Withyham (St. Michael)

WITHYHAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of East Grinstead, hundred of Hartfield, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from East Grinstead; containing 1607 inhabitants. The parish comprises 7913a. 2r. 26p., of which 3000 acres are arable, 2814 meadow and pasture, 1536 woodland, and 562 common and waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £25. 5. 5.; patron, the Earl Delawarr: the tithes have been commuted for £868, and there is an acre of glebe. The church, which is principally in the later English style, was built in 1624, by Richard, Earl of Dorset, who was interred here. A chapel of ease dedicated to St. John, in the early English style, was consecrated on the 23rd of July, 1839; the cost was defrayed by the rector, the lord of the manor, and some of the parishioners.