LEOMINSTER, a parish in the hundred of POLING, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Arundel, containing, with the tything of Warningcamp, 675 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Arundel, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chi Chester, rated in the king's books at £9 1. 3., and in the patronage of Eton College, on the nomination of the Bishop of Chichester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The river Arun bounds the parish on the west. A priory of Benedictine nuns, a cell to the nunnery of Almanesche in Normandy, was founded here by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel, in the time of William the Conqueror, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene; after the suppression of Alien houses, its possessions were granted by Henry VI. to Eton College. At Pynham, in this parish, was a priory of Black canons, founded by Adeliza, second wife of Henry I., and dedicated to St. Bartholomew: at its suppression, in the 17th of Henry VIII., its revenue, valued at £43, was given to Cardinal Wolsey, towards the endowment of his intended colleges.