A history of the castles, mansions, and manors of western Sussex (1876)
Elwes, Dudley George Cary, 1837-, Robinson, Charles John, 1833-1898 · London : Longmans · leaf 231
ry de Perciobtained a license to fortify and krenellate with a wall of stone and lime hismanors of SpofFord and Lekynfield in the County of York and Petworth in theCounty of Sussex. That this mansion was provided with a prison, there can beno doubt, for there is evidence to prove that in it was… … OLD PETWORTH HOUSE. * We use this term (which occurs in Domesday) to express a residential building of less importance than a castle. t See Dean Hooks Lives of the Archinslmpa of Canterbury, Vol. iii. It appears that the Archbishops retainersmaltreated the proctor and his men, and pursued the…
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