rishes
within the weald and in distinction to Hume seems to be applied to those
which were first cultivated in square inclosures, after the removal of
timber and underwood. This observation belongs to the early Saxon aera;
and it is evident that the name of almost every vilor or farm within the
district is derived from them." The church build at the end of the
village, was erected at the formation of the parish by bishop Ralph in
1230. It has a nave and north aisle with a small sepulchral chapel
appendant. In this portion of the church which belongs to the manor of
Dedisham, is a curiously sculptured female figure, destitute of any
inscription, but traditionally said, to belong to a member of the family
of Tregoz.--There are also two other mural monuments, with small painted
alabaster effigies of women in the ancient dress of their times. The
first of which we give a sketch, appears particularly "en bon point," and
is represented kneeling on a cushion, in the act of prayer. The
following inscription, now almost illegible, appears beneath.

[Picture: Tregoz monument] HERE LIETH KATHARINE BLOUNT, YOUNGEST
DAUGHTER OF RICHARD BLOUNT ESQ., OF DEDISHAM, (DESCENDED FROM SIR
WALTER BLOUNT KNT. LORD MOUNTJOY) AND MARY WIFE TO THE SAID RICHARD,
DAUGHTER TO SIR WILLIAM WESTE, KNT., LORD DE LA WAR, WHICH KATHARINE
DECEASED MARCH 1, 1617, IN THE 27TH. YEAR OF HER AGE. SHE LEFT HER
ESTATE TO HER 4 SISTERS, VIZ. ELIZABETH, ANN, MARTHA, AND JANE, TO
WHOSE PIOUS MEMORY THEY ERECTED THIS MONUMENT.

The remaining monument is to the memory of mistress Jane Blount, ob.
1614.

[Picture: Blount monument]

In the pavement is a large slab of Sussex marble, with an inscription to
the memory of Richard Bradbridge gent., and Denys his wife, with their
children, ob. 1633.

The tower is massive, and like all those in the Weald, surmounted by a
spire of shingles, supported upon four upright beams of a length and
diameter very seldom seen.

This parish which is bounded on the east by Warnham, west by Rudgewick
and Billinghurst, north by Rudgewick, and south by Itchingfield,
approaches nearer in form to a circle than any other, and is intersected
in several directions by 3 turnpike roads. From the excellent slate
quarries in the vicinity, slabs containing 100 square feet, and about 5
in thickness have often been raised. Several rare botanical plants are
found in