WITTERING (EAST), a parish in the hundred of MANHOOD, rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles (S.W. by S.) from Chichester, containing 216 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £6. 16. 8, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester.