CHICHESTER  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and municipal See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in the Chichester See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 69 m . S.S.W. from See also:

• LONDON

London by the London, See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton & See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast railway . Pop . (1001) 12,224 . It lies in a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of a epur of the South See also:

• DOWNS

Downs, a mile from the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Chichester See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour, an inlet of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Channel . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Trinity was founded towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the nth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, after the see had been removed to Chichester from Selsey in 1075 . The first church was consecrated in 1108, but fires in 1114 and 1187 caused See also:

• BUILDING

building to continue steadily until the close of the 13th century . See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph Luffa (1091—1123) was the first See also:

• GREAT

great builder, and was followed by Seff rid II . (1180-1204) . See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• WORK

work appears in the See also:

• NAVE

nave (See also:

• ARCADE

arcade and See also:

• TRIFORIUM

triforium), See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir (arcade) and elsewhere; but there is much very beautiful See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early English work, the choir above the arcade and the eastern See also:

• PART

part being especially See also:

• FINE

fine . The nave is remarkable in having See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double aisles on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, the See also:

• OUTER

outer pair being of the 13th century . The church is also unique among English cathedrals in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a detached campanile, a massive and beautiful Perpendicular structure with the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey octagonal .

The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MODERN

modern restorations are the upper part of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, which copies the Early English work of that on the south-west; and the fine central tower and See also:

• SPIRE

spire, which had been erected at different periods in the 14th century, but See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col- v1.5lapsed, doing little damage to the fabric, in 186r . Under the direction of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott and others they were reconstructed with scrupulous care in preserving the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . The See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end is in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main early Decorated, but greatly restored; the library is a fine See also:

• LATE

late Norman vaulted See also:

• ROOM

room; the cloisters are Perpendicular and well restored; and the bishop's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace retains an Early English chapel . The cathedral is 393 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long within, 131 ft. across the transepts, and 90 ft. across the nave with its double aisles . The height of the spire is 277 ft . At the junction of the four main streets of the See also:

• TOWN

town stands the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• CROSS

cross, an exquisite octagonal structure in ornate Perpendicular See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, built by Bishop See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story, c . Isoo, perhaps the finest of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . The See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary was founded in the 12th century, but the existing buildings are in a style transitional from Early English to Decorated . Its use as an See also:

• ALMSHOUSE

almshouse is maintained . Other See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient buildings are the churches of St Olave, in the construction of which See also:

• ROMAN

Roman materials were used; and of St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew, where is the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the poet See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins, whose memorial with others by the sculptor See also:

• FLAXMAN, JOHN (1755-1826)

Flaxman is in the cathedral; the See also:

• GUILDHALL

Guildhall, formerly a See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey Friars' chapel, of the 13th century; the See also:

• CANON

Canon See also:

• GATE

Gate leading into the cathedral close; and the Vicars See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . The city retains a great part of its ancient walls, which have a See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit of about a mile and a See also:

• HALF

half, and, at least in part, follow the See also:

• LINE

line of Roman fortifications . The principal modern buildings, besides churches and chapels, are the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange, market house, and museum of the Chichester See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Society .

The See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school was founded in 1497 by Bishop Story . There is a large See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle market, and the town has a considerable agricultural See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, with breweries and tanneries . A See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal connects with Chichester Harbour . The See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese includes the whole See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Sussex except a few parishes, with very small portions of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent and See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey . The municipal borough is under a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 1538 acres . The Romano-See also:

• BRITISH

British town on this site was perhaps Regnum or Regni . Many See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, pottery, coins, &c., have been found, and part of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval walls contain a Roman See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave . An interesting inscription from this site is preserved at See also:

• GOODWOOD

Goodwood . Situated on one Roman road in See also:

• DIRECT

direct connexion with London and another leading from east to west, Chichester (Cissaceaster, Cicestre) remained of considerable importance under the South Saxon See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . In 967 See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar established a See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint here . Though Domesday See also:

• BOOK

Book speaks of one See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and See also:

• FORTY

forty-two burgages in Chichester and a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry' I. mentions the borough, the earliest extant charter is that granted by See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen, confirming to the burgesses their customs and rights of the borough and gild See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant as they had them in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his grandfather .

This was confirmed by Henry II . Under Henry III. the See also:

• FEE

fee See also:

• FARM

farm See also:

• RENT

rent was £38: nos., but this was reduced by a charter of ro See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IL to £36, the customs of See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, hides and skins being reserved to the king . Edward III. directed that the Sussex county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court should be held at Chichester, and this was confirmed in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . Confirmations of the previous charters were also granted by Edward III., See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II., Henry VI., Edward IV., and Henry VII., who gave the mayor and citizens See also:

• COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

cognizance of all kinds of pleas of See also:

• ASSIZE

assize touching lands and hereditaments of See also:

• FREEHOLD

freehold See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure . A court leet, court of See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record and bailiffs' court of liberties still exist . The charters were also confirmed by Henry See also:

• VILL

VIll., Edward VI., See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip and Mary, and See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . In 1604 the city was incorporated under a mayor and aldermen . Since 1295, when it first returned a. member, Chichester has been regularly represented in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . Throughout the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages Chichester was a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of great commercial importance, Edward III. establishing a wool See also:

• STAPLE

staple here in 1348 . Fairs were granted by Henry I. and Henry VII . See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller mentions the Wednesday market as being famous for corn, while See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden speaks of that on Saturday as the greatest for See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish in the county . The markets and a See also:

• FAIR

fair on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October are still held .

See See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria County See also:

• HISTORY

History, Sussex; See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

Hay, History of Chichester (Chichester, 1804) .