Sussex Arckvological Collections. Vol. XXXVIII. (Farncombe and Co , Lewes.)—There
are some papers of interest in this volume. West Grinstead Church and the interesting features revealed by the work of restoration, is the subject of a paper by Mr. Andre. A curious balance was discovered in the roof, con- sisting of a tapering log of oak working through a king-post (the upright beam that springs from a transverse one, or " collar "), meant either to suspend a lamp or the Pyx. We have an in- teresting paper on th- Pellatts, with their pedigree and numerous wi.ls, which afford much insight into the conditions and dtspo-al of property in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Cowper was descended from a certain Catherine Pellett. Dr. Codrington dis- cusses shortly the supposed connection between the Gloucestershire and Sussex Selwyns, a subject naturally of interest to one who knew the two Bishops so well. The arms of the Western family were those of the last Abbot of Malmesbury (Robert Frampton, alias Selwyn), who, indeed, seems to have copied the Frampton Arms (he having been born there). The Friston and Essex :eel wyns had the same a-ms granted to them much later, at the beginning of the s venteenth century. Thus, there is no connection, the tradition never having been substantiated. The origin of the arms of the Selwyns of Matson, is the suggestion of Dr. Codrington cons qu nt on Anbrey's remark on the likeness of the Selwyn arm totot ose of Frampton. The Abbot, it may be added, called himself Fr impton, after the well-known custom of members of religious houses. Mr. Powell gives a sketch of Arlington Church, remarkable for the clear succession of architectural periods, even down to the •• Church- warden," a period which must be recognised, though, in this case with approval, and not with the usual lamentation. The account by Mr. Fenton of some Exchequer Special Commissions, Commissions to inquire into concealed rights of the Crown, and Exchequer Depositions of suits between subjects in the Courts, is instructive. The most interesting of the Depositions is that taken on the suit, " Eversfield u. Edsole." The Queen [Elizabeth], as Lord of the Manor of Tarring Marlpost, granted twenty-one years' leave to the plaintiff to take twelve hundred "cords" yearly from the copyhold ; the copyhold tenants resisted, claiming an ancient— and unusual—right to the timber. This, we believe, is still con- ceded. On the whole, this is a fairly interesting volume.
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