_Chichester Pallant_ (Vol. vii., p. 206.).--Chichester, I need not say, is
of Roman foundation, and has several marks of its Roman origin; the little
stream that runs through it is called the _Lavant_, evidently from
_lavando_. The _Pallant_, the chief quarter of the town, and, of old, a
_separate jurisdiction_, was called "Palatinus sive Palenta." "Palantia,
Palatinatus," says Ducange, "jurisdictio ejus qui habet jus lites decidendi
supremo jure." The _Pallant_ of Chichester is not to be confounded with the
Bishop's _Palace_. It is in a different district, and was, no doubt, from
Roman times, a separate _palatine_ jurisdiction.