Ecclesiastical Returns For 81 Parishes in East Sussex made in 1603.
Bishopstone Ecclesiastical Return, 1603.
9 Aug 1603.
80 communicants. No recusant. There are in the parish two prebends the one belonging to the church of Chichester, the other in the hande of Mr Thomas Pelham esquire. Patron is Steven Turner clarke by virtue of a lesse from Mr Bentham late prebend of Chichester.
Edward Ffosbury
Transcribed by: Mark Collins.