| Show HISTORIC LEWES An DiglM Town with a RKOr rd < l from Cev tunes Long Gone By TC IB I on old historic own of BUB Jt Iceland It Is I ItuatM In the Set of the South Down hills about l miles from tlio Kncllsh channel SltlY will mth ot Iondon ond eight mils from Brighton the celebrated mth coast watcrlnff place of InKland Lues Is tho M ond lamest town In district known as the South the hilly IMirns This part of Knetand re Sads me more of our on dear Utah than any I nMr secn or 1orl of Tho rlier Ouse rims through tho bottom bot-tom part of tho town twisting and lurnlnff reminding me In looklnfrfrom Iln levaUon of our own moulllain nmS and country Farms dotted the Mriams t lanta ape everywhere as far as the eic mid reach The railroad track run thioush cuts and short tunncK l the land la n lolling country and the lu kRrounet Is I the celebrated South Down hills In this country there are generally tome windmills In sight alviajs built on some prominent point to catch the not always gentle breeze They tuin UIIY JIIte om anlmalcd lIIoulr Itu ng On hUB to se lh Immen tolls to realize the difference between our little water windmills and these hug gristmills The Downs ara full ot beautiful ecenci ful the landscape aitlst small v illcst rolling hills with their grace full rounded forms Hero and theio she p I are inclosed sometimes In portable port-able hurdles with their shepheiela ten dOIly Hatching them making pictures worthy of the nrtlitH effort whoreser Ihc > e tuins Ihrf Is I scarcely a loin in England can boast of amore a-more heoulltul Iluullon or a more wotltable and plrtutCMma eountrs than Lewes and Its vicinity with Us variety of soils adapted to all kinds of cultivation According to history Iewe was a tOlln of some 1IIII0rtance In tho tenth Iraturf Being oTthelrroad to Lon doo the noman Inle Iwe one ot their stations there jet belnB evidence of their cncimpments on tho Down1 at different places Hint have been pointed cut to u The his tot of Lewes savs the Domesday Hook compiled at the command of William the Tlist and finished fin-ished In J04C affords some Intciestlng Itemi of the state of attain at that period Prior to the conquest KIn II id ward the Confessor rrnlvnl ns rent and at toll from tho borough lG 13s lid and had one bundled and t fit > fi-t > aivln burgesses In domain Jr the Klnc wished to send armament to gurd the seas the Inhabitants were call d upon for twentj shillings sub Idy Among the curious distoms le I cltd It Is I staled that every bUyer and Belli r of a horse llhln the boioush raw one penny to the mOSor Th let It h 1 rur hoor ot n mantor m mh rd ta unler te fudol low rvunl er umht and toldthough tilth more restrictions thin the negro lau of our day the purchaser of a m HI raid fourlnce as toll A mur p Il I h t r 011110 uon nu on ICIer Cr eight shilling and four pence A runaway forfeited a like sum Of thPS and other forfeitures the king re lied two parts and tho carlo feudal lord n third Lewes contained at that period about 377 houies William first enrl of lAarinne was a desrondant ot the ancient ami noble family of St Mnrtln of Noimnrnlvand married the ntlh daushter of Wliliom MM Conqueror IIo held a distinguished command at the battle ot tastings Hr fix d on the already fortified town lullt r or rebuilt HI his tho chief castle sent which and eItlir n In ruins today The ravage of time vihldi subdued all things ho rrtalllly Iia subdue-d hoe with Ihlll rlle t DgOIl da WllIlom wi to Oundre1 tounl d the priory ot It lanc os In Ih outh port of tho vllog fh Counl GuodrI ho It her pltoph tIIl r th mnlng In Ioulhhovr church outh rort ot Iews peok tru 110 char a mt Irl uou u nd xmplory 1080 De WOrPnn ur nelrr < IId In Ivd 1I0Ul lOll Tlwre I a legn 10 the rrerl that he wlltully anol ylolent ot the lon s thot Iy tolllc < 1 001 onsd to Iho monko ot lh urlory to Ihls IIIOt vroelou nd alPordhlg tiicTilRhf of the aid Williams i thc nlghl lair on eff w tlu > ahbott I lying 1 Ihfngs In mVdlttlng M r dm of heavenly heaid the siul of the said earl vMilcli evil the bv was b I UK carried avvny with n known and one cry out loudly clftlnct voice U > rd havo merry on my foul Uml Imvo mercy on me It Ii I addeil that the countess hearings lIt 0 ot lhls owtul clrcnmsloneo mnger 10 tho eonnnt wllh a gill ot tOO hll1ll1s tor lh repo ot lady ha < 1 IIlnt oo OO I welrh u s letnelcad three ycjis probably of the story the rest quite as true as Jclm the seventh carl ot the sue Worellno vvneii n l < lIng eals nf comralslnn was Instituted at the command com-mand ot IMwnrd theHrst lot the pur vvlmt title the por ot InqulrllK IY 1 horn and UnUhtl luld thrlr estates ein the quiKtlim bclnB put to him drew forth on old rusty weapon and filfl I lly thla swoid did my anecstors vnil < 1 r the Conqueror obtain poares flon of their lands and with the same It I mv Intention to defend them HIi r eavB the commission nd mht rt Ihn tlllp vnlld I viTllpai > irio ilie bloody battle that w irr il nt Lowes between Henry III and the opposliiK forces nnd vvheiet In th rmit that took pllcc over inipv country em the river hoUns hUOlI were drownoI nn1 mun othr s wcra suffoeated In tho mlro nml pits of mud In those teach eus riv r bottcmiH many who perished th or ered nttcr tho bottle still titling on their he In com Ite I armor with drnwn worda In tho 1 llfclcss ha mil Th otlom laailj today with inoderndilnaKe re rompltels coCred wllh water from the higher UndsTn wt wnthe Th I htre 0 8tm ot lIoo gal that eto asethe lid rle IIl1d oln aSh a-Sh tide roes down allllwlnl lhe wolr to o > harne Into the rler In J1 the French Invaded thM f hore Inlent IIpon rIng the town but by the piomptltude of John 11 Car lioco pi lor of Bt Pancras und i < > tl ri they mls < l n largo force lit their tenants anil asuntiy and by their valor compelled the enemy to rtlr In IMS the Flench again In dca 1 the Sussex coast nnd attempt J tn burn llrlshthelm stoio I nrtehton and Nelvhaven but as Ih pin were ot no Imiwta n v I < I the ohjrct of the Invndtn 1 the poop asaln were euccessful lu I pre r < ln the vklnlty from the r nug ot Ih oem LlI e II II r fr re eu e PI I r 1 I r h hdrn of o i Jow boorno Ih en ot rllnlolls F jal W i t gi ront ot the prent ounty hall wo hdI I ur oe f ilta I i j IVod Jul I i y e ol u 1 of vvhlch i they build 1 their t currcsuond with hrh hearts an change fiom tho old rut 1m II y have alked In Cor cn I i 1 the unheily flrcs of preeu tlon Ytrf first kindled 1 for Derrick CUlvr an1 ono John Iouler who wr burnt opposite the mar Inn I which Is I here today Tho crime tor which they suffered wa shlplng God In a private hou contrary to the t ule of the Catholic chinch I whlcli worship was proscribed by law There Is n difference of opinion as to whether these men vvro hut at the same time but bo It ns It may they eJIiJ loltl I L j tl braved the ttames In piefeienee to u violated conscience Derilck Carver and some friends were apprehended as hey veio at pravcrs vvllhln his hou nt to n and In rori nt l Il lhe 11llre of 1M IIOtollou nonncr hlohol of 10000n On hlng exam i In < I h wOllld not ont Ihnt tM ocromnt w Ih IdnUal Iloh nnd 1010011 ot our 1011 JlRUS hilt only he oubstnnen ot tin bread and wine and that there Is I no other flubitnoct remaining In the said sacrament nftei the words spoken by the priest und h onl > doth Ievo Ih racrulllent In remmllrunro ot C1nlt < Ioolh on1 sulrrlng On hI exumlned con ernlng ilia In Yntln thel In tho Homun churh 01 < 1 d In tho hlh hurcl of Fnglnnd toda > h rpudl ited tho tacrlllce In the Ft d maoe mil said In a volee that thrilled hi1 ocenar rhr 10 In It no solullon for ony 010 unles It should ben 00101 be-n thimotir tonsuo 80 I lIIyelt nn1 Ihe ople ran IInolrtan1 II At hi trlul In ausr to 1IIcsllon he reo 1111 Your doclrlne I Iolon and iorcirv If Christ were hero you woubl put him to a worse death than lit wo put btor III comlnl Into lh 10 n ot Iw > H to lie liurnen lie Uk1 Ood to otrcnglhn hllll nd thn and o ho corn to Ih tak e he ki eled 1I0wn an1 lIIod his Itnyor 0111 the hrllT 0101 hoolo to st fir 10 the wood eWns tr spirit that wero martrs 10 lhe eaue ot rllglou tre 11011I Une Thomo Yrcon opprehend1 Ilh Drrlt nnd others when asked r I eplled I will not forsako le Ianofh and belief for all th goods In London and I will hnve none ot your thllrh ror submit m > sclt to the sam and what I bavo palel I adheie to It lher tnme on angl trom hoven 10 Ioch 010 nny olhr doelrlne tholl 1 hlelt I alii now In I would not iollee him Clod has revealed this tome to-me by I the Holy Ghost This man suffered at Chit helr In the same Bounty HH alleged crime was that h 1UO a heretic ond an unhlIvr On June 22nd IB7 again tho fires vveie llghtud tho Kline spirit unre lentlng and persecuting thosn that struggled for lellglous freedom They oealed their convictions with their blood Their testimony In I written In tli annals of history which time will never efface They were ready hrovo Ihe floma Ihn aleor Itore Ihelr Maker as traitor te > the truth of which they had been Inspired by the Holy Ohost Ilistorj records that the pleadings of their friends and talllllle WI In nln a Ylolale1 con science was woise than death The III ladel8 thl tlllle wcr Wehanl Woodmon un Iron molter Geore Stephens W Mnlnnrd Alexander 1I0man Malnnn nnl fhoma Rln A Wood Mainnrds maid Mar sors Morrl Jumc lnrJ Is hr son Dennis nurgis Achdons wife and ii man wit nomd GIIS In lho x umlnutlon at WoollIIan Chlhotr Dhorged him with being aheretlclhnt he had been n man of Kood estimation amongst all the people till ot late nnd said Think not yourself wiser than all the lenlm Woodman replied I Iou In churg1 lit In ny things wherein I hole nor offended Clio go about to shed my blood un rlghteouilj I stand to be refoimcd If my blood be I shed unrighteously that It might be requited at sour hands hne ou h lokon npon Suu to bo the phjslclan of our country coun-try Chlehester said I am lour spiritual pastor therefore hear what I hall ey to ou Woodman told bin 10 ho uio lie hart tho Spirit ot Ood 10 10011 the things of Uod Chlcheter almowledg < I he wo not sure he had tho Kplrlt of God Then follnwe < 1 u n 1lten Woodmun confounded tho other proving by the xcilptuiea that the Apostles had tho Spirit of Clod and God 1 bad lowed him with th same Spirit Chlchester denied tint lha Apoitles had the bplrlt of Uod but honed that they had but re tiot ur hon Woo lnan om Illeti dumbfounded Ihem by bis rca 80nlng nml 8ulll No mun con b II all know Ihot Jus i If I the Lord hut hS Ihe 1101 Ohot After cnte chllng nnd It Ins to pro h wo In open Ibelllon to hili ountry one of his accusel8 old Mcthlnks he Is not atrruld or Ihe prlon he u piled No I ptlll tin llvlng CJodTho The followed onothr rOlI Tho living God Tho heretic Why the manl Is mad he Is I not worthy to live One of his accusers brought tho glaring glar-ing accusation against him that all the heretics said the Lord we praise Ood and the living Ood epudlatlng tho Catholic church Woodman then was asked his belief In the sacrament the true meaning nnd Intent I he sacrament sac-rament after the worda are rpoken by the priest docs It or docs It not become be-come the bod > and blood 1 When he answered In the negathe that It vias nnly 0 loken ond rememhrone Ihol wa umdnllo condmn him n lh hlon1 of 1II0rtyr ho 1In tho seed ot progiens that has grown Into rlIslou tolronce on1 trodom ot speech till man cnn worship Oodeic cordlng to tho dictates of his conscience con-science If It Is I possible that tho In of a towl ond II 10tl rnn bo ilsTtcd on their heads In after gciera lion Lowes Is I ccitalnly reaping her reward for blgotr > and supeistltlon uhollnd on ry hnnI uml the lawn Illt I no lllmlth 0 to pelllt ns a hundred tnr ago It w compare It vvllh other towns for tlulft and pub 1IllUprmcment Th 01 < 1 Iwe cnlI I n rollc ot oldn do There I a dllrer nco ot opinion whn It wa Imlll omo con fending hat It wa by King Alfred others by tho hOIons 110 lhat aa It may It commulld a 1Ors cxtnu vlw of Lewes ami Is I seen tor i mlls around a-round being built on a rol1 lIIoun1 on n hill overlooking Lews 11 ha 0 Itiitnt lookhll ntrone tilth Its gate ays and IlIner ind out r tourt Tho eola uu built In Ms le chltectu the oufl being f RoVhiaarcH of tho tou ecnth century while the Inner oreh vhlch Is I solid Hint Ftone work 13 I nbout eight feet thick with a very 1tU lIur tapcrlnj nrch the key Iono h1 the cenler ahout 11neen IndIes deep diminishing Iown to thr sum eou ot ton to about x Inch In lenglh at tho cnmlnenemont of tho rprlng ot Iho ome Orth The balllmnl I1pon the toll wllh Iopholea tor Ie rens or n lino piece of work They must halo had similar appliances It they welo crude for raisins stonci II 110 uo today tor thoro oro tnne filly feetVjmTlie sTOutUMium nlhe wall over the gate and projecting out somo till co feet from the face of the wall Ith opn plIe betwn Ihm apparently to drop down Oestuictilo thlngi on the enemy belon If the gate wan besieged On tho right of tho Intwny lh towel I tolIn ulmol down tho brollCn IUnt walls blnll splendid for the Ivy to climb covering It entirely over In plates There are parts of tho deep gioovca let In tha gateway In which the portcullis de scomld cOln Inl on Ida ot lh 1m menso strength of these raisins and loweilnr gatm The old ruins of tho priory of Ht ratncras situated In large meadow a short distance to the bouth of tho town aro Interesting from a historical standpoint The endowment original very ilch was constantly Increased by the benefactions of tho wealth nobles who desired the pinors ot the monks and u burial place within its walls At the rtlirolutlon of the rc llBlous houses by Henry VIII tho icv cnues of tho priory weie valued at 1091 Us GIn sum equal loot least SCliOOO a > ear at our times Croham the prior surrendered tho establish mnt 1110 tho hand uf Ihe klns NoV 1C153 and tho worle of demolition commencd > Llko most of Ih oar lIIonnl1 I thl priory ocupld 0 low 11 cnn lIIuou 10 wllter Th ruin Ihough Picturesque nnd pleasing glv no 1lea whatever of tho buildings undent magnificence There Is I a story to the effect that thero existed a eubtcrran eon o to the castlo known only 10 the 111111 Whelhcr thl I a tact or not thr I nough of lho ruIn ot Iarl ot tho old building to CliO on M1l ot lIa unclent val A short dlsloneo to Ihe norlheosl ot the rllins I n remallaIJletmunl wllh n spiial pnthwa leadlii 10 tho sum mil nar UH I ould Jude It Is I about 400 feet nt tho base and about fifty feet high This place Is plausibly conjectured to bavo been the Calvarj on which at the piope sinson the 1II0nleo rcled 0 rerescn at on of the cruelflxfonC Queen Ann ot rieves Is I sold to have been a resident of Iolllhovor tho oulh I Rrt oC I lie hOllso slllI Btnnds n picturesque old building calld the Iloreh1 houe It IIrw my nllnllun b It lIuulntns Th onll tloo orhung tho tlrt with It hellV Jolt nnll bom nil In Sight lIIull oIlRmond hopo1 window on the tnoln alronc proJellllll out tlom the fiont part of the building with loco oak Iron hou < 1 1I00r ot the jlden 11 le Local tradition has IndN atcd this house as the abode of the milch Injured princess LewIng hellll the cnlr of a large turmlng district Is of somo Importance hday tom a ommerelul Olondpolnl oml Il asololion aa a to n of 111I portance In history Is such that the peoplo call It with pride Historic Lewoo Ii W BAlNSDUHl |
