The Prior, The Prince and The Peasants: Michelham Priory’s Place in Medieval Sussex

What do John of Gaunt, an Augustinian canon from Willingdon and the Peasants’ Revolt have in common? Speaker Harriet Tait explores the history of Sussex Past’s Michelham Priory, one of the most influential religious houses on the south coast in the medieval era.

The priory’s owners also owned swathes of Sussex, raised local militia to fight the French, fended off marauding noblemen out to steal the Priory’s treasures and oversaw local legal disputes, all while serving the local community in its religious capacity.

The extent of Michelham’s influence and that of one of the priors, John Leem, remains largely unknown outside of Michelham’s history, yet he held a highly important position as tax collector for Prince John of Gaunt.

This is a change to the previously scheduled talk about Pevensey’s Mint House building.

Tickets £5.00, members £4.00