Godwin, in the time of Edward the Confessor, and gives its name to the Bay, and rape or division in which it is situated. An engraved view is here annexed of this Bay, including Beachy Head, and the ruins of Hastings Castle, taken from the field which terminates the lane near Mr. Milward's farm.
Pevensey Bay is particularly famous for being the landing place of William the Conqueror, when he came to assert his right to the Crown of England against Harold ; and had he come over with an intention of assisting, instead of dethroning him, he could not have been permitted to land his troops with greater deliberation and safety, the King being with his army opposing an invasion in the North, and the navy with drawn from the coast, owing to a report which the Duke had spread, of having laid aside his designs for that year. Miserable insecurity ! - but we order those matters otherwise now in Sussex. This coast ;s now lined with troops, and a number of batteries at proper distances, which, with the -
