| Michelham Priory Upper Dicker Arlington |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1853 | Some account of Michelham Priory in Arlington by Rev. George Miles Cooper ⇒ p. 129 |
| 1901 | The History of the Parish of Hailsham, The Abbey of Otham and the Priory of Michelham by L.F. Salzmann ⇒ p. 198 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 316 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1229 | History | Michelham Priory | History of Hailsham | ||
| Michelham Priory was founded in 1229 by Gilbert de Aquila, third of that name and fourth lord of Pevensey of his family. The site chosen was at a bend of the river Cuckmere in the parish of Arlington, about a half a mile from the boundary of Hailsham parish; the river was with little trouble converted into a broad moat, which provided both protection and fish to the monastry. | |||||
| 16th Jun 1283 | History | Michelham Priory | History of Hailsham | ||
| On the 16th June, 1283, the Priory received a visit from the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had spent the previous day at Battle, and left next day for Bexhill and Battle, returning on the 18th to Michelham apparently, and leaving again next day for Rochester. | |||||
| 14th Sep 1302 | History | Michelham Priory | History of Hailsham | ||
| Nearly twenty years later, September 14th, 1302, Michelham was honoured, and probably inconvenienced, by the prescence of royalty, Edward I spending the night at the Priory on his way from Lewes to Battle. | |||||
| 1317 | History | Michelham Priory | History of Hailsham | ||
| In 1317, "Robert Henry who served the late king is sent to the prior and convent of Michelham to receive his maintenance." This simple and economical method of rewarding their old retainers by billeting them on some monastery was much in favour with the kings of this time. | |||||
| 1398 | History | Michelham Priory | History of Hailsham | ||
| In 1398 the priory of Michelham having fallen upon evil days, their energetic head, John Leem, made a successful appeal to the new Bishop of Chichester for assistance and obtained his leave to appropriate the churches of Alfriston and Fletching. | |||||
| 1411 | History | Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| King Henry IV granted the canons, in 1411, the fullest confirmation ("peramplissima confirmatio") of their manors, lands, and liberties, as recited and sanctioned in the charters of his predecessors. | |||||
| 1538 | History | Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| In the twenty-ninth year of Henry VIII (A.D. 1538) that monarch granted Letters Patent to Thomas Lord Cromwell, his most active agent in suppressing the monastries, and then standing high in his favour, enabling him to hold the possessions of this dissolved priory of the king, in chief, by the tenure of military service. Upon the attainder and execution of that nobleman, after a brief possession of two years, these estates reverting to the crown were again granted, in the way of a compulsory exchange, to William Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel. By an indenture dated February 4th, 1541, the earl, for divers causes and good considerations, "bargained and sold to the king his manors of Shyllyngle, Hibernhoo, Woollavington, and other property in the west of Sussex; and the king on his part granted to the earl the scite, circuit, and precinct of the late monastery or priory of Michelham" with a portion of the estates lately pertaining to the priory of Lewes. | |||||
| 1554 to 1601 | History | Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| Michelham did not long remain long in possession of the Arundel family … the tenements called Sextrie lands in Michelham … were granted to John Fote and by him aliened in 1574 to Ambrose Smyth who ten years afterwards transferred them to John Morley (afterwards Sir John Morley of Halnaker) and his wife Elizabeth. On the 31st October, 1587, an indenture was made between John Morley of Halnaker, Esq., and his wife Elizabeth on the one part, and Herbert Pelham of Hellingly, Esq., on the other … the "scite of Michelham priory (within the mote seven and a half acres thirty-two perches) together with 767 acres of land," and its manor and messuages. Mr Pelham, it appears, soon fell into pecuniary difficuties … his whole interest in this property was made over by him to Thomas Pelham of Laughton, James Thatcher of Priest-hawes (in Westham) and Thomas Peirse of Hastings; in trust to sell the same. … In fulfillment of this trust, the above parties on the 6th April 1601 sold the property to the Lord Treasurer Buckhurst, Cecilie his wife, and heirs, for the sum of £4700. | |||||
| 1773 |  | Long Passage at Michelham Priory, ink wash on paper (25.6 x 18.2cm) drawn by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 52 (no. 92) | |
| 1780 |  | The Crypt at Michelham Priory, ink wash on paper | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Ktop XLII, Item number: 54 | ||
| 1784 |  | A View of Michelham Priory, watercolour (26.8 x 37.1cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 53 (no. 94) | |
| 1784 |  | West Side of Michelham Priory, watercolour (18.7 x 26.7cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 51 (no. 90) | |
| 1784 |  | West Front of Michelham Priory Gate, watercolour (18.7 x 26.6cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 50 (no. 88) | |
| 1839 | History | Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| It [Michelham] has since descended in regular succession by the heirs male until the decease of John Frederick, third Duke of Dorset, and was carried in marriage, in 1839, by his grace's eldest daughter and co-heir, to William Pitt, Earl Amherst. | |||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Susannah Child, F, Daughter, single, age 26, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter | Susannah Child | Michelham | 1851 Census Arlington, Sussex |
| Elizabeth Child, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter | Elizabeth Child | ||||
| Ann Holt Child, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter | Ann Holt Child | ||||
| Thomas Child, M, Son, single, age 21, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son | Thomas Child | ||||
| Francis Child, M, Son, single, age 18, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son | Francis Child | ||||
| Harriett Child, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter | Harriett Child | ||||
| Catherine Child, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Catherine Child | ||||
| Caroline Child, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter | Caroline Child | ||||
| Mary Ann Dury, F, Niece, single, age 32, born Charlton, Kent; occupation: independent | Mary Ann Dury | ||||
| William Page, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | William Page | ||||
| James Barnes, M, Servant, single, age 23, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | James Barnes | ||||
| James Huggett, M, Servant, single, age 21, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | James Huggett | ||||
| Jabez Lambert, M, Servant, single, age 16, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Jabez Lambert | ||||
| Ruth Dann, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: house servant | Ruth Holden [Dann] | ||||
| Margaret Ann Baker, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Michelham, Sussex; occupation: house servant | Margaret Ann Baker | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | William Sinnock, M, Head, married, age 50, born Wilmington, Sussex; occupation: miller's grinder | William Sinnock, miller's grinder | Michelham | 1851 Census Arlington, Sussex |
| Ruth Sinnock, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Northamptonshire | Ruth Sinnock | ||||
| Elizabeth Sinnock, F, Daughter, single, age 13, born Arlington, Sussex | Elizabeth Sinnock | ||||
| Emma Sinnock, F, Mother, widowed, age 76, born Willingdon, Sussex | Emma Sinnock | ||||
| Ruth Barnes, F, Visitor, single, age 30, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: laundress | Ruth Barnes | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | John Lambert, M, Head, married, age 52, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | John Lambert, farm labourer | Michelham | 1851 Census Arlington, Sussex |
| Sarah Lambert, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Tarring, Sussex | Sarah Lambert | ||||
| Jesse Lambert, M, Son, single, age 12, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: letter carrier | Jesse Lambert | ||||
| Ruth Lambert, F, Daughter, single, age 10, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Ruth Lambert | ||||
| Esther Lambert, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Esther Lambert | ||||
| David Lambert, M, Son, single, age 5, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: scholar | David Lambert | ||||
| Rhodah Lambert, F, Daughter, single, age 10M, born Arlington, Sussex | Rhodah Lambert | ||||
| 1853 |  | The Gatway, Michelham | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 1853 |  | Gateway entrance, Michelham | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 1853 |  | Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 1853 |  | The Arches, Michelham | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 1853 |  | The Vaulted Room, Michelham | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 1853 |  | The Crypt, Michelham Priory | Cooper's Michelham | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thomas Brown, M, Head, married, age 55, born Dorking, Surrey; occupation: farmer and miller of 400 acres employing 9 men, 2 boys and 2 millers | Thomas Brown, farmer and miller | Michelham Priory House | 1881 Census Arlington, Sussex |
| Sarah Brown, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Horne, Surrey | Sarah Brown | ||||
| Annie Brown, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Capel, Surrey | Annie Brown | ||||
| Thomas Brown, M, Son, single, age 21, born Capel, Surrey; occupation: farmer of 140 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy | Thomas Brown | ||||
| Harry H. Brown, M, Son, single, age 18, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: miller | Harry H. Brown | ||||
| Edith A. Brown, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Arlington, Sussex | Edith A. Brown | ||||
| David Martin, M, Serv, single, age 54, born Sutton, Surrey; occupation: groom and cowman | David Martin | ||||
| Mercy Cottington, F, Serv, single, age 17, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant | Mercy Cottington | ||||
| Hester C. Cottington, F, Serv, single, age 15, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant | Hester C. Cottington | ||||
| 1901 |  | Michelham Priory from the North West | History of Hailsham | ||
| 1901 |  | The Vaulted Room, Michelham | History of Hailsham | ||
| 1901 |  | The Gateway Tower, Michelham | History of Hailsham | ||
| 1901 |  | North Wall of Refectory, Michelham | History of Hailsham | ||
| 1901 |  | The Vaulted Room, Michelham | History of Hailsham | ||
| 1901 |  | The Slype, Michelham | History of Hailsham | ||
| c 1910 |  | Michelham Priory photographed by Judges Ltd, Hastings | Private collection | ||
| c 1910 |  | Michelham Priory by Judges Ltd, Hastings | Private collection | ||
| c 1910 |  | Michelham Priory by Judges Ltd, Hastings | Private collection | ||
| c 1910 |  | Michelham Priory by Judges Ltd, Hastings | Private collection | ||
| c 1910 |  | Michelham Priory | Private collection | ||
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