SEDLESCOMB, a parish in the hundred of STAPLE, rape of HASTINGS, county of SUSSEX, 3 miles (N. E.) from Battle, containing 667 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £9- 4. 2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is principally in the early style of English architecture. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Rev. George Barnsley, in 1723, bequeathed £150 for the education of children, which sum, added to subsequent gifts, was laid out in the purchase of an estate now let for £20 per annum, for which twenty boys are instructed. Here was formerly a preceptory of Knights Templars.