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Mayfield - The Story of an Old Wealden Village
by
Elizabeth Margaretta Bell-Irving
published by William Clowes & Sons in 1903
Book Content
Book cover:
Frontispiece:
Preface:
Contents:
List of Illustrations:
Chapter I. The Village - The Parish - The Weald - Farmhouses - The Rivers - The Roads: p. 1
Chapter II. Old Customs - Charms and superstitions - Dialect: p. 15
Chapter III. Early History - St Dunstan and Mayfield Church - The Domesday Survey - Loxfield Hundred - The Palace: p. 20
Chapter IV. Cade's Rebellion - Mayfield Manor: p. 50
Chapter V. The Palace - Relics of St Dunstan: p. 63
Chapter VI. The Church - The Monuments: p. 71
Chapter VII. The Parish Registers - The Rev. John Maynard - The Churchyard: p. 88
Chapter VIII. The Papers - Churchwarden's Accounts - The Charities - The Poor Laws: p. 104
Chapter IX. The Apprentices - Overseer's Accounts - Vicars of Mayfield: p. 117
Chapter X. The Rectory of Mayfield - Sir Edward North - Sit Thomas Gresham - The Mayfield Martyrs: p. 141
Chapter XI. The Manor of Isenhurst - The Manor of Sharnden: p. 153
Chapter XII. Later History of the Palace and Manor - Sir Henry Nevill - Sir Thomas May - John Baker - The Great Rebellion - Mayfield Tokens: p. 159
Chapter XIII. Sussex Ironworks - Early Ordnance - Furnaces and Forges - Firebacks - Industries: p. 166
Chapter XIV. The Charity School - John Gale and his Diary - The Palace dismantled - Visit of Princess Victoria - Modern Times: p. 184
Index: p. 199
Illustrations
The Village:
The Banqueting Hall, Mayfield Palace: p. 41
Plan of Long's Farm, Mayfield - 1640: p. 51
Mayfield Place: p. 62
St Dunstan's Church: p. 70
Ruins of Mayfield Palace: p. 145
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Letter A index
Apprentices: indentures (1612-1696): 117-122
Arms and armour: provided by the clergy: p.158
Arundel or Fitzalan, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury: p.48
Aylwins or Lower House: p.2
Aynscombe Family: p.2
Aynscombe Family: 159-160
Aynscombe, Thomas: 82-83
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