| St. Thomas à Becket's Church Framfield Village Framfield |
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| 1517 | Christenings | 22 | 117 | 87 | 77 | 86 | 122 | 199 | 270 | 231 | 216 | 84 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 394 | Marriages | 1 | 12 | 31 | 50 | 38 | 29 | 35 | 56 | 74 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 218 | Burials | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 38 | 55 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 364 |
| 1851 | Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Framfield by The Rev. Henry Rosehurst Hoare ⇒ p. 291 |
| 1852 | Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey by The Rev. Arthur Hussey, M.A. ⇒ p. 229 |
| 1874 | Ecclesiastical History of the Deannery of South Malling by Edwin Hadlow W. Dunkin ⇒ p. 34 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1688 to 1748 | Occupation | Parish clerk for 60 years | Michael (Miall) Brooker, parish clerk | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | |
| 1705 | Occupation: curate of Framfield | Rev. John Smith | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | ||
| 1710 to 1720 | Occupation: rector of Framfield | Rev. John Smith | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | Private Groombridge contribution | |
| 1748 to 1788 | Occupation | Parish clerk for 40 years | David Brooker, parish clerk | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | |
| 1867 | Directory entry | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | Post Office Directory | ||
| The church of St. Thomas-a-Becket is an ancient structure; it has nave, chancel, side aisles, north and south chapels, a stained window erected In the chancel in 1847, and an organ: the church is supposed to have been built in 1200, and the date of the first registry is 1538. The living is a vicarage, tithe commuted at £590, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, M.A., of Christ' c Colleges, Cambridge. The vicarage house was rebuilt in 1835. | |||||
| 1874 | Directory entry | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | Post Office Directory | ||
| The church of St. Thomas a Becket is an ancient structure: supposed to have been built by Boniface, archbishop of Canterbury in 1200. The structure is cruciform, containing nave and aisles, and north and south chantries; the style is Early English, though little of the original building now remains, the aisles having been mainly rebuilt during the Tudor period, and the chancel entirely so in the year 1840. Of interest, internally, are the colored Tudor bosses on the roof of the nave, the doorway and three stone steps on the north side of the chancel arch, formerly leading to the rood loft the hagioscope in the south wall of the chancel, the small circular piece of stained glass, probably six centuries old, in the head of the window in the east wall of the north chantry and the mural monument to Edward Gage in the south wall of the south chantry, while the loftiness of the chancel arch, the flowing geometrical tracery of the east window, in imitation of the west window of Tintern Abbey, and the lightness and general proportions of the entire building, are the chief points of admiration. The chief external feature is the conspicuous absence of the tower, which from a distance imparts to the building the appearance of a large barn, and gives to a stranger the impression of a village without a church. The tower fell about the year 1667, and has never been rebuilt. The former peal of 6 bells, which the tower contained, appear to have been sold, and a small solitary bell, hung in the north porch, is all that now remains. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, tithes commuted at £590, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, M.A., of Christ’s College, Cambridge. The vicarage house was rebuilt in 1835. | |||||
| c 1875 | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | St Thomas a Beckets Church | |||
| 1882 | Directory entry | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | Kelly's Directory | ||
| The church of St. Thomas A Becket is an ancient cruciform structure in the Early English and Decorated styles, supposed to have been built by Boniface, archbishop of Canterbury, in 1200, and consists, of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and north and south chantries: the tower fell about 1667 and has never been rebuilt and the former peal of 6 bells is now represented by a single bell, hung in the north porch : little of the original building now remains, the aisles having been .mainly rebuilt during the Tudor period and the chancel entirely so in the year 1840: of interest, internally, are the colored Tudor bosses on the roof of the nave, the doorway and three stone steps on the north side of the chancel arch, formerly leading to the rood loft, the hagioscope in the south wall off the chalice, a small circular piece of stained glass, probably six centuries old, in the head of the window in the east wall of the north chantry, and a mural monument to Edward Gage in the South wall of the south chantry, while the loftiness of the chancel arch, the flowing geometrical tracery of the east window, in imitation of the west window of Tintern Abbey and the lightness and general proportions of the entire building, are, the chief points of admiration. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, tithes commuted at £505, exclusive of the tithes upon hops, gross yearly value £720, and about 10 acres of glebe, in the gift of W. Peel esq. and held by the, Rev. Henry Leach M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. ............... hours of service St. Thomas' Church, Rev. Henry Leach M.A. vicar : 10.30a.m., 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Holy days, 11 a.m.; wed. 7 p.m | |||||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | St Thomas a Becket's Church | ||
| 1904 |  | Framfield Church | Private collection | ||
| 1905 |  | The Church and Vicarage, Framfield | St. Thomas à Becket's Church | Private collection | |
| 1907 |  | Interior, Framfield Church | Private collection | ||
| 1908 |  | Framfield Church, Framfield by F.L. Griggs, R.A. | Private collection | ||
| 1918 |  | The Church, Framfield photographed by Brooker & Sons | Private collection | ||
| c 1920 |  | Framfield Church, Framfield | Private collection | ||
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