The Vintners held the Inns called the Chequers, Swan, and the George in 1746.
Tamarisk Steps, to Tackleway, named after the shrub of that name, which grew profusely on the cliffs.
Garrick, the actor, appeared in a Charity performance whilst staying with Capel at East Cliff House, 1772.
The last Sussex Iron Foundry at Ashburnham "shut down" 1809.
At the siege of Calais, in 1347, Hastings furnished 5 ships and 99 mariners.
The town of Hastings was burnt by the French in 1377.
The Corporation Records commence 1596.
The last Member for Hastings returned on the Lord Warden's nomination was Sir Dennis Ashburnham in 1684-5.
The thatching of houses was prohibited in Hastings in 1618.
Thomas Lane, of Hellingly, yeoman, died about 1579, seized of a messuage named St. George's, and lands and tenements containing 60a., called St. George's Hill in the Port of Hastings.
James Hobson was the purchaser of the Cliffs Lands (now Clive Vale), in 1544.
The Corporation Records, 1674, state the place for making and working ropes was from the West Fort towards the Priory, under the Castle Cliffs.
In February, 1657, it was ordered that no ships should be built except beyond the West Fort, under a penalty of £20.
The Eversfield Estate in 1565 was held by one Laurence Levitt, who died in 1585, his sister Mary married Thomas Eversfield, of Uckfield, and their descendant is now the owner.
The Church at Bulverhythe (then called Bolewarheth), was built by the Earls of Eu. First mentioned in the Local Records, 1372. The building has been in ruins for centuries.
Bulverhithe, as a port, is mentioned in the 13th Century. The district is now under the Corporation of Hastings.
The banns of marriage were published in the market-place, on three market days in 1654.
A man was buried at St. Clements, 1700, "without the funeral office," he having hanged himself.
Another, named Jeremiah Wright, was buried at St. Clements, 1758. "He was suffocated by the straightness of his handkerchief."
Old Winchelsea was destroyed by the sea in 1287.
An Ordinance was passed in 1695 compelling widows and bachelors to pay a tax of one shilling yearly.
Hastings Priory destroyed by the sea and removed to Warbleton 1413.
New Church of All Saints, Hastings, circa, 1436.
Queen Elizabeth visited Rye, Winchelsea, and Northiam, 1573.
Elizabethan Pier at Hastings destroyed by a storm, 1596-7.
Plague of Small-pox at Hastings, 1731. 97 died.
