WESTDENE. A commission from John, bp. of Chichester , for annexing two houses in the decayed parish of Excet of which the church is in ruins, to the adjoining parish of Westdene, at the instance of Thomas Mathewe, vicar of Excet , and John Oxynford, rector of Westdene . Dated in the Canons' Close, Chichester 10 April, 1460.