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PEVENSEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEVENSEY , a See also:

village in the See also:Eastbourne See also:parliamentary dig ision of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 65 m. S.S.E. from See also:London by the London, See also:Brighton & See also:South See also:Coast railway. Pop. (19o1), 468. The village is a member of the Cinque Ports, but the See also:sea has receded a mile from it in historic times. The See also:outer wail, with solid towers, of the celebrated See also:castle, is of See also:Roman construction, and originally enclosed a See also:complete See also:oval; it is generally considered to have enclosed the strong See also:town of See also:Anderida. Within rise the See also:fine ruins, principally of the 13th See also:century, but in See also:part See also:Norman, of the castle proper, with a keep and four massive See also:round towers. The See also:church of St See also:Nicholas, See also:close to the castle, shows beautiful See also:Early See also:English See also:work. It has been supposed that Pevensey was the See also:scene of the landing of See also:Caesar in 55 B.C., but the question is disputed. The name of Pevensey (Paevenisei, Pevensel, Pevenes, Pemsey) first occurs in a See also:grant of See also:land there by the south Saxon See also:Duke Berthuald to the See also:abbey of St See also:Denis in 795. In later Saxon times, at least by the reign of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, it was a royal See also:borough and had a See also:harbour and a See also:market. Its early importance was due to its fencible See also:port.

It was the landing See also:

place of See also:William the Norman on his way to conquer, and was the caput of the See also:rape of Pevensey, which was granted by William to the See also:earl of See also:Mortain and subsequently became the See also:Honour of the See also:Eagle. Some See also:time before the reign of Edward I. the town of Pevensey was made a member of See also:Hastings and shared the liberties of the Cinque Ports, but apart from them it possesses no See also:charter. It was governed by a See also:bailiff and twelve jurats, elected annually, until by an See also:act of 1883 it ceased to exist as a borough. Its See also:seal See also:dates apparently from the reign of See also:Henry III. The See also:gradual decline of Pevensey was complete in the 15th century and was caused by the recession of the sea and consequent loss of the harbour.

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