over, as well as to test many other doubts and theories. For assistance during these operations the author is greatly indebted to Mr. John Lewis, C.E., F.S.A., and for his drawing of the plan which appears in this section of the work.
Dealing with the history of the prebends of the Collegiate Church and its prebendal churches, the author wishes to make it clear that these accounts do not profess to be exhaustive histories of the several localities ; but he mentions such items of local interest as have presented themselves during the course of his researches. In the description of the architecture of the Castle Chapel and most of the prebendal churches the author is indebted to the able advice of Mr. W. M. Alderton, late Director of Art in the Education Branch of the Corporation of Brighton, whose kindness he gratefully acknowledges.
The ancient mint and coinage of Hastings having hitherto received inadequate treatment, the author has taken advantage of the opportunity to give an exhaustive account of the subject. It seems curious that many of the best preserved specimens of the mint, along with those of other English mints, found their way to Copenhagen ; and it is perhaps a little humiliating to modern ideas that their presence in Denmark is accounted for by their having been paid as tribute by the English to the Danes. In the compilation of this section of the work the author acknowledges the skilled assistance of Mr. G. F. Hill, M. A., of the Coin Department of the British Museum.
Owing to the chronological arrangement of the work, it has been thought unnecessary to elaborate unduly the index, which has been left in the able hands of Mr. George Clinch, F.G.S.
In conclusion, the author must express his grateful acknowledgment to the many experts, both living and dead, who have personally or by their writings contributed assistance to him in the production of these volumes. For those manifold errors and omissions inevitable in a work of this character, so easily overlooked and yet so vexatious to a conscientious writer, the author can but crave the indulgence of the reader.
UCKFIELD, SUSSEX.
