The notices in CAMDEN and GROSE are rather brief. Moss's History, published 40 years ago, is a very good one, considering the then state of Archaeological Science. The volumes of the Archaeological Association have, since its formation, added yearly to our store of local knowledge, under the excellent editor ship of Mr. LOWER, whose papers are by no means the least important of the collection. Some of the contributions are from gentlemen of Hastings, and in particular from Mr. Ross who has done good
service to Archaeology in general by his researches amongst the records of the Cinque Ports. The interesting and valuable information scattered through these volumes has been carefully examined by the accomplished authoress of Brampton Rectory, and made available in her Hand Book, for Hastings and St. Leonards; which is, however, very much more than a Hand Book, being in reality a very able history and description of Hastings and the eastern part of Sussex.
In Part 2 , " On the Battle," the number of authorities that have to be considered is so great, that only a few can be enumerated : of the more ancient - -the Roman de Rou , and the Bayeux Tapestry have been the most adhered to : and LINGARD, PALGRAVE, LOWER , CREASY, THIERRY and LYTTON are among the -
