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A true relation of the rising of the Club-men in Sussex: As it was related to William Lenthall Esq; Speaker to the Honorable House of Commons, by an eye-witnesse of the same. Published by authority, by William Lenthall, published 1646 (John Field) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4206] & West Sussex Libraries

Poll Book, published 1734 (Lewes: J. Wilford) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500921]

An Exact State of the Poll Taken by Tho. Friend, and James Reeve, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, On the 27th Day of April 1734. For the Election of Members to serve in this present Parliament. In Answer To a Pamphlet lately published relating to the said Election.

Poll Book, published 1734

A Poll, Taken by Henry Montague Esq: Sheriff of the County of Sussex at the City of Chichester, on Thursday and Friday the Ninth and Tenth Days of May 1734. for the Election of Two Knights to Serve for the Said County in This Present Parliament

A Poll for Knights of the Shire to Represent the County of Sussex - taken at Chichester, 1774, published 1775 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 89]

Poll Book, published 1780 (8 pp., Lewes: printed by William Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken by William Hammond, and John Fuller, constables of the borough of Lewes, in Sussex, at the Town-Hall, on the 12th and 13th days of September, 1780, for the election of members, to represent the said borough in the ensuing Parliament, to be holden at the cit of Westminster, the 31st day of October, 1780. Published at the request of the electors.

Poll Book, published 1784 (pamphlet, 17 pp., Chichester: D. Jaques) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4473][Lib 4478] & British Library

A Poll taken at the Guildhall of the City of Chichester, in the County of Sussex, the 1st and 2d days of April, 1784, before the Worshipful Charles Buckner Esqr. Mayor of the said City, for the electing two Citizens to serve in the ensuing Parliament … the candidates being Tho Steele, Esqr., Wm. Smith, Esqr., Geo. White Thomas Esqr.

Poll Book, published 1790

A Poll, Taken by John Wimble and George Grantham, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, in the County of Sussex, on the 16th Day of June, 1790; For the Election of Members.

Poll Book, published 1803 (19 pp., Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

Poll, taken by George Grantham and Samuel Woodgate Durrant, … on the 5th and 6th days of July, 1802; for the election of members, to represent the said borough in the Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, the 31st day of August ensuing.

Poll Book, published 1812 (Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken by Thomas Woollgar, and William Figg, … on the 5th and 6th days of October, 1812, for the election of members, to represent the said borough, in the Parliament, to be holden at the City of Westminster, on the 24th day of November, next.

An Account of the Sussex Election held at Chichester March 13th, and the folowing week, with addresses, compositions and speeches, including the Poll Book, and an index, published March 1820 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3177]

A poll taken at the Guildhall of the city of Chichester, in the county of Sussex, the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th, days of February, 1823, %#8230; for the electing a citizen to serve in the present Parliament, in the place of the Right Hon. W. Huskisson, the candidates being Sir Godfrey Webster, bart. William Stephen Poyntz, Esq.
The 16p. and the 8p. sections respectively contain the poll book and the Substance of Mr. Huskisson's speech, on Thursday, the 3rd of April, 1823.

A Poll Taken at the City of Chichester for the County of Sussex, 13-22 March 1820, published March 1820 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3197]

in rapes, alphabetically arranged

Poll Book, published 1823 (44 pp, 16 pp. & 8 pp., Chichester: printed by William Mason) accessible at: British Library

Poll Book, published 1826 (28 pp., Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th days of June, 1826, for the election of two members to represent the borough in the Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, on the 25th day of August next ensuing. As taken at the County Hall, by the returning officers.

Poll Book, published 1830 (210 pp., Chichester: J. Hackman) accessible at: British Library

Proceedings at the Contested Election for the City of Chichester, 1830 … copy of the poll book, speeches … squibs and addresses. To which are added, the proceedings at the election of representatives for the County of Sussex, etc.

Parliamentary History, by William Durrant Cooper, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendix III, article, pp.23-75) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Railway Bill: minutes of evidence taken before the Lords Committee to whom the bill intituled "an act for making a railway to join the London and Southampton Railway near London, and to form a communication between London and Brighton by way of Shoreham", was committed, by House of Lords, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the London and Brighton Railway Bills, Stephenson and Rennie's Lines, by House of Commons, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

Poll Book, published 1837 (Lewes: Baxter and Son)

A Poll taken by Mr. Plumer Verrall and Mr. Thomas Chatfield, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, on the 20th day of April, 1837, for the Election of One Burgess To represent the said Borough in Parliament, in the room of Thomas Read Kemp, Esq. who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

Poll Book, published 1837 (36 pp., Brighton: R. D. Buckoll) accessible at: British Library

A poll taken by Eardley Nicholas Hall, Esq returning officer of the borough of Brighton, on Wednesday, July 26th, 1837, for the election of two members to represent the said borough in parliament.

Poll Book, published 1847 (Geo. P. Bacon)

A Poll taken by Mr. Benjamin Flint & Mr. John Hilton, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes on the 29th day of July, 1847, for the Election of Two Burgesses to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on Tuesday, the 21st day of September next.

Poll Book, published 1847 (45 pp., Brighton: Levy Emanuel Cohen) accessible at: British Library

A poll taken by Henry Smithers of the borough of Brighton on the 30th day of July, 1847, for the election of two members … Arranged and published by Edwin Wright.

Poll Book, published 1852 (75 pp., Brighton) accessible at: British Library

A Poll taken by William Kennett, Esq. Returning Officer of the Borough of Brighton on the 8th day of July, 1852, for the Election of two members … Arranged and published by Edwin Wright … and W. J. Taylor.

Poll Book, published 1859 (Geo. P. Bacon)

A Poll taken by Mr. Richard Lambe and Mr. Charles Parsons, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 30th day of April, 1859, for the Election of Two Burgesses, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, 1859.

On some old Acts of Parliament concerning roads in, or connected with, the county of Sussex, by J. G. Dodson, M.P., published 1863 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 15, article, pp.138-147) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2100] & The Keep [LIB/500234] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poll Book, published 1865

A Poll taken by Mr. Henry S. Gorringe and Mr. Henry Goldsmith, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 13th day of July, 1865, for the Election of Two Burgesses, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, On Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1865

Richard Cobden, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.290-294) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Poll Book, published 1868 (Farncombe & Bates)

A Poll taken by Mr. James Broad and Mr. Frederick Flint, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 18th day of November, 1868, for the Election of a Burgess, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, On Thursday, the 10th day of December, 1868.

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

Sheriffs of Sussex, compiled by Hugh Penfold, published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, notes & queries, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sheriffs of Sussex, compiled by Hugh Penfold, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, p.221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Parliamentary Surveys of the County of Sussex, AD 1649-1653, by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.217-313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Parliamentary Surveys of the County of Sussex, AD 1649-1653, continued, by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, article, pp.189-287) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Parliamentary Surveys of the County of Sussex, AD 1649-1653, continued, by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen, published 1873 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 25, article, pp.23-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2110] & The Keep [LIB/500243] & S.A.S. library   View Online

List of Knights' Fees in the time of Henry II, compiled by Hugh Penfold, published 1877 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 27, article, pp.27-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2112] & The Keep [LIB/500245] & S.A.S. library

Sheriffs of Sussex, compiled by Hugh Penfold, published 1877 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 27, article, pp.34-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2112] & The Keep [LIB/500245] & S.A.S. library

Public Addresses by John Bright MP, by John Bright and edited by James E. Thorold Rogers, published 1879 (London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12717]   View Online

Public Addresses by John Bright MP, by John Bright and edited by James E. Thorold Rogers, published 1879 (London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12717]   View Online

Proceedings of the Committee of Plundered Ministers Relating to Sussex, I, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, article, pp.112-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, article, pp.161-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Extract from the Parliamentary Return of the Members of Parliament, 1290-1702, by Walter B. Bartelot, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, article, pp.190-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1881 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 31, article, pp.95-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2116] & The Keep [LIB/500249] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Proceedings of the Committee of Plundered Ministers relating to Sussex, II, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1881 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 31, article, pp.169-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2116] & The Keep [LIB/500249] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Reply to Mr. Hubbard's Address to the Electors of the Borough of New Shoreham and the Rape of Bramber. Together with a speech delivered at Worthing, etc., by Sir Robert Loder, Bart., published 1882 (26 pp., London: J. Davy & Sons) accessible at: British Library

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, article, pp.141-166) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1883 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 33, article, pp.69-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2118] & The Keep [LIB/500251] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Parliamentary Presentations to Sussex Livings (1657 to 1659), by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1883 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 33, notes & queries, pp.269-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2118] & The Keep [LIB/500251] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1887 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 35, article, pp.127-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2120] & The Keep [LIB/500253] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poll for the Election of Two Barons to Represent the Town and Port of Seaford, taken 25th March 1761, by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., published 1901 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 44, notes & queries, pp.210-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2129] & The Keep [LIB/500262] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Levy by the Parliament during the Commonwealth on the Tything of Angmering, by E. Carleton Holmes, published 1904 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 47, notes & queries, pp.159-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2132] & The Keep [LIB/500265] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Political History, by L. F. Salzman, B.A., published 1905 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 1: Natural History, Geology, pre-medieval Archaeology, the Domesday survey, and Political History, pp.481-540, , facsimile edition published 1973, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905855 & ISBN-13: 9780712905855) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2398] & The Keep [LIB/500089] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Parliamentary History of the Borough of Lewes, 1295-1885, by Wallace Henry Hills, published 1908 (pamphlet, 45 pp., Lewes: Farncombe & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4268] & The Keep [LIB/502869] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Return of the Members of Parliament for the County and Boroughs of Sussex, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1908 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 51, article, pp.126-152) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2136] & The Keep [LIB/500269] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Parliamentary History of the Ancient Borough of Horsham, 1295-1885, by William Albery and Hilaire Belloc, published 1926 (London: Longmans Green & Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Willingdon Petition to Parliament, 1648 , by Rev W. Budgen, published May 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 6, note, pp.191-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Election Expenses, Lewes, 1727, by W. H. G. [Walter H. Godfrey], published May 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 2, note, pp.58-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Sussex in Parliament, 1660-1832, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 8, article, pp.635-638) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

House of Commons Records, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published August 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 3, query, p.94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Seaford in Parliament, 1660-1832, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.18-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sir John Fagg, M.P., for Sussex, 1680-1681, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.86-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

East Grinstead in Parliament, 1660-1832, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.300-302) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

John Ashburnham, M.P. for Sussex, 1661, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.317-319) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

John Pelham, Bt.: Whig in Five Parliaments, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 7, article, pp.449-450) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Spencer Compton: Speaker of the House, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.607-609) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

A General Election 100 years ago, by Bertram F. Richards, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 11, article, pp.752-756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Chichester in Parliament, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.831-832) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

18th Century Election Methods, by D. J. Hope-Wallace, B.A., published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 10, article, pp.640-643; no. 11, pp.698-700) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Parliamentary Surveys of Ashdown Forest - Topographical Details, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.137-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Enclosures, by W. E. Tate, published November 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 8, query, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

The Downs: Questions in the House of Commons, by Ian C. Hannah, published August 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 3, article, p.72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Inclosure Acts and Awards, by W. E. Tate, published 1949 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 88, article, pp.115-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2173] & The Keep [LIB/500341] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Election, 1818, by Rev. A. C. Crookshank, published May 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 6 & 7, article, pp.132-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

A Handlist of Sussex Inclosure Acts and Awards, by W.E. Tate, published 1950 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council and Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5611] & The Keep [LIB/504707] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

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)

A by-election in a rotten borough, by Robert G. Schafer, published August 1954 in Huntington Library Quarterly (vol. 17, no. 4, article, pp.397-405)

Steyning.

The Parliamentary Representation of Surrey and Sussex, 1377-1422, by A. Rogers, 1957 at Nottingham University (M.A. thesis)

Parliamentary Army Levy, by A. W. G. Lowther, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, note, p.27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Local Politics and the Parliamentary Representation of Sussex, 1529-1558, by R. J. W. Swales, 1964 at Bristol University (Ph. D. thesis)

The Spring Parliamentary Election at Hastings, 1640, by John K. Gruenfelder, published 1967 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 105, article, pp.49-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2190] & The Keep [LIB/500324] & S.A.S. library

The Sussex General Election of 1695. A Contemporary Account by Robert Middleton, Vicar of Cuckfield, by R. A. Beddard, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.145-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library

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 Parliamentary Speech of Viscount Montagu against the Act of Supremacy, 1559, by Timothy J. McCann, published 1970 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 108, article, pp.50-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2193] & The Keep [LIB/500321] & S.A.S. library

Sussex aristocrats and the county election of 1820, by Julian R. Mcquiston, published July 1973 in The English Historical Review (vol. lxxxviii, issue cccxlviii, article, pp.534-558, ISSN: 0013-8266)   View Online

The immediate impact of the Second Reform Act on a Southern county town: voting patterns at Lewes Borough in 1865 and 1868, by Colin E. Brent, published 1980 in Southern History (vol. 2, article, pp.129-177)

Henry and Eliza : a portrait of a family in the mid-nineteenth century from the letters of Mr. Speaker Brand and his family, by Anthony Hampden, published 1982 (197 pp., 12 illustrations & 2 pedigrees, Haywards Heath: Charles Clarke) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The letters, dated 1839-59, between Henry Brand, Viscount Hampden who was M.P. for Lewes 1852-67 and Cambridgeshire 1868-84, Chief Whip of the Liberal Party 1859-67 and Speaker of the House of Commons 1872-84, and his wife Eliza, daughter of Eliza Courtney, who he married in 1838.

Socialism in West Sussex: A History of the Chichester Constituency Labour Party, by Dorothy Howell-Thomas, published 1983 (pamphlet, Chichester Constituency Labour Party) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8690] & West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton election of February, 1864; or, A parody on "The house that Jack built;" containing a suggestion which, if carried out will ever prevent any division, in the Liberal camp, from opening the door for a Tory to slip in, by An elector, published 1984 (in verse, 14 pp., Brighton: J. Nunn) accessible at: British Library

The Sussex Election of 1820, by Stanley Excell, published June 1986 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 1, article, pp.32-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Partisan behaviour in adversity: voters in Lewes during the Reform Era, by John Phillips, published 1987 in Parliamentary History (vol. 6, no. 2, article, pp.262-279)

Recording Dates, by P. B. Evershed, published June 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 5, article, pp.176-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Act of Parliament of 1751 entitled 'An Act substituting the Gregorian for the Julian Calendar'

Partisan Behaviour in Adversity: Voters in Lewis during the Reform Era, by John Phillips, published October 1987 in Parliamentary History (vol. 6, issue 2, article, pp.262-279)   View Online

The Kemp Family in Lewes and Brighton, by Antony Dale, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.100-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The life and ancestry of Thomas Read Kemp, M.P. (1782-1844) and his descendants. He married Frances Baring and lived at Herstmonceux Place, then The Temple, Montpelier Road, Brighton, and then Dale Park, Madehurst. They had 10 children. After the death of Frances in childbirth he married, in 1832, Frances Margaretta Shakely and they had one son. Article covers the years 1733 - 1924.

Voters in Seaford Borough in 1761, by Stanley Excell, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Eighteenth-century Electioneering. Winchelsea in 1747, by Jeremy Black, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, historical note, pp.259-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

East Sussex Voters and the 1832 Reform Act, by Stanley Excell, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.211-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Borough Voters and the 1832 Reform Act, by Stanley Excell, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.250-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Expenses of an Election. Arundel in 1747, by Jeremy Black, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, historical note, p.265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Canvassing Lewes in 1767, by Jeremy Black, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, historical note, p.266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Electors 1832, published 1992 by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN73, CD-ROM) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11774][Lib 12909]

An Unusual Election at Shoreham, by Ronald Clark and Dr. Ronald Freeman, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.229-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The election of 1770 in Shoreham became the focus of attention in Parliament and resulted in an Act which disenfranchised many of the Shoreham electors

Sussex Poll 1820, published 1994 by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN97, CD-ROM) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12911]

The Sussex Community and the Oath to uphold the Acts of the Merciless Parliament, by Nigel Saul, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.221-240) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Tory and Whig : the parliamentary papers of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford, 1716-1753, edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 2 July 1998 (xcii + 390 pp., Woodbridge : Boydell Press, ISBN-10: 0851155898 & ISBN-13: 9780851155890) accessible at: British Library

The parliamentary papers of Edward Harley and William Hay offer a unique insight into the politics of the 1730s and 1740s. The journals kept by the men during the latter part of Sir Robert Walpole's premiership provide two contrasting perspectives: Harley was a leading figure in the Tory party, and a fierce critic of the Whig ministry; Hay was an independently-minded but committed ministerialist. Hay gives an account of events in the Commons, while Harley, who succeeded to the earldom of Oxford in 1741, has a rare insider's view into proceedings in the House of Lords during the Whig supremacy. Other parliamentary papers include Hay's letters to Newcastle, providing a fascinating account of the bitterly contested elections of 1734 in Sussex and Lewes.

Parliamentary Representation, by Richard Childs, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.72-73, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East 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.

Is this the Naked Truth?, by Brian C Rich, published October 1999 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 12 Number 1, article, pp.15-17, Autumn 1999) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Brief item about the life of one of the MPs for Midhurst, Charles James Fox (1749-1806), a Whig politician of extravagant tastes and behaviour! Fox later represented Westminster.

Reform in the Air, by Jennifer Smith, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, p.114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the journal of Daniel Constable (1775-1835) and his friends in Brighton who were followers of Thomas Paine and involved in parliamentary reform.

A Chartist connection, by David Packham, published March 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 1, article, pp.3-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Feargus O'Connor born 3 December 1917 at Hove who was the charismatic leader of the Chartist Movement.

East Sussex Parliamentary Deposited Plans 1799-1970, edited by Roger Davey, published 2003 (vol. 87, vii + 269 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 0854450548 & ISBN-13: 9780854450541) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14963][Lib 15657] & The Keep [LIB/500464][Lib/507870] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The infrastructure which makes possible many of the conveniences of modem life is often taken for granted: water supply, electricity and gas, harbours, docks and navigable rivers, the road, railway and former street tramway networks, and so on. Many of these, however, were only made possible by the inventive genius and initiative of the 19th and earlier 20th centuries, and even long-existing provision (such as for water and roads) was transformed in the same period. This volume describes in detail one of the principal sources for tracing the history of this crucial and wide ranging provision - the series of 586 East Sussex plans which accompanied Bills to Parliament to authorise the various schemes put forward, and which in many cases resulted in Acts. Copies of the plans had to be deposited locally, and it is this series, complete from 1799 to 1970, which is listed here. Of particular interest are the plans for schemes which were promoted, but which never came to fruition. East Sussex in this context means primarily the pre-1974 county, including the 'Mid Sussex corridor'; but because many schemes (e.g. those for railways) overlapped the boundary, some plans feature parts of West Sussex as well. West Sussex plans (with some East Sussex overlap) were described in an earlier volume published by the Society in 1968 (66), but for either area the full indexes provided with the volumes enable the user readily to identify plans covering particular places. Every local town (notably Brighton and Hastings), and almost every rural parish, was affected by works proposed at one time or another. The work of national and local surveyors can likewise be traced here, and the maps contain much useful topographical information, with details of the owners and occupiers of land and buildings in the areas affected by potential schemes.

1066-1400 Medieval Sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey, by Michael Burchall, published 2008 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504795][LIB/501588][Lib/503510]

A detailed historical study by Michael Burchall FSG listing all the Sheriffs and explaining their role.

Houses and parliament: local politics, tenure and 'townscapes': the case of Sussex Boroughs in the 'long eighteenth century', by Spencer Thomas, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.157-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Little or no attention has been paid to the relationship between electioneering and urban morphology before 1832 despite a general literature that documents patrons' manipulation of small boroughs to improve and/or ensure their or their nominees' election to parliament.1 In Sussex, proprietorial boroughs revealed a pernicious association between the electoral ambitions, power and influence of local landed interests, both aristocracy and gentry, and the acquisition of burgage plots. Their ruthlessness had a profound impact on the appearance of places subject to burgage and related tenures.

William Hay, M.P. for Seaford (1695-1755), edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 11 May 2010 in Parliamentary History (vol. 29, issue s1, article, pp.lxi-lxxxvii)   View Online

A supplement to Parliamentary History: Parliamentary Record Series, volume 1: Tory and Whig - The Parliamentary Papers ofEdward Harley, Third Earl of Oxford, and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford, 1716-1753, Edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones.

William Hay's parliamentary papers, edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 11 May 2010 in Parliamentary History (vol. 29, issue s1, article, pp.280-340)   View Online

'Squibs' the 1830 Chichester Election Campaign, by Andrew Berriman, published 1 April 2015 (New Chichester papers, no. 7, 32 pp., Chichester Local History Society & printed at University of Chichester, ISBN-10: 1907852328 & ISBN-13: 9781907852329) accessible at: Chichester Local History Society & West Sussex Libraries