Rape of Lewes
Videos
The Rape of Lewes is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England.
The keep of Lewes Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes, was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey by William II Rufus. He is among the few known from documents to have fought u
Rape of Lewes
…time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Rape of Lewes seems to have included the land between the Rivers Adur and Ouse and would have been given to William de Warenne. By the time of the Domesday Survey was made in 1086 a large strip of land extending to the River Adur on the west, and running from north to south…
A stained glass window, depicting Warenne, in St John the Baptist Church, Southother, Sussex