To Arundel 9 miles,
thro' a low road between Hills and not anything worth Remarking. Arundel is a
small Sea Port Town in Sussex and a great Corn Market, Ship, Timber, Malt
&c. Balance of trade greatly in its favor Importing little but Coal in
Return. Remarkable for having near it an Ancient Castle, now in Ruins the only
one in England that gives the Title of Earl to the Possessor. The Defences were
destroyed by Oliver Cromwell, and is now in possession of the Duke of Norfolk,
who is of the Romish faith, and a neat Chapel is now to be seen among those
Appartments that are habitable, none of which are Elegant, or have any fine
Paintings in them, at this time there are none but Servants, and its but seldom
that the possessor resides there.
SOURCE: New York
Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of the New York Historical
Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol. 1 1773-1789, p. 13
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