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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 710 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARUNDEL , a See also:

market See also:town and municipal See also:borough in the See also:Chichester See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 58 m. S.S.W. from See also:London by the London, See also:Brighton & See also:South See also:Coast railway. Pop. (1901) 2739. It is pleasantly situated on the slope of a See also:hill above the See also:river Arun, which is navigable for small vessels to See also:Littlehampton at the mouth, 6 m. south. From the See also:summit of the hill rises Arundel See also:Castle, which guarded the passage along the river through the hills. For its connexion with the See also:title of See also:earl of Arundel see ARUNDEL, EARLDOM OF. A castle existed in the See also:time of See also:King See also:Alfred, and at the time of the See also:Conquest it was rebuilt by See also:Roger de See also:Montgomerie, but it was taken from his son, who rebelled against the reigning monarch, See also:Henry I. In 1397 it was the See also:scene of a See also:conspiracy organized by the earl of Arundel, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury and See also:duke of See also:Gloucester, to dethrone See also:Richard II. and See also:murder the lords of his See also:council, a See also:plot which was discovered before it could be carried into See also:execution. During the See also:civil See also:wars of the 17th See also:century, the stronghold was frequently assaulted by the contending parties, and consequently greatly damaged; but it was restored by See also:Charles, 11th duke of See also:Norfolk (d. 1815), who made it what it now is, one of the most splendid baronial mansions in England. Extensive reconstruction, in the See also:style of the 13th century, was undertaken towards the See also:close of the 19th century.

The town, according to the whimsical See also:

etymology shown on the See also:corporation See also:seal, takes its name from hirondelle (a See also:swallow). The town See also:hall is a castellated See also:building, presented to the corporation by the duke of Norfolk. The See also:church of St See also:Nicholas, founded about 1375, is Perpendicular with a See also:low See also:tower rising from the centre. In the See also:north See also:aisle of the See also:chancel there are several See also:ancient monuments of the earls of Arundel. The church is otherwise remarkable for its See also:reredos and See also:iron See also:work. The chancel is the See also:property of the duke of Norfolk and is screened from the See also:rest of the building, although in 188o this exercise of right by the owner was made the subject of an See also:action at See also:law and subsequent See also:appeal. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Philip See also:Neri was built by the duke of Norfolk- (1873). Some remains of a Maison Dieu, or See also:hospital, erected in the time of Richard II., still exist. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 2053 acres. The first mention of Arundel (Harundell) comes as See also:early as 877, when it was See also:left by King Alfred in his will to his See also:nephew AEthelm. In the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor the town seems to have consisted of the See also:mill and a fortification or earthwork which was probably thrown up by Alfred as a See also:defence against the Danes; but it had increased in importance before the Conquest, and appears in Domes-See also:day as a thriving borough and See also:port.

It was granted by the Conqueror to Roger de See also:

Montgomery, who built the castle on the site of the ancient earthwork. From very early times markets were held within the borough on See also:Thursday and Saturday, and in 1285 Richard Fitzalan, earl of Arundel, obtained a See also:grant of two See also:annual fairs on the 14th of May and the 17th of See also:December. The borough returned two members to See also:parliament from 1302 to 1832 when the Reform See also:Act reduced the membership to one; in 1868 it was disfranchised altogether. There are no early charters extant, but in 1586 See also:Elizabeth acknowledged the right of the mayor and burgesses to be a See also:body corporate and to hold a See also:court for pleas under See also:forty shillings, two weekly markets and four annual fairs—which rights they claimed to have exercised from time immemorial. See also:James II. confirmed in 1688 a See also:charter given two years before, and incorporated the borough under the title of a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 burgesses. The town was See also:half destroyed by See also:fire in 1338, but was soon rebuilt. Arundel was formerly a thriving seaport, and in 1813 was connected by See also:canal with London. See M. A. See also:Tierney, The See also:History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel (London, 1834) ; See also:Victoria See also:County History—Sussex.

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