Richard Humber. 1820. John Myrtle. 1821. George Wood. 1822. George Wigney. 1823. William Blaber. 1824. William Boxall. 1825. Samuel Akehurst. 1826. Thomas West. 1827. Edward Hill Creasy. 1828. James Cordy. 1829. Thomas Palmer. 1830. J. G. Sarel. 1831. D. M. Folkard. 1832. Samuel Ridley. 1833. John Poune. 1834. William Hallett. 1835. John Yeates. 1836. John Ade. 1837. T. H. Wright. 1838. John Bradshaw. 1839. Henry Smithers. 1840. William Barnes. 1841. Thomas Fuller. 1842. Edward Humphreys. 1843. Edmundus Burn. 1844. George Chittenden. 1845. Robert Williams. 1846. William Catt. 1847. William Towner. 1848. William Lambert. 1849. George Cheesman, jun. 1850. Charles Smith, who appointed his brother George to serve. 1851. M. D. Scott. 1852. William Beedham. 1853. H. P. Tamplin. 1854. P. R. Wilkinson. 1855. James Martin, who continues to be the High Constable of the Hundred. {25} On the 5th of April, 1793, at a Vestry Meeting held at the Town Hall, it was ordered: “That in future the Constable (High) be allowed twelve guineas, to be paid in full, for all expenses during his office, including four guineas for a dinner.” It was customary at the Court Leet, each Easter, to choose a High-Constable Elect, but he was not always appointed at the next Court; as, in 1814, Mr. Ackerson was chosen, although Mr. W. Williams was the elect. CHAPTER VI. THE BOOK OF ALL THE “AUNCIENT CUSTOMS.” In consequence of the perpetual jealousies and strife between the fishermen and landsmen, a commission was sent to Brighton, in 1580, to settle every difference, assess the town rates, and arrange the public concerns of the parish. The Earl of Arundel, Lord Buckhurst (Lord of the Manor), Sir Thomas Shirley, of Preston, and Henry Shelley, Esq., were the commissioners. The number of landsmen who at that time paid parochial rates and taxes, was 102; while the number of fishermen amounted to 400. The decision of the commissioners gave satisfaction to all parties till 1618, when a fresh arrangement was entered into. The orders and regulations of these two commissions were directed to be “written in two several books of parchment,” one of which was to be delivered to the Earl of Arundel and Lord Buckhurst, the other was to “be kepte in a cheaste locked with three locks, in some convenient place in Brighthelmston.” Provision was made also for the safe custody of the key of the chest, and for the annual reading of the regulations by the Vicar, “openlye in the presence of all the fishermen and others of the parishioners, contributaries, in some convenient time and place.”