Broyle Manor of Bishop of Chichester

Has been described as a Certain Palace (Bishop), and also as a Certain Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameBroyle Manor of Bishop of Chichester
Alternative NamesBruyll
Historic CountrySussex
Modern AuthorityEast Sussex
1974 AuthorityEast Sussex
Civil ParishRingmer

Residential manor of the Bishop of Chichester. (Thompson)

Gatehouse Comments

Included in licence to crenellate obtain by Bishop Moleynes in 1447. Broyle Place, a house of 1600, is the likely site of this manor. Broyle had a 2000 acres medieval deer park.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTQ477128
Latitude50.8957710266113
Longitude0.0996399968862534
Eastings547700
Northings112820
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 440
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 168, 173

Journals

  • Kay, J., 2000, 'The Broyle Enclosure 1767-71' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol. 138 p. 165

Primary Sources

  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1927, Calendar of Charter Rolls 5 Henry VI - 8 Henry VIII, AD 1427-1516, with an appendix, 1215-1288 Vol. 6. (HMSO) p. 94-5 online copy

Other

  • Millum, David, H., 2011, Mapping the Archaeology of Ringmer Parish to AD1349 online copy
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)