Identifier: sussexarchaeolog63suss (find matches)
Title: Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sussex Archaeological Society. 1n
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Publisher: Lewes, Eng. (etc.) Sussex Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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f theproximity of Arundel Castle the latter seems to methe least likely, though, curiously enough, the presentowner is the Earl of Arundel, better known as the Dukeof Norfolk, to whose trustees I am indebted for theprivilege of access to the house while under repair,i But the Howards appear only to have acquired, orI possibly re-acquired, the property in 1789.23 I have not prefaced this paper by a review of thej previous archaeological work done on the subject,j because I am aware of none. I would close it by; suggesting that there must be many such houses as! Houghton Place in the county, to outward seeming ofno archaeological interest, but, like the Kings daughter,I all glorious within. The thrill which rewards thei archaeologist when he makes a discovery of this sorti may still be felt by anyone who goes about with hisI eyes and ears open. 23 My sole authority for this is Dallaway, Rape of Arundel, p. 190, and Ij need hardty say that DaUaways statements generally need verification.
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John Cuthbert Stenning. 1910 From a Photo by J. Weston Jb Sons, Eastbourne OBITUARY JOHN CUTHBERT STENNING. One of the few remaining links with the first twodecades of this Societys history has been severed bythe death on February 12th, 1922, at the age of 83, ofMr. J. C. Stenning, Hon. Photographer of the Society,and until lately a member of the Council and LocalSecretary for Eastbourne. Mr. Stenning, who was the eldest son of William andMary Stenning, was born at Halsford, East Grin-stead, in charming surroundings, on January 5th, 1839.After leaving school he was for some years in the officeof Messrs. Lenox, Nephew & Co., East India merchants,in whose interest he visited India, and subsequentlyhe founded the business of Stenning, Inskipp & Co.,which is now carried on by two of his sons. Mr.Stenning was married three times, and by his first wife,Mary Ann, only daughter of Edward Partington, of anold Sussex family, he had four sons—one of whomdied in infancy—and one daught

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