| NVT RELX | AELFPERD ON HAES |
| HARDALNTVT RE | BRIDD ON HAES |
| EDPERD REX | BRIDD ON HAES |
| EDPERD REX | BRIDD ON HAESTIN |
| EDPERD REX | BRIDD ON HAESTINL |
| EDPERD REI | BRID ON HAESTINL |
| EDPRD REX | DVNNINL ON HAESTIE |
From which it appears that Aelfwerd was master of our mint in the time of Cnut the Great, that Bridd or Brid had the office under Hardicnut and his brother, Edward the Confessor, and that he was succeeded by Dunning.
The Patron Saint of Hastings was and still is St.Michael, and his figure is delineated on the Corporation Seal, and may be seen either in Moss's History of Hastings, p. 131, or as drawn by Lower, Suss. Arch. i. 16 : the motto of the Town is " Draco crudelis Te vincet Vis Micaelis," "Cruel Serpent. Thee the force of Michael shall overcome."
In a parish dedicated to this Saint I should look for the site of the old Saxon Town : such a parish still exists, but of exceedingly limited dimensions; it occupies a very small strip of ground along the brow and at the foot of Cuckoo[1] Hill, about 170 yards long with an average breadth of 60 yards, and may slightly exceed two acres in extent. The remains of St. Michael's Church were discovered in 1834, in cutting down the cliffs near the White Rock . These could hardly have been the original dimensions of the principal parish of the town, and there is little doubt that the extra-
- ↑ " Cuck " or " Cock " signifies in Saxon, Chief, e.g. Cuckmore, Cuckfield : hence Cuckoo may have once been the High Street or Upper Town.
