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Welcome to the July issue.

This month our fingers are crossed for lots of lovely sunshine!

We bring you some great local articles of interest, history and community news from a new discovery about Hever’s Anne Boleyn to the Musgraves of Anne Boleyn’s Secret Champions East Grinstead. We do hope you enjoy.

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Local History Notes: M&N Dorothy Hatswell of the East Grinstead Museum, brings us the next instalment, M & N, of her A through Z of local history.

I am now at the mid-point of this alphabetical tour of the East Grinstead area. They are, of course, the 13th and 14th letters of our alphabet and I have taken seven months to arrive at this point, leaving only five months to cover the remaining twelve letters. The reason being that there are several difficult ones to write about, coming up. I will soon have to decide whether to have two months each of three letters or one of two and the last of four.

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There are three villages in the East Grinstead Museum’s collections policy area. Newchapel, a hamlet relating to Lingfield, is known mainly for the chapel on the A22, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Two larger settlements are Maresfield and its nearby neighbour, Nutley. The latter has a thriving local history group, which regularly contributed to our, one-time, local history fairs. On one such occasion they displayed about twelve or thirteen leather shoes, found in a village house during restoration.

Shoes were frequently hidden in houses as they were thought to ward off the devil and other malevolent spirits. Often placed in the chimney, near a door or other openings, which the spirit could use to gain entrance. We have a lone example in the museum found in a house in our Mediaeval High Street. A large collection, as the one discovered Nutley, is very rare.

Many well-known, or even famous, people have had connections to the town. The most prominent of these is, perhaps, the Rev. John Mason Neale, who neatly fits both letters. However, so much has been written about him elsewhere, I will not do more here than point out that he wrote or translated over 200 hymns and carols although the only one anyone remembers is “Good King Wenceslas”.

Similarly, Sir Archibald McIndoe needs no further mention here. The numerous books and the Rebuilding Bodies and Souls gallery in the East Grinstead Museum supply all the information required.

Herbert Musgrave, on the other hand has received little recognition for his pioneering work trying to promote the use of aeroplanes in wartime. He was the son of Sir Anthony Musgrave, an ambassador and Governor General of Queensland, in the late C19th whose name is commemorated all over the world. Look in any global gazetteer and the list of rivers, lakes mountains and other geographical features called “Musgrave” is endless. Musgrave senior is also recalled more locally, in Musgrave Avenue, in this town, although he never lived here. His widow brought their three children to East Grinstead

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following the premature death of her husband in Australia. Herbert joined the army and witnessed the landing of Louis Bleriot in 1909, after his flight across the English Channel. He was very impressed and saw the possibilities that this new form of transport could open up, in combat. However, his ideas did not find favour with his superiors and, until 1915, were largely ignored. Eventually they began to be recognised for what they were and he was transferred to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps. There he developed a system of telegraphy to relay the reconnaissance obtained by planes flying over enemy lines, to the troops on the ground. He was sent back to the army and served on the front line before being wounded and sent home to convalesce at Hurst-en-Clays, the family home. Returning to the front line again, he was mortally wounded behind enemy lines in June 1918.

The ridge on which The Medway - Chatham our town is built is an important watershed. From it rivers run both north and east.

The Mole arises near Crawley and goes to flow into the Thames at Hampton Court. The Medway rises between Turners Hill and Crawley Down to reach the Channel at Chatham, a once busy port.

One of the frequently asked questions at the museum is, “where does the name, Mount Noddy come from?”. The real answer is the no-one seems to know. The most generally accepted theory is that “noddy” is an old name for the slag left behind the iron smelting industry which was active over this area from the time of the Romans until the charcoalburning furnaces of the Weald were replaced by the more efficient coal-fired ones in the Forest of Dean and the north. The name “Mount Noddy” can be found all over Sussex.

East Grinstead has been a market town since a charter was granted by Henry III in 1247. Henry

was the son of King John, who died the year after signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede.

He acceded to the throne, at the age of nine, and reigned for 56 years. He is the fifth longest reigning monarch in the British Isles after Elizabeth II, Victoria, George III, James VI & I. East Grinstead was allowed to hold a fair, annually, on July 24th and 25th. Weekly markets could also be held every Monday. The origins of Middle Row stem from this, as the buildings started life as market stalls which gradually became more and more permanent. At one time there was a movement to pull them down them to improve the flow of traffic. Fortunately, common sense prevailed and we can still enjoy their quirkiness today. Markets have come and gone since then, cattle were sold in the High Street, then later in Cantelupe Road. Now all that remains is a small farmers’ market in the High Street. The fairs also died out, but the Lions’ Mayday Fair is still well supported.

Finally, the Order of Sisters, set up by John Mason Neale, was dedicated to St Margaret.

There are at least two St Margarets, but the one who cared for the poor and for orphans, was St Margaret the Virgin. Born in 1046, she was a direct descendant of King Alfred.

Driven into exile by the invasion of Canute, she eventually returned and went to Scotland.

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Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, the beautiful Hever Castle, is on our doorstep, nestled in Kent on the Sussex border. Lovingly preserved as a window to the Tudor world, a time period that would be obsessed over by so many down the centuries.

The historical fascination with the life of Anne Boleyn continues with gusto in the 21st century. Last month new research on her historic prayerbook was unveiled, shedding further light on what happened soon after her death.

Research conducted into the Book of Hours prayerbooks on display in Anne Boleyn’s childhood home has revealed never seen before names and words hidden in the pages of the historic volume.

Using ultraviolet light and photo editing software, it has been discovered what happened to the volume after Anne was executed in 1536 and when legend has it, she handed the book to one of her ladies.

Former Hever Castle steward Kate McCaffrey spent nearly a year studying the two prayerbooks and discovered wording in the printed Book of Hours which had been undiscovered for hundreds of years.

Following the demise of Anne Boleyn, despite pressure to remove all items belonging to the former queen, the prayerbook she is believed to have taken to her execution still survives.

And why this beautifully illustrated prayerbook survives was revealed in Kate’s research, part of her thesis for her masters in Medieval and early modern studies at the University of Kent.

Kate, who worked at Hever Castle as a visitor experience assistant for about six years, was given special permission to look into the prayerbooks which previously was thought only to contain just one inscription.

Using ultraviolet light and photo editing software she discovered three family names written in the book; Gage, West, and Shirley (from Sundridge, near Sevenoaks). These three names centre around a fourth, the Guildford family of Cranbrook in Kent.

Kate’s research uncovered that the book was passed from female to female, of families not only local to the Boleyn family at Hever but also connected by kin.

She explained: “It is clear that this book was passed between a network of trusted connections, from daughter to mother, from sister to niece. If the book had fallen into other hands, questions almost certainly would have been raised over the remaining presence of Anne’s signature. Instead, the book was passed carefully between a group of primarily women who

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three contain her signed inscriptions. One is held at the British Library, the other two at Hever.

“In a world with very limited opportunities for women to engage with religion and literature, the simple act of marking this Hours and keeping the secret of its most famous user, was one small way to generate a sense of community and expression.”

Kate also discovered as part of her research that a copy of the printed Book of Hours in the Morgan Library in New York belonged to Anne’s greatest rival in power and love, the Queen of England, Catherine of Aragon.

She added: “It was incredibly exciting and surreal to uncover these erased inscriptions, and it has been an absolute privilege to restore the names of their authors and recover their stories. What is perhaps most remarkable is that these inscriptions have been unknown and unstudied for so long.”

has potentially highly significant implications for our understanding of Anne Boleyn and her posthumous reputation.”

Dr David Rundle, Kate’s supervisor said: “It is every graduate student’s dream to uncover previously hidden information about a wellknown historical figure. Kate’s energy and enterprise have allowed her to do just that, even in the depths of the pandemic when libraries were out of all researchers’ reach.

What she has discovered

The book, which she may have taken to her execution, bears the touching inscription, “remember me when you do pray, that hope dothe led from day to day”.

Hever Castle has on display two illuminated Book of Hours prayerbooks, belonging to Anne Boleyn, which she had written in and which bear her signature.

Only a handful of Anne’s books survive today and only

As this goes to press “The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family!”, three-part docudrama, will shortly be shown on BBC 2. Dr Owen Emmerson, assistant curator of Hever Castle, makes several contributions. Hever will play a prominent role and I’m sure many readers will find it a fascinating watch.

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Goodbye loungewear Hello glamour What we’re all wearing post-lockdown (and how to wear it with confidence).

Lounging in loungewear, or lazing in joggers… we’ve all struggled to get ourselves motivated to get dressed over the past year.

Fast forward to now and, as we’re getting out and about far more, what does it mean for our wardrobe?

Here local, East Grinstead based, award-winning stylist Susie Hasler, who runs www.styledbysusie.co.uk, helps you get dressed post-pandemic.

Don’t wave them goodbye completely. Loungewear, joggers, hoodies, sweatshirts will remain in the shops but as of the summer, this style will no longer be a priority in our wardrobes. Even those who used to love “comfy days” in loungewear, are getting fed up with it now and are keen to get into smarter clothing, and this will mean dressing up our casual clothes.

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It’s given us a more carefree, seize-the-day attitude when it comes to clothing. Make up for lost time! Expect to go big and glam even for casual pub dates with friends, with more effort going into outfits, and dressier pieces being worn.

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There are many ways to boost confidence that don’t involve changes in weight.

Firstly, let’s all congratulate ourselves for getting through the past year. To feel your best, practice with new makeup colours to make your eyes pop. Treat yourself to a few new, carefully selected items of clothing; if you have to go up a size, remember no-one knows what size your label says. If you wear something that fits well and makes you feel happy, you will shine with confidence.

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It will be something to give us a good laugh and raise our spirits. The play will be ‘Little Lily Harley’, postponed from last year, and is about Charlie Chaplin’s childhood in Lambeth.

With a drunken but charismatic actor father who was rarely around & a beautiful young actress of a mother who had three children by different fathers, he had to learn alongside his big brother Sydney how to survive a very

precarious existence. Sometimes fostered by other people, sometimes in a school for destitute children, sometimes separated from Sydney and sometimes living on the street (as a child) he nevertheless managed to triumph over all this to become arguably the greatest film actor ever.

Pete Talbot, the director, says, “When I wrote the play in 2019, I could not have known how apt it would be for today. The message of hope, triumph over pain, through the imagination and laughter, is really important for today because people are desperate to see theatre and escape for a while. That is why we must do it.”

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We’re pleased to bring you a Q&A with Amber: What inspired you to start writing and singing your own tunes at aged 13?

I have always loved singer/ songwriters and appreciated the lyrics more than the instrumental. As I love performing, it was important to be able to perform originals, a must at most venues; I had to get my head down and start writing, developing my own style and sound as I went along.

So far, what has the highlights been of your early career?

Most recently when Sir Elton John played my song on his Apple music show Rocket Hour, calling me brilliant… still feels surreal now! Other major highlights have been reaching over 100,000 Spotify streams. Selling

out Chequer Mead for my headline Teenage Cancer Trust gig… walking out on a stage I’d performed on for many years to suddenly doing my own show was amazing. Plus being the first acoustic artist to play at the open deck on London’s iconic Shard. I love playing big events, as it gets the adrenaline flowing and I’m lucky that I don’t suffer from stage fright.

What do you hope for the immediate future and in the next few years?

I hope to get back on stage and get around the country performing. As for the immediate future I hope my new single ‘Get Me’ is hugely successful. There’s a video to accompany it, which is really exciting as the past two scheduled videos had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.

What local support have you had?

I have been really lucky to have been asked to perform for the previous town mayors (Rex Whittaker & Danny Favor) at their events at Chequer Mead. For my early gigs I got massive support from Dave Phillips who put me on loads of Open Mics and still do gigs with him locally (when possible). I’ve been lucky to perform at East Court, on the High Street for the Big Reveal among others. I also get great support from Sackville School where I’m in the sixth form.

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Well, here we are in the middle of summer and at the time of writing a chilly wind blows the rain horizontally across a slategrey sky; this provides a strong juxtaposition with the heat of the previous couple of weeks. It’s just been that kind of Summer.

A good mixture of sunshine and precipitation, though, is what plant life like best and right across the forest we see grasses, bracken and forbs growing very quickly. As lovely as all this new growth is, it can prove a danger when obscuring the view from carpark exit points and ride crossings. Our countryside team undertake a busy program of verge cutting at this time of year to keep the view of the road clear for car drivers and horse riders alike.

Lots of plant growth is great for our grazing animals. It means that the sheep, cattle and ponies have the chance to eat plenty and, let's face it, that’s what they are here for – to help with managing the habitat. However, the electric fencing we use for our livestock enclosures is negatively affected by high plant growth. Vegetation along the fence lines requires

regular strimming to keep the fence working and the animals safe.

You will now see sheep and cattle grazing on the south chase in the grazing enclosure. As a result, extra care should be taken when driving between the cattle grids on Crowborough Road.

The animals will often wander out on to the road or sit in the shade along the verges and can sometimes be difficult to spot in the dappled light.

Whilst we welcome dog walkers, we would remind you that your canine chums must always be under close control. As alluded to earlier, there are lots of areas where grazing animals roam across Ashdown Forest. There are also heathland sites populated by ground nesting birds that are easily disturbed by dogs ranging through the undergrowth. Young fawns will be spending a lot of time hiding out in rough

vegetation and are at risk of disturbance or even attack should they be found.

A forest-wide Nightjar survey took place in the last couple of weeks of June. These nocturnal birds start to arrive in the UK towards the end of April from Africa and are one of the reasons Ashdown Forest is designated as an SPA - special protection area.

It can be a really rewarding experience to take a dusk stroll and hear the males churring. Given the birds amber-listed status it is important that we gather a better understanding of its numbers, and those of other species across the forest. It is by gathering this sort of data that we are better able to inform our conservation practices going forwards.

So, weather allowing, a lovely time on Ashdown Forest can be had. The trees are in leaf and there is a wide variety of other flora and fauna to be enjoyed.

Enjoy yourselves and enjoy the wildlife.

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