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
A stained glass window, depicting Warenne, in St John the Baptist Church, Southother, Sussex
Rape of Lewes
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The Rape of Lewes is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England.
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
…William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the time of Domesday Book in 1086 he held extensive lands in 13 counties, including the Rape of Lewes, a tract now divided between the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. William was a son of Rodulf or Ralph de Warenne and Emma and…
The keep of Lewes Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape