Higham

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Iham; Hiham

In the civil parish of Icklesham.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of East Sussex, 1974 county of East Sussex).

Sir Richard Guldeford was granted, in 1487, a licence to crenellate his manor at Higham, Sussex. This is, presumably, the settlement of Iham, around the, now demolished, church of St Leonard directly northwest of New Winchelsea. Since he was granted the manor to fund building a fort at Camber, the the licence to crenellate may be a bit of an honourific. There doesn't seem to be a manor house of any sort at Iham.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1487 Oct 6.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ901175

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

• Web site links
  • http://www.winchelsea.net/visiting/winchelsea_history_pt5.htm
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p440
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1485-94) p151