 In 1811 Dallaway was engaged by the Duke of Norfolk to edit a "History of the three Western Rapes of Sussex", for which manuscript collections had been assembled by Sir William Burrell, and deposited in the British Museum.The first volume, containing the Rape and City of Chichester, was published in 1815; and the first part of the second volume, containing the Rape of Arundel, in 1819.The work was completed by the Rev.