_L s. d._
For beer to the ringers when the Bell founder was here 2 6
When the bell was weighed 3 6
When the bell was loaded 2 0
In carrying ye bell to Lewes and back again 1 10 0
When the bell was waid and hung up 3 0
For beer to the officers and several others a
hanging up ye bell 18 0
In beer to the ringers when ye bell was hung 6 6

The Withyham churchwardens also expended 3_s._ 6_d._ on beer when
Waylett came to spread thirst abroad. I find also among the entries from
the parish account-book, which Mr. Sutton, the vicar, prints in his
_Historical Notes on Withyham_, a very interesting and informing book,
the following items:

1711. April ye 20, pd. to Goody Sweatman _s. d._
for Beere had at ye Books making 2 6

Aug. ye 19, pd. to Edward Groombridge for digging a
grave and Ringing ye Nell for Goody Hammond 2 6

Aug. ye 26, pd. to Sweatman for beere at ye
Writing of Boocks for ye window-tax 2 0

Aug. 15th, Pd. to Sweatman for beer at ye
chusing of surveyor Decbr ye 26 5 0

1714. Pd. to good wife Sweatman for beer
when ye bells were put to be cast 2 6

Buckhurst, one of the seats of Lord De la Warr, is a splendid domain,
with the most perfect golf greens I ever saw, but no deer, all of them
having been exiled a few years since. The previous home of the
Sackvilles was Old Buckhurst in the valley to the west, of which only
the husk now remains. One can see that the mansion was of enormous
extent; and the walls were so strongly built that when an attempt was
recently made to destroy and utilise a portion for road mending, the
project had to be abandoned on account of the hardness of the mortar.
One beautiful tower (out of six) still stands. An underground passage,
which is said variously to lead to the large lake in Buckhurst Park, to
the church, and to Bolebroke at Hartfield, has never been explored
farther than the first door that blocks the way; nor have the seven cord
of gold, rumoured to be buried near the house, come to light.

[Sidenote: OLD RURAL ARCHITECTURE]

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