ASHBURNHAM, a parish in the hundred of Fox-
EARLE, rape of HASTINGS, county of SUSSEX, 4 miles
(W. by S.) from Bat.tle, containing 768 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, with the rectory of Pcnhurst annexed,
in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester,
rated in the king's books at £8. 13. 4., and in the
patronage of the Earl of Ashburnham. The church is
dedicated to St. James. A lectureship was founded in
this parish, in 1631, by R. Bateman, Esq., Chamberlain
of London, and others, with an endowment of £40
per annum, for two sermons; it is in the patronage of
the Co-Heiresses of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, the last
surviving trustee,