RUSPER, a parish in the hundred of SINGLECROSS, rape of BRAMBER, county of SUSSEX, 5 miles (N.N.E.) from Horsham, containing 487 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £9. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Rev. Peter Wood. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture, and has lately received an addition of one hundred and seven sittings, of which ninety-nine are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £70 towards defraying the expense. There .are slight remains' of a priory of Black nuns, founded by Gervase of Canterbury, who flourished in the reign of Richard I.; it was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, and at the dissolution possessed a revenue of £39. 13. 7.