, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8064][Lib 2280] & The Keep [LIB/506359][Lib/506616] & West Sussex Libraries

The Sussex Record Society in its forthcoming volume breaks new ground in the field of local history. Who owned, built and financed the shipping of Elizabethan England upon which the maritime greatness of this country was based? What was the daily life of the men who manned the fleet in July, 1588, really like? Rye was an important member of the Cinque Ports and the main cross-channel port of the day. From its extensive records texts have been selected to illustrate every aspect of the maritime life of the community; building and fitting out, hiring and freighting, voyages and profits, conditions of service and the hazards of the mariner's calling from war, piracy and the sea itself. The part played by Rye in the fishing industry is also examined. Two groups of records printed are believed to be unique: the trading accounts of a small merchantman showing the profits of ship ownership as distinct from those of the merchants freighting the ship, and the records of the town's provision of a ship that served in the Channel against the Armada. A contemporary drawing of the variety of shipping in Rye harbour is included.
In addition to the select texts mentioned, the book contains a chronological analysis of shipping movements in the port compiled from the Exchequer Port Books and the parallel series of Local Customs Accounts surviving in the town's archives.
A full introduction to the customs system of Rye and the municipal control of maritime activity is provided, and notes throughout the volume indicate the existence of related documents not included in the text. A special study of ships owned by the town is included. There is a glossary and index.

Ferries in Sussex, continued, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 9, article, pp.305-311) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches: Jevington, Northiam, Ore, Peasmarsh, Pett, Playden, Rye, Salehurst, Salehurst, Sedlescombe, Ticehurst, by the late V. J. Torr, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, article, pp.339-349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Rye Ferries, by Austin Blomfield, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, note, p.350) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Many A Bloody Affray: The Story of Smuggling in the Port of Rye & District, by Kenneth M. Clark, published 1968 (31 pp., Rye: Rye Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501719] & East Sussex Libraries

Rye and the Parliament of 1621, by John K. Gruenfelder, published 1969 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 107, article, pp.14-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2192] & The Keep [LIB/500322] & S.A.S. library

The Early History of the Rye Fishing Industry, by A. J. F. Dulley, published 1969 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 107, article, pp.36-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2192] & The Keep [LIB/500322] & S.A.S. library

Chartered rights and vested interests: reform era politics in three Sussex boroughs - Rye, Arundel and Lewes, by M. Zimmeck, 1972 at Sussex University (M.A. thesis)

Edwardian Rye, by Geoffrey S. Bagley, published 1974 (58 pp., Rye Museum Association, ISBN-10: 0905253027 & ISBN-13: 9780905253022) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye Apprentices, 1602-45, published September 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 6, article, pp.164-169) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of apprentices giving date, name, master, trade and ref

Rye Apprentices, 1602-45 - Part II, published December 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 7, article, pp.192-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of apprentices giving date, name, master, trade and ref

The story of the Ypres Tower and the Rye Museum, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1975 (32 pp., Rye Museum Association, ISBN-10: 0905253019 & ISBN-13: 9780905253015) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Murder by mistake, by Kenneth M. Clark, published 1975 (20 pp., Rye Museum Association, ISBN-10: 0905253000 & ISBN-13: 9780905253008) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The story of Lamb House, Rye : the home of Henry James, by H. Montgomery Hyde, published 1975 (revised edotion, 94 pp., National Trust) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Remarkable Cistern at Rye, by Ralph Wood, published 1976 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 7, article, pp.24-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/7] & The Keep [LIB/506524]   Download PDF

One of the most astonishing pieces of architectural craftsmanship in Sussex, if not in England, lies almost buried in a churchyard. A small brick building - half underground - is located in the north east corner of St. Mary's Churchyard in Rye; its exterior is often noticed by the many visitors who pass along Pump Street into Church Square and it is admired no less by the town's residents for its curious oval tower with a tiled roof like an upturned boat.
It is the Cistern or Water Tower which was built in 1735 at a time when the small town was enjoying a period of increasing prosperity. What the visitor does not see and indeed in recent years few people can have seen - is the unique brickwork of the interior. If nothing is known about the builder of the tower at least its obvious quality testifies to a craftsman of skill and ingenuity and who must have been unusual even in the eighteenth century when traditional building techniques were at their most refined.

Rye Town Walk, compiled by Michael Barnard, published 1 January 1976 (11 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0900348259 & ISBN-13: 9780900348259) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Portrait of Rye : with some sketches of places worth visiting within easy reach of the ancient town, by Malcolm Saville, published 1 November 1976 (93 pp., East Grinstead: Henry Goulden Books, ISBN-10: 0904822052 & ISBN-13: 9780904822052) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Five Town Walks in East Sussex: Lewes, Rye, Winchelsea, Battle, St Leonards, by Michael Barnard, published 1977 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503466] & East Sussex Libraries

Smuggling in Rye and district, by Kenneth M. Clark, published 1977 (Rye Museum Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Franciscan Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Watchbell Street, Rye, Sussex : 1900-1977, compiled by Edmund O'Gorman, published 1977 (92 pp., Liverpool: Catholic Pictorial Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507999]

A Maritime History of Rye, by John A. Collard, published 1 November 1978 (153 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950627615 & ISBN-13: 9780950627618) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A Connoisseur's Guide to Rye, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1979 (56 pp., Rye Museum Association) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Castles of Rye and Winchelsea, by Derek Renn, published 1979 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 136, article, pp.193-202)   View Online

Although the town defences (particularly the gates) of Rye and Winchelsea (East Sussex) are well known, the evidence for other fortifications there has been neglected. In the thirteenth century, it appears that the Crown planned to build castles at both places; the resulting towers are analysed in detail.

Excavation Report 1979: 1-3 Tower Street, Rye, East Sussex, by J. I. Hadfield, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, pp.199-200, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

An Excavation at 1-3 Tower Street, Rye, East Sussex, by J. Hadfield, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.222-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

William De Ypres at Rye, by E. R. Beeching, published 1982 (39 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501728] & East Sussex Libraries

The history of Ypres Castle/Tower in Rye accompanied by some black and white photographs

Religion, Faction and Politics in Reformation Rye. 1530-1559, by Graham Mayhew, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, article, pp.139-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

The Book of Rye: An Ancient Town of the Cinque Ports Confederation, by Geoffrey Spink Bagley, published 1 August 1982 (132 pp., Barracuda Books Ltd., ISBN-10: 0860231437 & ISBN-13: 9780860231431) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503488] & East Sussex Libraries

Inhabitants of Rye in 1660, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.97-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Some Rye Coroner's Records, published June 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.13-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Bygone Rye and Winchelsea, by Aylwin Guilmant, published 1984 (150 illus., text & tables, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850335345 & ISBN-13: 9780850335347) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye Golf Club: the first 90 years, by Denis Vidler, published 1984 (160 pp., ISBN-13: 9780950976105) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye and the Defence of the Narrow Seas. A 16th-Century Town at War, by Graham Mayhew, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.107-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Rye: a 9th-Century Foundation?, by Frank Kitchen, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, historical note, p.224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Slander accusations and social control in late 16th and early 17th century England, with particular reference to Rye (Sussex), 1590-1615. , by A. Gregory, 1984 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

E.F.Benson: Mr. Benson Remembered in Rye and the World of Tilling, by Cynthia Reavell and Tony Reavall, published 1 October 1984 (102 pp. + 21 p. of plates, Rye: Martello Bookshop, ISBN-10: 095068242X & ISBN-13: 9780950682426) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Edward Frederic Benson, 1867-1940, was the Mayor of Rye as well as the author of the Mapp and Lucia comic stories

Drawn Together: The Churches of the Rye Deanery, by Christine Comber, published 1985 (54 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501733] & East Sussex Libraries

A Poor Man's Rye: The Daily Life of a Local Labouring Family, 1847-1930, by Peter Ewart, published 1985 (132 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950858013 & ISBN-13: 9780950858012) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Economy and Social Structure of Rye 1600-1650, by Stephen Hipkin, 1985 at Oxford University (D. Phil. Thesis) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502085]

The Rye and Camber Tramway, by Peter A. Harding, published May 1985 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950941417 & ISBN-13: 9780950941417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506062] & East Sussex Libraries

The Historical Background to Rye, by Kenneth M. Clark, published 1986 (9 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501738] & East Sussex Libraries

Lady Maud Warrender's Own. 1st Rye Company Girl Guides, by Kenneth M. Clark, published 1986 (6 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501740] & East Sussex Libraries

Epidemic Mortality in 16th-Century Rye, by Graham Mayhew, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.157-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Puritanism in Mid 17th-Century Sussex. Samuel Jeake the Elder of Rye, by Michael Allison, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.125-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Rye, East Guldeford, Iden, Broomhill & Playden, by June C Barnes, published January 1987 (vol. 1, booklet, 96 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264002 & ISBN-13: 9781870264006) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11230] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Memories, by Jo Kirkham, published 1 January 1987 (91 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Goodbye Bijou: The Recollections of Mr. Arthur Woodgate, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 July 1987 (Rye Memories, 80 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600002 & ISBN-13: 9781870600002) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

My great-grandfather's Quiverful, by Olive Isabel Thompson née Parsons, published September 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 6, article, pp.234-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of the family of James Parsons and Mary Vincett who married in 1802 and had ten children. Article covers the years 1802 - 1904 in the parishes of Beckley and Rye.

The rending of Rye, by Keith Spence, published 19 November 1987 in Country Life (vol. 1818 no. 47, article, pp.72-75)

Monument to Memory - The Story of Rye's War Memorials, by Peter and Lynne Ewart, published 1988 (44 pp., Ewart publications, ISBN-10: 0950858021 & ISBN-13: 9780950858029) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Leisure Activities, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 January 1988 (Rye Memories, 91 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600010 & ISBN-13: 9781870600019) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Tudor Rye, by Graham Mayhew, published February 1988 (occasional paper no.27, 353 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242307 & ISBN-13: 9780904242300) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506615] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An Astrological Diary of the Seventeenth Century: Samuel Jeake of Rye 1652-1699, edited by Michael Hunter and Annabel Gregory, published 3 March 1988 (312 pp., Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0198229623 & ISBN-13: 9780198229629) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503538] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Samuel Jeake (1652-1699) was a merchant and nonconformist of Rye in Sussex with a passionate interest in astrology. His diary is here published for the first time; in it he not only recorded the events of his life in detail but subjected them to astrological scrutiny, interspersing his text with horoscopes. The resulting work is one of the most interesting seventeenth-century diaries to be published this century, throwing new light on the history both of astrology and on the topics with which this is juxtaposed in the course of the book - commercial, medical, religious, and intellectual.
The text is prefaced by a lengthy and illuminating introduction which sets the diary in context. Apart from giving a full account of this little-known personality, it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the preoccupations and priorities of Jeake's age, and not least the rationale and affiliations of astrology in the age of the Financial Revolution.

Postal History of Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 May 1988 (Rye Memories, 84 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600053 & ISBN-13: 9781870600057) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Recollections of Ella Harvey and Raymond Balcomb, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 May 1988 (Rye Memories, 80 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600045 & ISBN-13: 9781870600040) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Memories of My Town, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 July 1988 (Rye Memories, 84 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600037 & ISBN-13: 9781870600033) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Ring of Conspirators: Henry James and His Literary Circle, 1895-1915, by Miranda Seymour, published 1 September 1988 (228 pp., London: Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN-10: 0340332395 & ISBN-13: 9780340332399) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An account of how the great American writer Henry James, author of "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Bostonians" among many others, attracted the literary fraternity of his age to his house in Rye, Sussex. His visitors included H.G.Wells, Stephen Crane, Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad.

The Recollections of William Cutting; Memories of Miss Dolly Beeching as told to Kay Beeching; Ghosts and Superstitions; Zena Piggott's Story, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 October 1988 (Rye Memories, 180 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600061 & ISBN-13: 9781870600064) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Childhoods, The Recollections of Blanche Rhodes, Kenneth Clarke and Bob Croucher, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 December 1988 (Rye Memories, 80 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600029 & ISBN-13: 9781870600026) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Clock for the guide books: St Mary's Church, Rye, by Raymond Lamont-Brown, published 1989

Order, Disorder and Popular Protest in Early Modern Rye, by Graham Mayhew, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.167-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

In those Days, The Recollections of Donald G. Southerden, Donald Sanderson and Herbert W. Wright, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 May 1989 (Rye Memories, 84 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600096 & ISBN-13: 9781870600095) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Members' Queries Bonanza!, by Pat Button, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.274-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research on Alexander Duff Butchers and Maria Crowhurst who married in 1831 and covers the years 1831 - 1877 in the parish of Rye

Schools in Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 July 1989 (Rye Memories, 100 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600088 & ISBN-13: 9781870600088) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Six James Crowhursts - Five too many!, by Pat Button, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.328-329) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Crowhursts of Winchelsea, Rye and East Guldeford commencing with James Crowhurst who marred Judith Guy in 1786.

Around Rye in Old Photographs, by Alan Dickinson, published 26 October 1989 (159 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862995213 & ISBN-13: 9780862995218) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Rye, by Mark Gardiner, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.251-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Ryers Recall, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 January 1990 (Rye Memories, 104 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 187060010X & ISBN-13: 9781870600101) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Introduction to Battle, Rye and the Villages: The Outskirts of Hastings and Bexhill, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 June 1990 (56 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095106519X & ISBN-13: 9780951065198) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

When I was Young, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 June 1990 (Rye Memories, 96 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600118 & ISBN-13: 9781870600118) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Rye district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.4-6, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rye district incl. Playden, Iden, Peasmarsh, Beckley, Northiam, Brede, Udimore, Winchelsea & Icklesham

Wings Over Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 September 1990 (Rye Memories, 120 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600126 & ISBN-13: 9781870600125) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rye: a short history, by Kenneth Clark, published 1991 (90 pp., Anthony Neville, ISBN-10: 0951364723 & ISBN-13: 9780951364727) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rescue research at the old monastery, Rye, by John Clements, published 1991 (32 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group) accessible at: British Library

Winchelsea, Rye & 'Denis Duval'; with Drawings from Abbeys & Castles both chapters in 'English Hours', by Henry James, published 1991 (82 pp., Previous Parrot Press) accessible at: British Library

The Cinque Ports Liberty of Rye - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.248-254, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On foot in East Sussex : 27 rambles based on the Eastbourne, Herstmonceux, Lewes, Seaford, Brighton, Rye, Ashdown Forest areas, by Society of Sussex Downmen, published 1992 (10th edition, 72 pp., Hove) accessible at: British Library

Antiquarian rambles through Saltcote : Playden, set on the borders of Playden, near Rye in East Sussex, compiled by Eric C. Wetherill, published 1992 (53 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group and "Herons") accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502996] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Countryside Ways, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 March 1992 (Rye Memories, 108 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600142 & ISBN-13: 9781870600149) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Despar Rumens the Inn Keeper, by L. C. Rumens, published June 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 2, article, pp.43-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Desper Rumens, born 1732 the son of John Rummins and Mary née Latter, was the landlord at the Chequers Inn, Lamberhurst from 1770 until 1779 and then at The George Inn, Rye.

Bygone Rye Harbour, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 November 1992 (Rye Memories, 116 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600150 & ISBN-13: 9781870600156) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

More About Transport Around Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 November 1992 (Rye Memories, 116 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600169 & ISBN-13: 9781870600163) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

E. F. Benson as Mayor of Rye 1934-1937 : reports from the Sussex Express, compiled by Cynthia Reavell, published 1993 (iii + 83 pp., The Tilling Society, ISBN-10: 0952213400 & ISBN-13: 9780952213406) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

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

"Mary Stanford" Disaster: The Story of a Lifeboat, November 15, 1928, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 September 1993 (48 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951993615 & ISBN-13: 9780951993613) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

An index to William Holloway's "History and antiquities of the ancient town and port of Rye", by Rye Local History Group, published 1994 (57 pp.) accessible at: British Library

"Elastic Down" Rye Bloomers, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 October 1994 (Rye Memories, 28 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600193 & ISBN-13: 9781870600194) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye art: catalogue of the permanent collection, published 1995 (22 pp., Rye Art Gallery) accessible at: British Library

The Impact of Marshland Drainage on Rye Harbour, 1550-1650, by S. Hipkin and J. Eddison, published 1995 in Oxford University Committee for Archaeology monograph (vol. 41, article, pp.138-)

Buying time. Fiscal policy at Rye 1600-1640, by Stephen Hipkin, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.241-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

Ghosts and Things That Go Bump in the Night!, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 January 1995 (Rye Memories, 64 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600207 & ISBN-13: 9781870600200) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Reflections and memories of my 35 years at Rye Pottery, by Pamela J. C. Goddard, published 1 June 1995 (79 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952591308 & ISBN-13: 9780952591306) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Rye and Camber Tramway, compiled by Colin W. Judge, published 20 June 1995 (64 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853614733 & ISBN-13: 9780853614739) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Romney Marsh: The Debatable Ground, by Stephen Hipkin, published 1 June 1995 in Romney Marsh: The Debatable Ground edited by Jill Eddison and Mark Gardiner (pp.138-147, Oxford University School of Archaeology, ISBN-10: 0947816410 & ISBN-13: 9780947816414) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500169] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Rye and Camber Tramway: A Centenary History, by Laurie A. Cooksey, published 1 July 1995 (160 pp., Plateway Press, ISBN-10: 1871980267 & ISBN-13: 9781871980264) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Memories of Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 August 1995 (Rye Memories, 132 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 187060024X & ISBN-13: 9781870600248) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Thomas Ravensdale, Martyr, by Kathleen Benny, published September 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 7, article, pp.261-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Ravensdale, a currier from Rye, was martyred at the stake at Mayfield on 24 September 1556.

Budge-well to Darwell: The Rye Waterworks Story, by George D. Coleman, published 1996 (47 leaves, Hastings: G. Coleman) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501743] & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Parish Church, by Jo Kirkham and Ann Lockhart, published 1 August 1996 (2nd revised edition, 16 pp., Pitkin Guides, ISBN-10: 0853728216 & ISBN-13: 9780853728214)

Rye Cemetery: Index of marked graves, by Rye Local History Group, published 1997 (Rye Local History Group)

Rye Harbour nature reserve : a 25 year review 1970-1995. Part 1, a description and history, by Barry Yates, published 1997 (ii + 50 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Murder in the Churchyard: Story of Rye's Most Infamous Crimes, as Told in Pictures, by John Ryan, published 1 July 1997 (32 pp., Gungarden Books, ISBN-10: 0951707124 & ISBN-13: 9780951707128) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The maritime economy of Rye, 1560-1640, by Stephen Hipkin, published 1998 in Southern History (vol. 20/21, article, pp.108-142)

Rye - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.227-231, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

English Church Clocks, by Jack Tymer, published April 1998 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 10 Number 3, article, pp.16-21, Spring 1998) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Article on the development of church clocks, with reference to Midhurst church clock which only received its dial in the 19th century (illustration of the church in 1790 included). Also includes reference to the church clock at Rye, thought to have been presented to the town by Elizabeth 1.

Huguenot Ancestors in Rye, by Norman Bishop, published December 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 4, article, p.146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508819] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Dansays were merchants who came from St. Laurant-de-la-Prée, near Fouras at the mouth of River Charente. Anne Dansays, née Ozanneau arrived in 1681 with her three daughters and four orphaned nieces, while her husband Francois came the following year; they settled in Rye.

Reserve Focus: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, East Sussex, by B. Gibbons, published 1999 in British wildlife (vol. 11, part 2, article, pp.123-125)

A Radical's Books: The Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye, 1623-90, edited by Michael Hunter, Giles Mandelbrote, Richard Ovenden and Nigel Smith, published 19 February 1999 (440 pp., Woodbridge, Suffolk: D. S. Brewer, ISBN-10: 0859914712 & ISBN-13: 9780859914710) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503923] & West Sussex Libraries

Parliamentary corruption in 19th century Rye, by Peter Baigent, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.193-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Jermiah Smith, the grandson of Tilden Smith (1721-1801), was a colourful and interesting character who was involved in parliamentary corruption in the mid-19th century.

Rye: Lines of communication in 1792, by R. L. Burgess, published October 1999 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 64, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/64] & The Keep [LIB/500488]

Ryennium: Antient Rye at the Millennium, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 2000 (160 pp., Rye Town Council, ISBN-10: 0953690709 & ISBN-13: 9780953690701) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Civilian war dead in the Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye & Rother regions (1939-1945), published 1 January 2000 (31 pp., R. A. Longley, ISBN-10: 0953089150 & ISBN-13: 9780953089154) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The birds and other vertebrates of Rye Harbour, by Paul Troake and Barry Yates, published 2001 (82 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: British Library

A medieval kiln-waste tip on Rye Hill, by Eric C. Wetherill, published 2001 (20 pp., Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group and "Herons") accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

St Mary's, Rye, East Sussex, by D. Force, published 2001 in The organ (vol. 80, part 320, article, pp.8-10) accessible at: British Library

Henry VIII's Coastal Artillery Fort at Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex, by Martin Biddle, Jonathan Hillier, Ian Scott and Anthony Streeten, published 1 November 2001 (374 pp., Oxford Archaeological Unit, ISBN-10: 0904220230 & ISBN-13: 9780904220230) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Camber castle is located on the south coast of England, a short distance to the south of the town and Cinque Port of Rye. Largely constructed between 1539 and 1543, it was an elaborate artillery fortification that represented an important element of Henry VIII's 'Device', or coastal defence network, put in place from 1539 as a response to the threat of invasion following England's breach with Rome. The castle was operational for 100 years. By the 1630s, the steady advance of the coastline had left it stranded well inland from the sea. This, combined with changes in the concept of the artillery fortification, resulted in its decommissioning in 1637. Unusually, Camber Castle was not adapted for continued use through the 18th and 19th centuries, and survives as an example of a largely unmodified Henrician artillery fort. It displays several clear and discrete phases of construction, which reflect changes in thinking about the design of fortifications. The construction phase of 1539-40, under the direction of Stephen von Haschenperg, is of particular interest since it represents the first attempt to build in England an artillery fortress of ultimately Italian inspiration. Doubts about the effectiveness of von Haschenperg's design led, however, to a complete remodelling of the castle's defences along more conservative lines, undertaken in 1542-3. The castle, which is in the guardianship of English Heritage, has seen numerous campaigns of research, survey and excavation. This volume draws together all the available evidence to provide a full and synthesised account of the current state of knowledge regarding this monument. It includes a revised and expanded version of Martin Biddle's authoritative study, originally published in The History of the King's Works . Full reports are also included on the artefact and animal bone assemblages, which are of considerable importance for the early post-medieval period. These include the extensive 16th- and early 17th-century assemblage of English and imported pottery, a German ceramic tile-stove, a wide range of 16th- and 17th-century military artefacts, and a significant collection of vessel glass including facon de Venise cristallo. The animal bone collection is a useful benchmark for the zoo-archaeology of post-medieval England, and provides evidence for early livestock improvements. There is also a detailed review of the surviving building accounts for von Haschenperg's fortification.

AA Street by Street: Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Fairlight, Guestling Green, Icklesham, Ninfield, Sedlescombe, Westfield, Winchelsea, published 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 0749531770 & ISBN-13: 9780749531775) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Rye's War: 1939-1945, the Second World War in Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 2002 (114 pp., Rye Museum Association, ISBN-10: 0905253043 & ISBN-13: 9780905253046) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The flowering plants of Rye Harbour, by Barry Yates with illustrations by Catherine Holman, published 2002 (41 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: British Library

Rye and Winchelsea in old photographs, by Alan Dickinson, published 9 May 2002 (126 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 750914009 & ISBN-13: 9780750914000) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Shipwrecks of the 19th Century (Pevensey, Hastings, Rye), by David Renno, published 14 August 2002 (ix + 288 pp., Book Guild Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1857766474 & ISBN-13: 9781857766479) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Harbour : your guide to a shingle nature reserve, published 2003 (37 pp., Rye Harbour Nature Reserve) accessible at: British Library

A Rye childhood in the 1920s: the personal story of life and times in the small historically interesting town of Rye in the years 1923-1932, by Noel C.A. Care, published 2003 (Hastings: Hastings and Rother Family History Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Dungeness and Rye Harbour, by V. J. May and J. D. Hansom, published 2003 in Geological conservation review series (vol. 28, article, pp.310-313)

The murder of Mr Grebell: madness and civility in an English town , by Paul Kleber Monod, published 2004 (320 pp., New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300099850) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic, and cultural patterns that existed in this small English port town ?

Beachy Head shipwrecks of the 19th century : (Pevensey - Eastbourne - Newhaven), by David Renno, published 8 April 2004 (511 pp., Amherstt Media, ISBN-10: 1903637201 & ISBN-13: 9781903637203) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

F E Blackman & Sons, Rye, funeral directors : a list of funerals carried out between 1918 and the 1960's in the East Sussex area, compiled by R. A. Longley, published 2005 (36 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9781905585038) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Huguenots in Rye and Winchelsea, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 2006 (Rye Memories, 40 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600266 & ISBN-13: 9781870600262) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye Street directory 1822/3 : private and commercial premises, by R. A. Longley, published 2006 (11 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library

Bygone Rye Harbour, edited by Jo Kirkham, published April 2006 (Rye Memories, 2nd revised edition, 100 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600258 & ISBN-13: 9781870600255)

Rye, St Mary's Church and the Fecamp Connection, edited by Jo Kirkham, published October 2006 (Rye Memories, 12 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600223 & ISBN-13: 9781870600224) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Mid to late Holocene vegetation and land use history in the Weald of south-eastern England: multiple pollen profiles from the Rye area, by Martyn P. Waller and J. Edward Schofield, published 2007 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (vol. 16, no. 5, article, pp.367-384)

Two almshouses in Sussex, by Michael Saxby, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.278-279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Rye and Bishopstone almshouses

Mid to late Holocene vegetation and land use history in the Weald of south-eastern England: multiple pollen profiles from the Rye area, by Martyn P. Waller and J. Edward Schofield, published July 2007 in Vegetation history and archaeobotany (vol. 16, no. 5, article, pp.367-384)

Lions at Lamb House: Freud's "Lost" Analysis of Henry James, by Edwin M. Yoder, published 1 September 2007 (239 pp., New York: Europa Editions, ISBN-10: 1933372346 & ISBN-13: 9781933372341) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In 1908, an Austrian psychiatrist visits southern England at the urgent request of a Boston colleague, who fears his brother's intention to rewrite his early novels may be the sign of debilitating neuroses. The Austrian doctor is Sigmund Freud. The Boston psychologist is William James, and the novelist is his brother Henry. Over ten days, the worlds of psychology and literature collide-giving rise to this charming novel of ideas.

The Story of Rye College: A Short History of Education in the Ancient Cinque Ports Town of Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 December 2008 (Rye Memories, 86 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600274 & ISBN-13: 9781870600279) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507881] & East Sussex Libraries

Rye Community Centre: a brief history 1969-2009, by Geoff Boudreau, published 2009 (21 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published September 2009 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 61 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage)   Download PDF

Rye: a history of a Sussex Cinque Port to 1660, by Gillian Draper, published 2 October 2009 (288 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860776078 & ISBN-13: 9781860776076) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504284][Lib/506614] & East Sussex Libraries

This new illustrated history traces Rye's origins from the Norman Conquest until beyond its period of great prosperity under the Tudor monarchs.

The author, Dr Gillian Draper, has a special interest in the history of towns in south-east England and this new illustrated history traces Rye's origins from the Norman Conquest until the 17th century.
Rye was an Ancient Town which formed part of the important Cinque Ports confederation of the Middle Ages and this fascinating account explains why modern Rye has its unique appearance. Many inhabitants were fishermen or small-scale merchants and owned vessels which they supplied for the King's ship-service, transporting members of the royal family across the Channel or, in wartime, carrying horses and provisions for soldiers. In times of truce Rye's mariners turned to piracy and wrecking, disrupting the cross-Channel trade on which the town's economy also depended.
Following a period of economic stagnation which saw the disappearance of many trades and crafts that had supported the residents, a revival came towards the end of the 15th century and Rye became a prosperous town with close links to the continent because of its Protestant sympathies, which ensured the arrival of many Huguenot refugees. For over a hundred years Rye continued as the main port in south-east England but was finally eclipsed by Dover in the 17th century.
For those wanting to know more about Rye's past this book will enlighten readers with its detailed chapters on mariners, pilgrims and pirates, economic and occupational activity, religious Rye and the Friaries, to name but a few. It is difficult to cover every interesting description of life in Rye during this period in this short review, but hope that this has whetted the appetites of family and local historians about the history of one of our attractive and much-visited Sussex towns.

Rye Rebuilt: Regeneration and Decline within a Sussex Port Town, 1350-1660, by David Martin and Barbara Martin, published 19 October 2009 (Domtom Publishing, ISBN-10: 1906070113 & ISBN-13: 9781906070113) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This is one of two volumes arising from an integrated research project co-ordinated and managed by the Romney Marsh Research Trust. The Trust exists to promote, co-ordinate and disseminate research into the historical, social, economic and physical development of Romney and Walland Marshes and their immediate hinterlands.
Now land-locked, lying two miles from the sea, throughout the medieval period Rye fulfilled a significant role as a seaport, in tandem with its much-larger sister town of Winchelsea. When Winchelsea collapsed, Rye experienced meteoric growth both in terms of population and prosperity. By the 16th century, it was a packed and bustling town, with a vibrant community, being home to one of the greatest concentrations of houses in south-east England. Fuelled by its prosperity and responding to pressures of population, it was during this period that many of the houses in Rye were rebuilt. However, regeneration was short-lived, followed by drawn-out decline, extending through the 17th century.
This volume is a study of the town's built heritage, placed within its historical context.

The leather from 1 -3 Tower Street, Rye, East Sussex, by Quita Mould, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, short article, p.256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Royal Military Canal: An Historical Account of the Waterway and Military Road from Shorncliffe in Kent to Cliff End in Sussex, by P. A. L. Vine, published 8 April 2010 (192 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848684509 & ISBN-13: 9781848684508) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Royal Military Canal was one of only two waterways built in Great Britain by the Government. Together with the Martello towers it was designed as a defence against the threatened invasion of the Kent Coast by the Emperor Napoleon in 1805. The sixty-foot -wide waterway stretched 28 miles from beneath the cliff s at Sandgate and around Romney Marsh to Rye in Sussex. Here the Brede Navigation continued to Winchelsea and thence across Pett Level to Cliff End. After Nelson's victory at Trafalgar, the canal and military road was used for transporting troops by barge between Rye and Shorncliffe Camp. It was also opened up to commercial traffic. Between 1810 and 1867 the cost of maintenance was partially offset by the receipt of barge and waggon tolls which together with rents exceeded on average GBP1,200 a year. The book also deals with the proposed Weald of Kent Canal and gives a detailed account of the work of the Royal Staff Corps, who built the canal and of the transport services provided by the Royal Waggon Train. In 1877 the War Department leased part of the canal to the Lords of Romney Marsh and to the Corporation of the Hythe. In 1909 the last barge passed through Iden Lock. Nowadays the Environment Agency and Hythe Corporation have improved the canal's infrastructure by providing historic information about the waterway and its locality and by ensuring the good maintenance of facilities for anglers, pleasure boaters and walkers. This edition, first published 38 years ago, has been carefully revised. As well as new illustrations, included for the first time are plans showing the former location of the 15 station houses built to accommodate the canal's sentries. Military historians, canal enthusiasts and local residents will find the book of considerable interest.

Rye, St. Mary - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.288-306, 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

The Rye and Camber Tramway, by Peter A. Harding, published 12 January 2011 (revised edition, 32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0955240360 & ISBN-13: 9780955240362) accessible at: British Library

Rye Through Time, by Alan Dickinson, published 28 September 2011 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848684738 & ISBN-13: 9781848684737) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye is a fascinating Sussex port and market town built on a former island hilltop. Lying at the convergence of three tidal rivers and surrounded by the flat land of the Romney marshes, it has enjoyed a rich history since its foundation in the eleventh century. The many strands in its story include defence, trade, fishing, shipbuilding, agriculture, retail and market services for a wide rural hinterland. More recently, the town has found success as a centre for tourism, leisure and the arts. Using contrasting images including photographs, drawings and prints, Alan Dickinson aims to explore how the passage of time has affected the town. The reader is invited to look at the rural setting of the town, as well as its monuments, streets, buildings, rivers and quays, and may be surprised by how little has changed in the local scene. Enthusiasts for boats, land transport and costume will find much of interest in Rye Through Time.

The temple of the muse: Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex, by Patrick Monahan, published 18 July 2012 in Country Life (vol. 206 no. 29, article, pp.44-48)

The Pubs of Rye, East Sussex, 1750-1950, by David Russell, published 20 October 2012 (282 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291740 & ISBN-13: 9780956291745) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rye Spirits: Faith, Faction and Fairies in a Seventeenth Century English Town, edited by Annabel Gregory, published 22 March 2013 (320 pp., The Hedge Press, ISBN-10: 0957108001 & ISBN-13: 9780957108004) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501581] & East Sussex Libraries

The Methodist Road to Battle: some early history of Methodism in Rye and East Sussex leading to the tale of Battle Methodist Church, 1756-2013, by Keith D. Foord, published 2 June 2013 (96 pp., Battle Methodist church, ISBN-10: 0956959717 & ISBN-13: 9780956959713) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/505827] & British Library & Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Tower Forge House, Hilders Cliff, Rye (NGR: TQ92222059) - watching brief report, by Felicity Howell, published March 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Pubs of Rye, East Sussex, 1750-1950: including photographs from the John Hodges archive , by David Russell, published 23 October 2014 (2nd revised edition, 286 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291783 & ISBN-13: 9780956291783) accessible at: British Library

Organs of 1066 Country: Bexhill, Battle & Rye Volume 2, edited by Dr. Brian Hick, published 17 April 2015 (76 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Larkpress, ISBN-10: 0992862027 & ISBN-13: 9780992862022)

Cinque Ports Street in Rye, East Sussex, by J. D. Architects, published 2016 in Inform, architecture today (Spring, article, pp.18-21) accessible at: British Library

?They tell me they were in fashion last year?: Samuel and Elizabeth Jeake and clothing fashions in late seventeenth-century London and Rye, by Danae Tankard, published 2016 in Costume (50(1), article, pp.20-41)

Rye and Around From Old Photographs, by Alan Dickinson, published 15 June 2016 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445658992 & ISBN-13: 9781445658995)

From medieval burgage plot to 18th-century inn: the development of a Rye street corner, by Andrew Margetts, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.119-133)

Bristol and Rye, by Andy Friend, published 20 April 2017 in Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship (Chapter 8, pp.235-263, Thames and Hudson ltd., ISBN-10: 050023955X & ISBN-13: 9780500239551) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Artistic work by Ravilious in Rye in the 1930s

Guide to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, by A. P. Howes, published (no date) (pamphlet, Rye: Adams) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4999] & East Sussex Libraries

1841 Census vol.12 - Rye area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCM, CD-ROM)