square hoods. The piers between the nave and aisles seem to be Perp. The roof-timbers also are in that style, the tiebeams having good mouldings. The porch retains some ancient timber. In this parish stands Broyle Place. The house is styled "very ancient," originally of brick, with later additions in stone. It is said to have been surrounded, temp. Q. Elizabeth, by a park, containing at least 1600 acres. (Horsfield's Suss. I, 350.) Though now reduced to a farm-house, it is an extensive pile of building, including some old chimneys. (Val. Eccl.) mentions Ringmer, Erakham, Plashet, and More parks.
208. Ripe.—"Ekyngton alias Ripe," (A.D. 1291). It is also called Eckyngton (in N. R.).—Part of the village street is still known as "Eckington Corner," (Horsfield's Suss. I, 353, note1.)
209. Rodmel.—This little church consists of a western tower with a small heavy spire, nave, south aisle, and chancel, with a southern adjunct to the latter. Though not a very remarkable building, it has some peculiarities. Rickman included it in his list of "Churches, which are mostly E.E., with Perp. insertions and additions;" notwithstanding which I venture to call it rather Tr. Norm. The chancel arch is small, and pointed, with sides of unequal length, but the soffit has a Norm. moulding, the "diamond frette" of (Gloss. of Archit. pl. 54, ed. 1840). The only pier between the nave and the aisle is circular, with a square capital, of which the upper part is nearly plain, while the lower part is carved in trefoils, of similar characters to the capitals in St. Anne's church, Lewes, with corbels, all of different patterns, at the angles, in which respect likewise there is a resemblance to St. Anne's church. The font is large, square, and plain, the sides merely adorned with four round arches, perfectly simple, and very slightly sunk below the general surface. The original supports at the corners seem totally lost; the material is Weald marble. Between the end of the aisle and the chancel is a squint, having in the centre a very short shaft and capital of Norm. construction, and of Weald marble, as if to support the wall above, the opening being quadrangular.
Northease is a considerable property in this parish, of which the name occurs in (D.B.) and which lies north with reference to the contiguous parish of Southease. The charter of Bp. Seffrid II, quoted in the Note on Lewes, dating about A.D. 1200, proves the existence, at that early period, of a chapel on this estate. Within the recollection of middle-aged persons now
