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
- 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 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 (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
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 (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 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
- 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 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 (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 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
- 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 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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