 The family surname is pronounced "Bartlot".The Barttelot family is the oldest gentry family in Sussex and has been seated at the manor of Stopham since 1379, which they inherited on marriage to the heiress of the "de Stopham" family, where they had a residence at "La Ford", situated by the ancient crossing point of the River Arun, where they built the surviving bridge the tolls of which they controlled for many centuries.The parish church has a large collection of heraldic brasses and stained glass windows of the Barttelot family.