privilege of sending two Burgesses to Parliament.
The present members are William Currie, Esq. and William Devaynes, Esq. The Seal of the Town is a curious piece of antiquity. On one side appears the front of a beautiful gothic Church, probably that of St. Thomas, before mentioned, enriched with the figures of several Saints, in niches and other historical embellishments. Around it is the following distich of Monkish verse.
Egidio, Thomae, laudum plebs cantica prome
Ne sit in Angaria grex suus amne, via.
On the reverse is a ship of war, rigged and manned, probably after the model of those sent by this port. Around it is this inscription -
Sigillum Baronum domini Regis Anglia de Winchelsea.
There were formerly two markets, one for cattle, kept on a spot which still retains the name of Monday's Market ; the other -
