PLATE XCIX. The Miller's Tomb, on Highdown Hill. . THIS tomb was erected in the year 1766, by its present occupant, John Oliver, miller, who, however, did not quit his earthly tenement, near the adjoining mill, till 1793; he also provided his coffin many years before his death. Many eccentricities of this man are still held in remembrance bý the people of the neighbourhood: he had also, a taste for mechanics, which appears to have been directed to useful purposes, since he was celebrated as a miller of long practice. The tomb is situated on Highdown-hill, about four miles from Worthing, commanding most extensive prospects of marine and landscape scenery. An iron railing gives it the appearance of a handsome tomb in a churchyard, worthy to be shaded by the dark branches of cypress and yew, or by the verdant boughs of mournful willows. As its situation is high, a distant prospect of it is obtained, as we ascend the hill. The various inscriptions are too ample for us to insert. The summer-house, whence this eastern view was taken, was built by the miller himself, who took an extraordinary pleasure in viewing the surrounding scenery from this spot; it contains many quota tions from Scripture, and other inscriptions. He left 207. per annum, for keeping this suminer-retreat and the tomb in repair; and it is to be regretted that, with funds so ample, the former is already going to decay. Let vanity adorn the marble tomb, With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, Where night and desolation ever frown: Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave, And many an evaing sun shine sweetly on my grave! Beattie, The mill is at a short distance, on the summit of Highdown Hill; Beachy Head and Brighton Cliff are seen to the left; and to the right the Isle of Wight, and also Chichester Cathedral, are within sight; the taste of the pious miller, who thus desired to prolong the merely mortal tenure of Highdown-mill, by securing a ready sepulchre on the same green mountain, is evidently sanctioned by the eloquence of the poet. The mill of Highdown itself has a name of some celebrity, as it is to be met with in the ancient maps of the county, (vide Morden's Map of Sussex in Camden's Britannia, 1695.) The mill stands upon an artificial eminence, and an entrenchment can be traced round the mount. This was a small camp of the Romans, or a station of observation for the sea and coasts. At the left of the plate is Castle Goring, the seat of Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart.; the most distant ground beyond this is Chankbury Ring, or Hill, once a Roman station; its summit, crowned with firs, serves as a land-mark to the surrounding country. The high ground, partially obscured by the railing of the tomb, is called Cissbury Hill, whereon Roman entrenchments may be distinctly traced; and historians assert, that Cæsar's tent stood in the centre of those works. Findon lies in a valley, near this hill. The spire-church, at the right of the tomb, next the sea, is that of Terring; and the houses seen at the extreme right, are part of Worthing. This tomb is much frequented by visitors from the latter place and Brighton, who have thus an opportunity of contemplating some of the most delightful scenery over which the eye can wander. PLATE C. Knap Castle. THE manor of Knap or Knep (anciently Cnappe,) lies in the parishes of Shipley and West Grinstead, and extends into other neighbouring parishes. Nape, in French, signified the skin of a stag; and it is remarkable, when we consider that as the possible origin of the name, in consequence perhaps of some remarkable occurrence in the chace, in this once wooded country, or from the spot having been much resorted to by the early proprietors, as their hunting residence, that an ancient gold ring, weighing 6 dwts. 7 grs., on which is engraved a doe, lying under a tree, and having on the inside, in Saxon characters, the expressive words "Joye sans Fyn," should have been found close to Knap Castle. This ring was, in 1773, in the possession of Mr. Hughes, of West Grinstead, * Knappen, in the Saxon language, signifies to hold fast and secure, a truly appropriate name for a strong hold or baronial castle. There existed an ancient ferry, a mile and a half northwest of Knap Castle, which paid dues to the lord; a bridge was subsequently thrown across the river, at that place, the remains of which can be seen; a new bridge is about to be constructed, and the navigation restored, in consequence of a spirited plan resolved upon for that purpose by Lord Selsey, Sir Charles Burrell, and Mr. William Burrell. As the chief castle of the De Braoses was at Bramber, we may consider Knap as a dependent castle to that of Bramber, which its name also denotes; Knappe, when a noun, signifying the knave or knight, who was a follower of the baron, as the squire was of the knight, and frequently designated the ward or pupil of the lord, who under his tuition, aspired to the honour of knighthood. A son or relative of the baron frequently attending upon him, for this object, became the Knappe, which word, in this restricted sense, resembles the Latin Nepos. 66 This castle belonged to the family of De Braose. In the 2nd of Henry III. William, son of Reginald de Braose, is stated to have come into possession of Knap; yet, in a very short period after this, according to the following extract, quoted by Sir William Burrell, in his collections, William de Braose, a minor, and son of John de Braose, is stated to be the lawful claimant, in the 18th year of Henry III. The castles of Breuil, la Cnapp, and Pevensey, on the coast of Sussex, lay very conveniently to favor a French invasion, and were too great a trust to be reposed in a corrupt and malevolent foreigner, Peter de Rivaux: to prevent any mischief from that quarter, orders had been dispatched to the constables or governors to deliver them, the two first to the Earls of Warren and Derby, the last to Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Richard de Argenton; but Peter de Rivaux refusing to give them up, writs were sent on June 30th, 1234, to the Sheriff of Sussex, to raise the posse of his county, and reduce them by force, if they were not delivered without delay. Orders were given to Peter de Rivaux, who was styled nephew, but supposed to be the son of the Bishop of Winchester, to send into court, William, son and heir of John de Braose, who ought to be there brought up, as being the King's Baron and vassal." The castles of Brember and Cnapp were, in the ensuing year, committed to the custody of |