of Burghill in Chiddingly,2 wch. has been the seat of the family from it's coming out of Kent. The manner whereof is as follows:

"John Miller, my great-grandfather, had an uncle by the mother's side, whose name was Porter (he was an ancient batchelor, and a fishmonger in London), who, having laid a mortgage on Burghill aforesaid, of so much money as the estate was worth, was forced to enter on it and take possession; but he being at so great a distance was not able to keep the possession of it, weh. in those days also was too troublesome and dangerous for a person of his years, wherefore he prevail'd wth. his nephew, my said great-grandfather, to take that part on him; who managed it so well that his said uncle gave him the estate. Who my said great-grandfather married, and what children he had beside my grandfather, I cannot positively say, tho' I have formerly been told much about it by my eldest sister, but she being dead I can't further inform myself of that.

"John Miller, son of the above-mentioned John Miller, was my grandfather."

[His will was dated 25th November, 1622, and proved at Lewes, 3rd May, 1624. The substance of this document is as follows:-"I, John Miller, of Chittingly, in the county of Sussex, &c. I give unto the poore of the parishe of Chittingly the some of twenty shillings. Unto Richard, my sonne, and his heires the moity or half-part of my messuage or tenement called Millwayes, &c. &c. &c. at Kemsing (Seal, mentioned before, is a curacy or chapelry to the parish of Kemsing), which was granted by deed from Richard Miller, my father, to me and my heirs, after the decease of the longest liver of R. M., my father, and Joane, my mother, upon condition that my said son Richard pay to my daughter, Anne Miller, £100 on her attaining the age of 21, such sum to be paid at or in the south church-porch of Chittingly. Mary, my wife, to be executrix, and my brothers-in

2 Now the property of Jno. Day, Esq. The old mansion of the Millers was pulled down about thirty years since. On the south side of the chancel of Chiddingly Church there are several altar tombs to the memory of the Miller family.

Probably of the ancient family of Porter, from Nottinghamshire, who settled in Sussex, temp. Henry VI. Their principal residences were at Cuckfield, Lamberhurst, and Wadhurst.

law, Nicholas Acton, and Richard Button, to be overseers of this my will."

I may remark, that before and at the date of these transactions, the church-porch was frequently employed, in many parts of England, as the place for the payment of money, under the provisions of a will, and other matters of business; a practice which reminds us of the similar employment of the porticos of temples in classical times.]

"Who he married I have no certain account, but I think he left three children, my father and two daughters, wch. daughters both married, one to one Bathee, afterwards to one Purlen, and the other to one Acton; but I think all their children are dead long ago, unless John Bathee of Gardiner-street, be of their issue. My said grandfather died a young man, not near 30 years of age, and left his children to be brought up by his father, who died also while my father was but young.

"Richard Miller, my father, was bred to the practice of an attorney, but did not serve out his time. He was a person of a very good understanding and management in business, and always had a great name and esteem for it. And about the age of 17 years he married a wife about 16, viz:

Elizabeth Mancer, youngest daughter of one Mr. Mancer, of Wadhurst, in Sussex, a very prudent and virtuous woman, and of exemplary piety. The eldest of her sisters married one Mr. Cruttal, of Wadhurst, who had a good estate, but spent it chiefly by keeping hounds."

[Mr. Miller was no friend to this species of field-sports. Under the head of "Prudent Management," he says: "Another means of pleasure is hounds, the keeping whereof is very chargeable, and the use pernicious. If they are kept at home, the charge of corn, &c., to feed them, is considerable, and the mischief they do, both within doors and without, is unsufferable by wise and considerate persons. And if they are kept abroad, every day creates a debt, or lays the owner under such obligations to the party who keeps them as can hardly be satisfied. In the use of them they are pernicious; thereby many poor men are drawn away from their

4 The family of Mancer, or Maunser, were of some antiquity and consideration, and were seated at Hightown in Wadhurst, from the time of Sir Robert Maun.

ser, 1 Richard III., 1483. See Visitation of Sussex, 1634; and Berry's Sussex Genealogies, p. 309.

business, while their poor families want bread; neighbours' hedges are broken, their corn and grass trodden down, their stock frighted, so that many times they cast their young, and the party who keeps the dogs is generally so bewitch'd with the brutish sport, as that thereby his mind is wholly removed from all other things that are good and recommendable.' "Spannels and guns," and greyhounds, he treats with more leniency, still he adds, as to these recreations, "not at all is best."

It may be added as somewhat singular, that a descendant of Mr. Miller, paying little attention to his advice, actually lost the bulk of his patrimonial estate at Winkinghurst and elsewhere, in consequence of expenses incurred by an undue attachment to field-sports.]

"Some of the family are still living about Wadhurst. The second married one Mr. Causten of Oxted, in Surry, and left about twelve children, wch. died mostly without issue. Thomas, the eldest, has left two sons, attorneys in London; a daughter, I think, who married one Jewell, has left children, but I never knew them. Another daughter married one Bennet, and left two sons; and Abraham, the youngest, is yet living, and a batchelor.

"My said father and mother had twelve children :"1. Elizabeth, the eldest, who died young.

"2. Mary, who died an ancient maid of 70.

"3. John, who married when pretty ancient, but, having no children, left the estate to Henry, son of his brother Richard.

"4. Elizabeth, married to Jeremiah Ford, of Horsemonceux, in Sussex, and left children, viz., Hannah, Jeremiah, Frances, Nicholas, Edward, and Richard.

"5. Richard, who married Elizth. Dod. He was a shopkeeper at Hailsham, in Sussex, and left children, viz., Richard, who died single, Elizabeth, married to Nath. Hall, Henry, who married Martha Stone, and heir to Burghill aforesaid, and Mary, who married John Friend.5 "6. Ann, who died an ancient maid of 58.

5 Nath'. Hall was ancestor of the Halls of Portslade and Brighton. Martha Stone was a member of the family of Stone of Stonebridge; and John Friend, belonged

to an ancient Brighton family, whose valuable estate descended, through an heiress, to the family of the late Thos. Read Kemp, Esq., the founder of Kemp Town.

"7. Edward, who died a batchelor, aged 49. He was a salesman of cattle in London, and died there, leaving be

twixt £3000 and £4000 (almost all of his own getting) among his relations.

"8. Elenor, who married Tho". Lucas, of Burghill aforesaid, and left only two sons, Thomas and Robert.

"9. Martha (the only one besides myself now living) married John Elliott, a tanner, now of Sedlescomb, in the said county of Sussex. Her children were Mary, John, Elizabeth, Richard, and William.

10. James, a malster in Lewes, who married one Mrs. Barbarah Palmer. He left three children, viz., Elizabeth

(now a maid), Barbarah (married to one Peckham, a carpenter at Ringmire, Sussex), and Richard, now a batchelor.

"11. Sarah, who died a maid of about 30.

"12. Henry (myself), bred an attorney in London, and afterwards with Mr. Raines, of Coneyburroughs in Barcomb, Sussex, a great conveyancer and court-keeper; but, not liking the practice of the common law, I only practised conveyancing.

"I married Mary, widow of Tho'. Dean, a shopkeeper in Chiddingly, and eldest daughter of Rob'. Tapsfield, of Framfield, in Sussex. She was a religious, virtuous, and prudent woman, whose price was far above rubies; a kind, faithful, and diligent wife; a good and tender mother; a kind mistress; an useful and helpful neighbour. I had two children by her, viz. :Mary, who married Robert Mercer, now of Isfield, in Sussex, who has four children now living, viz., Joseph, Thomas, Mary, and Susanna; and two wch. are dead, viz., Robert and Henry.

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Henry, who married Elizabeth Mills, daughter of Mr. Samuel Mills, late of Boreham, in Sussex, shopkeeper, whose children now living are four, Elizabeth, Mary, John, and Samuel; but one, viz., Henry, is dead.

6 This lady died in 1737, aged 44. Her husband (who survived till 1750) subsequently married Charity who outlived him, and re-married Daw Buss, of Cranbrook, surgeon. She died in 1799, at

the advanced age of 90.-Mon. Inscr. Hellingly.

7 John M. died 1797, aged 76; Jane, his wife, 1808, aged 79.-M. I. Hellingly.

"So that of my father's twelve children, five of us were never married, and the seven that did marry were married but once apiece.

"The advice I would give you, my dear children, on this occasion is, never to disown, slight, or overlook any relation by reason of poverty, or any misfortune in the world, or any-thing that is not sinful; but to endeavour to keep and increase ye reputation of the family by a prudent and religious management."

[The Samuel Miller above mentioned, the grandson of the writer, settled at Rye, where he died about the year 1790, at the age of 82. He had several children, who all died young, except William, who died at Rye in 1837, aged 72. He left issue three sons, Henry, George, and Alfred; and five daughters. Henry Miller, an officer of the Revenue service, settled at Penzance, co. Cornwall, and had a son who practised there as a surgeon. Some of the other branches emigrated to America. Several fine old books, a portion of the library of our Mr. Henry Miller, were sold at Rye, at the sale of Mr. William Miller's effects.]