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of the college and castle were again set forth in the return to another visitation , 11th Hen. 4th . 23rd Hen . 6th , the castle, which had continued in the crown from the time of Hen . 3rd , was granted by the King with the Rape to Sir Thomas Hoo. The executors of Sir Thomas Hoo at his death sold the same to Lord William Hastings for £600. From Lord Hastings they descended to the earls of Huntington , and continued with them until 33 Eliz . when the castle and rape were sold by Henry earl of Huntingdon for £2800 , and a reserved rent of £13. 6s. 8d , to Sir Thomas Pelham ; whose descendant the earl of Chichester is the present proprietor. From the time of Hen. 4th, we hear nothing of the castle or college as buildings, great part of the castle being carried away by the sea ; its walls and defences ruined , and neglected by the crown in consequence, it appears to have fell gradually to decay , and at length to have served little other purpose than as gardens and pasturage for the dean and those to whom he let parts of the site. The dissolution , which annihilated the college, completed its destruction , In certain interrogatories in chancery taken 40 years after this event, the ground -