TITUS OATES .
By an entry in the Church Books of All Saints, dated 4th January, 167, it appears by the signature that the notorious Titus Oates was officiating minister here, though it is but proper to remark, he was not a native of Hastings.
The history of this wretched man may be sufficiently known from contemporary historians. His Father, who was an anabaptist preacher, and chaplain to Colonel Pride, probably obtained the Church of All Saints, at a time when the government, both of church and state, having been overthrown, men of every rank, qualification, and religious profession, procured an easy admittance.
The residence of this person was also in All Saints Street.
CURIOUS OLD HOUSES.
In the year 1817, at the entrance of Hastings stood a venerable old mansion , which appeared to have been erected in the reign of Henry VIII, or Elizabeth . It was built principally of chesnut, -
