1014.—September 28th, a great sea-flood on this eve, that of St. Michæl, which spread over the land.
1040.—Earl Godwin dispossessed of Brighton by Edward the Confessor.
1053.—April 17th, Earl Godwin, son of Ulnoth, died suddenly while dining with the King, Edward the Confessor, at Winchester, where the Court then resided. His death was no doubt from apoplexy; but the monkish writers attributed it to a stroke of divine vengeance for the murder of Alfred the son of Ethelred, in the monastery of Ely.
1066.—October 14th, the battle of Hastings fought.
1080.—Convent of mendicant friars, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, founded by William de Warren and his wife, Gundred.
1081.—The survey of Sussex taken, by order of William the Conqueror. The gablum or rent of the manor of Brighthelmston-Lewes was worth £12 a-year.
1313.—Charter for holding a market every Thursday obtained for the town by the Earl of Warren, of Edward III.
1377.—Brighton pillaged by the French.
1513.—The town pillaged and burnt by a French fleet, under Admiral Primauget.
1535.—Ecclesiastical valuation of the town made, by order of Henry VIII., a thus: