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The church at Tangmere recorded in Domesday Book was probably a Saxon building of timber construction, tracing its foundation back to Wilfrid's brethren. Some time after the Domesday Survey, and while the Archbishop retained the manor; the church was given to the Priory of St Pancras in Lewes. This happened before 1121, since in that year the church was confirmed to the Priory by the Archbishop. Later, John de Pageham renewed the gift, which he said had originally been made by his mother although a charter of confirmation granted to the monks by King Stephen ascribes the gift to Walter de Pageham who was presumably John's father. The church reverted to the Archbishop about the year 1200.
The present church dates back at least to the early 12th century, not long after the Conquest. Very early in that century, perhaps, since John de Pageham's renewal of the gift stated that the monks of Lewes 'had long previously held. . . the church of Tangemere' and it may be inferred that this was the church of stone which with only modest extension has served the needs of the village to the present day.
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