Kent, Sussex
Reference code
COR/13
Title
Kent, Sussex
Date
1929-1933
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Scope and content
Handwritten and compiled in Sussex (1929-1932) and Kent (1933).
Title page: ‘Cathedral, Monastic and Parish Churches, Castles and Roman Forts in the Counties of Kent and Sussex’.
Followed by Index (7pp).
Part I gives information about Canterbury Cathedral, churches and other features of Kent (pp. 1-191).
Part II gives information about Chichester Cathedral, churches and other features of Sussex (pp. 192-309). Inserted in Part II are two letters to Henry Corder, one from Miss M.H. Cooper, General Hon. Sec. Sussex Archaeological Society, dated 14 March 1932 and one from W. Campbell Smith, Deputy Keeper, Mineral Department, British Museum (Natural History), dated 4 March 1932. Both letters refer to the funerary monument of Gundrada de Warenne, now housed in the nineteenth-century Gundrada Chapel of St John the Baptist, Southover, Lewes.
Features of particular interest:
Canterbury Cathedral, Kent. Notes, photos, shields of arms in colour and some printed material (pp. 1-19).
St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich, Kent. Descriptions of funerary monuments, including some fine brass rubbings of the monument of Walter Septvans (d.1642) and his wife Jane. The Septvans family had lived in Ash since the twelfth century (pp. 61-63).
SS Mary and Sexburga Minster, Sheppey, Kent. Including shields of arms, photos and a pen and ink sketch of the pair of brasses of the funerary monument of Sir John de Northwode and his wife Joane of 1330 (pp. 73-76).
Cathedral and Priory Church of St Andrew, Rochester and Rochester Castle, Kent. Including several photos of the cathedral and castle in their landscape settings (pp. 89-99).
St Mary, Patrixbourne, Kent (pp. 137-138) and St Nicholas, Barfrestone, Kent (pp. 139-142). Photos including the fine twelfth-century decoration of the south doorways of both churches.
SS Mary and Eadburga, Lyminge, Kent. Photo of the exterior and a copy of the ground plan, as well as a sketch of the Roman tile niche (pp. 152-154).
St Nicholas, New Romney, Kent. Including photos and an excellent brass rubbing of the figure of Marye Smyth, dated 1610 (pp. 159-162).
Chichester Cathedral, Sussex. Including photos (interior and exterior views) of the cathedral, as well as street scenes of Chichester (pp. 193-208).
St George, Trotton, Sussex. Including good brass rubbings (shield of arms of Thomas Lord Camoys and a shield bearing the arms of Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Mortimer. There is also a copy of the brass figure of the son of Thomas, Lord Camoys) (pp. 217-218).
St Thomas, Winchelsea, Sussex. Extensive notes and photos (interior and exterior views and photos of the funerary monuments) of the church and the town of Winchelsea (pp. 239-242).
Lewes, Sussex. Extensive notes and photos of the town and the remains of the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras, including a photo showing the coffins of the founders, William de Warenne and his wife, Gundrada, and Gundrada’s tomb monument (pp. 250-258).
[St Nicholas] Worth, Sussex. Including shields of arms and numerous photos. ‘This is the finest Saxon church I have yet seen.’ (pp. 279-282, and quote, p. 279).
West Hoathly, Sussex. Including shields of arms in colour copied from the Manor and the Court houses (pp. 296-299).
Title page: ‘Cathedral, Monastic and Parish Churches, Castles and Roman Forts in the Counties of Kent and Sussex’.
Followed by Index (7pp).
Part I gives information about Canterbury Cathedral, churches and other features of Kent (pp. 1-191).
Part II gives information about Chichester Cathedral, churches and other features of Sussex (pp. 192-309). Inserted in Part II are two letters to Henry Corder, one from Miss M.H. Cooper, General Hon. Sec. Sussex Archaeological Society, dated 14 March 1932 and one from W. Campbell Smith, Deputy Keeper, Mineral Department, British Museum (Natural History), dated 4 March 1932. Both letters refer to the funerary monument of Gundrada de Warenne, now housed in the nineteenth-century Gundrada Chapel of St John the Baptist, Southover, Lewes.
Features of particular interest:
Canterbury Cathedral, Kent. Notes, photos, shields of arms in colour and some printed material (pp. 1-19).
St Nicholas, Ash next Sandwich, Kent. Descriptions of funerary monuments, including some fine brass rubbings of the monument of Walter Septvans (d.1642) and his wife Jane. The Septvans family had lived in Ash since the twelfth century (pp. 61-63).
SS Mary and Sexburga Minster, Sheppey, Kent. Including shields of arms, photos and a pen and ink sketch of the pair of brasses of the funerary monument of Sir John de Northwode and his wife Joane of 1330 (pp. 73-76).
Cathedral and Priory Church of St Andrew, Rochester and Rochester Castle, Kent. Including several photos of the cathedral and castle in their landscape settings (pp. 89-99).
St Mary, Patrixbourne, Kent (pp. 137-138) and St Nicholas, Barfrestone, Kent (pp. 139-142). Photos including the fine twelfth-century decoration of the south doorways of both churches.
SS Mary and Eadburga, Lyminge, Kent. Photo of the exterior and a copy of the ground plan, as well as a sketch of the Roman tile niche (pp. 152-154).
St Nicholas, New Romney, Kent. Including photos and an excellent brass rubbing of the figure of Marye Smyth, dated 1610 (pp. 159-162).
Chichester Cathedral, Sussex. Including photos (interior and exterior views) of the cathedral, as well as street scenes of Chichester (pp. 193-208).
St George, Trotton, Sussex. Including good brass rubbings (shield of arms of Thomas Lord Camoys and a shield bearing the arms of Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Mortimer. There is also a copy of the brass figure of the son of Thomas, Lord Camoys) (pp. 217-218).
St Thomas, Winchelsea, Sussex. Extensive notes and photos (interior and exterior views and photos of the funerary monuments) of the church and the town of Winchelsea (pp. 239-242).
Lewes, Sussex. Extensive notes and photos of the town and the remains of the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras, including a photo showing the coffins of the founders, William de Warenne and his wife, Gundrada, and Gundrada’s tomb monument (pp. 250-258).
[St Nicholas] Worth, Sussex. Including shields of arms and numerous photos. ‘This is the finest Saxon church I have yet seen.’ (pp. 279-282, and quote, p. 279).
West Hoathly, Sussex. Including shields of arms in colour copied from the Manor and the Court houses (pp. 296-299).
Creator
Corder, Henry (1855-1944), antiquary and nurseryman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/957/22